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Methodist Society Officers Named The Woman's Society of Christian Service, Greenwood District, Methodist Church, which is comprised of Greenwood, Laurens, New berry, Edgefield, Abbeville, McCormick and parts of Saluda and Aiken Counties, held its 20th annual meting at Broad Street Methodist Church, Clinton, last Thursday. Above are new officers elected at the session, left to right, front row: Mrs. R. M. Reeves, North Augusta, secretary of Christian social relations; Mrs. R. H. Whitlock, Greenwood, recording secre tary; Mrs. D. F. Patterson, Laurens, presi dent: Mrs. George Reid, Clinton, vice-presi dent; Mrs. A. L. Slade, Edgefield, treasurer; Mrs. Oscar B. Franklin, Greenwood, secre tary of literature and publications; back row: Mrs. Harry A. Bauknight, Clinton, secretary of student work; Mrs. C. W. Brockwell, Gra- niteville, secretary of missionary education; Mrs. M. J. Simpson, Laurens, zone leader; Mrs. A. R. Nicholson, Greenwood, zone leader; Mrs. E. L. Johnson, Nninety Six, secretary of of youth work; Mrs. Ralph Wilson, Laurens, chairman public relations; Mrs. Helen B. Bourne, editor of News-A-Plenty. —Photo by Dan Yarborough. (Hlti v GUtnfcm (Ehrmtirb Vol.62 —No. 17 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 27, 1961 County's Interests Are Paramount' Donald Russell To Address Student Body at PC Friday Donald Russell, former presi dent of the University of South Carolina, who once served as as sistant Secretary of State, will de liver the main address at annual International Relations Day ac tivities at Presbyterian College this Friday morning. He is to speak to the PC student body at 10:00 a m. in Belk Audi torium, and the general public is invited to attend. Dr. Russell received national recognition as a lawyer and gov ernment official before he began his career as an educator He was a law partner of James F. Byrnes in Spartanburg for a number of years, beginning in 1930, and he joined the disting uished South Carolinian in Wash ington at the outbreak of World War II Spring Program For Mounhrille Grange The Mountville Grange held its regular meeting Thursday eve ning at the Grange Hall. After a business meeting the lecturer, Mrs L. R. Adams, con ducted an Inspiring program on “April-Spring," reading “Plant a Garden," while Miss Becky Bun- drlck played Tn the Garden.” Readings, "Laugh Week,” and “Do You Have Spring Fever"? were given by Mrs. Jerome Fin ley and Mrs. John Simmons. Closing thoughts for the month were givne by Mrs. Adams. Refreshments were served dur ing the social hour by Marion Crowder, the Alex Simpsons and the Jerome Finleys. Piedmont District Dental Society In Session Here Today Babb Resigns As County Attorney Thomas A Babb, who was re- that the county’s interests suffer elected in January as county at- by reason of any person's loyalty Cook's Portraits ^ The annual spring meeting of Dr. Russell served first as a j ^ piedmont District Dental So- member of the Price Adminis- 1 c jety of the South Carolina Den- tomey after a service of several! to me I consider the interests of [ previous years, Tuesday submit-1 the county as a whole paramount ted his resignation in a letter to J to those of any single individual. the County Board of Commis sioners, the body which chose him. Supervisor Furman B Thoma- son( who occupies a dual role as County Supervisor and chairman of the County Board of Commis sioners, said immediately after receiving the letter of resignation that he would notify the two other commissioners as soon as pos sible and bring the letter before including myself. “I wish to express to you my appreciaiton for being again re tained as County Attorney and the confidnece you have always i tration Board, then became as sistant to Byrnes when the latter stepped in as Director of Eco nomic Stabilization and later as Director of War Mobilization. Friday’s speaker was Depupty Director of the Office of War Mobilization Reconversion for six months in 1945 becoming Assist ant Secretary of State. He held Salon portrait prints entered this office until January, 1947, by Mrs. David S. Cook of the f when he resumed the practice of William Shields Studio, at the re- law cent Combined Convention of the Dr Russell became president Exhibited In Chattanooga I expressed in me. However, there Tennessee and Southeastern Pro-1 of the University in 1951 and Ten ure many able members of the bar eligible and qualified for this retainer and I do not believe that the legal interests of the county will suffer at the hands of any one you mgiht select as my suc- the board at its next meeting next | cessor. Tuesday The other members are 1 “Please accept this as my res Paul S O'Dell and George H I ignation as County Attorney sole- tal Association, will convene in Clinton today (Thursday). The sessions will begin at 9:30 a m. at Hotel Mary Musgrove. Featured on the program as guest clinician will be Dr. Ray Linadhl, chairman, Department of Pedodontia, University of North Carolina Dr. L. L. Long, of Laurens, is president of the Piedmont Dis trict Society, and will preside over the day’s proceedings. The program is expected to continue into the afternoon The invocation will be by Dr Judson Davis, of Clinton. Mayor J J Cornwall will wel come the group and the response Paintings and Ceramics Exhibited fessional Photographers Associa- dered outstanding service in this tions were among highest awards ! capacity until his resignation in received by entrants from nine 1958 to make an unsuccessful southeastern states. i bid for the governorship Now he All prints submitted by Mrs. J once more practices law in Spar-'will be given by Dr. Henry Little Cook in the categories of trans- 1 tanburg. 0 f Greenville.: parent oils and opaque oils by j New officers will be elected at a professional studio artists were Rev. M. R. Wingord business meeting. Here are acenea at the studio tea held last Wednesday afternoon at the Thorn- well Hobby Shop, when 50 paintings and 23 ceramic creations were on display. Ex hibitors were Mrs. Marshall W. Brown, Mrs. A. C. Young, Mrs. George Bellin- grath, Mrs. David Roberts, Mrs, Helen Y r ass, and Bobby Benchoff (Thornwell), all of Clinton, and Mrs. Julia Wbenges, Mrs. L. W. Gratz, Mrs. R. E. Haynes, and Mrs, J. C. Flegas of Laurens. The showing was well attended by residents of the Clinton and Laurens area and elsewhere. —Photo by Dan Yarborough. selected by a panel of judges, Penland ly for the reasons stated. I have Masters of Photography, for ex-j Dies in Greenwood Babb's reasons were set forth been pleased to try to serve Lau- hibition at the 1961 convention in the first paragraph of the let rens C° un ty as an attorney and headquarters. Hotel Patten, in ter in which he said that he had otherwise, and 1 expect to con Chattanooga, Tenn reason to believe that his conUn- tinue to serve Laurens County at ued service as County Attorney an -V “me opportunity presents B an k Exhibits had been used to embarrass the used Board of Commissioners, which Please be assured oi my wil ls the governing body of the coun- 10 ser '. e at any A group of tempera paintings ty. and the other county officials f h y P a .:"f. ^ ^ anybody if done by chlldren of the First by “the holding up of necessar >’ 1 ^ fi PUbht lnlerest w ‘ n Presbyterian Church kindergar- legislation and appropriations re a so oe served. i ^ display ^ week at lating to roads, bridges and other, “1 will carry all litigated mat m. S Bailey and Son, Bankers. Lunch will be served in ballroom of the hotel Rev Muller R. Winagrd, 67, re - _ . . tired Lutheran minister died last Fakkcmo DirCCtS Tuesday night at a Greenwood Laurens Workshop the Improvements to Be Mode Kindergarten Work important county matters." ters now in my hands to a con I The public is invit ^, to view “I certainly do not desire that! c us ‘ on you know there are 1 lbe done b y the students the county's interests suffer by ce *’ ta * n items °f litigation in dinimg the year for their annual reason of any person's loyalty to w " lc h the county or county °f- showing myself,” he said ficials are involved which havej On January 3 in a public dele- yet been concluded to which 1 have devoted time .effort, and out of pocket expense. As the re hospital The Rev. Mr. Wingard had been in retirement since 1954 when he ended a 30-year career as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Greenwood Fod 15 years Mr. Winagrd was pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Clinton while also serving the Greenwood church. Burial was in Greenwood Me morial Gardens. gallon meeting held in the pres ence of the Board members. Sen King Dixon expressed opposition ^ a * ner does not cover these items, to the re-election of Mr Babb as attorney, declaring that it would be "displeasing to him to have to sit in a meeting with the attor ney The commissioners re-elect ed Mr Babb the same afternoon One of the first acts of Senator Dixon when the Legislature con vened in January was to inroduce a bill to do away with the posi tion of county attorney and to substitute therefor a legal "ad visor" who would be chosen by the delegation in a manner which would have given the senator a veto power in the selection. The House members of the delegation, then