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If You Don't Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News „ i. • Sf The Chronicle Stfi'es To Be A Clean News- paper. Complete, New*y and Reliable ^ "''r f - Volume LVIII £ Clinton, S. C. # Thursdoy, December 19,1957 Number 51 Registration Board in Clinton This Week ifi'irp. Two members of the Laurens County Board of Registration and (he two clerks are shown here Tuesday afternoon as they filled the last engagement of .the'board until after the holidays. Left to right are Mrs. Patricia Cox, of Clinton, and Miss Nancy McDaniel, of Laurens, clerks, and M. D. Milam, of Clinton,.ahd H. C. Sims, of Waterloo, members of the board, as they registered voters of the Clinton area. The third member of the board, Mrs. Raymond Cook, of the Fountain Inn .afea, had to leave Tuesday afternoon be cause of the illness of her husban^and was not present when the picture was made. She and the other members and clerks filled a three-day engagament here Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday^ i- v 1 -mi'*» .• nbers and linratk Registration Board Completes Schedule Wi Honor4-H Club Members Powell Is President' Of New Civitan Club; 33 Charter Members CHnton’s neuv -service organiza tion, the Civitan Club, in the pro cess of organization dtiring the oast two weeks, elected officers Thurs-j day-and made plans for a clhan^r night celebration set for January 9 in the Presbyterian'College dinring hall L V. Powelh heads the sjate of of ficers as president Associated with' him are Robert H Dawson, presi dent-elect; Guy A. .Tumiblin; first vice-president; Ellis C. Huffstetler, second vice-president; Edgar B Norton, secretary; Harvey L Fos- ter, treasurer; Eugene C. King, ser geant at arms. Directors are 3ohn Dowdle, B S. Pinson, J. W Moore, and Howard Watkins Additional mengbers reported to inWude Donald E Ward, it G. Pin son, S^-t^arl Chaney, J. E Martin. .I ff EU^bn, Lonnie O Hiers, Tom . W. Simpson, Lawrence B" Roth, fteorgo-^H.- Trammell, Boyd W. Hpltzolaw, George E. Murrah, John Gallinan. Charles' T Oakley, Claude Earl MJcElljaiinon, J Arthur Duna- Jr., James’C. Whitmire, Wyatt Ledford, Clyde R. Trammell, Allen A: Young, Charles Kinard, J^ck F Holland. D^id Word. Sponsoring the local organization was the Spartanburg Civitan Club Officers of the-club, togethef with AVestejn Grizzard, field secretary of Civitan International, were in the city “several days during the past week when organization of the Clin ton unit was completed Officers of Newly-Organized Civitan Club ! Here are the officers of Clinton's new Civitan Clnb, named at an organizational meeting F’riday night. Front row, left to right. Harvey l.. Foster, treaslrer; R. H. Dawson; president-elect; L. *V. Powell, president; Ellis (\ Huffstetler, second Vice president, F.dgar B Norton, secre tary; back row: F.ugene C. King, sergeant at amis; John Dowdle, B. v Pinson. J. W. Moore, and Howard Watkins, directors. (,□> \ Tumblm. first vife president, was absent when picture was made.— Phot*» by Yai borough. ■ t&> * ; The Laurens'’ County Registration Board wound up the first part of a county-wide schedule here Wednes day and will make-no further ap pearances until January.. The board was in session here Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday registering voters of the Clinon area. Headquarters were at Bald win Motor Co. on North Broad street . Up to noon yesterday 200 pros pective voters made application for certificates at this sitting of the board, which, was the second en gagement in Clinton since beginning the schedule in .October. At the same time, it was stated that 4,482 certificates had been issued in the county since the start of the new registration period. No further engagement has been scheduled for the board in Clinton. Residents of the area who have not secured certificates may go to the court house in Laurens, where the board will meet on the first Mon day, Tuesday, and Wednesday in each month, or to any other pre cinct in the county when the board has meeting dates, which were an nounced in The Chronicle last week. TCie boaxd will resume its meetings on January 6. * The initial.schedule began in Oc tober and included appearances of the board in Laurens, Clinton, and textile communities in the county. The second part of