The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 09, 1962, Image 1
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SHOP-STORAGE BUILDING AT CLINTON HIGH
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nts Launch
Home Ad Series
Clinton area merchants and
The Chronicle will inaugurate a
shop at home campaign this
week which will run for the next
12 months.
A full page advertisement un
der the sponsorship of these mer
Hamilton’s Jewelers, J. A: Addi
son, Lynn Cooper, McGee’s Drug
Store, Baldwin Motor Co. and
Baldwin Appliance Co., Clinton
Mills Store, Whiteford’s Drive-
In, Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Shop,
and Cox Home and Auto Supply.
Others include; J. C. Thomas,
chants wiU appear every other jeweler, Young’s Pharmacy, Citi-
week, telling of the excellent
products and services offerd in
the Clinton area.
As a special incentive for par
ticipation, three $25.00 merchan
dise certificates will be awarded
free during the campaign period.
There’s nothing to buy to enter
the contest. Simply write us a
card or letter telling in 50 words
or less why you like to trade at
home
The first contest period ends
on Saturday, November 10. The
decision of the Judges will be fin
al. Send your entries to: Trade at
Home, The Clinton Chronicle,
Clinton, S. C.
Those merchants participating
in this promotion include:
Maxwell Brothers, Beacon
Drive-In, C-W-S Guano Co., Inc.,
Sunshine Cleaners and Laundry,
Lydia Mills Store. C. & L. Con
crete Co., Lawson Furniture Co.,
Vernon’s, Ruby’s Beauty Shop,
Johnson Brothers Super Market,
Crawley’s TV and Radio Service,
M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, and
Howard’s Pharmacy.
Also, Dillard Boland, Jeweler,
Pearle Henry, T. E. Jones and
Sons. Inc., Adair’s Men’s Shop,
sens Federal Savings and Loan,
Belk’s, D. E. Tribble Co., Yar
borough Studio and Camera
Shop, Plaxico Chevrolet, Inc.,
Bishop Tire and Recapping Ser
vice, Piggly Wiggly, H. D. Payne
and Co., and Newberry County
Bank.
Also J. B. Wbelchers Garage,
Pitts Vegetable Market, Rastside
Greenhouses, Rose’s Variety
Store, Joanna Stores, Inc., and
Broadway Theatre.
District 56 Builds
Shop-Storage
Space at School
A new vocational shop-storage
building will be ready for use at
the opening of school, according
to W. R, Anderson, superinten
dent.
The 50 by 100 foot building is
being erected at the rear of Clin
ton High School. Shop equipment
from Hampton Avenue School
will be moved to the new build
ing.
R. E. Poole of Clinton is the
contractor.
Since the new high school was
built, vocational shop students
have had to commute in buses to
their classes in the Hampton Ave.
school. Avery Smith is the voca
tional shop instructor.
In addition to the shop, the
building will provide centralised
storage for rthe district, which
was an acute need, according to
Mr. Anderson.
Voi. 63 — No. 32
, S. C, Thursday, August 9,1962
City's General Election
Scheduled for Tuesday
Bulk's Promotes
Several Employees
Bsrsial 1 paa—aani pronaetk
were announced at Belk’s De
partment Store this weak by D. B.
Smith, manager.
J. H. Southhall was promoted
from assistant manager to mer
chandising and advertising man
ager for both Clinton and Lau
rens stores.
B. W. Dominick has been pro
moted to assistant manager
while Bob Keller has beei
named as assistant basement
manager.
Tommy Windsor has been
name as manager of the first
door.
A general election for naming
a mayor and six members of
Clinton’s city council for the
next two years will be held Tues
day. Polls will open at 8 a.m.
and close at 8 p.m.
Democratic nominees were
chosen in a primary in May and
Brown Addresses
Broadcasters Assn.
Dr. Marshall W. Brown, presi
dent of Presbyterian College, was
one of the principal speakers at
the annual convention of the
these names will appear on the 1 south Carolina Broadcasters Aa-
ballots Tuesday. >ociation held at Jekyll Island,
Space is also provided on the
ballots for names of other per
sons for whom the voters wish to
cast their ballots.
Democratic candidates are:
For mayor—J. J. Cornwall.
For aldermen:
War one—Boyd Holtzclaw.
Ward two—S. A. Pitts.
Ward three—Harry C. Layton.
Ward four—Lynn W. Cooper.
Ward five—George W. Bagwell.
Ward six—James C. Craine.
Three polling places will be
provided as follows: City No. 1,
at city hall on North Broad
Street; City No. 2, at Hampton
Avenue School; Clinton Mill pre
cinct, at community house on
Academy Street.
Presentation of a valid regis
tration certificate is a require
ment for persons wishing to vote.
Candidates elected Tuesday
will take office September 1.
