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r A* \ a L v# : ' ^ A' ^ 1 \ 5 rt| The Qinton Chronicle Vol. 66 — No. 38 Clinton, S. C. f Thursday, September 23,196S m > . V 1 , ®c»55 t ni \ r: y $ :$ ♦n- ••if a if i : $S.}r~# *•«*■’*■ *f * s X T t Vi. >:^ This view, looking to the west in the upper part of photo, shows the location of the proposed new Bailey Plant of Clinton Mills in relation to Clinton Mills and Lydia Mills, the two present plants of the corporation. PROPOSED BAILEY PLANT OF CLINTON MILLS CLINTON MILLS TO BUILD NEW County Schools ExpoctTo PLANT TO COST $8 MILLION 'Kickback' Funds Allocated Get $102,000 From State College Enrollment Shows Big Increase The two school districts in Ham C. Dobbins and Represen- Legion Membership _ . * - .11 Abercrombie 3 * Laurens County can expect to tatives Marshall — _ , . . ■ • receive approilmetely (102,000 “<* f C - o* L * ur<!M Owe Is Underway A record 670 students—includ ing 110 women—have enrolled at The annual membership Presbyterian College for the Cniifitv in “kickback” or surplus state H e said a “kickback” of $6,- iI,c nezistr a r'~R 0 slyn funds this year, according to an 422,031.72 will be distributed to drive of the Copeland-Davidson Martin hag ^ nnn , tr ^ aii announcement early this week counties of the state for general Post 56, American Legion, got . . _ .i- n Ki. by Gov. Robert E. McNair. school purposes and the school underway this week. This i ncre ase over the previous high Gov. McNair made the an- lu " ch program. year’s quota is set at 143 mem- of 543. Included in the current nouncement to members of the . *>ers. The total membership for figure are 320 new students and General Assembly in a letter to the lynch program the equivalent ^ returned upp^iusnyen. members of the General As- of 50 cents per pupil based on 1964 was 149. nn . nAU , (a sembly, including Senator Wil- average attendance for 1964-fli. Approximately 900 former ™ h Hr th« .nmn The remainder of the surplus sr evicemen in the Clinton and cilitl f s accounted for the enroll- W ll be allocated on the basis of srevicemen m 1116 ^ unw>n ana ment rise. Presbyterian College enrollment for last year and is Joanna area eUglble for °P eI>e J il » women’s dormi- estimated to be $9.33 per pupil, membership. The membership tory this fall, thus ushering in a said the Governor’s letter. dues are $5.00 per year, and new emphasis on coeds. There Schools in Laurens County had this includes the American Le- are 94 re * id e n ^ gir ]* this y * ar ’ an annroximate enrollment of . compared to just 2 Owho lived in 10 375 PP pupils for the year. gion monthly 018882106 • Any ' campus homes last session. Ad- District 55 (Laurens) with an one In the U. S. Armed ditional men students now occu- William P Jacobs IV and enrollment of 5,875, is expected forces during the periods of PV thes e homes, the late Richard E Ferguson to get $2,937 for the lunch pro- April 6, 1917, to November 11, In addition to the dormitory, III have been named semi- 6 ram *** $54,813 for general 1918; December 7, 1941, to Sep- a new dining hall, science build- finalists in the 1965-66 Merit 8011001 Purposes. - tember 2, 1945; June 25, 1950, ing and increased faculty mem- Scholarship competition ac- District 56 (Clinton) with 4,- to July 27, 1953 may become bers help to provide for the larg- cordine to Princinal A Wilmot 500 PUP 11 *, 18 expected to receive a member by contacting one of er enrollment. Shealy of Clinton High School 82 ^ for ^ !unch program and the following officers of the College officials point out that, 4 Jacobs is a senior and young > 42 - 000 for general PUW>ses * “ ’ " " ^ Ferguson died recently after Two CHS Students Semifinalists In Merit Competition New Residents Eligible to Apply Will Employ 275 b Clinton Mills will begin