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\ / r ulljf (Eliulmt (Ehrmtirle Vol. 64 — No. 47 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 28, 1963 County-Wide Service Recommended Ambulance Situation In Lap of Legislators The ambulance situation was laid in the laps of county officials at a meeting held in Laurens Friday to hear the report of a committee previously appointed by Mayor Paul Culbertson of Laurens. The conclusions, of course, were entirely advisory, since the committee was unofficial. These recomendations will be turned over to Sen. King Dixon and Reps. Marshall Abercrombie and David Taylor. 1. That equal funds, presum ably public funds, be made available to Laurens and Clinton districts to support an ambu lance service in each district. 2. That a contract be made with a privately owned ambu lance service in existence or to be established. 3. That an amount not to ex ceed $150 a month for ambulance service be provided. able to pay claims outstanding ($1,050) with Craine Ambulance Service.; 5. That a written contract be made between the county and the concern furnishing ambu lance service setting forth agree ments between both parties. Controversy has cenetered on the Laurens ambulance service almost a year. Bryan Craine, owner of Craine Ambulance Ser vice, requested $150 a month subsidy from the county delega tion to make up losses from un paid calls. The amount of $400 for the first three months of 196$ was paid Craine in April out of county funds, but when the ques tion as to the fairness of this allocation arose, the subsidy was not continued. The service was rendered only in the Laurens area. Craine stopped ambulance ser vice Nov. 10, which prompted the committee action. After Fri day’s meeting he agreed to re sume service pending action of the delegation. Legislation will have to be introduced in the Gen eral Assembly to bring about a county-wide permanent subsidy to ambulance service. The Clinton area is served by Gray Funeral Home and two col ored funeral homes—Henry’s and Childs,. Bids To Be Taken For CHy Sewer Work Sealed bids for the construc tion of addtttows to the sewer age system et the city ef Cttn- ten wIU be received and open ed on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 11 a. m. at city hall. The bids will cover construc tion of an outfall line and oxi dation pond to serve the sooth- eastern section of the city and additions in two other areas tat the western section of town. Flans and specifications for the projects were made by Lockwood Greene Engineers of Spartanburg. SALLY COPELAND Miss Laurens Electric Co-op Miss Sally ' ''PgMB gif IhBw* W. Copeland ef Bt. S, representing the Lnnrena Electric Cooperative, will compete with ether coup beauty winners for the title of Miss Sooth Carolina Elec tric Co-op In n statewide con test to bo bold December S at 7:1$ p. m. at the Wade Hampton Hotel, Columbia. College Holidays Begin Wednesday Thanksgiving holidays for Presbyterian College students will begin officially at 6:00 p. m , Wednesday, and will con tinue through Sunday. When the student body reas sembles on campus after the four-day vacation period, only 16 days will remain before the start of the Christmas holidays on December 17. And the Yule- tide season “break” will extend through January 2, 1964. Come And Get 'Em! Fifty-dollar bills galore will be offered by progressive Clinton merchanU in their ticket draw ing Saturday night. Seven of them will go to per sons present on the parking lot of M. S. Bailey & Sons, Bankers, Saturday at 6:45 p. m., if they can produce matching ticket stubs when the numbers are call ed. In addition, someone will win a bicycle and two hair dryers. So, make it a point to be on the spot Saturday night, and you may be one of the prize winners. Tickets may be secured from merchants whose names appear in a half-page advertisement in The Chronicle today. They dis play Loyalty Days banners and are sponsoring the big fall trade festival. The drawing was called off last Saturday because of rain— and that is the reason for doub ling up on the prizes this week. Clinton To Close For Thanksgiving Clinton, along with the rest of the country, will observe Thanks giving Day (Thursday) as a holi day. Business houses generally will be closed for the day, including