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r 1 t r \ \ 1 -let* V ■ •; . . r-f m*- f w # / ' < "* ■ Vd. 61. —Mo. 44 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, November 3, 1960 Robert W. Teague, 17, Kilted When Truck, Car Collide Robert Wayne Teagu$/vl7, of Rt. 1, Clinton, was fatally injured in a two-car collision on By-Rass 76 in side the ciiy of Laurens about 8:.'SO) p. m. Saturday, officers said Clinton Winners In Artistic Division Of County Flower Show , v< iT»w- • ! ** f-. '-1 ‘ > I At Dedication Of PC’s New Belk Auditorium Leading participants in Monday’s pro- tees, who presided; Irwin Belk, Charlotte }!Tam dedicating Presbyterian College’s new 1600,000 Belk Auditorium andP 1 Wyatt Chapel are shown here (left to right): Rob ert M. Vance, Clinton banker and manufac turer, chairman of the PC Board of Trus- Belk executive, who introduced the main speaker ; Dr. Marshall W. Brown, president of PC; United States Senator Sam J. Erwin, Jf„ of North Carolina, the principal speak er; and John M. Belk, president of the Belk organization.—Photo by Dan Yarljorough. Sen. Irwin Speaks as PC Auditorium Is Dedicated Almost 1,000 persons attended who serves as chairman of the PC Presbyterian College’s special exer cises dedicating its new $500,000 Belk Auditorium and adjoining Wy att Chapel last Monday morning. board of trustees, presided over the Monday program Dr. Harry K. Holland, another Presbyterian Col lege trustee and pastor of the Ma rietta, Ga, First Presbyterian The crowd, composed of PC stu- t^i urc h, led the litany of dedication (tents, alumni and friends, heard Two special choral selections United States Senator Sam J. Er- were rendered by the PC robed vin, Jr, of North Carolina deliver choir, conducted by Dr Edouard the main address on the theme, Patte liam Henry Belk, the Builder. Also participating in the prograrp He praised the contributions to were Dr W. Redd Turner, pastor First place ribbon. ‘ Autumn Sure**!"—An asym metrical triangle using red flowers in a black container Mrs Fred | Holcombe, Mrs Judson Brehmer, <;nd Mrs F G. Ford r First-place ribbon Teague was riding in a car with king Frost Taloes Ov'er"—A another youth and two girls, offi- bold composition in a modern de- cers said. It was reported hat one Si r!n using black and whit Mrs.< of the girls was seriously hurt Cary Holcombe and Mrs Fred E The four were traveling east in j Holcombe a Ford and had slowed down prep St'cond place ribbon aratory to turning into a service •Thanksgiving" — A composition station when it was struck from the| using fruits, vegetables, foliage and rear by a 1960 truck, officers said, berries. Mrs. O’Dell Freeman and The truck was driven by Johnny Mrs J W Moore George Parks of Laurens, a Negro, Second place ribbon according to officers. -j Want A Touchdown —An ar City Police Officer Russell ( ox rangement using values of orange said the truck was traveling at and yellow Mrs Hugh Ray and high speed when it struck the back Mrs I O Ray of the Ford. Second place ribbon Coroner Marshall Pressley em ‘ Stormy Weather"—Hogarth ar paneled a jury to view the body and rangement of foliage materials, said an inquest will be conducted Mrs Fred E Holcombe, Mrs Jud Surviving youn Teague are his son Brehmer Mrs F G Ford oarents. Mr and Mrs. Bernard Teague; two brothers. Ronald, of Church Bells Of Community To Ring On Election Day i Enroee, and Ricky Dean Teague of The Clinton Lions Cub, working -he hom e ; a sister. Mrv Alma Jean . . . .... . , , ! iVilson of the home; and his grand- with the Clinton Ministerial Asso- Mr and Mrs R „ Teague elation has completed plans to have r Q R t ! Enoree. and Mrs Jessie every church in the city and out- Morton of Woodruff lying areas ring their church bell Funeral services were conducted and play their chimes at intervals ' ,orK | a . v at 2 3° P Baptist ' u **- during the day Tuesday, November , {ev ' , 8, election day This project is being sponsored by the Lions Club in the hope that it will accomplish a dual purpose: 1. To remind the people of their m at Bellview Church near Clinton by i A Abercrombie and Rev tobert Edwards Burial was in the edar Shoals Baptist church ceme- ’ry. • the fields of business, religion and education made by the founder of the Belk mercantile organiation, in whose memory the PC auditorium was dedicated After covering biographical high of the Clinton Firs* Presbyterian; God-given right to vote for the men Church, who gave the invocation; of their choice, and to exercise Irwin Belk. Charlotte Belk execu- their responsibility as American live; and Henderson Wyatt, Dalton, citizens 2. To remind the Christian Dr. John McNeill To Preach At Joanna Presbyterian Church people of this community to pause for a moment of silent prayer for Ga , insurance underwriter, who in treduced members of their respee ights of the Belk career, Senator ! ,ive families; and Dr C. Newman tohse in places of leadership in city, Ervin gave this broad assessment Faulooner, PC trustee and pastor of state and national government, of the man Greenville First Presbyterian “Henry Beik was a free enterpris- ^ cU>K f ^ Bi-County F. H. A. er in the finest sense of the term , pra - ver * d « d,catl0n an<1 C rtfllr/ I nw Life and religion taught h,m that | bened,cUon Meet X*™™? a man of integrity is God’s nohleat The occasion was held in the Belk The Laurens-Green wood Bi-Coun creation. As a consequence, he be- Auditorium, with robed faculty ty Future Homemakers of America lieved supremely in the dignity and members and choir entering in aca- w ill meet at Ford High School in worth of the individual He believ- demic processional. Laurens. Monday, November 5 ed that the interests of society as well as those of individuals are best .served by the individual initiative and Hie individual industry, which are the chief characteristics of the free enterprise system. He believ ed, moraovw, that every individual winnres in community booths i Brown and David Brown, Laurens is accountable to society and to God J . , . . . 1 . u for the use of his talents and pos- and da,r y catll ‘ ? show at the ^ n .. Rr _ sessions” en s County Fair are as follows: Showmanship . . L>UV ‘ d .. Bro * n - I . . June Huff and Buddy Huff The senator, who was a close per- Camack Senior 4-H Club placed sonal friend, pointed out that Belk first in the junior community ex- Smj . eoianda Farms of Ninety tried to combine in his family of h.bits with a booth depicting the Six showed the grand champion stores tee efficiency and economy various 4-H projects. ’Ladder toj^ horn and 13 ^ Frank of the big merchandiser while also Success was the theme. I HlU o( Laurens 4 .„ showed the preserving the close local ties and Placing second was County-Wide gran d champion Hereford 1 .. rprise o e sma er 4.H Uub with the theme of The i n th e shorthorn class open show, 5 (fathering Basket demonstrating smycolanda Farms also showed the Community, Dairy, Cattle Winners at Fair Are Listed ► Community Chest Fund Contributions Now At $14,593.92 Payments and pledges to Clin ton’s 1S6I Community Chest now stand at $14,953.92, stated T. M. Youngblood, campaign enairman, following Tuesda>’s report meet ing. The amount alloeated in the budget toward the support of eleven agencies is $20,560.75. j Collections’ and pledges total approximately 75 per cent of the budget. Reports for the previous week totaled $14,426.16. Mr. Youngblood urged all so licitors to complete the work and turn In cauls before the next re port meeting on Tuesday. Several teams of solicitors are •till to he heard from, it was stated, and an ail-out effort is urged by Chairman Youngblood during (he coming week. Joanna Baptists In Special Observance A churchwide foreign mission study and week of prayer will begin Where Woman Lost Life In Fire