The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 19, 1962, Image 1
WALL SMASHED FOE ENTRY
Get $100
SAFE YIELDS $100 -r.rw^rt
Thieves Hit Qinton Firm
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Thieves who broke into the J. made by knocking out a section
C. Todd Wholesale Groery Co.
here last Thursday night took
$100 in change from the safe,
according to Jim Bass, Jr., man
ager of the firm.
Bass said that nothing else was
taken.
The safe was rolled from the
office, on the Gary Street side of
the building, to the warehouse
where the culprits knocked off
the lock, pried the door open and
helped themselves to the money.
W. O. Holland, employee of the
company, stumbled over the safe
in a warehouse aisle when he
opened for business Friday
morning.
The thief , or thieves took, time
out for a lunch period. A can of
brains was opened and left un
touched, and another can, con
taining a meat product, was par
tially consumed.
Entry into the building was
Rhames Establish
Scholarship Fund
Honoring McMillian
A scholarship fund honoring
Lonnie S. McMillian, who served
Presbyterian College for $6 years
as coach and assistant athletic di
rector, has been established by
Dr. and Mrs. Debnar Rhame of
Clinton.
An initial gift of $1,000 has been
placed in the PC endowment for
this purpose. Other alumni and
friends are invited to add to the
sum, of which the interest will be
used as a grant to a worthy stu
dent.
McMillian, now director emeri
tus of athletics, served actively
from 1923 until his retirement in
1960 and with particular distinc
tion as track and football coach.
{Sonders Announces
<; For Post in Word Six
> Talmadge Sanders has an
nounced as a candidate for al
derman in Ward Six.
Mr. Sanders, an employee of
Clinton Cotton Mills, resides at
106 Gordon Street with his wife,
the former Joan King, their son,
Terry, 4, and daughter, Eliza
beth, 2.
Sanders was a candidate for
alderman in the 1690 election.
of a 12-inch brick wal* of the
old building, which police said
probably crumbled easily under
the force of tools.
Asst. Chief of Police W. B.
Blakely said the thieves probably
wore (doves, or wiped the safe
clean, since no finger prints were
found.
Police are continuing their in
vestigation.
cignt rounder s
Scholarships Are
Awarded at College
Eight outstanding high school
seniors have been awarded
Founder’s Scholarships to enter
Presbyterian College next fall.
Student Dean A. J. Thackston,
announced today::
They are: Evelyn Katherine
Brownlee of Honea Path; Hubert
G. Wardlaw, Jr., of Atlanta;
Nancy Louise Harvey of Monti-
cello, Ga.; Charles Thomas Se-
gers of Fairburn, Ga.; Amelia
Nichols of Clinton; John Samuel
Branyon of Wallace, N. C.; and
Joseph Hunter Oates, Jr., of
York.
»■ a*.
Thackston said this group had
been selected from among 23
candidates who visited the PC
campus recently for the final
round of this year's competition.
They were chosen on the basis
of intellect, character and quali
ties of leadership.
The Founder’s Scholarships
represent Presbyterian College’s
most significant way of recog
nizing outstanding high school
merit. Grants ranging from $1*-
20 to $5,580 for the four years of
study at PC are made annually
on a competitive basis from
among scores of candidates. Re
newal of the scholarships each
year is dependent upon the re
cipients’ maintaining a certain
standard of academic excellence
during the preceding session.
Pitts Seeks Return
As Ward 2 Councilman
S. A. “Chick” Pitts is an an
nounced candidate for alderman
from Ward Two to the forthcom
ing city primary.
Pitts is employed as a tele
graph operator and ticket seller
by the Seaboard railroad, and is
presently serving his fifth two-
year term as. a member of city
council, and hsl fourth as mayor
pro-tem.
GEORGIAN A. A. SPEAKER
At the regular meeting of the
Clinton A.A. Group. Tuesday
night. April 24. 8 P.M. An Ex-
alcoholic from Elberton, Ga. will
tell of his Alcoholics Days and
His Recovery to a Better Way of
Life. The public is invited.
