The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 28, 1965, Image 1
Halloween Night
This Saturday, October SO, will
be celebrate^ as “Halloween
Night”. The Hampton Avenue
Parent-Teachers Association in
vites you to attend their Hallo
ween Carnival at the Clinton
Armory beginning at S p. m. t
Come for supper as there will
be plenty of food and drinks.
The entertainment will consist
of numerous fun boths sponsored
by the grade mothers as well as
bakery booths, country store,
cake walks, and door prizes
The dinton Chronicle
Vol. 66 — No. 43
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 28, 1965
Rice
Wins!
“Rice” was a magic name in
this week’s football guessing con-
Lots of fun will be on hand for test conducted by The Chronicle,
the entire family. Admission is Both winners have that name
25c for adults and 10c for child- and they walked off with $25 and
ren. $10, respectively.
The regular meeting of the Winner of first pjace was Joe
PTA has been postponed until Bice, young son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tuesday evening, November 8 at D° n Bice of 601 Chestnut St.
8 o’clock, during the obsrevance Second place winners was Wil-
of National Parents Teachers’ham Matthew Rice of 303 River
Association Week.
Parenb Day To
Be Observed At
College Saturday
Employees and Parents Chib
Honor Dr. Whitten
To honor Dr. B. O. Whitten, the founder and build
er of Whitten Village, the employees of the village
held a reception at the Parents Club House on the
campus at 7:00 p. m„ October 21. Dr. Whitten recent
ly resigned the position of superintendent after more
than 45 years' service to the people of South Carolina.
Attending were several hundred employees of Whit
ten Village, also many friends throughout the state.
A color TV was given to Dr. Whitten by the em
ployees. P. W. Rogers made the presentation. A por
trait of Mrs. Whitten was unveiled by Mrs. Harry L.
White and presented by Mrs.*H. A. Spann. A check
was presented to Dr. Whitten by the president of the
Parents Club, R. B. Johnson, with which to purchase
a new car, symbolized by the model car held by Dr.
Whitten in the upper photo. The portrait of Mrs.
Whitten is also seen, and will hang in the Club House.
Officials of the Parents Club are shown in the lower
photo. From left they are: Mrs. H. A. Spann of An
derson, vice-president; Mr. Robinson of Lancaster,
president; Mrs. Robinson; Dr. Whitten; Mrs. Whitten;
Mrs. H. L. White of Spartanburg; Curtis Young of An
derson, and Mrs. Young, secretary.—Photos by Yar
borough.
Qinton Merchants Lose,
(Cash Worthless Checks
St., Laurens.
Both winners missed naming
the winners of four games of the
twenty listed, but Joe came clos
est to the tie-breaking Clinton-
Thurmond high score, which was
39-0. Joe guesed 35-6.
Joe picked Citadel over East
Carolina, Georgia over Ken
tucky, North Carolina over Wake
Presbyterian College will play Forest and Texas over Rice for
host to some 1,000 visitors this his four misses.
Saturday for the college’s ninth William picked Ninety Six over
annual Parents Day program. Thornwell, Jefferson High over
Advance reservations i n d i - Street, Citadel over East
cate attendance will exceed the Carolina and Southern Califor-
record 900 who came to the cam- ni ? over Notre Dame for his
pus for this occasion last year. m * sses - While choosing Clinton
The day’s schedule of events H1 « s “ Thur -
wUl begin with 2:00 p. m. regie- ™ nd 11,Ung ’ »*>e Laurens
tratlon, foUowed by campus g “ t ; th '„ ,<:ore " Thurn '°” d
tours conducted by student lead-
ers of Blue Key. A 3:00 p. m.
program of welcome in Belk Au
ditorium will include talks by
President Marc C. Weersing and
Student Body President Henry
Lovett of Kingstree, selections Dobbihs ln N. C.
by two musical groups and the c c . , £C
PC choir and a one-act dramatic 'Of jtUGy OF JfQ iG
production of Edna St. Vincent Rp/- r o a Hnn Grnnn
Millay’s “Aria Do Copo” by the Recrearion VaFOtip
college drama group. Senator William C. Dobbins of
Baptist Church Steeple Goes Up
Another entrant missed four
but had the Clinton-Thurmond
score much too big, and half doz
en had five misses.
The lifting of the steeple of the new First Baptist
Church on South Broad Street Friday is shown in
these two views, as it whs removed from a truck and
as it neared its lofty position. Workmen can be seen
guiding it into place. The event drew quite a crowd
of sidewalk superintendents.
Construction of the $375,000 edifice is nearing com
pletion, and officers of the church state that early De
cember occupancy is planned.—Photo by Dan Yarbor
ough.
