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T~ •/ >. \ sir \— \ , r mi mm Spot Where Negro Was Killed City Patrolman J. T. “Snow” Ellison points to the spot where Timothy Brown Simpson, 26-year-old Ne gro of Bt. 2, Clinton, was fatally shot on Enterprise Street around 7:46 Saturday morning Jby Willie Win- som, Jr., Negro, also of Clinton. Simpson was dead on arrival at Bailey Memorial Hospital, where he was carried by ambulance. Winsom was taken to the Lau rens County jail, after being charged with murder in a warrant signed by Assistant Police Chief W. B. Blake ly before Magistrate Sam H. McCrary.—Photo by Jim my Cooper. SHOOTING ON STREET SATURDAY Man Held in Homicide An early morning shooting spree claimed the life of a 25- year-old Negro Saturday. Clin ton Police Chief B. B. Ballard identified the victim as Timothy Brown Simpson of RtR. 2, Clin ton. Simpson was dead on arrival at Bailey Memorial Hospital at® a. m. Saturday after being shot three times by another Negro, identified as Willie Winson, Jr., 27, also of, Clinton. Laurens County Coroner Mar shall N. Pressley said that the Pinson To Head Local Lions Club * Sarnie Pinson will be the new president of the Clinton Lions Club. Re isj| former secretary of the club, serving for several years in the posL Pinson was elec ted,'bio ng with a full officer slate at Friday night’s meeting of the <;lub At Hotel Mary Musgrove. He will succeed George H. Cornelson, who has headed the club for the past year. Other officers named were: Don Creighton, Dr. David Mixon, and Dr. Marion Lawson, vice- presidents; Milford Smith, sec retary; J. A. Orr, treasurer; Cantey Gordon, Lion tamer; John Addison and James Jacks, tail twisters; L. S. Reddeck and W. S. Horne, directors. The new officers will assume their posts July 1. * Laurens Theatre Slates 3-Act Hay “See How They Run” is the ti tle of a play to be presented on April 26-27 by the Laurens Com munity Theatre^ The play will be staged at LaiK rens Central Auditorium. The comedy will end the sec ond season for the Laurens play makers. f'M y, t.., VISIT IN LA. AND TEX. Mrs. C. W. Stone left on Tues day to visit her daughter, Mrs, H. E„ Denzler and family in New Orleans, La., and then her son Ned S. Hays and family in San Antonio, Texas. ; — bullets, fired from almost point blank range, struck Simpson in the left arm, left chest and upper left abdomen. The incident oc- cured on Enterprise St., in front of Hill’s Cafe. Assistant Chief W. B. Blakely said he had learned that there had been considerable discord be tween Simpson and Winson for some months. He also stated that Winson was in the cafe and Simp son came to the door and called for him to come out. Winson i is in the^ Laurens County Jail, charged with mur der in a warrant signed by Blakely* ; Coroner Pressley empanelled a jury and will schedule an inquest at a later date. Also investigating was Clinton Patrolman J. T. Ellison. Peeiy, Rimer Will Attend The Lutheran Synod of South Carolina, representing more than 46,000 members over the state, will assemble at St. Dav id’s Lutheran Church, West Co lumbia, 'on Monday for the opening of the one hundred and thirty-eighth annual convention. The Rev. J. Gordon Peery, pastor of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and Shelton J. Rimer Sr. of Clinton will attend as delegates. - Wednesday will be the clos ing day for the three-day con vention which will feature busi- £_of the Synod, its institu tions and auxiliaries and elec, tion of clerical and lay dele gates to attend the 1964 Con vention of the Lutheran Church In America. Legion Auxiliary Aaks Project Aid The American Legion Auxili ary has announced that anyone having articles or donations for the Phillipine Children Welfare projects of the American Legion Auxiliary is asked to take them to Mrs. Perry Moore, Child Wel fare Chairman. Mrs. Moore re quests that donation be made this week. Last RHes Monday For Mrs. C. C. Giles Funeral services- for Mrs. Ruby Lee (Jackie) Roberts Giles, 65, were conducted Mon day at 3:00 p. m. at Broad Street, Methodist Churph by Rev. A. S. Harvey and Dr. William R. Turner. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery. Mrs. Giles died Saturday at her home after several years of declining health. A native of Nicholls, Ga., she was a daughter of the late John and Barbara Ellen Denton Rob erts. She had lived in Clinton since 1928 and was a member of Broad Street Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, C. C. Giles; a son Thurston R. Giles of Clinton; a daughter, Mrs. Patricia G. Kugler of Myrtle Beach; two sisters, Mrs. Mose Lott and Mrs. Lester Cole of Nicholls, Ga.; and four grandchildren. Pallbearers were R. L. Plaxi- co, Davis R. Pitts, John B. Templeton, Eugene Johnson, W. M. McMillan, Col. F. V. Smith, James Von Hollen, and Dave Roberts. PC Summer School Plans Announced Presbyterian College’s 1963 summer school will open its first session on June 10, Academic Dean Joseph M. Gettys announc ed today. He said the initial term will ex tend through July 17, and the second term will be conducted July 18-August 23. The 11-week school provides for a maximum of 12 hours’ cre dit for both sessions or six hours for either of the two terms (labo ratory science earns an extra hour each term). Courses will be offered in these ten departments: Bible, biology, chemistry, econo mics,, education, English, his tory, mathematics, political science and Spanish. Local Cub Stouts Appear On Television Cub Scouts of Den 2, Pack 21, were guests of the “Monty’s Rascals” TV program in Greenville last Thursday. Those attending were Robbie Wysor, Bob Baldwin, Bill Al exander, Sammy McCrary, Ronnie Young, William Young, David Bishop, Bob Trowbridge and Eddie Copeland. Attending with the cubs were the den mothers, Mrs. William Young and Mrs. Abit Alexander and den chief, Dixie Davis, Vot 64 — No. 16 CHnton, S. C, Thursday, April 18, \9& tfBM Slated Next Week Clinton Lions Club members will knock on doors next Thurs day and Friday, beginning at 7 o’clock, on April 25 and 28, as they^ begin their annual broom sale. These brooms are purchased from the Association of the Blind and are manufactured by blind people of the state in a Columbia plant. The club resells the brooms locally and the profit made is used by the sight conservation committee of the Lions Club to provide visual services to those who are unable .to provide for themselves. OES Chapter Plans Friday Installation A public installation of offi cers is scheduled by James B. Parrott Chapter No. 9, Order of the Eastern Star, for Friday, April 19 at 8 p. m. Mrs. Pearl Monroe of Laurens will serve as installing officers Others assisting will be Mrs. James Bagwell and Mrs. Iris Bagwell, Honea Path; Heyward Ertzberger, Laurens and Mrs. Eva Land. Also Mrs. Marie Rowe, Childs Mabry and Johnny Mabry. Those to be installed include: Mrs. Margart Mabrey, Worthy Matron; Carolus Davis, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Dessie Roberts, Associate Matron; Arthur Gall- man, Associate Patron; and Mrs. Dorothy Davis, organist. Also Mrs. Lucille Trammell, Ada; Mrs. Dorothy Gaffney, Ruth; Mrs. Mildred I Kinard, Esther; Mrs. Sarah Powers, Electra; and Mrs. Maggie. Campbell, Warder. Others are Mrs. Mary Taylor, secretary; Mrs. Jessie Madden, treasurer; Mrs. Kate Riddle, con ductress; Mrs. Mary Murdock, associate conductress. Mrs.’Cornelia Burdette will be installed as chaplain; Mrs. Sue Ellison as marshall, and John Mabry as sentinel. FIRST IN LECTURE SERIES Former Premier Nagy Of Hungary to Speak Here The last prime minister of free Hungary will address the Pres byterian College student body next Monday as the inaugural speaker of a memorial lecture series recently established at PC in honor of the late Newton Gary Hardie, Sr., Walhalla business and church leader. Ferenc Nagy, who served Hun gary as prime minister in 1946- 47, will speak here on “The Sig nificance of Central and Eastern Europe in the Present Interna tional Situation.” It is scheduled for 10 a. m. in Belk Auditorium, and the public is invited to at tend. The noted European leader al so will conduct an informal dis- cussjdn while at PC on the sub ject “The Free World’s Mistake at the Time of the Hungarian Re volt.” .. Nagy exiled himself and be came a United States ^resident in 1947, when the Communists took over Hungary. He has devoted most of his time since then to speaking and writing on the ■ Sf&i $ V* { is Wf m M :n 4 . • * >' .w >AR Honors Good Citizens DAE Good Citizens from Laurens County , high schools were honored at a meeting of that orgnnliNEbiK hUd ait « the^hocne of^Mrs. Thomas as co-hoetess. These award winners were, left to Virginia Miller, Hickory Tavern School; Baxtotra Alien of Ford; Unable to attend waa Jeanfo Thompson ■ough Stu- of Laurens, dio. -Photo by Yarborough X: "A .