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f Legislative Delegation At Meeting Monday The Laurens County legislator* held eral public. Senator William C. Dobbin* an open meeting Monday afternoon in (center) is flanked by Representative the courthouse at Laurens to hear re- Marshall W. Abercrombie (left) and quests pertaining to county business, Representative J. C. League (right), both from county officials aSd the gen- Torrington Plant Seeks To Pay Taxes In District 56 MiHon Y. Blakely Retires After 30 Years With SCS The Clinton Bearings Plant of seated their proposed budget re- The Torrington Company, multi- quests. Supervisor Fuf man million dollar industry near Cltn. Thomason requested an immadi- ton, is seeking to have its prsp- ate appropriation of $80,000 for •rty declared a part of Schoal purchase of equipment including District 96, which includes Clin- a froote-nd loader, a motor grad- lon er and reimbursement for three Robert B. Wassung, manager trucks already purchased. He of the local Plant, appeared be- ^ ..... w fore a meeting of the Laurens $»^ to WM.000 fW eq^ment ^ ^ Cm§eTymtiotl service County legislative delegation in and supplies and for patching A dinner in ^ honor Friday the South Carolina General As- and improving black-top roads, sembly in the court house at The supervisor urged a $6,000 ^ Laurens Monday afternoon and supplementary contingent fund » 0 f his strongly urged the lawmakers appropriaUon since that for 1964- and friendt U> iMtttute l«gUl.Uon th.t wouw « h^n «du«d from *10.000 ^ M join its property to District 56. for prior years. “Our interests are centered in .Attention was called to the Body of Gentry Brought Down From Second Story MiHon Y. Blakely has "retired after 90 years with night at Friendship Room In Laurens was attended by more fellow workers Council Receives Petition For Area To Be Annexed servationist. Soil , . , ^ . .... .. . ^ Service, Anderson, presented Clinton, our officials and most “bad condition” of the court Bla)LeIy , gold watch from of our workers live there, our house and a request was made Dr. C. Darby Fulton Rock Bridgt Speaker Dr. C. Darby Fulton, professor at Columbia Theological Semi nary, Decatur, Ga., and former ly chairman of the Foreign Mis- A petition for the annexation slon Board in the Presbyterian of « new area was presented to Church, will preach at Rock „ ... . , Bridge Presbyterian Church Sun- „ ciM- clty co '” c “ *' M * , • n '“ r, ,M *‘- d., momin,. 17U>, .. Conservation ,ng ,ast 10 a. m. and at the Lydia Pres- Residents of a section of Pitts byterian Church at 11:10 a. m. Meadows, at the southeastern The public is invited to both SCS personnel of Area I. At limits of the city, said to be 100 these services. The pastor is the dealings were with Clinton pen- that before any appreciable de|k c a j r was presented P* r cent of those owning proper- Rev. J. G. Phillips, pie when we came to this area, amount of money was spent on by' the Laurens County ty In the area, requested to Join and it is to correct an ineqnit- the court house, a; thorough Conservation District su- the city. Also included was a ■ i able situation that we make the study be made of its condition, pervisors. Ryan F.. Lawson section of the adjoining Copeland I yrilA XT HI] I f ahAACA request,” Wassung stated. Mrs. Alice Davidson, director chairman of the board, made property. * Wassung said that he was 0 f the County Welfare Depart- the presentation Part of the Pitts Meadows Joined by officials in the home ment, requested a local ippro- j B #ork unit ^ property is already Included In offi f, e ofthe compianyin or- priation °^ gl4 ' 87S Most of the ser>a tionlst of Laurens, presid- the city llmltp, Fire severly damaged ths “ ,1 * *!>«»">'« od over the occlon C. S. Art.r ch«kin« o( the pMMoo interior of the Troop M Bo, the legulauve deegnUon from the lUte. MoiI SCS from Greenville, «a> ^.nature, b, C. E. White, ctt. Scout county treasurer earlier In the sheriff R. Eugene Johnson, in t0 o, t niaster Brief remarks fall which stated that $29JW in a wri tten statement, requested we^made by T T. ChSk 1964 property taxes paid in Dla- the addition of two deputies, state conservationist from Co- trict 96 had been paid under from u to 19. an increase in lumbia; Ed Burgess, WUC, An- pr0 ^* t - ■ deputy travel allowance, derson; H. Granade, WUC, C arnDbeFl and MlUer aoDearod dow * **** door frames were "We feel that District 98 needs and increase from $190 to $179 Greenville; Dick Christopher, beforVtouncU to naiiert^c- » corch «< 1 •«* charred. The in- and has a right to the taxes, clothing allowance for each dep- conservation Engineer, Andar- lion of the ‘ ^^Ut of aixht ^ reports, was C Ptoco, Weu executive ™ pieced h, g UeglflutlMl fee loee««t the commltteemm. of the count, DtIrin hll cmntr wWh ^ * mop wu uMd which Democratic put,, .pooklng hi ^ C on.erv.Uon S e r v 1 c e. of 20 to 2S mile. CouncU wood * l>-,eeiM>ld bo, wu .rot Blakely worked in Newberry, to a trial of the new limit far turn *^ ov *r to Juvenile Saluda. Greenwood and Lau- the next month, with the assur- • ot * lorlUe s •» having been the re ns counties For the part It mce that council will take action J? J® *? ?? ^. H * ^ he has been a member m the next meeting if the move *■*£• • cb ®° 1 book * lMld€ ^ coboose. Apparently, he had . ... . brokan into the car and set the The ralory ol itoMMng*- m,. Report, rtot, thu h. wu tendent was placed at $I0$.71 also involved in another case Two Men Lose Lives When Fire Damages Joanna Inn Damaged By Fire, caboose at Lydia last attorney, council will take action week. Mill forces went able to at its February meeting. extinguish the fire before the Two representatives of the eltt * rtar <* d * n WM damaged Seaboard Railroad, Meman man shihUy. but win- Wasaung stated mocratic party, speaking in showed the area to be in District behalf of party officers, request- 96. ed the delegation to consider “Had we known that such was creating voting pre- not the case, we would not have etnets. This, he said, would re- years completed any arrangements for Ueve congestion that occurs at of th( location of the plant." Waaaun* «vcral of the count,', larger “ ^ Vn '"'’ ,miMKU,ry we request boxes during elections been responsible for He has the appli- de legation to make possible pay ment of taxes to District 96, to which we feel we rightfully be- major street improvements for ilb i e tor the servicing of en- h»6-” hiscity. gineering practices for which - The huge Torringtou plant oc- Ar. B Culbertson, in urging the the SCS has technical respon- cupies a site of about 100 acres, legislators to work for better gibUity under the ACP cost- a point at the Junction of tha schools, said, "If you get the sharing program. In carrying Davidson St. Churdi Study Program Planned The Davidson Street Baptist Church has sceduled “January Bible Study Week” for January 18-22 Southern Baptist Conven tion approved units of study for each age group, nursery through adult, are planned for Monday through Friday, beginning each night at 7:90. * The pastor, Rev. M. Floyd Hel- lams. and the church study course director, Mrs. Joe Camp, bell, list the following depart ments, teachsrs, and units of study; Adult Department — M. Floyd Hellams, "Studies in Deu teronomy"; Young People—Mrs. James Bryson, “Studies in Deu teronomy", Intermediate — Mrs. Floyd Hellams, “Exploring the Old Testament"; Junior — Mrs. Houston Trammell, "Before Jes us Came"; Primary—Mrs. Rob- ret Spencer. "The Story of Sam uel”; Beginner—Mrs. Lewis Bag- well Jr., "Good Times at Church”; Nursery—Mrs. C. S.. Quarles, "Daytime and Night time." All departments are asked to have full attendance.. Visitors are welcome \ Two textile workers lost their were driven back by the flames, lives Friday afternoon when a Gentry’s body was recovered fire destroyed the interior of the first, brought down by ladder old Joanna Inn at Josuna, six from a second story window at miles southeast of Clinton. the rear. The victims were Jesse Levi The body of Brewington was Gentry, 99. and Johnnie Jack not recovered until about 9 p. m. Brewington, 31. Both occupied With the floor’s collapse, it had rooms on the second floor. fallen onto the ground floor Thrae others .leepln* In the 11- J”™ room “ th * room frame building escaped with their lives after being alert ed by Mrs. Vlnnie Gresham, op- . orator ot the one time .mall ho- “ d «f. v * «*“ front of the house. Several persons nearby spotted the fire at about the same time tel and dining place need lor a Mra. Horaar Jack, and David vwine* Keva... tv, Boland. Personnel manager of rooming house in recent years. . Vincent Adams, one of the who M U from “ ^ roomers, got out with only the pajamas he was wearing. The two men who lost their lives were to have been awaken ed at 11 p. m. by W. T. Gresh am, son of Mrs. Gresham, in time to report to their third-hift Jobs at midnight One roomer. John Shelton. flee window. New CHy Pastors Are Welcomed A well-attended welcome ser. vice to greet four new pastors The city business dinance for 1999 v with no changes being from the past year. The erdi- nance appears In today’s Licenses for eight tail now operating in the city were lines of Districts 99 and 49 about right kind of leadership for the out these duties he left his foot which there is some dispute. schools, you won't have to worry prints on the majority of the The meeting of the delegation about drop-outs. Get people to farms in Laurens County. w«* Me annual session of the ******* a * >ut schools-rending. retirement. Blqkely renewed for the body peter to the opening of the w ritin, and