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Volume LVIX
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 17, 1958
Number 16
May Queen at Coker
Survey Of
Labor In
County Set
May Queen-Elect Emma Kate Thomason, of Coker College (right)
is thinking and talking coronation plans these days An interested
listener-in is the petite Laurens senior’s maid of honor-elect, class
mate Patricia Clark, of Wtnnsboro. Both the HarUviUe college’s
spring titlisis are honor students aad student leaders. The queen-elect
heads Cnker’s Student Government Association She to the daughter
of Mr. aad Mrs. W. McCueo Thomason, of Lanreno.
Reopening of List To Be
Passed on By Committee
Situation Created By Withdrawal
Whether or not to reopen the
books to provide for the entry of
additional candidates for the office
of Trensurer of Laurens County
wdl be one of the Items of bus
mens before the Laurens County
liemorrjUc Esecutive Committee
at a meetiug Saturday morning in
A meeting of the comnuttoe was
railed by R L Plaawo. party
chairman for the county, for 10 00
a m in the court house, m a fet
ter to members of the committee
dated April 12
The committee is composed of
the executive committeeman from
each of the to preciaets in the
county
The question of reopening the
Tim's Musk Store
In Business Here
A new business establishment
opening m Clinton this week to Tim’s
Musk, which will have its grand
opening Saturday
The firm oill sell records, sheet
music, radios, record players, tape
recorders, phonograph accessories,
and appliances
Owner of the business is J. P
Timmerman of Laurens, who also
operates the Laurens TV and Ap
pliance Co. Manager of the Clinton
business will be Armand Michelli.
The business is located at 206t*
W Main St., two doors from the T.
E Jones and Sons Furniture Store.
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Friends of Marvin DeYoung will
be interested to know he was able
to return to his home here this
week after being a patient at the
Columbia hospital for several
weeks following an automobile ac
cident.
books for the qualification of other
candidate* was occasioned by the
withdrawal of Sam M. Leaman.
present treasurer, who had an
nounced for reefection and would
have been a candidate m the June
lb Democratic primary One other
candidate. George S Adatr. had
announced for the office
Mr Adair waa formerly deiin
quent tax collector for the county
until the office was combined with
that of the treasurer at the begin-,
rung of the fiscal year last July 1.
Mr. Plexjco. after officially in
forming members of the executive
committer ef the withdrawal of
Mr. Leaman Irom the race, stat
ed. •'Therefore, the first order of
busiaas* at this meeting will be
the consideration by ti# commit
lee of providing an opportunity
for others to qualify as candidates
for the office of Treasurer of Lau
rrns County.”
PLaxico quoted the rules of the
party as follows: “If. after the
closing of the time for filing pled
geo there be not more than two
candidates for any one office and
one or quire candidates dies or
withdraws, the County Committee
may. in its discretion, afford op
portunity for entry of other candi
dales for the office involved •*
In addition to reopening of books
for admision of candidates for the
office of Treasurer, other items on
the agenda of the meeting Satur
day were listed by Plaxico as fol
lows :
(a) Name the box managers for
the June primaries.
(b) Set the itinerary for the can
didate speakings in the coming
campaign.
(c) Certify" as nominees of the
party the unopposed candidates,
as pTovided by the rules of the
party.
(d) Consider any other matters
that may properly be brought be
fore this meeting.
An intensive labor survey is be
ing planned throughout Laurens
County and surrounding towns by
the Laurens County Development
Board. Chairman of the board
George L. Phinney. said yesterday
that both the Laurens and Clinton
Chamber of Commerce offices have
joined forces to put over the cam
paign
At a joint Chamber and Develop
ment Board meeting Friday, it was
decided that Friday, May 2, will be
designated “Survey Day” in Laur
ens County. Mr. Phinney urged
everyone available for work to have
their questionnaire filled out and
mailed back so that tabulation can
begin the next day.
Present at the meeting were
James Von Hollen, president of the
Clinton Chamber; Mr. Phinney,
Tom Plaxico of Clinton, Dallas
Dendy and Hummel Harley of Laur
ens. all Development Board mem
oers; Dwight F. Patterson, presi-
Jent of the Laurens Chamber; and
Henry M. Fans, P. W. McAlister,
W. T. Bolt and W J. Brown, all of
Laurens.
