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Camp Fire Candy Sale Gets Underway
Peggy Grady, Camp Fire Girl, is shown
taking an order for the candy sale now
underway from Mrs. J. J. Cornwall, wife
of Clinton’s mayor. Peggy, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grady of Lydia, sold
the most boxes of candy in the organiza
tion’s annual sale last year for the Lewa
district.—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
Provides for Hefty Tox Increose
Comity Supply Bill Is Introduced
A 12-mill tax increase is in
store tor property owners of Lau
rens County who live in School
District 96 (Clinton area) and a
13-milt increase faces those who
live in District 59 (Laurens area)
and the Ortas Hill section, ac
cording to tfee county appropria
tions bill igteoduced Thursday In
the General Assembly.
The bill had its second reading
in the House Friday and was
scheduled for third reading and
passage through the House Tues
day.
In the Senate it was slated to
get readings on three consecutive
days, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday.
Actually, only eight mills were
added in the appropriations bill,
five for general county purposes
and increase from one to four tor
charity patient care in hospitals.
The other five were added in a
special bill to pay off a $290,000
loan at $90,000 a year over a pe-
rio dof five years.
Voters may possibly approve
an additional five mills to in
crease the county supplement to
salaries of teachers. A bill was in
troduced last week by Senator
King Dtxon for a referendum for
tha tpurpose in the June primar
ies.
The difference of one mill in
crease is accounted for by a
scheduled reduction from seven
mills to six for hospital bonds in
the Clinton area.
The hike in the Clinton area
would be from a present levy of
96 mills to 6B, in the Laurens area
Some small increases in appro
priations were noted tor various
departmentns. The largest in
crease was for court costs, from
$18,900 to $29,900.
The Supervisor’s office is giv
en $90,000 for maintenance of
roads and bridges and supplies,
and $50,000 for equipment and
supplies for patching and improv
ing blacktop roads. These
amounts were the same in the
current supply bill.
Representative W. C. Dobbins,
in an interview early this week
said each section of the bill was
adopted by unanimous vote of
members of both houses before In
troduction. Then the bill in its en
tirety was agreed upon, with in
troduction and passage by House
and Senate as introduced fithout
any dissent or controversy by
members of either house.
Dobbins stated it was further
agreed that if any amendments
were offered , to the bill in either
house, that members would sit
down together and agree on these
amendments before they were of
fered. If agreement could not be
reached on any proposed amend
ments, then they would not be
offered and the passage of the bill
jaot be delayed
Atlanta Symphony
Records Available
At College Library
Community Concert Associa
tion members are informed by
the Presbyterian College library
that three of the four selections
to be presented by the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra In their
concert here on March 20th are
available on recordings which are
in the library record collection.
Miss Marian Burts has placed
the records on reserve in the mu
sic room, and will welcome any
one who would like to familiarize
themselves with the music to
come in and listen between now
and Tuedsay night.
The program announced by the
orchestra will be as follows:
Franck—Symphony In D min
or.
Beethoven—Overture: Leonore
III
Tschaikowsky—Caprlcclo Ital-
ienm.
Braber—First Essay for Or-
cheslra (not available).
Eleven Candidates File
For Seven County Offices
Eleven candidates had paid
their fees and qualified as candi
dates for various county offices
from 51 to 64; and in the Cross in the June Democratic prima
ries up to Wednesday at noon.
Two candidates have filed for
the House of Representatives, In
cumbent Hubert Graydon and Da
vid Taylor.
Filing for the office of Super
visor are Furman Thomason, in-
Hill area from 51 to 64.
Total expenditures listed in the
biU are $961,448.94, some $11,000
less than expected revenues of
$562,436.27
Members of the delegation stat
ed they took a more realistic ap
proach this year in listing expect
ed revenues, using the amounts
that have actually been received.
Some of the figures took a decid
ed drop, including alcoholic liq
uor tax from roughly $97,000 to
$37,000, beer and wine tax from
$10,000 to $9,000, bond premiums
from $5,000 to $2,400, county’s
part of income tax fro m$Q7,000
to $88,000, delinquent tax pay
ments and fees from $28,000 to Members of the board are Mrs.
