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The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 66 —No. 17 Clinton, S, C, Thursday^ April 29,1965 Anderson To Build Half Million $ Hosiery Plant Near Eastern Limits Presented Awards for Long Service (left) Mrs. Louise Meadows (left) < 15 years; E. C. Burdette, 10 years, and Miss Marian Mitchell, 20 years are rep resentative of 110 employees of the Ly dia and Clinton plants of Clinton Mills who received service award pins pre sented by President Robert M. Vance (right). Officers Arrest 30 At Cockfight Arena Laurens — Thirty men were arrested when Laurens County deputies of Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson and an agent of the State Law Enforcement Division raid ed what they called a large game chicken fight arena Sun day at 2:30 p. m. in the Philson Crossroad area two miles from Enoree River. Deputy Sheriff Wilbur Trayn- ham said about 100 men were at the cockfighting pit in a wooded area near Seconaary Highway 26 when the railing party moved in. . .. 4IW1 ~nj i_. _. i..« „ r -.i v more uian .cun Danners, irusi The officers arrested 30 men Plans for the “Miss Clinton modern interpreUve dance, MiSs > n « nrt , ovo nn H bu * the rest faded into a fast pageant continue to take shape, Milam, a piano and dance rou- officers, attorneys and ministers ^ into ^ woo< i e ^ are a as the according to officiaU of the tine; Miss Montgomery, a soft from South Carolina and Georgia rald A11 thoge arre sted Clinton Jaycee Chapter, sponsor shoe comedy dance, changing are expected to gather at Pres 'Miss Clinton' Pageant Plans Are Taking Shape Estate Planning Session Slated At College Friday More than 200 bankers, trust of the event. The pageant will take place ™er an organ a " an ^ e, ^ n ^ a special session on estate plan- Saturday evening, May 8, at and Mi »* Vassey, a dramatic Belk Auditorium on the Presby- reading. 1 at 8:00 posted $10 bonds each. into a Jaxxy dance routine; Miss 5yterla p college this Friday for said they were from Tilt A*- * oft % . Officers a four- ning. terian College campus, o’clock. Committees are at work put ting finishing touches on arrange ments. Five entrants are an nounced and others may enter the contest this week. Judges will be Mayor “Ike" Griggs of Laurens; David S. Taylor, former member of the House of Representatives from Laurens County; and Mrs. H. J. Causby of Laurens. Contestants to date are Donna Jean Harrison, 18-year-old Biggers Is Head Of Mental Health Week In County James H. Riggers, county area — Laurens, Spar tanburg, Union and Newberry. _ . . Officers found 11 dead game They will hear a keynote ad- cocks ^ the pit But apparently any live birds left after the progress of the match were spirited away by dress by William R. Bowdoin, vice-chairman of the board and director of the Trust Company Jr., will chairman of on the Mental Health Week served nationally May was announced this week Thomas A. Babb, president the county association. Mr. Biggers, a resident of Georgia. This noted banker those who fled. Raiding officers and public servant will speak found none - subject “Financial Ap- serve as county vmuu«w — — —«--- --»- p if* f r ” ch 10 f d " c ‘“T *♦ Funeral Services y 1-*. « 2:30 p. m. in Belk Auditorium. The^utWe.' Day pr.gr.m p of M rS _ J aC0 |) S by of of at PC is designed to explore ways and means of providing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bar- American Lava Corporation. A rett McDonald, a Clinton High native of Charlotte, N. C., he School senior; Mary Lena Mi- moved with his family to Laur lam, 19, daughter of Mr. and ens in January 1964. He is a Mrs. William Henry Milam, 1963 member of the local Junior Clinton High School graduate Chamber of Commerce and is a Mrs. Edna Shockley Jacobs, ... _ ... TO, widow of William P. Jacobs, Laurens, is an engineer with the support for Christian higher edu- Jr former president of Pres- cation through sound estate plan- b yterian College, died Wednes- ning. It wUl open at 12:30 p. m., day, April 22, at a local hos- member of the First Presbyter ian Church of Laurens. Farm Bureau Officers, Directors lit Meeting The officers, directors and Winthrop College student; Sandra Joyce Montgomery, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Montgomery, 1962 Laurens High School graduate and Limestone College student; Linda Kay Til ler, It, Clinton High School sen ior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. The officers, directors and James H. Tiller; and Joan Yei- their wives of the Laurens ser Vassey, 19, 1963 graduate of County Farm Bureau met Tues- Woodruf High School, attending d *y. April 30, at 7:30 p. m. at Presbyterian College, daughter the Laurens dining hall in Lau rens for their regular quarter ly session, with 14 present. President T. J. Copeland pre sided over the meeting. The speaker for the