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Ointon, S. C. # Thursday, November 19, 1959
Lydia Fishing Club Winners
Prize winners in the annual Lydia Mills
Fishing Club contest are shown here at a
recent session when the gifts were pre
sented. They are, left to right: Alice Snider,
Sara Hanvey, Ruby Hairston, Buddy San
ders, Mamie Frost, Wayne Hairston. Doris
Hughey, Helen Sinclair, Steve Hairston,
James Poison, Steve Grady, Perry Parrish,
James Frost, Johnny Lanford, Bill Nelson,
A. E. Alexander. Absent were: Rosa Sat
terfield, l aid Patterson, James E. Davis,
Webb Taylor.—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
Mental Health
Institute to Be Held Here Tuesday
The Laurens County Mental
Health Association has announced
plans for an institute to be held at
Whitten Village on Tuesday, Nov.
24. The session will begin with a l01 739 j s again sponsoring
Moose Lodge Seeks
Toys For Christmas
Funeral Services
The Loyal Order of Moose, Clin- Tkjr Aftpmnnn
9 is again snonsorine llllj MlldllwUlt
“Operation Santa Claus.” llDse r aj »»» 1 f*
having toys than can be repaired | QF rlFS. WOOdTUtt
and used, to' donate to this worthy
cause, are asked to contact any
Moose member or call one of the
following numbers: 1022. 977 or 858-
W
dinner at 6:00 p m.
The purpose of the institute is to
acquaint members of the Associa
tion and other interested persons
with tne organization and its aims
and with the potential projects
which can be engaged in by the
Association and by interested mem
bers of the public in assisting the
mentally handicapped and the pub
lic and families of those who have
problems of mental health.
Taking part in the institute will
be Dr. Carl A. Bramlett, Jr., co-
ordinator of Mental Health Educa- rens. with Judge George T. Greg-
tion for the S. C. Mental Health i-n r y cf Chester, presiding, included: |
Commission; Harry R. Bryan, ex- Richard Cox, administrator of
ecutive director of the Mental Patricia Ann Cox, plaintiff, vs
Health Association. Miss Norma E. American Home Life Insurance Co.,
Hallett, psychological consultant defendant By consent of parties
and director of training at Whitten concerned, jury found for the plain
Village; Mrs. Edith L. Hudson, di-i tiff in the sum of $2500 actual dam-
rector of volunteer services, S. C. ages.
Mrs. Florra Davis Woodruff, 84.
wid'.w of E. Thomas Woodruff,
died suddenly Tuesday night at her
home on W. Main Street She was
Cases Concluded
At Civil Court Term
Cases tried during the second
County and had made her home in
Clinton for a number of years
She was a daughter of the late
Calvin and Marjorie Templeton
Davis. She was a member of the
Court Term Ends; .
Forger Is Sentenced
Alphonso Cook, 35-year-old Lau- James Hunter, peeping tom. six,
rens County Negro, in pleading months.
guilty to three charges of forgery George Shockley, driving under
last Wednesday on the final day (he influence of intoxicants, third
of a term of general sessions Court offense; three years or $2,000, sus-
at Laurens, got off light. [tended on service of six months and
He faced a total of 12 years, but probation for three years.
Judge George T. Gregory of ( hes- Clarence James, assault and bat
ter, presiding, let him off for three ter> w jt h intent to kill and carry
y t>ars mg a concealed weapon; two years.
Sentenced to three years on each suspended and probation for three
count, the judge allowed Cook to years.
serve the terms concurrently. Johnnie R. Crowe, housebreaking
But the man was already under a with intent to steal; 18 months, sus
three-year probationary term which pended, wi'h probation for two
had been revoked. Judge Gregory years
included that with the concurrent Claude Lee Crawford, driving un-
, ,erni der the influence of intoxicants, :
Judge Gregory directed a verdict second offense; one year or $1,000,
i acquittal for 35-year-old Leroy provided on service of three months
Gregory of ( linton, who had been wr payment of $250. sentence* sus-
charged with the theft of a well p e nded and placed on probation for
pump from the Musgrove Com- ( W0 y ears
munity ( enter jt a y Kenneth Kelley, driving un
f ive witnesses had testified when jg,- (h e influence of intoxicants; one
Solicitor Hubert E. Long of Lees- yg ar or $1000. on service of six
ville, filling in for William 1 months balance suspended and plac-
Jones, who was ill, asked that the e( i on probation for two years, sen-
, case be nol pressed "for lack of t encc to run concurrently with re-
sufficient evidence. voked probationary sentence.
