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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 31,1957
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Young Is New Kiwanis President
Oeland Is Development
at
Union - Man Spe
Number 44
Breakfast
Begins Duties at Close of Fund Drive
James M? Oeland. former treas
urer and executive%officer of the
Darlington. S C. Manufacturing
Company, has been .named vice
president in charge of development
at Presbyterian College
Milliken Company until that partic
ular! plant was closed recently Most
of Oeland's long business career
has been spent in the textile indus
try, where he served as treasurer of 1
| Clifton Manufacturing Company,!
• President Marshall VV Brown, in! Comptroller of Reigel Textiles, and
making t|he announcement today. Comptroller of Monarch: Mills and
said Oeland will 'assume his new!of Jonesville Product, Company be
duties on November 1. He succeeds! fore going to Darlington
as development director Otto W Per- The new PC development director
rene who recently accepted a posi- was voted “layman of the year" in
tion with Marts and Lundy profes- 1952 by the Presbyterian Men of
sional fund-raising organization j South Carolina He has served, as
Dr Brown pointed out that Oeland president of this Synod group and of
is an outstanding Presbyterian lay the Men of Enoree Presbytery, as a
leader who has been active in the ruling elder .an three congregations
work of the South Carolina Synod and as a deacon in three churches
.for a number of years. He also is ^ native of Spartanburg. Oeland
recognized tor his business ability, receiv .ed his degree from Wofford
having directed the operations of the Colleg ,, in 191 9 a ft e r brief service in
Darlington affiliate of the Deering t he U. S. Army in World War 1 He
A. C. Young, right, is being congratulated by Howard Smith, retiring president, upon his election as new
president of the Clinton Kiwanis Club last Thursday night. Young, a member of the staff of Clinton Cotton
Mills will assume his office the first of the year. Smith will automatically become vice president and a
member of the board of directors upon his retirement.
Homecoming Cancelled
At Presbyterian College
Catawba Sidelined for Setond Week
Homecoming activities at Pres- presiden s reception and various
byterian College, scheduled for
this week-end, have been cancelled
after influenza forced football op
ponent Catawba to remain side
lined again this week-end.
Catawba officials said physi
cians urged that they cancel the
game: because of the outbreak of
influenza at that institution. The
Indians had been forced to call off
last week’s scheduled contest
against Ekm and Presbyterian
likewise had cancelled its David
son engagement, but PC had plan
ned to play this Saturday until
the decision came from Catawba.
Presbyterian had built a full
homecoming program around the
football game, but the entire event
is now benig cancelled. Plans had
called for a board of directors
meeting Saturday morning, a n
alumni luncheon, class reunions, a
Mb. Lula Lynn Wier
Passes At Joanna
Funeral services for Mrs Lula
Lynn Wier, 78, were held Tuesday
afternoon at Duncan Creek Presby
terian Church, conducted by the
Rev. James S. Gray, Dr. D. J.
Woods, and the Rev. James B
Mitchell. Burial was in Rosemont
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Earl Dunn. L.
L. Cpoeland, Jr, Kirk Milam,
James Copeland, Jr, A. S. Holt,
Lowry Wilson, D. B. Smith, and
Thurston Burroughs.
Mrs. Wier, widow of Thomas P.
Wier, died early Monday ' morning
at the home of her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. Floyd
Pitts, in Joanna after a brief ill
ness
Surviving are her daughter and
a granddaughter, Miss Bonnie Mae
Pitts, of Joanna.
She was a native of Lancaster
County, but had made her home in
Laurens County most of her life.
She was a member of the late
John R. and Sarah Fleming Lynn.
Her husband, Thomas P. Wier,
died in 1937
Mrs. Wier was a lifelong and de
voted member of Duncan Creek
Presbyterian Church. Many years
of her long and useful life were
spent at her country home near
Renno. In recent years she had
lived in Joanna with her daughter
and son-in-law.
j'rt
other alumni meetings.
