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I Pinson Escapes When Car Flips Enoch Pinson, 28, of Rt 1, Gray Court, escaped serious injury around 8:20 p. m., Saturday, when the 1957 Ford pictured above which he was driv ing went out of control, left the right side of the road, struck an embankment and overturned in the roadway, com pletely blocking traffic on Secondary Highway 54 between Hickory Tavern and S. C. Highway 262. S. C. Highway Patrolman Kibler Bowers investigated the accident and said that he is continuing his investiga tion. I Pinson received lacerations of the forehead and knee. Also investigating were Laurens County Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson and Chief Deputy Leroy Keeble.—Photo by Jimmy Cooper. Chronicle Winners Asnouncement Near The destined hour draws near! That hour is tomrrow at 10 a. m. when there will begin the final count of votes in The Clin- ton Chronicle’s “Everybody Wins” contest and when it will be seen that all who entered the contest have won something, some more than others. That's the keynote: everybody wins, some more than others. The final report of contestants was made Monday, this week to The Clinton Chronicle contest managers. Then signed state ments were taken from con testants to agree upon the total votes credited to each at the close of business Monday. These signed statements were put in a sealed ballot box at The Bank of Clinton where it is in the lobby during the day, and locked in a vault at night. Additional subscriptions obtain ed by contestants between Mon day and Friday are put in the ballot box during business hours. Then Friday at 10 a. m. the ballot box will be removed to the bank’s board room ami ad ditional votes counted by a committee consisting of R. P. Hamer, president of the bank; Mayor J. J. Cornwall, and G. Edward Campbell, business manager of Presbyterian Col lege. To sum up: If there is a bet ter way to insure absolute fair ness, then Liner Circulation Ser vice has failed to find it in more than half-century of ser vice to newspapers throughout the nation, during which it has built a reputation for service and fair-dealing that resulted in its being employed by the man agement of The Clinton Chron icle to conduct the contest which has been underway here the last two months. The committee of judges will certify the winners and these will be announced immediately thereafter at the office of The Clinton Chronicle. This is ex pected to be between 11 a. m. and noon, Friday. The relative standing of con testants is published elsewhere In this issue but without vote totals which is so close be- ween four top contestants that it could change completely within a day’s time. All contestants who are con tenders for major honors should check with the contest depart ment before Friday to compare vote tabulations. Unless this is done records of the contest de partment which have been carefully checked, will be con sidered correct and entered in the ballot box. J. M. Penland joined Mrs. D. K. Snelgrove as a three-time winner of weekly prizes when he catpured the platform rocker offered by Maxwell Bros Furni ture for sale of most new sub scriptions last week. His total was 45 with Mrs. Snelgrove close behind with 3d. Heltoms To Speak At Union Service On Thursday At 10 Rev. Floyd Bedlams, pastor of Davidson Street Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon at the an. nual Union Thanksgiving service scheduled for 10:00 a. m., No vember 22, at Tbornwell Memo rial Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Gordon Peery, of St. John’s Lutheran Church, will preside. Rat. Albert S.. Harvey of Broad Street* Methodist Church will read the Scripture, while Dr. William Redd Turner will give the prayer of Thanksgiving. Dr. M. A. Macdonald, pastor of Thorn well Memorial, will lead the litany of praise. Others participating on the program are Rev. John Rivers, Rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, and Rev. C. Bynum Betts, of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Sullivan Elected President, County Medical Society Dr. E. M. Sullivan was elect ed president of the Laurens County Medical Society when that group met in Joanna at the club house last week. Others elected were: Dr. Jul ian Atkinson. Laurens, vice- president; Dr. Louis Stephens, secretary-traesurer; Dr. James Macdonald delegate to the South Carolina Medical Society; and Dr. Martin M. Teague. Laurens, alternate delegate. Dr. William D. Irvine, presi