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'.1 The Clinton Chronicle , . MM t01 3«p[ > .iM Vol. 65 — No. 44 H ■ • Clinton, S. C., Thursday, October 29, 1964 «4Ctt k:-. $?%?<<■ '"' ■ ■ ff'" Nation Ready To Elect President on Tuesday Rev. Z. C Williams Begins A. R. P. Pastorate Sunday RiiriiAtt NampH- Dtniicii namcu To State Post In School Bus Program Posts To Be Rev. Zcb C. Williams wi’l as sume his duties as pastor of Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Clinton Charles ET. Burnett, of Clinton, has been appoined to a new posi tion of safety supervisor for the . _ South Carolina school bus pro- this coming Sunday. cram Mr. Williams is a native of The announcement was made j 1 * 'f' ^ rec eived his this wMk by Dr E. R Crow. ^, h sch “ 0 , education at Warren director ot the State Educational "‘‘son Collette Swannannoa. N. Finance Commission. C ,„ He attended college at Mary- BurnetV has' been emp.oyed with the commission for the past Wofford College, Spartanburg. if .. • He attended Columbia Theologi- five years as an area supervisor , _ . _ . ' ca! Seminary and Emory Um- of transportation. He wlil be re- sponsible Tor the development of safety materials, the analysis of school bus accidents, the coordi nation of the school bus driver training program with the State Highway Department. He will also be available to work with state and local supervisors of versity and later did graduate work in New Testament studies. Mr. Williams also took special courses in sacred music. Prior to his coming to Clinton, Mr. Williams was organist at the Forest Park and Brookhaven Methodist churches in Atlanta and at the same time was chapel transportation and to make re- or(ulniJt „ Emory Unl versity. commendations for the improve ment of safety in the transpor tation program. College Board of Visitors in Session — 1 ■rfcoroaffB rwoiv Newly elected chairman of the r byterian College Board of Visitors is 11100188 M. Belk of Charlotte, one of the owners of the Belk mercantile organiza tion, who is pictured second from right in upper photo discussing development plans for the college. Included in the picture are, left to right: Robert M. Vance. Clinton banker-industrialist who serves as chairman of the PC Board of Trustees; Mrs. Taylor H. Stukes of Manning, sceretrav of the Board of Visi tors; BeHc; and Dr. Marc C. Weersing, president of Presbyterian College. The newly elected vice-chairman of the Board of Visitors is Charles N. Plowden, Summerton banker, not included in this picture. Six leaders (lower photo) joined the Presbyterian College Board of Visi tors as new members at the board’s fall meeting which has just been held on the PC campus. They are, from left to right: R. Edward Ferguson, Jr., of Clinton, co-owner of Industrial Supply Co.; Dave Pennington, Columbia textile manufacturer; Joseph B. Fraser, Hines- ville, Ga„ lumberman; Mrs. Walter S. Moore of Walhalla, president of the South Carolina Presbyterian women; C. W. Anderson, Clinton hosiery manufac turer; and Tom Addison, also of Clinton, vice-president of Waddell and Reed. The Board of Visitors is composed of a number of business and church leaders of the region who meet twice annually on the campus, advise the college on its operations and serve to help interpret the college to the various publics which compose its constituency. * Because of Ineligible Player Clinton High Forfeits All Games Won This Season With three games remaining on the season’s football J 0 Hear Lamar King schedule and a good bet to go undefeated in conference The Laurens Baptist Associa- National and local politica) for Sheriff of Laurens County; fever will reach its height and Marshall N. Pressley, candidate be climaxed Tuesday, Nov. 3, for Coroner, and Paul S. O’Dell when voters in Clinton and Lau- and George M. Penland, running rens County, along