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OUinton (Cltronirk Vol.62 —No. 15 Clinton, S. C. ( Thursdoy, April 13, 1961 Officers Of Joanna Old Timers Club / • Recently elected officers of the Joanna the annual dinner-meeting of the club Old Timers Club, above, left to right, are he 'i at „ Par ^ rama , ? n Lake 9 ree f n ' „ T . . .wood. Members of the club, approximate- Ray Bragg, vice-president; Mrs. Lucille jy 250 in number, are employees of Jo- Nalxirs, secretary-treasurer; and Milton a nna Cotton Mills who have seen 35 or Bolick, president. They were installed at more years of service. County Workers To Attend TB Meeting In Columbia Today A number of persons interest ed in the work of the Laurens County Tuberculosis Association will attend the annual meeting of the South Carolina Tuberculosis Association today (Thursday) at the Columbia Hotel. Columbia Speakers will be Judge Ernest House speaker Sol Blatt set thej f or us { 0 j,old a primary in this E Mason of Pensacola, Fla , Dr June 13 General Election Set To Fill Vacant House Seat A special general election will I consulted with members of the be held June 13 to fill a Laurens executive committee, he said. Counts vacancy in t h e State (K Mr Plaxico said that "After i thorough consideration we have House of Representatives. concluded that it is not feasible date last week after being in formed by R L. Plaxico, Lau rens County Democratic chair man. that the executive commit tee had decided a primary was not feasible The decision not to hold a pri mary to name a nominee for the post came after Mr. Plaxico had Watershed Election For Duncan Creek Area Slated Tuesday District is scheduled to be held Tuesday. April 18, at the Long Branch Community House Voting In the referendum wilt instance He advised the speakep of the Randolph B. Turnbull of Mem- ; phis, Tenn., and C. Scott Ven able, of Raleigh, N. C The business meeting will in- Joanno Pre-School Clinic To Be Held On Thursday, April 12 The Health Committee of the Joanna Foundation will conduct a pre-school clinic for all pupils who will enter school at Joanna next fall. This clinic will be held in the school auditorium on Thursday morning, April 20, from 8:45 to 11 o'clock Each child should be accompanied by a parent or an older member of the family. In order to enter school South Carolina law requires that a child be six years old on or be fore November 1 It also requires that a child be vaccinated against smallpox. Parents of beginning pupils are urged to bring (hem to the clinic for enrollment and immuniza tion District Methodist Women To Meet At Broad St. Church The Greenwood District of the \ Woman’s Society of Christian Service will hold its annual meet ing in Clinton at Broad Street Methodist Church Thursday, April 20 Mrs. D F. Patterson, District President, will preside. Registration will start at 9:30 and the meeting will open at 10 a. m. with devotional led by Rev. Joel Cannon, pastor of Broad Street Church The pastors of all churches of elude a final campaign report, the district are invited to be spe. the awarding of Christmas Seal cial guests This is the first time certificates, and the election of I they have been invited as a whole directors. ; and it is hoped they will attend and become a regular part of this meeting Dr. Bryce Herbert, District Su- house of the decision and request ed that he call a special election “at the earlist possible date with in the provisions of the law . . The House seat became vacant upon the recent death of Dr. C. J Hart, of Laurens, who was serv ing his first-term, which expires The annual meeting of the in November, 1962 South Carolina Conference of TB Three candidates have an- Workers will be held in the after- nounced for the post, including 1 noon Mrs. Hart: William H McNinch. ’ Laurens business man, who was' Wilson Is Director | elected at this meeting, a candidate for the House in last | p, H I f i Mrs R L ' Holro >' d ’ Confer- year's Democratic primary; and i riyWOOG inSiliUte I ence President, will be the main , th f rmation William C. Dobbins, Clinton in- L M. Wilson, vice-president j speaker re eren um on e o j surance man.who lives at Joan- and general manager of The Each secretary of the district of the Duncan Creek Watershed na f orm er Representative, and Modernwood Company of Clinton, who narrowly missed a second has been elected to serve as direc- race for the State Senate in last tor for the Hardwood Plywood In year’s primary. I stitute, the national organization 