The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 11, 1964, Image 1
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The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 65 — No. 24
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 11,1964
Dobbins, Dixon in Run-Over for State Senate
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Abercrombie, League, Johnson, O'Dell and Penland Victors
-Yarkorwuh Ph*t*
Site to Be Used As Policing Lot
Council Lets Contract For
Removing Hotel Building
The old Clinton Hotel building,
at the corner of South Broad
Street and East Carolina Ave
nue. will be torn down within the
next several weeks, according to
a contract agreed upon Friday
night by the city of Clinton and
E. C. Brazell of Columbia.
The agreement was reached at
the June meeting of City Coun
cil, and calls for razing the
structure and cleaning off the
site within 110 days. Brazell will
pay the city $2,500 for salvage
rights.
The city recently purchased
the building and site from the
Mississippi Youngs, a local fam
ily, for $47,500. At the same
time, the Youngs made a gift of
$1,000 to the city to be applied
on the construction of a city hall
on the site at some future date.
The site, after demolishing the
building, a landmark in the com
munity, will be used as a muni
cipal parking lot.
The council session was pre
sided over by Mayor J. .J Corn
wall, with the following aider-
men present: Boyd Holtzclaw,
S. A. Pitts, Harry C. Layton,
George W. Bagwell and James
C. Craine. Alderman L. W.
Cooper was out of the city.
A petition signed by residents
of the College View Heights re
questing installation of sewer
lines in that section was present
ed to council.
Fred Burnett Jr., spokesman
for the petitioners, said the sec
tion is faced with a dangerous
health problem caused by inade
quate sewer facilities. The area
recently was annexed to the
city.
Burnett requested council to in
clude College View Heights in
any scheduled sewer expansion
programs of the city. The sec
tion is composed of about 25
homes.
Mayor Cornwall stated that
Council would begin to make
plans for the project as soon as
practicable.
Council adopted an ordinance
regulating the hours of establish
ments selling beer within the
city, requiring them to close
from midnight until 5 a.m.
Council reorganized the seven-
member Recreation Commission
by naming the following mem
bers: Dorsey Turner, Ward 1',
L. S. Reddeck, ward 2; George
Frady, ward 3; Marvin Gault,
ward 4; Joel Cox, ward 5; D. C.
Whitman, ward 6. Harry Mc-
Sween was named to continue as
secretary-treasurer. The com
mission will select its own chair
man.
Council approved an exchange
Voting in Democratic Primary Tuesday
Mias Irene Workman and John L.
Mimnaugh are shown here taking the
oath as they voted at Clinton’s Precinct
No. 2 Tuesday in the Democratic pri
mary. The oath is being read to them
by Arthur Howard. Other precinct
managers are Mrs. John Davis, V.
Parks Adair, and Mrs. Russell Emerson.
—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
Children's Story
Hour To Begin
At Library Friday
Children’s Story Hour will be
gin this week at the Children’s
and Young People’s Library at
Presbyterian College.
The story hour will be held
from 10-11 a. m. every Friday
during the summer by Mrs.
James S. Gray, children’s libra
rian, and volunteer assistants.
Summer hours for the chil
dren’s library are 2:30-5:00 p. m.
weekdays, and 8:30-12 noon on
Saturdays. It is closed Sundays.
Mrs. Gray asks that parents en
courage their children to visit
the library and continue their
reading during the summer
months.
The Children’s Library is a
branch of the Laurens County
Public Library.
Swimming Lessons
,To Begin Monday
Clinton and Lydia Mill pools
will begin swimming lessons for
non-swimmers on Monday, it is
announced.
Classes will begin at 9 a.m. at
both pools for children nine to 15
years of age. Children under
nine years will begin at 10:30.
The classes will continue for two
weeks.
Parents interested in enrolling
children are asked to bring them
and give their names and ages
to attendants at the pools.
Car Wash Set
For Saturday
The Senior High Fellowship of
the First Presbyterian Church
will wash cars at the church
from 9 a.m. through the day this
Saturday, June 13 and next Sat
urday, June 20, to raise money
for the senior retreat in August.
The charge is $1.00 per car.
of approximately 70 acres of city
owned property with the C. W.
Anderson Hosiery Co. The two
tracts are on opposite sides of
Highway 308 north of the city.
The city’s tract is part of the
acreage recently purchased for
use as a sanitary landfill. Mr.
Anderson will utilize it as a sec
tion of the Duncan Creek Water
shed on which a dam will be con
structed, flooding a great part.
The city will reserve its new
acreage across the highway as
a site for a future sewer lagoon
and possibly for additional land
fill operations, it was stated.
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Women of Synod
To Conduct School
At PC Next Week
Several hundred Presbyterian
women from throughout South
Carolina are expected on the
Presbyterian College campus
next week for the 17th annual Sy
nodical Training School.
