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Volume LVIX
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 18, 1958
Number 38
Community Chest Initial
Gifts Effort Begins Today
General Drive Scheduled for Oct. 2
Break Ground for College Building
Advance special Kift solicitations
i>eut:t Thursday as the kickoff of the
Clinton Community Chest campaign
tor 195!)
Twenty six teams ol [wo men
each launch their efforts at this
tunc under the leadership ol Co-
chairmen Fred K Holcombe. 11 L
Kiehelberuer and .1 B Templeton
Thc> form the advance uuard of
the %ive aimed at raising a record
S19.!)8i) 53 for the ten agencies in
eluded in the Community Chest for
the comma year
Kohert M. \ anee serveN as Chest
preiident and Howard Smith as
drive chairman Vance said W C
Baldwin acts as budget chairman
and Ben Hav Hammel as publicity
chairman
\d\anee solicitations will extend
over a two-week period through
October 1 Durum this time, all bus
me>> oi oam/ations of the community
ire to b< eontaeted tor their firm
41ft and larger individual donors
will be approached A large portion
of ttie total goal is expected to come
from this phaw of the campaign
The cmera! drive will start on
October 2 and extend throughout
the mo"'ii it nec e-,>.(! v All indiv id
ual' will tie given a. ■ ipporturn!v
to totitrumte tihett and everyone is
urge! 'u 'ii(8>ort the work of these
ten worthy agetieies
i Im’o’i i ampfiri ( ouihiI 13.5)Xi
Iito 1 i \tnem an Bed ' ros >3
'o: i i nicer Si ie let v 3oo So
eiety of Coppic'd Children and
Adults—$2,000. Blue Kidge Council
Boy Scouts—$2,650. Carolinas Unit
ed — $1,301 58. Fairview Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center—$250; Cniteci
Cerehral Palsy — $100. Salvation
Annv $375. and Local Relief and
Administration—$3,800
Here are the 20 two-man teams to
c.perate in the advance gift cam
paign:
Dr I) () Rhaine and Dr Marion
Lawson. Harry MeSvvwen and Le
land Young; .1 Robert Cox and Da
vis V Pitts. Charles Johnson and
Jim Von Hollen; John Mjmnaugh
and \’an Jones. Mrs John Adair
;cnd Mrs Jeanette Bonds: Buddy
Oakley and Carroll Young; 1 Mae
Adair and Rufus Sadler; Gary Lehn
and David Mixon; It S Truluek and
Milford Smith; John Steadman and
.1 \V Abrams William Corbett and
B \\ Dominick. Lawrence o Kd-
wards and R Michael Turnei
D B Smith and J A On 1.
Ray Pitts and William Jacobs. Ill,
Hugh Jacobs and A C Young. Mrs
Jim Buzhardt and Mrs Jack Hol
land. Tom Plaxico and J B \rn
old Mr^ Twl Ferguson and Mm
Myra Crocker John Gallm.m and
James F V\o|fr. Thut'toit (.lies
and Sammie Pinson, I A F.dwards
and L N \Sarren. C C Giles and
U 8 Horne V P Adair and Gus
Hollingsworth. L S Reddick and
Rot>ert Johnson Tom F VM.son
i'd B.ll Trowbridge
60 New Cases Face Grand
Jury at Term on Monday
Greyhound Buses
Cease Operations
Because Of Strike
26 Hold-Overs Ready for Pleas, Trial
Twenty six hold over eases will law. John Riggins Jones, assault
position at the-one week term of and battery with intent to kill, John
Occupy places on the docket for d.s Wig wins V J ones, murder; Charlie
criminal court scht'diiled to open m Simpson, violation of liquor law;
No Greyhound buses have ar
rived at the Hinton Bus Station
since 7:Ofl p. m.. Tuesday, Joe
Mt Daniel, local agent for the
fines, said late yesterday, and
expectations are that no service
on Greyhound fines will be avail
able any time soon.
Mr. Vic Daniel stated that the
picture could change with a quick
settlement of the strike that be
gan Tuesday involving bus dri
vers in 10 states. However, he
ventured no prediction as to when
the strike would end or when ser
vice would be resumed.
Fleven Greyhound schedules ar
rive and leave dailv at the Clin
ton station.
Carolina Trailways, with four
local schedules daily, is not affect
ed by the strike. This line ope
rates between Spartanburg and
Augusta by way of I*aurens and
Greenwood.
L.mrens Monday morning
M.'o up for action will be rib war
rant-- listed through Tuesday issued
bv the 'ovoru! magistrates over
the eoiiutv an linhng one murder
ease * ,
'Three murder charges uv inchn!
ed m the hold over eases
Judge Thomas P Bussey of ( bar
lesion, will preside over the form >f
court He was named a pu!,e tv
the 1958 General Assembly, sin
eeedmg Judge W H Grtnvhnli, re
tired '
Hold-Over Cases
t larence Robinson. Jr assault
with intent - o ravish Floyd Ballou,
escaping from chain gang Thomas
Floyd, operating moT'ir vehicle un
der influence of intoxicants Jerrv
F.dvvm Fulltir.jh! ear brt'akmg.
