The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 13, 1963, Image 1
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Presbyterian Women To
Gather Here on Monday
Presbyterian women of South
Carolina will converge on Pres
byterian College next Monday to
make the 1963 Synodical Train
ing School possibly the largest
in the 16-year history of this ac
credited school for religious
training.
Advanced reservations have
soared well above any previous
year. Mrs. 4ohn B. Cooley, the
registrar, from Mountville, re
ported this week. She expects
many more before the opening
session. The total attendance of
resident and commuting students
is expected to exceed last year’s
record 400.
Seven outstanding religious
leaders will serve as the faculty
for this week-long training school
which will run through Friday,
June 21. They will teach seven
courses daily, Tuesday through
Friday, and diplomas and certifi
cates will he awarded at the
closing session on Friday after
noon bo woman who qualify with
a sufficient number of credits.
The Synodical Training School
will open on the PC campus
with registration from 2:00 p. m.
to 0:25 p. m., Monday. That night
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Whitlock Gets
Recommendation For
Navy Bravery Medal
J. S. Whitlock, of this city, has
received a letter from Capt. L.
Grabowski, U. S. Navy, inform
ing him that his son, Robert E.
Whitlock, has been recommended
to receive the bravery medal of
the Navy and Marine Corps. He
moeiaod 4fce reeommendatien af
ter saving three small children
from drowning on June 7. In ad
dition to this recommendation,
the parents of the children are
presenting Whitlock with the
Commerce Medal.
The 29-year-old sailor is sta
tioned aboard the USS Hector
(AR-7) in San Francisco, Calif.
He will leave soon for overseas
duty in Japan.
No details have been received
pertaining to the act of heroism,
from either the Navy or young
Whitlock.
Ginton Girls At
Camp Fellowship
Some eighty girls of the Petaga
and Lewa Districts of the Clin
ton Council of Camp Fire Girls,
along with their leaders and di
rectors, left Monday, June 10,
for a weeks’ outing of camping
and fun at Camp Fellowship on
Lake Greenwood. Mrs. Eva Land
$nd Miss Nellie Osborne are di
rectors.
Staff members consist of Mrs.
Marvin Whitmire, graduate of
Newberry College, conducting na
ture studies, using materials
from the Clemson Forestry Ex
tension Service. Misses Brenda
Fallaw and Alice Cunningham,
of Winthrop College, will give
classes in physical education,
along with two certified life
guards, John Eichelberger and
Jimmy Lyda, on the waterfront,
and the two camp caretakers,
Billy Cooper and Gwyn McCutch-
en. Others assisting include Mrs.
Noleeke Foster, Mrs. Evelyn
Snelgrove, Mrs. Minnie Beck,
Miss Judy Laney, Mrs. Zetha
Adams, Miss Marie Martin, Miss
Priscilla Gaskin, Miss Joyce
Watt, Miss Charlene Evans and
Miss Linda White.
Rev. Julian Weisner, pastor of
Baiey Memorial Methodist
Church, is in charge of recrea
tion, which includes swimming,
folk movement, singing, craft,
ceremonials, and devotionals.
Mrs. Paul Muller, executive di
rector of the council, visited
Wednesday and Thursday, help
ing the girts with their camp
records.
Special attraction for the girls
yesterday was parents day, with
several of the parents attending,
f&owed by movies shown by
Mrs. William Terry.
Today the girls are having
their ceremonials and several of
the board of directors are plan
ning to attend.
Saturday will complete the
1963 camping year. * .
at 7:30 there will be an address
in Belk Auditorium by Dr. T.
Watson Street, executive secre
tary of the Board of World Mis
sions, Presbyterian Church, US,
followed by an informal recep
tion. The regular schedule of
classes will begin on Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. E. G. McCall of Rock
Hill, serves as dean of the school;
and Mrs. Charles W. Wright of
Columbia, as director. The seven
faculty members include:
Dr. Manford G. Gutzke and Dr.
Neely McCarter, both professors
at Columbia Theological Semi
nary, Decatur, Ga.; Dr. Street;
Dr. Janie W. McGauhey of At
lanta, former executive secre
tary of the Board of ^omen’s
Work, Presbyterian Church US;
Mrs. Morrell DeReign, of Car-
ruthersville, Mo., a former chair
man, Board of Woman’s Work;
Mrs. Walter Trulock, Jr., of
Sherrell, Ark., a former member,
Board of Women’s Work; and
Mrs. Edward S. Currie of Mon
treat, N. C., retired missionary.