Bailey Memorial Hospital Nearing Completion
This is a view of the new $1,250,000 hospital to serve the Clinton fort of patients will be available. Equipment is
area that is nearing completion at the southern city limits. While the and this week work is underway on the grounds, with paved roi
basic plant is designed for 100 beds, only 50 beds are being provided, walks already in place. Announcement will be made shortly as
Modern in every respect, all up-to-date facilities for the care and com- opening date.—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
being
ved roads and
y as to tha
Dollar Days Slated for Shis Weekend
Ga., last week-end.
President Brown addressed the
group on Sunday and presented
the associations’ college schol
arship award to the IMS recip
ient. He is chairman of the schol
arship committee which this year
selected Roy Thomas Sawyer of
Sumter, a rising sophomore "M
Wofford, to receive the
Kiwanis Donkey Softball
Game Set for Friday Night
A Donkey Softball game will and Mabe “Cowboy” McCrary,
get underway tomorrow (Friday)
night at 8:15 p.m. at the Clinton
Mills Baseball park. The event
is under the sponsorship of the
Clinton Kiwanis Club.
The players for the game will
come from the various civic clubs
in Cliiton, members of the
church softball legaues, Joanna
and Whitmire *
Those scheduled to take part
include:
Team* A — Claude “Deadeye”
Crocker, George “Thumper”
Frady, Dan “Speedy” Orr, John
“SUm’’ Dow die, M. L. “Sore
Arm” Avinger. Truman “Spit
Ball” Owens, Buzz “Legs” Ted-
ards, Herman “Homeran” Jack-
son, Charlie “Strike out” Force,
Ert “Night Train” Jacks, and
Pat “One Ride” Lowe.
Team B—Calvin “Smokey”
Cooper, Sam “Big Boy” Marse,
Johnny “Slick” Moore, Jimmie
“Slugger’’ Braswell, Ellis
“Coach” Huffstetier, Allen “Dy
namite” Simmons, Wilmot “Ach
in’ Back” Shcaly, Rock “Slug
ger” Melania, George “Cob”
Reid, Brevard “Long Hit” Pat-
Sam “Preacher” Owins,
The rules for the Donkey Ball
game are:
Ail players except the pitcher
and catcher ride donkeys In the
game. The pitcher and catcher
must stay in specially marked
boxes. They cannot Add a batted
ball but must wait until a player
with a donkey has handled the
ball first.
There are no strike-outs or
walks in the game. When the hat
ter hits fair he must mount a
donkey and ride around the bates
in the proper order. The base run
ning donkey must step inside the
white circle at each base with
foot while player is on the don
key's back.
The base-playing donkey also
must have at least ons foot in
side the white circle and the play
er must be on the donkey and
have the ball in his hand before
the runner arrives at his base to
make the “put-out.” The player
(not the donkey) must be tagged
out. Force-outs and tag-outs are
the same as regular baseball.
A reduced price is offered on
advance tickets which will be on
sale until noon of the day of the
game.
Battle of the Tomato
Has Been Declared
The Battle of the Tomato has
been declared!
After reporting in last wsek’s
Chronicle of a 1 pound, 12 ounce
tomato grown by Mrs. W. E. De
loach. other people began calling
in, telling of their prowess as
tomato growers
The champion so far is Mrs.
Earl Stewart, who brought In a
two pound, eight ounce beauty.
The huge tomato was firm and
round.
According to Mrs. Stewart, the
plant is called the Jennings Spec
ial, after a Greenville man who
has been experimenting with
cross-breeding. The plants were
first obtained by her brother-in-
law, Marvin Stewart, who gave
her seeds from last year’s crop,
feet—and have constantly pro
duced two-pounders and above.
The plants are large—5 to •
John Benjamin of Rt. 2. Clin
ton, also brought in a basket of
1% pound beauties. All were
firm and tasty.
The Chronicle staff now awaits
breathlessly for the next entry
in our “Tomato Growing Sweep-
stakes.’’
Varner To Speak
At Lions Cluib
“Twentieth Century Challenge:
Japan and the Far East" will be
the program topic at the Clinton
Lions Club Friday night at 7
p.m. The meeting will be held at
the Mary Musgrove Hotel.
Varner, a member of The
Chronicle staff, will present the
program. Varner, who spent last
year living in Japan on a State
Department exchange grant and
subsequently toured the East,
will illustrate his talk with
Services Friday For
Edmund P. Milam, 89
Funeral services were conduct
ed Friday afternoon for Edmund
P. Milam, 80, of Mountville, who
died last Wednesday night in a
Laurens Hospital after several
years of declining health.
. He was a native of Laurens
County, a son of the late Llewel
lyn Wade Milam and Mrs. Mary
Pasley Milam, and was a mem
ber and elder of Lisbon Pres
byterian Church. His wife, Mrs.