Solicitor L/>ng nol pressed an ar- Samuel A Davis, larceny and re
ceiving stolen goods; 15 months,
suspended and probation for two
years.
County Treasurer
Collects $61,556.97
County Treasurer Allen Coleman
reports collections totaling $61,556-
97 in county taxes during the month
of October The tax book- opened
early in October
A total of $761,000 in 1959 taxes
appears on the books for collection
by the end of the year, before penal-
son indictment against Harry Lee
Franklin as court adjourned for the
term.
Guilty pleas and sentences not
previ9usly reported included:
William F. Childers, housebreak
ing, one year
Corbit Brown, operation of motor
vehicle under the influence of in
toxicants, one year or $1,000. Serve
60 days or pay $200 Balance sus
pended and placed on three years’
probation.
Alonzo Gilliam, larceny and re-
a native of Union County but had ceivin * goods; sentenced to
spent most of her life in Laurens 1 15 months : suspended, with two
Prepare for Area TB Seal Sale
Pictured al.«>ve are a gri
women at work on the Chi .s
paion. Standing are Mrs.
worthy matron of James B.
»f Clinti
ut
mas sieai cam-
M:
V
Pa
amp
ime
tt Chap
ter, fi--d-the Eastern S’ar; Mrs. R K
Whitmire, president. Lydia Woman’s Club;
Mrs. Ted Prevatte, special events chairman
for the campaign. Seated are Mrs. Clyde
Trammell, member of the Eastern Star and
Lydia Woman's Club: and Mrs. Thomas
Amer:
ell. Mr
wrappi
A
ire
Mrs. Pt
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Mrs. B.t
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L.
week of a civil court term at Lau- Methodist church.
State Hospital: and Miss Lila Mae
Bradham, field director of the Men
tal Health Association
Those who plan to attend ($1.00
per person for dinner! are request
ed to notify Thomas A. Babb, prea-
D. R Humphries, plaintiff, vs
Samuel R. Frey, defendant By con
sent of parties cnocemed. jury
found for the plaintiff in the sum of
$3,000 actual damages
L. R Humphries, plaintiff, vs
Samuel R Frey, defendant. Con
sent of the Laurens County Men ...
t.l He.111. Association. Bos 180. verdict for SI .000 actual dam.
Utteen,. By Saturday | R Shatds, administrator of
estate of James Shands, plaintiff,
vs John Kennedy, et al, defend-
A. W. Ridings Dies
Suddenly Yesterday
She is survived by two sons and
five daughters: O. C. Woodruff,
Clinton: H W. Woodruff, Sarasota.
Flu.; Mrs. T. Earl Rice, Green
ville; Mrs. L. W. Rawl, Williams
burg. Va . Mrs. Edward A. Al-
wine, Landover Hills, Md.; Mrs
Russell Mize. Sarasota. Fla., and
Mrs. J. B. Arnold, Clinton; 10
grandchildren, two great-grandchil
dren, and one sister. Mrs. John J.
Clark, of Clinton.
Funeral services will be held this
aiternoon (Thursday! at 3 o’clock
at* Gray Funeral Home conducted
by the Rev. Joel E. Cannon and
Rev. L. Allen Wertz, Jr. Inter
ment will be in Rosemont Ceme
tery.
Pallbearers will be
years’ probation.
Charles Clark, non support, one t '' s g0 into effect, he said
year or $1,500, suspended, with two Mlss V ivian Blakely, the county's
years probation provided he pay collector, stated that since the
£25.00 a week beginning of the new fiscal year on
Frank Conner, non-support: one j u jy j collections of delinquent tax-
year or $1,500. suspended, with es stand a( $30,062 11
three years' probation, provided he cp,,, offlce is continuing to send
pay $7.00 a week.
Enoch Richardson, non-support:
one year or $1,500. suspended and
probation for three years, provided
he pay $8.00 a week.