Other speakers on the program
are: Dr. Lynn Tenjple Jones,
pastor of Colunftbia’s Eastmin-
ster Presbyterian Church; the
Rev. G. Jarvis McMillan, also
of Columbia, and supervisor of
chaplain training for the South
Carolina State Hospital; and Dr.
Marshall W. Brown, retiring
president of Presbyterian Col
lege. -
The South Carolina Synodical
Trainnig School is held annually
during June on the Presbyterian
College campus. Women dele
gates are housed in the dormito
ries and make use of the dining,
classroom and recreational fa
cilities of the college.
The daily routine, starting
Tuesday morning, will follow this
schedule: «—
7:20-7:35 a. m.—Morning wor
ship in the Dougla^ House.
7:45 a. m.—Breakfast.
8:45-10:00 a. m.—Classes.
“Stewardship,” by Dr.
Gaughey.
“W o r 1 d Missions,’’ by
Street.
“Womeq in the Church,’
Mrs. Trulock.
“Missionary Education in the
Local Church,” Mrs. Currie.
“The Church in History,” Mrs.
DeReign.
“Fundamentals of Covenant
Life Curriculum,” Dr. McCarter.
10:00-11:45 a. m.—Bible Book
Study, Dr. Gutzke.
11:55-1:10—Retreat Classes.
1:15 p. m.—Lunch.
Afternoon hours—Meetings and
conferences.
The Tuesday evening meeting
will hear an address by Mr. Mc
Millan; and the Thursday night
assembly, an' address by Dr.
Jones. Both are set for 7:30 p.
m. in Belk Auditorium.
County's Supply
Measure Enacted
The Laurens County appro
priations bill has passed both
houses of the General Assem
bly in substantially the form
as amended by Senator King
Dixon, it was learned Oils
week.
The bill as passed by the
House members contained two
appropriations that -were cut
from the bill the Senate.
They were $50,000 for road ma
chinery for the Supervisor’s of
fice and $25,000 for repairs to
the court house.
Dixon stated this week that if
sufficient surplus funds existed
at the close of the 1963-64 fiscal
year next June, he would agree
to the purchase of the road ma
chinery and repairing the court
house.
Appropriations in the bill for
county operations for the com
ing year total approximate^
$586,405. The new fiscal yea/
begins July 1.
Three Injured In
Wreck Near Here
Three persons were admitted
to Bailey Memorial Hospital Sat
urday after two cars smashed
head-on at 4:30 a. m. on U. S.
Highway 72, 10 miles south of
here.
Hospital officials said Mrs.
Geraldine Shockley, 24, Mrs. Nel
lie Birch Sherfield, 35, and Billy
Eugene Sherfield, 35, all of Hin
ton, were admitted. f ,
State Highway Patrolman
James Edens said James Fred
erick Young, 39, of Clinton, was
driver of a 1958 Chevrolet in col
lision with a 1956 Dodge driven
by B. Frank Shockley, 25. of Rt.
2. Laurens.
All of the injured were from
the Shockley vehicle. Other occu
pants of both cars.escaped in
jury.
Lions Gub To Hear
Dairy Specialist
Me- Dr - W. A - King, head of the
I Clemson College Department of
Dairy Science, will, speak to th»
Clinton Lions Club at the regular
meeting Friday night.
Dr. King is a native of Due
West, and attended Erskine and
Clemson Colleges. He has been
at Clemson since 1949. His sub
ject will be “The Dairy Picture.”
Watford Gets Dental
Degree At Tennessee
L. Carroll Watford, Jr., of Dar
lington, received the degree of
Doctor of Dental Surgery at com
mencement exercises of the Uni-
v e r s i t y of Tennessee Medical
Units at Memphis Sunday.
Dr. Watford, who attended
Presbyterian College and Coker
College, is married to the former
Miss Connie Burts of Clinton.
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Ginton, S. C, Thursday, June 13, 1963
Dr.
