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!—■ J -I Rnal Rites On Monday For Mrs. A. M. Copeland Mrs. Ruth Copeland, 89, widow of A. M. Copeland, died Saturday morning at her home after a year of fflaess, A native of Ridgeway, daugh ter of the late John Alexander and Martha Jane Sessions Simp* son, she was a graduate of Con verse College. \ A member of the Pint Presby terian Church, she was head of the beginners department 80 years and a charter member of the Stephen D. Lee Chapter of U. D. C. She retired in 1980 as super visor of activities at Thornwell Orphanage, after 48 years of ser vice with that institution. She came to Thornwell in 1898 to attend Dr. W. P. Jacobs Mis sion Training College to prepare to become a missionary. After she completed her training, she could not complete her goal due to her health. She stayed at Thornwell as a teacher, leaving in 1899 upon her marriage. » In 1916, Dr. Jacobs requested that she return to teaching and she served the Orphanage con tinuously until 1980. Mrs. Copeland held the record ri for the longest tenure at Thorn well. She was honored with a “service of appreciation” in 1981, when a number of friends and former students gathered at MRS. A. M. COPELAND Thornwell. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. C. Bynum Betts of Clinton; a stepson, D. D. Copeland of Clin ton; a brother, Dr. EUison Simp son of Society Mill; and a sister, Mrs. Harllee Branch, Sr., of At- ~~ 4 — Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at 4 p. m. at the First Presbyterian Church by Dr. William Redd Turner and Dr. Malcolm A. Macdonald. Bur- rial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Rufus E. Sad ler, Tench P. Owens, Lei and Young, Hugh Jacobs, John Dow- dle, Tom Plaxico and T. Heath Copeland. Weening Address To End Religious Emphasis Senes “An Invitation To Maturity” will be the subject of Marc C. Weersing, president-elect of Pres byterian College when he speaks at Religious Emphasis services at Camp Fellowship, Lake Green wood. The concluding service of the month-long Series "will begin at 8 P. M. on Sunday night, July 28. The ffith annual program is sponsored by the South Carolina Presbytery. Born in Grand Rapids, Michi gan, Weersing’s parents were da tives of The Netherlands. He is a graduate of Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Mich. He also holds a degree from Columbia Theological Seminary. A frequent participant in cam pus religious activities through out the South, Weersing will as sume his duties as president of Presbyterian College next month after serving as minister of the First Presbyterian Church, Spar tanburg. - v • Assisting with the Sunday eve ning service will be Whitmire Presbyterian Church, parking; McCullough Presbyterian Church, ushering; Greenwood First Presbyterian Church, choir; and Mount vi lie Presbyterian Church, flowers. The Rev. Roy Coker, Cross Hill, is chairman of the planning committee for the event. He is assisted by V. N. West of Whit mire, G. Edward Campbell of Clinton and Mary McDaniel of Laurens. Mental Health Worker To Visit Clinton Weekly MARSHALL W. BROWN Brown Appointed To New Term On Education Board Dr. Marshall W. Brown, re tiring president of Presbyterian College, has been reappointed to another four-year term as one of the South Carolina representa tives on the Southern Regional Education Board, it was an nounced today. He was named by Governor Donald Russell to serve until July, 1967, with the 16-state com pact which promotes the cause of higher education throughout the South. Dr. Brown is the only South Carolina representative and one of just five on the entire board who has served continu ously since the establishment of SREB in 1949. Five governors have appointed him to this post through the years. His latest appointment by Gov ernor Russell came despite the fact that Dr. Brown will retire from the presidency of PC on Au gust 1. He will be succeeded at that time by Dr. Marc C. Weer sing of Spartanburg. Dr. and Mrs. Brown are sched uled to return to Clinton date Wednesday from the annual meeting of SREB, held in Miami earlier this week in connection with the National Governors con- frence. Coats Is Promoted At Fort folk. La. Captain William G. Coats of Chappells, was recently promot- ' ed to his present rank at Ft. Polk,( La. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Coats of Chapels. Formerly the commanding offi cer of Co. M., First Training Regiment, he is presently the Assistant Training Plans and Op erations Officer of Headquarters, First Training Regiment. Coats is a graduate of Clinton High School and of Clemson Col lege. Prior to his entry into the Regular Army, he was a school teacher in School District No. 86 and a farmer at Coats Dairy Farm, Chappells. Dan E. Fowler, new mental health consultant with the Area and Mrs. Hollly Turner and Clar- Five Mental Health Center, now holds office hours in Clinton at the Health Clinic building on Tuesday afternoons from 1:30 P. M. to 4:00 P. M. Working with Dr. Charles Rob inson, clinical psychologist, Fow ler helps serve the mental health program that includes Laurens County, along with Greenwood, Abbeville, Edgefield, M c C o r- mick, and Saluda Counties. A native of Oklahoma, Fowler has a B. A. degree from the Uni versity of Oklahoma and master of social work degree from the University of California, Berk- Freeman Added Biology Faculty Carl Jackson Freeman, Jr., of Gate City, Va., has been appoint ed to the Presbyterian College biology department, Dean Joseph M. Gettys announced today. He said Freeman will join the PC faculty with the start of the 1963-64 session ibJ5ej3d|nniber.. The new addition will succeed James W. Glenn as an instructor in bi ology under Dr. Alex Stump, chairman of the department. Freeman comes to Presbyte rian College from Virginia Poly technic Institute, where he re ceived his master’s in entomol ogy and bacteriology in June. He served as a graduate assist ant in the general zoology lab oratories while doing graduate study there. The new PC pro fessor received his BA degree from the University of Virginia in 1960 and has done additional work at the Academic Interaa- cional de Espanol and the Moun tain Lake Biology Research Sta tion. He is a member of Phi Sigma society. Revival Services Close On Sunday At LeesviNe Cfiurch Revival services are in prog ress at Leesville Southern Meth odist Church each evening at 7:45. The church is located just off the old Clinton-Laurens road. Regular services are scheduled for Sunday morning. The Rev. H. J. Hutchins, pas tor, is being assisted by the Rev. Paul K. Holland of Hemingway. Homecoming will be observed on Sunday with picnic dinner sreved on the grounds. The public is invited to attend these services. ®ifr (Elitttim fflftnmtrir Vd. 64 — No. 30 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 25, 1963 m m pt*’ j< * > ■ I City Tennis Tourney ■, To Begin on Saturday * A record number of entries is anticipated in the annual Clinton City Tennis Tournament, slated to begin this week-end, Saturday, July 27. The Presbyterian College ten nis courto will again be the scene of the tourney action. Opening events in the meet will be the 18-and-under and 14-and- under divisions. Tournaments will be held In these age groups for both boys and girls. Singles and doubles will be played. Men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles and doubles will RmNi or Sab* urday, August S. Players of aQ ages may enter these events. Entries for the junior classes will close today (Thursday) at 6:00 p. m. Entries for the men’s and women’s divisions will close on Thursday, August 1, at 6:00 p. m. Names may be turned in at Johnson’s Men’s Store, Sadler- Owens Pharmacy, or to Coach Gordop Warden. A notice has been posted on the tennis bulletin board at the PC courts for those who wish to sign in there. All in Clinton whop lay even a little famwff are urged to partici- this 4 eley. He has done graduate work at St. Louis’ Washington Uni versity, and had post-graduate training in group therapy and mental retardation. Before coming to the Area Five center, Fowler was a psychiatric social worker with the Guidance Center, Muskogee, Okla., and al so has worked with the Chil dren’s Medical Center, Central State Hospital and Family and ChUdren’s Service in Oklahoma!^ He is married to the former Susan Molteno of Fayetteville, Ark. With their infant son, Mark] they reside at Park Terrace Aparements in Greenwood. Clinton area citizens may use both the Tuesday afternoon hours here in Clinton and also the center in Greenwood. Two psychiatrists and two residents in psychiatry, all associated with Talmadge Memorial Hospital in Augusta, Ga., spend one day a week at the center. Fees are on a sliding scale, according to ability to pay. Fowler says he hopes to work with ministers, teachers and doc tors—and all other people who come in contact with individuals with personal problems. “We offer many services,” he stated Hus week. “We work with those preparing for marriage, with marital problems, famil ies who have (fifficulty in work ing together, those touched by mental illness, or alcoholism. In short problems of any kind. We’re here to be of help