This is all that was left of the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Boyette in the Bethany Church Communitv near Hinton after a fire Saturday shortly after noon. Mrs. Koc- ette died in the flames — Photo l»v Dan Yarhnroujfh. Mrs. Boyette Loses Life As Fire Destroys Home Mrs Lois Hattie Boyette 51. ap- ufernoon l^iurens County officer Edward Campbell Is Appointed Chairman TB Seal Campaign J. Allen Thompson, president of the Iteureas County TB Association, has appomtd O Edward Campbell of this city to serve as Christmas p.irentiy burned to death in a fire Seal Cam sign chairman for this section of the county Mr Campbell is busmes- manag er of Presbyterian College and served in this capacity last year when the seal sale receipts reached the highest total in the history of the association Mr Thompmai said. "In view of his experience and interest and with continued and renewed public Chief Deputy Wesley Fowler said the .sheriffs office received a call — jhont rhe fire it 1 15 p m and by anv Church community. Saturday . the time officers arrive* lhat destroyed her home off Hgh >6 north of Clinton m the Beth- w ay Lawson Takes European Trip i Claude M Lawson Furniture Company returned from a trip to Europe Mr Lawson was one of eight *d the house had burned to the ground Mrs Boyette apparently * a > alone in the four-room frame home at the time of the fire of Lawson iter hsuband, Luther Boyette an Joajrwa has employee of Clinton MiU arrived home fronj work at 9 30 a m He told officers (bat when he left the louse about 9 30 a m to go into on Sunday. November 6, at 6:15 tounl y f»r the drive i»vik»rs in South Carolina to receive suiport we anticipate a highly sue- ttos award given by the Hotpoint town hls Wlfe in a fn>nt cessful campaign, resulting in a company for selling Hotpomt ap rwm vchere a heater was located moving and vigorous attack on our nlumces nation’s menace of TB " ! ^ - ( ^‘ w ‘ * akl ^ *<* f < , ound ON T\ PROGRAM in ’he miorile of a bedroom floor Robert Furr son * Mr and Mrs. , 11 burned J R Novle of Laurens, will serve as chairman of the upper half O Furr of Grenville, formerly Announcemnt of committee head' of Clinton, ls a student of W+'BC-T\ will be made in the near future program. ‘How Do You Say It,” each Tuesday momnig at 9 o'clock Dr. Marshall W Brown, presi- the scope oi 4-H work 4 dent of Presbyterian College, fol lowed Senator Ervin with words of appreciation to the Belk family and their busines associates and with a special tribute to Mrs. May Hen derson Wyatt of Chickamauga, Ga. Her four children, two of them PC alumni, Knox Wyatt and Henderson Wyatt, gave the chapel in her hon or. Robert M. Vance, Clinton banker, Thornwell In Lost Home Gome of Year Friday Night at 8 Thornwell will end its home foot ball season tomorrow (Friday) night against the strong Ridge Spring-MoneUa High School team at 8:00 p. m. This will be the last home game for two seniors, cap tain Gordon Timmons, who coach Dick Templeton says is the best all round football player he has ever coached, and alternate captain Johnny Cook son. regular quarter back. Cookson will perhaps miss his final home game because of a leg injury. Timmons scored 20 points Friday night against Ninety- Six Ridge Spring-MoneUa is a class ”B” school and ranks high in their confernce Thornwell has won their class “C” Conference I title for the k third straight yar. Thorwell meets Irmo at Irmo on November II and then plays Bethune high at Bethune on Nov. 18 for the upper state class “C” championship. T horn well’s record this year stands at six wins and three loss es. Thornwell will lose only two players this year and two players in 1961 as there are'only two juniors on the suad. Only six players on this year's squad of twenty-eight were members of the squad in 1959. The 1959 team won 9, tied one and lost two. j : _ LOSES GRANDMOTHER Mr and Mrs G. L. Locklear