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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, March 3, 1960
2 Clinton Men Arrested
For Theft at Pitts Store
PTA Hears About City Manager
At a meeting of the Mercer Silas Bailey
School Parent-Teacher Association Tuesday
evening meml)ers heard about the proposed
city manager plan of government for Clin
ton from J. C. Thomas, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring
the movement. Mr. Thomas explained pro
visions of the system to the assembly and
answered questions from the audience. Left
to right are William D. Terry, president of
the association; Mrs. Jesse Laney, chair
man of the civic affairs committee; Mrs.
Paul Foster, program chairman; and Mr.
Thomas.
The meeting was one of three held Tues-'
day night pertaining to the city manager
question. Others were at the Hampton
Street School PTA, where H. L. Eichelberger
appeared, and at a meeting of the Exchange
Cmb, where R. L. Plaxico was scheduled to
speak.—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
Two Clinton men were arrested
Monday in connection with a break-
jrii and robbery of the Hubert J
Pitts general merchandise store on
Hampton Avenue Friday night.
„ Officres are still investigating and
they state one, and probably two,
more arrests will be made.
Apprehended under warrants is
sued Monday were Paul Wilbanks
and Jerry Ballew.
' The men are charged with the
theft of approximately $725 from a
safe and a cash register in the
store, some of which has been recov-
ered
Entry was made by breaking in
a side door and officers said the
Saturday Evening
Joanna Foundation To
Stage Annual Meeting
Mrs. E. L. Chandler
Passes At Age Of 85;-
Burial At Rosemont
Funeral services for Mrs. Mar-
’aret King Chandler, 85, widow of
E. L. Chandler, were held at 3:00
Jenny Addison of Joanna, Martha ' m • Friday. Feb. 19, at Gray
Goodwin of Laurens, Betty Jane Funeral Home, conducted by her
Hamer and Sara Pitts of Clinton, astdr, the Rev. J. H. Darr. Inter
ment was in Rosemont Cemetery.
Area Girls Among
Winthrop Candidates
men had little trouble in forcing
; open the safe
A sack containing a Large amount
I of change was recovered from the
top of a shed at the rear of Bishop
Tire and Recapping Co., directly
back of the Pitts store, Monday af
ternoon
Officers surmised that the bag,
which goptained thousands of pen
nies, was nx> heavy a load for the
men to carry without detection.
Considerable silver money was also
I in the sack
Two diamond rings in the safe,
asid to be worth as much as the
{money taken, were found on the
floor when the robbery was discov-,
ered Saturday morning iwhen the
store opened for business!
Investigating officers tffcre VV A.
Patterson and W. B Blakely of the
Clinton police department, and Dep
uties H. R Jones and George Black-
well of the county sheriff's office.
Rites Saturday For
Richard F. Buford,
Hopewell Farmer
Funeral services for Richard F.
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$725 Taken From Safe of Store
, Dolly Crouch of Mountville, and Sue - , _ , . „ . ., _. ,
Boyce of Joanna, were among can- Mrs. Chandler died early on Buford . 57 * '* e, ' e Sa i Ur ^fJ ^
didates voted on in student elections Thursday, Feb. 18, at Blalock Clin- 3 P- m at conducted b>
Invitations have been issued to gram. Oath KboMfcw made at Winthrop CoUege Tueadaw - after several years of declining ^ ^ C. F. Hamm. Bimal was
present and former directors trus- available to students meeting the j Addison w as one of three health.
presem ana io mer atreciors, irus . . (JimMlitv as well candidates for president of the 9tu- She made her home in Laurens
“* “ 4 F “ nd “ i " : a^tudent loans, are enabling many h ^; i 'T
of Joanna’s youth to get a higher f student office at the Rock Hill j he daughter ofthelate WiUiamlL
education. Indoor and outdoor sea- state coUe * e for wom * n : ,nd GmnKie MarshaU Km *- ^
tees and officers. Foundation schol-,
arship recipients with fheir parents,
and friends for the annual Joanna
Foundation Banquet to be held on
Saturday evening at 7 o’clock at
^pfe Joanna .Club House.
The Joanna Woman’s Club will
prepare and serve the meal to the
approximately 200 persons who
have signified their intention of be
ing in attendance. Pen and pencil
sets will be presented to three re
tiring directors, Mrs. Nonnie Bell
Clark, Hack Prater, and J. I. Hol
lingsworth, in recognition of their
contributions to the Foundation as
members of the governing board.
