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/, $612,905 to Be Spent On Jnproving Highway 72 North A contract for the grading, drainage installation and as phaltic concrete surfacing along 17.152 miles of Highway 72 ill Laurens and Newberry Counties has been awarded by the State Highway Department to Sloan Consruction Co., Inc., of Greenville, on the basis of a low bid of $612,906, Chief Highway Commissioner S. N. Pearman has announced. The Clinton Chronicle Vol 66 — No. 28 Clinton, S. C; Thursday, July 15, 1965 Lawrence Fergoson Is General Manager Industrial Supply Co. Lawrence R. Ferguson is the new general manager of Indus- The bid was based on using Supply Co., Clinton textile an asphalUc concrete binder supply firm, according to course in the project. announcement made this week. Seven contractors bid on the He , ucce eds his late brother, project, the Greenville firm’s proposal being the lowest. Speaks at Commisrioning Major General Ansel B. Godfrey (ret.) of Clinton delivered the commencement address of the 16th class of the Palmetto Military Academy in Columbia Satur day. The South Carolina National Guard’s own offi cer school commissioned 67 new second lieutenants at the ceremony. General Godfrey is a former com- _ mandant of the Academy.; - • - ' * PC Alumni Giving Ranks High in National Picture Alumni giving to Presbyte- Presbyterian College alumni rian College ranks within the stood fifth on the basis of Registrants Must Report Changes In Status to Local Board Dr. James M. Carr Is Sunday Speaker At Camp Fellowship The third speaker scheduled to appear this Sunday night as part of South Carolina Presbytery’s seventh annual Religious Em phasis Month will be Dr. James M. Carr, secretary of the town and country department of the Board of Church Extension. Presbyterian Church, US. He will speak on the subject, “How Firm A Foundation” at 8:00 p. m.. Sunday, in the open- air chapel of Camp Fellowship. The program of special empha sis for July already has spon sored two other outstanding speakers the first two Sundays of this month- Dr. Carr is a native of Wal lace, N. C., who received his un dergraduate degree from David son College and both his ThM and his ThD degrees from Union Theological Seminary in Rich- Ben Hay Hammet, director of by It is scheduled to gerunderway alumni and public relations at h^was"* pastor^f two at 9 a. m. in the library building, Presbyterian College, will serve SeJrJvme Va Zd al- and classwork for the new term ®» chairman of the publicity OB R. Edward Ferguson, and is the son of the late Richard E. Fer guson, founder of the firm. At the same time, it was stat ed that James H. Bradford has been appointed field sales man ager of the company. He has been a member of the sales S. Louis Bond, chairman of force for several years. Local Board No. 30, Laurens County, explained today one. of Rcaief-rntinn For the more newsworthy features * e 9 ,srranon ror of the recent changes in Selec- PC's Second Term live Service rgulations. _ . . . Mr. Bond emphasized the Begins In IS Morning importance now being placed Registration for the second on the timely reporting of all term of Presbyterian CoUege’s changes in occupational, ma- 1965 summer school is to be held rital, family, dependency, mili- this Thursday morning, tary and physical status each registrant. The local board chairman BEN HAT HAMMET Hammet Serves C Chest iuc iuicm uoaru cnairman ai- «nu ciasswum xor me new term — — — * ; |o. pr c„rv»H as raainnai so stressed the necessity of will begin the next day. The sec- division of the 1965 Community religi education for the top five nationally in two areas $166,362 given to the institution, keeping the board advised of ond 5-V, week session will ex- 9** Synods of South Carolina, Geor- Taxicab Hits Pole This Ben Franklin taxicab, which operates in the city, driven by Joe Allen Gentry, crashed into a utili ties pole on North Broad Street Sunday at 6:30 a. m., breaking the pole and considerably damaging the cab. Gentry, 21, of Joanna, was admitted to Bailey Memo rial Hospital for treatment of injuries. Investigating were Asst. Chief of Police W. B. Blakely and Lt. Rufus King. Gentry was charged with driving too fast for conditions. Blakely is shown making a record of the accident.—Photo by Paul Quinton. 