1®~« general election there is I At the recent 20th annual spring no runoff The person receiving j membership meeting of -HPI at be property owners bordering , th e most votes wins, regardless ! the Shoreham Hotel in Washing- Duncan Creek j of whether or not he gets a ma-j ton, D. C., Mr. Wilson was elected A recent act of the legislature; JorRy to serve as director for two years, gave legal status upon creation I of such watersheds in the county. S F* Q f County Cancer Unit Has Kickoff Meet Here On Thursday Spread the word about cancer and promote checkups among people, some 200 persons attend ing a dinner meeting of the Laur ens County Cancer unit were urged here Thursday night Mayor Neville Holcombe, of Spartanburg, warned that cancer respects neither position, rank nor class, striking indiscrimi nately. "What we can do,” he told the group at Hotel Mary Musgrove, “is to give our time, our interest and our means.” Laurens Sen King Dixon in troduced the mayor and Mrs. Holcombe County unit president Fred Davis presided. Crusade director Steve Soltis urged those present to sell the people on the urgency of personal physical checkups. Mrs. Sarah DeLoach. county commander, said the crusade will seek $8,000 this year. She reported that 85 patients in Laur ens County have received aid through the county unit since Sept. 1 No campaign for funds will be made in the Clinton area, since the American Cancer Society is included as an agency in the Clinton Community Chest, and is scheduled to receive $3,000 Annual Meeting Chamber Commerce To Be Held Tuesday At Cancer Crusade Rally Here Shown here are leaders in the Laurens County Cancer Crusade rally held here last Thursday evening at Hotel Mary Musgrove. From left to right are State Senator King Dixon, who introduced the speaker; Mayor Neville Holcombe of Spartanburg, who was the speaker; Mrs. Sarah DeLoach. commander of the county unit of the American Cancer So ciety ; Steve Soltis, Crusade Chairman; and Fred Davis, president of the county unit.-—Photo by Dan Yarborough. Introduced In House County Supply Bill Totals $551,000 The Laurens County appropria-: ed surplus of income over out i member of the House delegation tion bill, introduced in the House go, is set up on the county books | from Laurens County following of Representatives last Wednes- at the beginning of the fiscal year | the death of Rep C J Hart, are day, provides for total expendi-1 under the terms of the act and now studying further financing, tures of $551,026 00, which is , thereby becomes subject at once 1 probably including a bond issue. about $44,00 less than the 1960 to warrants of the Board of The annual membership meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce will be held next Tuesday at 10 a m at Hotel Mary Musgrove. Presiding will be J. C. Thomas, pervisor, will install officers for retiring president, who will sub- | the ensuing year after they are | m R a report of activities of the Chamber for the past year and receive suggestions for projects to be undertaken during the com- Magistrate Not Acted On The watershed district, if voted upon favorably, would be govern ed by a board of five directors, elected by the landowners They would have the power to buy j ne e for a Magistrate’s pest in 1 ment. land construct improvement Laurens County by the State Sen Under South Carolina law works borrow money, and au- a tor from the county had receiv h ° ld a Pl» intl ye will be given the opportunity to make a report of work during the year. A new feature of the meeting will be a short session following the noon-day luncheon, which will be served by the ladies of Broad Street Church Immediate ly following the luncheon the business session will be held, at which time officers of the district will be installed and reports ing year. They are: Advertising Comit- tee, R. S Truluck, chairman; Agriculture, J. H Pitts, Jr.; Aviation, James E. Wolfe; Civic Allatrs, ifaros, Jfcdu- cation, Claude Crocker, Execu tive-Finance, J. C. Thomas, Highway, R. L, Plaxico; Hous ing, J. W. Abrams; Welcome, W. C. Baldwin Also, Industrial, A. C. Young; Industrial Promotion, Tom Plaxico; Legislative Affairs, W bill The sum of $90,000 is listed to be spent for maintenance of roads and bridges and supplies, plus $50,000 allocated for equipment and for supplies and for patch ing and otherwise improving black top roads. Both of these items are included in appropria tions for the office of the Super visor and County Commission ers The reduction of