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Volume LVIX
Clinton, S. O, Thursday, August 28, 1958
Number 35
Speakers at Hospital Meeting Here Monday Night
Public Meeting Favors
New Hospital for Area
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Committee Named to Steer Course
Delegation Puts Two
Roods In State System
Senator Robert C Wasson stated
Monday that the Laurens county
legislative delegation had request
Without a dissenting vote Monday nisrht. approximately
'>00 residents of the lower end of Laurens County expressed
themselves as l>einjr in favor of creating a hospital district
lx* included the state highway
system
ed that two highways in this area an<l building a $1,000,000 hospital to serve the area.
A committee was appointed to put the matter xfore th**
county legislative delegation and collaltorate with it n on-
The roads are in the Duncan nection with calling a referendum on the question.
( reek section and include that from The action was taken at a public
Buffington Stave Mill at Highway meetmy in the < linti.n High School her > f board of trustees of th*-
56 to Philson’s Cross Roads, a dis- auditorium Laurens 1 mniy Hospital at Lau
tance of four miles, and another
two-mile ctretch from Philson's to
Highway 56.
Tlie roads will be included m the
Proponents of the move pr*-sen
mg the matter from various view
points included P S Bailev pres-
, , . . . ., ide.nt of Clinton and Lydia Cotton
federal^aid secondary construction MllLs Walter wce . pre> .
rens. he said he has realized for
years that the hospital at Lauren*
does no* serve the people of tfci*
area
program
Golf Association
To Meet Tuesday
The Ladies Golf Association of Pr « 1(1 *n8 *t the meeting was R
This is not a result of any .spint
idont ami general manager of ’Jo- animosity between the people of
anna Cotton Mills, Dr R M Ful- the two areas hut is a natural d;-.
pii.'
ler, Clinton physician: and .1 B vision The people of Clinton and—
Hart, assistant treasurer of Joanna Joanna do not go to trte Laurens
Cotton Mills. hospital, and the people of Laurens
will, not come to the hospitals in
Clinton and Joanna, he said Nei-
Lakesitfe
L Plaxico. secretary treasurer of
D F. Tribble Company, building th, ‘ r <;hrUon docto ” P racU "
Country Club will hold
the regular monthly luncheon on , , _
Tuesday, Sept. 2 Lunch wd] be su PP‘y concern n,n,on
served at noon P'or reservations Tn( ' metlmg was attended by res- an J’}" anBa
at the Laurens hospital nor will
Laurens doctors practice in Clinton
call Mrs George R Blalcok
Here are the presiding officer and speakers at the public meeting Monday night at
Clinton High School when proponents of n new hospital for this area of the county pre
sented their case to approximately 500 residents who attended. At the letf is R. L. Plaxico,
srho presided, and the speakers to the right are P. S. Bailey, Walter Regnery, and Dr.
R. M. Fuller. J. B. Hart, not shown, also was one of the speakers, each of whom talked on
various phases of the proposed move to organize a hospital district along the lines of
School District 56 and erect a $1,000,000 hospital. The assembly voted unanimously in
approval of the project.—Photos by Dan Yarborough.
PC to Open September 8;f"<
Improvements In Plant i n District No. %
Rev. Joel E. Cannon,
Methodist Pastor, Is
Performers, Beauty Show Spartanburg Native
Slated for Electric Fair
Thursday, Friday Nights
The Rev Joel E Cannon wa5 as
signed to Broad Street Methodist
Church at the recent session of the
South Carolina Annual Conference
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Presbyterian College points to , One is located behind Spencer Most pupils in the schools of Dis- Some of the nation’s top enter- Horry Electric Co-Op in the state ^
the opening of its 78th session on Dormitory and the other behind trict-56 will report today, according tainers have been signed up for the contest. Cannon has c mol ted f
September 8 with a final flourish of Bailey Hall dormitory. Grading to a schedule announced by school big Electric Fair and annual meet jhe following young ladies ha\e f . Grace Church in
summer improvements and its work, is being done through the administrators mg scheduled for tonight and Friday entere( j ^ beauty contest. Peggy Pickens
longest waiting list of applicants in office of County Supervisor Bennie First at ni « ht at th « Uurens County fair Hyatt. Linda Pettie. and Gad Gwmn. He is a son of M/ and Mm John
history. BUkel, Moontt.ll. sod Oom HiII. lad thrir grounds, scrordm, to ^urrn. Eire R , , p auRa , « Sponsnborg sod ss.
