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V H ,\V ■ The Qinton Chronicle Vol. 65 — No. 52 Qinton, S. C. Thursday, December 24 1964 ♦ f & mm m-l ■ MM Grange Entertains Young People These young people were among Hall was attractively decorated for the the many entertained Friday evening occasion. Games and refreshments fea- at the annual Christmas party stagd by t^red the evening and the Christmas the Mountville Grange. The Grange spirit was much in evidence.—Photo by Paul Quinton. *• * '• . 4? Catty Gauh Named S.C.'Coach of Year' The selection of Cally Gault as South Carolina’s football “coach of the year” Is the highest of an array of post-seasdh honors be stowed upon Presbyterian Col lege gridiron personnel in recent weeks. Gault received 14 out of a possible 16 points in the annual poll taken by the South Carolina Association of Sports writers. The PC coach, whose young under- Mountville Grange Host to Young People The Mountville Grange was host to the Mountville young people on Friday night, Decem ber 18, with a Christmas party at the Grange Hall. The hall was decorated with Laurens county cotton growers Christmas finery by Mrs. Roy voted 361 to 3 in favor of market- Adams, a Grange member. ing quoUs for ^ 1965 crop * , games were supervised cotton according to Fred S. 2».80 in hunting licenses, $25, by Mrs. Alex Simpson and Mrs. Clintons Business Section Turned Into Fairyland Farmers Support Marketing Quotas County Collects $40,132.50 In Licenses, Fines Laurens County collected $13,- Nine Injured Near Gray Court When Car Skids Jerome Finley. Stoddard, chairman of the Lau- Gray Court — Nine persons were injured, three of them hos pitalized during a freezing rain off an overhead bridge on U. S. Highway 276 about six miles west of here about 12:45 a Local Plants and Finns To Mark Holiday Period Most industries, business hous- Later in the evening Mrs. Olin rens ASC County Committee. Stewart, youth chairman, pre- Preliminary returns show cot sided over the decorated table ton growers of South Carolina fa- Christmas Day only. On Satur- m., es and retail firms will be mark- day, December 28, no city do ing the holiday season this week liveries will be made and win- 270.00 in fishing licenses, and $1,642.0 in fines during the fis- Sunday. yeet ending June 30. State Highway Patrolman ... ....... .. All non-resident fishing 11- Gerald Dobson said a 1963 Poo- " 1 * l > v «» u< >" '* rt 'X ta ,ar th ' lr dow ' ^ dM * <1 D«Uveriet cense for game and fish law tiac station wagon, driven by employees. will be made on rural routes. Chronicle To Babson Forecast In Next Week's Issue The Chronicle will publish Babson’s Business and Finan cial Forecast for 1986 in its next issue, to appear on Thurs day, Dec. 31. This forecast on what the business world may expect by where refreshments were served. vore( j quotas by a vote of 39,913 violation are earmarked for the Miss Agnes Garrett, 24, of Lau- Joanna Cotton Mills will close Offices at city hall will ctoee Among the other chaperones to 377 but two boxes in the counties while other license rens, skidded and overturned Wednesday, December 23, at at noon Thursday, Dec. 24, and were Mrs. Rhett Bryson, retired . , d thei _ t e ienhone revenue g 068 * nt0 general down a 24-foot embankment. midnight and resume work on reopen Monday morning, postmaster, Mrs. Roily Bannis- t Acr , c game fund. All of the occupants were from Sunday, December 27, at mid- Schools of the district and ter, and Mrs. M. H. Burns. reports to the State AbLS Office. South Carolina sold 192,119 Laurens. Patrolman Dobson list- night. * Presbyterian College closed Fri- Alex Simpson is agricultural Nationally, the preliminary re- homing licenses costing $574,- ed the vehicle’s passengers as Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills day, the 18th, for the holidays, chairman and Jerome Finley is turns showed cotton growers fa- 927 and 218,208 fishing licenses Mr and Mrs. J. G. Bowling, Mr. will close Wednesday at mid- to reopen on Monday, January 4. master of the