the gross to tal of expenditures this coming year from last year comes about largely through a reduction in the estimated reserve fund from approximately $71,000 last year The amount to be raised by the local nine-mill property tax levy County Commissioners with the added names of the delegation. On March 1 $66,000 of the Jund had been spent with four more months to run Whether or not the estimated surplus of $71,000 will materialize will not be known until after the close of the year. Individual changes in various items of the bill include a reduc tion of the contingent fund from $10,000 to $5,000 and an increase in the item of court expense of about $2,500. The fund for court expense for this year is already overdrawn about $5,500, accord ing to the books of the Board of to put the county's financial af fairs in better shape In that con nection he did not mention the deficit or the recommendations of the grand jury. (Bills affect ing appropriations must origi nate in the House.) principal items in the proposed supply bill follow: Board of commissioners, $248, 221; clerk of court’s office, $46,- 000; auditor’s office, $13,945. county superintendent of educa tion’s office, $8,109; sheriff’s of fice, $98,894; judge of/probate’s office, $12,625: health depart ment, $19,400; magistrates, $7,- 784; agriculture, $6,280; depart ment of public welfare, $11,175; County Commissioners to approximately $15,000 this The hill makes no provision tor count y S e r vice office" $8 15o! the $44,000 deficit last year in the county's operating fund as re ported in the annual audit nor affected and the Soil Conserva . , tion District been recommended by the Sena The Laurens County Soil Con-; servation District, which approv ed the project, recently submit-! ted plans for work in the pro posed district which were adopt- \ ed at a subsequent public hear- j ing. The work includes construction of five flood relarding structures and eight miles of stream chan s ... , ... ,, , nel improvement, along with quaint < he P u P ,ls wlth the newl y vegetative treatment of 700 acres instituted national program for of critical areas and roadside ocupational training will feature erosion control The enacting legislation au thorized such districts for the made |C. Neely; Membership, D. B The district includes Laurens, ! Srn *tb; Public Affairs. George j Newberry, Greenwood, Abbeville, Cornfclson; Publicity, D A Yar- The recommendation of a nom-; tor to the Governor for appoint-j Ed 8efield, McCormick, Aiken : borough; Tourist Promotion, Counties Jim Von Hollen; Retail Mer- j chants Division, J R Cox The incoming president, John | L. Mimnaugh, will receive the I gavel from Mr. Thomas and will present his new officer slate and recently elected directors The pre-school clinic for the They are Tom Plaxico, vice winning nomiee for appointment M. S. Bailey School will be held president; I Mac Adair, treas- at the Clinton Mill Clinic Tues- urer; and Hugh L Eichelberger, , posts. But in I-aurens County j thonze an annual tax on the real e d no action by the Governor up nominees have been chosen in property in the district not to to yesterday primaries (some other counties; exceed five mils. For a lQng penod of years can .: do not follow this practice) and didates for Magistrate in the the Senator ha ^ re <'°mrnended the They would also be empowered to issue bonds subject to approv- . , , al of two-thirds of those to be count y hav f « ntered the P rl , . , hp Pnv(>rnnr manes, and the winners have I by Governor. Pre-School Clinic For Bailey School Lions Club To Hear Of Training Program Al Whitten Village An information session to ac- Robert N. Bigham was the day, April 25, from 1 to 3 p. m. successful nominee for Magis- Children who will be six years irate in Jacks Township in last, old before Nov. 2 are asked to be y e a r’s Democratic primaries. | at the clinic if they will attend But Senator King Dixon did not ^ the Bailey School for the 1961-62 recomend him to the Governor | session for appointment. ; Next year's first graders are Instead, several weeks ago, he requested to report to the school recommended James M, (Buddy) Copeland, Jr., for the post. But Governor Hollings had not acted on the recommendation up — to pres time yesterday. In the meantime, Attorney Gen- on Monday, May 29, in order to determine the size of the grade for next year. executive vice-president. Direc tors: H F. Blalock, A. B God frey, Robert E Johnson, R II McGee and L Ray Pitts Holdover directors are .1 B