construction at an early date lOr Concert Tickets on a new ^ million spinning and.weaving plant here, com- mT pany President Robert M. Vance announced to employees Newcomers to Clinton have , three more days to become Wednesday, members of the Community The plant will be known as Concert Association and to at- Bailey Plant in honor of tend the 1965-66 series in Belk f our former company presi- Auditorium. dents ^ late M Si> w . j. f Interested newcomers may c M f ^ p s Bailey. t t le o P oo° 1 r IL MrS » R0be vf t l . WaSSUng The fully air-conditioned at 833-1780 or Mrs. Robert Han- nl _ nt wlll constructed on a ^ — *~- son at 833-3331 for information ^ acre sit ^ Hest ™ the city l °T S and 36 ' 000 s P indle8 '^“P* through Saturday. H it ? ltal investment pcr em P l °y ee Officers of the Community way , 6 .T^ ptot wiH have ap^ iob wm !» about *>■«»■ of floor space, the equivalent of 6.32 acres or six football fields. It will employ approxi mately 275 people. Of modern one-story design, the plant will be equipped, with approximately 500 X-3 Draper ex- Concert AssociaUon for the com- Although the company’s — ing year are: Mrs. Frank Sher- P 1 ™ 1018 ^ 275 .0°0 square feet isiing three pi ants have been L. W. (BUI) McCLAIN McClain Is Named Assistant Supt. At Plant in Joanna rill, who was elected to succeed A. R. Hamilton as president; Mrs. James Von Hollen, vice- president; Mrs. C. W. Hogan, recording secretary: Mrs. Lewis Hay, corresponding secretary; Miss Rebecca Speake, treasur- Rev. Greer to Lead Winthrop Services extensively expanded and fully modernized, construction of the Bailey plant wlil mark the first all-new fiber to fabric plant to be built in Laurens commodate. an extended illness. They were among the highest scoring students in the state of South Carolina on the National Merit Scholarship qualifying Key Club will inaugurate a test administered last March ries of broadcasts on radio sta- m over 17,800 ichoou notion, uon wpcc starting snturdny at John E (Bln) wmtoth «n, 0 f Service Scheduled For wide. More than 14,000 semi- 9:00 a. m. The broadcasts will has hep,. ‘ “ ipn „ d c jviicuuicu rvi flMUst, were appointed. Inform the public on activities „ .uperioundent of Interruption Sunday To Income finalists, . stu- of the club. Dur« PUnt No. 8 of G«en- A brief interruption In elec To Be On Air Saturday The Thomwell High School WHIinghom Goes To Greenwood Plant County in more than 50 years. Rev. Joseph A. Greer, associate Clinton Plant No. 1 was built in er, Col. A. J. Thackston, concert pastor of Clinton’s First Preshy- 1896, Lydia in 1902, and Clinton chairman; Mrs. Wassung and terian Church, will be featured No. 2 in 1909. Mrs. Hanson, membership speaker Sept. 27-29 at Winthrop For the first time in its 09- Joanna—L. W. (Bill) McClain chairmen; Mrs. Sara DeLoach, College’s annual fall services. year history the company will local Legion post: J. E. Holtz- even with the greater number of has assumed his duties as as- of Laurens, and Mrs. James Theme for the three-day pro- make fabrics containing man- claw, H. fl. Watkins, W. S. admissions to the freshman distant superintendent of Green- Walker, publicity. gram sponsored by the Win- made fibers. The new plant Membership cards will be is- throp Christian Association will will manufacture fabrics of new mem- be “Seeing God: The Purpose polyester - combed cotton ITaw ri..k Horne, T. E. Baldwin, Joe Me- cla88 this year, there were three woo d Mills’ Joanna Plant. Membership cards I nornweil Ivey V«IUD Gee R p ope Ch apraan . times as many paid applications He succeeds John E. (Bill) sued to both old and as the college was able to ac- Willingham, who is now assist- bers early in October Lydia MHIs Power ant superintendent at Green wood Mills’ Durst Plant. McClain, a native of Donalds, is a graduate of Clemson Uni versity with a B.S. degree in tex tile engineering. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs Junior High And JV Teams To Meet Union Here Tonight The JV and Junior High in Gatlinburg, Tenn. of Life.” blends. Clinton Cottons, Inc., The Rev. Mr. Greer is a gra- New York, selling agents for duate of Davidson College and Clinton Mills, will handle ail Columbia Theological Seminary sales of Bailey Plant fabrics, at Decatur, Ga. Before going Lockwood-Greene of Spartan- to Clinton, he served a church bm.g are engineers for the project. The plant is expected dent must substantiate his Officers to serve for the corn- qualifying test performance on ing year are: John Martin, wood Mills. L. S. McClain football teams will play Union His topics for the 7 p.m. con- to ^ in operation by next fall, Wilder Field at Clinton vocations wiU 116 ^ver ^ 70^ anniversary year of on y*mIn»tlrvn * NT»resident- Bobbv Chandlar rice’ He was Piously assistant dia Mills community wiU take wood Mills, McClain has worked day ). —enden. of th« Jo.™ pUco Suad., rnornin,, «con,. .. . w^v.r, wyp h Mg .ri i«,.n wl J __ of Donalds. M trical power service in the Ly- During his career with Green- High School tonight (Thurs- Saw Anything Like This Before,” locally owned and operated rtin Mills r>rtmnrtiiniiv uHU talro wood Mills. McClain has Worked 'Th.„ T.. n l n . usni. “The Purpose Of Life. fwrrwratirm tary; Ricky Little, treasurer; Mike Wickham, reporter. New Piaut- ing to mill officials. Willingham, a graduate of Modernization work on membere are^aynV^atton. Pat Coilege. is mar- village electrical system and rie< * ^ ormer Jua- cessitates that the power be nita Franks. They have three off for about an hour, begin- chUdren. • ning at 8:30 a. m. McKee, Jimmy Craig Brock. Wright Goal Is $25.745 ed from the finalist group. Erskine Alumni To Open Campaign The Clinton-Laurens Chapter of the Erskine College Alumni Association will .open its general solicitations for the 1965-86 Ers kine Living Endowment Cam- Ipaign Thursday, Sept. 23, at 7:00 p. m. at Hotel Mary M us grove in Clinton. Dr. Joe Wightman, aca demic dean at Erskine, will speak to the chapter on the im portance of the Living Endow- r?mh~n The Clinton Community the general solicitatioas, will ter three years of acUve duty SS5S. * ' ChMt » U1 “■ „«« b *” ada * Don Ajvler**, «i- ^ s . ^ Forcei he campaign next Tuesday with a vanced gifts chsprman. His Community Chest Drive To Begin Next Tuesday fixer and Uk Since April ne . e das assistant superintendent at the Durst Plant. . * McClain is married to the for mer Miss Joyce Wilson, daugh ter of the late Mark and Mrs. Lillie Wilson of Due West. They have three children, Sherry, 13; Mark, 10; and Sandy, 2. They at tend the Baptist Church. The Junior High game Pu n>ose 01 uuv. corporation, begin at 6:00 p. m. and ^ mini8ter wiU ** avaUable « eoe J al overseer. wiU be folloW e d b y the Junior [ or P 1 ?™? Newberry Bank, of 1964, he had serv- V nr«itv formal discussions in addition — varsuy. . tQ conducting convocations. State DOflK Olid TrilSt Announce Merger Plan Directors of the State Bank and Trust Co. of Columbia and the Newberry County Bank have announced approval of a merger of the two institutions. The action is pending approv- ,, _ . . a! of the stockholders of both Barry Whitman of 201 Bailey over Georsia and Wake Forest „ VMious rtate St., is the winner of $25 first to win over Virginia Tech. Whitman and Jones Win In Football Guessing Game Beards Creek Culvert Slated To Be Widened priZ ! in the inmal _enounce- Merger of the two banks would J ww. uvea and federal agencies. — — Three others „ . y Merger of the two hi A Hi f Q1fi t t ment of winners in The Chron- three games were * increase assets of the State Awarding of a 21,916 contract . cle , s football guessing contest, ton of 105 Locust St., Jim Pat- Bank t almost $90 million, of $10 ton of 224 W Main St and fourth largest banklng lnstitu . Second place winner is Bob Jones of 105 Young a joint entry by Grad> Adair South Carolina. Drive. and Bil1 Abrams, both of Clin- Tbe j^pge,. wou i d bring to 26 Whitman missed picking the 1011 • .. _ . .the total number of state bank The , L vl ?. g Endowment, breakfast meeting of all work- committee has a goal of $10 500 f a Ullze * 8na . ^ H ♦ in g 10 s - N - Pearmon, Chief 20 on tne 1181 He cnose ^ nesie ^ R byne over Wofford through which alumni and i nHH „ co K „ a _. ’ . He moved up to vice-president Hiehwav Commissioner There High to win over Laurens; and nnyne over wo o , and a keynote address by toward the total objective of . .. in iqm Ml g nw ay commissioner, mere * bama over Georgia. for bridge work near Clinton was anounced this week by the State Highway Department. This contract was awarded to o„ SI, IS o" C . iow IlSTcS: winner,"In onTyTwo’" 8 “ame,"o'f Hariston _put Chester a, win- oifiees “in 'icum 6'amUna. The friends provide current operat- Hllgh M Chapman vice-presL $25 745 J ln Columbia office in 1^, were f our bids entered ranging Alabama to win over Georgia U 1Er * k £!!: ha, 8!* n1 ,' dent oftheCiUzens’ and &>uth- Robert Wassung, campaign vice-president of the ag high as gjg 140 Jones missed three games, awards em NaUonal Bank in Camden, chairman of the 1965 Commun- C ^ de ” Included 01 this project on f S . did tbree other close 60 °' awards from the American m , w_.» was made vice-president in south Carolina Highway 308 is tenders, but he came closest to Pearmon^Chief 20 on the list He chose Chester oer over L a U S ’ n^A?^ Newb erry County Bank operates Pearmon, cmet - * Rhv np over Wofford, and Ala- a branch at Joanna in addiUon His score t 0 its main office. Alumni CouncU. Erskine’, 71 per ’hT^thf uSf rili.S char S e of Uie four hanks in Uie the removaT"™ disposal o( a the score In the tie - breaking * m “ ver tnor'iweu Aii cent alumni support lari year b£? Evere ^koH ^Uag SLt^reri- Pm ^ ”‘‘° n I'oZZZ™.™ and wid- Clinton High-AbbevlUe game, over GeorgU, and Army among the best In the nn- ot *S, working orgali dent G. Edward CampbeU alio Chapmen Is an officer of the entng of both side, at Beards Ho put the score at DM m lUvtag Endowment e.n.r,l ww taUon 1. urged tj attend this will participate in the pro- Bethesda Pre.byterian Chmch, Creek north of Clinton. favor .,® f Clln ! on „ Ac S“ U, „ 1 “ by 21 points, licitation town chaUrorahiclu^ aff,lir ^ is married to the former Anne The contract calls for the use was 42-0 — missing by nine y . . . Mrs. R. L. Plaxico, Clinton; Sam canls , , Byrd, On; Mrs. Ray Davis eral ^citations 'will start im- as special guests. Mountville,’ Mountviile - Cross me d iatel > r thereafter and the Hugh Chapman, the main win- Mrs. S. C. Gambrell Gray fir8t r®? 01 ^ meeting has been speaker for the occasion, has Court-Owings; and Mrs. Milton set for ^e following Thursday. been a leader in local and Georgia. was Clinton 38, Abbeville 7— missing by U points. Cub ScOUt Pack Patton picked Lockhart to . Thornwell, Alabama I 0 MCCi I UOSOOy over Cub Scout Pack 21, sponsored Tennessee. His score was Clin- by the Clinton Lion’s Club, will ton, 35, Abbeville 14—missing hold its monthly pack meeting at 7:30 p. m., Tuesday, Sep- they have two daughters. eusArius, at which subscription gram, and former officers of J* m * rr i ed J?