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r 4- THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton, 8. C n Thursday, March 5^1964 Blue Hose All-Stars shown above as they get ready for next week’s Invitational Basketball Tournament at PC gym. Coach Bill Tallent is shown on the far left. Invitational Tourney Slated at PC Mar. 11-12 —Yarborough Photo. Elaborate plans were released today by Gordon Warden of Pres byterian College concerning the 2nd annual Presbyterian College Invitational Basketball Tourna ment to be played at LeRoy Springs Gymnasium on March II and 12. The tournament will have host team PC entertaining All-Star teams from Furman Uni versity, Erskine College, and Newberry College. The tournament, which is thought to be the only one of this kind in the South, is being staged again this year as a cli max to the recently completed basketball season. The tourney last year proved to be such a great success that popular opin ion dictated that the College make arrangements to hold the event again. A two-night paid audience of over 1,000 fans saw the action last year, and the tournament is expected to be an even bigger success this time. Erskine, the defending champ ions, will face Newberry at 7:30 on Wednesday night, the 11th to open the first round play. At 9:00 host team Presbyterian will take on Furman in the feature game of the evening. On Thurs day night, the 12th, the losers in the first round play will meet at 7:30 for consolation honors, and the winners will battle it out at 9:00 for the Tournament’s championship. Last year it was Erskine over PC in the finals and Newberry over Furman for third place. PC will be represented by its All-Star team, which was select ed at the close of the final league game last week. The squad, which averages 17 points per game per man is led on the starting team by Jackie Nix, Leighton Grantham, Frank Mar- kette, James Salvo and Bill Ty son. The other members of the squad are Don Blanchard, Mike I Donovan, Dodge Frederick, Bill Gillespie, Harold Holmes, Jim Johnson, Frank King, Grady Marshall, Gordan Mayhugh, Lar ry Preston, John Smith, Pat Sud- duth, Don Warlick, Brevard West, and Tommy Williams. Bill “Adolph” Tallent is the coach of the All-Stars. The tournament appeared to be the most successful event on the PC sports calendar for last year. The visiting schools brought large followings with them, and press and radio coverage was provided throughout the 1 State. Again this year the interest is reaching a new high, and the tournament is expected to be a great success. All fans at the game will be come eligible for a $25 door prize to be given away at the end of the final game on Thursday bight. Ticket stubs will be retain ed, and several lucky numbers will be drawn. The winner must be present to win. An All-Tournament team will be selected by the press, the offi cials and the Tournament Direc tor. Large trophies will be pre sented to the teams in the tourna ment, and individual tokens will be given each player. Music, Which proved to be a highlight of the event last March, Miss Effie Walker Laurens—Miss Effie Eugenia Walker, 78, died early last Wednesday in a Greenville hos pital after several years of de clining A native of Laurens County, she was the daughter of the late William Marion and Mary Elisabeth Ramage Walker. She lived here until eight years ago when she moved to Greenville where she was a member of the Augusta Road Baptist will again be presented before each game and at half time of each game. The well known “Playboys” of PC will entertain both nights, and some of the “most ugliest and unusual cheer leaders in the world” will be ther£. This same arrangement last year proved to be a great success, and this year it is ex pected that the tournament will be even better. PC Tennis Team To Play 19 Hatches Presbyterian’s - tennis team will play 19 matches during the 1964 season, and IS of those con tests will be fought on the' Blue Hosemen’s home courts at Clin ton, Athletic Director Cally Gault announced Saturday. The Presbyterians — Coached by Gordon Warden—will launch their schedule with a nine-match home stand, opening against Pennsylvania March 13. Also slated for PC’s courts is the state tournament which will be held April 23-24 at Clinton. The Hosemen, who compiled an 18-3 record last year, will meet state rivals Clemson, Fur man, The Citadel and South Car olina, along with old foes, Miami, Harvard, Georgia, Duke and Florida State. ' Here is the lineup of opponents who will face the Hose netters this spring: March 13-14—Penn sylvania at Clinton; 18—South Carolina at Clinton; 23—Grove City (Pa.) at Clinton; 26—India na at Clinton; 27—Williams at Clinton; 28—Alabama at Clinton; 30—Harvard at Clinton; 31—Har vard at Clinton. April 7—Georgia at- Athens, Ga.; 9—Furman at Greenville; 11—Citadel at Clinton; 15—Clem son at Clinton; 21—Florida State at Clinton; 23-24—State Tourna ment at Clinton; 28—Georgia at Clinton. May 4—Duke at Durham, N. C.; — (tentative date)—Miami at Clinton; 8—Furman at Clin ton: 9—Citadel at Charleston. Rev. Cfiorles Cannon To Lead Service At Ail Saints Church All Saints Episcopal Church will present its fifth special preaching service of the current Lenten season on Wednesday evening, March 11, at 8:00. The sermon for fills service will be delivered by the Reverend Charles Cannon, Jr., of Union, whose topic will be “In Us—the New Creation,” with particular emphasis on the role of the lay man in the church. Mr. Cannon is a native of Greenville, and attended The Citadel, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1957. Raised in the Methodist Church and later a member of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Green ville, he joined the Episcopal Church during his college years. He was employed at Deering- Milliken’s Judson Mills in Green ville in 1957-58, and in 1958 serv ed on the U. S. Army Artillery Board as 2nd Lieutenant at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After his service in the army, Mr. Cannon was with the Cannon Food Brokerage Co. of Greenville. He entered St. Luke’s Seminary, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., in 1960. He was ordained to the Di- aconate at Christ Church, Green ville, in 1963. Rev. John Rivers, priest in charge of All Saints Church, in vites the public to attend the ser vice. " ! — ,_J — are three brothers. Bay LA and C. Walker of Lao- p, oum Walker of GUaton; five sisters, Mrs. John F. ispt|gQmfey of Laurens; of Spar- Mrs . Enoch O’ Shields of Wilmington, DeL; Mrs. Mat- lie Fleming and Mrs. Townes Campbell of Anderson. toted at 4:00 p. m., Tuesday, the Kennedy Mortuary by Rsv. Grange 8. Cothran, Rev. gwaett w total was In Holly Baptist Church This was the seme on Friday evening, Feb. 21, when the Kadoka group of Camp Fire Girls had their annual covered dish supper, with parents and girls joining for the occasion. Mrs. Charles Burnett (left) serves Dr. and Mrs. James Macdonald and daughter, Jenks, a* they go doWn the line.—Yarborough Photo. Camp Fire Girls Have Covered Dish Supper The Kadoka Camp Firs Girls’ annual covered dish supper was held Friday evening, Feb. 21, at the Presbyterian College dining hall. Some 55 girls along with their parents enjoyed the occasion. Each girl, was responsible for bringing a covered dish which was arranged on the buffet table. Assisting in serving Were Mrs. Reese Young, Mrs. Charles Bur nett, Mrs. H. W. Cleland and Mrs. Phillip Abner. The invocation was given by the Reverend Roecoe Bryan. “The Beatles" was the theme of the. program given by the Daisy group of Camp Fire Girls. Mrs. Leaman Jones and Mrs. Phil Rogers are leaden of the group. Mrs. H. W. Cleland and Mrs. Harvey Shealy were In charps of the masting. Train Kills Mon Sitting On Track Paul Lewis Craine, 25, of 2 Cherokee St., was dead on ar rival at Laurens District Hospi tal Saturday after he was struck by a train about 3:50 p. m., ap parently as he sat on the tracks midway between the Fleming Street and the Watts Avenue crossings. Police Chief J. W. Power Iden tified the victim. He said mem bers of the train’s crew were