The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 18, 1962, Image 1
The above views show Clinton’s community-owned . ing with its new portion, blinds, shrubbery planter, and modernisation program was the ballroom and banquet shown in the third photo. At right is one of the 50 well-
Hotel Mary Musgrove after extensive renovations were new walk. The next picture is the attractive lobby, show- hall with a seating capacity of approximately 260 persons. appointed guest room*.—Photo* by Dan Yarborough,
recently completed. At left is a general view of the build- ing the coffee shop in the background. Included in the . • ^— ——
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Extensive Renovations Made
■ .
City's Hotel Mary Musgrove Is Modern Facility
Extensive renovations have
made Clinton's Hotel Mary Mus
grove one of the most attractive
facilities in Piedmont South Car
olina,
Collie W. Anderson, president
of the community hotel corpora
tion. today reviewed the recent
improvements and pointed to a
change in management aimed at
broadening the service.
The addition of a colonial
Georgian style front porch and
louvre window blinds to the ex
terior have been matched by a
complete remodeling of the in
terior.
Anderson said that all rooms
have been repainted, with par
ticular attention being given to
the ballroom. The second floor
rooms were air-conditioned to
complete the air-conditioning of
every rbom within the three-story
43-room facility except the ball
room and plans call for extend
ing the cooling system to this
large banquet hall before sum-
Among the other recent im
provements were the installation
of a completely new hot water
and the renovation of
the kitchen, with
equipment added there.
Meanwhile, Larry Cork, an ex
perienced hotel man who has
been here since last June, offi
cially assumed charge as new
manager on January 1 succeed
ing Mrs. Leona Maycock.
A native of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
and a University of Alabama
alumnus, he has had six years’
experience in the field JUKI was
the owner of a catering service.
He came to Clinton after a sea
son as manager of the Henolopen
Hotel of Rehoboth Beach, Dela.,
and prior to. that had spent a
year as manager of the Trade
Winds Hotel in Indialantis, Fla.
Cork is enthusiastic aboat the
future prospects of Hotel Mary
Musgrove. He has concentrated
much of his attention on the din
ing facilities. Improving the ser
vice generally and bidding for
banquets, special parties, bridge
parties, teas and the like. He
said:
“We had a fine Christmas sea
son, with numerous parties, and
business since Christmas has
been better than before. 1 have
been doing some advertising in
Pinson Retires After 41
Years; Templeton in Post
some of the larger papers to try
to get more traveling men to
stop with us. And I am partic
ularly Interested in the local peo
ple using the facilities of the ho
tel more than they have in the
past. ’
One item of special appeal to
Clinton residents, Cork said, is
the luncheon smorgasbord. This
popular meal is offered between
the hours of IS noon and 2 p. m
every day except Saturday.
^ Hotel Mary Musgrove, a com
munity project with stock sub
scribed in Clinton, was complet
ed In 1800. Last spring, addi
tional stock in the amount of
approximately $22,000 was sold
to pay on the Indebtedness of a
government loan and to finance
the renovation work. '
Serving with Anderson as offi
cers of the corporation are: R. L.
Plaxico, vice-president; Bob
Hamer, secretary; and W. C.
Baldwin, treasurer.
Other members of the present
board of directors include: Dr,
M. A. Macdonald, Dr. Marshall
W. Brown, J. B. Hart, H. L.
Eichelberger, Dan Yarborough,
Leland Young, C. C. Giles, Tom
Addison, 'James Von Hollen and
Delmar Rhame.
Sloan Attends Meet Of
Industrial editors
James P. Sloan, director of Ip^
dustrial Relations for Joanna
Cotton Mills Co., on Thursday
and Friday of the past week at
tended a hoard of directors meet
ing of the American Association
of Industrial Editors at Hotel
Summit in New York City.
The meeting was a planning
session for the April convention
Mr. Sloan, an immediate past
president of the association,
serves as chairman of the senior
advisory committee.
Episcopal Church
Is Presenting
Special Services
During the week the pubUc is
cordially invited to hear one of
the Episcopal Church’s most un
usual and effective lay people,
when the Evangelism Committee
of Trinity Episcopal Church, Co
lumbia, presents Gertrude Be-
hanna. In what has been called
“a series of dynamic witness
ing." Services will begin at 8:00
p. m., January 16, 17, 1$.
Mrs. Behanna is the author of
THE LATE LIZ and autobiogra
phy. At these services at Trinity
Church, Columbia, she will tell
of her “two lives"—first as an
alcoholic . , . then as a “person
reborn. There will be a coffee
hour in the Parish House after
the service for a question and
answer session.
