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* - ^ ■7, :/ •> Vd. 64 — No. 4 Clinton, S. C; Thursday, January 24, J963 Clinton Men Get Scout Awards Recognized for outstanding service to Scouting at a District meeting Fri day night were, left to right, Calvin Cooper, 10-year pin; W. C. Baldwin, 10- year pin; L. L. Stanley, chief evecutiye of the Blue Ridge Council of Greenville, who presented the awards; and Dr. D. O. Rhaane, 25-year pin.—Photo by Jim my Cooper. Mothers March Leader Named; Others Give Plans Mrs. Herman Jackson was j named this week, to head up the | annual Mother’s March for thei March of Dimes, according to drive chairman. Dr. Fred E. Holcombe. The Mother’s March has been scheduled for Friday, February 1. beginning at 7 p. m. Mrs. Ralph Tedards will serve as assistant chairman of this event in the March of Dimes campaign. The Teen-age Division, headed by Sister Blalock and Janet Hamer, have planned a dance at the Clinton High School gym for Saturday, January 26, at 8 p. m., ' for students of the high school and the junior high. The dance promises many “surprises” according to chairmen and will feature hit tunes from WPCC. Sandwiches and soft drinks will be available at the dance. On February 2 the Teens will bold a car wash at various ser- . vice stations in the area. Betty Stroud and Kathy Salter are chairmen of the teen drive in Joanna. Hie Civitan Club, under the chairmanship of Gene King, will have a “Tunes for Tots” pro gram in front of Efird’s on Satur day afternoon, beginning at 2:90 John Burgess of Presbyterian College will be playing an organ, furnished by Vernon’s of Qinton, in benefit of the Matgh of Dimes! This event will be held the fol lowing Saturday in case of bad weather. Clinton’s Jaycees have sche duled a roadblock on Sunday afternoon, January 27 in the downtown area, to solicit funds for the March of Dimes. Lynn Cooper, Jr., chairman of ;he Advance Gifts committee, asked this week that all solici tors who have not * turned in their reports to do so as soon as possible. Teen chairmen Sister Blalock and Janet Hamer- expressed theif appreciation this week to -everyone who cooperated in the presentation of the faculty-stu- evening. ‘.‘We had standing room only!” they said, “And everyone had a wonderful time. We sold out of doughnuts at 2 p. m. on Satur day.” Asked To Return Musk Material Members of the Clinton tom- munity Chorus who have failed to return music material used in the Christmas program'''are asked to bring it to the local post office to the librarian, W. S. Horne. It is requested that this be done ns soon as possible in order that inventory records may be completed. Adult Sewing Classes Begin On January 28 The adult sewing class will begin next Monday, January 18, at 7:30 p. m. at the Clinton High School. Instructions for beginners and advanced cloth ing construction will be giva There will be no charge for the classy. They are sponsored by School District 96 and the State Department of Education. MRS. HERMAN JACKSON State Legislators Adopt Resolution Praising Whitten The State House of Represen tatives adopted a resolution Tuesday commending Dr. B. O. Whitten of Whitten Village, for his work with retarded children. Speaker Solomon Blatt and 20 other members of the House signed the resplution, which vptl be sent to the Senate for concur rence, \ . - Dr. Whitten was commended for his “tireless efforts and valu able services” to the state and to “many of its unfortunate chil dren.” The House endorsement of Dr. Whitten follows recent news fea tures which questioned conditions at the school for retarded chil dren here. Members Assigned Prospects' Names assigned to membershi Prospects were members of the committee of the Chamber Commerce at a meeting Monday morning at the Hotel Mary Mus grove. The corkmittee will be working until February 5 under the lead ership of Francis Blalock. Members include: Thomas Baldwin, Charles Buice, Dan Orr, Davis Pitts, J. A. Orr, W. R. Pitts, Jr., D. O. Rhame, Wyman Shealy, Sloan Todd, Ray Pitts, and Jim Von Hgllen. Scouts Receive Awards In Monday Honor Court local Men Receive Scouting Awards Presentation of service awards highlighted the meeting Friday of the Laurens District Commit tee. Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America. The group met at the Carolina Steak House in Laurens. W. C. Baldwin, district chairman, pre^. sided. 1 L\ L. Stanley, Scout Executive of the Blue Ridge Council, of Greenville presented awards to tti'e following: Calvin Cooper, 10 years; W. C. Baldwin, 10 years; and Dr. D. O. Rhame, 25 years. Operating' committees of the organization will be headed in 1963 by: Avery Smith, Clinton, Organization a n d Extension; Phil Rogers, Clinton, Camping and Activities; Ralph Tedards, Clinton, Advancement; Dr. D. O. Rhame, Clinton, Health and Safety; Lawrence Edwards, Lau rens, Leadership Training; and J. R. Noble, Laurens, Finance. L. W. Gratz is District Com missioner, while S. S. Williams serves as vice chairman. Services Today For Mrs. L. S. Henderson Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Adair Henderson, 69, will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 at Gray Fun eral Home, Dr. W. Redd Turner, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Rosemont Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Francis Blalock, George H. Young, Hen ry M. Young, Jr., R. C. Adair, Jr., Duckett Adair and Ed Brown. The family is at the home on North Woodrow Street. Mrs. Henderson died suddenly Tuesday night. She was the daughter of the late. Frank and Donna Young Adair. Her husband, Lewis S. Henderson, died in 1944. Surviving are two sons, Lykes S. Henderson, of Lake Green wood, and Bee H. Henderson, of the U. S. Air Force, stationed in England; two daughters, Mrs. Fuller Reese of Clinton, and Mrs. Marion Brown of Lexington, N. C.J 15 grandchildren and great-grandchild; five hi R. C. Adair and I. Mac Adair of Clinton, Rutledge P. Adair of Rock Hill, O. Duckett Adair of Columbia, and James F. Adair of Bethesda, Md.; and two tit ters, Mrs. Paul H. Burroughs Of Suncock, N. H., and Mrs. C. B. Griggs of Arlington, Va. NEW HOSPITAL AT INSTITUTION 5-t • /■'' N '"V —Ymrborwwh Photo Lions Club To Hear H. J. Neal of ETV - Guest speaker at the January meeting of the Lions Club will be H. J. Neal, assistant direc tor of the South Carolina Edu cational TV Centre." Sir. Neal will tell of South Carolina’s leadership in this new medium of education. The meeting will be at 7:00 p. m. at the Hotel Mary Mus- grove Friday, January 25. Brotherhood Meeting At Pleasant Grove The Quarterly Associational Brotherhood meeting of the Lau rens County Baptist will be held Tuesday eveing, January 29 at 7:30 p. m. with the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, located about three miles from Fountain Inn to Gray Court op the front age road. Max Rice is to be the guest speaker. All men are cor dially invited to attend. Sunday Afternoon Whitten Village To Dedicate Hospital Bailadeer Next In Concert Series Clinton’s second concert at traction of the current season, under the sponsorship of the Community Concert Association will be William Clauson, bai ladeer. The pfcpgram Will be present ed on February 4 at 8:15 in Belk Aditorium. The mid - January concert, listed on the back of member ship tickets, will be held on April 18, when Robert Hamil ton, pianist, will be presented in concert. The change was made due to conflicting dates. Whitten Village’s new $1,000,-i 3:30 to 5-30, according to Dr. B. 000 hospital will be dedicated in j o. Whitten, superintendent 6f the ceremonies to be held Sunday; state school. afternoon. The public is invited to view the structure and its facilities at an open house from _ Twenty-three local Scouters were given awards and promo tions at the Laurens District, Blue Ridge Council, Court of Honor, held Monday* evening at the Broad Street Methodist Churcp. Ralph Tedards of Clinton, Ad vancement Chairman of the dis trict, presided. Receiving promotion to Second Class were the following mem bers of Troop 111, Clinton: Jim Johnson,. Gus Ramage, III, Jim my • Bedenbaugh, John L. Led ford, Rocky Gooch and Buzzy Tedards. Promoted to First Class were Jeff O'Dell of Troop 75, Joanna, and Ben Hammett, Troop 111, Clinton. Tommy Lawson, Ronnie Dav enport, and Lloyd Altig, all of Troop 75, Joanha, were promoted to Life Scouters.. Bill Williains and George Cope land of Troop 174,. Clinton, re