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I THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday. July 27, 1961 U. S. Government Files $3,389 Claim Agaiut laarens Grmnvilfc—A civil action suit has been filed in U. S Western District Court here by the Unit ed States of America against the Town of Laurens for judgment or payment of $3,389. with interest, involving an advance loan of money for street improvements in the town The complaint in the civil suit was signed by Joseph E. Hines, U. S. Western District attorney, and was filed July 13 A sum mons and complaint in the case was served by a U. S. deputy marshal last Wednesday on May- or W. Paul Culbertson, of Laur ens The defendant Town oi Laur ens was allowed 20 days from the date of service of the sum mons and complaint to file an answer Failure to do so will re sult in a judgment by default, the summons stated. The complaint stated that the Town of Laurens on Feb 4. 1946. through its mayor, entered into an agreement with the Federal Works Agency B.ureau of Com munity Facilities, an agency of the United States of America, wherein the federal agency con tracted to advance to the town S3 389 This was to finance the preparation of plans for the con struction of a public work de scribed as “street improvements, including bituminous surfacing, storm dainage. curb, gutter and sidewalks." The complaint stated that the defendant Town of Laurens caused plans to be prepared by Pickell & Picked, consulting en gineers of Greenville, and as a result thereof, the plaintiff agen cy made advances to the defen dant in the amount stated and thereby performed all covenants and conditions required of it under the agreement The complaint further stated that the plaintiff, as far back as May 14, 1957. made demand on the defendant Town of Laurens for repayment of the amount; also that “the defendant has failed and refused to pay any portion of said indebtedness aft er repeated demand therefor " JohivT. Whaley Laurens—Funeral services for John T. Whaley, who died Satur day in a veterans hospital in Ash eville. N. C., were held in Elk Park, N .C., Monday at 10:00 a m Burial was at Friendship Bap tist Church near Gray Court at 3:30 p m., Monday. Grover Adair Passes Suddenly Word was received here yes terday of the sudden death of Grover Adair. 58. at his home in Arlington. Va. Mr. Adair, a native of this section, has a number of rela tives here He w as the son of the late William P Adair and Mrs. Ella Duckett Adair who now lives in Chillum, Md. He is also survived by his wife, N three daughters and one son. | I Two Local Seamen | Join In Capsule Recovery Efforts Participating in recovery op- | erations for Air Force Captain. Virgil 1 <Gus> Grissom, second U S astronaut, were two navy men from Clinton and Joanna. They were William L Teague, machinist's mate first class, son of Mr. and Mrs C. O Teague of Ht 1. and l.ewis W Crouch, sea man. son of Mr and Mrs Wood row W. Crouch of Joanna Teague is serving aboard the destroyer USS Sarsfield. and Crouch is on the ocean mine-: sweeper USS Exploit, both op-1 erating off the coast of Florida The Navy recovery force, com posed of both surface and air units, was deployed down the flight path from Ca|>e Canaveral to the touchdown area northeast of the Grand Bahamas Island, and was prepared to recover the spacecraft wherever it landed Actual recovery was made by a Marine Corps helicopter which lifted Cfcpt Grissom out of the water before the untimely sinking of the “Liberty Bell 7 space craft and transported him to the deck of the aircraft carrier l SS iiandolph. flagship of the down- range recovery force headed by Commander, Carrier Division 16 Cap! Grissom's spacecraft; reached a sjieed of 5,310 mph, 400 i mph faster than anticipated, and traveled to a height of approxi-1 mately 623,404 feet before it made its water