Odel Davis, larceny; two years
Larney Dendy, asault and battery
of a high and aggravated nature:
one year, provided on payment of
$100 sentence suspended and pro
bation for two years.
In February
County Industry Workshop
Slated
names of delinquent taxpayers to
the State Highway Department for
automobile taxes, it was said Driv
er's licenses are withdrawn if taxes
off automobiles are not paid
Couple's 13th Child
lorn On Friday, 13th
Cynthia Inez Taylor, colon*!, the
13th child of Mattie and William
Clinton And Lydia
Employees To Get
$160,000 In Savings
Over 600 checks have been made
_ , „ . . . . , out to employees of Clinton Lydia
Carroll Dial Gray, driving under Taylor, was born Friday. November (' 0 tton Mills who participated in the
the influence of intoxicants, fourth 13 at Blalock Clinic ( hri^tmas Savings club through^:
offense; four years or $3,000, pro tht . paW >ea( . ^ check* total
vided on service of six months or MEMBER OF CHORUS about $160 000 representing the
Mi-a Terrell Cook of Clinton.
payment of $600. balance suspended
is
tual damages
Sam Shands, administrator of
estate of James Shands, plaintiff,
A. V Ridings, 503 N. Adair SI., y S John Kennedy d.b.a Kennedy's
died s-Kldenly yesterday morning j unk yard, and C. M. McDaniel,
at work in the drapery department defendants Consent verdict in sum
year
$160,000 representing
. .. , . . , , „ „ „ amount *aved by employees
and probation for four years a member of the Converse College fhri>liJ , h tht . Christmas club during
Willie James Garrett, non-sup- Chorus which appeared in joint con- tht , vear bv mt . an> l>f pj> 0 |, (i( .
port; one year or $1,500, suspended cert with the Georgia Tech Club ^ u< .(, ons
.„ Llewlyn an( j probation for two years provid- Friday evening in the Converse
ints Consent verdict of $700 ac- Clark. Rolfe Clark. Furihan Frady, ^ $15a
Rufus Sattei white, Walter E. Byars, |
auditorium.
of the Joanna Cotton Mills
Funeral arrangements will be
made later, pending the arrival of
sons from Atlanta. Ga.
Hopewell Church To
Have Cake Sale
Hopewell Methodist Church is
sponsoring a cake sale op Tueeday,
Nov. 24, at 10:00 a m* in BeDc'f
Department Store There «H be
home made cakes to help in plan
ning the Thanksgiving menu. The
proceeds will be used for the build
ing program of the church.
CAKE SALE
The Merchant class of Broad St.
Methodist Church will have a cake
sale on Friday at |^T. E. Jones
Furniture Company^^
Cakes, pies, candies and cookies
ing on Friday morning,
day, beginning with the store open-
will be offered for sale during the
UNDERWRITERS TO MKET
The Laurens County Underwriters
Association will meet this evening
(Thursday) at 7:30 at Smith’s
Ranch Motel and Restaurant on the
Greenwood highway.
R. B Amick. B. M Dutton and
Carlton F. Winn.
The body will remain at the fu
neral home to await the hour of
the service.
The family is at the home of Mrs.
J. B Arnold. 107 W Walnut St.
C" ‘ And Laurens j
High Alumni Game
Slated For Friday
A football game between teams
representing Clinton and Laurens
High School alumni is scheduled for
Friday night.
The contest will be staked at the
Laurens field. Game time is 8:00 p.
m.
The affair is the first in what is
proposed to be an annual game.
The roster of the Clinton team in
cludes: Billy Snelgrove Bill Wat
kins, Harold Simmons, George
Copeland, Joe Spiliers. Lewis Wal-
of $700 actual damages
Posey Downs, plaintiff, vs J C.
Nabors and James Calhoun, defend
ants Jury found for plaintiff in the
sum of $1250 actual damages
All of the cases concerned deaths
or injuries in automobile accidents
To Rove County Roods
A contract for the grading and
bituminous surfacing of 11 884 miles
of secondary roads in Laurens
County has been awarded by the
State Highway Department to Sat
terfield Construction Company, of
Greenwood.
