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p J ' ■ ■ ' y 4 Pate Eignt • , Mountville Baptists Have Mortgage-Burning Service THE CLINTON CHRONIC!.: Thursday, April 3, 1958 Members of the Mmgrfg.irTr;'i »[ the Mounnillo Baptist Churc h are shown here in a mortgase-hurniiig ceremony oh Sum!ay, Marca 1.. Ihi* handsome bri«k strudure was built in with the firsi ser\i(i in the new building on Iteiembei An addition was built in 1954. the ? (nth plant is now free of debt. Among those in tb«’ pietu.e of tne special s. rvke are L. I’. Burns, member ol building committee (at left in light suit); and in the center group. Mrs. M. I . Crisp, representiilg her late husband, who was chairman ol the building committee; Kciwin \lex- ander, j»res< nt t hairman (buining the mortgage); K. R. Miller. tri r asurer and member ot the building committee; Rev. Benjamin McTeer, j'.fstor' and Rev-. V.are .Madden, fotnier pastor. wli« iaitiated eoiistrurtion of the building and who was speaker for the service. Parent-Teacher Assn. To Meet In Spartanburg A convention of the Sou f h Carolina c oneness of Parents and Teachers w ill be held in Spartanbvirg April 14- . . r , . i6 , At Army School Headquarters \till be at hte C'love i'. 1 ' 1 Ibi-.iglas DeYoung l. nd Hotel and s‘Ssicms will he con-' Madis«'n DeYoung, of Oak ducted at Mem. i:.d Auditorium and fetm former re Twitcliell Auditorium at Converse recently A .number of members of Parent Air Defense School. Fort Bhss. J'ev rcacher Associations in the city will • as .r.N nd the.sessions, it .was stated. H t . entered the army in Septem- _i -t her. 1956, and was last stationed at Douglas DeYoung Kt>rt • ,acLion The 29year-old soldier, whose mother. Mrs Sara A Jenkins, lives' son of at 309 \V Carolina Ave . Clinton, is! Ridge ‘a 1946 graduate of Clinton High 1 iient of Clinton. School and was employed by the! ompleted the mechanical! Clinton Paper Box Company before Mountville Baptists Burn Mortgage At Service On March 16 College maintenance course at the Army entering the Army. ...the beautiful world of Jacqueline exactly as seen in Charm ...that tpringy way i* potv map fo an outfit, whot*v*r tha tim« Of place...with cutoutt airing a volt-pointing toe, beet thinned to prettiest slenderness I In Black Patent, Navy Calf...ond | Pebbled Lwstre-CaK in Cream or Sand-Beige. 1095 Starting Monday, April 7th FREE Listen for FREE The WPCC Bulletin Board MONDAY - THURSDAY - SATURDAY 8:00 AM. -12:15 P. M. - 5:00 P. M. On the air three times daily to buy, sell, trade or give your church or club announcements FREE Drop a Card or Phone WPCC 1410 to Get Your Announcements On the Air FREE Starting Monday, April 7th ( Laurens Boy Will Represent County In Spelling Bee The Laurens County Spelling Bee to determine a first place winner to participate in the State Bee, which is to be held at Anderson College on May 7, was held in the Laurens Central Eeletnentary School on Sat urday. ' , . Twelve schools were represented by contestan’s from the elementary and junior high schools. Schools and the respective contestants were: Gray Court Ow ings, Linda Wilkie; Laurens Elementary. Alicia Hick- !i»..n; Ford, Jane Arnold; Clinton 'unior High, Barbara. Anderson; Jo- anr.a. Jennie Rae Surratt; Cross Hill, Carolyn Moore; Providence, Kay Hinson: Laurens Junior High, David Roper, Jr.; Academy .Street, Maria King; Mountville, Eugene Forrester; Garlington Street, Ja- mce Jones; Hampton Avenue. Carol Sanders. First place winner was David Roper, Jr . son of Mr. and Mrs. Da vid Roper. Laurens. Second place was won by Jennie Rae Surratt, j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sur-' ratt of Joanna. Third place was won; by Alicia Hickman, daughter of| Rev. and Mrs. Victor Hickman, of Laurens. Prizes of $10 00, $7 50 and $5.00, respectviely, were given the winners by the Laurens County Board of Education. In addition all contes tants received a gift from the Lau rens Colonial Stores. As in the past, the County Spelling Bee was under the directino of Mrs. Belle B Sumerel of the Clinton schools. J. Lerry Burns, County Superintendent of Education, pro- Mountville Grange Enters National Contest Mountville Grange No 632 has entered the 1958 National Commu nity Service Contest which -is spon sored by the National Grange and Sears-Roebuck Foundation for the purpose of developing better rural communities. , Two main community projects have been voted upon by the Mount ville Grange for the year. They are namely the redeemating of the hall and the improvement and beautiifi- cation of the Mountville. community cemetery. Committee