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Vol. 64 — No. 10 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 7, 1963 Came As Professor in 1925 Brown Resigns As PC President Committee To Choose his Successor Boy Choir Concert Set For March 15 County Cotton Contest Winners tion on five acres was 1219 pounds of lint per acre or almost four times the county average. Left to right are James Martin, Horace Martin, and M. L. Outz, Coupty Agent, presenting the check. _ Martin Brothers of the Youngs com munity are shown here receiving a $26 check for winning the five-acre cotton contest in Laurens County. Produc- Hollis Will Be Speaker For Mills' Old-Timers Dinner Dr. Lawrence P. Hollis, nation ally acclaimed educator and hu man relationist of Greenville, will address the Clinton and Lydia. Mills “Old timers” gathering here tomorrow night. The eighth annual meeting of the group will be held at 7:00 p. m. in the Thorn well dining hall. One hundred and fifty-one men and women with continuous ser vice records of 25 years and over comprise the membership of the club and will be guests of honor at the event. Dr. Hollis, who will be 80 this November, began his career of working with “textile folks” in 1905 at Monaghan Mills in Green ville. As state president of the Senior Citizens of America, he is cur rently engaged in a study with members of the South Carolina General Assembly to promote, plan and execute a program to meet the present and future needs of the state’s elder and aging cit- sens. Robert M. Vance, president of Glinton-Lydia Mills, is eligible to become a member of the senior group this year. He will present engraved watches , and jeweled service pins to fourteen other em ployees who have been continu ously asociated with the compan ies during the past 25 years. Companies secretary W. C. Neely and president Vance have continuous service spanning 25 years at both plants. Others who will receive awards are as follows: Clinton Mills: R. L. Adams, R. C. Crotts, Arthur B. Davis, G. F. Clinton Man Now Released From Cuba Wire reports originating in ML ami this week listed James Charles Brown of Clinton as one of nine shipwrecked American skin divers arrested on spy charges last February 12 by Cuba. The Americans reportedly left Miami on January 12 on a com mercial fishing trip aboard the 100-foot motor ship Shrub. They were seized while walking along a Camaguey north coast beach on which they landed in an out board motor-powered lifeboat, reports stated. Relatives contacted here oh Wednesday stated that Brown was in Clinton over the past weekend, after being returned to the United States. He is currently in a govern- men thospital, relatives said, re ceiving treatment for an eye in jury reportedly inflicted during his capture. [gf Brown’s mother is Mrs. Ida Rea Brown of Clinton. He has lived in this city most of his life. His sister, Mrs. Betty Sumler, who resides on Caldwell Street, is employed by Hallmark Mfg. Co DR. L. P. HOLLIS Downs, Andy T. Hames, C. C. Heaton Hubert Leopard, Isaac O. Ray, and Jonas B. Samples. Lydia Mills: Claude W. Grady, Cecil B. McLendon, Nettie Prince and Stella McLendon. \ John M. Ross, 77, Of Joanna, Passes John M. Ross, 77, of Joanna, died Thursday morning at aClin- eon hospital after several years fo declining health. A native of Piedmont, he was a son of the late Lucian and Rose Kelley Ross. He lived in Joanna for 32 years and was a member of Epworth Methodist Church, where he served as a,honorary steward. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and served as president of Joanna Community Chest for a number of years. His wife, Mrs. Hattie Verner Ross, died in 1954. Surviving are four sons, Dr. J. Douglas and Verner Ross of Greenville, Col. Fred L. Ross of Washington, D. C. w and Charles T. Ross of Burlington, N. C.; three daughters, Mrs. B. T. Lit tle of Charlotte, N. C., Mrs. S. L. Hair of Columbia and Mrs. La- vinia Cooley of Joanna; 16 grand children; and a great-grandchild. Funeral services were conduct ed a 3 p.m. Thursday at Ep worth Methodist Church by Rev. J. Hubert Thomas and Rev. James B. Mitchell. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park in Greenville. . Pallbearers were Cecil, O’Dell and John RubtT’and Ralph Pra ter, Lester Hair,-. James Simp son and James Hollingsworth. The honorary escort included the official board of Epworth Methodist Church, officials of Joanna Community Chest, Darell Johnson, David Boland, Bill By ars, Johnny Moore, Pope Oxner, Joe L. Delany, J. B. Hart, M.C7. Frank Templeton Bill Nabors, Duncan, Dr. D. H. McFadden, Jack Pyeatt, J. D. Ashmore, Dr. L. H. McCalla, B. F. Millinix, W. C. Southerland, W. C. Dobbins and Carl Franzen. Chamber Lists Results of Drive Francis Blalock, membership chairman of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, reports that 13 new members with 17 memberships have been reported to date. The drive for new members is not complete. There are a num ber of prospects that have not been contacted. Chairman Bla lock hopes that all contacted will be completed soon. The new members are: Augus ta Roofing and Metal Co., Clin ton Cleaners, Clinton Milling Co., Dr. R. H. Dawson, Gallman’s Barber Shop Gene’s Cafe, Lock- ler’s Radio and TV, Dr. James Macdonald, Public Finance Corp., Wm. M. Shields Studio, Dr. Louis Stephens, The Torring- ton Co. and Roy F. O’Kelly. Serving on the membership committee: Charles Buice, J. A. Orr, Jr., Dr. D. O. Rhame, J Sloan Todd Jim Von Hollen, Tom Baldwin, Dr. Dan Orr, W. R. Pitts, Jr., Davis V. Pitts, Wyman Shealy, and L. Ray Pitts. College To Confer Three Honorary Degrees On Alumni The board of trustees at Pres byterian College Tuesday named three distinguished alumni to receive honorary degrees at com mencement exercises June 2. They are Dr. C. Hugh Holman, dean of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina, doctor of literature; Rev. Chal mers McCutcheon, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Laurens, doctor of divinity; am Rev, Russell W. Park, pastor of the Olanto and Sardinia Presby terian Churches, doctor of divini ty. The trustees also re-elected these officers of the board, Robert N. Vance of Clinton chahtman; Dr. Eugene T. Wilson of Atlanta, Ga., vice chairman; and J. Ferdinand Jacobs of Clinton, secretary. Other members named to the executice committee are Dr. Wil liam K. Barron of Columbia, Dr Marc C. Weersing of Spartan burg, Dr. George R. Wilkinson of Greenville, Henry B. Matthews of Macon, Ga., and President Marshall W. Brown. Mental HealHi ETV Program Today “Emotional Needs and Be havior” is the title of a program scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) at <1 p.m. at Clinton High School. The Educational TV program is one of six presented by the South Carolina Mental Health Commission. All those who work with youth are especially invited to attend. A group dis cussion will follow the broadcast. The Columbus Boychoir of Princeton, New Jersey, will ap pear on March 15 at Belk Audi- orium in Clinton. The concert will be under the auspices of the Clinton CoYnmunity Concert As-. sociation. The third concert of the sea son will feature 27 selected un changed voices in a varied pro gram of choral music. A costumed production of a one-act operetta will be given as part of the presentation. Boys between the ages of 9 and 14 of this area will be given the opportunity of an audition on the stage following the concert by Donald Bryant, musical di rector, for possible admission to the Boychoir school or summer camp. Boys interested in an audition, even those without tickets, are welcome backstage after tfce ^per formance. Dr. Marshall W. Brown, presi dent of Presbyterian College, submitted his resignation to the board of trustees on Tuesday, to ^become effective upon the selec tion of a successor. Brown, 63, has served the local institution as president since 1945, and be fore that as dean and professor. His suggestion that the trus tees appoint a committee to se lect a new president came as part of his report made at the annual meeting of the college trustees. . * Long recognized as one of the South’s outstanding educators. Dr. Brown has the longest tenure of office among the 13 presidents who have headed Presbyterian College since its founding in 1880. He recently began his 19th year as president fitter serving 16 years