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t f \ I —i 7 ®hp (EUnton Vol. 61 — No. 29 / Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 21, 1960 ^ <v jk* . : ■Mf w . t ■ %gm • '*7<Svj<<AJr / T r. Finishing Touches Being Put on New Four-Lane Clinton-Greenville Highway 276 The finishing touches—including the erection of di rectional markers—are being applied prior tp the offi cial opening of Highway 276 (Clinton to Greenville). Travelers have been using the highway in a limited way for some time. The road may be entered from either Highway 308 (Clinton-Ora) or Highway 56 (Clinton- Spartan burg). The photo at left shows the entry point on Highway 308 three miles north of Clinton just after crossing the 308 bridge. TTie signs, just erected, direct travelers into one leg of the cloverleaf design leading to entry of the new four-lane highway. The middle photo, taken from the bridge, shows the two divided sections, the one at right being the route to Greenville, while at left is the Greenville to Clinton route Also shown at left is the exit point for traffic to Clinton. The photo at right shows the 276 bridge crossing the new Interstate 26 from Charleston to the Spartanburg f area. Surfacing work is underw ay in the distance on In terstate 26 Travelers from Greenville will leave Highway 276 in this area to continue on to Columbia and Charleston via Interstate'26 when it is completed.—Photos by Dan Yar- l»orough.' Claude Campbell Is Fatally Shot In Dials Community Young Men Admit Clinton PC Cadets Attend Break-Ins Past Six Months Camp At Denning of break-ms and . rob-1 entering the places dunng the past of nine Clinton business •** month* Twenty-three Presbyterian Col ege cadets are attending the 1960 Dr. Miller Will Speak Gray CWt—A La ureas County man was killed from ambush with a single Mast from a dMrtgun Fn day morning as be wem to a well tor a drink of water Sheriff C W Wter reported Claude Campbell. C of the Dials lard community near here, was rwt places and schools has been chared u,> by the admissions of two young Cluitoa men held to Ihe Spartan burg County |ad Clinton Chief of Police B B Bal- ■taied that Arthur (Junior) and Glenn Madden, both by the m » years of after questioning The two men. together with Wade Nelson. Jr. I* are in the Spartan burg jail charged with an attempt to rob the safe of Belk s Depart merit Store in Woodruff and the theft of two watches and f7 25 in cash Chief Ballard said the two men admitted entering Hubert J Pitts' store Todd Grocery Registration For Blue Birds And Camp Fire Girls Be Held Saturday Registration for all Lydia Mill Blue Birds and Camp Fire girls for KOTC summer camp at Fort Ben- the 1960-61 session will be held on At Fellowship On ning. Ga Saturday. July 23. at the Lydia - A _ ^ t . Li CM W W. Barnett, professor Community Building brtween the JUndoy Night »f military science at PC. said the hours of 9 a. m 12 noon Laurens i Special •—Dr P D Mil .roup is entering its final week of R is important that each girl who l«r of Atlanta, executive secretary .he six-week training period sched ls interested in either organization ‘-be Board of Church Extension, uled to close on July 29 register at the designated time be- Presbyterian Church US will be the All except two of these cadets cause there will not be another day fourth speaker Sunday night for Re- Clinton, Lydia Plan Sewer Additions TV Clawie Aber a. of •• Clinton In Second £ Place In league Play ... TV C pants af ““ mcsftl jad if at hi wife. Mane, to the parch of the b away. Sheriff Wwr Mrs Abercromi from • M caliber piste wdferrd an June « la a quarrel with her husband badly hurt, the sherd! van Following the slaying at) ^ __ ^ £ 0 Moose have completed their junior year at %rt aside for this purpose A reg hy < Union officers had' admtfted | Lotfce rooms. Hill's Cafe. (several l>re * 4>yter,an and ** U rrturn ,or th * “tration fee will be charged times). Rice s Curt Market M S ,tnal *«•“" “ September The ex Bailey School. Clinton High School w *»«am W Francis, and Hampton Avenue School Charleston, and Matthew M They were out on bond m Laurens *?