landing 305 miles off Cape Canaveral Cavaliers In 6-2 Win Over Eagles To Increase Lead Kinard Littleton’s two-run home run in the 7th and pitcher Roy Millwood's mases-empty homer in the 9th put Clinton’s leaders out of reach as they handed the Monaghan Eagles a 6-2 loss Tuesday night at Mon aghan Millwood let the Eagles down on seven scattered hits Mona ghan's Ralph Fields was the los er. allowing 14 hits. Home runs by Rock McKinney and Jimmy Holden accounted for the Eagles’ scoring. The victory further increased Clinton's lead in the Western Carolina League The locals have six games to go Piedmont comes to Clinton for a Friday night stand against the Cavaliers G. A. Black Family Reunion Sunday Four generations were pres ent on Sunday for the annual gathering of the G. A. Black family which was held at the American Legion park Twenty-four family members and friends enjoyed the get-to gether and picnic dinner WHh the Sick Friends of George Whitehead will be interested to know he is a patient at Blalock Clinic. Mrs. Thomas Rowe, who has been a patient at Hays hospital, has been transferred to Self Mem-1 orial hospital in Greenwood. Robert Hill, son of Mr. and Attending were Mr. and Mrs. j Mrs. Charlie Hill, is convalescing | G. Arthur Black and family, of I at home following surgery and stay at Hays hospital gical patient at Hays hospital. Friends of Mrs. Andy B. Young, Sr , will be interested to know she is a patient at Blalock Clinic. Denise Bragg, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Dick Bragg, who has bsen a patient at Hays hospital, has been transferred to the Spartanburg General hospital. Jack Laney is a medical patient at Hays hospital. Mrs. David Owens has been a patient at Blalock Clinic for the past few days. Patients released from Hays hospital include: J. Karl John son, Jean Walters, Andy Hames, Martin Wilbanks, Mrs. Tommie Gambrell, Willie Lee Motes, Mrs. Frank Childress, Mrs. Edward Henderson, and Mrs. Dennis Sey more. Miss Syble King underwent sur gery at Hays hospital this week. Mrs. LeRoy South of Whitmire, is a patient at Hays hospital. Mrs. Addie Coleman is under going treatment at Hays hospital. Mary Ruth Johnson, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Eddie Johnson, of Joanna, is a patient at Hays hospital. Greenville: Mr. and Mrs W. ' Tammy Jean Bagwell, daugh- Alec Black, Columbia; Mr and of Mr and Mr8 s e Bag- Mrs W. A Martin and Mary. | well, has returned home after be- of Fountain Inn; Mrs. Mary D ing a patient at Blalock Clinic for Lawter, Macon. Ga ; Mr. and a few days. Mrs David Lawter, Shaw Field, | Friends of G. W. Hollingsworth Sumter; Mr and Mrs. Joe Ed- will be interested to know he is wards and family, Mrs. J V ' convalescing at home following Edwards and Mrs. S C Dunlap, of this city h rbi 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 Clinton ab r S. Owens, cf 5 1 Littleton, ss 4 1 Millwood, p 5 1 Archie, rf 4 0 Huffstetler, rf 0 0 Bailey, lb 4 1 Grasso, c 5 .0 Braswell. If 4 0 Vanderford, If 1 0 King, 3b 4 0 T Owens, 2b 4 0 Totals 40 6 14 5 Monaghan ab r h rbi Nixon, lb 4 McKinney, c 4 Newton, cf 3 Holden, ss 3 Gray, 3b 4 Fields, p 4 Ramsey, 2b 3 Wilhoit, If 2 Swaynghame, If 2 Carter, If 2 Mrs. Louie York o o 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 an illness and several weeks stay at Hays hospital. Mrs. Glenn Strange, Mrs. Am ber McElrath, and Richard Dun away, son of Mr. and Mrs Leroy Laurens — Mrs Hazel Hare Dunaway, are patients at Blalock York. 41, of Rt 2. 