Police Court Fine* Total
$1,746 for Month of Dec
Fines totaling $1,740 and 283
For Miss Boiand
Held Wednesday
«.
week my
The announcement
that B. S. Pinson will
the end of the current
principal of the Thornwell
anage school barings to an end a
term of aervloe that began In 1827
—a period of 26 yean.
Mr. Pinson’s teaching career
covered 41 years.
He came to Thornwell when Dr.
L. Ron Lynn was president of
_ the institution and has continued
(hiring the administration of Dr.
M. A. Mcdonald.
During recent yean
MK. TEMPLETON
he has
headed a school system, from the
gradee through high school, hous
ed in a modern, commodious
granite structure on the south
side of the,Thorn well campus.
Mr. Pinson was graduated
from Furman Uhlvenity with a
BA degree in 1920, and was
awarded his MS degree in 1833
by the University of South Caro
lina.
He taught for two yean, 1921-
23 at the Barksdale-N arnie Scbgol
in Laurens County. From 1823 to
1827 he taught at MountviHe.
Since then, his service has been
M Thornwell.
of Cross Hill, be is a
late P. S. and EUxa-
A
son of
1
Mlgg jatfiah Balls
of Laurens, and they have main
tained their home on the
well They are no
of the Thornwell Memorial Free-
uraren^ rra• rtb*
son is an elder.
Vs Bneeeei
Mr. Pinson will he
David a
Street Elementary
SgAemolished a few years aog),
and at the Mercer Silas Bailey
which replaced it
a native of Owings
in Liurons County, is the son of
the late I* L. and Ellen Stewart
He was graduated
from Presbyterian College In Iftt
with an AB deg**; and hi 1840
was awarded the Master of Edu
cation degree by the
of South Carolina.
Beginning Us teaching
with the 1832-33 term, he was
LaFrance in Anderson County.
From 1833 to 1041 he aws princi
pal of, the school at Nihety Six,
coming to Academy Street in
1941, serving one year, and ogtog
to Bennetts ville for two years
Templeton returned to Clinton
in 1944 and wil lhave completed
19 years of continuous service
at the close of the present
term.
In addition, Templeton has been
director of the summer program
for the Clinton Recreation Com
mission since 194$, heading an
extensive Little Boys
League operation. He Is a mem
ber of the National Board af Di^
rectors of Little Boys Baseball.
For the past 16 ydhrs, to the
be has served^ as ovnch of
Thornwell football team and has
directed boys and (Ms basket
ball
Templeton is married to the
former Misq. Marjorie Casbt
Miss Adeline S. Boland, 46, died
early Sunday morning at Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.
She was a native of South
Carolina and had spent most, of
her life to Clinton. She was a
daughter of the late Frank M
Boland and Ella Sproles Boland
A veteran of World War II, she
had served to the WACS 14 years
At the time of her discharge she
was a major.
She was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Clinton
At the time of her death she was
making her home to Fort Lauder
dale.
Surviving are two brothers
Frank M. Boland, Jr., and David
D. Boland of this city; two sis
ters, Mrs. C. D. Pitts of Clinton,
and Mrs. M. H. Reid of Spartan
burg; and her stepmother, Mrs
Gladys StilweU Boland of Clinton
The body was brought to Clin
ton and funeral services were
conducted at 3:30 p. m., Wednes
day, at the First Presbyterian
Church by Dr. WUUam Redd Tur
ner, Rev. Gordon Peery and Rev.
A- S. Harvey. Burial was in Rose-
mont cemetery.
Pallbearers were the following
Clair D. Pitts, Jr.,
S. Pitts, Jaek D. Pitts,
R. Pitts, James R. Bras-
days on the public works were
levied aagtost offenders appear
ing before Recroder Henry M.
Young in city court during De
cember. according to the month
ly report pf the police department
to City Council by ChM B. B.
Ballard.
Leading the list were offenders
charged with drunkenness and
driving under the influence of In
toxicants.
Arrested for drunkenness were
2- persons, who paid fines of $M4
or. were given 43 days bn the pub
lic works.
Five persons were charged with
drunk driving, $300 and 00 days.
Other charges and sentences in
cluded:
Gambling, 12, $164; violating
the liquer law, 2, $186; fighting,
3, $151 and $0 days; disorderly
conduct, 7, $117.00 and 00 days;
speeding and reckless driving, 6,
erating auto without license.
1, $30; damaging private or pub
Uc property, 1, 30 days; aU other
offenses. 12. 2 suspended, $348
and 1$ day s , - 1
Three persons were taken to for
investigation or on suspicion and
relsassd. .