evening was Emory Bishop, District I field Friday, with registration in Belk, after which the representatives will be welcomed to the col- \?ge by President Marc C. Weer- sing. Following 1:30 lunch in Judd pital after several weeks of illness. Funeral services were con ducted Friday at 4:00 p. m. at the First Presbyterian Church by Rev. Alfred L. Bixler and Dr. William Redd Turner. Bur- Dining Hall, the group will be 1 * 1 was ln *** church cemetery Pallbearers were Elliot H. Will Go After State Crown Jerry Coker (left), Clinton High School student, is presented trophy by Asst. Principal R. E. Martin, for winning the county school bus rodeo, held in Laurens on March 31. Jerry will represent Laurens County at the state school bus rodeo in Columbia Fri day and Saturday. This will be the fourth year that Clinton will have attempted to capture first place in the state event, having won for the past three years. Assisting Jerry, the driver on Clinton’s team, will be Jimmy Kinard and William Jacks.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. 110 Clinton Mills Employees Get Service Awards The management of Clinton Mills honored 110 employees last Friday evening at the 10th an nual service awards banquet. President Robert M. Vance persented new service award pins of Mrs. Mary Ruth Vassey. Miss Harrison will present Columbia Finn Enters Low Bid For HospHai Additions The bid of $373,621 submitted by Lafaye-Tarrant Construction Co. of Columbia was the low- bid of five opened here ence Associtaion. This contest, stated Mr. Bishop, is held on a county basis, the winner then competing in the state contest. Thursday for the proposed ex- The national “Miss Top Teen” SSI itiihSiff to^hr'Iudlt^ HaU - '< Ir - Dr.-WMiam-H^Halh t® ®U Ly#a and Clinton, plants Jkim B^doin? address H^ B - Shocktey Hall, J. F. Jacobs, employees who within the past hv Toblrt Jr - William M. Shields, Robert y® ar reached a new five years m ri^itnn hanki.Mnd^ F ' Bi * ck > R ***« Young, r. interval of service beginning with M. Vance, Clinton banker-lndus- Turner and Harrv Y tbe tenth year. The honor* .mployoo. nnd Mrs. Jacobs had lived in Clin- their guests were entertained A seminar then will be led by ton 8 ^ nce igig she was the following dinner by “The Ukula- L. J. O’Callaghan of Atlanta, daughter of the late Benjamin dies,” a local girls vocal group t r^ l h °rJ* Hi Franklin and Cornelia Huggin J. B. Templeton, vice presi fi.iated with Crouts A C<h, in Shockley. She was a member of dent, presided over the festive vestment securities^ Included in ^ Flrgt Pregbyterian Church, occasion held in the ThomweU ^ fb 18 Pb**® of the program will surviving are two sons, Wil- dining hall. A colored program represenUUv^ who spoke on be a film on deferred gifts pre- Uam p Jaco5g and Hugh of ^ evening . g a cUviUes fea^ ^ y ouU ) power Pr ® gra ® wnted by Robert G. Keilogg as- Shockley Jacobs of Clinton; a tured “Clinton, S. C.—The Cen- which wUl be sponsored again sistant vice-president of Ken, gigter M „ Elliot H H all ( Sr., ter of the Nation’s Textile Indus- this year by the Farm Bureau nedy-Sinclair. Among toe other of CUnton; and four grandcbil . try .- on front and back cov . and the National Food Confer- leading program participants dren. pansion of Bailey Memorial Hos pital. Members of the hospital hoard of directors present at the bid opening in the conference room of the hospital were Ryan Law- son, chairman; Dr. George Bla lock and Carlisle Neely. The expansion plana call for additions to the west and south wings, raising the total bed ca pacity from the present 82 to 400. areas 1962, were designed to support the lo f al group intends to cli- a 100-bed hospital. max the Fafm Bureau y ear by Chairman Lawson said Thurs- P assin g the 19J5 quota of 340. day that the actual construction Mrs. R. L. Wickham of Clin- date cannot he determined at ton was appointed to serve as improvement this time since the low bid is co-chairman of the women’s F now subject to federal approval, committee. this year was 16 year old Su san Page of Nichols, he said. Guests for the evening were Wilbur Scurry of Saluda, Larry McNair and Richard Tate of Greenville. State Director and County membership chairman C. R. Workman of Kinards, told the group that be is looking for ward to a good year in Farm scheduled are: W. W. Johnson, president of the State Bank & Trust Co. of Columbia; Ben S. Barnes, vice-president of Atlan ta’s First National Bank; and Dr. Eugene Wilson, associate pastor of the Peachtree Presby terian Church of Atlanta. In addition to his position as board vice-chairman of the Trust Company of Georgia, William Bowdoin is chairman and presi- ers. dent of the Tnirt Compnny of ‘ >roer * m “ Georgla Associate, and U • di- “*>' V 1,1 co ? n, ^ ion Georgia rector of six other banks. He is a trustee of five educational insti tutions and has served the state Professional and service Bureau * ** County ^ chairman of of the present buUding membership is greater in com- of Georgia under three govera- c u ^ Mental H oi me present ouuaing, org . ag chairman of the Ports * ,7, T 4 was put into operation in , t0 * ajt _ y * ar ’ “f 1 Authoritv tinder Herman Tal- mUsion, wiU be t HUBERT A. WHITE Atlanta Humorist To Speak at Clinton Old Timers Dinner Speaker for the Clinton Mills 10th annual Old Timers gather- Special Program Tuesday l n il.rH d u a ^‘r-B a L?