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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, November 16, 1961 Services Sunday For Wallace S. Bailey Wallace Shepherd Bailey. “8 died at his home on East Caro lina Avenue Extension Friday night He was a native of Cross Keys but had made his home in Clinton for a number of years He was a son of the late Mr and Mrs Mon roe Bailey and a member of Pad getts Creek Baptist Church He was the last member of his im mediate afmily He was married twice, first to the late Emory Williams Bailey Surviving are a son. Harold Bailey of Orlando. Fla . two daughters. Mrs Fulton Belk of Union and Miss Jessie Mae Bar ley of Baltimore Md ; his second wife. Irene Enix Bailey of the home: a son. William Monroe Bailey of the home, two daugh ters. Mrs Ruby Smith of Clinton and Mrs Doris Ewing of Ches ter, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchlidren Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday at 4 00 p m at Cal vary Baptist Church by Rev J W Spillers Burial was in the Hurricane Baptist Church ceme terv IF YOU DON'T READ THF CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET Till NEWS PHONE 833-UM1 DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING •it. Here At FIRESTONE • ■■■■■■■■■I 1 WE RE SANTA § I ( LAI s approved: fe ^Somethin).: loreverv mem ber of the family se- I lected gift items from the | world's foremost manu ■ facturers NOW is tile time ■ to buy Use Our Lay-Away Plan! MAKE AOl K SELECTION KARLA Register Now For FREE BICYCLE To lie (iiven A wav 6 P. M. December 22 Absolutely FREE To One Of Our Customers! COX HOME & AUTO SUPPLY Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed N Broad St. Clinton World Mission Workshop Here For S C. Presbytery The World Mission Workshop of the South Carolina Presby lery will be held at Presbyterian College Fndav. November IT Sessions will be 1 ironi 5 until 8 30 p m at Neville Hall Supper will he served tor those attending at 75 cents per person in the college dining hall The follow mg program will he follow ed 5 o Hock Registration and presentation of studv material for 1WU ti (Nr Supper t; 3u Classes on Mission Edu cation for leaders of adults, sen lors and children s classes 7 3<s~ Mission movie 8 00 Address bv Rev Donald I Williams missionary from Brazil Al 1 interested persons are in vited to attend 15 County Fires Burn 185 Acres Laurens County Ranger Tom Hill reported Friday that a total of 15 forest fires had destroyed 185 a<res of valuable timber in Laurens ( ountv since October 1 Six of the 15 fires started near the fughwavs and could have been a result of carelessness the ranger said \\» cannot produce from our 245 000 acres <>f countv woodland it uc do not protect them from fire Last \ ear 48,000 cords of pulpwood went cut in this county which gnev some idea of the economic v aim of our timber." Hanger Hill said John F Lake Laurens John F Lake 04, of 821 West Main Street died at 3 45 P m Friday at his home after six months ot illness He was a retired farmer a na live and lifelong resident ol Lau rens lit was a son of the late Thomas 1) and Nannie f ergu son Lake He was a member of the Fit st Baptist Church Surviving are two brothers. Paul Lake of Tampa Fla and Edmund A Lake ol West Palm Beach Fla three sisters Mrs K Fleming Jones ol Laurens. Mrs Jot Phinnev of ( olumbia. and Mrs Antlionv Fuller of Surs side Beat fi Funeral services were conduct ed at 4 (Hi p m Saturday, at Die Kennedv Mortuarv bv Dr Robert S < ,toner and Rev (' F Mis ( utchen Burial was in the Lau rens ( it \ t emeterv WOAMKi Coming l or Thanksgiving November 2.'C2. r > The entire city gave him the keys to its heart! $5,000 Is Awarded In Civil Court Case Laurens The plaintiff in one of four - nits growing out of a one car automobile wreck May 28 in Laurens was awarded $5,000 ae t u a 1 damages here Thursday night after a two and a half day trial which ended 1 hursdav Ncv 3 m Common Pleas Court The plaintiff w a s Annette 5 oung hv her guardian ad litem Mrs Thelma 