Joanna Plant To
Double Size And
Adopt New Name
weU,
Robert L. Edwards.
Conducted
Funeral services for W.
Benjamin, 67,
Sunday at 3:00 p. m. at
Funeral Home by Rev
Howell and Or. R. S- Cooper.
Burial was in Rosemont ceme
tery.
Doubling its site and Increasing
its variety of louvered doors and
window shutters, Joanna Wood
Products Company became
known as Kaywood Corporation,
Joanna Division, effective Janu
ary 1, 1881, according to an
nouncement by Walter Regnery
vice-president of Joanna Western
Mills Company of Chicago
The new Joanna Kaywood di
vision wiU become part of the
Kaywood Corporation of Benton
Harbor, Michigan, which corpo
ration is wholly owned by Joanna
Western Mills Company. The
pansfam will eventually provide
for approximately
one hundred operators at the Jo
anna plant. Additional office fa
culties are necessitated, too, by
the increase In operations and In
product variety.
The Joanna Division of Kay
wood Corporation servos the
Southeast wtth wholesale mill-
work items. Among their prod-
E. WaB-
aad 28 an a pr
For iha past
one son, David, a
dent Their tonne is
nut Street,
of the First
Mr. Templetoa Is s mem-
Mr Benjamin died
irikht at a local toispttal after
several days of illness.
He was a
resident of
son of too late WITH ant R.
junto and Mr*. Aiifc
junto. He. had been employed at
the CUnton Cafe for 20 years. He
a member of Leesville South
ern Methodist Church near din-
ton. " ‘I':
Surviving are four sisters, Mrs
Laura B. Church and Mrs. Mary
B. FuUOrd of Mfc Ranter, Md.;
Mrs. Annie B. Wimberly of Avon
dale. Md.; and Mrs. Ada B
son af Laurens; ami a
nets are stock louvered doors, to-
special bi-fold doors, and
or movable louvered shut
ters and outside Minds. Full pro
duction Is expected by March,
Officers Of the Kaywood Cor
poration are: President, R. J.
1 suspended, 878 end 20 days; op*
Port Of $10,500,000 Development
College to Launch Find Raising Drive
Mothers March Set
For Jan. 19 In Joanna
Presbyterian College prepares, spring gave official
to launch the greatest fund-rsie-; Prvsbytertuv <fellem to
capital ftfta
ing campaign in its history with-' another
in the next few weeks with s this year
Tbs Mothers March, a feature
of the 1901 March of Dimes pro
gram, will take place in Joanna
January 19, with some sections
of. the community being covered
during the afternoon hours and
others after dark, because of the
work schedules of many of the
participants.
The annual march is sponsored
by the Joanna Woman’s Club,
with Mrs. Lavlnia Cooley as the
planning chairman and Mrs.
Mary Lehman a* leader of the
drive.
Louie Nabors is serving as
community chairman this year of
the polio activities.
A total of 77 arrests were mads
during the month.
Seventy-three persons paid
$42.80 for violating the parking
laws.
Pot Qiisfiofm Nomad
Junior Editor Of Arrow
Miss Pat Chisholm, daughter
of Mr and Mrs. W. Q. Chisholm
of this city has been selected to
serve as Junior Editor of the
Erskine College student publica
tion, The Arrow.
Miss Chisholm, who served as
editor of The Sentinel, CUnton
High School student paper, has
been active In campus affairs
since entering Erskine.
Two Scouts Rtctiva
First Class tank
B1U Jacobs and Dick Fergu
son, Scouts of Troop 111 receiv
• d scouu «•
recent Court of Honor.
Dixie Davis was awarded mer
it badges In woodcarvtag, leath
er work and fishing. Larty War
ren was awarded merit badges
In cooking and public health.
Ricky Ulrich passed all require
ments for Star Scout and First
Aid merit badge at the past hoard
of review end will receive these
awards at the next court of hon
or.
Troop 111 is sponsored by the
CUnton Klwanians Club.
goal of $1,000,000 for the Synod
of South Caroline
President Marshall W. Brown,
in making the announcement Sat
urday, pointed out that this effort
begins the second phase of a long-
range $10,800,000 development
program designed to expand fa
culties, increase endowment and
provide a women’s campus at
PC.
The Immediate campaign seeks
funds for these objectives: $000,-
000 for s new scisnce haU, $100,-
000 for a new dining haU, $101,000
for Presbyterian’s first women’s
dormitory, and $700,000 for en
dowment to strengthen faculty
salaries and scholarship funds.