chairmen have been appointed and work plans outlined. All members met Saturday after noon, March 22, for work. Shrubs which were donated by the mem ber* were planted at the hall, clean ing and painting was also started In side; clearing around the cemetery was begun. Later other work days will be set aside to continue the pro jects. ’ The youth of the Grange have un dertaken the painting of the hall fur niture as their part of the contest. They met on the evening of March 20 And began' work. By Mrs. W. H. Finley, Church Reporter The Mountville Baptist Church of teh Laurens Baptist Association, ob served a mortgage-burning cere mon on Sunday, March 16, featured by a message by the Rev. Ware Madden. Jr.; former pastor, and n,,unce d th*' wor d s under w hose leadership the building program was inaugurated An hour of fellow ship and dinner followed the service. On August 10. 1931, the congrega- .on, consisting of approximately 6o resident members, voted to build a new house of worship which was to cost approximately $12,000. Un der the leadership of Rev. Madden. Jr. who was pastor of the Sheriff's Officers Break Up Stills Laurens County deputies have de stroyed two liquor stills recently. Ware! Slibriff C W Wier has said One of the outfits was located church, and under the direction of in the Hurricane section of the the biulidng committee consisting county near Gray Court. The offi-| of L. P. Burns. R R. Miller, and cers poured out 555 gallons of mash M L Crisp, the foundation was be- at the site of the still No arrests were made. Deputies taking part in this raid were Wallace Abercrom bie, Sam Reir and Bill Spruell. The second still was found about gun on the following day 'Hie build ing was completed and the first ser vice held on December 30, 1951. Recognizing the mwd for further . , space the church in 19M construct fwu / m,U * ^ ^ ea an addition in the form of wings i 0 "*^ f ‘* ,nd ™>/allon, o the auditorium consisting of six and *•* *> «ns of liquor at the still, classrooms, a baptistry, and other Sh,,r,ff " M * r sa,d ,wo facilities at the cast of $13,800 The church plant is valued at approxi matel) S30.0QQL Willie J Lee and W C Copeland. have been charged with manufac turing and having in their posses- . , Men ilegal liquor The men are free It is worthy of note that during i. . • . . . on bonds the years there has been no great officers making this raid were mflux of members the membership ^ G Blackwell and! of the church having remained con- Hom#r JofM , s slant On the first day of Jauuary.| 198. the membership consisted of ... _ . . Xkt . 72 resident members and 21 non- MlSS DOlafld WlllS resident members ^lacc In Convention Dunng the years, this group of lo- * . c J yal chnstians. exercising faith in COgerieiO Ctud. and feeling a dedication to the "'' s Li^iy Boland. West End (ask. have labored in cooperation ® a R* ,s * t hurch, Newberry, won jnd accomplished what seemed to!^ ^,i, P' ac * *•> tbe 5 King Peoples I some to be an impossible task. Speakers Tournament at the ,West- ; While maintaining a regular pro- t>rn R t *lt ,ona * Traming Union Con- ram of worship and study, they 'ct tion at the First Baptist Church, lave a* the same time paid off the d.efield. on March 2S. hbt m the church house ! J ' nn ‘«“ Ra * of Joanna. won first place in the Junior Sword JOANNA KINDERGARTEN p" 11 ™**> Trxr'ifkfc.i. TWO nxvw R,ver Association and the Western TO CLObt. TWO DAIS Region at the State Training Union Joanna Baptist Kindergarten wilT Cpoyotjo,, meeting in Charleston be do-ed on Friday. April 4 and April 17 Monday, April 7 giving the same The Western Region si composed holidays as the Joanna schools., of Abbeville, Edgefield. Laurens, Schedule will be resumed on Tues Reedy River, and Ridge Associa- day. April 8 at 9:00 a. m x |linns lImITED time uNLY D. E. Tribble Co. PHONE 94 rimiaiM fAim bm* iw CLINTON. 8. C. by POLL-PARROT! White Black Patent ' Our bright, shiny, now •aster styles are horel We know boys and girls wit fike the smart styling and comfortable fit they have beed'pRE-TESTED to insure the maximum in long wear aljd perfect ftH All sizes and wiathsf oik for yomr Poll-Parrot Sarpruo package at team om TV! Brown & $4.95 to $6.95 White • Black Patent White E. Side Public Square Milton's Tel. 803 Laurens, S. C. notke notke Nona In order to provide better service to our customers, we have moved our Service Department to the Palmetto Oldsmobile Company Building We ar^ equipped with all the latest equipment for ex- pert and complete service. 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