Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I (Elinlon (Ehrmtirlf ^ * - Vol. 61 — No. 31 Clinton, S. C, Thursdoy, August 4, 1960 Explorers on Three-Day River Trip Fourteen members of Clinton’s Explorer Enoree and Broad Rivers. They returned Post 60 get ready to leave Monday after- Wednesday afternoon.—Photo by Dan \ar- noon on a three-day boat trip down the ’ borough. Clinton Boys on 40-Mile Jaunt Down Two Rivers Fourteen members of Clinton’s Kupiorer Pom 60 early this week tried their hand at navigation on a three-day river trip Traveling in six flat-bottom boats they journeyed down the Enoree and Broad Rivers fiom near Clinton to Strother, a distance of about 40 miles Taking off on the Enoree at Jones Bridge, about 10 miles from Clinton, at one o'clock Monday af ternoon. they expected to complete the trip at 4 o'clock yestenlay (Wednesday) afternoon The boys earned rations for the three days and camped out on the river bank Monday and Tuesday nights Making the tnp ware: George Beaty, Hap McSween. Mike Red- deck, Charles Cooper. Scooter Hol combe. Johnny Glover. Johnny Johnson. Jimmy McKee. Bill Nel son. Nathan Gthdrap. Butch McEI- veen Carroll Copeland. Billy Tram mell, and Billy Shields %hry were accompanied by EUis Huffstrtler. Don Creighton, and Bobby Womack Creighton left the party at Whit mire, on the Enoree. being relieved by that point Tuesday at noon and brought cold drinks Each boat was manned by two or three boys and carried gear and supplies and a five-gallon can of water Power was furnished by good strong muscles and paddles A Clinton Mills truck met the parly at the end of their journey at Strother on the Broad River and returned the boats, which were loaned by Skipper's Lodge on Lake Greenwood The boys were brought back by local can Explorer Post 00 includes 1» boys m its membership, and is sponsor ed by Clm^n-Lydia Mills and the Clinton Lions Club D O Freeman Is adviser of the group with Claude GUstrap. Don Creighton and Bobby Womack, associate advisers Each explorer post is required to engage in two "super activities " each year, which must he of three days or more da rat ion Miss Farr Dies In Atlanta Sunday, Services Here Tuesday Graveside services were conduct ed Tuesday at noon at the First Presbyterian Church cemetery for Miss Sarah Lois Farr, who passed away Sunday at her home in Atlan ta, Ga.. following several yean of declining health Dr William Redd Turner conducted the services Misj) Farr is survived by ear sis ter. Miss Belle Farr, of Atlaaia Ga.. two brothers W B Farr, of Greensboro. N. C., apd Robert H Farr, of Charlotte. N C for the fuasral : Mr and Mrs W B Farr. Mr Mn Wilium Beatty Farr aad daughters Thomas Farr. «f Gretas boro. N C.; Robert H Farr. Mr aad Mrs Charles G Horne. O aad Dons Horne. Mr aad Mn Bill Black and children Mr sstd Mn Rosser Farr and soa Bobby al «f Chariatte. N C > and a ausabar «f from Atlanta Ga Dr. Jones To Speak Dr Sam Jones of Greenville, edi tor of the Bapu%t Courier, will be the guest minuter for the Sunday morning worship service at the First Baptist Church The evening service will be in charge of the Brotherhood with the preeideat, Robert Jehaoou mg Four CavaKen To See Service In EC All-Star Game Borbccuc Sept 5 Joanna Mills to Resume Labor Day Observance Clinton Physicians Pass State Exams Two recent medical school gradu- r ates from Clinton were included in the the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners as having passed the board examinations and licensed to practice in the state They were: Charles W. Johnson, Jr , who will intern at City Hospital in Boston. Mrs Johnson, also a recent gradu ate included in the list, will also intern at Boston. Lt. Frank C. Young is in the ser vice and is at Brooke Army Hos pital in San Antonio, Texas Included in the list as being from Clinton is Louis M. Stephens, who married the former Miss Lillian Dillard. He will intern at a hospital in Macon. Ga. Ail are graduates of the Medical College of South Carolina at Char leston. PC’s Supporting Synods Increase Amount For 1961 Presbyterian College’! two *up- iwrtiiig synods have increased their budgeted annual support of the col- | egt by a total of $29,000 for 19S1. President Marshall W Brown has .mnounced Action came at the I960 stated meetings of the Synod* of South ' arolina and Georgia Siwiti) Carolina Presbyterians hik ed their allotment for PC by $23. »)b—from the present $90 000 to S' 13.000 for the next calendar year la addiuoa 111 000 if provided as 1 the Synod's share for joint operation af the vocational guidance center The Synod of Georgia then vt 000 lo Ms PC budget by tarreas- iag the amount from $33 non to $3$ ■m for iaai All five Presbyterian College tnss rselsrtf were by the South Carolina Synod J F McLeod C Dr Vaure Mmoly and Dr ti if C Geoonvilie respect i«rty Gifford shaw. Sumter aunufacTui er aad Frani Batkins Seaboard President To Tell Of Merger At Greenwood Meet Greenwood —« John W Smith, president of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, will speak at a joint session of all the service clubs of Greenwood and the Green wood Chamber of Commerce on August 11 .Mr Smith will discuss the pro- .