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7 •/ / If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News The Chronicle strives To Be A Clean News paper. Complete, New*y and Reliable Volume LVIII Clinton, S. €;, Thursday, October 17, 1957 r Number 42 Miss CHS Crowned by Football Captain City Fines Make Plans for Community Chest Campaign Jane Ann Davis, named “Miss Clinton High School” by vote of the student body, is shown here as she was crowned queen of the homecoming festivities at the Ctinton-Greer football game Friday night by Billy Cranford, captain of the football team- —Photo by Dan Yarborough County Fair Opens Gates Monday for f 57 Showing Best Yet, Officials Say of Event The eight annual Laurens County Fair will swing open its fates next Monday for a six-day run, and offi cials are anticipating one of the best in the fair association’s history. The educational and entertain ment event is sponsored by the Laurens Exchange Club. About $4,500 in premiums will-be offered this year, an increase of about $1,000 over last year’s prize money. Offered on the midway will be Prell’s Broadway Shows with 36 rides for the entertainment of all age groups. George Roper, association presi dent, announced that something new has been added as a special feature —a beef calf scramble. The event will be staged after the cattle judg ing Wednesday night. Four 4-H boys and 10 FFA members will compete in putting halters on five calves in the shortest time. , "We are looking forward especial ly to one of the best-beef and dairy cattle exhibits since the fair start ed.” he said. t * the community exhibits are ex pected to be unusually fine this year, he said, adding that all com munity exhibit space has been sold. There will be five special days of the fair. Monday will' be opening day ^ith 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 Sat urday 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 president; Ralph T. Wilson, Jr, treasurer; and John. Gatlin, secretary-manager. The executive committee is com posed of P. W. McAlister, George Phinney, Caldwell Henderson, Ryan Lawson and Mrs. James Wasson. Ex-officio members are County Agent C B. Cannon, S. C. Gambrell, J. B. O’Dell and Miss Myrtice Tay lor. * Also on Kiddies Day a pony and bridle will be given free at 5:00 g m. Tickets for the drawing are to be obtained from merchants' adver tising in the premium book. They do not require a purchase Mr. Rop er said. , i’ . . ; Notices Of Appeal Filed In Kidnapping Conspiracy Cases Laurens, Oct. 10—Notices of ap peal have been filed in behalf of Thomas D. Jacob*. 52. .UL.Clinton, and Jobie Shelton, 28, and Willie Hill, Clinton Negroes, who last week were sentenced to life impris onment on charges of conspiring to •** kidnap. David Sloan, attorney for Jacobs, said tonight that he and Marshall Abercrombie, who represented the two Negroes, filed the appeals be fore the 10-day deadline. Jacobs, Shelton and Hill are now in the state penitentiary. They were convicted in Laurens County general sessions court of conspiring to kidnap Robert M. Vance, son of a Clinton banker, and hold him for ransom Trial of the trio was one of the longest in J^aurens Coun ty history. City News Briers Jane Todd, of Clinton, is among the 21 students^named to member ship in the Garnet Circle at Ers- kine College. Membership is com posed of those students making the highest scholastic average during the past year She is thq daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Todd. * * • New telephone directories were .delivered to subscribers of Clin ton’s Southern Bell Telephone service during the past week. The local exchange has more than 2800 telephone installations. Manager I. A. Edwards states,. Joe Holland, manager, along with his mother, MrS. JphSsJtr Hol ing among Class A schools in the state at the recent annuaL clinic of the South Carolina Yearbook Asso ciation at Lander College, Green wood * * * To keep the record straight and to correct recent published reports, Claude Crocker, of Clin ton, is the retiring president of the Laurens County Red Cross Chapter. Succeeding him is F. J. Hamrick, of Laurens, recently named president for this year. * • * ' Dr. R. B. Purdum, of the Pres byterian College faculty, occupied the pulpit of the First Presbyte rian Church Sunday in the absence land, owner of J h e loc^KJ^igglylof the pastor. Dr. W. Redd Turner, * Wiggly store, was in Columbia ["who was attending a church con- Sunday and Monday to attend the first annual meeting of the Food Retailers Association of South Carolina, * * * P. S. Bailey’s Creekland Farm showed the grand champion male and female Shorthorns at the Greenwood fair. * * * . * The 1957* Clinton High School yearbook. The Clintonian, edited by Jenny Addison, won third place rat- Clinton Homecoming Gala AHair Despite 14-6 Loss To Greer ' Clinton High will meet Union High Friday night at Union in its eighth scheduled game of the season. The local team won its first game, lost five, and had one rained out to be played later in the year. For Month Police department fines for Sep tember totaled $1,601 55, according to a report submitted to