The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 20, 1961, Image 2

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\ 2 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, July 20, 1961 Commerce School Holds Graduation Commencement exercises of the Jefferson School of Commerce were held in the ballroom of the Mary Musgrove Hotel on Friday evening July 7. David Cromer gave the invoca tion. and Mrs V> M Hughes, in structor of the school, welcomed the guests The faculty, students, and guests enjoyed a banquet after which the Rev Robert L. Croggs, pastor of Welcome Baptist Church. Laurens, spoke to the group Mr Scroggs was introdue ed by John Essa’-y. one of the students of the school The program presided over by the director of the school, Mrs Robert Johnson, included the fol lowing: class prophesy by Mrs Shannon Long, second high honor student: and valedictory address by Mrs. Jimmie Hughes, top hon or student Diplomas were awarded by Mrs Johnson and Mrs Hughes to the following Faye Bailey, Linda Braswell. Martha Jane Hughes. Elsie Mor ton, Ann Pinson. Nancy Cromer, and Audrey Moore, of Clinton Rebecca Holliday. Betty McCon nell, Guy McDonald, David Tay lor, and Jimmie Wardell of Lau rens John E s s a r y of Gray Court Francene Johnson of Kin ards ond Loraine Long. Evelyn Motes and Barbara Sims of Jo anna A special guest was Mrs Dessie Jean Hedgepath an alumna of t h e Jefferson School of Com merce The class presented Mrs John son and Mrs Hughes with hand bags The program w as conclud ed with prayer by Jimmie Hughes Mrs A A Knight Laurens Mrs Hoe Altman Knight 67 ol 5]J A< udeim St wife ol Dr Alva A Knight died Friday morning at tier home aft er several years ol declining health She was a native ol Tampa, Fla and wa>- a daughter of the late George 1 and Lula Burnett Altman She tiad lived in Chua go. 111 . for 30 years before inov ing to Laurens in 1950 She was a member of First Presbyterian Church Surviving in addition to her husband is a sister Mrs Robert H Roper, of Laurens Funeral serv ices were conduct ed at Kenned.v Mortuary Satur day at 2 30 p m by Rev ('halm ers F MeCutchen Burial was in 1-aurens City Cemeterv CITY RECREATION NEWS Hugh and William Jacobs With Plaque Jacobs Brothers Win Printing Award Jacobs Brothers is the recipient of a top award given at the an nual convention of the Printing Industry of the Carolinas The firm was presented the Tra vis H Kpes, Sr . Memorial Award lor 1961 as the winner of the Class B competition "for cre ating the best printed piece of self advertsling Presentation of the plaque came at tiif industry s 1961 convention banquet m Charleston last Satur day It cited the group ol adver tising pieces promoting the cre ation and production of personnel handbooks and company puhlica lions w hich Jacobs Brothers dis placed at the Southeastern Textile Exposition in Greenville Iasi tall W C Hellams 1 .illlt < ns u illou in ( aiders llel Uim.s 7(1 oi Hi 8 . Fa mens died lute Ei ■idii y night in < i local bos piUll , ittui severa 1 y 1 •ai s o 1 de (lining he alt h lit V t il*s a retiree 1 larmei a no tl\t ol ( .! eem die ( OL inly a md a son ol til) late (.eo •r^e 1 llel lams and Mrs : sally (in H>(1( m Hell ams He wa ^ <4 member ol l mon Map list r huff rh and a \etera n ol Army <!ut y in Wo rid War 1 Surv i\ in ig are t hree sons Eu gene 11 HUi mis and > mond llel lams i nl 1 .auit-ns an< 1 Sgt John llellan IS (i i! tilt t s Army sta tamed in Shelton, ( < mn 1 hree daught ers Mrs ( arh is ( ntl nan. Mrs J dek Wright and Mrs ( ecil Pitts .of Laurens h br other W al tei B llel Hams o i r, ray ( ourt and 13 grandchild ren Kune ral services wei re conduct ed Sunday at 5 p m at l mon Baptist n hurch It y Rev J H Hampton. Rev Grange S Goth ran and Rev J A McIntyre Burial was in the church ceme terv The Epes-Fitzgerald Paper Company makes the annual award to the