composed of Representatives Marshall Abercrombie, Hubert Graydon and C J Hart, amend ed the bill so as to remove the veto power of the senator and also adding the names of certain other court house officials to those of the delegation to elect the attorney Rep Hart has since died The bill is supposed to have gone to a conference committee upon the refusal of Senator Dixon to accept the amendments, but Rep. Abercrombie, secretary of the delegation, said recently that he didn’t know whatever had be come of it At the same time he expressed a strong conviction that the county supply bill. I will submit my statement for services rendered in these mat ters at the proper time." Geneva Theologian To Speak at College, Presbyterian Church Little League Baseball Slated to Start Monday R. E. Fakkema, associate pro fessor of Christian Education at Presbyterian College, directed a recreation workshop at the La mar Smith Youth Center in Lau rens this week. The program covered all phas es of recreation and was held Monday through Wednesday eve nings from 7:30 to 9:30 Invites Clintonians To Se® Iris Garden Flower lovers of the Clinton area are invited by Hal Kohn of Local Corporation to Operate Hotel Hotel Mary Musgrove of Clin ton will be operated in the future by the Clinton Community Hotel Corporation. Mrs. Laona May- cock, who has experience in hotel management in North Carolnia, for a number of years. Funeral services were held there on Mon day In addition to her husband she is survived by three children; three sisters, Miss Inez Tucker of Newberry to visit his iris garden | this city, who had gone to Los Mr. Kohn says his iris will be | Altos to be with her during her at their peak of bloom on or j illness; Mrs. Ansel Smith of Former Clintonian Passes in California Mrs. Wayne G. White, the for mer Miss Kitty Tucker of Thorn- well. passed away on Saturday, South Carolina, and Florida, will in J-os Altos, California, where, tutve-supervision of the hoteL . she had been making her home Frank C. Moore, Laurens County native and successful ho tel operator, is presently assist ing the corporation in the man agement and directing the im provements of the physical facili ties of the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. for regular meals. The Clinton Community Hotel Corporation is making plans for completely redecorating the building and instituting neces sary improvements for up to date hotel. W. J. Trowbridge, who has ope rated the hotel for several years, Fravritfiarifast «ra rettawtr' Highlands, N. C., during the week. Stock in the Community Hotel Corporation, which owns the property, is held largely by local residents. The three-story, 50- room brick structure near the Moore will reside at the hotel | business section of the city, was for the next few weeks, and they opened in 1951 and has had a invite their friends and citizens j liberal patronage Clinton’s Little League will on the back Presbyterian College about April 29. and will continue Weaverville, N C ; Mrs. carter ot i.aurens county to visit witn, Mrs Maycock was connected open its 1961 baseball season' campus for two or three weeks. j Wrenn of Augusta, Ga : a broth-j them. with the hotel in an adminlstra- Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. A ne *' coach this year is Bobby, The J ard « n 15 la, ; ated o n er, Louis Tucker, of^ Dallas Tex- ^ The regular smorgasbord will j capacity some months ago. when the Joanna and Lions Club DR. COURVOISIER The Clinton Kiwanis Club will get a look at what science has done for one of man's first indus- Dr Jaques Courvoisier, former t r j es —doth making—at its meet- dean College of Theology , j n g bere tonight from a presenta- which, incidentally, carries the and president-rector of the Uni- t j on 0 f •■The Textile Traveler " appropriation for the Board of versity of Geneva, will visit Clin- Fabric that irons itself and a Commissioners, will never pass ton tb j s wee k_ end to speak at swatch of cloth that can be dyed this year. It has already passed p res byterian College and the red, white and blue in a single the House and. at last reports. First p re sbyterian Church bowl of dye are among the de- was in the hands of Senator Dix- 1 jj e is t0 arr i ve on the PC cam- velopments to be demonstrated j Harry Nettles, teams cross bats. | c [ u b team. Six games are scheduled for the The CO aches had their final week and each week therealter; mee tjng last night to iron out de- until June 12 Litt'e Boys League ^ a jj s before the season gets un cup play will begin on June 6.; berway Each team will play a continuing through July 12. 