'Project Head Start' Is w Underway In the County “Project Head Start” got un- the federal anti-poverty program In the «rea^of total funds B en Hay Hammet, director of the board mails him a request KinardSi celebrated the corrf- vities, Hammet held the office Oct. '22, 1960, in Philadelphia, derway in Laurens County Mon- and is designed to aid in the contributeJ during this period, alumni and public relations.. ^ j® lven 10 pletion of their 1000th mobile of president of the Clinton Ki- Pa., was found dead in Clinton day morning after a last minute preparation of deprived children Malloy Scholarship Established At PC among small coeducational col leges, according to the 1969 re port just published by American Alumni Council President Marc C. Weeraing, any change in address since a tend through August 20. President G Edward Campbell ^ A alachia ^ ^ in acknowledging the generous large number of reported de- Work on the first term of the announced t^ay- , of a number of books he has the response of alumni, said he Unquendes originate with the PC summer school closed with f ^"^Stid been named moderato^ of both pleased with failure to perform this simple final examinations on Tuesday VL.ff, the Aonlachia Svnod and Win- was of especially The report listed PC fourth thier recognition in view of the act in the total number of alumni fact that other colleges listed A registrant is nov| required donors during the latest AAC within the top ten had much to submit* any change in his statistical year, with 1.612 con- larger groups of alumni than status whatsoever to his local tributing to all phases of the pc’s 3,200. The over-all alumni board within 10 days after it college program. program here is headed by occurs, or in those cases where and Wednesday. Ponderosa Homes Celebrates Milestone Ponderosa Homes, Inc., of appeal program in past years. tbe Applachia Synod and Win He served in this capacity in ch ester Presbytery, helping to start the Community Chest in 1962 and in subsequent Bird Banded in Pa. years, and he was vice-president i r-.. i • _ of the effort in 1956. Is round in Umton Among other community acti- A robin which was banded on provements. Last year, for ex- A scholarship in memory cri am pi Ci th e annual giving pro- the late Edwin Mai oy, promi- g ram se t a new record of $77,- nent Cheraw textile executive 518 cont ributed toward help- and Pjesbyterian layman, has been established at Presbyte- rian College by his widow and current operating ex- two sons. Alumni gifts to Presbyterian ^ j" whicbt ? College have been increasing t belle ''’ ( ; il ^*° steadily over the past several 1 °“ t ’ ® aid Mr - B ° nd » years, both to the annual giv- k ®f p Selective „„„ v ing program and to capital im- . boards complete- and commended the owners of ly ^ormed^o^ status has,_ in the company for reaching thls home Saturday with a lunch- wanis Club last year, eon at Hotel Mary Musgrovc. Governor Robert E. McNair was speaker for the ocasion more than four years later. approval of Gov.^McNair. for entering school in the fall. Marvin Manley resident of Ei ht Head start Cen t e rs are It is projected to run for six York St. in the Pitts Meadows . » „ weelcs. section, found the bird in his now in ful operatlon in lve J. T. W. Mims, director of the yard on April 2. areas: in the Clinton area, cen- {ro j ect f or Laurenl County, re- Noting the band on the bird’s ters are located at the Friend- ports that there are still open- trants who might not have mg w u s^rite"”^tou^hrp 10 ®° i l ,i,issim - »l<i, faculty salary incrrasrs P _ „ l .., 8 “„.° n President Marc C. Weersing made the announcement today penses. The goal for this for 1965 has been extended and said the fund wlU be set up In ^ ws.ooo. the permanent endowment from Life Saving Training Begins Today at Pool . . —^ — Junior and senior life saving - — — — — — — numerous instances, resulted mi i estone a ft e r only 14 months training will be given at the he reported the number of ship A M . E. Church and the ings for enrollment of students trants "Sfl of busines8 operations. Clinton swimming pool begin- ^ band to th' Fish ancI WUdlife Hebron Baptist Church; in the at all centers. The program is 12 o,TMZ U S - DeP,rtment Laurens area, at Springfield »'»'«“■ years of age up may make ap- He recelved a reply this week, Baptist Church SC Paul Baptist plication for the American Red whicb * av 5 th « da ^ and loca * £ burcb ’ r«»rt araa Cross soonsored water safety tlon of the bandmg. It was stated Church; in the Gray Court area, tZram that banding has revealed that the Pleasant View BapUst Mr onH Mr® i ytnie c pich nfiost birds live less than two Church; in the Waterloo area, Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Fish- the Laurel Hm Cente ^ ln er, water safety instructors, J Officers Destroy Still Saturday Officers desroyed an illegal We also have had instances in the system where the failure to program notify the local board of a ended to change in address has resulted IT delinqu^n^and^forwarded for Saturday and arrest ^ms^rby M^EdwiM^i: Strenuous ellortsare now un- '“JTSuS ed twomen a, the «U1 sl« Just wlU conduct the ctasses loy and by son. Edwin Malloy. de ™ ,y ,J? Alumni < roup '' S«mndar, Road « about The clas.es null b Jr , and W Manning Malloy, Ml ^T 11 * latert Armric.n Ahmml U. ? Council report on' alumni giv- Dr. Weersing ^d annmd In- J"*‘"jhl. country covered 7M Dr. WeefSIfig Write* u e £f m pmvl'".