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Vol. 62 — No. 23
Clinton, S. C., Thursday, June 8, 1961
Commencement Services
End College's 80th Year
A patriotic call to appreciate
the privilege of being an Ameri
can was issued to 112 graduating
seniors by Presbyterian College’s
Scottish - born commencement
speaker here Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Edward D. Grant, Presby
terian business leader who heads
the Grant Chemical Co. of Baton
Rouge, La., spoke to a near-ca
pacity crowd assembled in Belk
calaureate sermon at the open-
i n g service Sunday morning.
Speaking on the subject, “More
Than Conquerors,’’ he said:
“When many are saying the
lights of God are all being blown
out, who shall be able to separate
us from the love of God’ . . .
There is a thirst to this thing we
know as life—a great challenge
God in His wisdom has placed in-
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Exchange Club To Sell Bulbs, Napkins
An early call is being made here on
Mrs. Lewis Bagwell, Jr., by Robert W.
Spencer, left, chairman of the sale com
mittee, and Arthur Benjamin, club pres
ident, in the annual light bulb sale to be
conducted Thursday and Friday by the
Clinton Exchange Club. In addition to
bulbs, the club has added paper napkins
to its house to house sale this year.—
Photo by Dan Yarl>orough.
Auditorium for the final exercises finity in our hearts."
of a full days’ program D r . Marshall W. Brown, presi
"Do you really know what dent of the college, pres.ded ove’-
Freedom means'’ ” he asked "Do j both the morning and afternoon
you know what democracy programs Robert M Vam e.
means?’’ Cl.nton business leader and cha r
The speaker who is a natural man of t,le bnard ol trustees, pre
ized American c tizen, urged his sented degrees to the recipients
audience to recognize the value General Godfrey issued reserve
of their precious heritage and to commissions to twenty gradual-
guard it with /.eal. ing ROTC cadets, and Dean
Dr. Grant deplored the present- George C. Bellingrath presented
Session Begins Monday
100 Cases on Docket for Court Term
day tendency of Americans to
speak cynically of this country,
to berate the government and
public servants while forfeiting
their voting right which safe
guards our freedom. And he add
ed :
“We dare not give the back of
our hand to our basic structures
of government, for they are the
very foundations of our country.”
Presbyterian College also
A docket of 103 new cases and under false pretenses, and a for support. John Carter (alias
two hold-overs from the last term gery charge, Billy Prince, house- Floyd Bartee), assault and bat
is scheduled to go before the ses- breaking and grand larceny; tery; Hazel Elders, neglect of awarded three honorary degrees
si*n of criminal court to begin in Colie Prince, Cecil Bagwell and children; Leroy Callenback, as part of the exercises.
Laurens Monday Edward Prince, grand larceny; grand larceny; O C. Woodruff, Doctor of divinity degrees were
Judge Steve C. Griffith of New- also seven additional charges in-1 violation of Sec 32-1774; Law- bestowed upon Rev. John D. Hen-
berry will preside over the term, volving the Princes and Bagwell rence Medlin and Macon Smith, derson, pastor of the Riviera
The new indictments will go Bobby l^wis Davis, grand lar larceny of bicycles; Terry H Me- Presbyterian Church of South Mi-
before the grand jury for true C eny; Oren Woodruff, violation ! G o11 . non-support
bill or no bill determination Sec. 32-1463, Evelyn F Collins, Mac B Hipp, Jr , driving un
The two hold-over cases, in- driving under influence (2nd); der influence (3rd); Joe C Moon,
volring Eugene Bolden for house- Willie D. Edmunds, driving un transporting illegal whiskey;
breaking and grand larceny and der influence (3rd); Joseph Jones Avenelle Allen, neglect of child;
receiving stolen goods, and La- and Julius O Womble, driving Charles Shelton and Willie Wes-
verne Kenneth Moore for viola under influence (2nd); Frank ley, Jr . eight charges of house-
tion of the liquor laws, will go Birchmore, assault and battery; breaking and grand larceny; Lar
before the court Paul Ballew, grand larceny; ry W. Sexton, housebreaking;
Also, Otis Ray Ross will be up iHorace N Barnwell, non-support; Barney Ray McCoy, housebreak-
tor sentencing at this term He Farl Garner, non-support. Geoi ge ing, C urtis Adams, abandon-
entered a guilty plea for driving F uber and Donald Bramlett, as- ment and failing to support in-
ami, Fla., and the Rev. Hubert
G Wardlaw, pastor of the Rock
Springs Presbyterian Church of
Atlanta; and a doctor of laws de
gree went to Major General Ansel
B Godfrey of Clinton, command
er of the 51st Infantry Division,
Army National Guard. All are
PC alumni.