Grange. by ft ■ CALLY GAULT manned squad was , picked m vored marketing quotas vote of 289,276 to 11,257. report of the Wildlife Resouces Since more than the necessary Department. Fines collected two-thirds of those voting favor- during the year totalled $68,- ed cotton marketing quotas for 568, exclusive of $13,994 for the 1965 crop of cotton, a penalty violations of the boating act. The Christmas Seal Campaign will be applicable to those farms Seal Sale Campaign Returns Behind 1963 a costing $526,777 during the and Mrs. Wesley Taylor, Mr. night and will resume operations Retail merchants of the citv year, according to the annual and Mrs. Vincent Mims and Dr. Monday, December 28, at 12:01 will close on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Offices in the court house in Laurens will close Thursday at ing at the usual time. has entered its sixth week and w bich overplant their 1965 cotton Local Men Named To Scout Positions Sprinkler Stops ^^, U Uur h . , M record acre.*. Hotmenf A.«,, „oc. for the 1964 campaign. It was gg co j_ quotas will be in effect, cotton the nation’s foremost business second best in the state, topped . a oomnar _ d with 415 . „ rowers are assured of a domes- * naly ? and commentator isan only by Wofford’s 6-6 mark. gn gg in 1963. tic allotment program for Sev( ; ral C ' inton t . hospital and at McLawhorn Clin- open Monday at 7:00 a. m. annual feature in The Gkron- Wofford Coach Conley Snidow Carroll L. Sexton, chairman 1Qft « iin/W th* nrnernm » cot- !I" -r>,- 1 t0 D p0st c I*** ? ** R if^ ic in Fountain Inn. Dobson said C. W. Anderson Hosiery Co. -r ifll. ^ **■* urged to finished second behind Gault in of the 1964 carnpa ig ni and Hen- P 8** Council. EoVi Scouts o Amerc , the station wagon, which over- operations will close Wednesday Department Si look for it next week. the voting for “coach of the ry M Faris prcs ident of the Tu- ton Rrower may agree to red “ cc d iiriTm.nn 2 !Iniversitv turned at least twice » was de - at 8:00 a m and resume at uished a f ire t) Roger W. Babson has prob- year” honors. berculosis and Health Associa- his 1965 planted acreage below day night at Clemson University. mo lished. 12:01 a. m., Monday. . ably done more than any other jbe Sportswriters Association tion, expressed their deep appre- his regular acreage allotment; in T)r. D. O. Rhame was name man to create among his mil- cRed pc Quarterback Leigh- elation to those who have al- accordance with provisions for a t° the executive board as a na tions of newspaper readers an j on Grantham of Easley for post- ready answered the appeal to special payment under the pro- tional representative, as was interest in simple business seas0 n praise. The rangey pas- help wipe out tuberculosis and gram. Dwight F. Patterson of Laurens, problems, 80(1 instill a ser w b 0 se t a new school record control respiratory disease. Under the 1964 program it was Others elected to the board were broader vision in businessmen, f oog aer ial yards in 1964, was “Citizens in Greenwood and not necessary for the cotton pro- J- B - Templeton and W. C. Bald- ^ „ ., enabling thern to keep up wltn ^q^d to the first team All- Laurens Counties still have plen- ducer to sign an intention to par- win of Clinton, L. W. Gratz of at ^ saints Episcopal Church the ups and downs of busmess Carolina squad and was ty of time to contribute to this ticipate in the program. How- Laurens, and Jake Kason of u-jq a m 7he Rev. John cycles. tied with Clemson Halfback Hal great fight against TB and RD,” ever, under the 1965 program it Cross Hill. Rivers is pastor of the church Mr. Babson’s weekly releas- f) av j s f or second place in the Mr. Sexton said. He continued, will be required that the produc- Phillip W. Rogers of Clinton and we i comes the public to the es are used by more than 400 “back of the year” voting. The “With more funds, the Tubercu- er sign an intention to partici- was named district commission- service newspapers, and his financial top back was University of South losis Association can do more pate in