the only known witnesses. Chief Power said the CN and L freight’s engineer, B. C. Clegg of Columbia, told him the train had left the Watts Avenue cross- ing and was headed toward the Laurens depot about a mile ahead. He quoted the —igfa—y ■s saying he saw a man sitting on the left rail and sounded his whistle but the man never mov ed or looked up. Long Servke Group Honored By Plants .. The 9th Annual Meeting of the Clinton-Lydia Mills Old- Timers Clubs was held Friday evening in the Thomwell Din ning Hall. > Dr. Charles H. Gib- boney, of Augusta. Georgia, ad dressed the dinner meeting oring 152 employees who have Worked continuously with the mills for more than 25 years. Company President, Robert M. Vance, welcomed Mrs. Susie Banks of Lydia, Roy Ginn and Truman Leopard of Clinton into the Clubs. He presented the new members with engraved watches and jeweled service pins. Dr. M. A. Macdonald, Thora- well President, delivered the in vocation. The benediction was given by Dr. William Redd Tur ner. Dinner music was by Mrs. Eva Land, organist. Company Vice President, J. B. Templeton, was Master of Cere monies for the occasion. HOSPITAL NEWS Patients currently at Bailey Memorial Hospital include: Kinards—Mrs. Patrick H. Sum mer. Trenton—Mrs. Ed Osborne. Whitmire—Mrs. Zelda Grant. Laurens—Mrs. Minnie Wofford. Cross Hill—Elick Moses. Joanna — Mrs. C. H. Brown, Mrs. B. L. Davenport, Mrs. Ver non Deberry and baby boy, Mrs. Vivian Norris and baby boy, and Mrs. Leonia Westbury. Clinton—Mrs. Maggie Lou Bur den, Mrs. Annie Dillishaw, Mrs. Rosa Lee Fuller, Mrs. W. F. Gann, Henry P. Gilbert, Arthur M. Greenwood, Mrs. Belle E. Hames, Mrs. Rachel Hollings worth, Mrs. Mary Ann Hughes, G. Marion McJunkins, Mrs. John J. Mabry, Mr. Paul Muller, John Leake, Mrs. William Nabors, Sid ney L. Oakley, Graham J. Os borne, Mrs. Rosa M. Owens, Mrs. Lib Pitts, Mrs. George Pruitt, Miss Carolyn See gars, Mrs. William Snelgrove and baby boy, Mrs. T. E. Stevens, Homer W. Sumerel, Mrs. Lester Sum mers, William D. Terry, and James A. Tripp. Colored patients include: Kinards—Mrs. Pauline D. Sum mers, Mrs. Anna Carter. Laurens—Bertha V. Stephens. Newberry—William F. Gilliam. Clinton—Mrs. Stella M. Bailey, Mrs. Elnora J. Coggins and baby girl, Mrs. Ida Mae Henderson, Mrs. Cora Lee Hill, Mary Hunter, Douglas Jackson, Ervin Johnson, Debra J. Miller, Dianne Miller! Lillie Bell Shelton, John H. Wil liams, Mrs. Queen Ethel Work man and baby girl, and Mrs. Minnie J. Adams and baby boy. DISCHARGED PATIENTS Enoree—Mrs. John E. Hughes, and James M. Ashton, Sr. Mountville—MTs. Charles Cope land and baby boy. Laurens—Robert M. Franklin, Ernest Trammell and Jeff Camp bell. Kinards — Chevais E. Baker, Mrs. Leola Jennings, Mrs. Ruby N. Crain, and Claude T. Mer chant. Joanna—Mrs. Kenneth Frazier Mrs. Dessa Holsonback, Johnny Johnson, and Kenneth Knight. Cross Hill—Mrs. Lizzie Bryson. Clinton—Phyllis K. Gambrel!, Coker J. Blackwell, Mrs. Irene Patterson, J. Henry Von Hollen, Mrs. Otis Martin, Mrs. H. E. Martin, Sr., Mrs. James L. Moates, Mrs. William Pace and baby girl, George W. Morris, Darrell Leonard, Robert P. Edge, Mrs. James Osborne, Mrs. Max ine M. Owens, Mrs. J. T. Frank lin, Marvin W. Eustace, Mrs. Barni J. Summers, Mrs. John R. Swetenburg and baby boy, Carl ton F. Winn, Mrs. Lucia M. Bald win, Lester F. Davis, Isaac G. Jones, Mrs. Jack} 4 Kelley, John D. Lynch, Robert M. Mc- Croskey, Mrs. David Owens, D’Andrea Templeton, Cleo B. Wallenzine, Mrs. Nora Yarbor ough, Boyd Wilkes, Jr., Kevin Wessinger, Mrs. Mabel Godfrey and Lynn W. Cooper, Jr. Colored patients include: Laurens—Mrs. Annie L. Wil liams and baby girt, and Mrs. Shirley M. Richard. Chappells—Tommy Smoot. CTinton—Mrs. Elizabeth Byrd, Leroy Davis, Colie Little and, Mrs. Blanche. Workman. Mrs. Samples' Rites Conducted Tuesday Mrs. Georgia Ballard Samples, 80, widow of William J. Samples, died suddenly Sunday morning at her home after several years of declining health. A native of North Carolina, she lived in CUnton 33 years. She was a daughter of the Daw son and Jane Ckse Ballard and was a