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Clinton S. C, Thursday, May 16, 1963
State School Bus Road-E-0 Winners
Clinton High School copped the State
School Bus Road-E-0 for the second con
secutive year at the event held Saturday
in Columbia. ' <
The winning team included, left to
right, Donna Franklin, Betty Setter-
Second Straight Year
white, Ansel Gilliam and Janet Lawson.
Miss Franklin represented the Clinton
High School Transportation Club in the
sweetheart contest. Avery Smith, of the
Clinton High School faculty, worked
with the winning team.—Photo by Dan
Yarborough.
Ointoii High Cops State Road-E-0
Clinton High School for the sec
ond consecutive year won the
State School Bus Road-E-O. The
Road-E-O was held at the Colum
bia airport on Saturday, May 11.
The Clinton High team was
composed of three members, An
sel Gilliam, the driver; Janet
Lawson, the front patrolman,
and Betty Satterwhite, the rear
patrolman. The winning driver
received a $500 scholarship. The
front and rear paltrolman receiv
ed a $50.00 and $25.00 savings
bond, respectively.
Second place was won by the
Andrews High School team, rep
resenting Georgetown County.,
and third place was won by Cal
houn Falls High School, repre
senting Abbeville County.
In order for a school to par
ticipate in the State Road-E-O,
it must have an organised Trans
portation Club and be operating
under- u dswwrit pslad system -
They also must have an entrance
fee ef $90.00 a team to enter.
The Lauren| County Delegation
gave $90.00 for the white team
and $90.00 for the colored team so
that Laurens County might rater.
This year both teams from
Laurens County won the Road-
E-O and received $1000.00 in
scholarships and $150.00 in
awards.
The rules and regulations were
set up by the State Educational
Finance Commission, which is
the owner of all state school
buses Snd this organization also
sponsors the State Road-E-O.
This is the third year they have
sponsored these contests in which
Clinton High has won a second
place and two first places.
I Each driver that participated
in the Road-E-O was graded on
three different tests, inrluHing a
written test on the rules and reg
ulations governing school buses;
a skill test, where a driver shows
his driving skill by driving
through an obstacle course; and
a road test, where the driver,
along with his front and rear pa
trolmen, demonstrates the proper
procedure for school bus opera
tion. Some of these procedures
cover railroad crossings, loading
and unloading students, and
turn-abouts. The judges used for
these tests were highway patrol
men who have trained bus driv
ers. *a
The teams spent Friday after
noon and night at the Tremont
Motel, and a banquet was held at
Swain’s Charcoal Steak House,
where the Bus Driver Sweetheart
Contest was the highlight of the
program. 5
In order for a girl to compete
in the sweetheart contest, she
must be a certified school bus
driver. Miss Donna Franklin rep
resented Clinton High. The con
test was won by Miss Floree Can
trell of Daniel High School, Pick
ens County.
The counties that participated
in the contest were as follows:
Abbeville, Aiken, Adnerson, Col
leton, Edgefield, Florence,
Georgetown, Laurens, Pickens,
Richland, Saluda, and York.
Merchants Division
Slates.'Value Days'
Clinton Merchants Division of
the Clinton Chamber of Com
merce announced May “Value
Days” this week at their Tues
day morning meeting at the
Mary Musgrove Hotel.
Chairman Charles Buice pre
sided at the meeting.
Plans were completed for “Val
ue Days,” set for May 23-June
1. Most member firms will par
ticipate by offering special buys
to shoppers during the event.
Participating merchants will
use “Value Days” banners in
their windows and put out spec
ial flags. The flag is 3* by 5’
multi-striped Hag to be displayed
on a flag pole in front of each
firm.
Legislative Affairs committee
members J. C. Thomas, Francis
Blalock and J. Robert Cox,
chairman, were in Columbia last
Wednesday for the hearing on
the Minimum Wage Proposal
biU.
Other committee reports were
heard from the welcome and
holiday store house schedule
committee chaimen.
J. A. Orr, Western Auto As
sociate Store, won the attend
ance prize—an electric can open
er—given by Maxwell Bros Fur
niture Co. The prize for next
month will be donated by Sears,
Roebuck Co.
Supply Bill Has
$100,000 Increase
Laurens County’s supply bill
was to be introduced in the
House Wednesday, a bill totaling
$652,653—a $100,000 increase over
the current year’s budget.
The bill carries an across-the-
board salary increase of five
per cent for alj county employ
ees; $50,000 increase for the su
pervisor’s office to purchase new
equipment; and $25,000 for re
pairs to the court house.
