The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 10, 1964, Image 1
The Clinton Chronicle
V<d. 65 — No. 37
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 10,1964
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Halfback Carroll Shealy cromm the foal line in the
third period to rick up Clinton’s second touchdown of
the night Friday (n the season’s opener with York
High.
Joel Whitsel, Clinton halfback, here
gain Friday night against York as guard
runs interference. Whitsel earh
first touchdown on a pass play.—Y
food
212 Eiyctid to Register
Thornwell Opens
With Win Over Ford
The Thornwell Orphanage
football team got off to a good
start with a 32-12 season-open
ing win over Ford High at
Laurens Friday night.
The local boys had little
trouble in demonstrating their
superiority. Apparently, they
have come up with a better
than average squad this year.
This Friday the Gophers will
take a trip to upper Greenville
County to face the Slater-Mari
etta team.
Gerald K. Wells
To Teadi English
At Presbyterian
Gerald K. Wells is joining the
Presbyterian College faculty
this year as an instructor in
English, Dean Joseph M. Gettys
announced today.
A native of Richmond, Va., he
recently received his MA degree
from the University of Richmond
after receiving his BS from this
institution in 1960. Wells taught
for four years in the public
schools of Virginia and served
a two-year tour of Army duty
prior to entering upon post-grad
uate study.
Football Barbecue At
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College Set for Tuesday
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New Students Sign Today
As College Begins Session
A record number of new stu
dents will register at Presbyte
rian Coiege today (Thursday) as
preparations are completed for
the start of the 88th academic
year.
Freshmen arrived on campus
Monday to begin the orientation
period, and upperclassmen are
scheduled to retam this Thurs
day afternoon, in time for Fri
day registration.
The fraahman program. In
cluding placement tests and nu
merous conferences, will reach
its climax Thursday night with
the annual freshman reception
sponsored by the Faculty Dames.
It is sot for 8:00 p. m. at the
home of President and Mrs.
Marc C. Weersing. ,
The Thursday program for
new students will get underway
at 8:90 a. m. in Be Ik Auditorium
with Introduction of the faculty.
After meeting with their advis
ors, the freshmen will register
for the fall semester, starting
at 10:49 a. m. in the library.
Thar will draw basic ROTC uni
forms from the military supply
room dunng the afternoon, while
uppsrrla—mcn meet with their
Stale License Tags
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Registration for upperclass
men will be held on Friday. 8:90
a. m. to 12:00 noon, and 1:00 p.
m. to 2:10 p. m. Following regis
tration, from 3:00 p. m. to 9:00
p. m , all students will attend an
abbreviated schedule of the Fri
day classes.
Then, the regular schedule of
morning classes will begin at
8:00 a. m., Saturday.
Mr. Southall's Father
Passes In Virginia
John Edward Southall died
Friday morning in Petersburg
General Hospital, Petersburg,
Va.
Mr. Southall was a native
and lifelong resident of Peters
burg.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Janet Kirks Southall of Peters
burg: a daughter, Mrs. Gor
don C. Baxter of Pebersburg; a
son, John Herbert Southall of
Clinton; one grandson, three
great-grandchildren, and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Funeral services and inter
ment took place Tuesday in
Petersburg.
AT SELF MEMORIAL
Bill Sims is a patient at Self
Memorial Hospital, Greenwood,
where he Is convalescing follow
ing a broken hip injury suffered
in a fall Sunday.
Laurens or may be ordered • m >
tr-m-tt. PC s Practice Sessions
Show 'Wide Open' Offense
in Columbia,
made In
Motorists are advised to
have renewal cards filled out
before confronting the sales
windows or ordering by mall.
October Slat la the last date
tags may be purchased without
a tardy penalty of 80 cents.
The new platee have black
on a white hack-
betag juet the reveree
of the ISM’s white on black.
New plates must be display
ed by November 1.
John Robert Leake
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•8. who
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died last Tuesday,
ducted at 4:88 p. m., Thursday,
'at Gray Funaral Heme by lav.
A. S. Harvey and Rev. J. H.
Darr. Burial was In Duncan
}Creek Presbyterian Church
cemetery near here.
Pallbearers were George A.
Weathers, Dr. Fred E. Hol
combe, Mack Duncan, Addison
Neighbors, Grady Adair and
Billy Nabors.
If Presbyterian College’s daily
football drills are an indication
PC fans can watch for a razzle-
dazzle offensive show in the sea
son opener here September IS
against Frederick.
Clinton fans who’ve visited the
Blue Hose workouts have seen
Coach Cally Gault’s grkkhrs
running plays with a pro-typo
appearance the past two
The Hoee aerial show in
scrimmages has featured flank
er backs, halfback passes, shot
gun formations and many other
maneuvers used sparingly last
the Hoaemen’s showing against
the air game has not looked too
Impressive. "Pass defense de
finitely is our number-one worry
now,” Gault reported after Mon
day’s lengthy scrimmage.
