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<r i . \ Von Hdlen Is President Of '64 Cominunity Chest §ip> Vol. 65 — No. 13 Clinton, S. Thursday, March 26, 1964 S. James Von Hollen, vice* I by the secretary of the CommUn- president of M. S. Bailey & Soa, l ity Chest, Bankers, will lead the Commun ity Chest of Greater Clinton for Lt. Gov. McNair To Address Khranis Club Tonight at 7 Robert E. McNair, lieutenant governor of South Carolina, will address the Clinton Kiwanis Club at its second March meet ing tonight (Thursday). He will bring a message of statewide significance as viewed from his dual position as South Carolines’ number two man and presiding officer of the State Senate. The meeting is scheduled for 7:00 p. m. in the ballroom of the Mary Musgrov e Hotel, with Kiwanis President Ben Hay Hammet presiding. Bob McNair, long considered one of the states’ outstanding young lawmakers, has served as lieutenant governor since Janu ary, 1963. He already is being talked of as a leading candi date for the governorship in the next general election. As an Allendale attorney, Mr. McNair was first elected to the State House of Representatives in 1951 and served there through 1962. Included among his numer ous services in the General As sembly was the chairmanship of the important Judiciary Com mittee. 1955-62. A native of Jamestown in Berkeley County, he received both his BA and law degrees from the University of South Carolina. He is married to the former Josephine Robinson of Allendale, and they have four children. Brown To Teach History Courses At Summer School Dr. Marshall W. Brown, presi- dent emeritus of Presbyterian College, has accepted an invita tion to be vWWng professor of history at Appalachian State Teachers College during the first term of the 1964 summer school. He will teach one undergrade ate course and 2 courses offered for graduate credit during the June fr-July 17 term. Mrs. Brown will accompany him to Boone, N. C., for this period. For Dr. BroWn, who retired as PC president last August, this classroom project represents a brief return to his first area of interest. He was head of the Presbyterian College history de partment for 19 years prior to his appointment as president in 1945. During this period, he serv ed as president of the South Carolina Historical Association He currently is listed in “Who’s Who in America,” “Who’s Who in American Education,” am the “Directory of American Scholars.” Lawson To Head Hospital Board Ryan F. Lawson, farmer and cattleman of the Hopewell com munity, was named chairman o r the Board of Directors of Bailey Memorial Hospital at the March meeting of the board, officials stated yesterday. Dr. George R. Blalock was elected vice-chairman, and Da vid R. Meyers was reelected secretary. Other members of the boari are W. Carlisle Neely and John M. Simmons. the 1964-65 year. He was elected president of the organization at the annual meeting on Tuesday. Other officers elected were G. Edward Campbell, first vice- president; Mrs. Esther H. Pitts, secretary-treasurer; George H. Cornelson, ‘retiring president, will become second vice-presi dent for the new year. Trustees for three-year terms and the organizations they rep resent are: A. Wilmot Shealy, schools; Claude A. Crocker, Clinton and Lydia Mills l A- R- Hamilton, Kiwanis Club; R. S. Truluck, Chamber of Commerce; W. Brooks Owens, for the City of Clinton (1964-66). Retiring trustees and organi zations: R. E. Martin, schools; Bailey Dixon, Clinton - Lydia Mills; Ed King, Kiwanis Club; Goyne L. Simpson, Chamber of ■ Comranoa.—^ ——- Continuing trustees: L. D. Lott, Exchange Club; Thomas E. Baldwin, American Legion; Mrs. N. C. Wessinger, ladies at large; Marvin Manley, Junior Chamber of Commerce; Miss Essie Davidson, B&PW Club; H. Y. McSween, Lions Club. President Cornelson presided over the meeting and expressed appreciation for the support giv en the 1963 campaign by each contributor and also to the firms using the payroll deduction plan for their employees. He reported a total of $22,844.82 contributed and pledges paid for the year. The quota was $21,841.60. Participating agencies were Camp Fire Girls, Blue Ridge Council Boy Scouts of America, Red Cross, Cancer Society, Crippled Children and Adults So ciety, Carolinas United; United Cerebral Palsy, United Health and Medical Research Founda- ion, The Salvation Army, Local emergency Relief and Adminis tration. Additions: Boys Home of America and Area Five Men- tal Health Clinic. The report from the Local Em ergency Relief Committee for he year showed that a total of 276 persons—91 families— had >een given