City Coun cil at its monthly meeting by Chief B. B Ballard The fines, other than parking me ter revenue, were imposed by Mayor Joe P. Terry in Recorder's Court. ’ Leading the list were eight of fenders charged with driving ve hicles under the influence of intoxi cants, who were levied on for $687' and 42 days on the public works. The usual fine for this offense is $100, it was said. Contributing the next largest amount were 37 a r r e s t e d for drunkenness. They w r ere assessed $335.05 and 195 days, with two cas- -essuspended. Eighteen persons were taken in for speeding and reckless driving, paying $236, and given 30 days One case each was made for violating the liquor law and buying and receiving stolen goods . Each was assessed $100. Other cases and their fines were: operating auto without driver’s li cense, three, $74; disorderly con duct, two, $24; petty larceny, three, two suspended, 30 days; fighting, one, suspended; miscel laneous, five, two suspended, $34; taken in for investigation or on sus picion. seven. A total of 86 arrests were made during the month. Violators of parking laws num bered 203, and they paid $101.50. P Here are officials and division leaders of Clinton's Community C< est who met Fhursdav to make plans for the coming campaign. Silling are William P. Jacobs, advance gifts division; L. V. Powell, institutional division; L. N Warren, vice chairman; Mrs. F.sther H. Pitts, sec retary; Mrs. Jack Red, residential division; standing: Claude Crocker, industrial division; Fred E. Holcombe, president; I. \. Edwards, publicity chairman; W. L. Corbett, commerrial division; James E. W< Ife. ‘campaign chairman; Howard McCurry, nadio publicity division. —Photo by Yfan Yarborough —r-l*-- ■ vention in Miami, Fla. Dr. Purdum was greeted by a large congrega tion in his .first appearance in the local church Presbyterian College has two more home football games for this season. On Nov. 2 the home coming game will be with Cataw ba,^and on Nov. 1C Eastern Caro lina (N. C.) . Teachers College will furnish the opposition. Both are night games on Saturday. Clinton high School’s 1957 home coming festivities were featured last Friday afternoon and evening and saw Jane Anne Davis named Miss CHS. She was attended by Norma Elder and Dolly Crouch as attendants and I runners-up in the voting for q u etc*n by the student body. v Beginning in( tte afternoon with a parade that included candidates j for Miss CSH and sponsors of Sen ior football players riding in con vertibles, preceded by the CHnton High band, the*program included a football game with Greer on the Presbyterian College field that night. Greer won. 14 to 6. The queen was crowned during game halftime ceremonies by the captain of the team, Billy Cran ford, who planted a kiss on the lips of the lovely young lady with the good wishes and envy of his team mates. She. is the daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Randolph Davis, of near Clinton. Sponsors for the senior players occupied seats on the sidelines They were: Barbara Roberts for Joe Neely; Norma Elder for Cecil Davenport; Myra Snelgrove for Bud Tumbhn; Jean Russell for Billy Cranford; Joyce Ann Todd fof' Alvin Hueble; Shirley Staton for Earl Horton; Pat Carr for Earl Bryant; Sue Boyce for John W’renn; Terrell Cook for Jimmy Chandler; Julia Gray for Billy Horne; Kay Thomas for Kenneth Mann; Jackie Pitts for Jake Ra- stfr; Margaret Elia Copeland for Jimmy Chaney; Lena Copeland for Joe Lark; Jane Anne Davis for Ronnie Hedspeih. - Following a scoreless first half, Greer hit pay ditt twice in the third period and made the extra points with a run and a pass. Clin ton got its touchdown in the fourth stanza: Starting early in the third quar ter on a 54-yard push to the goal line, Greer’s strike included a 39- yard run by Allen for a touchdown. Allen also ran the extra point. Hitting again late in the third period deep in their own territory. Greer uncorked a 53-yard run by Lister to set up their final score, with Singleton going across for the marker from 13 yards oul. Lister passed to Tillotson for the extra point ' In the fourth quarter Clinton Jurors Drawn For Common Pleas Term Beginning On Oct. 28 Two panels of jurors of 18 mem bers ’each were drawn Tuesday by the jury commission at Laurens to serve during the first week of a term of Common Pleas Court be ginning on Monday, Oct 28. Judge T. B. Greneker, of Edge- field, will preside over the term. Following are the jurors: F. F. Fowler, Clinton City: C. E. Dunaway. Clinton City;. Robert Wilkie, Clinton Mill; Charles B. Tumblin, Laurens City; Eugene Lothridge, Trinity-Ridge; Merle L. Brown, Laurens City; P F Ram- age, Bailey community; Dial C. Gray. Laurens Mill; Thomas Wells, Lydia Mill; Kenneth Andrews, Jones' Store; J. E. Marshall, Jo anna; J J. Coates, Jr, Watts Mill; A. B. Young, Jr, Clinton City; H M. Sellers, Lydia Mill; Carl T. Smith,, Mountville; Heyward P Patterson, Laurens Mill; Charles F. Teague, Watts Mill; H L. Page, Trinity-Ridge. Also J M Cole, Cross Hill; Pat H. Garrett, M e r n #, Herbert J. Mlrtin, Ora; Norman F. Case, Hickory Tavern; J. C. Cooper, Cook’s Store; J. E. Adams. Shady