Completion of the new $250,000
student center represents the big
gest change on the campus land
scape. But college maintenance
crews under Plant Superintendent
O F Beaty have been busy c*‘y workers laid it
throughout the summer
ovating existing
The City of Clinton is cooperat ^ d * y IL,.* 'l" 0 tVOp *’ Far iRt L Roebuck; Kay Lee. Rt 5. graduated in 1985 from Spartan
ing toward improving the drainage » *P° naor o1 ^ • how Spartanburg Brenda Gwmn Rt 2
idents of the area proposed for the
hospital district, including Clinton, " r s;at ed that (. Lnton
Joanna. Lydia Mills Mounts,lie and l -' d,a Mdls wdl ^ ar about
and Cross Hill, which coincides c0 ! rt ^
■ hospital
Both Mr Bailey and Mr Hart in
pursuing the p«>.nt that the Laurens
hospital is not used by residents of
this area to any great extent toid
of the hundreds of claims for med
ical service by workers in their
mill*, stating that only a very few
cases were served by the Laurens
hospital, and 'h<«te included res
ident- of 'he Laurens area
Mr Regnery *pnke in a similar
vein to Mr Bailey stating that the
hospital at Joanna is operated by
the Joanna Foundation and after
several meeting* of members of
the Foundation hoard of trustee* to
look into the situation it was
agreed that residents of Joanna
with the area embraced in School
District 56
Mr Bailey told of the need for a
new hospital in this area to replace
the three small private institutions
now in operation Being a mem
Funeral Services
For Mrs. John Spratt
Conducted Monday
Funeral services for Mrs Ta
lullah Neville Spratt. 7« were held
from PC * indoor swimming pool *'**5 C* port . U’ 1 * ' no ™ ,n * a Leading off will be Senor Torino Woodruff Kay Melton Martha
Campbell pointed out the college jk ^ ihrmiehrm! the diairirt and who P r * >en * aophistica- Haw kin- and Peggy Lee
Id be
facilitle* and m«k jg _ 1 rLu? wtad'i
** ^•TCyiJlalUlJ 10 rlCW rpup&* and thooe at
On Monday, Sepl. 8
comfort of the
body
BuokwM Manager G. Edward
Campbell said that all dormitories
have had floors reworked and new
furniture added Smyth Dormitory
largest on the campus with a 144 ae,e 6 aIK
vampumi ww i.«r th* MaWKULS. a no regg> L*r M till*.
had purchased drainage pipe, and r _,^.j, ^ humor and sparkling deceptions Fmintun Joyce Ann Jenmng*.
^ * V c- —I. K. a.
u> return f **** Gray Court, Alice Tottuon Rt. 1.
\nothcr top prnct)(atMB piU^kcj^aucai^ P«mp BidtiU, Rt A-
High' * ov *hJe "Penny, the trailMSl sew'^Hoara Path. Jeaa Sat ter whit, and
trill return for the seceod day Penn > “ • famous personality in onealia Bundnck Rt 1. Mount
Beginning Monday. Sept 1. all her right and is expected lo vilie. Carol Bedenbaugh Joanna
students will report ta heir respec- Pf®' 1 *** laugh* a plenty for every Janr Goodwin Rt 2. Foun-
tive buildings at 8 SO a m The body at the thew tain Inn, Loreita Makirop Hi 2.
schools will not observe Labor Day Furnishing musical entertammsaf gnoree and Virginia Balcombr Rt
as a holiday this year. This week. jn<1 hj.kground music for coalasls 2 fountain Inn
The Laurens County legislative
in their
Sept 1-S.
capacity. has been remodeled >y session on Monday. Sept I. Kijbort
throughout much of iU interior was stated by Senator Robert C. | noon
Classroom floors in Neville Hall al- Wasson
so received refinishmg work, while The meeting was postponed for a
LeRoy Springs Gymnasium and Ja- because of the Labor Day
cobs Science Hail were given a holiday, he said
sprucing up of exteriors The ad- —
Chamber and Merchants
prove heating to all buildings
eluding faculty homes
Two large parking arena.
under construction, will provide,
space for more than 100 automo- Clinton Cotton Mills
will opt-rat* on a and * rou P ua « ln f »«U be Jimmie
dismissing at 12 00 Applegate, one of the nation's top
Mr Fans issues a special in vita
Hon to town people as well as co-op
Sent I the rraular artists on the electric organ . .
