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The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 66 — No. 47 Clinton, S. C, Thursday November 25, 1965 Opens Holiday Season Christmas Parade Next Thursday Thanksgiving Service on Thursday At Beik Auditorium Awards Made By Community Chest Special recognition was given at an awards luncheon last Friday to leaders who paced the Clinton Community Chest to its record $29,811.30 total for 1965 Among those presented awards were, left to right: Seated—Robert Wassung, Mrs. J. B. Templeton, Mrs. Mary B. $29,811.30 Poid and Hedged Sadler, Mrs. Betty K. Walker, Mrs. Bun ny Coleman, Mrs. Heath Copeland, and G. Edward Campbell. Back row—Ben Hay Hammet, Gen. A. B. Godfrey, George Brockenbrough, J. B. Templeton, Charles Buice, Ernie Ouzts, and James Von Hollen. Clinton Ends Community Chest Drive District Schools Stores to Remain Open Wednesday Stores will remain open Wee Clinton has wrapped up its William Hatton, Mrs. Mabry Mc- greatest Community Chest cam- Crary, Mrs. Jack Anderson, Mrs. paign to date with $29,811 30 re- Tommy Windsor, Mrs. Buddy JO ClOSC TWO Days ported for the 1965 effort .nd In» For Thonksgiving special awards for the leadership f orc | t Miss Rebecca Lamb, Ed that helped to make it all possi- King and Mrs. Bunny Coleman, hie. A final review came last Fri day at the awards luncheon in the Mary Musgrove Hotel. Chest President G. Edward Campbell presided and presented the awards. Vice-president James Von Hollen and Drive Chairman Robert Wassung also partici pated in the brief program. The breakdown of the $29„ 811.30 showed this report from each division: Advanced gifts— $11,000.90; Industrial—$11,936.52; Institutions — $2,364.83; Residen tial — $2,044.20; Commercial — $1,549; Public Schools — $724.75; Out-of-Town Firms—$185. In the presentation of awards, plaques went to: Campbell and Wassung; Don Anderson, ad vanced gifts chairman; Ernie Ouzts, commercial; Dr. Ronald Burnside, institutions and schools; Ben Hay Hammet, pub- ■ L II " i Uclty; Cn A. 8. Godfrey, tad- J, DOITOll ndirStOD get; Mrs. Mary B. Sadler and Blrs. Betty K. Walker, residen- f ain J 9U tial; Ralph Tedards and Calvin rdSjvJ jUilUGy J. Dorroh Hairston, 63, Plans are shaping up for Clin ton’s annual Christmas Parade on Thursday, Dec. 2, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Leading the parade will be E. G. Christopherson, Blue Creek Farm, astride one of his Arabian Clinton will have an interde- horses, serving as parade mar- nominational service of Thanks- s * ia * 1 followed by city officials aivino of ,A « of and other dignitaries. The Pres- g:vmg Thursday at 10 a. m. at byterian college ROTC color Belk Auditorium on the Presby- guard and other units will head terian College campus, with the up the long line of floats, beauty Clinton-Joanna Ministerial As- queens, bands and units, as the sociation as sponsor. P arade head ® U P s - Broad st - to The service will ooen with a the ^ office ’ east on E ’ Flor ' hX' and w'lh me ida St : ,he " so “ th M “- Rev. Gaynor Phillips, pastor of Lydia and Rock Bridge Presby terian Churches. Rev. M. J. Sanders, pastor of Lydia BaptiSt Church, who is president of the association, will lead a respon sive reading. A prayer will be offered and the Scripture read by Rev. R. J. Bryan, pastor of Lydia Pente costal Church. After the offering, Headquarters For Santa to Be Set Up At City Parking Lot Santa Claus “Zipper-Hut” will be at his Friday and on special music will be presented Saturday, Dec. 3-4. “Zipper- by the Presbyterian youth choir JLV 1 ', Sanl ? ! headquarters in with Mrs. Robert Wysor III as CI ' nton •? b ' ln * 5<,t “P director city ‘ P arltin R lot next door the D „ A . Chamber of Commerce building Rev. E. W. Rogers, pastor of E Caro , ina Ave Schools of District 56 will be Broad Street Methodist Church, s t will bp thprp « PV eral closed Thursday and Friday to will deliver the sermon. aftornU each wTek thS observe the Thanksgiving holi- The program will conclude December 24. Children may days, according to R. P. Wilder, with a hymn and the benedic- visit with him on December 