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} olhp Clinton (Elrrmttrb Vol. 62 — No. IB Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 30, 1961 Rev. H. 6. Wardlaw To Preach College Closing Sermon The baccalaureate sermon at Presbyterian College’s 80th grad uation exercises on June 4 will be preached by the Hubert G Ward- law, pastor of Atlanta's Rock Spring Presbyterian Church. President Marshall W Brown an nounced today This opening service of the Three From County Attend Mental Health Rally in Columbia Mr. and Mrs. Fred Medlock and the Rev. Giles Lewis of Lau rens. attended a Mental Health rally in Columbia Thursday as representatives of the Laurens County Mental Health Associa-; t ; on Following the rally, which was j held at Henry's Restaurant on Millwood Avenue, a tour of the | stale hospital was made by Mr j and Mrs Medlock. The tour was Winners in County Spelling Bee Principals of the Laurens County S(>e!ling Bee Saturday at Laurens Central Klementary School (left to right) E. B. Morse- who pronounced the words; Judy Abner, third place winner; Janice Seibert- fiist place winner; Susan Burns, second place winner, and Mrs. T. B. Sumerel, who was in charge of the contest.—Photo by Jimmy Cooper). Representative C. J. Hart Passes After Operation Community Sunrise Service at Joanna Sunday at 6:00 A M. | commencement program is part of the preparation for “Ope- scheduled for 11 00 a m in PC’s ration Friendship” which will Belk Auditorium The commence- P' ace during Mental Health , . , .. , . Week in May. ment address and awarding of de-, Durmg that week studenU an() , grees will follow that afternoon citizens from all over the state | Wardlaw, one of three Presby-: will make trips to the state hos terian College alumni who will re ' P>tal for these public tours They ceive honorary degrees at com ' vlU in ^ lu j de exhibits of various . hospital departments, a tour of mencement this year, has served , , he campus visits to wards and as pastor ot Rock Spring ( hurch hospital departments, since 1957 Prior to going to At Spelling Contest Laurens — Janice Seibert. 14 Laurens Funeral services for' — State Rep Charles J. Hart of j • /*■ I lif Laurens, were conducted Tuesday | tdllTCnS UHl WlflS at 11 00 a m at Kennedy Mor tuary cha(>el here The 46-year-old chiropractor and Whitmire native, active in ; civic and church circles here, died in a Columbia hospital Sat urday following surgery Thurs day lor an ailment of the pan creas He was stricken in the House of Representatives Thurs i day Serv ices w ere conducted by Rev V ictor R Hickman and Rev l^slie U Kdwards Burial was in Forest Lawn cemetery Pallbearers were Dr. L B Sims. Dr Douglas B Hughes, Dr Karl C. Taylor. Dr Robert i-; Goins. Dr George /.allents. and Dr Emanuel Zallents The honorary escort included A community Easter sunrise service is scheduled for Joanna Sunday morning at 6 o'clock Dr. Edward Byrd To Conduct Services Dr Edward Byrd, pastor of the Elementary School here Susan Burns. 12. a seventh grade student at Central School, was second place winner Judy Abner, 13, seventh grade student at Clinton Junior High School, placed third Nine girls and one hoy from throughout the county partici pated in the match Janice spelled ' silhouette cor members of the Laurens County rect ' y and went on lu s|>eil sa crilegious” to win the contest E I! Morse, principal of Cen tral Elementary School, pro nounced the words anti Mrs T B Sumerel was in charge ot the contest. Judges were Miss Edith Hel- lanta, he spent five years in the pulpit of the Orangeburg First Presbyterian Church His earlier charges include the Lancaster Presbyterian Church (1949-52), the Kingston Presbyterian Church The service will be held in of Conway (1945-49), and the Fj rs t Baptist Church of Florence. front of the Joanna Baptist Whitmire Presbyterian (hurch wjll conduct revival services at 11942-45) Church Leaders will Ik- pastors A graduate of PC in lhe class 'he F.rst Baptist Church here of churches in the Joanna area of Wardlaw received his 'PO 1 Thomas West, direc p r j mar y Uncertain The invocation w ill be by Rev bachelor of divinity degree from , tor of the South Carolina Baptist j year-old eighth grade student ol > jj en j ones Scripture reading by Columbia Theological Seminary ; Convention M u s i c Department, in 1941 He served