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Clinton Girl at Cokes* Student Government President Andrea (Boots) Cothran, Aiken senior (right), “escorts" the first vol ume in a January library moving day at Coker College, Hartsville. The gala school-wide occasion meant mov ing some 20,000 books hand-to-hand by a line of stu- dents and faculty. A 500-foot human chain linked old, cramped library quarters in the college administration building with the spacious new $235,000 James Lide Coker, HI, Library. Beside her is junior Linda Milam of Clinton, one of 20 captains. Linda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Milam, Jr. Mdrch of Dimes Workers Given; Teens State Plans Dr. Fred E. Holcombe, drive i ;e lb all game is scheduled at • * chairman for the Clinton area, i Clinton High School which will this week announced workers int feature the varsity team meet- •i the annual March o. Dimes campaign. { ‘ Selected to head the special gifts section is Lynn Cooper, Jr., who has called a kick-off meeting at the Mary M us grove Hotel for 1Q:00 a. m., Monday morning, January 14. R. E. Martin is in charge of the schools division; Charles Hughes, coin collectors; George Frady, industrial employees; Carl Leonard, business empoiy- ees; Mcs. John Glover, Prestig* terian College; and Phil Rogers, Written Village. Also, D. S. Temleton, Thorn- well Orphanage; L>. V. Powell, special evnrfft; McQvilla Hud son and D. E.. Dendy, Negro division;* and Mrs. Lewis Mur. phy, special gifts committee. Leaman Jones has been nam ed treasurer of the drive; Loi^ie Nabors is Joanna area driVe chairman; Mrs. Dillard.Vuung, chairman, Hurricane commun ity; Mrs. Mellette Wham, chair man, Cr.oss Hill-Mountville area; and Mrs. Mary Leaman, Woman’s Club representative to the Mother’s March. Announced last week were Janet Hamer and Sister Blalock as co-chairmen of the teen age division. The’ teen-age division this week announced part of the ac tivities in their drive. On January 19, the teens will be on the streets of Clinton and Joanria selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts. The sale will con tinue throughout the day. That evening at 7:00 a bas- Comp Fire Council Leaders To Meet The Clinton Council Leaders Association of Camp Fire Girls will meet January 21, at 7:30 p. m. at the Clinton Mill Com munity House. A music work shop is planned. Further infor mation will be given later. Ceramics Class Resumes Work The ceramics class of the First Presbyterian Church will resume work on January 14, according to Mrs. R. E. Fakkema, instruc tor. The class meets each Monday evening at 7:30 at the church. i n g an outstanding faculty team. Advance tickets are on sale by students of Clinton High School and the Junior. High School. A dance has been scheduled for January 26, according to the teen chairman, and a car wash on February 2. Lucille McSween, president of the student council, is heading the drive at Clinton Junior High. , In addition, tickets will be sold for cakes -at all home bas ketball games at CHS. City Council Adopb License Ordinance, The city’s license ordinance for 1963 was adopted last Friday night at the January meeting of City Council. The ordinance, substantially the same as those enacted for several years, sets the license taxs for firms, corporations and: individual doing business in Clinton. The fees are based on the volume of business in most cases. The text of the ordinance appears in The Chronicle today. Renewal of annual licenses to operate taxicabs for the nine presently in service was grant ed, with the provision that the taxi ordinance be strictly enfor ced. The formal annual adoption of the present Code of Ordinances of the. vity was voted. The monthly report of the po lice department showed that fines for the month of December total ed $1,858. The largest amount collected was from 29 persons taken in for speeding and reck less driving, three cases' being suspended. The amount was $270, with one person sentenced to the public works for 30 days. Seven : persons paid $239 and 30 days for operating autos without driv er’s license, and four paid $200 for driving under the influence of intoxicants. Nineteen persons arrested for drunkenness were assessed $123 and 240 days on the public works. Spience Will Address Men s Supper Meet Rev. Thomas A. Spence, execu tive director of the historical foundation, Montreat, N. C., will be the guest