It follows s long-range develop
ment outline, entitled "Presby
terian College’s Quickening Quar
ter-Century." which projects
campus requirements 28 years
aneaa vow arc luiiMimeni oy mt
MO centennial year. ITUs put-
tine envisions a mors dynamic
PC with expanded curricuta
and student body gradually in
creased from the present M8 to
goo. :
Of toe $10,000,000 sum. toe
brood 25-yeor program and Ms
plan to achieve $$.000,001 ef tot
total during the 180-0
with the aid of
Since the Georgia Synod —
which shares ewnerakip of PC —
expects to hold Us drive far tots
purpose at a
Carolina Presbyterians are
Ing forward with an
objective' of $1.00.000.
inary
underway
this amount within tot
months.
In looking to
five
Bonks Oota Friday
Announcement has been made
that the thrse Clinton Joanne
area Banki, Bank of CUnton. M.
S. Bailey A Son, Bankers, and
the Newberry County Bank, Jo
anna Branch, will be closed on
Friday, January 10, for the
Jackson birthday holiday.
J. G. Ferguson Is Head Of
Laurens Hospital Board
James G. Ferguson was named
chairman of the Board of Trus
tees of the Laurens District Hos
pital at the annual election of of
ficers held Tuesday night.
Mr. Ferguson succeeds Mar
cus S. Boyd, who has served as
chairmen for the pest several
years. ,/
Mr. Boyd asked the hoard not
to consider him for reelection Is
“ continue as a
chairman. He
member of the board. ,
Also elected were L. W. GraU,
vice-chairman, and Conway
Johnson, secretary • treasurer,
both of Laurens.
Named to the executive com
mittee were Grady Hipp, of Gray
Court, James G. Dunklin and G.
Edwin Owtngs, both of Vw™ 1 !*'
These three with the officers
compose the executive commit
tee.
prospectus of needs earmarks IS,-
800,000 for endowment and $4,-
000,00 plant additions. The pro
gram covers four stages. The re
cent Diamond Jubilee campaign
vf 1888-87 already stands as an
accomplished first phase which
provided $1 ABO,000 of the total
and brought PC a new stadent
center, dormitory, auditorium
President Brown said church
leaders of South Carolina last
AA Group To Moat
varoup
On Tuasdoy
Announcement has been made
that the Alcoholics Anonymous
have changed the meeting night
to Tuesday. Meetings art held at
8 o'clock at the Health Center
Building on Woodrow Street.
The public is Invited, and es
pecially anyone with an alcohol-
- 'll’ >
proDitm
Rod Cross Apptob
For Qotfiing, Artidos
, Hipp.
Mrs. Irby S. Hipp, local service
officer for the Red Cross, has Is
sued an appeal for baby clothing,
hottlos and aU neaded articles for
a newborn infant for a local fam
ily. The father is out of work and
the mother is not well.
“This is. indeed, a
moment in the history of
terian College. Hero Is to
port unity to uatorgtrd our
for a future which
cl pies of Christian
tion as
WhHtM Vitbge T«
Build Nsw School
topi
lag at Whitten VWagt
to Dr. B. O
The contract for the aaw
lure was awarded last
to Charles J. Craig
Co of Columbia on a lev tod of
$179,1M.
Craig is the contractor far a
The school building wiU con
tain on auditorium, offioss, ti
ll
dttion to several auxiliary
The deadline for
Sept. 1.
Cannon Construction as
ply Co of Newberry waa
struction Go. of Gohuntoa
third. 1
mltted.
The
Dr. Whitten said, will he
for.the home
md as a
Bank OTCNMoh
n..i l. Aft-.,
KC6I6CIS UliICCfS
The
Presbyterian Man To
Moat Thursday Evening
Men of the Church of tbs First
Presbyterian Church wiU most
4his evening, Thursday, at 7
if an; Vice-President, Frank C.
Sherrill HZ. Joanna; And Jroaa-
urer, A. F, Groth, Chicago, 111!
tog for the Bank of CUnton was
held so Jan. 0.
ports of operations for tts
1901. The following
ware elected: T E. tlllMena, T
Heath Copeland. H. L.
R. P. Hamer, nan D
m
leather, J. C. Thomas. J. Island
Young and John T. Young
Following the meetihg ef too
stockholders s OtodEMI of the
hoard was held John T. Young
U- F. namer,
T. EM
John T. Young, vice-
Harry Y.
, end Leaman D.
cashier.
Dining toe year a regular dhd-
dend of « per cent was paid and
In aa extra dhritond
I of i n«r cent was declared,
ng a total sf 7 per cent li
In citing
her 1848 wtth paid In
$108,888, it was pointed sat
tot hank has ptod 13
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