PC-Troy Slate Game
Here Saturday Night
After a 4:00 p. m. reception in < ^ ounty > chairman of a ing lecturer on international at- re-appointed as a member of the Presbyterian’s upstart Blue game after a week’s rest due to
the Douglas House, the parents the feasuTilit^of erpatinc°» Snnth Harf Colieee student 6 body* next Advisory Council of the South Hosemen will play on Johnson the open date, but Coach Cally
will be entertained at separate nnK io«s_ Carolina Employment security Field for the last time this season Gault doesn’t feel this layoff will
Danlorth Lecturer
To Speak a! College
On Next Wednesday
Sloan Is Member
Of Advisory Council
Of State Commission
James P. Sloan, assistant pro
fessor of political science at the
Ricthie Calder, Danforth visit- College of Charleston, has been
layoff
Co-captain Half-
Clinton merchants and busi- account with a local bank, de- proceeds to the tennis fund
ness houses took a beating Mon- positing $45, but later with- which ^ now U8ed ^ ^
day morning in cashing checks drawn. Police are still searching construction of six alLweath-
totaling $231.50—all worthless. for Allison. er tennis courts on the
Another one. Young’s Phar- A resident of North Carolina, school campus,
macy, also cashed a check for Allison came here two weeks
functions bv thp aortal fra Carolin a Recreation Commis- Wednesday as part of PC’s 1965- '- arouna Employment security Field for the last time this season
temities and the roed* The ae! sion ’ was in Baleigh, N.C., Tues- 66 fine arts series. Commission. w hen they entertain Troy State hurt hls team -
tivities will close with the Pres day and Wednesda y to make ® He wiU s P eak at the regular The purpose of the Advisory College’s Red Wave in a Parents back Do1 ? McNei11 of Thomson,
byterian-Troy State football 8tudy . of the North CaroUna R e- chapel exercises, starting at 10 Council is to aid the Commission Day contest this Saturday night. Ga„ will return to action again,
game under the Ughts of Johnson Commission and the a. m. in Belk Auditorium, and in f ormu i atin g policies and dia- Approximately 1,000 parents adding power to PC’s offensive
Field at 8:00 p. m. laws under which it operates, the public ^ invjted to attend. . problems r ei at ing to the and famUy gue8ts of PC stu ‘ and defensive backfield. Only
Dobbins was accompanied by Calder will deUver his lecture ““f Prooiems relating to tne dents ^ gee the e which ig iniuries have u™ reDort
several other members of the on the subject “World of Oppor- administration of the South Car- slated for 8 p m minor injuries have been report-
PailCOKe Supper nine-man committee. tunity” and will remain on the olina Unemployment compensa- The Hosemen find themselves ed on 1116 Hose squad '
Oil October 79 A mee ting of the committee is cam P us h? r smaller discussion tion Law and in-assuring impar- in an unfamiliar role as they be- K Presbyterian can chalk up
UC slated for Nov. 4, one of a series 8esslon s with faculty members tia my and f ree< j om from politi- g*n the second half of the 1965 another victory this week-end it
Preparations pre underway already held, and probably oth- a™ 1 stgdents. cal influence in the solution of schedule—they’re rated 23 point will mark the second year in a
for a pancake supper to be ers wUl be slated before the com- In addition to his teacher posi- 8U ch problems. The fifteen-mem- favorites to win their fourth without a defeat at home
served at the Clinton High mittee reports its findings and t ‘ ,on .professor of internation- ^ coundj i 8 composed of five game in a row. Wofford, Eton
School cafeteria Friday, Octe- rscommetidattoflb to the legisla- 31 relations at the University of employer representatives five and Furman have been whipped The T y team could prove rug '
ber 29, by the Clinton Kiwanis tore at its session beginning Edinburgh, Scotland, Ritchie employee representatives! and on the home field after visiting Sed, however, as the Wave did
Club for the purpose of donat- early in January. Calder is the author of numerous fj ve public representatives, Mr. tosses at Davdson and Lenoir in 1962 when they clipped a favor-
books, films and radio and tele- Sloan’s recent appointment being Rhyne. e d PC eleven 13-0. Then in 1963
W *? “.''Igr; ln the l * tt * r category He h,,d , Th ! T r >y , Red Wa r. have .w a Presbyterian took a 24-14 upKt,
science reporter and political previously served since 1955 as streak of their own, but on the an( j [ asI y ear o, e Alabamans
14 New TB Cases
high Diagnosed In Area
warfare specialist who served as an employer representative. losing side. The Alabama squad
Fourt^n aotivo ,,00., an advise 5 at Supreme Head- M r. Sloan is a former presi- has lost all six games this year.
i i ,. . -. quarters during World War II dent of the American Association Coach Bill Clipson’s charges are
somewhat like the Presbyterians
that they’re young — mostly
Wednesday speaker also j n the last four biennial editions sophomores and freshmen — but
an effec-
South and Southwest,” a bio
won 9-7.