Vol. 63 — No
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 19,1962
PC Professor To
Conduct Flying
Tour of Bible Lands
Dr. T. Layton Fraser, professor
of Bible at Presbyterian College,
will conduct a Flying College
Tour of the Bible lands this sum
mer and offer a course on “The
Historical Geography of Bible
Lands,” taught on location.
The Jet clipper (light is schedul
ed to leave New York for Cairo,
Egypt, on June 19. By the end of
the five-week tour to Paris on
July 68, the itinerary will have
covered the scenes of Old and
New Testament writings, and
touched upon the three continents
of Africa, Asia and Europe.
In returning to the lands he
visited the years before, Dr.
Fraser will offer the course for
which three hours’ credit will be
given by Presbyterian College on
completion of a final term paper.
Local Restauranfs
To Honor Coffee Day
Greenwood-Laurens TB
Assn. Operative April 1
The Tuberculosis and Health i Transportation, Mrs. V. W.
Hayes, Greenwood.
More than a dozen directon
made plans to attend the annual
meeting of the South Carolina Tu
berculosis Association oa Thurs
day, April 66, at the Poinsett Ho
tel to Greenville.
Association of. Gceenwood-Lau-
rens Counties became a reality
on the first day of April and the
directors promptly went into ac
tion on the 3rd by adopting a
budget of $14,700 to be spent in
trying to eliminate tuberculosis
and to control other respiratory
diseases.
Henry M. Farts, president
elect, presented the NTA Approv
ed Principles for programs. He
stated that the objective is to ad
vance the scientific treatment,
prevention, eventual eradication
of tuberculosis and to advance
the scientific treatment, preven
tion and control of other respira
tory diseases. In support thereof,
it is the policy to advance ade
quate school health programs,
adequate official health depart
ments, and the public health
through general health education.
Rev. James A. Bowers, presi
dent appointed the following com
mittee chairmen to carry out the
planned program of the Associa
tion:
Annual Meeting, J. A. Thomp
son, Jr., Laurens; Arden House,
H. M. Faris, Laurens; Christmas
Seal Campaign, T. I. Dowling,
Greenwood; Health Education,
Mrs. S. E. Martin, Gray Court:
Historical, Mrs. R. H. Roper,
Laurens; Hospital Admission X-
ray, Mrs. G. R. Blalock, Qinton;
Legislative, W. B. Robeson, Jr.,
Greenwood.
Medical Advisory, Dr. W. P.
Tinkler, Greenwood; Negro Ad
visory, Mrs. Madge Hardy,
Greenwood; Nominating, G. N.
Foy, Joanna: Patient Services.
Mrs. Anne Taylor, Greenwood;
Respiratory Diseases, Dr. W. D.
Irvine, Laurens; Speakers’
Bureau, Rev. J. C. Rice, Jr.,
Ware Shoals; Telephone and
CHS Senior Play
'Case of Springtime'
Be Presented 27th
“A Case of Springtime” is the
title of the senior class play to
be presented April 27 at 8 o’clock
in the Qinton High School audi
torium.
The play is a three-act comedy
in which a high school boy takes
up magic in an attempt to im
press his girl and keep her from
dating a college boy. As a result,
he is in trouble with her father,
the high school principal.
The cast Is composed of Billy
Pitts, Bunky Blalock. Brenda
Fallaw, Grace Orr, Tommy
Copeland, Judy Bedenbaugh,
Bobby Hamer, Wilmoth Shealy,
Jimmy Furr, Emily Davis, Wade
Smith, Alice Grant, Caroline
Edge, Harriet Wilson, and San
dra May. Elaine Boyce is promp
ter. The play is being directed
by Mrs. R. P. Wilder and Miss
June Adair.
Buttons On April 20
“Coffee Day,” sponsored by
the South Carolina Quality Res
taurant Association, and assist
ed by the South Carolina Law
Enforcement Officers Associa
tion, will he observed in Laurens
County on Friday, April 60.
