The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 28, 1963, Image 1
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Laurens Students Hike (or MOD
Upon discovering that the Laurens High School March of
Dimes quota of S6Q0 was shy some $7«, these LHS students
hiked to Clinton to arouse interest and help complete the goaL
They are shown shortly after they arrived in Clinton Sunday
afternoon. They are (L-R) Skip Brown, Joel Hanks, Dickie
Byars, Judy Bolt and (standing) Susan BoK.—Photo by Jim*
my Cooper.
$55,134 Contributed In
College Giving Program
A total of $S9,134 was contrite
uted to ' Presbyterian College
through its annual giving pro-,
gram during 1962, President Mar
shall W. Brown announced today.
He said this amount came
from 1,071 alumni and friends to
help meet the current operating ure for 1962 show * d $32,788.80
given by alumni, $19,101 JO by
expenses of the college.
President Brown pointed out
that this sum for the current
budget was in addition to the
$1,800,000 for capital improve*
meats and endowment subscribed
t srui aevetopment pro-
ETV Mental Health
. Series Scheduled
Jtt Clinton High ^
‘Nfental Health in the Class
room" is the title of a series of
programs scheduled for Educa
tional TV beginning March 7.
' The series, which comes to
Clinton with the recommendation
of W. R. Anderson, local school
superintendent, will be presented
especially for teachers by the
South- Carolina Mental Health
Commission.
Participating in the presenta
tions, which will be broadcast
every Thursday afternoon at 4
p.m. from March 7 until April 11,
will be various local organiza
tions.
„ The department of education
and Christian Education at Pnes-
byterian College, along with the
college’s guidance center, will
take part. The Volunteer Service
of ..Whitten Village and Church
school teacher throughout the
county will also attend.
The programs, each one-half
hour in length, will be given by
Cart A. Bramlette, Jr., Ph. D.,
Coordinator, Mental Health Edu
cation; Miss Elaye McKeown,
r Psychiatric Social Work Consul
tant; and Mr. M. Robot Newton,
Community Psychologist.
Following each program,
which will be broadcast at Clin
ton High School discussian
groups will be held.
Dr. Charles Robinson, director
l>f the Greenwood Area Mental
Health Center, will train those
who will lead group discussions.
gram of last year. Despite the
larger campaign, the annual giv
ing figure of $55,134 represented
the second largest amount ever
raised through this program in a
single year. The record in 1961
came to $«,254.
A breakdown of the $55,134 fig-
friends, and $3,244 by non-alumni
parents of students currently en
rolled at Presbyterian.,
Of the designated gifts, the
largest amount was sent to the
Walter Johnson Club, alumni
athletic organization, for use in
providing grants-in-aid to ath
letes. This area received $25,338.-
76 in 1962. The other funds came
in marked for unrestricted use,
academic scholarships, faculty
salary increases or for depart
mental equipment.
Last Rites Held
On Tuesday For
J. W. Anderson, 68
Funeral services for John Wade
(Jack) Aridopon, 66; who died
Sunday, were conducted Tues
day at 3 p.m. at the First Pres
byterian Church by Dr. W. Redd
Turner and Dr. Malcolm Mac-
donald.
Mr. Anderson was a native of
Laurens but had lived in Clinton
roost of his life. He was a eon
of the late John Wade and Agnes
Ray Anderson. He was a mem
ber of the First Presbyterian
Church where he was an elder.
He was a veteran of Worid War
I
He was a former garage owner
and for a time operated a refrig
eration and appliance concern in
this city. He was chief of the
Clinton Fire Department for sev
eral years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Helen Sumerel Anderson; an
adopted daughter, ,Mrs. Doris
Bolt Redd; four grandchildren;
and a great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were George and
Hubert Penland, Drummond An
derson, Paul Todd, William and
James Sumerel and Frank Mar
tin.
Honorary escort were the dea
cons and elders of the First Pres
byterian Church and Fate Ram-
age, C. W. Cooper, Mack Stubbs,
Hubert Powell and Roy Work
man, Jr.
