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4 Teachers from twenty-six schools from throughout the Piedmont area gathered this week at M. S. Bailey School for a two-day workshop on the phonetic method of teaching reading. Conducting the workshop for The ther For Reading Course Economy Co. of Atlanta, were Ivy Smith of Saluda, and Mrs. Ruth Bryant of Allendale. Over 115 teachers enrolled in the course in preparation for the fall session of school.—Photo by Yarborough. Directors M To Approve Chest Budget A meeting of all directors of the Community Chest of Greater Clinton is scheduled for Tuesday, August 27, George H. Cor nelson, president, announced this week. Approval of the new budget will be the purpose meeting. It will be held at 11:00 a. m. in the conference room of the Southern Ball Telephone Com pany, and each member is urged to be present. Cornclson stated that officers and trustees for the coming year are: president, George H. Cornel- son; first vice-president, James S. Von Hollen; and second vice- president, T. M. Youngblood. Trustees include: Goyne L. Simpson, R. E. Martin, C. Bailey Dixon, Ed King, Marvin Man- ley, H. Y. McSween, Miss Essie Davidson, Col. L. D.Lott, Thom- Jaycees To Sponsor Fibrosis Drive . Allen White, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, ounced this week that the will sponsor the Cystic Drive in Clinton begin ning September T * * Marvin Manley has been nam ed chairman of the Clinton area campaign. Cystic fibrosis is a chronic children’s disease of the glands oClXteroal secretion. It is trans mitted through genes inherited from both parents who show no symptoms of the disease. The drive is carried on the state and national levels by the National Cystic Fibrosis Re search and treatment to benefit the thousands of children stricken by the disease. CViisHotm Named To Clemson Honor Group William Barry Chisholm, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Q. Chisholm, has been chosen as a cadet by the Clemson College Pershing Rifles. Clemson’s Pershing Rifles have won the Fourth Regimental Drill Meet nine consecutive years and the National Cherry Blossom Drill Meet in Washington twice. Picnic Dinner At Shady Grove Church The Shady Grove Presbyterian Church will have a basket, dinner Sunday, August 2B. Services win begin for Sunday school at 10:00 a. m., followed by preaching ser vices at 11:00 a. m. and spread ing of the picnic lunch at 1:00 p. m. All members and friends cordially invited to attend. are as E. Baldwin, Lawrence Young, Mrs. H. F. Blalock, L. N. Warren and J. J. Cornwall. Plans for the forthcoming cam paign are to be announced at a later date, he said. Gault Issues Call For Team Practice Presbyterian Coach Cally Gault has issued the pre-season practice call to his 1963 football candidates, and they are sche duled to arrive on campus next Tuesday to start launching him on his college coaching career. Approximately 60 players are expected then for three days of preliminary preparations prior to beginning active workouts. Gault said a large number of this total will be playing without financial aid, since PC is now in the first year of realignment of its grants-in-aid program. The schdeule ahead calls for drawing equipment and complet ing medical examinations next Wednesday and Thursday, pic ture-taking on Thursday after noon (August 29) and a period of orientation for freshman play ers the following day. Then, on August 31, the Blue Hose candi dates will start hustling through two-a-day pracUce sessions which will continue until the start of glasses on September 14. Cally Gault, in this manner, Will point his boys toward rugged campaign ahead which will mark his debut as a college football coach. He returned last spring to head the athletic department in which he had starred as a PC student in the late 1940’s. The years in-between found him es tablishing an outstanding record and reputation as a high school coach at North Augusta. Clinton Jr7Nk|li Football Squad To Join New League Practice for Clinton Junior High’s football team will begin on Monday, August 26, at 9:00 a. m. on the Junior High field. All boys