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THE CLINTON CHRONICI ?
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Thorn well Schools Battery B To Have
Open Session Monday Reunion Saturday;
Col. Pope Is Speaker
CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 28. 1958
More About
Proposed Hospital
If the unanimous .support of the move to
c reate a hospital district and build a $1,000,-
000 hospital given by about 500 persons last
Monday night at a meeting in Clinton is a
true index to sentiment in this area, there is
no doubt about the wishes of residents of
this section.
When a show of hands was called for. 100
per cent responded in favor of the project.
A public meeting; was held in the Clinton
High School, attended by people from all
sections of this end of the county.
Another result of the meeting was the ap
pointment of a committee to put the matter
before and collaborate with the county’s leg
islative delegation in calling a referendum on
the question.
The move, first presented at a meeting of
a few interested citizens on the night of
Aug. 11, now takes definite shape, carrying
with it the support of about as representa
tive a group of citizens as a public meeting
could muster.
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Logically, the next step would be a meet
ing between the county legislative delegation
and members of the steering committee ap
pointed following the meeting Monday night,
in order to officially acquaint the delegation
with the action taken.
In our opinion, any action taken from here
on out. will be favorable, including the re
sults of a referendum.
We say that because we feel that the self-
determination of people will be respected—
that is. the determination of people of a cer
tain area to build a hospital, operate it, and
pay for it themselves. .
No one can quarrel with those who are
willing to support a proposition like that.
There may be some who would prefer to
build a larger hospital at another site to
serve the whole county. Several points could
l»e presented in not supporting such a move,
t hief among which is that that would call
for abandoning Laurens County Hospital.
We feel that, besides being unwise from an
economic viewpoint, it is wholly unneces
sary.
We feel that basically the Laurens Hos
pital is a good institution. It may need en
larging and some renovation, and steps are
l**ing taken to do just that.
With $80,000 in funds on hand, and $50,-
000 promised to be supplied by the county
legislative delegation, making $130,000 to
match $130,000 from Hill-Burton funds, a
$260,000 addition can be built to enlarge the
plant.
With another $10,000 in hand, trustees ol
the hospital hope to secure an additional
sum. said to be about $30,000, a renovation i
program on the present struture could be ac- i
complished.
These two moves would give the people of
the Laurens area a hospital that would be ,
thoroughly modern and adequate for their i
needs.
And it could be done with, at the most, a !
very limited additional tax levy.
And it would be nothing, comparatively, to
what we believe the taxpayers of this end of
the county are willing to assume in order to
provide themselves with modern, and more
adequate hospital facilities.
wiped out pneumonia and other chest dis
orders.
The significance of this is impossible to
exaggerate. We are living far longer than j 0 hnston~
did our ancestors, ahd our descendents will, Turner Martin
nest
live longer ^jtill. The proportion of senior citi
zens to the total population rises steadily.
That ha.* presented an urgent challenge to
The Thomwell Orphanage schools
will begin the 1958-59 term next
Monday morning, Dr. M. A. Mac
donald. president. ha«\ announced
The teaching staff, with only a
few replacements, will, be practi
cally the same as last year. Includ
ed are:
B S. Pinson, principal; Miss
Helen Porter. Bible and English;
Miss Julia Porter. French and li
brarian; Mrs F. M. Boland, math
ematics; Mrs. Frank Kellers, com
mercial; Mrs. Sam Earle, social
studies; Mrs. Beatrice H. Scurry,
science; Mrs. Lillian K. Guenther.
English; Mrs. J. H. Camp, home
economics and reading.
Also, Miss Luva McDonald, mu^
sic. grades 7-12; Mrs. Ruth Silver
music, grades 1-6; Mrs.
grade 6; Mrs. C. P.
American medicine—and the challenge is be-ii; Mrs
ing met with outstanding, even spectacular. Marten.
I
success.
Townsend, grade 5; Mrs. Marvin E.
