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wm W*'-- fe M : *?F:*T y : The Clinton Chronide Vod. 65 — No. 20 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 14,1964 Lions Chib Broom Sale Thursday, Friday Members of the Clinton Lions Club will conduct their annual broom sale Thursday and Friday evenings when houee-to-house calls will be made in the city and nearby areas. Housewives of the community are asked to cooperate with the club in the event. Street sales will also be made on Saturday. Pro ceeds will be used for the sight conser vation program of the club. The brooms are made by blind workers in a Colum bia workshop which is sponsored by Lions Clubs of the state. Shown above making an early call upon Mrs. Edward Henry at her home are Lions Jim Bradford (left), and George Frady.—Photo by Dan Yarbor ough. Duplicate Voting Certificates May Be Secured Today Mrs. Raymond Cook, mem ber of the County Board of Registration, will be in Clin ton today (Thursday) to issue duplicate registration certifi cates. She will have her headquar ters at Baldwin Motor Co. on North Broad Street. Hours are from 9 to 5. No' new certificates will be issued, it was pointed out. However, persons who have lost or destroyed their certifi cates may have duplicates issued. City Begins Spring Spraying Program State Tree Farm Committee In Session Here At Hickory Tavern County Campaign Slated To Start Monday Night PC Military Unit In Final Parade This Afternoon The city last week began its spring spraying schedule in an effort to control flies and other insects in the area. A regular program will be followed during PC ProtCSSOfS the summer and early fall. Pykljek Article George W. Bagwell, chairman ^ 01150 ^ of the street committee, and An article by two members * Presbyterian College department appears lost recent issue of These members of the" South Carolina Tree Farm Committe are shown as they met Tuesday at the head quarters of the Champion Paper Co. on Highway 56 south of Clinton. Shown from left are Martyn Cava naugh, Champion Paper Co. Newberry; Bob Womack, Catawba Timber Co., Clinton: George Faure (barely visible), International Paper Co., Winnsboro; Noble Ter rell, Champion Paper Co., Newberry; Gene Middles- wart. State Commission of Forestry, Columbia; H. F. Lathrop, Lightsey Bros. Lumber Co., Miley; W. J. Barker, Clemson College Extension Service; J. B. Ches ter, American Forest Products Industries, Raleigh, N. C.; A. C. Crews, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., Hampton; Jim Neal, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co., Clinton.—Photo by Yarborough. For Mayor and Six Councilmen nd An article, of of th&4 Pre ia t chemistry d< ; d s in the xnosi in- “The Aha! Laurens County* Democratic political campaign will officially THE SCHEDULE get underway Monday night when Mon., May 18 18 candidates for four county Tues., May 19 - offices will present their claims Thurs., May 21 for suffrage of the voters in the Tues., May 266 first of eight scheduled meet- Thurs., May 28 ings. Fri., May 29 .... , The candidates will be heard Thurs., June 4 _ at the Hickory Tavern precinct, Mon., June 8 __ in the upper part of the county, A. B. Blakely, superintendent The Presbyterian CoUege streets, this week said that ROTC battalion will hold its spraying and mowing of weeds final parade of the year in the and other undergrowth be contin form of its annual awards and used as a health measure. ments Inc decorations review this (Thurs- However, it was pointed out v ’ art j c i e day) afternoon, Lt. Col. Rich- that the city does not have the 1 HU5k0ry W - UlriCh hafi announced - u r earden Undergraduate"or“ganlc“ H Chem- — He said ^ public is invited individual backyards or garden istry ,, was written by Dr K Woodvuw t 0 attend this closing ceremony spots. journal lyzer,” quarterly of Beckman Instru- entitled “Utiliz- Chromatography in City Election on Tuesday Candidates for Mayor Camak 0 f the 19«3-64 session conducted Clinton i n honor of graduating seniors If mffornnrton To Gray Court and members of the cadet 10 Nolon Carter, chairman of the PC chemistry department, and R. B. Huff, assistant professor of chemistry. It was developed as an outgrowth of an article Cross Hill cor p S receiving awards, and in Close On May 22 Wattsville celebration of Armed Forces Day (May 16). with the meeting beginning at 8 meeting on Monday, two other It is scheduled for 3:00 p. m sessions are scheduled for the on the central plaza, where ■/ 1 —^ M a y 19 at Science “The Analyzer” has a circu- The First Presbyterian Church these two professors presented week-day kindergarten will close at the 1963 meeting of ’ the South Carolina Academy of Oilmen To Meet At Newberry May 21 Local oil dealer members of the Palmetto State Oil Market- o’clock. sessions are scheduled for the on the central plaza, where Friday, May 22, for the summer. Firing the opening guns wiU be week; At Joanna on Tuesday, seating afcilities will be pro- Tuesday evening. May 19, at three candidates for the State and a t Woodville on Thursday, vided. Because the streets sur- 8:45 1116 annual picnic for the { 120 000 It illustrates S« M te. ,0Ur «»““ »' Speaking Mm, noted caLi. roundtn* the plat. wiU be «Te“' ^^“uT^cle l" <l.t« i» a, follows: Senate, 10 blocked off for parade move- ^ LlheldTme drawing and two f ° C0Unty C ° m ' minutes each; House of Repre- ment, visitors are requested to ^"^"“ ^oms after su^ smaller ones. sentaUves, eight minutes; Sher- Park on the street next to the kindergarten rooms after sup- tennis court*. / per - The awards will be presented The children will take their by two PC alumni who have annual train ride Friday, May been active in the Army re» JB. Ming to Whitmire by school serve program—Lt. Col. Lonnie bus and returning to Clinton on L. Dunlap of Columbia, mem- the train. her of the class of 1929, and Thirty-eight children enrolled ers Associetion will meet at Major William P. Jacobs, III, during the year. During the past Haile s Truck Stop, Newberry on of Clinton, class of 1940. month trips have been taken to Thursday, May 21, at 7:30 p. m. .. . . „ . . tn Outstanding cadets from all the fire department, C. W. An- A 1 * 0 attending the meeting will “PP*" on th . *!; four classes will receive the IS derson farm and the Hampton f> e J- T. Melton and R. L. and thoy will b* heard If they wanl. pmgrmns tw. week wUl selecUon ^ bas . Avcml( . Greenwood of the Association appear at the meetings. Con- find a display of western-style . ,, , . , gressman Robert T. Ashmore 1. dancing put on in the Mary 8«neraily on acadenUo and Mrs. Jasper Rowland „ di sposed by Gordon E. Weathers. Musgrove ballroom for the ‘f ,U,ry 1 „ 8choUr ‘ lu ;’ le 'V 1< T rect ? r - “ d / r “i C,ulcy Following is the slate of conn- CUnton Kiwanls Club Thursday 0f the klnd ‘ rgar,en ty candidates: inght meeting. ^ quallti e 8 of a officer State Senate—King Dixon, W. Four couples from the Lau- ^ United States ^ The Link To Manage C. Dobbins, David S. Taylor. rens Square Dance Club, di- a / ^ d * ...... House of Representatives — reeled by Bob Fakkema, asso- Certificate of Mentonous Store In Lake City Marshall W. Abercrombie, J. C. date professor of religious edu- _ er *!7 lP r.. o!! George Link, formeriy con- missioner. Two unopposed candidates for ... . _, ... reelecUon, Walter E. Dunlap, Lsttrs tve mST " M«- clerk of court, and Marshall K!!!!!? ’ * Pressley, coroner, probably will lstrate *> U*” 5 ® minutes. make short statements. Candidates for Magistrate will Kiwanis Program speak only when meetings are — . , — _ held in their townships. lOnigtlt 10 reatlire m^STc 0 ^ 5 X Square Dance Teams A different MAYOR CORNWALL B. NOLAND SUDDETH staff in Columbia. Bill McSwain Joins Gray Funeral Home Baldwin Is Chairman Of Merchants Division League, William H. MoNinch, cation at Presbyterian CoUege, j*®™ 8 0f ra rfp t nSa n 0 ! a ’ ./rl| i Tn nected with Belk ’ 8 of this ^ Home of this city Vestus L. Wehunt. (Two to be wiU present the entertainment. P erior Cadet Decoration *--- — -- Home of this city. W. C. Baldwin assumed the chairmanship of the Merchants John J. (Bill) McSwain, licen- Division of the Chamber of sed director and embalmer, for- Commerce at the meeting on merly of ^Ne w ben*y^^has jscceirt- >j' ues d a y morning in the Forum Room of the Bank of Clinton. ed a position with Gray Funeral elected). Sheriff—Leonard G. Bragg, R. brief history of square dancing has gone to Lake City where he ■pfcaaj.. j * j i ^ Award, senior cadet—Arthur H. ““ s w Mr. and Mrs. McSwain and Baldwin is a member of the p g i s o me u e a Mc g ueen j r o{ supe- wil1 ^ manager of Ruffins De- tbree daughters, Julia Rebecca, firm of Baldwin Motor Co., a rior Cadet Award, junior- aHh Tracey Lee and Neel Boozer, graduate of Presbyterian Col in the Presby- M. Penland. (Two to be elected). The couples from the 35- Cadet Award sophomore-Eari w Following the Hickory Tavern member Square Dance Club G ^ y °* f acks A onvil i e ’ / a ’* who wiU perform are Mr. and Superior Cadet