^ed merger of the Seaboard Line with the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road and how the merger will affect Activity at the Lions Club Polio Clinic Mrs. L. T. Lawson, cotinty health nurse, is administering a shot of vaccine to Harry Bauknight at the Lions Club polio clinic on the square Saturday. Standing by are two youngsters ready to get their shots, and en tering the door are Mrs. I’at Nabors with her young daughter Lions Club members Held On Saturday assisting are Renrbert Truluck. Don Creigh ton, D. O. Freeman, and Fred E. Holcombe Mrs. Holcombe is posting records. 377 .hots of Salk vaccine were given to area residents at the clinic Saturday, which was the last of four such events arranged by the local club. —Photo bv Dan Yarborough. JOHN W. SMITH this area TV proposed merger will < be voted on by the boards of direr tor* of both com pa me* on August IS The merger is expected to be ap proved and appbratMU ka« been filed with the laterV.ate Com 377 Get Polio Shots at Clinton Clinic Three hundred PC'* Presidenf Brown To Be Commencement Speaker At University held Krnard Littleton. Euel Boland. Melvin Bailey and Jimmy Braswell have been selected to represent the Clinton Cavaliers in an Eastern Carolina League all-star UH Friday iu|ht, August 12. at Union County Memorial Stadium in Union. Cava lier skipper Truman Owens will also be on hand to assist Ralph Woodward, manager of the all-star club. The forthcoming contest will be the second game played this year between the league-laeding team, Draper, and the cream of the crop of the remaining clubs of the East ern Carolina League. The first game, played on July 1, resulted In a serious brain injury for Bill Blan ton, Draper pitcher, and all pro ceeds of the August 12 event will be given to this well-liked hurler who is still hospitalized. Blanton was injured while at tempting to score from second on a base hit by teammate Bobby Coth ran. He had just started to slide into home plate when the throw from left field hit him behind the left ear. The blow momentarily ren dered Blanton unconscious. He was helped to the dugout where a Union physician examined him. The doc tor suggested a thorough examina tion for the Draper player as soon as possible. Sunday morning, July 3, Blanton was admitted to the Spartanburg General hospital for tests. It was then discovered that he was suffering from a severe con cussion and a serious brain dam age. He is currently confined to the hospital in Spartanburg, im proving as well as can be expect ed. Littleton, Cavalier shortstop, was also injured in the first all-star game, suffering a painful wrist in jury, which limited his usual hit ting and fielding ability for a while. Many local fans are expected to travel to Union to see their home town lads in action. Game time has bMn set for 8:00 p. m The Union stadium was chosen because of the modern rest room fa cilities, over-all playability of the field, a seating capacity of ap proximately 5,000 fans, and centra) location. A capacity crowd is ex pected Oa Labor Day Um day recognising the dignity worth of honest work, the ment of Joanna Cotton Milk Coni paay and the Joanna Founds two Cotton Mills Company aad tteetr families with an old-fashioned bar breue and a full day of entertaia- mrat. athletic events, and other contests This marks the fourth Labor Day fun and food celebration in the past six years for Joannians. the event having been suspended in i960 and i960 due to business conditions. The day has been a paid holiday for all active-status employees of Joanna Cotton Mills Company and related *"d supervises but labor pro- companies since 1967 The event is 1*“' •••my c-ainfuru TV rtrtal •VST i i arsine avi •inr • degyeeu U Mr I*'at*~* m —fa Mont than 2 nes irudiug the summer - **% ■ mats * te oa am wtth OS This gala patd fun and food, is am our appreciation lor ty. cooperation, and of our rtopUyec* ta through the loon years a more favorable fmanctal situ “No more appropriate tune be found than Labor Day. a act aside to honor Amencaa men for their splendid to the American way of life out faithful intelligent industry can succeed 1q\ furnish new methods and toots, ta • •'stars supply oumw.;. City's General Election Scheduled lor Tuesday B*h to MB a community affair, as people of ' c,u * n, moder.i the Joanna community not directly *1 o! living in connected with the mill are invited Foremost in entertainment will be Arthur Smith and his ‘'Cracker- Jacks.” who appear regularly on the television program at WBTV in Charlotte. This popular group will furnish instrumental and vocal mu sic during and following the dinner. Various athletic events and fun- fiiled contests will be held from 9:30 a. m.