on the Pres- will direct the music byterian College board of trustees Dr Byrd, a native of Mississip vhile pastor in Orangeburg pi, and son of Dr and Mrs J E The speaker is a native of Ma- Byrd, is a graduate of Mississippi ietta. Ga , and married to the College and Southern Baptist forme Annie l>ee Jackson of Clin-; Seminary in Ixtuisville, Ky. He ton and they have two sons has held pastorates in Holly i After preaching the baccalau- Springs and Meridian, Miss , and reate sermon on Sunday mornipg, j has traveled widely in this coun June 4, he will don academic re : try and in Europe galia again that afternoon for the He is married and has two sons Several hymns to be sung by final commencement exercises at and adaughter (lie congregation appear on the which he will be awarded an hon- In preparation for the revival Civitan Club Presents Check Harry League, president (left) and Eugene King, president-elect (right) of Clinton’s Civitan Club, here present a check for $160 to Supt. W. R. AndersoJ of School District 56. The money will lie used to purchase supplies for students in special classes in the area schools.—Photo by Dan‘Yarborough. Eaurens High School, was nam rd champion speller at the I.aur Kev Huuh ,,ollard ' responsive ens County Spelling Bee held Scripture reading will be led by Saturday morning at Central Rev James Mitchell, and Rev Election to Fill County House Seat Howard Hanley will lead in ri prayer A message will be brought by Rev John Warren, and the bene diction will he pronounced by Rev Herbert Thomas Clinton-Lydia Mills 'Old Timers' Club To Meet This Evening At State Church Meet in Charleston Davidson Street Baptist: prepared program. | orary doctor of divinity degree meeting, prayer services will be | Clinton-Lydia Mills “Old Tim-' Church in Charleston The ses- held in the following homes on Monday evening, April 3, at 8:00: J A Orr, 402 West Maple street Shealy of Joanna, and Jimmie urda > •. A P rl1 1 [ lams of Laurens High School, H. TL. Si Spencer of Gray Court-Owings The three top winners will re ceive cash prizes Janice will go Cornwall to Take Office As Mayor Friday Night J J (Peck) Cornwall will be- ways regarded as a routine pro- . „ , , . , . . i tv,,, these m cetings will be made in will be guests of honor at the th e groun come Clinton s new mayor Sat- cedure, in which his was the only | hnlletin ! u. „■ j 8 P He is scheduled to take the oath of office Friday night at a meet ing of city council, being sworn to the state*”cointest _ at Anderson in bv Clt > Attorney Cecil E White Friday night s session of coun- In the election Tuesday, Corn wall received 139 of the 143 votes cast. James P. Sloan received three write-in votes, one at each of the three voting precincts, and one ballot was thrown out. Following is the vote by pre cincts: City No. ! (at city hall)— Cornwall 70. Sloa<i 1, not count ed 1; City No. 2 {Hampton Ave. School)—Cornwall 38, Sloan 1; Clinton Mill — Cornwall 31. Sloan 1. in April Local Restaurants To Honor Toffee Day' Buttons Friday ’Coffee Day." sponsored by the South Carolina Quality Kestau rant Association, and assisted by the South Carolina Law Enforce ment Officers Association, will be observed in Laurens County on Friday. C. J HART legislative Delegation, state of ficers and the ot final board ol the First Methodist Church He is survived by his mother Mrs Katheryn Herring Hart of Spartanburg; his wife, Mrs. Inez Stoner Hart; two daughters. Mrs William C Mann. Jr of Colum bia. and Mrs Robert C Jones of Gainesvile, Ga a brother, Edgar Hart of Spartanburg; three sis This yearly event is lor the ters. Mrs. Kldridge Finley and benefit of crippled children and Mrs J W Tisdale, all of Spar- > s conducted on behalf of the cil will also serve as the regular V1< ;f' . . i the church bulletin, name to appear on the ballots. He was named as the Demo- ft ATS* All* cratic candidate in a run-off pri-1 (J|fjr0rS mary on Feb 28 over James P Sloan in the first primary on Feb 21, Mayor Pro-Tern and rep-1 resentative on council from Ward 2, S. A Pitts, was eliminated Cornwall will succeed the late Mayor J. P Terry, who died early in January after serving four months of a two-vear term Corn- The death of Representative Charles J Hart, member of the House of Representatives from Laurens County in the South Carolina General