assistance; food, fuel, utilities, drugs and clothing assistance given to 184 persons— 48 families; assistance given 22 transients is an effort to got them to their home or to places of employment; school book ren tal aid given to 53 children re presenting 23 families. Requests for local emergency relief assis tance are made to and handled Also handled by the secreUry is the loan of wheel chairs and walkers in cooperation with the Crippled Children and Adults So ciety. Of the 21 wheel chairs and 8 walkers, the report showed that wheel chairs had been used by 41 persons and walkers by 10. The Clinton Chamber of Com merce office handles the secre tarial work of th e Community Chest. The group expressed apprecia tion to President Cornelson for his leadership and efforts in be half of the Community Chest during the past year. Flooring Company Here Reorganized Expansion and reorganization of the American Granwood Flooring Company is announced as a new South Carolina opera tion with a national market. Formerly a division of Stand ard Plywoods, Inc., of Clinton, the company is headed by Leon ard Wilson as president. Wilson, for several years an officer and director of Standard Plywoods, resigned recently to form the new organization. A native of Kentucky, he was educated at Southeastern Teach ers College Durant Okla. and Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. He has more than 20 years experience in the flooring busi ness. The company will represent manufacturers of all types of flooring for industrial, commer cial, institutional and residential use, Wilson said, and plans are being made to set up manufac turing facilities here in the near future. Reorganization Of Cfiurcfi League Slated for Monday Representatives of the city church softball league will meet Monday night at the Clinton High School, it is announced. The purpose of the meeting is to reorganize the league for the coming season and elect officers. All churches in the Clinton area interested in participating are requested to have represen tatives at the meeting, which is slated for 7:30 p. m. Games this season will be Bids for Sewer Extensions To Be Received on April 23 The City of Clinton will re- a 12-acre lagoon and outfall line ( eeive bids on proposed exten- to serve the southeastern section sions and enlargements - of tys of the city. I sewer system on Thursday, April) Other phases include _sewer 23, according to an advertise-; lines in the Bonds Street section meht appearing in newspapers and Oak Street area, in the | last Sunday. \ , northwestern and southwestern The several projects are ex- ai ‘ ea s of the city, and a sewer pected to cost approximately $200,000, including a federal grant of about $57,000. The principal projects in the program are the construction of Mental Health Assn. Is Seeking Members . could have played unde- it another 9-0 win. and made Dr. Weersing To Speak at Easter Sunrise Service Dr. Marc C. Weersing, presi dent of Presbyterian College, will speak at Clinton’s annual Sunrise Easter Service schedul ed for this Sunday at 6:45 a. m The service, sponsored jointly by the Clinton Kiwanis Club and the Clinton Ministerial Associa tion, will be held in Belk Audi torium. The program will also include: an invocation by the Rev. Floyd Hellams, pastor of the Davidson Street Baptist Church; scripture by Dr. M. A. Macdonald, presi dent of Thornwell Orphanage; music under the direction of Mrs. Eva Land, Calvary Baptist Church choir director, assisted by A1 Lancaster; and benedic tion by the Rev. J. Gordon Peery, pastor of St. John’s Luth eran Church. Arrangements for the Sunrise Easter Service are being made by W. C. Baldwin, chairman of tile Kiwanis committee on sup port of churches in their aims. Bill Tyson, PC’s senior captain of the tennis team, is seen here in an action shot taken during a recent practice match. Tyson will see a lot of action over the Easter holidays, as PC will host five varsity tennis matches on the college courts.