member of Bethel Temple on Owens Street. Her husband died hi 1962. Surviving are seven sons, Dewey, Ralph, Forrest, Wilford, Carroll, Jonas and Marshall Samples of Clinton; a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Morrison of Enoree, 35 grandchildren; and II great grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Bethel Temple on Owens Street by Rev. James Welch and Rev. Tommy Moore, Burial was in Rosemout Cemetery. Pallbearers were Louis and Wayne Qefnn, Ray Gossett, Al ford Edmond. J. W and J: T. Students Present Furniture A matching set of stage furniture, consisting of a rostrum desk and two chairs, was presented to Clinton Junior High School Tuesday by students of the school. Making the presentation to Principal John H. Fulmer (above) is Neely Copeland, president of the student council. Die furniture was bought with profits of their school store and consession stands.—Photo by Yarborough. v Boy Scout Troop III Still Functions After 30 Years From The Chronicle Files Looking Backward With the recent national em phasis on Boy Scouts, the local spotlight focuses on Clinton Boy Scout Troop 111 now nearing its 30th anniversary. This troup dates back to 1934, ranks as the city’s oldest in con tinuous operation and is still go ing strong today as one of the top outfits in the Blue ridge Council. It has been under the sponsorship of the Clinton Kiwanis Club throughout all of this time. The Clinton area now has five other Boy Scout troops, sponsor ed by the Broad Street Methodist Church, Clinton Cotton Mills, Ly dia Cotton Mills, Joanna and Whitten Village. Because Troop 111 is Clinton’s oldest, however, it is interesting to note its activi ties as typical of the Scout move ment. An estimated 500 boys have passed through Troop 111 since 1934 under the leadership of such volunteer scoutmasters as Bill Sherratt, Milford Smith and now Mike Turner, with Lt. Col. Dick Ulrich as assistant. Scout meetings are held weekly on Monday nights, 7:30-9 p.m., throughout the school year. Work toward merit badges, advance ment in rank and physical exer cise form the main activities. Here, too plans are laid for hik ing trips, overnight camping and the annual Laurens County Cam- poree. The latter assembles troops of the county for compe tition in scouting techniques, and Troop 111 was the only blue rib bon winner among the 15 troops at the 1963 Camporee. The scout year ends with a week’s encamp ment in tents at Camp White Pine, & part of Camp Old Indian facilities, the second week in June. Troop 111 currently has 32 members, divided into four pa trols. Besides their scouting du ties, they help direct traffic at some public functions, serve as den chiefs for the Cub Scouts and sell programs at Presbyterian College football games. The Kiwanis, as sponsoring club, provides some funds an nually and has a special Boy Scout committee to assist the troop with merit badge counsel ing, boards of review for ad vancement, courts of honor and transportation when needed. Bail ey Dixon is the current commit tee chairman. It was just such a committee, composed of the late Larry Dil lard and R. E. Ferguson Sr., which first brought the Clinton Kiwanis Club into the Boy Scout program and resulted in the or ganization of Troop HI. First scout meetings back in 1934 were held in a classroom of the Clinton High School, now Hampton Avenue Elementary School. Louis Cothran, the agri culture teacher, now a county agent in Union, was the first scoutmaster. When he left Clin- Poui Craine Laurens—Funeral services for Paul Craine, 25, who was fatal ly injured Saturday when struck by a train in Laurens were con ducted at 4 p. m. Monday at Kennedy Mortuary by Rev. Ray Craine and Rev. L. L. Powell. Burial was in Laurens County Memory Gardens. , Craine was a native of Laur ens County, son of Woodward and Lorens Dodd Craine. Surviving in to his parents art two brothers, Melvin Craine of Laurens and Fate Craine of CUnton; six sisters. Miss Caroline Craine, Mias Bar bara Craine, Mrs. Coyle Land ers and Mrs. Robert Landers of Clinton, Mrs. Lloyd