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T Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, September 5, 1957 Beauty and Talent Winners Joanna Celebrates Labor Day With Contests, Barbecue Joyce Thompson (left) was winner of the beauty contest held Thurs day and Friday in connection with the l.aurens County Electric Fair at l.aurens County fairgrounds. Dianne I.edford (right) won the talent contest. Joyce is* the 17 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peden Thompson, of Foyntaia Inn. and Dianne, age 10. is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \\>att I.edford, of Clinton. Her act consisted of tap dancing and piano placing.—(Photos for The ( hroniidev h\ Fred Calloway I. Laurens Electric Cc-Cp Directors Are Reelected v Four directors whose terni£ had expired were re-elected Friday af- t^rnnon thy annual meeting of the Laurens Electric Coo^hrative The meeting was held during the annual Electric Fair at the Laurens Count y fair grounds, a two-day event featuring local talent, a beau ty contest and professional enter- tainriient IF YOU DON'T READ THE CHrtONlOLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Phone 74 Directors reelected were Law rence l Davis, of Rt 3. Clinton; A 11 Hatchett, of Rt. 1. Roebuck: M B. Cochran, of Rt. 2. Gray art. and W M Gresham, of Rt. 2, Gminiile Hold o v e r directors are H. T. Jones, of Rt 1, Mountville. G ' F jTaylor, of lit 3, Honea Path; S J. Waldrep, of Rt l s Enoree, W A. Martin, of Rt 1, Fountain Inn; and R L .Henderson, of Rt 1 Simp- I son) ilte ' ■ Henr\ M Fans is manager of the cooperative, and headquarters are in Laurens Operations of the jcopoerative cover Laurens County and parts of several adjoining coun ties, including Anderson. Greenville, i and Spartanburg j Joyce Thompson, of Fountain Inn, wa^ named beauty queen of the show , and Dianne Ledford, of Clin- i ton, was fanner of the talent con- Itestf AT J. C. THOMAS % ti A WEEK Buys BULOVA Watches for the Entire Family J Inobservance of the holiday. Jo anna Cotton Mills employees and [their families and invited guests | enjoyed the third annual Labor Day i celebration at Joanna Monday-, stag ed by the management of the mills. The day was a paid holiday for 1 tin employees, which was given over to contests and athletic events, -a- baseball game, ■ and featumf by 1 aibecue d i n n er for the huge! i row d, estimated at 4.000. Many door prizes were given by 1 :he Joanna Stores and silver dollars were prizes for the winners of con -1 tests and field events At 11:30 J H. Hunter introduced' [Walter Regnery, vice-president ami general manager of Joanna Cotton Mills, who greeted and welcomed| jthe huge crowd assembled for the i celobratioq The invocation was by 1 Rev James B Mitchell, pastor of j the Baptist Church at Joanna The morning w as featured by con- [ [tests and field events, beginning at [‘J 30 Serving of the barbecue at 1130, with the baseball game at 3:30 between the Joanna Hornets, (and the Dunean Dynamos. Musical entertainment was given at three sessions in the 1 morning and} i afternoon by Roy Aeuff and the: [Smoky Mountain Boys, performers; ,on the nationally known “Grand Ole j Opry" program. % Winners of door prizes were: Bedroom suite. 4 pieces, Randy Suber; 11 4 ft Westinghouse Re- I fngerator. Pearl Moore; Westing- I house Laundromat. G E Miller; Barca Lounger Reclining Chair, i Betty Jean Johnson. 3-piece Webcor Record Player, Margaret Sue Sum- } mens; Heirloom Bedspread, Sue | Boyce; Pair large lamps, Nell Elli- Ison. 4-piece Revere Ware, Becky 1 Farmer. 54-piece set of china, Ge- ! nell Hazel; 5-piece Plastic Set. 1 Floyd Morris. Woodson Community Prize Winners Hawkeye Flash Camera, Jessie I Lee Mars; Electric Iron, Sally Tur ner. 115 ft Westinghouse Refrig erator. Allie Bell Alexander; 7-piece dinette suite, Elizabeth Adams; 1 pair* of large lamps, James Edward Young Winners of contests and field events, each of whom received n a silver dollar, were: 25-yard dash: 5-6 year girls, June Force; 35-yard dash: 9-10 year' girls, Jennie Rae Surratt; sib-yard, dash: 9-10 year boys. Paul Rogers 25-yard dash: 5-6 >T>ar boys. Jack 1 Prater; 50-yard dash: 11-13 ycar^ boys, Wesley Ward; 50-yard dash; 11 13 year girls. Mary Ann Brown; 25-yard dash. 7-8 year girls, Doro thy Hazel; 35-yard dash: 7-8 year boys, Douglas Kelly. , Also 100-yard dash: 15 25 year boys, Sam Owens; 25-yard sack race: 25 and up women, Louise Force; 50-yard dash: 15 and 15 year hoys, Harold Corley; 75-yard dash: 25 and up men, H. E Fuller; “Come, To