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A unique feature of the bill is
that it appropriates $600 to Lau
rens and Clinton National Guard
Units on condition that “these
funds are not available if any
guard units are called into fed
eral service or if called out to
police any integrated school in
the state.”
Dinner Tonight In
Honor of Graduates
A senior dinner, in honor of
the 1963 graduating class at
Presbyterian College, will be held
this Thursday night in the col
lege dining hall.
John A. Montgomery, PC
alumnus who is editor of The
Columbia Record, daily news
paper, is scheduled to deliver the
main address of the occasion.
The program will also include
Dr. J. Newton Gaston of Chester,
president of the Presbyterian
College Alumni Association,
bringing words of welcome to
the group as forthcoming alum
ni, and a response by senior class
president Bill Bryan of Bain-
bridge, Ga.
All Saints Hears
Reports, Elects
Parish Officials
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
held its annual parish meeting on
Sunday, ~lliy V following the
morning worship.
Reports were heard from the
Priest-in-charge, the senior war
den, the women of the church
and the Diocesan convention
delegates.
Election of officers was held
with Michael R. Turner being
elected as senior warden; Earl
B. Halsall as junior warden and
the following as committeemen:
Alex B. Stump, Robert Hel-
lams, Dr. N. Sullivan and
John Glover.
A special vote of thanks was
offered to John Glover, treasurer,
for his long and faithful service
and also to Mrs. M. R. Turner,
for her service as organist.
Dr. Weersing Chosen PC President
Presently Serves
Spartanburg's
First Presbyterian
Contest Deadline
Extended; Monday
is Closing Date
Due to a special extension,
there are a few days left to get
your entries in for the Shop-At-
Home letter contest offered in
conjunction with the page adver
tisement featured on alternate
weeks in The Chronicle
Letters or postcards Idling in
50 words or less “Why I Like to
Shop at Home,” must be post-
m^rked by Monday, May 10, to
be eligible for the prize of $25.00
in merchandise certificates
Read the Stop at Home page
in this week’s issue of The Chron
icle for rules concerning the con
test.
The $25.00 in certificates may
be used- with any participating
merchant.
In addition to the letter con
test, there is a second way to
win. Among the ads, you might
find your name, which means
you’ve won a free pass to the
Broadway Theatre.
Read the Shop-At-Home ad
each week it appears and learn
of the many products,
and bargains offered by
own friendly merchants.
And don't forget—get yo
tries for the $25.00 Letter
postmarked by Monday, May 19.
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Vote
Sets lusmess Meet
An
ing has |sen scheduled lor Tues
day, May n, at the New School
at 10:00 a. m. tor the Whitten
Village Voluntm. | ^
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Chronicle Story In
National Magazine
A story on The Chroniclers
successful circulation promo
tion campaign last fall was the
subject of a story in the May
issue of National Publisher,
Washington, D. C., published
by the National Editorial As
sociation.
The story on The Chronicle’s
substantial increase in readers
will be read by publishers all
over the country.
Bell Street High
Sets Senior Events
Commencement exercises for
Bell Street High School will be
gin on Monday, May 20, with
Senior Class Night set for 8 p. m.
The annual Sermon is schedul
ed ^or Sunday, May 26 with the
Rev. j. E. Holmes, pastor of
Bethel A.M.E. church, Laurens,
as speaker.
Graduating exercises will be
held Monday, May 27 at 8 p. m.,
with the following speakers: John
Thomas Ric4 valedictorian; Joe
Mack Adams, salutatorian, and
Rosilee Morris, class president.
Candidates for graduation in-
cldue: Cora Garlington, Charles
Bell, Gilbert Herbert, Wyvonne
Leake, Ethel Kinard, Dorothy
Douglas, Bettye Grant and Cla-
renda Suber.
Also Bettye JaynqiGkarle? Litr
tle, William Long, (Frofilee Mor
ris, Peggy Watson, Louvenia
Harley, Willie Jackson, Lorenzo
Evans, Jr., Edith Floyd and Lou-
vonia Price.
Others include Brenda Lind
say, Shirley Leake, Rose Lee
Byrd, Erskine Lindsay, Jr.,
Edith Atkins, CoLietta Mae Jones,
Mazella Richard, Jessie Mae
Barr, and Louella Williams.
Also John T h o ilti a s Rice,
.George Kindley, Alexander Mc-
Math, Joe Mack Adams, Mae
William Bluford, Ray Murphy,
Jr., and Henry L. Metz.