—Yarborough Photo. PC Tennis Team To Meet 5 Squads Over Holidays By AL PIERCE Presbyterian College’s feated and, as yet unchallenged,' tennis team, will take on four major university tennis teams in five matches over the school’s Easter vacation break. The PC netmen will get underway this afternoon with a 2:00 match with the touring Williams College team of Massachusetts. On Friday afternoon at 2:00 Indiana and PC will tangle, fol lowed. h)L-£C and Alabama at 2:00 on Saturday. It’ll be Har vard University on the PC courts Monday at 2:00 to face the Hose, and th e same Harvard team will remain overnight to take on PC again at 2:00 on Tuesday. The team, coached by Gordon erty. Leading the Hose thus far have been Dodge Frederick, Bob Har ris, Howdy Letzring, Bill Tyson, Pete Collins, and Bill Gillespie. Also seeing varsity action have been Hudgins, Connelly, and Ap pleby. Frederick, alternating be tween the number one and two positions, has won all three of his matches, Harris lost only at number one to Pennsylvania, Letzring lost only at three to Pennsylvania, Tyson is undefeat ed, as is Collins and Gillespie. In the three-match total, point area, PC has won 23, while drop* ping only four. The matches over the Easter break should present the Hose High School prop- ing amateur and professional ten* date. The Williams College team nis player several years ago, is soundly defeated Southern Con- sporting a 30 record going into ference representative William today’s match, and so far the PC and Mary 8-1 earlier in the men haven’t been pressed too County Leads State In Contributions To March of Dimes Laurens County led the state of South Carolina in contribu tions to the March of Dimes on a per capita basis, it was stated this week. 1 The information was received in a letter from Lt. Gov. Robert E. McNair, state chairman of the 1964 March of Dimes, who congratulated County Chairman Larry Gar on the results of the campaign in the county. The total amount raised in the county was $10,505.04. Joanna Baptists Schedule Revival Week of April 5-12 Revival services will begin on Sunday, April 5, and continue through the 12th, at the First Baptist Church, Joanna. Rev. Robert L. Deneen, pastor of Park Street Baptist Church, Columbia, will be the visiting minister. Mr. Deneen is a native of Michigan. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and Southwestern Baptist Theo logical Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. Prayer meetings will precede the revival on Thursday evening, April 2. week, and Williams is one of the much to win. The opening con- j top schools in the New England test of the season, against a good i area. The University of Indiana University of Pensylvania team, i s another tough Big Ten confer- is the only time the team has dropped more than a point. PC ence team, defeating recently conference champion Minnesota, Clinton High Band Is Rated 'Superior' On Friday, March 20, mem bers of the Clinton High School Band, along with Harry Bouk- night, director, participated in the District Music Festival held Abbeville. Of the 14 bands represented. Clinton High was awarded “Superior Rating,” win ning all 10 of the 10 points giv en, the highest rating given for the district. Several of the students par-, The 1964 membership drive of ticipated m solo numbers. Re-. thp Laurens County Mental ceiving superior rating for their, Hea!th As50ciation is currently performance were Jim Adair, 1 underway according to Howard snare drum solo; Lucille Me-j Watkins and Larry Gar , co _ Sween, clarinet solo; and Bobby I cha j rmen p owe!l, cornet solo. Students re-j The goa , for the year is ! oqo ceiving excellent ratings were mern bers to b c secured by Men- Ricky Sanders, trombone; and ta , Health Wee k. April 26-May 2. Sharon Fakkema, clarinet solo. College Receives Final Sum From Estate of $26,000 Presbyterian College has re ceived $19,489.46 in the final set tlement of an estate which brings the total bequest to PC from this source to almost $26,- 000, President Marc C. Weersing anounced today. He said the gift came from the late Miss Emma Lilian Kefcg- win of Washington, D. C., who died 11 years ago. The recent death of her sister, last surviv ing heir, brought about final li quidation of the estate. PC received $3,500 from the es tate in 1953, shortly after Miss Keigwin’s death, and another $3,000 in 1956. The final settle ment of $19,489.46 brings the to tal from this estate to Presbyte rian College to $25,989.46. These funds have been placed in the permanent endowment of the college. Miss Emma Lilian Keigwin was a long-time Presbyterian and friend of Christian higher education. Her father, the Rev. Henry Keigwin, was the first or dained minister of the Orlando (Fla.) First Presbyterian Church and served that synod in home misions work. Her recent ly deceased sister and last sur viving heir was Miss Ellen Jane Membersh ps ($1.00 each) are available in all parts of the : county, it was stated, with Mrs. P. M. Pitts, at the Clinton Cham ber of Commerce officer and Mrs. Dollie Carr, postmaster at Joanna, being chairmen in these areas. Their working staffs will be announced. ^ In the Laurens area, member ships may be secured from Mrs. Agnes Raney, Sheriff R. E. Johnson, Howard Watkins, Miss Christine