The number-two concern in
the Presbyterian camp is
Fullback Ronnie Morris, slated
for first-string duty until being
sidelined with an old injury last
week. Morris has missed all this
week’s action, and doctors mark
him as "very doubtful” for the
mming
Gault hlmsett predicts a more
"wide-open" offense for the Blue
Hose, and gives two reasons for
this prognostication: the entire
team is small and fast, and the
quarterback is veteran p»—*«if
specialist Leighton Grantham,
who’s tossed for over 1,900 yards
in two years. '
But while the PC drills have
unveiled a potent passing
Clinton Goes to Rock Hill
Friday; Victor In Opener
The Clinton High Red Devils,
after an auspicious season start
er with a 12-6 victory over York
here last week, Friday night
will take to the road to meet
Rock Hill.
►V The Clintonian ospened the
season als year with a 13-6 loss
to Rock Hill and will be seeking
to turn the tables on the York
County boys.
Clinton 12, York 6. /
The Clinton Red Devils turned
back the York Green pragoas,
12-6, for a socceaafni atari of
the season here Friday night.
with a 70-yard drive.
Shealy, who had a 13-yi
in the march, ran the final four
yards.
York came back in the same
period for a 57-yard drive*. The
touchdowa was a 13-yard pass,
Dicky Sowell to Freddie Moan.
Sowell had run TO yards previous
ly.
Outstanding on defense for the
Red Devils were Krnnsdi Cathy
and DareU Godfrey. Foe York It
was Gary Humphries,
RMgMag dominated.the gams:
with Ctintea gaining MB yards
and York 186. Most of the Dra-
Mis. Cook Named
Elector at Large
Mrs. Claude P. Cook, of Lau
rens, has been named one of
eight Democratic presidential
electors from South Carolina.
She and former Governor
George Bell Timmerman of
Lexington, were selected as the
two electors at large, while the
other six will represent the
stale’s congressional districts.
They will cast South. Caro
lina's votes la the electoral
college in file event the Demo
crats win the November elec
tion in the stale.
Names Of the electors (Dem
ocratic and Republican) wil
appear on the ballots used la
the presidential election rath
er than the names of the can
didates for president and vice-
president. ,
Other Democratic electors
Another colorful program is
planned when Clinton ushers in
the 1964 football season next
Tuesday night at Presbyterian
College.
All civic clubs of the city
are cooperating in the event
which drew some 490 people
last year. It’s scheduled as a
family affair again this season
and is being held two weeks
later to include PC students.
The barbecue meal will be
served under the campus oaks
adjacent to Belk Auditorium.
Starting time is 6:00 p. m.,
with tickets priced at $1.50 per
pate for adults and 75 cents for
children under eight years.
Following the meal, the crowd
will move into the auditorium
for a football-flavored program.
It will include skits, perform
ances by the Clinton High
School band and cheerleaders,
fight songs by the "Old Pros"
quarter of Clinton businessmen
composed of Harry Bolick,
Aduft Supervisor
To Speak In Joanna
Dr. Robert Cook, Adult Super
visor, Baptist Sunday School
Board, Nashville, Tenn., will
speak at the First Baptist
Church, Joanna, Sunday, Sept.
13, at the morning worship ser
vice.
Dr. Cook will speak on adult
work during Training Union at
Fairview and at the Whitmire
First Baptist Church at the Sun
day evening worship service.
Miss Florrie Ann Lawton.
Nursery director, Baptist Sunday
School Board, will speak during
Training Union at the Bush River
Baptist Church and at the Hur
ricane Baptist Church during
evening worship.
Mrs. Versil Crenshaw, Nash
ville, Tenn., will speak at Cal
vary Baptist Church, Newberry,
during Training Union, and at
the Enoree Baptist Church dur
ing evening worship.
John B. Lane, State Training
Union Director, will speak at
the Training Union hour at the
Glenn Street Baptist Churcth,
Newberry, and during evening
worshio at West End
Sourtiem Belt Has
Catalog of Programs
For Clubs, Other Groups
Need a program for your club,
church or school group? South
ern Bell Telephone Company is
now distributing its new "Pro
gram Catalog” listing a variety
of films and demonstrations
which are available without
charge to local organizations and
school groups.
Films listed include a wide
range of such subjects as the
New York World’s Fair, space
communications, safety, good
telephone usage, defence, the
weather, communications his
tory, genetics, oceanography and
the human senses. Even such
specialized fields as crystal
"growing”, manufacture of wire
and missile guidance are includ
ed.
Local Southern Bell manager
D. H. Martin states that copies
of the program catalog are
available for the asking by
tacting the nearest
Bell business office.
George Brockenbrough, Tommy
Hollis and Mike Turner.
