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IB Seal Sale Reaches $17,429 .. The 1964 Christmas Seal Cam paign receipts totaled $17,424 09 when the returns were opened in Clinton on December 31 This represents a slight increase over the $17,130 58 reported at this time last year, according to Carroll L. Sexton Mr Stexton is serving as chairman of the Christmas Seal Campaign which finances the operations of the Tuberculosis and Health Asso ciation serving both Greenwood and Laurens Counties. Mr Sexton was high The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 66 — No. 1 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 7, 1965 Sgt. Creel Joins PC Military Staff The appointment of another non commissioned officer to join the I’resbyterian College ROTC department staff and the promo- Citizens Federal Announces Raise In Dividend Rate Citizens Federal Savings and Damaged In Broad St. Wreck This ear, driven by M. Farrow of Rt. 3, crashed into the rear of a Jones taxi driven by James Henry Fuller, Saturday morning at 10:00 a. m. on South Broad Street in the business section. Farrow was charged with driving too close. Investigating w r ere Asst. Chief W B Bakely and Officer Ed Marse of the city police force.—Photo by Quinton. Month of Activity Opens In March of Dimes Drive Preparations for the 1965 McNinch stated, "Birth defects March of Dimes campaign in the kill and cripple more American Clinton, Joanna. Mountville, and children than any other human Cross Hill area wen' stepped up disorder The March of Dimes with the naming of divisional is leading the fight against birth chairmen to head the various defects because it believes people tion of a present member were announced today by Capt Rob- Loan Association has announced ert II Howe, assistant professor an increase in its dividend rate m his 0 f military science. to 4 1-4 per cent, effective Jan. praise of those who have contri- jj e Leonard Creel re- 1. The first payment to investors buted both time and money to p 0r ted into the military depart- at the new rate is expected to fight tuberculosis and other res- p-j^pt last Friday to assume the be on June 30, officers of the piratory diseases He stated that ^ U fj os G f supply sergeant Creel association stated. came to PC from an army as- The association paid dividends signment in Atlanta He has totaling $123,000 on Dec. 31, for been in the service for threg the final six months of the year, years, including one year of Payments on $120,000 for the first overseas duty in Korea six months made total dividend The promotion came to Robert payments for the year of $243,- 429 persons have volunteered more than 1300 hours in the different phases of the campaign. Mrs John T Young of Clinton serves as chairman of the re turns committee for her area master sergeant to the grade of Davidend payments to invest- sergeant major, the highest rank ors for the coming year are ex- among noncommissioned offi- pectod to be materially inereas- cers ed, officials said Officers and staff of the asso ciation include T. Heath Cope land, president; J. Sloan Todd, vice-president and managing offi cer; L. S Reddeck, secretary- treasurer; Mrs Henry Hunter, South Carolina taxpayers who assistant secretary; Mrs. Icon expect refunds on their 1964 tax ard Cathey, bookkeeper; Mrs returns may file them directly Karl Rice Mail Tax Returns To Georgia Center If Refunds Are Due phases of the drive The campaign will continue throughout the month of Janu ary. William H McNinth. of Laur ens, who heads activities in the county, said that the month of January always ushers in a month of interest in and work for the March of Dunes to raise funds to combat polio, arthritis and birth defects. Multiple events are scheduled both statewide and at the local level in all communities in South Carolina Welcome Service For New Paslors Sunday Evening This Sunday night the Clinton Ministerial Association will spon sor a community welcome ser vice at the Broad Street Metho dist Church for the new pastors in Clinton The service will be h*ld at 7:30 p. m The president of the associa tion, the Rev. A. S. Harvey, will extend the community’s wel come to the Rev. E Bryan Keisler, interim pastor of St John's Lutheran Church the Rev Zeb C. Williams, pastor of Providence A R. P