Sarah Sullivan Milam, died a
number of years ago.
Surviving are four brothers,
Charles L. Milam and W. Henry
Milam of MountvlUe, Robert E
Milam of Greenville, and R. S
Milam of Durham, N. C.
Randolph B. Huff
Randolph B. Huff, an Indus
trial chemist with E. I. duPont de
Nemours and Company in Cam
den, will Join the Presbyterian
College faculty this fall, Presi
dent Marshall W. Brown an
nounced today.
He will serve as assistant pro
fessor of chemistry in the de
partment headed by Dr. K. No-
lon Carter. Huff succeeds Dr.
Carter's wife, Mrs. Eugenia Car
ter, who has taught in tills ca
pacity for tbs past four years.
The aew PC professor has been
associated with duPent’s Camden
plant for more than a year as
chemist in the textile fibers de
partment. He Joined the company
after receiving his master of sci
ence degree from Clemson Col
lege la .1181.
Huff taught as a graduate as
sistant during his two ysars of
study at Clemson, and he also
taught general inorganic chemis
try during the I9M summer
school at Furman University.
A native of Anderson County,
Huff attended Furman ter his
undergraduate trainteg and re
ceived his bachelor at science de
gree from this institution In 19S8
Train-Automobile
Collision Results In
Death of R. E. Shouse
Robert Edwin Shouse, 41,
Winston-Salem, N. C., and form
erly of Cross Hill aad Green
wood, was fatally injured in a
train-automobile collision last
Wednesay aftdernoon at Lubbock,
Texas.
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss Janice Shouse aad Miss
Lynn Shouse of MountvlUe; his
mother, Mrs. W. J. Shouse of
J. Shouse of Winston-Salem; a
sister, Mrs. Paul Young; four
brothers, Royal Shouse of Win
ston-Salem, Bill Shouse of Lub
bock, ~N. A. Shouse of Clinton,
and W. J. Shouse, Jr., of New
York City.
More Then Triples Holdings
;r- l
is jAfing
land that wfll more than triple
its
W- U r o w n
of approximately
120 acres from two CHnton fam
ilies brings the total campus lay
out to some 115 acres. Hie college
fdaat, presently is on 51
residential section of tne oily.
President Brown said the ad-
o# this propsrty represents
forward stride in PCs
Vance and I foal that we are for-i
tunate to be able to obtain this
land, some of it within the city
limits, which ndJotas
campus to the
are close friend
College who long bars shared Ha
dream for the future. '
of the available space of our 55
120 AcrepIliljdidHpUHapNS
ball field, aad the present intra- this latest 120 acres. Two of tbs
mural and practice football field
—4s being purchased from Mrs.
Emmie Young (Gen. Ansel B.)
Godfrey and her daughter, Mrs.
Joy Young (Caftan) Gault of
North Augusta. Adjacent to this
propsrty Is 150 acres being
bought from the family of the
late
staunchest surly friends
Welfare Board
Members Receive
Merit Certificates
James M. Donnan, chairman of
the Laurens County Board of
Public Welfare, has received a
Certificate* 1 of Merit for his serv
ices.
The citation reads: “In recog
nition and appreciation of twenty-
five years of meritorious service
with the South Carolina State De
partment of Public Welfare.”
M. L. McDaniel, another mem
ber of the board, and Mrs. Mabel
B. Little, director of the County
Department, were also recipients
of sicilar certificates.
The seawards were made to 15
county board members, 10 of the
Clinton Merchants
To Offer 'Good Buys'
Clinton merchants will stagei gimmicks.” but special emphasis
Church SoftboH
Friday Postponed
There wiU be no church soft
ball games tomorrow (Friday)
night, according to D. S. Temple-: three big Dollar Days today, Fri-! 0 ** “good buys.'
ton, city recreational director.
The games were postponed due
to the Kiwanis Donkey Baseball
game.
Fire Dept. Log
Wednesday, August 8—411 Mus-
grove St. 1:20 p. m., electric
cook stove, no damage.
state staff personnel, 22 county
directors and 25 other county
workers, a total of 76.
The certificatees ware present
ed by Dr. Arthur B. Rivers, stats
director, at the annual meeting
of the county directors and case
work supervisors in Columbia on
August 1.
day and Saturday—with “no
Coancil Approves
Lights and Cuibing
Clinton'g Palmetto Boys
Win
The Clinton Palmetto Boys
All-Stars won out over Wlnnsboro
5-2 Tuesday night to add their
second win in the district tourney
being held this wsek in Winn*-
boro.
The Clinton team was lad at
bat by Mike Osborne, John Hen
ry Lott and Gary Laaey, each
with two hits against Wlnnsboro.
As tbs first man up at bat in
the game, Laney walloped a
home run on the first pitch of
the ball game. Laney also pitch
ed, giving up only three hits,
and striking out eight Wlnnsboro
men.
