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I ■>’v l Thuraday, Jyly 12, 1DG2 THE CLINTON CHKONKXE The view at left shows construction work underway on a new trestle for the Seaboard Railroad over little River seven miles south of Clinton. The new concrete trestle wfll replace a wooden structure. The construction crew faces many problems, for daily schedules of pass enger and freight trains must be maintained. Tempo rary facilities, therefore, must be provided even while new construction goes up on the same spot The construction crew is headed by the mm in the picture at right They are: J. T. “Bud” Reynolds, bridge gang foreman; W. 0. Cannon, steam crane engineer; and R. L. Taylor, pile driver foreman. (Photos by Jim my Cooper). Seaboard Trestle Over Little River Being Replaced By W. 8. CANNON of CttateB The Little River trestle, seven miles southwest of Clinton, has been a bustle of activity for the last few weeks. Tbs Seaboard Air line Railroad, as part of an extensive roadway better ment program, is replacing all existing creosote wood piling trestles with reinforced concrete bridges. Most of the Seaboard trestles are what the railroad world re fers to as “timber-deck” trestles; that is, they have a timber floor on which rock ballast Is placed ^ driven> ^ cut off at just as it is when the track is on the ground instead of a Each pile driver machine has i camp cars gone—and a durable an engineer and a fireman, in bridge, safe in every way, is this case B. Hollifield and R. L. left. New support for the heavy Taylor, respectively. These im-1 step of the Seaboard’s trains mense machines have an oil-1 Where once stood a timber fired boiler which furnishes steam not only to run the bam-1 mer but to move the machines slowly along the track Into posi tion. If the machines are to move long distances, a locomo tive is usually called out to| work with them. The Little River trestle has| 12 support bents of three pil ings each. After these are set I bridge which had to be replac ed every few years now stands a concrete trestle whose life span far exceeds the one It re placed. items of Interest From... West Clinton MRS. HUBERT LEOPARD, Corraapmdem Telephone 8S3-18M Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Leopard bridge. Than, on this ballast the track is built, giving a con tinuous ballast surface rather than having a trestle break in the track structure. The concrete trestles which replace the timber ones will fol low the same principle except that the piling and floor deck are all reinforced concrete. Seaboard Bridge Gang num ber 3, under the watchful eye of J. T. “Bud” Reynolds as foreman, has been busy replac ing the timber-deck bridge at Little River. The entire project is under the supervision of J. M. Eargle, master carpenter, of Ho wells, Ga. First step In the process calls for removing the existing trestle floor, dumping the ballast off out of the way, and then cribbing up a tempor ary set of bridge-work under the track on the trestle so that the trains can move, although they do move under “slow orders’’— 10 miles per hour over the con struction area. The necessity for keeping the track in oper ation causes the bridge builders much trouble for they must build the new bridge under and around the old one and keep the old bridge safe for traffic at all times Then guides of heavy timber are located through which the new concrete pilings will be driven. The pile drivers begin the steady hammering of driv ing the 21”x21” shafts of con crete, each 40 feet long, down into the river bed below. The pile drivers are 290 ton steam driven machines which use an 11-ton hammer to force the pil ing down to a solid footing. the proper height under the j and Nancy spent several days trestle by air hammer and ac- w ith their daughter, Mrs. Carroll etylene torches. Forms are built Fulmer near Johnson. Mr. Ful- around the tops of these pilings mer was at Fort Stewart, Ga., and “caps” are poured on each with the National Guard, bent. A concrete “header” (re- Mr. and Mrs. billy Kay Heaton taining wall) is pound at each aD d son, Marty Ray, and Mr. L. end of the trestle when the c. Heaton spent several days with bridge meets the dirt fill. The Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wells In Co trestle is now nady to receive lumous, ueorgua, and Mrs. L. the concrete floor slabs. The C. Heaton, who had spent the ■■■ ■ - — is attending National Guard camp in Fort Stwert, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leopard and son, Larry, of Ninety Six vsited Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Leopard. Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Arrowood and children spent the past week in Hamburg with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Arrowood Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Berkle Stroud and Mr. and Mrs. Rubin Stroud track is jacked up out of the enure weex, returned home with | anc i children visited Ghost Town way and temporarily supported, them, Saturday, and the pile driver machine, Its Mr. and Mrs. Charles Compton EtBBHf replaced bjr a cable an d children, Mrs. Margie Comp and hook, lifts the slabs into ton and son, Eddit, and Casper place. Floyd of Anderson visited Mr .and Under the care of its engi- Mr8 - L - Heaton and family neer, W. O. Cannon, the crane Sunda y aft*™ 000 gingerly swings tike, slabs out Mrs. J. C. Adams, Mrs. Carl to one side of the trestle and Adams, and Mrs. Ellis Brewing- lets them down onto a false- ton and children visited Mrs. H. work support. Then they are A. Adam, and Mr and Mrs. J. J. swung under the trestle and In- Owens last Thursday. to their permanent position. Mr - and Mr * p* 1 * Nori ™J ”* After the slabs are located, a I • on - Ronnie, of Joanna, and Mr work train with ballast arrives, and JJ r *; B * lly ."J? son, Marty Ray, of this city visit ed Ghost Town in Maggto Valley dumps its load, and the road way gang under J. W. Camp bell, local Seaboard roadmaster, begin to work on the track it self. A new innovation will be used on the track at the bridge. N. C., and also toured the moun tains of N. C. and Teim., Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hamrick and Cynthia and Mrs. Keith McBride'S SAYS; THANK . . concrete crossties to re- Johngon an d daughter, Jonte, of place the conventional wooden Laureng visiitod Mrs. Bobby ones. This type tie has been un- Hamrick children in Spar der test by the Seaboard in tanburg during the weekend. Florida, and the idea originally Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Williams came from Germany. The con- an< ] daughter, Dianne, spent eev- crete crosstie has now gone be- days in the mountains near yond the testing stage, end per- Hendersonville, N. C. haps will come into widespread Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hamrick use. The life of a pre-atressed, spent a few days with Mr. and reinforced concrete tie is un- Mrs. M. E. Grover of Alma. Ga. ending. After the tie* are plac-1 Danny Hill of Summerland, ed, Campbell’s roadway forces Florida, is spending several will surface and align the track, weks with his grandmother, Mrs Equipment cleared, slow order c - L. Hill in Westminster and s removed, pile drivers taken I ^ and Mrs. W x-., fwkicrtii trains I Of this City. awa> by local freight ,| Mr and Mrg Marcell Barker and Carroll spent last week at Myrtlt Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Coley Campbell vacationed In Florida last week Mrs. Mildred Wilkerson and daughter and grandaon of Wash ington, D. C. t visited Mrs. John Hedspeth, last week. Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Spillers and Betty spent several days las; ik in the mountains of N. C Freddie Heaton baa returned and Maggie Valley, N. C., last week. Mrs. Berkle Stroud, Mrs. Lula Willard and Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Marler attended a barber- cue at tbs Amerrican Legion Building*in Chester on July 4. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Willard of Union spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Stroud. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McWat- tors and children visited tbs mountains of N. C. last week Mrs. Clarence Gregory Mrs. Susie Hawks and daughter, Beatrice, visited relatives in Ha and Commerce, Ga., and Green wood last waak. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fortner and Mr. and Mrs. Jianie Still and children spend Wednesday with Mrs. Susie Hawks and family. We wtali to exfreaa ear sincere gratitude for the wonderful reception shown no to oar first year to CBn- ton. Wo are happy to any we hare then oar ovary effort to antatoto the Ugh standards of aorvtoo they carry a weeks with his sister and brother In-law, Mr. and Mrs. BUI Wells In Columbus, Ga. Rev. and Mrs. R. D. Gregg of Orlando, Fla., spent Mood with Rev. and Mrs. J. W. SpiU- Mrs. Thelma Boulware Union and Mrs. Pi is spending this weak witih Mr and Mrs. Jim Tinsley Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tinsley and son, Richard, spent the 4th of July holidays hi Book City. N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dye sottr PhU, and Mrs. S. P. Dye of Mr. and lbs Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huey several days with Mr. and Mrs. Mel WUson in ni^x«e^w^_ y a . Frank Mullis of Charlotte, N. C. spent last week with his sister, Mrs. Verla Samples. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wallen- zine and Mr. and Mrs. Maxie WaUenzine and daughter spent a few days last week at Folly Beach. Mrs. Claude Wallenxine and Mrs. Maxie WaUenzine and daughter visited Mrs. Geneva Coker in Greenwood Thuroday. Tommy Brown, Steve Crow and Johnny Cannon is campling this week in Hendersonville, N. C. John Finley of Rhode Island Is spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lawson. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Finley of Greenville spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs. Henry Lawson. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Pearson and Mrs. Rosie Pearson visited Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs Maynor in Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. RUey Biggs in Lakeworth, Fla., Mrs. Doris Robinson in Miami, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pear son of Sandsford, Fla,, and other places of interest last week. Mrs RUey Biggs and daughter of Lakeworth, Fla., returned home with Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Pear son. BIRTHDAYS AND WRDD1NG ANNIVERSARIES Mrs. Lemuel Leopard and Mar tha King celebrated their birth days July 10. Welma Stone celebrated a birthday July 11. Bobby Jo Simmons, Peggy Joe Dunaway, Ola Meadows, Bessie Holtxdaw and Shirley Turner are celebrating their birthday today. Ashmore Dunaway and LUlie Brazil! wUl celebrate their birth day July 14. PriseUla Williamson, Kay Sat terfield, Charlene Evans, and Jan Meadows wU celebrate their birthday July 19. Peggy Jo Hughes, Lance Frier, and Jane RoUtns wUl celebrate their birthday July 1. Sandra Meadows, Mrs. C. W. Windsor, and Mrs. C. L. Revels wiU celebrate their birthday July 18. Mr. and Mrs. Charlis Fowler will celebrate their anniversary July 15. Mr and Mrs. Charlie Harder will celebrate their wedding anni versary July ifi. Kathy Arrowwood wUl cele brate her 9th birthday July ST. Dianne Satterfield wlU cele brate her birthday July 14 MRS. EULA 8ANDE1 Mrs. Fula Brown Sanders, 71, widow of David M. Sanders, died Monday night at a local hospital after several years of declining health and a three-day illness She was a native of Union County, but had lived in Clintim for the past SO years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Her husband died in 1061. Mrs ton; three step rlaaghters, Mrs. Viola Hale of Spartanburg, Mrs. Lovenia Turner of Clinton and Mrs. Belva Meadows of Joanna, a sister, Mrs. SalUe McAbee of Inman; two brothers, Robert Brown of Charlotte. N. C. t and Ernest Broom of Spartanburg; SO grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Cal vary Baptist Church by Rev. J. W. Spillers, Rev. James B. Mit chell and Rev. Tommy Moore. Burial was in Rosemont Ceme tery. PC Graduate Named To Peace Corps Post A graduate of Presbyterian College has been named chief of the Peace Corps public inforrma- tion division. He is Douglas Kiker, 32, who will take the reins of his new job on August 13. Peace Corps officials stated that his salary would probably be the same as that of his predeces sor, Thomas R. Matthews, who received $16490 a year. Kiker is Washington corres pondent for the Atlanta Journal. Born in GrifTin, Ga.. he is the au thor of two novels, ‘The South erner,” published In 1907, and “Strangers on the Shore.” pub lished in 1000. Matthews resigned recently to become Deputy Assistant Secre tary of State for Congressional Affairs. Thursday. June to. for the Rev. R Hollis Cause. 74. at the Church of God by Rev. R E. EQfok, Rev Connor Sproles and Ret J. L. Jenkins Mr Cause died June 27 at his home on Shands Street after sev eral months of Illness A native of Florence County, he had lived la Clinton for a a tim er of years He was a son of the was a minister for a years. He taler ecame a of the Church of God and several churckss. Surviving are hie wUl, Blanche King Ganee; two V. J. Cause of Boston, Ga., and Rev. R. Hollis Game, Jr., ef Cleveland, Tcan.; a W. B. Gause of Clinton; IT YOU DORY YOU BONTOHY CHRONICLE PUB. CO. NO MONEY DOWN Sno-Cones, Burgers and Pisa Mo bile Units. 31,000.00 per month net in your own business. Napotfs, Inc, Athens, Ga. — Surviving are three sons, Ar thur, Bobby and Talmadfe Sand ers, all of Clinton; a daughter, M0ATES CABINET CO. Kitchen Cabinets Boat Repairing Furniture Repairing Sander Rentals let's go to Church Sunday rtiis Sertaa of Menu ague In Publiahad Each Waak by the Following Clinton Ftrma la the Intoroat Of Incrcaainf Church Attendance. - Johnson Bros. Super Market ~ South Broad St FISHERMEN * 600 W. MAIN ST. TEL. 8SS-00S6 f: f OP’ -’ r McBride's wii continue to nf (ton cmnHij ——Mai to visited last with Mr. and Mrs. David Owens Mrs. David Owens visited Mrs W. H. McCarter in % S /• several days Mr. awl Mrs. J. E. Can ef Seneca spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joel Cox. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Inacastor i JhAwtwwww— JBPEJPBP—BBSUnTBPir. .wtotoWgl— . .a sow home . . mfoiImlihle retirement floed things people save lor p# accounts. And they reach their goab sooner because of our good earning* rate. Ton'll like tee nice people who ere have to serve you. Ask about our mail-eaving plan. Dad and Butch art both getting a big kick out of this. If Butch catches a fish — even a minnow — Ifa hard to •ay who will be the prouder. We suspect, though, that It will be Dad. He'd probably five this little man all the fish in the ocean, if he eouldl He i§ living him thing* that really count Good dean fun and happineea, a aenee of ^sportsmanship, and that •psdal man-to-man bond between father and son. And ba- cauae his son means so much to Mm, Dad takas Butch to the services at their church each weak. Boys have to do a lot of growing to get to be men. It taka* a lot to keep them growing the right way. Weakly church and church school attendance if a big stop forward. Don't keep your child from taking R! ®^ fQ' aii* mL.o)rwa*ms.wu* fm il’iS JSmL Matew j IWakv OUbpbr llZtS IMtJi 1; ■Bxtu tthaEto j Johnson Bros. aw ^ m q 4 on—io oi. GULF OIL CORP. IRBY’S MARKET WT IfaMNM SL JOANNA STORES sc CITIZENS FED. SAV. 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