Dr Wardlaw preached the bac-
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under the influence of intoxi
cants at the previous term
NEW CASES
Margaret Ree Gary, murder,
Joyce Ralph Norwood, John Wil
lie Evans, James Lewis Bishop,
Milton Richard Burton, Charles
Warren Craine, Jr., all driving
under the influence of Intoxi
cants, second offense; James
HarOW Blakely, third offense; '
James Smith, Joe Weisner, A. M.
Hughes, Samuel Gales, Jr., Arth
ur (Rooster) Harris and James
O'Dell Fuller, assault.
Elijah Cunningham, having in
possession illegal whiskey (sec-
sault and battery
John Robert Stone, non-sup
port; Johnnie Lee Bowers, non
support; John Henry Gary, as
sault and battery; Joseph R
Harris, driving under influence
valid wile; William Beeks and
Paul Ballew, housebreaking and
grand larceny, W T Long, non
support
W R (Bill) Martin, non-sup-
port; John Cary Hudgens, as-
(3rd); Fred C. Chumley, driving sault; George Putnam, dispos-
under influence (2nd), James ing of property under lien, Sam-
Taylor, housebreaking and grand mie Lee Nesbitt, rape; Sam
larceny, Fred F Lowery, non-, (Continued on page 8)
Clinton High School Team
Takes State Baseball Title
Jurors Named For
Criminal Court
Jurors named to serve during
the criminal court term next
week in Laurens are: Marion E.
Pinson, Maddens; Albert L. Bur
gess. Watts Mill; Marvin G.
Gault. Jr., Clinton; Everett
Duckworth, Youngs. Raymond
E Tucker, Laurens CttY; Mar
vin Neal, Lydia Mill; Charles G
Strickland, Maddens; Marvin E
Baughman, Stewart’s Store; Os
car A. Crawford, Lydia Mill; and
Grover T Harris, Clinton Mill.
Also, Ray A. Phillips, Ora; Wil
liam M. Jones, Laurens Mill;
James A Culbertson, Brewerton;
’s Store;
these awards:
AWARDS PRESENTED
General Scholarship Medal— |
Miss Brenda Gay Maddox of'
Spartanburg; Outstanding Senior
Award — Paul Ard of Atlanta;,
American Legion Award — Bill |
Sease of Clinton; Gold “P"|
Awards for meritorius service—
Maurice Schwartz of Laurinburg.
N. C., and Ard; Pi Kappa Phi
Freshman Scholastic Award —
Marion Boozer of Gaffney; Fred I
J. Hay Bible Medal—John Gettys
of Union; Fraser Bible Medal—
Mrs. Linda Traynham of Lau
rens; Ministerial Club Award—
Jerry R. Puckett of Kannapolis,
N C.; S. H. Mendenhall Award—
Rebecca Earnest of Macon, Ga ;
Kappa Alpha Athletic Trophy-
William S. Ogden of Macon, Ga ;
Herk M. Wise Scholarship—San
ders J. Read, Jr., of McClellan-
ville; Department of Army Supe
rior Cadet Ribbon—Ard; Third
Army Leadership Certificate —
Ard; Robert E. Wysor, Jr., Sabre
to best company commander—
Tom Middleton of Jefferson; Du-
gald Hudson Award for highest
senior military average—Fred D.