Award, fresh- —Henry H Mrs. R. E Haynes - Mr and man—-James A. BeU of Fannin, boro; Scabbard and Mrs. Douglas Byrd,’ Mr. and Ga - ; R0TC Mmtary Achieve- Medal (driUWames Mrs. Edwin Thompson, Eugene Johnson, Leroy Keeble. as weU as an explanation of ~ aae * ^ in the near future. Mrs. Link and makin g their home in Small- graduau> ( County Commissioner - Paul c«H* Md moyement, ot the w vf^'s^VloJ chUdrcn w111 )oin hlm at t | ,a ' nd wood A^res They are Presby- lege ’ elder Brown. Paul S. O'DeU, George -Janee routine. SJ^t A^rd soo^r^Earl of the 1,resen< sch<>o1 ,e “ ,on - teriane. Mr. McSwain is a great- “"-ian Ch, nephew of the late Congressman Blue Ridge Council, BSA, a,nd Knox of Walter- J- J- McSwain. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bentley. Women To Organize Bell St. High School Membership Accepted At a recent meeting of the Southern Association of CoUeges and Schools which was held at Memphis,Tern...BeustreetHigh County Republican School was accepted to full ' r membership. Club At Early Date underway ganize a Law wltii 21 other state high school^ en . g Republican Club, accord- 0n * PPrOV to* to “mouncement here early Blade ROTC Military Achieve- Medal (drill)—James B. Stan- a ”d ment Award—Thomas W. Cur- ford of Decatur, Ga.; Associa- Thornwell Class Day Exercises At 1:45 The Thomwell High School rie of Carthage, N. C. tion of the US Army Medal— Wysor Saber — Michael A. Joseph H. Coleman of Tifton, Lowrance of Macon,Ga .; Hud- Ga.; Reserve Officers Associa- senior class day program will be son Miliatry Award, senior tion of SC Medal—Arthur P. held today (Thursday) at 1:45 cadet — Ponce D. Bullard of Baxter of Atlanta; Sons of p. m. in the school auditorium on Bainbridge, Ga.; Hudson American Revolution Award— Calhoun Street. The public is in- Award, junior—Lewis H. Hay Roy A. Wright of Sanford, vited. of Wadmalaw Island; Scabbard Fla.; and Wysor Medal—Grady Jeff Raines, class president, treasurer and director of the Clinton Community Hotel Corp. Added this year was the of fice of the vice-chairman of the Merchants Division. D. B. Smith was named to the post. Charles G. Buice is the retirnig chairman. Baldwin named the following W. C. BALDWIN Democrats of Clinton will go to the polls Tuesday to nominate candidates for mayor and six members of city ccuncil. Mayor J. J. Cornwall, running for reelection, is opposed by B. Noland Suddeth, a former mem ber of city council. Suddeth qual ified as a candidate just before the books closed Saturday at noon. Two aldermanic candidates, presently members qf council, are unopposed. They are Lynn W. Cooper, from Ward 4, and George W. Bagwell, from Ward 5. Following is the slate to be voted on: Mayor—J. J. Cornwall, B. No land Suddeth. Ward One—Boyd Holtzclaw, incumbent; Tommy Windsor. Ward Two—S. A. Pitts, incum bent; C. E. Leopard. Ward Three—Harry C. Layton, incumbent; C. C. Giles. Ward Four—Lynn W. Cooper. Ward Five—George W. Bag- well. Ward Six—James C. Craine, incumbent; Talmadge Sanders. Three polling places will be provided; City No. 1, at the city hall on North Broad Street; City No. 2, at the Armory on South Broad Street; and at the Clinton Mill Community House on Aca demy Street. Polls will open at 8:00 a. m. and close at 6:00 p. m. Box managers will be: No. 1—J. J. Clark, Mrs. Louie Thornley, Mrs. V. P. Adair and Rhett P. Adair. No. 2—V. P. Adair, Arthur Howard, Mrs. John A. Davis, Mrs. Henry Trammell. Clinton Mill: Reginald Cheek, Mrs. Joel Cox, Mrs. J. R. Rey nolds, Mrs. A Lancaster. Candidates nominated in Tues day’s primary will enter a gen eral election to be held some time in August. New terms for city officials begin September 1. Cornwall is completing a two- year term after first succeeding to an unexpired term of the late Bell Street High School was pi_ n « „ admitted to membership along ganize a Laurerw Cwmty Worn- and Blade Medal < 8cholarshi P ) A Marshall of HapevWe, Ga. will preside over the program. nine committees to plan and . , - . rii J 06 F’ Terry. Suddeth, local rppnmmend activities for the h®*”* of of the Clm * masonary contractor, served a The chairmen are as foL ton of Commerce ap- term as councilman two years year. B. this week. Fjm membmWp came after InterMted con . praviou. consideration wax Uk- Ucl M „ Murray Adams at en by the South Carolina State rod o/m c ... Commission, the Central Re- Mrs Ra " deU Smltt viewing Committee a n d the Committee on Secondary Schools. Only schools that showed evi dence of improvement and prog ress were admitted to full mem