havg reutmed from Harold, Fla., where they wre called October 28 on account of the death of the for mer’s grandmothr. Mrs. David eL. Locklear, who was 80 years of age. She is survived by thre children, Glenn Locklear, Harold ,Fal.; Mrs. Claudie Mae Johnson, Milton, Fla.; Mrs. Laura Street man. Plant City, Fla.; II grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren Whitten Village 4-H Club came in third with an exhibit, “Hands That Serve " Oak Grove Home Demonstration Club placed first in the senior com munity exhibits using the theme, "Freedom Land, U. S. A." Second was Barksdale-Narnie Home Dem onstration Club with the theme, "Love, Man’s Greatest Need.” Camak HD Club was third. This exhibit showed “Looking Ahead With Home Demonstration Work.” Winners in Tuesday’s dairy cat- Ue show were announced as fol lows: John E. Shealy of Shady Grove Farm, Newberry, showed the grand champion in the Guernsey class. Billy Huff of Greenville 4-H showed the senior champion in the junior show and Buddy Huff show ed the junfor champion in that show. Top three places for best fitted went to Billy Huff, Buddy Hulf and June Huff. For showmanship the top three were Billy Huff, Buddy Hull and Donnie Williams of Newberry 4-H Club In the Jersey show the grand champion, the senior champion oi the junior and open show were shown by Danny Cook of Green ville 4-H Club. The junior champion was shown by Jack Marlar of Laurens 4-H Club. Winners in the best iitted class were Danny Cook, Andy Chapmen of Greenville 4-H and Jack Marlar. Top winners in showmanship were Danny Cook. Andy Chapman and Francis Kirby of Greenville 4-H. Ayrshire class—grand champion and senior champion shown by Perry Simpson of Laurens 4-H; junior champion by Kay Baumber- ger of Laurens 4-H. Best Fitted— Kay Baumberger, Jimmy Simmons of Laurens 4-H and Dianne Baum berger of Laurens 4-H. Best three for showmanship were Jimmy Simmons, Jimmy Griffin of Laurens 4-H and Wilford Simp son of Laurens 4-H. Holstein — grand champion and senior champion shown by David Brown -of Laurens 4-H; junior champion, Pam Watts of Laurens junior yearling, summer yearling, senior bull calf, grand champion bull, senior yearling heifer, junior yearling heiler, senior heifer calf and the grand champion female In the same shoi,.. rn open show, Carroll Timmemvin of Greenwood 4-i{ sno.>ci. ...s iMw.oai-o.i heifer, ine reserve cnainp.^n female and toe s«..t.ne. neifer were shown by Charlie Timmerman. Greenwood 4-H. In the Hereford bull class open show, the summer yearling bull was shown by Thomas McFall Gil- strap, Carolina FFA. In the Here ford heifer class Frank Hill won top honors showing the grand cham pion female in the open show and the reserve champion female in the junior show. In the shorthorn and Hereford junior show, the grand champion female was a shorthorn shown by Charlie Timmerman. The two-year- old heiler was a shorthorn shown by Carroll Timmerman. The summer yearling was won by a shorthorn shown by Charlie Timmerman, and the senior heifer class calf class was won by Frank Hill with a Hereford. The top four places for showman ship went to Charlie Timmerman. Frank Hill, Carroll Timmerman and Tommy Gilstrap. The top four places for the best fitted animal were awarded to Carroll Timmer man, Charlie Timmerman. Frank Hill and Tommy Gilstrap. Eight head of Santa Gertrudis cattle were led around the ring while J. R. Cook, professor of ani mal husbandry, Clemson College, gave a brief history of the breed. He said it Avas the only breed de veloped in the United States. One of the highlights of Wednes day night’s show was the beef cat tle scramble for FFA and 4-H boys. Twenty boys participated in the two heats. Winners in the first scramble were Wilford Simmons. 4-H, Clin-' ton; Terry Simmons. 