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V ' - . ■*t v ^ n Baseball Was Enticing, But Robert Hamilton Went On to Career in Music The Clinton Chronicle 'M By BETTY WALKEB For • boy of eight yean who, gave up the piano for baseball, Robert Hamilton, rising young international concert pianist and son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hamil ton of Clinton, has come a long way in the world of music. His masterful accomplishments in concert halls here and abroad have brought fame and the re spect of his peers to this young man who began his career by picking out tunes on the piano at the age of four. Shortly after ward, he entered a formal teach ing program, interrupted briefly for a youthful fling at sports while in grammar school. Of this Mr. Hamilton agrees no real harm was done, but it BOB HAMILTON start ing dignitaries and high ranking members of government. He twice performed for President Eisenhower, once at a surprise birthday party few the chief ex ecutive, and again for Mrs. Ei senhower at a White House tea. In the concert world, Mr. Him- ilton has come to know many musicians who have achieved the promise of their early years. He has played for Vladimir Hor owitz at his home in New York, and also for Abram Chasins, and has twice heard Van Cliburn play. Of current luminaries, he admires meet Horowitz and Ru binstein, but feels there aye many young musicians struggl ing to gain recognition who someday will become celebrated artists. Helping her husband strive for Voi: 66 — No. 34 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, August 26, 1965 Two Clinton High Graduates In Clemson Program did give him a chance to decide that he wanted to return to mu- them the opportunity to sic and, if possible, make a ca- playing the piano, but if it this much desired niche in the reer of it. doesn’t work out, it’s better to concert field is his childhood "It’s a good thing not to push let it drop.’’ sweetheart, and now wife, Be- children into music if they are _ it did work out for Bob, who verley Daube Hamilton. They not ready for it, or don’t want comes with his wife and two chil- finished high school to- it,” Mr. Hamilton said tills week dren for a short vacation in Clin- gether in their native/ South while visiting his parents on Cal- ton from a.highly successful ap- Bend, Ind., and were graduated vert Avenue. "It’s nice to give pearance at Grant Park in Chi- from Indiana University School cago. He received splendid re- of Music in 1959, where Mr. Ham- views ’in the city’s newspapers ilton played the accompaniment for playing excerpts from Bar- for his wife’s senior voice recit- tok’s Third Piano Concerto. aL They .iow have two children, Mr. Hamilton makes frequent ® r y n « 22 months, and Gregory, concert appearances interspers- three years, ed with an active teaching career Mr. Hamilton expects to con- in Greenwich and Stamford, tinue to teach for at least anoth- Clemson University’s fifth an- Con • where he makes his home, er year in New England and then nual honors program was laun- Three government grants have hopes to devote more time to ched officially Friday at Presi- made P 08 » 1W « for him to en- concert tours. Many Clinton peo- dtnt Robert C Edwards’ lunch- ter important European competi- Pl« will remember Mr. Hamilton eon for 52 freshmen scholars tiont > ^ he has come home the fro™ his appearance here with and their honors professors. 1,1 famous Busoni and the Community Concert Series Renresentina the too three Casella International competi- in Apnl, 1963. He and his family per cent academically of a re- tion8 in Ital y- frequently visit his parents with cord freshman enrollment of Hls Chicago concert 10 days whom they wiU be staying 1600, the 52 honors newcomers a ®° won ^ or him the Rudolph through this week, include two from Qinton High Ganz Mjdwest piano competition School: William Robert Black- and a $1 - 000 flr,t P 1 * 1 ** as weU well, son of-Mr. and Mrs. Wil- as orchestral solo engage- liam E. Blackwell, and Edwin ments that go with it. During a Gaines Sloan, son of Mr. and recent debut tour * Mr - Hamilton, Mrs. James P. Sloan. a ’ umma cum iaude coUege gra- Former Clinton High students. riuat f- appeared in most of Eu- who have participated in the ' opc s ,eadin g musical centers, honors program were Billy Brooks Owens, son of Mr. and , „ Mrs. Brooks Owens, and Wil- C !