°^t" noted humorist and philosopher For Mental Health Week tWc dinner meeting will honor 156 men and women of the Clin- The Laurens County Com- the meeting will be open to the ton and Lydia plants who have Council in cooperation public and anyone wishing to 25 years or more continuous ser- with the County Mental Health attend is requested to make vice with the local company. Association is sponsoring a reservations with Mrs. Claude Cook in Laurens or Cooper in Clinton. observance of Mental Health „ Among the special guests attending will be Dr. Zelton Agardy, psychiatrist of the Area 5 Mental Health Center Construction To Begin Immediately, He States C. W. Anderson, Clinton hosiery manufacturer, on Tuesday announced that he would begin immediate con struction on a $500,000 plant just east of the city on the Joanna Highway. With contemplated expansion and full production, Mr. Anderson said the plant will eventually employ from 500 to 700 persons and represent an investment of approxi mately $3,000,000 including building and machinery. The plant will be erected on a 25-acre site, part of the property of the Simspon heirs, which will be purchased by the city of Clinton and developed as an industrial park. The tract contains 80 to 85 acres. An option on the prop erty was secured Monday, and when legal details are worked out the city will buy the tract for approximately $28,000. The city will sell Mr. Anderson The city will construct a 10 or the 25 acres for $5,000. He had 12-inch water line to the prop- ^ *— fered free, he said. ed by city electric lines. Lines The first section of the new of the Clinton-Newberry Natural building will be 180x330 feet, Gas Authority are already in containing approximately 00,000 place in front of ^ gite ^ feet of manufacturing space. In .. . _ onnect . d ^ addition, an office secUon, 50x150 p ‘ ant vvlU be connected “ 016 feet, will be attached to the front sewer system, which re- of the building. oently completed a sewer lagoon The first phase of the opera- and outfall line on adjoining tion, Mr. Anderson said, will property, which was also pur- be hosiery finishing. The expect- chased from the Simpson estate, ed addiUon, he said, will house Mr. Anderson already operates a knitting plant which will great- two hosiery plants in the city, ly increase the size of the build- Dapper Hosiery Co., a knitting ing, machinery requirements, operation, which will be expand- work force and capital invest- cd, and C. W. Anderson Hosiery ment Go., a finishing operation, both First phase production is ex- ot wWch wiU continue. The coa- pected to get underway early in al ®° ope ™^ September, Anderson stated, ne- Hosiery Co., a lodWng ndU, al- cessitating that contractors be- s ° 10 be expanded. Anderson gin work within the next few sa * d ; - d The company manufactures ' . .... . . ... seamless hosiery. — . Th l b ^“* W “. 1 ., 0t *° Negotiations tor acquiring the jumbo brick construction with , lte for ^ ^ co»- concretc floor and root, ered a period „f several days. bringing together the dialan Chamber of Commerce and City Council. Agreements were reached Tuesday morning for the city to purchase the site, adopt tentative plans for its de velopment, and supply utilities, at which time the plan was sub mitted to Mr. Anderson. He no tified the Chamber of Commerce Barbershop Quartets To Appear Here The second annual Parade of Barbershop Quartets wUl be giv- ^ , representatives ot hi! evenlng . Map »• a * acceptance Tuesday afternoon. Bett Audborlum on tho Presby- Materiall aldln , n negoti ^ terian College campus. The per- Uons Tupsday monl ing was the formance wUl begin at 8 o'clock. Laurenj c legislative dele- TTie event is sponsored by the Uon usably, Uons pubs of Clinton, Laurons ^dipg wmiam c . and Hickory Tavern. Proceed! RepresenUUves Mar will go for sight conservation ^ w Ab ercrombio and J. programs of clubs in Laurens c ^ who a ^ to ^ County, which is a major project clt . s es , for C5 000 to ^ of all Lions Clubs. in constructing the water line to the property, which is ex pected to cost $50,000 to $60,000. An estimate was made in the absence of time for cost surveys. Representing the Chamber of Week. C. M. Tucker, Jr., of Page- the South Health Com- the featured of Whitten Village; and Mrs. Authority under Herman Tal- . a a . . . . , . „ llo . madge, Supervisor of Purchases Jf 1 .