* fo ” ner Anne a.i C cu..nav.v .w. ^ tn iLIn Adair and Abrams said Ches- tember 28, at the Legion Hut. cards will be' distributed. Gen- the organization will be invited Morrison of ^rS^n, and of reinforced concrete and steel ^ r ts La ”® e ^ os ® laba ^ r ^ > ^ ter would win over Laurens, All Cub Scouts are requested to ’ Aabama over Georgia, and attend in uniform and bring Wake Forest over Virginia their favorite hobby for display. Tech. Their Clinton-Abbeville Boys, ages 8 through 10, who guess was 14-0—missing by 28 wish to become Cub Scouts are in the widened structure. :% ■ Blakely, Laurens. Advanced activity in the state-wide United Fund work Workers are Betty Blake- 8 P* cial gifts area has been un- for a number of years. He cur ly, Ora; Mrs. Marcus Cook, derway for the past week. A rentiy is chairman of the South aGray Court; L. Y. Blakely, Lau- report on this work, as an Carolina admissions and tyidg- rens; Mrs. Frank Thompson, Rt Added incentive in launching et committees for Carolina^ 3, Laurens; H. B. Monroe, Lau rens; Rev. Guy Smith, Ora; and Milton Blakely, Lattrens. Each town in each Enldne alumni chapter has been chal lenged this year to equal either its own participation record of last'year er that of ita cfc« which ever is higher. Last fl* -m m t Gray and Ora having 161 per cent. Each lawn meeting the chal lenge will earn an extra $60 for 100 C ceat win receive a gift for living Endowment of $100. The total challenge gift could reach $13,00$ Hr all Ersktne’s 4$ alumni chapters. United and is a member of the executive committee and board of directors. He directed the Camden campaign in 1963. A native of Spartanburg, apman received his BS in business administration from the University of North Caro lina and has attended the Ston ier Graduate School of Bank ing of Rotgerr University. Af- 1 Ointon Hoafth Center To Close Septembr 28 Dr. Von A. Long, director of the Laurens County Health De partment, announces the Clin ton Health Center wlli be clos ed on Tuesday, Sept 28. due to nurses attending in-service education of the Piedmont Dis trict in Laurens. points. All five of the winners and near-winners of the two prizes were unanimous in choosing Alabama over Georgia, and four of the five picked Chester over Laurens. Cars Collide Near Here Car in center of road, driven by Vel ma Faulkner of Rt. 1, Clinton; collided with car at left, driven by Vivian Mis- sick, Rt 3, Clinton, Sunday morning about 10 o’clock on the Milam Road near Wilkie’s Store on Highway 72 South. Both young women stated their age as 22. Miss Missick was admitted to Bai ley Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries. Her sister, Patricia, 15, was treated and dismissed. Highway Pa trolman C. W. Neal investigated and charged Miss Faulkner with driving too fast for conditions.—Photo by Paul Quinton. urged to attend the meeting. Dr. Petreo To Lead .. Lutheran Service In the absence of Dr. E. B. Keisler, interim pastor, the aer- Of the huge number of en- vl c« ln St. John’s Lutheran tries submitted, only one—Win- Church will be conducted next fred Norris—guessed the cor- Sunday morning by the Rev. H. rect score in the Clicton-Abbe- Smith Petrea, D. D. ,, ville game. But he missed out JJuring the past several year, on his other choices. ' — Dr - Petrea suppltod St. Johns Nine persons correctly nam- P^Prt on a number of occasions. ed the winner of the Alabama- TRIp jq puutTO RICO Georgia game. J. B. Arnold and Burton Reed- A new batch of 20 games ap- er muUkgen ot Lydi a and Clin- pears in the page advertise- ton Mllls store8i returned Thura- ment in The Chronicle today. day several days trip to Try your luck - your guesses ^ Juan Puerto Rico . Mr. Ar- are about as good as the other noid and Mr. Reeder’s trip was fellow’s. You may be a win- mainly for the showing of the ner! 1966 models of Gibson electric Extra entry forms may be ranges, refrigerators, and air secured at The Chronicle of- conditioners. However, white flee or Johnson’s Men’s Shop, there they flew to the ef They must be returned by next St. Thomas and visited aMteg Wednesday. 1 . points of interest.