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i i- .4 - X. ■/f Jr' an mw mt** m i Hi Brownie Day Campers End Joanna Session The last day of the Laurens - Joanna Brownie Scout Day Camp was highlighted by a watermelon cutting, courtesy of W. K. Waits, retired Joanna Cotton Mils Company Assistant Superintendent. The affair was held at the Foundation picnic shelter on Mil- ton Road where the group met daily for one week, June 17-21, and forty-two future Girl Scouts participated in rhythm games and song, handcraft, swimming, and nature study. The group assembled at 10:00 a. m. and were disc missed at 2:30 p. m. with time out for a bag lunch at noon. On Thursday, a cook-out was enjoyed. Directing the camp were Mrs. Robert Haynes, Director of Playgrounds in Laurens; Mrs. Ralph .Waldrep, also of Laurens; and Mrs. Marion Lawson, Joanna. They were assisted by Mrs. Dyke Trakfcs, Mrs. Law. renfe Hudson, J. R. Townsend, Mrs. Harry Ojlessman, and Miss Cheryl Stevenson, all of Lsjyrens; and Mrs. R. V. Smith, Misses Carolyn’Longed Ellen Lawson of Joanna. Steve Floyd and Blly Byars, Boy Scouts, were on hand for first aid assistance. Life guards James Lewis, Bill Bishop and Neil Hall taught swimming and kept an eye on pool safety. This was the fourth year for the Brownie Day Camp. _ Vol. 64 — No. 26 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 27, 1963 Clinton's Mail Goes To Zip Code 29325 Ever get a letter that was de layed because it was sent to Clin ton, North Carolina? The answer is at hand, accord ing to Postmaster W. D. Adair, with the new Zip Code. The code for Clinton is 29325. The number will keep Clinton mail from going to the North Carolina Clinton or any of the twenty-odd other Clintons in the United SUtes. Working like the zone system, the Zip Code will speed mail dis- Hon. Rex L. Carter Kiwams Speaker Rex L. Carter, speaker pro tempore of the South Carolina House of Representatives, will be the guest speaker of the Clinton K i w a n i s Club this evening (Thursday) at the Mary Mus- grove Hotel. A resident of Greenville, Car ter is a lawyer, graduating from Erskine College and the Univer sity of South Carolina. The speaker is a U. S. Coast Gu, rd »'ot mall distribution and detivery serving in both the Atlantic and „ the Pacific. He was first elected to the House in 1953 and was chosen as speaker pro tempore in 1957, and has been re-elected without op position since that date. Horizon Girls Plan Old Maid Session Junior and Senior Horizon girls of Petaga District have planned an open session of “The Order of Mournful Old Maids". The event is set for M. S. Bailey School Cafeteria on Thursday evening, June 27 at 7:30. Rev. Julian Weisner of Bailey Memorial Methodist Church will be in charge. The event, kicking off the new year, will honor boys in the com munity. patch and delivery. It goes into effect nationally on July 1. Postmaster Adair stressed the importance of all citizens of Clin ton learning the Zip Code and using it in their return address on all correspondence. In answering mail, he said, Zip Codes taken from return addresses on incom ing mail should be used. In use, the code should follow the city and state. For example: John Doe, 101 Pleasant Street, Clinton, S. C. “The address oh mail must of ten be read as many as eight or ten times by postal employees, to get it to the proper destine- tioot" Adair said ‘ ‘F.ach handling le Award of slows the process of mail dis- pateh and adds to the opportunity for human error. » “Wits Zip Code, a clerk need only to glance at the code to know immediately to what na tional, area, state and post of fice the letter is destined, and to speed it on its way, cuting up to 24 hours off the time between de posit and delivery." Adair said that when Zip Code is in full swing, the U. S. will have “the most modern system in existence.’ Magician, Family New Clinton Residents A professional magician and his Clinton-born wife, have come here to make their home. He is Bill Colburn and his wife, the former Clara Campbell. With their five children, they have moved to 72 Sunset Drive after living in California. Known professionally as Wil liam Wizard, Colburn will use Clinton as the center of opera tions for his travels throughout the southeast. He plans to teach classes in magic in Clinton in the near fu ture. On schedule also are fSr- formances for Thorn well Orphan age and Whitten Village. <V Xv.v.. : V: !Hfl Ti. & •i 1 Wi ' mm Break-In At Station «a Highway 71, was midnight and l:M a. ms Canty Shari Back Marrah, right, said by Imlrlif a Cm The ftftms tam the sals ef fishing ing cards, a hex ef cigars. at six miles south ef by thieves same time sy. gam Bald, left, and gained te the building kbar «f at cCgt Cab t. Cinton Music Club Takes State Awards The Clinton Muisc Club was the recipient of three awards at the annual convention of the S.C. Federation of Music Clubs held recently in Florence. In addition, the club received