in the seventh and eighth grades who are 13 and 14 years old are urged to come out, according to John H. Fulmer, principal. This year’s team will not in clude ninth graders or boys over 14 years of age. The Junior High squad will participate in a league with teams from Laurens, Union and Woodruff. Opening game for the local team will be against Laurens on September 19. Reading Workshop At Bailey School A workshop on the phonetic ap proach to teaching reading to primary level students ended on Tuesday at M. S. Bailey School here with over 115 teachers repre senting twenty-six Piedmont area schools attending. Ivy Smith of Saluda and Mrs. Ruth Bryant of Allendale were instructors for the two-day course which featured voluntary attend ance. Sponsored by The Economy Co. of Atlanta, the workshop gave Instruction to teachers on how to apply phonetics to different forms of writings. The workshop was termed a success by W. R. Anderson, Dis trict 56 superintendent. "The pho netic system,” he said, "gives students better spelling and com prehension abilities. Optometrists To Provide Free Visual Screening Dr. David T. Mixon and Dr. Fred E. Holcombe, local optom etrists, have announced the avail ability of free visual screening for school children in the Clinton area who are entering the third or fourth grades this year. The program locally will be gin on Thursday, Aug. 29, and continue for several days. It is part of a statewide move of the S. C. Optometric Associ ation to serve the visual needs of school children. < REV. JACK'GREENE Greene To Lead Friendship Revival Rev. Jack Greene, evangelist of Greenville, will be the guest speaker in a series of revival ser vices at Friendship Baptist Church on N. Broad St., Ext., be ginning August 25 and continuing through September 1. The Burns Trio of Greenville will be guest singers on Thursday night. Services will begin each evening at 7:30. Vol. 64 — No. 33 (Elirmtirlf Clinton, S. C, Thursday, August 22, 1963 Thomwell Schools Begin August 29 Thomwell schools will open the 1963-64 school year August 29, with a general faculty meeting beginning at 8:30 a. m. Separate meetings of high school and grammar scohol teachers will follow. Students will report to school on Friday, August 30, for a short session. The full daily schedule will begin on Monday, September 2. Teachers for the 1963-64 session include: Mrs. Phoebe Schaible, first grade; Mrs. Randolph Davis, second grade; Mrs. Edgar Blake ly, third grade; Mrs. Inez Roys- tre, fourth grade; Mrs. Alice Copeland, fifth grade; and Mrs. Louise Martin, sixth grade. In the high school, teachers will include: Mrs. Mary Fields, Mrs. Paul ine Fanning, Mrs. Marie Bannis ter, Miss Nancy Cole, Mrs. Sam Earle, Mrs. Frank Boland, Sr., and Miss Helen Porter. Also Miss Julia Porter, Mrs. L. H. Lee, Miss Luva McDonald, Mrs. Beatrice Scurry, and D. S. Templeton, principal. Four Higli School Football Teams Use College Field Four high school football teams are conducting pre-season practice sessions at Presbyterian College this week. Athletic Director Cally Gault said squads from Edmunds High of Sumter, Screven County High of Sylvania, Ga., Smyrna (Ga.) High and Hazelhurst (Ga.) High currently are using the college facilities for their training pro grams. They began workouts on Mon day and will continue through Saturday. The teams are being housed in the PC dormitories and are making use of the dining hall and practice fields during their stay here. Lions Club Changes Plans For Meeting The Clinton Lions Club will not meet on this Friday, according to chib officers. The group will meet on Thurs day, August 9, for the PC Foot ball Jamboree. July Savings Bonds Sales Series E and H Savings Bonds sales during July in Laurens County totaled $17,187, reports D. F. Patterson County Savings Bonds Chairman. Mrs. Land Elected Head of Sherwood Teachers Association Mrs. Eva Land of Clinton, has been named president of the Sherwood Seminar of Affiliated Teachers. The organization is sponsored by the Sherwood Music School of Chicago. Serving with Mrs. Land will be Mrs. Carolyn James, Vancouver, Wash., and Mrs. Marguerite