The Joanna Foundation is an
eleemosynary institution endowed by
Joanna Cotton Mills Company for
the purpose of promoting the rec
reational, health, educational and
cultural programs of the commu
nity. Joanna Memorial Hospital,
which provides hospitalization at a •
minimum, cost for Joanna families,
Is a part of the Foundation pro
in Rosemont Cemetery in Clinton.
Pallbearers were James Williams,
Downs Monroe, Charles R. Work-
Approximately $725 was taken from this
safe Friday night when entrance was made
into the Hubert J. Pitts general merchan
dise store on Hampton Ave. Arrested were
Paul VCilh'anks and Jerry Ballew. Clinton
police state that other* arrests are expect
ed. Part of the money has been recovered.—
Photo By Dan Yarborough.
Miss Goodwin was a candidate as a member of the First Baptist
in a triangular race for president Church.
Wi, » hrop chnMiM Asso ' ia ' T^ h, "; k Mr j
year’s activities will be given at ^ :mrude C Crpelara) Mr . Ihand-
_ Misses Hamer and Pitts were op- ler was the last member of her
meeting on Saturday for ^ ^ g^. ;mnvediate family
Miss Crouch sought the office of Pallbearers were W. R. Ander-
secretary of the Student Govern-j son, Jr., A. A Ramage, Jr., Andy
1 ment Asocia’ion; and Miss Boyce B. Young, Jr., Gary Holcomb, WH-
was in the race for treasurer of the liam J. Crews Pierce Chandler,
Winthrop Recreation Association. | and H. Grady Chandler.
sonal athletics are stressed as a
part of the three-fold program of
the f
year
this annual
evening.
Convention Monday
Ki
Democratic Clubs Name Officers
Ww-
Hr
fhamher Commerce
Meek Today To
Elect New Officers ■
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will meet on Thursday
morning at 10:00 in the Forum
Room Room of the Bank of Clinton.
New officers for 1960-61 -will be
elected. Appointed to serve on the
nominating committee to present a
slate of officers are: R. S. Truluck,
Tom Plaxico, and H. L. Eichelber
ger.
Elected by bajjot mailed to the
members, the Board of Directors
lor a three-year term beginning Ap
ril 1: W. P. Jacobs III, George Cor-
nelson, W. C. Neely, John Mim-
naugh, and Mrs. B. Hubert Boyd.
Serving on the committee of judges
to open an count the ballots were:
A. B. Godfrey. Mrs. Perry Moore,
and Francis Blalock
Rev. HughBickley
Is Joanna Pastor
Joanna—The Rev. Hugh Bickley
has been appointed to Joanna’s Ep-
worth Methodist Church to fill the
vacancy caused by the recent death
of the Rev. Nathan Fleming. The
new pastor and his wife are former
ly of Newberry and they are now-
occupying the parsonage on Mag-
nolia street
Snow...
And Sleet!
Smw and sleet blanketed the
Clinton ana Wednesday and mare
of the same was in prospect far
last night and today, acordiag to
weather reports.
Clinton residents awoke to Had
their windshields covered with Ice
yesterday morning. Sleet picked
ap intensity during the meraiag,
continuing Into the afteraeen.
Snow was expected daring the
night.
Temperatures were expected to
remain at freezing point through
today.
Depth of the snow aad sleet in
this particular area was net great
Bp to yesterday afterassn, hat the
free slag temperature made daa-
geroaa king
bile traffic was
ap ts
Woman Attempk
To Burn House
A Negro woman, Jessie Simpson,
about 40. of 202 South Livingston
St., has been charged with attempt
ed arson in a warrant issued by
Clinton police.
She is charged with attempting to
bum a house at 201 South Bell St.
belonging to and ocupied by Frank
Dunlap and family.
At the time of the alleged offense.
3:30 a. m., Feb. 20, six persons were
sleeping in the house. One happened
to be awake and noticed the reflec
tion of the blaze set ok by newspa
pers. The others were aroused and
the fire was extinguished without
damage to the house.
Investigating officers were W B.
Blakely, W. A. Patterson, and
George Corley.
Joanna Mills Announce
Wage Increase Feb. 29
Effective with the week beginning February 29, Jo
anna fotton Mills Company employees will receive ja
wage increase of approximately five per cent, according
to an announcement by Walter Regnery, vice-president
of Joanna Western Mills Company and general manager
of Joanna Cotton Mills Company.
It was known previously that Joanna Mills would
grant an increase in line with the general trend in the
textile industry, but full announcement of the amount
and effective date was withheld until Mr. Regnery’s re
turn from a month’s trip to New Zealand where he has
been studying the textile market abroad.