* A City s Town Hall. Wigmore Monday, August 30, at 7:30 p. Senator Dobbins Named 4-4 Gwinru Raising Horses Girl Scout Meeting Be Held In Laurens Bobby and Eddie Gwinn of Route 3, Laurens, have become interested in rais ing and training horses. These young men along with their father, Bob Gwinn, have a number of mares and young horses. The horses fit well into the cattle operation being carried out on the Gwinn farm. They have built sta bles especially for horses and have just completed building equfpment for their feeding and care. The Gwinn brothers have built a training ring, standard size, and are all equipped to hold a horse show when needed. The Laurens 4-H Horse Club has been meeting with the Gwinns and plans to meet this Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. All interested club members are invited. Shown above is Eddie on horses and Bobby at the Head,of Legislative Group CSenator William C. Dobbins of Kt UraflUdie U6!S Laurens County was namsd ' . i ii • ■ chairman of a statewide com- Oxford Umvereifv mittee at its or8an<z a tio,ial VAIUIU UIIIVGIJliy meeting Tuesday in Columbia. r 11 L # I J The Sroup is termed a Com- reilOWSniP AWdra mittee to Study the Feasibility . ... ^ of Creating a South Carolina A fellowship tb attend Oxford Recreation Commission, and University has been awarded Maurice Schwartz, Presbyterian College honor graduate of the class of 1961, it was announced today. Dr. K. Nolon Carter, chair man of the PC chemistry depart ment, said his former star stu dent has received a National Science Foundation post-docto ral fellowship to attend the re nowned English university and study under Dr. C. A. Coulson, world authority in the field of atomic molecular structure. To add to his laurels Schwartz recently earned his PhD in chemistry from the Vanderbilt University graduate school. He entered Vanderbilt on a Wood- row Wilson Fellowship immedi ately after graduating with high est honors from Presbyterian College. one of bridle. the Patterson Buys Gray Funeral" An Important meeting of the parents of girl Scouts and oth- His most memorable perform- e r interested adults in Laurens hp' «\s have been heard in New County has been called for liam Wilson, son of Mrs. Lowery Wilson. Mr. and Rites On Sunday For Mrs. Mauney Mrs. Bessie Swinnie Mauney, 82, of 007 N. Broad St., widow of C. North Mauney, died early Saturday morning at Bailey Me morial Hospital after several years of declining health. A native of North Carolina, she had lived here 45 years and was a Baptist. Her parents were the late Thomas Franklin and Lina Eddings Swinnie Surviving are a Miss Odetta Mauney of Clinton, and a sister, Mrs. J. L. Kelly of Decatur, Ga. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday at 3 p. m. 1-all .n London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Peabody Con- seivatory in Baltimore. the Laurens m. at School auditorium, according to Mrs. J. R. Noble, neighbor William J. MacAithur To Serve College As Visiting Instructor William J. MacArthur of Gaff- Central n ey will serve for the coming year as a visiting instructor in Pepsi-Cola Co. ol Greenville Has 25th Anniversary The Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., of Greenville, Tom S. Hartness, A three-year tour of duty with ^ chairman , or Dlstrict „ history. Dean Joseph M. Gettys p „ sident was ho „ Tuesday at me u. &. Army in Washington, in Laurens county. announced today. a luncheon at the Poinsett Club D. C., as pianist with the Army band and chorus brought numer ous invitations to .play for visit- Clinton's Notional Guard Unit Trains At Fort Stewart, Gar Clinton’s Battery B Artillery unit, National Guard, returned Sunday from the annual two- week training period at Fort Stewart, Ga. The unit is commanded by Capt. Van Oxner. Eidielberger Goes To New Cfiurdt In First Cotton Bole From Youlig Form The first bale of cotton for the Parents of girls who were in MacArthur has completed in celebration of the 25th anni- scouting last year, as well as work on hls master’s degree at versary of the company, parents