*«**• ^ County at the time of the Woodruff 'T"** '*'* TrT '» robtorv Ba.lard said June and m-ed only the summer . I camp credit to receive comoussions (hnum ^hce Vve no charge. ^ ^ against Nelson. Ballard asid The othar 21 Pi eartou *«ng The three men. all from C baton their training paces at Sort _ t ^ «“«■'“« (he store at Wood arv Waitrr P ^ j r Draper, at the start of ruff through the roof had roilod the jnd c McDoug.iw j r Comedy And Musical Skits To Feature Program On July 29 An evening of fun and laughter including three comedy skRs will be presented at Mercer Silas Bailey Cavaliers are occu 1 place m the stand the eastern Carolina League being two and a half game* behind * the Mode sse | 10 lhe b * ck ( * oor P rf P* rator y (o | both of Anderson. Paul O. And. Jr , | School Friday. July 29. at 8 oo p rds Ck^oo unproved Ms position last ‘ nto a car * rhen d *^ ov and Patrick D Malone both of At week by wiaaing 2 games, down ered by **• c# £ lanta Harry G. McDonnold and lyTa *Z^ '** t nd KoWrr SSLTw^ HrXM ‘ K V't*™**- ^ oi Ashe la two They narrowed the manm | Madden *«■" «P la «" •( ■ vlUe s c Wl fl iam p Betchman house near Woodruff ^ Joh| , * Glbwn ^ « Sllrn Addition a I warrants will be issued * u ”'“ i h * ri -»oi County. Chief Ballard said, ot be* from five and one-half games was not Clinton will be at Riverdalr • Eaorrr) for Saturday nights wit 11 38 game, while Carlisle will be at Buf to falo. and Draper at Kohler, of Gray The standing* coming into week m This program is sponsored by the Woman's Club and proceeds w ill go to Camp Fire projects "Romeo and Juliet and Their Papas.” an improvement on ligious Emphasis Month being ub served by South Carolina Presby tery Like the other* in the senes, the service will be held at Camp Fllowship on Lake Greenwood Dr Miller is a native of Franklin County. Ga He was educated a: the University of Georgia Davidson College and Union Theological Sem College and Union Theological Sem tnary He has held pastorates at Raleigh. N C . San Antonio. Texas, and Atlanta He will >peak on evan gelism Joanna Missionary Society To Hear Speakers, See Slides The general meeting of the Wom- \Cembers of the Clinton City i ouqciI and official* of Lydia Cot ton Mill* Monday night heard a re port and proposals relative to en larging the city's and the mill -> sewage treatment plants southwestern section of the city Both plant- empty in the -ame stream at almost the same point and the pro|H>*ed addition- would a joint venture of the city and the mill corporation to relieve un pleasant odors and other undesir able conditions The report and proposal* came this PMice Chief Earl Knight Court According to the sheriff. Aber Team W L admitted firing at-and Draper IT , 4 Campbell six weeks ago cimton .15 7 Mrs. Abercrombie was also Carlisle 13 8 hom< ‘ lw * "“fc* Riverdale 9 12 west* Gray Court Buff , lo g u Fnday. slamg recurred at the KohW 2 19 same house where Mrs Abercrom b»e is Mrlag with a daughter. Mrs Frank Campbell, daughter-in-law of crombie had been free on 8500 bond. I Ga ; Sred D. Clark, of Laurens: MT'rt .Hf Ulr 'XtKt* in^ m [ Thamm A ColUu. <J e.t't.M -, „n,,n, o(in S,»r.a»bMr, RlchJrd £ FauU[n . r ^ N. C.; Otto WT. County FHA Girls Attend Mountain Camp the slain man ukbercrombie had not lived there -race the June incident, the sher iff said Campbell * killer fired the fatal charge from 27 yards away from behind the corner of a barn, the sheriff said * When Mrs Abercrombie came to the porch of the house 75 yards from the barn and beyond the well, pellets which pelted her face and she was hit by a charge of shotgun knee Up until Friday's events. Aber charged wtto asault and battery with intent to kill after his wife was wounded in the leg on June 4. The sheriff