the domestic allotment er, and Mr. Baldwin was re-nam- reports by 20,000 corporations Carolina Quarterback Dan work to help the 610,000 Ameri- program if he desires to partici- ed chairman for the Laurens Dis- Library To CI0S6 stes. His research is Reeves. cans affected by TB and RD and pate in the program for pay- trict. * and Mrs. Paul Madden. a m. Mrs. Madden was admitted to The Clinton Bearings Plant of Greenville Genera,! Hospital The Torrington Company will where she was reported in fair close Thursday, December 24, at , w , condition Sunday night. Mr. and 4:00 p. m., and resume Mon- aoon ai ^ reo * > en Monday mon- Mrs. Taylor were admitted to day, December 28, at 12:01 a. m. the Laurens District Hospital. Hallmark Shirt Co. will close She was reported in fair condi- Wednesday at noon and repoen tion and he in good condition. at 7:30 a. m., Monday. The others were treated for Mayflower Mills will close « a ■ r\ 11 f. minor injuries at the Laurens Wednesday at 11:00 a. m., and pjrg |n Kgllf \fOf0 The sprinkler system at Belk’s Store here exting- that started in the u . , .. .. ... . furnace room in the basement of Banks of the city will close Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The post office will close All Saints To Have Christmas Worship A Christmas worship service is scheduled for Christmas Day the store Sunday about 7:30 a. m. Lutheran Church To Buy New Site City fireman Thomas Owens said firemen went to the scene when the sprinkler alarm sound ed, but the fire was already out when they arrived. They remained at the scene for about an hour and a half. Owens said there was only slight water damage, where the water and estates. carried on by a large staff of All-State selections honored more work to protect all who ment Mrs. Thelma Banks, of Joan- The Clinton Community Li- In a secret ballot and by only one dissenting vote, the oongre. had seeped out onto the base- gation of St. John’s Lutheran ment floor Church last Sunday morning W. €. Ettis Dies W. E. (Will) Ellis, 70, died two PC players with secondteam threatened b? these illnesses. Details of the 1985 program na. was awarded a den mother’s brary on the Presbyterian CoJ- —" berths End Jimmv Bankhead of Tuberculosis is still very much have not been announced. Gen- training award for completing lege campus will be closed Da- adopted the recommendation of PI Am (An ( WjHvI CbSter micte^h^Su^ two with us, and certain U S. cities erally, a farmer will agree to re- required training programs and cember 24, 25, 26 and 27 for the council that a new site for UWllSOn 5 fTdlQ forward wall, and Fullback Sam actually experienced an increase duce his 1966 planted acreage attendance at Cub Scout ses- the Christmas hob days. Jt^will church be purchased ,, , „ ^ . . .. Williams of Monroeville, Ala., suddenly Sunday morning at his ^ home on Rt. 2 after several ” _. . . . , —ftAoiinina The Carolinas District (29) of ,.»r» of declining healthy ^ NAIA cited .till another Blue A native of Greenville, he lived Hose perfon,*, by umip. Hell- in Clinton the past 42 yews, hack Don McNeill of Thomson, and was a son of the late Cray- Ga., to the district’s first team ton and Clara Curdts Ellis. He defensive unit. And McNeil rt- •ras a Methodist. ceived honorable mention among Surviving are his wife, Mrs. those candidates considered for Mary Brown Whitmire Ellis; the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as fire sons, Fred L. Elba of Green- South Carolina’s best blocker, wood; Houolon and Gayal Ellis of Clinton; Davis Ellis of Wheat on, III., and Bruce Ellis with the U. S. Navy in Spain; three daughters, Mrs. Eva Manley, Mrs. Bernice Prather and Mrs. John (Betty) Gallman of Clin ton; a sister, Mrs. John Fetzer of Flint, Mich.; 22 grandchil dren and five great-grandchil dren. in the number of new cases in to about 85 percent of his regular skms. 1963.. The need is greater than cotton allotment, Mr. Stoddard Wallace H. Cely of Greenville ever. said. is council president. hours will be on the door. All Available Patrolmen 