The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 14, 1965, Image 6
THE CUNTON CHRONICLE
S. Cn Thursday, January 14, IMS
John M. Roceboro, Agent For
Seaboard, Has Many Faceted Job
By WILLIAM 8. CANNON
To most of the resident of Clin
ton and the surrounding area,
the most significant matter in
the operation of a railroad is the
passing of detrain, with the roar
ing diesels and the crossing-cry
ing whistle. The rattle and bang
of the cars as they pass; the
clickity-clack of the wheels as
they clop off the rail Joints; the
rush of speed in a feeling of go
ing somewhere ... all these go
to make up a railroad and the
passing train. But to one man
here in Clinton, the railroad is
not all the rush and speed of a
passing train although his day is
made by these passing mon
sters.
The agent for the Seaboard
Air Line Railroad Company in
Clinton. John M. Rose boro, has
been at this railroad business for
a long time. As a young man,
he began working as a clerk for
the agent of the Seaboard at Lug-
off, South Carolina, his home
town, in May of 1918, the year
the First World War ended. He
went from that job to the posi
tion of agent for the Aberdeen
and Rockfish Railroad at Fay
etteville, North Carolina, for six
months. Then the iron trail led
his to a subsidiary of the Sea
board, the Chesterfield and Lan
caster Railroad at Chesterfield,
South Carolina. When this road
was abandoned in March of 1941,
Mr. Rose boro returned to the
Seaboard as extra operator,
working all over the Georgia Di
vision finally landing a regular
Jab as operator at Catawba Sooth
Carolina, a few miles south of
Bock Hill.
In Ally of 1946, he had a
chance to “bid in” the first trick
j[8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) oper
ator’s vacancy at Clinton, and
came here to work with Clinton's
well-known Oiin H. Shealy, who
was agent at that time. After
Mr. Shealy retired, Julian Bell
was agent, and when he moved
on to Monroe, North Carolina,
Mr. Roseboro became agent for
the Seaboard here on July 8,/
1958, and in his words,” . . . have
been here ever since . . . can’t
get away . . .” He lives with his
wife, Jamie, in their pleasant
home on South Woodrow Street
here in Clinton.
A visit to Mr. Roseboro’s spa
cious and, more important, new
office on South Broad Street will
show a casual observer just how
his day must be shared between
passing trains, ringing tele
phones, and a chattering tele
graph insturment. Not only does
the local agent handle all the pa
per-work for incoming and out
going freight cars for the whole
Clinton area served by the Sea
board, be must take care of the
traveling public, their ticket
wishes, their information re
quests, their baggage problems.
It is indeed a busy day each day
at the station for Mr. Roseboro
and his two colleagues, T. R.
McElveen and Pat Lowe, who
work the other two of the shifts
that operate at the local facility.
On entering the office, a visi
tor known to Mr. Roseboro will
usually be greeted and invited to
have a seat. ‘‘I’ll be with you in
a minute . . . got’ta get the ‘8B’
by and then get the dinner order
ready for Number 5.” With a
telephone receiver hung over his
head, he makes out a clearance
card for the train 85 and then he
“hangs up” the orders in a high
speed train order stand out in
front of the station. A whistle
sounds to the east of town, and
one of the Seaboard fast freights
calls attention to its arrival. The
agent goes outside to “watch
the train by,” observing closely
the running gear for any defects
such as dragging brake-beams
or hot Journals, although this has
become a rarity nowadays since
the advent of the automatic hot-
box detector. There is one Just
east of Clinton a Dover Junc
tion (Whitten Village) which de
tects hot bearings and reports
them by radio to the train crew
■rv< thf dispatcher in Atlanta,
Read Acts S:8»-4S
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwealt
first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice
and now, I am sore, dwells la you. II Timothy 1:5
RSV)
It is tnost difficult byt necessary that we should guide our loved
ones—husband, or wife, or child—into the Christian faith.
My grandmother was the wife of a government officer in
Hokkaido over fifty years ago. She heard one day a sermon deliv
ered by the founder of Doshisha University. She bought a Bible
and learned to read it by the help of two friends. Her husband per
secuted her severely by beatings, but she did not give up reading
the Bible every day. Her earnest faith won her three daughters
to Christ. The eldest girl and the next one were married to evan
gelists for Christ, and from the eldest I was born.
My mother, who brought me up in earnest prayer, is not here
on earth now. Whenever I think of her, I feel her heartfelt faith
is a source of my power to live and work for Christian evangelism
in Japan.
PRATER
O heavenly Father, I thank Thee for narturing mankind
from generation to generation. I beseech Thee, O Lord,
make me as a man wha docs not only receive the abun
dant gifts of Jesus, but shares them with his friends
and descendants as well. In the name of Jesus hpray.
Amen. ■
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
God more than repays us for the price we pay for following
Christ.
Norimtcld Ebisawa (Japan)
spotting precisely the axle that
is hot and so Mating with a
counting over the radio.
After the caboose passes, Rose
boro.picks up the waybills that
have been thrown off along with
any messages to the station from
the train’s conductor, and takes
them back to his desk where he
reports the time the train passed
to the Atlanta dispatcher, and
then starts to work on writing
up the waybills, either for de
livery to a local customer or
for car interchange to the friend
ly rival in CTlinton, the Columbia,
Newberry And Laurens Railroad,
for further transportation of the
cars and goods.
