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V Thursday, Jom 8,1H1 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE CITY RECREATION NEWS The Bailey Palmetto team did eomethlng Friday so other Pal metto team baa been able to do ■ince year before last. They de feated the Whitmire Palmetto boys 2-1. Johnny Rush ton, Bailey pitcher, struck out fifteen batter* and allowed only two hits, a sin gle and a double. Jerry Alexan der, the losing Whitmire pitcher, struck out eighteen in a losing cause. Gerald McWatters, of the Bailey team, hit a home run in the first inning to put his team in the lead. The score stayed this way until the sixth inning when Whitmire tied the score at one-all. Then in the top of the seventh and final ending, Laney of the Bailey team, walked. Foster struck out. Then McWatters got his third hit of the ball game, a double, to score Laney with the winning run. This whs the first loss for Whitmire in their last twenty games. Aftre one-third of the Palmetto season is gone, Hampton and Whitmire clubs are tied for first place with four wins and one loss each. Bailey and Joanna are tied for third with three wins and two losses. JOANNA LITTLE BOYS UNDEFEATED The Joanna’s Little Boys team won the first half with ten straight victories. They had sev eral close ball games, but always managed to come out on top at the end of each game. John Henry Lott, their leading pitcher, helped the Joanna Little Boys win two games last week by hitting three home runs in two straight ball games. The Lions Club ended up in sec ond place with six wins and four losses during the first half. The second half of the Little Boys League started this part Tuesday. Each team will play ten games the second half. The team represneted in both age groups this summer will be Wattsville, Laurens, Whitmire and Clinton. Joanna will not be in the girls’ softball league this summer. The girls' scheduled games will start June 12. They will play two games a week. At the close of their regular season of play the two top teams will meet each oth er in a two out of three game se ries in each league. Coach Bouknlght is at the play ground from 9:00-11:00 a. m. each morning and from 4:00-8:30 p. m. each afternoon^five days a week. Plans are being made to have the playground open twice a week during the summer months. Your recreation director at tended a Palmetto baseball meet ing in Columbia last Saturday Telephone - Talk r T. M. YOUNGBLOOD Year Telephone Manager YOU’LL PROBABLY AGREE that Dad deserves the best And if you want to give him something on Father’s Day that he’ll use and enjoy, surprise hhn with an ex- teuton phone in his den. Thaft the slippcrs-snd-pipe place he claims as his. A phone there by Ids desk or easy chair win give him real man-to-man privacy, and save Urn steps, too. So pamper Dad like never before with an ««" phone of his own, in color. Just give us a ring. AND FOR THE JUNE BRIDE,* a marvelous Home Interphone for her lovely new home! It’s a combination intercom-telephone system that lets you talk from room to room and even answer the door from die kitchen. Get the details now and make that very special bride even happier. UP-TO-THE-MINUTE-MEN ... That’s a pretty good dfsrriprinn of our National Guard, and Td like to salute the 473,000 men who stand ready to defend our country like the Minute Men of 1776. Yes, the Army and Air National Guard are poised and equipped for any test, not oriy in National Defense but on the local scene as well In »«"im of emergencies—and you never know when one win strike—over 3,000 National Guard units are prepared to lend a hand Let’s all support our National Guard who us against aggression and disaster. WHEREVER YOU GO, GO FIRST BY LONG DISTANCE | * * * DID YOU KNOW that the U. S. has only 6 per cent of the world’s people, yet we have over one-half of the world’s automobiles, television sets and telephones? HEAR THE ELECTION RETURNS DIRECT FROM LAURENS COUNTY COURTHOUSE ON JUNE 13 - TUESDAY AT 6 P. M. — SPONSORED BY — BANK OF CLINTON — AND — LAWSON FURNITURE CO. onWPCC 1410 ON YOUR DIAL — 1,000 WATTS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH KINDERGARTEN Shown betide the train after a ride from Whitmire are