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r • \ v- \ j . , ^ »• v,; : < 1 " w : % mm ’mi* »i v r-? -4^. i ; . # ‘iS'S Hi Itl Li:# !<■ Attends Mental Health Meet Laurens County Chapter delegate attending the South Carolina Mental Health Association’s “Rally Against Mental Health Illness? in Columbia last Thursday, Mrs. L. H. Davidson, State Board representative from Laurens County, is shown here with Attorney General Daniel R. McLeod, Honorary State Bell Ringer Chairman. PC Choir Tours Vol. 64 — No. 14 Thirty-one members of the Presbyterian College Choir have just returned to the campus after an &-day Spring tour to North Carolina, Virginia and the Dis trict of Columbia. Under the leadership of Conr duetdr Edouard Patte, they pre sented a program of sacred,cho ral music of the old masters be- ftre nine of the most important churches of those states. The choir was warmly received by thousands of. Presbyterian in Washington, Raleigh, Fayette ville, Danville, §taunton and oth er cities. They also sang in the famous Duke University Chapel at Durham. ♦ -The fViembers of the cjioir visit- son of late 1>asca ^ Mark - ed^lso“the campus of the Uhl- Sallie Ray Pitts/ He v had uJhr (Elintnn (Ehrmtirlr Clinton, S. C., Thursday, April 4, 1963 Floyd Pitts Passes; Rites Set for Today R. Floyd Pitts, 58, well known policeman ^of Joanna, died sud denly early Wednesday morning at his home~' on the Joanna- Whitmire highway from a heart attack. Mr. Pitts was a native of Laurens County where he spent his entire life. He was a College Living Endowment Gets Off to $7,307 Start Strong activity in the opening weeks has pushed , Presbyterian College’s 1963 Living Endowment off to a $7,307 start toward a record $75,000 goal, Alumni and Public Relations Director Ben Hay Hammet announced today. He said it represents the strong est opening burst yet recorded for this phase of the annual giving" Joanna Church To Open New Building Joanna’ sFirst Baptist Church will use its new children’s build ing beginning Sunday, April 7, at the Sunday school hour. The new building has been un der construction for a year by Shealy and Boozer, contractors. There are five nursery depart ments, two beginning depart- mentsf three primary and one junior department for nine and ten-year-olds. . The Royal Ambasador rooms will be used for week-day. activi ties. Open house and dedieatkm ser vices will be held at a jater date. T * Jaycees Search For Contest Candidates Clinton’s Jaycees are looking - for candidates for the Miss Clin ton pageant. The future Miss Clinton must be single, a high school gradu ate by September of thi&year, and at least 18 years old. ~ ' Several prospective contestants have picked up application blanks. Those who are interested in participating or know of a potential candidate are asked to contact Lawrence Young or Charles Johnson. The contest is set for May 4 in Belk Auditorium. Clinton Devils Will Meet Union Friday Clinton High’s Red Devils will meet Union in their second con ference baseball tilt tomorrow (Friday) at 4:00 p. m. on the ' home field. They will seek to get re venge their loss on Tuesday to Chester, 4-0. Chester’s runs came in thev sixth inning when a passed ball and two errors by the Devils paved the way for Ace Holsonback’s grand slam i home run, one of two hits given up by Clinton's lefthander Dick ie Watts. Chester hurier Tom Griffin al lowed only three hits in this pitcher’s duel in which neither pitcher allowed a walk. , The loss leaves Clinton with a 1-2 record.. Clinton’s track team will take on Union’s squad in a meet to day (Thursday) at 3:30 on the Presbyterian College track. This is the first home track meet of the current season. Thurmond Places Ch rankle Editorial In Cong. Record The Congressional , Record of March 21 reprinted an editorial which appeared in The Chronicle in its issue of March 14. The editorial entitled “Two Strikes Against U.S. Textile In dustry,’’ wag placed in the Rec ord by South Carolina U.S. Sen ator Strom Thurmond. The editorial commented on the stumbling blocks placed in the path of the textile industry by the federal ROVsdMMOt. Another editorial in the same issue, on tit recent hearing la Columbia on the proposed Trot ters Shoals dam on th| 8a nah printing in the Record by Sena tor Thurmond, but was mis placed in the government print ing office program which produced $55,134 from 1,071 contributors last year. PC alumni and friends in 1963 are shooting for a goal of $75,000 for the total annual giving effort (including the Livmg Endow ment and the Walter Johnson Club athletic fund). This objec tive represents a new high, ex ceeding the-record $65,254 raised in 1961. Work toward hitting the new goa) will he conducted through out