arthaouc, teaching pi^g to devote more time to hich convened in P upfl ?. ^ ^ b ^ tt ^ r ctoxens. Cut hia ex tensive firming opera- Annual Mooliflj Columbia Tuesday morning. The session was. presided over by the newly elected Senator William C. Dobbins. The coon, ty's two representatives are Marshall W. Abercrombie and J. C. League. The meeting was called to give citizens of the county an oppor tunity to appear before the dele- out all the bunk. taming tions near Ora, Laurens County 00 hu farn \ he ^ nctice * what Of TB Association walks on streets ip Laurens to he preaches (n the way of cob serve approaches to the Negro elementary school. Scheduled Jon. 26 Chomber of Commerce Meet Today _ Tha hoard of directors of the gallon and'present matters con- CUaloa Chamber of Commerce oerning legislation and other in- will imrt Tuesday, January 19, Church at Ora. taresta of the *t 10:00 a. m. at the Hotel Blakely is married to the for 1. hi. opening remark.. Dob- ^ Mnigny. Tht. - 1 ri*lA0Atiftn miitwwrf DOUDCOO Dy FTfeBUSaU ■ervation farming. He is espec ially interested in Uvestock and president Henry M. Farts tfr tree farming. day announced January Blakely is active in church and the d§te for the annual community affairs. He is past of the Tuberculosis and president of the Ora Community Association of rrmnirnml I — Club and is an elder in the As- rens Counties, seriate Reformed Presbyterian He stated that David H. Roberts of Clinton is chartsngn of the planning commlttse. Mr. 11 “f* “ 01 mOD with an automobile mer heads tn the Lydia community around f Thanksgiving. Subssquent to license or- his arrest, he was released by the Juvenile authorities Into the custody of his parents. Lydia Mills pm rids nt Robert M. Vance has gtvoi assurance that the Tallulah Falls X-5 ca boose will be rifhlnd and put in good order jirt at it was before the Ora. attracted much tt came to Clin ton in In— of 1991 to be the ScoM Hnt 9ar this troop, and it has became a landmark la the Lydia community since then. It is the last piece of rolling stock from tha now abandoned shortline railroad that still ex ists udder its original name. School Plans To Open Here y m meeting i Health Exominotiofi For Clmton Post Slotod bins pledged delegation support and cooperation to existing-^* duatries and extended an Invita tion to reputable industries seek ing to locate In the county. His election, he said, ^was a challenge to lead the county gov- renment during the next four years—“a challenge which I ac- cfcpt. He called for unity, with the county welded together in a com mon cause. “Let’s all work to gether,” hc/tirged. “The outlook for the county is good, the econo my is good. We must move for ward or backward, and the di rection in which we go depends on all of us.” Rep. Abercrombie and Rap. League, both endorsed Sen. Dob bins’ remarks and Rep. Aber crombie, speaking on money be ing spent in the two school dis tricts in the county, said that the so-called “kick • hack funds" should be prorated on a per-pu- pil basis rather than on a geo graphical basis. His remarks men made prior to the request by Wassung. I He added that the geographi cal line dividing the Laurens and CUntoa school districts (99 and 99) shorid be only for fee purpose of school a chad should Bop. Loagm urged that dtlr was an- Dan E. mer Margaret Kenedy. They Faris said that invitations to at- ^ _ Uve at 907 Forest Drive in tend the meeting will be Isoued " ec * v rz l tOT »• »rilBervice Orr. Laurens. in the near future. examination covering fee posi tion of fire man-la borer (for veterans only) la tha Clinton port office. This does not indlci vacancies, but to bo considered for a vacancy when it occurs, patrons must have obtained an eligible rating from the exami nation, It was iftMed. Local resident* may get fur ther information mid applica tion forms from the postmas ter, or by writing to the Board of CivU Service Examiners, U. S. Post Office, Columbia, S. C. 29201. Receives Air Foice Promotion Major Richard Lukstat, who is ' Stationed at Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Indiana, was pro moted to that rank in December. Major Lukstat, a graduate of The Citadel, is m&rrlsd to the former Jennie Payne of this city. They have two children, Nancy B.