^ r i un , < ; h *® a Alma Wham, field representa- under Ernest Vandiver^, and “ ^live of the South Carolina Men- chairman of the Governor’s P *f nd * hi I p Ro0 n m n ?f ^ Flnrt Commission for Efficiency and Federal Loan Buildill « * in Government Thcmeg A Babb, president of the county association, said New members receiving jew- Calvin e ied service award pins and en graved watches commemorating their 25 years of service are: Mrs. Ruth Oxner, Mrs. Marie W. Madden, Willie H. Gooch, Kelly M. King, George Price, Giles in Greenwood; Dr. Roy Suber Lawson, Clinton plants; Mrs. Do- Clinton Clipmber Is Represented Don G. Creighton, president ,, ^ of the CUnton Chamber of Com- Commerce was President Don merce, and Mrs. Creighton, rep- Creighton, and Messrs. Tom resentatives of the commerce group, were guests of the Colum Plaxico and Jim Von Hollen of the Chamber’s Industrial Com- under Carl Sanders. CHS Band Make* Perfect Score at Music Festival The Clinton High School Band did itself proud Saturday at the State Music Festival held at Winthrop College in Rock HH1 receiving one of the highest rat ings given at the event. Harry Bouknight is the di rector. Ten points are given in two events of the contest. The first is a concert where each band plays two num bers of their own choosing where five points are given. The second event is sight reading* where each band plays two numbers that have never been seen by the members or the director and five points are also e nd awarded. The Clinton band received all ten of the possible points giving them a perfect score. This achievement will permit the band to by-pass the district contest next year going directly to the state contest. tal Health Association. Mr. Tucker has been widely as a speaker on Mental Health. He is a native of Pageiand where he is engaged in the lumber manufacturing business, tree farming and An gus cattle raising. He is a grad uate of the University of North Carolina and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. I Mr. Tucker became a mem ber of the South Carolina Men tal Health Commission, the governing board of the State Mental Hospitals and other of ficial mental health facilities and services in the state, in 1949. He was made chairman 10 years later. New Supermarket Opens At Joanna Red and White Supermarket of Joanna announces its grand opening in today’s paper. The store has been open for several weeks, but the special opening event is scheduled for this week- va M. Broome, Robert E. Whit mire, Roy Sanders, Lydia plant Company President RoberLM. Vance will extend the welcome and make the awards presenta tions. J. B. Templeton, vice-president of Clinton Mills, will be master of ceremonies. Dr. M. A. Mac donald. ThomweU president, will give the invocation. Music will be by Mrs. Eva B. Land at the organ. bia Chamber of Commerce for "rittee. Members of City Coun- a reception and dinner on Tues- cil and Mayor f • J - Cornwall day at the Palmetto Club and collaborated in the negotiations, also at the Township Auditorium Mr - Anderson expressed pleas- for the ceremonies on the oc- ure u P<> n toe successful condus- casion of the All-American City ion of events ^ eadm * 40 Award to the Greater Columbia toe proposed plant in Clinton, metropolitan area. Exchange Club Light Bulb Safe May 6-7 and at the large measure of co operation shown by all parties. Mayor Cornwall, speaking for the city, told of his delight that the city will be the home of this _ huge expansion of the Anderson The Clinton Exchange Club hosiery interests. “It wiU mean will sponsor their annual light much to the economy of the city bulb self next week .May 6 and in giving employment to hun- 7. A house to house canvas wiU dreds of residents of the area, be made as well as business many of them to be new citi- district solicitation. - zens.” ct year going directly to tne state contest. The Clinton band has regularly taken part in this phase of music activities sponsored by the South Caro lina Music Educators Association and has conistently made an excellent showing.—Photo by Yarborough. Located in the new Joanna Shopping Center at the comer of Highway 78 and MUton Road, the business is owned principally by Alfred Adams of Saluda, and will be managed by Tony Phil lips, co-owner. The latter is a na tive of Joanna, the son of Mr. and Mrs. “Pete” Phillips. Students Named "Good Citizens” The six D. A. R. "Good Citizens” sponsored by the Sullivan-Dunklin Chapter of the D. A. R. were guests of the chapter Thursday (April 22) at their meeting in Clinton at the home of Mrs. Thomas E. Baldwin. The “Good Citizens” pictured left to right are: Nancy Grant (Thomwell High Scholl), Frankie King (Hickory Tavern), 5|. anne Ledford (Clinton), Carol Rushton (Laurens), and Frankie G Gray Court - Owings). Absent wtisai the picture was taken was Templeton (Ford).—■' Yarborough ^1!