Reed, Independence, Iowa, vice- presidents; and Mrs. Merle En- trekin, Clarksdale, Miss., secre tary. Ladies' Golf Tourney Plans Qualifying rounds for the Lake side Country Club Ladles’ Golf Association handicap golf tour nament begin today (Thursday) for members. Four scores are required from each player, two each on the front and back nines. Qualifying will run until the end of September. Play will begin on the first nine-hole match on the first Tues day in October. Members may choose any partner, but must complete 36 holes by the third Tuesday in October. The tournament will be headed up by Mrs. W. C. Neely and Earl Tinsley. “With the handicaps, ev eryone has an equal chance of winning,” Mrs. Neely said this week, “so I urge everyone to come out and play.” State Pro-Am Golf Tourney At Lakeside South Carolina’s Pro - Am championship will be played at Lakeside Country Club on Sun day, August 25. Professional and amateur golf ers from throughout the state will be competing, along with local citizens. Last year’s defending cham pions, Norman Flynn and-Demos Jones, will be back to defend their title, occording to Earl Tinsley, Lakeside pro. Pairings and starting times will be announced at a buffet supper set for Friday evening. The public is invited to attend the matches as spectators. No admission charge will be made. large tomato reported The exclusive club of large to mato growers added another member this week. Mrs. Emma Benjamin reports a two-and-a-quarter pound toma to, which was grown in a tub on Rt. 1 on the Alfred Johnson farm. lOj Make Plans For Football Jamboree Fall fashions will he mixed with gridiron prospects this year at Presby terian College’s annual football barbe cue, scheduled for August 29 at Belk Auditorium. Pictured here making plans for the occasion are. left to right: Cally Gault, PC head coach, who will talk football and introduce his 1963 squad; Mrs. Michael Turner, in charge of the fashion show; and Claude Crock er, general chairman of the program. It’s an event keyed for men, women and children. Grid Workouts Underway At Thomwell High School ThornweU’s 1963 football squad is currently working out under a twice-a-day practice schedule, which will be cut back to one day on August 30 as the season nears. The Thornwell squad will have about three teams or more, but the greater portion of the players will be inexperienced In high school football. Gone from last year’s team will be V. J. Burriss, Richard Cash, Jimmy LeMaster, Dennis Lewis, Milton Rlnes, Gus Folk, and Ray Rawlins. Marion Dowdle and John Dow- dle will again assist coach Dick *■ m mWm This group was present Friday and Saturday for the 7th annual reunion of the Battery B, 107th Asso ciation held at the local armory. The battery was called into federal srevioe in February, 1M1, served throughout World War Two, participating in the in vasion of Africa, and going on to Sicily and Italy, 'where the Battery as a unit was dj the group went on to France and Among activities scheduled for the week-end was a dinner at Panorama Lodge on Lake Greenwood, where a business sesrion elected the following officers far the new year: President, R. E. Johnson; vice-presic star; secretary, F secretary, G. H. Trammell; treasurer, sergeant at arms, Joe Sam Caugh- man; historian, O. W. Vincent. in Reunion Here Front row, left to right: Louis Bond, R. E. John- son, Vernon Trammell, J. O. Hunt, G. H. Trammell, Talmadge Sanders, Julian Hunnicutt, B. F. Wingard, Oscar Kinard, and; Joe Sam Caughman, all of Clinton, and an unidentified man from Pennsylvania. Second row: Harvey Foster of Clinton; C. B. Kelley of Blythewood; Robert Holland of Greenwood; Herman Jenkins and R. 3. Prater of Joanna: James Kiker of Concord, N. C.; Ansel Smith of WeavsrviDe, j|.? C James Meadors of Columbia; Winfred ton; George Hill of Spartanburg; ana < of Leech burg, Pa. Third row: J. L. Brawley of Joanna; Ernest Clark, Dock Dover, Ben Campbell and Boyd HoRxklaw of Clinton: Wilbur Wier of Greenville; Howard Watkins aiwrC. D. Benjamin, Jr., of Clinton; C. W. Cox of Gra ham, N. C.; and Elvin Holtzclaw of Clinton. Templeton iwth the Thomwell gridiron. Lettermen