said domestic troubles had prompted that incident. The sheriff said Abercrombie had made no written statements explain ing his verbally-admitted actions Fnday. But the sheriff said Abercrombie admitted he had been watching the house for “two or three days." Although he did not live at the house, it was understood that he rented it to his son-in-lavr. Ferrene, Jr., of Maxton. N. C.; Wayne E. Godfrey, of Fort Mill, Carlisle P Griffin. Jr , of Montgomery. Ala.; Herbert V. Hammett. Jr. of Hogansville. Ga ; FHA members attending moun Robert N Jeanes of Eas , ey . ||ar . tain camp t* week of July 5 were |on B Lee. of Hemingway; Thomas en Jitewari, Sheba Owens. Claudia c . Middleton, of Jefferson. James Brittain. Jimnr- Gw, J~. De- G Monroe * Utu , and ^ R ^oni inti. ,i.r, D ana '^‘Ckham. Perrdl of Waxhaw N c Haze! Par-ons. Bennie Williams. WillatieJe V.illiams. Jane Hartley and Geraldine Potts. The bus driver was James Willard. The Home Eco nomics teacher is Mrs. Roily Ban nister. who was also assistant <6 rector The group stopped at Clemson for ^ community Chest of Greater lunch The group was the first to CIinton has madt , the thjrd er arrive and register at the FH-A t0 partlc , palin> , agenci mountain camp at Mountain Rest according to L N w fwance The campus -as a very »mpressv« chairman and immrtliate past pres- one with an abundance of wMd |dent K K flowers, the dining room in the cen ter and the cabins surrounding it ^ participating agencies are There was also a recreation shed P u *^ ^ rst °I eac b quarter. The where the group coukl play many|^ u l> payments brought the total sports P a *d to the agencies to $14.022 03 During the week the girls took on tl 14 ’ qu*>ta of $19,989.53 turns preparing meals, deeping the The following agencies were in cabin and helping with! yard work.; eluded ip the 1959 campaign: Laur- but there was little time for work ens County Unit. American Cancer and more time for play. Breakfast) was cooked out on buddy burners one- morning. There were morning watches, flag raisings, nature study Shakespeare, features Romeo in an’s Missionary Society of the First love with Juliet (Delores Brook-. Baptist Church. Joanna, will be shire), and Juliet in love with held Tuesday. July 26. in the Young Romeo (Bud Tumblini "After the People's department Ball, an excerpt from the life of Miss Eugenia Byar*. who repce- i Cinderella, will be presented in two sented the Joanna Foundation at acts Blues," or "He Girls' State, will speak, as will Mar- Broke A L«g to Get Here," features vin Sanders who attended clas-es Lawis Wallenzine as patient The a t Clemson College for two weeks musical skit will be by Camp Fire during the summer session and Horizon Slides of Korea will be shown for •ba -wJ* a< fo [msjon I®* w iU be ^e missionary emphasis The slides 1 D , . J WJ .. were made by Marine Major Henrv Mrs Eva B Land and Miss Mary after a study conducted by Harwood Beebe Co . engineers of Spartan burg at the request of the city and the mill Two plan* were presented by the engineers to relieve :he situation *he t M> th of whieh will eost approximate ly the same (Man 1. which includes j eonven t.onal plant with it* normal equip ment would cost $106,456 I'lan 11 includes a certain amount ot new equipment and construction piu* the use of a nine-acre lagoon, which would coat $91 700 The ad dilionai land required, however, would bring the cost nearer to that of Plan I The engineer* recommended that Plan II be adopted, chiefly because Mis* Norma E Hallett. member ,,f l*** operational cost of the Whitten Village staff, left A conventional plant, they pointed Sunday from the International Air- out. requires daily operational pro port. New York City, with a group cedures plus electric power for op- of members of the American A*so (-ration of machinery and equip nation for Study of Mental Defic- ment. Those features would be u-ncy to attend the London Confer eliminated in