Arnold, R L Plaxico, Tom Plaxico, T M Youngblood. A C Young. Mrs. B H Boyd. George Cornelson, W P Jacobs, John Mimnaugh. and W. C Neely is expected to total $117,000 next j for the $35,000 cushion fund rec year, as against $108,000 from omipended by the 1960 grand the same source this year jjury. Rep. Marshall Abercrom- The reserve fund, which wasjbie, secretary of the delegation, resorted to last year for the first i said Monday that he and Rep. time, while based on an estimat-1 Hubert Grrfydon, now the sole Also, domestic relations court, $6,012; Laurens County library, $17,000; coroner’s office, $2,400. county physician’s office, $1,550; forest fire control, $200; miscel laneous. $12,805; National Guard units, $1,200; and contributions, $2,300 Two additional deputies would be authorized "ior weekends or as needed” at salaries of $75 a month for each man. They would be assigned to the Lydia Mills and Waterloo communities. Three other special deputies are Laurens County Sheriff’s depu- woods The incident occurred in j p rov ided for, two at Joanna Mill ties late yesterday afternoon an area south of Clinton j an( j one a ( Lydia Mill. . Ward was not struck bv the .„, , , , were still searching for a Negro officers said ! T " e da ance of revenae over man, identified by officers as j ' expenditures is estimated at $15,- Dave Workman, who reportedly 00 ou nr s, 1 1373.40, of which no sum, what- fired a shotgun at a deputy as , in, ° the search early in the eve- soever shall ^ expended except the officer attempted to serve a n ln g- picked up a trail but quick- with the approval of a majority bad check warrant i , ? ^ ,u of the Laurens <-'ounty Delega- Late Wednesday afternoon the t; on The incident reportedly occur- sherif f s office reported the red about 5 p m I uesday at the searc h f 0 r Workman was con-1 , tinuing Negro Shoots At Deputy When Officers Approach home of Workman’s sister Ac cording to the office of Sheriff R Eugene Johnson, Deputies Ted Ward and C D Benjamin, Jr , approached Workman and he fired a shot at Ward and then ran through the house into some Textile Association To Meet Here Friday purpose of "developing and exe cuting plans and programs re lating to any phase of the control and prvention of soil erosion, flood prevention, or the conserva- the program at a meeting of the j e ^ a * Daniel McLeod has advis Clinton Lions Club Friday eve-! ed “‘Sham, who was re-nomi- j ning j nated. to continue serving in the) One of the first such, projects ^ x>s * urdd his succesor qualifies is currently underway at Whitten! ... . Village, and there are only 30 in KlWOniOnS To Hoor ‘bApTaring will be Lawrence N ’ C ’ Banker Tonight disposal of water ' iton, development, utilization and, Curry, supervisor of workshops: Henry M. Simons, Jr, assis- and facilities of the South Caro-1 tant vice-president and manager lina Vocational Rehabilitation of the a g riculture department of Agency, of Greenville, together with a group from Whitten Vil-i ,ae Wachovia Bank and Trust lage consisting of one of the psy-| Company of Charlotte, will ad- Jaycees To Sponsor Safe Driving Rodeo For Teen-Agers dress the first April meeting of the Clinton Kiwanis Club Thurs day night He is to present a program showing the South Carolina "ag riculture caravan” to the Missis sippi Delta. Trips such as this one are part of an annual pro ject conducted by the bank’s ag riculture department Kiwanis President R Edward chologist and chairman of staff meetings involving admissions The Clinton Jaycee chater will 0 f new clients, evaluations, and sponsor a teen-age safe driving | planning conferences for trainees road-eo Sunday afternoon, April! and staff, Miss Norma E. Hal- 16, beginning at 2:00 p m in the lett; Harold A Coleman, coordi- Community Cash Grocery park nator of of workshop operations; ing area. Philip W Rogers, personnel de- High School boys and girls 14- partment; and Dr B O. Whitten, 18 are invited to participate and superintendent of Whitten Vil- may obtain entry blanks from lage and director of the prototype Avery Smith at the high school, project The local winner will compete The purpose of the project is: Ferguson will preside over the in the state finals in Barnwell the vocational and ocupational | Thursday night program, begin- later in the spring. The state rehabilitation of adolescents and; ning at 7 p m. in Hotel Mary winner receives a $500 scholar-1 young adults. | Musgrove. The speaker will be ship The local program was made; introduced by Robert