All Saints Lists
lenten Schedule
Services at All Saints’ Episco
pal Church for the Lenten sea
son were announced this week by
the Rev. John Rivers priest-in
charge.
Every Wednesday morning
through April 10, the prayer
group will meet at 9:30 a.m., fol
lowed by Holy Communion at 10
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A Passiontide preaching mis
sion is scheduled for April 24.
Maundy Thursday will be observ
ed with Holy Communion at S p.
m.
The Good Friday service will
be held from noon until 3 p m.,
and will consist of prayers. Holy
Communion, and sermons.
An inquirers’ class will begin
on March 10 at 8 p.m., and will
continue for seven sessions. Those
interested in learning about the
church or preparing for confirm
ation are invited to attend.
Holman to Deliver PCs
Commencement Address
Dr. C. Hugh Holman, Presby
terian College alumnus who
serves as dean of the University
of North Carolina graduate
school, will deliver the com
mencement address at PC’s 82nd
graduation exercises on June 2,
President Marshall W. Brown an
nounced today.
He wil speak in Bdk Auditori
um in the afternoon at a full Sun
day program which will send
some 100 graduating seniors
stepping forth with their degi
Dr. Holman, thus, will return
to the commencement stage
where he once distributed di
plomas himself as dean of the
college. Folowing his graduation
Worn Presbyterian College in
1936, he served as a member of
the faculty for ten years, the last
two as dean.
Girt Scout Council
Meet In Greenville
Mrs. Richard Ulrich of Clinton,
and member of the Juliette Lowe
Region Sis committee of the Girl
Scout Council, participated in the
program held in Greenville last
week at the First Presbyterian
Church.
the program consisted at a
seven-county merger of Oconee,
Pickens, Anderson, Greenville,
Abbeville, and Greenwood Coun
ties. ^ —
Dr. Hugh Holman recently be
came dean of the University’s
graduate school after serving as
Kenan professor of English there
for the past several years. A ver
satile writer-scholar-teacher, he
has been a member of the North
Carolina faculty since 1949 as a
specialist in American literature.
He is a recognized authority on
the works of Thomas Wolfe and
file editor of numerous publica
tions on the author, including a
.j Scribner research anthology en
titled "The Worid of Thomas
Wolfe.’’ His revision of the
Thrall-Hibbard "Hand book to
Literature’’ is a standard ref
erence for graduate English stu
dents.
In addition to his teaching du
ties at North Carolina. Dr. Hol
man has served at various times
as acting dean of the college of
arts and sciences, English de
partment chairman, chairman
of the University Press board of
governors and chairman of the
division of humanities.
A native of Cross Anchor, S.
C., he received his BS degree
from Presbyterian in 1996, his
MA and then his doctorate from
the University of North Carolina
with Phi Beta Kappa honors in
1949. He is married to the for
mer Verna McLeod of Ocala,
Fla., and they have two children,
Magaret and David.
Kadoka
• A group of Kadoka District Gaum
Fire girls and their parents go through
the swing line at the eimyal severed
dish supper held last Thursday evening.
The OVent; when the gMs play
to their mothers and fathers,
at the Preei
by
held
©lie (Elution
Vd. 64 — No. 9
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 28, 1963
Mayor Cornwall Has Leg
Amputated Tuesday
J. J. Cornwall, asayar of CBafoa. —iirweat surgery on
Tuesday morning at Bailey Memorial Hospital.
Doctors found this week that amputation of the left leg
above the knee was accessary. He has been under treatment
at the hospital for several weeks.
Members of the family oa Wednesday evening termed the
Mayor’s condition as "satisfactory.’’
He remains a patient at Bailey Memorial.