in any way possible,” he stated. Lasf Chance Given In Letter Contest The Shop-At-Home page which has been appearing in The Clin ton Chronicle for the past year, ends with today’s advertisement. Sponsored by a large variety of local merchants interested in the growth and development of Clinton, the page has appeared on alternate weeks. In conjunction with the page. The Chronicle has sponsored a letter-writing contest on the sub ject “Why I Like To Shop At Home”. The fourth and final contest was to close today (Thursday) but has been extended until Au gust 2 in order to give more peo ple an opportunity to participate in the competition. The contest is very simple, just Write in fifty words or less why you like to shop at home. Send your letters or postcards to Shop At Home, The Chronicle, Clinton, S. C. You might win $25.00 in mer chandise certificates for your en try. Don’t forget, the final con test ends on August 2. Coast Guard OC5 Openings Are Listed The Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard, has announced that there are still openings avail able in the Officer Candidate School class that will convene on September 18, 1968. Upon completion of 17 weeks training, graduates will be com missioned Ensign in the U. S. Coast Guard Reserve. College *eniars ana graduates may ful fill their military obligation through the Coast Guard Officer Candidate School program. For further information, write Commandant (PTP-J), U. S. Coast Guard, Washington, D. C. mm-i: Wm • swr > m Farm Bureau Hears Macdonald, Brooks Dr. M. A. Macdonald, presi dent of Thornwell orphanage, was guest speaker at the Laurens County Farm Bureau Officer’s and Director’s meeting held July 16 at Vernon’s. Macdonald spoke to the group on “Communism versus Chris tianity”. E. W. Brooks, executive vice president of the South Carolina Farm Bureau, gave an outline on the shipment of fresh S. C. peach es to Europe by the SCFB Mar keting Association. ., A trial shipment last season, he reported, was so wed received that a Peach Division has been formed in the Marketing Asso ciation, to coordinate volume shipments. Brooks commended local Farm Bureau officials on their work in Laurens County. Local dierctors went on record as opposing a proposed mail bal loting of Laurens County ASCS committeemen. The local group has written the chairman of the S. C. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service request ing that the policy of farmers going to the polls and voting for committeemen be continued. Browns, Hammet Observe Training At Fort Bragg, N. C. The 1963 ROTC summer camp hosted institutional representa tives from twenty-six colleges and universities July 16-18. Included among the represen tatives were Dr. Marshall W. Brown, president, and Ben Hay Hammet, director of public re lations, from Presbyterian Col lege, and Mrs. Brown. During their visit they had the opportunity to inspect and ob serve the calibre and conduct of the miliatry training that the ROTC cadets receive at summer camp. The schedule included briefing, demonstrations, confer ences with individual cadets, and a lunch hosted by Lt. General Albert Watson, II, Commanding General. Third United States Army. Sewing Instruction At Clinton High j Registration for adult sewing classes at Clinton High School will be held July 30 at 9:00 a. m. Classes will run each Tues day and Thursday from 9:00 to 11:00 a. m. until August 15. Reg istration for teenagers will be "Field July 31 at 9:00 a. m. and classes will run each Monday and Wednesday until August 14. The Home Economics depart ment will be open each afternoon from now through the month of August for instruction and aid, it has been announced by? the in structor, Mrs. Harry A. Bouk- night. For information call Mrs. Bouknight at 8332-475 Big Ears This tower rises 204 feet over m communications unit of Swift Strike HI, located near Clinton. The tower is part of the microwave relay station that helps send mes sages from Newberry to Spartanburg during the mas sive exercises. — Photo by Yarborough. Taylor Named To VFW Chairmanship - David S. Taylor of Laurens, was elected on SUnday as chair man of the Southern Conference, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The election concluded a three- day convention attended by dele gates from 13 states, held at Louisville, Ky. A navy veteran serving his first term from Laurens County in the State House of Representa tives, Taylor has held other state and local offices in the VFW. 