$12,900, etc. ; Gladys Cook. A. L. Mahaffey, and
Expenditures called tor in the’ F. A. Smith,
bill are some $27,000 more than: The schedule as follows:
Registration Board
Announces Schedule
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The county registration board
has anounced a schedule of ses
sions from March 27 through Ap
ril IS for voters to register.
last year, but the loss in antici
pated revenue items required the
imposition of 14 mills tor county
operations, whic his estimated to
bring la $178,000.
Library To Close
For Conceit Series
The Presbyterian College and
City Libraries will close Tuesday
evening, March 20, at 8 o’clock
for the Atlanta Symphony con
cert.
ATTEND MEETING
Col. A. J .Thackston, Jr., and
Mri. E: Martto of Preshy-j
terian College, were among those
attending a meeting of deans of
students and members oi their
staffs from South Carolina col
leges and universities. The annual
meeting was held last week at
Erskine College.
March 27 — Abercrumbie-Ow-
ings Store, Gray Court.
March 28 — Leaman’s Store,
Cross Hill.
March 90 — First Aid Station
Clinic, Lydia Mill.
April 2-9-4—Registration office,
County Court House, Laurens.
April 10—Baldwin Motor ,Co.,
Clinton.
April 11—Community Building,
Joanna.
April 12—Community Building,
Clinton Mill.
April 12—Community Building,
Wattsville.
Deritocratic Club
Reorganization Meet
There will be a reorganization
meeting of the Clinton Democratic
Club at Hampton Avenue School
Tuesday evening, March 27, at
7:90.
Police Court Fines Total
$1,924 for Month of Feb.
Six drunk drivers contributed
$921 to the city treasury during
February to lead the list of those
fined upon appearance in city
court sessions tor the month.
Fines totaled $1,984, and 330
days were given on the public
works. Recorder Henry M. Young
presides over the local court.
Eight persons were fined $196
for operating auto without driv
er’s license.
Twenty-four were taken in tor
runkeneness, one was
and tits others paid $198 or
given 210 dags.
charged with violat
ing the liquor law, and they paid
$292.
Other charges and fines were:
Fighting, 2, $12 and 90 days;
carrying concealed weapons, 1,
$92; disorderly conduct, 12, 3 sus
pended, $170 and 90 days; speed
ing and reckless driving. $. $M3;
damaging public or private prop
erty. 2, $104; violating the prosti
tute law, 1, $100; petty larceny. 4,
$173; other offneses, 1, $12.
Eleven persons were taken in
for investigation or on suspicion.
Fifty persons paid $29 for vio
lating parking laws.
The police department mads 81
arrests during the month.
cumbent. and Bennie B. Blakely,
former holder of the office.
The County Commissioner post
has drawn three candidates so
far, Paul S. O’Dell and George
Penland, who are seeking re-elec
tion, and J. Paul Brown.
Filing for other offices are those
presently serving:
Supt. of Education, J. Leroy
Burns.
Probate Judge, J. Hewlett*
Wasson.
Treasurer, Alien D. Coleman.
Auditor, Miss Jennie V. Cul
bertson.
At least one candidate hi
qualified for all the offices that
are up for election this year.
It will be recalled that offices
of Magistrate were made four
year tenures by the legislature
last year. Previously, they had
been named every two years. The
last nomination for Magistrates
was in 1960 and new nominations
will be made in 1984.
Other county offices, including
State Senator, Sheriff, and Cleric
of Court, were filled in 1980 for
four-year terms.
Thieves Damage
Doors and Desks
Al Clinton High
A thief or thieves broke into
the Clinton High School building
some time last' Wedhssday nig
and caused considerable damage
in the process.
Small amounts of cash we
taken from S locked boxes and
from two soft drink machines.
Several pieces of sports equip
ment were also taken.
Entry was made by smashing
a rest room window, and once in
side the party or parties proceed
ed to break five glass doors and
several other doors, and desks
wen splintered by a heavy in
strument used to pry them open,
it was stated by Sheriff R. Eu
gene Johnson, whose office in
vestigated.
Similar break-ins also occur
red at two schools in Laurens
and one in Newberry the same
night, it was stated. Two crow
bars and a sledge hammer wen
left at the Newberry High School,
when $900 was taken from the
safe.
Cash was taken and school
equipment was damaged in each
Cross Hill Man Shot
At Truck Stop Near
Greenwood Sa’ur J ay
Greenwood—A Cross Hill man.
