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The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 66 — No. 9 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 4,1965 1 .. To Elect Trastees For County Schools In Mar. 9 Election Merchants Division To Meet Tuesday The Merchants Division of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesdhy morning at 10 o’clock at Hotel Mary Mus- Two men will seek one post «rove. W. C. Baldwin is chair man. This will be the Last meet ing of the fiscal year, which ends March 31. Dean H. E. McClure Lee Gets Jaycee Award —YnrWroach Photo for District 56 appears in the Chronicle today. Boxes will be on the board of trustees of School District 56, and five will r seek two posts on the board from District 55 in an election sche duled March 9. Candidates will be vying for /»■ y four-year terms, beginning April VlGIYISOII 10 Official notice of the election A(l(lr6SS ChcMlbCr The annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce is sche- NO NEGRO QUALIFIES duled for Tuesday, March 16, at The Chronicle learned yester- 7:80 p. m., at Hotel Mary Mus- day afternoon that no Negro had grove. qualified to offer as a candidate New officerSi ^aded by Don for school trustee In either Dis- , .. _ .. . . trict 55 or 56. Creighton as president, will be • News reports on television and stalled to serve for the 1965-66 radio Tuesday night and Wed- year. ^ nesday morning stated that a Speaker for the session will be Negro was a candidate for Dean Harlan E. McClure of the school trustee in Laurens County architecture department of in the election to be held Tues- Clemson University, who will day, without stating the district discuss planning for Clinton’s in which he was a candidate, future. J. Leroy Burns, county super- The meeting has been biUed as intendent of education, told The “On Important Date for Clin- Vr-ovor .»rvWfl Chronicle in a telephone inter- ton’s Future.” planned by the uSe^ SS ^ lde ; ^ ^ is expected to Women of St John’s Lutheran *** report orlginate<1 ' and xhat ex P 1 * in «eneral proposals sub- Church will be held next week only tho,e candidates who quail, mitted by his students, methods at the following homes Mo^Ty fled by «“*>misison of the neces- of research and the possibUities March 8, at 7:45 at the home of sary ,or election by noon of solving problems which hin. The Presbyterian College Johnston, noted heart surgeon of Mrs. E.’ B. Keisler; Tuesday, Fe b r u ary l 6 were candidates. ^ der the orderly and progressvie board of trustees adopted a Winston-Salem, N. C., and the March 9, with Mrs. Toye Wood- ,or devel °P ment of * community. ... . ] t lv , illi n dol Bowman-Gray School of Medi- ruff; Thursday, March 11, with s ection of trustees in the va- All fifth-year students in arch- budget of almost D4 million dol- ^ Brimm and Dr John8ton Mrs ; Rhett p y, Adair .. rious areas of each district taust itecture at Clemson spend a se- d recioienU as the are e lum ni of Presbyterian All women of the church are be sub mitted to the °J fi ce of the mester on city planning and civic College. invited to attend these services. i*“ nty Superintendent of Educa- design studies. At the annual Jaycee Awards and Bosses Night Banquet held on March 28, L. H. Lee was presented the dis tinguished service award for his out standing participation in community ac tivities. The presentation was made by Ralph Tedards, a past recipient of the award. Lee has been business manager of Whitten Village since 1963. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, superintendent of the church school, advisor for Thomwell Pioneer Fellowship. He served as vice-president of the Kiwanis Club, president of the Community Chest, president dT Clinton Council of Camp Fire Girls for the past three years and advisor for Thornwell Key Club. He is a member of the S. C. State Employees Association and is ac tive in County Civil Defense. He is married to the former Ann Macdonald, and they have five children. Members of the Jaycees had their bosses as guests at the banquet and John Holland Hunter was guest speaker. In the photo are Hunter; Marvin Manley, Jaycee president; Lee; and Ted ards. College Board Adopb Budget el $1,492,756 Lutheran Women Plan Services Mrs. Bailey Honored at Dinner Here Mrs. C. M. Bailey was honored Fri day evening at a dinner in the Presby terian College dining hall when three' in stitutions said “Thank You” to her for a lifetime of loving support and service. Joining in the event were Presbyterian College, Thomwell Orphanage and the First Presbytreian Church. Shown here presenting a distinguished service award to Mrs. Bailey are President Marc C. Weersing of the college (left) and Col. Powell A. Fraser, the college’s director of development. (See story on page five). —Photo by Yarborough. highlights of the annual spring meeting Tuesday. 'tion. eetlng Tuesday. Board members re-elected . . , fnr rtUflpnt ~Mr Burns said no Negro had 01 Stud * nt *- direct ?d by Dean Me- le ge doffs Its hat to the increas- Meeting in ■ tw<wU, se.sion R » b ' rt M Vance ClMnn « ^a"*. and $110,000 rtodent submltted my ^uuan to yda.«>cl«tepn> f e,«>r, i„g number of women rtudent, as .u nll thnr chaiiHvan, to serve again for • ri rp department, have submit- co-ed serves as co-editor of the on campus, the trustees author- ^ ^ Dr T They also authorized, in re- ^ ted designs to several cities in student newspaper for the first ized a proposed budget of $1,- . A»i an . a was re-elect- v ^ ew ^ n 8 the general development the state for improving the civic h < n v, icf 492,756 for the operation of the . m »n • »nH Huffh s program, that plans be made to- Placed for voting precincts at of ^ re g it , tlme in hlstor y- for the 1965-06 school ^ v . ice ' c . ha jr m . an ’ and Hugh S W ard the renovaUon of Neville Clinton City HaU on North * , k She Is Merrie Stancill of Aber- Hall classroom building in the Broad Street, the Armory on h f re s ex P e ^t ed ,to be deen) Md., who has been named PC Co-ed Servfc Vice-Chairman Tr.riitlnn .t Pr.Abvt.rlan Col- Mrs.Cook Named to S.C Democratic Party Post college year. They designated these four outstanding leaders to receive Jacobs of Clinton, secretary. *The trustees assembled at PC near futureMt is expected to c^t South Bro.d ’ Str M t, Uto dom: <•>« g.n.rM »ubj«t. to serve in this capacity for the honorary degrees at the com- early Monday evening to meet in aBoid jijjo ooo. munity House at Clinton Mill, mencement exercises on May 30. committees for detailed consid- T rus t ee J. L. Bruce of Cor- and tb® old Long Branch School Attend Annual Caster Doctor of Divinity—the Rev. eratio n of the college program. ne ij a Q a reported for the phy- Bouse. Polls will be open from c i */• « r^rr at. . . 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. jeal Kick-v/tT Banquet Voting points also will be pro- Fred Poag, pastor of the Spar- The board assembled for its sical development committee; current semester and the first semester of the 1965-68 session next fall. Sam Watejs of North Charles- ters Among those attending the an. ton is *** °^ hcr co-editor of The tan" u r g First Presbyterian general session on Tuesday Q^j-gp Cornelson of Clinton, for Church; doctor of laws—Henry morning and heard reports from the fj nance and budget com- vided in District 55 for the Laur- nua j Raster Seal Kick-Off ban Blue Stocking, a weekly publi M. Brimm, librarian and profes- the various committees and from m j tje p. l j O’Callaghan of At- “ sor of bibliography at Union th c admin.strative officers of the ; anla f or t h e financial devel- Theological Seminary in Rich- co * e " e . opment groups Jacobs for the present a valid registration cer mond; doctor of laws—James In adopting the 1965-06 budget, student affairs committee; tificate. G. Patton, executive secretary of the trustees designated $869,380 Chairman Vance, for the execu- the General Council, Presbyte- for general and educational