A college official explained that
advance reservations for . h o m e-
coming already had been adverse
ly affected by the fact that Presby
terian had suspended classes all of
last week to prevent an influenza
epidenuc. It was felt that cancel
lation of the featured football
game would be another serious
blow to' attendance. After consult
ing with alumni officials,, the PC
administration decided to call off
the entire program.
Presbyterian College has desig
nated the only remaining home
football week-end —- against East
Carolina on November 16—as Par
ents Day, so there will be no fur
ther opportunity for homecoming
this fall.
County Farm Bureau
To Elect Officers
<s
Tuesday At Laurens
The Laurens County Farm Bu
reau will meet in a general session
at- the La ureas High School Tues
day evening at 7:30
The meeting will be preceded by
a barbecue chicken dinner to be
served in the school cafeteria
A program^iSll^be arranged by
a commitU*fwith-T. J. Copeland as
chairman.
Among items of business to be
transacted is the annual election of
officers. The retiring president,
Ryan F. Lawson. ©fHhe Hopewell
section, will preside.
Barbecue Honors
Clinton And Lydia
Mills Employees
Eighty-eight members of the Old
Timers Club and 17 retired employ
ees of Clinton and Lydia Cotton
Mills were honored with a barbe-
cue Saturday, at the Clinton base
ball park
President P. S. Bailey, himself a
member of the Old Timers Club,
presented engraved gold watches
and ruhy-set service award pins to
seven new members of the club
They were: Mrs Corrie Bishop,
Mrs. Annie Caughman, Mrs Ruby
Self, Arthur Barker, and Rudolph
Barker, all of Clinton; and G. C.
Parris hand Carl Elders, of Lydia.
Membership in the club signifies
.at least 25 years of service with
the mills.
Nine former employees, who had
25 years or more of continuous ser-
Henrv Richardson, campaign chairman of .the Ininn County l nited Fund (Community Chest > was
guest speaker Morlay morning at a kick-off breakfast at Hotel Mars Wusgrove attended by workers in the
Clinton Community Chest campaign which got unde, way that morning. Mr Richardson gave detailed
procedure followed in I'nlon in the successful rompietion of their 1937 campaign just completed. In the *
photo are (front row ) L. N. Warren, vice president of Clinton’s Community Chest, Mr Richardson; I. \.
Edwards, publicity chairman; (bark row) A. C. Young, ihairman of the budget committee: Fred Hoi
combe, president; Jim Wolfe, campaign chairman: and the Rev. G. H. Hodges, who gave the invocation
r-Photo by Dan Yarborough
Community Chest at 40%
Of Goal in Early Reports
Dr. Whitten To
Receive Award
Chairman Urges Intensive Efforts
Contributions to Clinton's
a* 40 per cent of its goal. James
E Wolfe, chairman of the cam
paign,. stated
Dr B O Whitten, superintend
ent of Whitten Village, of Clinton,
will receive an award for outstand
ing service to the state at a'meet
ing of the South Carolina Associa
tion for Mdntal Health at the J£f-j solicitors after two days of the gen-
and Mrs. Oeland are the parents of
three daughters.
Oeland takes over development
vice before their retirement, were res p ons jfoiiities a t Presbyterian Col
eral campaign Ai\ advance gifts
committee started to work earlier
LN SPARTANBURG HOSPITAL
Friends of little Bailey Dixon,
Jr., wilt be interested to know he is
convalescing at the General hos
pital in Spartanburg where he has
been a patient for the past week
and expects to return to his home
here this week-end
Clinton High Stages 12-0
Upset Over Spartanburg
ClinUa High will meet New
berry here on the Presbyterian
Tonefe Held Friday night at 8:90
in the next lo the last game of
the year. The only remaining
encounter is with the Laurens
.Tigers, which is also a home
game, on Friday, Nov. 8. ’
The Cfinton High Red Devils
wvnt to Spartanburg last Friday
night and won themselves a foot
ball game that even their most ar
dent supporters did not give them
a Chinaman’s chance of winning.
