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Clinton, S..C., Tuesday, December 24, 1957
Number 52
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Children Made Happy on Shopping Tour and at Christmas Party Sponsored by Jaycees and The Chronicle
These needy Clinton children were given $5.00 each to buy Christifare>'giits for loved
ones and friends and taken on a shopping tour of local stores last Wednesday in a project
sponsored by the Clinton Jaycee Chapter and The Chronicle. The gift swere wrapped and
placed under a tree in the ballroom of Hotel Mary Musgrove, where the distribution was
made, including items for the children thefiseives. The party ended with refreshments
being served to the children. In the photo at left some of the children are shown on the
toor in one of the stores, with Durwood Murdock, clerk at Belk’s, assisting the children
with their purchases. Mrs. David T. Mixon and Mrs. W: W. Harris, members of the spon
soring committee, stand by. In the center is the group of children gathered around the tree
and gifts, with Mrs. Harris and Lewis Bagwell, Jr., president of the Jaycee Chapter At
the right, Mr. and "Mrs. P. S. Bailey are distributing the gifts to the children.—Pholm b>
Dan Yarborough. ^=^3' —,) - — ' ~~
Funeral Services For
I. L. (Fate) Cooper
Conducted Iriday
Funeral services for Thomas La-
Fayette (Fate) Cooper, 76, were
* held Friday afternoon at the First
Baptist Church by the Rev. J. H.
Darr and the ' Rev. HI. B. Lee.
'Burial was in Rosemont cemetery.
Pallbearers were Charles Hollis,
Jr.,. Lucius Burns, Luther Bobo,
Guy Sparks, William Sparks, and
L. L. Copeland, Jr.
Mr. Cooper diecWast Wednesday
afternoon in a Cplurabia hospital
following several years of declin
ing health and an illness of two
months.
A native of Union county, Mr.
Cooper had lived in Clinton since
1918 until he moved to Cross An
chor several years ago.
He was a son of the late Thomas
William and Martha Hollis Cooper,
and was a member of the Clinton
First Baptist Church.
Twice married, his first wife
was Miss Clara Bobo, who died
several years ago. Surviving from
this union are four sons, C. W.
Cooper, Sr., T. Russell Cooper,
Lyhn W. Cooper, Sr, and Thomas
B. Cooper, Sr, all of Clinton; two
daughters, Mrs. E. E. Ashmore
fo Charlote.’N. C.; and Mrs. Mike
Caskey of Bennettsville; nine
grandchildren, . and seven great-
grandchildreen. Two other sons, T.
L. Cooper, Jr, and Lewis Cooper,
are deceased.
His second union was to Mrs.
Mary Gwinn of Cross Anchor, who
survives, with a step-son, Paul J.
Gwinn of Anderson; and two step
daughters, Mrs. Flora G. Logue,
of Cross Anchor; and Mrs. C. R.
Hindman of Cross Anchor; also one
sister, Mrs. T. J. McAlister of
Laurens.
Needy fhildrenlaken On
Shopping Tour by Jaycees
Gifts Distributed, Party Features
AnnounceISC
Funds Allocated
A total of $84,470 has been allo
cated to Laurens County farmers
under the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation’s 1958 agricultu
ral conservation program, accord
ing to H. A. Ropp, county ASC of
fice manager.
Applications 'Will be received on
a first come, first served basis in
allocating the funds to individual
v farmers as long as they last, Mr.
Ropp said. *
Farmers are being assisted by
.the ASC in obtaining a larger vol
ume of needed materials and ser
vices through the county commij-
’ tee by advancing payments to them
in the form of limiting. materials,
’super-phosphate, basic slag of pth-
“ erservices for carrying out approv
ed pfactices.
The producer pays that part of
the cost of the material or services
", which is m excess of the credit fo
the use of the material or service
in carrying out the practice.
Spreading service for limestone
will be available to-Jhose farmers
who desire to have their limestone
spread.