Anyone who does not get a ques
tionnaire through the mail is urged
to come by one ot 16 places over the
county where forms are available.
Approximately 12,000 question
natres will be mailed out in the
drive and additional questionnaires
will be distributed over the county
at the follow mg places
Laurens—Chamber of Commerce,
Clinton — Chamber of Commerce.
Joanna — REA office. Enoree —
Everett Poole's store. Ware Shoals
—Frank Boy ter > insurance office.
Gray Court — Bobo Bros store.
Cross Hill — Austin's store; Gray
Court — Woodruff Gossett's store
(old Robt Harm store); Hickory
Tavern—Wasson's store
Al*o, Princeton — Babb Bros
store. Ekom — Big Poplar-Coker's
store. Waterloo — Golding's store. <
Renno—Glenn’s store. Cross Anch
or—Dillard's store. Fountain Inn—
J. W. Cook. Kettett Motor Co . |
Grrenpoad—Bolt's store,
PC Summer Session
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SefForJunelO-Aug.8
Summertime scholars will begin
their work at Presbyterian College
on June 10 this year. Academic
Dean George C. Bellingrath an
nounced today.
Registration for the anfiual sum
mer school is set for that date, with
regular classwork getting under
way the next morning. The eight-
week session will extend through
August 8
The schedule just relea.sed by Dr.
Bellingrath calls for 23 courses to
lx- offered in these eight depart
ments: Bible, biology, economics,
education, English, history, mathe
matics, and Spanish
Dr Bellingrath said that classes
will meet six days weekly during
the session and each student will
be limited to a maximum of nine
hours. 1
Leaders Make Plans for Baptist Campaign
Registration Board
In This Section For
Meetings Next Week
The l-aurrn* County Registra
tion Board will fill engagements
at five points in the county next
week.
On schedule ore meetings to is
sue registration certificates at
Joanna. Chatoa. Clinton Mill. Ly
dia, and Woodville.precincts.
Date* and places for the meet
lags are:
Monday. April 21. J
Lawson Brno. Furniture Co.
Tuesday. (Union, at Baldwin
Motor Co.
Wednesday. Clinton Mill, at the
Com m a ait v House.
Thursdav Lydia Mill, at the
Cttnlr.
Friday, Woodville. at Robert
Wham's Store.
The hoard will hold no sesstous
at the court house in I.ourea*
until April IX. when a
two-week nhedale will hegla
Baptist leaders of Laurens County attending a "kick-off meeting here List Thursday to r.iis.- to complete ,m auditorium .it the
Associational Assembly site on Lake Greenwood are shown here Tne camp ugn is now underw.iv in the Id churches in the Laurens \ssociation.
Trustees of the assembly corporation are seated, left tonight: Rev. Grange Cothran. Laurens Second Church: <• R O'Dell, Poplar Springs:
Rev. J. C. Rice, Poplar Springs, chairman; O. R Hair. Lantord: Rev. \lvin Roone, l.uc.rs Avenue Alack Kllison. Rellview standing are mem
hers of the Finance Committee: Fuller Motes. Mountvitle; Rembert Truluck. Clinton, chairman; Miss Eugenia Burns. Highland Home. Joe
Mediock. Laurens Second; Harry Griffin, Laurens First.—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
Local Men Attend
S. C. Lutheran Synod
Meet In Charleston
Leaman Resigns As County Treasurer
Kickoff Banquet For
pastor.k Mentol Heolth Drive
sent mg St John's Lutheran Here April 22
I Church, are attending the ses-
sion of the South Carolina Lutheran The annual kickoft banquet for
Synod being held this week in Char- the lajg Mental Health Fund Drive Laurens County has. resig ed ef
* eston for Laurens County will be held on fective June 30. the close of the
Will Assume
Business Post
Nam M laaman treasurer
The four day meeting began Mon Tuesday evening. April 22 at
al day and will continue through this at Hotel Miry Wusgrove here
; i Thursday 1 morning
30
Imton
County Home Dem.
