The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 14, 1960, Image 2
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
ThurmUy. July It. 1960
Personal Mention
Mrs Ethel R Ptits *P*nt the
week-end in Rock HtU with her
daughter, Mrs. C. Wayne Jarvis,
Mr Jarvis and family She was ac
companied by her brother, \ivien
Russell of Newberry
Mr and Mrs G A Black, Mrs
J V Edwards and Mjs S C. Dun
lap have returned from a several
days visit with the former's daugh
ter. Mrs Mary Lawter in Macon,
C,a While away they also visited
the Ida Cason Callaway Gardens
and Warm Springs, Ga.
AT GRAND CHAPTER
Attending the Eastern Star Grand
Chapter at Clemson recently were
Mrs James F. Ellison, worthy ma
tron of the James B. Parrott Chap
ter. Mrs Clyde Trammell. Mrs.
Joe Campbell and Mrs. William
Davis.
Friends of Marjorie Arnold,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B
.Arnold, will be interested to know
she is recuperating at the home of
tier aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs.
1* W Rawl in Williamsburg. Va.,
following an appendectomy at the
hospital there on Wednesday of the
past week
Friends of Mrs. L. J Brandt and*
daughters, Martha and Susan, form
erly of Ashboro. X. C., will be in-
tore t d to know they are moving
to Creenwood. 'They have been
visiting Mrs Brandt's parents. Dr
and Mrs B 0 Whitten here and
at their lakeside cottage on Lake
Greenwood.
Susai/ and Carol King and Brenda
Baldwin are spending two week*
with the formers gran<fc>arents.
Mr and Mrs P E King in Mont
gomery, Ala. Mr and Mrs C E
King accompanied them to Mont
gomery.
Mr. and Mrs Tom Addison and
Miss Murray Addison left yesterday
for Ponte Vedre, Fla , where they
will be guests of Mr. and Mrs Ray
Retlerer of Atlanta for a weeks stay
there. Little Tommy Addison is
visiting his grandmother. Mrs H.
H Harris in Columbia *
Mr and Mrs. J. P. McMillan of
Lakeland, Fla., were accompanied
here early in the week by little
Johnny Finney of Myrtle Beach.
They have been spending a few
days with relatives in Greenville
and will come today to the home of
Mr. McMillan's sister, Mrs. John
W. Finney, Sr., to be here until Sat
urday when they will return to
Lakeland.
Mrs. George Taylor, Mrs. W. C.
Baldwin, Mrs. Frank Miller, Mrs.
J H. Slone. .Miss Ruth Bailey and
Miss Frances O’Daniel have return
ed from a few days stay at Banner
Elk. North Carolina and visiting
places of interest in the vicinity.
Pvt. Kenneth Mann who has re
cently completed his boot training
in the Marines at Parris Island
has gone to Memphis. Tenn , after
spending a leave with his mother.
Mrs. Durward Murdock and Mr
M urdock
Jane McSween, of Greenville,
spent several days here with Miss-
es Nancy and Charlotte Owens at
’ the ' home of their grandmother,
Jrtrs William Bailey Owens and al
so with her grandparents. Dr and
Mrs John McSween Later in the
week she accompanied her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill McSween. to
Garden City Beach for a vacation
stay
Mr and Mrs. John William King
and children. Betsy and Lucy, of
Summerville. Ga.. are visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. F. Jacobs.
Betsy was the guest several days
this week of Ruth Harris in Abbe
ville. Mr. and Mrs. King were also
dinner guests Saturday evening of
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Harris in Ab- J
beville
AT LAKE LANIER
Mrs. R. L. Lockett of Daytona,
Beach, Fla, and Mrs. Fhirman
Evans of Anderson have been visit
ing their niece, Mrs. Julian Cole
man They left Tuesday for a stay
at the Coleman cottage at Lake
Lanier.
Among Clinton residents attend
ing the South Carolina Beauty
Pageant in Greenville the past week
were Mr and Mrs George White-
head, Mr. and Mrs Lewis Thomp
son. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Prevatte,
Davis V. Pitts, Charles Ray, Mrs.
V P Ad$ir, Miss Vivian Parks
Adair. Mrs. J K. Haselden, Lois
Marie Haselden, Mr. and Mrs Joe
H Bonds and Mrs. Ethel R. Pitts.
Mrs. Everett Carson of Gastonia,
N. C.. is spending a few days with
her sister. Mrs John Roseboro and
i Mr Roseboro
COLLEGE SOMEDAY, PERHAPS?
Depends upon you, doesn't
it, and what you decide a*
bout saving some money?
7(/e Can Re cMelpjal!
M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Webb, 90,
This Afternoon
Mrs. Sara Elizabeth (Betty)
Webb, 90, widow of the late J. Al
bert Webb died yesterday morning
at 9 o'clock at Hays hospital after
several years of declining health
and a critical illness of three weeks.
She was a native of Henderson,
N. C., but had made her home in
Clinton for 40 years. She was a
daughter of the late Joseph and
Catherine Rush Bishop. She Was a
member of the Bailey Memorial
Methodist Church. Her husband, J.
Albert Webb, died in 1917.
She is survived by three daugh
ters and three sons: Mrs. J. W.