special recognition for its 'proj ect for the year. Mrs. Henderson Pitts, official delegate to the convention, re ceived on behalf of the club a National Rating Award, given for the number of points earned on the National Federation rat ing sheet. These points are earn ed for various activities and contributions of the club. The club also receiyed a Doub- rit f^r t^e Parade of American Music program which was given in February by Mrs. Harry McSween, assisted by Mrs. Robert E. Wysor, III, playing the marimba and sev eral of Mrs. McSween’s piano students playing some of her own compositions. The award was based on the quality of music and the way in which it was pre sented. The third award was a yellow ribbon for the Achievement Rec ord Book, a scrapbook recording the clubs’ activities for the year. In receiving special recogni tion for Rs project, the club was one of four throughout the state chosen to present a project report to the President’s Council. Project for the year was the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra children’s concert given last No vember, for which Mrs. Robert Wassung was chairman. The local music club, a mem ber of the National Federation of Music Clubs, was organized in 1927. Its thirty members are acUve in many areas of the city’s musical life. Mrs. Lewis Hay is the retiring president, and Mrs. Paul Muller is the president- elect. A Merchants Announce Special Hours Local business firms will re main open until 7 p.m. Friday, June 28, according to J. C. Thom as, chairman of the Store Hours Schedule Committee of the Mer chant’s Division of the Chamber of Commerce. Stores will .also remain open all day, Wednesday, July 3, ac cording to Thomas. The later closing on June 28 and all day Wednesday, July 3, has been planned for the con venience of the people of the area. < Blackmon Submits Low Bid On Two Bridges Near Joanna The State Highway Department last Wednesday announced low bids on two bridges in the Jo anna area, both on Highway 66. The combined bid of the two structures was 164,757 and was submitted by Blackmon Con struction Co., of Mountyille. One will be built just south of Joanna over Bush River. The other win be northwest of Jo anna over Indian Creek. Both will be 90-ft. bridges. Blackman also submitted low bids on two other projfots. The bid on a bridge widening and culvert job in Chester County was for $36^Utt, and the bid on a 320-ft. bridge in Cherokee Coun ty was 174,749. ft'- ' / T: ‘ . 4 County Council Takes State Honor Five delegates from Laurens County attended the forty-third —[•Annual convention of the South Carolina Home , Demonstration Council last week at Winthrop College. ; The local delegation returned with a red ribbonfcand the Ella Tiller Pearce trophy for scoring highest in the red ribbon group. Those attending included Mrs. N. A. Shouse, local council presi-. dent; Mrs. B. W. Cooper, Shqdy Grove Club; Mrs. R. B. Sumeral, Sandy Springs Club; Mrs. Milton Woods, Eden Club; and Mrs. B. A. Goodwin, Oak Grove Club. Miss Myrtice Taylor, county home demonstration . agent, and her assistant. Mrs. Judy Glover, also attended. “Education—Our Hope for the Future" was the theme of the there-day meet. Late A. B. Langley Honored With PC Scholarship An endowed scholarship fund has been established at Presby terian College in memory of Ar thur Buist Langley, late insur ance executive of Columbia. The fund is being given by his two children, Arthur F. Langley and Mrs. Genevieve Langley Hel ler, both of Columbia. They plan to make periodic gifts to the PC endowment, and the interest is to be used for the memorial schol arship grants. PC Development Vice-Presi dent James M. Oeland, is mak ing the announcement today, pointed out that the late Arthur Buist Langley was a valued friend and former trustee of Presbyterian College, who at tended every meeting of the board from 1940 to 1951 and served as executive committee chairman. He helped to organ ize the Carolina Life Insurance Co. of Columbia in 1902 and was a guiding force in it development for more than 50 years. Arthur F. Langley served as fiM > iriee pr—irient of Life until his retirement in 1961. Mrs. Genevieve Langley Heller is the wife of John G. Heller, who also was affiliated with Carolina Life as vice-president in charge of loans until his 1961 retirement. Miss Laney To Study At School in Chicago Miss Judy Laney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Laney of this city, is a Clinton High School graduate of 1962 and student of piano and voice at Newberry College. Miss Laney plans to en ter Sherwood Music School in Chicago, 111., in September, where she has received a schol arship. TB Tests Are Given By Health Depts. A total of 190 chest X-rays and 251 tuberculin tests were admin istered by the Greenwood and Laurens County Health Depart ments during May. There were 52 positive reac tions to the tuberculin tests, in dicating the presence of TB