'Joanna Way Named
For National Award
Joanna Cotton Mils Company’s standing of the American Way of
magazine. The Joanna Way, was Life" during 1962
honored b y announcement o n
Washington’s birthday that the
company’s employee publication
had won a Freedoms Foundation
George Washington Honor Medal
for "outstanding achievement In
bringing about a better
World Prayer Day
Program Tomorrow
At Broad Street
The annual World Day of
Prayer program is scheduled
for tomorrow (Friday) at 3:30
. m at Broad Street Metho
dist Church, v
All denominations will be tak
ing part in the event, with the
Associate Reformed Presbyte
rian Church in charge of the
program.
A children’s service in Hodges
Hall of the host church is
scheduled for the same time
Reception at Joanna
To Honor Adkersons,
New Church Workers
Members and friends of First
Baptist Church, Joanna, are in
vited to a reception on Sunday
evening, March 3 at 8:30 o’clock
in the recreation room of the
church.
The reception is given in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Mr. Adkerson began
February 13 as minister of
and education.
Mr. and Mrs. Adke
Ttves of TSv>on, Tenn. Ha
graduated in January from
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas,
with a masters’ degree in re
ligious education.
Shields Homed To
Notional Council
William M. Shields of Clin
ton, has been elected to the Na
tional Council of the Proces
sional Photographers of Ameri
ca., Inc.
He will serve on the gmi—
body of the association for a
two-year term.
National Council members
are chosen an the basis of their
service to the photographic
fession and demonstrated
ministrative ability.
Freedoms Foundation of Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania, is a non-po
litical. non-sectarian, non-profit
organization devoted to espousing
the heritage of American free
dom and to granting to individ
uals and organizations which
contribute most to promoting this
aim. Only two other awards were
made to South Carolina individ
uals or organiations. Former
Presidents Eisenhower and Hoo
ver are honorary chairmen of
Freedoms Foundation. U. S. Sen
ator Strom Thurmond is a mem
ber of its board of directors.
The Joanna Way, published
monthly under the direcUon of
James P. Sloan, director of in
dustrial relations for Joanna Cot
ton Mills Company, was the only
industrial publication in the state
to receive J this distinguished
award. According to the news re
lease by Freedoms Foundation,
two George Washington Honor
Medals will be awarded: one to
Joanna Cotton Mills Company, of
which Walter Regnery is vice-
president and general manager,
and one to Mrs. Edna R. Foy,
feature editor.
In addition to Mr. Sloan, who
has supervised its publication
since its beginning in, 1949, and
Mrs. Foy, others who contribute
to Joanna’s monthly magazine
are the following editorial staff
members: Mrs. Alice G. Sloan,
Mrs. Julia H. Yarborough, Mrs.
Gwen P. Clark, Mrs. Jaunita L.
Davenport, and Julian S. Bolick;
also photographers John Holland
Hunter and Ellis Huffstetler. The
magarine is printed by Jacobs
Brothers, Clinton. ^
Past regional and national rec
ognitions accorded The Joanna
Way include a Freedoms Foun
dation Certificate "for'outstand
ing achievement in bringing
about' a better understanding of
the American Way of Life During
1961’*; Freedoms Foundation
Honor Medal awarded Mrs. J.
Kelly Waits, editorial asistant in
1962, for her article, "What
America Means to Us’’; citation
for best feature article by South
Atlantic Council of Industrial
Editors (1956); receiving award
as best industrial magazine in
Sooth Atlantic Council of Indus
trial Editors (1969); and election
of Mr. Sloan to serve as president
of the American Association of
Industrial Editors, 1960-1961.
Hurst Speaks Before Dairy Group
Dr. Victor Hurst, professor of dairy
ing at Clemson College, spoke to the an
nual meeting of the Laurens County Co
operative Breeding Association last
Thursday night. The group, with their
wives as invited guests, met at the Hotel
Mary Musgrove.
- Principals at the meeting were (L-R)
M. L. Quiz, Laurens County Agent;
Clyde Walker, field representative from
Columbia; Bill League of Clinton; Boyd
Stoddard, Owings; Gene Brown, Lau
rens; R. L. Wickham, Clinton J and Dr.
Hurst.—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
Shop At Home Contest
Winners Are Announced
Miss Eleanor Dial was chasm
this week to receive $25.00 hi
merchandise certificates as win
ner of the second “ Why I Uka to
Shop at Home” letter contest.
