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' . " .. ‘ • A A # Cltutnn (Elimtirlf Vol. 34 — No. 38 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 26, 1963 Verdict: Depth by Unknown Forty Make Plans for Polio Immunization Only Two Testify At. Bridges Inquest Friday An organizational meeting was held during the past week to prepare for the forthcoming polio immunization cam paign to be conducted in School Dis trict 56. Date for the first of three doses (to be taken by mouth) was set for Sunday afternoon, Oct. 27, at six points in the area. Dr. James L. Walk er, director of the massive effort in this section, presided over the meeting. Committees were set up and other plans made for the huge task. Those at the meeting were (from left, clockwise): Fred Crawford, Earl Rice, Harry McSween, Marvin Gault, Samie Pinson, Dr. E. N. Sullivan, Rufus Sadler, Dr. Walker, Dr. Louis N. Ste phens, Dr. R. M. Fuller, W. R. Anderson, Dr. D. 0. Rhame, W. R. Anderson, Charles Zanone, representative for Phi- zer Laboratories, Dr. James Macdonald, and Claude Crocker.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. Polio Vacdno Campaign Set to Begin on Oct 27 A community-wide effort to wipe out polio in this area will be launched on October 27. Dr. James L. Walker, of Clinton, is chairman of the polio vaccine campaign for the section em braced in School District 56. A similar campaign will also be conducted in the remaining area of the county. Dr. Walker urged all residents from the age of three months on up, including older persons, to turn out at immunization sta tions on Sunday, Oct. 27, to re ceive their first dose of the new Sabin oral polio vaccine. Dates will be announced for two other doses. “While there has been a dra matic decline in the number of cases of paralytic polio,” Dr. Walker said, “the disease is noti at the First Presbyterian Church yet defeated. In the United States I beginning Sunday and closing at the following places from noon to 6:00 p. m. on Oct. 27: Clinton High School, the Armory, Joan na School, Woodson School (Jo anna), Cross Hill School, and Midway School (Mountville- Cross Hill). Further announcements on or ganization and procedure will be given from week to week. Com mittees are now at work arang- ing for the community-wide event. Special Services At 'Presbyterian Chare'll Next Week Dr. Edward G. Lilly, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Hartsville, will conduct services there were more than 1500 cases of polio in 1961. More than 800 of these suffered either death or some sort of paralysis from the disease. “The Sabin vaccine may be the final answer to the fight against this dreaded disease. The vac cine is easy to administer—no injection; it provides rapid ac tion—in about one week, and it helps break the chain of trans mission by stimulating intestinal resistance to future infection. “Recent licensing of the Type III vaccine,” he added, “means that the possibility of wiping out polio as a threat to our children or to their parents is closer than ever before. We have the tools. Now it’s up to the community to use them.” Polio is caused by any one of the three types of virus. The gov ernment last year licensed an oral vaccine against Type I and II and recently granted a license for distribution of oral vaccine against Type III. All three of the oral vaccines were developed by Dr. Albert B. Sabin of the Uni versity of Cincinnati School of Medicine. Dr. Walker said that the local organization will purchase thous ands of doses of each of the three types of Sabin vaccine from Pfizer Laboratories. He added that the vaccine will be administered at a charge of 25 cents. However, no one will be turned away for lack of funds. The vaccine will be administer ed at six Immunization centers in strategic locations throughout this area. The vaccine can be ad ministered to infants by dropper, spoon or paper cup. Older chil dren and adults can drink a mix ture of vaccine and distilled wa ter or eat a cube of suger on which the vaccine has been drop ped. The first dose will be dispensed Wednesday evening, October 2. The services will culminate Sy nod Evangelism Emphasis for the church. There will be two ser vices daily, one at 10:00 a. m. and the other at 7:30. Dr. Lilly is one of the Southern Church’s leading ministers. He served for many years as chair man of the Stewardship commit tee of Synod. Rev. LeGrand Adams Pastor At Leesville Rev. Legrand Adams has been assigned to Leesville Southern Methodist Church and assumed the duties September 1st. Rev. Adams comes to Clinton after 3 years at Hebron Church near Livingston, S. C. He is married and has a 3 year old daughter. He plans to attend the Southern Methodist College