of girls who want to be the University of South Carolina, Guest included representatives Scouts this year are urged to where he has been a graduate 0 f newspapers, radio, and TV attend. Girls in the second instructor in the night school. stations of Greenville and Laur- grade through high school are Before entering the university ens Counties, territory served 1965 season in Laurens County included in the scout program, for graduate study, he received by the’company. Harry C. Lay- was ginned Wednesday nom- Hendersonville N. C Scouts who attended the Sen- his BA degree in 1963 from ton represented The Chronicle, ing in Clinton at the v>W-S Gu- The Rev. Huxh L Eieheiher ior Round -Up in Idaho in July Limestone College. He is mar- and radio station WPCC of ano Co., ginnery, it was stated ger Jr will hernm*. f make short reports on ried and has one child. Clinton was represented by yesterday. a new Presbvteri*n -hn—if their trip. Miss Cathryn Creas- Manager Jack Bishop and Bond The cotton was from the farm Hend^rsoSe N r l JH man, executive director of the ii- ii r | An J nn Thomas. of Reese If. Young and was ’ ”• G '’ vrhich mi—*«_ e—* MIS. MCLCndOn Another event in the celebra- raised by James Vance, tenant GctS MoStCr of Science tion took place Tuesday night on the farm, who is noted for De 6 t W* th t * ie ^ ack Tar Po * n8e ** Hotel his early cotton production. SENATOR DOBBINS was appointed earlier this year at the session of the General Assembly. Composed of three members appointed by the President of Ralph F. Patterson, formerly the Senate, three by the Speak er Laurens, is the new owner er °I the House of Representa- of Gray Funeral Home in Clin- tives, and three by the Govern- ton, the purchase of the facility or ’ man group will becoming effective August 1, it s * udy tI ‘ e Question of creating a was announced this week. stak Recreation Commiasion Patterson is a native of l au- 30(1 rep0rt itS rpc °™™endations Patterson is a native of Lau t3 lhe Grnrral Assembly at its ford, in Laurens County. H. . H>xt S( ss!cn bet? nn , nt , n Janu . was graduated from Laurens pr T ,,, , esuU ; n ., com . n ..ion, High School in 1936 and from if institutedi would govern the Wofford College, Spartanburg, operations of the state parks, in 1940. For the past 20 years he has been a merchant. Yhe purchase was made from L. Russell Gray, who has operated the business since it was organized. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, i a-ui l ' n if' r *’lator Dob- b ; - . ' tV>r members of the study committee are Rep. Thad Salee- by of Dnr^n-iton, co-chairman; Rep. Abney Smith of Charles ton, so-retary; Sen. J. B. Law- son of Anderson, Sen. F. R. their two sons and daughter at Hartzog of Bamberg, Rep. Clary present are making their home H Smith of Spartanburg, Mar in Smallwood, a residential y| n p • Caddell of Lexington, of Myrtle S. Hartsell will be formally organized on daughter, Au * u8t »• Currently he is chaplain at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., where he will complete a year of clinical ed- at ucation on Sept. 15 and will go after that Gray Funeral Home by Rev. J. Hendersonville B. Abercrombie. Burial was In date - Rosemont Cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Eichelberger is Pallbearers were Ratchford a native of Clinton, son of Mrs. Boland, D. S. Templeton, J. H. L. Eichelberger and the late Old Ninety Six Girl Scout Council, and Mrs. Helen Lan dis, district adviser, will at tend. Plans must be made for the coming year, and the suc cess of the local program de pends on the interest and co operation of the community. The Old Ninety Six Girl Scout Council is supported by the United Fund of Clinton, the Joanna Foundation, and when the more than 100 em- Mrs. MirUm Templeton M<v p ' oy ,f 8 »' lhe hmor - K ed Mr. Hartness at a dinner. Lendon was among the 40 stu dents receiving degrees at the recent summer commencement exercises at Winthrop College Rock Hill. She was awarded the master Welfare Office In New Location Returns From Study in Germany area near the city on Highway 72 north. Mrs. Patterson is the former Florence Williams of Lansford. Pa. The children are John Wil liam, 17, Ralph F., Jr., 14, and Janie Lynn, 10. They