3, superintendent. tion by Rev. Mr. Phillips. Friday afternon, 4-6 p.m.; and The regular schedule of work on December 4, Saturday after- will be resumed Monday. e • . ^ noon, 3-5:30 p.m. Other dates apecrai services wlll be ligted later At All Saints “Zipper - Hut” is being pro- AH Saint. Episcopal Church -will have a special Thanksgiving with Wm r^r ed-.service Wednesday at 8 p. m. nf *7in^ Tnp d WMfffn nesday afternoon, November 24. ^The public is invited. ° f -, ^ Inc ’ Business firms will be closed Rev. John Rivers, priest-in- November 25, Thursday, Thanks- charge, will administer Holy Division of the Clinton giving Day. Stores will remain Communion and preach the ser- ic open until 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov- mon. . Mrs P * r ? y M 18 “T ember 26, and each Friday there- mg as chairman of the commit- after unUl December 25r 4 tee. D. B^ Smith is chairman of LlOnS Cabinet the Merchants Division. To Meet Here c i ^ o Lions International District 5°*®^ Program t Governor Archie Gaines of Pied- For LlOnS Cltlb « w ® r mont has selected Clinton for the _ ... . .. . . Presbyterian College students next quarterly cabinet meeting Tonight at Hotel because the town 18 centrally ^ The Lions club wU1 have a _ y * ’ tfcrough cated in the district. program on automobile safety The meeting will be held late Tuesday (tonight) at 7 at the College Holidays Begin Wednesday Thanksgiving holidays next Sunday. Students will resume class- work on regular schedule next r . — . . f „ 4 . ... ^ . Monday at 8 a.m. Then, they Region C ’ of Distrlct Z2rA Hairston, 63, of win have a three - week work . _ SntoJ miT U C W And?™ 327 Poplar St., LydU MHl, stretch before 1116 8tart ^ th « KlWOOIS Club To —Clinton Mills, C. W. Anderson ’ * ’ annual Christmas vacation on . . this month. Clinton is in Zone 6, Mary Musgrove Hotel. Bob Strength, safety supervisor of the Greenwood Plant of Chem- strand, will speak. Mr. Strength is chairman of Hosiery Co., and the Torrington died early Sunday morning at December is" Meet THanksaivinO lhe Textile Section of the Na- C°- Bailey Memorial Hospital after Th Ki i p. h tional Safety Council. The pro- Oscars were presented the fol- , . rr The Kiwanis Club will change gram has been arranged by lowing for their work within the se y eral yea ” ° f illne88 - ^ a On Newspaper Staff from its regular meeting and Claude Crocker. The film, “Be- divisions; W. C. Baldwin, Hugh > Native of Lauren County, Miss Mary simong gtu _ have a breakafast meeUng fore It’s Too Late,” starring S. Jacobs, Dr. Louis M. Ste- »°n of the late CharUe L. and dent at Montreat-Anderson Col- Thanksgiving morning at 8:00 Dick Van Dyke will be shown. It phens, George Brockenbrough, Ud* Hairston, he was a le g e> Montreat, N. C., is • re- •• m - at the Mar y Musgrove gives facts concerning safety in Charles Buice, Don Creighton, member of the Lydia Baptist porter on the staff of the student Hotel. the car. Marvin Gault, William Hatton, Church and Campbell Lodge newspaper, The Dialette. Morris Seymour, Tom Stallworth, No. 44. He was secretary of She is the daughter of Mrs. Af Klowhorrv Pnr Rronro DorKv John Daniluk, Dr. Marc C. Weer- Lydia Mills at the time of his Locke Simons of Clinton. MT neWDCrry ror pronzg l '*TDy sing, J. E. Stockman, Dr. M. A. retirement in 1961. His service Macdonald, Phil Rogers, Mrs. with Lydia extended over a pe- J. B. Templeton, Mrs. Marvin riod of 47 years. Gault, Mrs. Cally Gault, Mrs. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Heath Copeland, Mrs Harry Daigy Hairston; a son, Ayars, Mrs. R. M. Fuller, Mrs. d. Hairston, Jr., of Ly dia Mill; a daughter, Mrs. T. Dr. Harbin Nomad ?