The initial sing-up period for ap
provals begins January 2 and ends
January 17, Mr. Ropp said. Farm
ers who request A'CP ' approvals
* during-this period can be assured
of consideration by the committee
of the approvals applied for, he
added.
.LeUa^rjixplaining all details of
Uie jQrogram, including average
paymtot rate for practices, will be
~ mailed out to farmers around Dec.
26, he said.
A group of twenty-five needy
children of thf community were
made happy last week by a proj
ect sponsored by the Clinton Jay
cee Chapter and 'The Chronicle.
Assisting also were a. number of
citizens who joined in the effort.
The children were each given
$5.00 to spend for Christmas pres
ents for loved ones and friends.
Rimer, of Greenville,
Buys “
Efforts are under way by the
Clinton Chamber of Commerce to
induce Shelton J. Rimer, of Green
ville, to move the recently acquired
Mobilemandr Corporation of High
Point, N. C., to Clinton, it was stat
ed yesterday by James E Wolfe,
president. Local Chamber officers
and business men have been in touch
with Mr. Rimer, but no definite con
clusions have been reached at this
time.
Mr. Rimer is president of Rimer,
Inc., one of the South’s leading
mobilehome dealers.
Included in the sale of the Mo-
bilemanor Corporation were 26 10-
foot-wide mobilehomes which had
been manufactured in the Lenoir,
N. C., plant, along with all of the
firm’s supplies, vehicles, .and man
ufacturing tools and equipment. Ap
praised valuation was estimated at
$175,000.00. Mr. Rimer stated that
for the present the plant would be
inactive and that it will likely be
several months before manufactur
ing is resumed.
Also acquired in the transaction
was a five acre site in Clinton with
railroad siding and six buildings
which were owned by the bankrupt
company.
It is intended that a new corpora
tion will be formed and that the
name Mobilemanor will be retain
ed. In the meantime, conferences
are being scheduled with the State
Planning and Developments Com
missions of both states in an effort
to determine the most advantageous
site for this industry*
The 26 mobilehomes are being
transported to the Rimer, Inc. f mo-
bilehom'e sales locations at Green
ville. S: C., an’d Augusta. Ga.. for
liquidation.
T-ne new owner is a native of Sal
isbury, N. C., and entered the mo-
btichome business in Greenville 12
years ago. The firm he heads' pres
ently operates three sales locations
and furniture store in Greenville,
and another large mobilehome sales
and furniture store in Augusta. Ga.
All of these are identified by the now
world famous sign which is always
upside down.
Thornwell Girl
Practice Teaches
In Swannanaa, N. C.
Miss Ann Sharpe, of Thornwell
Orphanage, has camglgted a term
of practice teaching in the, Swan-
oanoa, N. C., high school. She
taught civics and wbrld history
Miss Sharpe, a senior . at Mon
treal College, is editor of the school
newspaper and member of the Stu
dent Government Association.
They were taken on a tour of Clin
ton stores to make their selections
and purchase the gifts. They were
chaperoned by a committee, mem
bers of which report that the chil
dren had a grand time on the tour,
some of whom never before had
had the experience of buying gifts
for others.
Local merchants cooperated
wonderfully in the venture, com
mittee members stated.
At the same time ^needs of the
children themselves were not over
looked and purchases were made
for them, including clothing, shoes,
and other items to make their
.Christmas season a happy event.
The gifts were taken to Hotel
Mary . Musgrov£ ' where they were
wrapped and put under a tree-’set
up in the ballroom. TYie children
helped with the wrapping, directed
by the committee, following which
the gitfs werjr distributed and re
freshments served to the children.
County And Home
Agents' Offices To
Close For Holidays
The County Agent and Home
Demonstration offices will be
closed December 25 and January
Due to the volume of work
throughout the year, the extension
gaents and secretaries have n 01
taken all their vacation days, and
such vacation time will be taken
during the week of December 23
There will be an agent on duty
though, except Christmas and New
Year’s Day.