the year through personal solitations, cJasg agent letters and mailers sent directly from the college. Alumni in the Rock Hill and Anderson areas already have their projects underway, with. Harry E. Hicklin, Jr., of Rock Hfli .and Dr. Richard T. Gillespie of Anderson serving as leaders there. Hammet pointed out the $55,134 contributed to the annual giving program last year was in addi tion to funds subscribed to the development campaign, which raised $1,800,000 in - 1962 for capital improvements at PC. Go&LFiiday Is Buck-A-Cup Day ' Good Friday, April 12, will be observed locally as coffee day, sponsored by the South Carolina Quality Restaurant Association and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers’ Associa tion. B.A.p. buttons, standing . for “Buck-A-Cup” and “Brace-A- Child,” will be on sale. Local chairmen are Cecil Wil- versity of Virginia at Charlottes ville, Jefferson’s home, “Monti- ceUo.V and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Several recording tapes were taken during the concert tour and will be part of the choir’s new phonograph record to be pro duced in the early fall. Services Yesterday For James ' James P. Workman, 36, died Monday at noon after a heart at tack. He was a native of Virginia, but had lived in Clinton 20 years. He was the last surviving mem ber of his immediate family. He had been employed at The Chron icle for a number of years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Monteen English Workman; and a daughter, Trudy Workman, of the home Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 3:00 p. m. at Friendship Baptist Church by Rev. Jesse Stephens. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery Pallbearers were Jim Tinsley, Ben Williams, James Page, Des- sie Wilkes, George Price, and Newell Brewington. Specials Ads In Today's Chronicle Inside The Chronicle this week are two special advertising at tractions. Massey-Ferguscn and Pitts Implement Co. ^re represented by a full-color ^page advertise ment-something of a first jn weekly newspapers. This is the second full-color ad to appeitij. i.TLXhe Chronicle, sefeeted alon^ jrnorHing and were greeted by M* Cadets Attend Orientation Program Over 240 Senior ROTC Cadets, 18 of them from Presbyterian College, visited Fort Jackson to participate In the Annual ROTC Orientation Program last week end. The cadets arrived Friday, DR. MACDONALD First Presbyterian Series To Feature Dr. M. A. Macdonald son of th, Clinton Ca fe. H. E. l Dr M A Macdontld , ^ ’ ’ dent of Thomwell Orphanage, will be the guest minister at the First Presbyterian Church for a special series of sermons begin ning at the April 7th morning worship hour. The services will r continue that evening at 8:00 p. m., and each evening at that time through Friday. Dr. Macdonald will also preach on Easter morning at 11:00 a. m., when the series will end. and B. B. Ballard, chief of po lice, Clinton. Radio Devofionals Schedule Is Given Rev. Roscoe Bryan will con duct morning devotions over ra dio station WPCC April 8-12 from 8:45 to 9:00 a. m. The morning devotions are a project of the Clinton Ministerial Association. The schedule for the remainder fo the month includes: April 15- 19, Rev. J. Herbert Thomas; April 22-26, Rev. J. L. Jenkins; April 29-May 3, Rev. D. W. Moody. , Williams Named To Whitten Village Post Norwood L. Williams became director of vocational rehabilita tion services at Whitten Village on April 1. He is a native of Clayton, Ga. He has been assistant director of Caswell Rehabilitation Center at Kinston, N. C for the past three years. been a policeman at Joanna 24 years on April 1, 1963. He was a member and deacon of Dun can’s Creek Presby terian Church and a member of Mag nolia Lodge, AFM, at Joanna. He is survived by his wife, Mrs/ Sarah Weir Pitts, aqd one daughter, Miss Bonnie Mae Pitts, of the home; two broth ers, C. D. Pitts, Sr., and L. Ray Pitts, both of Clinton; and one sister, Mrs. W. C. Milam of Clinton. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:30 at Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church near Clinton by Rev. Hugh Pollard and Hunter Mar- cengill. Burial will be in Rose mont cemetery, Clinton. The honorary escort will be composed of elders and deacons of Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church, officers of Joanna Cot ton Mills and A. S. Holt. The body is at his home and will be placed in the church at 2:30 p. m., Thursday. Gray Funeral Home of Ulin- ton is in charge. i Band, Members Given Ratings Clinton High School Band at tended a clinic and rating com petition on Friday at Converse College in Spartanburg, prelim inary to the state contest. Receiving number one ratings for instrumental solos were Jim Adair, drums, and