The contract was announced No
vember 12 in a letter of award from
Chief Highway Commissioner
Claude R. McMillan. It was based
on a low bid of $136,658 submitted
by the Greenwood firm when bids
for the work were publcly opened
in ( olumbia September 15. lenzine, J. B. Vanderford, Bud Turn-
Included in the project are the blin, Henry Fallaw, Charles Mar-
| grading and surfacing of 5.300 \ eTt Edgar Ballew, Marvin Manley.
miles on Road S 307 from Road S- p a t Lowe, Jimmy Dutton, Bardy __
54 to U. S. Route 221; of 2.643 miles Cannon, Kenneth ’Hiomas, Russell the 1959-60 Clinton Community Con
Road S-315 from Road S-29 to Trammell, Alvin H. Hampton, Joe cert season with a performance
Accordin; to President Robert M
Vance, the checks will be delivered
to the employee member' on Fri
day. Noivmber 27 Overseers with
in the plants will distribute the
checks to the participating employ
ees with the regular payroll checks
for that week
The minimum amount of money
to be paid is $5 00 and the maximum
is $1,500
This plan is for the convenience
of employees and is entirely volun
tary, Mr. Vance said
Winnsboro Downs
Woodruff In Playoff
Laurens County wilj be the scene
for a workshop on February 3 con
ducted by staff members u( the
South Carolina Development Board
It w as announced this w eek by
Governor Ernest F Moiling*
The workshop will be held in Lau
ren* at 7 30 p m at a place ts be
announced
One of 46 such ses'ions to be held
tn the state—every county will be
included—they will serve to kick
off the ‘ Agriculture and Industries
program They are another step in
Governor Hollmgs endeavor to de
velop new industry in South Caro
lina
In announcing the plans Governor
Hoi mgs said the workshops are de
signed to (li Offer the services of
Contributions To PC
Program Al $14,723
A total of $14.723 32 has been
contributed to Presbyterian Col
leges 1959 Living Endowment pro
gram thus far. Alumni and Public
Relations Director B»*n Hay Ham
met announced today
He said these funds to the an
nual giving program have come
from 506 alumni and friends of PC
pment H. ar«
1 rs
gain first hi
md knowledge of
num
teruu* ramr
n unity resources
JOri
industrial p
ruble ms 14. En
1 di'cu'sMMU -if
PJHj
m unity probi
em« and *netn<*ls
jf %
•Iving these
problems (Si At-
pi to enrour.
tne KHf u
self theory
of agriculture
internal inou*
o-rie' .eveiopment
>e workshop i
earn will be coin
d of the folio*
sing personnel G
F
Aibnght, as*
istant director in
ge of the \
gneuitore and ta-
trrrw
ai Industries
Pi vis ton. who will
lead
the team at
mi ijoi rvi m.m. nar-
the dtscusv
►>n. F C. Fore.
cultural indi
astr.rt specialist.
* ho
w ill d**cuss *
he agricultural re-
ces of the no<
county as to po-
tenti
al* for local
economic and in-
dux*
rial devrilopn
lent. M R Fner
son.
of the fore*
dry divutoe. who
Villi
point <Hit the
forestry and wood
res*x
urce* of the c
■ounty a* to poten
tills
for develop
ment
In
addition to
these personnel
ilist*
in
1 pos-
ounty
thev
of rw
ERIC FRIEDMAN
Violinist to Open Concert
Season Here Friday Night
The average gift is $29 10 sp
The Living Endowment, which asked to join the grou
operates on a calendar year sched- sible^ resources within
The Winnsboro Wildcats stretched ule and will close with the end of being visited indicate
1 their winning streak to 20 straight the year, has »et $20,000 as its 1969 are needed Discussion
games, longest in the upstate, with goal Ham met said it should be dustry potentials will not be '.unit-
a 26-7 victory over Woodruff on the achieved if the present rate of giv- ed to fields represen'ed by mem
Presbyterian College field Friday * n g continues bers of the workshop team It is
night in the first round of the Class Returns from South Carolina head hoped that many other resources
A state playoff the field, as to be expected in view such as manpower, special skills.