Laurens County Democratic pre
cinct clubs elected officers in re-
, organization meetings Saturday and
1 named delegates to the county con
vention.
i At least one Republican club held
a meeting.
Most of the sessions were pre-
functory, and no unusual develop
ments were reported One club in
Laurens adopted a resolution call
ing for the support of nominees by
, the national Democratic convention
i for president and vice-president
The reorganization of the clubs
; was effected to conduct primaries
' scheduled for June
Delegates
Adair. J J
Jr, R.‘P. Adair. R
C. O Teague. V P lenzine. Joe P Terry. S., S. W*iLl
Clark. K. M. Boland, liams. Mrs Eva Land. Roy Holtz-)
Joel Cox .
L Plaxico. -claw.
R Hamrick. I
Russell Cooper. J L. Arnold. B W.
Blakely. Ryland F Sumerel. W J
Henry. Cecil F White, H R Jones.
Truman Owens, Edgar "Taylor, Sr.
S A. Pitts, Lewis Bagwell, Jr.,
Howard Watkins. Jack W Ander
son. W R. Thomas, E R Knox.
L. S Reddeck. Jr , George A. Reid.
J Warren Craine. R W Boland.
B M Dutton. Joe S. Holland. Dil
lard Milam, Jr. Eugene Pinson.
CLINTON NO. 2
11 L Eichelberger. president:
Harry C Layton, vice-president.
RICHARD F. BUFORD
man. Grady Chandler, A A. Ram
age. Jr , John Addison, Stewart
Brown, and W P Dickson
The honorary escort included Dr.
George R. Blalock. Dr. R M. Full
er, Randolph Davis, Ryan Lawson.
Don Boyd, Hayne Workman, J. Roy
Crawford, Joe Bonds, William
The county Democratic convcn- James P Skwn, secretary; Charles
lion will be held Monday in the court ‘Johnson, executive committeeman.
Delegates: Eichelberger. Layton,
house at Laurens, beginning at 10
a. m Officers and a state execu- sioan. Johnson.. Tench P Owens.
; tive committeeman will’ be elected Tom plaxico. Howard Smith, J C.
1 and delegates named to the state Thomas, G W Hollingsworth. H.
convention. m Young. Sr . Peck Cornwall. Ce-
At the meeting of the Clinton No. oil Wilson. J F. Jacobs, Jr, C. B.
2 Club James P Sloan, who had Betts, R M Vance. George Cornel-
Fred Shelton, Harry Foster, Andy]
Hames. Billy Heaton. John Bigham
ami Paul Foster
LYDIA MILL
Ellis C Huffstetler. president:I
C E Spradley. vice-president; Da-j
vid Word, secretary. Ellis C. Hufff
stetler, Executive eom'mitteeman
Delegates C E Spradley, Dai
vid Word. Calvin Cooper. Fred A.|
Bodie, Glenn Gaskins, E C Huff-1
stetler# Clyde R Trammell. Claud]
GtLstrap, Jr., and T E Moore
1 JOANNA
James Simpson, president, tt. G I
C.irr. vice-president, W W Niver.|
Jr. secretary; John M Ross, ex
ecutive committeeman.
Delegates: Rev James Mitchell.I
John M -ftos.v W C. Dobbins, RoHej
Clark. CHatoy Templeton, Gordon!
.Oxner. R. G. Carr. W W NiverJ
Jr C. E. Chapman. J. C. Buchan-
. served for 12 years as executive son. J B Templeton, W ! kr. Bald- X a11 - Cecil O Dell, Luke Clark, Ver-
\oung. William C. Dobbins. Prin. committeeman, including the pe- win .J Robert Cox. Jim Wolfe. I-e- n,,n Garner, John t obb, J O. Wick
gle Copeland, Robert M riod before tlie division into two pre- land Young. D. B. Smith. Billy Mc-
A. A. Ramage, Sr , Heath Copeland, c incts. requested to be relieved from Millan. Joe McDaniel, and W R
Herman Henderson, John Earle ^ duties. Anderson.
OFFICERS AND DELEGATES CLINTON MILL
Officers and delegates from dubs S S Williams, president , William
in this area named at Saturday's Snelgrove, vice-president. William
meetings included Terry, secretary; S. S Williams,
Smith. Harmon Bedenbaugh. and
G. W Hollnigsworth.
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Mr. Buford, farmer of the Hope-
well Community south of Clinton,
died suddenly Thursday night at his
home after several months of de
clining health.