Bobby Pow ell, cornet. Ratings of two were given Hap McSween, trombone; Larry Ed wards, cornet; Gloria Jackson, clarinet; Nora Oeland, flute; Kathy Bouknight, flute; Tommy Sanders, tenor sax; and Kay- ran Cox, clarinet. ' All will be eligible to attend the state contest April 19-20 at Furman University, Greenville. The band received ratings of two in prepared numbers and two in sight reading, and will also compete in the state event. Mrs. James Von Hollen, Lu cille McSween and Nancy Hollis served as piano accompanists for some of the instrumental so loists. Also attending were H. A. Bouknight, director, “and Her man Jackson. with-top weeklies throughout the U. S. to receive these ads. Also in this issue is the Shop- AkHome page, appearing every other week, sponsored by thi§ area’s top merchants. This ad gives you, the reader, a chance to’ ton free movie passes and also $25.00 in merchandise cer tificates. Look for them in today’s Chronicle. - • Cantata On Sunday At First Baptist “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” sacred cantata by Theo dore Dubois, will be presented by the adult choir of the First Bap tist Church on Sunday, April 7, at 7:15 p. m. Soloists will Be Mrs. John Franklin, Mrs. Marvin Manley, Mrs. Tom Taylor, Mrs. J. D. Mc Kee, Ed Perry and J. E. Martin. Mrs. Grace L. Connor will be accompanist for the cantata, James A. Orr, organist, and Mrs. Caldwell Henderson, director. The public is cordially invited to attend. ‘ j, , . ! ' ’ r ), Mission Play Set } At Joanna Baptisti “The Years Ahead,” a mission play in one act, by Elliott Field, will be given at the First Bap tist Church, Joanna, on Sunday, April 17 at :730 p. m. Cast members include Karen Surratt, Lynn Riser, Donna Brannon, Carol Sanders, and Candy Dunlap. Also Louis Murphy, Tommy Lawson and Mac Campbell. jor Gneral Charles S. D’Orsa, Commanding General Fort Jack- son. They then toured the Train- fire Ranges and witnessed the fir ing of the new M-14 rifle. Following a • luncheon in the Officers’ Open Mess, the group heard a weapons orientation at. Hilton Field and got a close band- study Of various weapons and Army aircraft. The cadets then were divided into small groups and moved to company areas where they wit nessed the operation of a small unit. Saturday, half of the cadets spent the day on the Trainfire Ranges while the other half re mained in individual units work ing with the commanders of these unite. -—i Services Tuesday For Hubert J. Pitts Funeral services for Hubert J. Pitts, 68, widely known -Clinton merchant and business man, were held Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., at Broad Street Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Albert S. Harvey, pastor. Bu rial was in Rosemont Cemetery. The following nephews were pall bearers: Forrest Y. Adair, Hu bert Adair, Paul Martin, Joe Mc Gee, Craig Kennedy. Jr., and Edgar Wingard. The honorary escort consisted of members of the Boyd-Blakely Bible Class of Broad Street Church. Mr. Pitts was a lifelong resi dent of Clinton, a son of the late James Milton and Sallie Adair Pitts. He was a member of Broad Street Methodist Church and of the Boyd-Blakely Bible Class. For many years Mr. Pitts as sisted his late father in the oper ation of a general merchandise store on South Broad Street and a livestock business. After the .V. PC CADETS AT FORT JACKSO£. 10 Founder's Scholarship Grants Announced By PC Ten topflight high school schol ars, six men and four women, from four states, have been selec ted to receive 1963' Founder’s Scholarships to attend Presby terian College next year, Student Dean A. J. Thackston announced today. The recipients of these competi tive grants, which range from $1,200 to $5,580 each for the four years of study, are: James Allison Beil of Copper- hill, Tenn., Susan Helen Gilbert of Blakely, Ga., Paul Evans of Ludowici, Ga., Me C u t c h e n Brooks Anderson of Bishopville, Henry Thomas Woods of Rock Hill, Virginia Dee Crichfield of South Bay, Fla., Samuel Jacob Montgomery of Chappels, Mar vin Richbourg Roberson of Bel ton, Ann Dendy of Hartwell, Ga., and Hanes Ballard Baggette of Summerton. Founder’s scholarships, the Cox Wins R.C.A. Trip To Factories J. Robert. Cox, owner of Cox Home and Auto Supply, Inc.,.of Clinton, has been awarded a trip to the FCA factories In Plain- field, N. J., and Indianapolis, Ind., to inspect the methods of construction and manufacture of their entire line of products. This award was based on Cox’s outstanding sales of RCA elec tronics products. He will leave Charlotte via jet plane on April 7 and return on April 12. Injured As Car Leaves Road Ambulance workers from Craine Service in Laurens are shown as they remove Charles Craine, 22, from the