Church; and the Rev Alfred L Bixler, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Many of the community's churches will suspend their Sun day evening programs to partici pate in the welcome The greater Clinton community is invited to worship together The preacher for the evening will be Rev. Bryan Keisler, with Mr Bixler responding to the wel come, and Mr Williams reading the scripture. Dr C. Bynum Betts, pastor emeritus of Provi dence A R P. Church, will offer the evening prayer are ready to join an all-out cam paign against this tragic waste of human life " The chairman said that the set ting up of the county organiza tion was well under way The special gifts chairman for the Clinton area will be Dr R M Fuller and heading the Mothers' March will be Mrs Marc C Weersing Work among civic clubs will be led by J C Thomas, and the institutional chairmen will in elude (’ally Gault at Presbyter lan College, Dick Templeton at Thornwell. and Phil Rogers at Whitten Village Small business and industrial activity will he led b\ Ralph N Tedards ol The Torrington Co and George Frady of (’ \V \n derson Hosiery Co Special events chairman will be Marvin Manlev, and distribu tion of coin collection boxes will be headed by Farl Martin Publicity chairman will be Don Lynch, and Leaman Jones will be finance chairman From Joanna comes Louie Na bors to be co-chairman for the county, and Mrs. Mary Lehman will be chairman for the Mothers March in that community Chairman for the Mountvillle area is Mrs H Thomason, Jr . and for the Cross Hill area is Mrs Robert Hollingsworth Messrs McNinch and Nabors stated that others to lead the various activities will be an nounced later Staff Changes Are Announced At Torrington Robert B Wassung, manager of The Torrington Company, Clinton Bearings Plant, this week announced the following changes Clinton in plant staff organization: ment Alexander R HamfTton has town Others who helped to open the s TTam who was elevated from 000 contributions were Rhett P Adair, Mrs Harry Ayers, and George W Copeland of Clinton, and G N Foy of Joanna Mr Sexton stated that there is still time for those who have not sent contributions to join with their Greenwood and Lau rens County neighbors in this crusade for better health He ex pressed the hope that the final receipts would surpass last year's total of $19,652 56 Baptists To Have Ground-Breaking Ceremonies Sunday Ground breaking ceremonies for the new First Baptist Church on South Broad Street will be held Sunday immediately follow ing the morning worship service, it was stated by the pastor, the Rev J H Darr Construction will proceed im mediately on the $325,000 struc ture W F Baker and Son of Whit mire are the contractors Fant and Fant of Anderson are the ar. ehitects Dr. Keisler To Preach On 12Hi Chap Romans Dr E B* Keisler, interim pas- t o r of St John's Lutheran Church, announced that for the next three Sunday mornings he will be preaching on the twelfth chapter of Romans. January 10 his subject will he The Virtue of Nonconformity January 17 he will preach on “Maintaining t h e Spiritual Glow . ' and January 24 on "The Life of Nobleness ’’ These three subjects, accord ing to Dr Keisler, will be phases of the general theme "Christ Manifested in the Christian" and will he timely during the Epi- phony season Next Sunday, Jan 10, John I. Setzler, a member of St John's and a student at Presbyterian College, will seive as liturgist in the divine worship service. Setzler will complete the re quirements for his B A degree at PC at the end of the current semester Man Enters J. B. Neal Home with the Internal Revenue Ser vice Center at Chamblee, Geor gia, where the payments are scheduled, District Director Har old M McLeod announced today. Special envelopes for this pur pose. and instructions for their use, are contained in the annual tax return packages taxpayers receive Faster service to taxpayers and savings in handling costs to the Govemnment will result from the new procedure Mr McLeod said He said those who must pay additional tax with their returns should send them to the District Director, Internal Revenue Ser vice. Columbia, S C as in the past Mr McLeod said filing of re fund returns directly with the Service Center is one of several innovations being tested this fil ing period in the