He was a native of Newberry
J County but had made his home in
1 Laurens County most of his life. He
i was a son of Mrs Lois Manson
Buford and the late G. Fair Buford
He was a member of Hopewell
Methodist Church where he had
1 served as a steward and trustee,
j Surviving in adjfhtion to his moth i
er, Jess Hawkins, Bari Smeath, W
E Byars. L E. Prater. W. R. Lan-1
ford. Mrs. Roife Clark, Mrs. J. T
Weaver. Mrs. E I Willingham. J.|
I Moore. Carson' Nabors Alter
nates RVnneth Buchanan. Fred |
Hayes
RENNO
VC < Woods, president. Mrs.|
Boys Chorus To Appear
In Concert Here March 11
\r interesting group is the Tuc
er, Mins Lots Manson Buford of son Arizona Boys Chiinis which will
near Clinton are his wife. Mrs. ^ h >ard hm .' ))n MaiTh n m ltu ,
Ruth Workman Buford; one son. thini o{ tht , st . ason s coinmum ty
George Richard Buford, a student concer t s in the Thornwell Auditor
at Clemson College; two sisters.
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Miss Louise Buford and Mrs. Posey
W. Copeland, both of near Clinton;
four brothers. William B. Buford
of Savannah, Ga ; J. .Ansel Buford,
of Milltown. Ala.; Munson N. Bu
ford, of Columbia, and Hdgh M.
Buford of near Clinton '
Work Progressing on U. S. Route 276
Limited-local traffic is flow using the sec
tion of new U. S. Highway 276 from Foun
tain Inn to U. S. 221 where paving work has
lieen completed. Shown above is a section
of the highway from Greenville to Clinton,
with the Woodruff grade separation, S. C.
101, in the background. The section from
Fountain Inn to Greenville has been in use
some time. The section frbm Highway 221
to Clinton still has to get the binder course*
Public Invited To
Science Fair At
Junior High School
CLINTON NO. 1 executive committeeman.
V P. Adair, president. C O. Delegates: Daniel Osborne.. Bur-
Teagye. vice-president. F M. Bo- tun Reeder. William Snelgrove. Wil- James M. Copeland. Sr., secretary,
land. Jr., secretary; John J .Clark, I tarn Terry. Clarnece Freer. C. E James M. Copeland, executive com
executive committeeman. Leopard, Colie Campbell, Cleo Wal- mitteeman.
Delegate.-. Robert Bigham. J. G.
Simpson. A W WilburnJ D.
Neighbors.
HOPEWELL
C ■ R. Workman, president, Hugh
B Workman, vice-president. W. P
Dickson, secretary. Harmon H
ikdenbaugh. executive committee
man.
IVlegates It. E Johnson, Har
mon Bedenbaugh. W. P Dickson.
MOUNTVILLE
G C Watts, president. P W. Fin
ley, vice-president, W F Lynch,
.secretary; S B Goodman, execu
tive committeeman
Delegates oat's. Kudey. Lynch.
Goodman
CROSS HILL
Martin Boyce president Jim
.high Austin, \i. e president, Joseph
H. Shealy, - c.etary; W W. Wat
kins. executive comnulteeman.
Delegates J. H. Holiingsworth,
P.
Alter
ing and branding They .ill have be-
come accomplished horsemen. In
last year’s annual Tucson Rodeo,
the chorus won a special award for
the best organized riding group
Their first year's participation
brought them the grand pn/e t
turn
The director is -Eduardo Caso.
born in England and educated at
Westminster School He taught in
some of England's noted private
schools and came to the United
States in 1930 to follow a singing Religious Emphasis Week at
career. In 1937 he went to .Arizona Presbyterian College will be held
to recuperate from the strain of on March 9-11 this session, it was
overwork and as he regained his announced today
heakh he revived the long dormant A group of outstanding speaker-
Religious Emphasis
Scheduled March 9-11
Religious Emphasis Week
Construction of U. S. 276. the new
expressway between Greenville and
Clinton, is virtually complete and
just north of CHilton has the macad
am base and bituminous surfacing
in place The application of the as-
may be opened to traffic this spring phaltic concrete binder is under-
unless weather conditions liold up way with the riding surface course
essential work, the State Highway yet to be laid, the Highway Depart-
Departmept reports. menit report shows.
Motorists are already using a 17- TTie section between Fountain Inn
mile section between Fountain Inn and U. fc. 221 was constructed by
idea of wounding a boys chorus. is being lined up for this annual
, Through perseverance and deter- program which is sponsored v t)y the 'lartm Boyce. J H. ahealy, B.
