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1 ' V._ ti- THE CLINTON CHRONICLE First Bale Ginned in County Mrs. Will Chaney of Route 2, Laurens, has *inned the first bale of cotton in Laurens County of the 1964 crop. Mrs. Chaney planted 25 acres in early April. She got a good stand and has the best crop she has had in many years, according to Walter Puller, tenant on the firm. Fuller said he had applied seven applica tions of insecticide to keep down boU weevils and boll worms. He says if the sun shines this week he will have several bales open. The cotton was ginned by S. P. Moore, manager of the Barksdale gin. The bale brought 36c par pound. Shown from left to right are S. P. Moore, ginnor, M. L. OutzQ County Agent, and Walter Puller, who grew the cotton. PERSONAL , MENTION Miss Margaret Kent Bril will return this week having visited for some time in Highlands. MiV. Robert S. Owens has re turned from a recent visit with Mrs. Ben Martin in Easley. Miss W. L. Marshall visited •arlier this week with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Rose Mar shall in Wadesboro, N. C. } Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cleaver and son, Bryan, of Lafayette, Ind., were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cleaver. Mrs. D. W. A. Neville of New berry and son, the Rev. Lamar Neville, and Mrs. Neville, and Miss Bonnie Wade, daughter of a former resident. Bill Wade, were guests of several friends here this week-end. THE BAILEY AGENCY t of Alvin Hueble 833-M81 EXPERIENCED SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS — And — QUALIFIED LEARNERS naid vacation. Gaad Full and Hfe Apply la from 8-11 a. m. ar 1-3 p. m. New Candidates Pushing Letter Hen For PC Grid Posts Presbyterian Head Coach Cal- ly Gault today warned the 28 re turning Blue Hose players in PC’s pre-season camp that they’ll have to battle off a large crop of new varsity candidates for playing roles this fall. Gault pointed out to the veter an Hoscmen that 12 positions on the first two units are up for grabs, but the returning players face the largest number of fresh man tryouts in several years for the unclaimed jobs. Seventeen lettermen head the list of veterans, which includes nine seniors, nine juniors, and ten sophomores. Here's the 28- man corps of returning Blue Hosemen who began work this week for the Sept. 19 opener against Frederick: Ends—Gary Mike Smith of Garden City, N. Y.; Garnet Welch of Logans port, Ind.; Jim my Bankhead of Chester; Joe Lawson of Union; James Smith of Sylvania, Ga.; Buddy Protin- sky of St. Petersburg, Fla. Tackles—Jimmy Cape of Eas ley; John Monk of Atlanta, Ga.; Jim Heims of Dublin, Ga. Guards — Mike Lowrance of Macon Ga,.; Bernard West of Moultrie, Ga.; Allan Harris of Florence; Bob Warren of Allen dale. Centers — George Lokey of Thomson, Ga.; Billy Love of Gaffney; Jack McCaskiU of Or lando, Fla. Quarterbacks—Jackie Nix o f Bainbridge, Ga.; Leighton Grantham and Mike Donovan, bot^i of Easley; Mike Smith of North Augusta. Halfbacks — Sandy Hagood of Easley; Don McNeill of Thom son, Ga.; Wada Stewart of Pi cayune, Miss.; Max Milligan of Atlanta, Ga.; Jim Johnaon of Georgiana, Ala. Fullbacks — Jimmy Elliott of Savannah, Ga.; Ronnie Morris of Smyrna, Ga.; Sam Williams of Monroeville, Ala. Mrs. W. H. Finley MountviUe—Mrs. Beatrice Kay Finley SS, wife of W. Hance Fin ley, died Thursday morning at an Anderson hospital after 4 brief illness A native of Anderson County, daughter of the late L. R. and Emmie Stewart Kay, she lived tan MountviUe 14 years and was a membef of MountviUe Baptist Church and a teacher at Mount- vUle school. Surviving in addition to her hueband are a daughter, Mrs. Thomas F. Hayes of Min neapolis, Minn.; a son, LL R. H. Finley of the U. S. Navy; a brother, Houston R. Kay of An derson; and a sister, Mrs. I. B. Bryant of Anderson. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at MountviUe Baptist Church by Rev. Paul HartseU and Rev. BiU Harris. Graveside services at New Silverbrook Cemetery, Ander son, were conducted by Dr. Cost Flint. Pallbearers were Bob Kay Dick Kay, Jimmy Wood, Tom, Women Hear Mrs. ArmHage A meeting of the Laurens County Republican Women’s Club was held last Thursday at the E-Z Living Center in Laur ens. Mrs. Randall Smith, presi dent, presided. Mrs. Smith gave a report on the “Barbeque For Goldwater”, which was recently held at the Laurens County Fairgrounds. She stated, “the attendance was great, and the results showed a profit for the club.” Following other business, Mrs. Smith introduced the guest who has spoken in all parts of the U. S. including the Human ill&ilillllll HALLMARK SHIRT CO- Inc. Davidsoa Street Rev. J. B. MHchell Resigns As Pastor Of Joanna Baptists The Rev. James B. Mitchell has submitted his resignation as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Joanna. Mr. Mitchell, in offering the resignation last Sunday from the pulpit of the church, requested that his release become effective September 20. He has accepted a call to the Orchard Park Baptist "Mission. Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Mitchell has served 18 years at the Joanna church, three years before World War II and IS years since. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell for some time have been consider ing work in the mission fields. The Foreign Mission Board has sought the services of the Mit chells for several months to be come associate missionaries to Germany, an area to which Mr. Mitchell served as chaplain dur ing World War II. They have decided to accept work with the Orchard Park Baptist Mission which is a member of the Fron tier Association of Western New York and the northwestern part of New Jersey. The membership of the mission is 16 persons, with the Mission the only Baptist Church in a population of 90,000. Mrs. Mitchell, who Is a special 1st In the training and nurture of children, will continue her in terest in workiig with the very young age group. She has served as director of the Joanna Bap tist kindergarten since Us organ isation, is an approved worker in the State Training Union and for years has been Reedy River As sociation Training Union direc tor. Mr. Mitchell is a former stu dent at North Greenville Acad emy. a graduate of Anderson High School, Newberry College, and did special work at Glasgow University in Scotland. He is a graduate of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas. He won two battle stars during his two anH including the Human Events Conference in Washing- Urn, D. C., is a professor at Wof ford College. She is also former vice-chairman of the S. C. Re publican Party, president of the State Federated Women’s Repub lican Club, and second vice-pres- MI8S TONI KAY LAWSON Nursing Graduate Miss Toni K. Lawson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Giles Law- son was a member of the gradu- ident of the National Republican ating class from Columbia Hos- Participate In Honors Program At Gemson Clemson — A select group of 37 freshmen entering Clemson University next month with a predicated grade point ratio of 8.0 or better has been invited by the Honors Council to register for honors courses in chemistry, economics, English, history, mathematics and physics. Among them is Lykes Shelton Henderson, Jr., of Clinton, who will major in civil engineering. These special students will be guests of Clemson Presideht Robert C. Edwards at a lunch eon Wednesday, Sept. 9, in the Clemson House; they will be come acquainted with each other and meet the honors faculty for a short working session about the program. District Gordon Club a brother> wuson Garner Meet In Union Sept. 15 of Clinton; 31 grandchildren; 99 The East Piedmont District great-grandchUdren and 12 great Mrs. W. B. Gouse Mrs. Nancy Freeman 84, wife of Rev. W. B. Cause, died Monday afternoon at an Abbeville hospital after several years of declining health. Daughter of the late C. R. and Hester Otirens Garner, she was married twice. Her first husband was the late Frank Freeman. Surviving from this marriage are three daughters, Mrs. Jobe E. Smith of Newberry, Mrs. James Evans of Joanna and Mrs. James H. Hendrix of Greenville. Surviving “also are three other daughters, Mrs. B. L. Thomason of Abbeville, Mrs. Homer Good man of Greenville and Mrs. B. J. Harvey of Cleveland, Ohio; two sons, Thomas Cause of Ab beville and Rev. Marvin Cause of Newport, Tenn.; a sister, Mrs. Furman Babb of Spartan- Federated Women’s Club. Mrs. Armitage praised the Laurens County Women’s Re publican Club for the great pro gress made in the past few months and urged the continued efforts of each member toward victory in November. Laurens Man Found Dead Laurens—Albert Leon Turner. 97, of 125 Marion St., was found dead at 6:19 p.m. Thursday In the back yard of his home from a shotgun wound of the head. Laurens County Coroner Mar shall Pressley said Turner was hit one time with the charge from a .410 gauge shotgun. He said no foul play was indicated. A native of the Enoree sec tion of Laurens County, Turner had been In declining health sev eral years and was the son of the late William Henry and Frances Blakely Turner. He was a member of Central Meth odist Church and a retired tex tile worker and carpenter. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mattie Coates Turner; five step sons, C. WW. and Carlton Coates of Laurens, Paul Coates of Gray Court, John Coates of Green wood and James G. Coates of Eastover; a stepdaughter, Mrs. G. W. (Dick) Bolt of Laurens; four brothers, Rafe, Tillman and Claude Turner of Laurens and T. B. Turner of Fort Mill; and two sisters, Mrs. Jeanette Osboroe of Fort Mill and Mrs. Mary Sue Cantrell of Laurens. Funeral services were conduc ted Saturday at 3 p.m. at Ken nedy Mortuary by Rev. Francis Gossett, Rev. Roy Stockman and Rev. Frank Manning. Burial was In Betharbra Cemetery near Cross Hill. Attends Institute On TB at Blue Ridge Mrs. Ruth P. Allender, who became supervising nurse of the Greenwood County Health De- one-half years as chaplain to the Pbrtment on September 1, re armed forces in Europe, and he was named “Citizen of the Year” by the Joanna Lions Club in 1957. Mrs. Mitchell attended N 0 r t h Greenville Junior College, New- and Thur- ^*"7 College, and received a religious cently attended the North Caro lina Institute on tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases at Blue Ridge. Program speakers included Dr. Robert L. Yoager, medical pital School of Nursing on Au gust 20 at the First Baptist Church in Columbia. Miss Law- son returned to Columbia Hos pital where she will be employed, on September 1, following a visit with her parents. Dr. Keisler Lists Sermon Subjects Dr. E. B. Keisler, Interim pas tor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, has announced his ser mon subects for the month of September as follows: Sept. 6, “The Folly of Fretting”; Sept. 13, “The Lord of Life Meets Death”; Sept. 20, “Christ and the Sabbath”; and Sept. 27, “A Crucial Question.” The services are held each Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock. The church is located at 205 Hampton Avenue. The public is cordially Invited. Mrs. J. N. Sporks Mrs. Jessie Jones Sparks, 88, widow of James Noland Sparks, died Thursday night at her home, 903 S. Broad St, after two years of declining health. A lifelong resident of Laurens County, daughter of the late J. A. and Valeria Young Jones, she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. B. H. (Jimmie Nola) Sud- deth of Clinton, a sister, Mrs. W. H. Long of Blair, two grand sons. and five great-grandchil dren. Funeral services were con ducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Gray Funeral Home by Rev. J. H. Darr. Burial was in Rose- moot Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ray Blair, A. F. Blair, Reid Long, Hugh Jones, Claude Sparks and George Glenn. CARD OF THANKS . We wish to express our appre ciation to friends and neighbors for their many expressions of sympathy shown at the death of our mother and grandmother, Mfs. Jessie Sparks. The floral offerings, food, cards and your visits made our grief easier to bear. —MRS. B. H. SUDDETH, NOLAND AND ALAN SUDDETH meeting of Federated Garden Clubs will be held in Union on September 15 at Grace Methodist Church. Registration will be from 9:30 to 10:30. ‘A dutch luncheon will be held at one o’clock. After lunch Mrs. R. M. Riddle will present a program on modern design, stressing tex tures. Any garden club member who desires to go is asked to contact Mrs. Gary Holcomb or Mrs. Don Creigton by Tuesday, September 8, for transportation. Mental Health Center Workers In Laurens Dr. Charles M. Robinson (psy chologist) and Dan E. Fowler (psychiatrist social worker) from Area Five Mental Health Center in Greenwood, comes to Laur ens to confer with doctors, min isters, teachers and any one of this area who is interested in se curing an appointment at the center. Dr. Robinson Is in Laurens on the first Tuesday of each month, 2 to 4 p. m. Mr. Fowler comes each week on Thursday, 2 to 4 p. m. "Monk" Mufligon Hospital Patient W. B. (Monk) Mulligan of Greenville, director of the YMCA in Greenville and of Camp Greenville is a patient at the General hospital following a heart attack. He will be hospi talized for several weeks. Mulligan, better known as “Mr. Y’’ Is widely known among young people in Clinton because of his activities with young peo ples groups and as director of Camp Greenville. great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 5 p. m. at the Church of God here by Rev. C. E. Landreth, Rev. W. R. Cra ven, Rev. J. L, Jenkins and Rev. Bill Adams. Burial was in Rose- mont Cemetery. Pallbearers were Vernon An derson, Ray Godfrey, J. W. Wal- don, Donald Rowe, Herman An derson and Pat Langford. The honorary escort included Church of God pastors from over South CaroUna, R. H. McGee, A. E. Perry, D. B. Smith, Dr. J. L. Walker, G. L. Locklear and Boyd Watts. Patronize m The Chronicle Advertisers UtV Local Security Agent Help You With All Your Insurance Needs Ante-Fire Win. S. Hatton P. O. Box Ml I.C. SECURITY INSURANCE Lift • Health • Auto • Firs We will doae today alter «m o’clock far the foaeral el the Revcread James M. Dick. Youngs Pharmacy BARBECUE Labor Day - Sept 7 RATS GROCERY Comer Musgrove Street aad Whitmire Hwy. Hash, $1.50 qt - Meat, $1J0 lb. State Praudoat rti«ng«> piyh rmt Aug 24 was fea- lively among the young people Association of Greenwood and m*t» Finley and Neal Crisp. bachelor’s degree in religious <j trectm ’ i of ^ Summit Park The honorary escort education from Southwestern Sanatorium of Pomona, N. Y., R. P. Wilder and the faculty of Theological Seminary. 