District BSA Meet
Friday in Laurens
Laurens District, Boy Scouts
of America, will hold an execu
tive committee meeting on Fri
day, May 17, at 7:30 p. m. at
the Carolina Drive-In Steak
House, according to W. C. Bald
win, chairman.
All members are urged to at
tend this final meeting before the
summer season.
A court of honor has been
scheduled foif the district on
Monday, May'20, at 7:30 p. m. at
the First Methodist Church in
Laftrens.
Ralph Tedards, advancement
chairman, said this week that
Troop 78 of Laurens will be the
host troop.
Poppy Day Slated
By Legion Auxiliary
Saturday, May 25 will be ob
served as Poppy Day in Clinton.
The annual event is sponsored
by the American Legion Auxili
ary-
Campfire Girls of Uie Clinton
area will assist in the sale of the
poppies, which are memorials to
all veterans.
Manufactured at the Veteran’s
Hospital in Columbia, the pro
ceeds are used to help veterans
and their families. Mrs. Thomas
Baldwin is chairman of the
event, with Mrs. W. G. King as
co-chairman.
Final Dress Parade
For ROTC Unit Today
The final dress parade of the
Presbyterian College ROTC bat-
talion, closing military activity
for the 1962-63 school year, is
scheduled for 3:00 p. m., Thurs
day, on Johnsqn Field, Lt Col
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DR. MARC C. WEERSING
TB And Health Assn.
Names Committeemen
Committees have been named anna; and Charles W. Red, Lau-
by Rev. James A. Bowers, Tu
berculosis and Health Associa
tion president, to carry out pro
gram activities in Greenwood
and Laurens Counties during
1963-64.
Ten board committees and two
advisory committees will imple
ment the program of work plan
ned by a group headed by Henry
M. Paris.
The program of work is a de
tailed document to show clear ob
jectives and methods to be used
in attaining the association’s
goal of better health through the
eradication of tuberculosis and
the control of other respiratory
diseases.
Committee assignments of Lau
rens County members include:
Annual Meeting: J. R. Noble,
Laurens; David H. Roberts, Clin
ton; Mrs. R. H. Roper, Laurens;
Mrs. John T. Young, Clinton.
Arden House: Claude A. Crock
er. Clinton; Rev. James B. Mit
chell, Joanna; J. R. Noble, Lau
rens.
Christmas Seal Campaign:
Mrs. D. H Mc.Fadden, Clinton;
Rev. James B. Mitchell, Jo-
rens.
Health Education: Dr. Robert
S. Cooper, Laurens, chairman;
Mrs. George R. Blalock, Clinton;
Charles W. Red, Laurens, and W.
K. Waits, Joanna.
Legislative: G. N. Foy, Jo
anna; and F. J. Hemrick, Lau
rens.
Long Range Planning: Henry
M. Farts, Laurens, chairman;
Mrs. D. H. McFadden, Clinotn.
Nominating: George H. Cornel-
son, Clinton, chairman; Dr. Ro
bert S. Cooper, Laurens.
Patient Services: Miss Bettie
W. Richards, Laurens; and W.
K. Waits, Joanna.
Respiratory Diseases: Dr. Wil
liam D. Irvine, Laurens, chair
man; David H. Roberts, Clin
ton; James P. Sloan, Joanna;
and Miss Inez Tucker, Clinton.
Speakers Brueau: Miss Bettie
W. Richards, Laurens; and Mrs.
John T. Young, Clinton.
Medical Advisory: Dr. Von A
Long, Laurens; Dr. E. N. Sul
livan, Clinton; and Dr. M. M.
Teague, Laurens.
Advisory: McQuilla Hudson,
Clinton; I. M. White, Laurens,
and Mrs. M. C. Whitener, Lau
rens.
Joanna Old Timers Club
Inducts 14 At Banquet
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iHe said the parade is in honor
if graduating senior cadets, with
ll awards to be presented at this
James M. Oeland, PC’s
I president in charge of de-
opment.
Wesley BrotfieHiood
To Meet Toniglit
: The Wesley Brotherhood of
Broad Street Methodist Church
wffi meet tonight (Thursday) in
Jlodges HalL TUs will be the last
meeting until fell and a good at
tendance fe urged. The me&ng
Will begin wm Neper at 7:90
by toe chorus of foe Clinton Mu
sic Club.