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Miss (” ' Contest
Slated for Saturday
Aide For County
Wetfore Deportment
Miss Barbara Jo Boyce,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. I.
Boyce, of Joanna, is working as
case worker 'In the Laurens
County Welfare Department this
summer.
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Eight lovely girls will compete
for the title of Miss Clinton Sat
urday night at 8:00 o’clock in the
fourth annual Miss Clinton pag
eant to be held in Belk Audito
rium.
Miss Franceen Smith, Miss
Clinton of 1962, will serve as
the official hostess of the event.
Larry Garr, veteran radio an
nouncer and sportscaster for
WLBG radio in Laurens, will be
the master of ceremonies.
This year’s contestants are
Verle Barker, 18; A m e Lou
Black, 18; Brenda Fallaw, 17;
Jimmie Furr, 18; Geraldine Hay-
dock, 20; Judy Laney, 20; Mary
Bart Stump, 17; and Sylvia Sum
merville, 20.
The pageant, sponsored by the
Clinton Jaycees, will present the
girls in evening gown competi
tion, swim suit competition and
talent competition. The winner
will be Clinton’s representative to
the Miss South Carolina Pageant.
A fashion show of the latest
women’s Cushions will be present
ed during intermission.
Holloway Services
Conducted Friday
Hubert H. Holloway, 83, died
Wednesday, June 5, at a local
hospital after an illness of sev
eral months.
He was a native of Wake Coun
ty, N. C., son of the late Adolphus
R. and Martha A. Parker Hollo
way. He had lived in Laurens
County for a number of years.
He was a member of the First
Baptist Church. He was married
twice. His first martrage was to
the formed Miss Ethel Young
who died Nov. 2. 1966. His sec
ond marriage was to Mrs. Laura
Mae Bice, Who survives.
In addition to his wife he is
survfte^by three sisters, Mrs.
Bessie Rogers of Chadburn, N.
C.; Mrs. Eunice Richardson of
Garner, N. C.; and Mrs. Robert
Ward of Raleigh, N. C.
services were conduct
ed at 11:80 a. m., Friday, at a 90-ft. reinforced concrete
aaa« ■ araauMi^e
the Gray funwiTRfiftna by Raw
J. H. Darr. Burial was in Ros* ft^ bridge over
mont cemetery.
MISS FRANCEEN SMITH
T6 Association
Finds 7 New Cases
Seven new cases of tuberculo
sis were diagnosed in Greenwood-
Laurens Counties in April, ac
cording to figures received by
the Tuberculosis and Health As
sociation from the two County
Health Departments.
Chest clinics in the two coun
ties X-rayed a total of 433 during
April and reported these find
ings: 4 primary tuberculosis, 2
minimal tuberculosis, 1 far ad
vanced tuberculosis and 1 sus
pected tuberculosis.
public health nurses admin
istered 599 tuberculin tests re
sulting in 120 positive reactions.
A positive reaction shows that
TB germs have entered the body.
A chest X-ray shows whether the
germs have done any damage to
the hangs, the organ most often
attacked by the tubercle bacilluf.
Highway Dept. To
Build Two Bridges
In Joanna Area
The South Carolina Highway
Department will open bids in Co
lumbia mi June
Council Proposes
Beautification Of
Former Depot Area
City Council Friday night dis
cussed a proposed beautification
project for the area once occu
pied by the old CN&L Rail
road passenger station, which
was demolished this spring.
The street department was in
structed to investigate possibili
ties for the project and make rec
ommendations at the next coun
cil meeting. Alderman S- A. Pitts
pointed out that railroad officials
had refused to grant the city’s re
quest for use of the area for a
city parking lot, but he said they
had indicated they might be will
ing to allow the land to be used
for a “garden.”
Pitts outlined proposed plans
for the area which call for flow
er beds and grass to be enclosed
by a low fence.
Council authorized Councilman
Pitts to contact railroad officials
to obtain approval for the proj
ect. /.
Cecil White, city attorney, told
council that engineers are obtain
ing rights-of-way for a lagoon
project that is a part of the $166,-
000 sewer expansion program al
ready approved by ceuneil. The
sewage lagoon and outfall line to
serve the southeastern section of
"the city, and construction of a
pumping station in the northeast
ern area are the principal pro
jects of the expansion program.