1-aurens, died, ciniic. early Saturday morning at her Thomas Ginn and Jackie Gra- home after an illness of a year ham underwent surgery at Hays She was a native of Oconee hospital during the past week County, a daughter of Elonza B ^ rs Gertrude Griffis is a sur- and Sue Davis Hare, and was a member of Bethel Church Surviving are her husband, Louie I York; two sons, Elonza Ray York and Harold James York, both of the home, a daugh- j ter, Gwendolyn York of the home and a sister, Mrs Jason Smith, of Westminster Funeral services were conduct-! ed Sunday at 5 p m. at Bethel I Baptist Church by Rev. R. J. j Holcombe and Rev. J B Aber ' | crombie. Burial was in Laurens' County Memorial Gardens Musgrove Service Station For Efficient Washing and Greasing Amoco Gas and Oil .Musgrove St. & Whitmire Hwy.—Phone 833-9853 Red Pace, ()w*ner A Checking Account Means: CONVENIENCE A RECORD SAFETY Pay those bills the easy way—by check—by mail —Your bank is as close as your mail box. Save time—save money—save steps. Pay by check— Bank by mail. ' v A checking account gives you a permanent run ning record of your financial transactions . . . Often needed! . . . always valuable! ... As your receipts, your cancelled checks are proof beyond question as vouchers for income tax deductions. Checks are as “spendable” as cash but so much safer. You avoid the danger of a sum of money being lost or stolen. BANK OF CLINTON Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 3% Interest Paid Oa Savings Accounts ftnial it—ally Wham Infant Owings—The infant son of Mr and Mrs David K Wham died at a Greenville hospital at 5 30 p m last Wednesday Graveside services were con- : ducted Thursday at 2 p m. at Beulah Baptist Church cemetery I by Rev Wmgard Berry CHRONICLE PUB. CO. OFFICE SUPPLIES PHONE S3J-0541 Save Or Invest with —Safety Accounts Insured up to $10,000 -Profit 4% per Annum —Convenience In Person or by Mail Funds Available When Needed Laurens Federal Savings AND LOAN A990CIATIQN PHONE 2-5012 LAURENS, S. C. Totals 33 2 1 2 Clinton 100 110 210—6 Monaghan . 100 001 000—2 2b—Bailey 2, King HR—Mc Kinney (1st none on), Bailey (4th, none on), Holden (6th, none on), Littleton (1th, Ion), Mill- wood (9th, none on). Hubert Groydon Purchases Brother's Interest In Store Hubert Graydon has recently become sole owner and operator of Graydon Bro». Store Graydon, a representative to the State I-egialature from Laur ens County, has been In partner ship with his brother, Haskel Graydon, for a number of years before buying his brother's share of the store recently The store is located on the old Laurens-Clinton Highway at the old Laurens Airport. The Gray don brothers had operated the store in partnership since 1957. Rep Graydon said he was go ing to devote his full time to the operation of the business and pledged to always offer the best in service, quality meats and prices. As a special observance of this taking over the operation of the store and as an expres sion of appreciation to his cus tomers. Graydon said he is go ing to offer a series of drawings for free groceries during the com ing weeks. Each week, he will hold a drawing on Saturday at 5 p m and will give a $10 basket of groceries to the lucky winner This will be done on Saturday of each of the next four weeks and on the fifth week, August 26, a special drawing will be held and two baskets, filled with $25 in groceries will be given away to two lucky winners FOR THE BEST IN MUSIC NEWS IT YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE TOO DO NT GET THE NEW* PHONE 833-9541 SPORTS LISTEN TO FLAIR On WPCC Radio DIAL 1410 1,000 WATTS SEC RETARIES & GENERAL OFFICE ASSISTANTS are very much in demand in Busines',, Industry and Government ENROLL NOW FOR SPECIAL CLASSES in SECRETARIAL, BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNTING TRAINING Ciasaes Start Tuesday, September 5, 1961 a- For full information, write; GREENWOOD COLLEGE OF COMMERCE $00 Textile Building Greenwood, S. C. k GIGANTIC WHITE SALE STARTS THURSDAY, JULY 27th. Fill |n Your Linen Supply Now! You'll Save 130-Count White 180-Count White Service AAuslins 1.63 81x108” Your best buy for maximum wear. 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