Dealings with the general pub
lic are a part of Mr. Roseboro’s
duties. The telephone on his
desk rings intermittently with a
request for information about a
passenger train, a request for a
reservation on the "Silver Com
et,” or a query about a shipment
that may have strayed in its
path and gotten lost. The arrival
of the noon passenger train from
Monroe and Hamlet, North Caro
lina, signals a dividing point in
the day. Number 5 stops ad
Clinton long enough for tta puss,
engers to have lunch which was
ordered by telegraph wire from
Chester through Mr. Roseboro
to the Clinton Cafe. A friendly
conversation is the usual order
of the day between the agent and
P0' BOY SPECIAIS!
VALLE YD ALE S-LR ROLL
SAUSAGE 89c
CENTER COT S LBS.
PORK CHOPS .... 59c
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JONATHAN DOZ.
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IRBY’S PURE
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’Market;
OPEN • A. 1L-U P. M. DAILY
•rv:
All Our Winter Merchandise Is Drastically Reduced To Make Room For
New Spring Merchandise. Some Reduced As Much As One-Half Price!!
LADIES’ CASUAL
DRESSES
Reg.
NOW ^
2.98
1.88 ■
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5.98
3.88
the crewmen on the passenger
train as it waits for dinner or
to have the mail and express
loaded or unloaded. Business
concluded at Clinton, including
dinner, the engineer on Num
ber 6 quills his chime whistle,
arjd another train moves off to
the west out of Roseboro’s yard,
and his influence.
Clinton has six passenger
trains a day which use the sta
tion here, and there are some
thirteen freight trains a day over
the same rbad which pass tyte'l
depot here. Most all of them
have to get some sort of orders
or clearance cards from the
agent or the operators here, and
most of the freights leave some
sort of paper-work to be done by
these men. Railroading has
changed since the days of the
wonderful steam engines which
had a persqnality all their own,
but the med -who are behind the
scenes handling the necessary^
details are still railroaders. The
fast diesels, strong and efficient,
would be worthless without the
human element which operates
them and does the work neces
sary to give them the cars to
pull.
“Railroading has changed, but
we all still have a Job to do. I’m
grateful to the people of Clinton
for their support of the Sea
board, and hope that . they will
call on us whenever we can help.
Our diesels are good engines, but
I still love the sight of a steam
er struggling mlghtly on a hill
with a load,” Roseboro says with
a glint in his eye. Railroading
has changed, but the men have
not. They’re still roalroaders all
the way through.
Mountville News
MBS. MAUDE BBVSON
SCHOOL GROUP IN MEET .
The Cross Hill-Mountville Pa
rent-Teacher Association held
the regular meeting January 7
at the Mountville school. Dr.
George Bellingrath, academic
dean emeritus of Presbyterian
College, was the gest speaker,
his subject being "The Influ
ence that the Home has on ttia
Child."
Mrs. Sarah S. HunUr of Law-
rens, is visiting her sister, Dr.
Buth Stokes.
Mrs. George S. Wham Is vis
iting her daughter, Mrs. Thom
as James and' family in Sum
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Finley
attended the funeral of Mr.
Fowler in Simpson ville Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. 8. N. Crisp
spent Sunday ateraoon visiting
Mrs. Crisp’s sister, Mrs. Rhett
Bryson and Mrs. M. L. ^
CM'
HOME FURNISHINGS
SALE!
Electric Blankets $6.88
c
80% rayon, 20% cotton electric blanket with fingertip
control Washable. Set the dial for deeired warmth.
Single control. Doable and twin sine.
Other Blankets 51.88
First quality blanket shorts in assorted colors, plaids
and fancies. Blends of rayon and orhm, acrilin, nylon,
and some 100% acrilon.
PILLOW
SALE!
Roam Robber Bed Pillows.
Washable Print Covers
Lighter, Coder, Allergy Free
More Restful Sleep
Only
, 88c 9a.
CHENILLE SPREADS
90x104 Sturdy Woven Spreads. Assorts^ Colors
Or White With Contrasting Trim
$2.59 ea. or 2 for $5.00 '
WOOL YARN
AU Colors In 4-0*. Skeins
Only 98c
Assortment of
Sizes and Colore
LADIES’ HOSE SALE
First Quality Ladies’ Seamless Nylon Mesh Hose
Siam 8ft-ll
2 Pain 88c
" LADIES’ COATS
„ YEAR END SPECIAL
Ladies’ Laminated and Jersey Costs. Assorted
Styles and Colors. Some With Fur Collars
Few Only 511.88
FALL BLOUSE CLOSE-OUT
A Close-Out of Ladies’ Fall Blouses. ^
Dark Colon — Short or Roll-Up Slseves
Reg. 98c
Reg, 1,98
Reg. 2.98
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For Only 77c
For Only 09
For Only 1.88
SKIRTS REDUCED
•f Ladle.' Wool Skirt# Reduced
From 2J8 to 1.88
prom 3.98 to 2£8
From 5.95 to 3.88
mJ
LADIES’ SWEATERS
Regular 3£8 Value
* L88 Wi#*
HAIR SPRAY
13-Oz. Can “Just Wonderful”
Hair Spray
6$c
FILLER PAPER
500 Count for Only 77c
Ideal For New School Semester
COLGATE TOOTH PASTE
PLASTIC DRAPERIES
Modern and Floral
2 for 51.00
FILTERS
Fiberglass Furnace and Air Conditioner Fitters
1-Inch Thick In AU Popular Sizes
57c
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CREW- SOCKS
Cushioned Sole, Heel, and Toe
Sizes 6-8 ViJ 7-8ft; 9-11
4 for 77c
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BOYS’ 100% ALL-COTTON
.KNIT BRIEFS
Nylon Reinforced — SPECIAL
3 for 51.00
— ALSO SUPER SOFT —
KNIT T-SHIRTS
White Only — Sine MS'
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