They will register on Monday
afternoon between 2 p.m. and 5
p.m. and will assemble for the
first official meeting of a full
week's schedule at 7:30 p.m. in
Belk Auditorium. Mrs. W. Har
rell Wilson, lecturer and Bible
teacher from Greenville, will
give the opening address at that
time.
Classwork, featuring a selec
tion of six courses taught by out
standing religious leaders, will
get underway on Tuesday morn
ing and will extend through Fri
day. Women earning diplomas
and certificates as a result of
their work at thisr accredited
school will receive their awards
at the closing Friday program.
Faculty members to teach at
the Synodical Training School
are:
Dr. Marc C. Weersing, presi
dent of Presbyterian College —
"Christian Witnessing;” Mrs. R.
E. Wallin of Columbia, Mo., past
president of the Presbyterian
Women’s Advisory Council —
“Church Extension in the Home
land;” Mrs. John W. McQueen
of Charleston, former member
of Board of Women’s Work —
"Revised Plan of Women’s
Work;” Dr. Charles B. Cousar,
associate professor at Columbia
Theological Seminary and Agnes
Scott College — "Bible Book
Study;" Mrs. Mable C. Morley of
Atlanta, director of leadership
education. Board of Women’s
Work — "Fundamentals of Cov
enant Life Curriculum; and the
Rev. Joseph R. Woody of Nash
ville, area secretary for Latin
America, Board of World Mis
sions — "The Christian Task
Abroad: Latin America.”
Dr. Dean Greer McKee, pro
fessor at Columbia Theological
Seminary, will lead the daily
platform hour on “How to Study
the Bible.”
RHes On Sunday
For Mrs. W. H. Cox
Mrs. Emmie Green Cox, 85,
widow of William Henry Cox,
died Friday at 4 p.m. at a local
hospital after several months of
illness.
A native of Greenville County,
daughter of the late Pinkney
and Rosa Cook Green, she
spent most of her life in Simp-
sonville where she was a mem
ber of the First Baptist Church.
She lived here with her daugh
ter, Mrs. T. C. Ray, four months.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Ray and Mrs. Thomas
Jacobs of Clinton and Mrs. Stan
ton L. Collins of Conway; a sis
ter, Mrs. Annie G. Nelson of
Greenville; three stepdaughters,
Mrs. Mae C. Byrd, Mrs. Jessie
C. Flynn and Mrs. Ettice C.
Graham of Greenville; six
grandchildren; and a great
grandchild.
Funeral services ware con
ducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at Gray
Funeral Home by Rev. D. B.
Webber. Burial was in Rose-
mont Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: I. O. Ray,
Dillard Jacobs, Ben Bridge man,
Larry Drummon Jr., Keith Col-
Uns and Jack Todd.—
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KING DIXON
Magistrate
Hunter Township at Clinton
McCrary-Oakley
CUnton No. 1
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373
Clinton No. 2
219
347
Clinton Mill
228
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Hopewell .
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Joanna
196
285
Lydia Mill
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Mountville
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TOTAI.S
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Magistrate
Hunter Township at Mountville
Bozard Wilkie
Clinton No. 1
283
397
Clinton No. 2
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249
Clinton Mill
242
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Hopewell
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Joanna
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Lydia Mill
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Mountville
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TOTALS
1403
1140
W. C. DOBBINS
General Godfrey
Returns From
D-Day' Observance
Maj. Gen. Ansel B. Godfrey
returned last night from France
where he rep.esented the State
of South Carolina and the Na
tional Guard in ceremonies com
memorating the 20th anniver
sary of the Allied landing in Nor
mandy.
General Godfrey was one of a
group of 60 officers designated
to represent their states at the
anniversary observance of D-
Day wh’ch took place June 6.
1944 on the Normandy beaches.
Bible School
To End With ~
Sunday Exercises
Vacation Bible School, in prog
ress this week at Broad Street
Methodist Church, will end with
commencement exercises at
'9:45 Sunday morning; Jlme 14, in
the church sanctuary.
Approximately 64 children at
tending the school will receive
certificates from Mrs. Audrey
McCroskey, superintendent of
the Sunday school children’s di
vision, and Bible school direc
tor.
Teachers in the school are
Mrs. Joe Holland and Miss Kathy
Bouknight, kindergarten; Mrs.
Don Creighton and Miss Linda
Tiller, primary I; Mrs. Ernest
Ouzts, primary II; Mrs. B. B.
Ballard and Mrs. William Weir,
Primary III; Mrs. Charles
Buice, and Miss Valerie Sim
mons, Junior I, and Mrs. Mc
Croskey, Junior II and III. Miss
es Pat Thomason and Kathy
Bledsoe are keeping the nursery
for children of the teachers.