are return ing at almost every position. Good speed is expected in the halfbacks, Jacky Higginbotham, Don Taylor and Ronald Reagan. At the fullback position wlU be Larry Cockrell, a letterman for the past two years, with Hart ley Caldwell and Donald Watts as his understudies. Trying out at quarterback will be Lennis Smith, Sammy Loos, Kenneth James and Dan Brock. Jerry Chandler and Kenneth Wright are back at ends, with Wayne Walker and Jeff Raines at tackles. Jerry Tyler and Riley Fillingame will vie for the cen ter post. Guards will include Mickey Avinger, Ray Rowe, Frank El kins .add John Martin. Others on the squad will be Eric Parks. Richard Smart, Tfin Coppick, BUly Daley, David Fos- ter, Anthony Morgan, Lloyd Reems, Ira Allen, Tommy Brock, Tommy Daughtery, and Randy George. Also Bill James, Steve Johns, Ned Kemp, Jimmy Little, James Wright, Bobby Chandler, Rickey Little, Bobby Overby, ..Gene Smith, Teddy Still and Johnny stm. Managers will be Donny Still and Mike Wickham. The schedule of games in cludes: September 5 — Tfibrnwell at Dixie. September 13--Slater-Marietta at Thomwell. September 29—Forrester High at Thornwell. September 27 — Thornwell at Hickory Tavern. October 4—Thomwell at Lock hart. , October 11 — Dreber JV. at Thomwell. rg£i. JV “ October 24 Grsinrtod. 1 November 1 — TherawdU at Ninety Six. November 7—Pacolet at Thorn- well. November 15—Conference play offs. Payments Made To ASCS 1963 Grain Program Participants Final payments to farmers tak ing part in the 1963 wheat stabili zation program and the 1963 feed grain program for com, grain sorghum, and barley are now be- i n g made, according to an nouncement by H. A. Ropp, ASCS office manager. Advance payments were made to many producers at the time they signified ther (intention of participating in the program as a means of helping them to meet their production expenses. These final payments include the spec ial wheat and grain price, support payments which are a new fea ture of this year’s division pro grams. Ropp reminds farmers that compliance with provisions oi the wheat stabilization and feed grain programs does not end with receipt of the final program payments. The land retired from production is to be protected and may not be harvested throughout the calendar year 1883: it may be grazed after November 1, 1963. A vialation of these or other pro gram provisions could result in a substantial loss to the pro ducer. Insurance Agent Receives Award James Wolfe, local insurance agent and Mrs. Wolfe, have been awarded a 3-day ail expense paid vacation at the Equinox House, Worchester, Vt. This is said to be one of the finest resorts in New England. The vacation was awarded by the National Grange Mutual Ins. Co. of New Hampshire to the top producing agent in each state in the 40th Anniversary Sales pro gram "Gfovrih Begins at Forty.” Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe will depart for the vacation early in Septem ber going by the home office in New Hampshire for a few days stay prior to their trip to Ver mont. Football Program Will Feature Fashion Show First Grade To Register August 26 At Joanna School Registration for first grade pu pils in the Joanna school will be held on Monday, August 26, at 8:30 a. m. in the auditorium. Each child should be accom panied by a parent who can fur nish information necessary for completion of the permanent school record, officials said this week. A birth certificate aid evidence of vaccination for smallpox are required for enrollment. Pupils in any other grade who did not attend Joanna School last year are asked to enroll at the August 26th meeting. Calvary Kindergarten Sets Opening Day Enrollment day for Calvary Baptist Church Kindergarten has been scheduled for Thursday, August 29, from 9:00 a. m. until noon, according to Mrs. Vernon Trammell, director and teacher. The regular schedule will begin on Thursday, September 3, at 8:30 p. m. Civitons To Sponsor Quartet Appearance i -■- • i A gospel singing has been slat ed for September 13 at 8:00 p. m, at Mercer Silas Bailey School by the Clinton Clvitan Club. The Florida Boys Quartet will ha featured In the