4-H. Ware Shoals; Charlie Timmerman, 4-H, Ninety Six; Charlie Simmons, FFA, Gray Court; Harry Abbott. FFA, Gray Court. In the second scramble the five winners were Perry Simpson. FFA, Cross Hill; Richard Wood. 4-H ( Ware Shoals; Bill Ladd, 4-H, Laur ens; Eddie Madden. FFA, Clinton; 4-H; best fitted. Pam Watts, Frank Frank Lollis, 441, Ware Shoals. p m. at the First Baptist Church, Joanna Rev Thomas L Neely, former missionary to South America and administrator of North Greenville Junior College, will speak at 6 15 p. m . Sunday and during the 1 eve ning worship Classes will be held for all age u£ j«^u,"prab^Un' r ttiro‘h 27* M0 ' ,day thr '' llgh beginning Sunday morning, No- a :, .. , , ■ Mrs. Alex Crawford, prayer , Laurens County voters will go to District DR. McNEILL Dr John McNeill, internationally known Scottish preacher, musician composer, radio speaker, author, and world traveler, will speak at County Set to Ballot In General Election Tuesday vember 6, and contmuing through Among the tirst to discover the fire were .Angus Stewart of (Voss Anchor, who was driving by, and iIliam Rice, who lives about a quarter »f a mile from the Boy ettc home Stewart told 'rffuers he stopped to investigate and found the entire house aflame Rice said he saw the smoke from his hortie and when he arrived tee fire was so hot he could nut enter tee building Officers said they believed the and Strom Thurmond, for fire started in the room that con November 20 Dr McNeill graduated from the University of Glasgow and also the University of Edinburgh He has earned six doctorates, among Qn Long Island which are the Doctor of Philosophy chairman, will lead the week of the polls Tuesday in a general elec the U S Senate*-, hav no announced tamed the heater prayer program each evening Mrs. Abbott Passes and Doctor of Music He is a composer of note, being the author of the well known hymn. "Now is the Hour,” made famous in England during the hectic days of World War II Services will be held nightly at 7:30 The church nursrey will be open each night Rev. Hugh D. Pollard, the minis ter, invites the public to attend Dr John McNeill, internationally known Sctottish pracher, musician Word was received here Monday evening of the sudden death of M!rs. George M Abbott, at Free port. Long Island. N Y Mrs. Abbott’s home was in Free port, but in recent years she had spent much time here with her daughter. Mrs David S Cook Mrs Cook left immediately for New York AT PROMOTION' MEET lion to vote on the slate of candi- c-position IVputies called the ( Minton Fire in June primaries, a circuit solid- Eight presidential electors each i ) n> a rtment to -end a truck to cool dates for county offices nominated f or the Democratic and Republican ,!le ri ‘ ,njins -o that the victim tor. candidates for Congress and U parties will be on the ticket Demo- n>uW ** ^‘mo^ed S. Senator, and two sets of presi cratic electors will support John F ’ oroner Ma. shall Pressley em dential electors Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson for J Jury to view the body and Several state-wide constitutional President and Vice President, re ^inquest will be scheduled amendm -nts are also to be voted spectivcly. while Republican elec- on Democratic candidates for county offices i who will have no o.-posi '.ion i include King Dixon, for State Senator; Marshall W Abercrombie. Hubert \V Gray-don and Charles J Hart for the State House of Repre sentatives: Walter E Dunlap, for clerk of Court. R Eugene Johnson. announced week in The Chronicle last , for Sheriff: Paul S O'Dell and T M Youngblood represented the George Penland, for County Com- composer, radio speaker, author,: Clinton Chamber of Commerce at missioner. and Marshall N Press and world traveler, will s,)eak at the statewide- tourist promotion ley. for Coroner the Joanna Presbyterian Church, meeting sponsored by the South Democratic candidates Wdliam beginning Sunjiay morning, Novem- Carolina Chamber of Commerce IT Jones, far Circuit Solicitor ber 6, continuing through Novem- and the State Development Board (prosecuting attorney. Robert Ash- Honored Recently ber 20 >i Columbia yesterday more, for Congress from the 4th , .... . e , : In Winston-Salem Investigating, in addition to Chief Kow ler and the coroner, were Depu ties Wallace Abercrombie. Horace Mitchell and Homer Jones ■ Safety Program Given at PTA Meet Emphasimg safety to and from ininty election commissioners ami School, in the school and on the tors will support Richard M Nixon and Henry Cabot laidge for Presi dent and Vice-President Spaces are provided for write in.