20-game schedule Other games for the week are Tom Brown and Earl R i ce wi n j Tuesday, Whitmire vs Ex-j a g a i n serve as official umpires. Exchange; Wednesday, Moose vsj other umpires are needed, it was Kiwanis; Thursday, Kiwanis vs J stated, and volunteers are re- Whitmire (all at 5 p. m.). Friday j q Ues ted to get in touch with D S. will see two games: Exchange vs | Templeton director of the city’s i Joanna at b p. nr., and Eions vs rpcrcation program ^ at . J, 45 , h..," 1 , game ! The playing season for the Pal- j will be at the Little League park ; mett0 Uague which takes the place of the Pony League, will open May 18, Templeton said, continuing through July 12 . The Palmetto Legaue will use the field at the Junior High play- g r o u n d, on which, Templeton j stated, it is hoped to install light ing facilities and a fence. If the plans materialize, he said, the field will also be used twice a week at night for church softball teams. Joiner of the college', who suceeds >ay 76 by-pass. There is no ad as: and a half-brother, Richard j be served each Sunday at noon,: and her Clinton friends will be with the Lions mission charge. Tucker, of Rock Hill. "• • ~ 1 • See Textile Demonstration At Meeting Tonight and the dining room will be open! pleased to know she is returning ! to the city. A meeting of stockholders in I Clinton Community Hotel Cor poration will be held Monday at 7:30 p. m. in the ballroom of the hotel. Propose Referendum On $150,000 Bond Issue for County Members of the senior play cast are, front row (I to r), Trecie Davis, Joanne Todd, and Mimi Martin. In the second row are Mary Cole, Louise Speake. Jimmy Johnson, Jimmie Sunday Designated For Budding Fund By j 0 p resen t CHS Senior Play Friday on. by Mrs. Campbell Sanders of The Kiwanians also will see how gauze can actually hold wa ter despite its seive-like structure. served. In his last naravranh he said ing services on Sunda y and P ar ' _? P g P. , . ticipate in a panel discussion be- that there was some county liti gation which fell outside of his c- pus Saturday morning to address arther along in his letter Mr. Christian sociology class Babb expressed h.s appreciation Dr Edouard 1>aUe to the Board for the confidence c 8 ousjn y who was in the same placed in him and asserted his; , , , . .. , graduating class with Professor willingness to serve at any time, ^ . , . „ .• at any place and with anybody Cour-voisier a ,ene\a^ if thereby public interest will be t.ngu.shed visitor also will The Textile Traveler a pro- preach at the First church morn- gram developed by the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, briefly traces the history of tex tiles and gives a glimpse of the fabrics of tomorrow The ACMI is the national trade association of the textile industry. The presentation tells of devel opments in fabrics made from cotton and other natural fibers and from the new test tube fi bers It also discloses some un usual uses of textile products, ranging from nose cones for rockets to the insulation around transcontinental pipelines Presentation of the program before the Kiwanis club was ar ranged by R o b e r t M Vance, president of Clinton-Lydia Cotton Mills. First Baptist Church .. FMer , Cr „ pm ,. m „. Building Fund Sunday will! tery-comedy in three acts, will be C :2,‘ Um T b ' aber pres ? ntation of be observed at the First Baptist presented by the senior class of Church Sunday, April 30 Clinton High School Friday ngiht Several months ago the church j a ( g o’clock. The high school au fore the PC student body on Mon- 1 day morning. which he had devoted time, effort Lr Courvoisier came to this and expense which he will carry country from Switzerland to de- to a conclusion and submit a liver the A. K. Warfield Lectures statement therefor at the proper on Theology at Princeton Theo- time. logical Seminary. The text of the Babb letter was [ An ordained minister of the as follows: Reformed Church, he has serv- “I have reason to believe that ed as professor of church history my continued service as County at the University of Geneva since 1939, was dean of its faculty of theology from 1944 to 1956 and became rector in 1958. He is the author of several books, includ ing one on Zwingli and another Columbia — Laurens County representatives Wednesday pro posed a county referendum on the question of issuing $150,000 in general obligation bonds. The bonds would go principally to the retiring of outstanding in debtedness for capital improve ments already initiated. Existing law covering the issuance of bonds in Laurens County requires a favorable vote of the qualified voters of the county, and that is what