ex- tive commtitee; and Dr. Merle rian Church, US; and doctor of penses, $513,376 for auxiliary en- Patterson of Atlanta, for aca- humane letters—Dr. Frank R. terprises including room and demic affairs. District 56 , quet in Columbia last week and cation which has ranked among Persons desiring to vote will ^p morn ing coffee at the Gov- th e top collegiate newspapers in ernor’# Mansion with Mrs. Don- nation in past years, aid Russell as hostess were Mrs. In assuming the editorial direc- Claude Crocker, Mrs. J. F. Ja- tion of the paper, Miss Stancill The contest in District 56 will C0 5 g Jr., Mrs. George Brocken- and Waters succeeded Walter be between George H. Huguley, trough, Mrs. Ed Campbell, Mrs. Wells of McConnells and Bob Al- present member of the board, prank Sherrill, . MfirsT" James lison of Altanat. and Frank Sherill, in the Clinton Walker, Mrs. L. H. Davidson all With Presbyterian College attendance area. Q f thj s C jf y and judge J. Hew- erecting its first women’s dorm- James T. Addison, from the lette Wasson, Allen Coleman, itory and ushering in full co-edu- Joanna attendance area, and Mrs. O. D. Parker, Mrs. J. D. cation next fall, the elevation of James Coleman, from the Cross Wasson, Mrs. W. S. Mahon of Miss Stancill to the editorial posi- Hill attendance area, were nam- Laurens. Both the banquet and tion is considered a prelude to ed as trustees to succeed them- coffee were sponsored by the So- increasingly active participaton selves, in the absence of any pe- ciety for Crippled Children and by women in campus extra-cur- tition for election. The law states Adults. ricular activities, that under the circumstances, Mrs. Claude P. Cook, of Laur ens, is the new vice-chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party. She was elected to t&e post Tuesday at a special meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee in Columbia. Mrs. Cook succeeds Mrsr Tay lor H. Stukes, of Manning, who recently resigned. The term ex- p res at the next meeting of the State Democratic Convention in March 1966. Mrs. Cook is serving her sec ond term as vice-chairman of the Laurens County Democratic Par ty. the County Board of Education will name the trustees, which action tok place Monday night at a meeting of the boprd. District 55 P. W. McAlister and Dwight F. Patterson, present trustees from the Laurens attendance area, are up for reelection. Three other candidates for the two posts driALloyd H. Smith, R. E. (Bob) Burns, Jr., and J. W. (Billy) Hamilton. Band To Enter District Contest The Clinton High Band is At Broad St. Church World Day of Prayer To Be Observed Friday MRS. CLAUDE COOK Merit Scholarship Test Is Scheduled At CHS On Mar. 13 Lutheran Manse Debt Liquidated The annual World Day of Pray er observance which is to take Two significant features were included in the regular Sunday morning worship service in St. John’s Lutheran . Church last Sunday. Robert I. Boland, chairman of the congregation’s committee on finance and stewardship, an nounced that the entire indebt edness on the parsonage had been liquidated, led the congre gation in a special prayer of thanksgiving and expressed ap preciation to the members of the church for their faithful support of the project. Ratchford W. Boland, chair man of the congregation’s execu- States development of areas sidered for Merit Scholarships A number of students at Clin ton High School plan to take the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test on Saturday. March 13, Wilmot Shealy. prin cipal, stated yesterda. ' The test will be administered Two special projects for 1965 at the school, beginning at 8:30 are a ministry to rural women a. m. * place Friday at 3:30 at Broad of the world ’ and in ^ United Students who wish to be con- States development of areas r _ Street Methodist Church, will w h ere migrants and Indian-Am- to be awarded in 1966 should include a brief address by Dr. ericans are settling. take the test at this time. E. B. Keisler, pastor