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8 THE CLINTON CHBONICLfc Thunfer, BUjr 31,1M2 Hurricane Baptist Church Has First Full Time Pastor in 130-Year History (Written for The Chronicle) The Hurricane Baptist Church, Route 2, Clinton, was organized on August 28. 1832. Organized with twenty charter members by the Presbytery consisting of El ders Daniel Mangum, James Harland and Elbert Lindsey. The Rev. Elbret Lindsey was the first pastor of the church. Since then there have been twen ty-four pastors, the most recent being Rev. J. H. Darr of the First Baptist Church in Clniton, who served the Hurricane Church for 16 years. Since the firtt Sun day of February, 1962, the Rev. J. F. McCarthy of Joanna, serv ed as interim pastor until the third Sunday in May, at which time the Rev. C. E. Russell of the First Baptist Church of Clearwater, where he served four and one-half years, became Hurricane’s first full-time pas tor in its 130-year history. During Mr. Russell’s Clear water ministry there two hun dred and six additions to the church. A mission was begun and is now an organized church with 185 members. Mr. Russell has served in va- 0 rious capacities in the asso ciation in which he has served as minister in Tennessee, Geor gia, and South Carolina. He was instrumental in getting the first off-the-campus school of the Carson-Newman College started in Knoxville, Tenn. Rev. and Mrs. Russell have two children, Mrs. Robert R. Monroe of Den ver, Colo., and Dr. C. E. Rus- COLLEGE FINALS (Continued from page 1) Sanders Glover Read, Jr,. Mc- Clellanville Clifton Reece Saverance, Jr., Hemingway. Frank Richardson Sells, John son City, Tenn. Maurice Robert Stevens, Jr., Orangeburg. Paul Edward Vernon, Con verse. David Lewis Waters, North Charleston. Bertrand Alfred Weinberg, Jr., Sumter. JUNE, 1962 Bachelor of Science James Wesley Ballard, Pelzer. Timothy Ashmer Calvert, Fin- gerville. Edward Lee Caviness, Jr., Goldsboro. N. C. Charles Harold Clotfelter, Ma rietta, Ga. Robert Gary DeLoach, Clin ton. Thomas Lawrence Elliott, St. Petersburg, Fla. Jesse Floyd Fuller, Clinton. James Earl Howell, Greer. Lynn Douglas Hudgins, Char leston ,W. Va. Robert Willis Joiner, Macon, Ga. James Darrell King, Rock Hill. Harry Lawrence Kirven, Sum ter. « Billy Ray Ladd, Junction City, Ky. William McGill Matthews. V, Macon, Ga. Harry Edward Nettles, Clin ton. Alton Shuman Parker. Nor folk, Va. Orion Rolston Perrell, Wax- haw, N. C. Gerald Young Pitts, Laurens. James Bland Quantz, Rock Hill. Harold Deland Raeford. Fay etteville, N. C. James Wilburn Rakestraw, Jr., Mableton, Ga. William Ch a n d 1 e r Roberts, Raeford, N. C. Robert Elmore Sherrell, At lanta, Ga. Donald Wayne Stewart, Clin ton. James Robert Thompson, Manning. Lei and Perry Vaughan, Green ville. Charles David Watts, Clinton. Robert Calvin Williams, An derson. JANUARY, 1962 Bachelor of Arts Ronald Sevier Auston, Char lotte, N.C. Howard Hoffman Gordon, Jr., Bluefield, W. Va. Carl Lamar Kessel, Mountain City, Tenn. Fred Duvall Meade, Beaufort. Richard Bryant Sanders, Greenville. Jack Rudolph Wright, Lau rens. Bachelor of Science Robert Allen Collins, Monroe, N. C. Wilbur Simonton Douglas, Blackstock. SUMMER, 1961 Bachelor of Arts Herbert Franklin Adair, Clin ton. K Juluis Augustus Blake, Jr., Belton.' Nathaniel Ray Cole, Natchez, Miss. Roger Malcolm Copeland, Athens, Ga. Courtney Frischkorn Hender- lite, Glen Allen, Va. Leroy Melvin Madraxo, Lau rens. Henry Miller Pigg, Henderson ville, N. C. Sue Ellen Nunnally Spratt, Fredericksburg, Va. Ben Blake hey Vincent, Dan ville, Va. Norma Jean Weisner, Lau rens sell, Jr., of Memphis, Tenn., and three grandchildren. The building committee for a recently completed six - room brick veneer $10,000 pastorium were Cecil Scogin, chairman; W. P. Gastley, Mrs. J. W. Cald well, Mrs. Odus Young, Allen Young, Mason Young, and W. T. Scogin. Church officers are: W. D. Bishop, chairman of Deacons; Carroll Young, treasurer; Odus Young, clerk; Harold Copeland, Sunday School superintendent; Mrs. Carroll Young, Woman’s Missionar: Society president. Church membership is 134. The present building was erected in 1832 and. named Hurricane because the first structure was destroyed by a storm. An eight- room addition, including the church kitchen, was added in 1955 at a cost of approximatley $7,000. Too many persons have had a part in the work of this church to mention them all by name, and indeed the purpose and re ward oh those who serve is not recogniUon, but the well-being and progress of that work com mitted to us. The public is cordially invited to attend open house at the Hurricane Baptist Churuch pas- THANK YOU To the people who so loyally supported me in this and previous races I say “Thank You.” -The confidence shown in me by re-electing me alderman from Ward 5 is appreciated. I consider it an honor, a privilege and a great re sponsibility to serve my fellow' citizens. George W. Bagwell torium on Sunday, June 3, be tween 2:00 and 8:00 p. m. m Poppy Doy Chairman Thanks Volunteers Mrs. Thomas E. Baldwin, Pop py Day chairman for the Clinton American Legion Auxiliary, to day thanked volunteer workers for the part they played in this year’s memorial observance to veterans. A total of $283.34 was contributed by those who wore memorial poppies on Poppy Day. In addition to auxiliary mem bers the Blue Bird and Camp Fire Girls groups of the great er Clinton area and the Senior and Intermediate Girl Scouts of Joanna participated in the 1962 Poppy Day program. "Contributions made by those who wore memorial poppies will go directly Into the rehabilitation and child welfare funds of the American Legion Auxiliary," Mrs. Baldwin said. "We wish to thank everyone in Clinton who helped make this year’s program possible," she stated. 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