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Vol. 65 — No. 9
Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, February 27, 1964
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C" * -Lydia Mills
'Old Timers' Club
To Meet On Friday
The ninth annual meeting of
the Clinton-Lydia Mills “Old
Timers” Club will be held Friday
evening at 7:00 o'clock in the
Thorn well dining hall.
One hundred and fifty-two men
and women with continuous ser
vice records of 25 years and over
comprise membership of the
clubs and will be guests of honor
at the gathering. Dr. Charles H.
ad-
Wilder Named Successor
Anderson Resigns From School Post
Art Exhibit
Creative works -of the Presbyterian
College Community were shown at the
second annual exhibition of the PC fine
arte studio. Viewing some of the can
vas and sculpture creations here are.
left to right: Mrs. Edouard Patte, wife
of the studio’s sponsor; Carl J. Free
man, instructor in biology; and Tony
Brown, assistant professor of English.
—Photo by Yarborough.
County Democratk Convention
Slated for Monday at Court House
Gibbony, of Augusta, will
dress the group.
President Robert M. Vance, a
member of the senior group, will
present engraved watches and
jeweled service pins to three em
ployees who recently completed
25 years continuous service with
the companies.
Susie Banks of ^.ydia, Roy
Ginn and Truman Leopard of
Clinton are the new members to
be honored.
Committee Studies
Proposals For New
Elementary School
Joanna Way, Sloan
Get Freedom Award
Moderator To Visit
A. R. P. Church
In response to a request from
the Hampton Avenue Parent-
Teacher Association, the Board
of Trustees of School District 56
has formed a committee to study
proposals for a new elementary
school building to replace the
present structure.
Members of the committee are
J. A. Orr, D. H. Roberts, and
S. C. Blackmon of the Board of
Trustees; Frank C. Sherill, Lewis
S. Hay, and Mrs. L. H. Savel-
koul of the P. T. A.; and Wilmot
Shealy, Mrs. William Johnson,
and Miss Agnes Davis of the
Hampton Avenue School.
Joanna Cotton Mills Company’s
magazine, “The Joanna Way,”
was honored by announcement on
Washingtons’ birthday that the
publication was the recipient of
one of the 1963 awards of the
Freedoms Foundation of Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania, for “an out
standing accomplishment irt help
ing to achieve a better under
standing of the American Way
W. R. Anderson, superintendent of Laurens County
School District 56, has resigned the post he has held for
many years, according to announcement made yesterday
morning by James Von Hollen, chairman of the school
board of trustees.
Clinton Students
On DeansMists
Clinton students making high
scholastic records at college
during the past semester in
clude the following:
Converse College
Ame Lou Black, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Black;
and Barbara Eichelberger,
ot Life.” This year s Honor Cer-I^^ ot Mrs - Hugh Elchel -
tificate was the second consecu-j
live citation from Freedoms
Foundation for Joanna. Last
year’s award was the George
Washington Honor Medal.
__ ^ ... Duplicate awards will be pre-
Three more members will be sented j 0 anna Cotton Mills Com-
Furman
Barbara Anderson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Anderson; James A. Orr, III,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Orr.
Laurens County Democratic
Clubs elected officers In organi
sation meetings Saturday after
noon and named delegates to
the county convention.
The reorganization of the clubs
was effected to conduct primar
ies scheduled for June.
The county Democratic con.
vention will be held Monday in
the court house at Laurens, be
ginning at 10 a m.. Officers and
’h state executive committeeman
will be elected and delegates
named to the state convention.
It is expected that several res
olutions will be presented to the
convention for adoption or re
jection.
Immediately following the con.
vention a meeting of the execu
tive committee (executive com
mitteeman from each precinct)
will be held to set entry fees for
candidates, arrange a campaign
schedule, and to transact other
R. L. Plaxico of Clinton, is
current Chairman of the Demo
cratic Party for Laurens Coun
ty, and O. L. Long of Laurens
is present State Executive Com
mitteeman.
Plaxico, who has served as
chairman for a period of ten
years, has stated that he will not
be a candidate for reelection to
the post. 4
Following are officers and
delegates to the county conven
tion of Clinton Precincts Nos.
1 and 2. Others were not avail
able at press time.
CLINTON NO. 1
Clyde O. Teague, president; R.
L. Plaxico, vice-president; Ar
thur Howard, secretary; J. J.
Clark, executive committeeman.
Delegates; Teague, Plaxico,
Howard, Clark, Rhett Adair,
Mrs. Rhett Adair, V. P. Adair,
Mrs. V. P. Adair, George W.
