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Scene of Fatal Accident
An ambulanc is shown as it leaves the scene of
the accident on Highway 72 north of Clinton which
claimed the life of Huey T. Bonds, 27, Friday night.
Shown are Grays ambulance attendant John Bledsoe
and Highway Patrolman William E. Gibson, who in
vestigated.—Photo by Paul Quinton.
.Huey T. Bonds Dies Of
Injuries When Hit By Car
Huey T. Bonds, 27-year-old
Clinton area man, died at Bailey
Memorial Hospital Saturday at
3:10 a.m. of injuries he received
earlier in the night when he was
t
struck by a car as he walked
along S. C. Highway 72 about two
miles north of Clinton in a driv
ing rain.
State Highway Patrolman Wil
liam E. Gibson identified the
driver of the northbound 1963
Oldsmobile as Charles W. John
son, 18, of Clinton. He said C.
H. McCrary, also of Clinton, was
a passenger in the car.
Aaron Howell, of Joanna, said
to have been a companion of
Bonds, was not injured.
The right front of the vehicle
struck Bonds, the force of the
blow flinging him into a ditch on
the side of the road.
Patrolman Gibson said he was
called to investigate at 11:35 Fri
day night.
Laurens County Coroner Mar
shall Pressley empaneled a jury
and said he would schedule an
inquest. i
Officers stated that Johnson
and McCrary were at a roadside
stand in the area in their respec
tive cars, and that Johnson’s car
would not start. McCrary was
said to have pushed the Johnson
car toward Clinton in an effort
to get it started. When the John
son car still failed to start, John
son got into McCrarys’ car to re
turn to the roadside stand to tel
ephone for aid. Johnson was said
to have been driving McCrary’s
car when Bonds was struck.
Adult Commercial
Course at High School
Beginning tonight, January 30,
at 7:30 a commrecial course
for adults will be given at the
Qinton High School. Courses in
typing, bookkeeping, and busi
ness English will be offered.
Mrs. Robert Johnson will teach
Pickett Senator
To Speak at Dinner
Of TB Association
State Senator Earle E. Morris
of Pickens will speak at the an
nual meeting of the Laurens-
Greenwood Tuberculosis and
Health Association tonight.
A record crowd is expected
because of renewed interest in the
relatively new Greenwood and
Laurens County Association, the
popularity of the speaker, and the
association’s expanded program
to include all respiratory diseas
es. —
The dinner meeting will be held
at/7:30 p. m. in the Boyce Grier
Student Center at Lalfder College,
Greenwood. Mrs. C. Bruce Barks
dale is in charge of local ar
rangements. Mrs. Wm. F. Maul
din of Greenwood, David H. Rob
erts of Clinton, and J. R. Noble j_the class which is sponsored by
of Laurens, will arrange hospi
tality and registration.
by the State Department of Edu
cation.
PC Alumni Establish
Whitelaw Scholarship
A scholarship honoring Dr.
Neill G. Whitelaw, veteran chaii>
man of the Presbyterian College
physics department, is being es
tablished here by PC alumni, it
was announced today. *
The alumni board of directors
voted to set up an annual $500
award, to be given as a merit
grant to a member of the rising
junior class at PC. It will begin
next fall.
Funds for the Neill G. White-
law scholarship are to come
through the annual giving pro
gram conducted among alumni
and friends of the college. The
plan calls for subscriptions to
pay the grant amount etf^year
until sufficient additional funds
can be .get aside for endowing the
scholarship. Each award will be
made for one year to a junior “on
the'basis of general scholarship,
need and future promise of su
perior performance.”
The directors named the schol
arship for DV. Whitelaw in rec
ognition of his 29 years of out
standing service as a teacher at
Presbyterian College. It was
poipted out that he has made an
important contribution to the col
lege and to the wqrid of science
through the students who trained
under his guidance here — sever
al of whom today play a respon
sible part in the nation’s guided
missiles program.
Dr. Whitelaw himself was
sought during World War II by
DR. NEILC G. WHITELAW
the Oak Ridge Project then com
pleting development of the atomic
bomb, but he decided to remain
at PC. A native of Kidder, Mo.,
he came to Presbyterian in 1935
from the faculty of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, where he had
received both his master’s and
doctorate. . . ,
Through the years, Dr. White-
law has been considered PC’s
toughest taskmaster. He also
has been considered one of the
campus’ most sympathetic stu
dent advisers. The combination
has paid dividends, and it is this
career which alumni applaud in
establishing the Neill G. White-
law Scholarship.