the schedule will take the board to all remaining pre cincts in the county, mostly for one- day sessions^ - Lakeside Club Holiday Evei The holiday schequle announced at the Lakeside Country Club In cludes two dances and a combined drop-in and dance. Tonight (Thursday) beginning at 9 o’clock, the annual Christmas dance will be held wjth Eddie Al len’s 10-piece orchestra playing. On the evening of the 27th at 8:30 there will be a Teenage dance with Joe Langley’s 5-piece bnad playing On New Year’s Eve night there will be a club and drop-in and dance. Awards Made for Accomplishments Outstanding Laurens county 4-H Club mem/bers were horiored at the Annual 4-H Achievement program which was held at the Agricultural Building in Laiirens on ^Saturday. Approximately 90 awards were made during the program for out standing accomphshments. The county and state alumni awards were presented to Senator R. C. Wasson by C. B. Cannon, county agent. Another county alumni award went to Robert Tinsley of Rt. 3, I^aurens. Martha Tinsley, president of the ; Laurens 4-H Council, presided at the meeting, the pledge to the Ainereian flag was led by Jimmy Simmons, treasurer, and the 4-H pledge was led by Earl Robertson, council vice-president. The roll call was given by Mary Mungo, sec re- District 56 Schools Will Close Today All public schools in District 56 will close today for the Christmas holidays, Supt W. R. Anderson has announced. Hie date f$r reopening is Thurs day^ January'2. * - Clinton High School Writers Mentioned^ For News Stories Two reporters for The Sentinel, Clinton High School newspaper, won places in the second period judging in the Story 6f the Month Contest conducted by the journalism de partment of Wirithrop College. Fredna. Ross was singled out for a news story, winning fifth place; while Delle Wilier received honor able mention for a feature story. In the contest high school writers are judged at intervals during the year on quality of stories appearing in the various papers over the state. First Novel By PC Alumnus Clicks With Readers, Critics . . . —— in I.... ' ■ - r ‘‘The Southerner,” by Douglas j first-rate mystery novel. It is nar- Kiker, 1952 graduate of Pcpsbyte-1 rated, too, unusual in a problem rian College, emerged as one of the 1 novel, with wit and humor and leading fiction selections offered by j warmth .and with an engaging qual- Rinehart Company this fall | ity which one takes to be a projec- This first novel by the young ti n oF the author's own personal Graffin, Ga., native, is now being ity.” published in both England and Ger- ! The ‘problem’’ around which the many. And even as the fruits of his initial literary effort come in,' Kiker is preparing to sign with Random House to" produce his second book 1 , about the Peacetime Navy. ‘ The Southerner” has proved to be one of those unusual first novels which clicks w ith the reading pub lic and the critics alike. The re spected “New York Herald-Tribune Book Review Section” included this assesment in its September 1 re view of the book; ’’Douglas Kiker is a young novel ist who here pays his respects in his first book to an old-fashioned belief. It is that even a ‘problem’ novel should entertain. “'Hie Southerner” is a story which is designed to hold attention and it is narrated as compactly as a story is based centers about a .•Southern state's school de-segrega tion test case, or more precisely about an asault trial w r hicb is a by-product of the case, and of a young reporter’s decision to be a voluntary witness. It moves at a fast pace from start to finish, swept along by crisp dialogue Douglas Kiker, an outstanding student writer and’editor during his undergraduate days at Presbyterian ' College, served as reporter on the ‘‘Spartanburg (S. C.) Herald” and the “Atlanta Journal’ in between a hitch as a Navy lieutenant. He is now back in the service as an in structor at the Navy’s Officer Can didate School in Newport, Rhode Is land, a position which provides op portunity, for his writing. 4 . . j. tary. Sarah Bradshaw, member of the Cross Hill Senior 4-H Club, the devotional. Mrs. T B. Su 1 and Joe Shay led the song service.’ Those taking part on the program were Earl Robertson, Gene Marlar, and Marett Quiz. They told of their experiences at the National 4-H Club Congress and the Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Clair Knight, agrciultural engin eer with Duke Power company in Spartanburg, presented the junior electric award Special awards for state winners from Laurens County were present ed by the Laurens County Home Demonstration Council. Tliese went to: Gene Marlar, Billy Hines, Mil lard Daniel, Jimmy Simmons, Johnny Richie, Earl Robertson, Jer ry Bryant, Billy Brockington, Mary Martha Bryson and Sarah Jackets were presented to the livestock judging team w’ho recent ly attended the International Live stock Exposition. Four of these went to Millard Daniel, Johnny Richie, Billy Hines and Earl Rob ertson, ' the fifth was presented to Gene Marlar for the best individual demonstration. Other medals presented by Miss Myrtice Taylor and R. J. Bennett, Extension Agents, were: Home Gfounds Beautifification; ‘P.by Bal entine and Fred Nix; Citizenship, Gene Marlar; Dairying, John Baumberger, Jimmy Griffin, and Perry ' Simpson; Electric, Jerry Bryant, and Joe Hill; Entomology, Bill Ladd; Field Crops, William Brown, Jimmy Simmons, and Wil- ford- Simpson; Forestry, Gerald Chapman; poultry, Hugh Tucker and H^nry^gfaughn; Farm and HomiASafety) Dan Traynham and Roberty J^iirigman, Jr; Soil and Water Vonservation, Ben Crouch III and Allen Taylor; Tractor, Earl Robertson, David Abrams, Gus Folk, and Wayne Lewis; Leader ship, Billy Brockingtort Achievement,* Leathea Simmons and Judy Bryant; Home Grounds Beautification, Claudia Tinsley and Bennie Ridgeway; Canning, Carolyn Revis and Bennie Ridgeway; Citi zenship, Martha Tinsley and Mary Martha Bryson; Clothing. Brenda Rpamlett,’ Carolyn Taylor, Maxine Templeton, and Dolly Crouch: Dairy. Diane Baumberger, Dariy Foods Demonstration, Mary Ann Robbs; Dress Revue, Martha Tins ley, Annie Lou Rash, Safah Brad shaw, Carolyn Colemajn, Janice Childress, Carol Bradshaw, and Helen Thomas; Electric, Cynthia Fennell and Brenda Sharp; Ento mology, Bonme Jo Isbill; Food Preparation, Sarah Estes, Kay Baumberger, Marie* Madden, Har nett Montgomery, Elizabeth Tur ner, and Cgrolyn Revis. Frozen Foods, Jean Long and Gail Fleming; Garden. Rena Cox and Mary Elleh Seagars; Girls’ Home Economics, Mary Martha Bryson; Health, Ralphine Estes, Nancy Wilson and Judy Moore; Home Improvement, Cynthia Fen nell; Leadership, Martha Tinsley and Mary Martha Bryson; Meat Animal, Carol Bradshaw - ; Poultry, Vivian Cothran, Evelyn Shipman, Peggy Ann Hughes and Jane Simp son; Recreation, Peggy Gray pnd Clara Bell Hill; Safety, Ralphine Estes and Brenda Bramlett; Junior Com Muffin Demonstartor, Bonnie Jo Isbill. -. - —ry Action Seeks To Speed Up Fuller Estate Disposal City Tax Collections Stan re- City tax colleci reached $36:692 63 busines on December 16, rooks Owens, city clerk urer, said yesterday. Approximately $65,000 y e t mains to be collected, he said Tinue for payment of taxes with out penalty will expire on Decem ber 31, after which a 10 per cent penalty will go into effect, it was pointed out. Laurens, Dec 13 — An action u hich if successful ls calculated to hasten the distribution of the estate ‘of the late A p Fuller, landowner and capitalist of the Mountville area of this county, who died in Oc tober 1956. has been begun in Coyn- t according to iec~ ords tiled in the office of Walter E Dunlap, cterk of court A summons was dated Oct. 3, 1957, and as Lis | Bids on New Water Plant i v * * ______ v Be Opened This Afternoon Expect to Let Contract Immediately Citiens Federal To Pay Dividend For Past Six Months $ Lutheran Candlelight Service Will Be Held Christmas Eve St John’s Lutheran Church will celebrate the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ with a candlelight ser vice at 9:00 p m on Christmas Eve There will be singing of the traditional and favorite Christmas Carols, the reading of the Christmas Story from Holy Scripture, and a jSermon by the pastor ' The public is cordially invited to join in this service of worship 1957- had p e ndens on Oct, 4, 1957. iOse of jh e action Ls being brouglit b' illiam Rj c ft ar( ] vv Stokes % plaintiff, versus treas , Clyde T Franks and John T Stokes, executors of the estate, and any and all persons except the ^plaintiff who are heirs-at-law The plaintiff us Richard W Stokes, of Bennettsville,* who is an heir-at- law as the son of the late Frank F Stokes, a beneficiary