•' Communist menace. A member of the exiled Hungarian Nation al Council since 1948, he served as chairman of the Assembly of Captive European Nations in 1961-62 and has participated in international conferences at Pa ris, Strasburg, London, Vienna, Rome, Brussels, Bonn and Tok yo. During his public career in Hungary, Nagy became a parlia ment member in 1939 -and ser ved as its president in 1945 after being imprisoned by the Naxi Gestapo. He was minister of re construction in 1945 and made an official trip to Moscow at the in vitation of Stalin in 1946 while serving as prime minister. President Marshall W. Brown announced the new lecture se ries, designed to bring outstand ing speakers to thr PC campus, as the gift of Dr. Virginia S. Hardie of Ciemson and Newton Gary Hardie, Jr., L of Spartan burg, the widow and son of Mr. Hardie. He said a sum is being placed in the college permanent endow ment, with interest to be used for lecture fees each year. As stated by the donors, the Newton Gary Hardie, Sr., Memorial Lec ture Fund has as its purpose "to bring outstanding individuals from diverse fields of Interest to the campus of Presbyterian Col lege with the hope that by such contact the horizons or the stu dents, faculty, and friends may be broadened. The quality of the lecture series rather than the number of lectures is of utmost significance. Each lecturer will be encouraged to remain on the campus for a sufficient period of time to permit informal and per sonal exchange of ideas with those desiring to avail themselves of the opportunity/* President Brown pointed out the lecture fund will serve as a fitting memorial to Mr. Har&t, who was a devout Presbyterian layman vitally interested in the youth of the church. The Wal halla textile leader died in No vember, 1968. Since his death his widow, Dr. Virginia S. Hardie, has engaged in college counseling and was di rector of counseling at the Uni versity of Tennessee before mov- m <*•" £§§Sf jj | ■I-* #: ; 5# mT rag • • iiJL ffiyip . mm i tew*, •„ ‘Wm ■ .<■■■ ii •: New Plant for American Lava The American Uva Corp., of Chattanooga, Term., will build this 120,000 sq. ft. technical ceramics plant in Laurens. It will adjoin the first plant ^the firm opened in 1961. r arden Is Named ivis Cup Coach pi The Southern Lawn Tennis As sociation has named Gordon Warden, tennis coach at Presby terian College, to coach the Sou thern Junior Davis Cup Team this year. Warden will coach the Junior Davis Cupper from Virginia to Texas, and will guide them in competition with other regional teams. Warden also serves as intra mural athletic adviser and golf coach at PC. American Lava to Build Second Plant in County Plans to build a second techni cal ceramics plant in Laurens were announced yesterday by the American Lava Corporation, subsidiary of the 3M Company, St. Paul, Minn. Robert A. McGinnis, vice presi dent and general manager of American Lava Corporation, said construction on the one-story 120,000 sq. ft. building for the firm’s Titania Division will start later this month and should be finished next January. The new building will const!- Concert Pianist To i Perform on April 19 Robert Hamilton, pianist, will be presented in concert fcy the Clinton Community Concert As sociation in Belk Auditorium on Friday, April 19, at 8:15 p. m The young artist’s appearance will be the final attraction of the current season. His program will include Bal lade No. 4 in F Minor by Fred eric Chopin, Prokofieff’s Sonata No. 4 in C. Minor, Op. 29, and Sonatine by Ravel. Other selections will be by Bach, Beethoven, and Bartok. “A challenge to the ear . . . an unusually fine pianist,” wrote The Washington Post af ter an appearance by Hamilton in that city. Born in South Bend, Ind., Hamilton attended the Indiana University School of Music, where he graduated “Summa cum Laude.” He holds a Mas ter of Music degree from Cath olic University. During the years following wnmm versity. Columbia Union Col lege, ..and Peabody Conserva tory in Baltimore. He has appeared as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra under Howard Mitch ell. Hamilton lives in Greenwich, Conn., where he teaches private piano. He was recently present ed In a Town Hall concert in New York by Norman Seaman. The artist is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hamilton of Clinton. tute one of the finest ceramic fa cilities in the world, McGiinnis said. It was designed by the 3M and American Lava engineering departments in association with J. Robert Carlton & Associates, Richmond, Va, Employment will be provided for approximately 150 persons. Products to be manufactured in clude ceramic dielectrics for ca pacitors and components for the electronic and electrical indus tries, wear and corrosion resist ant precision ceramics for tex tile, wire production and other mechanical applications. McGinnis said the new plant will make it possible to consoli date many of the production ac tivities now carried on in five .separate buildings in the Chatta- nooga area. “This will make space avail able for additional development and growth in Chattanooga and also provide expansToh room for the operations being transferred to Laurens,” he said. “The success of our initial op eration in Laurens under the di