5ef For Holiday Period Every available highway pa trolman will be assigned to Funeral services will be held duty December 24 through De- Wfedn^ay «««rnoon Decembw cember „ obulB 23, at 2:00 o clock at Hurricane . , * ^ Baptist Church, conducted bp enforcement of the Rev. C. E. Russell and the Rev. state ’ 8 tr *«Ic l»w* during the Milford J. Sanders. Burial will Christmas holiday period, Chief be in the church cemetery. Highway Commissioner Silas Pallbearers will be Derrell N. Pearman has announced. Whitmire, Clyde Whitmire, Fred. Mr. Pearman said highways erick Whitmire, Arthur Duna- carrying heavy traffic and hav- way, Louie Webb and Harold ing frequent law violations will Copeland. be patrolled as late at night as ’ The body will remain at the necessary to prevent accidents, funeral home until one o’clock Officers have been instructed Wednesday, when it will be plac- * ** e8 PeciaUy watchful for the homo - ^ch-cJ^lo^r- '“‘■iS -^ti^tSKf - ft me ^nnsunas nouaaya. « wm ^ church t* purchased. The 1 I L T_ L vacatiwi C houre. A liotTce rf transaction will likely be com- Gfif JdCODS TrOPRy pleted before the end of the year. Columbia — Billy Ward, a 181- The site consists of approxi- pound halfback who was a shin- mately three and one-half acres ing light in an otherwise dismal and is located in Baldwin u-— Heights, facing Highway 72. at clemson ha * b * en “Rare unanimity has charac- name d the 1984 winner of the terized the proceedings from the South Carolina Jacobs Blocking very beginning of the discussion Trophy. in recent months concerning the The 5-11 Ward, a Clemson sen- future plans of Uie congreg.- lor and Colllmbia ^ tto . tion,” stated Dr. E. B. Keisler, .... , . , * , v „ * interim pastor. “Both the build- ,shed far out m front in baUot - ing committee, appointed by the in 8- council, and the council itself Jos Missar, Citadel guard. have been unanimous in all ac tions.” Tne building committee con sists of Ratchford W. Boland, chairman; Shelton J. Rimer and Henry C. Suber. Candlelight Service At St. John's Church Award Winners at Awards were presented at Clinton High School's annual football banquet Friday night in Presbyterian College dining hall, at which time PC coach Cally Gault spoke to the young athletes. The banquet was by courtesy of Baldwin Motor Co. and Lynn Cooper, inc. .——. r.rmH Winners of the awards were (left to right) Tom my Copeland, best blocker; Binky Wingard, sporta- High School manship; Darryl Hampton, most improved player; Joe Fuller, best defensive; J. W. Davis, most valuable; Henry Simmons, most valuable JV player. The trophies were given by Citizen^ Federal Sav ings and Loan Association, Johnson’s Men’s Shop, Na tional Guard, American Legion Post 56, Clinton High School Athletic Dept., R. Hi and Joe McGee.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. was runner-up with three points to Ward’s 11 out of a possible 16. South Carolina quarterback Dan Reeves and Presbyterian halfback Don McNeill each had two points in the balloting. Oth ers getting votes were fullback Pat Crain and center Ted Bun- The popular and traditional ton of Ctemson and fullback Christmas Eve candlelight ser- phil Branson of South Carolina, vice; of St. John’s Lutheran The Jacobs brothers of Clin- Church will be held on Thursday ton, sons of the late William evening, beginning at 8:00. Jacobs, former Presbyterian The service will feature con- College president, make the gregational singing of familiar award each year. They also and favorite carols and the sym- present blocking awards, start- bolic lighting of the candles. It ed by their father, for the will include also an anthem by Southern, Southeastern and At. the choir, the reading of appro- lantic Coast Conferences, priate Scripture selections and a Ward will receive his trophy sermonette by Dr. E. B. Keisler, at the Jan. 27 Columbia Touch- the interim pastor. down Club Jamboree. The pastor and congregation Trophy winners in the throe extend a cordial invitation to conferences will be announced the general public. later.