of St. The local service rotates alpha- The test is a three-hour ex- John’s Lutheran Church, on the helically among women’s organ- amination of eductional devel ed on a recent meeting of the Council with the president of the synod and the regional sec retary of the Board of American Missions, held in interest of the planning to attend the District 001,1 ^ Lord izations of the seven churches, opment. It is the first step in launchin g of plans for ^ epec _ San Pietro Orchestra of Naples, Italy—Coming; Next Season To Seek New Members Commuity Concert Assn. In Membership Campaign Contest in Boiling Springs Fri day. he band will play as their warm-up number a march, “Hands Across the Sea,” by Sousa. They Will also play a concert piece. Require?” with this year’s observance un- the eleventh annual competition t j on of a °new*"edlficp‘ In addition to participation in der the ^direction of the women for four-year Merit Scholarships that enthusiasm was evident and the program by representatives of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, by the National Merit Scholar- h earty cooperation was pledged from the seven city churches Mrs. A. B. Stump, president, ship Corporation and by spon- with special music and prayers, Mrs. James Macdonald will be soring corportions, foundations, this year’s observance will in- in charge of the special childrens colleges, associations, unions. This year seven are playing solos. These are Carolyn Bundrick, Connie Jones, Bill Jacobs, Bobby Pow ell, Danny Jones, Jim Adair, and Joey Lee. Those partici pating in ensembles are, in the clarinet quintet, Carolyn Bun- members clude a talk on foreign missions service. trusts, and individuals. by Mrs. Lewis H. Lancaster. A service for children is to be held in Hodges Hall of the church simultaneously with the service for adults in the church auditor ium. At noon Friday the local fire siren will blow for one minute to A campaign fof renewal of tro Orchestra of Naples memberships In the Clinton Com- On Monday, March 8, drick, Connie Jones, Mary Ann , „ . . . Mr. Frank ShrrM, Mm. Thoma. Joh Bol ^ a M M arv lMU ' ? cl f t0 FJ ay . fi. 10 re - c«m- Stallworth, Mm. Edward Camp- ^ 0rr . trumpel trio-BiU Ja- ml " d k** 1 re, ldents of the ser- munity Concert Asmclation I. paign worker, and officer, of Htdwdi^Mr’and’Mm. Bobb » *“» Danny "fepmsentative. of the eity currently underway, officers of the association will assemble for Hamilton M rs. Robert Vance, n< >ianH ic.thv churches who will participate in the association state, and will a d nner at Hotel Mary Musgrove Mrs. Nene Workman, Mr«. Au- and Tomm v Gordon wiU nSv 1,10 P rogram include: Mrs - J B - . a a •.. « j o.nn *«% a **~*r««._~* a.# am itf aT'v'aoVau Uavmv ^ . vmruon wlii play close this weekend. at 8:00 p. m. A program of en- drey McCroskey, Harry Bouk- a flute ^ Accom can vine ;r*v "T”™ T" Beginning Monday, a concert- terta’nment will be given follow- night, Mrs. Judson Davis, Mr*. on the piano wm JeNan- Hugh Ray ' Mr * R ’ L ‘ Plaxico ’ Hart, Mrs. Henry Gilbert, Mrs. nette Young. On March 28 the CHS band will be on “Band of the Week’’ on Channel 7 (WSPA). Mrs. Mildred Bowers, Mrs. Irene Pitts, and Mrs. Lancaster. / ' Special music will be present ed by a choir composed of Thornwell students, directed by Miss Luva McDonald, with Mrs. James Pitts at the organ. Wayne Harper, student at Presbyterian College, will be soloist. The World Day of Prayer, ob served each year on the first Friday in Lent, is sponsored by ed drive will be conducted for ing th edinner. Harry McSween, Mrs. R. E. Fer- new members. Workers in Clin- Mrs. Mary Wallace, New York guson Jr., Mrs. Henderson Pitts, ton, Joanna, Laurens, Newberry representative of Community Mrs. D. O. Rhame, Mrs. Car- and Mountville will make con- Concerts, will be in Clinton next lisle Neely, Mrs. Andy B. Young, tacts for memberships for the week to assist with the drive. Jr., Mrs. Francis Blalock, Miss 1966-66 session. .. Publicity