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Kiwanis Club Officers Elected
In a recent election of officers, the
Kiwanis Club named the above men to
lead the club for the coming year. Left
to right, they are: L. H. Lee, vice-presi
dent; Ben Hay Hammet, president;
George Brockenbrough, secretary; and
Marvin Gault, retiring president.—Pho
to by Yarborough.
Local Area Textile Mills
Raise Pay of Employees
The Clinton-Lydia Cotton Mills
and Joanna Cotton Mills Com
pany are among the mills grant
ing an upward adjustment in
wages in the near future local
mill officials have stated.
Robert B. Vance, president of
the Lydia and Clinton Mills,
said: “We have consistently
maintained a fair and compar
able level of pay to other su
perior quality print cloth mills
for our employees and will con-
Annexation Vote
Set For Nov. 19
In a special election on the
annexation of certain territory
joining the southern limits of the
city, set for Nov. 19, those en
titled to vote must have been
residents of the state for a period
of one year, of Laure snCounty
for six months, and of the voting
precinct for six months.
The three usual voting places
will be set up in the city, at City
Hall, Hampton Ave. School, and
the Clinton Mill Community
House on Academy Street.
The voting place in the area
proposed to be annexed will be
set up at Vernon’s Restaurant on
Highway 72 near the city limits.
The election was called by the
County Commisioners of Election
upon certification of a petition
by the Clinton City Council.
The Clinton Jaycee Chapter
spearheadde the annexation
movement. Members of the club
circulated the petition seeking
the election whcih was signed by
the required number of freehold
ers residing in the territory.
A map showing the area pro
posed to be annexed will be print
ed in The Chronicle next week.
18 New Cub Scouts
Inducted Into Pock 21
At the monthly pack meeting
of Pack 21 the following boys
received bobcat pins and were
inducted into the pack: Frankie
Hannon, Mike Ballew, Henry
Workman, Russell Vance, Tom
my Henderson, Dickie McSween,
Tommie Addison, Peter Huff,
Guy Tumblin, Billy Dicus, Dav
id Sanders, Walter Hughes,
Frank Boland, Michael Mills,
Keith Bouknight, Wilson Morton,
Rock Sabia, and James Audia.
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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 31, 1963
tinue to do so.” Announcement
was made to employees by bul
letin board notice.
Walter Regnery, vice-president
and general manager of the Jo
anna plant, in his announcement
to Joanna employees stated. “It
has been the policy of Joanna
Cotton Mills Company through
the years to provide wages com
parable with the best in the tex
tile industry. In keeping with this
policy, we are happy to announce
that an upward adjustment of
wages will be made in the near
future.”
First announcement of upward
revision of pay schedules of
hourly paid textile workers was
made Friday by the huge Burl
ington industries. It was known
that the revision had been con
templated for the past several
weeks.
While the local textile plants
announced no definite date for
the wage raise, or how much it
will be, many of the plants join
ing in the revision have stated
that their increase will be five
per cent.
It is expected that the increase
in wages will become effective
in the entire textile industry.
Dr. Brown To Get
PC Service Award
Dr. Marshall W. Brown, re
cently retired president of Pres
byterian College, will be honored
by PC alumni this Saturday
with the presentation of the 1983
Alumni Service Award.
The board of directors of the
Alumni Association selected Dr.
Brown for this award as an
honorary alumnus on the basis
of his long years of service to
the institution. Presentation will
be made as part of the 3:30 p.
m. special program in Belk Au
ditorium.
Dr. Brown retired on August
1 after serving as president of
Presbyterian College since 1945.
His close affiliation with PC
spanned 39 years and included
positions as professor of his
tory and as dean prior to be
coming president.
Community Chorus
To Meet Tonight
The Community Chorus will
meet tonight at the First Pres
byterian Church Recreation
Hall at 8:00.
Community Chest Report
Reaches 86% of Goal
A total of $18,259.25 was reported collected and pledged
toward the 1963-64 Community Chest Campaign, stated Ed
Campbell, drive chairman, at the report meeting held Tues
day.
This represents 86 per cent of the over-aU goal of $21,
672.01, with one week remaining to secure the balance.