'S i -V®' * <3 Road Paving In Laurens And Newberry Counties Awarded To Contract More than 12 miles of state secondary system roads in Lau rens and Newberry counties will be constructed and paved by Hunter Brothers Construction Co., Gray Court, under a con tract awarded on basis of the lowest submitted bid, $169,153, Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N. Pearman announced. Included are roads in the vi cinity of Lake Greenwood and streets in Fountain Inn. Tedards, Lott Are Named For Awards Buzzy Tedards has been named the most valuable player by the coaches of the Dixie Youth T^aeue for the 1963 sea son. Buzzy, an 11-year-old pitcher, has one more year of eligibility in the Dixie Youth League. He is a member of the Lions Club team. During the regular season, he lost one game and won eight. Tommy Motes, another 11-year- old hurler from the Lions, was named runner-up. John Henry Lott of the Joanna Palmetto team, won the most valuable award in his league. Jimmy Willard of Whitmire, was selected as runner-up for the Palmetto League award. GEORGE CORNELSON G. EDWARD CAMPBELL Cornelson, Campbell Are Named To Chest Posts Action Underway In Dixie Youth Tourney George Cornelson will head the Community Chest of Greater Clinton, Inc., for 1963-64, it was announced this week by the Board of the organization. G. Edward Campbell was named to serve as drive chair man for the annual funds so licitation. Cornelson succeeds T. M. Youngblood, Jr., as president. Campbell steps into shoes va cated by James Von Hollen. Trustees of the Community Chest include Goyne L. Simpson, R. E. Martin, C. Bailey Dixon, Ed King, Miss Essie Davidson, Col. L. D. Lott, Thomas E. Bald win, Marvin Manley and H. Y. McSween. Cornelson is vice-president of Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills. He is immediate past president of the Clinton Lions Club. He has received the Jaycee outstanding young man of the year award. A graduate of North Carolina State, he attended Davidson Col lege and Harvard Business School. A member of the Presbyterian College board of trustees, he is married to the former Ann Mar- Un Shaw of Raleigh, N. C. They have two sons. G. Edward Campbell joined Four-game action opened the western division of district two, Dixie Youth Baseball tourna ment on Monday afternoon at the Clinton Dixie Youth diamond. In the first game Monday, Ware Shoals defeated Greenwood Nationals, followed by Saluda’s defeat at the hands of Abbeville. Greenwood Americans downed Laurens and in the fourth game, Clinton defeated Ridge Springs. On Tuesday, Greenwood Na tionals defeated Saluda; Lau rens won over Ridge Springs, and Abbeville downed Ware Shoals. > Greenwood Americans won.,a, thriller, 1-0, from Clinton in the last game of the day. Wednesday’s games found Clinton meeting Greenwood Na tionals; Ware Shoals versus Lau rens ; and Abbeville against Greenwood Americans. Abbeville and Greenwood Americans were the only two un defeated teams folowing Tues day’s games. Each team has to lose twice before they are elimi nated. Four trophies will be awarded at the end of the tournament. They are the winner’s trophy and runner-up award, the best hitter in three or more games and one to the team adjudged the best sportsmen in the tourney. D. B. Smith and J. C. Thomas, local merchants, donated the most valuable and team sports manship awards. Trophies will be presented at the finals either on Friday or Saturday evening. D. jS. Templeton, tournament director, expressed his apprecia tion to all who have assisted in the tournament. “Especially the umpires who are doing a line job. It takes a lot of people to put on a tournament, more than the average person realizes,” he said this week. f!t;‘ ' / Hearing Canceled On Proposed Liquor Store For Joanna A hearing set for August 5 on the application for a license to operate a retail liquor store in Joanna was cancelled last Fri day by the South Carolina Tax Commission. H. C. Lewis, director of the Beverage Tax Division, stated on Friday that the application could not be considered because the proposed location of the store, which is quite near a church. “Under the laws of South Carolina, the Tax Commision cannot grant a retail liquor li cense within 500 feet of a church in an unincorporated commun ity,” Lewis stated. No announcement has been made on a possible relocation of the proposed store. The store was in the name of Cecil L. Farmer of Joanna. mk mmm mm m Wm I iSSI m WImt* * mm the Presbyterian College staff immediately upon graduation from PC in 1950, and he has served the institution continu ously since that date. Campbell has held the position of business manager since 1956, adding the responsibility of treasurer in 1958. He is a