Royster, ‘grade 4; Mrs. Edgar
Blakely, grade 3; Mrs. T R. Davis,
grade 2; Mrs. M. V. Schaible, grade
Mary Alyce Brown, kinder-
Mrs. Nettles With
From the West Palm Beach, Florida, Post- ^ Business Office
Times: “Government ownership of industry
is socialism. And when the federal govern
ment of the United States takes 52 per cent
of the profits of a corporation in the
Mrs Harry L. Nettles, of Clinton,
is a new member of the business
office staff at Presbyterian Col-
form lege.
of income taxes, it ‘owns’—in effect—52 per
cent of the shares of that corporation. It
need not actually own the cow. if it gets the
milk—and it does.’’
Washington, Iowa, Journal: “There is a
modern parable about a troubled old king
who summoned his wisest counselors and in
structed them to prepare a simple text on
economic principles, which the people might
understand. The wise men came back in a
year with 67 volumes, profusely illustrated
wfth graphs and charts. But a venerable old
patriarch came forward with his appraisal—
eight little words: ‘There ain’t no such thing
as a free lunch’.”
She assumed her duties during
the past week as a bookkeeper in
this department headed by Business
Manager G. Edward Campbell.
Mrs. Nettles, who taught at Hamp
ton Avenue School last year, suc
ceeds Mrs. T. J. McCarty in her
new work at PC. She is a Presby
terian College graduate.
WSCS TO HAVE SEMINAR
The Fall Seminar of the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service will be
held at Cambridge Methodist
Church in Ninety-Six Saturday,
September 6. Registration starts at
9:30 and the meeting closes with
luncheon at 1 o’clcok.
Babson Discusses China
Babson Park, Mass.. August 28—As I have con
Unually stated in these columns, we will not have a
shooting war with Russia. We may have a chemical-
weather war; and we are now in an economic war. I
go further and say that Kruschev—like all Russian
leaders—has world domination as a goal; but this is
not true of the Russian people or of the satellite na
tions Furthermore. Kruschev fears Premier Moa of
China.
Society...
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Members of Battery B., x 107th
AAA AW Bn., from the time the
unit was called to active duty in
February, 1941, to the dispersal of
remaining personnel following the
Rome-Amo campaign in Italy du
ring W(*id War Two will have a
reunion in Clinton Saturday.
The roster, in addition to Jocal
men, includes many from all parts
of the country.
Registration will begin at 10:00
a m. at the armory on South Broad
street. The morning and afternoon
will afford a time for greeting for
mer comrades in arms, most of
whom have not met since the war.
A dinner will be served in the ar
mory at 8:0d p. m , to be followed
by a business session. Col. Tom
Pope of Newberry, will speak at the
dinner,. He was an officer with the
107th during the war.
Battery B was the successor to
the old National Guard Battery G,
263rd Coast Artillery, organized by
the late Brig. Gen. Walter A John
son, its first commander, with the
rank of captain.
The 263rd was mobilized for ac
tive duty prior to World War Two
on February 10, 1941. and became
Battery B. 107th AAA AW Bn.
Spending the first ten days at the
Clinton armory, the unit was sent
to Camp Stewart, Ga., for training.
While there, some men in the bat
tery were transferred to other units
and replacements were sent to Bat
tery B, consisting of men from va
rious parts of the country.
In June, 1942, the battery was
sent to New York, remaining until
August 5, when the unit sailed for
England. Following further training
in England, the battery participated
in the invasion of North Africa in
November ,1942, landing at Oran.
The battery engaged in the North
African campaign, the invasion of
Sicily, and the Rome,Arno cam
paign in Italy.
Following the latter campaign,
members of the battery were dis
persed to other units, and Battery
ceased to exist.
After he war, the battery was re
organized and continues as a part
of the South Carolina National
Guard.
Garden Club Council
Announce Fall Show
"Autumn Highlights"
The Council of Clinton Garden
Clubs, Mrs. Gary Holcombe, pres
ident, has announced plans for a
fall flower show, "Autumn High
lights,” October 14, at the Ameri
can Legion Home.