Council To Meet
Today At Shady Grove
;ral year-
Notice of his resignation was
Dr Samuel Kilgore, of Spartan contained in a letter to S«*nator
burg, wdl be the guest speaker for Rob *' rt C member* of ‘ •‘r. luo
the Laurens County legislative dri *be tondu
•-gallon under date of April 12
Mr Leaman in suhmiUtng hi
Schedule
Lamb Sale
April 23
Comp Fire Girls
On Charleston Trip
Baptist Brotherhood
Meet Set For Tonight
the event
Neal P Seigler. of Laurens is
county chairman for the fund drive
and Edwin R Motor mann of
Charleston, u the state chairman
Mr Mohrmann stated that funds
are greatly needed to carry on the
work of the South Carolina Asso
ciation for Mental Health which is
active in such fields
Health Education
i nd I
Hi.
htifMlgiy
i Tmttin
- >f two points in
it which lamb sales
•h1 next VS ednesday
ale w ill he held at
resignation, stated "I have hewn the Bruce laie.stork Sales Barn on
ffered a business proposition that
in fairness to mysHf and mv fam
ily I could mg turn down
In addition to resuntnu as tn-a
surer. Mr la-aman also states!
The annual spring meeting of thnifl ,,, ■ I . M
. . .. _ active in such fields as Mental
Laurens (ounty Home Demonstra .. ...
_ .. . ..... Health Education. • gtdalion and
two Council will be held today at ,
“ ... volunteer services Me pointed nut
Shady Grove community building ... . . . ‘
that as a division of the National
Refreshment* will he served by Awiciation for Mental Health the
the hostess club starting at 3 00 p ^ , MocuUu0 M ^ m-kul|( a
* ***^ program will begin contribution towards research into
the cause ot mental .Uar*> retoabiii
'ident. J t^Uoa «f discharged patients and
the First : lU ® W * M ** r R ! training at vitally needed proles
* first vice president, will lead the , K >naU
group m the Council Creed A film w . , .. ... . . . _i
Mental Health Week i» Apn. 271
through May 3
Those wishing to attend may con -
tact Mr* W J Crew*, telephone,
Station U |VC
3 30
Mrs
James Wasson
sponsors "World
Clothing Week"
County Polio Campaign
Raises $9,610 For Work
Laurens County raised $9,610 du-
rign the recent polio campaign, ac
cording to the official report made
at the annual meeting of the county
chapter of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis Tuesday
night in Joanna.
■ > — ' ""
Wilson Announces
For Council Post
Woodrow L. Wilson today an
nounces his candidacy for reelec
tion as a member of city council
from ward five ih the May 27 Dem
ocratic primary
Mr. Wilson has served several
terms on the council and is the Se
cond candidate to announce ttit xn
xJdermaiuc post
Health Center
Not Open Today
The Clihton area turned in more
than one-half of this total, or $4,-
956.61
Approximately 50 persons from
throughout the county assembled
in Ihe Joanna Club House for the
meeting. They heard reports on the
la58 campaign from the chairman
and various other leaders of the
areas, and elected officers for the
coming year
The officers named to direct ac
tivities of the Laurens County chap
ter in the months ahead include:
Mrs George McDaniel of Lau
rens, chairman. W. K. Waits of
Joanna, vice chairman. Miss Re
becca Speake at Clinton, secretary,
and Mrs. Milton Angelokos. of Lau
rens. treasurer, all reelected, ex
erutive - committee — James Von
Hollen of Clintoe. Mrs Robert
Jones of Lauren* and Mr* Fran
res Warner ef Joanna, medical
advisory committee—Dr D H Mr
ker of CRnm and Dr M C
af Lasseens Utomen s art tv twos
The Brotherhood of
Baptist Church will hold the month-
N" '"•'"N,, - l***PL*“*~--“* ■' ’ “ «H„kd ■ And T*r, M* I. Cl*."
group. Camp Fire Girls, aceom ! onicer* state . _ n .