lagoon treatment ence on the Scientfic Aspects of i The engineers also recommended 5Cental Deficiency during the week that the city apply to the U S. Pub id July 25 The group will visit rest |, c Health Service for a federal dential places m and near Laindon grant amounting to 30 p**r cent of Following the meeting there will be| th , t08t ^ thv unproverm-nt Miss Hallett At London Conference a short tour on the continent WINS SCHOLARSHIP i Cunruragham are directors Payments of Community Chest Reach $14,022 (Bucki Finney, formerly of Joanna Major Finney served for 11 months in Korea until cessation of active hostilities He served one year under the peacetime rotation Ma jor Finney was active in Marine Corp program for helping Korean children Under the proposal, it was deter mined that the city's share in the Sally Gkna. daughter of Mr and | , h ru « rjr " 5 ‘ 1 k p * r ^ nt °< Mr* David Glenn, has been award ed a $300 Reynolds Corporation scholarship to Kmg College in Bris tol. Tenn Miss Glenn a!tended last year on a scholarship from the school and for her sophomore year will have in addition to the Reynolds one. one from the school for $200 COLEMAN REUNION The Coleman reunion will be held Sunday. July 24. at Camp Fellow ship on Lake Greenwood Relatives and friends are invited to come and are asked to bring picnic baskets with sweetened tea slides, and hikes. There was a stunt flight, a hobo hop. and a hobo hike to the top of Long Mountain While there the group had an oppor- tunity to go swimming two hours Umversuty of North Carolina Society. $2,700; Laurens County Chapter American Red Cross. $3 - 663. Blue Ridge Council Boy Scouts. $2,850; Clinton Council of Camp Fire Girls. $3,500; Laurens County Chap ter, Crippled Children's Society. $2,-| 000: Local Relief and Administra tion, $3,120; United Health and Medical Research Foundation. S. C , $200. Garolinas United Community Services, which includes Fairview Center.. $1,581.53; the Salvation Army. $375. Whether or not the full quota is paid to each agency the first of | October, will depend on the amount I hree rrom Clinton Of pledges paid the remainder of At Bankers Conference lhe yt ™ Tht ‘ 1959 campaign total Three members of the personnel $ f ) ' 3 | 19 ’ *’ lth *1° 272 th *' of local banks attended the Caro- an ' 0lln, pledged 1 ledges are » ,aid linas Bankers conference the cost, and that of the mill 42.9 per cent, based upon extent of use The report with its proposals and recommendations are being studied by officials of the city ind the mill A visit probably will be made to at least one nearby city (Easley t which uses the lagoon type of treat ment S. C. Council Of Farmer Cooperatives Sets Laurens Meet A meeting in Laurens is one of four scheduled during Julv by the South (’aroiino V-ounciTof Coopera tives According to R I) Steer, sec retary the Laurens session is -et for July 29 •fbrtrrr' afp Columbia. July 26. ^ Mullins July 27 Barnwell. July :.’s Frank Barton d r ctar of infor mation .Farm Credit Banks of Co lumbia. will Ik- the -peaker at the meetings Cimton Church Gets New Pastor Holding Trophies are Joe Spillers. J. B. Vanderford. and Sam Owens BATTERY b'wINS CHAMPIONSHIPS Battery B. 1st AW Ba. Clinton National Guard, won (he softball and volleyball championships at Fort Stewart. Ga.. while attending summer encampment the latter part of June. Members of the softball team were: Wayne Templeton, catcher; Herman Jackson, first base; Harold Frick, second; Joe Spillers. #hortstop; Darrel Johnson, third base; Charley Foster, left Held; J. B. Vanderford. renter; Charles Harter and Lanier Johnson, right; Sam Owens, pitcher; utility: Bobby Meadors. Bradshaw Bagwell, Eddie McGee. The volleyball team was composed of (be same men. This was the see end year to inrreMtoa that Battery B won both in the morning and two hours in the afternoon at Oconee State Park or work with crafs. On Sunday the group attended a or work with crafts On Sunday night members of the group received nature study cer tificates. Little River-Dominick Services To End Friday el Hill, July 11 through the 15 The at th tnon,hl >- quarterly, and as designat ina Chap 6; ^ by the plt ‘ d ^ t r A11 Pilfers an ’ ' ^ liskcrl In m.