-11:30 a. m. at Clark Field and at the Woodson Community Center, under the direction of the Recreation Committee of the Jo anna Foundation, with prizes for the winners of each event. After this, white guests will be served a barbecue dinner at the picnic shel ter; colored guests will assemble at the Woodson Community Center for their barbecue. Admission to the barbecue will be by ticket only. Drawings for valuable prizes will be held at 3:00 p. m. at the picnic shelter and at Woodson Center. Tentative plans call for a fashion show, featuring garments made of Joanna fabrics Walter Regnery. vice-president and general manager of the Joanna plant, has issued the following statement relative to the occasion: "It gives me great pleasure \o announce that this year we shall again schedule our Labor Day bar becue, with the accompanying en tertainment, after two years in which the textile market was so tight we had to forego the barbecue, contenting ourselves with giving a paid holiday to all employees, in which our barbecue was held “As was the case in the last year (1957), the day will be a paid holi day for all active-status employees of Joanna Cotton Mills Company and related companies. This includes employes on temporary sick leaves or maternity leaves and all spare hands As usual, immediate fami lies of all employees are invited to the barbecue and all the attendant events on September 5. Also we in vite the people of the Joanna com life—the \m erica—are' of in-' products of this combination ventive genius, money, meat, and labor la setting aside this day of fun and entertainment, we salute the largest group in the combination—our hundreds of fel low-workers and associates “Here's hoping we’U have a pret ty day-for the Labor Day events and that all Joannians aad their families will have an enjoyable day together. Personally I am looking forward to seeing you and enjoying with you this day—your day—and my best wishes go with you through the year to come.” Rev. Kryder To Preach At First Presbyterian The Rev. William Howard Kr>- der, pastor of the Southminster Pres byterian Church, Birmingham. Ala., will occupy the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church here Sunday in the absence of the pastor, the Rev. W’illiam Redd Turner, who is on vacation. Mr. Kryder is a graduate of Pres byterian College and of Union Theo logical Seminary in Richmond and of Princeton Theological Seminary While at Princeton he was interim pastor of the Dickey .Memorial Pres byterian Church, Baltimore. He has also served as assistant minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Athens, Ga., and as pastor of the Abbeville Presbyterian Church and of the Presbyterian Church at Gra ham, N C. Registration Board In Session Aug. IB The Laurens County Registration Board is in session now at the Court House in Laurens The board will be open to register voters until August IS. Hours are 9 to 12 a. m and 1 to 5 p nt six days a week Dr WOsaa *_ Go Mayor loory highly arroptod Uto ia«M«UM to aprak Groissoaod ** Hu itioarary othrf rMet Mtrh a* Now York. Rwoloo Jack and Columbu Mr Smith otU briag •uh him G roan • aad other high affWuU the Seaboard or mg C, E Bed fanner ttcw-prrsi dent and non nith Railway Ad»u Of) Service* Inr nhu ha* been conducting the merger Cudie* over the past U month* Mr Smith, who ha* been presi dent of Seaboard about 15 year* i» dated to be chairman of the board of the merged companies He came The Clinton Health Center will be up through the rank.* of ’Jie com Dorn To Speak At Mountvrfte Bryan Dorn will ad Mount* tile Grange and ly at a p*m*r supper at the Grange hall on Rednesday eve tnng Aognst 10 Supper is at 0 00 p. ■ and Mr Dorn is scheduled ta speak at 100 p m The public U invited lo attend Bring a picnic basket and tea Health Center Open Additional Hours May aad early June lattor pan nt U mo i of open on Thursday mornings from 10 00 a. m to 12:00 noon during the month at August. This will be in ad <bboo to the regular hours Tues days from 10:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon aad Thursdays from 2:00 p. m to 4:30 p. m This announcement is made by Dr Von A. Long. Laurens County Health Officer pany serving in such capacities as division engineer and superintend ent RETURNS HOME Mrs M. A. DuRant will return today to her home in Marianna. Fla., after a week's visit with her mother, Mrs George II EUis Joel Coi Named Starting Tackle In All-Star Game Joel Cm of Clinton ha* bom named Ah M starting tackle in Frt