Mayor J. J. Cornwall reurned
to the council session after an
absence of several months be
cause of illness and presided over
the meeting. He praised the city
employees for their excellent
work and told council that when
the tune comes for salary in
creases he hoped council would
take this into consideration.
■ In other action, council:
' —Approved purchase of an In
ternational truck chassis and cab
for the street department from
Cooper Motor Co., on a bid of $2,-
572.94, the lowest received.
—Authorized City Clerk Brooks
Owens to obtain, the truck body
bids and complete the purchase.
—Voted to contribute $160 to
the American Legion baseball
team and the same amount to
the Wildcat Recreation Associa
tion. '' —“
Duncan Creek
Watershed Area
Work Progressing
Duncan Creek Watershed was
put into operation in September,
1962, and work is progressing ac
cording to schedule, according
to B. R. Abercrombie, Soil Con
servation Service. Of the 258
landowners having a total of 45,-
858 acres, 172 are cooperators
with the Laurens County Soil
Conservation' District on a to
tal of 29,842 acres, 163 have com
plete farm conservation plans on
28,285 acres. Clinton High School
and the South Carolina Highway
Department are district coopera
tors. On 12 farms totaling 2,007
acres plans are applied.
The South Carolina Commis
sion of Forestry, through agree
ment with the U. S. Forest Ser
vice and the Duncan Creek Wa
tershed Conservation District has
planted 75 acres of trees on se
verely eroded land. Gullied areas
have been smoothed with bull
dozers and grasses and legumes
planted on 33 acres. The South
Carolina Highway Department
will slope and seed 3.2 miles of
roadbanks along Highway 72 be
tween 1-26 and Tip Top in the
near future. On such critical
area treatment the Duncan Creek
Watershed Conservation District
cost-shares with individual land-
owners. Soil Conservation Service
personnel provide technical as
sistance for planning and apply
ing such areas.
Eighty-four percent of the land
above two floodwater retarding
dams located on WhittenIvillage
property just above 1-26, is now
u n cT e r complete conservation
plan and eighty percent of the se
verely eroding areas adversely
affecting the two structures have
been vegetated. Channel improve
ment work and Sand Creek will
be done this summer.
Landowners desiring financial
and/or technical assistance on in
stalling soil and water conserva
tion practices should contact the
Soil Conservation Service whose
office is in the post office build
ing in Laurens, or one of the
watershed directors. —-
bridge projects in various parts
of the state.
Included are bids on two
bridges in the Joanna section, a
over Bush Ripar and
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both on Highway OR
Mimi Martin Awarded
Coker Scholarship
Mimi Martin, rising Junior at
Coker College, Hartsville, has
been honored for the second con-
tion of a W1
ibers Cok-
She won
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Scene of Drowning
R. M. Conner, kneeling right, looks into the waters
of Little River as rescuers search for the body of his
companion, Bennie F. Hill, who fell into the river while
checking turtle hooks around 9:30 Saturday night.
Shown standing at right is A. C. Suber, Negro of the
Milton Community, who found the body around 5:30
a. m., Sunday. The accident occurred some 10 miles
southwest of Clinton.—Photo by Jimmy Cooper.
Mimi
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EngUsh award for
tbs daughter of Mr.
8. Taylor Martin.
Cub Seoul Pack 174
Has Picnic; Badge
Presentation Feature
Cub Scout Pack 174 combined
their monthly pack meeting with
a family picnic at the B&PW pic
nic area last Tuesday at 7:00 p.
m. The highlight of the evening
was the presentation of awards.
Those earning awards were:
Wolf Badge—Dean Harris and
Mike Ehrhardt.
Bear Badge — Alvin Donnan,
Jr., Don Dailey, George Dailey,
Tony Holland, Clyde McCrary,
and Mike Beaty.
Lion Badge—Ron Corley.
Gold Wolf Arrow Points—Ver
non Edwards.
Gold Bear Arrow Points—Al
vin Donnan, Jr.
Silver Wolf Arrow Points—
Vernon Edwards.
Silver Bear Arrow Points—Al
vin Donnan, Jr.