Ralph Aust f n Wilkie. 2i. was shot
to death early Saturday at a
truck stop on Highway 25 near
Greenwood.
William C. Coker, an employee
of the Pine and Grove Inn and
Truck Stop, < where the shooting
occurred, was held on an open
charge in connection wth the
slaying.
Deputy Sheriff S. M. Cooper.
Jr., said Wilkie was shot once in
the upper chest with a .98 caliber
revolver. He was dead on arrival
at Self Memorial hospital.
Mr. Wilkie, an electrician, was
a native of Laurens County, son
of William C. Wilkie and Mrs. Lu
cille Cole Wilkie of Cross Hill.
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by his wife. Mrs. Linda
Joyce Bowman Wilkie of the
home; one son, Ralph Stevens
Wilkie of the home; six sisters.
Mrs. J. H. Lewis. Mrs. J. H.
Hanks and Miss Patsy Wilkie of
CUnton; Mrs. R E. Weisner of
Laurens; and Misses Cynthia and
Frances Wilkie of the home; and
three brothers, Henry M and
Charles Wilkie of Cross Hill; and
J. C .Wilkie of Laurens.
Funeral services were held at
5:00 p. m., Sunday, from the
First Baptist Church in Cross Hill
with the Rev. W. M. Ussery and
the Rev. Roy Coker officiating.
Interment was in the Baptist
Church cemetery.
Bi-Counly FHA
In Spring Neel
The Laurens - Greenwood Bi-
County meeting of the Future
Homemakers of America was
held March 8 at the Ware Shoals
High School. The Ware Shoals
and Ninety Six chapters were co-
hostesses.
The devotion was given by the
Ford chapter, the welcome by the
Ware Shoals chapter, and the re
sponse by the Clinton chapter.
Bi-County President Jane Wal
lace of Ford High, presided over
the business session. The roll call
and registration was given by
Secretary Linda Wilkie of Gray
Court-Owings. The committee re
ports followed: treasurer’s report
by Audrey Martin. Ware Shoals;
scrapbook and projects report by
Nellie Price of Ninety Six.
Stump speeches were given by
the girle seeking the district or
state candidacy. The candidates
elected to run tor district presi
dent or parliamentarian and
state secretory are: District—
Susan McElvee, Ware Shoals, and
Marjorie Arnold, Clinton; State—
Willa Williams, Thornwell, and
Sandra Welsh, Laurens.
The dress review, entitled “The
Garden of the Gods,” was direct
ed by Miss Bobby McGee of the
Ware Shoals chapter.
Coroner Pressley
Loses Country Store
Fire completely destroyed a
grocery store In the Ekom com
munity about IS miles southeast
of Laurens Saturday afternoon.
The store was owned and op
erated by Laurens County Coro
ner arMshaU Pressley.
Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson said
the fire occurred about 2:00 p. m.
He said that Mr. Pressley said
the blase started in a room at
the rear of the structure where
seed and other merchandise were
stored.
The Laurens fire department
went to the scene but, according
to Assistant Fire Chief T. L.
Watkins, the blaze was beyond
control when firemen arived.
Mr. Watkins said that the
Pressley home, some,, 500 feet
from th<' 'tore, was undamaged
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Coaches and Trophy Winners at Clinton High School
Pictured are the football coaches and winners of tro
phies recently presented at a chapel service at Clinton
High School. Left tp right: Coach James Cox, Effie
Lewis, Roger Whitmire, Melvin Bailey. K nard Little
ton, Bobby Haskins. Billy Pitta. Coach Claude Howe and
Coach Herman Jackson.
Football Trophies
Awarded Players al
Clinton High School
Trophies were recently present
ed to outstanding football players
at CUnton High School for the
1961 season. Team members voted
on the winners of the trophies,
which are presented annually.
Bobby Haskins received the
Most Valuable Junior Varsity
player award which was given
by the Citizens Federal Savings
and Loan Association, and was
presented to him by Coach James
Cox. Coach Jackson then present
ed Roger Whitmire with the Best
Blocker award, given by John
son’s Men’s Shop. W. R. Ander
son presented to Billy Pitts the
Best Sportsmanship award. This
trophy was donated by the Ameri
can Legion. Melvin Bailey re
ceived the Best Defensive trophy,
presentd to him by Major Van
Oxner.