wrqckag* of the 1964 Chevrolet which he was driving around 9:80 p. m., Friday, when it wont out of control in a curve on Secondary Road 64, two miles west of Wa terloo, and jumped an embankment Laurens County Deputies ArtTpr Dunaway and Jimmie Stevens are shown at the left. Also injured in the mishap was Joe William Roberts, 19, of Laurens. Both were taken to Laurens District Hospital, where Crain was reported to have internal injuries. Patrolman B. J. Bagwell investi gated the accident—Photo by Jimmy Cooper. Spelling Bee Won By Eighth Grader Kaye McGlohon of Rt. 1, Lau rens won the 17th annual county spelling bee in Laurens Saturday morning at Central Elementary School. An eighth grader at Ford School, Kaye is the 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward McGlohon. She will repre sent Laurens County in the state contest at Clemson May 4. Second place winner was Kar en Surratt, eighth grade student at Joanna Elementary School, Marie Cockerel, seventh grader of Thornwell, won third place. J. Leroy Burns, chairman of the bee and county superintend- ent of education presented med als to the three top winners. Mrs. T. B. Sumerel was the pronouncer. County teachers judging the contest were Miss Edith Hellams-, Laurens High; Miss Betty Blake ly, Ford;; and Mrs. Nettie Young, Clinton Junior High. The other contestants and their schools were: Margaret Gray, Mountville; Bill Trakas, Laurens High; ,A. J. Cox, Garlington Street; Lanny Wilkie, ’Gray Court-Ownings; Carl Thornton, Hampton Avenue; Gloria Cato, Clinton Junior High; Charlene Fuller, Mercer Bailey School; Doris 'Waters, Providence, and Mary Hedgepath, Central Ele mentary. Bell Street Hosts District One Meet Bell Street High School played host on Tuesday to Federation Day activities of District 1, NFA. Eight, schools, including Bell Street, participated. The district include Greenville, Laurens, Pickens and Greenwood counties. Among the competitions held during the afternoon were those on speaking, quartet, pariimsfk ary procedure and talentA * I John Edward Price Of Dell Street won Up teds* contest with « guitar solo. Winning ths par liamentary Christen wax Ray Wright of Bell Street. — r Candy Sale Benefit Of Camp Fire Girls The annual Camp Fire Girls candy sale began on April 1 in Clinton, according to George Brockenbrough, chairman. Assisting him in the drive are committee members, Mrs. James Von Hollen for the Kadoka Dis trict; Mrs. Joel Cox for Petaga District; and Mrs. Keith McGee for the Lewa District.. Approximately 500 members of death of his father and a brother^ I the Cam P Fire organization will R. J. Pitts, the store was moved 1 ^ Russell Stover can- RONALD D. BURNSIDE Burnside To Join PC History Dept. Another addition to the Pres byterian College history depart ment, effective next September, was announced today by Aca demic Dean Joseph M. Gettys. The new faculty associate is Ronald Dantan Burnside, who is currently completing work on his doctorate with a dissertation on “The Administration of Gov ernor Coleman L. Blease of South CaroJina, 1911-’15.” Scheduled to receive hU Ph.D. from Indiana University next August,- Burnside has spent the past several months in Columbia completing research on his Blease paper. He also holds his master’s degree from Indiana, where he has studied under a teaching fellowship. Burnside, who comes to Pres byterian College highly recom mended by professionals in the field, 16 a native of Vincennes, Ind. After graduating with a B. A. degree from Wabash College, he spent four years (1954-58) as an officer in the US Marine Corps before entering upon post-grad uate study. His major field is American history. Presbyterian two weeks ago an nounced the appointment of Thomas Lawrence Comtelly, au thor and forthcomingr Ph. D. graduate of Rice University, to head the PC history department. Gasque Buick Co. Gives Free Vacation A there-day vacation for two is being offered by Gasque Buick Co., Inc., of Laurens at Miami Beach, Fla. ‘ { j This offer is befog made-'to anyone who purchases a new or used car, according to Roy GajS* que, owner. The vacation may be taken any time from now until July lg, he said, adding that chflttreri Under 12 are included free. . ’ o r r Winners will spend three days and night at the Serrento Hotel in Miami. to its present location on Hamp ton Avenue adjacent to his live stock business, which was discon tinued some years ago. Mr. Pitts was an extensive property and land-owner and- condueted farming and pine-land operations. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Huddie York Pitts, and two sis ters, Mrs. Samuel Evans of Lex ington and Mrs. Craig Kennedy of Spartanburg. All Saints Lists Holy Week Schedule Holy Week services were an nounced today for All Saints Episcopal Church by Rev. John Rivers, Priest-in-Charge. Holy Communion is scheduled for Wednesday, April 10 at 10:00 a: m. On Maundy. Thifoi- 1 day, April 1L Holy Commurtion will be at 8:00 a. m. 4 A special v three-hour service is planned for Good Friday, Ap : ril 12, depicting the way of 'foe cross. This service is designed; according to Rev. RivtirU, SO that people may come and go at musical interludes. The ser vice will begin at noon. ( dy. Proceeds from the sale are used within the local district, with much earmarked for the camping program. Fakkema To Assist In Two Conferences Robert Fakkema, professor at Presbyterian College, will par ticipate in two conferences of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. He will be a leader in the tenth Presbyterian recreation work shop to be held at Camp NaCo- Me near Nashville, Tenn., April 29-May 3. From July 18-24 he will direct recreation for youth at the eighth annual Presbyterian Conference on Church Music at Montreat, N. C. 4 - e'/ Charlotte Pastor To Speak at College The Rev. James G. Stuart, pastor of the Sardis Presby terian Chlirbh of Charlotte, will speak to the Presbyterian Col lege student body next Wednes day morning at the regular chap el exercises. He is scheduled to address the group at 10 a.m. in Belk Audi torium. The public is invited to » attend. T * top program of academic grants provided by Presbyterian CoL,^ lege, are awarded annually on a* competitive basis to ten gradu ating high school seniors judged best-qualified in scholarship, leadership and character. Win- * ners are selected from a larger group of finalists brought to the campus for a two-day visit. Broad Street Has Pre-Easter Series A series of special services prior to Easter have been sched* uled at Broad Street Methodist Church, beginning Monday, April 8, at 8 p.m., and continuing through Thursday evening at that time. Rev. E. K. Garrison of Dar lington, a former pastor of Broad Street, will be guest minister on Monday night. Speaking on Tuesday evening will be the Rev. Joel S. Cannon of Charleston, also a former pas tor, and the Rev. T. Layton Fra ser, Bible Professor at Presby terian College, will speak Wednes day evening. The services will close Thurs day with a candlelight service conducted by the pastor, Rev. A. 9. Harvey. k~'- — Band Concert Set Friday NighJ at 8 Clinton High band’s aniumi Spring concert is set for Friday, April 5 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. There will be approximately 150 performers taking part in the concert. Performing will be the Junior High Band, Hig» School band as well as the Devilaires. The concert will be the Inaiig- arul appearance of a seventh grade group. The program will be varied, in cluding several folk numbers. The Devilaires will be on hand to present the latest in popular music. * Tickets are on sale by all band students and will be sold at the door. Hearing Will Be Held For Dismissed Laurens Employees fi < - - Hi SI i m I J Man Hurt In Laurens Wreck .Harry Williams, 44, of Laurens, jras injured in this one-car accident^ Friday afternoon 4:80 cqme three miles north of Laurens on Highway 49. Patrpl- , man B. J. Bagwell of the State Highway Patrol said that Williams was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed and when he attempted to pass another vehicle, lost control of his 1966 Pontiac, struck the left shoulder ' went across the roadway, overturned and came to rest agahwt a tree. William*, taken to the Laurens District Hospital by a Craine ambulance, was reported to have , a broken colter bone and’ other minor Injuries. —Photo by Jimmy Cooper. A hearing is to be scheduled before the Commission of Public Works in Laurens for two dis charged employees who request ed the action, according to Richard G. Shell, commission chairman. Preston Reeves, water super intendent, and Ryan Traynham, electric superintendent, both submitted written requests tor a hearing on reasons for their dismissal. Traynham spoke briefly at a heated meeting of the commis sion on Monday night before submitting his written request. Reeves had already given Shell a wrfitten request. He did not speak at the Monday night meeting. There have been no further comment on charges of mal feasance leveled by Commis sioner Milton Angelakos against the commission chairman and its other member, William C. Mauldin. Shell has declined comment and Mauldin has indi cated a possibility he might file suit against Angelakos and make no statement mesnwhile. Wins Church Event Miss Maris Caldwell, West End Church, Newberry, won first place in the Regional Junior Training Union Sword Drill at Edgefield First on March JR Marie will ■ptio River Region Utesne The state