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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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