are Methodists and will attend Broad Street Methodist Church. Mark C. Garner Beach, tend Albert of Rock Hill. The committee on Tuesday discussed procedure and set the date for its next meeting for Sept. 15. at which time repre sentatives from the Forestry Commission and Wildlife Re sources Commission will be Mr. Patterson has registered heard. Bunky Blalock returned the for his apprenticeship training past week from a year’s study lor funeral director and em- at the University of Marburg, balmer which will be under the Germany. The program abroad direction of Mr. Gray, who will Burton, Reeder, Roy Sanders, Paul Quinton and Jack Redd. Republican Women Slate Meet Tonight A meeting Mr. Eichelbreger. A graduate of Presbyterian College -here and Columbia Theological Seminary, Deca- r ® ns tur, Ga., he was pastor of Rock Presbyterian Church near Ratchford W. Boland, Sec me Joanna rounnauon, ana ^ - ri enr.p Hevrep in hnmp ppp. retar y- Laurens County Welfare is part of an exchange program continue in an adv.sory capac- the United Fund of Greater ^ nome eco- Roard announced that the local that is being conducted at Da- ity with the funeral home Laurens, so the meeting Mon day night includes all in Lau- County who are concern ed with the training of our young people. nomics. Welfare Department is now in a vidson College. He will resume McLendon is the daugh- new location, 28 Lucas Avenue, his studies at Davidson where he tre of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Tern- Laurens. Office hours and tele- will be "a senior. He is the son of pleton of Clinton. phone number remain the same. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Blalock. ol the Women’s Greenwood before going to his Federated Republican Club will Atlanta post. He has also been County Library Seeks meet tonight, Thursday, ^August serving as at Memo- t n L • I- rial Drive Presbyterian Church 10 rartlCIpOte 10 in Atlanta. Periodical Project The Laurens County Library MISS COPELAND RETURNS has appUed to the South Caro- Chris Adair Takes City Tennis Crown 26, at the home of Mrs. Randall Smith. At this time new officers will be elected and a program of work planned for the coming months. All members are urged to attend. Rt. 1, might have qualified as a champion tomato Unseeded Chris Adair knock- rallied with sharp net volleys. Ramage to defeat Mrs. Jane year k dry weather hadn’t inter- ed off the top three entries in Anderson then pulled ahead 4-3 Hammet and Mrs. Nancy von ferrod the men’s division to establish * n tbe second set, but his Hollen 6-4, 6-0 in the women's As it was, he exhibited several himself as the 1965 singles y° un 8 er opponent clipped three doubles championship match. large tomatoes at the Chronicle Loco! Rifle Platoon Training in Georgia Among 81st Division units training at Fort Stewart, Ga., is the 3rd Rifle Platoon, 1st Infan try Battalion 322nd Infantry of Clinton. Mere than 6.000 reservists of John P. Bcnamin, of Clinton the Atlanta-based 81st Infantry Division and attached units are annual Benjamin Grows Large Tomatoes grower this undergoing two weeks training. Tennis Chomp Chris Adair, Jr., was runner- Stricklond Aworded Degree By University moo w ~ rh»mninn Hurint? Clinton’s an- str aight games for the cham- Following the men’s singles office one day last week. The up in the South Carolina Closed Miss Elizabeth Copeland re- Una State Library Board for par- p tennis tournament Pi ons hip. finals Monday afternoon, the largest was a pound and a half week in Columbia, in the 14 and turned home Sunday from ticipation In the Periodical Im- t k Top-seeded Rufus Sadler and winners in all divisions were specimen that was five inches in Tennis Tournament held last GreenvUle where she had been provement Project for 1965-66. the past weex. third pick Ferd j acobg fell ear _ awarded trophies at a picnic diameter. Two smaller ones under division. Young Adair also visiting her brother and sister- The first periodical project was tier in the tourney to Adair supper held at the Douglas were about three and a half‘won in the men’s semi-finals in in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Wal- for the year 1964-65 and the Ub- Just , 8tat ®/^ aae ^ p p h .