Presbyterian Coach Cally
Gault and his staff then will
present a preview of their 1964
Blue Hose football prospects. In
addition to pre-season estimates
of the gridiron situation, they
will introduce the players now
serving on the PC team.
George Comelson, vice-presi
dent of Clinton and Lydia Cot
ton Mills and a Presbyterian
College trustee, will serve as
master of ceremonies for the
occasion. Heading the arrange
ments is Claude Crocker, Clin
ton textile official and PC alum-
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Dora Is
On Way
Hurricane Dera is on the
way—m say the weathermen.
Aad Clinton — along with
the rest of the Southeast—may
be in for some rough weather
in the next few days.
Just how rough, depends up
on the course Dora decides to
take. At any rate, we can ex
pect wind and rain.
If Dorn heads in oar direc
tion, anything can happen.
The hurricane, covering a
wide territory, was off the
southeast coast yesterday,
heading for Florida and Geor
gia. If it changes direction just
a little north, the South Caro-
Ina coast would be in line for
the big blow. And it could
sweep Inland anywhere in be
tween.
So—batten down the hatches!
on Monday For
Durward Murdock
Durwarfl Murdock, 58, died
unexpectedly at 1:00 a. m., Sun
day, at his home, 206 Phillips
Street.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 4:90 p. m. at Mt.
Bethel Baptist Church in Ander
son County by Rev. Floyd Hel
iums and Rev. Willis Pruitt.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Mr. Murdock was a native of
Anderson County, the son of the
late Steve G. and Lougenia Mur
dock, He was engaged in farm
ing in Anderson County until
some 20 years ago when he
moved to Clinton. For some time
he was connected with Bclk’s
Department Store, and was in
the insurance business. In recent
years he operated a mercantile
busines on the Laurens highway.
He was a member of Davidson
Street Baptist Church, also a
Mason and member of the East
ern Star.
Mr. Murdock was twice mar
ried, first to Mrs. Reba McKin
ney Murdock, who died in Oc
tober, 1963. His second wife,
Mrs. Mary M. Merlin Murdock,
survives. Also surviving are one
■on, Haynie Murdock, of Co
lumbia, one daughter, Mrs. Net
tie Lou Nabors, of Clinton; five
step-sons, James H. Mann of Al
bany, Ga.; Cecil E. Mann of Co
lumbia; Sgt. Horace G. Mann of
Frankfort, Germany; Kenneth
und Jerry Mann of Clinton; also
seven step-grandchildren.
Clinton’s new city council is shown
here in its first meeting Friday night.
Members took office Sept. 1 and will
serve for two years. They are, left to
right, front row: Talmadge Sanders,
councilman from ward six; Mayor J.° J.
No Election Necessory
Meeting
Cornwall; George W. Bagwell, ward
five; back row: L. W. Cooper, ward
four; S. A. Pitts, ward two; Boyd W.
Holtzclaw, ward one; Harry C. Layton,
ward three.—Yarborough Photo.
City Council Annexes
New Area Upon Petition
High School Paper
Begins Publication
The first issue of the Clinton
High school newspaper for the
current school year was dis
tributed to students on Tues
day. — -—
Published monthly by the
students of the school, the tab
loid-size six-age paper is edit
ed by Carol Sanders, senior of
Clinton, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bobby L. Sanders.
Jane Johnson is associate
editor; Edwin Sloan, news edi
tor; Dianne Ledford, feature
editor; Judi Davis, columnisf;
J. W. Davis, sports edtior;
Zack Barron and Ben Hay
Hammet, Jr., sports writers;
Bill Quarles, photographer; Lin
da White, typist.
William Bell is business man
ager and Betty Black is assist
ant business manager.
Mrs. Lewis Wallace is fac
ulty advsior.
The territory embraced by the
City of Clinton was enlarged
Friday night when city council
declared an area near the Clin
ton High School a part of the
city. The petition was signed by
all property owners concerned, in
which council election was deem
ed necessery.
The area annexed includes a
part of the Carol White Copeland
subdivision which was developed
in recent years. A section of the
development was already includ
ed in the city limits.
The area is an triangle, bord-
dered by N. Adair Street exten
sion and Highway 72 on two sides
and former city limits on the
other, and includes 25 or 30
homes. The section already has
Scout Troop 111
Begins New Year
Boy Scout Troop III will begin
their new year with a meeting
Monday evening, September 14,
at 7:30 at the Scout Hut on Pine
Street, Mike Turner, cub master
announced.
Contestants To Compete
For Miss Electric Co-Op
Only a few days remain for will be one of the regional con-
candidates to enter the beauty tests held throughout the state
contest to elect "Miss Laurens £, r i. or V*. statew ide finals in
Electric Co-Op” at the annual CoIumI,la later 111 the y ear to
meeting of the Laurens Electric "Miss South Carolina Elec-
Cooperative to be held Septem- tr ic Cooperative
her 19 at the Laurens County
Fair Grounds at 10:00 a.m. This
First District—W. J. McLeod,
Jr., of Walter boro.