with people for county commissioner, all over the nation, go to the k None of these candidates is polls to cast their ballots for opposed by a Republican. President and Vice-President of A ballot for voting on state- the United States as well as for wide constitutional amendments numerous local officials. will bring two more choices to Here in Laurens County, vot- Laurens County voters. One ers will be asked to choose not amendment, if approved by only who they’want to lead the South Carolinians, would remove country but must also decide the Superintendent of Education who they want as local represen- from the list of Constitutional of- es and officials in national, fieers and provide for his ap- and county government. pointment by a majority vote of Laurens County voters will the members of the State Board have four ballots to mark. The of Education with a term of of- national ticket which carries the fice fixed by the General Assem- names of candidates from the bly. two major parties for President The second state-wide amend- and Vice-President as well as ment would allow the General candidates for electors from both Assembly to provide methods for of-Jhe parties. State electors who jurisdiction and administration are^fehosen Tuesday—either the in matters pertaining to minora Democratic or Republican slate and persons who are mentally —will cast their ballots in De- incompetent, cember to make the election of Polls all over the county will President and Vice-President be open from 8 a. m. until 6 constitutional. P- m. However, if there is a line Candidates for state Demo- of voters at the polls at 6 p. m., cratic Electors are Mrs. Claude each one in line at the closing P. Cook, George Bell Timmer- hour will be allowed to cast his man, Jr., W. J. McLeod, Jr., ballots. Henry H. Edens, H. Mason Du- Voters must have their yellow . ... Pre, Sapp Funderburke, C. W. registration certificates with ™ w , # . E,even 925 cash P nzes wm F. Spencer, Jr., and Eugene N. them them when they go to their uinton schools for several years. i n September 1962, Mr. Wil- be waiting for claimants Sat- Zeigler. voting places and must present e represented South Carolina Uams became the first installed urday afternoon at the weekly Republicans who want to be the certificate for approval by Ou. m . e ^ ting °! P astor of the L y ndon Grove As drawing of tickets spnosored by named State Electors are J. box managers. vhIT “"a** Beformed Presbyterian rljnton ^ progressive merchants Dralle Edens, Jr., Julia R. Dou- Joe B. Medlock, Laurens Coun- Safety Education Association In Church in Augusta. During the P™<^ ve merchants. gert y- r A i lh u r Ravenetr^rrr 1 * Chairman of the Board of Washington, D. C. i n 1957 and last 13 months of his ministry But you have t0 ** to Floyd D. Spence, James E Duf- Election Commissioners, said r V “ dUlt con8uItant there - the Lyndon Grove church claim your prize. fy Jeff R Richardson, Jr., W. that election laws will be closely (or the State Youth Traffic Safety acquired a large organ and in- And to win a prize, you must w. Wannamaker, III, and Eliza- adhered to in this election. Spo on erentc for the past four creased its membership and bud- have ticket stubs given by mer beth L. Forrester. cifically, Medlock said only one cons'ultTTor^^^r'^ cV ge i by , fifty ^ ^ , chants displaying Loyalty Days The second ticket for Laurens voter would be allowed in the consuRant for the Southern Safe- He also served as music critic bannerg who a „ SDOnsorinK County residents, the state bal- booth at any one time. ty Conference in Jacksonville, for the Augusta Chronicle. w k lot - wiU carry only one name. George H. Phinney, chairman Flu m 1980, and as president of In his church. Mr. Williams fal1 trade festival which that of Rep. Robert T. Ashmore of the Laurens County Demo- c r ? ^ DrlVer