Mrs. Judson Brehmer is general
chairman and will be assisted by
the following committee chairmen:
schedule. Mrs. William Johnson;
staging, Mrs. Hugh Ray; publicity,
Mrs. Lynn Cooper, Jr.; judges,
Mrs. Gary Dillard; arrangement
classification, Mrs. William A d-
ams; horticulture, Mrs. G. A. Bur
ton; pages, Mrs. R. L. Plaxico,
Jr.; clean-up, Mrs. James Trayn-
ham.
Reedy River Baptist
Assn. Send Young
People Off To College
The ninth annual “Off to Col
lege” night sponsored by the Train
ing UWone of the Reedy River As
sociation, was held at the I. M.
Smith farm near Kinards on Tues
day evening, August 19.
Seventy-five intermediates, young
people and workers were present
Colleges represented in the associa
tion are: Clemson, USC, Furman,
Citadel, Newberry, Lander, Univer
sity of Georgia, Duke, Mars Hill,
Presbyterian, Columbia School of
Nursing and Anderson Junior Col
lege. «
A fellowship hour was led by Lin
da Smith and Pat Carr. A picnic
supper was served.
Recognitions were given to stu-
Thurnday. Auguat 28, 19S8
dents and churches represented
The closing message on “Youth
and Christian Education" was
brought by Rev. James Stewart ol
Clinton, formerly of Joanna. Miss
Betty Thomas is associations!
young people’s leader.
QfUomtbuU
Off!re Hours 9-5:30
200 South Broad St.
' PHONE 658 .
DR. FRED E. HOLCOMBE
SAVE!
or
INVEST
with
Safety * Profit — Convenience
Surgery And The Elderly
Within the past few years, three of the
most famous living Americans have under
gone surgery — President Eisenhower, the
former Presidents Hoover and Truman. The
ages of these men ran from 65 to 83. In each
case, recovery was complete, and the patient
resumed activity within a very short space
of time.-
This fact is cited in an artkle by Robert
P. Goldman in the May 25 issue of Parade.
And he uses it to point up the tremendous
strides that American medicine has made in
the surgical treatment of elderly people. He
writes that patients aged 60 to 90 and beyond
are undergoing surgery as a routine matter
today — something that wa^ virtually un
heard of a generation ago. Patients who were
refused surgery’ as bad risks when in their
60’s are now being operated on safely in their
70’s. And the mortality rate in operations on
the aged is as low as 5 per cent, where a gen
eration ago it was several times that figure.
Many medical advances are responsible. A
new “light” anesthesia does not affect the
lungs and heart. New instruments have elim
inated other hazards. A vast increase in nu
tritional knowledge plays a vital constructive
role in both the pre-operative and the post
operative periods. New drugs have all hut
WATCH CHINA CAREFULLY
There are many reasons why China would not join
Russia in war against the West China is largely Bud
dhist in religion; but China is not
atheistic, as Russia claims to be
Most of the Chinese leaders were
educated in Christian Schools The
colleges and hospitals of China
were largely financed by American
dollars
China, by tradition, is friendly to
the United States My grandparents
formerly sailed ships between Bos
ton and Chinese ports. In the homes
B*««r w. m -‘— of their descendants today—includ
ing my own—are beautiful pieces of chinaware which
were purchased in China by the captains of these
ships It is within the last fifteen years that these ties
with America have been broken It is only common
sense that they will again be renewed
M ARSHALL’S RIG MISTAKE
I think Mr Truman will tell intimate friends that
he made a mistake in accepting the report of General
Marshall on China Of course, the General was in
China only a short time and was dependent upon the
reports which he received from those whom he met.
To make a comprehensive report on China would take
months or years Besides, General Marshall was a
West Point graduate, with Army experience. He
should not have accepted the task which President
Truman gave him.