Grove; D L. Alexander, Grays community; Joe -Eddy Lviingston, Clinton City; J S. Tollison, Hick ory Tavern; J. S. Blume, Tip Top community; W W. Smith, Hope- well section; E. H. Alexander, Jo anna; Henry D e n d y, Waterloo; Archie J Thompson, Jones’ Store community; Roy Lashley, Gray Court; James Cork Martin, Youngs community; Stanley Hyatt, Grays community Continue Plans For Chest Drive Preliminary work is continuing on plans and procedure for Clin ton’s annual Community Chest campaign, James E Wolfe, chair man. stated yesterday. Division chairmen have' been named and they met last Thursday for a discussion meeting to can vass the situation and plan proce dure to be followed in the drive • Another meeting of the same group is scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) at campaign headquar ters at the Chamber of Commerce office on W. Carolina Avenue, when final plans will be shaped up and division personnel announced Division chairmen will meet with members of their respective solici tation team at some convenient time, during the following week Advance gifts solicitation will get underway on Monday. October 21, with the general campaign begin ning the following Monday^ morn ing, the 28th, to be preceded by a kick-off breakfast at Hotel Mary Musgrove attended by all cam paign workers and Community Chest officials. Division chairmen are: advance gifts, William P Jacobs; indus trial, Gary Lehn; commercial em ployees, William L. Corbett; city employees, W Brooks Owens; insti tutions and schools. Fred Hol combe, residential, Mrs. Jack Red; publicity, I. A Edwards; au diting. Gary Holcombe The year's budget is $19,519 01. to be apportioned among nine par ticipating agencies; They -are: American Red Cross, $3,787; Local Youth Work. $4,000. Cancer Soci ety, $2,200; Crippled Children. $1,- 200, Blue Ridge Council Boy Scouts,' $2,500; The Salvation Ar my, $1,000; S. C. Heart Associa tion, Inc , $750; Local Relief and Administrative. $3,000. United Or ganizations of the Carolmas, $1,- 082.01 ' ,, Officers of the Community Chest are: Fred E Holcombe, president; L. N. Warren, vice-president; Mrs. Esther H. Pitts, secretary. The Clinton Jaycees will take charge of uptown activities such as putting up posters and banners, and will probably include some stunts and gimmicks to make the public aware of the coming cam paign A roving reporter will interview Withdraw Licenses Twenty persons in Laurens coun ty had their licenses withdrawn during September, the State High-I way Department reported In the state as a whole, 1.621, drivers lost their licenses during' the month City to Receive Bids On Bond Issue November 14 To Finance Expansion of Water Plant Attend Textile v Institute In Virginia $1,150,000 in bonds, the proceeds ^ I of which will be used to finance the "Among personnel-from the Clin- construction of an enlarged water ton and Lydia Cotton Mills attend- system for the city mg the Institute of Textile Technol- This was determined Tuesday ogy in Charlottesville, Va., several days last week were J.'B Temple ton, George M. Huguley, Dave Roberts, A C. Young and George H Cornelson. Mrs Templeton, Mrs Roberts and Mrs. Young accompanied their husbands on the trip rite City of Clinton will receive First slop in the process was an bids on November 14^ m a sale of ordinance combining the existing waterworks, sewage dispoal, and electrical distribution -system into a combined utilities system Also included was an ordinance PC Expands Scholarship Program for Next Session Ten founder's grants, rainging up .credited high schooLs ami. m special to $2.000-each highlight the expand- instances, to the second-honor grad ed scholarship program Presbyte- uate or member of the honor group rian College announced today for These grants amount to $500 eacn its 1958-59 session beginning next September President Marshall W Brown said high school seniors of superior in- night at a special meeting of City P r,,vl( l |n 8 for improvements and Council when necessary legislation extensions to the combined utility was enacted system, -ami for the issuance and —('turned—was called into speciaL saTe br revenue bonds to finance session to pass two ordinances and ^ project a resolution as steps necessary to! ,, J . ; . , , Fimiilv. a resolution providing the issuance and sale of the bond,. _ . . . tor the sale of the bonds, bids to tssuf , . . |’ ‘ be received up to 12 o clock noon on November 14 and" Opened im mediately Acceptance or rejection of the bids is to be accomplished by 2.00 p m by vote of the coun cil Members of the City Bond Commission will be present when the bids are opened and will ad vise ami consult with council in th^ proceedings. The city has been in the process of making plans for extension and enlargements of its water plant for for the four years of study Ministerial candidates of Protes tant faith are eligible Tor‘ministe rial scholarships provided inteh- tellectual achivement, through these ,lons to enter this field have been grants and three other types of declared before the local church scholarships, thus are offered a broad opportunity to qualify for fi nancial assistance toward