children of the First Baptist Church Kindergarten. In front Is Noland Sud- deth, Jr., a visitor. First row, left to right, are: Ann Suddeth, Marine Duncan, Beverly Tedards, Susan O’Kelly, Nancy Dendy, Tommy Henderson. Second row: Marsha McCrary, Guy Tumbiin, Sara Louise McGee, Robert Dun bar, Bob Spencer, Rick Chandler, and Mrs. J. A. Orr, Director. * Other closing activities Included a visit to the dairy farm of Caldwell Henderson; n picnic for the mothers and children in the chare h yard on May M; a visit to the first grades at Hamp ton Avenue Schools on May 23. night. This is the thirteen and fourteen year old group that plays on the junior high field. There are forty-two Palmetto Leagues in South Carolina this year. Greenville will host the state tournament. W. R. Anderson, superintend ent of School District 88, has given the city recreation com mission permission to put up a removable fence on this field and also lights. The Kiwanis Club paid for the fence. Lydia Mill -is donating the pipe for erection of the fence. This will be a four-foot lattice fence. The fence has been ordered and if n arrives this week-end work will start immediately on its erection. Several of the business men of Clinton have talked about lights for this field so that it can be used for the church-sponsored softball teams for the men that work in the daylight hours and also play Palmetto games two nights a week just like the Little Boys do now. The tennis program started Monday with a large number of boys coming out on Monday and a large number of girls attending on Tuesday morning. Coach Ed Cavines* has the largest group ever to take part in our tennis program. Each school in town is represented this year. It’s not too late to join the program if you so desire. If any of the tennis players want to have private les sons, Coach Caviness can ar range this for you. Coach Harry Bouknlght has his softball girls working out dally. They range in age from seven through fifteen. Wednesday night of last week a girls’ softball meeting was held at M. S. Bailey School. The repre sentatives organised two different leagues of girls. One league will be fourteen and fifteen year olds, and the younger group will be thirteen years old and down. LEADING LB HOME RUNS Lott (J)—4; Cooper (E)—3; J. Chandler (K)—3; Crawford (E)—3; J. Willard (W)—2; Motes (L)—2; Dickerson (E)—2; D Grady (E)-2; s. Grady (E)—1; Kemp (K)—1. Total 24. LEADING LB BATTERS First Half Team D. Grady (E) Fulmer (J) _ Chandler (J) Butler (M) AB H Avg. 31 18 .581 28 16 .571 30 16 .533 30 15 .500 30 15 .500 22 10 .458 29 12 .448 29 12 .414 29 12 .414 28 11 .393 29 11 .379 27 10 .370 30 11 .367 22 8 .364 C. Cranford (L) 29 12 Williamson (W) Dickerson (E) Motes (L) LoUis (J) Kemp (K) PALMETTO „„„„ Graham (W)—3; Jerry Alexan der (W)—2; Senn (J)—l; taam (J)—1; Rushton (J)—l; McWat ters (B)—1. little boys standings First Half Team Joanna Lions Club Exchange Club Moose Club __ Whitmire Kiwanis Club W 10 6 5 4 4 1 LB STRIKEOUT LEADERS Lott (J)—75; J. Willard (W)— 52; J. Chandler (K)—47; Dicker- son (E)—45; Motes (L)—37; Brinkley (K)-29; Graham (M) —29. PALMETTO BATTING Player—Team AB H Ave. Frank McKee (H) 12 7 .583 McWatters (B) 13 7 .539 Johnny Alexander (W) 18 8 .533 Smith (T) 14 7 .500 Graham (W) 15 7 .487 Bowen (T) 13 6 .462 Koon (J) 14 6 .429 Peay (W) I 14 6 .429 Templeton (H) 12 5 .417 Ramsey (W) 17 7 .412 Fillingame (T) 10 4 .400 Barker (B) 10 4 .400 Senn (J) 10 4 .400 Dean (L) 12 4 .333 Cockrell (T) 12 4 .333 J. P. McKee (H) 12 4 .333 Davis (B) 16 8 .313 Jerry Alexander (W) 16 5 .313 Laney (B) 13 4 .308 Marse (H) 13 4 .308 Whitsel (J) ..... 13 4 .308 Rogers (J) Estes (L) . 