past president of the Clinton Kiwanis Club and serves as a deacon of the First Pres byterian Church. A native of McCormick, he is married to the former Nellie Gettys, and they have two sons and twin daughters. Campbell will head a large group of volunteer workers in the annual Community Chest drive for funds. Formal plans for the forthcom ing drive will be announced in. the near future, officials stated this week. Swift Strike Claims Office Located Here Clinton is the location for one of the claims offices of the Swift Strike III Army maneuvers. Maj. Reid W. Kennedy, claims director for Swift Strike III, an nounced recently that the local office will open on July 29. Capt. Jerry A. Wills will head the office here in Room 203, Ja cobs Building, at 103 East Caro lina Avenue. Maj. Kennedy has written landowners requesting that his office be notified by collect tele phone call should damage occur of the type that should be re paired immediately to stop any additional loss. His telephone at Columbia is 254-0355. All other damage should be reproted to the local office. Neutral Force damage control. teams will be available in the maneuver area, for immediate damage repair during the exer cise. Landowners will be reim bursed for damages which can not be repaired or replaced, Kennedy said. Savings Bonds Report Is Given For County Series E and H Savings Bonds sales during June in Laurens County amounted to $35,668, ac cording to D. F. Patterson, Coun ty Savings Bonds Chairman. $y Swift Strike III Relay Center Is Near Clinton 03 A swarm of wild honey bees in a cedar tree go peacefully about their work on a high knoll on the Charles A. Hollis, Sr., property near Bethany Presby terian Church off Highway 56 close to Clinton. Around the bee hive is activity of another kind for it is the site of a communication center for Swift Strike III, the massive Army exercise. . Rising 204 feet above the small a slender tower with sen- Maintain Tower For Swift Keeping check on the guide lines holding the microwave relay tower is just .one of the many duties that keeps the men in the Signs? Detachment unit busy on the Charles Hollis land near Clinton. A group of approximately 26 men are stationed there for the duration of , Swift Strike HI, the current Army readU 4 nees exercises. Sp. 15 Wayne A. Payne, far left, with Pfc. Max D. Riddle and Sp. 16 Gerald L. Bradner adjust one of the guide Wires. The men are living and working un der simulated war conditions. The local group is serving in a neutral capacity, relaying messages for both sides of .Swift Strike m, and for thsc over-all headquarters located in Spartanburg.— Photo by Yarborough Studio. The genial soldier has discov ered that he has an aunt and uncle in the area, Mr. and Mrs. James Floyd of Joanna. Construction on the unit began May 28 and it became operation al during the first week of June. The men and equipment will be at the site for the duration of Swift Strike III, probably until early September.. The detachment is neutral in the Swift Strike exercises, relay- HH is a slender tower with sen- ing inf5.%atroTi tfr “'boHr head- sitive ears that catch and relay, niinr tp r s and ta the ton over-all from Newberry to Spartanburg, messages concerning the exer cises. Manning the microwave re peater unit are some 25 men from Ft. Gordon, Georgia, Ft. Hood, Texas, and Ft. Louis, Washington. 1 They are housed in three large tents, with a mess tent and other equipment nearby. Most partici pating have just returned from service in Germany. Non-commissioned officer in charge of the signal detachment made up of men of the 41st, 40th, and 518th Signal Battalions, is Sgt. . Richard L. Rumphrey, whose home is Manchester, N. H. For Sgt. Rumphrey this assign- meal should prove memorable — he received word last Wednesday that ha had just become the father of a baby girl. “Perhaps I should name her Swifty,” he comments. quarters and to the top over-all command. There are some fifteen similar units in operation. Adjacent to the area is a heli copter landing strip. Air drops of men and equipment have been scheduled at < the unit site and also at the Laurens County air field. A low quonset hut-type tent houses an impressive array of complex equipment needed for the U. H. F. and F. M. relay. Skilled technicians monitor the equipment around the dock. Sgt. Rumphrey, commenting oa the univs location, said, “We have been very pleased. We have running water, easy access to a power supply and the people of the area have been most operative and helpful.” * And the boss? “Not a i yet. We don’t bother tfawn so far—they haven’t U8l” * l