Ruth <»erte!T Harris, reckless homi
cide. •Johnny Davis ,rand larceny,
Noah Jack-on peopin^ tom Dur
ham Uilliam.- and Pearl F.lizahefh
Wiilt.mvs oonspirjrv to murder.
Willie Anderson, violation of liquor
law Floyd Morton and Ruth Mor
ton assault and battery with intent
•a kill Clyde Francis violation of
luiu'or law
For Grand Jury Action
The following persons are charg-
ed in warrants issued by magis-
• rates Tthe cases will go before
the grand jury where “true bill’'
ir No bill will be returned.
Hugh Dallas, asauit and battery,
and another warrant charging
housebreaking with intent to com-
nut a crime; Maggie Prince, ac-
eessorv before the fact of house-
greaking with intent to commit a
crime Willie James Grant, driving
under influence (fourth offense);
Charlie Simpson, driving under in
fluence (second offense). Frank
Copeland, escaping from Laurens
County jail. Alfornia Ligon, viola
tion of Sections 61145 and 151385.
Also Elgene Young, violation of
Plan Event for Thursday
Prrsbyteriaa CaUcgr broke ground on It* new $5M,tM ch*pel-auditorium Tuesday morning before the
student bud' and vtaltors. Turning the first shovel of earth was P. S. Bailey (center), Clinton industrialist
WHO serves as chairman of the trustee building committee. Pictured with him here are Robert >1. Vance.
( lint.m banker and chairman of the PC board of trtis ees (left), and Dr. Marshall VV Rrown. president ni
Fresh'irrian ( cdlege.— Photo b' Dan Aarborough.
Dr. William U. Gunn,
Physician At Whitten
Village, Dies Tuesday
Chapel-Auditorium
Ground-Breaking
Service On Tuesday
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Council Adopts Budget
Of $589,710 for Year
Improvements Be Made With Surplus
c iiv < ounctl at a spec ial meeting
rhurvl.iy night adopted a budget
uaaucif tsne.Tifl fur operaOoUs du
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Kiwanis Barbecue-Bazaar
At Thornwell on Thursday
B cu in m 11 lee' are hard at
a,'ir) ’ 1,1 is week to make Ihe 1958
< I'MMciii.iy B.t: becue B.i/j.ir an
■ner colorful highlight during its
,ne night stand on September 25
Ihe (Linton Kiwanis Club one
more sponsors this event on t>ehjlt
of Tn unwell UipTunage It will be
staged in ThornwelTs IlarliH'ss
gymnasium between the hours of
8 and 10 p m and the public is
cordially inv ited to attend
Sevei, booths will offer bargains
m a wide range of items running
from horne-cooked delicacies and
hand-made clothing to products do-
Attend Newberry
Garden Club Program
Mrs Gary Holcombe, Mrs. Wil
liam Johnson, Mrs. Noland Sud-
deth and Mrs. Judson Brehmer
were among those from Clinton at
tending “The Do’s and Don’ts of
Flower Shows’’ at the Community
Hall in Newberry on Wednesday,
.September 10.
Mrs W r Jack Bryant of Orange
burg, presented the program. Mrs.
Bryant is currently serving as
Awards Chairman for the National
Council of State Garden Clubs
nated bv the mere funis 3 i lint on
Admivsion ' tree tn ttil' putt n( the
i ic c j.sion
Kiwanis President A (. A oung an
nounced that a special feature this
year will tx* a dried at t angements
boi*tn which will utlei a wide v.i
netv nf arrangements done in this
popular sly le
Barbecue plates will be m i veil
throughout the evening Advance tuc
kets already are on sale fur the
meals, and tickets also will be* sold
at the door that night
Serving as co-chairmen of the
barbecue bazaar, which is put on
primarily by the wives of Kiwanis
members, are Mrs. W. R Anderson,
Jr . Mrs Frank Sherrill and Mrs.