13 4 .306 13 4 .308 10 3 .300 Handback (B) _. PALMETTO STANDINGS Team W L Pet. Hampton Ave. — 4 I .800 Whitmire 4 1 .800 BaUey - 3 2 .800 Joanna 3 2 .800 ThornweU 1 l 4 .200 Lydia 0 5 .000 PALMETTO STRIKEOUTS Jerry Alexander (H)—39; Rush- ton (B) —25; Koon (J) —23; Marse <H)—19; Smith (T)—19; Johnny Alexander (W)—17; Tem pleton (H)—14. SMALL FRY SCHEDULE Thursday —Thornwell vs Hampton Ave., 3:00 p. m. Friday—Lydia v» Bailey, 10:00 a. m. Monday — Hampton Ave. vs Bailey, 10:00 a. m. Tuesday—Thornwell vs Joan na, Wednesday—Hampton Ave vs Lydia. LITTLE BOYS SCHEDULE Thursday — Exchange Club vs Joanna, 5:00 p. m. Friday—Lions Club vs Moose Club, 8:00 p. m. Friday—Kiwanis Club vs Whit mire, 7:45 p. m. Tuesday—Joanna vs Whitmire, 6:00 p. m. Tuesday—Lions Club vs Kiwan is Club, 7:45 p. m. Wednesday — Exchange Club vs Moose Club, 5:00 p. m. PALMETTO SCHEDULE Thursday—Lydia vs Joanna. Friday—Hampton Ave. vs Bai ley. Friday — Thornwell vs Whit mire. Monday—Joanna vs Whitmire. Tuesday — Hampton Ave. vs Thornwell. Wednesday—Lydia vs Moose. Births News Of Bonds Cross Roads COMPTON Mr. and Mrs. Sam Compton, Jr., announce the birth of a son, Samuel Dean, on May 31 at Hays Hospital. Mrs. Compton is the former Miss Maxine Hanvey. EUSTACE Mr. and Mrs. William J. Eus tace announce the birth of a daughter, Rita Anne, on June 6. Before marriage Mrs. Eustace was Miss Barbara Gambrell. YOUNG Rev. and Mrs. C. Davis Young of Aberdeen, Miss., announce the birth of a daughter, Kimberly Nancy, on May 20. Mrs. Young is the former Miss Edith Love Hawkins of Bowling Green, Ky. CORNELSON Mr. and Mrs. George H. Cor- nelson, Jr., announce the birth of a son, Martin Shaw, on June 4 at Blalock Clinic. Mrs. Cornel- son is the former Miss Ann Mar tin Shaw, of Raleigh, N. C. WHITE Mr. and Mrs. Alan White an nounce the birth of a son, Ken neth Eugene, on May 31 at Bla lock Clinic. Before marriage Mrs. White was Miss Barbara Whitmire. PINSON Mr. and Mrs. William Walter Pinson announce the birth of a son on June 5 at Blalock Clinic. Formerly Mrs. Pinson w^s Miss Frances Wrenn. AVERY Mr. and Mrs. McArthur Avery announce the b : rth of a daugh ter, Teresr. I ynn, on June 5 at Blalock Clinic. Mrs. Avery is the former Miss Eioise Gilstrap. Life Underwriters In Meeting Here The Laurens Association of Life Underwriters will hold the regu lar monthly meeting Tuesday evening, June 15, at the Mary Musgrvoe Hotel A dutch supper will be served at-7:SC. Xew offi cers for the coming year will be elected. All insurance men and women are invited to be present, states Charles Meadors, secretary. U. D. C. TO MEET The Stephen D. Lee Chapter, United Daughters of the Confed eracy, will meet this evening at 7:30 in Hodges Hall of Broad Street Methodist Church. Every one is asked to bring a covered dish. Friends of Robert Franklin will be glad to learn he has returned to work after being ill. James Evans is a patient at Hays hospital. On Monday, May 29, Mr. and Mrs. John Callahan of Liberty, and grandson, Bobby Seiffert, of Long Island, N. Y., visited Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Shouse. Julia Blackwell Morse, Dianne Price and Wayne Morgan were among the graduates at Clinton High School on Monday, May 29. Brenda Motes daughter of Mr. and Mrs Frank Motes, was also a graduate. Brenda Crapps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Crapps, Chris tie Crapps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Crapps, and Libby Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Johnson, graduated from Newberry High School on Monday, May 29. Wayne Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Morgan, was named Student of the Year at Clinton High School for the past session The June meeting of the Shady Grove Home Demonstration Club was held Tuesday afternoon at the club house. After an interest ing program, plans were made for a group to attend the state meeting in Rock Hill. Mrs J. O Hueble, Mrs. B. W. Cooper and Mrs. Ola Wages served refresh ments. Gerald Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Johnson, is now sta tioned at Fort Jackson Colum bia. R. L. WEBB HONORED On Sunday, May 21, members of the Shady Grove Presbyterian church honored R. L. Webb with a birthday dinner, served in the new recreational hall Miss Sally Pitts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Pitts, is spending the week at the beach. Mrs. George Cobb of Rock Hill, accompanied Sally and a group of friends to Windy Hill., Little George Cobb, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Cobb, Jr., of Rock Hill, is spending the week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David Pitts. LOCAL CHURCHES HOLD BIBLE SCHOOL Daily vacation Bible school is in progress at the Shady Grove Presbyterian Church each after noon