They came home with a 12-0 vic
tory over Spartanburg High that
stunned -their opponents and de
lighted artisan Clinton fans.
And with the upset. ,a new star
w-as uncovered in Coach Tedard’s
Red firmament—Henry Ingle, full
back. For it was he who scored
both touchdowns. Carrying the ball
five times in the eight plays re
quired to negotiate the 55 yards for
the first counter. He went over
from seven yards out, after ac
counting for 36 yards of the dis
tance. For the second score he
crossed (he line from the one after
Dwight Moody, halfback, had mov
ed uo from the five T.ie rest of
the yardage was made by short
trips through the Spartan line and
a pass from quarterback Daven
port to Jerry Lewis that put Clin-
'on on the nine.
Taking the kickoff that opened
the second half. Clinton completely
dominated the play for the rest
of the game.
Spartanburg made desperate ef
forts to launch an air attack in the
also presented watches. T h e y
were: Jesse L Duckett, of Lydia,
and Sadie Quinton, C. B Wallen-
zine, J. Warren Craine, D. L. Mc
Gee, Newt Crawford, H. L. Cun
ningham. E. J. Campbell, James
Little and Theo Little, all of Clin
ton. j
Mrs. Minnie Campbell, who first
began work at Clinton during its
first year of operation in 1896, re
ceived a watch in recognition of
her many years of serveie.
Twenty-year service awards
went to S C. Foster, D. M: San
ders, Ursula Blakely, and J. C.
Cannon, of Clinton, and J. H Von
Hollen and J A Black of Lydia
Thd Rev. Dr. R. C. Grier, for
mer president of Erskine College,
Due West, now pastor of the Aso-
ciate Reformed Presbyterian
Church, of Greenville, addressed
the aproximately 325 persons pres
ent for the occasion. He advised
fourth period, but mttrcrpUon., I 1 ' 1 ' <^<rol»'> s rmploy<*T <o faro
ur.d fumblr, olpped lb. umempt*. U,e, 1 r asks “'S “ nag ' na “°" and
r pnde to asssii them in turning out
superior products and in maintain
ing themselves as good citizens of
the community.
Local JHA Urges
City, To Save Stamps
The Clinton High JHA is partici
pating in an international project
which collects stamps and sells them
to stamp collectors. The money
which is made w ill be donated to the
fight against tuberculosis among
children. It makes no difference
whaj kind of stamps you send. In
removing the stamps cut along the
edge, leaving a slight margin.
Please do not skin the stamp off as
they will not be worth as much.
Send these stamps to Myra Snel
grove at Clinton High School. All
stamps will be greatly appreciat
ed.
Clinton was well on the way to
another score laite in the game
when the Spartans recovered a
fumble on their 20.
Both teams threatened in the
scoreless first half, but neither
could produce the required punch.
The Spartans got down to the Clin
ton seven-yard line, but Dick G«s-
que deflected a pass and Daven
port intercepted the ball, enabling
the Red Devils to take over on the
fiVe.
Davenport’s quarterbacking and
Ingle's running, (ogether >uth fine
defensive play by end Joe Lark
ajid tackle Earl Horton, were
bright spots in the Clinton victory.
The whole Clinton team turned in
their best performance of the year
Ingle and Tedards were guests at
a meeting of the Touchdown Club
in Greenville Monday, after Ingle
was . named by The Piedmont
(Greenville paper) as the latest in
its series of “Player of the Week ^YiSlTS IN SPARTANBURG
Tedards highly praised Ingle's Fri-j Mrs , E B. Sloan was the guest
dya night work and his all-round itf her sister, Mrs. Rufus I). Lewis,
dependability as a player al sea- in Spartanburg several days last
son * 1 week.
