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I I 4 Plans for Area Hospital of Agency WHh the approval of submitted i from Mrs. J. M. Dick, of Raleigh. (dans and specifications by the De partment of Health. Education and Welfare in Washington, and approv al of the application of trustees for a grant of $550,000 of Hill-Burton (federal) funds to be applied on con struction, the Clinton Hospital Dis trict’s $1,250,000 hospital moves nearer to reality. W. Carlisle Neely, chairman of the board, said yester day. Approval of revised plans and earmarking of HillrBurton funds was accomplished late in March. Approximately four and a half months will be required by the architects. Baker and Gill, of Flor ence. to complete the drawings and specifications, Neely said. Thirty days will be required for advertis- * ing bids, he stated, and the date for start of construction is set for Sep- temtber 15. The hospital will be built on a 15- acre sue at the southern edge of Vol. 61 — No. IB N. C. r former Clinton resident, who made a gift of five additional acres. In addition to the $550,000 feder al funds, the board has in hand $449,000 from proceeds of the sale of 20-year bonds of the district and an announced gift of $100,000 by the Bailey Foundation, making a total of $1,099,000. Also to be applied to the total cost is approximately $25,- 000 from the city of Clinton for util ity lines, if needed, and an addition al $75,000 placed in escrow by an anonymous donor. Other assets are to be received from earnings of the $1,099,000 which has been invested in short term government notes and a sizeable reduction in estimat- 1 ed legal cpsts. The building will be constructed of hollow tile faced with brick. Stone and ceramic tile will also be used on the exterior walls. At its widest point, the budding will be 207.6 feet wide and 277.4 feet deep. Clinton, S. C, Thursdoy, April 6, 1960 T 3 -li the city on Highway 56. Ten acres The 8k * l f ™ nts l * 73 fe * °n the high way and the hospital will be set back 165 feet from the right-of-\vay.; The services of John W. Rankin, hospital consultant, of Milwaukee, Wis., have been secured by' the board. In addition to Mr. Neely, the chairman, other members of the board of directors are Dr. D. H. McFadden, vice-chairman; J. B. Hart, secretary; Ryan F. Lawson, and John M. Simmons. Schedule Of County Board Of Registration Clinton: Thursday, April 7, Baldwin Motor Co. Clinton Mill: Monday. April 11, at were bought by the hospital board New Explorer Post Has Session Tonight The Clinton Lions Club and the Clinton-Lydia Mills as sponsoring institutions, announce the first or ganizational meeting for the new Explorer Post 60. The meeting will be held tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 in the Scout Hut near the armory. Advisers for the unit will be Neil Dailey, Don Creighton, Odell Free man, Buck Gilstrap, and Bobby Womack. Dr. Fred Holcombe is the institutioaal representative, and Lawrence Warren is the post com- Community House, nuttee chairman. The committee is made up of Claude Crocker, William P. Jacobs, !□, and Calvin Cooper. Boys And Girls To Get Bicycles For Subscription Sales Beys aad girls of the Clinton are* this week will have opor Unity to demoostrato their selling ability aad wia bicycles at the They win he givea a bicycle far , each IS aew sobscriptioas they ■ sell for The Chrooicle. Aayoae not seHiag the required number of subscriptions will ho paid Sl.oe for each aew subscrip- So, hoys aad girls, come to the Chronicle office for further in formation aad get lined up ta cam a bicycle. Only NEW subscriptions count. You must make your sales to those individuals or families who are not now sbuscribt rs to The Chranicle. Be an oarly bird—get busy now. MR ■I P 1 / * t * at Lydia Mill: Wednesday, April 13, at the Clinic. Joanna: Thursday. April 14, at the Club House. Wattsville: Tuesday, April 19, at the Community House. Cross Hill: Thursday. April 21, at Miller Leaman’s Store. Gray Court: Friday, April 22, at Abercrombie and Owing.s Store. Revival April 12-17 At Beaverdam Churdi A revival will be held at Beaver, dam Baptist Church near Mountville April 12-17. Guest minister will be Rev. James