Clark of Laurens; Hudson Award
for highest junior class average
— Ogden; Society of Scabbard
and Blade Medal—Ogden
COMMISSIONS AWARDED
Reserve second lieutenant com
missions went to Paul Ard and
Pat Malone of Atlanta; Bill
— Photo Sv W lliam M *hi«l4i
THE LINE FORMS AT PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT
For House Seat, Bond Issue
Clinton High School is the that margin to defeat North Au
ond offense); Sam J. Smith, ob- class AA baseball champion gusta, 9-1
taming property under false pre , That was determined last Wed- Dicky Watts, sophomore left- 1 Ernest G ~ Cook Conk
lenses; William L McClain, nesday night when the local Red hander, came in to relieve Ricky John B Peden Woodville Char
wa^Eldefs^ and e cJorge a irbJ T 'k AUiiUSta Corley ,n the first inning and was lie Birchmore. Lydia MU1;'James
ward Elders, and George Irby, m a best of three series credited with the win p Cathcart Lanford and Mar.
disposing of property under mort- Playing at North Augusta, the Watts collected four strikeouts, 17 i n Wall rLrvl^.rlll^
gage, Homer Shirey, grand l*r-1 ciintonians won the title in a 9-1 issued four walks and gave up
ceny, James E Malone and Ken- game after taking the opening two hits Corley gave up three erton
Summertan; Fffed Clark of Lau
rens; Harrison Clayton of Mari
etta, Ga.; Tom Collins of Page-
land; Pat Dorn of Anderson:
Richard Faulkner of Henderson,
N. C ; Walter Ferrene of Maxton,
N. C.; Patrick Griffin of Eufaula,
Ala.. Wayne Godfrey of Fort
Mill; Herbert Hammett of Ho-
gansville, Ga.; Robert Jeanes of
Easley; Marion Lee of Heming
way; Harry and Hexie McDon-
neth Meeks, larceny of auto;
Calvin Thomason, Fred C. Bag-
well, Luther B Suttles, Billy Al
len, Tommy Foggie. Hampton
M Weaver. Willie McDowell and
Horace Melton, non-support
Jimmie Truitt and James Tom
mie Knight, two charges of grand
larceny, one of housebreaking
and grand larceny, and two of
attempt to enter store building;
R E. Phillips, obtaining money
nold of Asheville, N. C.; Douglas
AlsoT Thomas“w Wood, Brew- McDougald of Person; Tommy
Clinton' ' dd ' e * on and
J. W Calvert.
James Monroe of Latta
encounter 11-0 at Clinton the pre-j walks |Mill; Harold Strickland, Brewer
vious Saturday. j Melvin Bailey went four for ton; Alvin Garrett, Trinity!. ■ ■.
The Clinton crew, coached by four at the plate for Clinton He Ridge; Harley Lyon, Goldvllle;; I PfllOfl RjlCpKall
Bob Strock, enjoyed a successful had two doubles and two singles ">R> an i M. Leaman, Cross Hill;! UOJvUull
season, losing only one game and drove in twu runs Elliott C. Edwins, Clinton; John
They went into the district play
offs before meeting North Au
gusta
The Red Devils jumped on
North Augusta starting pitcher
Jerry Prisetly early in the first
inning for two runs and added to
Bobby Thompson and Green- n ‘ e R Boyd, Cross Hill; and C Schedule Underway
way hit one single each for the B Abercrombie, Laurens Mill *
two lone North Augusta hits.
Clinton 202 030 2—9 10 4
N. Augusta 100 000 0—1 2 4
Watts (W), and Corley, and
Goss, Priestly and Thompson.