Tralnin * “d is chairman of the Committee on continues until Dec. 5, when of Fourth Congressional Dis- cratic Party, said, “We will not m ty D EdUCaUon As * oclation . Church Communications. He just four prizes totaling $1,000 will trict, who is running for reelec- have any poll watchers at any Mr. Burnett is a native of Clin- completed photographing every given away . tion. He is unopposed in his bid of the precincts in the county on, and a graduate of Presby- minister in the A. R. P Church Th drawlni , for Dri2e8 ig for the House seat. during the General Election Nov. terian College. He served three and is in the process of making . c i P » A county ticket will include 3 and one half years in the Navy pictures of every A. R. P. church d eac * 1 Saturday during World War IT In 1960 he served as minister of music at the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Prior to his employment with jn Atlanta and from ^ere en the commission Burnett was tered the pastora i ministry and with the commission. Mr Burnett went to Elsberryi Missouri. Dur- was with the CUnton school sys- lng two years in Missouri he tern as a teacher, coach, and doubled the acUve membership supervisor of transportation. He of the Elsberry Associate Re- has completed the American Au- formed Presbyterian Church, tomobile Association advanced while in Missouri, he served as course in driver education, and president of the Elsberry Cham- taught driver education In the ber of Commerce. REV. Z. C. WILLIAMS Saturday Is Day For Prizes play, Clinton High School on Tuesday forfeited all of the t ona’.-wide Y. W. A. Council will manufacturers of mobUe'home*, ed"as a Hbrari^l^t'lEmo^y*U^i- seven wins piled up this season. meet Monday night, November con *tnicti°n of a versity, Atlanta public libraries, The announcement was made local boys could now finish 3-3 2, 7:30 o’clock, with the Davidson t . 0 ” a ° ouse office s of the Atlanta public schools and was by Coach Claude Howe and Prin- In the conference _ Street Baptist Church. . librarian at Butler High School county ticket will include 3 w e are leaving this entirely , ,. . * . names of nine Laurens County U P to th e election commission- building: Later this year he will 2.30 on the par ing ot of i) em o(. i au who were nominated ers ,ee *bat all box manag- He IS married to the former MllttPlrlg -PP.the. JUa- M. S. Bailey A-Son, Bankers, i„ the Democratic primary for t>rs carry out the Voting laws miss irene-wtBfgtrBrWEevflfe. »o r ? P' The Associate Reformed on West Pitts St. local offices. Included on this and regulations as set forth by ren r?r?. hBVt tWO chlld - P 7‘ sby i e ?;‘ an# ‘ n , Last week 10 prize winners ballot are William T. Jones, can- ‘he State of South Carolina, i ’ ,« JP '’ age 14, J" addition to his hobby of h Th didate for Solicitor from the Box managers will meet at Joan 1°. The family will move Photography, Mr. Williams en- ^ Z 101 ” 6 125 eaCb ; ^ Ei ebth Judicial Circuit; William <he Count y Court House in Lau- to Columbia in the near future. *** mu8ic hun ‘ in « * ad fishing. ^ ank 2 S-- C Bobblm, for the State Senate 1 * ens toni ght (Thursday) at 7:30 «SvVJi 18 i narned t0 former •• W|||<at¥la MountvUle- W from this count y. and Marshall to receive instructions on con- Ponderoso Homes Mr,. wim«” s tV. g^d'Tor a. M«c«n g ii. Mr, Lg,r c X bl :“ nd »,,r. J dUCti " 8 ^ eleC “°" Builds New Office 5 Vi. tTs. doses mother ' jf Kto^d,. Emory unlverslty and h . s T^WMUr E. Duntap, cadi- and Faye Walker (no address date for Clerk of Court; R. Eu- due to the death of his mother, listed). sene Johnson, who is candidate Mrs. L. B. Harper. corporation. cipal Wilrnot She.ly after they v k‘HuI’Abta'vUr"Ct^T ^ U "! ‘*£' r * 12 'f 0 ' H,rl ' y " "r'^WMnam, have two daugh * r rp,°rt 1? ter. North Augusta. Ualoa aad t “l»^.t“' 2!S!SL P J^‘ d ! nt '. “f , * d »» <«’• Allison. 