The Most Important player
award, instituted this year, was
presented to Effie Lewis and giv
en by the Athletic Department.
R. H. McGee and Joe McGee
made possible the Most Valuable
player award which was present
ed to Kinard Littleton by R. P.
WUder.
Also at this time the lettering
senior football players received
their footballs. Lida Barron and
Elaine Boyce, senior cheerlead
ers .also received footballs.
Clinton and Lydia
Mills Employees
To Receive Awards
One hundred and thlrty-alx em
ployees of the Clinton-Lydia Cot
ton MlUs will be honored at the
annual service award! presenta
tion banquet Friday evening,
March 16. The banquet will be
held at 7 o'clock at the ThornweU
dining hall, with each honored
employee bringing a guest.
Gold service award pins wlU be
presented to those with 10.19 or 20
years continuous service. There
are 72 from the Clinton plant and
64 from Lydia eligible for the
awards.
^ Presentation wiU be made by
Robert M Vance, president of the
Mills. J. B. Templeton, vice-presi
dent in charge of manufacturing,
will be toastmaster. Invocation
wiU be by Frank Goas and dis
missal by Clarence Brookshire.
Robert L. Jones and hie Barber
Shop Quartet from Laurens, will
furnish entertainment.
ADVERTISING MEET
Mr. and Mrs. G. Pringle Cope
land were in Charleston several
days last week where the former
attended a meeting of the Out
door Advertising Association.
$300,000 Compoign fpf Dormitory
$115,000 Reported in College Drive
Annual Comp Fira
Candy Solo To Be
Held March 19-24
The Camp Fire Girls of Clinton
will begin the annual candy sale
by pre-orders on March 19. Or
ders will be token through March
24 Deliveries wiU be made April
4-11 in time for Easter or Moth
er's Day giving.
This is the single council spon
sored fund raising project and
proceeds will be used to finance
the summer camp and other ac
tivities of the Blue Birds, Camp
Fire Girle, and Horizon Club
Girls In the Clinton ana.
Mrs. Rufus Sadler Is chairman
of the committee In charge of
sales, with Mrs. Keith McGee
and Mrs. Al Lancaster assisting.
For several years the girls have
sold the famous make of choco
lates to help raise funds tor
their activities. They also receive
support from the Community
Chest.
New Deacon* For
Presbyterian Church
At a congregational meeting of
the First Presbyterian Church on
Sunday seven new deacons wen
selected.
They were Abit Alexander,
Thomas Baldwin, Roy Benjamin,
Jr., John Harmon, Rufus E. Sad
ie,r John W. Stevenson, and H. M-
Young, Jr. __
The time of their ordination and
installation will be set within the
next few weeks.
A first report of $115,000 rais
ed toward the Presbyterian Col
lege financial campaign was
turned in by the special gifts
committee of the Clinton area
organisation Tuesday night.
This figure, subscribed by less
than 90 major donors, sent the
local drive off to an optimistic
start in its aim to produce $900,-
000 for PC in Clinton by the end
of March. And Clinton It stag
ing the kickoff effort of a state
wide program to add $1,800,000
to Presbyterian College resources
during the next three months.
Special gifts co-chairman
George Cornelaen and K. Edward
Ferguson. Jr,, submitted their
report at a training session for
general solicitation workers. The
advanced committee, at work
tor less than a weak, had raised
its impressive total after contact
ing lees than one-third of the top
prospects. The committee Will
continue on a special gifts level
as general solicitations begin
early next week among all CUn
ton resident*. Another report
tor an Invit
ed group of local people will be
held this Friday evening In
Belk Auditorium Dr, John Me-
Sween of CUnton, popular retir
ed minister and former president
of PC, will speak on this ocas-
Ion. The program also will in
clude several musical selections
by the Presbyterian College
robed choir, under the direction
of Dr. Edouard Patte.
As Presbyterians of South
Carolina watch with interest this
local campaign preliminary to
the Mg synod drive now in the
organisation stage, CUnton resi
dents Intensify their efforts to
provide Presbyterian College
with Its first women’s dormi
tory Co-chairman Robert M.
Vance and Tom Addison and
their executive committee already
have stocked out the name Clin
ton Hall for this proposed facili
ty.