program. Ad vance ticket are currently on sale. Proceeds go to charities. A feminine touch will be added to Presbyterian College’s annual football barbecue, combining fall fashions with the gridiron re view, when the 1963 affair is stag ed at Belk Auditorium on the eve ning of August 29. Women and children are be ing invited to join the men this year for the barbecue meal and preview of Blue Hose prospects for the comingseason. They will get a showing of what the well- dressed fan will wear this fall by models representing Clinton’s four ladies’ shops and three men’s shops. The football and fashion review is schdeuled to start at 6:30 p. m. with the serving of the barbecue at $1.50 per plate for adults and 75 cents for children. It is spon sored by the Clinton chapter of the Walter Johnson Club, PC’s alumni athletic organiation. Claude Crocker, who serves as chairman for the program, said all five Clinton civic clubs and two from Joanna are cooperating in the project. In attendance will be members from the local Busi ness and Porfessional Women’s Club, the Exchange Club, Kin- wanis, Jaycees and Lions, and from the Joanna Lions Club and Sportsman’s Club. As in previous years, sports fans will be given a review of 1963 football prospects by the head coach, Cally Gault, and will First Presbyterian Kindergarten To Open September 3 A one-week orientation will open the First Presbyterian Church Week-Day Kindergarten on Tuesday, September 3, offic ials said this week. There will be a conference for parents of children attending the 1963-64 session on Tuesday, Au gust 27, at 8:00 p. m. in the la dies classroom. For any parents unable to at tend this meeting, there will be another conference period on Wednesday at 10:00 a. m. Mrs. J. P. Rowland, director, urged ail parents to attend one of the scheudled conferences. She is asssited in the operation of the kindergarten by Mrs. Frank Cau- ley. be introduced to individual mem bers of the PC football team. Dr. Marc C. Weersing, new president of Presbyterian Col lege and Johnson Club president Ross Templeton of Charlotte also will take part on the program. The fashion show will be under the direction of Mrs. Michael Turner. As an added feature to the oc casion, the players and coaches of Clinton's Dixie Youth All- Star baseball team, which went to the finals in the state playoffs this summer, will attend as special guests. Seven-Man Board Named To Direct Laurens Hospital A seven-man board of trustees has been recommended to the governor for appointment as the governing body of the Laurens District Hospital. The recommendation was made by the Laurens County legislative delegation composed of Senator King Dixon and Representatives Marshall Abercrombie and David S. TaylofT Members of the proposed board are J. G. Ferguson, L. W. Gratz, S. Conway Johnson, Frank Mc Daniel and G. Edwin Owings, all of Laurens: Miller Leaman, of Cross Hill; and C. Gray Hipp, of Gray Court. The board will elect its own chairman. The board replaces a 14-man group that has operated the hos pital for some years. The act creating the new board was in troduced by Sen. Dixon and pass ed at the recent session of the legislature. Three members will serve three-year terms, two will serve for two years, and the other two will serve initial terms of one year. * Moore Elected To American Angus Group Perry M. Moore of Clinton, has been elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph, Mo., according to Frank Richards, secretary. Moore was one of ten breed ers of registered Aberdeen-Angus in South Carolina elected to membership during the past month. Free Refreshipent* at Joanna The Blue Forces soldiers of the United States Strike Command’s Joint Exercise Swift Strike HI wore not kicking for an occasional morale builder, that is, in Joanna Through a congregation effort, the First Bap tist Church set up a free refreshment stand on tas church lawn for passing, hot and thirsty soldiers* Tim ' Airborne Division paratroopers, Specialist Fourth Murray Rosenthal (left) ferry Petitgout receive cold lei cookies from Becky Craven (left), (center) and Karen Surratt (right).—U. S. to.