Thomas Baldwin. They have an
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Presbyterians Set
County Leadership
School Next Week
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fx»od s.ues during Ihe
eldiliigix to a ca'bior, fund
Go to guarantee pay iner t
Kprapmilatiun of HudKet
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Street Dept
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H.jPS .irxl saoitation
to ghe P'epare Tax Books
i o'er M i'i for i ity Hall
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f $7
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Dr Wilham C Gunn. 38, clinical
dir.rtor at Written Village in Clin
•e.n, died Tuesuiay morning at Self
Memorial hospital in Greenwood af
'or a few days illness
Dr Gunn, a native of Harlan
Kv was a Mjn of Mrs Dorcas L's
si*rv Gunn and the late Dr Milu>
Labell Gunn
He was a graduate of the Uem
v * * r'; t v of Kentucky, and the Uni
v i*rsi11, of Kentucky M**dical School
lb i is associateii with hospitals
a' < rrl.mdo Fla New Orleans,
l-i .md Lexington Ky . before
eouung to Whitten Village a state
institution for hamiieapfMxl children
surviving besides his mother are
his wife Mrs Elizabeth Huntley j
Gunn, Jr and one sister, Mrs
n
Gunn one son William Ussery
Brvant Morgan of Harlan Ky
Funeral services were conduct
ed al 3 01) p m Wednesday at J
F Floyd Mortuary in Spartanburg
by Dr A L Gunter Dr John
NiKin^mer the Rev Joel Gannon
and the Rev < I. White Burial I
was in Grevnlawn Memorial Gar-
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37 488 81
57 935 40
4 7.34 20
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21 422 14
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1 ,w Dr Gunn came to 54 bitten V illage
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: " un,> He became ill ITiursday and was
taken to j ( but on bmpital, b«-ing
1 . an*t , 0 Memorial late Sjt
2 .500 00 unlay
135.331 75 - __
liquor law ; Allen Cullen, asauit and
E/el Sullivan murder Marshall battery with intent to kill; Janies
Copeland Titjuung money under ^ Howard, non-support; Jinuny
false pretenses Darrell Lawson, assault and bat-
\!so Math., mturnons, assault ter y ; Ernest Junior Gilliam, non-
and b.trttery with intent to kill. Ted support. Jack Ballew, Frances
Weathers, lareenv. Melvin Calvert. l -' ns P' and Sammie Lee, transport-
dispoving of property under lien ar, d having in possession illegal
Wayne Washington Ridge, operating “quor; Darrell Lawson, Matha
motor vehicle under influence of Simmons, Cleve Smith, and John
intoxicants i second offensei. James Eee SimmoQs, two warrants, house-
Rov Dixon murder Broadus M breaking and grand larceny; J. D.
lb ,'! "(^'rating motor vehicle un- Eipbird and Cleve Smith, house-
i'T tifluetui* of intoxicants (fourth breaking and grand larceny
oft* - s,- Rufus D Armstrong, op Also Cleve Smith and J. D. Lip-
ei , : . motor vehicle under influ- ford, grand larceny; Paul Whit-
e\u of intoxicants (second of Wk. housebreaking and grand lar
i' Rutus D Armstrong, vio- ceny. James Herbert Madden, alias
la: .on or liquor law Bobby Johnson, housebreaking and
M'O,'Willie Oscar Bishop, driving grand larceny; Charles Fuller, Sid-
under influence fourth offense) ne V Bonds, Steve Webb, and Gene
Fly ml Martin violation of liquor Adair, rape; Mitchell Noel Trussed,
hit and run. William Smith, carry-
Scholorshlp Winner concealed weapon and asuult
r w with said weapon
ALso, Wilie Roy Cheek. Chartea
Hodges. E If Timmerman (three
warrants), Sammie Copeland, Cedi
L Sullivan. Joe Mims, all charged
i with disposing af property under
mortgage; ('larence Nelson and
, Ruth Nelson, breach of trust; Her-
j bert Franklin Henderson, drlefa*
1 under influence (second offense);
PTA Conducts
Clothing Drive
MISS ANITA McCARTNEY ml
L P Bragg, storing and barlag hi
1 possession illegal liquor. Wattar
Shockley, injury to personal prop
erty James Walker, grand lar
ceny J D Ledford, larceny of gas
from j vehicle
Also. Eugene Boland,
ing and larceny; Charles H.
Jr, obtaining money under
pretenses, Frances W Crisp, op
erating and maintaining a
Hillary Piles, assault and
Latin W Johnson, assault fret
tery. Roy Lee Stokes. Ji
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375 nu annual u.xed clothing drive
750 00 ^ '-he Hampton Avenue School PTA
10 391 71 f*®* in progress and will continue
through September 19
$589 710 00 Mr ' E v Sullivan, clothing
V surplus carried over from prior chairman, has statiii that sh'*es and
years plus an overage in estimated clothing of all kinds suitable for
utihtv bonds prior i m.ituri’y revenue for the year, and unspent >l 'hool children are neeiled jikI will
n*.- tuhlget for • ach department t'uiigeteii amounts for the year gave he appreciated Those having ar
■l "ir city was itemized ami each an atn>ar»*nt surplus account of $90 bcles to contribute are asked to
' > bides salaries f..r iep.,:'ment i*'il 45 (Jut of this amount will come please send them to the school to-
*,•«■! sonnel i continued on page foun day or tomorrow
uf Ihe $a4M juaraailsni M'h*i*r-
»hip awarded aim wall' by the
South ( arolina Press VsSxK'lallo*.