P. MitcheU. pastor of record figure which the Joanna Baptist Church, with doubled any previous Proposed New $1,250,000 Hospital for the Clinton District - , ✓ • ^ $50,000 is Goal of PC Living Endowment Fund A record $50,000 is the goal for the 1960 Living Endowment which opens at Presbyterian College this week. The annual giving program for alumni and friends of PC seeks to supply the institution with funds that represent the income at 5 per cent from an invested endowment of $1,000,000. Presbyterian realized $38,644 from its 1959 Living Endowment, a more than high total. singing being directed by Rev. A. And whereas 766 persons contribut- Walton Coppedge. Services begin at ed last year, the hope is that 1.000 7:15 each evening. Rev. George J. doi Mitchell is pastor of the church. donors will participate in the ♦program 1960 Brian Sullivan, Tenor, To Close Series Here Tuesday ThornweH Students Attend Music Festival The following students represent ed Thom well at the District Music Festival held in Newberry recently: Lynn Crow and Donna Wickham, piano; Lynda Tyler and WiUa NeUe Williams, girls’ high voice soloists; Eileen Brock. Geraldine Potts and Patricia Vaughan, girts’ low voice soloists; Gus Folk. Reid George and Oscar Mitchell. Boys’ low voice so loists; two girls' sextettes composed mf the fallowing combinations: Lyn da Tyler, Patricia Vaughn, Patsy VfcAbee. W&Ua NeUe Williams. Ei leen Brock. Geraldine Potts, Bar bva Kemp. Lillian Cookson and Claudia Brittain. Seven of these students will rep resent IhomweU in the State Music Festival at Winthrop on April 8. Local Students Will Attend Forum At Winthrop May 7 Members of the Junior Classical League of Clinton High School will join others throughout the state on May 7 for the annual High School Latin Forum at Winthrop College. The forum was scheduled earlier, but was postponed until the May date. The Latin Forum is considered to be the largest classical gathering of its kind in the nation Two thousand If tin scholars are expected to at- tSid the event Featured during the day will be an original play , a panel of Roman 1 Quiz Kids, skits, movies and a spell ing contest. —— Junior Classical League president is Jim Ferguson of Laurens. Accompanying the local students will be their instructor. Mrs. Louis Wallace, who is sponsor for the Clin ton High League. New Patrolman Assigned To Clinton Lawrence Ray Sisk. Jr., of Clear water, has been assigned to Clinton by the State Highway Patrol. ON TV SATURDAY Miss Jimmie Lou Jones, FHA bi county treasurer, and Miss A me 5 u Black, bi-county musician, ap- ared on WFBC-TV. Greenville. Saturday at 7:45 a. m. The pro- Tenor Brian Sullivan will bo guest artist for the fourth and last of the current season's Community Con-, . ■ joyed cert series. The concert will be giv- en on Tuesday evening, April 19, at the Thomwell Auditorium. Featured at all three of the coun try’s leading opera houses—Metro politan, Lyric of Chicago, and the San Francisco — he has been a mainstay at the Metropolitan since he made his debut there in 1948. “He looks like a football hero and sings like a Martinelli.” wrote a news reporter not long ago. This combination of attributes makes the brawny, handsome Sullivan a natural for operetta and musical was with this lighter repertoire that he first made “big time.” Born in Los Angeles, Sullivan en- a typically American boy- At 21 he appeared on the stage for the first time profession ally as the Count in an English version of ‘ The Barber of Seville." He acquitted himself creditably enough to be asked to sing the same role a fortnight later in Italian, with John Charles Thomas as Fig aro. Flattered by such distinguished company. Sullivan said “Yes” to Major emphasis in the appeal this ..ear will go to the pressing need jf additional funds for faculty sal- try increases and for academic tt-holarships. In this connection, President Marshall W. Brown point ed out: “Although we are making up ward adjustments in our salary scale, both the trustees and the ad ministration recognize the desir ability of giving further increases as soon as funds are available. As soaring costs price many qualified high school seniors out of the col lege market, we