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4 7 If Yon Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Slip Clinton The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 10, 1957 Number 41 At Men's Meeting Here Thursday Here are the speaker and three of the officers o‘ 'h- Men of the Cmrch of South Carolina Presby tery tiere'last Thursday night at the First Presbyterian Church.-Cot.-Powell A. Fraser, left, made the principal address. The officers shown are Buck Connelly of Aveleigh Church, Newberry, president; Mar ion Erwin, Abbeville Church district chairman for Abbeville County; Hubert Graydoii, Rocky Springs Church, district chairman for Laurens County. Completing Plans For Fair Opening on Oct. 21 Prospects Good for Eighth Showing The eighth annual Laurens County Fair is about ready to open for its 1957 run, fair officials stated while making final preparations. The Laurens Exhange Club spun sored educational and f entertain-! Agent C. B Cannon, S. C. pam- bretl, J. B O’Dell and Miss Myr- . i tice Taylor.' 11 ment event is to open Monday morning, October 21, and will run! on Kiddies Day a pony and through Saturday. Final closingi ^ given free at 5:00 p. will be shortly before midnight Sat- 1 m Tickets for ^ drawing are ur( j av I to be obtained from merchants ad- ‘ veriising in the premium book George Roper, president of thei„ . . 7 • . . . ■ j * j They do nyt require a purchase, fair association, said yesterdqp that the fair management is ex pecting one of the best fairs in its .history. “We are looking forward especially to one of the best beef and dairy cattle exhibits since the fair started,” he said. The money premiums, he said, have been increased around $1,000. Last year’s prize offers came to about $3,500 and this year’s will come to about $4,500, he said. A new event to be introduced this year, he said, will be a Beef Calf Scramble to corn* of Wednesday night after the cattle judging has been completed. In this event for young folks, 10 FFA and 4-H club boys will compete in putting ■ hak ters'-on* fivtT'beef calves in the shortest time. The com/nunity "exhibits are ex pected to be unusually fine this year, he said, adding that all com munity exhibit space has been sold. Prell's Broadway Shows, <>• who were here last year, will be here again, he said. Prell’s will have 36 rides, including 13 for the kids, be sides other types of amusement, he reported. There will be five special days of the fair. Monday will be open ing day with exhibits shown for the first time. Tuesday will be White School Day, Wednesday will be Merchants Day, Thursday Colored School Day, Friday Automobile Day, and Saturday Kiddies Day. On school days and kiddies day all school children will be admitted free of charge until 5:00 p. m. Other officers of the fair associa tion are Bill Watson, vice-presi dent; Ralph T. Wilson, Jr., treas urer; and John Gatlin, secretary- manager . The executive committee is .com posed of P. W. McAlister, George Phinney, Caldwell Henderson, Ry an Lawson and Mrs. James Was son. Ex-officio members are County Mr. Roper said. 0% *• 4 ^ fll I I To Hear Mrs. Leavell At Meeting Friday Mrs. Frank H. Leavell, home life counselor. Home Education Depart ment, Baptist S u n d a v School Board, will be guest speak t Fri day at the First Baptist Church Men's Brotherhood ladies night meeting. Her subject will be, ■fe. A ■ ■■ Halloween Carnival A colorful Halloween carnival, open to all Clinton residents* of ev ery age, will be staged by the Hampton ' Avenue Parent-Teacher Association on October 31 it was announced today The emphasis will be on fun and amusement for all the family, with more than "a dozen special attrac tions keyed to the occasion It's set for the Clinton Armory, beginning at 5:30 p. m. Halloween costume judging will open the show, with first and second prizes to be awarded in three categories; pre-school children, first through third graders, and fourth through sixth graders. Booths and other amusements are scheduled to open at 6:00 p. m., and the fun will last through 8:0 Op m Mrs. R. ‘E. Ferguson, Jr, is president ; of the sponsoring PTA group. Her carnival chairmen are Mrs. Ben Hay Ham met and G. Edward Campbell. City Council Hold October Meet Monday Adju.stmPnTs jiT the salary sched ule for city employees enacted at the September meeting, authoriza tion for installation of lights on two parkmg lo^s rnThr f ~lint»n Mills vil- lage, adoption of a traffic ordi nance. and information that three Clinton streets had been accepted into the state highway system were items that chimed the attention of City Council at its October meeting Monday night The meeting was presided over by Mayor J.