8 ‘? 5klen ’ co _ D : Mouutvllle School and members S** • writer of some Dole for tp o n ^ r of chronic illness and of the WMU at Mouutvllle Bap- ^ denominational publications, ^berculosis in Cleveland, Ohio. ™AL SETTLEMENT tist Church The resignation of Mr. MR- T* 1 * keynote speaker was Dr. Take notice that on the 22nd chell was accepted with much w “ r »—t7 appointed day of Octiber, 1964, 1 wil render regret by the Joanna congrega- by Pmldent Lyndon B. Johnson a final account of my acts and tton, church officials stated M chairman of a committee to doings as Executrix of the estate AiMrtace Loral pointing out that he has worked ,urTey health needs of the na- of Leonard Solomon Lockett in VCT*. tirelessly with other denomina- 000 *** office ot Jud * e of Pro- cxcfiango dub Uons during his pastorate at Jo- Mr * Allender was sponsored hate of Laurens County, at 2:00 The meeting of the Clinton Ex- anna. He has also labored effeq- by **• Tuberculosis and Health o’clock p. m., and on the same * •-**— -• ~ - day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as Execu trix. Any person indebted to said es tate is notified and required to make payment on before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. * MRS. MARGARET B. LOCKETT, Executrix, CUntan, 8. C. Sept. 2, 1954 Your New York Lifo Agent In Clinton la MILFORD SMITH SPECIAL NYLIC AGENT 200 Elm Street Phone 888-1154 -Life Insurance —Group tared by a visit to the local dub ^ «tate, a field in which he LaureM Counties of the state president of Ex change Clubs, Sam Daughton, of Cohitobia. The session was held at Hotel Mary Musgrove, with President Olin C. Johnson presiding. Daughton, speaker of the eve ning, gave a history of the or ganization since the founding of the first dnb in Detroit, Mich., in 1911 and the organisation of the National Exchange Club in in?. has had a widespread interest. James W. Prince Lanford — James William Prince, 19, of Rt. 1, Enoree, died at 9 a. m. Monday at his home. He was a member of Patter son Chapel Methodist Church and his parents are Mr. and Mrs. Homer Prince of Rt. 1, Enoree. Surviving also are a brother, Samuel (Mickey) Prince of Ready 7:00 A. ML LABOR DAY The 34 dubs in South Carol!ns Laurens; two sisters, Mrs. A. E. have approximately 1010 mem- Madden of Laurens and Melinda hers, the oldest being the Char- Dale Prince of the home; the leston club which was chartered paternal grandparents, Mr. and BARBECUE Monday, Sept. 7 MEAT . SL50 Lb. HASH $L50 Qt PIG FOOT STEW SEPT. 6th. READY AT 5:8M^8 P. M. Nabors Store OMNI in 1923. Daughton stated the purpoee of Exchange Clubs and advised that local clubs maintain a strong organisation by promot ing mmbership, and varied and interesting programs in render ing service to the community. Mrs. Walter S. Prince of Lan ford; and the maternal grand mother, Mrs. John M. Patterson of Lanford. J Graveside services were con ducted Tuesday at 3 p. m. at Patterson Chapel Methodist Church by Rev. J. E. Tysinger. Mrs. A. Ross Blakely Mrs. Rachel Davis Blakely, 87, widow of A. Ross Blakely, died Friday at 4:40 p.m. in a Greenwood hospital after sev eral months of declining health and two weeks of illness. A native of Spartanburg County, daughter of the late John W. and Frances Hoyt Da vis, she was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Lyde Little Sunday School Class. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Margaret B. Lockett of Clinton; three stepbrothers, Will Castleberry of Greenville, Tom Castleberry of Greenwood and Jim Castlebarry of Butler, Pa.; a stepsister, Miss Emma Castle berry of Ware Shoals; and two LABOR DAY WEEK-END KKADY AT 7:M A. M. Saturday, September S Pork . $1.50Lb.-Hash . $1.50Qt — PLACE TOO* ORDER TODAY — Summerville’s Store OMhdf Station 7K MUw 0* WhHaln Hlf%» Ob lUM VSW SU411S Funeral services were conduc ted at 4 p.m. Sunday at Gray Funeral Home by Rev. J. H. Darr. Burial was in Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Laurens. Now Manager For Midway Drive-In John Bremer Is expected to arrive here later this week to manage the Midway Drive-In Theatre, on the Joanna highway. 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