of the, estate. The defendants, besides the 'exec utors, include about 40 heirs, other than plaintiff, who are living neph ews or nieces or the Issue of pre deceased nephews yr nieces The summons and Lis Pendens notice asks the courj to order, an ac counting ’’and” for the purpose of partitioning t and selling the rv*ul estate “hereihafter described’ and for distributing the personal assets Citizens Federal Savings and j-Loan Association, of, Clinton, will pay a dividend of approximately $60,00 Oon December 31. B Hubert Boyd, president, stated yesterday The payment will be 34 per cent on an annual basis on investments during the past six months, Mri Boyd said Tne association paid dividend on Jure 30 of $60,940, which, togeth er with the December payment will bring the year’s dividends to more than $121,000 Assets and liabili ties of the association total over $4,000,000 | In addition to Mr Boyd, officers of the association are: J P ^ra ther, vice-president, J Sloan Todd, secretary-treasurer; Mrs Henry Hunter, assistant secretary-treas urer Directors are Messrs Boy Todd. Prather, J B Hart. >t! I, Copeland. J W Finney, R H yc Gee, and T Heath Copeland The contract for Clinton s new wa ed that the contract will be let ‘j.-r pl.int is scheduled tu txvawarded shortly thereafter. . | late tnjs < Ihursday) afternoon at a Kepre'senLutives of Harwood Bee- ipeciat m. «>nn^ rtf C)ty Cimncil Spartanburg, engineers on The council will meet at 5:00 p the project, will be on ( hand to as- in ..at which time bids on the proj sim council an analyzing the bids ect will be opened artd it is,t*xp«K’t- Rids will tie >ubnutted on the con- - — - — struction of a 16-inch water line "'tHe r«T estaw wa S de.cnb.-d as HomeS Be Judged Next Week, Four containing 1,907 9 acres more or less in the Mountville area A tract of land containing the ^ same acreage was bid in by the ex- | aeutors for r $300,600 at an execu tors sale held Sept 2, 1957. Subse-, I quetttly the executors apparently gave an option on-the same property to Dwight F Patterson for $301,000 On Dec 2 there was recorded a pa- Joanna Baptist Choir To Present Oratorio On Sunday The Christmas Oratorio, by Ca-: ^ er b y ^ executors which malle Saint-Saeans. will be given was desierbed as an extension <rf an rkeepjng wjth the tnJe meamng of by the church choir of the Joanna to Mr Patterson on 1.907 9 ,^nstnvas. red ribbon, best all Baptist Church with guest soloists a . cres of larld The extension w as for; round . ve i 1()W m()s tapprupnate, on -Sunday. December 22, at 11:00 ^ ^ s ^ on the f^-[ an( j white for Vhi' most original a. m. It will be under the'direction n <>uti of Feb 22, 1958 of Miss Mary Elizabeth Fowler, Lindsay & Lindsay, of Bennetts Ribbons Presented The Clinton Garden Club Council is "sponsoring the judging of homes in the city for outside decorations for the Christmas season The judg ing w ill be done by out of town judges during the coming week Awards to be presented are 'blue ribbon for the decoration most in Merchants Observe Later Closing Hours; Two Days Christmas FW the convenience of shop pers. the Merchants Division of the Clinton Chamber of Com merce has set cloning hours at 7: OQ p. m. for Monday and Tuei 1 day, December 23 and 24. Charles Johnson, chairman of the group, said, yesterday. As stated last week, stores will remain open until 7.tK) p. m. on Friday (tomorrow) and Santa Claus will again be In town. He will appear about 5:U() p. m. and will be* on the streets and in the stores with randy for the chil dren. On Saturday evening most .of the stores will remain open later than the usual closing hour. As has been the custom for the past several years, the Merchants Division approved closing two davs for Christmas. Moot of the' business establishments will be closed Wednesday and Thursday, December 25 and 26. t from Enbree River, a pumping sta tion on the nver, and a 3.000.000 gallon daily capacity filter plaht and building on Gary street in the city, including settling basins at the Plant Tne city recently sold a $1,150,000 bond issue to finance the construc tion of new tacilities, which will rv place the city's* present utilities plant It is of sufficient size to ac commodate any expansion in the foreseeable future, city officials Clinton s water supply is present ly pumped from Duncan