Phillips Accepts
Two Pastorates
The Rev. J. Gay nor Phillips
has accepted the pastorates of
Lydia and Rock Bridge Presby
terian Churches
Mr. Phillips is a native of Lou
isiana. and came to Clinton from
Decatur. Ga., where he received
his theology degree from the Co
lumbia Seminary. He is a grad
uate of Belhaven College in
Jackson, Miss. He was student
pastor of the two churches last
summer.
The Rev. and Mrs. Phillips are
making their home at 44 Peach
tree St. in the Lydia community
All political races in Laurens
County were decided Tuesday
with the exception of one — for
the State Senate. A run-off coi>*
test for that post will be held
two weeks hence, on Tuesday,
June 23.
Contending for the office will
be King Dixon, incumbent, of
Laurens, and William C. Dob
bins. of Joanna and Clinton, for
mer member of the House of
Representatives.
They were the leaders in a
three-man race. Dobbins led the
t : cket with 3,072 votes. Dixon
received 2,166, and David S. Tay
lor, present House member, 1,-
905.
Democratic nominees were
named for three county offices—
House of Representatives, Sher
iff and County Commissioiiers,
and four Magistrate posts in
Hunter, Scuffleton and Dials
Townships.
For the House of Representa
tives from Laurens County, J. C.
(Jake) League and Marshall W.
Abercrombie were nominated.
League led the ticket with 3,927
votes, while Abercrombie, pres
ent representative, received 3,-
705. Others in the four-man
race for the two seats were Ves-
tus Wehunt with 3,336 and Wil
liam H. McNinch with 2,478.
Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson was
re-nominated by a landslide, with
5,182 votes; Leroy (Bud) Keeble
with 1,846, and Leanard G.
Bragg with 194, were the other
two contenders in the three-man
race.
For County Commissioner
Paul S. O’Dell and George M.
Penland were re-nominated for
their posts. Penland led with'5,-
211, O’Dell received 4,961, and
Paul Brown, third man in the
race, received 3,207.
For U. S. Representative from
the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict, Robert T. Ashmore, incum
bent, ran away from Gordon
Weathers in Laurens County,
amassing 6,121 votes to 1,086 for
Weathers. Greenville and Spar
tanburg are the other two coun
ties in the Fourth District. Ash
more won handily in both coun
ties, and will return to Wash
ington for two more years.
MAGISTRATE POSTS
Charles (Buddy) Oakley was
nominated for Magistrate of
Hunter Township at Clinton, de
feating veteran Magistrate Sam
H. McCrary. The vote was: Oak
ley 1,418 McCrary 1,180.
For Magistrate o f Hunter
Township at Mountville, J. Der-
rill Bozard was re-nominated
over R. C. Wilkie. The vote: Bo
zard 1,403, Wilkie 1,140.
For Magistrate of Scuffletown
Township, Robert E. Elmore
with 96 votes, defeated W. P.
Abercrombie, with 89.
For Magistrate of Dials Town
ship, Marvin S. Ross defeated
C. M. Curry, 94 to 87.
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Fowler Accepts
Joanna Pastorate
John Donald Fowler has ac
cepted the pastorate ef the Jo
anna Presbyterian Church, it
was announced this week by
church officials.
Mr. Fowler,, a native of
Grenville, Is a graduate ef
Presbyterian College and re
cently
ary, Decatur, Qa.
Mechanics Marvin Manley and Paul Cole attempt to remove body from cab. Coroner
Marshall N. Pressley is at left A —Quinton Photo
Virginia Truck Driver Killed Near Here
A 24-year-old Virginia man wrecker crews were able to free impact tore the van part of the
was killed instantly about 6:30 a. him from the wreckage. truck from the chassis,
m., Tuesday, when the refrig- State Highway Patrolman L. Officers said their investiga*
crated van-type truck he was G. Dobson said the truck, a 1980 tion showed the driver left Vlr*
driving crashed into an embank- GMC owned by Valleydale Pack- ginia Monday night and
ment on Interstate Highway M ers, Inc., Bristol, Vs., was going ently was headed iw
about five miles east of here, east on the highway, ran off the ^Investigating with
Laurens County Coroner Mar- right side of the road and trav- Pressley were Laa
shall Pressley identified the vie- eied about 175 feet in a ditch be- Sheriff R. Eugene
tim as Calvin Monroe Bowman fore ramming into the 12-foot Chief Deputy Sam Md.
of Bristol, Va. The accident vie- embankment. Coroner Pressley
tim was trapped inside the cab The truck was loaded with jury but an
of the truck about an hoar antU meat products. The fore* of the not been set.