The annual science fair at vlmton succeeded in over- Student Christian Association _ Dick Bcfuzman" Jim Hugh Austin All
__ Junior High School will be open to oracles that beset the dif Wood, a senior from Greer who' naTl ‘ s " K T flbHingsworth, J H
before being opened to traffic, which, high- public this afternoon and tomor. ficult ear | y years his cndeavor serves as ECA presdient. directs <'"l« hkim
way department officials state, will move rmv afternoon. Judging took place Hls efforts ^ ve reward- preparations for the occasion. LONG BRANCH
along as the weather permits.—State High- yesterday afternoon. . ed by the emergence of the Tucson The period of special religious
wav Dept. Photo. / * va f* et y experiments Arizona Boys Chorus as one of the emphasis wd! include a full pro-
hibits have j been i dor ^ r ^finest organizations of its kind in ffam of seminar classes during
~ ”” the world todav ' morning, evening chapt*l exer
Miss Jeanne Perron, the- aceom and fraternity diseusison
panist for the chorus, is a native of iruu^
Arizona and a graduate ot St. Jo- — —
seph’s Villa Carondelet Academy
and Greenville and getting the first
hand experience and joy of driving'
a fine, safe expressway.
Limited traffic is using the sec
tion between Fountain Inn and U. S.
221, where all paving work has
been completed and the project is
97 per cent complete. Rapid prog
reaa is being made on seeding the
■topes and shoulders with grass to
prevent erosion.
Hie section between U. S. 221 and
the link with Interstate Route 26
Fox and Lee Construction Company
on a low bkLat.$2,069,814. The con
tract on this 12.6-mile section was
awarded January 29, 1958
Cherokee, Iqc., holds the prime
’contract on the lower section be
tween U. S. 221 and 1-26. where the
final asphaltic surface] will soon be
placed. Just how fast this work can’
progress depends greatly on the
weather. Cherokee’s low bid was
$1,524,266 on the 7.8-mile section,
which is now about 92 per cent
under the direction of Mrs. Alex
complete. The .contract was awarded Crawford. Winntsw will compete in
April 7. 1958
the Western region district fair at
,, _ , Furman University, Greenville, on
U. S. 2i6 holds an important place March lg and ^
l 0 n new expressway system in Judges wtTe Dr n^UI G . White- ^ A
South Carolina, and will link Co- t Professor Andre w Howard. has a ? / fro ' n
lumbia and Greenville. From Clin- ^ ^ Presbyterian College Universlt y of Washington in Seattle
Roy L Harris, president; C. D
Benjamin, Jr . vice-president Sam
m e Compton. Jr. secretary; Roy
L Harris, executive committeenum.
Delegates Roy L. Harris. Rev J
B Abercrombie. C. D Benjamin.
ton. to Columbia, the motorist will
faculty, and Lee V Duryea ot the
use Interstate 26. The Greenville to i G ij n t 0 n Senior High School science
Clinton section, although not in the department
Interstate System, will be a four-
lane divided highway featuring con
trol of access, except for the .five-
mile section between MauMin and
Greenville which has been widened
to a conventional four-lane divided
highwap.
Finley Named Head
Of Breeders >Assn:
and an M A degree from the New
England Conservator^ of Music in
Boston. Mass . and has studied with
several famous artists A She has
given concerts and recitahgjri both
the United States and Canada
The Boys Chorus made their first
1 tour of Europe in 1955-and a second
; foreign tour is planned for this
W. Hance Finley, of Mountville, sP nn 8
Pavement markings and signs to was elected president of the South During the summer, the boys at-
be erected on U. S. 276 and 1-26 will; c a r o 1 i n a Federated Cooperative tend a s*** 8 * 011 at the Outfit
be different, as will the shoulders Breeding Association at $he annual Oattlo Ranch in Southern Arizona
Ten-foot shoulders will be paved on meeting in Columbia last Wednes There they get .intensive musical
the Interstate System routes and day. ' training and rehearsal in next sea
will be seeded with grass on four- Mr. Finley, a dairyman, is the re- son’s concert programs. They also
lane primary routes, such as U. S. tiring president of the Laurens participate in the full routine of
276. Countv Association ranch life^-rounding up cattle, rop-
Tonight at 7:30
City Manager Forum
Slated at Legion Home
An open forum oh the new city management plain
sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce will be held at
the American Legion Home this evening (Thursday) tvt
7:30. ^ ^
The meeting is open to the general public and officers
in charge have expressed the deisire for all interested
persons to attend the meeting which is being held as a
public service to the people of Clinton.
R. L. PkxicjD will- act as moderator and a committee
will be present to answer questions from t-hosp attending.
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