Also, J. P. King, Hickorv Tav- Amencan L e 8 1 ° " baseball,
ern; George Wilson Long 1 *' ea « ue 8 ' opened its season Mon
Branch, Leroy Byrd, Laurens (lay ’ June 5 and wU1 end July 7
Mill; S E. Compton, Jr , Long; ll has 56611 announced.
Branch. G C. Mclnvaille, Clin- Clinton won their opening game
ton; Albert S. Odom, £ 0 n g | Monday night at Newberry with
Branch; James O. Chitwood, i a score of 13 ~ 8 Tuesday night
Laurens City; James H. Black- l b e > lost to North Augusta here
well. Hickory Tavern; and Walter 10 ‘ 6
McAlister, Clinton Mill 1 Tonight the Clinton team will
i meet Ware Shoals on the Clin-
Two College Seniors ton Cavalier ball park at 8 p m.
r'-A. LJ- L . 1 . The Clinton schedule, announc-
ef nighest Award ec j by athletic officer, Joe McGee,
wo Presbyterian C o 1 I e g e j is as follows:
graduating seniors received the, June 5 — Newberrv at New-
Gold P award, the institution's berry
highest stamp ol approval, at June 6—North Augusta at Clin-
the 80th commencement exercis- j ton.
eS J? Unday afternoon I June 8—Ware Shoals at Clin-
They were Paul Ard, of Allan- | ton
ta, and Maurice Schwartz, of June 12—Greenwood at Green-
County Voters Go to Polls Tuesday
Laurens County voters will go the House seat, which became va ized by the county's legislators
to the polls Tuesday to cast their cant upon the death of Represen- as a means to secure funds to
ballots in two special elections. | tative C. J Hart They are Wil-! help get the county’s finances in
A member of the South Caro-' liam C. Dobbins, Jr., former Rep- better condition by paying off
lina House of Representatives will resentative; Mrs. Hart, widow of i outstanding indebtedness.
be elected to fill an unexpired
term, and the fate of a proposed
$150,000 bond issue will be decid
ed.
Three candidates are seeking
Representative Hart; and Wil
liam H. McNinch, a candidate
for the post in last year's elec
tions.
The bond election was author-
Roper Writes of Concern
About County's Finances
Robert B Roper, certified pub- made,
lie accountant of Laurens, this
week expressed concern over the
financial condition of Laurens
County.
1 am opposed to the con
tinuous issuing of bonds to pay
for current obligations ’’
The legislators failed to pass a
county appropriations bill at the
In a letter to The Chronicle, Mr ( recent session of the General As-
Roper said, I am disturbed sembiy, and by law the county
about the trend of the finances of J will again operate on the provis-
Laurens County and would like to ions of the bill currently in ef-
present the facts." ! f ec (
Mr. Roper went on to call atten-
Betchma* -aut Mn — t^ on 10 > a H£ Pirating deficits,
~ “nap — ia 1, . r ^ during IRe past three years which ■
*“ dissipated a 1957 general fund 1 am d >s turb « d about the trend missioners for Laurens County,
surplus of $113 743 31 creat i n( t of lhe finances of Laurens Count y tieorge Phinney ’ • Iames Was8 ° n -
a general fund deficit of $44,520 and would ,ike to the and G. N Foy
63. facts to the public Since the House election is a
Mr Roper’s letter follows:
Two separate ballots will be
available in the election Tuesday-
One will carry the names of the
three candidates for the House
post, and the other will submit
the following question: “Shall
the County Board of Commission
ers of Laurens County be author
ized and empowered to issue not
exceeding One Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars of general ob
ligation bonds of Laurens Coun
ty, whose proceeds shall be used
to pay existing indebtedness of
Laurens County? Yes — No —
Voting will take place at all 46
precincts in the county. Polls will
open at 8:00 a. m. and close at
6.00 p m. Managers of election
have been appointed and an
nounced in legal advertisiments
appearing in this newspaper.
