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Vol.60—No. 27
Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 2, 1959
On this Independence day, we honor oar founding fathers who, through their brav
ery and wisdom, their firm belief in the right of all to “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
Happiness,” established in our land the great traditions of the American way. Let every
July Fourth remind all of us that it is our privilege and duty to cherish and protect this
priceless heritage ... to keep the flame of Freedom ever bright.
Here Tonight
Clmton Legion Juniors
Win Three During Week
Clinton’s American Legion Juniors
added throe games to their win col
umn during the week to poet a cur
rent record of nine
less.
Greenwood, the leading team in
League S. has a record o( ten vigo-
ries and one Mb.
Oinlee Greenwood Here Tonight
The local team will face the
I.
To Be Closed Soturdoy
Ah offices ia the deart house in
will take thf day off Sat
urday in observance N the July 4th
holiday. No business will be trans-
acted. stated Walter E. Dunlap,
The sheriffs office, however, will
remain open, it was said.
league leaden Acre tonight in a cru- Davif Descendants
cial game at #ie Hinton Mill park. ^ , nnuJli * fesc'ndaa.s
The Clinton Legionnaires will push John Davis and Annie Byrd Da-
ahead of the Eemeralds if they can {vis will be held at the American
pick up a win. while a loss will push Region hut on Saturday. July 4. A
them further down the ladder Game P lcmc lunch Ls planned
time tonight is • o’clock i 0* <* “»»«> ^
, . , . Mr. and Mrs. Robert C Darla and
Clmton s victories were at (he m dBU<tu<rs ^ Mr ^ Mrj
pense 0# Aiken. Nesvherry and Ware 1 m Davis g/ Arlington Va.;
§hoals Mr. and Mrs George Dickson and
Last Thursday the Clintonian* son of Manning; Mrs. Charles Aker
downed Aiken M, with Crouch and man Macon. Ga.; Mr. and Mrs.
James R Barbour. Jr . and fam ly
of Hamlet. N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. W
E Abernathy and family of Cainm-
bus. Ga.; Mr. and Mrs T. Weir Da
vis. Mrs John T. Teague and Dud
ley Davis of Columbia. .
doing the pitching for the
and Barksdale behind the
Cabs
locals
plate
Monday night’s victory over New
berry was a S-l affair with Crouch
and Caba ness again on the mound
Following up Tuesday night, the
Clinton boys won from Ware Shoals,
§4. Timmons and Cabanaaa
the Clinton hurlers
Cam Mg Games
July 2 (tonight)—Greenwood at
Clinton.
July 1—Clinton at Aiken.
July 7—Newberry at Clinton
July 10—Clinton at Ware Shoals
Baiting Averages
Girls Of Petoga
District Camp Fire,
Blue Birds Attend Camp
The Camp Fire and Blue Bird
girls of the Petaga district will leave
for Camp Buckhorn, Paris Moun
tain, on July 6 at 2:00 p. m.
All those planning to make the trip
are asked to be at the Clinton Mills
Community Building by 1:30. Mrs
Eva Land is camp director and
a full staff of counselors will at
tend to direct the activities.
Miss Mary Cunningham is assist
ant director and other coumotors
include Miss Shirley Dunaway, Miss
Betty Sue Spillers, Mrs. C. A. El-
ledge, Mrs. C. E. Roberta, Miss
Barbara Brazil, and Mrs. Harry
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Hendersons Return
From Stay In Spain
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Lykes Hender
son and children hare returned to
the states after a stay of almost
three years in Spain.
They have been visiting Col. Hen
derson’s mother, Mrs L. S. Hen
derson, and other relatives here and
will leave today to visit relabves
in Georgia.
He has been assigned to Coium-
bus. Miss., and will report there
about the middle of July.
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Cannon Returned
To Broad St. Church
The Rev. J. E. Cannon was re
turned for another year as pastor of
Broad Street Methodist Church, ac
cording to appointments announced
at the closing session of the South
Carolina Methodist Conference in
Columbia Sunday.