The contest is sponsored in con
junction with the Shop-At-Hocte
page which appears in- The
Chronicle on alternate weeks.
Chosen by- local judges as run
ners-up were Mrs. T. l-nMni-
Johnson of Bonds Cross
and W. P. Dickson of Clinton.
There are gifts awaiting the run
ners-up at The Chronicle office.
The winning entries wore:
“I like to trade at home' be
cause ...
It is the wise thing to do . . .
When we spend more at htmnm
We boost CLINTON, giving it
more life-blood;
.. Setting the stage for more in
dustry and more taxes for better
services to Its citizens . . . cre
ating MORE EMPLOYMENT
hnd ENJOYMENT for 7'°.
—MISS ELEANOR DIAL
“A few reasons why I like to
trade at home are: li—Conven-
ience; save time in traveling to
a distant city, a parking jg
nearby. 2—Economy; the desired
item can be found,
priced, at home; we
Kiwonis dub To
Hear Gov. Lawton
T. Oregon Lawton, at
▼file. Lt Gov. at
All directors at the
lars at home. 3—It is a visit with
frfcnds"
—MRS. T. LUTHER JOHNSON
•*Lrt others sing the praise of
markets far away.
I’ll trade at home and make a
i ' better place to stay.
' Among my friends and folks I
know.
ITl build my town and watch
it grow.
So here’s to Clinton, our home
town.
Let’s build her up, not tear
her down.”
—W. P. DICKSON
The third contest in the series
is scheduled to close on May 10.
Again $25.00 in merchandise cer
tificates will be awarded to the
winner by The Chronicle.
6rand Jury Names
Year's. Committees
l^urens—The Laqrapx County
Grand Jury completed its work
n m ± the February term of Court of
Sessions, made its final
and listed commit-
assignments.
. C. Abercrombie was named
af the body fur the new
foUowtng committee as-
announced:
enforcement and county
Carl Garten, .Ike Smith,
E. Farrar.
Home and courthouse—
Cook. Herman Finley,
aid Willard God-
Baptist Churches
In For ID Clinic
Training Union leaders of four
participating Baptist Churches
in Clinton, First Baptist, Cal
vary, Lydia, and Davidson
Street, will be engaged in a one-
night Baptist Training Union
Clinic Thursday night, February
28.
The clinic, arranged by the
Rev. Floyd Hellams, will be held
with the Davidson Street Baptist
Church and will begin at 7:30 p.
m.
All Training Union officers,
workers, leaders, sponsors, and
other interested members, espec
ially from adult and young peo
ple’s unions, are urged to attend.
Shaylor Walters, Associated
wtih the Baptist Training Union
Department of the South Carolina
Baptist Convention, Columbia,
will direct the clinic. Six other
state-approved workers from Co
lumbia will lead conferences as
follows:
General Officers—Shaylor Wal
ters; Adults—Jeff Futrell; Young
People—Mrs. Shaylor Walters;
Intermediate Leaders—Mrs. Jeff
Futrell; Junior Leaders — Mrs.
Harold Lindsay; Primary Lead
ers—Mrs. T. R. Bundrick; Nurs
ery-Beginner Leaders—Mrs. L.
T. Smith. —f~
Preceding the clinic, the pastor
and Training Union director from
each of the participating church
es will have supper at 6:30 p. m.
with the guest leaders at the
Mary Musgrove Hotel.
^General Sessions Court
Ends; 81 Cases Heard
The February term of General
Sessions Court ended in Laurens
last Thursday after 81 of the 98
cases on the docket were disposed
of during the week.
In the final day’s action, a
tiny but energertic 31-year-old
woman was put behind bars of
the Laurens County jail after
three futile sprints to break away
from officers before she was sen
tenced for driving off with A
plumber’s supply truck that
didn’t belong to her.
Black-haired Carol McElroy,
clad in brown slacks and hooded
sweat shirt, sprang three times
toward the door of-the court
room, but was caught each time
by sheriff’s deputies.