5 oung. who was a passenger in the car Defendants were Reginald Wilkerson. dm er of the c .n Mis K P W ilker son guardian ad litem of Reg maid Wilkerson the City of Lau rens and the Atlantic Coast Lim Railroad The jury assessed $3 000 of ttie damages against the Wiikersons and $2,000 against the City of Laurens The court, which w a s presided over by Judge .1 B Ness of Bamberg di reeled a verdict in favor of the railroad The wreck occurred after the ill fated car carrying four occu pants crashed into a ditch after passing over an elevated ACL railwav crossing on West Hamp ton Stree-I in Laurens In the car besides Wilkerson and the plain tiff were Phyllis Jenkins and Charlie Smith aJl teen agers All o (the occupants were injured in various degrees hut none were killed The three other cases involving the same facts and |»crsonne! and continued to another term, were lisle (ion the court calendar as follows Phyllis Jenkins, by her guard ian ad litem, J L Jenkins ver sus the same defendants as in the Young ease. L H Wilkerson by his guardian, versus the City oi Laurens and the ACL Railroad and Charlie Smith, by his guard lan ad litem, Charles C Smith versus the Wiikersons the City of Laurens and the ACL Hail road A erdicts asked for in the lour suits aggregate $14.3 000 In other actions during the term. Laurens r o u n t > was awarded a consent verdict for $1,500 against the U S Guaranty Co Finest M Spongs of Co Jumhia ,et al in a suit hanging since 1055 involving the eonstrue- tion ol a health office building in 1 -aurens A jury awarded a verdiet of $2,(KH; to Arthur Robinson against Lee Roy Chastain in eonnection with a highway accident last April A consent verdiet of $400 was awarded Marguerite Moore vs U S Cnderw l iters. Inc A verdict for the defendant in the ease of Nettle T Springer v s the Public Works fo Laurens, involving alleged d a mage to property by utility lines \ e-relict for $1.286 00 returned In the jury for the plaintiff in the case of John B Willard vs Jessie C Bolt Hurricane New* Of The Week Mr and Mrs Carroll Young, Lynn and Carol Anne visited Mrs lone Horton in Whitmire Sunday Mr and Mrs Gene Simmons. Miss Connie- Simmons and Allen Barron. Jr . attended the Caro lina-Clemson game Saturday in ( olumbia Inquest Set In Death Of Bailey J Medical School of South Caro lina, Charleston, was at home for the week-end with his pa rents, Dr and Mrs. D. O. Rhame | They also had as week-end guest j Laurens County Coroner Mar-1 Miss Alacia L*e of Quitman, Ga , i shall Pressley has scheduled an w h o attends Queens College,: inquest into the death of a 79-; i Clinton man who died IN ENGLAND I>eonard M Wilson of the Mod-; erawood division of Standard The coroner said that Wallace! pj yW00{ j s j s in Lxmdon and other Shephorn Bailey collapsed after rx) ' jRt{ . in England on a business year-old about 6 30 p lieme shoved or struck during Gue-s lx ( ,! Mi and Mr- .! R Bartim w t re- Mr ■ anel Mrs .1 1) Our' . and son Land\ . oi ( ireen- w ood Mr- Da us', (, axt ;e\ and *! I Rube Sen ijmi were \ IXltCj rs M (in cn\ die leVst V, , dneseiay Mm Di T,S f arm*" ' IT /. er • and ( La. lit s. nilh and Jerne Campbe-ll v\ ere visitors in New berr\ Sunday Willi am (last ley Mrs ( aro lyn (, ( raven and David visited Mrs Mary Moseley and daugh ter Tern, in Greenville last Thursday Mr and Mrs Allen Sanders ol Rock Hill visited Mr and Mrs Allen Young and family Sunday Douglas Hipp and Sammie Hill, of Cocoa, Fla and Rex Young of Roe kledge, Fla , visited the Allen Youngs and Charlie Youngs Tuesday enroute to Woodrufl to attend the funeral ol Roy Hipp Mrs Daisy Gastley celebrated a birthday Nov 12 Mrs Catherine Young cele brates a birthday today. Nov 16 Mr and Mrs J A Blaek vis lied their sons in Greenwood Sunday Friends will be glad to know Mrs Alma Lackey, ol Green vide, is visiting Mr and Mrs .1 A Blac k BIRTHDAY PARTY Kay Caldwell was honored with a birthday party Finlay evening Twelve guest- enjoyed games and refreshments served by her mother. Mrs .1 W Caldwell Kach guest