winners of three classes among the printers of North and South Carolina Jacobs Brothers ranks in the Class B range of 11 to 30 employees. Oth er 1961 winners are Class A (more than 30 employees), Craftsman Printing Co , of Char lotte and Class C (ten or less), Service Printing Company, Co lumbia The Clinton firm is owned joint ly by William and Hugh Jacobs, representing the third generation to operate the concern established by their grandfather R A. Woght Laurens Heubin Atlas Wright, 60. ill 108 Gordon St died early Mortday morning a! a Laurens hospital alter three days of ill ness lie was a native of Peachland, N C and was a son of Oscar E W right and the late Mrs Ida Phi fet Wright He was a barber and member of the Second Baptist Church Surviving in addition to his lather, are his wife, Mrs Anglia Carpenter Wright, lour sons, James E Wright of Eastland. Texas: Robert B Wright of Fort Bragg \ C Jack T and B A Wright, both of Laurens: two daughters Mrs Peter Evans and Mrs Marvin Fuller, both of Eau rens. four brothers. Frank, Ver non. and George Wright, all of Peachland. N C and Earl E Wright of Eaurens. three sisters. Mrs Furman Taylor of Char lotte. N C and seven grandchil dren Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 00 p m at the Second Baptist Church by Rev Grange S Cothran and Rev A W Dennis Burial was in Forest Eaw n cemetery The Hampton Avenue Small Fry team won their league cham pionship This team was coach ed by W'ilmot Shealy, Jr The Palmetto championship was won by Whitmire for the second straight year Their tro phy will be delivered during the Palmetto AH Star tournament next week The Little Boys championship ended in a tie between the Moose Club and Joanna Since the dis trict two tournament started last Monday, we didn't have time to have the playoff before the tour nament, so after the tournament these two teams will play one game to decide the champion in our Clinton Little Boys League this year The Clinton white girls ended their program last week The col- ! ored girls’ softball teams have one week to play The play ground has also closed TENNIS PROGRAM Ed Caviness, tennis coach, is | having a tournament this week I for all the tennis players. The I winners will receive a small med al John Henry Ixvtt of the Joanna Little Boys, wrote two new rec ords into the book this summer i He broke William Archie’s home ■ run record and also pitching rec ord Archie had hit seven home runs in 1951 and struck out 133 John Henry hit 11 home runs and struck out 156 John Henry also took the hatting title away from Jerry Chandler of the Kiwanis ! team in his last game of the sea- | son John Henry hit for an aver age of 564 and Jerry .561 Jerry also hit six home runs Francis I Cooper of the Exchange Club also (lit six home runs LB BATTERS Player—Team Lott fJ) (J Chandler (K) J Willard (WV F Cooper (E ) I Fulmer (J) B Grady (E > C. Campbell (L) Motes (L) ; B ('handler (J ) J Butler ( M ) j Kemp (K) Williamson <W 7 ) PALMETTO BAT1 Player—Team Graham (W’l J’h’y Alexander <W 7 ) 44 McWatters (B» Marse (H i McKee (ID I Templeton (H) Osborne f J ) Koon (J ) Smith (T) Whitsel <Jt Kushton (B> Cockrell (Ti Ramsey <W i 46 16 348 Fancy <B) 39 13 333 Rogers (J) 49 16 327 Bowen (T) 31 10 323 Rushton (J) 42 13 310 PALMETTO HOME RENS (Finals I W Graham (W)—6; Johnny Al exander (W)—5: J. Rushton (B' — 3 Jerry Alexander fW 7 )—2; G McWatters (B> —2; Joel WTiitsel (J)—2. PALMETTO STRIKEOUTS Jerry Alexander (W 7 )—89; John ny Rushton (B)—66; Johnny Al exander (W)—61; Mike Osborne (Jt—58 I B HOME RUNS Ixjtt (J)-ll. J. Chandler (K) •—6; F Cooper (E)—6. LB PITCHERS Lott (J)—156. J. Willard (K) —92; Motes (L1--88 ANNAPOLIS VISITOR Mrs. John Reeves Pierce, of Annapolis, Md . is visiting her | sister, Mrs F V Smith and Lt Col Smith for the week Three Army Reservists Complete Training Three army reservists from