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Volume LVIX
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, August 14, 1958
Number 33
$1,200,000 Hospital Proposed for Clinton Area
Lydia Families Celebrate Safety Record in Mill Operations
Would Create District To
Parallel School Boundaries
. 7-Mill Tax Levy Estimated
In Laurens To Reopen Necessary to Finance Unit
’Bloody Bucket’ Place
D. H. Bnhrrtn. superintendent of Lydia Cotton Mills (left), is presenting to A. M.
loom-fixer, a plaque denoting the attainment of one-million accident-free
la operations at the plant. Mr. Shumate represented the employees in
the plaque, which was first presented to Mr. Roberts by Robert Atkinson,
of Grtcmrtte, of the Robert F. Coleman Co., Insurance service organization.
Others on the platform are J. B. Templeton (partially hidden), vice president in
charge of productioo at both Lydia and Clinton Mills; Bailey Dixon, of the mills'
staff, and P. S. Bailey, president and treasurer of Lydia and Clfnton Mills, who greet
ed the employees on the occasion and commended them on their safety achievement.
About 2,500 employees, their families, mill personnel and guests were present for the
occasion, which was featured by a barbecue dinner and entertainment.
The photo at right tfhows a part of the crowd that enjoyed the day's proceedings
as they passed along In six lines, being served dinner by supervisory personnel.
—Photos by Dan Yarborough.
A hearing was held Friday morn
ing in the court house at Laurens by
a representative of the South Caro
lina Tax Commission on the reopen
ing of the "Bloody Bucket," known
variously as Bob's Place and
Cathy's Place.
The establishment, closed since
early this year, was a beer joint in
Plans ale underway to build a 60-bed hospital in Clinton to
,ost in excess of .$1,000,000, it was disclosed Monday nijfht at
ft meeting held at Hotel Mary Musgrove.
The proposed plant would replace —-
two small hospitals in Clinton and
one in Joanna, all of which would
be closed, it was stated by owners
of the hospitals who were present
at the meeting
Plans include the formation of a
and the securing of $500,000 in Hill-
Burton funds through the Estate
Board of Health to be supplied by
the federal government
$500,000 in loeal funds would
match the $500,000 in federal funds.
the vicinity of Leesville Methodist hospital district coinciding with the w ith the extra $200,00 to be used
Church, about thrde pules from
Clinton, that was said to have en
joyed an unsavory reputation, ac-
' cording to several sheriff's officers.
boundaries of Laurens County
School District 56, which is roughly
half of the county and includes the
lower part of the county. In the
Lydia Employees Attain
Safety Record; Are Feted
Work Million Hours Without Accident
Annual Kiwanis Club City Officials Named In
General Election Tuesday
Bazaar-Barbecue
Slated For Sept. 25
Festivities in celebration of Ly
dia Cotton Mills attaining one mil-
boo man-houts without a disabling
accident took place Saturday with
about 2.500 employees, their famil
ies. mill personnel and guests
The day long event.
preared by Walter
Ten Finish Work
For Degrees At PC
The annual Community barbe
cue-bazaar. sponsored by the Clin-
too Kiwanis Club for the benefit of
Lynch at Mountvill*. took place in Thornwell Orphanage, will be held
the grove behind Providence ^ September 25
S** 1 * 01 That's the announcement today
Robert Alkinaon at Greenville, from Kiwania President A. C.
representing the Robert R Cola- Young, who aaid the IMS event
man Co., insurance service orgaai had been shifted to fall instead at
latKM. presented a plaque to D H
Roberta. Lydia superintendent Mr
Roberta in turw priwented the
award to A M
vtre loom fixer,
the employees
P 8 Bailey, prmldeat and trea
To Take Oath of Office September t
residents of the community and ad-- art>a are
joining landowners who testified at MM*-
the hearing
Ten witnesses appeared and spoke
in opposition to reopening the place,
while five, including a husband and
wife who formerly operated the
place, father of the wife, one resi
dent of the community and a for
mer sheriff of the county, testified
supporting the application for re
opening
The place was closed early this School in Recife. Pernambuco
year by police officers while being nl For the past two years
Clinton. Joanna. Lydia
Mountville. and Cross Hill
The hospital, under plans pro
jected at the meeting, would he fi
nanced by issuing $700,000 in bonds, tative T David Sloan.
— Representative Nominate
for site acquisition and to secure
opreation of the plant for the first
few years if needed
Present at the meeting were
members of the County Delegation
in the General Assembly, including
Senator Robert C. Wasson. Repre
sentative W C. Dobbins. Represen-
Jr. and
Justin A.