General Marshall was 4 very much influenced by
Chiang Kai-shek and his charming wife She gra
duated from our college here in Wellesley and made
friends with all of us people whom she met. She also
won the hearts of Mr Truman and other prominent
men It was largely due to the character, courage,
and wealth of the Sun family that the railroads, pub
lic utilities, and factories of China were built
NATIONALIST CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES
From the observations I gathered when 1 visited
China, I would hesitate to admit Communist China to
the United Nations It, however, has always seemed
inconsistent to permit Formosa and Kiang Kai-shek
to represent the 600 million Chinese mainlanders in
the United Nations This may have been a means of
"saving face"; but it does not make sense to me.
If Chiang Kai-shek should die today, I am sure
that Communigt China, under Premier Mao, would be
admitted to the United Nations. On the surface, we
continue to be unfriendly to Communist China; but
it may be that Premier Mao Is receiving some sym
pathy and moral support from certain factions in our
State Department. You will note that Premier Mao is
no longer shooting across at Formosa and is treating
fairly any ships which accidentally come within the
Chirtese three-mile limit. It is very interesting to see
how England has kept friendly with Communist
China, which has not disturbed Hong Kong. This is
one of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited;
it is very busy and very rich. Yet, Premier Mao could
drop a bomb on it and knock it out of existence.
KRUSCHEV FEARS MAO
As I said in my column last June, there is more
probability of war between Russia and China than
between Russia and the United States. I continue to
feel that Premier Mao of Red China is a chief factor
in the actions of'Kruschev during the past weeks
The press has told of how Mao has been to Moscow
an<$ has apparently caused Kruschev to “get off his
high horse" and accept President Eisenhower’s de
sires relative to the Summit Meeting. After the Mar
shall Report, Mao was obliged to accept help from
Russia; but today the situation is very different If
Kruschev should attack Western Europe and Amer
tea. China would at once attack Russia on the East
In doing so, she would receive the help of England,
America and the other Free Countries Hence, I re
peat, there will now he no shooting war between the
Untied
I throughout the hall and tables
where covers were laid for the
guests were adorned with pink rose
buds and ivy
The bride was given a corsage of
pink rosebuds. At this time the
bride and groom presented gifts
to their attendants.
Assisting in entertaining and
serving were Mrs. Mildred Bowers.
Mrs Ethel R Pitts, Mrs. John Da
vis. Mrs. Glenn Brock Reeves.
Mrs. S A. Pitts, Jr., and Miss San
dra Ray b
Out of town guests included Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Hughes. Dunn. N.
C.; Mr and ‘Mrs. Bobby Liner.
Chapel Hill. N. C.; Joe Compton.
Cedar Grove, N. C.; Benn Smith,
Charlotte, N. C.;'Ike Ray. Colum
bia; and Ray MrCarley of New
berry.
Tom Cooper, Jr.
Returns From Trip
Tom B Cooper, Jr., has returned
from a two months stay and trip to
Waitsburg. Washington, where he
held a summer job.
Accompanied by several other
Furman students, tbe trip out was
mack- by the northern route and the
return trip through California and a
southern route, visiting 22 states..
He will return to Furman Septem
ber 13 where he is a member of the
junior class.
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BIRTHDAY PARTY
Walter Lee Wilson celebrated his
fourth birthday Saturday afternoon
with a party. Eight small children
were present and Walter was re
membered with many nice gifts.
Mrs. Wilson was assisted by Mrs
Edd Young and Annette Young
FRI. & SAT. Al’G. 29-30
Double Feature
SEVEN GUNS
TO MESA
LOLA ALBRIGHT and
CHARLES QUINLAN
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REVOLT OF
MAMIE STOVER
JANE RUSSELL and
RICHARD EGAN
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AUG. 31-SEPT. 1-2
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DEAN MARTIN and
JERRY LEWIS
Also ANITA EKBERG
WED.-THURS. SEPT. 3-4
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MARLA ENGLISH and
TOM CONWAY
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Laurens Electric Co-op Fair
AND ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday and Friday
August 28th and 29
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BEAUTY CONTEST
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Preliminaries in both contests Thursday nijfht.
Finals on Friday night.
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