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.Clinton, S. C , Thursday, January 28, I960
The Medleys, Piano-Duo, in Concert Here
Bill and Pat Medley, younfr man-wife
combination, were presented in recital here
Monday evening as the second number in
the current Community Concert series.
on the left by Dr. John Stevenson and Mrs..
James E. Wolfe at right, members of .the
Clinton Community Concert organization.
The piano-duo was greeted by a capacity
audience—«r the Thomwell auditorium.—
They are shown in the center, being flanked Photo by Dan Yarborough.
Registration Board
To Meet Three Days
Joanna Mills Employees
Get $181,177 Dividend
tal of $181,177 in wage div This bonus, or profit sharing. ._
was paid employees of Jo- in addition to regular wages which. VV dnes " ay ' 11
otlon Mills Company on Wed- at Joanna, average a little over 2 nouncW
Joanna Residents
Invest $1,500,000
i In Buying Homes
House' of Joanna Realty Com
pany. which constitute the Joanna
village, have been sold this month,
with financing of approximately $1,-
500.000 in Joan^ by Newberry Fed
eral Savings ind Loan-Association
Follow ing the present day trend
away from company-owned villages
♦—now that good rodds and cars
make them unnecessary, the man
agement of Joanna Cotton Mills
Confpany. it was stated, felt that it
Was fairer to all employees to of
fer the homes for ?ale first to pres
ent employee-occupants and second
to any Joanna employee wishing to
purchase
Any homes remaining unsold this
week will be offered to persons oth
er than employees of the mill.
Several benefits will accrue to
enriployecs through this opportunity
of home ownership, a spokesman
said For payments practically as
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Greenville Men Tell of S. C. Eye Bank
Memliers of the Clinton Lions Club heard the story of
the South Carolina Eye Rank from four Greenville men
who are leaders in the movement. All Lions, they were
.accompanied by the president of the|,Greenville club.
Shown from left to right are Fred West,.president of the
Greenville club.; Rembert Truluck. president • f 'he Clin
ton club; Earle Moffatt, secretary-treasurer 't’.the Eye
Jiank; Dr. Klford Carpenter and Wilson Wakefield. l>oth
members of the board of directors. See -tore else
Isewhere in
this paper today.—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
Citizens Federal
Reelects Officers
March of D7mes
Business operations were reviewed
The Laurens County Board of cheap as rent, they will be purchas
Registration will be in session three' ing a home which will be entirely
. A total of $181,177 in wage div- This bonus, or -profit-sharing, is da ^ s n f x 1 t Monday. Tuesday, at the end of the loan period,
idends was paid employees of Jo- in addition to regular wages which. and Wednesday, it has been an- ith the houses i>elonging to them,
anna Cotton Mills Company on Wed- at Joanna, average a little over 2 nounc W. !t>ey "ill feel free to adapt them to an< t officers reelected at >e annual
nesday, according to an announce- per cent higher than (or 2 76c an Office* of the board are on the particular needs and to in- meeting at members of the Citizens,
ment by Walter Regnery. vice-pres- hour more) than the average tex- tsecon d floor of the court house in f * u *® e ^ le,r bobbies in landscaping, -Federal Savings and Loan Associa-
idne land general manager. tile' mill, according to a recent sur- Laurens. gardening, c *njenteTing, decorating tion on Wednesday. January 20
This figure represented a bonus vey by Ralph E. Loper Company, Residents of the county who do not '“r S1, !l llar ” r,de in o"ner-
of 3.87 per cent of yearly earnings specialists in textile tost service. have registration certificates, which > 'P "*11 no doubt result in improve-
for all employees leaving worked a i n addition to these better-than- suable them to vote in any primary 1ient °* the!r l>rgpcrty. resulting sociation was T Heath ( opeland.