^"^ toui tut of 7,8oe,3ffl niumni For Oiureh Quorteriy wOrthv students in need of fi- trough annual funds and re- Dr. Marc C. Weersing, presi- freed on ^ condition they ap- naryvini aid to attend Presbyte- ceived contributions from $1,- dent of Presbyterian College, is before a local magistrate rian CoUege. He expressed the 701,366 amounUng to a combin- included among Presbyterian Monday conviction that the “Edwin Mai- ed $70,681,938. In the over-all leaders who are authors of short The t| Secondary Road 46 about The classes will be held two miles south of here. daily from 6:00 to 7:30 p. m. Federal Agent Ben Bishop for a period of three weeks, said Bennie Copeland, 47, and John C. Young, Jr., both Ne groes of Rt. 1, Clinton, were Mrs. F. C. Pinson Passes Tuesday Laurens Group Wants P. O. BuHding Laurens—The Laurens Com mission of public Works Mon day voted to notify city council if for any reason, the city should decide not to purchase the Joanna area, at the Joanna Center. Dr. Skinner Signs For College Faculty Dr. James L. Skinner, III, will join the Presbyterian College The dally program which be- '““'‘T th “'S 1 »» »" associate gins at 8:30 each morning, Mon- pro f es !? r ^English, Dean Jo- day through Friday, is part of ^P h M GeUys announc « 1 ‘°- A native of Decatur, Ga., Skin- Rev. and Mrs. Spiders ner received his BA degree from D c x North Georgia College in 1960, KetUm rrom lour earned his MA with Phi Beta two men were checking the old post office building the Mrs. Lucy Clardy Pinson, 63, commission would be interest- have returned from a ’ ’ ‘ in acquiring the property, tour of the Holy Land Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Spillers Kappa honors from the Univer- 28-day sity of Arkansas and has recent- They ly been awarded his PhD in loy Scholarship Fund,” used in national picture, 20.5 per cent devotional meditations for daily the gQ g a u on8 0 f mash at the widow of F. C. Pinson, died ed in acquiring the property F1 . . . .. 1H . ... thU manner, would serve as a of the ,alumni gave to annual Individual and family use ap- gtm when officerg made the suddenly Tuesday „i ght at her Commissioner BiU Mauldin visited in twelve different na- English form the latter institu fitting memorial to a man who funds last year—as compared pearing in Day B y Da y, Pjjb- 6;15 p m raid Blghop sa i d . home 109 Cleveland Street, af- said he understood the city Jions. Gennany, Italy, Egypt, t orv loved* the work of his church to a participation rate by Pres- icati0n ° f th . e Southern Pre,by ' other officers who aided ter several years of declining would be given a purchase ^ banon - Syria, Jordan^ Israel p( ? r o ^ ner ^ J, if* and was vitally interested in byterian CoUege alumni of 30.5 te ^an Church. Bishop were Federal Agent t. health. P ric o b y federal officials within T urke y-. Greece, Denmark, } C campus directly from Sel young peoide. per cent. Davidson Street Baptist Church Has Mortgage Burning Service; Announces Plans for D DuBose State Law Enforce: T native of Laurens County 30 days, which it could accept Switzerland, and Norway. While fridge Air Force Base, Mich., D. Duuose, Male i.aw amorce a native oi Laurens coumy, | ^ in Germany, they attended the where he is competing a two- men. Division Age« J V where she spent mo,, of her “J ^ £ wedding of U.eir daughter, Betty year tour of duty a, battery Command Headquar- Davidson Street Baptist Church ship haU, kitchen, storage held “Mortgage Burning Day” mechanical rooms The issue for the current quar ter, with a circulation of 170,000 contains a devotional for the - - V, ' . La ' ns County life she was‘a daughter of the commission should inform the weaaing oi ineir aaugmer, ueuy -- W1 week of July 12-17 by Dr. Weer- MorrU and ^ ns D ^ and EUzabeto council “we would be Interest- Sue - and Robert McBride Flem ' S° mmande - r ’ Detroit ^ my ^ sing on the