Rev. Nathan Fleming, pastor of
Epworth Methodist Church at Jo
anna, and Rev. C. F. Hamm, of
the Kinards Circuit, were return
ed to their posts.
Announced as coming to Bailey
Memorial was Rev. W. A. Wesley.
Rev. James H. Williams will con
tinue to serve the Lydia and Sandy
Springs churches.
Rev. R. Bryce Herbert is superin
tendent of the Greenwood District,
in which churches in this area are
located.
Among former Clinton Methodist
pastors, Rev. E. K. Garrison was
returned to Batesburg, and Rev. P.
L. Bauknight serves Asbury Mem
orial, both in the Columbia Dis
trict; Rev. W. R. Bouknight is at
St. George in the Charleston Dis
trict; Rev. J. E. Merchant is at
Inman, and Rev. A. J. Dov.ling is
at St. Luke in Lancaster, in the
Rock Hill District.
Rev. V. M. Ross, formerly of Jo
anna, is at Bethel, in the Green
ville District.
County Women At
HD Council Meet
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Lions Club Officers Installed at Friday Meeting
Officers to lead the Clinton Lions Club during the
1959-60 year were inducted into office Friday evening at
Hotel Mary Sfusgrove. Installing officer was Lion Jim
Adams, of Spartanburg, district and zone leader. I>eft to
right, front row, are; Adams; K. S. Truluck, president;
H. F. Blalock and I). 0. Rhame, vice presidents; Sarnie
Pinson, secretary; J. A. Orr, treasurer. Back row: David
T. Mixon, director; W. K. Moreau, Lion tamer. Clyde
Khrhardt, tail twister; Fred E. Holcombe, director; 0. VV.
Cooper, W. Brooks Owens, Harry McSween. directors.
Absent were L. N. Warren, vice president; L. S. Reddeck,
tail twister; and Directors George H. Cornelson, James L.
Walker, and Eugene Johnson.—Photo by Dan Yarbor
ough.
Clinton Lions Club Stores, Banks, Plants
Officers Installed ClifltOVI to Close fOf the 4th
Rembert S. Truluck was installed
as president of the Clinton Lions
Club for the coming year Friday
evening at a meeting of the club at
Hotel Mary Musgrove Installing of
ficer was Jim Adams of the Spar
tanburg club, a district and zone
leader.
Taking office at the same time
were: H. F. Blalock, D. 0. Rhame,
and L. N
Peggy Berly Named
Assistant Agent
For Laurens County
W. B. Owens Attends
Municipal Meeting
A umber of women from Laurens
County attended the annual meeting .
of the South Carolina Home Demon- Samie Pinson, secretary, and J.
stration Council last week at Win- ® rr ’ treasurer ' were re-named
throp College, Rock Hill. TTie ses- 10 their 1)0518
sion opened Tuesday and closed Fri
day.
Among those attending were:
Mrs. J. W. Tinsley, Trinity Ridge;
Mrs. T. B. Sumerel, Sandy Springs;
Mrs. Guy Mahon, Greenpond; Mrs.
Mrs. Mildred K
Warren, vice-presidents ant H( > me Demonstration,Agent in
Laurens county, has been appointed
Home Demonstration Agent in New
berry County effective July 1.
Miss Peggy Berly of Pomaria,
William E. Moreau is the new
Lion Tamer, and Clyde Ehrhardt
and L S. Reddeck are tail twisters
New directors are George H. Cor
W Brooks Owens, city clerk and
treasurer, attended the sessions of
the sixth annual Municipal Finance
Officers School held at the Univer-
Holliday. assist- Slt y South Carolina last TTiursday
and Fnday.
Purpose of the meeting is to in
form municipal officers of the latest
developments and changes in the
laws affecting their work, to dis
cuss ways and means of improving
son. The retiring president, Fred E
Holcombe, will also serve as a di
rector
Hie ae* officials began
terms July 1.
on Bond
Arthur Childress aud Mr, Aytoue Har „ McSween and Eugene W
Pittman, Camak: Miss Louise Wei 7
born and Mrs. Louise Thompson,
Harmony; Mrs. J. H. Power, Barks
dato-Nafnie; and Miss Belle Patter
son, Lanford Mrs. Newman Shouse
and Mrs. Merry Heubie, members!