germs. One new case of tuber culosis was diagnosed by a phy sician in private practice. This one case reported in May con trasts sharply with seven report ed in April. These figures were releasee) by the Tuberculosis and Health As sociation. Tench Owens In Corporation law & Tench P. Owens, local te taking a course on the fibuth Carolina Business Corporation Act. \ The course is being sponsored by the South Carolina Bar Asso ciation in connection wfilr ths Univeristy of South Carolina School of Low in Six weeks are the course, with a each week. Ernest L. JPoft III, 4hv school li the irtlftcibr: Record Enrollment At Summer Session One hundred and thirteen stu dents are attending Presbyterian College’s 1963 summer school, Mrs. Rosyln Martin, registrar, announced today. She said the group, which in cludes 77 men and 36 women, represents a larger enrollment than last year, when 100 students- attended the first term of the summer session. Summer’s accelerated pace will bring the first term to a close on July 17. Registration for the second term then is sched uled to follow the next day, with classwork picking up again on July 19. The second ( terms of PC’s 1963 summer school will extend through August 23. Inquest Conducted ' In Lourens Death LAURENS — Delores Simpson, six-year-old Negro girl of Green ville, came to her death “as a result of an auto accident,” cor oner’s jury decided here Wednes day. The girl was dead on arrival at Laurens District Hospital June 14 after the car in which she was riding overturned on U. S. Highway 276, a quarter mile west of State Highway 101 Inter change. Bennie Lee Miller, 28, stepfath er of the child and driver of the car, testified that he was travel ing at about 55 miles an hour when he approached the top of a slight hill and saw a truck park ed in the right lane. He said all he could remember was “hitting the brakes and passing the park ed vehicle on the left" before losing consciousness. ? Clyde Bennett, a Negro worker with the State Highway Depart ment, testified he was mowing grass nearby when the accident occured. He said he looked back and saw the car leaving the road but said he could not see the car’s occupants because of the dust. In answer to Coroner Marshall Pressley’s inquiry, Bennett told the jury that he did not see a vehicle parked on the highway. Auxiliary Hears of Girls State Event The American Legion Auxiliary heard a report from Girl’s State and installed new officers at its meeting last Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Wyman Shealy. Mrs. P. M. Pitts, president, presided over the business ses sion. Mrs. Thomas Baldwin, chair, man of the Girl’s State project, introduced Sandra Huggins, rep resentative from the local unit to the state event. Miss Huggins gave an inform ative report on her week’s stay in Columbia. |g The newly-elected officers were installed by Mrs. B. F. Wingard, past district chairman. Mrs. Pitts was given a past- president’s pin by the unit. The installing officer, in presenting it, said, “You have the respect and appreciation of the members of this unit. I pin over your heart the insignia of past president. May you always wear it with pride and happy memories of your service as unit president." Assisting the hostess in serv ing refreshments were Mrs. Joe McGee, Mrs. J. H. Pitts, and Mrs. Julian Coleman. Officers Instotied By County Bar The Laurens County Bar As sociation held its June meeting in Laurens recently with Tench P. Owens, retiring president, presiding. New officers, goin'g into posts according to a seniority scale, were installed. They were Mar shall W. Ambercrombie, presi dent, and Raymond C. Hill, vice president, secretary and treas urer. Mountvifle Grange In June Meeting . Mrs. Ray Miller gave an in formative talk concerning some of the projects carried on by Lau rens County Welfare Department at the June meeting of Mountville Grange. Outstanding current events were given by Mr. pnd Mrs. P. H. Miller. Refreshments were served ur- ing the social hour by Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Alexander and Mrs. S. J. Hunt. «- maBmm. ■ JSli Ha Imi X • : L: f* •w 1 m'm. Ip; <■ ■.* ili V' ■n. Mi : f i"*.. *1 Play In Special Meet Playing tennis at Presbyterian Col lege this week and participating in a special invitational tournament are, left to right, front, row, Paul Scarpa, Talla hassee, Fla., and Harvey Jackson, for merly of PQ, Washington, Ga. Back row, left to rights former Greenwood, Moss, Miami Beach, Fla, and Gordon Warden, PC coach.