dent, presided at the meeting. The society recommended support of the Tuberculosis As sociation. The scientific portion of the meeting was devoted to a discussion of cancer of the colon. Oaklone Shop Opened By Mrs. Fred Holcombe The Oaklane Shop, on Liberty Street at Calvert Avenue, has re cently opened. This new Clinton business, owned and operated by Mr* Fred E. Holcombe, features gift and novelty lines, floral anranga- ments and floral and gardening supplies. The shop is open daily from 9:90 a. m. until 5:90 p. m. County Offices Close All offices in the Laurens Coun ty Court House will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday, No vember 21 and 92, for the Thanksgiving holidays, it was announced earlier this week. ®he (Clinton (Ehronirle Vol. 63 — No. 43 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 22, 1962 Mrs. Cropps Joins County Welfare Dept As Cose Worker RatchfOrd W. Boland, board member, Laurens County De partment of Public Welfare, has announced that Mrs. Eddie Crapps has recently been am ployed as a caseworker on the staff of the department. She is a graduate of Mercer University, Macon, Georgia. She attended Carver School of Mis sions and Social Work for a year. She has had experience in the Social Service Department of the Iouisville General Hospital. ChristiMs Parade Entries Are Listed Dr. Marshall W. Brown, presi dent of Presbyterian College, Dr. Malcolm Macdonald, presi dent of Thornwell Orphanage, and Dr. B. O. Whitten, superin tendent of Whitten Village, will be honored guests of General An sel B. Godfrey, president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, in the Christmas Parade proces sion on Thursday, December 6. The hristmas Parade is spon sored by the Merchants Division of the Clinton Chamber of Com merce. The following churches and or ganizations have entered floats in the parade: First Baptist Church, Whitten Village, Clinton Kiwanis Club, Clinton Lions Club, Bell Street High School, 1st AW National Guard, Bn., School District No. 56, Edlsto Farms Dairy and Presbyterian College. Entries are also expected from other churches and organisa tions. In addition, Clinton busi ness firms are placing several floats in the parade. Colonel L. D. Lott, parade chairman, states that parade en tries will be received through December 2nd. Bridge Near Whitmire Awarded To Contractor A contract has been awarded to construct a 249-foot reinforced concrete bridge and 1.10 miles of approaches at Duncan Oaak on S. C. 05 south of Whitmire, the State Highway reporta. Chief Highway Silas N. Pear man notified Black* mon Construction Company, Mountvilla, that its bid of |7»,. 900 was lowest of seven submit ted, resulting In the award. Students Give Their Views off Newspaper ALL STARS - STARS ALL — IN — THE CLINTON CHRONICLE “EVERYBODY WINS” CONTEST Contestants are listed in their last tabulated order: Mrs. W. O. Holland Mr. J. M. Penland .. Mrs. Clyde Trammell D. K ?? ?? ?? ?? T? ?? ?? • • ?? Who Do You Think Will Win? Answer: Friday, about Mrs. D. K. SneijRTove Mrs. Hazel Dunbar ... Mrs. L. L. King Miss Betty McDonald Mrs. W. E. Ellis Mrs. G. W. Dailey ... noon. Receives Many jaded adults would wel come the oportunity to see things through the eyes of a child race more, with all of the delight and wonder of life when every day was an adventure. The Chronicle staff had just such a chance recently when a group of youngsters, grades 6A and 6B of Joanna Elementary School, visited our office and toured our {Minting plant. Upon their return to the class room, the students prepared their own “newspaper”, concern ing their reactions to their visit to a newspaper office. This “newspaper” Is currently on dis play at The Chronicle. The follow ing excerpts are taken from their letters. “Mr. Johnny Moors look us on a Joanna Foundation Bus. And we saw a dead cat in the road. We went by the new hospital. And when we got there we saw a lot at things.” If that student was greatly im pressed by his trip on the bus, another was fascinated when a group photograph was taken: “After we had seen the equip ment we went outside then the photographer took our picture. He put us in rows. He put the tall ones in the back. I was in front. We had to kneel down.” Another’s Impressions were: “Mr. Varner showed us the press and told us about it how it worked how it was made how they made the letters and told us about how the papers are print ed. “One of the men took our pic ture three times. “They gave us a pencil. I