full year (1800 or more hours) dur- avei - a g e wages Joanna employees or general election, may secure ,n a more * ttraet,v e cornmumty who was also named as a director
ing 1959. Those with less than 1800 received fringe benefits’ totaling them on these days. An advantage to Joanna residents J P Prather is vice-president. John
hours but with 100 or more hours $6X3 .^63 33 in 1959, it was stated. Voters must have certificates 30 the fact that no city taxes will be vv Finney. Sr . executive vice-pres-
on the job. as of December 31. were These benefits included one week's days pripr to any election. u laa! ^°a nn a Com- j secretary
paid smaller percentages according vacation pay .for employees having Members of the board are Mrs I " uni, >'t orporatipn will sel! utilities u m J
to a sliding scale. Employees hav- been at Joanna one year or more, Gladys Cook of Fountain Inn, J. E. 1 665 re ?ulated b> the South t ar- ' ■
ing left or returned from military we eks for five-year or more Mahaffey of Laurens, and J. J
leave! during the year received the Employees, paid Labor Day holiday Clark of Clinton
top percentage. for all employees, pay when out for
This year’s dividend, the twenty- j ur j. duty, free life insurance, sub- C D U aunr | r
♦first bonus paid in the twenty-three- ydized (reduced-costt medical and J* D« ndYcllf Jl«
year period since the profit-sharing hospital insurance, various Joanna
Mothers March
On Friday Night
Contract Signed
For Construction
At County Hospital
:ina Public Service Commission S Reddeck. Jr . assistant treasurer;
^hile other services usually fur- and Mrs Henry Hunter, assistant
i:shed by cities (fire protection, secretary ' , ‘
^.irbage collectwn. and street clean-' In addition to Mr Copeland, other
.pg) will be free directors are: Messrs Prather. Fin-
Laurens—A contract calling for
the construction of a $2h’i.028 wing
. Mothers of Laurens County are according to L V Powell, county adjacent‘to the Laurens County Hos
Reelected as president of the as- joining two million women across drive chairman Mrs Fred Hoi pital, was signed here last week anti
the nation in a march for facts and combe and Mrs Charles Burnette construction on the project has be
funds for the March of Dimes are co-chairmen for the Clinton - -
The Mothers March will take area (which includes all of School ,
place in this county Fnday evening. District 561. and Mrs Estelle Lurey h, ‘ C0|Uract >" P art nl > S 3 ®*
. — is chairman for the Laurens area ' m ‘‘xpansfon program slated for
Marching Mothers will ask for the hospital The new vs ing is plan
information and a contribution, ' niSi to become the fir'-t pi,'irt ai an
Powell said “Both are needed for ,. Iv t irt
the National Foundations fight
against birth defects, arthritis, and
polio—three cnpplers that affect
L. Ray Pitts Buys
LB. Dillard Store
plan was begun in 1937, brought the Foundation community programs. VirP«PrPCIf4pnf NpW
cumulative total of wage dividends scholarships, pensions to retired em- f * ICJIUCIII IICIT
lay Pitts, Clinton business , .
. ^ . i / one of even four \mernan fam
♦ . ^ has j , 'ureh.«Ms: the stock of i,
The mUF'•'^200,000 investment in ne >- ^°' w - J B Han. 1 D Cope- merc hand se of the L B Dillard's 1 "
the utilities wiU be turned over to la, ' d - and H - Men s Shop on North Broad street 11 ' jddl “o n to collectin
Assets and liabilities at the close .. ... <>1 Dimes contributions, Powell
paid to approximately $3,000,000.
J. P. Prather Retires
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After 44 Years In
Grocery Business
the Joanna Community Corporation
y new structure over a period
of years
The contract was signed by Guy
M Tarrant, an executive of At
lantic Building Corporation of Co
March i lUT1 bi;i, low bidder on the building
ployees, long-service awards, and
other extra benefits. *
In making the bonus announce-
Jersey Telephone Co.