speaker at a supper meeting of the men of the First Presbyterian Church. "The meeting, set for Thursday, January 17 at 7 p. m., will be held at the church. The ladies are also invited to attend. ’ Those planning to attend are asked to make reservations at the church office. Revival Planned At Church of God The Church of God of Proph ecy, located at the end of N. Sloan St., has scheduled a re vival beginning Sunday eve ning, January 20. According to the pastor of the church, J. W. Stonell, Geneva Beasley of Lancaster, will be the visiting evangelist. Sendees will ie held taefe evening at 7:00. GUte (Elinion (tthronirlr Vol. 64 — No. 2 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 10, 1963 Cornelson Heads TB Committee has been named Chairman of the Nominating Committee for the Tuberculosis and Health Associa tion of Greenwood and Ldurens Counties, according to the Rev erend James. A. Bowers, presi dent. Mr. Bowers stated that the Nominating Committee will make recommendations for the Executive Committee arfd for sixteen directors to be elected at the annual meeting to be held January 31 at the Mary Mus- grove Hotel. “We are fortunate to have Mr. Cornelson head this important Committee’’, Mr. Bowers said. “The directors are responsible for planning program activities that utilize our Christmas Seal funds efficiently and wisely,” he con cluded. FROM THE GAZETTE Cfiston News of 1889 -The following items are taken from the Clinton Weekly Gazette, issue of January 17, 1889. W. J. DenSfy was the editor. • * • Election At the election last Monday, ^he 14th, the following gentlemen were elected to serve the city for the ensuing year. Intendant, W. A. Shands; War dens, R. Z. Wright, C. K. Hale, W. P. Montjoy and T. C. Sum- erel. The total vote polled being 118, a gain of 16 over that of last year. Several citizens did not vote. The election was rather a quiet affair and the best of feel ing manifested. ' «, ' The new Council men are now in good working order. City Tax Collections / Reach $116,672 Total Clinton city tax collections for 1962 reached a total of $116,672 Gebrge H. Cornelson of Clinton ‘ last Monday, it was’ reported by Clerk and Treasurer W. B. Ow ens. The total to be collected is ap proximately $123,000. Of that amount, abatements and nulla mdnas will total between $2,000 and $3,000. ' ' Faculty Program To Be Instituted At Presbyterian A faculty self-study program, designed to improve the educa tional effectiveness of Presbyter ian College, will be launched in the near future, President Mar shall W. Brown announced to day. I He said preliminary prepara-1 tions already are underway, with < ' I the apointment of a steering com-; mittee under the" chairmanship of the Academic Dean Joseph M. i Gettys. . f' Special committees also have been formed to study these seven areas of the college: financial re sources; organization; education al program, research and special activities; library; faculty; stu dent personnel: and physical plant. Dr. Gordon Sweet, executive- secretary of the Southern Asso ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools, is scheduled to visit the Presbyterian College campus on February 6 for a briefing session with the faculty. The study will begin shortly thereafter and will gradually encompass all phases of the college program. President Brown said the self- study is expected to extend over a two-year period. It will culmin ate in the visit of an outside committee of the Southern Asso ciation to review the findings and to evaluate the completeness and thoroughness of the study. mm ■ - ir! HP! t;-. , ^ ' m /• vr •;. ■ ■» ■ n ..| . Legislators Meet County Citizens. Laurens County legislators are shown here as .they heard requests concerning county business and legislation Saturday morning at the* court hoyse in Laurens. At the right is Senator King Dixon, next to him is Representative Marshall Aber crombie, and at left is Representative David Taylor. With his back to the camera is Harry* C. Layton of. The Chronicle staff, present to report on the proceedings.—Photo by The 'Studio, _ Laurens. At Laurens Meeting Legislators Hear Requests A. I. MASON Get your dinner at the Tom Dora House for 25c. A Rev. W. P. Jacobs paid A fly ing visit to Columbia last Tues day. Mr. H. Y. Vance is honoring his beautiful residence with the paint brush. Capt. Hale has arrived with a fine drove of mules. Messrs A. B. Blakely and Wil lie Harris have placed. a nefe dray on the line. ^ . Where! Oh Where!! Is the street railway? > Gardens in this city are al most as green and flourishing as in May. ' We will send THE GAZETTE and THE LAtJRENS ADVERTIS ER for $1.75 a year. (Continued on page 8) .