Edwards, Frank Rop er, Mrs. Sarah DeLoach, T. H. Bramlett, L. W> Marks, Joe B. Medlock, Grace Montgomery, Jenelle Causby and Mrs. John Flegas. Laurens County is part of Area Five, which is composed of six counties, Laurens, Green wood, Abbeville, Saluda, McCor mick and Edgefield. pumping station in the north eastern section. The city received bids on the program in December, with the low bid, $225,015.05, being re jected on recommendation of the engineers, Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc., of Spartanburg. The city has issued revenue bonds in the amount of $125,000 to apply on payment for the pro gram. Should the work cost more than the funds allocated, the city will furnish the balance from surplus funds on hand. Since bids were received in December, the city has author ized and let a contract fpr part of the proposed expansion, in the Bonds Street area, in order that the work may be completed in time for the State Highway Depa.tment to do some paving of streets in that section this year, city officials stated. That part of the work will be sub tracted from the April bids. New Post Office Slafed For Joanna The Chronicle is pleased to an nounce the construction of a new Post Office For Joanna. In a wire direct from Washington, Sen. Olin D. Johnston informs us bids will be accepted to be open ed April 30 in room 117, Post Of fice Building, Greenville, The new building will have l t - 938 square feet of interior spiitte, 318 foot platform, and 7,774 feet The health center is located at Q f outside area. 206 County Bank Building in j Notice of bids will be posted Greenwood, with Dr. Charles M. | March 30, For further informa- took that one 6-3, and only a [ 5.4. Alabama is in the Southeast- rain-out the Mowing day kept fern conference, known for the Ke'iewinTf Wtater Ha“ven" fZ PC from probably taking its sec-; tough tennis it plays, and Har- ^. h{ f livcd to the age of ^ M ond win from the Ivy League 1 yard of the Ivy League always representative. t brings a good team on their The second match of the young Southern tour. season saw Presbyterian take without any trouble an improv ing University of South Carolina team by a score of 9-0. The Gamecocks, who looked much better than the team that was here last spring, even lost to two PC subs and one varsity player who did not play in the singles. Coach Warden took a look at freshmen Larry Connelly and Johnny Appleby as the two won their first varsity match by tak ing the number three doubles with ease. Also playing was Arch Hudgins, a junior letter- man who did not play in the two doubles, teaming with Pete Collins. Grov e City College of Penn sylvania felt the power of the PC team as they fell to the Hose 81 on Monday. PC quickly took Coach Warden is anxious to get as many fans out to the matches as possible, for the stu dent body will not be on campus to see the matches. Bleachers have been erected behind courts Seven Pastors To Speak Friday At All Saints Church Beginning at twelve noon on Robinson as chief clinical psy chologist and Dan Fowler, chief psychiatric social porker. Clemson Club To Meet Tuesday The Laurens County Clemson Club will hold its annual dinner meeting Tuesday night at Hotel f 01 - me i- pastor of the First Pres- Mary Musgrove officers state ian Church Time of the meeting is 7:30. t J ^ a ^ Jack Webster, president of the 1 accepted the pastorate of the club, will preside. First (Scots) Presbyterian Slated to be present are Presi-1 Church of Charleston, ident and Mrs. R. C. Edwards: Dr. Roberts has been pastor Mr. and Mrs Gene Willimon. of the First Presbyterian Church the former being business man- of Danville, Va., for about 20 ager for ath’etics, and probably years. He will assume the Char- one or two members of the leston post in May. tion on bids and construction contact Mr. Louie E. Smith, Real Estate Officer, P.O. Box 2483, Greenville. Dr. John K. Roberts Accepts Pastorate v Of Charleston Church Rev. Dr. John K. Roberts, coaching staff. Officers for the coming year are to be elected at the meeting, according to T. Heath Copeland, secretary. Ladies are invited to attend the informal occasion. Dr. Roberts, a graduate of Presbyterian College, was serv ing as pastor of the Clinton Church when he resigned to be come an Air Force chaplain dur ing World War II. After the war, he went to Danville. High School Band In Concert April 3 The annual Spring Band Con cert, sponsored by the Clinton the singles, and only in the num-1 Junior High and Hlgh **»<>' her three doubles did PC noti band students, will be held on win in two sets. In that one Connelly and Appleby lost to