5; sad Elisa, Barnes said the Ponderosa made a r e p o r t to Lawrence ter N orth Augusta. Union and ''rlsiSent^rFurma"* University' hu.^na “!f ted the lers ’ A,li8on ’ 5; and E,isa ’ 4 Graves, S. C. High School \vi nns boro. The only loss was ‘o y Ki summer mis- thi> WaS deslgned to Th ey will reside in the church League executive director in a Lexington 28-2t3 • K ? ^ !. h “PP 6 * 1 ^® 110 * Ponderosa. manse on South Adair Street. ot niontn arranged to K sionary to Germany this past home of the Cartrisht familv of meeting at Olwta arranged to Howe sa : d feel sorry for aM summer and he will speak on Ty fame Iami, y °* 'eport on at s navii of th e boys and the boy involved, his experiences and show slides. tearrf had uTed an ineligible play- H .* had no ldea ^ was ine ‘‘* A11 Y ’ ^ com P an y is presently building learn nau u#eu ^ ' gible.’ selors ,and directors of the 41 seven mohi i A u nmtkm 1 er ail stason and it was n °t di - .. We thought It was best churches of the Laurens Baptist d * y * covered until Tuesday mor g ^ turn i nj ” Howe con- Association are urged to be pres- when records were being exa - t j nued «.^ e j ug t couldn't live ent, and visitors will be welcome. with ourselves if we hadn’t. It Mrs. Floyd Hellams is Y. W. A. was the right thing to do." director for the association. General Election Official Ballot LAURENS COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA NOVEMBER 3, 1964 ined “We found the mistake our selves," Shealy said. ‘It was not the result of a protest on the part of any of the teams we played." Coach Claude Howe, whose team has experienced the best season in several years, was es pecially hard hit by the discov ery. "As soon as we found oilt what it was we knew we were wrong,’’ he said. "When we went to talk with Mr. Graves, we knew what the result would be. We didn’t go to ask for an excep tion or appeal. We just went to present the facts In the caae." Both Shealy and Howe agreed it was better not to reveal par ticulars in the case or to men- ion names. “We do not wish to appear to be uncooperative< in releasing news, or do we wish to suppress facts." they stated, “but. cir cumstances, from several view points, in our judgment warrant withholding the details.” Howe said revealing the situa tion to the players after he and Shealy returned from (Manta was “one of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do, especially in view of th3 very successful sea son we've had to data." The Qintonians had a 7-1 rec ord and were undefeated in Eastern AA Conference play. Their only loss was to Lexington, not a member of the confer ence. Clinton ha» three conference games remaining, with Newber ry Friday, and Laurens and Woodruff the folowing two weeks. By winning them all, the RETURNS FROM FLORIDA Mrs. Eugene Hitt returned Fri day following a month’s visit with her daughter, Mrs. I. H. Ford and Mr. Ford in Avon Park, Florida. While there Mr. and Mrs. Ford entertainsd Mrs. HM with a party on her birth day September Si. Dr. Jones Has Two Articles Pubis Hied In Oct. Two articles by Dr. Newton Jones, of Clinton, will be pub- N? 1200 lished this month. They are: “Weights, Meas- Senator Crowns Miss CHS Irene Vaughan, who was named Mias CHS by the student body, is shown here as she was crowned by South Carolina U. S. Senator Strom Thurmond during halftime eerembnies Friday night at the Clinton- Winnaboro football game. Trie Senator was on his way to GreeaviUe for a speaking engagement the next day and stopped over here with friends and aaw the game. title was not known until sponsors, the candidates, band, majorettes, etc., gath- the field daring the homecoming celebration. The winner of sponsor! ersd on Dianne —Photo Dianne Aabill and Dianne by Yarborough Ledford runners-up. New Caseworkers With Welfare Dept. Three new caseworkers