The final date for the campaign has been set for Novem
ber 5, and each solicitor is urged to complete all contacts
prior to that date.
Awards wfll be made Tuesday, November 12, at 9:30 a.
m., im the ballroom of the Mary Musgrove Hotel, Mr. Camp
bell said.
College Alumni
Assn. Elects
New Officials
Presbyterian College alumni
have elected Dr. James Edward
Graham of Charleston to serve
as president-elect of the PC Al
umni Association and Dr. Del-
mar Rhame of Clinton as an
alumni trustee representative, it
was announced today.
The balloting by mail to name
1964 alumni officials tapped
Graham to succeed Tom Addi
son of Clinton, who automatical
ly moves up from president-elect
to president. These two and
other officers of the Alumni
Association will be officially in
stalled as part of the Homecom
ing program next Saturday
afternoon and will assume their
new duties next January.
Dr. Graham, a 1935 graduate
of PC, serves as pastor of the
Charleston Second Presbyterian
Church. Delmar Rhame ’26 is a
physician and surgeon, and Ad
dison is resident vice-president
of Waddell and Reed, Inc. and
owner of the Canada Dry Bot
tling Co. of Clinton.
Others elected as 1964 officials
of the Presbyterian College Al
umni Association include:
Vice-president—Sam Cornwell,
Charlotte insurance underwriter
and 1955 graduate; secretary-
treasurer—the Rev. Russell W.
Park, Jr. ’47, pastor of Spartan
burg’s Routh Memorial Presby
terian Church.
South Carolina directors —
Lewis L. Holladay ’25 of Greer,
assistant superintendent of Area
1 Greenville County schools;
Guy Misenheimer ’55 of Rock
Hill, athletic director at Win-
throp Training School; Julius
Wannamaker ’51, Charleston
real estate executive; and Dr.
Hubert G. Wardlaw ’38, pastor
of Kingstree’s Williamsburg
Presbyterian Church.
North Carolina director—Ed
ward W. Mayfield, Charlotte in
surance adjuster and 1960 grad
uate.
Georgia directors — Robert B.
Caldwell ’30, Decatur business
man; W. Dean Power, Jr. ’38 of
Woodstock, insurance under
writer; and John L. Fesperman
’55 of Waycross, assistant vice-
president and treasurer of First
Federal Savings and Loan As
sociation.
Gospel Singing
Featured On WLBG
Robert Patton’s Happy Four
Singers and Gospel Band, fea
turing instrumental music and
gospel singing, may be heard
each Sunday fruin 8.00 to 8.30 a.
m. on station WLBG. Sunday af
ternoon the group will ge guests
at a singing at the Church of
God of Prophecy on Sloan Street
at 2:15. The public is invited to
attend.
Laurens Group Jo
CHS Plans
Homecoming
Tomorrow
Clinton High School’s Red Dev
ils will be seeking their fourth
victory in a row tomorrow (Fri
day) night when they meet New
berry High on the local field.
Game time is 8 o’clcok.
It will be Homecoming for
Clinton, and a full day of activi
ties is planned in addition to the
gridiron clash.
The annual Homecoming par
ade will begin at 4:30 p. m., led
by the CHS band and featuring
sponsors and candidates for Miss
CHS.
Those nominated to vie for the
title of Miss CHS are Connie
Simmons, Patsy Henderson and
Sandra Huggins. The winner will
be crowned at the game’s half
time ceremonies.
The Red Devils are returning
to Wilder Stadium Friday after
four games on the road—North
Augusta, Lexingtno, Union and
Winnsboro — winning the last
three.
Polio Immunization Program Underway Sunday
This scene at the Clinton High School Sunday af
ternoon was repeated six times in School District 56
when 14,000 persons received the Sabin polio vaccine.
Schools of the district were used as points of activity
when white and colored residents reported to receive
the vaccine on a lump of sugar. Persons who failed to
get the vaccine Sunday will have another opportunity
this coming Sunday afternoon when “make-up” ses
sions will be conducted at Clinton High School and Bell
Street High School.—Photo by Yarborough.
Piedmont Dental
Society In Fall
Session Here Today
The annual fall meeting of
the Piedmont District Dental
Society will be held today at
the Lakeside Country Club. Dr.