Ho will continue to operate the p, amed ; the mothers will
m-return for 'lock in'the Corpora - of business v>n December 31 were n ‘ LU,lun “ t lo 111
tiort 1 :* but this stock, in turn,* will *4.796.189 21 First mortgage loans J 1 ™?**® ™ der ,he name of Pl,,s «>f 'Door Count. a fact-finding'the hospital Board of Trustees
be presented to- the Joanna Foun- WJH9.785.0? ‘ • tuldei in "biefi a family m.iy‘ indi- present at the signing were.'other
ment Mr Reenerv commended the 8 B Havos ’ Jr ' is se f ving as datton as a gift, with a«y profits The association s capital is listed The purchase was made from U,e cate ,f any of its members has a members of the executive commit
mem. mi Kegnery commended the vice-president in charge of person- above expenses of Joanna Com- as **-258.313 15. general reserves, estate of Mr Dillard, who died on hirih defect, .rthntis, or polio, - and
'“ x when bids were opened January-6,
collect an d Marcus S Bovd, chairman of
A 44-year connection with the w*. ...
wholesale grocery business in Clin- WhltiCn VlllOQC
ton ended recently when J. P. Prath- tt Crrv\ fYV\
er retired as manager of the J ' ° $500,000
Todd Grocery Co.
Mr. Prather became manager of
the concern when it was establish
ed here in 1929. 1 *
emplo>ees for their high quality nei the New Jersey Telephone murutv Corporation (and a neces- **-15.390 41
rSL.*? 'T' “***»> '' luch Cmpanv. with oftices in Newark Tr” m- lo the j^nna
helped U,e mUl to operate otoprdu L 'be-n, eonnec.«l w ith the F^und^ ul SJ
so that a wage divideiid might t»e company for about 30
***“• , years, first serving with the Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Mr Hayes is a former resident of
Clinton and is a graduate of Pres
byterian College
I n Federal Funds „ H “ 15 ‘J* ,orm , er “ iss
Bailev, daughter ' of Mrs. Nina
Washington — A $500,000 federal \ance Bailev and the late J. A
grant has been approved for con- Bailey Thier home is in Ridge-T Roy'Boyter father of a two-year-
struction of a million dollar hospital wood. N. J old Sir! who wa> killed by numerous
at M bitten Village at Clinton, S. C.. j^j-s Hayes visited her mother rifle bullets several months ago in
Approval was given by the. De- here during the past week the western section of the county,
part ment of Health. -Education and * underwent a He dector test Satur-
VN ™! r L ♦ 10 iiv. , Criminal Court Term da y a « headquarters of the s c.
The new facility will have 77 beds cl ic Law Enforcement Division near Co-
and would be called the Whitten scheduled rOr rCD. II) lumbia
and surplus. $60,685 27
January 14
Until he bought the busines
i»t the hoard. Thomas A Babb
Lie Detector Test
Proves Negative
For Roy Boyter
" s ^ * Club To Show PC
Movies Friday Night
Movms of the Tangerine Bowl
football game between PC and Mid
die Tennessee will be shown Friday
how many have had three '>r more 'and L W (Iratz Also on hand were
i. - »* oi.- . ds, vace * n€ Each family Hospital \dministrator 14 s Beach
week. Mr Pitts had beet* manager renird u ill he ehnfidemt.d , ni ., nd arri ,tect James M Hunt of
of I rather Simpson tuiiuture Lo.. n tt - questtonanvs wore Thstnbut .ETberton. (ia . who drew the plans
for seven years 1 nor to that he ln the Clinton area during the for the structure V
for live com
. . e project ip^L-.dnys.
Ultr the workers have completed hegmnmg February 1 If&t wing
solicitation of their, respective should lie ready for the installation
areas, they are asked to x report to.of equipment anti final furnishings y
about I hr 1 first' of November of this
was with Maxwell Bros & Wilkes.
Furniture, for about ten years, af
ter service as a salesman with the
Dillard store for nine years
Mr Pitts was born in Jacks Town-
x- n ship, the son of the late P Mark
evening starting at <:30 in Neville . ' , c .. «... .
