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» -V *>': • i* I S '1 / J Vol. 61 — No. 18 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, May 5, 1960 : ^ « ?. Wt 1 l* Elected Officers of HD Council At the spring meeting of the Home Dem onstration Council held at the Youngs Com munity Center last Tuesday afternoon, the following officers were elected to serve a -two-year term. They are, left to right, Mrs. M. A. Wilson, first vice-president; Mrs. James Wasson, treasurer, ami Mrs. New man Shouse, South District director. Offi cers who will complete terms are Mrs. Guy Mahon, president; Mrs. Arthur Childress, second vice-president; Miss Mary McDan iel, secretary’, and Miss Belle Patterson, North District director.—(Photo by Dan Yarborough) * . Demonstration at College Premature, Brown Says Presbyterian College students met most extensive sports program of prematurely without consideration, an y college of similar sixe in the for the full facts, President Mar shall W. Brown said today relative to the Friday night campus demon stration in support of the PC tennis program. He explained: ‘There will be no radical change in PC tennis in the immediate fu ture. Jim Leighton is returning for another year as coach, and we will have a number of scholarship play ers for the next few sessions.’’ The president pointed again to the acute financial problem facing the Blue Hose sports program. He add ed: ■‘ , nie board of trustees, at its spring meeting, voted that it would be necessary for alumni and friends to make larger scholarship contribu tions to continue the program. The Walter Johnson Club is now making area has been one which has had real values in student development. It is our intention to continue as broad a sports program as is pos sible' without detriment to the gen eral progres of the college. “No scholarship already prom'sed will be adversely affected The amount of future scholardiip aid will depend upon funds made avail able by alumni and friends If the offer of future scholarships is some what less, the alumni council wishes to continue football ‘and basketball scholarships, because a larger num ber of spectators are interested in these sports which are partially self-supporting through admission fees. “In any case, it is the definite plan Little Boys Baseball Schedule For Week PC Fund Is Off to Fine Start Presbyterian College Living En dowment returns for 1960 are run ning well ahead of this period last year, when alumni and friends set a new record for their annual giv ing program. A total of St.l^.SS has been con- tributed in the first month of the | current drive, the PC alumni office announced today. The gifts have come from 153 donors, for an aver age of $46 55 per gift. The program moves out in quest of the $50,000 goal set for this year by the board of directors of the .Alumni Association. This total com pares to the 1959 record of $38,644 contributed through 766 gifts. Major emphasis in the appeal this year goes to the pressing need of additional funds for faculty salary increases and for student scholar ships. Contributions to the Living Endowment are used as a means of helping Presbyterian College . j meet the heavy burden of its cur- . ent operating expenses. The Living Endowment is design ed to underscore the importance of numerous smaller contributions, given annually, to the sound finan- Registration Board In Session For Week Tfie Laurens County Board of Registration will be in session every day this week and next week for the purpose of issuing registra tion certificates to prospective vot ers in the coming primaries The 4iours include both Wednes day and Saturday afternoons. Daily hours are from 9 a m to 5 p. m. It is too late for Clinton voters f©_ get certificates for the city elec tion ion May 31. However, it was pointed out that replacement of lost certificates may be obtained at any time. To obtain a certificate one must have been a resident of the state 1 since November 1958. and a rest- dent of the county since November 1959 Brown Services Today At St. John's Lutheran Church Funeral services for Richard Haskell (Hack) Brown will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 4:30 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, con ducted by the Rev. J. Marion Rho den, of Greenville, former pastor 11 * New Members of Old-Timers Club Here are new members of the Joanna Cotton Mills Old Timers Club after their in duction Saturday nitfht at the annual ban quet in the Joanna Clubhouse. Front row, left to right: J. M. Davenport, T. H. Mur phy, and VV. B. Murrah; middle; C. R.'Os walt, Mrs. Modeene Brazel. and R. O. Bun- drick; back: J. K. Sease, R. W. Bragg. J. L. Abrams, D. C. Madden, and C. A. Madden. Absent when picture was made: Mrs. F^a Brown, VV'. 