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imm MBi' ■Si She (Elintun (Eljrmtirlf Vol. 34 — No. 35 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 5, 1963 Co-Captains and Coach of Red Devils Ready for the start of their 1963 season are Coach Claude Howe (center) Travel to York and Co-Captains Marion Freeman (left) and Phil Rogers (right).—Photo by Dan Yarborough. Chiton High To Open Season Friday The Clinton High School Red Devil football team will take to the road Friday for their first game of the season when they meet York at York. Then will follow three home games: Rock Hill on Sept. IS, Abbeville on the 20th, and Ches ter on the 27th. Coach Claude Howe and his as sistants have been putting the local boys through their paces since August 10, with intensive work leading to the opening en counter this week, including prac tice under the lights. No change has occurred in the coaching staff this year, with Howe being assisted by Coaches Herman Jackson and James Cox. Howe is quoted as saying that the team this year will be bigger and faster than last year’s squad, with inexperience being the team’s biggest weakness. Rel atively few lettermen have re turned and some of them have been switched to other positions. Depth in the various positions is considered an asset, and Howe stated that the first two teams are about evenly matched. Contending for the starting quarterback post are Don Hand- beck, a junior, and three sopho mores — Joel Whitsel, Johnny Willingham, and Gary Laney. Trying for a starting halfback position are Bobby Haskins (con verted fullback), Billy Trammell (converted tackle), Bobby John son, Jack McKittrick, Harold Culbertson, and Darrell Hamp ton, a freshman. A r tough fight is going on for a starting posi tion at fullback between J. W. Davis and Marion Freeman, a converted tackle. Both of these boys are strong runners, and the only difference between them is that J. W. has had more experi ence running the fullback plays. Returning at ends are Joe Ful ler and Phil Rogers. Other boys trying for an end position are Ray McCall, Neil Hall, John Paul McKee, and Ray Wilson. At the tackle positions are William Adair, Johnny Tucker, Bill Woody, Wayne Boland, and Steve County Agencies Join In Attacking Dropout Problem In Schools Welfare Dept Seeks Aid Of Churches and Clubs Lanford. At the guard positions are Bruce Dixon, Tommy Cope land, Elbert Rice, and Roger Miller. Fighting for a starting position at center are Binky Wingard, Terry Fuller, and Butch Grady. Other boys on the team are Mike Sanders, Ken Allman, Dar rell Godfrey, Rut Jacks, Henry Simmons, Tommy Rhodes, Andy Anderson, Mac Hiers, Mike Seigler, Kenneth Cathey, Harvey Shumate, and Carroll Barker. Others are Keith Owens, Tom my Johnson, Mart Simmons, Bob Jones, Randy Rushton, Jimmy Holmes, Frank Medlin, Jimmy Kinards, Shelton Rimer, Frank Spoone, Harvey White, and Terry Crawford. Presbyterian Announces Ten New Faculty Members Governor Russell Is Speaker For Inter-Club Meeting The annual Laurens County in ter-club barbecue will be held on Thursday, October 10, it was an nounced early this week. Governor Donald S. Russell will be the speaker for the occa sion, stated Allen D. Coleman, chairman of the committee mak ing arrangements for the meet ing. Held each year prior to the showing of the Laurens County fair, the event will take place at the fairgrounds between Clinton and Laurens. Hi* -A. V.-. D IS HIE DELANY Editor High School Paper Begins Publication The first issue of the Clinton High School newspaper, The Sentinel, for the current school year was distributed to stu dents on Tuesday. Published monthly by the students of the school, the tab loid-size six-page paper is edited this year by Dishie Delany, senior of Joanna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Delany. Gloria Jackson is associate editor; Carol Sanders, junior editor; Patsy Henderson, fea ture edtior; Connie Simmons, columnist; Billy Shields and Emory Dillon, photographers; Dixie Bolick and Susan Turner, typists. Billy Ballard is business manager and Cynthia Hollis is assistant business manager. Mrs. Lewis Wallace is faculty advisor for the editorial staff, and mi— Betty Reid is advisor for the business staff. Ten new faculty members, in cluding four with their doctor ates, are joining the Presbyteri an College staff this year, and a former professor returns after a year’s absence. Dr. Marc C. Weersing, who as sumed his duties last month as 14th president of PC, has an nounced this group of additions. They wilf* meet with other facul ty members officially for the first time on Friday and Satur day for a two-day faculty re treat in preparation for the ap proaching fall session. Th^ additions — including two each for the history, English, psychology and physical educa tion departments, and one each for biology, general science and geology, and