° p n . in close-fought contests. House. in/w> rvirvAion/i onino fo**\7 (.a^aivoH a ermnt nf SiRnft tn ors, turned back scconuseeded . , i T ■ _ ,, i Robert N. Strickland, of Clin- lace Copeland, going especially rary received a grant of $1500 to Sf 8 * . _ _ . . . .. ton, was awarded a bachelor of to be with Mr. Copeland who be used to add to the list of Lon Anderson ia t e arts degree at the recent sum- underwent surgery at GreenvUle periodicals, microfilm and shelv- finals match Monday. Adair mer conmencement exercises at General Hospital. He has return- Ing. This grant greatly improved swept through the first four the University of South Carolina ed to his home where he is con- the service of the Ubrary in the games with deadly accurate inches. the 16 and under division. in Columbia. valesc'ng. periodical department. Anderson and Jacobs Uved up to ti&ir top-seeded biUing in the mfeh’s doubles by a 6-1, 6- 0 sweep over Adair and Glen Browder earUer in the tourna ment. The winners completely dominated play with a strong net attack. In the women’s division top- seeded AmeUa Nichols captur ed a close first set, then out paced Mrs. Marian Ramage 7- 5, 6-1 to regain tl* city la dies’ crown. Miss Nichols sur- Cars Collide On County Road A 1949 Ford (taft), driven by T. J. Smith, 26, of Sloan St., Clinton, collided with a 1964 Ford station wagon, driven by R. Pope Chapman, 69, Tuesday at 11:16 a. m., on a county road leading from Highway 56 north to Hifhiflay 308. Chapman, mail carrier on Clinton Route No. 1, waa making his daily de- Hveries at the $me. Ha euffwed only bruises, it was stated. Smith and his two small sons, who wore passengers in his car, were treated at Bailey Memorial passing shots before Anderson PC Gridmen To Report Monday About 65-70 candidates are ex pected to arrive on the Presby terian College campus late Sun- V ived a 3-1 disadvantage in the day afternoon to begin PC’s faU set as her steady play footbaU camp Monday. paid off in a win . The p. c. Almost half of the varsity tCJ^ senior then teamed with Mrs. outs are freshmen according to Head Coach CaUy Gault, who wiU devote Monday and Tuesday County Health Dept, work primarily to physical ex- ami nations and drawing of equip- Announces vJlMCS ment. Gault pointed out today that more than half of the 1965 candidates will play without ath- letic grants-in-aid for PC’s initial County Health Department, as season in the Carolinas Confer- follows: enct. General Clinics Monday afternoon has been de- Clinton Health Center — Tues- signated as the usual press and day, 10 to 12 a. m.; Thursday 2 photo session, slated for 2:10 on to 4:30 p. m. Johnson Field. Tht PC coaches Cross Hill Health Center—First and players in uniform wfil be Wednesday. 9 to 12 a. m. available for interviews and pic- Laurens Health Dept. — Mon- tures at that time. day. 9:30 to 11:30 a. m. and 1:30 Gault will fire the opening gun to 4:3 p. m.; Friday, 9:10 to for the actual gridiron drills 11:30 a. m. and 1:30 to 4:20 p. Wednesday, with two-a-day prac- m.; Saturday, 9:30 to 11:30 a. m. tices scheduled for the first week X-Ray Clinic A schedule of clinic hours has been announced by the Laurens Trophy Winner* in the City Tenni* Tourney Hospital and Patrolman M. ^of action. The Hose squad will Laurens Health Dept. — Every E. Suddeth, who investigated the acci dent, charged Smith with driving on the wrong aide of the rated, it was said.— Photo by Pfcnl Quinton. have less than three weeks te Friday, 9 to 12 a. m. and 1 to prepare for the 10-game slate, 4 p. m. during which time Gault must Tuberculosis come up with a capable quarter- Evaluation Clinic in the September 19, opener Laurens Health Dept. — Third against Davidson. ' Friday, 2 to 4 p. m. \ \ ’ - U Front row, left to right: Cynthia Turner, 13-and-Under and Junior Girls’ Singles; Biba Hiers and Nancy Jones, Junior Girls’ Doubles; Rena Ramage, 11-and-Under Girls' Singles; and Soott Hammet, ll%ul-Under and IS-amd-tJh- der Boys' Singles. Back row: Marian Ramage, Women’s Doubles; Amelia Nichols, Women’s Sin gles and Doubles; Don Anderson and Ferd Jacobs, Men’s Doubles; Larry Warren, Junior Boys’ Singles and Dou bles; and Chris Adair, Men’s Singles. (Not pictured is William Bell, Junior Boys’ Doubles.)