Qinton totaled nine hits, Winns-
boro 2.
The local Ail-Stars met Lau
rens in Wlnnsboro last Wednes
day afternoon.
The teams playing today will
be determined by the winners of
yesterday’s games and the draw
ing of a bye.
CLINTON 6, ROCK HILL 2
The Clinton Palmetto Boys All-
Stars defeated Rock Hill in the
first round of the district baseball
tournament in Wlnnsboro Tues
day by a score of 64. This is
a double elimination tournament,
with the winner representing tide
district in the state play-offs Au
gust 13-18 in North Carotins.
The local team was led by
pitener mtxe usoornc wno snow
ed only 3 hits and S unearned
runs. He struck out nine Rock
Hill batters and Issued only two
walks. Mike also led the team
at bat with a homerun and a
double in four trips to the plate
Clinton Scored once in the first
inning on Osborne’s bomerun.
In he second frame, Rock Hill
got all of their runs on three
Clinton errors, a fielder’s choice
and one single. Clinton made the
score 2-2 as they picked up a
single tally in the fifth on Buddy
Green’s homer over the score-
board in center field.
In the sixth inning, Clinton
went ahead with two runs. Lott
walked and advanced to third on
Willingham’s single. Lambert
singled home Lott and Willing
ham scored on a passed ball.
Clinton added a couple of insur
ance runs In the seventh. Norris
doubled and aeorsd an Osborne’s
ground rule double that lodgsd
ha the right fisld tenet. Rock
Hill gent in n left-hander to pitch
the »q«»Hy
in Tourney
hitting catcher John Henry Lott.
lx>tt stepped up to the right side
and sent Osborne scampering
home with a sharp single to left
field for the final run of the
game.
Leading hitters in the Clinton-
Rock Hill game were Osborne,
Lott end Willingham with two
hits each.
A request for lighting at Clin
ton schools and a motion for
street curbing were the only two
items brought before the Clinton
City Council Friday night in ons
of the shortest meetings on re
cord.
Mayor J. J. Cornwall presided
at the 45-minute session, and all
members of the council were
present
A letter from W. R. Anderson,
district superintendent of schools,
was read, requesting action on a
problem of lighting at CUnton
schools.
The Installation of the
had been approved at a
meeting and was rsfsrred
ard G. Gredler, superintendent of
utilities.
S A Pitts moved that 200 feet
of curbing be constructed on
Oakland Strset at a cost of ons
dollar per foot, with the city pay
ing half and the property own-
~ Summer and seasonal
chandiae of many types will be
offered at special prices during
these three Dollar Days.
The choice of merchandise is
wide and stores have a good
stock of fall
back-to-echooi
wise shoppers who buy early.
Cart Leonard, chairmen of fta
Special Events Coounltlse af fta
Merchants Division,
a large number af
Ucipeting and making a
effort to make titia one of Clin
ton’s best Dollar Day
lions.
See the ads to this issue of
Chronicle and “shop In
and save.”
Tu™ Award Fran Am?
For SorvkiflHI
Master
Daniluk,
missioned officer with
byteriao College ROIC
er. paying U» othtr hnlf THU M ,
motion was approved unanimous- ♦
been awarded tin
mendatloa Medal for Ms
tortous service aad
with the military
at PC.
of the award
period of his
September. 1165, to
II marked the third sack award
given to Sgt. Daniluk daring Ms
career, so that he now bolds the
Army Commendation Modal with
two oak-leaf clusters.
Sgt Daniluk is now statin
at Fort Meads, Md.
Football Players
To Moot Saturday
tfffmia - - - —lit
Hifs prattle* will
r, at a
—Photos by Jimmy Cooper
Six Persons Injured in Collision
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Jans
to the pro-1 Kathy Smith.
Mrs.
Six persons were injured when
the 1866 Ford and the 1054 Fly-
in o u t h automobiles pictured,
were in collision at 11:15 a. m.,
Saturday some three miles west
of Gray Court on highway 101.
Patrolman Klbler Bowers, who
ktvestigdted the accident, said
that his investigation showed that
the Ford, driven by J. Y. Todd,
struck the rear of tha Plymouth,
driven by WiUtem M
af
;hK, ; 0M'Jferd
that Todd teat control of the an- the scene, has not
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Negro paeoenger in
so from Owing t, interfered
Todd's driving.
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own n
side of the road, while the Ford
plunged over a similar
ment on the left side at
way.
Injured to the
tin, his wife,
their daughters, vei**** and Lin
da. their son, Bobby, aad a
friend.
Todd, James aad four
Local StiJtBiR
Selected For
Honors fngNMB
Rebecca M
Ann Davis,
dra Gail
and Sheila Owtogs, AD af
Chairman Robert M. tog eastward beyond Young
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