ceived the promotion to Star. Merit badges were awarded to Troop 75, Joanna members as fellows: Citizenship in the home, home repairs and swimhiing to Howard Marshall; Camping to Jim Abrams, Safety to Steve Leh man, and Hiking to Billy Byars. Troop 90, Clinton, members and their merit badges were: Camping, First Aid, and Safety to Marion Waters; Athletics to Francis Cooper, and Camping to Frank Gaskins. George Copeland, Troop 174, Clinton, received the First Aid merit badge. Troop 111 members and their merit badges were: Public Speak ing; Tom E. Baldwin, Jr., Busi ness and Citizenship in the Na tion to Harry Sullivan, Swim ming to Dicky Fakkema and Gary Campbell. George Cornelson, center, admires the Distinguished Service Award for 1962 presented' to him Tuesday night by the Jaycees. At left is Rajnh Tedards, winner of the sward in 1$61 who mads the presentation^ and B president <if the Clinton Jsyree, right, ft ■ Past winners of the sward served as judges to choose the young man between 21-66 years old who has rendered out standing service to his community. The sward was made following the annual Bosses Night at Vernon’s of Clinton. Ft*' Hunter was the guest speaker of evening.—Photo by Yarborough. the 2nd Shop-At-Home Contest Will Close On Febraary 10 The second “Why I Like Tb Shop At Home” letter contest, sponsored by The Chronicle In connection with the Trade at Home page which runs every other week in this paper, doses on February 10. Twenty-five dollars in mer chandise certificates will be awarded to the letter chosen as best by a panel of judges. Entries should be written on a card or letter telling in 50 words or less why you like to^trade at home. Mail your entry to Trade At Home, The Clinton Chronicle, Clinton, S. C. Every week that the page ap- ears, ten names are to be found among the advertisements. Every week the page runs, the names of ten people who will re ceive a free ticket. And don’t forget to write your letter on why you like to shop at home — you may be $25.00 richer. Scout Training * Sessions Set For Laurens The First Methodist Church of Laurens will be the scene of a Boy Scout Leadership training session beginning Monday, Jan uary 28, ait 8 p! m. Sessions will continue on the following two Mondays, at the same site and time. The course will be conducted by Bill Bracket of Clinton, dis trict Scout executive. He invited all persons work ing with Scoutipg to attend the training meets** f. Moiintvflle Grange % Holds January Meet Mountville Grange No. 632 held it* regular monthly meeting bn January IT, 1969 at the Grange Hall. Following the opening of die meeting with the Grange ritual the lecturer, Mrs. A. J. Finley presented a program on ‘Know Your Grange’, She was assists* P. H. Miller and Mrs. Elections Slated At IB Annual Meet Here On Wednesday Invitations to the annual meet ing of the Tuberculosis and Health Association of Greenwood- Laurens Counties are being is sued this week by mail and by telephone, according to John Drummond of Ninety Six. Drum mond is serving as chairman of CHS Drummer Captures First Place In the State a social hour pound caka and s*f Jim Adair of Clinton, has been named as first drummer in the Senior All-State Band, making him South Carolina’s top high school drummer. The Clinton high student was lected from a group o more eighty of the state’s finest drummers. He Is the first Clin, ton High School band member to be selected for the Senior All-State Band. jAuditions for the Junior and Senior All-State Band were held earlier this month at the A. C. Whitten Village Volunteers To Hear i Dr. Kilgpre Tuesday Dr. Samuel R. Kilgore, direc tor of the Spartanburg kjlental Health Clinic, will address the Whitten Village Volunteer Ser vice on Tuesday, January 29, at 9:30 a. m. The meeting, scheduled for the Whitten Village School au ditorium, is open to the public. A thirty-minute bus''tour of the village is planned following the meeting. Dr. Kilgore, a psychiatrist, became director of the Spartan burg Mental Health Clinic in Avgust of 1949. He is a .native of Woodruff and a., graduate of The Citadel and Duke Medical School. He had three years residence In psychiatry at Duke two in Army psychfotry, and two years as a fellow