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fiwiM Mills, Inc,
DsHwto $91,2W
h Vacitoa P«y
Vacaion pay checks totaling
$91,209.65 were distributed to
1,077 eligible employees of
Olnton Mills, Inc., Friday.
The payment went to employ
ees of both the Clinton and
Lydia plants of the textile
manufacturing corporation.
Under the 1965 July 4th vaca
tion pay policy, everyone on
the payroll on the date of pay
ment with one year or more of
continuous service as of June
1 received one week’s vacation
with pay. Approximately 80
per cent of all employees were
eligible.
The plants closed for vaca-
^ tion at midnight Friday and
’’ will resume operations July 12
at 12:01 a.m. (midnight Sun
day.!
Chemist to Join
Faculty at College
An industrial chemist who has
served as a staff member of
the Union Carbide Research In
stitute for the past six years in
joining the Presbyterian College
faculty this fall, Dean Joseph
He is Dr. Fred G. Keihn, 42,
The Transportation Commit- The improvements would con- who wiu be “ associate profes-
tee of the Clinton Chamber of sist of a four-lane road along sor of chemistry serving in the
Commerce has recommended u, ' prMent rout *’ deportment headed by Dr. K.
to the Board of Directors that
G. Edward Campbell,
manager and treasurer of Frso-
byterian College, will serve as
1965 president of the Community
Chest of Greater Clinton, it was
announced today.
Officers elected to serve with
him are: Reese Young, first
vice-president; James Von Hol-
len, second vice-president; and
Mrs. Esther H. Pitts, secretary-
treasurer.
- Campbell said plans already
are underway toward the forma
tion of an active campaign
organisation to conduct the unit
ed appeal drive next fall. The
names of the campaign chair
man and other leaders will be
announced in the near future.
The 1906 president has been af
filiated with the Clinton Com
munity Chest for the past several
years and was campaign chair
man in 1963. He is active in the Club and of the Clinton Council
church. and civic affairs of the of Campfire Girls. Campbell has
community, having served as held the position of business
president of the Clinton Kiwanis manager of PC since 1965.
Chamber of Commerce
Seeks Improvement
Of Laurens Highway
curves where feasible.
Vol. 66 — No. 27
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 8, IMS
GREENWOOD MILLS BUYS
JOANNA COTTON MILLS CO.
Take Over
On Monday
EDWARD CAMPBELL
This View of the Joanna Plant Was Made Some Years Ago When An Addition Was Underway
Nolon Carter.
Rites Held Sunday
.. .... . _ Th® Committee has been ad- The new PC professor is a Phi
the Chamber petition the State vised by Laurens County Sena- |f_ nn _ RQn . . . F_ w ki w _ ||___|J
Highway Department to con- tor W. C. Dobbins that the High- . p ' lOf MfS* l1dS6ld6n
inue with their plans to im- way Department has assured ® co " f 8 V . Mrs. Lorraine Anderson Hasel-
. . him that the improvements will his BS degree from there in , f v
oetween . . 1Q4 7 u MC den, 5o, wife of J. K. Haselden
be made if property owners He earned his MS from 0 _ , j, .
prove Highway 73
Clinton and Laurens.
. 1 lihiffh Iinivlruitv in iQdo VK-rt Sr of 207 N. Adair St., died at
alon.; the route *r«t the bMjj- Lehigh University in UW>, then l m Saturt>y a(ter
Miss Clinton Competes
In Greenville Pageant
Rev. H. I. Schulte
To Speak Sunday
At Camp Service
Greenwood Mills on Wed
nesday agreed to purchase
Joanna Cotton Mills Com
pany, a subsidiary of Joanna
Western Mills Company of
Chicago. * The sale is to be
effective immediately, with
Greenwood Mills taking over
the operations on, Monday,
July 12.
Joanna Mills is located in
Joanna, a community of ap
proximately 3,500 residents,
six miles southeast of Clin
ton.
Joanna Mills began oper
ations in 1900 as a small *
yarn manufacturing plant,
later being purchased by the
Regnery interests of Chi
cago, which control the Jo
anna Western Mills Com-
sary rights-of-way at reasonable attended Syracuse University on m th ' , nlnA . 0
a teaching fellowship to acquire month8 of lllneSS
„ hs PhD n 1952 A native of Anderson County, . ... 0 _ ..