H. Taylor of Laurena and Mrs. John Loftts of Woodruff. ton, he was succeeded by his as sistant Bob Black, who was then a student at PC. Among the scouts in that first troop were Reese Young, Noland Suddeth, Lawrence Ferguson, John Mim- naugh and Pringle Copeland. The Kiwanis Club'raised funds to erect the present scout hut in 1937 on the corner of Cedar and Pine streets on land given by the late John H. Young. Scouts Young and Ferguson appeared before the club as representa tives of the troop to request the hut and stood on chairs at one of the Kiwanis Club meetings to present the need for this struc ture. Troop 111 has been standing up high ever since. Joanna Girl Scouts Plan Activities The Girl Scouts of Joanna, numbering 60 registered girls and representing four troops, will take an active part in promoting National Girl Scoirt Week start ing next Sunday and continuing with daily activities through Sat urday, March 14. Guiding these girls in their planned program will be their leaders, Mrs. Jean ette Smith, Mrs. Kathleen Lea gue, and Mrs. Barbara Temple ton. Mrs. Marion Lawson is neighborhood chairman and member of the organization com mittee for the new Old Ninety- Six Council. The week’s activities will be preceded and followed by the an nual Girl Scout cookie sale start ing this Thursday, March 5, and continuing throughout the month of March. On March 8, the girls and their leaders, all in uniform, will at tend a special service at 11 o’clock at the First Baptist Church of Joanna thus demon strating publicly the Girl Scout’s commitment to do her duty to God. The climaxing event will be a camp-out for the Joanna Girt Scouts and their leaders on March *13 and 14, at the Star Fort Camp near Coronaco. Monday, March 9, will be ob served as Homemaldng Day and - on this day the girls will look for special good deeds to do in the home; Tuesday will be Citi zenship Day, and the local girls will be looking for at least five good things to show that they are good citizens of their school and community; Wednesday, Health and Safety will be stressed with appropriate observance; Thurs day will be Gill Scout Birthday in observance of the birthdate* of the Founder of Girt Scouting, Juliette Lowe; and Friday and Saturday will be given over to the two-day camping trip. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 3rd day of April, 1964, I will render a final acount of my acts and do ings as Executrix of the estate of John B. Ferguson in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to said es tate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will proeent them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. ANNIE TINDALL FERGUSON^ V-m m nmmtmmimi 4C-M5-M38 5 Years ago A new department store joins the Clinton business community this week when Efird’s opens for business. Manager of the store will be W, L, Hubbard. Presbyterian College will re ceive a gift of $125,000 from the Belk family ■ and their business associates in the Belk mercantile organizaton in South, Carolna and Georgia^ This amount is being given -in memory of William Henry Belk, outstanding Presby terian churchman and nationally famed mercantile leader who founded the Belk system. 10 Years Ago R. P. Wilder, principal of the local high school, has been elect ed president of the Laurens County Education Association at a recent meeting here in the high school auditorium. The handsome new American Legion building recently complet ed here on the Whitmire road just outside the city limits will be dedicated at a special cere mony on Saturday. The post has been named the Copdand-David- son Post No. 56. 