‘x." ■ “T 7 * l*' vf # -j* * \ Twenty-eevem children were treated to a shopping trip prior to the guests of the Clinton Jt McCrary was chairman j He issued special thanks to Mfs. A. Davidson, Miss Hilda Btohnes and mem bers of the Horizon Group, and Camp Jaycee* Treat Children Fire giria. He said Local merchants and many <tfa- ^ In baOaStiof <Sa tour, Robert Wallace won the stole; Irby Ferguson, the sportcoat; and Jade Tem pleton, the fishing rod.—Yarborough Photo. ' Mason Is Laurens Chamber Secretary A. I. Mason has been named full-time executive secretary of the Laurens Chamber of Com merce, according to W. Fred Da vis, president. • Mr. Mason’s new position be came affective as of January L ' A native of Laurens County and a former resident of Clinton, Mr: Mason had been manager of the Capitol Theater in Laur ens sinbe 1926. He is a past presi dent of the Chamber of Com merce, Lakeside County Club, and the Laurens Rotary Club. During World War II, he was Laurens County chairman of the World War Fund. Mr. Mason is an elder of First and has served as chairman of the board of deacons. He is married to the former Etta Lee Scruggs of Winnsboro. They have two daughters, Mrs. Frederick Gantt of Columbia and Mrs. King Dixon of San Diego, Calif. The theater, owned principally by the Young interests of Clinton will operate only on Friday and Saturday of each week with J. Leland Young of Clinton as man ager. We welcome Mrs. F. M; Mor gan late of Walhalla, to Clinton where she joins her husband, Rev.\Mr. Morgan, our Jeweler., Parties who owe me for prac- Presbyterian Church tice, must pay up or pay cost— Dr. Job J. Boozer. Miss Moorer Adams, an ac complished young lady of our town, is teaching a flourishing school just outside the city limits. We are going to publish offi cial notices In The Gazette and thereby “make for your special benefit a county paper second to none. We regret to learn that Mrs. J. H. Owings has been quite sick, but at the same time we are glad to note her concalescence. The Rev. G. W. Painter, whom we mentioned last week, failed to arrive, but is expected to lec ture on missionary work in China, at the Presbyterian church tonight. Let’s all turn ovt to heaf this distinguished lectur er. . Now that the municipal elec tion is over let us have a hook and ladder company. We can get along very well without it when there is no fire of course, but when we do need such things, we need them badly. Who will give or send the Edi tor a small faded flowerett on our next birthday; Monday the 21st. Inst. Won’t say what about the age of tlA animal but would intimate that we’re still on the market. Not. did 1>y A jug full more or less! . Attendance Group Holds Luncheon 11 Area 1 County Attendance Supervisors attended a luncheon meeting at Vernon’s in Clinton oh Monday January 7. Mrs. Mar guerite F; Patterson, Laurens County Attendance Supervisor Chairman of Area 1, made ar rangements for the meeting and presided. Twelve up-state counties were represented. Also present was Guerry» S. Stukes, State Super visor of attendance of Columbia. The next meeting will be held jn Greenville on March 22 dur ing State Teacher’s Meeting. Rite* Saturday For Mrs. Church Mrs. Laur!a B. Church, 63, died—suddenly Tuesday night in Washington, D. C., after sev eral months of declining health. A native of Laurens County, she had lived in Clinton for sev eral years before moving to Washington. She had also lived in ‘ Mt. Ranire, Md. She was a daughter of the late William R. and Adah Adair iBenjamin and was a member of the Baptist Church. 