The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 31, 1958, Image 2

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raxtlwu THE CLINTON CHRONICLE DR. T. LAYTON FRASER . . . TO PARIS AND ROME The following ,is the first in a se ries of articles writteh especially for The Chronicle by Dr. T. Layton Fraser, of the Department of Bible at Presbyterian Colloce, on his tour of Europe and the Holy Land. It was not easy leaving my fa mily for a period of seven weeks, but my going to Europe and the Middle East is for. a definite pur pose It is something about which 1 have hoped prayed and dreamy ed for many years. This purpase is simple but of great importance. It is to see for myself places made scared by events pictured in the Old and New Testaments, and ex perience within myself the inspira tion and understanding that came from re-thinking these e\Ynts in their proper setting. My purpose is not only personal benefit, but also the benefit of as many others as possible. - M, In order to preserve the memory of my experience, and impart them to others. 1 plan to take mov ing pictures with as great care as, passible Feeling that the oppor tunity to fulfill my dream of a trip to the Holy Land would come suddenly, and with faith that this opportunity was not far away, about a year ago 1 bought a better camera and some wash-n-wear clothing Sure enough, this summer it was made possible by Presbyte rian College, the Owings Presbyte- view Presbyterian Churches, my Community Bible Class, the Bible Class of the Calvary Baptist Church, many fnends and rela tives together with what the family had saved toward the project. To all of these 1 would like to express m> deep appreciation It is noped that all of these and others will benefit from the top A very K<»d projector and editor for the films have been ordered, so that their presentation may be interesting and beneficial leaving the runway at Idlewiid Airport m New York by Trans j World tirhaes about t SO p a . oni Jul> 6 »r began our flight to Pan* 1 was with a stu led by m\ guod fnead Dr I^Wnttr president of JuiMur t aUrgr M Maatan. N C It wa> awwunced by tht captain In rharyr af the plane that we would fly at an alMudr of IT Mi feet Me wi Newt New fee a fhgfet si Shannon. Ireland. "Where the River Shannon Flows,” taking about six and one-half hours to cross the ocean. Then we would be on ouh way to Paris. 3,620 miles from New York. This was my first flight any where. Often 1 had dreamed of spreadihg my arms and flying high in the air. or flying about four feet above the turf of a gridiron with a football tucked under my arm, straight for the goal, but never did I think of flying across land or sea in a plane except in case of emergency. When this op portunity came, however, it seem ed definitely that the hand of the l^ord was in it. so as the hour ap proached for me to leave on this trip to the land of our Savior’s birth, life, sacrifices, resurrection and ascension, 1 placed myself in His-hands and. w ith about 107 other persons, confidently boarded the plane for a flight across the Atlan tic that would have been impossible to man only a few years ago. As my baggage was weighed, and I approached the plane. I re ceived many glances of curiosity and cheery smiles, because of the equipment in my hands and strap ped from my shoulders. Besides a suitcase in my right hand and a brief case in my left, there hung from my shoulders cases contain ing a camera, a tripod and binoc ulars Tucked in somewhere was also a raincoat, and fastened to my brief case was a pith helmet. One young lady in the group said to me. "I did not know we were supposed to wear hats like that.” I answered, "We aren’t.” She add ed, "But it does add character ” Not knowing just what kind of character she meant. I smiled and let it go at that Later. I was told by members of the group they thought I was a big game hunter— no wonder, with the hat and tripod, which could easdjr have been a gun I was hunting something very important, but not big game On to Parts wr went, arming too Late in the afternoon for a tour, but aura* of us rnjoynd the evening teeing beautiful gardens, the Arc dr Tnsmplr tht Eiffel IWcr ett,, fmating the streets and aur- vit mg the apn m my Itfr Pans mnOy on our itmerar . ao nsui oay w« went to at Zurich beautiful snow covered peaks above the clouds In'Rome we saw many impres sive sights St. Peters Cathedral, approached og two sides by the Bernini Colonnade, arid faced by twin fountains, was a beautiful sight. In the center of all this stands a tall obelisk that was brought from Egypt by the Empe ror