Assembly, cre- , , , ated a vacancy that will be fill- C hurch was represented at the ed b a a , electi , iti . recent meet.ng of the State Royal cal observers in the county stated Ambassador Congress, held with thjs week The sixth annual meeting of I the Charleston Heights Baptist „ Representative Hart died Sat urday night in a Columbia hos pital following an operation after an attack on Thursday. It is practically certain, it was said, that a special election will be called by Speaker of the House of Representatives Solomon Blatt The South Carolina Constitution provides that in case of a vacan cy in membership the Speaker of the House shall issue a writ of election to fill same for the unex pired term. Rep. Hart’s term would have expired in November, 1962. ers” Club will be held tonight at 7:00 o'clock in the Thorn well dining hall sions were attended by some 2,- 000 Royal Ambassadors, coun selors, leaders and pastors. Attending from Davidson J D McKee, 311 E Fla. St R H. McGee, 203 S. Adair St. One hundred and twenty-one Street were Durward Murdock, James l Ellison. Pinewood Dr and women wdth service rec- leader of the group, Mike Foster, Judson Brehmer, 604 S Adair . f „ , Marion Freeman, Bill Peterson, Announcement of leaders for ° rds ° f J * ' , K , Jimmy Burgess and John Har- st > jrlse membership of the club and j ris Jerry Mann was a guest of gathering Eighteen are retired members who return with their guests for the annual affair Everett C. Lindsey, manager of employee relations for Gulf Oil Corporation’s Cincinnati, Ohio, refinery, will be guest speaker Mr Lindsey is a nationally known after dinner speaker. For five new members of the Sunrise Service On Johnson Field Sunday Morning wall will serve the unexpired por tion of the term ending August 31. 1962 Holy Week Easter Episcopal Services Named at College Paul Ard of Atlanta is the new commander of the Presbyterian College battle group of the Re serve Officers Training Corps Marion B I^e of Hemingway moves up to cadet lieutenant | t lub tonight s gathering will be colonel and Harry G McDon- their tirst meeting with their nold of Asheville, N C . to cadet fellow " 01d Timers” of Clinton- major j Lydia, as that many have com i Orphanage will have charge of j not to call for a primary or pri- Other promotions announced P ltted thelr twenty-fifth year of; the program, with President M. I maries. That is a question, he Whether or not a primary or primaries will be called to nomi nate a candidate for the post is uncertain at this time, it was stat- Ari Easter Sunrise Service, ed sponsored by the Clinton Kiwanis r. L f > laxico of Clinton, Dem- Club, will be held at 6.15 a m. ocratic chairman for the county Sunday on Presbyterian Col- said that the quesUon of costs in ; lege s Johnson Field i volved would be an important Representatives of Thornwell ! factor in the decision whether or Col \V W Barnett in- by Lt elude . To cadet captain. Charles H All Saints Episcopal Church is c layt on of Marietta. Ga Pat observing Holy Week with a se ries of special services. Empha sis will be placed on the Passion _ of our Lord A three-hour ser- Life Saving Courses At College Available To Area Residents Tisdale, all of Spar tanburg. and two grandchildren county chapters of the Crippled April meeting, being moved up Representative Hart was serv- Children Society of South ( aro- from Monday mg his first term as a member hna of the Laurens County Legislative, "BAC” buttons will be sold in, I uesday in a general election, al- Delegation - Clinton and Laurens County by His doctor said the attack came restaurants under the leadership on suddenly and w'lth little prior Cecil Wilson and by law en warning He had remained m forcement officials, headed by critical condition ^ hicf B. B. Ballard in C linton, Dr Hart held his first job at Jo- and wd * entitle any person wear- ana Mills before entering Palmer m*’ suc h a button to have cof- School of Chiropractic in Daven- fee on lb e house port, Iowa Wilson said practically all res- He was production and plan- taurants, hotels, drug stores and ning manager of a textile plant lunch counters in Clinton and this in Greenville at one time. area will participate in the event, a series of senior life saving Dr Hart was past president of “BAC” stands for ”Buck-A-j courses x wo 0 f the courses will the