The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 16, 1961, Image 2
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
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lery will be held at Presbyterian
College Fndav. November IT
Sessions will be 1 ironi 5 until
8 30 p m at Neville Hall
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5 o Hock Registration and
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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
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Mrs
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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. Patterson
Lanford — Charlie Boyce Pat
terson, 45, died at a Laurens
hospital early Monday after a
brief illness.
He was a son of the late Carl
and Ova Senn Patterson.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss
Sandra Patterson, of Myrtle
Beach: a son. Pfc. Charles Ger
ald Patterson, of Germany; two
brothers, George B Patterson,
of Laurens, and John H. Patter
son, of Enoree.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 4 p. m. Wednesday at Pat
terson Chapel in Laniord by Rev.
J. M. Copeland, Rev. John Wat
ers and Rev George Wilson,
Burial was in the church ceme
tery
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