as dea'n qnd three as pro fessor of history. ^"X 1 Only Dr. John Plyler of Fur- inah-University has a longer, ten ure among Sodth Carolina col lege presidents. Dr. Brown, in his report to tile trustees, pointed out that at 63 he is nearing the normal re tirement age of 65. He asked the board to name a DR. MARSHALL W. BROWN —Shield* Portrait Theodore Rkhbourg Passes In Kentucky Word has been received here of the recent death of E. Theo dore Richbourg at a veterans hospital in Louisville, Ky. He had formerly lived in Clin, ton where he was educated at Presbyterian College. He wm also graduated from the Conserva tory of Music at Louisville. He taught there many years and later gave private lessons. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Wallace of Newber ry, and Mrs. J. B. Howell of Clinton, Miss; and a brother, S. E. Richbourg of Lumber- ton, N. C. Local "All-Stars" Slate Game With All-Female Squad Hazel Walker will bring her “Arkansas Travelers” to Clin ton next Monday night, March 11, for a performance that will pit the all-women’s team against a local “all-star” male squad. The event, sponsored by the Clinton Kiwanis Club in coope ration with the Key- Clubs of Thornwell and Clinton High School, is scheduled for 8*15 in the Thornwell gym. A free throw exhibition is scheduled during the halftime intermission. Among the local men signed to meet the Arkansas amazons are: Marion Dowdle and John Dowdle, Thornwell Orphanage coaches; James Cox, Claude Members Selected .. ^ ^ v * ■ J. Leroy Burns, County super intendent of Education and secre- tary to the Laurens County Board of Education, released this week the following trustee ap pointments for Laurens County School District 55. W. E. (Red) Hunt, appointed chairman in place of Henry M. Faris .whose term expires April 1, 1963, and who had requested that he not be reappointed. Reappointed: Raymond Rob ertson, Ford area; Horace Mar tin, Gray Court-Owings area; and Ray Bishop, Garlington Street area. These four will serve for four years, beginning April 1. Others serving on the board whose terms do not expire are: D. F. Patterson, Laurens; P. W. McAlister, Laurens; and James D. Wasson, Hickory Tavern. committee to study requirerrjents of the office and to located suc cessor who could meet those re quirements and to present the nomination at a later meeting of the trustees. The board indicated it would do so solely in response to Dr. Brown’s personal desires in the matter. ^ By iformal action, the trustees cited Dr. Brown’s able leadership which has given PC its greatest period of academic and material progress in the history of the col- - lege. - In the past 18 years, he led the college through three successful campaigns for capital funds, the lastest in 1962 which raised $1,- 800,000. The college's income has increased more than five times, three large new buildings have been added to its plant and the institution has received high rec ognition for its academic work. Dr. Brown came to Presbyteri an as a professor of history in 1925 during the presidency of Dr. D. M- Douglas. He remained a Violinist Rubinoff To Appear Here In Concert March 25 Henderson Named By Dairy Group Caldwell Henderson has been selected as director of the Amer ican Dairy Association of South Carolina for 1963. The announcement was made by W. L. Abernathy, Jr., of Ches ter, manager of the organization. The American Dairy Associa tion is the voice of the dairy farmer in the United States. Plans In Making For Miss Clinton Contest By Jaycees Bill Phelps and Lawrence Young, co-chairmen of the Miss Clinton Pageant, are completing plans and committee assign- mJpts this week. The date of the Jaycee-spon- sored event will be announced in a few days. Single girls, -ages 18-28, and high school graduates by Sep tember of the current year, are e’egible for competition. Contest rules and application blanks are available at Clinton Realty and Insurance Company on W. Pitts St., or Johnson’s Men’s Shop on W. Main St. LOSES FATHER J. A. Eaker, father of Mrs. L. N. Warren, died suddenly Satur day in Charlotte, N. C. Funeral services were held Sunday in Cherryville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Warren