South Carolina Chiropractors Cup” or “Brace-A-Child ” be avajlable t0 the residents of Association and past president of the Laurens Lions Club F.V6 Joanna Baptist ‘ amenity He was a member of the First' c J ^ )ne W1 be a nl ^ht class for Methodist Church of Laurens and T-nOirS tO Sing Sunday high school students, which will had served as a Sunday school Five choirs of First Baptist be conducted on Monday and teacher and as a lay speaker He Church. Joanna, will appear in Thursday nights from 7:00 to 8 OO | was a steward ' an Easter Festival service on f, >r nnnroximatelv six weeks The He was past master of Blue Easter Sunday. April 2. at 11 f( »r approximately six weeks The Lodge and a member ot Palmetto , a m : other course will be a morning Lodge 19, AFM He was a Shrin- ' , , . j icourse available to interested er, an officer of Rising Sun Chap- , , ht ', chol 1 ^. are d ‘ retded by | women and will meet on Mondays j ter. Royal Arch Masons, and a ; :vllss Mary Elizabeth Fowler. Ac-j an d Fridays from ll 00-12:30 ' The Way of The Cross,” rick D Malone of Atlanta, Hexie McDonnold of Asheville, Douglas C McDougald of Anderson. Thom C. Middleton of Jefferson. James G. Monroe of Latta and present to each ot the incom- j s p resen t special music. ing members an engraved watch and a jeweled 25-year service, award pin will climax the week s worship on , Good Friday, which begins at .James W Sease of Clinton Cornwall was plpetad mavnr ^ noon and continues through 1 ° cade t first lieutenant Lornwau was eiectea mayor ^ ° Thomas A rolling nf PaapianH 3:00 p m. it is designed to en- 1 nomas A Loliins ot 1 ageland able persons desiring to worship ‘"‘ cbae * b Dawkins ol Laurens during a portion of the afternoon " al t er •’ Dorn Jr of Anderson Another service will be held H'ehard E Faulkner of Mender tonight. March 30. at 8:00 It is son - N c ■ OUo w Ferrene Jr Maunday Thursday remembrance, Maxton. N C . Herbert \ of the institution of the Lord’s Hammett ol Hogansville. Ga., 1 new officer of the South Atlantic Supper. Easter Day will be cele-1 John W Gibson of Summerton, Modern Languages Association, brated by a festival celebration Carlisle Patrick Griffin of Eufau- He w as named to the position of the Holy Communion at 10 00 i la, Ala . Gordon S Mobley III of i of secretary of the English-Three in service with the company during A Macdonald presiding over the: said, which will be decided by the the past year occasion \ Democratic Executive Commit- The new members include: | xhe Easter message will tee . c °mposed of a representative Clinton Mills J M Cunning- brought by Allen" Johnson tr °m each of the 46 voting pre ham. Bessie Queen. Thomas A Thornwell graduate who is now I elncts ,n the county Sanders and Roy I^e Lydia. a j Unior studying for the minis- stated that the minimum Lydia Mills; Ithicl W Harvey | try at Columbia Theological : cost for one primary would be President Robert M \ ance Seminary The Thornwell choir ^LfWO. and if two were needed (as is usually the case), the cost would probably be in excess of $3, 000 The part treasury, he said, has a balance on hand of ap proximately $1,000 The only source of funds for j,£. primaries, he said, is from as sessments of candidates. The cost for holding a general election. Plaxico reminded, is borne by the state. A cordial invitation is extend ed by the Kiwanis Club for all Clinton residents to join in at- c M J tending this service In the event Mevenso.n Named of bad weather, it will be held in Dr John \V Stevenson, chair- Belk Auditorium on the man of the Presbyterian College i campus English department, serves as a Beginning the week of April 10, a m The public is cordially in vited to all the services. Presbyterian College will sponsor: Jacksonville Beach, Fla . and | Section, covering the period of the John E Parker of Walterboro. I 18th and 19th centuries. member of Ada Chapter, Order ol the Eastern Star Gray Court Man Is Dead of Wounds companists are Mary Ann Brown To be eligible a person must s and Jennie Rae Surratt j baV e passed his sixteenth birth- A candlelight service with the day, or be in or above the elev-; observance of the Lord’s Supper ; enth grade in school, and be in ( will be held on Easter Sunday sound physical condition He is! evening at 7:30 Gray Court—Conway W Gray I The pastor, Rev. James B. 