The elections are being conduct
ed by the Board of ElecUon Com-
This year. Mr Roper said, the ,™ e aUdit rep ° rtS f ° r . the .‘ aSt general electia ". ‘he person re-
. . . 1tnree
county treasurer estimates anoth-! V ear , S d ‘ scl ° ses ^ at ** ™>st votes will be
er deficit, totaling $55,000 is in . t C ° Unty ^ ( °‘*‘ rated at a elected A majority vote is not re-
orosneet deficit in each of these years aslquired. The term will expire in
t „ j follows: November, 1962
In addition, Roper stated, the Operating deficit, fis-
C ? l i^ y ^ Uth0nZed the P ayment |cal year June 30, 1958 $82,205.61 Martin GpK ftrnnt
of $60,000 as the county’s part of Operating deficit, fis- Ire
a water line from Clinton to the ca | year June 30. 1959 $20,493 80 rOf Summer Study
C B Metals plant, and has prom- Operating deficit, fis- S Taylor Martin of the Pres-
irthe amount a ofM8‘(!o() e P ‘ ant ^ ^ ‘'T ^ 1960 555 " 564 53 byterian College faculty has re-
in the amount of $48,000 j Laurens County, on July L j ceived a grant from the National
These amunts, according to a|19o7. had a general fund sur-. Science Foundation for addiUon-
compilation by Mr. Roper, total plus, $113,743 31, and due to the a i s t u dy in the field of mathe-
$207,520 63, for which the countv above operating deficits, had a rn a tics this summer
.s obligated general fund deficit of $44.520 63 PC s assoclate professor of
Hethen states hat to solve the'on June 30, I960 mathematics will attend the
problem the legislative delegaUon To proceed one step Foundation s Summer Institute
at Georgia Tech,
June 18.
authorized a bond issue of $150,- further and starting
000. to be voted on in an election with the General Fund
next Tuesday. deficit on June 30.
Mr Roper concluded with the I960, of $ 44,520 63
statement “I did not oppose the the County Treasurer
issuing of bonds to cover past estimates there will be
mistakes, provided efforts were an operating deficit
made to correct the situation for! (or the current fiscal
the future, but since no effort was (Continued on page 8)
starting on
: Laurinburg, N C
The Gold P is awarded annual
ly to “those seniors who, in the
opinion of the faculty, have per
formed outstanding meritorious | shoals
service in extra-curricular activ
ities other than athletics." Both
of the 1961 recipients made su
perlative records while students
at Presbyterian College
| wood.
June 15- North Augusta at N.
Augusta
June 16—Ware Shoals at Ware
Management Workshop Starts Today
The third annual State Cham- lations, labor law, employee rela
her of Commerce Industrial Man
agement Workshop, to be held on
the Presbyterian College campus
here, will begin at 10:30 a m to
day (Thursday) and will continue
through Friday, adjourning at
4:30 p, m.
The two-day program is design
ed to bring together men from in
dustrial plants in the state, in-
eluding operating supervisors
and personnel managers for a
practical discussion of labor re-
tions and personnel relations.
Macon P. Miller, of Columbia,
director of industrial develop
ment for the South Carolina State
Chamber, will be in charge. An
attendance of approximately 150
is expected
The workshop is sponsored by
the South Carolina State Cham
ber of Commerce. •
The speakers are ttop, left to
right): John Nash, personnel su
perintendent. DuPont Company.
Camden; William S. Sadler, Jr ,
Sadler and Associates, Chicago,
111.; David Nelthrop, secretary,
committee on State Sovereignty,
Washington, D C.; Dr. George
Easton, Charlotte, N. C.
Bottom row: Wm Gutwein,
President, Wm Gutwein, Inc ,
Louisville, Ky ; J. W Greene, di
rector of placement, Deering-
Milliken Service Corp , Spartan
burg; Dr. Emel Fails, consult
ant; Fails and Shepherd, Raleigh,
N. C.
Miss Shelton Joins
Joanna Church Staff
Miss Genie Shelton, of Mem
phis, Tenn , has been added to
the staff of the Joanna First Bap
tist Church as director of activi
ties.