aep< a. me regular . " , J members to come out an enjoy this
schedule will begin I JO a. m to * r rartt says these professional
2 J3 p m . with lunches being sen entertainer* along with the con- ,rre
ed and the regular school schedule business meeting, exhitnu
ay
Group Visits Clinton Mills
yearTVuectnc Fair one m Mrs. Eugene Johnson
shows ever to appear here Y • T I
Tr| P To B€ach
the young lady who will r»prspent ■ 1
Mrs. Fageae Jehnaoa was ihr
wtnaer af TW Chnafrie * “Va-
ralleo at the Beach" as deter
miard ia a drawtag held al the
•fflre Iasi Satnrday
.revi-r* h
TW 1
> a
\h>nday afternoon at 3 30 o'cio
at thr First PmbyteAan Church jn(1 jmpty »•
conducted by Dr William Redd ^ aouM b#ck ^
Tunwr. pastor Interment was ta ,notation
Riwemant Cemetery Dr R M Fuller « liman
Pallbearers were R e e s a H nan «gh the Blalacfc Chmr
Young. Harry Nettlaa. Hugh Ja- the phymnaa* of M
robs Tench P Owens Rufus Sad want the community
ler Taylor Martin David NeviBe
of Newberry and William R Wade
.if Asheville N C
Mrv Spratt. wife of J din Spratt.
vuddrnlv late Saturday at her
un West Maple tire*
for th
■ EY JOF.I. F. CANNON
burg High School He received
vc bool He r
from Woffu
the Laurens Electric Cooperative ia
the statewide contest in Columbia
Clinton's tendent. and Calvin Cooper, person this fall
biles and will eliminate parking on oldest and largest major industry, a** didector, explained the manu The lucky young lady who wum
the one-story avenues leading to was the fifth stop on the weekly factoring operations a. the, toured the contem here according to Mr
and from the censor of the campus tour being made by representatives 'b* 1 group through the plaM. ^ aru i wm • ^**b P*w»
of the Chamber of Commerce and Founded la MM all expense paid trip to Colum
Merchants Division in their cour Clinton Cotton Mills was founded bta In Columbia she will appear on
tesy calls on officials at mamifae in 18M by Mercer Silas Bailey, a radio and television and compete
auring plants in the Clinton area, promment local cotton lem mer with other local winners for the
Making the visit to Clinton Mills chant Beginning with 5,000 spin- title al Miss S. C. Electric Co-Op
last Thursday were five represen- dies and 150 looms, this venture The statewide winner will receive
tatives of the Chamber and Mer- has developed into the present plant a big prize plus a trip to Wfashing-
chants Division which included J. of 106.400 spindles and 2.420 looms ton. D. C.. to compete for the na
Whitten Village
Schools To Begin
Session On Monday
The Whitten Village schools, in
cluding campus and circle, will be
gin a new term on Monday. Dr. B.
O. Whitten, superintendent, has stat
ed.
Members of the staff will be:
Campus staff, pre-school; Mrs.
Allie Hamilton,' Clinton; academic,
Mrs. Sara Cason, Clinton; Miss
Louise Cox, Clinton; Mrs. Sara Dai
ley, Clinton; Miss Essie Davidson,
Clinton; Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller.
Laurens; Ml's. J. H. Hunter, Clin
ton; Mrs. Ayliffe Jacobs, Clinton;
Mrs. Sarah Lester, Cross Hill; Mrs.
Inez Lindley, Laurens; Mrs. Rubie
Milam. Mount vilie; Mrs. Margaret
Sease. Clinton; Mrs. Edith Wingo,
Laurens.
Extra-curricular: Director of
homeraaking and 4-H Club activi
ties, Mrs. Beatrice B. Sloan, Clin
ton, and assistants, Mrs. Gladys
Catoe. Clinton, and Mrs. Ezelle D.
Corley, Clinton; physical education
and recreation, P. W. Rogers, and
assistants, Harold Rhodes and Aud
rey McCrosky. of Clinton; boys
shop. Rudolph Matthews; music and
dancing. Joe Shay. Clinton, and
Mrs. Kenneth Heist, Greenville.
Circle school, nursery and kin
dergarten level; music and rhythm
work. Mrs. lone Wallace, Clinton;
classroom teachers: Mr; Beatrice
Coats. Mbuntville; Mrs Eva Pitts,
Joanna; Mrs Myrtia Roper, Lhur
cm. Mrs. Emily Me Ml Ilian Clin
ton. Mrs. Mary Jim Harlan. Clia-
lan. physical
C. Thomas, chairman of the Mer
chants Division. Vernon Trammell,
Bob Cox. Van Jones, and James
Williams.
In the unavoidable absence of
President P. S. Bailey, the delega
tion was greeted by Vice-President
J. B. Templeton. Mr Thomas ex
pressed to him the appreciation of
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Merchants Division for the vital
contributions the company makes
to the economy of the area. A letter
containing similar sentiments from
Jim Von Hollen, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, was pre
sented to Mr. Templeton along with
a sufficient number of copies for
posting on the plant’s bulletin
boards. Following the welcoming
reception in Mr. Templeton's office,
he with George Huguley, superih-'
City To Observe
Monday As Holiday
Most business establishments in
the city will rinse Monday in ob
servance of Labor Day, according
to the dumber of Commerce.