1’. Byars, H. F. Gardner. Mrs. Annie Martin. Roosevelt Morgan. J. F. Reeder. Mrs. Gillette Rowe, and Mrs. Ruth VV. Thomas. Membership in the club denotes a service record of 25 or more 'years. Thursday (today) — Kiwanis vs program, the donor gives a sum Moose, 4:30 p. m. which represents the annual inter- Friday — Whitmire vs Exchnage, i st on a larger investment. 6:00 p. m.; and Joanna vs Lions, 7:45 p m. Monday—Moose vs Joanna. 4:30 •« p. m. Tuesday—Lions vs Kiwanis, 4:30 p. m. Wednesday—Whitmire vs Kiwanis, 4:30 p. m. The Pony League will get under way on May 19. and the Small Fry „ on May 30. The schedules will be ,^ b >' ** «> councU at its lal operation of PC. Through this 01 ^ local church Interment will be in Springdale Cemetery. New berry Pallbearers will be Cecil P son, Harold C. Cheek. Alan Cald- Clinton High Is Conference Winner Joanna Old Timers Club In lltfi Annual Session Council Considers Various Matters Members of the Wildlife Federa on were authorized to construct a club house and firing range on the i ity s Lake Austin property north of d en iy Tuesday afternoon while at- Clinton clinched the conference W i ‘}-‘ championship April 29 by downing Lancaster 13 to 2. The game was published from week to week. Pitts Announces For Re-Election S. A. (Chick) Pitts has announced his candidacy for reelection as al derman from ward two. A native of Clinton, Mr. Pitts is to continue to have competent coach . . ... . „• in 8 in all sports now offered on the now completing his fourth term as a concerted effort to ratse addiuon- ^ ^ aldermiin He is by ^ may continue to benefit from our Seaboard Railrod as telepgraph ope athletic program " rator and ticket seller al funds, and it will be after next .December before we know the final result of this drive.” SludanU were informed of the situation through a detailed Article in their weekly newspaper. The Blue Stocking, which appeared last Fri day afternoon It was designed to dispel exaggerated rumors, but the spring-time demonstration already underway. May meeting Monday evening. They will confer with B R. Austin, su perintendent of the utilities depart ment, in making arrangements for the projects The meeting was presided over by Mayor J. P. Terry, with all coun- cilmen present: Frank M Boland. Ward one: S A. Pitts, ward two; Harry C. Layton, ward three; James P. Sloan, ward four, George Bagwell, ward five: and Charles R. Leatherwood. ward six well, S. VV^ Caldwell. Wylie Caldwell, unt j] ^ fifth j nn j n g when the r ° Wn ’ Frank BrOWT ’ and Red Devils scored 8 runs on 8 hits. : J. E. Boyce. Melvin Bailey and Gary Sprouse The honorary escort will include collected 2 hits each in that inning, the Council of St. John's Church, Dr. Five Clinton players. Corley, D O. Rhame, E A Simpson, and . King. Bailey. Hardman, and Sprouse got 2 hits each. Bailey was the winning pitcher, w hile Hardin took the loss Clinton, with a 10-2 IJastern Con ference record, will meet the West ern Conference winner In the meantime ,the Eastern and Western Division winners of ‘he Western AA Conference will be play ing for the berth opposite Clint m. R H. W ade Mr. Brown. 55, was stricken sud- tending a baseball game here and was pronounced dead upon arrival when taken to a local hospital. He had been in declining health for several months. He was a native of Newberry County where he spent most of his life. He was educated in Newberry public schools and attended New berry College He had made his home in Clinton for the past nine years. _ Mrs. Harris Attends NEA Meet In Atlanta Mrs W W. Harris, publisher of The Chronicle, has joined Mrs W. He had been employed by Allan- w Smoak of the Walterboro Press Opening Phase of Cancer Study In County Closes was 'directed to make a study of existing ordinances of the city and make recommendations as to repeal or change of those which are out moded. Council voted to employe J. Roy Laurens — The first phase of the Henson, volunteer research chair- J Crawford, engineer, to make a sur- largest statistical research program man - some 300 families of Laurens 'vev and submit ■ recommendations The city attorney. Cecil E. White, l ‘c and Pacific Tea Co. for 30 years, aid Standard, in Atlanta where they being manager of the local Ah P are attending the meeting of the Food Store until a few months ago National Editorial Association when he retired due to ill health Thursday through Saturday He was a son of the late Horace The association this year is cele- Brown and Lillie Mae Caldwell brating the 75th anniversary of its Brown Folk. _ founding He was a member of St John's — (Church whore he served oa-a m The 235 members ot the Old Tun ers Club of Joanna Cotton Mills held their eleventh annual meeting Saturday night with a banquet and program at the Joanna Club House Of the total membership. 