Cub Scout Pack 174 is spon
sored by the Torrington Com
pany. Alvin H. Donnan is Cub-
master.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Patients currently at Bailey
Memorial Hospital include:
Newberry—Miss Betty Ellison.
Enoree—Mrs. Pierce Buzhardt.
Kinards—Mrs. Troy Edwards
and baby boy, Mrs. G. W.
Moates and baby boy.
Laurens — Mrs. Lorelton C.
Ganks.
Greenwood—John W. Melton.
Cross Hill—John T. Stokes.
Joanna—Mrs. G. W. Fulmer,
Edgar Frazier, Miss Kathryn
Garrett, James Hollingsworth,
John F. Low man, Mrs. Lloyd
Smith, Mrs. Lela C. Bedenbaugh,
Mrs. J. H. Davenport, Jr., and
baby girl.
Clinton—Mrs. Betty Eldridge,
Mrs. Earline Ficklin, Mrs. Annie
Ruth Ginn, Alonzo J. Hanley,
Mrs. Marlene Lowe, Mrs. Inez J.
Long, John R. Leake, Mrs. W.
F. Meeks, Dennis McElhannon,
Mrs. M. G. Overstreet, Graham
J. Osborn^, Thomas P. Smith,
Ralph V. Simmons, Mrs. Mildred
Simmons, Mrs. Walter Shockley,
Mrs. Bailey E. Sherfield, BiUy
E. Sherfield, Mrs. Lela Turner,
Mrs. Maude G. Witherspoon,
Miss Carrie Watkins, Mrs. Wil
liam L. Wasson, Mrs. Myrtle N.
Brown, Chase L. Brown, Mrs.
L. E. Culbertson, Claudell Du-
ren and Miss Willette Dominick.
DISCHARGED PATIENTS '
Gray Court—Mrs. Robert E.
Weisner.
Cross Hill—Mrs. Howell Sisk.
Kinards—Mrs. Henry Lin ville
and baby boy, and Tommy Leay
Moates.
Joanna —Mrs. Ola Mae Os
borne, Mrs. Dorick Wise, and
Winfield Bishop.
Clinton — Mias Linda Avery,
Benjamin J. Franklin, Mrs. Par
ry Moore, Ifn, Robert E. Fak-
keraa, Mrs. Myra B. Whitten,
Min Maude Geer, Clarence J.
Koon, Carroll Eustace, Mr*. Har-
Brown's Holstein Cow
Produces 16,110 Lbs.
In Period of Year
A 7-year-old Holstein, owned
by D. Eugene Brown & Sons,
Greenwinter Farms, located be
tween Clinton and Laurens, pro
duced 16,110 pounds of milk and
525 pounds of butterfat in 365
days.
Clemson Agricultural College
supervised the weighing and test
ing of production as a part of the
official breed improvement pro
grams of The Holstein-Friesian
Association of America.
In announcing the new record,
a~spoffesman for the national
Holstein organization, said that
it compared to the average cow’s
annual output of 7,211 pounds of
milk containing 270 pounds of
butterfat.
Janet Johnson
Awarded $300
Grant at Winthrop
Among scholarships announced
last week by officials of Win
throp College was one for $300
awarded to Janet Elizabeth
Johnson, recent graduate of Clin
ton High School.
She was awarded a Sears-Roe-
buck Foundation grant.
Janet is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Johnson.
A 56 - year - old Simpsonville
man drowned in the waters of
Little River in the Milton Com
munity of Laurens County some
10 miles southwest of Clinton
around 9:30 p. m., Saturday.
Laurens County Coroner Mar
shall N. Pressley identified the
victim as Bennie F. Hill. He was
employed by J. P. Stevens & Co.
at the Watts Plant in Laurens.
R: M. Conner of Greenville,
who was with Hill at the time of
the accident, said that he, HiU
and Hill’s brother-in-law, E. L.
Holland of Clinton, were check
ing turtle hooks which Hill had
set, when Hill apparently lost
balance and fell from the bank
into the water which was some
12 feet deep.
Conner said that he had walked
away from Hill and Holland
when he heard some bushes
crack, a splash and then Hill
shouting “get me out.” Conner
said that he ran to the site and
jumped into the water, but was
handicapped by its depth.
Conner said, “I had him by the
hand and was trying to get him
back to the bank, but he started
fighting and got loose from me.