banks and the post office. No mail deliveries will be made, it was stated by W. D. Adair, post master. A union Thanksgiving service will be held at 10 a. m. in Belk Auditorium on the Presbyterian College campus. Anthems will be sung by the Clinton Community Chorus and the Rev. Albert S. Harvey, pas tor of Broad Street Methodist Church will deliver the Thanks giving sermon. The annual Thanksgiving Day football game between Presby terian College and Newberry College will take place on Setzler Field in Newberry, beginning at 2 p. m. Cotton mills of the area will observe their usual work hours, it was stated. Some of the other industries will take the day off, while others will maintain regu lar work schedules. Most college students will re turn home for the holiday period and will remain through the weekend. Opens Holidoy Seoson Christmas Parade Next Two Clinton Players Get Places On Conference Team Two Clinton High School foot ball players end Phil Rogers and guard Tommy Copeland, landed places on the all-star team and received awards at the first an nual Eastern AA Conference award dinner in Laurens last Wednesday night. R. E. (Ears) Wilson of Chester was named coach-of-the-year. Guest speaker was Cally Gault, head coach at Presbyterian Col lege. The all-star team was selected in balloting by players, coaches, sports writers and broadcasters. Phil is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Rogers and Tommy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Cope land, Jr. Community Chorus Meets Tomorrow The Clinton Community Cho rus will meet tomorrow (Friday) evening at 7:30 instead of 8:60 as previously, in the First Pres byterian Church Fellowship asst.— For Bronxe Derby Hose, Indians to Clash Thursday at Newberry Thanksgiving football action will find Presbyterian College traveling to Newberry Thursday afternoon for the 49th renewal of one of South Carolina’s oldest bridiron feuds. It’s the annual Bronze Derby clash, scheduled for 2 p. m. on Setzler Field, and the season finale for both teams. PC Coach Cally Gault predicts an offensive show, since both teams have been moving the ball well in recent games. Exciting contests and narrow margins of victory have been the pattern for .this series since the opener back In 1913, so the 1963 version is expected to attract another capa city crowd. Newberry will enter the game as slight favorite on the strength of its 5-4 record as compared to Presbyterian's less impressive 2- 6-1 mark. The Indians currently have possession of the Bronze Derby after last year’s hardy 23-0 win, but PC squads through the years hold a dominant series edge with 29 victories against 15 for Newberry and 4 ties. Scouting reports show that Newberry fileds a well-balanced ball club this season. An excel lent line is headed by End Fred Haley, whom many rate among the best in the state. The back- field presents a versatile attack based cm speed and the ability to run or throw with equal ease. Quarterback Tom Gorman is an accomplished passer, while Full back Bill Hammond leads the rushing. The Turkey-day game could readily develop into a battle of fullbacks. Randy McCranie, PC’s 200-pound bulldozer, is ready to match thrusts with Hammond. His credentials in clude the position of PC’s top ball-carrier with 325 yards from scrimmage for a 3.4 average. Halfback Don McNeill also is a top running threat for the Hosemen. Quarterbacks Bill Ty son and Leighton Grantham will share the passing chores. Up front in the forward wall, Presbyterian hopes to maintain its stout defensive play paced by End Jimmy Bankhead, Guard Randy Fitzpatrick and Tackle Frank King. As the teams move into their final game of the 1963 campaign, Newberry looks back to wins over Lenoir Rhyne, Frederick, Western Carolina, Guilford and Carson-Newman and losses to Wofford, Catawba, Elon and Appalachian. Presbyterian Col lege has triumphed over Fred erick and Troy State while los ing to Lenoir Rhyne, East Caro lina, The Citadel, Tampa, Wof ford and Furman, and tying Davidson. The Blue Hose starting lineup for Thursday afternoon will in clude Jimmy Bankhead and Gar net Welch at ends, Frank King and John Harvey Edwards at tackles, Pat Sudduth and Randy Fitzpatrick at guards. Keith Richardson at center, Bill Tyson at quarterback, Randy McCranie at fullback