The Chamber realites Ml ™ ^ haa Cou[lty of Mi.. South Carolim.
After Lea g Sy , . most Qf her Ufs She Wfls a r ^ em . Jaycee-sponsored pageant this
well, stated President
full
D. G.
Beverly Muller, Miss Clinton
of 1965, is competing for the title
at a
Cre.gluon, that ^releasing pro- Keihn^ was for jive^yeart^a^re- ^ er ^ Broad Street Methodist week in Greenville.
Glenn Browder
Joins College Staff
Glen Browder, a 1965 graduate
of Presbyterian College, in re
maining at the school to serve 4
as assistant director of publicity
with primary responsibility as
sports information director
True 0 : 8 ^1°' T-' wh,ch b «“
property ownera, but once the an inorganic cbemlrt with the and ^Vary AbS 1 ”f d,,e ’ <toy ^ '“J!, 0 " 1 ” 8 ,. “
highway I. completed, the value Corning CI.M Company before ™ ! a '' Mar3 ' afternoon parade, wUl continue
of adjo ning property wUl be en- Joining the Union Carbide Re- rromb.e Andcrwm the re«t of the week wlU. the
handed tremendounly search Institute staff in New Surviving in addition to her f ina i g coming Saturday night.
Chamber officials, feeling that York City in 1969. He is a mem- father and husband are two Mlss MuUer a ld . yearK)ld
this improved highway is a vital her of the American Chemical sons, W. F. Haselden of Colum- b j onde beauty, winner of the
need for the growth and pro- Society, the American Cryntallo- bia and H. D. Haselden of Clint- Clinton pageant held in May, is
gress of the county, encourages graphic Association and Sigma on; a daughter, Mrs. Lois H. a ig64 g raduat e 0 f Clinton High
oil property owner, involved to XI. Grcwnwell o« Columblv threc 30^, and attended Pre.byterl-
meet this situation with fairness Dr. Keihn is a native of Scran- brothers, Eugene F. Anderson of ^ college this year. She is the
and considered judgment. ton, Pa., who served for three Anderson. C. W_and James 1^ daughter of Mr . and M rs. Paul
The r^»twhg»r solicits the years as a naval officer in World Anderson of Clinton, and three Muller,
aid of every ettiren In promoting War Hr He ia married, MM iwa-WgandcWldr^,^^-" Rehea'rsafs Tor the pageant
this urgently needed improve- f° ur children—two girls and two m* began Tuesday afternoon and
ment in this area. hoy* An active Presbyterian, he ducted • t * . p ^ n JJ* continued into the night as the
Serving with Creighton on the is a deacon and Sunday School SL; e et Methodist Ch^ch pageant gUff 5egan to groom
Transportation Committee are superintendent of the New y • ' ’ d„h 0 i iti 0,6 girl* for the first preliminary
. . ww. j A. a. tiarvey. nunai was m . ... , , , ...
pany.
The
Joanna
plant today
people with
BEVERLY MULLER
1 , „ Biaao ava aaaow j. Presbyterian Churches in Gas- “The high quality of personnel
Chairman J. Skelton Rimer and Hempstead United Presbyterian A. S. a was performance Wednesday night, contestants ever to enter the at all levels was the controlling
Church Of Now City, N. V. Ro^Comele^ b ^ Socoud^^rd proUm^o G = Pa^hoy wUl^ 'actor in our inloro., m purch^o
w r ».locc V Frink. B aIir D S n ^iU k , '^-.day, and Friday in «hol.r.hlp money and 'the >" AUanta, attended the Univer- Joanna. The« are the .an* type
Wallace Franks. Clair D. Pitts, Performances are at 8 m in ri ght to represent the state in ' Ity o f G eorg,a - and received people who have contributed so