and son, Larry, were in Charlotte at the time visiting their daughter, Mrs. Bryan F. Ct|ats, and Mr. Coats. Von Hollen Named To School Board James Von Hollen has been ap pointed chairman of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 56. The appoint ment was made Monday by the County Board of Education. The vice-president of M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, replaces Tom Plaxico, whose term expires April 1, 1963, and who had re quested that he not be reappoint ed. Reappointed to the board for four years, beginning April 1, were: S. C. Blackmon, Mount- vile; J. A. Orr, Jr., Clinton; and D. H. Roberts, Lydia. Jake Rasor, Cross Hill, G. M. HuguTey7 Clinton; and J. T. Ad- dison, Joanna, are members of the board whose terms do not expire. Members of the County Board include: Roy Cain, chairman; J. Leroy Burns, secretary; C. F. Fleming, R. L. Weeks. J. M. Babb, J. C. Thomas and Joe Delany. Music Club Cites TV Youth Concerts The Clinton Music Club this week called attention to the final concert of the New York Philhar monic youth concert series Fri day, March 8, at 1:30 p. m. on WSPA-TV, channel 7, and WBTV, channel 3. Leonard Bernstein conducts a program of Latin American music entitled “The Latin-Ameri can Spirit.” The concert will feature works by Fernandez Villa-Lobos, and Revueltas, and include works by Copland and Bernstein which show the Latin influence. - faculty professor three years, then added a deanship and was appointed president in 1945 to succeed the late Dr. William P. Jacobs. President Brown currently rep resents South- Carolina on the Southern Regional Education Board and is a past member of the board of education of the Presbyterian Church U. S. An elder of the First Presbyterian Church here, he formerly has been moderator .of the Smith Carolina Presbytery and was named “Man of the Year” for the South Carolina Synod in 1952. He is past president of the Pres byterian Educational Association of the South and is moderator- elect of the Synod of South Caro lina. Dr. Brown came from the fac ulty of McCallie School of Chat tanooga, Tenn., to Presbyterian College in 1925. He brought with him an educational background which 'included Castle Heights Military Academy, a B. A. from Centre College, an M. A. from the University of Wisconsin and further graduate study at the University of Chicago, and the University of Vienna, Austria. He was awarded an honorary Ph.D. degree by Davidson Col lege in 1937 and LL.D. by Cen tre College in 1945. Dr. Brown was chosen presi dent of the South Carolina His torical Asociation in 1933-34 and [ president of the Southern Confer ence of Academic Deans in 1937- 38. A native of Newbern, Tenn., he is married to the former Miss Lillian De Gross of Chattanooga. Tenn. The committeef appointed by the board of trustees to seek a successor includes trustees Dr. E. T. Wilson of Atlanta, Ga.; Henry B. Matthews of Macon, Ga.; W. M. Montgomery of Ma rietta, Ga.; Dr. William T. Bar ron and John A. Montgomery, both of Columbia; and Dr. W. R. Wallace of Chester. Also on the committee is James A. Chap man, Jr., of Spartanburg, chair man of the PC board of visitors. ‘ARKANSAS TRAVELERS” TO APPEAR KERB MONDAY NIGHT Howe and Herman Jackson, of the Clinton High School coach ing staff; Ralph Tedards, a for mer CHS coach; and Truman Owens, Sam Owens and Jimmy Braswell. Earl Wooten of Piedmont, a former major league baseball star, who scored over 1800 points in regularly scheduled games during his basketball career, will come to Clinton to spark the local men's group. Officials, who have also vol unteered their services are George Abrams tod Dick ^Web er of Ware Shoals. There are seven women on the team who play over 200 garnet each season, always playing by men’s rules. Traveling ^ In a special built station wagon,' they are billed as the best dressed team on the road. In the past season, they play ed a total of )20 games and won 201. ,In addition to top 'tbasketball action, the team mixes in hiunor and fun on the courts. Tickets are currently on sale munity Cash, Howard’s Phar macy, Young’s Pharmacy, Mc Gee’s Drug Store, Balk’s, and by members of the Key