'X Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Annie Wimberly of Avon dale, Md.; Mrs. Mary Fulford of ML Rainier, Md.; and Mrs. Ada B. Jackson of Laurens. The body arrived In Clinton Friday and funeral '" services were conducted Saturday at p. m. at Gray Funeral Home by Dr. R. S. Cooper, Laurens Baptist minister. Burial was in Southern Methodist cemetery near Clinton. ^jPapbeariip were Lyles and Jack’ Adiair, A. B. Jacks, Ar thur Benjamin, A. M. Young, Ed Templeton, Cecil Wilson, and Downs Monroe. r Commerce f's ««(; Slates Coffee Tuesday The Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a membership coffee meeting for Tuesday, Jan uary 15 at 10 a. m. The event is set for the Hotel Mary Musgrove. All members are urged to attend, bring another member with them, as well as ideas and suggestions concern ing the work of the Chamber of Commerce. < Increased pay for retired teach ers, the need for additional space for records in the office of clerk of cdurt, and a security fence at the county prison camp were cit ed in requests made at the an nual open meeting of the Laur ens County legislative delegation in the court house at Laurens Saturday morning! — Senator King Dixon and Repre sentatives Marshall Abercrombie and David S. Taylor compose the county’s slat^.in the South Caro lina General Assembly which convened ih Columbia Tuesday. Senator Dixon presided over the session Saturday and welcom ed the relatively small crowd of citizens present for the meeting. He stated that particular atten tion would be given to finances of thd county and that operations would be confined to income. There was no official action taken by the delegation but as surance was given that the issues would be discussed and any possible action would be quested for operations of the de- taken later. > \ Parimeht for the year beginning Tench Owens, president of thq; July 1. Laurens County Bar Associa- “As you know,” the Supervisor tion, speaking for that group,, said that there was concern for' lack of record space in the coun ty clerk’s office. He said the I x . proNem was becoming urgent -'’ ears t0 P^ebase major equtp- stated, “the Supervisor’s office has not been appropriated ^suffi- cient funds during th^/ljast four Attend Meeting Of Cosmetologists Mrs. Dell Crews, accompanied by Lib Hudgens and Frankie Lee, attended a meeting of the Nation al Hairdressers and Cosmetolog ists Association in Atlanta Sun day and Monday of this week. A premiere of the new spring hair styles designed by the National Official Hairfashion Committee was shown. Lt. Gov. To Meet With Kiwonis Club The Clinton Kiwanis Club will meet tonight (Thursday) at the Hotel Mary Musgrove. T. Oregon Lawton of Green ville, Lt. Governor of Division Nine, of th> Kiwanis, will attend and be in charge of installation ofi new officers. Horizon Club To Have Dance The Horizon Chib of Clinton Council of Camp Fine Girls will have their annual “Snow Ball” dance Saturday night Jan. 12 at Mary Musgrove Hotel. Harry Bouknight and the Devilaires will begin at 8:00 p. m. Dress will be semi-formal. National .Guard NCOs Serve Community^ Nation Looking to be of service to the community as well as a vital part of the Armed Forces, the Non-Commisioned Officers’s Club of Bat. B, 1st Aw Bn., 283rd Ar- tilery, National Guard, located in Clinton, provided for many a better Christmas. In the weeks before the holi day, each man brought some thing each drill night to add to a growing stock of food,, gifts, toys and clothing. Fortsix families unable to pro vide for themselves and their children, the NCO club meant an unexpected Santa. And for one family, whose home burned on Christmas eve, NCO members were asking mer chants to open stores at mid night, and the next mdming Saint . Nick visited in spite of the family’s tragedy. But the service of the NCO All Saints Wans Series of Oasses , All Saints Episocpal Church will begin a series of “Faith in Mission” classes Sunday eve ning, January 13, at 8:00 p. Hi. following evening prayer. The classes will deal with the doctrine of the church and the mission of the church, accord ing to Rev. John Rivers, who 3 (Invited the public to attend the foUn-part series, scheduled for Sunday evenings. “Because I Am Christian, What Am I To Be” is the title of the first daas, followed by “As Christian Church Is . , then “As ChristUm, the Mission of the Chunich ts\ . and ending with “Aa Christian, the Freedom of Christ Is • group has not been limited to the holiday season. There have been numerous occasions when they have aided members with in the group. They have assisted <■ in training two groups of Ex plorer Scouts in proper rifle safety, providing rifles, ammuni tion, rifle range and expert in structors. And according to leaders in the club, they continue to look for opportunities to serve the com munity which they also protect. Bids To Be Opened Jan. 16 in Columbia On Laurens By-Pass Laurens—Plans tor a proposed bypass around the southeastern area of the city of