the Grove City doubles team in | The concer ^ j s a project un straight sets^Agam Warden was 1 d er t a ken by the students each year to make money for their preparing his freshmen for fu- one, two and three on both sides of the playing area, and a Friday at All Saints’ Episcopal refreshment center is nearby. I Church, a series of seven spec- With tWe college students not i a i Good Friday sermons will tor l n e ..! e ; m ’ “ ls be delivered by ministers hoped the town will “take up the ' , slack” and come out to all the vari0 «s Chnsitan churches of matches. the Clinton area. Each service will last approximately twenty- five minutes, the first begin ning at twelve o’clock and the last ending at three o’clock. The speakers at each of the seven services will elaborate upon one of the seven words of the Cross in this service of commemoration of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The first service will be read by the R v, John Rivers of Saints Episcopal Church; the second by the Rev. William Redd Turner; pastor”emeritus Friday evening, April 3, at the Clinton High School. ture matches, putting them in when the outcome is decided in order to “get the feel” of com petitive collegiate - tennis. Had he chosen not to, the PC varsity «< The eighth graders from Junior High went over to Clinton High School the other day for a period of observation and “orientation.” They practically took the place, and if they missed any- >, ft just wasn’t there. During their visit they got an inkling < school will be like when the Eighth Graders Get Taste of High School got an inkling of what high _ _ ‘ \ey enroll next year as freshmen. CHS rising sopho mores exhibited their winsome ways, but made no promisee to the up-coming froshmen as to what to expect from them next September. County Spelling Bee Scheduled For April 4 The Laurens County Spelling Bee is scheduled to be held at Central Elementary School in Laurens on Saturday, April 4, at 10 a. m., according to J. Leroy Burns, County Superintendent of Education. Competition begins in the classrooms of the fifth through eighth grades, with each school entering its winner in the coun ty event. The winner of the county com petition will go to the state finals to be held at Clemson University on May 2. The win ner of the state speUing bee will go to Washington for the na tional bee in June. The public is invited to at tend the Laurens session, . Mr. Burns stated. The competition is sponsored by the Anderson Independent and Daily Mail. many activities. — Harry Bouknight, band direc tor, stated tickets will be on sale today. Interested persons may obtain tickets by contacting any of the band members. Two PC Faculty Members Join In Professional Paper Two members of the Presby terian College mathematics de partment cooperated in deliver ing a paper before the Southeast ern regional meeting of the Mathematics Ass o c i a ti o n of America in Charleston last week end. , They are William S. Cannon, assistant professor of mathemat ics, and Instructor Paul E. Campbell. Their joint paper was on the subject, “Traditional ver sus Modern Algebra.” The principal address of this assembly at the Francis Marion Hotel last Friday and Saturday was delivered by Dr. M. K. Fort, chairman of the University of Georgia • mathematics depart ment and a vice-president of the Association. of the First Presbyterian Church; the third by the Rev. Albert S. Harvey, pastor of the Broad Street Methodist Church; the fourth by the Rev. J. Gor don Peery, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church; the fifth by Dr. Marc C. Weersin, president of Presbyterian College; the sixth by the Rev. J. H. Darr, pastor of the First Baptist Church; and the seventh by the Rev. Louis C. Fischer, priest- in-charge of the Church of the Epiphany, Laurens. The purpose of these several services is to provide a time and place on Good Friday for all people of the Clinton area to come and worship at their leisure. Each service will be followed by a hymn, during which the congregation may enter or depart as their time permits. Fraser To Speak At Presbyterian Dr. T. Layton Fraser, of the Presbyterian College faculty, will be the guest preacher at the 11 a. m. service Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church. Mayor Places First Call Clinton Mayor J. J. “Peck” Cornwall is shown nilMj ing the first Direct Distance Dialing telephone^ roll Sunday morning after Southern Bell Telephone^ pany converted the local telephone system. Cornwall is making the call to Senator Strc mond in Washington, D. C. At right ia IX IL l manager of the Clinton Exchange.' Quinton.