The Laurens Cooperative Breed-
nig Association will be closed only
on Christmas Day. <
w °T i Addition Made To
Worshipful Master _ r l i
Campbell Lodge Masons rOStCF jCholdrSnip
At Presbyterian
George J. Sineath has been elect
ed to head Campbell Lodge No 44
A F. M as Worshipful Master.
Other officers are Fred D. Bragg,
Jr., senior warden; Edgar C. Tay
lor, Jr , junior warden;- Leaman D.
Jones, treasurer; V. Parks Adair,
secretary; Robert Elmore, senior
deacon; Epps B. D^vis, junior dea
con; J. F. Ellison and J. M. Hud
gens, stewarts; Carolus B. Davis,
tiler, and .J
chaplin
Contract for Water Plant
To Be Awarded This Week
Another addition to the Foster 1^__ ki:||, U
Scholarship at Presbyterian Col - 0anna ^'*' S ’’ aS
lege was announced today by Presi
dent Marshal W Brown
Added 72 Looms
Low Bids of $953/792.66 Studied
Joanna, Dec 27—Seventy-two ad
ditional looms have been installed
at Joanna Colton Mills.
He said. Miss Mary Emma Fos
ter of Union, had added another
$1,000 to the fund which has pro
vided financial assistance to worthy
and deserving PC students for the;40-ineh dobby looms in the drapery ton
Karl Johnson, Sr., past 25 years. department and 24 Draper 90-inch
President Brown pointed out the; looms in the No 1 weave room
Foster family of Union had con
tributed through the years to this
fund which is a part of the college’s
permanent .endowment Income
from the invested fund provailes an
nual scholarship aid
In acknowledging Miss Foster's
latest gift, Dr Brown made an ob
Combined low bids of $953.792 66 days for completion of the filter
were submitted by three firms last P l * int
Thursday afternoon for construe Second low b,d for th « fllt<r P 1 ™ 1
The addition includes 48 Draper tlon of a nt . w water plant - for clln
Clinton Business
Houses To Close
December 25 and 26
According to information re
leased by the Merchants Division
of the Chamber of Commerce,
most business houses in the city
will take two days off for Christ
mas, December 25 and 26. How,-
ever, it was pointed out that sev
eral may not join in the closing
program.'
January 1 will also be observ
ed generally in Clinton as a holi
day.
The usual half holiday, which
has not been in effect for the
past several weeks, will be re
sumed on January 8.
It i s understood that most
manufacturing plants, businesses
and offices (n the city will ob
serve the two-day Christmas
holiday along with the - mer
chants.
Ctinton-Lydia and Joanna Cot
ton Mills are closed for the entire
week, employees being given the
week off with pay. .
The low bid of $500,973 66 was sub
E. Moore; of . Green
was submitted by Fisk Carter Con-
st ruction Company, being $429,-
023 00 and 280 days
Second low bid for construction of
Miss Betfy Dovis
Wins $175 By Solving
Newspaper Puzzle
m “!! d / )y ia“ ‘I' me water lirtCi was $102.162 80 by
wood, for building a lb-inch water Espy 0>mpanv
line approximately eight m.les ,o Bl<1 , al] th ,
Enoree RiVer and a pumping sta >
1 tion on &e river*
TO VISIT SISTER
Mr and Mrs C. E
Nichols and
daughter. Amelia, will be guests of
Mrs. Nichols’ sister, Mrs. Y. C
Ballenger. in Spartanburg Christ
mas Day
up to
$575,94«) 00 for the filter plant and
$763,154 00 for the water line
^ 1 k'd of $426.934 00 was The cily offices coukl not contain
submitted by IndustnaMJuiIdcrs of the crowd of approximately 100 men
~ . ( - -- , • Mlss Ret t>' I)av| s- resident of the Anderson for construction of a 3. a»embled for the opening of bids
serVation which applies generally ^'dia community, won $175 by. ooo.ouo gallon daily capacity filter, and the meeting was held in a tec-
to all scholarship donohs He said: | working out the correct solution of pij nt dnd building on Garv Street ture room in the Science Budding
‘I am Yonfident that your gift a puzzle appearing in a recent is- in the city.. at Presbyterian CoHege *
The bid for the necessary pump- In addition to representatives of
was $25,88 00 firms submitting bids, members of
The bids were taken to the offices ( - ltJ tounctl - tbe Bond Commission
'of Harwood Beebe Company. in and the en * lR «’rs were present.