seven states of Internal Revenue’s Southeast Region. Deerring-Milliken May Buy Carpet Firm In Laurens teller. Directors are Messrs, Cope land, Todd and Reddeck, T D Copeland R H McGee and J B Hart Man Charged In Shooting Of Son-in-Law Owen shy Eugene Fisher, 39, is Ikmiik held in the Laurens County jail, charged with burglary at nigrht and having: a deadh weapon. The above photo shows the liviny room of the J. B. N<*al home in the Lydia community which Fisher entered shortly after midnight Saturday a. m. by crashing the glass in the lower Sheriff Has .22 Caliber Pistol the window. He was held by eal and his son, Jimmy, 13, until arrival ^ ' Ol V, hilt Mr the arrival of Deputy Ralph Riddle, who made the arrest and investigated. Shown are Deputy Riddle and young Neal. Jim my secured a shotgun, which was dis charged in the effort to subdue Fisher, the shot entering the floor.—Photo by Paul Quinton. Laurens - A change in owner ship an operation of the Laurens Carpet Co here will bo anounced this week, informed sources in dicated Tuesday It was reliably learned that the Laurens Carpet Co will ter minate operations, although of ficial announcement still is pend ing Company officials would neither confirm nor deny the in- Laurens—Claude Simmons, 58, of Laurens, was free on $1,000 bond Tuesday, charged with the pistol wounding of his son-in-law at noarbv Wattsville Monday night I>aurens County Sheriff R Eu gene Johnson said he signed the warrant charging Simmons with assault and battery with intent to kill Haskell Graydon, 36, Watts ville grocer Graydon, wounded by 32 cal iber pistol bullets was reported in fair condition Tuesday mghf in Self Memorial Hospital at Greenwood The sheriff said Graydon was shot at his grocery store in Wattsville He said the warrant was issued by Magistrate Lucile 'Watts ' ~ Gregory Is Charged With Murder in Harris Death Income Tax Clinic Slated In Columbia \ J Independent business owners and managers and their account ants or tax consultants arc urged to register for a full day income tax clinic which is to be held at the School of Business Adminis tration, University of South Car on Tuesday, til the present ship seeks to formation It was believed, however, that olma, Columbia, approximately 200 employees of January 19 Speakers and discussion lead the firm will be retained under new management in the erst while Mohasco plant on State Highway 14 a plant of some 100,000 square feet The vast Deering-Milliken tex- and will then leave Fie corporation was understood for temporary employ- to have acquired the carpet in Kingstree, his home plant, earlier a Firth Carpet Co facility The plant apparent- College Gridmen To Get Letters Presbyterian College will award football letters to 29 grid- men and two managers for their participation in the 1964 season, Athletic Director Cally Gault an nounced today Included in the group of play ers are ten seniors, seven jun iors, seven sophomores and five freshmen The lettermen, who led Pres byterian to a 5_5 season record and gained for Coach Gald South Carolina’s football "coach of the year’’ honors, are: Seniors — Jimmy Cape, Rut Galloway and Sandy Hagood, all of Easley; Jimmy Elliott of Sa vannah; Mike Ixiwrance of Ma con, George Lokey of Thomson, Ga ; Jackie Ntx and Bernard West, both of Bainbndge, Ga ; Gary Mike Smith of Long Island, N. Y.; and Garnet Welch of Lo- gansport, Bid. Juniors — Jimmy Bankhead of Chester Leighton Grantham of Easley, Billy Love of Gaffney; Don McNeill of Thomson, Ga.; Mike Smith of Augusta; Wade Stewart of Picayune, Miss.; and Sam Wiliams of Monroeville, Ala. Sophomores — Allan Harris of Florence; Jim Helms of Dublin, Ga.; Jim Johnson of eGorgiana, Ala.; John Monk of Atlanta; James Smith of Sylvania, Ga.; Roy Squires of Macon; and Bob Warren of Allendale. Freshmen — Tommy Campbell of Dillon; Marion Freeman of Clinton; Joe Linder of Moultrie, Oa.; Richard Munn of Atlanta, and Richard Reed of Columbus, Ga. Managers—Lee Davis of Swan- nanoa, N. C., and Johnny Glover of Clinton. In September Setzler will be- ly will be a Deering-Milliken gin his theological studies at the weaving operation, reports indi- Southern Lutheran Seminary in cated Columbia in preparations for the- A Deering - Milliken official Lutheran ministry Tuesday night wouid not con- Before