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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Tharoday, January 26, INI S. C. Presbytery To Hold Session Here On Tuesday j South Carolina Presbytery will hold its annal winter meeting on the Ptesbyterian College oar^pus next Tuesday. . It is scheduled for the new Belk Auditorium, beginning at 10 a. m. and extending through the afternoon session. World Missions will receive j the main emphasis at this ses sion, with a special order bring ing an address on the subject at 12 noon The Rev Lawton Daugh erty, pastor of the Little River- Dominick Presbyterian Church, serves as chairman of this com mittee Hugh S Jacobs Clinton bus inessman representing the Clin ton First Presbyterian Church, will step down after serving as presbytery moderator for the past term and will deliver the retiring moderator's sermon. He is to be succeeded as moderator by the Rev. Herman Dillard, pas tor of the Abbeville First Pres byterian Church, who was nom inated at the fall meeting. Dr Marc Weersing, pastor of the Spartanburg First Presbv- terian Church, also is scheduled f to address the group. He will! speak at 11 a. m. on Christian j education generally and on Pres- ! byterian College in particular! alter bem* introduced by PC President Marshall W. Brown. Dr Weersing is a PC trustee. The morning session will be given mainly to these talks to the sacrament of the Lord’s Sup-; per. Dinner then is to be served | in the Presbyterian College din- j mg hall. Reports of the permanent com mittees and the standing com mittees are scheduled for the afternoon session The perma nent committees and their chair men are: stated clerk—the Rev. Roy W. Coker, pastor of the Leb anon and Warrenton Presbyte rian churches of Abbeville;• can didates for the ministry — the I Rev. Chalmers F. McCutcheon, pastor of the Laurens First Pres byterian Church; church exten sion—Mr. McCutcheon; session-1 al records—Mr. Coker; and aud its—Tom Plaxico, Clinton bus inessman. Robert Wassons To Move To Columbia Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Was son and their daughter, Jane, residents of the Hickory Tavern section of Laurens County will move to Columbia next summer, they stated during the past week. Wasson resigned as Laurens County Senator last February to accept appointment by the gov ernor as a member of the South Carolina Tax Commission. • They said, when interviewed! during the week-end, they would continue to maintain their legal! residence in Laurens County. Jane. 18, will enter the Univer sity of South Carolina at the be ginning of the session in Septem ber. A son, Bill, already lives in Columbia, and their elder daugh ter, Barbara, is married and lives in Laurens. Wasson said he had given up his political career and his inter est with his brother ir a partner ship in a mercantile business at Hickory Tavern. Is#*'- M Hi \ - ' . ' - ^: swing to VIRGINIA ADDISON BETTY JANE HAltf«R SARA PITTS Named To “Who’s Who” At Winthrop Virginia Addison, of Joanna, Elizabeth Jane Hamer and Sara Pitts, of Clinton, have been named as representatives of Win throp College, Rock Hill, in the 1961 edi tion of “Who’s ‘ Who Among Students in All American Universities and Colleges.' are seniors. The basis for their selection included scholarship, leadership, citizenship, service, and promise of future leadership. Dedication Of New Hospital Wing Held Sunday At Laurens Laurens—Several hundred per sons attended the dedication of the new $360,00 Owing of the Lau rens County Hospital here Sun day L. W Gratz, vice chairman of the board of trustees, presided at the dedication ceremonies held on the grounds of the hospital. Over a thousand persons view ed the brick wing, extending from the old hospital during open house following the ceremonies. Rev Grange Cothran, pastor of the Second Baptsit Church here, ... _ gave the invocation. W. S. Beach- s am. hospital administrator, gave ' NiOkies, chief of the medical staff, accepted the new aside and wisely investing funds for future hospital needs.’’ Ht also recognized the staff of the State Board of Health for its aid in securing federal funds and the former legislative delegation composed of Senator Robert Was son and House members Justin Bridges, William Dobbins and T. David Sloan, Jr. Mr. Boyd also recognized the following persons and organiza tions for donations of $500 for furnishing rooms: Dr. M. M. Teague and children, in memory of their father, Dr. Jesse Teague; James Gray Dunklin, in memory of his father; Laurens Federal Savings and Loan Association; the Alpha Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority; and the the welcome and invited those at-, . , tending to tour the new wing. Wlng an d expressed gratitude to The dedicatory prayer was of fered by Dr Robert S. Cooper, pastor of the First Baptist those making the facilities pos sible. He traced the history of the hospital from 1937 when it opened Marcus Boyd, chairman of the present P* an t containing 76 beds. v In acepting the challenge of said he would not be able to give ,L Ut , U ^f’ ^‘ c ^ es pointed recognition to al! who had made:.. . a ^ re w ® re ^ wo problems it possible. 