•f the Shady Grove dub, attended
the meeting for one dny.
Harriett Montgomery, 4-H club!
member of the County-Wide 4-H
club, served as page for the meet
ing. Mrs. Guy Mahon and Mrs. Ar
thur Childress served as voting del
egates from Laurens County. Mrs
J. W Tinsley served as State Health
chairman this year to fill out an un
expired etnn and was reelected.
Mrs. T. B. Sumerel is State 4-H
Loan Scholarship Trustee.
Mrs Arthur Childress represented
Laurens County in the fashion show
held on Wednesday night during dfe
meeting. Laurens County was re
sponsible for the morning watch pro
gram held each morning in the dor
mitory
Mrs. Mildred Holliday and Miss
Myrtice Taylor. County Home Dem
onstration Agents, accompanied the
group to Winthrop
will succeed Mrs. Holliday as assist the administration of municipal tx-
ant agent in Laurens County Miss es and to provide a general ex
nelson and James L. Walker, who Berly was graduated from Winthrop change of information on municipal
will serve .with the holdover direc- College with a bachelor of science administration,
tors, C. W. Cooper, David T. Mixon, degree in home economics in May
She was active in county, district, will assume her duties in Laurens
and state 4-H club work July 1
Miss Berly's office will be in the This announcement is made by
Agneultural Building in Laurens Mrs. Sallie Pearce Musaer, State
with Mias Myrtice Taylor, Home Home Demonstration Agent. Clem
Demonstration Agent Miss Berly Ison College Extension Service.
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Man Is Charged With Rape Attempt
Route 72 Being Widened, Straightened
Clinton Now Has
3,000 Telephones
Clinton reached a significant mile
stone m its communication history,
it was disclosed today, when its
3000th telephone was installed
The 3000th telephone went into the
home of Mrs. Mercer Vance Wise at
212 West Pitts Street
T M Youngblood. Jr., manager
of Southern Bell in Uus area, said
that the rapid increase in the num
her of telephones indicates
Jerry Howard Bailew 25-year-old
Greenville man, was released on
bond Monday afternoon by Sheriff
C. W W’ier of Laurens County. He
is charged with assault with intent
to ravish a 23-year-old Clinton area
woman
The complaint was made by the
woman's father and the warrant was
issued by Magistrate Sam McCrary
of Clmton
The attempted assault. Sheriff
Wier said, occurred in an area about
three miles south of Clinton
The woman either jumped or fell
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King
34
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294
Littleton r.
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12
315
Bailey
35
11
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Timmons
35
10
385
Whitman
30
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White
16
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Bedenbaugh
29
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Barksdale
20
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Crouch
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fahnaist
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Alexander
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Senator ThormoMi's
Office Assistants'
Salaries Announced
Harry Shuler Dent, of St. Mat
thews, administrative assistant to
(J. S. Senator Strom Thurmond, is
paid an annual salary of
it was disclosed this week when the
Senator announced the payroll of his
15-member office staff.
J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., of McCor
mick, legsilative assistant, is paid
$15,044.83.
Salaries of other members of the
staff range from $8,021.02 to $3,343-
-OB-
Dent is a graduate of Presbyte
rian College where he was editor
of the college newspaper. He be*
came well known ia Clinton daring
tuo four-year collegiate
At ». be is oae of the
to hold the No 1 post to the
tor’s
A 16-mile section of South
Una Route 72 in Laurens County is
undergoing a major reconstruction
to provide a wider roadway, in
crease sight distance* and generally
improve the important primary
Caro-i sub-standard for primary highways quote space remaining for shoul- a t
The current project will increase the Airs, onsequently. large quantities ^J!!
roorfwav in <* "Serial ^ being hauled in and * Telephone Company of South
roadway width to 24 feet in keeping prtmM< ^ ad fn ^ Carolina, was formed around 1896,
with current standards
Portions of the project involve on
ly widening and resurfacing. while
from a car in which the cuople was
the riding, the sheriff said, cutting a
growth and progress of Clinton andi*^ “ ^ in i unn * ^
the South lar bones, and suffering other lace
rations She made her way to the
highway. This is one of a number other portions will be relocated or feet of culvert pipe and the installs
of similar projects being carried out completely reconstructed
in the state under a. primary sys
tem improvement program.