panted by their fender, Mrs Bre speaker* will be Allisoe uroeram
Davidson, and Mrs Frmdt Fow ,,u f h *** Fowler Brownlee, lay- ne prog am
fer. enyoyod a vtgbtseomg tnp to mr * '‘fei are former praaident* of The president will give a report «r » or K
Charleston the past week-ond , th « Uuron* AssoclaUonal Baptist ,hr ac.omplishmenG for the past ^ rr%rfva , h|n>
The group left Fndjiy Afternoon ftruthertiood >ear gind e«ich chjur*
and returned Sunday afternoon A Acting President James W Wal 111 an *'•1 give a report of the ae-
tour of hntonr places in and krr “dl preside over the session, rompbshmt-nt* in her particular itudcnf Council
around ( harie*ion wx* made, in * ‘h sill b«-gin at 7 30 f .ldofw rk Certain off er* wh..M ^
eluding a boat tnp to Fort Sum Browning Goldsmith to program terms expire this year will be re
ter. a. visit to the Dock Street The fhair,n *" .-lected
atre. Si Michael s Church and St _ _ _
"World Clothing WWk'’ April 21
25. will hr *p<Nisored in Clinton by
the student council of Clinton High
School
Cooperating with Chr «*ian fhil
dren's Fund. Inc under which rib
servance of the week is conducted,
student.- will assist during the week
in collecting good used clothing
Every family in the city t» asked
7 877 miles on new U S Route 276 This project is the final phase of l ° ~ jth *' r -d 1 ^outgrown and goml
in Laurens County has been improving and extending U S 276 * orn clothing and brmg to the high
awarded by the State Highway De- b«-tween Greenvilel and the inter- 'chool The clothing will be distnb
partment to Cherokee. Inc , of Co- section with Interstate 26 ule d to orphaned and needy children
I'Uimately. the improved Route an d adults m the United Slates and
The contract was announced in an< ^ section of Interstate 33 loan tries oversea- Infants, chil- Iranian stated
a letter of award from Chief High- R '’ u,e w btHwe *» Clinton and Coe dn-ns and adults clothing and -hoe- out of
Award Contract for Final
Phase Clinton-Greenville
Four-Lane U.S. Route 276
Phillips Church where they at
tended Sunday school on Sunday
morning Of particular interest
was a monument at St Phillips
erected by the late Dr Thornwefl
Jacoba. Clinton native, to Charles
Pinckney, famous South Carolin-
fen
Enroute home they viewed the
Summerville gardens and the Ed A ‘he grading and be constructed
isto gardens at Orangeburg asphaltic concrete surfacing of vary
Girls making the trip were
Wanda Webb. Jane Milam. Bar
bara Anderson. Martha Todd,
Joan Vaxsey. Norma Davidson, 1
Janet Johnson. Ame Lou Black, | * umhl *
and Jane Ellen Fowler _
-dne.-d.iv Pie other -ale will he
i, I thn-unvilk* m the lower part of
tne »iate on rhur-lay. at the
i > leuison Sheep K\|ienmefit Station,
n Wellman Division
Firmer- from veveral counties
| in )w- ’4>prr part of the -late are
exported to bring lamb- to the elm-
ton -ale it was -tat**d
(.rower* wno want to market
l.imh» will bring them to the vales
barn between * W and 10 do a m ,
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SAM M LEAMAN
ne letter that he had withdrawn
as a candidate for reelect Mm to the
•ffiee in the June 10 |iem<icratic
primary
It is understood that Leaman
has acre pt.-d a post w ith the Pal
metto Building ami Loan Associa
tion in Laurens
In -ubmitung hi- resignation
•| tru-t • t 1 go
Presentation of a minstrel show
sponsored by the Band Boosters
Club will be Thursday evening,
April 24, at 7 30 in the high school
auditorjum
A large cast is now practicing
for the event, proceeds of which
will be used to purchase music
stands for the band.
Choruses of high school students
will also take part on the varied
program which will include skits,
dancing, music, and comedy
Tickets may be obtained from
members of the band or the Band
I can still be <if
provide a modern, and bedding are needed - j ^rvice to Laurens County
i .-iman April 7 It was based on a n,i tn-capaciiy traffic artery be In making thr appeal officer- of , pmatr 1 '' .ill »1" r.-
low bid of $1,266 74 submitted tw «f n,hp Greenville area and the the student council pointed out that i*. grateful to everyone for wh.it
nearly one-half of the world's chil they have done for me and -hall
;dren are inadequately clothed, always have the interests of tbe
hou-ed and fed countv at heart
Ron/4 Rnncforc ki: n rk rA l wa y Commissioner Claude R Mc-! ,umbla "'ll
Band Boosters Minstrel M ,5 an ApnI 7 It was based on a lugh-capaaty
Be Presented April 24
Boosters Club.