Mrs. Taylor Goes
To Recife, Brazil
Bridges, who were invited to be
come acquainted with the move in
order to act in -their official capan
Friends of Mrs George W Taylor ties on the legal and legislative fac
will be interested to know that she tors involved
has gone to the Agnes Krskino Four members from this area of
Bra the Lauren-. County Hospital Boord
Mr' "f Trustees were also present Mil-
who received 82 Woodrow Wilson,
last spring as in the
previous years
Young usd the ume pattern will
be followed which has proved so
suceeaaful m the pest The program
wtU ppm with a giant bazaar fas
tunog eight booths offering her
.refttrms Bar
will be served cen
to take rare of the crowd
The «
Democratic nominees for mayor
and aldermen for the city of Clin-
ton named in primaries held last
May were duly elected u> a general
alecuoo here Tuesday
The number that votad 84 was
half that that went to the polls in
the 1954 general eiectioo when Ml
ragt their ballots, but shoot equal Layton ward three Ja
operated by Manor Cathy, testi- Taylor has been in mission work l , * r l-eaman of Cross Hill. L. T
mony at the hearing di«rlosed He under the Board of World Mj»ions Lawson e# Joanna and P S Bailey
Bagwell s opponent in the primary. over f rom Libert Lee. it was of the Presbyterian Church at the -«nd R P Hamer of this city
votes at the
ta this
st 4 00 p
through 14 49 p
to that in previous yean
Ubuaily.a
one-party
which waa tertmaly
The primaries are the
prtnripal elections and general
.ircuoos are largely ignored as
they serve only to confirm the rw
suits at the primaries
All candidal re received M voles,
except George W Bagwell can
didst* for alderman from ward 5.
Electric Fair and Annual
Meeting on Aug. 28-29
Ae
manager Henry M Fans
show this your Is exported
be swarded to
the ohms
Co-Op
Electric Fair and annual meeting says the
•t the Laurens Eelectnr Coopers u> be bigger
Repast live will be held and several thousands at torsi pew
The Electric Fair will be held gl pie are sure to enjoy Me program
the Laurens County fair grounds He emphasised that the show m for
secretary and wdl open Thursday. August town people as well as Co-Op mem
at 7 44 p m . with the etimi bers. and issued an invitation to ev
being held in the amateur erybody to attend He also pointed
beauty contests Friday. An out that the entire show is free
gust 29. the fair will open at 9 00 The Electric Fair and annual
Standard PIvwoods Plant p m * whieh umr ih * * nnuai » iu »** ,n ^ ^ •
■ ■■ ■ Mm ■■ J W WWwM* ■ BWIIto meeting will be held, and wiD open huge tent Facilities will include
again that night at 7 00 p m with lf 5<g) comfortable steel folding
for their plywopd business Follow the finals being held m the amateur chairs available for seating those
received two write-in
Clinton Mdl precinct
Others elected were: Joe P Ter
ry. Mayor, and five other Council-
men Frank M Boland ward one
S A Pitts, ward two. Harry C.
P
Stooa .ward four, and Charles R
Laathsrwuad. ward six
Twenty three voted at Proctnd
No 1 at ctfy hall. 19 at Precinct
No 1 at Hampton Avenue School
sad 41 at the tTmton Mill Precinct
The mayor aad four councilman
wore reelected Two new council
men are Bagwell and Leatherwood
Bagwell is a former councilman
The new council wtQ begin their
lltttMPIfc MtllJl the start of the
fiscal year an September t
Methodist Pastor
At Conference
Rev George H
Lb* Brood Street
to attending the 173rd
at the South Carolina Cl
at the MetNslisi church which
m Char test on yesterday.
D B Smith toy delegate was
n attendance for the opening
of the reMerenre and C T Thom
alternate delegate plans to
today
'aid as it was about to be closed
by sheriff's officers earlier
The application to reopen the
place was made by M9* Lee. and
opponent.' of the reopening claimed
that N would contribute little toward
improving the unsavory reputation
Bible Institute.