thU loraf offers ’ u PP« r wU1 be served be- tuberculosis Tn worm war u dent of the American Association Cc
Sdl'S bu^T^t rt.to^ «“* Greenwwrf* Td “S, S^oX"™« 0 ' I "“. “’n^ f„°
$45 each and one lo*t $6.50 for . North Cnrolin. «.d reemt- S2S sSto'KS o^niSTfS ~ Th ' W ' dn « day ’V'*" fnTh^art'I^ bl’e” sopnomom, mtd trosn,
i
total of $231.50, according to As- ly paroled. High-Newberry
sistant Chief of Police William When the check was presented
B. Blakely who headed the In- to Young’s Pharmacy, Manager
vestigatton.. Davis Pitts told his young step- Two Are Promoted
Warrants were issued for the son, Bubber Ray, who works in a . r>| . . .
arrest of Spencer Allison, a the store, to foUow the man when AF riant in Joanna and nine in Laurens county. and has 8erv€d on miggions to states
man who had been working in he left with the money after Two promotions have been an- A breakdown of the cases by North Africa, the Middle East
the community for several making a small purchase, pre- nounced at the Joanna plants of and sex shows that seven and to Southeast Asian coun
weeks, and who had opened an seating the $45 ch^ck. In the Greenwood Mills. of the new cases were white and tries.
: meantime, inquiries were made Lewis Warren Evans has been *even were negro. Eleven cases Calder appears at Presbyteri-
at the bank. Bubbr contacted promoted to assistant overseer were m a 1 « and three were fe- ah College as part of a program
Allison in the vicinity of the post in the Number 2 weaving room, ma le. sponsored Jointly by the Dan-
office on North Broad Street, first shift. Throughout South Carolina 683 forth Foundation and the Asso-
told him the check was worth- Evans, who lives at Rt. 2, new active cases of tuberculosis elation of American Colleges,
less and got his money back. Kinards, is married and has two were reported during the year. The PC fine arts committee is
Bubber and Pitts didn’t know of children. The family attends the Of these, 228 were white and 455 headed by Dr. David Moorefield
the other checks at the time . Pentecostal Holiness church. He were negro, professor of philosophy.
When police were alerted, Al- had previously been a loom fixer
Landowners bal- lison had skipped. at Joanna plant.
_ in referendum have ap- t Ernest Theodore Garren Jr.
proved by a vote of 90 to 3 the HoilieCOfTting At bas been promoted to assistant
tonutt* of Beaverdam C«*. Lydia Church of God ‘
Warrior Creek Conservation ^ annual homecoming of the Garren, who Uves at 637 Grew
IR****! 0 *- Lydia Church of God will be held St., in Greenwood, is married .. v . .
the watershed includes some Sunday, October 31. A special and has two children. The fam- The Presbyterian College An- President • Marc C. Weer-
15,060 acres situated east of singing is scheduled for the af- Uy attends the Baptist Church nual Giving program today sing in making the announce-
Gray Court and Owings and all ternon. Dinner will be served at and he is a member of Masonic stands at more than two-thirds ment, pointed out the objective
the area that naturally drains 1:00 p. m. Rev. W. H. Cabaniss, Lodge No. 358. He had previously of its record goal, with $60,000 represents the largest total yet
Into the two creeks, extending pastor, invites everyone to at- been an assistant overseer at reported thus far for the 1965 sought by this PC program. It
tend. * Durst plant. effort.
Republican Women
To Meet Thursday
The Laurens County Republi-
Tuberculosiii jmri HpaHH A a a/w.i<» "—•*“*•*«“ «* soum ana souinwesi, a oio- uc*cioc. xuc starting line can Women’s Club will meet
tion sAiri thAt fivo nf 1946, has h®* 11 a deleg ate to two graphical dictionary of note- averages 198 pounds per man, tonight (Thursday) at the Clin-
cases WAFA in rrAAnwnori g ® neral conferen ces for the Unit- worthy men and women of the more like the Hose forward wall ton Mill Community House at
and ninA in I aupAna ^ Natlon8 ’ UNESCO program Southern and Southwestern than PC’s previous opponents. 7:30 p.m. Members are urged to
and nine in Laurens county. ftn ri ha. ™ Presbyterian will enter the attend.
New Watershed
Area Is Voted By
County Landowners
PC Annual Giving Reaches
$60,000; Closing on Goal
to tyoir confluence with the En
oree River, with some exclusions
J. W. Tinsley, secretary and
treasurer of the Laurens Coun
ty Boil Conservation District
Mid Thursday he belltved the
board would determine the
■had administratively fea
sible and practical, and would
certify its findings to the Lau
rens county, cleric of court and
the 8. C. secretary of state'.
After certification, the Water
shed Conservation District will
constitute a govermental sub
division of the state and a for
mai application for assistance
the watershed work plan wilf
be made to Williams L.