topic. "Uiv. In The Oneway F™clf Ralr a.rdy ^ ed In purchasing the properly was a member of the First M ! be c ^y does n °f want it. ^ I i M Baptist Church. lalvary \0 r lay m surviving are a daughter, L oses Brother 1 Mrs A H rM«rvl McQueen ^ Harold McKinneyf 61> lead . last Sumlajr, celebrating Hellams, appointed the following logical Seminary, Decatur, Ga., Calvary Baptist Church, lead- Miss Annie Clardy of Mullins; j rave i ers R es t Sunday. vices tirement in March ot inaeoiea- ^ compose the new building both graduates of Presbyterian ers in the city church softball four grandchildren and five Funera i services were held Calvary Church and The pastor, Rev. M. Christian Fellowship.” Also included are meditations by Dr. Richard T. Gillespie, pas tor of the First Presbyterian and Church, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Dr. Neely McCarter, asso- Floyd ciate professor, Columbia* Theo- All-Stars Friday of Loris; a brother, Boyce ing poet of Greenville County, Defense Mr. Spillers is pastor of Cal- ter s. vary Baptist Church and for the The new PC professor was an next two Sunday nights, begin- outstanding student leader at ning at 7:30 o’clock, he will show North Georgia College, being slides and lecture on the trip named to “Who’s Who Among through the Holy Land. The pub- Students in American Colleges Clardy of Mullins; a sister, dide sudden i y at his home in lie is invited to attend the ser- and Universities,” a “disting- »*i__ a . uished military student” and _ several “most versatile senior.” After ness on the present church prop- committee: Robert Spencer, College, and by Dr. Fred V. league, Friday night will play an great-grandchildren. Monday'"at Clear Springs Bap- individuals made it possible for graduating with magna cum erty Marvin DeYoung, Brevard Pat- Poag, pastor of the First Pres- all-star team composed of play- Funeral arrangements will tist church, conducted by the Rev* a nd Mrs. Spillers to make laude honors, he received a Na- At the same time the church terson, Jimmie Summler, Bobby byterian Church of Spartanburg, ers from the five other teams in be announced by Gray Funeral Rev l. W. Pace and Rev. C. L. the tour, and they have express tional Defense Fellowship for the league. Two games will be played, be- . . i__ Joe Meadows, Joe Campbell, announced plans to launch an Mrg 0scar Kinard> M „. Ed extensive new building program Wellg Sr Mrg Lam-a Mae How- UODDinS Appointed ginning at 7:30 p. m. following recommendation of the ard, Harvey Foster, and Strum To Senate Committees Calvary players are Pat Lowe, church survey committee. The Quarles. Senator Edgar A Hall King, Earl McElhannon, building plans, as suggested by The church has experienced Barnwell County Charles Huey, Truman Owens, the architectural department of rapid growth since first being B ^ n of B " a ^ ^ Bootgie Fuller, Maxie Davis, the Sunday School Board of the organized a mission of Calvary £ g Sam Owens. Mike Cannon, Fred Southern Beptirt Conventtat. Bap.i« Church and having been Larina senate M. an^ s>tterfle|d Herbert Fallaw, Tom C|lurch The !ervlc „ call for a new auditorium . and fully organized a. a church udU. ^^e com- Brown'. Ch, ‘ Home. Revival Continues At Leesville Church Revival services are continu ing each evening at 8 o’clock at Leesville Southern Methodist Boyter. Burial was in the church ed their appreciation to those three years of study at the Uni- cemetery. who contributed toward the ex- versity of Arkansas. He taught Survivors include a sister, pense of their going to the Holy as a graduate assistant there. Mrs. Geoi'ge D. Ellis of this city. Land. Charles Cannon, and Ed- ^ he j d Sunday: Church gar Ballew. _ _ school at 10:00, and preach- an additional two-story educa- a full program in October, 1969. ne ™ jpecial tional building to accommodate Mr. HeUams, a graduate of mittees modern nursery, beginner, prl- North GreenvUle Junior CoUege, Senator numuu v,. uuuuwis wU1 5e Wa Uace Patterson, Leon- iTV’AdBrns is beine assisteci 1 mary, junior, and intermediate Presbyterian CoUege, and South- of Laurens County was named whlte joe Foster and Leroy j^y R e v A W Sanders of Hem 1 departments. The present buUd- eastern Baptist Theological Sem- on two committees. They are ^ ^ Q{ Davidgon street Py ^ A W Sanders of Hem ' 3 ing iz to be remodeled to ne- Inary^ become pozlor in Sep- “ ,Uldy ^ Beptlzt Church; Jinuny Bret- homecomlng W|U ^ commodate the young people, tember, 1962. Present member- feasability of creating a state u Rock N orris, Sandy Tern- . . Sundav with