- and Richard. mvV'7, Comp Fire Boord Meet Scheduled A meeting of the Board of Di- lagWation hi Ootum- a retiring Soil Conservation ' with a dinner in Laurens BErfti to right, A. of Co- County district .supervisor; Milton 7. Blakeiy, - scheduled i whose jptiritthent ends 80 years of eer- Jaa. M sd rectors «f fee Clinton Council rtJ rifeumn VOftfe lima vice; J.'B. O'Dell, work unit tkmist of Laurens;'and Briee area conservationist from Cemp VIM Girls has been far Tuesday evening 9t99 o’clock at the are urged to be Edward F. Wrenn, director of Salem Professional larttute, with offices in Winston-Salem. N. C., and a branch school in Orangeburg, has stated that plans see being made for estab lishing a commercial college In Clinton Mr. Wrenn related feat Aw er* ery adult who obtains the bene fits of professional business training in the larger cities, there are many more In the smaller communities who are deprived of the opportunity be cause they are unable to give up their Jobs, move to some dis tant city, and pay the high cost of room, board and tuition. This is why the Salem Pro fessional Institute was founded— to bring professional business education to communities with out the benefits of a business college. Business men and employers would also benefit since qualified office p -rsonnel will be available in Clinton. . . . < Mr. Wrenn explained that since many students are employed during the day, classes will be held in the evening, usually on Monday and Thursday from 7:00 p. m. to 10:00 p. m. for a period of six months. He'further stated that if Clinton can support a permanent college, the Institute would plan in that direction. Mr. Wrenn emphasized that three complete courses will be offered: secretarial Stenospeed, Secretarial Gregg and review and general busines for men and women. The franchise for teach ing Stenospeed shorthand has been issued to the Institute. This system uses the familiar ABC’s. It is called the natural shorthand because it is easy to learn, to write and read. He stated also that students who have taken Gregg shorthand in high scchool or elsewhere will be offered a refresher course which will review the principles and build speed. - Classes will begin in about six weeks. However, a suffic ient number of rtudents must be enrolled before a date can be an nounced. H. E. Harris, registrar, is the official representative of the Institute. He may be at 939-2960. awoke about a half hour before of Clinton churches was held the fire was discovered and had Sunday evening at Broad Street left the building Methodist Church, with the Rev. The building, with wide porch A. S. Harvey, pastor, presiding and high columns on the front, Thr ** of pastors participat- was the property of Joanna Cot- ln ^ wnrlce. "Me the tonr Mills Co. It had been operat fourth. Rev. J. Thomas Miller, ed tor some time by Mrs Greth- °f Bailey Memorial Methodist am and her son as a rooming Church, was unable to be pres- house. with about a dozen pa- ent irons Rev Alfred L. Blxler, of the Mrs Gresham, returning to Flr * Presbyterian Church, re- the bouse from the back yard *Ponded to the welcome by Mr, where the had been occupied Harvey; Zeb C. Williams of the with some chores smelled smoke Associate Reformed Presbyter!* and raced upstairs It was about mn Ctnurh. read the Scripture; 2:00 p. m . she said. and-Dc. E. Bryan Kdaler. in- Tbe place was full of smoke lenm P—<or of the Lutheran and I could hear the wires pop- Cburrh. preached the sermon, ping I was choking, but scream- P*Mor* of the city also ed trying to wake up the men ’’ Participated. Including Rev. J. H. Then, she said, she raced back long-time pastor of the downstairs and called an alarm Church, who gave to men she saw across the street H*e invocation, Dr. C. Bynum (Joanna's volunteer-manned fire ®**ts, pastor-emeritus of the As- truck is housed across the street Reformed Presbyterian about 100 feet from the old Inn.) Church, led In prayer, and Dr. In the meantime, two of the William Redd Turner, pastor roomers escaped. She tried again em rrttus of the First Prvsbyte- to reach the two other roomers ^ Church, pronounced the beo- on the second floor (Gentry and edlcllon Brewington),' but. she said, n.roe«h»d^u*«i> broke Masonic Officer* through overhead and fire was x, . - v falling from the ceiling The Named rOf Tear dense smoke drove her back. The following officers wert re- Mlss Dora Williams who room- cently installed to serve Camp, ed on the first floor, escaped as bell Masonic Lodge No. 44 for the flames burst through the the new year: ceiling. She said she was awak- T. Leo Heatherly, worshipful ened by Mrs. Gresham's master''; G. L. Locklear, senior screams. warden; John T. Gall man, Skelton said he. awoke early junior warden; William J. Davis, and left about 1:90 to go nearty treasurer; V. Parks Adair, sec. for some cigarettes. Half iA'-rotary; Avery G. Smith, senior hour later he heard someone' deacon; W I. Bailey. Junior shout that the inn was on fire, deacon; Jimmy S. Revis, ste- He saU he and Jesse Butler, ward; Robert A. Wilkie, ste- who roomed with Gentry, at- ward; John D. Daniluk, chap- tempted to enter the building but lain; J. D. Baas, tfler. MPk i&l Victims of Joanna Hie Jessie Levi Gentry, 99, left, and Johnnie re victims < ington, 81, were victims of the Friday which destroyed ths one-time stately old atrnctune cl 11 top— which £l V\;