76. farmer and cattleman, of Rt Mitchell, extends a cordial invi- 1. Gray Court died at his home tation to the public around 10:30 a m. Tuesday of what apparently was self-inflict Service Station Men ed pistol wounds. i • ki A Marshall Pressley. Laurens Join New ASSOClOtlOn County Coroner, said it was re Several men representing CJin- ported Mr. Gray had been in ill ton businesses are listed as mem- health for some time The cor hers of the recently organized oner impounded a jury to view 1 Service Station Dealers Associa- the body but said an inquest tion, Inc , with headquarters in would not be held unless the fam ily requested one Mr. Gray was a lifelong resi dent of the Eden community and was a member of Dials Metho dist Church. He was the son of the late Zack N and Alice Cheek Gray Columbia. Local members include C. R. McDaniel of Charlie’s Gulf Ser vice, who is a member of the board of directors. A A Ram- age, Jr., of Carolina Texaco Ser vice, and Carroll S. Young, of Young’s Gulf Service also required to pass the follow ing swimming test: 1 Standing front dive 2 Swim 440 yards continuous ly, employing a hand-over-hand stroke, a side stroke, and swim ming on the back 3. Dive from surface to mini mum depth of six feet and swim two body lengths .under water. 4 Tread water one minute with hands beneath surface 5. Float for one minute. Those interested are asked to call the athletic office of Presby terian College. There will be a charge of $3 00 for the course, textbook included. Classes will be limited to fifteen participants and no one may miss more than two classes and expect to qualify as a senior life guard. Five Are Named To Board of County Menial Health Assn. At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Laurens Services Continue At Presbyterian Holy Week services being con ducted at the First Presbyterian Church each evening this week by Dr. Albert Grady Harris, Sr., former pastor of the Macon, Ga., First Presbyterian Church, will continue through Friday, clos- i ing the series on evangelism with County Mental Health Associa- ' the Easter morning service April tion, presided over by the presi- 2 Dr Harris will conclude his dent. Rev Giles I.ewis, five mem- services with the following serm hers were elected to the Execu- on topics: i live Committee Tonight, Ships That Never The committee members who Sailed Friday evening, “I Sat wil1 serve for one y ear ar e : Mrs, Where They Sat ”: and Sunday Warren Lee, Dr. Martin Teague, morning, April 2 ‘Easter Mrs Sara DeLoach, Justin A Bridges, all of Laurens, and Dr George Bellingrath of Clinton. Mr Lewis and Mrs. Alma Wham will serve as ex-officio members of the committee. Elected to serve on the nomi- Morning Glories ” Game Postponed Due to a conflict in Easter va cations, the Clinton High base ball game scheduled to be played na ti'ngTommiUee' for one 'year here today against Newberry High will tie postponed until a later date, it has been announced by Coach Bob Strock The next home game will be played April 4 against Winns- ; boro. ] HENDERSON JOIN'S WM. J BAILEY AGENCY Episcopal Women Meet Here Shown at a Northwestern district meeting of the women of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina here Wednesday, March 22 are (left to right) Mrs. R. Michael Turner, president of the women of All Saints Church which was host, Mrs. M E. Nellums of Nashville, Tenn., Miss Lois Mills, diocesan chairman, and Mrs. William M. Scaife of Clemson, district director. — (Photo by Dan Yar borough.) were Miss Norma Hallett of Clin ton. Herman Shealy of Joanna. Thomas A Babb and Neal Seigler of Laurens Mr Lewis was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Mental Health As sociation Among the matters proposed by the Board of Directors was the Lykes S. Henderson has joined 0 f mernbers 0 f t}j e e x _ the William J. Bailey Insurance Committee with officials Agency as assistant to the man-1 0 f ( be Greenwood County Mental ager, John L. Mimnaugh, and will begin his work April 1 A native of Clinton he was re cently retired from the U. S. Air Force as a lieutenant colonel The family resides on Lake Greenwood. Health Association to discuss the possibility of the establishment of an area Mental Health Clinic in the future The meeting of the directors was held at the parish house of the Episcopal Church in Laurens.