„ , . _ , . ^ Pitts ,and Sallie Rav Pitts He is a
Fiber am, (ia
Clinton area during the f 0 , the structure,
week by members of the local Na- The contract calls
tional Guard unit
Hall at Presbyterian ^College
, graduate of Clinton High .School and
pore, will e no adm.ss.on• charge attended clemson CoUege
and eviryone interested in seeing
the movies is invited to attend
Included in the night -
will be a talk by head coach Frank
Jones who will review this past sea
son and the prospects for , 1960
He is married to the former El
myra Bay* and they have a daugh-
their district rapt .ups Tabulations
will be made at the Presbyterian
College dining hall All workers are
invited for coffee ami doughnuts
Assisting Mrs Burnette and Mrs
r
program • .u ’ . .. Holcombe in the Clinton area are the present
pioguiii t(T N!vr.1-,- freshman at Wmthrop
College M — Tom Baldwin, Mrs
Village Treatment Hospital, accord- A one-week term of criminal court 7^ j es t taken w illingly by joy
ing to Senators Olin D. Johnston I is scheduled for Laurens County be- t ^ r p toV ed negative accordm" to
and Strom Thurmond. gining Monc^iy. Feb. 15 Sheriff C W Wier
Application for the federal grant Presiding judge will be G. Dun 7^ moUler of tjH . chM was
was made by Dr B O. MTiitten. can Belinger of Columbia, of the dlct ^ in conntcUon WIth the case
The moyjie.s..and program are be
ing SRohisbred by the Walter John
son ClUb of the college. .1n organ
nation devoted to'athletics at PC
superintendent of Whitten Village Fifth Circuit.*
and the grand jury directed further
The Council-Manager
Plan of Government
The Chronicle today publishes the second in a series of questions and evidence of mental strain since the
AT INSTALLATION
Dr. George C. Bellingrulh. ac-
investigation be made Mrs. Boyter ^emic dean of Presbyterian Col-
was committed to the State Hos- j ege joined other churcl^ leaders of
pital in Columbia and is still there statewide prominence to participate
n the
subsequent investigation by SLED
Officer J Harold Fortson tian Action Council on : ^hdav.Novw l . a,n V ullt > - IS reportedly, th.- Suic
Investigation of the case deter- rung at the First Baptist Church in ' ;|X CommiNSion y
mined that Mrs. Boyter had shown Newberrv Cross Hill. $817 78 Gray Court
year ,
The building will be of brick and
steel construction along modemis
tic lines and will be separated from
tructure by a fire wall
rs Tommy Hollis. Sirs Robert The present hospital, constructed
Anderson. Mrs Tom Baldwin, Mrs m um; >jm i | a ter tmlarged. has a
George Corru-lson. Mrs Bobby capacity of 61 lieds, With the new
Plaxico. Mrs John Stevenson, Mr' unit the hospital will have 79 bed>
Ted Prevatte, Mrs Carlisle Neely, The new wing will^jlso contain an
Mrs. Clarence Fner. Mrs. Joe Ter- operating suite, recovery room, X
ry. Mrs David Word. Min'5 Nellie ray.department, central -upply and
Columbia — Laurens County re Osbone, Mrs Malette vVham. Mtn heating unit
; ceived $35.180 86 and the'* city of Helen Bozard. Mrs Freddie Setzer. The $360,000 is being furnished by
C lintun $10,797.32 as Their shares of Mrs George Held. Mr' Frances local and federal aid sources Half
state alcoholic liquor tax revenue Warner, and Mrs Evelyn Faucet qf the funds will be from local
in the fiscal year that ended June ''We ; hope the Mothers March door source.' and the, other half from
30. 1959 ’ - count w.ill focus family and com Hill-Burton'funds
County And Towns
Get Liquor Revenue
Sheriff Wier was assisted ip the , n th e foniiai jnskiHjjjijn D r Neil ln aa ddlon. other municipalities oiurnty attention on me majority of
in
J. P. PRATHER
Prior to that Mr. ^rather held
positions with two other wholesale
s.