the ROTC—are: History — Dr. Thomas L. Con nelly, professor, who holds his MA and PhD degrees from Rice University and his BA from Da vid Lipscomb College of his na tive Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. Ronald D. Burnside, associate professor, a native of Vincennes, Ind., with BA degree from Wabash College and both MA and PhD degrees from Indiana University. English — Dr. Hollis Cate, as sociate professor and acting de partment chairman, an alumnus with BA degree Jrom Presbyteri an College, master’s and PhD degrees from the University of Georgia, native of Brunswick, Ga.; Anthony E. Brown of Dar lington, assistant professor, working toward his doctorate at Vanderbilt University after re ceiving both his BA and MA de grees from the University of South Carolina. Psychology — Dr. Claude H. Cooler of Ridgeland, professor and guidance director, earned his BS degree from Clemson, his master’s from the University of South Carolina and his PhD from Florida State University; Rev. James W. Anderson, Presbyteri an minister of Lockhart who will serve as an instructor, received his BS from Tulane University, has BD from Austin Theological Seminary and has done addition al post-graduate work at Duke University. Physical Education — Cally Gault, head coach and athletic director, a native of Bamberg and longtime North Augusta High coach, who received his BA from Presbyterian and his master’s from the University of South Car olina; Arthur C. Mussehnan Jr., associate coach and instructor, a Huntington, Ind., native with BS degree from the Citadel. Biology — Carl J. Freeman Jr., of Gate City, Va., instructor, holder of the BA degree from the University of Virginia and MS from Virginia Polytechnic Insti tute. General Science and Geology — Mrs. Eugenia G. Carter, wife of PC chemistry professor Dr. K. Nolon Carter, rejoins faculty as assistant professor to teach geol ogy and newly established course in general science, BA degree from Erskine College and MS from Vanderbilt. ROTC — Capt. Joseph S. Mau- pin of Roanoke, Va., assistant professor of military science, BA degree from Hampden Sydney College, serving in artillery, US Army. The current stay-in-school campaign has created wide spread interest in South Caro lina’s drop-out problem, and has also touched local schools. W. R. Anderson, District 56 huperintendent, plans to take a sampling this fall of drop-out cases in the 13 schools in his jurisdiction, including schools in Clinton, Cross Hill, Joanna and Mountville. Teachers will also devote one day to making the census of en rolled children this fall. To counteract drop-outs, dis trict schools have been working on a remedial reading program for several years and plan to make some adjustment in their courses of study. Anderson emphasizes the value of secondary education as “more and more necessary that every one get all the education and training possible in order to com pete in such a mechanical and scientific age. One of the main factors in encouraging children and youth to stay in school is to get parents to realize the value of education. Too many parents feel as though they were doing the school a favor to let their chil dren attend.” Mrs. Marguerite F. Patterson, county attendance supervisor, follows up on all children report ed by principals as not enrolled and urges parents to enroll them, furnishing clothes, books and lunches donated by clubs and in dividuals. “In some areas, children are late enrolling because they are needed to help gather the crops,” Mrs. Patterson reports. The County Welfare Depart ment i* having a crash program during this month to ascertain the extent of school drop-outs, the reason for drop-outs and what the Welfare Department can do about the problem. The workers are visiting each family that is receiving assist ance and getting information about children ages 13-17. This includes not only the children who are currently receiving aid to families with dependent chil dren, but the cases that were closed or rejected during the past year who have children in that age bracket, also children in child welfare service cases. All services of the department are cooperating in the effort to m m keep these children in school and to encourage those that have dropped out to return. The case workers will be visiting approxi mately 21 Ichildren in 141 fam ilies. “We plan to cooperate closely with the schools and agencies in our county. If the families give legitimate reasons for the chil dren not being in school such as lack of clothing, books or health reasons, then part of our work will be in terms of working with the civic clubs, schools, and churches to see if these barriers can be met by the citizens of the community,” Mrs. Mabel B. Lit tle, director, said this week. “We would like for interested clubs to get in touch with the Welfare Department if they can provide