obtain ing a higher education. Dr Brown pointed out the new Each of these grants provides $1,- 000 or the four years of study A fourth typ*> of financial assis tance. offered by Presbyterian Col- •lege, is the grant in aid Through scholarship program is more exten-1 fhis program, students of good sive than in the past, and the r in- character and satisfactory academ- creasingly large number of "candi standing, who cannot otherwise dates has caused the application meet all of, their college expenses. date to be pushed forward He urged are provided work opportunities. .As interested students to make their ap the number of these scholarships also is dependent upon funds avail able, early application is advised here. too. President Brown, in announcing plications for the Founder’s grants before December 10, 1957, by con tacting their principals or the PC director of admissions. The ten founder's scholarships will the program said be awarded competitively to quali-J "The founder's scholarships, pro- fied students entering Presbyterian , viding up to $2,000 each, have been College next September They cov widely sought after by students er four years of study ami offer throughout the southeast since the each recipient up to 500 per year program was initiated three years In addition, valedictory scholar- ago They are awarded on the ba- ships again are being made avail-'sis of intellect, leadership and char- able to first-honor graduates of ac- acter' All high school seniors are ‘ -j eligible to take the preliminary lerviews. will be broadcast over the tests, which will be administered at. Clinton radio station, WPCC. Dur-|the local high school Later, a.group ing the course of the vampifign a of finalists will be selected to visit number of local citizens will broad the PC campus for interviews and some months Engineering work has been done by Harwood Beebe Company, of Spartanburg, and they have completed the plans and specifications If the sale-of bonds is consumated, city officials state, bids on the construction for the work will be sought immediately Plans call for moving to Enoree River as a source of the city’s wa ter supply, with a three million gal Ion daily capacity for the n e w pumps and filtering plant on Gary stnvt. The city recently purchased additional property on Gary street on which to build the new filter plant. Clinton gets its water from can Creek, four irules from town, and the daily capacity of its pres ent plant us 1,000.000 gallons. Both the source a n d capacity of the plant have proved inadequate to supply the city's needs m recent years and restrictions on the use of water have been imposed sev eral times. cast-appeals for interest and sup- other tests. jThe deadline for apply people on the streets and these in- port of the public 'ing is December* 10, 1957 '' Registration Board To Be In Session At Clinton Mill Soon At County Service Club Meeting chalked up Its one marker for the night when Billy Horne went around his right end for a 28-yard trip The try Tor point failed Featuring Clinton’s play for the night were quarterback Cecil Da venport. and h a f f b a c k Horne. Greer’s Lister and Tillotson stood out for,the. visitors. Homecoming At Duncan Creek Church On 27th Homecoming will be held at Dun can Creek Presbyterian Church on Sunday. October 27. . There will be a morning service at 11:30 and at noon a picnic din ner will be served. All church mem bers and friends are cordially in vited to attend Board Speaker Solomon Blatt of the South Carolina House of Representatives (centerMs shown here with members of thr Joanna Liofui Hub. who were hosts last Thursday evening at the annual Laurens County Civic Club meeting at the fair grounds near Laurens. At the left is Wen dell Hair, secretary of the club, and Claud? Lawson, president. To the right are William C. Dobbins, member of the legislature from Laur- ^jCotuity. who Introduced Mr. Blatt, speaker of the evening, and L. T. Lawson. , ' —Photo by' Dan Yarborough. The Laurens County Registra tion Board will be in session at Clinton Hill next Monday, Tues day. .vui Wednesday t oissue new registration certificates to citi zens of the county. The certifi cates will enable persons to vote in all city, county, state, and na tional elections for the next ten years. Present certificates will ‘expire May l, 1958. I he Community House will be headquarters fur the board when it convenes it the local mill village next, week Residence in the state for two years, in the c’ounty for one year, and in_the voting precinct for fou^. inonths are amortg the requisites for those making application for is suance of registration certificates. Residence requirements for min isters m charge of organized cKurehe.s are waived, according to provisions on the application Resi dence requirnfents for p u b l i e school teachers in the slate are re duced to mx months prior to paP ticipaiioti in any election Any prospective voter from any precinct in the county may secure a certificate from the board when it ousts at any (>omt m th£ county, it was slated. Mill Next Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday — Get Your Certificates!