Spartanburg, engineers for the pro dVkJrd the contracts are
Iject. to be »*nalyzed and-reeommen- ann °nnced this week it is expected
dations are to tie made by the engi- thjt work wl11 un,ler *ay almost
neers tor awarding of the contract* Imnmbdte *' on tfl< ‘ two phases of
i by the Clinton City Council It is ex the pl ‘ ln, lt . ls ho P*d by city offi-
pected that such recommendations cia ^ 3 'bat both the water line and
"wjU he made some time thi» week - — iUtfl piaiiLcaa be completed an
It is likely that B. R Austin. ! tim « to be of use next summer to re-
, p a a * m' t-hrwt qi f ami ly enterprises He was a son tH>rirdendt1 utdlt * e '' de ** art ' age of water during drv Denods
noon a Broad Street Methodist - ,, , , K „ . * „, ment of the city, will have some , ~ uunag ary penoas
of Mrs Lydie Simpson Pitts andl , u r However it wa* n.Nnte.1 hw
Church, conducted by the Rev. j ^ | aU , w P(1V PiMs , recommendations of his own to make ’ -
George
Rev.
now
twill aid niijny generations of stu- sue of the Greenville Piedmont. She
denjts who tnherwise might be un-|was the only person to submit the
able to have higher education un correct solution among the thous-
der Cnristian influences ” * ands who sent in answers
Funeral for Fred S. Pitts
Held Monday Afternoon
Funeral - services for Fred S ton, and was manager of Pdfs Ser
Pitts, 31. were held Monday after-* vice Station and Coal Company..! o^Mhe" unlities depari- lie ' e the CJty of J recurnn * ^
family enterprises He was a son . n * o( wa(r ._ ^ ^ ---■
of Mrs Lydie Simpson Pitts andi tm ‘ nt of ** clty * wlU hdVe some 'However
.... »..v 1,.,. w R .. v p ltK I,,. wa . , recommendations of his own to make ,
me „i<iit! w Koy rills vva> j . n » , , , Supt Austin that completion of the
je H Hodges, pastor, and the member of Broad Street Methodist ? C0UR < ;i1 following receipt of list waU , r | ine jIone wou j. ^
J H. Kohler, former pastor, Church, a veteran of World War m * s materials proposed to be .dvantage m that
of Greenville. Biirial was in II. serving in the U S Navy. and U>*d m the project by the low bid- mon? ^ a m ,5 lon ^ ]otls
Rosemont cemetery
Mr Pitts died early Sunday
morning at the Veterans hospital in
Columbia after a period of declin
ing health and a critical illness of
several days
Pallbearers were Mabe Mc
Crary. Marion Lawson, Mark
Pitts,~Murphey Timmerman, John
ny Adair, Ray Sligh, Tom Addison,
and Dr E N. Suilivan
Mr Pitts was a native of Chn Camden.