$721 46. Laurens. $13,041 70 Water
answers on the Council-Manager (or City Manager) form of government recent birth of a child:' MPnvsmt hki- k*i »• I«hi.*$243 77
The Husband, apparently waked
Ik the council-manager plan popular ia the smaller communities? up duringThe night by sound of the Church will sponsor a cake sale to ,;,x revenue
A total of 389 cities and towns in the United States with poulations be- shots, went into the adjoining room morrow. January 29. at Belk s De treasury tor educational pur-
Laurens County received tbest AmericanL still without Salk shot
-■ ‘ - - protection against polio/’ Mr Pow
p-t-T-nd : :
Although the house-to-house poll
jicno way plannevl to be a sta
May Name Harley
As U. S. C. Trustee
listically valifl 1 survey. the sum of Among those being mentioned for
The ladies of Hopewell Methodist Sixtyjfive per eenr of the liquor information taken on the door count election as members of the Board
goes by Taw to * the- Vl dl help provide a working estimate of Trustees of the University of
in our county of rbe number of per- South Carolina is W Hummel Har
tween 1.000 and 5.000 have the council-manager plan, but this number and found his wife standing over partment Store (balcony t a: 9 30 but 20 per cent is allocated '"tiering from arthritis the lev, attorney of Lauren.'
constitutes only about 8 per cent of the total number of places in this the bed of the two-year-old child a m These cakes are baked by the to counties and 1 per cent to mu
population group. In the next population group, 5.000 to 10,000. about with a rifle in her hands the Hopewell ladies nicipalities on a population basis
31 per cent have the council-manager plan and in the 10.000-to-25.000
group 43 per cent of all U. S. cities have the council-manager plan In
the next two population groups. 25.000 to 50.000 and 50.000 to 100.000. a
total of 226 cities, or more than one-half, have the council-manager plan
Finally, in the group of 100.000 to 500.000 a total of 36 cities have the
council-manager plan, or 38 per cent of all cities in this group.,, *
-How many citie$ have abandoned the council-manager plan?
Eighty cities have abandoned the council-manager plan by vote of the
grocery businesses in the city, be
ginning in 1915, with Milling Gro
cery Co. and Fuller Grocery, being
a partner in the latter
Also, since 1929 he has beep a
partner in Prather-Simpsoh Furni
ture Co., when he bought the stock
of the latel E. G: Fuller in Fuller-
Simpson Furniture Co.
Prather’s business career her^
began with his .connection with the’ . - - w : • —I
old W. E Bell Mercantile Co. from P eo P' e during the 50 years since 1906. but 14 o( these places subsequently
1907 to 191^lhen he was employed ' readopted this form of government
by the late B. L. King in his mer- ; t * M ‘ founcll-manager plan provide for citizen control of municipal
cantile store during 1913-14. polity and administration? ' -.
Mr. Prather stated he will spend Yes - the ^ouncil-manager plan doe* provide for citizen control be
as much time as his health will cause the voters' representatives, the city council have authority to hire
permit at Prather-Simpson Furni- ^ fire the city manager at will. The manager is bound by the, over all
ture Co., which he owns in partner ! policies and specific decisions made by the council
ship* with Mrs. W. H. Simson Wh *‘ a " the duties of the mayor in the council manager form of
Prather is a director of the Bank eminent?
of Clinton and the Citizens Sav ings The mayor presides at all meetings of. the council and is appropriately
and Loan Association. a leader in the development and determination of municipal policies To
» gether with the council the mayor has a responsibility to interpret mu-
Open House Planned nicipal policy to the people, especially m instances where issue require
. L I I a P^'C referendum. The mayor represents the city in ceremonial func-
Ar School Library tions. usually appoints advisory committees and coordinates their efforts
Open house is being planned for, in studying major problems, and maintains contacts with civic groups.-
Thursday evening. February 4. at What are the powers of the comcil under the managerial form?
7:30 in the new-library which has The council is the legislative body determines policy, approves the
been started at the Mercre Silas budget, and determines the tax rate. The council appoints the, manager
Bailey School, it has been announc- and supervises his. performance The council usually has no standing^
ed by the school PTA and the fac- committees Councilmen properly act as a group, not individually, in
ulty Mrs. James S. Gray, libra- mstmeting the manager,
nan of the children s library at ‘ What are the duties of the city manager?