Copeland, Mrs. George W. Cope
land, J. L. Arnold, S‘. A. Pitts,
Homer Jones, Cecil ,E. White,
Louie niornley, Mrs. Louis
Thornley, L. S. Reddeck, Lewis
Bagwell, Jr., J. M. DeYoung,
Frank Simpson, Joe W. Leake.
CLINTON NO. 2
Harry C. Layton, president; L.
H. Lott, vice-president; Rufus E.
Sadler, secretary; Charles H.
Johnson, executive committee
man.
.. Delegates: Layton, Lott, Sad
ler, Johnson, Sam H. McCrary,
F. L. Pearson, Mrs. Nene Work
man, W. R. Anderson, Tom Plax
ico, Cecil P. Wilson, Harry Mc-
Sween, T. Heath Copeland, W.
Brooks Ovens, Dan Yarborough,
Ferd Jacobs, Jr., L. W. Cooper,
Dr. C. B. Betts, C. E. Galloway,
Tommy Hollis, i
The county convention will be
composed of 251 delegates from
the 46 precinct clubs.
In most cases, it was pointed
out, precinct delegates are em
powered to appoint their alter
nates in case they themselves
can not attend the convention.
Rescue Squad
Application Blanks
Are Now ‘
Bonus Spring Progrom Set
Concert Association
Drive Slated March 9-14
Four outstanding musical atr
tractions have been lined up
for the Clinton Community
Concert Association’s forth
coming season, opening March
2 with a spring membership
drive.
A definite booking for a
spring concert presented as a
bonus was announced yester
day by Drive Chairman Mrs.
Frank Sherrill. It is planned
with the proviso that enough
memberships are raised during
the campaign, Mrs. Sherrill
said.
The American Jazz Ensem
ble. the Chicago Little Sym
phony and the Revelers Mala
Quartet, making a return ca-
■gagemegt, will appear on the
1964-69 program, along with
Folk Singers Evelyn and Bob
Beers, the bonus attraction,
coming shortly after the drive
is concluded.
These groups were selected,
Mrs. Sherill said, on the basis
of a poll taken from members
at the last concert of the cur
rent season. It -Is hoped that
ville, and George Olsen of
Newberry College.
Officers of the Community
Concert Association are Dr. R.
H. Dawson, president; A. R.
Hamilton, vice-president; Mrs.
Larry Savelkoul, secretary;
Miss Rebecca Speake, treas-
r Sherrill, assisted by To Addf6SS
Mrs. Ronald Burnside, mem
bership; Mrs. Henderson Pitts,
dinner; Col. A. J. Thackston,
concert chairman; and Ed
Campbell, appointments.
Adult memberships are $7.50
and students, $3.00. Subscrip
tions including the Greenville
concerts are $11.50 for adults,
and $4.00 for students. In addi
tion to Greenville, Clinton has
a reciprocal agreement with
Anderson and Greenwood, but
at no extra charge. Attendance
at concerts, all at Beik Audito
rium, is by membership tick
et only.
Application forms for those
who wish to become members of
the Laurens County Rescue
Squad have been placed at vari
ous locations over the county,
according to Lykes S. Hender
son, chairman of the committee
making arrangements for organi
zing the squad.
Interested persons may secure
forms at the following places;
Sheriff’s office in Laurens, Gray
Court city hall, Clinton police
department. Ernest Pinson’s Ser
vice Station at Cross Hill, Smith’s
Service S t a t i o n at Waterloo,
Pressley’s Grocery in Lhe Ekom
Community, Nabors Service Sta
tion at Joanna, Buck’s Auto Sales
at Hickory Tavern.
Prospective applications are
requested to go to the nearest
point, fill out the forms and
leave them. They will be picked
up periodically, with March 6 as
the final date.
The first training period will
be on March 10 at the court house
in Laurens at 7:30 p. m.
Dr. Charles R. Younts, mode-,
ratoc^of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Synod, will visit the
Clinton Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church on Monday,
March 2. Dr. Younts is the first
moderator to be elected for a
second term by the synod since
1812. He has served as a mem
ber of the Erskine College board
and now acts as treasurer of
the college. He was in the petrol
eum business - for almost fifty
years, his last connection being
as president of the Plantation
Pipeline Co.
Dr. Younts promised to visit
every church in the synod during
his term of office. He has insti
tuted a number of programs in
the denomination. While in Clin
ton, he will meet with the elders,
deacons, woman’s society offi
cers, and the congregation-at-
large. There will be a covered-
dish supper at the church at 6:30
p. m., to honor him and to give
the members an opportunity to
meet him. After the supper, Dr.