Clinton Moose Lodge Repairs Toys for Needy Children
a member of the Clinton Lions' (,ers . i of water dadv could be ftliered by
c ' lub ' ■ rw f n ‘> thrw? finn; > submitted ^ prt>sent p|aI , t ^ lhjt Uly
Surviving are his'wife. Mrs Ka- bidsjpr either the water line or the would ^ ava u red ' by the rner
trme Martin Pitts; one daughter fdter plane wUh only two of them ^ preseW Duncan
Eleanor Pitts, both of Clinton; ttfcnndadtar bids for both projects- has "not Keen suffic.-nr
rn^her. Hr, Lyd,*^ PUL, of TW .« W, ( „r pump, 5Up ^ ^
( m,,.,.. f.vc br«her,.>. R Puls. «IS, b» b„r on ,r,.n pip, dun „ s mt „. „ ^
.Ir , l harles and Earl Pills of Um-Jur thu ».Uor line, will, ,1,11 o„d Tflt , m tu ,,
M u u < r "u 2 n r , u,hir (inan„d b> j r,„« ,„™ u , ix.nd
aid Puts * Creonsboro. N C. and Mt. 0| ,’ iaoi „
a sister. Mrs .Rota rt (.rub, of IS, Moor, firm listed 240 day, as other ,,perw, myludin/ ensi-
required tor budding the water line, net'rmg costs, iegal and bond i»ue
and Industrial Builders stated 364 costs and purchase of rights at way
will be in addition to construction
Turner Promoted
To 1st Lieutenant
In Davidson ROTC
costs
Chronicle To Carry
Babson Forecast In
Next Week's Issue
William K l uriiel - oi a Clin .
ton Presbyterian.pu*' >! Di W Redd
Tomer and and Mr.* Turner,, ha'
been promott>d to the rank of cadet
first Mieutehant in the David-oa Col The
IVge Rfl’l'C, unit He i* leadtr i ’hi ,
Second platoon. Co D . > for 1958 in its ndXt-tssue, to
Turner a *enud\ is a piemettical' ’< **i' ” rt'airsday. January 2
He Ts a member of Kappa ' ' f a *vca*t on what the btysi-
1’ictejfVdl publish Bab-
- r
major
\lrrha Order and Alpha Epsilon Del
ta, nondrary mNJieal fraternity He
i* active in the membership of
Scabbard and Blade the rud.'iry
fraternity
Clinton Prisoner
Tries To Hong Self
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C olumbia State pemtentiarv of
hauls said Junior Taylor. 29. serv
mg five years from Clinton on lar
ceny charge* tried to hang himself
in his cell Thursday
less w j ipect by the na-
tion'* $ emo.*t bc.^iiMss analyst
utni commentator vs an annual fea-
fure ’’"I’he Chromcle and :ts read
er* !■ tra»hl to "look for it next
week
R : gc r \V Ba("oi has probably
dcme^ihore thAn any other man to
cre.itc among his millions *f hews-
paper reader* ah interest tn *imple‘
busine*.* problems, and to nv*t:li a
brouyier vision m businessmen, cn-
ubl.ug Them tO jiieep the ups and
downs-of the business eyeless
Mt IVibson's wwklv releases
Shown here are members of the Clinton Moose Lodge with a large collection of toys that were repaired and put into shape to be distributed
to needy children of the community for Christmas. This is an annual project of the Moose in Clinton, made possible by contributions of lodge
members and citizens bf Clinton. Members put in several weeks repairing and painting the toys and distribution of these and other gifts
will be made by members so that, Christinas will be made merrier lor a great number of children in the community. In the photo are
left to right, Gboldie Simmons, Jack Wilson, Cecil Wooten, governor* of the lodge, James Patterson, J, C. Estes, R. C. Wilkie, and Bobby
Wooten. Absent when the picture was made were several wha assist'd With the work, including Jr E. Braswell, T. O. Wiliams, X ’
George W. Price,
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—Photo by Dan Yarborough
with a' j chn*tw.j. . . .
. . y , , j .w - u 'c' used In more than 400 newspa-
renumii from the folding cot tn the . . r .
. er* and his financial reports by
20.000 corporations and estate^ His
lav lor was sentenced in Septem research u carrn’d on by a largij
ber, 1951 , aaff of experts.
The prison said Taylor s attempt A cheek of, Mr. Babson > fore-
wja stopped by an nlett guard and cast 'in previous rears, since 1948.
the prisoner probably will recover ts. said to reveal an accuracy irf S8
despite bad neck injuries per ejent •'