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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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>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,
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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