19 were new members inducted at Satur day’s session The club includes employees of the corporation with service records of 25 or more years. New officers named t > sene the club for the conung year are: W C. Murphy, president; J O Hue- ble. vice-president, and E. C. j Abrams, secretary-treasurer They succeed W. D Beckom, president; Clarence Fulmer, vice- president and Elizabeth Dickey, secretary -t reasurer Otis Murphy, acting for the com; mittee, read resolutions of respect for members who died during the year: W. T Fulmer, Gus Gary, A. W Ridings and U. G Young. Sr Entertainment was furnished by the Silvertones, a group of Presby terian College students A large group of students, some | ever undertaken to unearth causes count >' ^erVfewed by volun-fon a drainage problem on Chick excited antf some merely curious, and ga >L. cures for cancer has te tT research j ?rs ; street, gathered in front of Neville Hall h ^ n in thp . ^Mmiv it was P e P roject ,s P 311 of a . nation shortly before dark on Friday Many reporte d by ^ Sarah DeLoach. tennis sentiment. | commander of the Laurens County been completed in the county, it was wide cancer prevention study begun from Presbyterian College to carried placards expressing the pro- Among those students speaking in favor of the tennis program were: football guard Billy Ogden and Eb by Miayfieki, president of Blue Key leadership fraternity. Some other student leaders, when approached earlier on taking part in the protest, refused to talk on “something I do not know the full facts about.’’ The detailed story printed in The Blue Stocking to give students a full picture of the athletic program’s financial problem closed with these words from President Brown: "Trie administration believes that the present policy of offering the Cancer Unit. Under the direction of Mrs. Bruce No action was taken on a request use by the American Cancer Society to water form a nearby hydrant to compile statistics on human be- improve the condition of the football havior patterns, family history, oc field. cupational hazards an dother factors The installation of certain lights which may have bearing-on the in- on a street tnrough the Thornwell cidence of cancer. Orphanage campus was authorized. In South Carolina, 5,000 families A continued study would be made were interviewed bv 725 volunteer of provisions of a proposed ord searchers, while ever the nation nance to govern the operation of the 500.00 famHies ve-p contacted. The city under a cuncil-manager form of jS'udy wul l_..o i.— .o o.^r a period government by a resolution adopted of six 'ears. , Monday night. It is expected that Gro„. ch i-T.rn n L~u-ens Coun- some action will be taken at the i ty asisting Mrs. Henson were Mrs « Jurors Drawn For Second Court Week Jurors were drawn Tuesday for the second week of civil court in Laurens (May 16-21). The two-w^ek session is sched uled to begin Monday, May 9, with Judge Steve C. Griffith of New berry presiding. Second Week Jury Panel D L. Gujjter, Joanna; Andy Hames. Clinton Mill; Richard W. Davis. Cross Hill; Clifton Hughes. Laurens City; Ray W. Bragg, Jo anna; William H. Bell. Jr., Clinton v city; R. H. Ahercrombie, Youngs; J.' W. Wells. W’aterloo;. Callie T. Hill. Watts Mill; Davis Curry. Curry, Woodville; Frank H. Mor gan, Shady Grove; V. L. Finley, Laurens City; James R. Burnette, Joanna; Kenneth S. McCrary. Clin ton City: William R Cauble, Lydia Mill; ' Oscar B. Kinard, Clinton Mill; Robert G. Poore, Joanna; W. C. Nabors. Joanna .Also, John J. Mabry. Brewerton; John R. Noble. Laurens City; Wal ter. E. Byars, Joanna; Robert A. Finkbeinner. Laurens City; James L. Derrick, Joanna, Claude O. Par rish, Lydia Mill; Dave W. Lawson, dinUm Mill; Ray Woods, Dials; Ray Madden. Waterloo; Harley C. Culbertson, Laurens City; J. Har old Martin, Daniels Store; J. P. Hankins, Waterloo; Carl R. Moore. Laurens Mill; James E. Milam. Laurens City; Donald Longshore, Clinton City; James C. Babb, Laur ens City; W. T. Hammonds, Laur ens City; Melvin A. Seay, Clinton, Mill. Baptist Observe Youth, Christian Home Week May 1 To 8 The First Baptist Church is ob serving Youth Week and Christian Home Week May 1-8. under the sponsorship of the Training Union. During this week, the Young Peo- Fred Holcombe of Clinton, and Mrs. pie and Intermediates will bold the l Frances Warner of Joanna. About 30 various places of leadership. The ■ volunteer workers in the county par- church staff officers will be David ticipated in this research program. Beaty as Youth Pastor. Sara Ray as Educational Director. Jimmy Orr Thomwell Students Give Recital May 6 Miss Luva McDonald and Mrs. J. P. Johnston will present their piano and voice pupils in recital Friday evening. May 6. at 8 o'clock in the Thomwell auditorium On May 13, a choral program will be given a*. 