* P Terry, with all councilmen in attendance: Frank M Boland, ward one: S. A. Pitts, ward two; Harry C. Layton, ward three; James P Sloan, ward four, Woodrow L. Wilson, ward five; and James C. Craine/ ward six The upward salary adjustments of several empRiyee.s not included in the September enactment added about $1,500 annually to the bud ■get •Th^-move was passed with no dissenting vote. A request by Clinton Cotton Mills for installation of lights on two parking lots for employees was voted on_favprahlyv with a three- three split decision being determin ed by the mayor’s favorable vote. On a motion by Craine, seconded by Wilson, the two were joined by Pitts in voting for the motion, while Boland, Layton and Sloan were op posed. Those opposed to the move expressed themselves as not de- Champion Paper Co. Gives County-60 Acres on Lake Attend Carolinas Kiwanis Conventjon The Kiwanis Cly|> tof Clinton was presented at the 1957 convention of the Carolinas District of Kiwanis International at Greensboro, N. C., October 6-8 by the local club presi dent, Howard Smith and Perry M. Moore. ’ —— Kenneth B. -Loheed, vice presi dent of Kiwanis International, a Toronto, Ontaria business man, was a featured speaker. Delegates from 119 clubs, representing 8 000 busi ness and professional leaders, paP- ticipated in the various sessions Registration Board To Be In Session At Joanna Next Week The Laurens County ^Registra tion Board will he in session at Joanna next Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday to issue new registration certificates to citi-. zen.s of the county. The certifi cates will enable persons to. vote tr. all city, county., state, and na tional elections for the next ten years. Present eer ifieatcs. will expire May 1, Ib.Vt. The board ^as in session the first three da's this week at the court house in Lauras in the first .of a weekly series of en-^ gagements scheduled through December 18. Band Boosters Club Makes Plans For Year * The Clinton High School Band Boosters Club held its regular meet ing Monday night in the high school auditorium An interesting and en tertaining film on marching bands Enrollment Almost To Be Developed As Recreation Area 300 More This Year Compared With 1956 I’lte t’hampion Paper^^bmpany ' wiii donate approxi mately acre’s of land on Lake C.reenwood to Uiurens ('oun f v for use as a recreation area for residents of t h e ! county, it was announced Monday at a meeting Enrollment in all schools in Laur I county legislative delegat ioif‘dt the court hotis. ens .County for September totaled rens. 9,656, according Uv Mrs Marguerite - Flic announcement was made by F Patterson, count\ visiting teach 1 >nu>s """'^i. "* Vewbeny.j of in t h e l.au- f agent for ( hampion in this area er Thi> figure w as 2895 more-than ’ . ’ The » hampion ( om; any owgns for the corresponding month of o, ( <0 f , m , s 0 f | ;inr | jy-this ,1956. ciion of the state and is engaged White children enrolled m county ; lh ,. prdducTioft of pme plilpvcood schools total 6.387. ‘and Negro chil [ f or t, s ; iper .mills dren 3.26!t Last year’s totals were j \| r youorski presented a letter white 6.28.1, and Negro 3 076 Enroll- p the meeting Monday from Tom ment for 1956 was 9,361. Pope, of Newberry, attorney for Attendance figures-for September Champion suggesting the c r e a- were white 97 per cent, Negro 85 tinti of a park commission, to ad- rosity of champion in donating the per cent, showing an average atten ; minster the area In the event the property and expressed the ap- dance of both white and Negro of 92, area ceased to be used for the pur preeiation ot, jjie epimiy. —Ofiy. huild a road between the area and the adjoining champion property