Younts will present a short talk,
using slides,- on the work of the
local church, the presbytery and
the. synod.
I chosen by the committee from
the town at large.
James Von Hollen, Chairman
of the Board, has stated that a
referendum will be sought when
plans progress to the point that
construction may proceed.
Completes Work For
Degree at Winthrop
Miss Sylvit Jean King, Clin
ton student at Winthrop Col
lege, Rock Hill, completed re
quirements for a Bachelor of
Science degree at the close of
the first semester.
Miss King is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hall King.
Mountville Grange
Hears Power Official
Scott Millar of the Duke Power
Company gave a safety program
at the regular meeting of the
Mountville Grange Thursday eve
ning, February 20.
Mr. Millar’s talk on safety cov
ered many facets and a film
“Anatorhy of An Accident” was
shown.
Mr. Millar was accompanied
by James Addy of the Duke Pow.
er Company in Laurens County.
Game Biologist
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Kiwanians Tonight
Clinton. Kiwanians will hear
an address on wildlife of this
area at their second February
meeting tonight (Thursday) at
7 o’clock.
It will be dleivered by Walter
Schroder, game biologist with
the South Carolina Wildlife Di
vision. He will give special em
phasis to deer and turkey to
be found in this area, and will
illustrate his remarks.
Schroder is a native of Rock
Hill and a graduate of Colo
rado State College.
pany and James P. Sloan, under
whose direction the magazine has
been published for the past four
teen years. The four other
South C a r ol i n a Individuals
recieving awards are General
Mark W. Clark, president of The
Citadel, for an untitled address;
Dr. R. Archie Ellis, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Colum
bia; Dr. Carl Honeycutt, pastor
of the Ebenezer L u*t h e r a n
Church; and Dr. Heyward W.
EpUng, of Charleston—for ser
mons. The Greenville Civitan
Club was presented the principal
award of $500 in the Community
Programs category.
In addition to Mr. Sloan, others
who contribute to Joanna’s
monthly magazine are the follow
ing staff members: Mrs. Edna
R. Foy, Mrs. Alice G. Sloan, and
Julian S. Bolick. Photographic
staff members are Gwen P.
Clark, Mrs. Julia H. Yarborough,
and Ellis Huffstetler.
Freedoms Foundation was
founded in 1949 to undergird our
constitutional Republic and com
bat the increasing threat of So
cialistic Communism to the
American Way of Life. Dwight
D. Eisenhower is Honorary
Chairman and Herbert Hoover is
Honorary President. ‘
Non-profit, non-sectarian, non
partisan, and non-political, the
Foundation’s sole purpose is to
encourage all Americans to un
derstand and defend the rights,
freedoms and responsibilities
they enjoy as Americans under
our constitutional democratic
form of government.
Using the free enterprise prin
ciples of incentive and reward,
Freedoms Foundation conducts
an annual National Awards pro
gram based on the America Cre
do which reaches into Main
Street, U. S. A., encouraging and
stimulating citizens of every age
level to think, write, speak and
act in behalf of the American
Way of Life.
Halsall To Attend
Duke Symposium
Anderson, who will retire, will
be succeeded by Robert P. Wil
der. assistant superintendent and
principal of Clinton High School.
The change will be effective at
the close of the fiscal year.
Mr. Anderson resigned at a
Earl B. Halsall, assistant pro
fessor of political science at Pres
byterian College, will attend a
symposium on the “Soviet Im
pact on International Law” at
Duke University Law School on
Friday and Saturday.
Well-known authorities in the
field will lead the discussions of
this program which serves as
the annual conference of the As
sociation of Student Internation
al Law Societies and the south
eastern regional conference of
the American Society of Interna
tional Law.'
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Among those appearing on the
program will be: representatives
of the U. S. State Department;
Commerce Secretary Luther H.
Hodges; Victor P. Karpov, first
secretary of the Russian Envoy;
and representatives from the
Harvard and Yale law schools.
meeting of the board earlier in
the week, and announcement was
made Wednesday when Mr. Wil
der indicated his acceptance of
the position.
Anderson, a graduate of Pres
byterian College, served for a
number of years as principal of
the high school, later going to
Woodruff as superintendent for
two years, and returning to Clin
ton as superintendent! When the
county was divided into two
school districts, rather than
about a dozen, he was made su
perintendent of what is roughly
the lower half of the county,
comprising a school system cen
tered around Clinton High School.