This yearly event is for the
benefit of crippled children and
ia conducted on behalf of the
South Carolina Crippled Chil
dren’s Society,
“BAG” buttons will be sold in
Clinton and other areas of the
county by restaurants under the
leadership of Cecil Wilson and
by law enforcement officials,
headed by Chief B. B. Ballard in
Clinton, and will entitle any per
son wearing such a button to
have “coffee on the house ’’
Wilson said practically all res
taurants, hotels, drug stores and
lunch counters in Qinton and
this area will participate in the
event.
“RAC" stands for “Buck-A-
Cup” or “Brace A Child.”
A proclamation has been is
sued by Mayor J J. Cornwall
designating April 60 as “Cof
fee Day for Crippled Children”
Others assisting are Chief J.
W. Power of Laurens
Brack of Joanna.
And H. E.
Service Stalion Hen
See Hill Operation
President Robert M. Vance
has extended an invitation oa
behalf of the Lydia Mills man
agement and employees to all
Qinton service station operators
for a guided tour of the mill next
Wednesday.
Some 21 local representatives
of major and independent oil
companies will follow the pro
gressive manufacturing process
es from cotton warehousing to
cloth storage and shipment. The
two-hour tour will begin to the
mill conference room at 10: $0
a. m.
Youngtown Home
Destroyed By Fire
Fire destroyed a duplex apart
ment house and damaged a sec-
roond house in Youngstown, a
Negro housing development just
Sunrise Service
In Belk Auditorium
Sunday Horning
An Easter sunrise service,
sponsored by the Clinton Kiwanis
Club, will he held at 6:30 a.m.
Sunday in Presbyterian College’s
Belk Auditorium.
The Rev. J. W. Spillers. pas
tor of Calvary Baptist Church,
will be the speaker.
Leading the singing will
combined choirs of First Baptist,
Calvary and Davidson Street
Baptist Churches.
Presiding will be Ed Perry,
chairman of the special Kiwanis
Club committee arranging the
event.
The invocation will be by Rev.
Brice Shumpert, pastor of Bailey
Memorial Methodist Church; a
Scripture passage will be read
by Dr. W. Redd Turner, of the
First Presbyterian Church; a
prayer will he offered by Rev. J.
H. Darr, of the First Baptist
Church; and the benediction will
be by Rev. Mr. Shumpert.
Three appropriate hymns are
on the program.
Mrs. Grace League Connor will
be the pianist.
Sgt. Rowe Wounded
In Saigon Accident
M/Sgt. S. C. Rowe, who Is
stationed to Saigon with an army
advisory group, was wounded In
a firing range accident while in
structing Republic of Viet Nam
troops.
He was accidentally shot in
the hip by a „30 caliber bullet
from a military rifle and Is now
a patient at Qark Field hos
pital In the Philippines.
His wife, who resides at 735
West Carolina Avenue, talked to
him on Friday evening by tele
phone and he expects to be a
patient there for about a month.
Sgt. Rowe was formerly on the
ROTC staff at Presbyterian Col
lege. His address is USAF Gen
eral Hospital, Ward 10, Qark
Field, P. I„ APO 74, San Fran
cisco, California,
Clinton Frtshmen
Moke Good Record
At Clemson College
Two Clinton freshmen were
among the 61 students initiated
to membership in the Clemson
Collage chapter of Phi Eta Sig
ma, freshman honor society re
cently.
They are William B. Owens,
Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Brooks Owens, and William C.
Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lowry M. Wilson.
They earned a $.6 (B plus) or
better grade-point ratio last se
mester to qualify for member
ship.
They are 1981 graduates of
Clinton High School and were
the only students from Laurens
County to qualify.
Clinton B&PW Club
Names Officer Slate
Mrs. Frances Warner conduct
ed the Installation service for new
officers at the regular meeting of
the Qinton Business and Profes
sional Woman's Club Tuesday
evening at the Mary Musgrove
Hotel.