Barrel son, S. C. commissioner of
agriculture.
Tinsley said, “We are hope-
tbe Soil Conservation Senr-
can start surveys on the
in the early part of 1968.”
[Crawford Speaks
M Lions Club
‘red N.;
«f Bail
the speaker aft
;*» meeting of tba lions
told of the proviaians
affect npon
compares to the $77,518 produc
ed in the record campaign of
last year. He said the 1965
pace is ahead of any previous
year at this date.
Giving added incentive to the
program is an anonymous
challenge grant of $5,000 if
alumni participatino in the an-
MEDLEY
Union Service to Welcome
Three New Area Ministers
To Lead Christmas Seal Campaign
Qinton’s 1966 Christmas Seal cam
paign committee members are shown
here making maxis for the local drive
which will soon get underway. The
members at tha recent kickoff meeting
are (left to rgfht): Ifisa Nellie Oaboi
Mrs. Agnes Teagge, .Glen
George Cornelson, Mrs. John T.
Claude Crofter, Mrs. Rva
Lewis Hay.—Photo by Yarborough.
as a “Kentucky Coloner Jin
recognition of his service in the
economic development of El
liott County, Ky. Mrs. Medley
is the former Miss Ruth’ Lott
of Greenwood. They have three
sons ranging in age from 11 to
Three new ministers in the Others appearing on the eve- iq,
Th?i fin •^a° r li re *11 he L 40% i CUnton area will be pubUcly ning program will include Rev. The Rev Mr. Greer was bom
h welcomed to the community John Rivers, who will pro- and reare d in Valdosta, Ga. He
group is on recora witn guts next Sunday evening at a un- nounce the invocation; the Rev. earned his college degree at
as the campaign picks up ion 8erv i ce sponsored by the Alfred L. Bixler, who will lead Davidson and his B. D. at the
steam for the closing two ciihton-Joanna Ministerial As- in prayer, and the Rev. J. H. Columbia Theological Semina-
months. Abujni Participation sociation held in ^ First DarT( w ho will lead in the re- ry H e and Hs wife, Margaret,
amounted to 90.5% in 1960. Presbyterian Church, Clinton, sponsive reading. have one small son, David.
Of the $60,000 given to date, beginning at 7:30. Rev. Mr. Medley, a native of Mr. Greer came to Clinton
$44,715 has been earmarked for Those to be thus recognized st. Louis, Mo., was educated from a church in Gatlinburg,
Living Endowment purposes, a re the Rev. Joseph Greer, as- at the Drexel Institute of Tenn. Formerly he was asso-
including $7,215 for the Walter sociate minister of the First Technology, at the New Or- ciated with the Rev. Alfred
Johnson Club. Another $15,285 Presbyterian Church; the Rev. leans Baptist Theological L. Bixler in Bradenton, Fla.,
has been sent directly to the James D. Medley, pastor of the Seminary and the Southern as he is now again in CUnton.
Johnson Club, bringing the to- Sharon (Kinards) - HopeweU Baptist Theological Seminary. Recently he was speaker at a
tal for his alumni atMetic or- (Route 3, CUnton)- Methodist For a period of three years he special series of services at
ganizatioct ’to $22,500. charge; and tha R® v - E. W. was merchandise manager of Winthrop College. •
Annual giving is a program Rogers, pastor of the Broad the local Belk’s Department A native of Sumter, the Rev.
condnctedt each year among Street Methodist Church*. ' Store and manager of the Whit- Mr. Rogers received both his
the alumni and friends of Pres- Rev. Mr. Medley will preach mire Department Store. Since Undergraduate degree and his
byterian College for gifts to the sermon on the subject, entering the ministery in 1954 B. D. from Duke University,
supplement the current ope rat- “The Heritage of the Church.” he has done considerable pas- He came to CUntoh as the pas-
tng budget of "the college. Presi- The Rev. M. J. Sanders, pas- toral and missionary work in tor of Broad Street Methodist
dent Weersing laid it is one of tor of the Lydia Baptist Church Ohio and Kentucky, as well as Church from Barnwell, where
the most important sources of and president of the Clinton-Jp- in South Carolina. He was he had had an effective mta-
support for the institution. For anna Ministerial Association, nominated for “Pastor of the istry. He is in demand as a
the past several years, total will preside at the service and Year” of the Kentucky An- speaker and preacher beyond
contributions through this pro- present the new ministers. The nual Conference in 1963. He his own church and commim-
gram have exceeded the afu response will be made by the served as the president ‘ of ity. The Rogers have four chlL
income'on PCrs'tnVestftr'Rev. Mr J Rogers ‘who will also toe Sandy Hook,Ky., Rotary dren, ranging inages dram 8
endowment read the Scripture. Club. He holds a commission to 20.