-ikt* a enm-ial affitrt t. are asked to make a special effort to meet their pledge obligations, so in full tho fourth quarterly -payments clinic, which is sponsored .-i • » " ,» XI j Vr that the-1 best may be able to pay »ar hv thi» Wirth anrl stnntH ^ 1 — Revival services which began Sun- jnd ^ n f ral conference groups, re day at Little River-Dominick Pres- 5 ‘l x,t " Vl ‘> byterian Church with a homecom ing program, will close with the services tonight (Thursday) and Friday night at 7:30 The Rev. Edsel M. Huffstetler, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Elerbe. N. C., is the visiting min ister. He is a graduate of Presbyte- cal Seminary. The public is invited to attend the rian College an dColumbia Theologi- services. Rev. Lawton Daugherty is pastor of the church each year by the North and South Carolina Bankers Association, con sists of lectures, conterences and r* -i ».i • c management classes UQlley Named bCOUt Miss Katherine Dicus of the Bank Executive In Genrnin ,>f Clinton was enrolled in lhe sen- Nell E Itail „ of [)ub ^ n Ga era! bankers eonference class ben- „ as th< . Tt i n"? an i S 0 *”! B :>' an Ins parents. Hr ami Mr. 1. 1- of M S Badey ud Son. Bankers |(ail v „„ r „.e„,| v Iwinu ^ dis . were enroUmi m the management, , nct ^ C xec U ii,e bv the Central Georgia Council for the Pine Forest District which milude Laurens, j Twiggs. Johnson. Treutlen, Dodge J Registration Board Session August 1-13 The Laurens County Registration Board will be in session the first two weeks .in August to register voters, at the Court House in Lau rens • ( The board will "be in session from 9:00 to 12:00 a m.; 1:00 to 5:00 p. m si* days a week. August 1 through the I3Ui, officials have stat ed Wheeler, Montgomery and Telfair counties in Georgia. The newly named executive Scout is an Eagle Scout and was formerly an adviser in this city. He grad uated from the National Training School for Professional Scout Lead ers at Mendham. N. J , June 16. Dailey attendtgF the University of Tennessee and served six months with the U. S Air Force He will live in Dublin Clinton Scouts At National Jamboree Two Clinton Scout*. Bill* Chisholm (left) and Gt-orgt* Grant. Jr., (in photo above) left Vaturdav morning along with 78 other Stouts from the Hhie Ridge Count il enrwuU- to Colorado Springs, Colorado. They are attending the fifrh National Jamboree where -scouts from the 50 states and 56 foreign countries will be encamped Billy, a Life Scout. L* Hu stto of Mr and Mrs. W. tj Chisholm ol Jacobs Highway^ He is a member of Explorer Post Ml. sponsored b> the Clinton Lions (Tnb and Clinton I ydta Cotton Mills. George, also a Life Scout, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Grant. 304 E. Florida Street He is a member of Troop 171. sponsored by Broad Street Methodist Chun h. The boys will return to Greenville Moodav. August I Jere Ratcliffe b Scoftt Field ExrcwCive for the Laurens-Newherev Distrk-t.—Photo hv Dan Yi Rev Fred James is the new pas tor of the Church of God of Proph ecy. He w.i' given the local assign iix-iit at the clo.-mg session of the s! .1 meeting of the church group h<!-! i, st Wbs-k at Batesburg NKW RESIDENTS John o Wilson, formerly of Mount \irv N C president of the Laurens County Memory Gardens, Inc . has located in Clinton Mr. anu Mrs Wilson jik! their three children, Margaret, 3. Janet. 1*2, and Johnny. 2 months, are re siding at 501 Hickory St They are Episcopalians New Subscribers MRS HORACE ROBINSON MRS CHARLIE JAPART Clinton V2C FURMAN L UCAMS. San Francisco. Calif MRS JACK WHITE MRS M AJOR CRAWFORD. Lydia PVT EARL T RUSHTON Columbia MRS BILLY NABORS RE\ J HERBERT THOMAS Joanna \