is sought under the pending at a special election to the voters: “Shall the County Board of Commissioners of Laurens Coun ty be authorized and empowered to issue not exceeding $150,000 of general obligation bonds of Lau- ! rens County, the proceeds of which shall be used to improve Aunt Mary is Hercules’ aunt Mary Cole, dressed in the 1910 and effect additions to public She is the only stabilizing factor fashions, portrays the part of buildings belonging to Laurens in the whole household. Patsy Daphne, the maid. She is very Cuonty, and to pay existing in- Williams will portray this char- quiet; but when she does speak, debtedness of Laurens County?” she has a deep and forceful voice The Laurens delegation also in- Orr, Nancy Neighbors, and Patsy Williams. In the back are Wayne Morgan, Jerry Hail, Marvin Sanders, and Butch McElveon. acter. Marvin Sanders will be Uncle Jerry Hall, talking with a high- troduced a bill re-enacting an old voted to set aside the fifth Sunday! ditorium will be the scene of the Bob, the mortician. Granny will pitched but slow drawl, will act 1 a w establishing the Laurens of each month to place special play. j be portrayed by Nancy Neigh- as Claude, the caretaker. ! County Library, emphasis on the building fund for The play reveals the events that bors. Even though she is about Prompters for the play are a new auditorium 1oo1c place durin ^ one week-end seventy-five years old. she is full Dorothy Staton and Barbara Wil- Q r Louis Stephens at a mortician’s house of life and quite a hep cat. Receives Award Attorney has been used to embar rass you and the other County- officials by the holding up of nec essary legislation and appropria tions relating to roads, bridges, and other important county mat- covering a brief history of Prot- ters. I certainly do not desire estantism ... , ... „ | —- i — — i — j son. Valerie Morse, Dianne Price, All loose offerings as well as < Taking part in the play will | Wayne Morgan wUl act as Mr Julia Blackwell and Elaine Smith special gifts will go to the build-j be Jimmy Johnson as Wilbur Quigley, who is not very concern- are in charge of make-up. Bill Dr. Louis M. Stpehens, gradu- ing Fund on that day. j Maxwell, who is thirteen, full of ed about the recent attempt that Wilson and Billy Owens will man ate of the Medical College of Plans have already been drawn! act ' on ' and a P° cket - sized ver-1 was made on his life. This man, the lighting and sound effects South Carolina, who has been for the erection of a new anHito. 1 sion of the atomic b °mb. j clad in a red nightshirt, is rather equipment. Serving on the enter- spending a year’s internship in Butch McElveen will portray ] interested in Granny. tainment committee are Lunette Macon,Ga.,hasreceivedaschol- approximaetly Hercules Nelson, Wilbur’s bosom Dr. Brown is an immaculate Frazier, Franceen Smith and Eu- arship award on his general prac- dresser. This middle-aged man genia Byars. tice residency for next year where will be portrayed by Jimmie Orr Ushers for the play are Lodene he will be stationed in a hospital Madeline, Mr. Quigley's sister, Elmore, Helen Edge and Janice in Alexandria, La. r i u m costing $200,000, work on which will be gin as soon as sufficient funds are available. According to R. P. Wilder, church treasurer, ap proximately $40,000 is in the building fund at present. In ad dition to the special gifts by in dividual members, a certain amount is transferred to the building fund each month from the regular church budget pal. These two boys form the epi tome of unquenchable chaos. Celeste is played by Joanne Todd. She is Hercules’ cousin and the object of Wilbur's affection. Nina Quigley, portrayed by Mimi Martin, is the bright sopt in Her cules’ usually blackened eye. Trecie Davis will act as Frankie, Celeste's sister. Her main love is mystery stories, and she has an answer for everything. will be Louise Speake Wearing black throughout the play, she gives the impression that she has never smiled. Also taking part in the play will be Lonnie Farnell, as Harry Schuster, the Quigley’s family lawyer. This suspicious-looking fellow has many nervous habits. Goss. Scenery was built and Mrs. Stpehens is formerly T.il- erected by Avery Smith and his \ ban Dillard, of this city and they shop class. | have a son, Louis, Jr. Mrs. Richard Boland and Missj The Meade-Johnson Drug Co. Shirley Miller of the high school t confers 20 scholarships to doctors faculty, are directing the com edy Admision will be 50 and sev enty-five cents. over the nation doing general practice residencies and he has been selected as one of the 20 It carries a grant of $1,000