Mama 2 and 3 year olds. David Sanders; 35-yard sack race: 25 and up men, J D Frank lin ^ 25-yard sack race: 10 and 12 year girls: Judy Ann Schumpert; 25-yard balloon race: 20 and up women, Sy bil Marshall; 35-yard balloon race: 6 to 12 year girls, Jenny Rae Sur ratt. 35-yard balloon race. 6 to 9 year boys, Keith Beflenbaugh; 35- yard 3-legged race: 15 to 25 year girls, Elsie Gaffney, Joan Flow; 35- yard 3-legged race. 15 to 25 year boys, Jim Dobbins, Harold Corley; 35-yard balloon race: S to 12 year boys, Nat Bates; 35-yard sad$ race: 6 to 9 year boys, Tommy Tinsley. , Also 33-yard sack race: 10-12 year boys, Kit Regnery; 35-yard sack race: 9-13 year girls, Judy Schum pert, Mary Ann Brown. 35-yard 3- legged race: 6-9 year boys. John Henry Lott. Toni Tinsley; 35-yard 3- tegged race: 9-12 year girls, Donna Gail CJobb, Carol Sanders; Egg throwing contest: adults, Louise Force, Truman Owens; 35-yard 3-i legged race: 10-12 year boys, Joej Chalk, M. B. Ward; Apple race: adults, Harry,and E 11 i e Kelly; Needle threading contest; Jeanette Bowers 50-yard boys: all ages, Joe Chalk; 50-yard girls: all ages, Brenda Chandler, Major *Cobb. Woodson Community Winners “Come To Mama," Reginald Jones; 50-yard dash. Helen Flem ing; Apple on head: youth, Benny Lindsav t F g g Throwing; Wilhel- mena Suber and Richard Price; 100- yard dash; I W Conway. 75-yard dash: L C. Gary; Potato races: Willie Summers, Jr , Jo Ann Young, Shirley Rabb; Apple on Head: ad ults. James Suber. Eugene Mc- Crackin. Also 3-legged race: Moses Mc- Morns. Jr.. Mackhill McMorris, Erskine Lindsay, Jesse J. Fuller; Needle Threading: John A. Burton: Bubble Gum Blowing: Sarah Hig gins, Sarah McMorris; Shoe Tangle: John Burton, Ernestine Lindsay;} Huband Calling: Josie Bonds; Bal loon Bursting: Roy Suber, Raymond Suber, Jo Ann Young Laurens Glass Works To Expand Facilities Laurens, Aug. 28—An. expansion program is now underway at the Laurens Glass Works involving the construction of an additional dec orating plant, Fi D Easterby, presi dent. announced today. Mr Easterby said the new unit would contain 18,000 square feet of flour space and its completion will require the hiring of additional em ployees. He did not reveal the cost of tne project nor the number «of new workers that would /be hired. The decorating department of the Glass Works is that department in which labels are put on bottles by n complicated chemical process. Mr Easterby said the expansion was necessary because of the in- oroased.. demand for applied color label bottles. Equipment for the new plant al ready has been ordered, the presi dent said, and completion of the project is expected by the first of the year Daniel Construction Company, of Greenville, is contractor for the job. Heart Attack Is Fatal To Walter S. Crouch ' The Rev Walter Samuel Crouch, 44, died Monday in Lyons, Ga., of a heart attack < A native of Batesburg, he former ly lived here for several years. He had been pastor of the Lyons Pres byterian Church here for the past five ye^rs He was also pastor of churches at Mount Vernon and Mc Gregor, Ga., at the t i m e of his death Mr. Crouch was a Navy veteran of World War II and a graduate of Erskine College, Due W'est, and Co lumbia Theological Seminary, De catur, Ga. He attended Presbyte rian College here He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Opal Aughtry Crouch; two sons, Robert A. Crouch, serving with the U S. Army in England; and J Bruce Crouch, of Vidalia, Ga.; one daughter. Miss Elaine Crouch, of Lyons; his mother, Mrs. Walter Dixon Crouch, Batesburg; and one broHier, Dr, W E. Cruoeh, of Co lumbia. Funeral services were held yester day morning in Lyons Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Batesburg Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Pay Bilh by CHECK MISS AMERICA 17 j«wels • unbreakable maintoring expansion bracelet SENATOR 1'Z^ewels • unbreakable mainspring shock resistant • luxury expansion bond j. C. THOMAS,/"-^* ‘It’s Time That Counts” CLINTON JOANNA Buy New BULOVAS for Your Whole Family AND 1UU SI III \ A/C T I/ f0S AlL PAY ONL^- I M WELFx OF rH£M.' FOR ALL OF fHEM 1 It’s so much easier, faster, safer to pay bHIs by check! You avoid all arguments about whether you paid this or that bill because your cancelled checks give you proof of pay*, ment. Your check stubs show you where every dollar goes. It makes sense, every way, to open a checking account here! BEST TIME TO OPEN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT IS NOW! 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