also are faced with trying to assist more of these po tential young leaders with their higher education through scholar ship grants. We turn to our friends and former students for help in this effort.” The opening phase of the 1960 Living Endowment is underway with the mailing of personal letters from President Brown to all con tributors of last year. A general Dorn To Address Kiwanis Meeting Clinton Voters to Decide City Manager Question In Referendum On Tuesday Clinton citizens will go to the polls Tuesday to determine whether or not the fcity manager form of gov ernment will be adopted The polls will open at 8 00 a m and close at 6:00 p m Three voting places will be pro vided: at tlie cky hail on North Two Clinton men were released on Bro f ff"* ' OT r' sl * r “ 1 ’ "I*"® bonds of COO each Monday after T* 1 * Sea f K “ rt , Two Men On Bond For Threatening Woman Sunday CONGRESSMAN DORN Congressman W. J. Bryan Dorn of the Third Congressional District, of Greenwood, will speak at the Ki- mailmg to other alumni and friends . wanis Club meeting Thursday, April will follow shortly, and later efforts will include additional mailings, personal solicitations within areas and class agent letters. PC's Living Endowment bounced back enthusiastically in 1959, after being suspended for the three-year pledge period of the college’s re cent development campaign. The degree of support given last year caused alumni directors to express 14. Farmers of the area will be guests of members at the meeting. The program is being arranged by the club's agriculture committee, with J Henderson Pitts as chairman. Mr Dorn, a native of Greenwood County, who lives on a farm in the county, has served in both the House of Representatives and the Senate of the South Carolina Gen : warrants were served on them charging trespassing and pointing guns with intent to do bodily harm The warrants were issued by Mag istrate Robert N. Bigham of Jacks t Township on complaint of Mrs. Em ma Thompson, who lives on the Whitmire highway beyond Tip Top store The men. Herman Murphy, and his son, Charlie Murphy t were said by Mrs Thompson, according to Magistrate Bigham. to have come ta her home Sunday afternoon, claim, ing to be Ku-Kluxers. and gave her until midnight to move out They relumed later in the eve. ning and were met by the woman's two sons During the course of an argument. Bigham said, the two 0,s Blalock men'pointed guns at the sons before ^ this city leaving the seem* The warrants were sworn out and served Monday The two Murphys live on the “Pump House” mad near the citv. the Hampton Avenue School for those living south of the railroad. Guardsmen At Jackson For Range Practice Joining other units of the First Automatic Weapons Battalion. 85 enlisted men with four officers from Clinton s Battery B were at Fort Jackson over the week-end for range practice The commander of the unit, Capt Guy Tumblin. Lt Van Oxner, Lt Charles F Oakley and It Harold Johnson, accompanied the guards men from Clinton , Accompanying the headquarters unit at Newberry were Major Fran- and Lt Milford Smith Participating in the practice were about five hundred men from the Headquarters Battery. Batteries A and C, all of Newberry, the local unit, and Batterv D. Laurens comedy as well as grand opera. It James E* Anderson, Jr. the bid and then sat down to learn con f K h >n c* in establishing the $60,- j era ] Assembly. He was the young .000 goal for 1960 Buchanan Passes Bar Examination John C. Buchanan, recent gradu. ate of th^ Univresity of South Caro lina School of Law. was one of 37 •'* as elected to Congress at the age a role in a foreign language for the first time in his life. The young tenor faced many sim ilar challenges in his early profes sional life. With few operatic stages open to untried talent, he accepted an increasing number of musical est member of both houses during his service, being seated in the Senate before he was 25 by special vote of that body. Returning after more than throe years service in World War II. he J. Sloan Todd Named To Clinton Bond Commission r „ . _ , <• . , ‘nswmonls. and one wae candldates anK ^, ced Mooday , „. ho of Completes Potrol School » ««■ i»«mi ..u. hk "ice