got a green one but Becky swaped with me and I got a red one them.” “We learned a great deal about the printing press and how ft worked. We were studying about and movable one p a comment on the forerunner of to day’s printing press: “Johann Gutenburg is a fam ous person who Invented mov able type. Now people should am Mrs. Clyde Tha hare as she receives a Victorian marble-topped table from Claude Lawson, right, of Lawson Furniture Co., Joanna, for aafeef mestn Hons one ’Our class wants to mow a of graUtads to Mr*. Beit* lor to the riHwSfm Tha child’s aye Is always quick to catch the unusual: “We had a very exciting time watching the machines run. They told us how the people have to learn to read upside down. (Printers must be able to per form the rather unusual feat of reading a mirror image, or right to left and upside down whan checking type prior to printing.) And although taking ttanhar an apple might be old fashioned, to day’s student doesn’t let an op portunity pass unheeded to polish the apple “Mrs. Sullivan took us to Clin ton to see how papers ana made. We had a wonderful time. We looked at all the printing presses. She is a wonderful teacher and wo like her very modi.” Holiday Decoration Contests Scheduled Two holiday decoration con tests were announced this week for Clinton. Mrs. Perry Moore, chairman of ths decoration committW, stated this week that a window decoration contest is being spon sored this year by the merchants division of the Chamber of Com merce. Those desiring to enter asked to call 839-2716. The judg ing will be held on December 6 prior to the Christmas parade. Mrs. Earl Rice is chairman of a home decorations which will be sponsored by the Clinton Garden Council. Clinton High Band Will Host Clinic Clinton High School’s band will ploy boat to an all-day band eHft* ic sponsored by Alton Company of Greenvffle on No vember John School Recant X-Ray Survey Reveals 6 IB Cases Six new coses of tuberculosis were found in Laurens County during tha recent X-ray survey. One of the six new cases was diagnosed as far-advanced. One was moderately advanced and the other four were minimal. Four other caeee of suspected tuberculosis are being studied. In the 82 non-tuberculosis findings. 73 were cardiac pathology. The survey findings are rs-j ported to the family physician and the patient notified to con tact his doctor. The County Health Department assists with tuberculin tests, spurtum exami nations and follow-up of con tacts. There were 4412 X-ray films made while the mobile unit of the State Board of Health was located in the County There were 2639 males and 1773 females X- rayed. The survey was co-sponsored by the County Health Depart ment and the Tuberculosis and Health Association of Green- wood-Laurens Counties. * Clinton To Close For Thanksgiving Clinton will observe the tradi tional Thanksgiving holiday to morrow, November 22, along with the rest of the country. Business houses generally will be closed for the day, including the banks and post office. No mail deliveries will be made, it was stated by postal officials. A union Thanksgiving service will be held at 10:00 a. m. at the Thornwell Memorial Presbyteri an Church. The annual Thanksgiving Day football game between Presbyte rian College and Newberry Col- Igee wil take place on the PC fled .beginning at 9:00 p. m . Schools of the district will ob serve both Thursday and Friday as holidays. Kiwanis Club To Entertain Fanners MounhriHe Grange Holds Nov. Meeting Mountviile Grange No. CB held its regularly monthly meeting on November 15 with 18 members present. The first part of the meeting was devoted to the Grange ritual reports of committees and gen eral business. The master, J. M. Wham, an nounced that Mr. R. L. Willis, member of the State Executive Committee, would be present at the next meeting to be held on December 14 at 6:90 p. m. Mrs, A. J. Finley, lecturer, presented a Thanksgiving pro gram This program was filled with inspiration, information and a hit of humor She was assisted by mrs. Roy Miller and Mrs. S. T. Hunt. During the social hour refresh ments were served by Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. John Simmons, and Mr. A. J. Smith. FOR jlRONZfe DERBY ifeht" program of tin Clinton Kiwanla Chib, actadttled for next Tuesday eve ning. will feature an address by Bruce D. Cloaninger, director of the department of fertiliser in spection and analysis at Clemson Collage. This meeting, shifted from its regular Thursday data to