Marvin Sugarman of Atlanta,
a specialist in the field of perio-
donta, is the clinician for the
scientific portion of the pro
gram.
The Piedmont District Dental
Society is composed of dentists
in ten counties of the area. Dr.
Howard Carlson of Spartan
burg, president, will preside.
The clinician will be introduced
by Dr. Hugh Croxton, Jr., of
Anderson, program chairman.
Local arrangements were
made by Drs. Wessinger, Law.
son, and Davis of Clinton, and
Drs. Long, Crow, and Smoak
of Laurens.
College In
Homecoming
Program
Present Mystery
The Laurens Community Thea
tre will present the great mys
tery, “Ten Little Indians” No
vember 1 and 2 at the Laurens
Central Elementary School, be
ginning at 8 o’clock.
The play is under the direction
of Miss Pat WUsky. There will
be a small admission fee.
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Hundreds of alumni are ex
pected back on campus this
Saturday as Presbyterian Col
lege makes a gala occasion of
its 1963 Homecoming.
In addition to special class
reunions, the program will fea
ture: a welcome to new Presi
dent Marc C Weersing; presen
tation of the Alumni Service
Award to former president
Marshall W. Brown, and the
Alumni Gold P to Dr. Colin
M. Hudson; installation of 1964
officers; and the PC-Wofford
football game at 8:00 p. m.
on Johnson Field.
Students will get the jump
on old graduates Friday night
with their annual Homecoming
dance as Dean Hudson’s or
chestra provides the music.
Alumni directors are sched
uled to meet at 11:00 a. m., Sat
urday. The 1:30 p. m. Alumni
iU gMfeeon will seat alumni by
*! cmxs groups to listen “to a hu
morous talk on the old days at
PC by Dr. Chapman Milling
of Columbia. The special reun
ion classes: 1909, 1910, 1911,
1912, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931,
1938, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950
and 1961. Master of ceremonies
for this occasion will be John
H. Hunter of Clinton.
The awards and installations
are scheduled for the 3:30 p.
m. program in Belk Audito
rium. Dr. J. Newton Gaston of
Chester, president of the PC
Alumni Association, will pre
side over this program at
which Dr. Weersing will be of
ficially welcomed by the alum
ni as the new president of PC.
In selecting Dr. Hudson as
“alumnus of the year” to re
ceive the Gold P, the alumni
board of directors cited him for
his outstanding achievement as
a physicist in the field of mis
sile development with the De
partment of Army Ordnance
Office.
The remainder of the full
Homecoming schedule Satur
day includes: 4:30, p. m.—
Alumni reception; 5:30 p. m.—
Walter Johnson Club meeting;
6:15 p. m.—Dinner; 8:00 p. m.
—PC vs Wofford; and 10:30 p.
m.—Open House.
Clinton Golfer
Gets Hole-ln-One
A Clinton golfer was doing
more than cooling her cleats at
„ .. . .. . . the Lakeside this summer. Miss
Ben Hay Harnmet, director of Almena Blalock was evidently
alumni and public relations at' etlough
to come up with a
Reid Named C1«ief
Deputy By Sheriff
Same Reid, veteran Laurens
law enforcement officer with 22
years experience, has been nam
ed chief deputy by Sheriff R.
Eugene Johnson. He succeeds
Leroy Keeble, who left the force
in July. Reid was a county dep
uty eight years, was a county
prison camp foreman four years
and for 10 years was with the
Laurens City Police Department.
Hammet Is Named
Kiwanis President
Clinton Designers Show Arrangements at County Fair
Clinton
. Thaae arrangements by
women were entered in the
dhrMon. In the center la an
ment by^Mra. Don
a red rife|»n to
which,won
C
entered hr invitation in the **Gkan«z«”
division.—Photos by Mason Motes.
Presbyterian College, is the new
ly elected president of the
ton Kiwanis Club.
He was named by club
bers to succeed Marvin Gsslt
as head of the organization der
ing 1964. The club also elected
L. H. Lee, business manager bf
Whitten Village, to serve as vi
president for the coming year
Hammet has served as an
ministrative officer of Presb;
rian College since 1949. He came'
here after two years with Inter
national News Service, as SoOth-
eastern Division night editor and
later chief of the Alabama bu
reau in Montgomery.