8 o’clock This will in clude students from grades one through six as well as a number of high ischool pupils. Thd, public is cordially invited to attend both recitals. June meeting as Organist, and George Belay as Youth Choir Director Sunday. May 1. the Youth Pas tor, David Beaty, received the key to the church on behalf of the young people of the church. The young people had charge of Prayer Meeting last night Other activities will include a trip to the Baptist Assembly Grounds at Lake Green wood today for the Associational Christian Home Rally, and a break fast at the church Sunday morning. May 8. On this Sunday, the young people will have charge of the va rious departments and worship ser vice programs All intermediates and young people are used in some jjlate of leadership this week. Buchanan Named Chairman For County Mental Health Week John Buchanan, of Joanna. Lau rens attorney, has been named Lau rens County chairman of Mental Health Week TV announcement was made by James H- Simpkins, 1960 state chairman Mental Health Week is now underway. May 1-7,1 and will use the slogan. “Operation ‘ Friendship ‘One of V main parts of this year’s campaign is an at tempt to get citizens to visit the State Hospital. Councilman Sloan Out For Reelection James P. Sloan, city councilman from Ward Four, today announces his candidacy far roMartion. He is presently serving his third term. Sloan, a native of CTintoa. is res ident of %. Maple Street ami is di rector of industrial relations far Jo anna Cotton Hdb ber of the councU and was treas urer of the Sunday School for a number of years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Ma rie Koon Brown, of Clinton; one daughter, Mrs. Ralph Hembree, Jr. of Laurens; two grandchildren, one brother, James E. Brown, of New berry; one half-brother. Hamilton H. Folk, of Newberry: and three half-sisters, Mrs. Olin H Lominack, of Pomaria. and Misses Sarah and Lillie Mae Folk, of Newberry. The body is at Gray Funeral Home and will be placed in the church today at 3:30 The family is at the residence on Ferguson Street JOANNA PTA OFFICERS New officers of the Joanna Ele mentary School Parent-Teacher As sociation are Cecil Bishop, presi dent; John Earl Willingham, vice- president; Mrs Dalene Monts, sec- retary; John B Jojinsion. treasurer; byterian College will open on June and Mrs. Jeanette Martin, historian 14. Academic Dean George C Bd- The> will be installed at the Mav lingrath announced tdoay . teth meeting Students will register on this date aid begin classes on June 15 for the TO MAKE HOME IN CALIFORNIA nine-week session which will extend Mr and Mrs. Eddie Paleo and through August 13 children, of Joanna, left Wednes- Dr Bellingrath said PC will .offer day for Los Angeles, Calif , wher* 19 courses in these seven depart- they will make their home Mrs ments during the summer session: Paoleo will be remembered as Miss economics. English, history, mathe- Jean Poag, daughter of Calvin Poag matics. philosophy, psychology, and and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Spanish. L H. Poag of Joanna £ iS. C Athletic Hall 6T Lists Walter A. Johnson PC Summer School lo Open On June 14 The 1960 summer school at Pres w w i ♦ *4 ♦ r AV '9T • 1 jv* ‘Kvx • V V Bill Wilson Takes Driving Crowns Bill Wilson, 16-year-old son of Mr. and the state competition. At left is Ted Pre- Mrs. Lowry Wilson, is shown here in the vatte, president of the Jaycees, and at right center as he was presented a certificate for "is George Whkehead, vice-president, in winning sored by The late Walter A Johnson, long time athletic director at Presbyte rian College, nas been selected as one of the three members of South Carolina's first Athletic Hall of Fame Selection was made by a special "old-timers’ committee of the S. i C. Association of Sportsw riters and approved by virtually the entire group. “Outside” members were Dutch McLean, former Newberry coach. Col. I) S McAllister of The Citadel, and Jake Todd, former Erskine football coach; and four sportsw riters—Red Canup of the Anderson Independent, Jake Pen- land if The Slate. Ed McGrath of the Spartanburg Journal, and War ren Koon of the Charleston Evening Post. The announcement was made Saturday by Bill Rone of The State, chairman of the Hall of Fame’s governing committee The other two men named to the Hall of Fame were David G i Dude) Phillips, football standout from Erskine. and Clemson’s Banks Mc- Fadden. . * Johnson was head football coach at Presbyterian from 1915 until i 1940 He continued as PC’si athletic director until his suddeiyQeath in 1958 \S Under his athletic direction, PC developed a well-rounded sports program PC’s tennis teams are perennially the state's* collegiate champions. It was Johnson who conceived i am! directed the state tifack meet I For years he was director of the Palmetto boys state, a citizenship program held annually for South Carolina High School seniors I ^ . < Joel Cox Chosen On All-Star Team Joel Cox, Clinton High School sen ior, has recently been notified that S he has been chosen to play in the * &orlh-South All Star game in Co- j lumbia on August 5. The-game is * sponsored annually by the Shriners. Joel, a tackle on the North team, plans to go to Columbia a week and j a half before the game. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Joel R Cox Program Be Presented At M. S. Bailey School A spring program of folk imtsic will be presented by pupils at the nning the Safe Driving Road-E-0 spon- the Clinton Jaycees. He will enter charge of the contest. Nine boys participat ed.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. THE LATE W. A. JOHNSON Contrott To Be Let For Signs On New Interstate Highway Sealed bids will be opened in Co lumbia on Tuesday. May 17, for traffic control s;gns on 36 miles of Interstate Route 26 in Laurens and Newberry Counties, the State High way Department has announced. The Interstate Route traffic con trol sign contract includes the fur niching fabrication anil erection of a complete system of traffic signs, including delineators and barn- - cades on the main route, frontage roads and interchanges of .16 198 miles on Interstate RouU- 2ti The contract begins at the intersection of 1-26 ami S C Route 773 in New berry County and extends north westward to the Enorce River above Laurens in Lauren.s County Girls 4-H Club Present Program The gjrls’ 4-H club achievement program ikuil be presented this eve ning (Thursday) at v W7iTTTefr‘YTiiage in the schol gymnasium The program will in lude a display of projects of "the year, a fashion show and tale..: contest The public is invited ' .. •( CHS Jr.-Senior Be Held Friday Night The annual Clinton High School Mercer Silas Bailey Sohool on Tues--Junior-Senior banquet will be held day evening. May 10. 8:00 p. m. Friday evening in the school gym- The public is invited to attend nasium John Holland Hunter was master of ceremonies Following the invocation by the Rev. Hugh D Pollard, pastor of the Joanna Presbyterian Church, and dinner served by the community Woman’s (.Tub. Walter Regnery. general manager of the Joanna plant, welcomed the assembly He expressed .ippreciation tor another year if loyal service and praised the adaptability of Joanna employ ees in producing quality products to meet changing markets through the years He spoke principally of their combed lawn product, which, he said, is now requiring the produc tion of more than 1.100 looms Jo anna has become a leader in this line quality field, he said, having passed older and larger producers : since entering this market a rela tively short time ago The entire 1 production capacity for- this year and part of next year has been sold, he stated. Mr Regnery termed the Old Tim ers as the nucleus of a versatile work force that has overcome many difficulties. New. members inducted into the -TTttr TTTTTWT ( IttlV mflufled J C - " Abrams. R W Bragg. Modene Brazel. Edna Brown, R O Bun- dnek W P. Byars, J M Daven port, H F Gardner. C. A. Madden. D C Madden, Annie Martin. Roosevelt Morgan. T H Murphy. W B Murrah, C. R Oswalt. J F. Reeder. Gillette Rowe. J L Sease. Ruth W Thomas. Funeral Rites For Mrs. A. S. Rumph To Be Held Saturday Mrs Ina Pitts Rumph. of Savan nah, Ga . died Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter. Mrs i Martin Thedford. of Tyler, Tex ( , * after several years of declining health She was a native ot Laurens L’oun ty. a daughter of the late P. Mark and Mattie Copeland Pitts. Surviving are her husband. .Al bert Sidney Rumph, two daughters. Mrs Martin Thedford and Mrs. Charles Bell, both of Tyler. Tex.; a son, John Pitts Rumph. uf Orlando. Fla . 14 grandchildren, a sister. Mrs w C Milam, of Clinton, and nee brothers. R Floyd Pitts, of Joanna, and C I> and L Ray Pitts, both of Clinton. The hotly will arrive in Clinton late Friday afternoon and will he carried to Gray Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conduct ed Saturday at 3 p. m at Broad Street Methodist Church by the Rt J ’ qTanuuu—Burial will be in Sardis Cemetery near Clinton “7 Nephews will be pallbearers. L S Koddeek. William Milam, L. L Copeland, Jr . and Jack. Mark and VV K. Pitts. Jr. The family will be at the home of her sister. Mrs *A C Milam. 403 N Adair St 1 fi Councilman Layton To Seek Post Again Harry C Layton, city council man from Ward Three, today an- nodnees Jus candidacy for reelec lion. LayTotTr serving his third term tx.^ connected with The Chronicle. Pub lishing Co Pope To Speak On Wednesday evening, May ,.4, at 7:30 Thomas H Pope of Newber ry. will speak at the First Baptist I Church, Joanite, on the subject of “Making Wills.’’ The session is heki in coonhuation with Christian Home Week emphasis in the church :