The section of Route 72 being re
constructed extends from South Car
olina Route 56 at Clinton southwest
erly to V. S. Route 221 near Lake
Greenwood. A contract for the work
was awarded last October to Dicker-
son, Inc., of Monroe, N. C., for the
grading, widening and asphakic con
crete surfacing of the highway sec
tion. TV low bid submitted by Dick-
erso was $788,783.
Width of the existing pavement is
20 feet, which is now considered
He pointed out that Cliatoo s first home of George Blackwell.
who lives in the area She was taken
to a local hospital for treatment
compacted to widen the roadbed. j w « ,ori " wl " vux “ .f *1 The incident occurred last Thurs
Proper drainage of the roadway purchased by houlhern Bell on day t h* sheriff stated, and
required the extension of several 0clober ^ iwa - w,th a total o* ^ th^ man was not apprehended until
culverts, the relaying of about 2,000 stat *® ni .h 01 * 1 “ m ”* innin ^ Monday afternoon, when he was
- - of telephones increased to ^^, , 0 Uurcitt bv a Gree(lvjlle
The route tion of several thousand feet of ad-
number
373 in 1920, 581 in 1»40. and 1,524
is being extensively relocated west ditwnal pipe. Also, the Intersection m 1M0 *
of Cross Hill to eliminate several of South Carolina 72 with U. S. This expansion, coupled with the
curves which seriously restricted j Route 221 at the southwestern end increase in requirements for tong
sight distace. At various pints along of the project is to be channelized distance service has brought about
the 16-mile project the old pavement for greater safety and efficiency,
is being removed and extenive grad- Route 72 is an important highway
ing and filling is being carried out link between the Greenwood and
to eliminate or improve vertical Clinton areas. Ftom Clinton it ex
curves. These sections will receive tends northeasterly to Whitmire,
application of macadam base ma- Chester and Rock Hill. Latest traf-
terial, followed by asphaltic con- fic counts indicate that the portion
crete binder and surface courses, of the route being improved under
Several fills along the project are the current project carries an aver
age of 1,350 to 2,200 vehicles per
day.
too narrow to accommodate the pro
posed 24-foot pavement with ade-
attomey
Earlier in the night, the sheriff
said, Bailew told the young woman
they were to meet another couple
in Clinton for an evening together
an upsurge in local and long dis- When they arrived in Clinton, the
tance calls ’Today," Mr. Young- “other couple" did not appear Bal-
blood stated, “we are averaging! lew and the young woman went to
about 15,000 local calls and 1,100 Spartanburg, where they attended
long distance calls per day.’’ a movie. Sheriff Wier stated It
To meet increased demands. Sou- was late in the night, after their
Col. Fraser To Attend
Army War College
Colonel and Mrs Powell A Fra
ser. United States Army, will visit
Mrs L A McCall, mother of Mrs
Fraser, from July 9 to 12 at her
home m Florence.
Solonel Fraser has been com
mander of the 2nd Battle Group,
13th Infantry. Fort Carson. Colo.,
since its activation on December 1.
1957
The Fraser family is enjoying a
leave of absence visiting friends and
renewing acquaintances, after which
Colonel Fraser will attend the Army
War College. Carlisle Barracks.