n.mitiiHo. Brazil
were Sheriff C. W Wier Deputy H
R Jones. Deputy George Blackwell
Mr Alexander C. D Benjamin
Paul Bridges. Bryan IfulLand. Rev
at the premises no matter whose Jet Abercrombie, pastor
sred on the application
t the heenng Hi fever I
of the reopening were Mr aad Mrs
Law Mr Hughes, (father in law of
Lew i, T Paul Brown resident of
the community. and A A Lowery
former sheriff
pbraiiao for the
correctly the
pliratwo for a
alien for the beer been*
n received yesterday M wi
i hurt
Only 10 Days to Win
Week-End at the Beach
Garanhunv Per others included Walter Regnery
and J B Hart of Joanna; Ruben
• , .. M Vance and W C Neely of (Tin-
ton and Lydu Cotton MiUs Mayor
J P Terry of Clinton chamber of
Commerce President J H Von
Holien Harry C. Layton of The
( hrofucle. ami phyuriana .if the
area including D H McFadden of
Joanna D O Rhame. weorge R
Blalock. E N Sullivan. James L
W'alker R M Puller James Mac
<ionald. and B O Whitten, all of
iTinton f>r J W Davis of Clinton,
was ma present
Included in the pitlfUl is a referee
>‘um in which residents of the area
involved would express 'hemsrlvos
for or agailtd the .-'tablishmeut at
the hospitai district and the issu
me* of bonds for financing the pro
jf Betlview
Church. Roy Sanders, and J. D
« ’irmmghsm
The drink place and dorr is lo
cated about three fourths of a mile
from lawsvilt* Church near the end
at what is known as the “Pump
House Road *
No word on the status of the sp-
e had
is stal
Local Business Men Visit
Standard Plywoods and The Mod-
ernwood Company were the fourth
stop on the weekly tour being made
by representatives of the Chamber
of Commerce and the Merchants
Division in their courtesy calls on
officials of manufacturing plants in
the Clinton area.
Making the visit to Standard Ply
woods and its subsidiary. The Mod
ern wood Company, were six repre
sentatives of the Commerce and
Merchants group which included
Tom Plaxico, J. R. Cox, W. C.
Baldwin. Gary Holcombe, Thurston
Giles, and Davis V. Pitts.
The delegation was met by Bob
Anderson, vice president of Stan
dard Plywoods, and L. M. Wilson,
vice president and general manager
of The Modernwood Co. Mr. Plaxico
spokesman lor the delegation, ex
pressed the appreciation of the
Chamber of Commerce and the Mer
chants Division for the part the two
plants are contributing to the econ
omy of the area in employing Clin
ton citizens and in purchases of
hardwood logs in this section. A let
^ ter containing similar sentiments
f«om Jim Von Holien, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, was pre
sented to be posted on the plants’
bulletin board.
The delegation was taken on a
tour of the plants by Messrs. An
derson and Wilson.
Ptowt Began la Early I944’s
The forerunner of Standard Ply
wood began operations here in the
early 1944 s as a venom
taring plant at the weetorn edge of
the city la 1944 L W..
ing a fire which destroyed the North an d beauty contests
Carolina plant, the Andereons moved pleas , ^ entire
to Clinton in 1954 and greatly ex
panded the local veneer operation to
include the making of plywood.
The Cincinnati Floor Mfg. Co.,
Football Practice
At Clinton High
To Begin On Friday
family, the electric fair provides
clean wholesome entertainment to
delight the young and the old. Lo-
cal talent, local beauties and other
moved to Clinton several years ago, attJ . act ions add to the fast-moving
and occupied a site adjoining Stan program Exhibits of appliances
dard Plywoods Standard Plywoods an( j equipment for the farm and
later purchased assets of the Cin- horne w ,i ibe on display and many
cinnati concern, which now operates;
as a subsidiary to Standard Ply
woods under the name of The Mbd-
emwood Company. The latter com
pany manufactures square hard
wood flooring panels made from the
products of Standard Plywoods.
Officers of the parent company are
L. W. Anderson, president, and Bob
Anderson, vice president. L. M. Wil
son is vice president and general
manager of The Modernwood Com
pany.
Office manager is Fred Williams
of Cross Hill, and plant manager is
Jack Baird, formerly of Thomas-
ville, N. C. Maintenance superin
tendent is Ottie Mills.
The two plants currently employ
210 workers, with an annual payroll
of $611,000. In addition, Standard
Plywoods purchases $940,000 worth
of hardwood logs annually from land-
owners within a 50-mile radius of
Clinton.
Output of Standard Plywoods is
shipped to points from Maine to Cal
ifornia. with one third being made
into flooring blocks by 11m Mod
aad the other
attending
Mrs. R. S. Anderson
Passes At Waterloo
Mrs. Fletschman Earns
U. S. C. Graduate Degree
Mr* Keith Fletschman. of thi*
city, was awarded an M A degree
at commencement exercises at the
University of South Carotins. Co
lumbu, on August 4.
Mrs Fletschman. the former Miss
Betty Spratt. daughter of Mr and
Mrs John Spratt. is librarian at
Clinton High School
Someone ta f«unf to be aw anted a week-end vacation
for two at Myrtle Beach— ami it may ta* you ?
You will know in ten days.
And it will coat you nothing to become eligible—all
you have to do is fill out one of the coupons from the an
nouncement ad in this ianue and mail or bring it to The
Chronicle office. But. if you are a paid-up nutmcntier to
The Chronicle you wHI earn a wonderful prize—a Imihum
of $40 in addition to the all-expenae-paid vacation for two
at the Beach.