Caligula, and placed in his cir cus, prior to the persecution that broke out in 64 A. D. This circus was located where now stands the Cathedral St. Peter, and the obelisk stood beside it when the Cathedral was first built. Later, the obelisk was moved to its present locatiofi in front of St. Peters. It is interest ing to look at the shaft of stone and realize that if it could talk, it could tell us of the fortitude of the mar tyrs as their blood was shed for their faith *md loyalty to Christ, for it was in that circus that many of them were slain by wild beasts or burned at the stake. The great Coliseum was also the scene of persecution. There I saw a squalid prison behind iron bars where Christians were probably kept before being given to the beasts. We were also shown one of the gladiators’ dressing rooms where slaves and others prepared to fight and die for the amusement of Nero and the populace or Rome. It was an inspiration to drive along the Appian Way, the road along which the Apostle Paul walk- e d toward Rome from Puteoli, where he had landed as a prisoner. One cannot help but appreciate his Christian freedom when he thinks of Paul as a prisoner and martyr for Christ, and as he thinks of those early Christians who had to worship in the Catacombs, the un derground cemeteries of the an cients Down into the earth we went to see this wierd sight—the Cat acombs of San Calisto. Rome is an interesting city- beautiful with its fountains, gar dens and churches; frightening with its almost no traffic lights and wild driving, magnificent with Ms history and antiquity, inspiring and heart-searching because of the su preme sacrifice made by the early Christian martyrs This afternoon we fly to Athens There I am anxious la ear Mars HU1 (Areopagus i, where Paul told philoiopfeen of Atbeas of the Chnat Police Practice What They Preach By Jeanne Smith, Dodge Safety Consultant LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS all over the country not only advocate safe driving, but they practice what they preach. At El Cerrito, Calif, (pop. 18,011), police drivers had a perfect record last year, and won a high award in the National Police Fleet safety con test. This was the outcome of the action of Police Chief How ard A. Thulin who, two years ago, became alarmed at the depart ment's high accident rate. Most of the mishaps were minor, but they were costing the city a considerable sum of money — not to mention the embarrassment they w ere caus ing. Chief Thulin appointed a safe ty committee to investigate each accident. Inattention, more than any other single factor, was a principal villain, the investigation revealed. Side streets and park ing lots were the location of most of the accidents; others occurred when officers parked their squad cars so that they were exposed to rear-end collisions. As soon as the drivers were brought before the committee to explain these accident.., Cmef 1'hulin says, the nu:.ib< r of mis haps dropped considerably until ia”v, in P*'?, th-r- w w- Miss Smith accidents at all. Chief Thulin thinks there is a lot for the public to lesm from the safe driving practices of his police force. For example, none of his of ficers drive at excessive speeds, even when pursuing a speeder. With modern police facilities, chasing a speeding vehicle is no longer necessary or sensible. In ter-city fadio communication sys tems are used to warn police_ in the next town of an approaching speeder, ‘and a road block then can be set up to apprehend him. “Many times the speeder is traveling at sueh a high rate,” says Chief Thulin, ’’that our of ficers would not be able to keep their cars under control if they tried to keep the violator in sight. “We’ve had cases where speeders tear through town at SO or !>G miles an hour and pile up minutes later along the highway. If we had tried to keep up. our officers might ha»e ended up the same way.” Courtesy and defensive driving are the keys to safe driving, Chief Thulin believes. And he emphasizes that motorists should always be alert when they drive. Good advice, coming from the head of a police department that has v i one of the top safety •, n tne nation. Church Of God Of Prophecy Revival V 1 .1 II .1 ■■ The Rev. Lloyd Harvey of Green ville, will begin a revival meeting at the Church of God of Prophecy on Sloan street Sunday, August 3. Services will begii\ each evening at 7:30. The public is cordially in vited to attend. The Rev. Luther Cook is pastor of the church. MRS. J. L. WOFFORD Cross Anchor—Mrs. Sallie Aik en Wofford died at 10:00 a. m., Satur day, following a month of illness. She was the widow of the late James L. Woftora ana a native of the Walnut Grove section of Spar tanburg County, but had lived in the Cross Anchor community for the past 52 years. She was a mem ber of Friendship Batist Church and was a daughter of the late W. T. and Mary Lanford Aiken. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs M. E. Smith of Rt. 3, Wood ruff; Mrs. Audrey Smith of Pau line; and Miss Kate Wofford of the home; one son, J. M. Wofford of Cross Anchor; two sisters, Miss Ethel Aiken and Miss Mary Aiken, both of Spartanburg; three broth ers, H W., Walter B., and A. J. Aiken, all of Spartanburg; 18 grandchildren: and U great-grand children. Funeral services were conducted Monday at Friendship Baptist Church. CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank those who have been so thoughtful of me in many ways during my hospital stay and convalescence at home. The cards, letters, gifts, and other expressions of kindness are greatly appreci ated. —MRS. FRANK CAULEY U. S. Route 276 Bridge Contract Is Announced A contract for the construction of an underpass under South Carolina 308 on U. S. Route 276 in Laurens County has been awarded by the State Highway Department to Dick erson. Inc., of Monroe, N. C. Announcement of the contract was made in a letter of award from Chief Highway Commissioner Claude R. McMillan July 23. The award was based on a low bid of $83,108.40 submitted when bids for the work were publicly opened in Columbia July 15. Plans indicate that the underpass will be 308 feet long, and that it will be constructed of reinforced con- ThwwUj, July 31. 19M Crete and structural steel. It win be located at Ihr intersection «i South Carolina Route 308 and the new controOed-acceaa Rente 278 northwest of Hinton Dr. David T. Mixon —Optometrist— 201 N. 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Agfetamg. SI eeat eiertnc rarrrat, 11 ~ all etfeer raaea*. TS Monday-Tuesday August 4-5 r / A \ (.rr.it fomedt lUauatf te GfNfRAI I Glenn Red Taina BUTTONS -ELG wm DEAN JOWES Color Cartoon I CINEMASCOPE Starts Wednesday, August 6 For 4 Big Days fee per nettled arauad pend* unlf >* they are uadrr the eetrhfaJ eye af aa adult Even then M u wall for them te alwaya near a life preeer- ver It aa aha tatpurlant for them U» tears to kwim through Red O CMKDntMLV NOTICE All peraoaa hav mg the Mate of George mo, deceeMd. are hereby 4 |lNIS>lON— NtfiM; > ( htidrea lie. lie. A Imll* 71c af fatal farm arc*-1 Vfemve* Edward 8 aaaa eolaaow la tfee Army aa Jafy f, geoat l int Clam Carrol D Are hart, tacai Army RarvoMar Payee la tfee am 4 Mr and Mn T M Payee. 88 Caftm Payee volunteered far maal te (fee Army Quartcrwwe | Corpa, wttfe (fee object of officer candidate achool HD classes or at FFA or 4-H Camps. verified, with meo , ^ fo, three yean he emphasized undersigned, and those indebted After graduation from Hinton Of course, drowning is only one lo S4l,J ****** '* , * 1 P^ase make School in 1942. Boycy attend of many kind* of fatal farm acci- P*> nu-oi ukewue. ed Clem son College, gradiatiag in dents. Mr. Lawson continued It DOROTHY JOHNSON KI LMER 1966 with a degree in Texflte Tech- accounted for 17 6 percent of such and DAISY JOHNSON. nology from the InsUtute of Textile accidents in South Carolina, latest Administratrices Technology, Charlotteailk, Va. Du- available figures show, Machinery July 29, 1958 3c-A-14 mg summers at home he worked at the Joanna Mills. As a member of the Army Quar termaster Corps, Boyce will deal with clothing, equipage and allied materials used in all parts of the Army. He will receive eight weeks basic training, after which he will be trained in his chosen field. Today, Friday and Saturday July 31-Aug. 1-2 The story of Johnny Butler, born White—raised as an Indian, and Shenandoe, the Frontier Girl, whose love was tfee bridge be tween their worlds. ' i xfflOADViRi ADMMMIO.N; ( fettArva 2Sc. AtarfU ALNO f ABTOO.N 4 UUl \ t uu * anU.'MiW r & COUNTY BOND SALE Series E and H bond sales for the month of June in Laurens County totaled $38,568.75, reports D. F. Patterson, county savings bonds chairman. BK REDUCTIONS ON SUMMER ITEMS BUY NOW AND SAVE! ONE RACK SUMMER SUITS Vj Price BROKEN SIZES Bl'T REAL VALLES VALLES TO $55.00—BLY NOW ALL SUMMER SLACKS Drastically Reduced '/jOff We are reducing these to make way for winter goods. Buy now and stock up on your pants needs. All Summer SPORT SHIRTS Reduced To Clear! VALUES TO $5.00 Checks, Plaids and Solids Real Value At A Low Price 1.99 AND 2-99 SUMMER STRAWS ALL REDUCED */2 Price . SWIM SUITS All Reduced Vj Off —ALL HALES CASH AND FINAL JOHNSON fc piTTS