A 1943 graduate of PC, he
served for more than three years
with the infantry in World War
II. After the war, he receievd his
journalism degree with honors
from the University of Missouri
and immediately joined Inter
national News Service.
Hammet is included in the “In
ternational Who’s Who in Public
Relations,” in <r Who's Who in
American Education,” and in
the recently published “8futh
Carolina Lives.” A native of Al-
Imdale, he is toarrM to the
former Jane Jenkins of "Lrto-
hatchie, Ala., and they have
three sons, Ben, Jr., Lewis. and
Scott.
hole-in-one while golfing at the
Lakeside Country Club, which
could earn her a trip to Scotland
for two and $1,000. She was en
tered in the “Old Smuggler”
Hole-In-One Sweepstakes.
The winner will be announced
at the end of the year.
No Office Hours
For Dr. Robinson
Due to a conflict. Dr. Charles
Robinson, Psychologist and Dan
Fowler, mental health consult
ant, will be unable to be at the
local Health Center during the
regular hours Tuesday, Novem
ber 5, it has been announced.
Dr. Robinson and Mr. Fowler,
from the Mental Health Center
in Greenwood, are in Clinton
each Tuesday at the local health
center on N. Woodrow Street
from 2 to 4:30 p. m.
Appointments may be made
on week days by calling Mrs.
W. L. Anthony at 833-0072. Mrs.
Anthony is receptionist at the
center on Tuesday afternoon, for
Dr. Robinson.
Schola Cantorum
Here On Nov. 6th
The Schola Cantorum, a com
pany of 27 musicians, including
mixed voices and instrumental
ists, will appear in concert at
8:30 p. m., November 6 at Belk
Auditorium.
This performance is the second
in the current Community Con
cert series in Clinton, and will
be conducted by Hugh Ross, con
sidered one of the greatest chor
al authorities in the world.
The Schola Cantorum of New
York takes its name from a fifth
century Roman group which set
the highest standards ever known
in choral singing up to that
time. The group recently sang
at the opening New York Phil
harmonic concert of Philharmon
ic Hall at Lincoln Center when
it was broadcast over national
television.
They have also appeared on
the Telephone Hour and Leonard
Bernstein’s program, as well as
in concerts conducted by Tos-
cannini, Walter, Mitropoulous,
Roddzinski, Stokowski, Munch.
A late summer edition of Time
magazine carried an excellent
review of the group’s activities
and accomplishments.
R. H. Dawson, president of the
Concert Association, calls parti
cular attention to the change of
time in this concert only, be
cause of Wednesday night wor
ship services at local churches.
The next guest appearance in
Clinton will be by Whittemore
and Lowe January 31, Greenville
Community Concert ticket hold
ers may hear Mantovani there
November 14 in the reciprocal
concert agreements.
Clinton JVs Win
Over Union, 14-12
Clinton defeated Union in a
junior varsity game in Union
Thursday night, 14-12.
Gary Laney scored from 17
yards out for Clinton and passed
to Randy Rushton for the extra
point. The winners ended their
scoring with Daryl Godfrey’s 38
yard run and a pass from Laney
to Rushton for the extra point.
2 Moke-Up Stotions Open Sundoy
14,000 Persons Receive
Polio Vaccine Sunday
Approximately 14,000 citizens
of School District 56 received the
Sabin oral polio vaccine Sunday
in a mass immunization pro
gram which was termed a suc
cess by Dr. James L. Waker,
area chairman. Two make-up
stations are to be open Sunday,
November 3, from 2 to 4 p. m.
at Clinton High School and Bell
Street High School to administer
the vaccine to persons who were
unable to participate in last
Sunday’s “Stop Polio” program.
Steady streams of recipients
filed into the area’s six stations
manned by volunteer personnel
from noon to 6 p. m. Sunday to
take the first three types of Sa
bin vaccine administered on
cubes of sugar, or, in the case
of infants, by dropper.
The two doses yet to be offered
in a continuation of the immuni
zation campaign are scheduled
for December 8 and Januray 12.