A majority of the retail stares
wlO close, U was staled, and the
regular Wednesday clooiag will
also be la effect next week.
Maaafactartag plants generally
wig take the day off, k wan said.
yenag son. Johnny. wlO leave
Friday to he Tike Chronicle's
gneUs at famed Myrtle Beark
on the Sooth Carottna roast for a
three-day vacattoo.
Thr newspaer had offered the
trip as a prise dartag the past
several weeks U aaysoe wh«
filled la and returned rsnpon*
printed in the paper, with a beaus
sf $4* being added if the winner
wan a paid up subarriber U The
Chronicle, which Mrs. Johnson
won.
The Chronicle wishes for hie
verv
AB degree fflim Wofford Coilrgr
and studied at Vanderbilt I'mver
stty and Candler School of Theol
ogy. Emory I'atversity, where he
received the Bachelor, at thsimty
degree in IMS
For two years he served as a
chaplain in the army He held an
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Spratt of Mary
the pfi)*tciam are nartigat.ng th*
movement The doctors he satd.
’hinh it is a prngrrsaivr step The
Say niO r me. hr said. • her the
small private hospitals cannot moot
the m stern needs of the commu
nity The time nitl come he de
clared when such a stop a now
hospital < oiR have to bo made—and
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laflMnag
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of the proponed n|
that huoptLals af the sue o fthr one
proponed 1 tn to W beds' were ideal
from the standpoint at ecuminurai
operation, acordmg tn awtboritun
on the subject
K M Turner at t Imter. made a
mutton for n shew at hands at thane
in favor at a referndum herondod
L Ficbrlhertei
to put thr matter before
legislative driesaiiea b*
nerv be
Davis Young Ordained,
Parents Attend Service
! Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Young
have F-eturned from Aberdeen, Miss.,
where they spent several days with
their son and daughter-in-law. the
Rev. and Mrs Davis Young, going
especially to auemi his ordination
service.
The Rev Mr. Young, who grad
uated recently with n BD degree
from Columbia Theological Semi-
nan. Decatur, Ga . was ordained
md mgtsllad aa pamer af the Fml
af AberdaA
Young wan « member of the
City Merchants Visit Clinton Cotton Mills; Taken on Tour of Plant
Based on print cloth production tional title of Miss Rural Elrctnfi
spindles in operation, it is today one cation at the annual meeting of the
of the three largest single textile National Rural Electric Cooperative
plants in the nation Each year 36. Association. The national winner
000 bales of cotton (360 box car rece jves a handsome trophy and a
loads h are consumed in the pro- scholarship. Present holder of the
duction of approximately 90,000.000 na tj ona | title is Miss Brenda Rae Johnson* a verv pleasant feu
yards of top quality print cloth* Ewings, of Lons, who represented days at the beach!
The mill currently employs 1.000
local people with an annual payroll
of over $3,000,000
The Clinton plant, which has been
a bellwether for the economy of the
Clinton area since before the turn
of the century, processes and con
sumes more than 93,000.000 gallons
of water each year and uses an
nually over a quarter million dol
lars in electrical power.
Company officers are: P. S. Bai
ley, president and treasurer; Ro
bert M. Vance and J. B Temple
ton, vice-presidents; W. C. Neely,
secretary.
A merchants gjx>up will visit
Lydia Cotton Mills today.
bv i laud* t ruck*
Greenville County, and was direc
tor of youth work in the South are three daughter*. Mrv Frede Hi
Carolina Conference in 1M7 .md rick Krvipp of Rr> I>e Janeiro Bra moved
IMS
Prior to going to Pickens he wa* iveitn rwisenman. uotn ot < uw -n count<
at St Paul Church, Florence, for on*- win. John B Spratt of Mary* rumirq
five year* 'die Tenn elecen grandchildren the chairman
In June. 1M2. he marned Miss thr*e brother* DMA Neville of Chairman Plaxico yesterday an
Opal Lancaster of Spartanburg Vow hern Dr William G Neville Bounced that he had r-amed a»
and they have two young daughters, of Garnahun*. Brazil and the Rev m* mbers of the committee W C
Catherine 9. and Mildred Josephine John C Neville of Old Fort. N C ; Neely of Clinton, chairman. Dr
44. three sisters. Mr* W H James at George R Blalock of Chatoa. J
The Cannons moved here ve*ter Atlanta, Ga Mrs Lewis H Lan B Hart of Joanna D H Robert*
♦lay and are occupying the par caster of Nashville Tenn and of Lydia Mills and Fuller Mote*
sonage on Chestnut street Mr* G A Nickle* of Charleston of Mount vilie