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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
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Clawie Aber
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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:
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„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 \