She drew a six-months sentence
from presiding Judge Frank
Eppes of Greenville, for an ex
cursion in an Ott Plumbing Co.
truck which included a chase by
a highway patrolman between
Laurens and Greenwood.
The woman pleaded guilty to
a charge of using the truck with
out the owner’s consent. She
drove it off from a Cold Point
filing station and had traveled
to Greenwood, before she was ap
prehended.
Judge Eppes formally sen
tenced the woman to one year,
suspended after service of six
months.
March of Dimes Drive
Breaks Previous Records
With final reports not yet in,
the 1963 March of Dimes totaled
$6,590.87 on Wednesday. The
drive was for the Clinton, Joan
na, Cross Hill and Mountville
area.
Dr.' Fred E. Holcombe, area
drive chairman, said this week:
"I would like to express my sin
cere thanks to those who have
worked and contributed toward
making this drive a success.”
^ Holcombe pointed out that the
1963 campaign topped the efforts
voer the past several years. “We
were especialy pleased with
support of the people in
area.he said, "in support of
this vital work as the National
Foundation enlarges its program
and research.”
The drive was broken down
into various divisions: Special
gifts, $1,589.50; Mother’s March,
$1,205.37; Coin collectors and
dime boards, $107.72; schools,
$486.90.
Also, Commercial employees,
$140.61; industrial employees,
$184.60; special events, $173.00;
and institutions, $483.39.
The teen-age division, which in-
duded both junior and senior
high schools, totaled $2,219.78.
With Lt Got.
rod chalngang
Harold Stone,
Tfiman
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Bishop, Jim*
Ernest Cook.
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In other guilty pleas heard
Thursday, the defendants receiv
ed these sentences:
Johnny Elbrt Workman, as
sault and battery and carrying
a concealed weapon, two cases,
three years, suspended after six
months or payment of a $250 fine,
with probation for three years.
Willie B. Jones, driving under
the influence, second offense, one
year or $1,000, suspended after
three months or payment of $250,
probation for two yeears.
Emerson Johnson, violation of’’
the liquor law, ofie year or $1,500,
suspended after six months ser- ~
vice or payment of $750, to run
concurrently with any federal
sentences imposed.
Loren Wicsher, breach of trust,
25 months, concurrently with a
two-year sentence he is now serv
ing.
On Wednesday, a 75-year-old
Laurens man, who acted as his
own lawyer in a case charging
him with selling whiskey without
a license, was found guilty.
William T. Martin was convict
ed of selling a half-pint of tax-
paid whiskey the night of June 16
to an undercover agent of the
South Carolina Law Enforcement
Division. He was found guilty
of a third offense violation of the
liquor law and was sentenced to
two years or a fine of $3,000,
suspended on service of one year
or payment of $1,500, probation
for three years. ,
Johnnie Franks, tried on a
charge of indecent exposure, was
found guilty and drew a sentence
of five years, suspended after
two years, with probation for two
years.
The following guilty pleas were
entered and the defendants sen
tenced :
Joyce Norwood, larceny, one
year; Billy Jerald Prince, engag
ing in motor vehicle race, six
months, to begin after a sentence
he is now serving; Carol Crock
er, non-support, one year or $1,-
500, suspended on payment of
$15.00 a week toward support of
his dependents, probation for
three years with special provis
ions.
Scouts Entertain Brotherhood
Scoots of
Troop
he We
174 entertained the
members of the Wesley Brotherhood of
the Broad Street Methodist Church last
week at that group’s mont
meeting.
The Scouts are, left to right: L. H.
Holland, Bob Keller, Richard Edwins,
Grant (kneeling), l^arry Red-
ithly supper
deck, BiS Williams, and George Cope
land. Grant is demonstrating, fire by
flint and sled while the other Scooters
show their abUity^at knot tyingr
The entile troop, sponsored by the
church* wen
Aba on the
leaden.—Photo by "Dan Yarborough.
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