Dr Keisler came to St firm or deny the ownership John's as interim pastor, Setzler change, widely talked here in Walker, assistant foreman, cen- filled the pulpit on several dif- Laurens terless grinding; Bobby F Lan- ferent occasions, and since then Details ford, assistant foreman, heavy has assisted Dr Keisler in vari ous capacities. been appointed manufacturing manager, and Marcel Widmer has been named superintendent < Hher changes are: Billy B Oakley, foreman, storehouse. William B Smith, foreman, second shift; Larry J. of the change were ers have been provided by the Internal Revenue Service and the Small Business Administra tion The clinic is designed to provide participants with recent developments and interpreta lions in the tax field, which should prove to be of significant value in business management A welcome address will be de livered by Dr Thomas F Jones, president of the University of South Carolina and the keynote speaker will be an audit official of the Internal Revenue Service, Washington. I) C The morning general workshop session will be conducted by William M duty grinding Church Welcomes New Pastor and Family The Alfred L. Bixler family was wel comed to Clinton Sunday afternoon at a reception held by the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church in the church parlors. The Rev. Mr. Bixler as sumed the pastorate of the church Jan. 1 and preached his first sermon Sunday. expected in a formal announce- Grooms, IRS, Columbia This ment later this week, however, session will cover highlights of the 1964 revenue act The lunch eon speaker will be Frederic T > , - ... Suss, general counsel of the Small Business Adiminstration Two afternoon concurrent workshop sessions will be devot ed to such topics as "Subchapter S Corporations," “Capital Gains and Losses Corporations,’’ Surtax Exemptions of Controll ed Corporations,” and “Collec tion, Administrative and Auto matic Data Procession Proce dures,’’ which will be conducted b\ IPS representatives of the Co'umbia District Office Parti cipants may attend the work shop of their choice and will be given the opportunity to clarify any questions they may have on these or other Federal income tax problems Registration fee is $7.50 per person, including the luncheon.^ Brochure of program with at tached registration request may be obtained from the School of Business Adiminstration, the In ternal Revenue Service, the Small Business Adiminstration, or your local Chamber of Com merce. In order to plan for the luncheon and workshop sessions, those planning to attend are re quested to mail their registration by January 14 Industrial Nurses To Meet In Columbia The January meeting of the South Carolina State Industrial Nurses Association will be held in Columbia, at the Wade Hamp ton Hotel on January 14 All Saints Church To Observe Special Service On Sunday All Saints Episcopal Church will observe the annual Feast of Lights on Sunday. Jan 10, at 5 30 p m Residents of the com munity are invited to loin in the service of worship This special service is made up of hymns. Scripture, naLviU tableau and candle lighting The Feast of Lights proclaims the spread ot the Light of the Incarnate Word (God hi < on,mg man i from the birth ol Jesus un I his si H i of v> or enkindle in the hearts of worshippers This Light, so that He ma> shine forth in our lives To symbolize the Light, each person present is given a candle As the congregation marches out singing, evoryorve s candle is flighted and they carry the Light of Christ into the dark vv orld The Feast ol Lights service marks the < lose of the Christmas season and points worshippers of God to the significance of this part of Scripture' Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and gjive glory to our Father, who is in Heaven Rev John Rivers is priest in charge of All Saints Church Bowling Tourney Slated This Month . The Laurens County Bowling Association will hold its second annual tournament at Palmetto Lanes the two weekends of Jan 23 24 and 30 31 Deadline for en tries will bo midnight January 15. Team ubles, singles and all events w.U be rolled James Capers Gregory, 50- v car old operator of a combina tion cafe-grocery has been charg ed with murder in a warrant .sworn out by Laurens C o u n t y Sherdi R Eugene Johnson in