The drawing for the lucky winner will lie held on Sat
urday, August 23—ami the winner may lie you. Addi
tional coupons are available for the asking.
If the perxon whose name in drawn, with a friend,
husband or wife in unable to take the vacation, another
name will lie drawn.
Standard Plywood Officials Greeted
Waterloo — Mrs. Richard Ander
son. 75, died unexpected at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Niles Clark
Friday afternoon.
She was the wife of the late Rev.
Richard S. Anderson She was the
daughter of the late A. C. and Eu-
phratie Watson and was a member
of the Church of the Nazarene which
she was a missionary since 1904
She had made her home in Water
loo since May. 1956, before which
she was in Coban. Guatamala, Cen
tral America. 1
Surviving are four daughters.
MVs. Niles Clark, of Waterloo; Mrs.
Russell Birchard, of Guatamala;
Practice for candidates for Clin-
t o n High School’s 1958 football
team will get underway Friday, it
is stated by Coach Norman King.
TTie boys will report to the school
for physical examination and is
suing of equipment at 7:30 Friday
morning. The first practice will be
’held Friday afternoon at 4:00 p. m
Approximately 65 candidates are Mrs Locke V. Simons, of Allen-
expected to report Friday. dale; Mrs. O. K. Burchfields of
Coach Bob Strock, formerly of Toronto, Ohio; two sons. Dr. Char-
Walterboro and Erskine College, les L Anderson, of Pine Bluff,
will assist King in coaching duties Ark.; Edward R. Anderson, of New
TV Schedule York City; one brother. E Boyce
Sept 5—York here WaUoo. of Pike Road. Ala , two;
Sept. IS—Ware SV**!* here sisters. Mrs. W. A Duckworth, of
Sept 19—Abbeville at Abbeville B®- ® r * Blanche (Juetton
Sept. 14 etisstff at Cheater <* GroeaviSe. 29 grandchildren and
Oct 9—Narth Augusta hare " I < **' great grandchild
Oct 14—Graor at Gen
Oct 17—Uman
Oct
Oct 91 Minify at
Mm T
IV f«uth ta the aeriee at ratio an official* at maaufactiirtag plants In the (listen area srrnrred last
Thursday when rrpressMallvss at the Chamber at ( saassree aad the Mrr« hanu Dtvuiea railed at Mr
sfftre* sf Standard Ptywsads. Inc., aad TV Msderswssd Csmpaay- Boh ladrrsss (seesad from left >.
vice prratdrst af Standard Ptywsads. hi hr lag grseWd h> Tam PUxtrs (leg) Others la Ihe ptrtarr are
I. Roam Can. W. C. Baldwin. Gary Hokomhe Thwntoa Gats. Dari. V. ruu mem her at the Chamber
sad the Merchants Divtetea At Ihe right la L M Wdaon. vtre pro aid* m and gewaeM mtatdse at The
~ ~ ' at hmdwxad lags, ahum a
» Man Vi
The proposal wax presented by
P S Bailey prosMleni at ‘ 'Union
aad Lydu Coton Mills, ahw Mated
the need for swell a bmprtal plant
m the (Twloa area mnrd and sup
ported by the people at thta trctiao
He waa supported ia his teuuments
by the local group aU at whom
taw a seed for and advucatad bet
(af medic si end hospital facilities
jnear at hand
It was pouMod out that whatever
interests at claims the rwridrnto at
the proposed new husilal diatnrt
had ut the present Laurens County
Hospital and its assets would he
relinquished, according to exprrs
stuns of personal views of those
present
The members of the legislative
delegation agreed to study the pro
posal and take the matter under
advisement Senator Wasson, Mr
Neely. Dr Fuller, and possibly** oth
er members tg the delegation will
discuss the matter with the Board
of Health in Columbia today
(Thursday), principally in relation
to securing federal funds under the
Hill-Burton Act. It was pointed out
that no move would be made that
would jeopardize the recent appli
cation for funds under the Hill-Bur
ton Act by the Laurens County
Hospital
It was pruosed that the new hos
pital district issue $700,000 in bonds
at a stated figure of 3N per cent
interest, amortized over a period of
30 years, requiring from $37,500 to
$41,000 annually for payment of
principal and interest. It was esti
mated that a 7-mill tax levy on the
approximately $6,000,000 property
valuation ip the projected area
would be necessary to retire the
indebtedness
In answer to the question if they
were willing to set up procedure
for a refemdum and enact the nec
essary legislation to create the pro
posed hospital district, members of
the delegation, after hearing the
proposal and the two-hour discus
sion, did not express themselves of
ficially. but most, if not all. stated
that the proposal appeared fea
sible.
In answer to the question if they
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