The property to be given to the county fronts on the lake for a dis- tance of approximately one and a halt miles, and extends back from' the shoreline lor distances- up to a'.Miut 3(H) feet It lies north of Coth ran bridge on the Laurens county side of the lake Members of the delegation spoke in the highest terms of the gene t per-cent siring to install such facilities on. was shown by W A Cothran, band private property, but would favor i (jirectoj-, after which a report of the project if the lots were leased j comrn ut ee appointments was given or deeded to the city. Proponents an( j ^e calendar of activities, pro stated that the move would render a needed service to a large seg ment of the city’s population A communication from the State Highway Department stated that, at the request of Council, Sloan jects and financial goat for the year as recommended by the executive board was discussed The following committees were appointed W’ay's arid Means,'Cal vin Cooper: chairman, Mrs. A B pie-e- foe. winch -U—is-- intended it The 1956 attendhnce*figures were: ! would revert to the donors white 96 per cent, Negro 81 per cent, | The delegation agreed to the at- average 91 per cent tomey's suggestions, and also to P ri) prrty on the lake 1 —s.. j | The county will develop -Hated tha? the ’value of the proper ty involved was about 40.000. bas ed on‘ present prices of shore front the County-Wide Service Club Meeting Tonight at 7:30 streets to the city limits, Musgrove Davidson E Anderson. Charlie street from Davidson to Florida. McDamel( Harry Mc Sween and C. Un ° n ( « a i. or ! da ^ us 'iW. Bridges Program: Earl Payne, grove to Broad, had been accepted, chairman Rt , v j p RoqU e more , mto.the state highway system | MrS; Roh< . rt Johnson, Mrs F. V. An ordinance incorporating sev- Smith, Leland Young and Lawrence er J!} " orrna * tra ff' c regulations was Edwards Minstrel: Jim Buzhardt, added to the city code chairman, Mrs. Jim Buzhardt, The monthly statement of re- M rs Prances McSween, Fred Hol- ceipts and disbursments was read Vombe and L. S Reddeck by City Clerk and Treasurer $ „ . . . . , Projects recommended for the Brooks Owens. Receipts were $38,- 518.95 during September and op erating expemtitures totaled $31,- 065 96. However, additional pay-! year were the purchase of a Stro- boconn, an instrument to verify and evaluate the tuning of* musical in- ments were made during the struments, professional-type music month, including $20 677 85 to the s * an< ^ s t0 re P* ace inefficient and Bond Commission, $9,509.72 for a fragi,e wire stands now m use: the new street sweeper, and $154.50 for plant tools, all of which were made from surplus funds, to bring the to tal expenditures to $61,448.03. Contract Signed For Building New Methodist Addition establishment of a fund for travel or entertainment of the band to recog nize meritorious achievement; and the establishment of a fund toward the purchase of uniforms which will be needed as the band increases in the next two years. The monetary goal for the year was recommended to be $1,600 L. V Powejl, president, commend ed the officers and -membership for the outstanding manner in which the providing of uniforms was accom plished last ^gar, and asked that ztntV Boland Yard "Yard Of Month" The yard of Mr . and Mrs. Ratch- ford W Boland on North Broad St. has been selected by the Garden- ettes Club as “Yard of the Month” for October. Each month a com mittee from the club selects a yard to receive the honor and places a placque on the lawn “so designating it. The building committee of Broad; formal recogriTnon be made of this Street Methodist Church on Tues- m tht ’ minutes the club day signed a contract for the con-i ~ "" ^ struction of the proposed new edu- County rOlf PrCITIIUm rational plant Books Available Here W M Fine and Son, contractors, ♦ of Spartanburg, will build the two-. The Laurens County Fair prem- story structure and work is expecL lum book 4s available at the Clin ed to begin next week ton Chamber of Commerce office, it The Spartanburg firm was low bidder several weeks ago when ten bids were submitted Since that time negotiations have been under way on several alternates