In psychoso matic medicine at Duke. Certified by the American of Psychiatrists, Dr. Kil- haa taught in the psychi- dspartment of the Univeh. stty of Flora High School in Colum bia. * ..... Hap McSween. iTommy San ders and Ricky Sanders all re ceived places in the clinic band, while Bobby Powell made the Junior All-State Band. Harry Bouknight, band direc tor at Clinton High, served as auditioner in the reed section. The Ail-State Bands will have practices on January 25 and 25 af Furman University, Green ville. After rehearsing, for the two days, the three bands will climax tlu event with concerts on Sunday, January 27. The new hospital is, the third facility on the campus to provide hospitalization for the more than 2,000 residents of the Village. The three-story building is lo cated to the left of the drive to the* Circle . at the north end of the front campus. Of concrete, steel and brick construction, it contains 73 beds. Cost of equip ment came to $70,000, and the new unit is modern in every respect. In addition-to patients’ rooms, it contains treatment rooms, laboratory and X-ray facilities. A dentistry section is also pro vided, together with officers for physicians and the administra tor, S. Cantey Gordon. the Attendance Committee. I - au f 1 “ J - K Crai 8 Construction He stated that this is the first i contractor. Baker and Gill, ar- annual meeting of the bi-county | chitecU of Florence, designed the group which formally combined j structure and supervised con- on April 1, 1962. The meeting will Mary Musgrove Hotel at 7:30 on Thursday, January 31. Dr. Martin M. Teague of Lau rens will discuss “The Associa tion’s Role in Respiratory Dis eases”. Dr. Teague is currently serving as president of the South Carolina Thoracic Society. * Seventeen directors and an Ex ecutive Committee will be elect ed. Others serving on the Attend ance Committee with Mr. Drum mond include: Mrs. C. Bruce Barksdale bf Greenwood, Dr. R. S. Cooper and Mrs. R. H. Roper of Laurens, Miss Inez Tucker of Clinton and W. K. Waits of Jo anna. J. Alien Thompson, Jr. of Lau rens is general chairman for the annual meeting. any ijuiiiuiucu i o'* struction. be held att^^Kp otel in Clinton 0Q[ Marjorie Arnold Honored At CHS Marjorie Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Arnold, has been chosen Student of the Month. She' has been a member of the FHA for four years and has attended two national FHA conventions—one in St. Louis, Mo., and one in Salt Lake City, Utah. Last June she was a dele gate te Palmetto Girls State and this year she is a member of the National Honor Society, district president of the FHA, and co-edi : Cor of the Clintonian, and a Na tional Merit Scholarship semi finalist. >PW Members To Attend Conference The third annual Educational Conferences sponsored by the South Carolina Business and Professional Women’s Clubs in cooperation with the University of South Carolina, will be held - on Saturday at the University. Those attending from Clinton will include Mrs. Grace Conner, Mrs. R. W. Johnson, Mrs. P.. M. Pitts, Miss Essie Davidson, Mrs. Tan Ray, Mr. Margaret Lockett, Mrs. Dessie Jean Roberts, and Mrs. Robert Johnson. The conference will feature outstandiivg speakers and discus sion groups, climaxing with a banquet program when the South Carolina Woman of the Year will be named. “Action Today — Effective To morrow” is the theme of the con ference. ' —v Mayor Cornwall Is Patient At Hospital Mayor J. J. Cornwall of Clin ton is a patient in Bailey Me morial hospital. Admitted last week, he is receiving medical treatment and also has an in fected foot. He is expected to be confined to the hospital for an indefinite period. He is not yet receiving visi tors, it was stated. Faculty, Students Have Fun For MOD Fun reigned Saturday night at the Clinton High gym during a faculty ver sus student basketball game for benefit of the March of Dimes, sponsored by tha Teen-Are Division. At left Sandra Ht u, Net- tuaBy going for a rebound. At right, spoofing first aid to an “injured” player,“Doctor” Bffly with the asaistanoe of i Tedards, try to get Belinda on the ties and Sirs. Ben Hay wonaenngiy eiw* ten© vwn***t, unv a*u Johnson ^ I * her turn on the floor ' * .JJB! *■ •. * t I.