and Don McNeill and Wade Stewart at halfbacks. JOHN F. KENNEDY Kennedy Services j Monday John F. Kennedy, 35th Presi dent of the United States, who was assassinated Friday in Dal las, Texas, was buried Monday in Arlington National Cemetery. Funeral services were held at noon in the Cathedral of St. Mat thew in Washington. The body had lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol Building since Sun day afternoon. The service was attended by leaders of the nation, headed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, who took the oath of office Fri day afternoon shortly after Pres ident Kennedy died. Many rul ing heads br other nations of the world had come to Washington for the funeral. President Kennedy was shot with a high-powered rifle as he was riding in a motorcade in Dallas shortly after noon Friday. Lee Harvey Oswald, 24-year- old man, held for the murder of the President, was himself shot and killed Sunday with a pistol by a Dallas man as he (Oswald) was being transferred from one jail to another in Dallas. The Clinton area joined in the national pause for the Kennedy services. Business houses closed for the funeral hour and schools and the post office were closed for the day. A community memorial ser vice was held Monday at Belk Auditorium, sponsored by the Clinton Ministerial Association. Rev. John Rivers, Rev. J. H. Darr, Rev. J. Gordon Peery and Rev. William Redd Turner pre sented the program. t District Sdioois To Close Two Days For Thanksgiving Schools of District 56 will be closed Thursday and Friday to observe the Thanksgiving holi days, according to W. R. An derson, superintendent The schools were doted Mon day out of respect to President Kennedy, whose funeral was held that day. > Thursday Plans are shaping up for the annual Christmas parade on Thursday, December 5, begin ning at 4:30 p. m. Serving as parade marshal will be Leonard Crotts, of the Bali Hai Ranch. Mr. Crotts will be riding “Retsraff,” one of S. J. Rimer’s purebred Arabian horses. The horse will be in full Arabian costume. Heading the parade will be Mayor J. J. Cornwall, accord ing to Charles H. Hughes, pa rade chairman. The parade is sponsored by the Merchants Division of the Clinton Cham ber of Commerce. Also in the line-up will be Miss Clinton, Miss Jimmie Furr, sponsored by the Clinton Jaycee. And of course, Santa Claus. The following churches and organizations are planning to enter floats: First Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Church, Thorn well, Presbyterian Col lege, Whitten Village, Clinton Lions Club, Clinton Kiwanis Club, Clinton High Sphool, Clin ton Public Schools, Clinton Council of Camp Fires. Also in cluded in the line-up will be floats from Edistn Farms Dai ry, Lance, Inc., The State-Rec ord, and Pet Dairy Products. Again this year local business firms are sponsoring a number of floats. Other entries are ex pected from other churches and organizations. Harry Bouknight, band direc tor of Clinton High School, is completing arrangements for the participating bands. Non-commercial floats with a Christmas theme are eligible for one of the prizes totaling $140. The parade entries will as* sembie on East Calhoun and East Maple Streets. The parade route will be the same as last year, beginning near Presbyte rian College, it will travel up South Broad Street to the post office, then turn right on East Florida Street, and then turn right on M us grove Street and out East Carolina Avenue. Pa rade entries should be in the line-up by 4:00 p. m. Clinton-Lydia Mills Employees To Get $115,000 In Savings Approximately 600 special checks have been made out to employees of Clinton-Lydia Cot ton Mills who participated in the Christmas savings club through out the past year. The checks total about $155,000, represent ing the amount saved by em ployees through the Christmas club during the year by means of payroll deductions. According to President Vance, the checks will be delivered to the employee members on Fri day, Novmber 29. Overseers within the plants will distribute the checks for that week. The minimum amount of money to be paid is $50 and the maximum is $1400. This plan is for the convenience of employees and is entirely vol untary, Mr. Vance said. fi ‘ 1.~m t Miiin imw i, ii 'timwMMMH *Miiitmmi&t&ey-m.-* m 6 iff m