from 4:00 to 6:00 p. m. Mrs. Clyde Wehunt is serving as di rector of the school. She is assist ed by Mrs Margaret Berry Mrs. Ruby Wright, Richard Bo land, and Mrs. R. L. Webb. Oth er ladies of the church will as sist. Fairview Baptist Church is holding Bible school each after noon from 4:00 to 6:00. Mrs. Till man Crapps is serving as direc tor. Assisting with the music and teaching is Mrs. Earl Johnson. Miss Cristie Crapps is acting as secretary. Others assisting as teachers and helpers are Mrs. Carroll Johnson, Mrs. J. C Na bors, Mrs. Roy Miller, Henrietta Crapps and Glennie Tinsley. CONDUCT SERVICES Young people of the Shady Grove Presbyterian Church con ducted the evening services Sun day, June 4. ATTENDS MEETING Monday afternoon, June 5, Mrs. Newman Shouse attended the ex ecutive board meeting of the Lau rens County Home Demonstration Clubs. The meeting wts held in the agricultural building in Lau rens. At this meeting plans were made for a memorial service to be conducted by the county club women at the state meeting in Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hunni- ( cutt were week-end guests of j Mr. and Mrs. Duane Cause at uieir lake cottage. Isaac Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs James Evans, who has been stationed in Germany, is home for a time due to the illness of his father. Mr. and Mrs. X. A. Shouse and granddaughters, Susan and Kay Shouse, attended the piano recital of Barbara Pitts Friday night, June 2, at Broad Street Metho dist Church, Clinton. Banbara is a student of Mrs Robert Strock. Mrs. Texie Johnson and daugh ter, Claudia, visited the former’s mother, Mrs. Robert Henderson, in Newberry on Friday. Mrs. Henderson is at the home of her son, Lockwood Henderson. Miss Lynn Keller Nabors, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Na bors, was among the students of Mrs. James Pitts who gave their recital Tuesday night, May 30. Taking part in the recital also were Miss Patsy Morgan, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mor gan. ASSIST WITH SCHOOL Mrs. J. O. Hueble, Misses Lib by and Barbara Johnson are as sisting with the Bible School. Students attending from the com munity are: Mike and Pinckney Johnson and June Hunnicutt. Mrs. E. T. Shouse is serving as director of the primary depart ment of the Bible school at the Whitmire Presbyterian Church frofh 8:00 to 12:00 a. m., daily. Al, Susan, Ricky and Kay Shouse are attending the school. Richard Boland, student pastor of the Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, attended studeiit pastors’ retreat at Camp Fellowship Tues day, June 6. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Blackwell and Mrs. B. W. Cooper spent the week-end with relatives in Kan napolis, N. C. Alvin Hueble, son of Mr. and Mrs. J O. Hueble, who is sta tioned at Fort Benning, Ga , spent the week-end at home. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Swails and daughter, Dalle, of Andrews, were week-end guests of their daughter, Mrs. Richard Boland, and Mr. Boland. Mrs. Strock's Pupils Give Recital Friday The following students played selections on the piano recital program for Mrs. Robert Strock on Friday evening, June 2: Claire Duncan, Caroline Hughes, Joan Willard, Patsy Roland, l>e Davis, Jenny Edwards, Barbara Pitts, Donna Johnson, Rachel Blackwell, Juanita Willard, Sue Bragg. The recital was held in Hodges Hall of Broad Street Methodist Church with a background of palms and greenery. Refresh ments were served at the conclu sion of.the program with Mrs. Locke Simons assisting Mrs. Strock. A tracery of ivy adorned the punch bowl. Mrs. Eaderlin Dies Near Here Sunday Mrs. Larlie Henderson Easter- lin, 69, wife of L. D. Easterlin, died suddenly late Sunday after noon at her home in the Hope- well community near Clinton af ter several months of declining health. A native of South Carolina, where she spent all her life, she had lived in Columbia for a num ber of years before coming to Laurens County 12 years ago. She was a daughter of the late Thomas T. Henderson and Mrs. Mattie Bell Monroe Henderson. She was a member of Hopewell Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, L. D. Easterlin, of the home; a dau- whter, Mrs. Hal Fisher of Colum bia; two brothers, Herman Hen derson of the Hopewell commun ity; and E. M. Heiderson of Berkeley Heights, N. J.; and two grandsons. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 4:00 p. m. at Hope- well Methodist Church near Clin ton by Rev. C. F. Hamm. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Downes Mon roe, Hayne Workman,’ Claude Lawson, Roy Crawford, Ryan Lawson, W. P .Dickson, Hugh Buford and Hugh B. Workman. Mike Tumbiin Wins Races Mike Tumbiin, 13-year-old son of Bill Tumbiin, is king of the go-cart racers. He has won several events recently, being pictured at one at Joanna. He follows in the footsteps of his father, who has been seen in stock car races in this area. Mr. Tumbiin lives at Gray Court and is employed at Plaxico Chev rolet in Clinton. Pepsi Home Ec Dept. Of Bell Street School Open To The Public The Home Economics Depart ment of Bell Street High School is now open to the public for sewing, canning, and solving problems in phases of homemak ing each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30 until 3:30 as announced by Mrs. C. G. Pruitt, home economics instruc tor. She will meet with new homemakers each Monday after noon. Women of Clinton and sur rounding communities are invit ed to visit the department and use its facilities whenever it is convenient. There are no charges for these services, as they are sponsored by Laurens County School District 56 and the State Department of Education. Mrs. Babb Laurens — Mrs. Jennie Eliza beth Shealey Babb, 70, of 535 E. Main St., died Friday morning after an illness of sevreal months. She was a native of Concord, N. C., the daughter of the late W. P. Shealey and Mrs. Adeline Hughes Shealey. She was a mem ber of the Episcopal Church. Surviving are a son, Martin E. Babb of Laurens; three brothers, Jesse H. Shealey of Subur, Okla.; W. P. Shealy of Laurens; and O. R. Shealey of Charlotte, N. C.; and a sister, Mrs. A. K. Kinard, of Abbeville. Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday at 3:00 p. m. at the Episcopal Church by Rev. Bill Beckham. Burial was in Forest Lawn cemetery. Bridges' Daughter Gets Degree In Low Chapel Hill, N. C.—Mrs. Anne Bridges Morrison/ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Justin A. MvMjf of Laurens, was awarded a bach elor of laws degree from the Uni versity of North Carolina Law School Monday. Mrs. Morrison attended Lau rens High School and the Univer sity of South Carolina where she received a bachelor of arts degree in English. She is married to J. Earle Morrison of Charleston. Owens With 6th Fleet Charles W. Owens, machinist's mate second class, USN, of Rt. 1. Gideon Hill, Clinton, is serv ing aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Forrestal operating with the Sixth Fleet in the Medi terranean. The Forrestal, along with oth er ships of t{ie Second Fleet, de parted Norfolk, Va., in February for a six-month cruise with the Sixth Fleet. Miss Glenn Mokes Dean's List At King Miss Sara WLiard Glenn of Clin ton, a student at King College, Bristol, Tenn., is named on the Dean’s List of the college for the semester just completed. Miss Glenn is a member of the rising junior class at King, and is majoring in English. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Glenn of Rt. 2, Clinton. Laurens County Library Bookmobile Schedule For Week ef June 12-18 Monday: Moore home, Tom Balle home, Frank Bobo home, Coker home, Nell Cook home, Garrett home, Palmer Patton home. Tuesday: Clayton home, Robin son home, Riddle home, Macdon ald home, Fuller home, Poole home, Arnold home, Benjamin home. Wednesday: Whitten Village, Circle, Pitts home, Shady Grove Communiyt House. « Thursday: Frances Wood home, Johnny Davis home, BaL lentine home, Woods home, Mad den home. Bookmobile Librarians are Mrs. Carl Teague and Miss Claude Gray. OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. PHONE 3334641 DON’T SCRATCH THAT ITCH! IN JUST 18 MINUTES, If the itch needs scratching, your 43c hack at any drag store. Use ITCH-ME-NOT to check ecaema, ringworm, iaoect bites, foot Itch, other external itches. Yea feel it take hold. Than Uch and bwn- Ing are gene. 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