remembered her with a gift Visitors oi the .1 D Caldwells over tie weekend were Mr and Mrs Ruins Langston and Fran ces Mi and Mrs Darrell Lang ston. ol (iray Cou; t At Regional Meeting S C. Municipal Assn. Alderman U Noland Sueldeth and Jim V Edwards with Mrs Sudd.'ll. and Mrs Edwards yes tenia . itended a regional meet ing o i n Municipal Association of s< t . , Carolina in the Mt Zion School Auditorium in Winnsboro On the program were I t Gov Burnet R Maybank who talked on "Town and City Offienals und the South Carolina General As sembly W G Crosby, South Carolina water [Killution control authority in "The l.agoon Meth oel of Sewage Treatment", anei Albert Y Thomas, director of Civil Defense lor the State of South Carolina what th( light The body was examined by a Clinton phy sician who told police that Mr Bailey could have died from a heart attack, according to Coroner PressJey. The inquest is scheduled for Tuesday. Nov 21 at 10:(X) a m. at the Clinton city hall Olin Smith. 25. a son-in-law of the dead man. was arrested by Clinton police and e-,barged with being drunk and fighting. trip He will return to Clinton on Sim if SACKS roner called a fimly j prjday Miss Elaine Addison of Laurel, Md., spent the week-end with her parents, Mr and Mrs. John A Addison TO FLORIDA Mr and Mrs C. C Giles are spending the week with relatives in Bradenton, Fla . having been called there Sunday due to the death of the former's sister, Mrs. R D Brooks. Mr and Mrs. Frank Ramage He paid a fine of $lV in 7iTy | were we<;k - end quests of CcL and court Officers said Smith was in the ael of striking his sister when his father in-law intervened. The e-oroners’ jury finding will j determine developments in the case Personal Mention IN INDIANA Mrs I^onard M Wilson is vis iting her father, Car] Broshears, and sister, Mrs John Mooney, in Evansville. Ind Mrs Inez Pruitt spent Satur day in Columbia with her broth er. C W Mahaffey, and family, going on to Florence to spend several days with her daughter, Mrs W N Meggs, and from there to Jacksonville, Fla , where she will visit her son, Philip Pru itt. and daughters, Mrs Lou Ol iver and Miss Rachel Pruitt Friends ol Billy Trammell, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Tram meU.Mvill regret to know he suf fered a broken hand inpury in football practice last week ATTEND HOMECOMING Mr and Mrs Robert W An derson were in Atlanta, Ga., dur mg the week-end to attend home coming at Georgia Military Academy Mr Anderson was chosen an alumni officer for the day. and Mrs Anderson was a siKinsor They were accompan- 1 ied by their daughters, Susan j Nancy, and while there visited Philip Wilson, who is a student at GMA Don Rhame. student at the f Miss Sarah Harvin Passed Yesterday Miss Sarah A Harvin. 85, of 1 Spartanburg, died there in a hos-i pital Tuesday morning after a' long illness Funeral services were conduct ed yesterday afternoon with bur lal in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg In tier early days she attended | Ihe Thornwell Orphanage schools here Mrs. W. W. DeVenter in Arling ton, Va. WALDRONS MOVE Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wal dron and two sons, formerly of Greenville, have moved into their recently completed new home on Pine Street Watson To Address PC Economics Club Albert E. Watsin, Presbyterian College alumnus, now a top-sell ing insurance underwrite/ at Ma con, Ga , will speak to PC’s Business and Economics Asso ciation this Thursday night. He w ill deliver a general talk on insurance and the careers j open to young men in this field The public is invited to this 7:30 p. m. meeting in the second floor assembly room of the Douglas i House. | Watson, formerly with the New York Life Insurance Company and now engaged in persona! estate planning and group and business insurance, is a life member of the Million Dollar Round Table of the National As sociation of Life Underwriters. He received his degree from Presby terian College in 1951. C. B. 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