M. Dillard Milarn ,Jr.
Death Claims A. O'Daniel
I H H W ^ 1 8 I ?h ftl i TOm PlaX * Greenville*Memorial auditorium, the m'iss America pageant in hi* BBD degree from Columbia muc h to our successful bper-
Lo ng—^ j mg Clinton CltlXGn d J H ^ th ^ 1 ' Mi *s MuUer appeared in the Atlantic City, N. J., in Septem- Theological Seminary. ations in Greenwood County. I
Alexander O’Daniel, 92, of 302 ney, Dr. G. R. O’Daniel of
S. Owens St., one of Clinton’s Spartanburg and Dr. J. F.
o'dest citizens, died Thursday O’Daniel of Dublin, Ga.; three
The announcement was made n i g ht at a Spartanburg hospital daughters, Mrs. R. N. White of
today by Alumni and Public Re- after several years of declining Winston Salem, N. C., Mrs. G.
lations Director Ben Hay Ham- health and a short illness. E. McGrew of Camden and Miss
met, who pointed out that a native of Fort Smith, Ark., Frances O’Daniel of the home;
Browder had worked effectively SO n of the late James and Mat- seven grandchildren and three
in this department during his tie Kirkus O’Daniel, he was a great-grandchildren,
four years as a student at PC. member and a ruling elder of He was the last member of
A native of Sumter, Browder First Presbyterian Church. He his immediate family,
received his BA degree with a moved to Clinton in 1893 and Funeral services were con-
major in history at PC’s most had been employed by M. S. ducted Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at
recent commencement exercises Bailey & Sons Bankers, editor of First Presbyterian Church by
in May. In addition to his work the Clinton Chronicle and super- Rev. A. L. Bixler and Dr. Wil-
as a student assistant in the intendent of the advertising de- Ham Redd Turner. Burial was
public relations department, he partment of Jacobs and Co. in the Presbyterian Cemetery-
served as sports editor of the Later he founded O’Daniel and Pallbearers were Harold Mills,
student newspaper, was a mem- Reid, a successful piano, organ Robert Fulcher, Sidney Lanier,
ber of Blue Key leadership and musical instrument sales John A. and G. R. O’Daniel and
fraternity, president of the His- firm. Leland Young,
toria Club and was named to Surviving are his wife, Mrs. The honorary escort included
the Dean’s List several semes- Mary Lou Young O’Daniel; three the elders and deacons of First
ters sons. Dr. J. Y. O’Daniel of Gaff- Presbyterian Church. ,
appeared in the Atlantic City, N. J., in septem- **«~*''»«—* »****«««j. ations in Greenwood County
swim suit competition Wednes- her. The current Miss South The subject. of his Sunday we i eome them into the Green-
day night, tonight she will ap- Carolina, Sue Smith of Florence, night sermon will be “Whose . organization and
pear in the talent competition, will crown her successor before Church Is This ? All members ’
and Friday night in evening midnight Saturday. of the Presbyterian churches of lo ok forward to a long and
gown. She will present a dra- The girls will be put through Sooth Carolina Presbytery are pleasant relationship,
matic song and fire dance baton their paces by a former Miss ur 8 ed to attend. “Joanna fabrics will broaden
exhibition. America, Babe Shopp Waring, our product lines and will open
Seventy-four lovely young as mistress of ceremonies and Boy Enters up opportunity in a new market
women from all over the state Pageant Producer Bob Pitts. f
are entered in the competition The S. C. Junior Chamber of WinQQrd Home ‘irea.
this year, the largest group of Commerce sponsors the event. The department is with _
Greenwood Mills operates 12
plants in Greenwood County with
5,000 employees and an annual
payroll of $22,000,000.
J. KENNETH MANN
Mann Completes
Diamond Course
holding the name of a young boy
Who on Friday was charged with
entering the B. F. Wingard home
on W. Walnut St. It was reported
that nothing was stolen or dam
aged.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Clark,
neighbors, were sitting in their prcsl)yterian Col , ege ,, a,,
yard when they saw the boy en- recipient of a $500 scholarship
ter the home through a window f rom the South Carolina Elec-
in an addition being built to the trie and Gas Company, Presi-
SCE&G Presents
Scholarship to PC
Council Reiterates
Commitment to Plant
City Council has authorized an and Harry C. Layton supported
engineering cost survey for pro- the motion. Alderman George
viding water and sewerage fac- W. Bagwell and S. A. Pitts re-
ilities to the new C. W. Anderson frained from voting.