Then he caught me by the shirt
and I thought that I could get
him to the bank if he would hold
on, but he turned loose and went
under.”
Conner said that he was almost
overcome by the deep water, but
that Holland held a branch out
and pulled him in.
They then went to Hill’s car
to get aid, but were unable to
use it because the keys were in
Hill’s pocket. They then had to
walk some two miles to a tele
phone where they summoned the
sheriff’s office.
The Fountain Inn Rescue
Standard Plywoods
Sponsors Annual
Bell St. Banquet
The annual athletic banquet of
Bell Street High School, held
recently in the school cafeteria,
was sponsored by the Standard
Plywoods Company of Clinton.
In addition to financing the
banquet, Standard Plywoods also
gives a trophy to be presented to
the most valuable football play
er, won this year by Charles Lit
tle.
Bob Anderson, president of
Standard, has received a letter
of appreciation from Principal
McQuilla Hudson for the com
pany’s sponsorship of the annual
event.
Merchants Asked To
Fly Flags June 14
Charles Buice, chairman of the
Merchants’ Division of the
Chamber of Commerce, requests
that the merchants of Clinton fly
their flags on June 14, National
Flag Day.
Freddie Emery Gets Life
Term For Death of Wife
Laurens—Freddie Lee Emery,
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20, was sentenced in General
Sessions Court to mandatory life
imprisonment Tuesday in the
May 4th strangulation death of
his 34-year-old wife.
The sentence was imposed by
Circuit Judge Steve C. Griffith
after a consent verdict of guilty
with recommendation to mercy
driek.
Mrs. Q. V. Harley, Mr*. Ruby
P. Ivester, Mr*. Clarence Kil
patrick, Mb. David Owen*, Miss
Eleanor Pitts. Mrs. Sadie Quin
ton, Mrs. Roy Workman, Boyce
Wilson and Mrs. Boyce WUeon.
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.Clinton Battery B
At Fort Stewart
Clinton’s Battery B National
Guard unit is among the more
than 7000 South Carolina Guards
men participating in a two-week
encampment at Fort Stewart,
Ga.
The local unit, under the com
mand of Lt. Van Oxner, left Sun
day morning in a convoy to join
other components in the annual
two-week military training pe
riod.
Ahighlight of the two-week en
campment will be a visit next
week-end from 100 South Caro
lina civic and business leaders.
Rev. George Cox -
To Speak Sunday
At Joanna Churcft
The Rev. George Cox of Hop
kinsville, Ky., and native of Clin
ton, will preach at both service*
at the First Baptist Church Sun-
June.!*—-. •
- He and his wife are mission
volunteers and are expecting an
appointment soon from the For
eign Mission Board of the South-
era Baptist convention.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
following testimony of Police
Chief J. W. Power, the only wit
ness called.
Emery was charged with
strangling his wife, Mrs. Bertha
Pulley Emery, who had left their
Greenville home several days
earlier, following a marital dis
agreement. !
Emery was represented by
court-appointed attorneys Thom
as Babb and T. David Sloan.
A statement signed by Emery,
in which he admitted choking
his wife to death, was introduced
as evidence during the abbreviat
ed trial.
The June term of court ad
journed sine die Tuesday about
5:00 p. m., with 30-odd cases con
tinued to the next term, 25 of
them because the defense attor
ney was in a hospital and could
not appear.
Commerce Directors
Meeting Postponed
The meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Clinton Chamber
of Commerce has been postponed
until the third Tuesday, June 25,
at 10:00 a. m.
Committee chairmen who have
not given a report from their
committee are asked to rephrt at
this meeting.
McDaniel Named
Deputy at Joanna
Tyrorme M. “Tony” McDaniel
has accepted the
Joanna.
"McDaniel.
S C Highway Patrol, is married pooto.
to the former Iris Outlaw ’ of Ally,
Camden. They have
stepnen Micnaei, ana rawot ea
Lakewood Dr., hut plan to ~
to Joanna tar the near futn
Squad was called in and arrived
on the scene around 10:30. p. m.
The body was recovered around
5:30 a. m., Sunday by A. C. Su
ber, a Negro of the Milton Com
munity.
Coroner Pressley empaneled a
jury, but said that he does not
plan to hold an inquest.