Mr. Wilder is a graduate of
Furman University, and served
first as coach and teacher at the
high school. He has served as
principal for many years and two
years ago was made assistant su
perintendent of the school district
as well.
A more complete story will ap
pear in the next issue of The
Chronicle.
Attend
Attending Classes
The Clinton High School Transportation Club was
represented last Friday by the above four students at
the 10th annual S. C. Youth Traffic Safety Conference
held at Columbia College, They are, left to right, Myr
tle Williams, Jerry Coker, Gloria Jackson and Janet
Lawson, the latter serving as leader of the bus driver
group. Avery Smith, sponsor of the club, accompanied
them and attended the adult discusion group. Student
groups met separately for their discussions.—Photo by
Paul Quinton. , t
In High Point, N. C.
Mrs. Dessie Jean Roberts, ol
Lawson Furniture Co.. Joanna,
is attending a special furniture
sales and display program this
week in High Point, N. C.
Sponsored by the Southern Re
tail Furniture Association, class
es began Monday and will con
tinue through Friday.
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the appeal of the 1964-69 offer
ings will be widespread, as
these were the top four types
of concerts asked for by those
checking their selection list.
Renewal memberships will
be sought next week by a regi
ment of workers in the Clinton,
Joanna, Newberry and Laurens
areas. The following week, a
kickoff dinner will open the
drive for new memberships. It
lasts through the week of
March 9-14.
Workers and association offi
cers will meet at 7:30 p. m.,
March 9, at the Mary Mus-
grore with the New York rep-
n—entative, Mrs. Mary Wal
lace. At this time workers’ kits
will be . distributed and the
downtown headquarters at the
hotel will be officially opened
tor tiie week.
Division chairmen for the
drive are Mrs. James Wolfs,
Mrs. Reese Young, Mrs. Harry
SoHck, Mrs. Jiunes Yon Hbl-
kn, Mrs. Eva Land, Mrs. Lew
is Hay, and Mrs. Sara Dixon
of Laurens, Mrs
of
of
CHS Students At
Safely Conference
Commerce Body
Names Directors
Republicans Meet
Saturday, 3:00 P. M.
Clinton Boys. In Laurens Collision
This is the demolished 1961 Renault in which Roy
Lee Lyda, Jr., of Academy St., and Jimmy Blackwell
of Sloan S(t, both of Clinton, were injured Saturday
night about 10 o'clock when their oar was in collision
with a 1961 Ford truck on W. Mate St. in Laurens.
The accident occurred as Arthur Lea PhUson of Lau
rens, was said to have been driving the truck on the
wrong ride of the street Both bora in thin Renault:
were taken to the Laurens District Hospital, according
to investigating officers R. M. Cox and W. Saunders.
—Photo by Mason Motes.
—Hinton High School delegates
to the 10th South Carolina Youth
Traffic Safety Conference at Co-
lumbua College, February 21,
were Janet Lawson, who served
as co-leader in the bus drivers
group, Myrtle Williams, Jerry
Coker and Georgia Jackson. Ac
companying the group was Avery
Smith, director of school bus
transportation in District 56.
The keynote speaker of the
conference, the theme of wfyich
was “Safety—Target for Tomor
row” was Dr. McLeod Frampton,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Orangeburg. Dr.
Frampton urged the delegates to
prepare themselves both spiritu
ally and mentally to face the
problems that will soon confront
them.
Other speakers included Lester
L. Bates, Mayor of Columbia; S.
N. Pearman, . Chief Highway
Commissioner; and John Loots,
Chairman of the South Carolina
Highway Safety Committee.
A resolution adopted by the
delegates and sent to the state
legislature was to establlkh an
nual car inspection in South
Carolina. v
. Other topics considered were
the schools* role In safety, park
ing problems at high schools,
and the need of driver education
in South Carolina. K
In the bus driver group the
Five new directors have been
elected by the Chamber of Com
merce in a mail ballot.
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They were Pringle Copeland,
Claude Crocker, L. O. Edwards,
L. V. Powell and R. S. Truluck.
Their terms will begin on April
1 and they will serve for three
years.
Retiring directors are H. F.
Blalock, A. B. Godfrey, Robert
E. Johnson, R. H. McGee and
L. Ray Pitts.
Announcement of the election
of the new directors was made
Tuesday morning at a meeting
of the Board of Directors at Hotel
Mary Musgrove. President Bla
lock presided.
Named to serve on the nomi
nating committee to secure a
slate of officers for 1964-65 were
A. B. Godfrey, T. Heath Cope
land and Robert E. Johnson.