County Teenagers
Going To Town 1
For March of Dimes
Laurens County Teenagers lead
the state in collections for the
March of Dimes, according to
Larry Gar, county chairman. Up
to yesterday, Clinton'and Laurens
area teenagers had reported a
total of $1,707.72.
Of this total, the Clinton area
teenagers under the leadership of
Mary Locke Simons and Jane
Johnson have raised $1,275 from
their various activities. They
still have a dance coming up on
Feb. 8 at Clinton High School and
a faculty-varsity basketball game
on Feb. 15.
The Laurens High group had a
“car bash” scheduled for last
Tuesday, when the will actually
smash a car to bits at 25 cents
a shot. They will wash cars
Saturday and have a dance slated
ior early in February.
“These county teenagers are
really going to town,” said Chair
man Gar.
Hamer Is Officer Of
Hejaz Shrine Temple
Robert P. Hamer, Clinton
banker, was named high priest
and prophet of Hejaz Shrine
Temple Friday night at the an
nual meeting in Memorial Au
ditorium in Greenville. —
George W. Phillips of Lancas
ter was named potentate.
The meeting was attended by
Shriners from the upper part of
the state, including a large dele
gation from Clinton and Laurens
County.
Former Clemson
Students To Meet
In Laurens on Feb* 4
Former students of Clemson
College in Laurens County will
meet at the Carolina Drive-In,
Laurens, at 7:00 p.m. on Febru
ary 4, to observe the fourth an
nual “Clemson night around the
world.”
Clemson Clubs throughout the
world will be meeting that night
to enjoy a new tradition of fel
lowship that is repeated annual
ly on the first Tuesday in Feb
ruary.
The program will be a dutch
supper. It is requested that those
who plan to attend call McGee’s
Drug Store in the Clinton area,
or Cecil Roper in the Laurens
area. A resrvation is not neces
sary.
Four-Year-Old Boy
Dies of Car Injuries
William (Billy) Arthur Ward,
4-year-old son of Claude H. and
Nellie Dunnaway Ward of 403
Jefferson St., died at Bailey
Memorial Hospital Friday morn
ing from injuries received Thurs
day afternoon when struck by an
automobile.
According to City Policeman
J. Allen Simmons, the child
darted from behind a parked
car into the path of a 1957 Ram
bler station wagon driven by
Ruben Blackwell, 16, of Clinton.
The officer said Blackwell and
two other youths, passengers in
'the car, were headed north on
Bailey Street.
According to officers, there
were no witnesses to the acci
dent.. Simmons said several per
sons in the vicinity heard the
sound of the car’s brakes being
applied, but did not see the actual
impact.
The accident occurred about a
block from where the child lived.
Investigating in addition to
Simmons were Assistant Chief
of Police W. B. Blakely and Po
liceman J. V. Lowe.
Billy was a native of Clinton
and attended Sunday School at
Calvary Baptist Church.
Surviving in addition to his
parents art two brothers, Claude
Douglas Ward and Randy Lee
Ward of the home; two sisters,
Cathy Ann Ward and Rebecca
Sue Ward of the horfte; Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Dunnaway, maternal
grandparents, of Rt. 1, Clinton.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday at 4 p.m. at Calvary
Baptist Church by Rev. J. W.
Spillers, Rev. I. H. Webb and
Rev. J. L. Jenkins. Burial was
in Rosemont Cemetery.
’ Pallbearers were Reuben Bible,
Bobby Ward, Gary Laney and
Steve Grady. ,
(She (Elution (Ehnmtrlr
Vol 65 — No 5
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 30, 1964
Robert B. Wassung Named College Students
City’s ’Citizen of the Year' Enter New Term
Robert B. Wassung, manager
of the Clinton Bearings Plant of
The Torrington Company, has
been named Clinton’s “Citizen
of the Year’’ by the local Lions
Club.
He was selected by a special
committee appointed to receive
recommendations, and received
the vote of the club at a meeting
Friday night.