in the plans and specifications. The Fine Company’s original bid was $76,976. C, C Giles is chairman of the building committee. The annual meeting of service clubs in the county will take place tonight at 7:30 at the Laurens Conn try fair grounds just off the Clintbn- Laurens highway Host for this year's gathering will be the Joanna Lions Club • - Featuring tne session will be an address by the Hon Solomon Blatt of Barnwell, long time speaker of the South Carolina House of Repre sentatives. A barbecue supper will be pre pared and served by Walter Lynch of Mountville Participating in the meeting will Paul R. Coker, (4, * Dies Saturday From Gun Blast A shotgun blast inflicted acci dentally by a hunting companion proved fatal to Paul R Coker, 14, of Clinton The ninth grade son of Mr and Mrs R G. Coker, of 112 N Hol land St., w.ith two teen-age friends was hunting Friday afternoon when he was shot in the abdomen with a charge from a 20 'gauge shotgun,* Deputy Sheriff H R Jones report ed Coker, shot at close range, died at Blalock clinic here Saturday 1 The deputy said Coker was walk ing in the rear of a squirrel hunt mg threesome and spoke to Donnie Revis. ubout 13. who was in front of him carrying the single-barrel shotgun. Deputy Jones sa'id Revis turned around to answer his friend, and the bolt action shotgun accidentally be the Lions, Kiwanis, Jaycees, Ex change, B and PW clubs of Clinton, Rotary. Kiwanis, and Lions clubs of property as a picific and recreation area for use of its citizens, equip ped' with boat landings, shelters, and water-supply The initial move to secure the area by tbe county came during the August meeting of the delega tion when Garvin B O’Dell, county game warden, accompanied by I. V Burdette, special game warden for the Lake Greenwood area, came before tlu 1 delegation and re quested that a move be made to buy the property o‘r excatge other county lahd for it Fliey became concerned when if was made known that Champion I would shortly begin to clear their land of all hardwood tree* an order Ui develop it more intensely for pine tree ' production Phey sug gested that the county act before the desired area was cleared of such trees Messrs O'Dell and Burdette pointed out that the only area for recreation on the lake available for residents of the' county was Greenwood State Park, where con ditions were becoming somewhat crowded, .and the distance to the j park from populated areas of the county was rnentioned as a disad- Laurens and the Lions clubs from van,agt Joanna, Hickory Tavern, and Watts- Negotiations to secure the prop- ville The host club, to make ar -'* rJv w, ‘ rp immediately initiated by the delegation Business transacted at the dele- SPFAKER BLATT rangements for the session, rotates each year The program committee from the gation meeting Monday ipcluded Joanna Lions is composed of W C. I ,be employment of two clerks to Dobbins. C. E - Abrams, and L. T Lawson - \ was stated yesterday , Anyone desiring information about ] Thr^thi'nT'7<) uTh. the fair and the premium list may telephone 108 Copies of the book may be had at the office or will be mailed upon request. The fair is scheduled for October assist the Registration Board in registering county^.voters during next several months and to prepare the ledgers following meetings of the board The clerks jure Mrs. Patricia Cox, of Clinton. | and Miss Nancy McDaniel, of the ! Ekom section of the county lie delegation agreed to supple ment welfare funds with an aver- j age of $30 per mxinth each in pm- * vidmg care for qualified aged in- ,, . ^ i . » ‘hgent patients in nursing homes 11 a m next Puesday at the Laur-; , when they cannot be taken care ens County Court House on the pro- , , . f ITO . . "> at the county home An ap posed new location of US highway . , propridtion of $200 was made for Public Hearing Set - __ o For Tuesday On New location Of Hwy. 276 A public hearing will "be held at 21-26 at the fair grounds off the Clinton-Laurens highway Greer High Here Friday Night To Meet CHS Red Devils Clinton- High’s gridiron oppon ent this week will be Greer iflgh. The game wUI be played on Presbyterian College’s Johnson Field Friday night at 8 o’clock. Last