Seooo#rDistztot~a. H. Edens
of CokMibia. \
Hurd District—H. Mason Du-
of RMRaDa.
Fourth District—■Sapp Fun-
fifth District —C. W. F.
, Jr., of Rook HBL
Whitsel, Shealy.
Zeigler if
These Clinton
ettea got their fink
the season whan thear
band before a aeO-oui
Right at tha initial
major-
tout of
with the
ra Friday
with
High. They are, Mt to right
front row—Kathy Bou&night, Linda Mi
lam, Neely Copeland, Judi Daria; back
row—Dianne* Asbill, Linda TDM, Cathie
Daria, Kay Young, Pat
Yarborough Photo.
Contestants already entered
for the Miss Laurens Electric
Cooperative title are: Nancy
Stoddard and Brenda Woods of
Rt. 1, Owings; Frankie Gwinn
and Mary Allice Thompson of
Rt. 1, Fountain Inn; Connie
Knight of Woodruff; Carol Grif
fith of Rt. 5, Greer; Gwen Mc
Call and Nancy Neely of Rt. 1,
Simpsonville; Anna Beth Brew-
ington, Linda Brewington, Elaine
Lawson, Mary Lynn Williams,
and Serena Wofford, all of En
oree; Alice Summers and Henri
etta Crapps of Rt. 2, Kinards;
Phylis Watts, Jane Everhardt,
Polly Adair and Frances Rob
bins of Clinton; Barbara Pettit,
Aletia Vise, Sharon Vise and Di
anne Smith of Rt. 1. Pauline;
Kay Peeler of Rt. 1, Roebuck;
Cvighfo Bishop of Rt. 1, Mount-
Mdej and. Susan Hill of Rt 2,
Pelzei*.
The 8,900 member-owners of
the Laurens Electric Co-Op have
been reminded by Manager Hen
ry M. Faris to make plans to at
tend the business meeting and
beauty contest.
“This is the most important
meeting of the year for rural
electric members,” Manager
Paris Says. "It is at this meet
ing that they make decisions con
cerning the operation of their
business, such as electing direc
tors and voting on proposed by
law changes.”
"Here they also have an op
portunity to voice their opinions
concerning the operation, direc-
w the en-
They hear reports m
«f thaii
and of planp for the
city electric and sewer service.
Officially, Oct. 1 was the date
set for annexation, and mem
bers of council stated that city
police protection and garbage
coilection would begin immedi
ately. Several street lights wil
be installed at an early data.
The Septfifiber meeting o
council was presided over b;
Mayor J. J. Cornwall, with al
councilmen present: Boyd W
Holtzclaw, S. A. Pitts, Harry C
Layton, L. W. Cooper, George
W. Bagwell and Talmadge Sand
ers.
A request for a sewer line to
serve property of Dr. D. O.
Rhame, Robert Johnson and
others near the Bailey Memorial
Hospital was referred to the city
attorney and superintendent of
the utilities department for con
tract arrangements and esti
mates and the utilities depart
ment for contract arrangements
and estimates of cost. The
line wodld be beyond the city
limits and estimates of cost.
The line would be beyond the
city limits and join the hospital
sewer line. Property owners
would pay for the line.
Council voted to move W. E.
Marse to the regular police force
from his post of combination po
lice and relief fireman.
Upon recommendation of the
heads of the police and fire de
partments, R. L. Tidwell was
elected to succeed Marse. The
vote was split with Pitts, Holts-
claw and Sanders voting for
Tom Brown, whose application
for the post was also received.
Voting for Tidwell were Bagwell,
Layton and Cooper, Mayor
Cornwall cast the deciding vote.
Several other applications were
submitted.
Council adopted the tax ordin
ance for 1964, which set the tax
millage at 53 mills, the same
that it had been for a number of
years. The millage was divided.
33 mills for generaus operations,
and 20 mills for payment on
bonds and interest comin due
during the year.
H. M. Young was reelected as
City Recorder upon recommen
dation of Mayord Sornball.
Council approved the request
of Morris Seymour, Cub Scout
master, and George Frady, ap
nearing for the Cub Scourts, the
place a railroad caboose, donated
by Scouts at Pine and Cedar
Streets.
Dr. Fraser's Bible
Class Now Underway
The ninth session of the Com
munity Bible Class, taught by
Dr. T. Layton Fraser, began
Tuesday evening.
The course of study this jmar
will be "A Survey of the Old
Testament.”
The class will continue only
two more yuan, ao it is ex
pected that this wil! be tha last
time this particular course will
be taught. \
The place of meeting is
Neville Hall, Presbyterian
lege. The darn maria at
orifoge ia In
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