Mr. Wassung will be honored at
a session of the club on Feb. 28
when he will be presented a fram
ed plaque attesting his selection.
Mr. Wassung came to Clinton
three and a half-years ago to as
sume his posiuon when the Tor
rington plant began operations
and immediately entered into
community life in his adopted
city. He has identified himself
with many phases of community
activity.
He is well known as conductor
of the Clinton Community
Chorus, which he organized. This
excellent 75-voice choir has de
lighted audiences with its Christ
mas programs, three of which
have been given to date.
A member of the Kiwanis Club,
he has been active on its com
mittees on Boys and Girls Work
and Program and Music.
He assisted in organizing Cub
Scout Pack 174, which is spon
sored by the Clinton Bearings
Plant. He is a member of the
choir of the First Presbyterian
Church, and is a director of the
Laurens County Barber Shop
Singers.
He is a member of the com
mittee now seeking to establish a
$500,000 Technical Training Cen
ter in Greenwood supported by
several adjoining counties. In
addition, he is a member of the
Governor’s Committee to admin
ister the program of special trfdn-
i n g for economic . progress
(STEP), an educational program
financed by Federal funds under
the Manpower and Development
Act.
Mr. Wassung is a native of
Middletown, N. Y., and received
a mechanical engineering degree
from Rensselear Polytechnic In
stitute, Troy N,. Y.
He joined The Torrington Com
pany as an engineering trainee
and before coming to Clinton was
assistant superintendent of the
Broad Street Plant in Torrington,
Conn.
Under his guidance, the Clinton
Bearings Plant was increased ap
proximately 50 per cent in space
during the past year.
Mr. and Mrs. Wassung,are the
parents of five children. They
make their home in the Merrie
Oakes subdivision south of the
city.
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Officers Investigate Accident
Qinton Police Officers J. Allen Sim
mons (center) and J. V. Lowe (right)
investigate the accident last Thursday
afternoon which caused the death of
four-year-old -Billy Ward. Simmons is
questioning the driver of the car, Ruben
'
Blackwell, 16, and his father. The acci
dent occurred Thursday afternoon on,
Bailey Street when the little boy was
said to have darted out into the street
from behind a parked car, causing in
juries from which he died the next day.
—Photo by Paul Qunton.
ROBERT B. WASSUNG
Auditor At Lydia,
Clinton This Week
Miss Jennie V. Culbertson,
Laurens County auditor, has urg
ed all taxpayers to make their
property tax returns in her office
before March 1.
Miss Culbertson pointed out
that it is absolutely necessary
that returns be made on real and
personal property, including mo
tor vehicles. The proper listing
and paying taxes on motor Ve
hicles may save one his driver’s
license.
Any changes made in real es
tate during 1963 — transfer of
lands, new buildings, also any
building destroyed by fire or re
moved for any other cause—
should be reported.
She also said it is necesary
that her office have the correct
mailing address of all taxpayers
if they are to receive tax notices
at the proper time, saving costs
and penalties. The office will be
glad to assist taxpayers in every
way possible, the auditor added.
The intinerary for visits in the
Clinton-Joanna area: January 30,
Lydia Cotton Mill, 9:00 a. m. to
6:00 p. m.; January 31, Clinton
City Hall, 9:30 a. m. to 5D0 p.
m.
February 5, Joahna Cotton
Mills, 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m.;
February 6, Joanna Cotton Mills,
4:30 p. m. to 7:30 p. m.; Febru
ary 7, Joanna Mill Store, 1:00 p.
m. to 5:00 p. m.
Presbyterian College students
will register for the second se
mester of the 1 §63-64 academic
year this Friday at an accelerat
ed pace designed to complete the
routine within two hours.
Pre-registration activities be-
for the close of the first semes
ter have all current students in a
position to move through official
registration between the desig
nated hours of 11:00 a. m. to 1:00
p. m., Friday. New students
planning to enter PC at this time
will pre-register with advisers
Thursday. f
The Friday schedule calls for
students to meet with their fac
ulty advisers between 8:30 a. m.
and 10:45 a. m., as a preliminary
to completing registration. That
afternoon from 3:00 to 4:55 they
will meet on an abbreviated
schedule their upcoming Monday-
Wednesday-Friday classes. The
regular class schedule of the sec
ond semester will begin Saturday
at 8:00 a. m.