chairman is Harry Rebecca Speake, Mrs. Robert E. In addition to the concerts £• Bolick III; co-chairman, Mrs. Wysor III, Mr. and Mrs. Robert teesyille Methodist Scheduled for next season, new Sarah D. Deloach; membership, Wassung, W. B. Timmerman, ■ t /xs— membership holders art invited Mrs. Frank C. Sherill; co-chair- Mrs. W. R. Anderson, Miss Nellie ChlirCI) 10 UDSerVC to the final concert lor this sen. mon, Mrs. Robert B. Wassung; Osborne. IW Pmvar son on March 17, featuring the headquarters, Mrs. Larry SaveL Student workers include Nancy Tyor,a l/a / UT rra 7 cr Chicago Little Symphony. Mem- koul; appointments, WBQiam P. Hollis and Bill Jacobs as co- “Christ Is All and In AU” is bers are also invited to attend Jacobs; dinner, Mrs. D. O. chairmen, Jenny Edwards, Val- the theme of the World Day of the United Church Women of the Concerts in both Greenwood and Rhame; co-chairman, Mrs. Hen- erie Simmons, Sara Lynn Wysor, Prayer Service which wiU be National Council of Churches., Anderson. Spoclal membership derson Pitts. Sharon Fakkema, Missy Was- held at the LeesviUe Southern World-wide in character, it uses holders are invited to attend the Division chairmen are Mrs. sting, Susie Wassung, Melissa Methodist Church, on March 5. basically the same service - in Greenville Concert Series. Ronald Burnside, Mrs. Harry Turner, Kay Young. at 7:80 p. m. group observances In 125 coun- Artists scheduled to appear in Bolick, Mrs. Lewis Hay, Mrs. Out-of-town workers: Mrs. Hie Women’s Missionary So- tries. Offerings made In this Clinton during the 1966-06 season Von Hollen, Mrs. Reese Young Sarah D. DeLoach and Mrs. B. ciety will be in charge of the country are used for the united are Michael Maule and Colleen and Mrs. Eva Land. E. Sheppard, of Laurens; Mrs. service and will be using mater- outreach of the church through Corkre in their and Adult workers are Mrs. Grace Lavinia Cooley, of Joanna;,Prof, ials furnished by the American interdenominational projects ad- popular “Two Go Dancing;” So- Connor, Mrs. George Cornelson, M. Foster Farley and Mrs. J. F. Council of Christian Churches, a ministered through the mission prano Doris Yarick and Basso Dr. R. H. Dawson, Miss Leva Gilfillen, of Newberry; and Mrs. fundamental Bible * believing divisions of the National Council Richard Cross; and the San Pie- McDonald, Mrs. Larry Savelkoul, W. Fuller^Motes of Mountville. council. of Churches. At Safety Conference Joe Adams, William Jacks, Sue Simpson, Myrtle Williams, and Jerry Coker attended the 11th annual “Youth Traffic Safety Conference” at Columbia Col lege on Friday, Feb. 19. A, B. Galloway was the adult advisor to go along with the group. The theme of the conference was “Young Minds for Old Problems.” Traf fic problems one highways and around schools were discussed. A special group consisting of bus drivers and adult advisors discussed the problems concerning school buses. Ine the photo (left to right) are Jerry Coker, Joe Adams, A. B. Galloway, Sue Simpson, Myrtle Williams, and William Jacks. Along with Boland, the temp orary executive building com mittee consists of Shelton J. Rimer and Wyman M. Shealy. In making these announce ments, Dr. E. B. Keisler, interim pastor, said tfeat actual building operations will almost certainly not begin, at the earliest, before sometime next year. Mountville Girl Honored at Erskine - Lynne Thomason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thomason, Jr., Mountville, was honored at the student recognition banquet given by the Due West branch of the American Association of University Women, Thursday, February 25, at the Erskine Col lege dining hall. Miss Thomason was recognised for her outstanding work in the field of English at Erskine Col lege. Erskine To Show Art Work March 1-26 Various works of art by Stu dents will be shown at the kine College Exhibition from March 1 through -Parents and friends aril to view the art this time. . Miss Ruth Todd, Mr and Mrs. have some of display. /