have been employed by the Laurens urea and Mercantilism: The In- Co u n t y Welfare Department, spection of Exports in Virgin- according to R. W. Boland of la,” in The Old Dominion: Es- Cllnton, secretary of the Coun- says for Thomsa Perkins Abpr- ty Welfare Board. nethy, edited by Darret B. Rut- They are Mrs. Elaine O. Bol- man, published by the Univer- ter of Owings; Philip Harris sity of Virginia Press; and of Laurens, both graduates of “The Washington Light Infan- Erskine College; and Mrs. Eliz- try at the Bunker Hill Centen- abeth M. Pinson of Cross Hill, nial,” In South CaroUna His- a graduate of Randolph Macon torical Magazine. College. ' ~ - Dr. Jones Is professor of his tory at Furman University. ‘ Boy Scout Camporee n * . * * c h Friday and Saturday PaM Sgt. Fallow There will be a district meet- To Speak NOV. 5 ;*l ing and camporee of the Lau- A . ia .... rens County Boy Scouts Friday MOUIltVIlle bCtlOOl and Saturday at the Lydia Mills Sgt. Billy Fallaw of the Public Scout Caboose. The district meet- Relations and Safety Education ing will be held at 7:30 o’clock Division of the South Carolina Friday. ■* Highway Department, will pre- In case of rainy weather the sent a traffic safety program at camporee will be cancelled but the Cross Hill-Mountville PTA the district meeting will be held meeting Thursday evening, No- the same time as above at White- vember 5, at 7:30 o’clock at the ford’s Restaurant. Mountville School. Community Chest Needs Only $194.31 Only $194.31 is needed to put the cilrrent Community Chest campaign over the top, according to Reese Young, chairman at the drive. That was the amount shy of the goal of $28,688.94 fol lowing reports of solicitors and officials at a meeting Tues day morning. In the Industrial Division, complete reports were re ceived from C. W. Anderson Hosiery Go., with average con tributions of $8.91, and Dapper Hosiery Go., with average contributions of $8.78. Chairman Young urged solicitors to complete their work and turn in reports at the final meeting next Tuesday. Initials of OFFICE Presidential and Vice-Presidential Electors * Offiqfapsiniot eneraTEIection AURENS COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA NOVEMBER 3, 1964 Joanna DEMOCRAT ') Lyndon B. Johnson PRESIDENT Hubert H. Humphrey VICE PRESIDENT □ George Bel I Timmerman, J r. □ Mrs. Claude P. Cook □ W. J. McLeod, Jr. □ Henry H. Edens □ H. Mason DjfPre □ Sapp Funderburke □ C. W. F. Spencer, Jr. Q Eugene N. Zeigler REPUBLICAN Barry M. Goldwater PRESIDENT William E. Miller VICE-PRESIDENT— Q J. Drake Edens, Jr. □ Julia R. Dougherty □ Arthur Ravenel, Jr. □ Tloyd D. Spence □~James E. Duffy □ Jeff R. Richardson, Jr. □ W.W.Wannamaker,lll □ Elizabeth L. Forrester INSTRUCTIONS—To vote a straight party ticket, make a cross IX) in the circle (01 under the name of your party. Nothing farther need or should be done. To vote a mixed ticket, or in other words for candidates of differ ent parties, omit making a cross (X) mark in the party circle ot the top and make a cross (XI mark in tha voting square Q opposite the name of ooch candidate on the ballot for whom you wish to vote. If you wish to veto for a candidate act aa any ticket, write or place tho noma of such candidate on your ticket opposite the nome of the office. Refore 1 leaving the booth, fold the ballot so that the initials of the manager moy be seen on the outside. OFFICIAL BALLOT, GENERAL ELECTION Laaros County, South Carolina BAILEY PRECINCT OFFICE J V BgMOCRAT (WRITE-IN) SOLICITOR f ' [□ WpUAM T. JONES □ 8th Judicial Circuit ■ % SENATE "V f ^ WILLIAM C. DOBBINS g HOUSE or \i ~~ □ MARSHALL W. ABERCROMBIE □ REPRESENTATIVES □ J. C. LEAGUE □ CLERK OF COURT □ WALTER E. DUNLAP □ SHERIFF □ R. EUGENE JOHNSON □ * . — rYttomm n WAB61TAT.T. V PRESSLEY □ uuni/nsfi COUNTY COMMISSIONER □ PAUL S. O’DELL □ □ GEORGE M. PENLAND □ Vfc