M Vance. Local winner last year was Bill possible by a grant of the Office WiIson of vocational Rehabilitation of Parents Club Meeting the U S Department of Health,! , Band Concert At Education and Welfare At Whitten Village PrnviHpnro C / -L__| I he program will serve to eval The Whitten Village Parents rroviaence School uate the vocational potentials of The Clinton High School Band,; d ' e young people in the classes, under the direction of Harry A.' teach them to work with others Bouknight, Jr , wdll give a con-! and develop good work habits, cert Friday evening, April 14, build work tolerance, and receive at Providence School. ’ j training in vocational skills The public is invited to attend. Friday’s meeting of the riub A small admision fee will be ; will begin at 7:00 p m. at Hotel charged. ' Mary Musgrove In addition to the $117,000 to be raised from the 9-mill proper ty tax, other estimated income is as follows: Fines, licenses and fees, $55, 000; gasoline tax. $148,000; alco holic liquor tax, $39,960; beer and wine tax, $11,538, bank tax, Members of the South Carolina $3,000; county's share of in- Division of the Southern Textile come tax, $71,928; delinquent Association will assemble here! taxes, $20,000; delinquent tax Friday evening for conference fees, $11,000; insurance license and panel discussions. fees, $25,000, treasurer’s fees (re- Host for the session will be Jo- cordings, etc.) $18,500; national anna Cotton Mills, but the meet forestry funds, $3,000; misceUa- ng will be held at Clinton High n eous. $18,000; sheriff’s fees, $1,- School, beginning at 6:00 p m . (xx); birth certificate funds, $1,- with a refreshment period. 5(X); service office, $5,100; NYA D H Roberts, superintendent bulldlng r e nt . $1,000 of Lydia Mills, Clinton ,is chair- Under one section of the bill, man for the South Carolina Di- the Board of County Commission Following a short business ses- ers "is hereby authorized and di rected to divide the expenditures Club will hold its semi-annual meeting at the Village Sunday, April 23 After a short business session, alb parents will repair to the club house, which will be open from 12:00 noon to 5:0 p m. The public is cordially in vited. sion including the entire group, of such appropnatlons into the conference w, 1 divide into month , payments and monthlv sections for panel discussions ex[)enditl . res , hall not leading the discussions will be. 1 , , exceed William Pittendreigh of the Reigel Corp., Ware Shoals, card ing, opening and picking; David R Myers of Joanna Cotton Mills, spinning, spooling and warping. R. A. Liner. Greenwood Mills, slashin, weaving and cloth room: Harry Barbrey, Woodside Mills, | Greenville, air-conditioning and maintenance Baptist Young People To Meet At Holly Grove Thom well Receives Volumes Thomwell Orphanage has received a 24-volume set of Encyclopaedia Britan- nica, World Atlas, and a two-volume World Language Dictionary from the Na tional Exchange Club as a part of the institution’s educational program pertain ing to youth. Dr. M. A. Macdonald, pres ident of Thornwell, stated that the gift has been added to the school’s library. Shown making the presentation last week are Col. L. D. Lott, vice-president of the Clinton Exchange Club (left), and Arthur Benjamin, club president (right), with Dr. Macdonald (center).—Photo by Dan Yarborough. priation, unless otherwise stipu lated.” Woman Legislative Candidate In 1930's Since the announcement in The Chronicle last week of the candi dacy of Mrs. C. J. Hart for the seat in the House of Representa tives from Laurens County of her Tl)e Laurens County Baptist; late husband, it has been learned Young People will meet tonight that another woman once was a (Thursday) at 7:30 at Holly I candidate for a legislative post Grove Baptist Church. ; in the county. A Bible quiz will be featured. She was Miss Emma Dial, of Each church will be represented | the Gray Court community, who and contestants will vie for a 1 made a campaign for the House about 1936. Miss Dial was not elected but received a flattering vote. She was for years a teacher in the upper part of the county At the time of the campaign, she was in her 70’s, observers state Claude Farmer of Clinton, for merly of Joanna, was one of those who recalled the campaign prize. A nominating committee will be named to select a slate for election of officers, set for the next meeting. Refreshments will be hot dogs. Each church is asked to bring enough imney to cover a dutch hot dog supper