Officers Installed at this time
include Mrs. B. W. Johnson,
president; Mrs. Grace Connor,
New Officers for Chamber of Commerce
Godfrey
president of the
(left), newly-elected
Clinton Ch*ml>er of
Commerce, is shown receiving the gavel
from John L. Mimnaugh, outgoing presi-
<ient; others are Thomas Youngblood,
first vice-president; A. A. damage. Jr.,
treasurer, and Mrs. Esther Pitta, seem-
tary.—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
N, C. Bonker Is Speaker
Chamber of Commerce in Animal Meet
PC Summer School
To Begin On June 12
The first session of Presbyter
ian College’s 1962 summer school
will begin on June 12. Academic
Dean George C. Bellingrath has
announced.
He said a maximum of 12 hours
credit may be earned by attend
ing both sessions of the 11-week
school or 6 hours for either one
of the two terms. The second term
will start on July 19 end extend
through August 35. Courses are
to he offered in these depart
ments: Bible, biology, economics,
educat e n, Enlgislfen.hVlllo
education, English, fine arts,
mathematics, political science,
sociology and Spanish.
New officers took over the vice-president of the Nerth
reins of the Clinton Chamber Carolina National Bank of Char-
of Commerce Thursday night at loite. who spoke oa the effects
the annual dinner meeting of the of advertising on the national
organization
Mooting Jointly with the
Chamber were members of ser
vice clubs of the city
The official slate includes:
Ansel B. Godfrey, president; T.
M. Youngblood, first vice-presi
dent; John L. Mimnaugh. sec-
rnd vice-president; A. / Ram-
age, Jr., treasurer.
Mrs. P. M. Pitts serves as
secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce.
New directors recently elected
for three-year terms are: John
A. Addison, L D. IMl, M D.
Milam, Jr., Edward Perry, and
D. B Smith.
Principal speaker (or the
meeting was Arthur H. Jones,
outside the city limits of Qinton firgt vice-president; Mrs. P. M
Tuesday night
Fire Chief Paul Quinton said
that when the volunteer firemen
arrived on the scene, the duplex
occupied by Peggy Davis and Sue
McCracken was beyond saving,
but a second house which was un-
To Present Cantata
The choir of the First Presby
terian Church, under the direc-P , . .
tfon of Mrs. Ed Sadler, will pre- j 0CCU P ied was » aved
sent the Cantata, “The Crucifix
ion,” by John Stainer, Sunday
afternoon, April 22, at 5 o’clock.
The soloists will be Mrs. Ed
Sadler, Harry Botick, Joe Shay,
and Troy Cobb of Laurens.
Jim Addison Wins
Safe Drivers Rodeo
The annual Teenage Safe
Driven Rnden.uaaJieldJtolgJi:
afternoon, April 15, on the park
ing lot of the local Community
Cash Store, sponsored by the
Clinton Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Seven contestants participated
to the various phases of the
event, with the winners being as
follows: Jim Addison, first
Harold Coleman, second
and Scooter Holcomb,
third place. Addison will repre
sent Qinton at the state contest
which will be held in Barnwell
the coming month. The top three
drivers wen also presented a
Safe Drtnr's plaque and a gift
dlcate from Jdhnsoa’e
** Shop.,
rtotnobOes tor the
were furnished with compii-
of Baldwin Motor Cam-
of the Jaycess
tor the
ip
Addison,
v fijstptece winner; Harold Coieman,
, ml . t ^ __ JH crad; Scooter Hokombe, third; and
Gash pairing lot by the Cttnton Jayeat oo^hairman^-Photo by
!- chapter. Above are Jimmy Cagle, co- Yarborough.
teenage Safe,
Sunday afternoon
Pitts, second vice-president; Mrs
Kenneth Haselden, recording sec
retary; Mrs. Robert G. Wrenn,
corresponding secretary; and
Mrs Earl Stewart, treasurer
Richard G. Gredler, superin
tendent of the Clinton Utility De
partment, wa» guest speaker
He told of the service of his de
partment and the source and
purification of Clinton’* water
supply. Mr. Gredler said the
present plant constructed several
years ago was built with an eye
to the future aad the water sup
ply would be adequate for new in
dustry' desiring to —
ton. He further stated that at
the present time he is making a
study of the electrical rates of
Qinton.