-f
lege a few months after the institu
tion has completed its greatest fund-'
raising program in history The
more than $1,033,000 subscribed is
being used to build a new student
center and a chapel-auidtohum and
to increase endpwment.
ferson Hotel in Columbia on No
vember 7
The announcement was made by
(he Awards Committee of the As
sociation headed by the Rev W L
Williams of LancaMer year’s budget of $19,519 01 That is
Dr Whitten has directed the de the amount allocated to the nine
velopment of Whitten Village since participating agencies,
it was established near here 40 He urged all citizens of the com
years ago During this long period nxunrty to assume their responsu
he has given outstanding service to; bility and contribute generously to
the mentally retarded of the state, the campaign in order that the
Funeral Services
For E. W. Ferguson
Held Here Monday
PTA Halloween Carnival
Opens at 5:30 in Armory
agencies may continue umntemipt-
ed services to the community
“They are v»>ur agencies. he
said "They are working for you
in rendering eminently worthwhile
services to y< u. your children, your
fellow citizens, your community "
P VRT1CIP \TING
AGENCIES
\merican Reg Corss
S 3,797.99
Local Youth Work
4,999.99
Cancer Society
2.299.99
Crippled Children’s
Society
1.299.99
Blue Ridge Council
Boy Scouts
2,599.99
Tbe Salvation Army
1,999.99
S. C. Heart Vssoc
759.99
laical Relief and
Administratri>
X 3.999.99
l nited Organizations
of
the Carolina*
1.M2.91
’
$19,519.91
A number of uptown business es-
Youil find spooks, food and fun j cakes and candy, cookies and flow- t*blishments, several manufactur
Funeral services for F
Ferguson. 83, were held on Monday
aftemoom at Gray Funeral Home,
conducted by Dr W. Redd Turner,
pas'tor of the First Presbyterian
Church .and Dr. D. J Woods, pas
tor emeritus Interment was in the
church cemetery
Pallbearers were W. Brooks Ow
at the Halloween Carnival sched
uled for the Clinton Armory to
night (Thursdav).
i Activity will start with the cos-
Waters tume contest a^ 5:30 p m Then,
the booths will open at 6:00 p m
to offet* a wide variety of specialty
items and amusements until clos.
ing'lTme” at 8 DO p m
Ifs under the sponsorship of the
Hampton Avenue Parent-Teacher
Association and it’s open to every
one of all ages A food stand
-1 ers. fish ponds and pickpockets coffee ms. and many individ-
! real live pony rides, ^nd even a ua,s - W ' >lfe sa,d - already been
Hansel and Gretel House reported as exceeding their contn-
j . , , , , buttons of last vear °
All indications point to a gala u , .
occasion when the witches ride at "°oe said that apy person not
tne Halloween Carnivaf Thursday contacted in the campaign and
night
ens, Thomas F Hollis. J F Ja- available means the entire family
cobs, J: J. Cornwall. Lowry M
Wilson, T H. Copeland, Carroll W.
Copeland. Dr George R Blalock,
and Dr. D. O Rhame
Mr. Ferguson died Saturday in
Macon, Ga , where he had been
with a son, after several years of
declining health He had been in
Macon for about two weeks
A native of Laurens county, he
was a son of the late John A and
Margaret Waters Ferguson, and
was a member of the First Pres
byterian Church
M,r Ferguson had the first Ford
automobile agency in Clinton, first
iperating the business on the pres
can cbme and eat supper right on
the spo(
The Halloween costume contest
welcomes all children who fit into
the age brackets, and first and
second prizes await the winners
ttr these' three categories pre
school children, fir>t through third
Registration Board
To Meet In Laurens
The Laurens County Board of
Registration will begin Ka No
vember schedule with a three-
w?ho wishes to make a contribution
is requested to call one of the di
vision chairmep Hfey are Ad-
! vance Gifts, Mm. P J a ebon In
dustrial, Gao Lehn, Commercial
Employees, William L Corbett
|Cify Employees, W Brooks Ow
ens Institutions and Schools. Fred
! E Holcombe ’Residential. Mrs,
Jack Red
day session at the Court House
in laiurens. Tbe dates are Mon
dav t Tuesday, and Wednesday,
November 4-5-6.