Hosiery Co. plant at a site two An elevated tank might be
miles east of here on U. S. High- necessary to furnish the 1,000- ‘ rea “ r of”~th7 h ome° The Clarks dent Mare C. Weersing 'announc-
way 76. gallon-a-minute requirement for „ . a . ... T , * ed today.
J. . .. 4 „ called another neighbor, Lieut.
The action was taken at a fire protection, it was stated. „ „ . , .. He said the grant is part of an
council meeting Friday night Without the construction of an , a . . , .. $11,000 program instituted by
»• elkvated Unk it ha. b*„ estl- 8 fMSJSf “>? .*» X**
■ ■
WimW?
called another neighbor, Lieut.
Horace Horton of the city police
council meeting rna***' nr.™ at on
J Kenneth Mann, of the J.
C. Thoma. Jewelry firm ol Ru ”'“ McCoy ’ » re P re - “ "~ n call and left the home through scholarship fund's for the 22 four-
Clinton, has been awarded the sentative of Hardwood Beebe mated the cost of providing the the same window. Horton caught year accredited colleges in the
diamond certificate of the Engineers in Spartanburg, dis- water and sewerage installa- the boy after a three-block chase, gtat*. To qualify for this aid,
Gemological Institute of Amer- cussed with council a completed tion s would be about $65,000, ac- The boy, who was on probation students must be in the upper-
ica in recognition of his sue- surV ey Water and sewerage cording to Layton. from the State Industrial School third of their previous class,
ceuful completion of that or- connecUons would ^ vided The Lauren. County Legt.l„- in Florence, where he had been m urt need awirtance and must
ganization’s diamond training .......... . tivp npiupstinn has a creed to sent for a 8ilIular offense, offi- reside in the 23 counties served
industrial site, water tive .J 8 * cers said, was turned over to by the South Carolina Electric
a facilities to Whitten Village provide *25.000 in county funds batlon 0 f fic i a i s . and Gas Company,
would be enlarged and potential toward the project. ^
service given Joanna at an es- Council referred to its utilities
program. The institute is loca
ted in Los Angeles, with
branch in New York.
This jeweler’s training pro-
ima jewelers iramiug pru- d “ ost of 1175000, survey committee a request for street lofllAn JfllVlIAI'C
gram, which encompasses the .. showed lighting to serve 17 residences ■■CQIWil 4#UVllwlS BwlCCX
entire diamond curricutam of- in woodland Acres, a sub-divis- _ _ _ _ _ — . ■
fered by the institute, involves 8 _ , u to obligate ’°n west of the city. The area is
a study of all phases of dia- ^ ^ r h a costly pro- ser ved by water and electricity I^ICWDCrry HGl C I
mond technology, including ^e city for such a costly pro- K ^ ~
evaluation procedures and
gram, it was stated. Before the by city facilities
executive session, council in- Council voted to amend a city
Through Tuesday night’s game Ware Shoals hits and six Clinton
aradinff for color clarity and executlve ses81 ° n - councu k r UUULU , ,, w ^ at Laurens, the Clinton Legion errors brought on the defeat
S£“ 8 f ?I adiMkl ^ the 8tructed McCoy 10 S 16 to ^ow tratos a sijjd Junlorg . ncord at M Gary led Clinton at the
. . involved Mr' Mann was co8i survey 0Illy 011 016 i n *teUa- of 25 miles an hour in the c ty while Greenwood i eads league plate with a home* run and d
study involved, Mr. Mann was tion of water and sewerage facil- limits until the engine crosses 8 with ^ n . 2 record Following single.
Wednesday night’s all-important Clinton got back on the win-
required to grade and ap- ltieg tQ new plant,
praise a number of diamonds,
which were checked by the
staff of the institute.
Mr. Mann is assistant mana
ger of the Thomas store.
the last street in the limits.