Joanna Cotton Mills Company
was host to members of the Old
Timers Club and their husbands
or wives at a banquet in Pres
byterian College dining hall, Clin
ton, on Saturday evening, May
11. Fourteen new members were*
inducted into the club, composed
of employees with 25 or more
years of service^ bringing the to- j
tal membership to 270.
Roy Boyce, outgoing president
of the club, presented certificates
of membership to the inductees.
Walter Regnery, vice-president of
Joanna Western Mills Company
and general manager of Joanna
Cotton Mills Company, gave
each a gold pin in the shape of a
window shade. A pendant hang
ing from the pin gives the num
ber of years service and is chang
ed yearly.
Members inducted at this four
teenth annual banquet were:
Mrs. Lucille R. Bedenbaugh.
Mrs. Sallie R. Bridges, Mrs. Nel
lie Jester, and Messers. W. E.
Caudell, T. E. Crapps, H. M. El
liott, Woodrow Merchant, S. P.
Motes, C. O. Norris, C. H. Salter,
V. B. Sanford ,G. V. Sellers, J.
E. Stroud .and J. C. Young.
John Holland Hunter, who has
served as master of ceremonies
for fourteen years and who is re- t
tiring, from employment in Juna,'
was made an honorary member
of the dub.
In ftfiHirtnn tp g welconw ad
dress by Mr. Regnery, election of
officers, induction
hers, and a resolut
of deceas'd members, foe
by the Barnett
singers of TV and- pemaM-ap-
Evans, president, C. E. Chap
man, vice president; and Mrs.
Ruth Mitchell, secretary-treasur
er. Former presidents of the club
were recognized. They include
Mrs. Robbie Francis, the late
Mrs. Bertha Stroud, Mrs. Grace
Clark, Judson Whitmire, L. B.
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Presbyterian College has called
Dr. Marc C. Weersing, 49-year-
old pastor of the Spartanburg
First Presbyterian Church, to be
its 14th president, and his decis
ion is expected within the next
few days.
The announcement of his selec
tion to succeed President Mar
shall W. Brown was made on
Monday afternoon by Trustee
Chairman Robert M. Vance of
Clinton after a special meeting
of the PC board of trustees. Dr.
Weersing met with his church of
ficers later that day and is sched
uled to advise his congregation
of his plans on Sunday mor
ning.
Dr. Brown announced his re
tirement at the March 5 annual
meeting of the board and re
quested that the trustees appoint
a committee to select his suc
cessor. He pointed out that he
was nearing the normal retire
ment age after 38 years of service
to Presbyterian College, the last
18 as president. The trustee se
lection committee was heqded by
Dr. Eugene T. Wilson of Atlanta.
Dr. Weersing has been pastor
of the Spartanburg First Church,
the largest Presbyterian Church
in the Synod of South Carolina,
since 1955. In addition to serving
his congregation of some 1,800
members there, he has been ac
tive in the work of the Presbyte
rian General Assembly and in civ.
ic endeavors of Spartanburg. He
currently is a member of the
Board of World Missions of the
Presbyterian Church, US, and
previously served on the Assem
bly’s General Council.
Dr. Weersing’s experience in
the field of higher education in
cludes seven years on the board
of trustees -of Presbyterian Col
lege, 1956-63. He was co-chair
man of the 1962 capital funds
campaign which secured more
than $1,800,000 for PC from the
Synod of South Carolina.
Marc Weersing, the son of a
minister, is a native of Grand
Rapids, Mich., who has spent his
entire ministry in the Deep
South. After earning his BA de
gree from Calvin Collage in
Grand Rapids in 1994, he re
ceived his bachelor of theology
from Calvin Theological Semi
nary in 1937 and his master of
theology from Columbia Theo
logical Seminary in Dactur, Ga.,
in 1938. He holds an honorary
doctor of divinity degree from
Southwestern at Memphis.
Weersing entered the ministry
as pastor of the Elberton (Ga.)
First Presbyterian Church in
1938. He became pastor of Deca
tur’s Oakhurst Church in 1942
and then served the Central
Church of Jackson, Miss., 1947-
55, before moving to Spartan
burg.
He is married to the former
Jean Barry Adams of Charlotte,
an Agnes Scott graduate whom
he met while they were both
studying in Decatur. They have
an 18-year-old daughter, Marcia,
and one son, J. Barry, now* 19.
Of his selection by the trus
tees today, Dr. Weersing said:
“The action of the board of
trustees of Presbyterian College,
which calls me to consider ser
vice as the President of the Col-
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