dinnpr married young people, young ship is 230. recreation commission and toe pleton ^ Jlm ctoaney of Broad betog served on the greunSs adults, and adult departments, Ground breaking services for committee to investigate the gtreet M€thod ist Church; Ert b fJ”^ 19 g plus Poztor’s study. . dmrch the now ztnictore will be held operatic rf Ml lorn, agencies Jack., J. B. Van- '^sviuf church Is located Competing for toe aU-stars lng at 11:00 The pastorj Rev office, Ubrary, social and feflow- in the near future. derford, Joe EuUer and PhU £f ^ w Laurens-CUnton Rogers, Jr., Lydia Baptist; Dick - Swetenberg, Tony Benson, Ben ru “ HU1 and Joe Nixon, First Pres- AU “1 paS * byterian; Barry WWtman, CecU ors ; and are Crayton, Scooter Holcombe and attand 8er J ices Bobby Harris, First Baptist. t0 attend homecoming Standings Through Tuesday Team Calvary Lydia Davidson St. Broad St. _ Presbyterian First Baptist W 14 11 8 8 9 2 L 3 7 8 DAVIDSON ST. BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING COBOOTTEE Davidson Street Baptist Church has announced plans lor an extensive expan sion program which is scheduled to be gin shortly. A building committee has been appointed and includes (left to right in photo) Harvey Foster, Brevard Patterson, Robert Spencer, Marvin De Young, Mrs. Ed Walls, Rev. Floyd Hei- lams, pastor, Mrs. Oscar Kinard, Joe Campbell, Jimmie Summler, Bobby Joe Meadows and C. S. Quarles. Not in the photo is Mrs. Laura Mae Howard.— Photo by Bill Quarles. Dr. Cooler Receives Army Promotion Colonel Claude H. Cooler, in- 10 fantry instructor in toe United 12 States Army Reserve Command 14 and General Staff School (3287), The regular season will end on Columbia, has received special July 22 and the postaeason orders from Headquarters Third playoffs will begin on toe 26th, U. S. Army promoting him to with the first and fourth place that rank effective June 24. teams competing, and the sec- Colonel Cooler has been an in- ond place team meeting the structor in the off-campus pro- third place team. The two lowest gram of the Command and Gen- place teams in the standings will eral Staff College since 1955 and be eliminated. has received orders to report to Calvary won the championship Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, for Tuesday night for toe fourth two weeks active duty as in straight year. Calvary has throe structor at the Command and games ret to play, nad Lydia, General Staff College July 18-31. in second place, has two. Even Colonel Cooler is director of if Calvary loses all throe and the Guidance Center and chair- Lydia wins their two. Calvary man of toe psychology depart- still will be the winner. ment at Presbyterian CoUege* County 4-H Dairy Judging Team This Laurens County 4-H Dairy Judging Team re cently entered the state judging contest The first half of the judging was at White Plains Farm near Cross Hill where Holstein cattle were used, and the other half “was at Cross Arrow Farm at Cross Anchor in Spartanbuag County on Guernsey cattle. From left, the boys are John Hill, member of the Countywide Chapter; Jimmy Smith of the Thornwell Club; Mike Warren and Jack Marler, both of the Greenpond 4-H club. Marler placed third in individual scores on the Guernsey breed. Smith placed sixth in the state on Guernsey and Holstein, and is a member of the second place state team to represent South Carolina at the forthcoming Virginia State Fair. Dr. Skinner is married, a Pres- terian and a brother of WilUam Wirt Skinner, who graduated from Presbyterian CoUege in 1963 and is now at Union Theo logical Seminary in Richmond. New Bakery Opens For Business Today The new Buttercup Bakery will open its doors to the pubUc today. Located at 106 West Main Street, next door to J. C. Thom as, Jeweler, Otto Wainwright, manager and owner of toe bak ery, invites the public to visit and see the lines of pastries that will be baked in the store. Mr. Wainwright, who has worked with pastry for years along the coast of Florida, says he will specialize in birthday and wedding cakes, American and Danish pastries. Story Hour At Community Building Mrs. James S. Gray, director of the Clinton children Ubrary which is a branch of the Laurens County library, announces Mrs. Tommie Nelson wlU begin a Story Hour at the Clinton MU1 Community Building on Friday morning, July 16. Classes will be held from 10:00 to 10:49 a. ra. Mrs. Gray further states that this wiU be of particular interest to chUdren from five to eight years of age, but that any Inter ested boy or girl is invited to at tend.