Three Winnsboro touchdowns of the preponderance of alumni aikl capital, transportation. etc . will be
were called back for rules mfrac friends located wihtin the state, .discussed at the workshop and ques
tions. The Wildcats led in first The record shows $7,623 82 con- turns on these resources answered
downs, 45 to 6 And they completed tnbuted by 291 donors by Mr .Albright
10 of 17 passes, while Woodruff only North Carolina follows with $1.- The Governor encourages partic-
had one of five
Eric Friedman, violinist, opens
oa
Road S-6; and of 3.941 miles on
Road S-312 from Road S-54 to U. S.
Route 76.
PC to Face Middle Term.
State in Tangerine Bowl
Lark, Jimmy Chaney, Sam Owens,
Lynn Cooper, Silas Campbell, Jim
my Braswell, Tot Fallaw, Charles
Kinard, and Henry Ingle.
Coaches are Truman Owens, Bill
Terry, and Bill Shealy, The man
ager is Donald McGinnis.
season with a
Friday at 8:15 in the Thornwell au
ditorium on Calhoun Street,
Presented by the Community
Concert Association, Friedman is
currently making his first national
tour. He will be accompanied by
Jack Maxin at the piano in the fol-
Croickshanks In Florida
One of the nation’s top-ranked and ; Valley Conference, he has compiled For Graduate Study
"scoring-est” small college teams j an impressive record
was tapped to face Presbyterian
This season, the young violinist's
concert schedule includes solo ap
pearances with the Baltimore Sym
phony. in Baltimore and on tour:
at the National Gallery of Art in
Washington. D. C., on New York s
Metropolitan Museum of Art Young
Artists Series, and, a tour on the
West Coast, with a solo recital in
Fellowship Rally
Scheduled Sunday
At Thornwell Church
906 from 50 contributors, and Geor- ipation in the workshops by every-
gia reports *$1,628 50 on 46 gifts, one concerned with the economy of
Laurens County sets the pace South Carolina
within South Carolina, having given
$2,296 32 from 85 donors thus far
Abreakdown of these totals shows
Clinton raising $1,967 32 of this
Approximately two hundred Pres- amount on 65 contributions, while
bytertan young people from Abbe
ville. Laurens. Newberry, and
Grenewood counties will gather in
Clinton Sunday for the annual Pres
bytery Senior High Fellowship Fall
Rally. The rally will be held at
Thornwell Memorial Church, with
Laurens has added $401 on 19 gifts
The county-to-county -esswo got
underway yesterday and will con
tinue until Feb 17 with one and
two meetings practically every day.
with a three-week layoff for the
Christmas holiday*
College in the Tangerine Bowl with
the selection of Middle Tennessee
State of Murfreesboro last Monday.
This team, roaring along unde
feated after nine straight victories,
has scored 282 points for an aver
age of 31.3 points per game. It is
ranked third nationally in the Unit
ed Press International rating of
small colleges which lists Missis
sippi Southern in the number one
spot.
Power ratings currently rank
Middle Tennessee—a school of 2,500
enrollment—as much as ten points
stronger than the Blue Hose, who
sport a record of eight wins and
one loss.
Coach Charles Murphy directs 55-0;
this Tennessee squad of the Ohio 1 30 6
during his
long stay there. His 1957 team for
example, won ten straight without
defeat, and last year he won eight
while losing two.
Like Presbyterian, Middle Ten
nessee will finish its regular season
against an old rival on Thanksgiv
ing Day. While PC battles Newber
ry on this afternoon, its Tangerine
Bowl foe tangles with Tennessee
Tech.
Here’s the Middle Tennessee State
victory string against 1959 opposi
tion:
Austin Peay, 36-0; Jacksonville
(Ala.) State, 21-20; Western Ken
tucky, 27-2; Eastern Kentucky, 14-
6; University of Chattanooga, 28-0;
Moorehead State, 27*0; Florence
(Ala.) State’ $4-26; Murray State,
and East Tennessee State.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Alexan
der Cruickshanks III, and son.
Sandy, will be interested to know i ounov >; Moderato-Andante
they are at Alachua, Fla. M r ’ 8™ (P la y ed w,t hout pause).