Creek, four nuh»s north of town Both the water supply and pumping and fil tering facilities have proved inade quate in recent fears, it was stated. Christmas Service At Episcopal Church church mus cidriector Soloists will be Miss Eleanor Blumberg, Newberry; Miss Ethel Mae Rowe of Furman University and Joanna; Bennie Hughey of Furman University and Clinton; and Thomas H. Westmoreland, of Columbia, music director for the Baptist State Convention ville, and T David Sloan, of.LaurV ens, are attorneys for the plaintiff Patterson Heads Laurens Chamber Pat Carr Named Student Of Month * Laurens, Dec 14—Laurens Bank er Dwight F Patterson will head Patricia Carr and Mary Elizabeth ^ t 1am * H ‘ r °f l ornr mTce here far t" honor Fowler the new yean ^ ^ He was elected here this vyeek TO VISIT SON succeeding Morton Jir+ghtweTl Mrs. W B Owens leaves this Also elected were Thomas T' week for Knoxville, Term , to be Babb, vice-president, Billy Ha mil with her son, Billy Owens and fam ton, secretary, and Robert B Ho ily, for the Christmas season. pm, treasurer A Christmas Day service will be held at AU Saints Episcopal Church at 11 00 a m The Rev Cannon McCreary of ♦ Newberry, wil celebrate, the Holy Pat Carr. Clinton High /School | Conunumon Everyone who would senior from Joanna', has been named like to attend i.s mviteil to clmu* to “Student ot the Month” for Decern-! the service ber ' Each month .a selection ^ made £| erk <)f Court a a senior on the basis of, scholarship, leadership and partied Office Be Closed 24-27 pation in activities ♦ v In addition to other work, Pat is, The office of Ahe/Y'lerk of Court editor of the school newspaper The an Laurens will be closed at noon Sentinel ' j Tuesday and reopen Friday morn 1 She is the daughter of Mr and mg. December's? in observance of .Mrs R G Carr i if'Joanna the holiday season T T Methodist Junior Choir in Service Wickham Named President Of State Young Farmer Group Robert L., Wickham, of Clinton, • was elected president of the South Carolina Association of Young Farmers of America Saturday as the organization closed its annual two-day convention in Columbia Mr Wickham, who was vice- president of the association last yeaf. presided"over the Pnday af ternoon session He is manager of the Thomwell Orphanage farm,-. Jury Lays Death New York Man To t Own Carelessness < 9> # ft At a coroner s inquest conducted it Joanna by Coroner Joe F Smith, a jury returned a verdict * that Iam** s B Townsend. 49, of New York City, who was lulled almost - instantly in a caftruck collision Dev 3 on Highway 276 near Jo anna. came to his death due to his town carelessness?” j Testifying were Highway Patrol- i mart James Leon Collins, who in- | vestigated N J Janves and Mar vin Adair James and Adair tesu- ,Tied~uiat t,‘H‘\__were driving behind thg^truck -—- ( Mr ,T w;:- nd was killed in .a •nllis;on with a milk truck on an ’."S curve where Highway 276 —ses the C N and L. railroad aek about a mile out of Joanna iieuvevh Joanna and Clinton. Aitruliuan Collins testified that Mr rownsetuTs* 1957 Ford was about two mu a half feet over the center of the highway on the left side of the road at the tinufof the crush I Baptist Youth Choir Christmas Cantata t ■ • ‘ Hie Youth Chtnr of the. First Bap tist Church -will present a Chnst- •mas cantata. The Music of Christ mas.” by *Tra B Wilson, Sunday morning during the worship hour is choir Johnson. rs Caldwell, Hybderson Leila N The recently organized Junior Choir of Broad Street Methodist Chi rch participated in the presentation of Christmas music at ihe Sunday evening service. The choir is directed by Mrs. B. B. Ballard and Mrs. f rank Ramage. Bottom row, left to right: Billy Ballard, William’ Bell, Connie Simmons, Keith Trammell, Patsy Simmons, Patricia Thomas n, Charles Holland, Mark Bell, RoseoAnne McCrary, Suzanne Watkins, Middle row: Bobby Haskins, William Milam, Diane Pitts, Billy Trammell, Robert Blackwell. Jifne^Campbell. Irby Holland. Back row: Kay Hatton, Howard Watkins, Janice Pinson, Arthur Sublet! (soloist), Carolyn Ste\;*ns»n, Carol*SKej!y. —Photo by Yarborough iuvcior’amilj JjV orgajn-st ''The regular evemug service will bv held at 7 3d, it has been announc ed by the pastor. Rev. J. H. Darr- Next week the mid-week prayer service will be held on Tuesday eve ning at 7 30 instead of Wednesday.