week’s scheduled game with North Augusta was rained out, and efforts will be made to re schedule it later in the season, H was said. The local loom has suffered four defeats this season ^ while winning one. They defeated Whit mire in the opening game and have loot to Yolk, Ware Shoals, Abbeville and Chester. f 0 - V . MRS. LEAVELL “There’s A Man in the House.” The meeting will be held in the Presby tefian College dining hall beginning at 7:30. Mrs Leavell, the daughter of the late Rev. A. U Boone, of Memphis, was bom in a Baptist parsonage at Clarksville, Tenn. She attended Ward Belmont (now» Belmont Col lege) and received the BA degree from Shorter College. She has done graduate work in sociology and psychology at Peabody College When Mrs. Leavell wrote “Build ing A Christian Home” in 1936, she begun a career of writing, teach- ir and speaking in Christian fam- il life. Since the death of Dr. Lea- PC Adopts Scholastic Test As Admission Requirement Beginning Next September George Sease, who owned the gun, was walking in front of Revis. and carried the shells, the deputy said. Revis told officers the safety on the shotgun apparently worked loose and the gun went off as he 276 between Fountain. Inn and the proposed new Columbia-Spartan burg interstate route, the State ! that purpose for '•everal immediate emergency cases upon the sugges Presbyterian College has adopted the Scholastic Aptitude Test of the College Entrance Board as a re quirement for admission. President Marshall W. Brown announced to day. He said the standard will apply to all new students seeking en trance to PC at the beginning of the f^ll semester next September. Dr. Brown pointed out the college ii , „ v admissions committee had suggest- vell in 1949, Mrs. Leavell has given i . , „ ,• , . , .. .. „ „ .. . ® . ed that all 1957 applicants take the Ml time wtht, promouo” „t better ^ o( the incomi Christian homev. During these (reshmM me( ^ qualiflcatKm year, she has served .» home Me ^ a „ nouncemm , about lha r"J m ef the administration and Board of the Southern Baptist Con- 1 . , , , _. ,, „ K |trustees to extend the College ven ,<m ' - Board Test to all students, the Mrs. Leavell is one of the most sought-after speakers in the South ern Baptist Convention, being book ed for engagements through the coming year. Fred E. Holcombe, president of the Brotherhood states that a num ber of tickets are still available for the meeting. Others who are inter ested In atending the meating may contact Holcombe for tickets today. president explained:—— — “It is our belief that the test will enable Presbyterian College to fulfill more completely its mission of providing a superior educational opportunity for students who seek higher education here. But there are two other important considera tions: The test will serve as a com mon denominator for evaluating ap- plictaions, a measure beyond the|(“Morning Session”) high schol transcripts which are so often of varying standards. In ad dition. faculty advisers and guid ance counselors—upon studying the test scores of individual freshmen— can assist these students more wisely in their choice of courses and in their adjustment to college work.” President Brown emphasized that Presbyterian College is deter mined to maintain a well-balanced program of admissions in the face of the increasingly large flow of applications. He said “We want students chosen not only on their outstanding scholar ship, but on the esential qualities of leadership and Christian char acter ,as well." Among bther South Carohna in stitutions only Furman now re quires the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test, but it is standard for a host of other fine institutions, in cluding Centre, Davidson, Duke, University of the South, and Wash ington and Lee. The Scholastic Aptitude Test includes a tion oL Mrs Viable Little, of the Highway Department announced to-l C(>unyt Weifare Department \ dav The delegation made a tour of US 276 is being built to safety inspection of the recently built control access standards all the way I prison camp building on the eoun- from Mauldin to the intersection of ty’s property on the Old Clinton- turned, the deputy