the death of Lester Coleman Harris, 42-year-old textile work er Gregory was taken into cus tody shortly after the finding of the body of Harris Monday morning Dec 28, about 1 45 o'clock lying on Cedar Street in tile Lydia Mills community, about a mile from Clinton, with a bullet wound near the heart Gregory was first placed in the Clinton jail, later transferred to the county jail at Laurens, and on Monday was taken by sheriff's officers to the state 1 penitentiary in Columbia where he will under go mental tests (a usual proee dure in murder eases) The body of Harris was lound in the street by two men return ing from a coon hunt, who im mediately reported to Clinton officers It was stated that Gregory was brought to the Clinton jail about 3 a m , shortly after finding the body of Harris, by a son, Jimmy Farl Gregory, who also deliver ed a 22 caliber pistol to local officers. The investigation since has been conducted by Sheriff John son and his deputies. The pistol, which the sheriff has impounded, was the one which fired the fatal bullet, Sheriff Johnson stated, accord ing to ballistics tests made in the Columbia laboratory of the State Law Enforecement Divis ion Sheriff Johnson said Thomas Meeks, 21, of Peachtree St an emp'oyee at Gregory's place in the Lydia community, said Greg ory and Harris gave him a lift home in Gregory’s pickup truck The family came to Clinton from the Presbyterian Church of Bradenton, Fla. Shown in the receiving line are (from left), Alfred, Jr. (Lonnie), Linda, Leigh, Mrs. Bixler and Mr. Bixler. Officers of the church and their wives were also in the receiving line. West Main Street Crash James Harold Pearson, of Bluford Street, was charged with driving too fast for conditions when he crashed this station wagon into the rear of a car park ed on West Main Street Friday at 6:00 p. m. The parked car, owned by Robert Earle Moore, was in front of his home. Pearson was taken to the local hospital for emergency treatment for injuries and released. ^ Investigating were city officers George Corley (in pho to) and C. L. Richards.—Photo by Paul Quinton. after the’ store closed Sunday night about 11 o'clock. Then Gre gory and Harris drove off to gether Officers have not released in- iormation on their investigation as to what transpired between 11 o'clock and 1:45 when the body of Harris was found. It was in timated, however, that police be lieve Harris was shot at the spot where his body was found, and that the truck was parked there for some time The warrant charging Gregory w ith murder was issued by Mag istrate Sam McCrary A date for an inquest has not yet been set. Site Presented To Lutheran Church By Rimer Family St John's Lutheran Church of Clinton recently received the en tire cost of the property now be ing acquired by the congregation as a new church site. 1 lie gift was made by the Shel ton J Rimer family, according to an announcement made this week by Dr E B Keisler, in terim pastor of the church, in memory of Shelton J Rimer Jr , who died Sept. 27, 1964 The property consists of more than three and a half acres in Baldwin Heights. It has a front age of almost 500 feet on High way 72. Dr Keisler stated in his an nouncement that the large gift will greatly speed the beginning of the building operations, but there are presently no building plans ready for announcement. PC Basketeers Face Ga. Games A two-game venture into Geor gia this week-end is the next dish on Presbyterian College’s basketball menu, and the win- hungry Blue Hosemen are hop ing for a successful recipe against their hosts, Georgia State and Shorter. The road-weary Presbyteri ans, seeking to better a 3-6 show ing, visit Georgia State Friday night in Atlanta, then skip over to Rome for the Shorter game Saturday. It will be the first meeting against both clubs for PC. which has been the visiting squad in eight of nine games to date This past Monday night the Hose dropped a 78-66 decision to Dixie Conference leader Char lotte College, despite a second half rally which pulled within one point of the Tar PC faced a 16-point deficit the start of the second half, fought back to 53-52 befocn u-ouble halted the driv*. wuard Gordon Adam Scoring hoors for with 21 points. Adam, from heads the offense scoring pace in lowed by senior Charles of 12 6 average.