this city completed the final phase of six months active military training under the Reserve Forces Act program at the Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, Texas, July 1. During this final phase, they [ were trained in the duties of an artillery crewman. The Air Defense School, the largest military school in the na- | tion, trains personnel to man and maintain the guide dmissile sys tem employed in the air defense of the U. S. by our armies over seas and by our allies of the NATO and SEATO nations. Pvt. William A Strickland, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther S. Strickland, 104 Bluford St., is a former student of Clinton High School. Pvt James W. Dean, 17, is the | son of Mr and Mrs. Lee R. Dean, 1208 Sloan Street. Pvt Jerry J. Simmons, 18, son Jof Robert L. Simmons, 309 Fer- I guson St, attended Clinton High School. REV. JAMES B. MITCHELL To Lead Revival Rev. James B Mitchell, pastor of the Joanna Baptist Church, will be the guest minister for re vival services at the Cross Hill Baptist Church July 23 through the 28th Rev. W. M Ussery, the pastor, has announced that services will begin each evening at 8 o’clock The public is invited to attend. Mrs. Culbertson Laurens—Mrs. Lula Leslie Cul bertson, 92, of 204 College Place, died Friday morning at a local hospital after a one-day illness. She was a native of Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Lige and Liza Moore. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Laurens. Surviving are three sons, Gary Culbertson of Spartanburg; Fred W. Culbertson of Laurens; and J W Culbertson of Gastonia, N. C.; five daughters, Mrs. A. C. Long of Laurens: Mrs. H. P. Griffith of Columbia; Mrs. J. E. Morgan of West Palm Beach, Fla ; Mrs. Wesley Edgar of Co lumbia; and Mrs. G. C. Anderson of Spartanburg; a sister. Mrs. Tom Nichols of W’aterloo; 25 grandchildren, 30 great-grand children, and 2 great-great-grand children. Funeral services w T ere conduct ed Sunday at 2:00 p. m. at the First Baptist Church by Rev. Robert S Cooper. Burial was In the Waterloo cemetery. (Finals) AB H Avr 55 31 564 57 32 516 57 30 526 51 23 451 43 19 442 52 20 .385 58 22 379 57 21 368 55 20 364 56 20 359 52 18 346 45 15 333 •:rs 1 Final > AB H Av* 26 15 .577 44 23 523 44 21 477 33 14 425 38 16 421 39 16 410 37 15 405 44 17 386 37 14 378 37 14 378 46 17 369 28 10 359 YOUR J moAmm PROGRAM FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT IN COOL COMFORT! Today-Fri.-Sat. A dog > unmatched! A land untamecl! An adventure unequalled! July 20-21-22 Monday-Tuesday July 24-25 BIG DOUBLE FEATURE • •Ail $ TECHNICOLOR* ( hildren 25c — Adults 60c — ( OMING — ‘PARENT TRAP" TAMMY TELL ME TRUE” “SNOW WHITE AM) THE THREE STOOGES” Children 25c — Adults 60c Wednesday (One Day) July 26 •g—mum • > IBWBMBUMglK WPMi One Of Jeff Chandler’s Best Pictures! M. S. BAILEY & SON, BANKERS CLINTON, S. C ... dedicated to serving the financial needs of individuals, business and industry, on a sound basis. Condensed Statement of Condition June 30,1961 ASSETS LIABILITIES Cash on hand $1,375,865.31 Deposits Loans and Discounts 3,174,290.98 Bills Payable .... Bonds 4,634,306.28 Due to Banks .. .. Banking House 1.00 Other Liabilities . Other Real Estate 1.00 Capital Stock Furniture and Fixtures 1.00 Surplus Other Assets None Undivided Profits Total $9,184,465.57 Total MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSCRANCE CORPORATION $8,070,673.20 None None None 500,000.00 450,000.00 163,792.37 $9,184,465.57 Every Banking Service for Every Banking Need Checking Accounts Savings Accounts Commercial Loans Automobile Loans Consumer Financing Personal Loans Bank Money-Orders Home Improvement Loans Safe Deposit Boxes Night Depository Drive-In Banking Bank-by-Mail Trust Services International Services i Insurance Department # ASK US about other services not listed above!