Registrar Roslyn Martin said
out the last day for late registra
tion for the second semester is
February 11. Students seeking to
register between Friday and that
date will be charged a $5.00 late-
registration fee.
To Air-Condition
Clinton Post Office
A contract has been awarded to
Leslie, Leslie and Associates of
Newberry for design of an air
conditioning system for the Clin
ton post office building.
„ The design will also include
some miscellaneous changes and
repairs.
Plans and specifications^.are
scheduled for completion the lat
ter part of August.
Postmaster W. D. Adair stated
that it will probably be well into
1965 before the work is complet
ed.
Dr. Darby Fulton
To Speak Sunday At
Presbyterian Churdi
Dr. C. Darby Fulton will occu
py the pulpit of the First Pres
byterian Church Sunday morn
ing. Dr. Fulton is widely known
in Clinton, having graduated
from Presbyterian College. His
father was reared at Thomwell
Orphanage.
Dr. Fulton, until his retire
ment, served for many years as
General Secretary of World Mis
sions of the Southern Presby
terian Church.
Dr. Weersing At Clemson
Clemson College' mid-year commencement speaker,
Dr. Marc C. Weersing (center), president of Presby
terian College, visits with Clemson President Robert C.
Edwards (left) and the Rev. Charles E. Raynal
(right), pastor of the Fort Hill Presbyterian Church,
before addressing 144 Clemson graduates Saturday on
“Plus Factors on the Contemporary Sceng.”
Group Named to Organize
Rescue Squad in County
u t of
before finally running o u t
funds. N.
Coroner Pressley said one of
the greatest needs in the county
was a rescue squad.
Machinery was set in motion
Monday night for the organiza
tion of a Rescue Squad in Lau
rens County.
A committee of 15 men was
appointed by State Senator
King Dixon tp formulate plans
for organization of the unit and
make recommendations to the
county legislative delegation In, Slated For Feb. 7
the General Assembly concrn
Autograph Party
For Dr. Connelly
the General Assembly concern-
proposed squad.
The committee was named
at the end of a meeting at the
court house in Laurens, called
earlier by the Senator, and at
tended by about 60 persons inter
ested in establishing a squad for
the county.
L y k e s Henderson, Laurens
County Civil Defense director,
was named chairman qf the com
mittee. Others named ^were Gar
vin O’Dell, county game warden;
Cpl. Grady Jones of the State
Highway Patrol; Marshall Press-
ley, county coroner; and David.
Roper, Charles Gray, Sam Chan
ey, Paul Quinton, Eddie McGee,
W. D. Norris, John Stansell,
J. D. Brown, HeAry Dawkins,
and Earl McElhannon.
Dixon said the committee,
working as a nucleus, could
speed up the organization of the
unit. He said any funds appro
priated for the unit by the dele
gation would have to be included
in the supply bill that will be
drawn up while the state legisla
ture is in session.
Dixon estimated that the ini
tial equipment needed by the
unit would cost between $10,000
and $12,000.
Rep. David Taylor told the
group Chat it might be possible
to purchase the initial equip
ment through Civil Defense chan
nels.
Attending The meeting, to.efe
plain how their rescue squads
operated were Chief Roy Still
and other members of the Green
wood County Rescue Squad and
Chief J. E. Land.and others from
the Fountain Inn unit.
David Roper of the Civil Air
Patrol said at one time a Lau
rens County unit was chartered
and operated about three months
An autograph party for Dr. T.
Lawrence Connelly, chairman of
the Presbyterian College history
department and author of the
popu’ar “Will Success Spoil Jeff
Davis,’’ will be held at The
Chronicle on February .7
Mrs. W. W. Harris, in making
the announcement today, extend
ed a cordial invitation to the pub
lic to attend this occasion. It is
to be from 3:00 p. m. to 5:00 p.
m. ' 1
Dr." Connelly’s book, published
by McGraw. Hill just ^before
Christmas, pokes light-hearted
fun at the professional Confeder
ate of today. He will be present
at the party and autograph cop
ies of his book which will be
available for those who wish to
purchase one. ^
AA # s To Meet
Tuesday Evening
The speaker for the AA meet
ing scheduled Tuesday night at
8 o’clock at the Health Center
on Woodrow Street 1 will be a
member of the group Al-Anon.