said Sease veri-'the nt ‘w interstate route I he pari Laurens road fied the story, the deputy said from Mauldin to Fountain Inn is — All of the youths live in Clinton. nearin « completion.' Bids will be . . n ... Coroner Joe Smith said an mquest "P pn November on the section LOCfll KrCSDVlCriflnS date would be set after further in- fr ^ Fountain Inn to thf intersec * » vestigation No charges have been ’ mn ,bt ‘ proposed new interstate| route north of Clinton The new 'route is being built to the highest > . I . Attend Miami Meeting verbal section “designed to mea sure the candidate's ability to read with understanding and efisenmina tion. his comprehension of words, and his skill in dealing with word and thought relationships," and a mathematics section “designed to measure aptitude for handling quantitive concepts rather than achievement in the field of mathe matics." In the verbal and quanti- titive aptitudes wihch the test is de signed to measure, experienced ed ucators will recognize the qualities which provide the strongest basis for predicting a student's success in college All high school students are kept informed of the dates and locations forMhis test! It.will be given at testing, centere, normally within a short distance of an applicant’s home, on these dates in the months ahead: December 7, 1957; January 11, February 8, March 15, May 17. and August 13, 1958. President Brown said detailed in formation may be secured from the College Entrance Examination Board, Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey. possible standards for safety It will have four travel lanes, two for traf fic moving in each direction The \ number of Clinton Presbyte- j nans are attending the Men's Con vention of lavmen and ministers two mam lanes will be seperated by {)f t(u . s „ u t ' h e r „ p resbyterian Funeral services for young Coker were conducted Monday at 3:00 p m by the Rev Stanley Hardee and the Rev J W Spiders Burial was in Rosemonl ceme tery - He was a native of Lexington, N C . but hart made h» home m ” ”7 1 ' »»«*«*, a! the meins t- Clinton most of his life He was a lin< 11 * 1,1,11 rov estimated at about 10,000, and it is member of the na n t h grade in Al ,b ' s hearm « aLs " consideration'to be the largest gather ! w ill be a wide earth median There will be no intersections at grade level—all connecting roads jvili go over and Church beginning in Miami, Fla today and lasting through Sunday i\en to the locatiyu of the route from route 56 near Clinton to the New berrv county line. Clinton High School and was a member of Ole Lydia Mill Baptist l ,ro P ,,swl interstat ' Church Surviving are his parents, four brothers. Charles Coker, of Rome, ^ Ga ; Tracy Coker, of the U. S Ma- farm K||rpai| Ta nines, Portsmouth, Va Bruce 1 01,11 UUIVUU IU Coker, of the U S Navy, and Harold Coker, of the home; three sisters, Mrs: Frances Johnson and Mrs. Loretta Revis. of Clinton, ami Miss £llma~X}oker, of the, home Open Membership Thornwell To Play IrmoChapin Friday Thornwell Orphange will have an out of town foqjtball game this week The opponent will be Irmo Chapin High School in a contest scheduled for Friday night at 8:00 mg of Protestant men in Vtnenc.m history. Speakers include men from ail parts of the United States and oth er countries. ‘Included in the delegation from this area are Dr and \lr> V\ Redd Turner, Dr and Mrs [S J Woods, Dr and Mrs. Marshall W Bnj'Jtrv. and W. C. Baldwin, from the First Presbyterian Church. Dr and^ Mrs. M A Vlacdonjld, Mr and Mrs Dennis Sowers; Mr' The Laurens County Farm Bu- Mrs * Robert . Wickham, from reau will open its annual member- rhornwell Memorial Church; Rev. ship drive on Monday, October 14, and Mrs. Karl Kessel. of the Jo* with a kickoff supper at the Toa*- anna Presbyterian Church. W H tee Gill in Laurens. Alj workers Adams, e I d e r from the Rock in the drive and their wives are in- Bridge Church; and Rev and Mrs. vited to attend. L. B. Stoddard, Kenneth Pollock, of Union, former- Jr , of Owmgs, is chairman of the drive ly with the Lydia Mills Presbyte rian Church here Registration Board to Meet at Joanna Next Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday — Get Your Certificates!