The announcement was made |
by the Rev James B Mitchell,
pastor.
Miss Shelton has a BS degree
from Memphis State University
in music education She received
her masters of religious education
from Southwestern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary, Fort Worth,
Texas, in May of 1961
Miss Shelton has served five
years in church-related vocations
prior to coming to the Joanna
church. She will make her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thomas
on the Whitmire highway
June 20—Greenwood, there
June 22—Newberry at Clinton.
June 23—North Augusta, there.
June 26—Ware Shoals, there
June 29--Greenwood at Clin
ton
June 30—Newberry, there
July 3—North Augusta at Clin
ton
July 4—Ware Shoals at Clin- j
ton.
July 7—Greenwood at Clinton \
Greenwood Pastor
Is Kiwonis Speaker
Dr. Robert L. Alexander, pas
tor of the Greenwood First Pres
byterian Church, will speak to the
Clinton Kiwanis Club at its first
June meeting this Thursday
night.
He will talk on the relationship
of the church to its community
at the 7:00 p m. meeting in the
Hotel Mary Musgrove.
Dr John McSween, a member
of the Kiwanis program commit
tee, will introduce the speaker.
President R Edward Ferguson
will preside
Sheriff And Deputies Take Still
Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson and his deputies raided this still
on the night of May 31. Located between Cold Point and Mount-
ville, the liquor making outfit was about 300 yards east of High
way 39. Taken in the raid was a 1950 Oldsmobile loaded with
112 gallons of whiskey and another 100 gallons on the premises.
The still was in operation at the time.
The plant was a 30-barrel outfit and was well-equipped for
easy operation and maximum output. It was set up with an
850-gallon boiler fired with an electric blower and used fuel oil.
The cooker was of 350-gallon capacity with twin doublers and
condenser. Electric suck punlps were used to keep the mash
flowing. Water was brought from a small stream through a
300-ft. plastic hose by use of electric pump and pressure tank.
Electricity was obtained from an empty house near the still.
In the photo, front row: Deputy Ted Ward, Sheriff Johnson
and Deputy Wilbur Traynham. Back row: Deputies Jimmie
Stevens, Sam Reid and Bill Dagnall. Participating in the raid,
but not in the picture were Deputies Wallace Abercrombie, Joe
Jones. C. D. Benjamin and L. R. Keeble.—Photo by Keeble.
This marks the second strai^it
year that Martin has received a
grant to attend a Summer Insti
tute of Mathematics of the Na
tional Science Foundation. He
studied at Stanford University
for six weeks last summer
Baptist Young People
Will Meet Tonight
The Laurens Baptist Associa-
tional young people's meeting
will be held tonight (Thursday)
at the Lanford Baptist Church at
Lanford Station at 7:30.
New officers will be installed.
Officers elected at last month’s
meeting are: President, Leonard
Chumley; Vice-President, Ellis
Winse: Secretary, Judy Ellis;
Song Leader, Lee Martin; and Pi
anist, Brenda Fallow. Miss Nel
lie Osborne is the youth leader
The menu will be home-made
ice cream and cake
Each church is asked to bring
enough lunch for its group.
Meeting Of Officers
Of Community Concert
There will be a meeting of the
executive officers and board of
directors of the Clinton Commu
nity Concert Association on
Thursday, June 15 at 8 p m. in
the ballroom of Hotel Mary Mus
grove
Officers state this is an impor
tant meeting and all board mem
bers and executive officers are
asked to attend.
TEACHER FROM JOANNA
TO STUDY IN GEORGIA
Joanna—Hazel Wehunt of Jo
anna, a teacher at Florence High
School, will study three months
this summer in the language de
partment of Georgia State Teach
ers College at Milledgeville.
Miss Wehunt, a 1960 magna
cum laude graduate of Newberry
College, will receive $300 per
month from the fellowship