This group is made up of wives,
husbands and relatives of alco
holics who are interested in help
ing the alcoholic.
All interested persons are in
vited to attend this open meeting.
J. Gary Martin, 74,
Of Spartanburg Dies
James Gary Martin, Sr., 74, of
613 Maple Street, Spartanburg,
died at the Columbia Veterans
Hospital in Monday, January 13,
following several years of declin
ing health.
Funeral* services were held
Wednesday, January 15, at the
Westminster Presbyterian
Church, conducted by the Rev.
Joe Brooks, with interment in
Greenhaven Memorial Gardens.
Surviving are his^wife, Mrs.
Annie Greene Martin,)two daugh
ters, Misses Emily' and Bana
Piester Martin of the home; and
one son, James G. Martin of
Montgomery, Ala.; and a^ broth
er, Waldo Martin of Laurens.
The family formerly resided in
Clinton, where Mr. Martin was
a building contractor.'
Whittemore and Lowe
Close Concert Series
Duo-pianists, Whittemore and
*
Lowe, will appear in the third and
last of the Clinton Community
Concert programs at 8:15 Friday
night in Belk Auditorium on the
Presbyterian College campus.
Arthur Whittemore and Jack
Lowe have achieved the pinnacle
of prestige and popularity,
through hundreds of recitals and
appearances on television and
radio. They have appeared as so
loists with the New York Phil
harmonic, the Philadelphia Or
chestra, the Boston Symphony,
and the orchestras of Chicago,
Cleveland, San Francisco, St.
Louis, Washington, Cincinnati,
and many others. -
They pioneered classical music
in television, and have also ap
peared on the Jack Paar show,
“Today,” and the Bell Telephone
Hour. Their recordings have sold
over one million.
Both Mr. Whittemore and Mr.
Lowe were bom and trained mu
sically in this country. They met
while studying at the Eastman
School of Music in Rochester, N.
Y., made their debut as a team
at New York’s Town Hall and
were well on their way to becom
ing established at the outbreak
of World War II. After four years
of wartime service in the Navy,
they returned to the concert field.
In the 1962-63 season they made
75 appearances on tour, and on
radio, television, and in recitals.
Admittapce to tomorrow
night’s edneertns by membership
ticket only.
&
Tomorrow for Lydia-Clinton
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Mothers March of Dimes
Scheduled for tonight
Volunteer solicitors for the chairman. Workers who are to
Mothers’ March of Dimes, sche- solicit funds there tomorrow
duled to take place today in the
Clinton area, were named this
week by Mrs. R. Michael Turner,
chairman.
(Friday) night include Mrs. Bill.
Willard, Mrs. Vemer Dees, Mrs.
J. B. Patterson, Mrs. B. P. Lark,
Mrs. Clarence Hinson, Mrs.
In Area 1 Mrs. Box Plaxico, i Ralph Riddle, Mrs. MUford San-
Jr., is chairman. The leaders of j ders, Mrs. E. C. Burdette, Mrs.
that section will include Mrs. H.
Emma Neal, Mrs. Nell Mills,
W. Cleland, Mrs. Irby Ferguson, Mrs. J. B. O’Shields, Mrs. Lois
Mrs. C. W. Cooper, and Mrs. Hu- 1 Webb, Mrs. Joan Reese, Miss*
bert Todd. Roberta Prince, Mrs, Mitchell,
Area ?, Mrs. John Gallman, I Wrs - Ballard, Mrs. p. H. Rob-
chairman, includes Mrs. Marion i er ^ s ’ *^ rs - Bobby South, Mrs.
Nabors, Mrs. T. W. Taylor, Mrs. w y flttf Mrs Moates, Mrs. BUI
W. H. Stephenson, Mrs. Gary Fenn *B.
Holcomb, Mrs. Lois Thomley,
Mrs. C. S. Quarles, Mrs. Carolus
Davis, Mrs. Ralph Tedards.
Mrs. T. R. McElveen, Miss
Marie Weir. Mrs. David Word,
Mrs. B. F. Harvey, Mrs. Glenn
Young, Mrs. Joe McGee, Mrs.