foi- ^ tar James E. Anderson, Jr., has re cently completed the South Carolina Highway Department school for pa trolmen and has been assigned to the Pendleton area. lies” in ccmpany with another opera-star-to-be. baritone London. In addition to opera rolls, he has also been featured many times on He and Mrs Anderson, the former TV’s “Voice of Firestone.” and is a Miss Peggy Edwins, with their little frequent guest on radio’s “Tele- daughter. have moved to Pendleton, phone Hour.” 30 in 1946, jvhere he has served since with the exception of one two- ^ , He will be admitted to practice in y ear term "hen he was a candi- George courts at ceremonies in Co- ^ ate f° r the U. S. Senate, lumbia on April 15. Buchanan, of Joanna, has opened Annual Meeting Of offices in Laurens He has announc . in a ed his candidacy for the House of L»hamber At I U A. M. Representatives in the General As sembly from Laurens County \ The annual membership meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will beheld this morning (Thursday) at 10:00 a. m. at Hotel Man grove. J Sloan Todd w as named a me nr ber of the City Bond Commission Monday night at the monthly meet ing of city council He succeeds Tom Plaxico. resigned Mr. Todd is managing officer and director of Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association, and will be gin his duties immediately Other members of the commission are Robert M. Vance, president of M. S. Bailey A- Sdn. Bankers, and Cilnton-Lydia Cotton Mills, and Rob ert P. Hamer, president of the Bank Mus- of Clinton / Plaxico gave the press of utiier waits On A film, “Gold Mine Street,” will be shown New officers and directors recent ly announced, with J. C. Thomas be ing reelected as president, will be gin their new terms. Plans for the Chamber's activities Main business as (us reason for resign ing the post Council expressed ap preciation for his services The meeting, presided over by Mayor J P Terry, was attended by all councilmen Frank M Boland ward one. S A Pitts, ward two. Harry C Layton, ward three. f J. SLOAN TODD recommended and appointed T for the coming year are expected to James ^ skvui. ward four. George be outlined at the session Brown To Speak In West Virginia I)r Marshall W. Brown, president - of Presbyterian College, w ill TkT dress the annual West Virginia con vention of the National Beta Club this Saturday night. Approximately 200 persons, high school members of this national honor organization founded by Dr. John W. Harris, of Clinton, are ex pected torfftend the Sat unlay meet ing in Charleston. W. Va grain va wood am •ad was to by the Green- Bi-county FHA the public with County Society Begins Drive Shown here are principals at the kick-off dinneh Tuesday evening here at Hotel Mary Musgrove of the Laurens County Cancer Society. The annual drive for funds in the county is now underway. No campaign will be made in Clinton, since the work of the society is supported by the Community Cheat. From left to right are Joe Dehtny of Jo anna. director of the county society, who introduced the speaker; Senator Robert E. McNair of Allendale, the speakeFp'Mrs. Sarah D. DeLoach, county commander of the Cancer Society; Fred Davis of Laur ens, president; and Steve Soltis of Laur ens, crusade chairman.—Photo by Dan Yar- Cotton Ginnings Show Increase Laurens County had a tutal of 9,378 bale sot cotton ginned in 1959 in comparison to 5.911 bales in 1958. according to a bulletin from the U. S. Department of Commerce The State of South Carolina had a total of 420.671 bales ginned in 1959 as compared to 301.745 in 1968. The tabulations show a total of 14,506,638 bales ginned in the Unit ed States from the crop of 1959 W. Bagwell, ward five; and Charles R Lt-atherwood. ward six Council agreed to assist m the installation of lights on live Florida Street field to be used as a softball site under the supervision of «Ih City Recreation Commission L r.n \\ Cooper, Jr , presented a request that council join in the project to the extent of $1,000 and installation Additional" costs will be borne bv other interested individuals A delegation consisting of Olin L Turner, Harold Crowe, J J Corn wall, and Gary Lehn appeared be fore council relative -to the traffic situation on Enterprise Street, which was recently made a one wav street The delegation expressed dis satisfaction with the arangement Council requested Chief of Police B. B Ballard to continue a depart, ment study of the situati m fe as long as 30 days. If. at the end ot the period, or, before, he conies to tV conclusion that the interests of bet ter traffic control and merchants in the area make it necessary to alter the present plan, he is author ized to do so areas. - Sloan Construction Co . highway contractors, under a motion adopt ed bv council, would be required o discontinue getting water from the City of Clinton unless the company furnishes som«" means >f metering. or wmer i< obtained . t t‘,e plant BV council resolution the city be came affiliated with he National Institute of Municipal Law Olticers Chamber Members Attend Workshop Several members of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce attended a "workshop' in Spur anburg yes. terdav Beginning at 9 00 a m with regis tration. morning and afternoon round table discussions and address es made up the schedule \ lunch eon was held at noon Attending from Clinton were J C. Thomas, president, H L. Eichcl- berger. John L Mimnaugh. 1’ M Youngblood. Held at the Memorial Auditorium- the "workshop” was sponsored by and at the Clinton Mill community house Managers of election wrill be No 1 (city hall)—V Parks Adair. Rhett P .Adair. J J Clark No 2 i Hampton Ave. School)— G W. Hollingsworth, ,George • VV Copeland, Henry M Young Clinton Mill Precinct—Wiiham D Terry, Mrs Woodrow Wilson, Mrs Marvin Mint mire Voters are reminded that they must vote m the precinct noted on their registration certificates The question to be voted on ap pears on the ballots. “Shall the City of Clinton adopt the city manager plan of government'’” Those favoring the proposed method of government will stnke through the word "No ’’ Those op posed will strike through the word “Yes The advisory referendum was call ed by city council at the request of the Chamber of Commerce which endorsed the proposal after a study of the question by a special ly appointed committee If the proposal receives a favor able vote, it is probable that con curring legislation will be requested of the legislature Baptist Regional Union Will Be Held At Joanna Today The Western Regional Woman s Misionary l ruon meeting will be held at the First Baptist' iTmrch, Joanna today The morning s«*sSK>n will begin at 9:50 with the organ prelude The afternoon session will begin at 1 30 with adjournment at 2%) pa m Lunch will be served at the* dub house from 12 30 to 1 30 p. m Mrs. John E Smith of Kinank-. Regional president, will preside over the* sessions Miss Jennie Rae Surratt of Joanna, will be-the or gamst and special music will be* given by Mrs. Kenneth Wilson of the Ftrst Baptist Church. Newberry -Ur Kober Cooper .if the First Bapti.-t Church. Laurei’'. will be* gui the convention with a medi tatjon Mr- K G Carr of Joanna, will bring grevtm-s from the church Miss BeUv Bre.ver of Birimn*. ham. Ala . who s the Girls’ Aux diarv Directo: for the Southern .Bapti't Convt aon. will >;>evak at the morning -ession * ’ Mrs Ge:m> Crenshaw, the fornveT Carolyn Meador of L'nion. will bring the missionary ihesage She* >er\e> as i h ne missionary to the Semi nole Inmans in Florida , y l>u: ng the* afternoon .-esston trom 1 JO J jo an open conference will be o i by Mrs Russell .Ashmore of ter Greenville. Kale Woman > Mission bv Ted Prevatte. director of civil de- the Spartanburg Chamber and the fense, requested that wardens be' V S Chamber of Commerce ir> l'nion preMdent. Miss Marjorie Sanders of Columbia. State Girls Auxiliary Director .md Miss Brew er The Western Region is compoisen >f Churches m Edgefiekt. Abbeville, Laurens. Reedy River and Ridge Associations > i Karyn Cox Wins Spelling Bee Karyn Coat was winner of the spelling bee at Hampton Avenue elementary school and will compete in the county, contest Saturday in Laurens Karyn is the daughter of Mr and Ms. J Robert Cox and a member of Miss Frances O Danid s sixth grade Second place went to Louise Dun away, a sixth grader and third place went to Lucille. McSwreen. a fifth *nder .