this year in Orangeburg, S. C. He will live in Clinton on weekends. Neely Is Reassigned To S. C. Guard Unit Airman Joseph F. Neely of Clinton, is being reassigned to a unit of the South Carolina Air National Guard at Eastover fol lowing his graduation from the United States Air Force techni cal training course for account ing and finance specialists at Sheppard AFB, Texas. Airman Neely studied Air Force payment and collection procedures, appropriations, and general ledger entries, with spe cial emphasis on travel and mili tary pay. The airman, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Carlisle Neely of 303 W. Walnut St., received his B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina. MOVE INTO NEW HOME Mr. and Mrs. George B. Brock- enbrough and family have moved into their new home in the Merrie Oaks subdivision. PC to Meet Lenoir Rhyne On Local Field Saturday The Presbyterian Blue Hose, McCranie added 72 will entertain Lenoir Rhyne here Saturday night, strong in their determination to maintain the offensive spark they rekindled last weekend with a season-open ing victory against Frederick College. It’s the first home game of 1963 for the spirited PC squad and new Head Coach Cally Gault. A large crowd of Presbyterian and Lenoir Rhyne supporters are expected at Johnson Field for the 8 p. m. kickoff. Despite their 19-9 win over Frederick, the Hosemen will en ter Saturday night’s game as 25-point underdog in the national powre ratings. That fact stands as a real tribute to Lenoir Rhyne’s potent single wing at tack which has met defeat only twice in the past four years. The Bears gave every indica tion of their 1963 expectations by trouncing Wofford, 16-6, in their opener last weekend. Both PC and Lenoir Rhyne showed ground strength in their first games. The Blue Hose amassed 241 yards rushing from scrimmage and 17 first downs as Halfback Don McNeill scamper- a 7.2 average, Fullback Randy ed for 79 yards in 11 carries for irds and Halfback Wade Stewart, 55 yards. The two halfbacks are sophomores and McCranie is a junior. Lenoir Rhyne, meanwhile, has turned up with another outstand ing tailback in swift Craig Ward- law. He set the pace against Wof ford by rushing for 133 yards and passing for 41 more. Whether the Presbyterian de fense can throttle Wardlaw and his Bear cohorts as well as it did the Frederick offense is a key question only Saturday night can answer. Four three-year letter- men, all of whom well remember Lenoir Rhyne’s close 15-14 win over PC, head the PC forward wall which limited Frederick to just four first downs. They are Guards Randy Fitzpatrick and Pat Sudduth, Tackle Frank King and Center Keith Richardson. Kicking specialist Louis Ridin- ger of Charlotte led the Hose scoring in the 1941 victory of last Saturday. He booted two field goals, from 24 and 35 yards out, and added an extra point place ment to account for 8 points. PC’s two second-half tourchdowns came on a two-yard quarterback sneak by Billy Tyson and a 25- yard run by McNeill. Former State Rep. Justin A. Bridges looked on solemnly Fri day as a Laurens County coro ners’ jury ruled that his wife came to her death as a result of stab wounds “inflicted by a ‘par ty or parties unknown.” Only two persons testified at the 45-minute inquest which was held in front of about 400 people in the Clinton National Guard Armory. Mrs. Beaufort C. Bridges, a prominent grandmother, was found slain in her husband’s law office here the night of Aug. 23. The Bridges are residents of Lau rens, and Mr. Bridges maintain ed ^n office here in addition to his office in Laurens. The six-man coroner’s jury re turned its verdict after deliberat ing for eight minutes. It had heard oral testimony from police man Chesley Richards and Lt. Rufus King of the Clinton Police Department, the first officers on the death scene, and a doctor’s report read by Coroner Marshall Pressley. There was no testimony with respect to hairs which investiga tors said were found under a ring on Mrs. Bridges’ left hand. Offi cers have said the hairs were of a “Negroid origin.” A Negro man is being questioned in the case, but he is in custody on a jail sentence stemming from an other charge. The doctor’s report said Mrs. Bridges suffered multiple stab wounds of the face, abdomen and back. The report said the stab wounds were probably produced by a blunt instrument five to five and one-half inches in length and three-eights of an inch in width. No further testimony was offered as to a more complete descrip tion of the probable death weap on. Both King and Richards testi fied that they were met by Bridges near his office the night of these slaying. The officers had gone there shortly after Bridges had called the police