U is necessary that all three
doses of the vaccine be taken to
insure permanent immunization,
it was pointed out by Dr. Walk
er.
An estimated 82% of the popu
lation of District 56 will have
received the vaccine with the
additional doses to be given No
vember 3 to those who missed
the opportunity Sunday, and
with the program yet to be car
ried out in several local institu
tions.
The campaign is sponsored by
Come and Get a Crisp, New $50 Bill
Want a crisp, new $50 bill?
Well, progressive Clinton merchants are going to give
away three of them next Saturday night.
Or, you might want a fine, dependable wrist watch.
Well, those same merchants are going to give away two
of them. I
And you have as much chance to win the above prises as
anyone. — - ~ j
AH you have to do is deposit the stabs of free tickets in
boxes provided at the establishments participating in the
“Loyalty Days” trade festivaL Their names appear in a big
advertisement la The Chronicle today.
The drawing will take plaee Saturday evening at 6:45 on
the parking lot of M. S. Baile/ ft Son, Bankers, off W. Pitts
St. The drawings will continue until Dec. 21, when a brand
1194 Ford Faleoa 4-door sedan will he given away. In
meantime, $M bills and other prises wfll ho given away
each week.
Four psraeas won $54 bills last week. They were Mrs.
Perry C. Parrish of Locust St; Sirs. M. C. Poole of Locust
St.; Mrs. George Corley of N, Adair St; and E. L. Holland of
N. Holland’ St
College Choir To
Sing In Five States
The Presbyterian College rob
ed choir will give 23 performan
ces before church congregations
in five states during the 1963-
64 concert season, college offi
cials have announced.
The program of scared music
and worship, entitled “The Cov
enant Story,” is 13 spirituals and
anthems adapted for the 31 male
voices of the group. Conductor
will be Edouard Patte, .who
has directed the Presbyterian
College Choir 17 years in more
than 600 concerts.
The choir will fill Sunday en
gagements in South Carolina,
Georgia and North Carolina
churches and will take a week-
long spring tour into Alabama
and Mississippi.
civic clubs under the advice of
the Lauresn County Medical So
ciety. It is part of an intensive
immunization program being
conducted in up-state South Car
olina to eradicate polio by use
of the Sabin vaccine, which is to
be taken in the three planned
“feedings”, whether or not the
recipient has previously had the
Salk vaccine.
The first Stop Polio Sunday,
October 27, was the result of an
all-out effort by members of the
medical profession, nurses, phar
macists, business men, and hun
dreds of volunteer lay personnel
to whom Dr. Walker experssed
appreciation in a statement this
week.
Police Forces Still
Seek Bridges Slayer
The South Carolina Law En
forcement Division, the police
department of Clinton and the
Laurens County Sheriff’s office
are continuing an intensive in
vestigation into the death of Mrs.
Justin A. Bridges, who was slain
in Clinton on August 23.
Rewards totaling $7,000 have
been offered for information
leading to the apprehension and
conviction of the person respon
sible.
Sheriff Johnson states, “I want
to impress upon the people the
importance of conveying any in
formation or suspicions that any
of you have to the officers, re
gardless of how ins.gnificant it
may seem to you. This informa
tion or suspicion, together with
what information we have, could
be instrumental in bringing the
person responsible to justice.”
The name of any person and
the information given will be
held in the strictest of confidence
by the officers, Sheriff Johnson
said. Chief J. P. Strom of SLED,
Eugene Johnson, sheriff of Lau
rens County, or B. B. Ballard,
chief of police of Clinton, should
be contacted.
VISIT HERE
Mrs. L. J. Dawson, Miss Vio
let Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. Ice
land Dawson and children of
Isle of Palms, spent last week
end with their son and brother.
Dr. R. H. Dawson, Mrs. Dawson
and son.
lage, wha
•way with a bicycle.
Belk, Weersing Discuss Plans
Irwin Belk of Charlotte, North Carolina state
tor and president of the Belk Enterprises, addressed
the Presbyterian College student body Monday. This
outstanding young business, religious sod civic leader
is pictured here at left talking with Dr. Marc C. Weer
sing, president of Presbyterian College, about future
plans for the college.—Photo by Yarborough.