Cruickshanks was awarded a fel
lowship to pursue graduate studies
lowing program:
I. Variations on a Corelli Theme j Los Angeles.
(Tartini-Francescattil. Born in Newark. N. J.. ui Aug
11 Rondo in C. K 373 (Mozart), i ust. 1939 Friedman began his mu- ^' m ’^ng^wUr"g^t “underway "at
III. Concerto in A minor (Glaz- j sical studies on a three-quarter size
Alle- fiddle when he was six. and within
two years had progressed so rapid
IV. Poeme (Chausson). !>’
Thornwell Gridders To
Ploy for State 'C Title
registration beginning at~2:00 p. m
Tne Thornwell Orpnanage football
team will contend for the state
Rev R David Neese, of Cross championship in class C” compe
' Hill, and Miss Ann Gettys, of Clin- tition next week against an oppon
that he was presented in New ton w jjj ^ ^ f ea t ure d speakers, ent yet to be determined and at ‘
V. Hors Staccato (Dinicu-Heif-1 Aotk at a student recital. Even jj r w jll talk on the work of site to be chosen probably Thursday
in
economics at the University of etz); Murmus ((astelnuovo- then, he was reported in the press t h e senior High Fellowship, while night
irida. Gainesville Mrs. Cruick- Tedesco-Heifetz); Caprice, for vio- as a "virtuoso talent.” But his par- Nliss Gettys wi u , el i of her r^n, Th
Florida, Gainesville. Mrs. Cruick-
shanks is a member of the faculty
at the Santa Fe High School. The
Cruickshanks were in Columbia the
(Rhapsodic de Concert) (Ravel). fastly refused to exploit him as a
Twenty-year-old Eric Friedman is j prodigy They held him to a reg-
past year where Mr. Cruickshanks considered one of the most exciting ular school curriculum,
taught at the University of South violin discoveries of recent seasons. A pupil of Ivan Galamian for
Carolina. In addition, he was a i Winner of half-a-dozen national mu-1 over nine years, Friedman also has
member of the staff of radio sta
tion WUSC-FM.
Mrs. Cruickshanks is the former
Miss Robbie King, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W G. King, Sr., of this
city. Sandy, a former Cub Scout
Webelos, is now a member of the
award-winning Alachua Boy Scout
Troop
Tedesco-Heifetz); Caprice, lor vio-, as a virtuoso taiem. But ms par- \fjgs Gettys will tell of her recent Th opponent will be the winner of
lin alone (Paganini); Tzigane , ents—his father is a dentist—stead trip t 0 Mexico the Elloree-Furman game, to be
Job training classes w ill be held played at Orangeburg tonight
for the officers of the local Fellow- (Thursday) for the lower state
ship The classes will be taught by championship
members of the Presbytery Council Thornwell coaches will scout the
Each prson attending the rally is game and may negotiate with the
worked with Nathan Milstein He asked to bring a twenty-five cents winner after the game on terms and
spet the past two summers at Ru- registration fee and sandwiches for site for the title contest
dolt Serkin’s Marlboro (Vt.) Music a picnic supper Thornwell won the right to vie
Festival, where so many outstand The purpose of this rally is to for the state crown Friday night
ing virtuosi gather annually to give the young people of the Pres when they'defeated Greenbrier 36-0
make music together. This past bytery M. Opportunity to get ac- here on the Presbyterian College
spring he went to Puerto Rico to quaintod And to prepare them for field for the upper state title
work with many of these same art- places of leadership in their local Thornwell will rotor the fray with
ists during the Casals Festival churches - a 91 1 record the best .« many
sic awards, he hfs been featured
soloist with the New York Philhar
monic. the Washington Symphony
and the Little Orchestra Society of
N. Y.. as well as many other or
chestras At seventeen, he passed
the acid test of any concert artist,
a successful Carnegie Hall debut
recital.
year* Losing only :o Cowpens, and
playing to j tie with Hickory Tav
ern. the local boys have defeated
;it‘ following team.* this >eason. Co
lumbia JV. Ford. Landrum. Lock
hart. Chapin. Greenwood JV. Dixie,
and Irmo
Chronicle To Issue
Early Next Week
Due to the Thanksgiving holidays.
The Chronicle will be distributed to
the homes on Tuesday instead of
Thursday as customary It is re
quested that ads and news he re
ceived at the office by tomorrohr
(Friday > to facilitate prmtiag of
the paper