Investigating with Sheriff
Johnson and Coroner Pressley,
were Deputies C. D. Benjamin,
Joe Jones, Ted Ward and Wal
lace Abercrombie.
Joanna Girl Scouts
Hold Awards Court
On June 3, a Girt Scout Court
of Awards was held at the Jo
anna Club House under the gen
eral direction of Mrs. Marion
Lawson, director of activities at
the club house, assisted by Mrs.
R. B. Smith, Mrs. Barbara Tem
pleton, and Mrs. Kathleen
League.
The flag ceremony was carried
out by Jessie Owens, Marie King,
Dianne Rice, Susan Livingston,
and Martha Ellen Abrams. This
was followed by the singing of
“America.” Retiring of the colors
ended the program.
The Girl Scouts were reminded
of the anticipated changes for
local scouts when a new program
will go into operation in Sep
tember of this year. There will be
four age levels instead of three
for scouts the world over;
Brownies, ages 7 and 8 years;
Junior Girl Scouts, 9, 10, and 11
years; Cadette Girt Scouts, ages
12, 13, 14; and Senior Girl Scouts,
15, 16 and 17 years. A new coun
cil will be formed when the
change takes place. It will be
known as “Old Ninety-Six Girl
Scout Council,” instead of the
Old fftar Fort Council. It will be
composed of seven counties as
follows: Abbeville, Greenwood,
Oconee, Pickens, Laurens and
part of Anderson, with headquar
ters in Greenville. Mrs. Eva Ul-
ricn of Clinton, will serve as
president of the new council,
and Mrs. Marion Lawson of Jo
anna, will serve the organization
committee of the new council.
Girls receiving awards at the
June event were: Nan Atkins, Ru-
nette Bryant, Lynn Byars, Melis
sa Darnell, Pam Honeycutt,
Rhonda Honeycutt, Wanda Mar
shall, Mitzie Moats, and Laura
Waits. These were Brownies
“Flying Up” into the Junior
Troop.
Intermediates receiving recog-
nition were Jean Abrams, Mar
tha Ellen Abrams, Linda Banks,
Vicky Childress, Sue Gaffney,
Babs Handback, Sandra Kinard,
Marie King, Gerry Long, Lind*
Lollis, Linda Davenport, Susan
Davenport, Mary Lou Simpson,
Teresa Timmerman, Dale Na
bors. Jessie Owens, Mary Rog
ers, Pat Rogers, Dianne Rice,
Dorinda Wood, Betty Sheriff,
Tana Jo Price, Gloria Petty,
Tam Nabors, Karen Nabors, and
Susan Livingston. Also, Vicky
Kennington, B o o t s i e Oswalt,
Vicky Crowell, Mary Jaskin, and
Debbie Evans.
Girls going up from Junior
Girl Scouts to Cadettes were:
Linda Davenport, Susan Daven
port, Pat Rogers, Betty Sheriff,
Teresa Timmerman, Marie King,
Linda Lollis, Mary Lou Simpson,
Karen Nabors, Gloris Petty, Jean
Abrams, Mary Rogers, Mary
Jaskin, Dale Nabors, Siki Tana
Jo Price. These girls came for
ward one at a time lighting their
candies from one of three, rep
resenting the Girl Scout Promise,
Girl Scout Desire to Serve, and
the third candle a symbol that
Girl Scouts are true to their
ideals as interpreted by the Girl
Scout Law. Mrs. Barbara Tem
pleton accepted aiid welcomed the
girls into the new troop, of which
she will be leader.
The Brownie Day Camp for
Brownie Scouts of Joanna and
Laurnes will be held again this
year at the Joanna picnic shelter
on Milton Road June 17, IS, 19,
20 and 21, from 9:30 a. m. to
3:00 p. m. each day.
The dates for the Established
Camp at Camp Cherokee for old
er Girl Scouts will be June 16th
through the 22nd.
The meeting days for the local
troops are Brownies,
4:00 p. m. Cadettes, Wednesday
4:f0 p. m. Juniors, Monday aS
at 5:00 p. m., and
nesday at 5:00 p. m.
Swimming Ctassos
Begin Monday
Swimming classes srffi
Moaday, June 17, at the
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