books, clothing or other necessities to encourage these childm to stay in school. The Welfare Department does not have any exera money to provide these needs, therefore we are asking the community’s partici pation in this effort,” Mrs. Little commented. I, I'M* . > •; Reception Honors Weersing Family Several hundred persons of the Clin ton area attended a reception Tuesday night honoring Dr. Marc C. Weersing, new president of Presbyterian College, and his family. It was held in the Doug las House. The Weersings and Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Vance, receiving at the door, are pictured here, left to right: Barry Weersing, 15-year-old son who is enrolled in Blue Ridge School in Hen dersonville, N C.; daughter, Marcia, 18, entering the sophomore class at Con verse College; Mrs. Weersing; Dr. Weer sing; Mrs. Vance; and Mr. Vance, chair man of the PC board of trustees.—Pho to by Dan Yarborough. No Details on FBI Report ’Definite Progress' Made By Officers In Bridges Case ERROR CORRECTION Through an error listing the Whitten Village faculty in The Chronicle last week, the fol lowing names were omitted: Miss Louise Cox, Mrs. Sara Dailey, Mrs. Hattie H. Hunter, and Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller of Laurens. Laurens Electric Co-op Meeting Slated Sept. 21 TB Supervising Nurse Attends Institute In N. C. Mrs. Anne O. Taylor, supervis ing nurse of the Greenwood Coun ty Health Department, recently attended the Institute on Prob lems of Tuberculosis Control at Lake Junaluska, N. C. Dr. Harry Heimann of Wash ington, Dr. Edward T. Blom- quist of Atlanta, and Dr. Godfrey M. Hochbaum of Washington, made the principal presentations on air.pollution, case detection and communication. Sandy Springs Churdi Group flans Mountain Trip The Methodist Youth Fellow ship group' of 'Sandy Springs Methodist Church Is planning trip to the North Carolina moun tains on Saturday, Sept. 14. The young people will spei the day at Blowing Rock and Grandfather Mountain. Officials of the Laurens Elec tric Cooperative have completed plans for the organization’s an nual business meeting. The event, slated for September 21 at the Laurens County fair grounds, will climax 23 years of operation for the Laurens Elec tric Cooperative. Chartered under South Caro lina state law as a locally-owned, controlled and managed corpora tion, Laurens Electric Coopera tive will review the past year’s activities for its consumer-own ers during the business session. Co-Op President W. M. Gres- 1am predicts a record turnout for the once-a-year event, and urged all members to attend and participate in the business of the cooperative. The following members of Lau rens Electric Cooperative have been nominated for re-election to the organization’s board of di rectors: R. L. Henderson, of Rt. 1, Simpsonviile; W. A. Martin of Rt. 1, Fountain Inn; and S. Joe Waldrep of Rt. 2, Enoree. Ending her reign as Miss Lau rens Electric Cooperative is Claudia Tinsley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren Tinsley of Rt. 3, Laurens. This year’s win ner of the beauty contest to be held in connection with the an nual meeting will compete for “Miss South Carolina Electric Cooperative" at the statewide ru ral electric association meeting to be held in Columbia later this year. Winner of the statewide crown will vie for the title of “Miss Rural Electrification” at the national matting next year, Laurens Electric Cooperative Manager Henry M. Faris reports that the organiation is now serv ing 8,656 consumer-owners, an increase of 2,150 during the last ten years. One of the largest in dustries in its service are, the cooperative represents a plant investment of $4,800,000 mam taining 1,948 miles of distribution lines throughout Laurens, Green ville, Spartanburg Counties with small mileage in Newberry, Union, Anderson and Abbeville Counties. Headed by a nine-man board of directors, the Laurens Electric Cooperative has repaid its bank er over $2,000,000 including $756,- 000.00 in interest. Reedy River Assn. Training Union Oinic Scheduled for Sept 17 Churches in the Reedy River Association will have a Train ing Union Clinic at Hurricane Baptist Church on Tuesday, September 17, at 7:30 p. m. Conferences for all age groups will be held. All mem bers and officers are urged to attend. The following will lead con ferences: S h a y 1 o r Walters, state Training Union associate; Mrs. John Lane, approved worker; Mrs Shay lor Walters; Miss Dorothy Cofbitt, minister of education, Laurens First; Miss Lou Ella Brown, minister of education, Ware Shoals First; Johnny Stack, activities director, Greer First;. Mrs James Young, state approved worker; and Billy Adkerson, minister of education, Joanna First. Council Votes To Allow Resumption Of Music at Drive-In City Council at a special meet ing Friday afternoon rescinded an action, with