Fort of Shreveport, La.; Mrs. Boyd
Norris of Greenville; Mrs. Grover
Sanders. Clinton; George W. Webb,
Simpsonville; Marvin Webb, Green
ville; Virgil Webb, of this city; 11
grandchildren and 13 great-grand
children; three brothers and three
sisters; Mrs. Frank Taylor, West
Asheville, N. C., William Har
vey, Mrs. Noah Graham of Forest
City, N C.; James Bishop, West
Asheville, N. C.; Harvey Bishop
and Branch Bishop of Arden, N. C.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon (Thursday) at 5
o’clock at the Bailey Memorial Me
thodist Church. Services will be in
charge of the Rev. B A. Wesley
and Rev. William M. Page. Inter
ment will be in the Presbyterian
Cemetery at Gray Court.
Grandsons will be pallbearers
Honorary pallbearers will be Roy
HoltzoUw, Rev. I. H. Webb, Dr.
James L. Walker, Dr. James Mac
Donald, Evens Lever, E. P. Taylor
Ray Cauble, Troy Bentley, Leo
HeatMey, Frank Lyda, Leroy Bur
den, George Davia, Neuffier Cres-
well. George Price, Marcell Barker.
Claude Crocker, Joel McCall
The body will remain at Gray
Funeral Home until four o'clock at
which time it will be placed at the
church for services. The family is
at 40t; Sloan Street
Telephones Converted
February 5, 1961
Southern Beil is now in the pro
cess of converting, section by sec
tion. all telephones throughout Clin
ton to the dial type, according to
T M Youngblood. Jr., Manager for
the Company in this area
He stated that this is one of the
many steps required in preparing
for the coming dul conversion
Mr Youngblood said that al
though dial instruments will be in
all homes and business offices well
in advance of the actual Conver
sion. the telephone should continue
to be used in the same manner as
the present manual telephone He
pointed out that any manipulation
nf the dial might impair service
The actual cutover will take place
on February 3. 19B]
New Subscribers
Mrs J O. Chitwood.
Laurens
Mn. Perl Jacks,
Mrs Rolfe Clark.
E A Whitsel.
Joanna
Robert Farrar
('hnton
Homecoming Sundoy At
Little River-DominickT
Presbyterian Church
The Little River-Dominick Pres
byterian Church will have home
coming Sunday, July 17, at the 11
o’clock worship hour, marking the
congregation's 198th year of ser
vice to Christ and community.
Beginning a series of services
Sunday will be the Rev. Edsel M.
Hufstetler, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of Elerbe, N. C.
Services will be held each evening
at 7:30 through .Friday, July 22.
Rev. Hufstetler is a graduate of
Presbyterian College and Colum
bia Theological Seminary; Decatur,
Ga. He is the former pastor of the
St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church of
Chester.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services. Rev. Lawton
Daugherty is pastor of the church.
"Tee Time"
In the Pro-Am Tournament last
Wednesday nine teams played. The
team of Pro Harold Kneer, Jim An
derson. Joe Jelks and H. W. White-
side was the winner with a best ball
score 61 In second place was Pro
Jim Riggins. Bob Byars, Homer
Prince and B \V. Simmons with a
62. Pro Earl Tinsley. Larry Seward,
Joe Edge and Richard Compton,
! thira with a 63,
The most talked about score was
Homer Prince's 70. He played a
, superb round of golf under the
i windy conditions and local ground
rules. Kneece was next with a 72,
then Dillard Traynham with a 73.
The July 4th event was well at
tended Following were winners:
Boys under 12:
Swimming race—Dick Ferguson,
I 1st; Jim Adair, second
Diving—Jack Fergerson.
Boys over 12:
Swimming race—Tommy Bright-
well.
Diving — Davis Sexton and Jim
Adair
Holding breath longest—Margue
rite McCarson
Girls:
Swimming race—Marguerite Mc-
Caraon.
Diving—Leslie Cook
Finding most monev from bottom
of pool—Larry Seward
18-Year-Old Girl
Drowns In County
Laurens — Mable Lindsey 18, of
the Reid School community of
Greenville County drowned in Reedy
River southwest of here Saturday
about 4:30 p m. after slipping from
an embankment into the rain swol
len stream
The gui went to the nver to fish
with an uncle, J W Henderson of
Rt. 1, Waterloo, and her L2-year-old
brother. Robert A. Henderson,
whom she had been visiting Robert
is an adopted son of the Hendersons
Mr Henderson. 85. told Deputy
George Blackwell that the girl slip
ped on a steep bank and fell into the
nver about 10 minutes after they
arrived and started fishing Mr
Henderson said he went mto the
swift water and attempted ta pull
his niece to safety but “she was
,highly excited and fought me ”
The fatal accident occurred at the
old Burton Bridge place, less than a
mile from the Henderson home.
Deputy Blackwell said the river was
several feet above normal level and
“quite swift" at the point where the
girl drowned.
Mr. Henderson said he struggled
to bring the girl to the bank uhtil
he became exhausted, pulled him
self from the river by grasping a
tree limb and called for help. Mean
while, Robert had run to the road
and flagged a woman motorist, who
in turn stopped three men.
The men, Burley Medlin of Ware
Shoals and Dewey Campbell and
Woodrow Oxner of Waterloo, went
into the stream and found the girl’s
body about 20 feet below jhe point
she had fallen in. Efforts to revive
her failed.
Dr. F. C. McLean of Ware Shoals
came to the scene and examined the
body before it was removed by am
bulance.
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