—Photo by Yartx>r- ough Studio., . : row, left to right,i Bill Stone, PC player ;^F ran k Speaker, xxi, former pC player; Jerry Citizens Federal To Pay Out Dividends Totaling $112,000 Dividends totaling $112,000 will be paid Friday by the Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Asso ciation. The payments represent divi dends on savings and investment accounts for the period of Jan. 1 to June 30, compounded semi annually at the rate of 4 per cent. It was pointed out that funds in savings accounts at Citizens Fed eral are used for the. economic progress of the community with, most of the money used in fi nancing new homes. Officers of the association are: T. Heath Copeland, president; J. Sloan Todd, vice - president and managing officer; L. S. Red- deck, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Henry Hunter, assistant secre tary, Mrs. Leonard Cathey is bookkeeper and Mrs. Earl Rice is teller. Directors, in addition to Messrs. Copeland, Todd and Reddeck, are T. D. Copeland, J. B. Hart and R. H. McGee. Calvary Team Leads Church Ball League Calvary Baptist remains at the top of the Clinton Church softbaH league this week with an impos ing lead. The standings as of June 25 are: Team . W L Calvary 14 2 Bailey . * 9 5 Lydia 1 9 6 Presbyterian 8 9 First Baptist 7 9 Broad Street 6 9 Davidson Street 5 10 Holly Grove 4 12 In games the past week, the Presbyterians downed First Bap tist, 8-5; Davidson Street went over- First Baptist, 5-2; Holly Grove blanked Broad Street Methodist by 6-0; and Calvary won by one point over First Pres byterian, 6-5. New Appropriation Bill Shows $77,592 Surplus 'll The Laurens County appropria tion bill for the fiscal year 1963 64 shows an apparent surplus of $77,592.63, according to figures released by Senator King Dixon last week. • While copies of the completed bill, as signed by the Governor, are not yet available (final print ing has not been completed), Dixon pointed out the deletions and additions made by him when the bill was in the Senate. These subtractions and additions to the version Df the hill as pass ed by members in the House of Representatives show a slight in crease in expected revenue and $75,000 less in appropriations. Total expected revenue is $662,- 553.80, while appropriations are $584,961.17. According to the bill, the coun ty will get its revenue from a 14-mill county tax levy which will bring in $185,000, while $477,- 553.80 will be derived frpm var ious sources, including the county’s share of the state gaso line tax, alcoholic taxes, income taxes, insurance licence fees, re cording fees (office of clerk of court), and other sources, in cluding an estimated surplus for the current year of $60,000. Dixon stated that he elimin ated a total of $75,000 from the House bill, including $25,000 for court house repairs and $50,000 for new machinery and equip ment for the Supervisor’s ofice. The additions made by Dixon include $5,000 for court costs, $500 for office supplies for the Auditor’s office, $1,500 for the Health Department, and $397.40 to the salary of the County Serv ice Officer, leaving a net de- Woldron Takes Course Charles Waldron of M.S. Bailey and Son, Bankers, is currently attending the advanced course of the third annual session of the Cannon Associates Trust Train ing School at Brevard College, Brevard, N. C. crease by Dixon of $67,602.50. An additional $1,600 will be re ceived in revenue for the director of civil defense. Dixon stated that the appro priations for the coming fiscal year include salary increases of five per cent for all elected of ficials and county employees. (When printed copies of the completed bill are received, prob ably next week, The Chronicle will publish detailed information on the proposed expenditures and estimated receipts). . Legion Squad Tops League-Leading WS Clinton’s Legion baseball team downed league - leading W a'r e Shoals, 6-5, on tbe home fWd Tuesday night. Clinton gained two runs for the winning margin in the 7th inning. Pitcher Dickie Watts was hit by v a pitch, John ^Alexander walked after two outs and catcher Ed die Raines doubled in both run ners for the "victory. Phil Rogers also got two sin gles for Clinton. Gary Goss drove in two runs with a single. Dickie Watts struck out 14, al lowing no earned runs. The record now stands at 3-4. Cooper Wins Trip To Los Vegas, Nev. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Cooper Jr., left on Monday for Las Vegas on a “Dream Holiday" which Coop er won in a nationwide contest for Rambler dealers sponsored by American Motors Sales Cor poration. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper will spend four days and three nights at the Torpicana Hotel. Cooper won the all-expense trip for two by selling the greatest number of cars in his dealer classification during pie three- month sales contest. I Z I 1 mm lli 9 Chronicle To Publish On Friday, July 5 The Clinton Chronicle will be closed on Monday, July 1, doe to a change in publication schedule for the July holiday week Next week’s Chronicle win be published on Friday, going into Friday morning, win hs Advertisers and the are asked to keep this Clinton Boy In 1 _ . wijQ dgvfcE iTisifffc. in mind. Stanley Power aits in his racer which he built and entered In the South in Carolina Soabox Derby held the past Sunday In Greenville. Sponsored by si A ■ A A Mi,. \