15 Years ago Colonel Robert E. Wysor of this city was honor guest along with Mrs. Wysor at the “Military Day” activities held on the Pres byterian College campus. Colonel Wysor before retirement was professor of military science and tactics at the college for 8 years. He served as commanding offi cer at Camp Blanding in Florida during the war. 29 Yean Ago Women’s Army Corps Mobile Unit to be in Clinton seeking WAC enrollees. A special Women’s Court Sentences The following additional sen tences were handed down at the recent term of county court. Jerry Cagle, disposing of prop erty under lien, 6 months, sus pended, probation for two yean. Charles D. Staggs, larceny, one year, suspended, probation for three years. Floyd Joseph Martin, Jr., lar ceny, six months, suspended, pro bation two years. Joe C. Moon violation of li quor law, $1,500 or one year. Furman Anderson, Jr., non- support, one year and $1,500, sus pended upon payment of 8.00 a week and probation for three years. John E. Blanton driving a mo tor vehicle while under the in fluence of intoxicants, $1,000 or one year, suspended upon pay ment of $400 or service of six months and probation for three years. Nathaniel Dillard and Donald Williams, violation of the liquor law, $300 or six months. Leroy Young, using a motor vehicle without owner’s content, six months, suspended, proba tion for two years. Solciitor Jones nol pressed a charge of assault and battery against Connie Griffin after he agreed to pay the prosecuting witness $50 for dental expenses. Army Corps will be stationed at the post office for the purpose of informing all eligible women on the newest WAC information as well as personally accepting applications. Tapp To Speak At 1st Presbyterian The Rev. C. Robert Tapp, sup erintendent of the Presbyterian Home at Summerville, will be the visiting preacher for the morning service Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church. Crop Insurance Is Now Available The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, an agency of the U .S. Department of Agricul-* ture, is now accepting applica tions from cotton growers for all-risk crop insurance protec tion for 1964. Stewart Brown, of the Hopewell section, is the local representative. * William M. Cain Laurens — William Marion Cain, 93, died Wednesday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Milton E. Thomason of Rt. 3, Laurens. He was a native of Sumter County, a son of the late Richard and Martha Ramsey Cain. He moved to Laurens County many years ago and was a retired farmer of the Chestnut Ridge community. He was a member of Chestnut Ridge Baptist" Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Thomason and Mrs. W. N. Bradford of Sumter; three sons, W. Hugh Cain of Laurens, Juli an and R. Lawton Cain of Sum ter; a brother, S. R. Cain of Laurens; 16 grandchildren, and 61 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Friday at 3:30 p.m. at Chest nut Ridge Baptist Church by Rev. F. M. Julian. Burial was in the church cemetery. W. G. Bean Laurens—Walter Glenn Bean, 76, retired textile worker, died early Monday morning in Laur ens District Hospital after sev eral years of illness. / Native of Richland County, soft of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bean. He moved to Laurens County in 1912 and was a mem ber of Lucas Avenue Baptist Church and its Men’s Covenant Sunday School Class. His wife, the former Lillian Landers Bean, died in August, 1962, and he lived with a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Workman of Yarbor ough Mill Road. Surviving are three other daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Brown lee, Mrs. Paul Hope and Mrs. Jack O’Shields of Laureng; a son, James R. Bean of Aiken; a brother, Lewis E. Bean of Reidsville, N. C.; two slaters, Mrs. Ella Trapp of Baltimore, Md. and Mrs. Mattie Campbell of Danville, Va.; and six grand children. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday at 3 p. m. at Lucus Avenue Baptist Church by Rev> Alvin Boone. Burial was in For est Lawn Cemetery. Fire Damages Home FW damaged this home on Mason Street last pursday about 4 p. m. Owned by D. B. Smith, the h? U R e 00I L 8ld !5J >le d&ma8re - n ^ occupied ?> W. JVatson, his wife and four children. The fire is thought to have started in a television set while oc- cupwite were busy elsewhere on the premises.—Photo by Paul Qumton. March 3, 1994 The White House" The Capitol" Guide Book \‘f. Washington Notes THE CHRONICLE Statienery Ship j