On a state level, the South
Carolina Syn«d organization took
a major step forward last
day when 88 Presbyterian
representing all eight
ies assembled in Columbia for m
executive planning session They
received information about the
program and completed plane
for a series of presbytery rallies
between March 27 and April 13.
Arao Wofktn School
At Brood St. CWurcti
j A Christian Wt
'for the flUnian
Churches la being held fids
at Broad Strset
List-Glenn Concert On
Monday Is Well Received
By Carol J. Hay
The Eugene List-Carroil Glenn
concert Monday night brought to
music lovers of the CUnton area
an experience which is not often
available away from the major
cities. It was that rare and for
tunate combination of perform
ers of unquestionable superiority,
the finest instruments (he plays
a Steinway, she a Guarneri del
Gesu), an excellent auditorium,
and a highly receptive audience.
From the very first notes of the
opening Beethoven sonata, It was
evident that tonal beauty was as
much a part of the Ust-Glenn
success story of the art had at
tained an equally high level. The
Beethoven sonata sounded like
Beethoven, the Chopin selections
were played as Chopin should be
Stole and local law
agsnclee began investiga
tions the next day.
Mrs. James E. Wolfe, president of the
Clinton Community Concert Association,
greets Carroll Glenn and Eugene List,
husband and wife violin and
after their concert here in
rium Monday night.—Yarborough Photo.
played, the Debussy was exquisi
tely Debussy.
The two performers shared
three major selections; the Bee
thoven Sonata No. 5 (Spring),
Introduction and Rondo Capric-
cioso by Camille Saint-Saens,
and an obscure work of Franz
Uszt. discovered by Eugene List
in the Uszt museum In Weimar
and first performed in 1960, So
nata for Violin and Plano. This
proved to be an interesting selec
tion from the Historical stand
point as well as from the musi
cal.
Two sections of piano music
were included in the program.
One was a group of Chopin com
positions, including two of the
more familiar preludes, tht medi
tative E minor and the impas
sioned D minor, which was ren
dered with power and depth of
feeling. In a lighter vein, the
other group of piano selections
Included a Ravel Toccata from
m suite.'‘ < Le Yombeau de €6*
perin;” Debussy’s "Evening In
Granada,” the humorous piece
by Louis M. Gottschallr. The
Banjo,” and Percy Grainger's
lilting “Country Gardens,” which
proved irresisteble to at least
one young whistler In the audi
ence!
As encores. Eugene List play
ed the popular Waltz in C sharp
minor, by Chopin, and Carroll
Glenn offered the Bach Prelude
In E major for unaccompanied
violin. This latter selection was
one of the most enjoyable of the
evening for lovers of the violin,
and apparently they were legfen.
judging from the applause which
followed its performance
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afternoon and each evening,
day through tonight, from
until 9:99. Circles of the
an a Society of Christian
vice of the hoot church are
ing refreshments to
tending at the
evening.
The four
are: The Work of the
Church, by T. E.
burg; How To Tench hi
Church School, by Rev.
Cannon. E
Primary Children, by Mrs.
ily H. Patton, Spartanburg; and
Youth and Worship, by Rev. L. O.
Pox worth, Spartanburg.
Shields to Lead
fhotography Counts
\n Now Hamphirt
Bill and Aim BrnsMs of
Ham M. Shield
will instruct a count In
photography and
techniques at th
New Hampshire,
beginning March IS.
The five-day
by the Proleselous
in conjun
sional Photographers of Amsrtea,
I PC«f Will IBCllKH?
demonstrations la
lighting of woman, family
children and
promotions, advertising and 1
ness methods relative to the
of the WU-
On the return trip the
will appear at the convention of
the Professional Pbotographsrs
Association of New Jersey.
They expect to return to the city
Ministerial Group
Tours Lydia MW
Members of the CHntoo-Jonana
ares Ministerial Asoclatioa were
gueets of President Robert M.
Vance and Lydia Cotton Mill for
a tour of the plant yesterday
morning.
Tht guided tour was ted by Ly
dia superintendent D. H.
The Ministerial
headed by Rev,
All Saints
has 34
Copt. Patte Recants'
MS Degrae l« Pliysics
Captain Chris Patte, U. S.
Army, has