day night s all alar high school foal ball game in Columbia in Carolina stadium Cox. who graduated last %prmg was nainrd to the post by Coach Bob Prevatte of Gaffney head roach of the North team in South Carolina * annual North-Smith all star high school context Cox. son of Mr. and Mrs Joel Cox. will enter The Citadel Charles ton. in September »• Lightning Damages Clinton Home Sunday Those who do not cates may register i able to rote In Mm eral r lection hero ccttifi- 1 to be Here is the D. O. Rhame home on W. Walnut Street as fire-fightinj? operations were underway Sunday afternoon. The home was struck by lightning about 3:30. setting off a fire that considerably damag ed the nine-room home. Appgrentty the same bolt of lightning was conducted by power lines into the home of Horace P. Horton in the same block. Lights were knocked out in two rooms and a washing machine was damage*!. ’ Firemen answered calls to both homes. The fire at the Rhame home was quickly brought under control, but seven rooms were damaged by either fire, smoke or wat er.—Photo by Dan Yarborough (*MNw i otw * oodwtow* t or mayor -Jar P T«- 9or ttmrmm B«rR one -Frani M B«rd tww—A A < tort B ard throw -i V«j Bard laar —Jar V Edward* Bard ft*w—4«aoegr B Rogw*It Bard **x -Jamaw • t'ramr Thror ptolmg ptarw* will hr pew *idrd a* faBowx City Nw l at city ball ao North Brood Stroe i ity No 2. at Hampton Avow up Srtwol t'tm too Mill, at comm unit* iwi«r ao Academy Street PreveotatMm of a regtotraiMM cer tificole is a requirement far prroon* w idling to vote School OF Missions Of Methodist Church Be Held Aug. 15-19 The School of Mission* and Chri> tian Service of the Methodic Church is to be held at Columbia College. Columbia, August 15-19 Advance registration for the school is necessary Mr* Niles Clark of Waterloo, is dean of the school, and ail those planning to attend are asked to 'end name and address of person registering and first and second choice of studies and instructors. Registration at Columbia College will begin at 1:30. August 15, and classes will start at 3:30 The school will adjourn after lunch on Friday, August 19 Dr. McSween To Preach At Columbia Church Dr John McSween was the guest minister at the First Presbyterian Church of Columbia on Sunday mor ning Dr McSween will again supply the pulpit of the church on August 14 and 21 during the absence of the pastor. Dr J Sherrard Rice, who is on vacation JOINS HUSBAND Mrs. T R Davis. Jr. left last week to join her husband. Lt. Davis, who is stationed at Straubing. ih the southern part of Germany Serving with a field artillery unit. Lt Davis has been in Germany for the past three month' He is a 1969 graduate of the University of Ten- nrsee Mrs Davis, the former Miss Ann Niver. has been with her par ents. Mr and Mrs W. W\ Niver. in Joanna since he ha* been overseas. Two Can Collide WHh Inins At Clinton Crossing Rimot •o i' I *ro*t • a* UMr ailtM>m> ait ’••-roan worn <M tom cor 'rod a* 4.A •ere (NUiiitC ar- VUMTS GRANDMOTHER Nancy Gray of Norfolk, Va rived Monday tor a sever*] vaut wtth her grind mother, Mrs O B King Bat li Too VI Sit in itr * ed in the (ir*t *rrideal at ] S4 a m Mr* Manly* A • ‘rompton dm er of a I960 PioMioc. and her com ponton Mr* Tommy Brown, both 31 were admi’ted to Blaktck Clinic Mn Brown - offered a ,r *ctured collar bone and che*: njune* and Mr* Crompton received bruises Investigating officer' -.ud the Puntuk' was traveling north on Br <ad Street when it 'truck the southbound Silver Comet Officer* Rufus King and J. A Si minor'' said the driver of the car apparentdv did not -ee or hear the warning light and bell at the downtown crossing * TNv automobile was struck near the center of the right 'ide Offi ces describe*! it a.' a total lorn. Witnesses told officers that the automobile had just turned into Broad Street from East Carolina Avenue ami drove directly in fron: of the slowly moving locomotive. HOLLAND CAR STALLS A 1958 Plymouth dritjen by Charles A Holland Stalled as it drove onto the tracks and was hit by the t» 30 p m northbound Sea board pasenger train No one was injured. Mr Holland was accompanied by Mrs. Holland and Mrs James Pitts when the car, traveling south, was struck by the locomotive The front section of he car was considerably damaged Mr Holland said that when the car stalled as it reached the tracks, it was struck by the train before he could start it again and pull a way Templeton Reunion Slated For August 21 The 32nd annual reunion of the Templeton family will be held Sun day. August 21, at Holly Grove Bap tist Church, just off Highway lg be tween Clinton ami Lauren*, near the country club The gathering, which will bring together a large family connection from this and other states will get underway at 12 noon D S Templet on. of current preside*' of the clan