The Rev. Harry T. Schutte,
pastor of the Covenant Presby
terian Church of Columbia, will
conduct the second service of em P lo y 8 1300 j
South Carolina Presbytery’s 3.000 looms and 100,000 apm-
seventh annual ReUgious Em- dies, producing shade cloth,
phasis Month Camp Fellowship typewriter ribbon fabric,
this Sunday night combed lawns, combed shirt-
Each of the four services inffs, drapery fabrics and
||! scheduled for this July program other apparel fabrics.
is being held in the open-air ln rna ) c [ n g the announcement,
chapel on the shores of Lake
Greenwood, starting at 8 p.m. J - c - Self ’ P resld e n t of Gr
Dr. Arthur Vann Gibson, pastor wood Mills, said, “This
of Atlanta’s Morningside Pres- sents our first expansion outside
byterian Church led the first of Greenwood County, but In
service of the 1965 series last eva i ua ti n g Joanna Cotton Mills
Sunday. „ _ „ ,
Beforr Miming the pulpit uf Com P“ y ' ' w « ywy wdl ^
the Covenant Presbyterian P resse d with the fine group of
ates of Associate Reformed employees, the plant manage-
Church, Schutte held the pastor- ment and the mill facilities.
New Church Under Construction at Thomwdl
This it an architect's sketch of the new physical facilities for work and worship
church and educational building which is have been inadequate, officials stated. A
being built on the campus of Thorn well small chapel will also be included. The
Orphanage, construction on which is well present structure used for church services
underway. The program at ThornweD has
always been church-centered although the
This report is expected to be Council directed that a fire gam e at Greenwood, Clinton nbl g track Tuesday night behind
completed by the end of this hydrant at the corner of Jacksqn plays Newberry at Clinton to- the five-hit pitching ol Tommy f
week, officials said, and council and Gordon Streets be removed night (Thursday) at 7:45 and Elrod as they whipped Laurens
would discuss it at a called meet- from its present location and Ware Shoals at Ware Shoals a t Laurens, 6-3. Randy Ruahton
ing. ' placed on city right-of-way s Friday. collected three RBI’s wtte •
After the executive session During games of the past single and a double, while 1 .sney
Goes To AttgilSta council reltersted its commit- MerCliantS Slate Week, Clinton picked up one vie- and Mike Osborne also had two
Mrs Patsv Williams Dobbins ment to C. W. Anderson to sup- tor*y against two defeats. hits for Clinton,
of Croes Hill, a 1995 graduate e* P*y water and sewerage facili- Meet for Tuesday Last Thursday night’s game Through Tuesday
Lander College, has accepted a ties to his plant site. The city A meeting of the Merchants at Newberry resulted in • 2-1 game, Jerry Alexander
position in the research depart- hopes to get water to the site Divi8i0 n of the Chamber of loss as Newberry’s Hazel pitched Clinton moundamen wWt a M
ment of the Medical College * with the tnetallotion of o "water „ KheduUd tm * two-hitter. Clinton'. report. He ll ,followed bar
Georgia in Augusta. hoe only. • Tueadav Julv 13 came in the seventh on a single my Elrod at 5-1, Johnny
Mrs. Dobbins began her work But council voted to supply Th ’ . m . h ld t by Mike Osborne and a double at 2-1, and Mike Oabt—a aft
on July I with Dr. Walter J. the water terrlce eren U it re- JjL* 5 !*" l “' by Johnny Alexander. Elrod wo. Leading hitter U Gory lo*y
Brown, who 1. pmentty po^ quire, the erection of on elevot- 1 " t> * * m “ H °“ «*•«•*»« F 11 ^ .. ^
forming research on high blood ed water stowage tank under a ^ Clinton suffered its third lowed by Randy Ruehtaa eft J67.
pressure. She is the of motion adopted at the session. D - Smith, manager of straight setback as they were Johnny Alexander haa IS akaiea
at the institution waa built aa an auditor- Mr. and Mrs. G. Fred WillUms Councilman L. W. Cooper, Boyd Belk’s is chairman of the downed by Ware Shoals 8-3 Fri- bases to lead the team in that
ium known a« Carolina Memorial Hall of Cross mil. Holtzclaw, Talmadge Sanders group. day night at Clinton. Eleven department.