- in general elections The polls will be open m all 46 precincts in the county from 8 00 J m tit! 00 ,,) tin . each unde:- n group of managers named by the Henry T. Hearn V A former resident of Clinton was recently honored for 26 years of service to the Civitan Club of Wm- ston-Salem. N C . on the local, state and international levels playground, an interesting program vas given on Tuesday evening at the November meeting of the Hampton Avenue Parent Teacher Av-ociation The program bmT'&een arranged b\ Claude A Crocker Mr Crocket -rves as president of the South andina chapter. American Society of Safety Engineers Mr^ James Iwighton i> program chairman Allen Simm ri> of the- Clinton po lice department, discussed safety Henry T Hearn and Mrs Hearn to anJ from school Two films from were presented a silver pitcher on (he University of South Carolina behalf of the North Carolina district i were shown. 'Playground Safety and the V\ mston-Salem club He has w.o narrated by [>r Fred Hoi served as club president, and gov- combe “Safety In School. fire ernor and lieutenant governor of! prevention and control and fire the North Carolina district drills was narrated by Mr Crocker Hearn has also been active ini John Stevenson, president, other phases of religious and civic, presided W R -.Anderson, district life in Winston-Salem He is a life b6 school superintendent, spoke deacon in the First Baptist Church, briefly, assuring the cooperation ot and has held a number of civic po- school authorities on any safety sitions measures Dr Holcombe* suggested ■He is proprietor of H 1 Hearn ' v J,v P° intme,rt J Playground Engraving Co His wife is the for- ° 0 ‘ nmittee Mrs J R Speake fourth grade had the highest percentage of par ents in attendance Sentinel Writer Gets Honorable Mention mer Miss Pelleree Holland of Clin ton / Addresses Editors Of Industrial Group At Camp Fire Observance In New York Sandra Mills, daughter of Mrs. Jessie Hair- Marvm Sanders, member of tec staff of The Sentinel. Clinton High fSchool newspaper, won honorable Those from Clinton attending the Camp Fire Golden Jubilee in New York this week are: front row—Norma, Davidson, daugh ter of Mf. and Mrs. A. B. Dayidson, spon sored by the Tanda Horizon Group; Kathie Snetgrove, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Snelgrove, sponsored by the Clinton Mills; James .P Sloan was the guest speaker on Friday evening in Knox ville, Tenn ' for a meting of the In dustrial Editing Institute menuon, for Y sports story in tee I by tee University of Tennessee i period judging in tee StoriT School of Jourabrtm and the Appa- of-the-Month contest conducted by lachian Editors Association the journalism department of Wm- Mrs Sloan accompanied him and ( throp Cottage. Rock Hill Horizon I lub leader; Mrs. J. K. lempleton, | they wre guests uf tec .University, In the contest, outstanding news national representative from Region Three; for the wwk-end and attended tee and sports stones, feature* and edi Mrs. Thomas F. Hollis, Clinton Council Tennessee N C football aum<‘ an tonals are selected from high presklent.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. Saturday school newspapers in the state s. Jessie Hair ston and the late Rufus Mills; Mrs. VV. G. King, Jr„ executive director of the Clinton Council; back row—Mrs. A. B. Davidson.