rection of George Patton, plus a continued effort on the part of George H. Phinney, chairman of the Laurens County Planning and Development Board, to keep us interested in Laurens encouraged Seniors To Present Comedy Friday Night : WKmmm ROBERT HAMILTON college, he served in the Army as pianist for the United States Army Band and Chorus, and in this capacity appeared before President Elsenhower, Presi- deat Kennedy, cabinets and government officials. Re appeared as soloist on the Washington Watergate series, atXhe Phillips Gallery, Ameri ca^ University, Catholic Uni- “Man Overboard,” a mys tery-comedy in three acts, will be presented by the senior class at Clinton High auditorium at 8:00 p. m., Friday, April 19. The play takes place on a Europe-bound ship. Hannah Biair, a handsome dignified woman of fifty with a dictatorial manner, is played by Janet Johnson. She is the chaperon for four 18-year-old girls who are on their way to Europe, portrayed by Shirley Ann Timmons, Jane Mfidht, Reta Bond and Sara Whitmire. Martha Todd plays a society girl, bored by the trip. Mar jorie Arnold, as Ariena Dusen. berry, thinks-she’s “Miss Amer ica,” but one has only to look at her to know better. Miss Maria Crukshank, the mystery woman, is Jane Ellen Fowler. 1 < ' Tommy Morton is the ship captain,, concerned about his very important passenger, Hen ry Van Cleve, a role played by Rickl Corley. Alfred Niver plays the ship detective and Van Cleve’s bodyguard. Buzzing around the girls on board are three college boys, enacted by Bruce Mills, John ny Glover and Virgil Cook. Roger Cooper will be a bank er on the voyage. Mike Reddeck will portray Honey-Boy Brown, who carries a large satchel, trying to shove his cereal off pn everyone. Tommy Jenkins will create the role of a vita min-eating hypochondriac. Deck hands and cabin boys are Keith Cauley, Larry Ed wards and Perry Simpson. Carolyn Long will serve as prompter. Stage manager is Donna Franklin.-Hap McSween will produce the sound effects. The play is under the direc tion of Miss June Adair and Mrs. Winifred Poole. Tickets will be on sale at the door. us to expand our operations ' here.” “We are deeply appreciative of Phinney’s efforts in our behalf,” McGinnis added, “as well as for the interest taken by local civic groups. Gov. Donald S. Russell, Walter W. Harper and Sloan Ga ble of the State Development Boami. Robert Wasson and other members of the South Carolina Tax Commission, Sen. King Dix on and the Laurens county dele gation, Mayor Paul Culbertson and other state and county au thorities.” The sales and administrative offices and the development lab oratory of the Titania Division will remain in Chattanooga. General contractor for the new facility, located adjacent to tl|i original plant opened in 1961, will be Roberson Construction Com pany, Colombia. Carolina Me chanical Contractors, Inc., Greenville, will do the »wmi»«ni cal work and Ivey Electrical Company, Spartanburg, will do the electrical work. The building, faced with a combination of brick and pre stressed panels, is designed to utilize the economies and advan tages of pre-stressed concrete. Offices and general manufactur ing area—with the exception of drying, kiln rooms and ware house areas—will be air condi tioned. Closely controlled tempera tures in the control laboratory and precision grinding areas will make it possible to mnintj»h? the degree of accuracy required in electrical and ceramic measure ments. American Lava, which em ploys 1,200 people at its Chatta nooga headquarters, has been in business 61 years. In 1963 it be came a wholly owned subsidiary of the 3M Company. Technical ceramics, in addition to invalu able industrial applications, are found in such everyday items as electric stoves, clothes dryers, and television sets. ThornweN Choral Program Set Friday Over two hundred and fifty grammar and high school stu dents will participate in a spring choral program at Thontweii School on Friday, April 19 at 6 Sponsored by the school’s mu sic department the program is slated for the school auditorium, featuring various choral groups. The public is invited to attend. - " ilii J Gary Hardie, Jr. with the Cotton ation of Spartanburg. Scouts Will Meet Friday h CIMoo Laurens District, Boy Scouts of Americ wil hold a commit tee meeting on Friday, April 19, at V p. xr. at Vernon’s of Clinton, wofording to W. C. Baldwin,< i executive board of the Blue Council has scheduled a in Greenville on April p. m. Morrison's Cafe- Is the meeting place. Brackett, local Boeut exe- has orged fta* all foeal />,*■: i" m ii HPi mm m tm RigMifhtinf tilt County unit of 1‘ dety banquet , Hotel Mary Mi 4 ~"Or lit the ruA • e» t w »jf MatOae " ni niriqi*