Laurens are in the hands of contractors and the bids will be opened Jan. 16 in Columbia, a local highway offi cial said Saturday. If routine procedure is follow ed, the official said, the contract will ba awarded Jan. 17. The proposed bypass would begin at U- S. Highway 221 about a mfle south of the city limits and would extend in a northeasterly direc tion to by-pass 76 near the Laur ens County FairgrouJrtH. . - The proposed by-pass 1$ ap proximately three and a half miles in length. In a public hearing BahiNPted meat in Jtdy the p 000 by-paas drew stitf from a group of local citizens ment of any kind. The only thing we have purchased during the past four years is a few trucks. The heavy equipment was in bad condition even four years ago and the only way we have been able to operate is by continual ly repairing and patching up this worn out equipment. We have asked for help each of the past four years, but up until now we have not received any.” Continuing, Mr. Thomason stated, “The regular road and bridge maintenance fund has not been increased in the past sev eral years . We sincerely fuel that unless we do receive some relief this yar the Supervisor’s operation will have to be greatly curtailed.” j Mr. Thoqiason and. the two Commissioners, Paul S. O’Dell and George M. Penland, request ed a minimum of $100,000 for the road and bridge maintenance fund and $125,000 for road im provement and equipmefit ac count, “with the assurance that not less than $50,000 nor more than $75,000 will be spent for new equipment.” Also requested was sufficient appropriation for a full tit— as sistant clerk in the office (now on part time). It was urged that salary increases for all county employees be considered. The letter also stated, “Once again we call to your attention and should be dealt with by the delegation as soon as possible. Sen. King Dixon said the dele gation would' welcome, any sug gestions other than the construc tion of a new courthouse. There was some discussion about' moving the supervisor’s of fice to another building, but it was agreed this would be unwise since the business transacted through his office would require that it be housed in the court house. Supervisor Furman Thomason, reading from a written state ment, said because of some prob lems that have “come to a head” at the county prison camp, he believed there was a definite need for a security fence around the camp area. Th camp, which was built five years ago, was constructed for a maximum of 50 prisoners but at times in the last several years there have been 75 to 80 prisoners there, he said. . The supervisor said the camp housed more and more “alcoholic and dope addict” type prisoners. He said cost of a fence and also construction of isolation quarters that had been recommended by the grand jury would be ap proximately $5,000. He requested the delegation also to consider improvement of Negro quarters at the County Home. ' Miss Floride Rudd, retired teacher of Cross Hill, and G. N.i that the rpof (as well as the en- Foy of . Joanna spoke in behalf of increased pay for retired teach ers, esi>ecially those who had re tired soon after the retirement system went into effect. Sen. Dix on said the delegation would do its best to support this in the coming session of the General Assembly. Sen. Dixon and Reps. Aber crombie and Taylor assured County Attorney R. T. Wilson Sr. that they would enact the neces sary legislation fof the $125,000 bond issue for expansion of the county library. *, ' Supervisor Thomason distribu ted copies of an earlier letter to the legislators from the Board of _ County Commissioners in which sizeable amounts were re tire court house) is in a terrible condition.” Attends Mental Rea Mi Meeting Mrs. W. J. Crews attended the meeting of Area Five Mental Health Association which was held last Thursday evening at Connie Maxwell Orphanage in Greenwood. Final plans were made for the opening of d men tal health clinic in Greenwood to serve seven counties: Laurens, Greenwood, McCormick, Edge- field, Abbeville, Saluda and New berry. Mrs. Crews is serving as an acting director of the Asso ciation, along with Dr. Martin Teague of Laurens. NCO Chib Aids Needy Pit Sgt. William Baikp, Mt, praMaat of tin MOO club of the local National Gaard unit Mw of the large amount of groceries collected toy during the holiday saaaaa ar Pit. Sgt Jee tfartof president, adds yet another bag. UMto