The civic affairs committee, D.
G. Creighton, chairman, will
make plans for the general mem
bership supper set for March 17
at Hotel Mary Musgrove at 7:30.
Republicans will hold their
county convention Sautrday af
ternoon at 3. o’clock .in the
court house at Laurens, ac
cording to announcement. by
Niles E. Hanna, county chair
man.
Major Spiders'
Unit Is Cited
Chamber Seeks New
Members In Drive
An Air Force magazine,
“Combat Crew,” has cited
Crew 6-83 of the 99th Bomb
Squadron for safety honors for
the month of February.
The crew Is under the com
mand of Major Jack S. Spil-
lers, based at Mountain Home
Air Force Base, Idaho.
To gain a citation, a crew
must maintain a continued rec-
A special meeting of the mem
bership of the Clinton Chamber
of Commerce was held at Hotel
Mary Musgrove, Tuesday morn
ing with Francis Blalock, presi
dent, presiding.
The items of business as stated
in a notice mailed to the mem
bers were to set up a drive tor
more members and to increase
the annual membership invest
ment by $5 (from $25 to $30).
This increase was approved. The
increase will begin as of April
1, with statements mailed March
31 showing the increase. The
members with other anniversary
billing dates will be billed ac
cordingly, it was stated.
Col. L. D. Lott, finance chair
man, pointed out the need for
an increase in the budget by
ord of safe operation and pro- more than $17000 with the addi-
fessional performance. tion of an executive vice-presi-
Major Spillers is the son of dent to the Chamber staff. To
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Spillers meet this increase an additional
of Clinton.
To Enter Charleston
Hospital For Surgery
Lee Tumblin, 4V4 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy A.
Tumblin, will enter the Medical
College Hospital in Charleston to-
morrow where she will undergo
open heart surgery on Tuesday,
March 3. She will be accompan.
led by Mrs. Tumblin.
30 new or increased memberships
will Jje needed in addition to the
$5 annual increase, he said.
J. Robert Cox and L. Ray Pitts,
co-chairmen of the membership
committee set up the member
ship drive. Prospect and member
cards were assigned to mem
bers of the membership drive
i^mmittee^ Members of this com
mittee will work in teams and to
report back to the Chamber
office by March 3.
To Inaugurate Weersing
As College Head May 5
Dr. Marc C. Weersing will be < official delegates and the presi-
inaugurated as 14th president of dent’s reception.
Presbyterian College in special V ance said he had appointed
ceremonies scheduled for May 5,
Trustee Chairman Robert M.
Vance of Clinton announced to
day.
He said a man speaker for the
occasion will be announced in
the near future. According to
present tentative plans, the in
augural address will culminate
a formal afternoon program
which will include a luncheon for
these members of an inaugura
tion committee to plan the oc
casion: Joseph M. Gettys, chair
man; Dr. DWmar Rhame of Clin
ton, trustee and alumni repre
sentative; Dr. K. Nolon Carter,
chemistry department chairman;
Dr. Hollis Cate, acting chairman
of the English department; Dr.
Thomas Connelly, history depart
ment chairman; John S. Glover,
qctihg chairman of romance
languages; and Ben Hay Ham-
met, director of alumni and pub
lic relations.
Dr. Weersing assumed his du
ties as president last August 1,
when he succeeded the retiring
Dr. Marshall W. Bpwn.
Gasoline Tanker Catches On Fire
members discussed the point
system and the disciplinary prob
lems confronted by bus drivers.
They also voted for a recommen
dation for a five dollar monthly
increase In salary- The Clinton
High drivers stressed especially
the use of bus patrolmen.
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Fire threatened to engulf this gasoline tanker as it
was passing through GHnten Tuesday morning at 6:15.
The left rear section was ablaze, apparently caused by
overheated bearings or brakes in the left rear wheel.
The local fire department responded to the call and ex
tinguished the maze. The tanker was owned by Farm
ers Coal and Fliri Company of Newberry, and driven
by David Copeland.—Photo by Paul Quinton.
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First Baptist Churcfi To
Observe Missions Week
Week of Prayer for Home Mis
sions will be observed at the
First Baptist Church from March
2 through 6.
The schedule is as follows:
3:00 p.m. Monday, March 2, with
Runyan Circle in charge of
program./ *'
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March S the
Langston Circle in charge.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Mardk 4
with the Sara Cason CM*
in charge.
3:30 p.m. Thursday, Maeek S
with the Pattern* CM* la
charge.
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