station about 9:45.p.40 afUc finding his wife’s body. They said there were indica tions of a struggle. They said Mrs. Brdiges’ pocketbook was ly ing on the floor. King noted that a number of salted peanuts were scattered over the floor of the office. Richards said he understood there was blood in the wash ba- 1 sin next to the office, but that it had been washed away. He also testified that officers of the Laurens County Sheriff’s Department and the State Law Enforcement Division made ef forts to obtain fingerprints be fore the body was removed. Richards and King were ques tioned by Pressley and Solicitor William T. Jones. None of the statements given by Bridges to police came out at the inquest. However, officers have quoted Bridges as saying he last spoke with his wife about 2:00 p. m. on the afternoon of the slaying. He was at his Laurens office when she telephoned him from the Clinton office about a prospective client. Bridges had gone to the Clin ton office when his wife failed to return to Laurens the night of August 23. Members of the coroner’s jury were Ted Anderson, Jr., Dr. J. W. McCullough and Jimmie Cooper of Laurens; Truman Ow ens, Sidney Hartzog, and Melvin Creswell of Clinton. Circuit Solicitor Jones of Greenwood, who assisted Coro ner Pressley in questioning the two witnesses called, told those present that “many questions will remain in your mind when the inquest is over.” He empha sized that only evidence of "how and by what means” Mrs. Bridges came to her death would be presented. The doctor’s report stated: “Preliminary examination of the findings are interpreted as showing death due to stab wounds with mutilation injuries produced by some blunt object or objects after she had died. The stab wounds were made with an instrument of approximately five to five and a half inches in length and approximately three- eights of an inch in width.” Education Association In First Meeting Today The Laurens County Education Association will hold its first meeting of the year this after noon (Thursday) at 3:30 at the Hickory Tavern High School. Edwin Culpepper of Columbia, executive secretary of the South Carolina Education Association will be the guest speaker. Kiwanians To Present Recording The regular meeting of the Kiwanis club will be held to night at 7 p.m. at the Mary Mus- grove Hotel. W. R. Anderson, superintendent of School District 56 will have charge of the pro gram. A recording made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on “Communism” will be given. Scene Where Man Was Killed Pictured above are Laurens County Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson, Clinton City police officers and the train engineer, conductor and other workers viewing the body of William 0. (Slim) McGee, who was struck and killed Saturday night at 6:50 by a train. McGee lived on Gary Street in Clinton, only a block from the scene of the accident.—Photo by Mason Motes. Chest Drive Starts Oct.1 The Community Chest of Greater Clinton will begin its general drive, Tuesday, Octob er 1, George H. Coraelson, pres ident, stated yesterday. A coffee meeting will be held that morning at 9:30 in the ballroom of the Hotel Mary Musgrove and all division chairmen, as well as solicitors, are urged to be present. Supplies will be distributed to each participant and a re port will be given by Reese Young, Advance Gifts Chair man, on progress to date. The budget for the 1963-1964 campaign is 121,672.01. William 0. McGee Killed When Struck By Train L. VERNON POWELL Powell Is Manager Of Musgrove Hotel L. Vernon Powell, well-known local food service man and res taurant operator, is the new manager of Hotel Mary Mus grove. He tooKover operation of the community-owned hotel on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Powell was for many years manager of the Presbyterian College dining hall, and for sev eral summers was food service manager at the huge dining hall at the Baptist assembly grounds at Ridgecrest, N. C. For some time he has been operating Vernon’s Restaurant here at the intersection of High ways 72 and 56 at the southern' edge of the city. That business will be continued, he stated. HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION Mr. and Mrs. George H. Cor- nelson are building a new home in the Merrie Oaks subdivision. Construction is expected to be completed within the next few months. To Make Census Of Children In Area School District 56 At the last session of the Gen- ; eral Assembly, a law was passed requiring that a school census be made of the children between the ages of 7 and 16 who were not en rolled in school. The State De partment of Education is urging that a complete census be made of all children between the ages