Patterson Announces
For Word 2 Alderman
J. Brevard Patterson hqs an
nounced his candidacy for aider-
man from Ward Two.
A resident of Qinton for the
past 26 years, Mr. Patterson lives
with his family at 812 Shands
Streta. He Is a shop foreman tor
Clinton Cotton Mills. This is his
first venture Into politics
Georgia Pastor to Deliver
PC Baccalaureate Sermon
Dr. J. Davison Philips, out
standing Georgia Presbyterian
minister and a former PC trus
tee, will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon at Presbyterian College’s
81st commencement exercises on
June 6.
President Marshall W. Brown,
n making the announcement to
day, pointed out that Dr. Philips
also is scheduled to receive an
tionorsray doctor of divinity de
gree during this graduation pro
gram.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached on the morning of
Sunday, June 3, followed that af
ternoon by the final commence
ment exercises and awarding of
degrees. Both events ore to bo
held in Belk Auditorium.
Dr. Philips, pastor of the Deca
tur (Ga.) First Presbyterian
Church since 1904, served for six
of these years as a member of
the Presbyterian College hoard
of trustees. Recognized as a lead
er in the Georgia Synod, he cur
rently holds the position of mod
erator and is chairman of the
powerful Synod’s Council. He Is a
trustee of both Agnes Scott Col
lege and the Presbyterian Home
of that state, and he serves as
chairman of the division of evan-
economy The economy we have
today could not have been
without advertising, he
aad it Is reepombtie for
twining our mass
and distribution
continuing the high
rate of goods
Stating that $12 billion dollars
was spent in this country tool
year lor advertising. Jones said
that were R not far
the nation would
nomic catastrophe. Stores,
nesses, press, radio, TV, oB
would close down—which
gel ism, Board of Church
sion of the Presbyterian Church
U. 8.
A native of Tallahassee, Fla.,
his ministry began as a U. 8.
Navy chaplain in IMS. After the
close of World War U, he be
came assistant pastor at the At
lanta First Church, then moved
to the Thomasville (Oa.) First
Church in 1980 for service there
until be accepted the Decatur
cell in 1804.
Davison Philips was on honor
graduate of both Hampden Syd
ney College (1940) and Cohwwbto
Theological Seminary (1943). He
received his doctorate from the
University of Edinburgh in 1984
Lourens County Ho* 12
Forest Fires in Mordi
Twelve forest fires occurred in
Laurens County during March,
according to o report of the
South Carolina Commission of
Forestry.
The fires burned 42.8 acres.
Since July 1 the county has
had 50 forest fires, which burn
ed a total of 363.7 acres.
Three persons have been
charged and convicted in con
nection with the fires.
Advertising, he said
cesstties of luxuries.
H. L. Kichelberger.
linq ul shed his poet as
vice-president of the
of Cettna
two non, gave a
that the greatest
the community «
skilled labor,
ress will be
tar with two
schools recently opened
•late with others to be
ed in the future.
Eicheiberger quoted
of
the
projected
ture months
Industrial
projects
and
561, with $4,481,809
the future.
tions employ 5.6M
669 more Johe
ture enlargements. Payroll*, he
said, total $17,044,011.
John L. Mimnaugh,
president of the Chamber.
nima oywt int merang.
Pre-School Clank
At Joanna Hospital
The Joanna F
Committee will
April 27, at the
Hospital, from to 11:69
Dr. MacdongM Named
Association Officer
Dr M. A. MacDonald,
drat of
wee
drat of
sar-jrit
Hotel to OreravUle.
Heart yoor’s ooufrarae* wtt ho
hold la Savannah, Oa.
Heed Clinton’s B&PW Club
HSte are the rwonttr riftori
of the Cttnton Businoes and Profraaional
Women's Club. Loft to right, they art:
Mrs. P. M. Pitts, second vice-prusidont
and program coordinator; Afire. B. W.
- ;'mapg'W>f.MP
HraXra* ■ rano
; and Mrs. Eteri Stow-