1 th 1 ust be solve d on the com He cited E. D Easterby, for mer hoard chairjnan. for "his| Church board of trustees, made the pres entation of the new wing. He the deal is easy to swing To start with, Mercury is now in the popular-price range. And when you hear our deal, you’ll really flip with joy. Best of all. you’ll be getting a car with 7 self- servicing features like a chassis that needs no lube job for 30,000 miles. More rear-seat room. Wider doors. Bigger trunk. New Super-Economy engines that deliver up to 15% more miles per gallon. Come in get all the facts today. Traditional Mercury value—Popular-price range— Deals that can’t be beat '61 MERCURY BALDWIN MOTOR CO. INC N. BROAD ST. CLINTON, S. C. Clinton Downs Laurens 53 To 45 The Clinton boys defeated Lau rens here Friday in an East ern AA conference game, 53-45. The Laurens girls won the pre liminary, 41-40. Girls; Laurens (41) — Waldrop 12, Turner 25, Madden 4, Seward, Bowling, Bishop, Thdtnason, Reeves. Clinton (40)—Hill 17, Jacks 15, Price 8, Boyce, Moore, Beden- baugh. Bolt, Barron, Davenport, Furr. Boys: Laurens (45)—Nelson 10, Sher- ill 11, Wasson 6, Mitchell 2, Da vis 8, Stevenson 8, Rushton, Ro- senbloom. CUnton (53)—King 21, Bailey 10, Price 8, Littleton 6, Whitman 6, Surratt 2. Services Held Friday For Mrs. Smitherman Mrs. Ollie Mae Smitherman, 69, died Wednesday afternoon at a local hospital after several months of declining health. She was a native of Alabama, but had lived in Clinton for 23 years. She was a daughter of tbs late John C. and Symanthia Co ley, and was a member of Friend ship Baptist Church. ’ Her first husband was L. J. Pugh. Surviving from this union are a son, C. G. Pugh, and a dau ghter, Mrs. Inez Hughes, both of Birmingham, Ala. Her second husband was M. D, S mi thermae, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Albert Cothran of Clinton; and four sons, R. O. Smitherman of Rochester, Mich.; R. W. Smitherman of Atlanta, Ga.; M. D. Smitherman, Jr., and J. A. Smitherman, both of CUnton; a step-daughter, Mrs. A. L. Harris of Atlanta, Ga.; a brother. Rev. Rufus Coley of Mobile, Ala.; 43 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Friday at 2:30 p. m. at Friend ship Baptist Church by Rev. H. P. Hanley, Rev. T. J. Leonard and Rev. J. W. SpiUers. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery. Grandsons were paRbearers. Robert W. Hoys Publishes Articles Robert W. Hays, head of the EngUsh department at Southern Techn leal Institute, Cbemhlee, Ga., had two articles pubUsbsd In widely distributed magastnas Advanced Management" ziite, and the other In “Chronical Occupational Briefs.” The former was a study of modern corporation structures on fiction, particularly novels, while the latter was entiUed "Indus trial Management and Engineer ing Technicians.” Hays is the author of more than fifty articles in professional mag- agines and trade journals. His previous publications Include ar ticles on communications, tech nology, trade marks, and sduca- tion. Hays is married to the former Peggy Copeland of Clinton and they have two sons. He received an AB degree from Presbyterian CoUege in 1947 and a masker's from Emory University in’ 1997. Southern Technical Institute Is affiliated with Georgia Tech. SPECIAL SHOWING ♦ JANUARY 30 - MONDAY By ROGER ROGERS Of GLOBE TAILORING CO. 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J ' COLUMBIA PICTURES -wawn,» STANLEY DONEN mooucio. ^ YULBRYNNER MITZIGAYNOR NOEL COWARD & v.i' »t rjW! »*.i3 at i mi rr nr ndw I maca tc obriq r STAhLEY DOWDl (For Grown-Ups) munity level He listed these as wan lui m3 eare a £ed and an in foresight and wisdom in setting 1°/ tax ( luncls for care ‘• of charity patients. Dr. Nickles said, ‘‘It is very ur gent that more tax money be made available to care for the j non-paying patient ” He pointed out that the hospital! was now caring for three times [ as many patients at more than tw'ice tile cost, with a charity load increase of 24 per cent in 20 ; years. 4 During that time there has not been a tax increase to meet this deficit, he said Participating in the open hduse were the Gray Ladies, wives of members of the board of trustees and the medical staff and person- nel at tbf hnspitnl •— ; Clinton High To Meet Lancaster In Two Games Friday . Clinton will be host to the Lan caster High baskriball teams Friday night at 7:30 at the Clin ton High gym. The Lancaster boys bring a fine record into this game and are in top contention for the con ference championship. The Red Devil record so far in league play is three wins and two losses. The team is steadily improving and is well up front in conference standing. The girls team will tangle in a prennunary game. The Clinton Devilettes have two wins and three losses in con ference play and are hoping to get back in the win column Fri day. The season record for the Clin ton boys is seven wins and four losses, while the girls’ record is 2-6. Admission of 65c for adults and 35c for students will be chargedf with the girls game coming at 7:30 and the boys game immediately afterward. Devils Down Newberry Clinton dumped Newberry in two games last week, with the girls winning 24-21, and the boys taking a 46-39 win over the Bull dogs. Leading scorers for Clinton boys were Whitman and King, with 18 and 11, respectively. The Devilettes’ scoring was done by Hill, Jacks and Price, w.th Guard Velma Boit playing well defensively. ' * *'■ Jan. 30-31 — Coming Soon — .WACKY 85 THE WORD FOR 1T| COPMBU WcTuRfJ p-wrt* A FRJO KPKfAfl PRpOcCnON JACK BCBf LEMMON.n NELSON Aptf*** ] “Tt* Apvlmv*' rr*ol Tht dnunboat guyl The WACKiEST SHIP Political Announcements FOR MAYOR I hereby announce myself a candidate for Mayor of Clinton, subject to the rules of the Demo cratic primary. S. A. (Chick) PITTS I hereby announce myself a candidate for Mayor of Clinton, subject to the rules of the Demo cratic primary. J. J. (Peck) CORNWALL I hereby announce myself a candidate for Mayor of Clinton, subject to the rules of the Demo cratic primary. JAMES P. SLOAN EXJOY “DOUBLE SAVINGS” on the \ Silver Savings Plans Money in the bank — beautiful silver for your home! Here’s how it works. 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