Carlisle. Pa . for a period of 42
weeks
The Army War College stands at
the top of the army educational sys
tem for officers, attendance there
representing competition of the for
mal education requirement for the
asumption of high level positions
with the Department of Defense,
and those with other ;overqBieotal
agencies which the army might be
called upon to fill
Prior to leaving the mountain post
at Soiorado Springs, Colo., Colonel
Fraser was awarded the commenda
them Bell is engaged in a large im- return from Spartanburg, that the tion with metal pendant,
provement ad expansion program, alleged attempted attack occurred. Col Fraser is a graduate of Pres-
Mr. Youngblood said that these ef- according to the sheriff. byterian College and is a former
forts are aimed at meeting full tel
ephone service needs here.
Bond of $2,000 was set by Judge professor of military science And
Steve C. Griffith of Newberrv tactics at the Ctinlon institution
Scenes Showing Work on Rebuilding of Clinton-Greenwood Highway 72
: 1 aiiSN
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t here has been removed and roadbed is
rmiaad with haoled-in material. Macad-
d MphaKk concrete surface courses will pro-
roadway at this paint.
Better roadway alignment is bein* achieved by relo
cations. This new cut, located southwest of Cross Hill
was constructed to eliminate several severe curves in the
Route 72 roadway -FWw Court**y aut* High* ay Dew
Clinton will close up shop Satur
day for the Fourth.
Retail stores gentrally will not
be open for business, it has been
announced by the Merchants Division
of the Chamber of Commerce
Banks and the post office also will
close
Cotton mills of the area, including
Clinton. Lydia. Joanna, have been
closed all week for the annual July
Fourth vacation-with-pay TTiey will
reopen Monday, the 8th.
Hallmark Mfg Corp, C W Ander
son Hosiery Co . and Dapper Hos
iery Co ceased operations for the
week, paying their employees for
the period
Clinton Paper Box Co took the
week off Their employees get a
paid vacation at Christmas
Standard Plywoods will be dosed
Friday and Saturday
Gwen-Evan Mills and Clinton Bob
bin Works could not be contacted.
It was stated from other source*
that they are not operating (ton
week
j No special observance of the
Fourth of July has been scheduled
for the area However. Clinton and
Lydia Mills will stage their annual
recreation day for their employees
and families
Clinton residents will bead for the
mountains, beaches, parks and fish
ing and recreation spots over a wide
. area Several barbecues are sched
uled for this section.
Other families will visit relatives
ind friends in various parts of the
southeast, and local residents will
welcome visitors, relatives and for
mer Clintmuans returning for the
vacation penod
Local Company C,
322nd Infantry, To
Train At McClellan
Co. C, 1st Battle Group 332nd In
fantry. a unit of the Peotomic Ust
(Wildcat! Division ug tile U S
Army Reserves, will train in the lat
est concepts of atomic warfare in
the weeks of active duty tnininj
at Ft McClellan. Ala.. August 9
to 23
The local reserve organization has
87 officers and non-com missioned
men and is cymmanded by 1st Lt
Sarnie M Pinson, of Chntoo.
The 81st Division is made up cf
more than 6.000 reservists from
Georgia. Tennessee. North and
South Carolina It is one of ten com
bat Reserve Army divisions in the
United States and the only one in the
Third Army .Area
Wildcat headquarters is in .Atlan
ta and Major Gen. Carl T Suther
land, nationally known military if
fairs leader and city of Atlanta per
sonnel director, is the Commanding
General
While at Ft. McClellan this sum
mer. the CUnton-Laurens .Area ei-
tren soldiers will take part in a
great, variety of activities designed
to onem the unit on latest concepts
for national defense, for latest tech
mques of nuclear-electronic war
fare. and tu«indoc(riuate the division
personnel on the Peotomic type of
organization for the division This is
tile first year the Wildcat units will
train together since the 31st was re
organized. effective May 1
Individual or-ca nations of t h e
streamlined 81st. some of them now
re designated to carry on the tradi
tional names of famed regular army
units, will have greater firepower,
more ground and a^r mobility, and
will be trained to operate independ
ently of each other under atomic
war conditions.
Chamber Directors
Meet This Momifig
A meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the Chamber of C«
will he held this (Thursday)
mag. states J. C.
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