bership. Schools that were not admitted were advised to make sponsor a style show on May the necessary improvements so 14 at the new school building, at that they may be admitted in 7:30 . the future. The public is invited. Fashion Show By Whitten VHIage Club Whitten village 4-H Club will MERCHANTS PRESENT MAY VALUE DAYS Clinton merchants this week-end are celebrating; “May Value Days." The special event begins today (Thursday) and will continue through Friday and Sat urday* Advertising-news of the promotion in contained in ads from many individual merchants in this issue of The Chronide, and the attention of the shopping public is directed to the many values offered by partidpotiag proved the sponsoring of a new director at their November, 1963, meeting. ... „ , , t, * /-.u i The door prize, given by Adair; Special Events, Charles Baldwjn Motor c was won G. Buice; Welcome, J .C lows: Store Hours, D. Smith; Legislative Affairs, J. Robert Cox; Parking, I. Mac ago. Thomas; Beautification and Clean-up Ed Perry; Christmas Department Store . Parade, Charles Oakley; Street Decorations, Mrs. Perry M Moore; Budget, Carl Leonard. Joanna Baptists Store hours were set for 9:00 T «i m. to 6:00 p. m., Monday *0 MaVC OpeCIOl Service On Sunday First Baptist Church, Joanna, Armed Forces Day Band Concert Sunday ~ In connection with the annual for May will be given by Belk’s celebration of Armed Forces by Carl Gore. The door prize a. Day and Armed Forces Week, the 2664th Army Band, South Carolina National Guard, will present a concert at the National Guard Armory in Clinton on Sun day, May 17, from 2:30 p. m. through Friday, and 9:00 a. m. Jecyjce On Sunday until 3:30 p. m. The 264th Army to 6:30 on Saturdays. R ti t Church Joanna Band is commanded by Chief -May Value Days was set ^rst Baptist Church, J° aaaa - Warrant office,. C h a r 1 e s W. for May 13-23. Firms partici- will join several hundred other pruitt ^ ^ made up of ating will display window Southern Baptist churches from Newberry and Laurens streamers and the special flag, throughout the United States in Counties. The public is invited. Everyone was urged to sup- observing Baptist Radio-Teje- ropt -the city director#! Publish- vision Sunday on May 17. ing of a directory is entirely The Rey James B Mitcheli/ dependent upon the cooperation r announced that his of business and professional church lans ial ^tivnies men, it was pointed out. The Whitten Village Volunteers To Meet The Whitten Village Volunteers Clinton Mill Blue BirdsVuit Chronicle Office Extra copica of the paper are befog mailed to rate- dents of GUatoa'e tradfog area to augment our already widely dradated Hat of This group of youngsters from the Clinton Mms Blue Bird unit came by The Chronicle office last Tuesday after noon to observe operations in the plant, seeing first hand how the newspaper they read every Thursday is produced. Above, left to right, front row—Aim Mette, Carroll Price, Ann King, Louise Roach, Myra King, Lynn Price, Terrie Woodard; back row — Kim Lowery, Vickie Wilson, Trade Heaton, Jerry Saymers, Jackline Hanley, and Kim Williams. Mrs. M. W. Adams and Mrs. Tom O'Shields are the leaders (at rear). —Photo by William M. Shields. Blue Bird Group Holds Final Meet Blue Bird group Number 10 under the theme, “Let the earth met Saturda yafetrnoon in its hear . . . ” a recognizing the last session of the year with worldwide ministry of the de- a trip to the movies, nomination’s Radio - Television Later they went td Whtie- Commission. ford’s for refreshments. Thir- m keeping with the global BI £ Bird8 will meet Tuesday, May 19, a. 7 theme, all fmlnute tape-record- p.m. in the campus school Midi- ^‘ > ^ gr |™ “ rr !^, tar y 0( ^ co and Mrs! Noland Suddath, * tonum. A program of entertain- Paul M. Stevens, director of tne delightful ment will be presented a group agency located in Fort Work, enjoyed the gh of Whitten Village students. A Texas, and featuring home and business meeting will follow the foreign missionaries, will be the program at which time the an- highlight of the 11 a. m. special nual election of officers will be service. held. Reports will be heard from The tape also will present a all the projects chairmen wad brief message from Billy Gra- Heist Scheel of a general report of the volun- ham about the valuable oppor- preseal teers will be given. tunity for Christian witnessing recital The meeting is open to the pub* which is offered by radio and at 7:46 te lie. television. School Dance School In Annual RiecM Students of the