Clubs. Advance ticket sales will end Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p. rei ! Proceeds from the event will gb to the various community projects of the .Kiwanis Club and the Kay Clubs. Clintonians have been assur ed of a musical highlight on March 25 when Rubinoff and his violin, internationally fam ed popular concert artist, ap pears at Belk Auditorium^tinder the sponsorship of the Clinton Lions Club, it was announced yeserday by George Coraelson, president. “We feel indeed fortunate in being able to bring such a great artist to Clinton,” JVfr. Cornel- son said in making the an nouncement, “and feel that this vill be one of the outstanding events of the season.” Pointing out that special com mittees and -plans for ticket sales would be announced soon, he urged all Clintonians to join with the Lions in making the concert* a success for the bene fit of the club’s local charities, including the Lions sight con- aervation program. Mr. Rubinoff is well known to millions not only from his current concert appearances, but form, his nationwide radio broadcasts with Eddie Cantor. He has been seen on many guest spots on television and in iveral motion picturs. The famed musician will bring here for his concert the fabulous Stradivarius violin which, insured for $160,000, is reputed to*, possess the most beautiful tonal qualities in the euting world; and a brand new program of famous favorites loved by people everywhere, such as Warsaw Concerto, Chopin’s Polonais, Debussy’s Clair da Luna, and Gershwin’s Rhap sody in Blue. April 29 - May 18 Cash Slates Spring Practke at PC Calhoun F. (Cally) Gault, Presbyterian College’s new ath letic director and head coach, will get ii.s first good look at his 1963 prespects when he holds an abbreviated spring practice ses sion between April 29 and-May 81. He hopes to get in about 12 days of practice, weather and spring sports schedules permit ting. Meanwhile, he must. con- ( tent himself with occasional brief trips back to the campus as he plans ahead while also complet ing his commitments at North Augusta High School. Gault, a PC alumnus long rec ognized as one of South Caro lina’s most successful high school coaches, was named athletic di rector and head coach (Hi Febru ary 27. He succeeds the late Clyde W. Ehrhardt, who died from a shotgun wound on Feb ruary 4 after heading the Pres- byteripn sports program for more than a' year. The new sports head already has begun his search for another basketball coach who also wBT serve as a football assistant — a position to be filled as a re placement for Charles Mussel- white. Two other assistants cur rently op the staff, Billy TUlsr and Jimmy Vickers, will remain At BCL In announcing the appointment of Gault, CALLY GAULT Marshall W. Brown said the new coach will officially assume_ bis duties at the. close of the pres ent school term at North Augus ta. 1954-’58, his teams went unde feated through 61 consecutive games. returns to the Presbyterian campus where he starred in foot ball for three years, and also earned letters in basketball and baseball. Gault becomes Presbyterian’s fourth athletic director in 48 years, and only the sixth man,to serve as head football coach. A native of Bamberg, he grew up in Greenville and attended public schools there. He receiv ed a bachelor’s degree in history from Presbyterian in 1948 and a masters degree in education from the University of South Caro lina in 1955. Gault, 35, coached at Mullins High School before moving to North Augusta as an assistant coach in 1951. His service at North Augusta was interrupted {or a year when he served as an, Army officer during the Koroan War. * He is married, to the former Joy Young Godfrey of CUnton. They have two daugfyters aaA a Gault, who graduated from young son. resbyterian in 1$$5, compiled an _ “I am delighted that Cally Presbyterian impressive record in 10 years as football coach at North Augusta. His teams won class Double-A stale championships in lj958 and 1961 ahd have compiled an over- ail record of « wins, 1$ loebes and seven ties. Gault is joining us to athletic program,’ Brown said. “As < here in three yean two of * toAM' 1 ng: -or r I -V i i