She e ate red the University mt
south Carolina last week as a
frrshmaa.
A 1958 graduate of l.aorens High
School, she was editor ml Tiger
Life, student
Laurens, has been named wiauer K«m*ry. and George Irby,
port. Sammie Lee Cook, grand lar
ceny. Paul S Jones, forgery (two
warrants). Jofin Pat Curry
larceny of auto
Also. John Pat Curry.
breaking and grand larceny; DanM
Shelton, burglary. James McKeU
lar, obtaining money under falsa
pretenses; Billy Joe Kelly, grand
She is the daughter mt Mr. and larceny of auto; Billy Joe Kelly,
Mrs. D. B MrCartaey. Her meih- housebreaking and grand larcany;
er Is the farmer Misa Iwaise Her- James Herbert Madden, forgery
tun. id (Union. (continued on page four)
Clinton Merchants, Commerce Officials Visit Joanna Plant
Flower Show Plans
Plans are now underway for Au
tumn Highlights.'’ flower show
which will be presented by the
Clinton Garden Clubs on Tuesday,
October 14 beginning it 3 o clock
m the afternoon and closing at 9 00
p m There wall be i xmsll admiv-
»i *s ‘re
niiiinced these booth chairmen as
chief assistants:
Dried Arrangements Booth—Mrs
Marshall W Brown and Mrs A C.
Young.
Garden ( enter—Mrs. James Mac
donald and Mrs R M Fuller
Baking Booth — Mrs. Marvin
Gault, Mrs. M F Milam and Mrs.
Bailey Dixon.
Candy Booth—Mrs Julian Bolick
and Mrs. James Von Hollen.
Country Siore Booth—Mrs. D. B
Smith. Mrs. Robert M Vance and
Mrs I M. Smith
Sewing Booth—Mrs G Edward
Campbell and Mrs J C Thomas
(infants wean Mrs D H Roberts
and Mrs J H Templeton i ages 7-
12 i
(Aids a/kl Ends White Elephant
rtoigh—M r . Vi Vi' Hirneit and Mr*
H > T * r l - r* '1 in
Presbyterians of I«aurens CiKinty
will join a leadership training
school next week at Clinton's Fir t ,
Prt*sbytenan Church
Classes are schedultd each eve
nmg from 7 30 to 9 30. Monday
through Friday
The school will offer courses
which will be helpful to present and |
future Sunday School officers and i
teachers and youth workers In ad-;
dition a course in Bible study will j
be offered
|
Five outstanding ministers and
teachers have been secured to lead j
the classes, including Dr Joseph M.
Gettys, of the Bible department at
Presbyterian College; Mrs. J. Clai-;
borne Anderson, of Knoxville,
Tenn ; Mrs (),- Leland Hunt of j
Washington, D C.; Rev. Ben L.
Collins, pastor of the First Presby
terian Church of Woodruff; and Dr.
Lynn T. Jones, pastor of Eastmin-
ster Presbyterian Church of Co
lumbia
Courses to be offered at the school
are: Teaching Adults, by Dr. Get
tys Teaching Youth, Mrs. Ander
son. Teaching Juniors, Mrs. Hunt;
Recreational Leadership Mr Col
lins and How to Study Luke. Dr
Jones
HE ALTH CENTER
CLONED TODAY
The Clinton Health Center w ill be
cloved today (Tburoday) becwiM of
jp rffmal stale merting
Jeanaa Cottoa Milk was visited by Clintea merchants aad Chamber of Commerce
leaders in the current weekly courtesy calk on offlciak of manufacturing points In the
Clinton area last Thursday morning. D. B. Smith, right front, k shown being greeted bv
Walter Regnery, vice president nod general manager of the milk. Mr. Smith, spokesman
for the group, expressed apprrt iatioe mt foulness interests of the area for the ptaat's coo
tributiou to the economy mi this section Mr. Regnery thanked the representatives for
their visit aad interest and announced that the milk on that day were beginning on a
stepped up production schedule that would tarienoe the weekly work hoars of many em
ptoyoen.
Ushers shoe* are left to right. Mrs Joe Bonds P R. MtUhell, assistant to Mr Ret
aery, Mrs. Poaria Henry, J. B. Hart, ass lota of treasurer and office
Mrs. Don Yarharnagh. Lynn Cooper, Jr, L M. Adair. J. R. Cu. Von
chairman of the Merchants Division, James P. Steaa, personnel director mi
4 on HoUea. president of the Chamber of Commerce, and J. L. (Many
The visitors were taken on a tear mt several departments of the
al right, several of the group ore watching a recently
chine in sperstina. The spsratsr k John Leopard. The
compaafoa machine nearby, hath made ia Svitserland. are two af the four
in this country.