next Tuesday because of Thanksgiv ing, will be held at the Mary Mua- grova Hotel at 7 p. m. Kiwanis Presidsnt Dick Tem pleton urged members to bring a farmer friend as a guest to this meeting. Cloaninger hae been director of his department at Ctomapn since 1956. He first joined the staff there in 1997 after serving as assistant counter agent at Florence for two years. Reared on a farm near Columbia, he re ceived his degree in agronomy from Clemson in 1982 and later obtained his master’s from that institution. Cloaninger sarved as an officer in the Army in World War H. He has been active in community, religious and civic affairs, and is now ssrving as district gov ernor of Rotary District No. 775. He is married to the former Mary Mitchum, and they have two daughters. The speaker will be introduced Tuesday evaning by Marrett Outz, Laurens County agent at tending as a guest of the Kiwanis Club. Also among the guests on this occasion will be the throe boys to whom the club has given heifer calves. Merchants Now To Remain Open Wed. Clinton merchants will remain open this afternoon (November 31), according to I. Mac Adair, chairman of the Holiday Com mittee of the Merchants Division of the Clinton Chamber of Com merce. Stores now are remaining open until 7:00 p. ra. on Friday eve nings for the convenience of shoppers. The Wednesday and Friday hours will remain in effect throughout the holiday season. Holiday Period At College Begins Today Thanksgiving holidays forj berry team Presbyterian College students are scheduled to begin officially at 6 p. m. this Wednesday. The four-day vacation period will extend through Sunday, with dasswork picking up again on regular schedule next Monday morning. From that point, it’s a mere three weeks on the college calendar before the start of Christmas holidays on Decem ber 15. PC Newberry to Clash Here Thursday at 2:00 Although they've won just one hack to 1913. when the Indians game this year. Presbyterian Col- captured the opener. Tbraagh the lege Rridmen will be battling for years, however. Presbyterian has the Little Three championship dominated play and currently when they entertain Newberry in leads in the series with 29 wins the annual Bronze Derby clash against 14 for Newberry while here Thursday afternoon. four games have ended in ties. This small-col lege Thanksgiv- Newberry will bring to John- ing Day classic is scheduled for *° n Uu* y«ar one of the 2 p m on Johnson Field It’s' wrt*t*nd1ng Passers of South the 48th engagement of a series !X aroJ ‘ n * ,n Quarterback Tom which ranks among the state’s ip OCTOi,l 1 * completed 94 oldest football feud The Blue Hose, posting their worst season in recent years with s current record of 1-8, could recoup some measure of esteem In this final game by capturing the Little Three title. Their only victory to date came at the 3-0 expense of Wofford, the other Little Three contender, which earlier had knocked off Um New- passes in 121 attempts for 791 yards so far this year. I fading Newberry, on the basis of a; t ME BRONZE DERBY 5-6 record. Is Installed as a heavy favorite to deny these PC ,^ running game will be aspirations and to reclaim the Halfbacks Phil Orstni and Jimmy Bronze Derby held by Presbyter- l> °wder and Fullback Bill Ham- lan for the past four years. This rnon< L each of whom averages trophy symbol of gridiron' super!- • rou »d 4 yards-per-carry. s ority between PC and Newberry PC’* hope in matching aerials has rested in Clinton since the ^ Gorman to ■ophomore Blue Hose’ 1909 victory, remain- Quarterback Leighton Grantham, ing through last year’s 7-7 tie. Laurens Court Finds Pair Guilty of Fraud ^ _ who has compiled 514 yards m The PC-Newberry rivalry goes i 52 completions la 111 tries while seeing only limited service. The Blue Hose art hampered by la-. juries in both the Um Mid field, but Coach Clyde looks to have Fullback McCranie back in action missing the past two Following two hours of delib eration last Friday afternoon in Laurens, a General Sessions Court jury returned a verdict that declared Loren D. Wichser, 38, and Maxis Garrett, 93, guilty on ail four counts alleiing fraud and security act violation in the stock-sale operation of ths now defunct American Credit Corp. Presiding Circuit Judge Wil liam L. Rhodes, Jr., pronounced sentences that amounted to two years in prison tor each of the defendants, whose trial bad last ed three days. There were two counts charg ing conspiracy, one conspiracy to violate tha securities