Presbyterian ( ollege. wtU fftre a 7^. duties of the city manager as set forth in most council manager
Tig 1 for chikhen^ anC ° °* ^ *** chart * rs - Broadly stated, generally include: fl) to see that all laws and
‘ All parents school personnel omul “"fiances are enforced; (2) to appoint and remove department heads
interested friends areKSd to at- and employees on-tbe basis of merit and to exercise control and super-
n , vision over all departments; (3) to make such recommendations to the
council concerning the affairs of the pity as may seem to him desirable;
(4) to keep the council advised, of the financial condition and future needs
of the city; (5) to prepare and submit the annual budget to the council;
(C) to prepare and submit to the council such reports as may be re-
! jjuired of that body; and (.7) to keep the public informed, through reports
to the council, regarding the operations at the city government In addi
tion the charter generally states that the manager is to perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the charter or required of him by
or by resolution ai the council.
number born with birfh defect> and He would succeed A. C. Todd, of
Hie number who have been victims Greenwood, representing the area
•>t paralytic polio This tabulation embraced by the Eighth Judicial
"ill prove an invaluable guide to Circuit—the counMes of Abbeville.
i>ur National Foundation chapter in Greenwood, Laurens,,amLNewberry
; Linking local programs to aid the The term of Mr Todd vice-chair
i bled
.man >i the boai I
expiring
Lions Club Hears of Work
Of the,State's Eye Bank
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Eight hundred and twentv>three
persons in South,i^rolma have will
ed -heir eyes to the state s eye
bank
Hie speaker was Wilson Wake
field, of Greenville, a director of the
ej>e hank — ———■ • ■
He tv as a c com pa nasi to the mPet
nig by President Fnst \V. s f the
Gn-enville Lions Club I) Klford
Carpenter, also a director of the .-ye
bank, ai^d Earle Moffatt. secretary
'hor iii.othi parts of-South Car
iina. but nearly all of them were
• iwh a tr .m New Ybrk
Tne operation is attempted only
'leu hi dng$s is due t»t clouded
tu»..s it is estimrated that 1.500
BUICE ATTENDS
FURNITURE 8LVRRET ' - -
Charles G. Buice. manager of
Maxwell Bros. Furniture Store in
Clinton, attended the Southern Fur
niture Market shewing in High
Point, N. C., several days last
week.
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Two Sets of Twins at Local Hospital
The census of the nursery at Hays Ho4^
pital rose considerably on January 23 w^ien
a second set of twins arrived to augment
an earlier pair born on Dec. 22 and who
were jjjU there. Nurse Carolyn Davidson/
at left, is holding Dina and Denise, daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bragg.* of Route
1. Clinton. They were born Jan. 23: At right,
with Nurse Janie Workman are Eddie Drew
and Evie Lou, son and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William C. Parrish, of South Broad
Street, who arrived on Dec. 22.—Photo by
Dan Yarborough.
1 .’ 1 ' dniUUians anTbluid und that
mi'lrd corneas arc responsible for
c 'iiiKiness' >t one person in 25.
ic cornea is the transparent tis-
fonnmg the outer (.dating of the
v'eball and covering the iris and
•Upil. ;
In the operation, the surgeon re-
loves the clouded cornea from the
v'e )f the blind patk*nt and sews ;ri
ic dear cornea from the eye of
h* dceased donor
Hie eyes of the donor are then-
ent :o the South Carolina Medical
ollege in Charleston for use in re-
-eareh *
The donor carries a cacd asking
uit the propei' authorities be no-
died in the event of death because
rfucleation must fake place within
ive hours
South Carolina Uons were mstru-
official* will release any informa- mental in setting up the South Car
uon that ir ght identify the donor or olina bank, but the organization is
recipient not officially connected with the
More than 25 corneal transplants Lions, who feature sight eonserva--.
“RaTV been made in Columbia since lion
the eye bank was set up three years A local committee was set up Fn-
ago . uav under the chairmanship of W •
A few of the corneas came from S Horne
treasurer of the eye bank The latter
two are aTso from Greenville, ami
both Hook part on 'he program
The men were in Clinton to iv
form members of the club on work
of the eye bank-and to give mfor
mation on the procedure to be fol
low«xi when a person wills :ns eye'
to the bank
A donor's eyes may be enucleated
(removed) by local surgeons and
are rushed to Columbia for tran>
ants after being put in a saline
solution and packed in a thermos
container
Neither hospitals nor eye bank