Iiold g<»»1 thi- year He -ay* mar
keting lambs ax they are ready is a
g<Mxt rule to follow
rh*- ('elm—m Extension Service
i n d 'he N>ulh Carolina Sht*ep
Bree*4era K-iation are -pimsor-
.ng the lamb pool m an effort to aid
;rowers in tierter marketing their
lambs
Brown, Bellingrath
Attend Installation
At Virginia College
wh&i bids for the work were pub- ct ‘ n ^ ra l portion of the state
licly opened in Columbia March
is Stanley To Speak
Included in the project is the
President Mar-hall W Brown
and Academic Dean George C.
Bellingrath represented Presbyte
rian Collegq at the installation of
Dr Samuel Reid Spencer. Jr , as
„ ... i , , ■ . .. ... .president of Marx Baldwin College
trick secretary. Georgia Young stated he would ask the governor.’ , „ ^ ^
section of Route 276 extending on [. i_. Stanley, executive officer! Myrna Sease ^ appoint the successful candi
a new location from U. S. Route ! 0 f the Blue Ridge Council. Boy — * n tbe con ^ in )( primary to fill
221 near Laurens to a point near Scouts, of Greenville, will be the ALL M\ AE CHAIRMAN 1 {h ** unexpired term
inctuaea in the project is the p roc
grading, drainage and asphaltic 'fCSDyienan
concrete surfacing, for construe-1 Men's Meet Tonight
tion of a -four-lane highw ay, of the
Newly elected officers of the -tu Mr Leaman s term if office has
i dent council are: President, John! one more year to run. until June
(Lewis, vice president. Cliff McKit 30 1959. and Senator Wasson ha-
Clinton where it will intersect with speaker at the Men of the Church
Interstate Route 26. | supper tonight (Thursday) at 7:30
The new highway will have! at the First. Presbyterian Church
broad traffic lanes and will fea
ture access control. Intersections
will be provided with grade sep
arations, and frontage roads will
Miss Mildred Workman of near
. t> *
Clinton, has been appointed to
serve as Lauren- County chair
Boy Scouts of Thornwell will be man for the Columbia College
guests, and the fathers of Scouts Alumnae Association Miss Work
(Cub, Boy Scout, Explorer) will, man is a member of the Joanna
have t)i|ir sons as guests. , schools factulty.
T
Win First Place in Talent Contest
Mr- Brown and Mrs Bellingrath
accompanied them to Staunton,
It Was pointed out that county • wbcI '*-' bl ‘ installation Was held
treasurers are appointed by the, in connection with a Liberal Arts
governor upon recommendation ! vyrnio-ium on I’uesday and Wed-
of the senators, the entrance of! Iie - S, ijy
candidates in the primaries being Historian Arnold J Toynbee de-
simply a method of ..-“curing nom hvered the principal address of
mees ! the symposium developed around
The successful candidate in the the theme. "New Directions in the
icontinued on page four) Liberal Arts.”
Gen. Clark, Mahon, Ocks
To Speak at PC Next Week
Three outstanding speakers will
highly
ht annual Idfenutional Re' •
latior-
Week activities
at Presby- ’d.iv
tenan
College next
M o n <1 a v pi (,
th. >ugh Thursday '
>ity
ITiey
are General
Mark W drev
Clark.
president of Thr
Citadel G Th.
Hi-.w j
rd Mahon. Jr .
of Green- on i.
vitlr. i
ini Dr David C
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chapel xercises on Mon-
'ining Dr Ocks. associate
>r of history at the univer-
ill follow him with an ad-
ii ! ucMtxy
•rogram i* -cbeuuJed to end
Hu.relay when Gen Clark
« key addrexs of the oc-
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