modifications, passed at the regular August ses- sion,——- ■ The Beacon Drive-In on the Whitmire road was authorized to resume use of a piccolo at its dancing area. However, hours for its use were restricted to 11 p.m. through Thursday and to 12 midnight on Friday and Satur day. The owner of the drive-in pledged to modify the volume of the music. At the August meeting Council had prohibited outside use of the music machine. John J. Mabry, owner of the restaurant, appeared before the Council session. Voting for the move to allow resumption of music at the danc ing area were Councilmen Boyd Holtzclaw, Harry C. Layton, Lynn W. Cooper, George W. Bag- well and James C. Craine. Vot ing against was Councilman S. A. Pitts. Mayor J. J. Cornwall presided over the meeting. Cunningham Rites Held On Friday Edwin Thompson Cunningham, Sr., 50, of Rt. 1, Clinton, died suddenly Thursday morning at a Wattsville’s doctor’s office after several years of declining health. He was a native of Laurens County where he had spent most of his life. He was a son of the late Robert T. and Estelle Benja min Cunningham. He was a member of Rocky Springs Pres byterian Church and was employ ed by the Hunter Brothers Con- stuction Co. He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are a son, Edwin T. Cunningham Jr., of Rt. 1, Clin ton; a daughter, Mrs. T. E. (Frances) Davenport of Clinton; three brothers, Robert L. and Fred W. Cunningham of Green wood, and James D. Cunning ham of Rt. 1, Clinton; a sister, Mrs. W. P. (Lois) Abercrombie A partial report from the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation in Washington on evidence sub mitted by local authorities has been received, Clinton Police Chief B. B. Ballard stated yester day, but beyond that neither he, Sheriff Eugene Johnson, nor Chief J. P. Strom of the State Law Enforcement Division would release any definite information in the brutal stabbing and blud geoning death of Mrs. Justin A. Bridges in a downtown Clinton law office on Friday, Aug. 23. The investigating officers jlid state, however, that “definite progress” had been made in the COM. ' The intensive investigation that began the moment the body of the 47-year-old Laurens woman was discovered in his Clinton law Joint Sessioji 01 I Services Are Held Chamber and Clubs On Sunday For Planned for Sept. 12 Gillette Simpson Preparations for a joint meet-' J. Gillette Simpson, 63, of Rt. Bridges Inquest Is Postponed The Bridges case inquest, previously scheduled for this morning (Thursday), has been postponed, it was stated yesterday afternoon by Coro ner Marshall Pressley. He will set a new date later. eei-1 , ireeja, of Rt. 1, Laurens; ahd a grand son. Funeral services were conduct ed Friday at 5 p.m. at Bellview Baptist Church by Rev. J. B. Abercrombie, and Dr. R. C. Bankhead. Burial was in Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery. tng of the Chamber of Commei and civic clubs of Clinton are continuing, according to H. F. Blalock, president of the Cham ber. Arrangements for the dutch af fair are being handled by the membership committee headed by J. Robert Cox and L. Ray Pitts. Speaker for the meeting will be J. Bratton Davis, chairman of the State Development Board. Scout Council Is Represented At National Meeting The Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America, was well represented at the 12th National Training Conference at the Uni versity of Illinois, Champaign, 111., during the past week. Attending were Scout Execu tive L. L. Stanley ofjGreenville and other members of his staff, including Bill Bracett, district executive of the Clinton area. The sessions began last Thurs day and continued through yes- ter (Wednesday). Mr. Stanley led a discussion group. The training session is held every four years and about 3,500 professional Scout leaders from throughout the United States at tended. A number of well-known na tional educators and men were among the speakers. The general theme of the con ference was “Men Who Make the Difference.” Clinton, died Friday morning at a Greenwood hospital after several months of illness. He was a native of Laurens County where he spent his entire life. He was a son of the late Jobe M. and Lola Nabors Simp son. He was a member of Hurri cane Baptist Church. Campbell Lodge 44, AFM, and was a Hejaz Shriner. He was employed at Whitten Village 19 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mattie L. Copeland Simpson; and two brothers, Lewis D. Simpson and J. Mason Simpson of Clin ton. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Hurricane Baptist Church by Rev. C. E. Russell and Rev. A. S. Harvey. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery in Clinton, with Ma sonic rites. The honorary escort included deacons of Hurricane Baptist Church, the Men’s Bible Class, the Laurens County Shriners Club and M. W. Adams. Dr. Fraser's Classes To Begin Sept 17 Dr. T. Layton Fraser will be gin the eighth year of the Com munity -Bible classes Tuesday evening, Sept. 17, at 7:45. The class meets every Tuesday evening in room 109 Neville Hall at Presbyterian College while the college is in session. “Christian Life” is this year’s topic, completing the second cy cle of the four freshman and sophomore courses in Bible offer- business | ed at the college. Dr. Fraser is professor of Bible at PC. The course is non-secta rian and is offered to all who are interested. office by her husband has been continued without let-up, the of ficers state. Dozen of suspected principals or witnesses have been interview ed or questioned and released, they state. Many local, county and state officers have been working on the case. They can be observed daily going in and out of the Clinton police head quarters, leaving for or arriv ing from many points, some quite a distance from the city. None of the officers has re leased details of their investiga tion for publication .other than that of the partial report of the FBI. Coroner Marshall N. Pressley of Laurens County still had not received a full autopsy report up to yesterday afternoon. The body of the prominent Lau rens woman was found at 9:40 p.m. Friday by the victim’s hus band, Attorney Justin A. Bridges, former state legislator from Lau rens County. Bridges and his wife had plan ned a weekend trip to the moun tains and were to leave eariy Saturday. Mrs. Bridges, who had been staffing a Clinton office for her husband on the second floor of the Utopia Building on Mus- grove Street, had made some pur chases for the trip and they were found in the office where her body was discovered. A “mystery client” who visited the Clinton law office still hag not come forward to talk with of ficers. Mrs. Bridges had called her husband at his Laurens of fice at 2:01 pjn. Friday to say a client wanted to see him. Bridges asked her to have tbe client come to the Laurens office and he never appeared there. After waiting for the visitor for some time at his Laurens office. Bridges made a business trip, then returned to the Bridges home at 1003 W. Main St. in Lau rens. His wife was not there. He made telephone calls to seek bar, then drove to Clinton and found her body after noticing that lights still burned in the office lights still burned in the office. Orientation Period Prior to Registering AA's To Meet On Tuesday At the regular meeting of the AA which will be held Tuesday evening, September 10, at 8:00 p. m., in the Health Center on Woodrow Street, the speakers will be two women from Colum bia. r The public is invited to attend these meetings. TftomweH J Dixie Opening Game Tonight at Due West The Thornwell High School football team will play the sea son’s opening game tonight (Thursday) against Dixie High at Due West. College Opens New Session Monday Presbyterian College will begin their registration routine the its 84th session next Monday with the arrival of 152 new students as the latest additions to another capacity enrollment. The freshmen will launch im mediately into a three-day orien tation period preparatory to reg istering on the following Thurs day. During this time, they will efngage in a busy schedule of placement tests and welcoming activities. They will be greeted by Presi dent Marc C. Weersing, making his first official appearance be fore PC students since assuming his new duties last month as chief executive. Upperclassmen are slated to return to PC on next Thursday, September 12, and to. complete next day. Classwork for the 84th session will get underway on reg ular schedule on Saturday, Sep tember 14. Presbyterian faculty members, meanwhile, will get the jump on the student body with a special two-day faculty retreat this Fri day and Saturday. They will as semble for their first official ses sion of the new academic year at 8:30 a.m. Friday in Neville Hall and will continue through the afternoon and on Saturday morn ing. In addition to. discussions on various aspects of the PC pro gram, the group will make fur ther plans on the faculty self- study being directed by Dean Jo seph M. Gettys Orientation week will start on Monday evening with the first as sembly meeting in Belk Audi- torium. It is set for 7 p.m. with words of welcome from college officials, student leaders and Clinton Mayor J. J. Cornwall, to be followed by an informal re ception. Placement tests are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The vail- I ous churches of Clinton will have | parties for incoming members of their on Tuesday evening, and the Stn-I dent Christian Association will I sponsor its annual supper at I Lake Greenwood on Wednesday! evening. Then after registrat next fhursday, the Dames will entertain that with the freshman reception der the direction of Mrs. Neal Prater, chairman. President Mrs. K. Nolon Carter!