act, tha other conspiracy to fraudulently convert monies of n corporation. The pair was charged also with actual violation of the oocurittos act and with, in fact, converting monies of a corporation to their own use. The sentences were one year for each defendant on the firat conspiracy count; another year on the second conspiracy count to run concurrently; n consecu tive year on the security net violation count; and another year, concurrent, on tho count of fraudulent fund conversion. Tho prosecution, handled by at torneys J. c. Coleman, C. T. Goolsby and Travis MMlock of the state attorney general’s of fice, had called 15 witnesses be fore the jury to testify about purchase of stock in tho loan firm from the two defendants. The purchases were related to hooka of Um firm and other of its records by accountant James H. Wade, employed to make an audit of the firm by George A. Byrd Co., its receivers. Both defandants (Wichser rap- resented by Laurens attorney Marshall Abercrombie, and Gar rett by Greenville attorney Thom as A. Wofford) had taken the stand in their own defense on Thursday. The testimony by the defend ants indicated that A. Jamas Wooten, Jr., was in charge of the loan firm’s books and financial operations. Wooten, at one time a defend ant himself, was found dead of a gunshot wound last June while the case was pending and after tha charges against him had been dropped. Ths American Credit Corp stock prospectua, in evidence at the trial, listed Wooten as presi dent and treasurer of the firm, Garrett as vice-president and secretary, and Wichser as sales director. In other action early in the court session. Judge Rhodes heard the following guilty pleas and handed down sentences: Ted Weathers, housebreaking and larceny, three years; three counts of forgery, one year in each case, the sentences to run consecutively. Frank Huey, two counts of housebreaking and larceny and two counts of larceny, throe years, suspended on service of two years and probation for five years on tha first count of house breaking and larceny, two years on each of the other three char ges, the sentences to run concur rently. James Thomas Knight, house breaking and larceny, three years, suspended on service of two years and probation for five years. y Jesse Lydia, malicious injury to real property, 1100 or 90 daurs, suspended, probation for six months. Johnston b Feted By Postal Workers Olin D. Una senator, was fried urday in honor of his 69th birth day when postal employees of Districts IB and 4B played The senator told the with the postal rate believed that by 1M the pari of fice budget will be said that he Is br government employees a right * retire at 56 He also spoke about the town postal service befog in Columbia. Greenville Charleston. This system, ha would save money better service. R. L. Plaxico, Sr, the Laurens County party, Introduced J Tommy Martin, pari president of the National and of his Sen. Johnston and at the tor’s efforts in obtaining of the rate increase bill At the does of the Sen. Johnetoa was silver tray from tha two tricts. J. Nat Burton, of the South Coroiteo the National Association of masters, presided over the gram. Bell Street Ans For State Title BeU Street High School’s 1 cats will vte to tha state ptonahip Coun For clinic. have baag Invited to n»da)rwtt cert in the high um at :H9 p. r Named Book Grant County Library has grant by the South Carotins State Library Board to ’950 MmT. of tbs board of be this of the books arriving Harrietts B. Balt, librarian, said ♦Mf wuok that lists of the The local school’ Close A. ship last weak by New Bethel Bulldogs 28-11. New Bethel scored mid-way at the first quarter on a _ their quarterback to right l BeU St. scored mid-way of Marler Gets Charles Matter ly displays the II fog st the deer the county. Martar rai l that he No. 00 buckshot in a Near Here] Ptne St.. I.ydU Mills, proud- tMick be shot Thursday morn- on a plunge by Biuford third quarter was third quater Now the two-yard line and 66 yards and scored on a yard plunge. New Bethel came right and tied thee core 11-19 on a 95- yard run by the left haWhack Biuford Omfg&g Gcorodl to uot the Wildcats ahsad to Charles Little intercepted a on the 50 and returned it 5 James Boyd ended tha a 5-yard run over guard. iiMP wncscMS anitrcepcea passes, with Jamas Byrd Biuford Cheeks griting Others outatamBng os were Charles Bril, Clyde Lind say, Willis Jonas, and Bay Mur- Raymond Copalaod. Jamas Gibbs,, ( Luther the Stomp section of » t .