The following week the hoard
graders ami fourth through sixth! will fill a three day engagement
graders Judges are Miss Lily in Clinton on the Uth. 12th. and
Yarborough, M rs Wilson Har-1 i:tth.
ns, and Bill Hogan First prize: The board had four three-day
is a free .“treat" at every booth, | sittings during October, four will
while second pla.ee wins a com-1 be held in November, and three
plimentary nwivie ticket I have been arranged for Decern
Spook Corner and Disneyland her. closing the pre Christmas
Legion Auxiliary
Fetes Veterans
Che’ local \mencan Legion Aux
iliary wa- host to padents at the
Veterans Ixspdal. Columbia, for
coffee and dolighnuts on Tuesday
The^ organization ma le a dona
j tam for the refreshments and ar
I rangements w ere made through
Howard Watkins. Laurens County*
Service Of ice r.
are ! two features of the night
ent site of Maxwell Bros and'There will also be all manner of
Wilkes furniture store Later he
constructed the large brick build
ing now occupied by the .Gwen
Evan Mill on West Main street,
where he was in business for many
years. - *
MOVE TO NEW YORK
Friends of, Paul A Hundo will be! 'gation. to cover the rural areas
schedule on December 18.
\ new schedule beginning in
January will be set up by the |
Laurens County legislative dele-
Joanno Halloween
Carnival Tonight
interested to know that he has
remved a transfer and promotion
to the <ali •» department of the Hall
Surviving* are two sons, James I mark Shirt Company offices in the I
Edmund Ferguson,- of Macon, and j Empire-State building New YorlTv
B Copeland Ferguson, of CaLfor- For the past two ve.ecs Run !
nia He was the last member of do ha> been as.-, stunt superintend J
his immediate family His wife, j ent of the Hallmark plant here He
Mrs. Annie Copeland Ferguson, and his family will move to New
died m 1948
York the latter part of November
of the county. The first of the
registration schedule ’ was ar
ranged to include textile villages
and Clinton and Laurens.
A I-1 outstanding registration
certificates will expire on May 1.
1158. The new certificates will
enable voters of ihe County to
participate in all elections for the
next ten veacs.
: Hie Teen Age Club ami the Jun-
I ror Teen-Age club will jointly spon-
I >or a Halloween frolic and carniv al
I at Joanna •Club House tonight
j > rtmrsday >
The doors of the dub .house will
!h‘ opened at ' ’k) p m. and m ad
dition to the usual carnival attrac
tions then will be bol dogs, cakes,
candies and dnuk-
Clinton-Lydia Mills Honor Old Timers As Seven New Members Join Club
Seven new members were added to the Old Timers Club of Clinton-
Lydia Cotton Mills Saturday when members of the club were hon
ored at a.barbecue at the Clinton baseball park. Employees become
members of the club upon completion of 25 years of service with the
mills. Shown In the photo at left are the new members inducted Sat
urday when they were presented ruby-set service pins and engraved
gold watches. They are Mrs. Ruby Self, Mrs. Annie Caughman, Mrs.
Corrie Bishop, Arthur Barker and Rudolph Barker, of Cliiiton Mills,
and Guy Parrish, Sr„ and Carl Elders, of Lydia MiHv
In the center photo are P. S. Bailey, president and treasurer o!
the corporation, and the Rev. K. C. Grier, pastor of the Associate He
formed Presbyterian Church of Greenville, speaker of the occasion.
with Mrs. Minnie Campbell, who went to work at the I'hmon plant
when It was opened in 1896.
In the photo at right is shown a section ot the crowd of more than
:50« that participated in the celebration.—Photos bv Calvui Cooptr.
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