of 0 and 16, which would be of great value to the school districts in determining the future needs of the school. This census will be made in District 56 during the i month of October. On Monday, September 30, a census card will be given to ev ery child in school in District 56, along with a card for each pre school age child in the family. It is very important that the pa rents cooperate with the school in filling out these cards and returning them to the school which the child attends. After these cards have been returned and checked by the teachers in the respective schools, then a house-to-house canvass will be made of the entire district in or der to register each and every child. It is hoped that all pa rents will realize the importance of getting the cards returned to the schools in order to facilitate the work of the teachers in mak- William O. McGee, 56, was fatally injured when he was struck by a train at 6:50 p. m. Saturday about a block from ^is home on Gary Street, j City Patrolman George Cor- I ley, first officer on the scene, said he found McGee’s body i on the Seaboard Airline Rail road right-of-way alongside the eighth car of an east bound passenger train. Laurens County Coroner Mar shall Pressley said the train’s engineer, J. O. Long, of Abbe ville, told him McGee walked 1 directly into the path of the . train from between two high- ended pulpwood flat cars stand ing on a sidetrack. The coroner quoted the engin eer as saying McGee saw the train bearing down on him at i the last moment and threw up ’ his hands, but made no effort to move from the tracks. Long said the train was mov ing at a speed of 15 to 18 miles an hour and he applied brakes but could not stop in time to avoid hitting McGee. Coroner Pressley said McGee apparently died instantly. He empaneled a jury and said an inquest will be scheduled later. Investigation was joined also Booster Night At Mountville Grange “Booster Night” was observed by the Mountville Grange on Sep tember 19 at the Grange hall. The guest speaker was Ray mond L. Willis, master of the South Carolina State Grange. Prior to the program a cover ed dish supper was enjoyed by the members and visitors. ing the house-to-house canvass. This state law and the work of the State Department of Edu cation and the local school* au thorities is for the purpose of re ducing the number of drop-outs and to encourage all school-age children to attend school. ^ The administration and teach ers of District 56 urge the loyal copoeration of each and every parent in the district. by Clinton City Officers M. C. Stewart, W. E. Marse, Wright Simpson and Chesley Richards, and by Laurens County Sheriff * R. Eugene Johnson. Recommend Three ■ New Members For Education Board Laurens — Three carry-over and three new members were recommended for appointment to the Laurens County School Board of Education in a letter submitted Friday to Gov. Don ald Russell. Two members of the county legislative delegation, State Sen. King Dixon and Rep. Mar shall Abercrombie, signed the letter, but the delegation’s third member, Rep. David Taylor, did not. Recommended for reappoint ment for four-year terms were J. L. Delany of Joanna, J. C. Thomas of Clinton, and J. M. Babb of Gray Court. The names of W. S. Mahon of Rt. 1, Gray Court, W. L. Patterson and W. J. Brown of Laurens, were sub mitted as new members. The latter three if approved by the I governor, would succeed Chas. j Fleming of Laurens, who asked not to be reappointed, Larry Weeks of Wattsville, and Roy j Cain of Rt. 3, Laurens. The seven-man board also in cludes County Superintendent of | Education J. Leroy Burns as . an ex-officio member. In a statement Friday, Rep. Taylor said he did not sign the recommendation letter "after some of the board members now serving were replaced.” He said that on examining records in the office of the county su perintendent of education, he found that board members now serving “had attended all the meetings regularly and I feel that the progress made in re cent years would warrant re appointment of these mem bers.” Scenes at Inquest in the Death of Mrs. Justin A. Bridge Held Here Friday Afternoon At left are Clinton police officers Chesley Richards their testimony Hie next photo shows Solicitor WQ- and Rufus Kin?, the only two wltneeses to testify st Ham T. Jones of Greenwood (standing), who did most the inquest in the death of Mrs. Justin A. Bridges, giro of the questioning as he explained the purpoee of the inquest. Shown with him are Laurens County Coro ner Marshall Pressley and Mrs. Betty Satterfield, in quest recorder. The photo at right shows part of the crowd of about 400 persons who attended the inquest at the Clinton armory—Photos by Dan Yarborough