Dave Mooresfield, Mrs. Tai-
In Area 3, Mrs. James Walker, Gaskins Miss Nellie Osborne,
chairman, the volunteers in- Mrs. Clyde Trammell, Mrs. Doris
elude Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Jr., Estes, Mrs. Bill Nelson.
Mrs. T. F. ^loUis, Mrs. Lei and Mrs. Fred Tumblln, president
of the Women’s Club of the Clin
ton division of CUnton-Lydia
madge Simmons, Mrs. Dillard i Mills, is chairman of the drive
Boland. ! j n That area. Workers their in-
Mrs. E. N. Sullivan and Mrs. elude Mrs. Harry Foster, Mrs.
R. E. Sadler, Jr., are co-chair-j Jeanette Starnes,* Mrs. Pauline
men of Area 4. Volunteers collect- Profitt, Mrs. C. T.. Satterfield,
ing in the “Mothers March” in 1 Mrs. Josephine Allman, Mrs. Gus
that vicinity are Mrs. W. P. Jac-. Blakely, Mrs. Eva West, Mrs.'
obs, III, Mrs. Leaman Jones,! Shirley Nelson, Mrs. Fran Lan-
Mrs. Louis Stephen^, Mrs. Wy- [-caster, Mrs. M. W. Adams, Mrs.
man Shcaly, Mrs. Hugh Jacobs, Edna Terry, Mrs. Grace Wooten,
Mrs. James Wolfe, Mrs. Russ Mrs. Eunice Braswell, Mrs. Mis-
Emerson, Mrs. Murphey Tim-! souri Wilkie, Mrs. Fallow, Mrs.
merman, Mrs. Callie Gault, Mrs. Shirley Roberts, Mrs. Ella Har-
Fred' Bragg, Mrs. Marcel Wid-1 vey, Mrs. Nell O’Shields, Mrs.
mer, Mrs. Robert Vance, Mrs. Betty Webb, Mrs. Lois- Wehunt.
Julian Bolick, Mrs. Billy Dicus, 1 Mrs. Lois Davis is chairman
Mrs. Ed Campbell, Mrs. Marion! of Area 6. *
Hiers.
nf ArL s eW h Hay u chair f^ n Hampton Avenue
of Area 5, where workers include 'wu-ta
Mrs. Abit Alexander, Mrs. James • IA Meeting
Neal, Mrs. Samie Pinson, Mrs. I The Hampton Avenue Parent-
JudsonDavis Mrs. Ernest Ouzts, Teacher Association will meet
Mrs. S. T. Plowden, Mrs. H. J. ^ . „ . „ 4 ^
Mangum. ' Tuesday. February 4, at 8:00 p.
In Lakewood, Mrs. Frank m in 1116 school auditorium. The
Meadows is chairman, with Mrs. meeting will be devoted to a dis-
Sam Seawright, Mrs. Charles cussion of school construcUon.
Hughes, and Mrs. Irving Seigler w - B. SoutherUn of Columbia,
as solicitors. School House Construction.Super-
Mrs. George Brockenbrough is visor for the 8011111 Carolina De
in charge of collecting contri- partment of Education, will be
butions in the Merrie Oaks resi- 1 ® ues ^ speaker,
dential section. * I Parents of children who will be
The Women’s Club of Lydia entering Hampton Avenue School
division of Clinton-Lydia Mills is j in the next few years, as well as
in charge of the Mothers’ March those whose children are now at-
for that area, with Mrs. Keith tending the school, are asked to
McGee, president of the club, as \ attend.
Clinton Lineman Signs at PC
Marion W. Freeman, star lineman with the Clinton
High football team last fall, is pictured here as he
signs an athletic grant-in-aid to attend Presbyterian
College and play with the Blue Hose for the next '*~
years. Standing behind him, left to right, are: Clinten
Coach Claude Howe, PC Assistant Coach BUy T§ter»
andj Clinton Assistant Coach Herman jJackaen.
man, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Shands Street, was captain of the ~
1963. He has played three years o
years of baseball for Clinton High, „ „
pact his athletic ability to help the Bftee Hose In both
sports.—Photo by Yarborough.
Jackson. Free*
ootbell and three