• ot R * »• b , .. , three brothers, R. G. Hairston Nvwt Board Mambar and Samuel O. Hairston of grove St. and then out E. Main St. Included in the lineup will be Miss Clinton of 1965. Miss Bever ly Muller. All floats carrying a Christmas theme are eligible for prize com petition. The seven prizes rahjg- ing from $40 to 10. Anyone wish ing to place a unit in the parade should contact Charles Buice, parade chairman at telephone number 833-2628. ’ A group of the members of the Clinton Council of Camp Fires will assemble in mid-downtown and present a program of Christmas songs before the pa rade begins. The parade will begin at Whit ten Village for a tour of the cam pus at 3 p.m. Units coming to Clinton should head in on S. Adair St. and fall in place on E. Calhoun and E. Maple streets. Units should be it* place by 4:15. | Sponsor of the parade is the Merchants Division of the Clin ton Chamber of Commerce. D. B. Smith is chairman of the Merchants Division. Clinton To Close For Thanksgiving Clinton, along with the rest of the country, will observe Thanksgiving (Thursday) as a holiday. Business houses generally will be closed for the day, including retail storqp, shops, offices, banks and the post office. No mad <Mt««riee will be made, it was statoefby W. D. Adair, post master. A union Thanksgiving service will be held at 10:00 a. m. at Belk Auditorium on the Pres byterian College campus: The Rev. E. W. Rogers, pastor of Broad Street Methodist Church, will deliver the sermon. The annual Thanksgiving Day football game between Presby terian College and Newberry College will take place on Setz- ler Field in Newberry. Game time is 2:00 p. m. Cotton Mills of the area will observe their usual work hours, it was stated. Some of the oth er industries will take the day off, while some will maintain their regular work schedules. Most college students will xe- turn home for the holiday pe riod and remain for the week end. Many hunters of the area will take to the fields and woods in search of game, and fishermen will try their luck at nearby lakes and streams and the coast al areas of the state. Clinton-Lydia Mills Employees fo Get Hose, Indians to dash Thursday This is the one! All the mar- b b hies are at stake in the upcom- \/1 < /flO in XavjnflC in * Presbyterian-Newberry foot- 1,1 baU game, as the Blue Stockings _ More than 600 special checks shoot for their first winning sea- Dr. L. Byron Harbin, pastor Clinton; and Virgil Hairston of h ? v ® **5?, 0l ? ? > * 0 ,lnce 1000 ^ 1116 traditional of the First Baptist Church of Greenville; a sister, Mrs. P. W. ST 0 ™® J* rbyRght a l J 2:0 ° p - m ’ Joanna, was named a member Mauldin of Fort Myers, Fla.; at have been four.tie games, of the board of tnutee. of North and four grandchildren. ** ^ “.!***? B T“aP €r ? y For the two Gramme Junior College by Funeral service! will be con th ™ u * h0 “ t •** P** 4 '“f. *« <*> . “"’i .'‘X* the South Carolina Baptist Coo- duc.ed Tuesday ot 1:00 p. m. cheeks total gll^0.K agsK with Presbyterian hoptag the m with the best record In the -o no. -o r.iv.-v D_ nt « at Kv representing the amoont saved to keep the symbol of football state at 6-4, after they were wnuonol Its recent sesoloo In " Cal™n' “”«h by bJr empk>yM1 ^ priority between the old-thhe picked so the bottom college ureennue. nev. m. ganders, mag Qub during the year by rivals for the third straight year, football squad before the season Dr. Harbin was professor of Spillers means of payroll deductions. PC took last year's game 35-6, started. They lost the first two ftS^viSTjui^r^lleBe ^.“corVlrT c^rd^’ Accoriiin t to President Robert after a 14-7 upset victory by the games of the campaign, then Greenvill Junior College before rens County Memory Gardens. M Vance, the checks will be da* Haas in 1963.. won five of the next seven. moving to Joanna- He has held Pallbearers will be Roy San- Uvered to employee members The Hosemen have a 5-4 rec- This past week-end saw PC pastorates at Brinson and Spar- dert, J. B. Reeder, O. C. Har- 0Q Friday, along with regular ord and the Indians are 2-7, but lose a close defensive thriller ta in his native Georgia, and ris, Ezzie Miller, Paul Mose- checks for the week. this annual meeting shows no by an 8-7 count to the strong Tylertown, Miss. He also ly and A. C. Caldwell. The savings plan is for the coo* favoritism to the favorites. PC Is Western Carolina Catamounts, fnngbt Old English at New Or- The body is at Gray Funeral venience of employees and it way out front in the 52-year-old as the Cullowhee, N. C., squad leans Baptist Theological Semi- Home and will be placed in the entirely voluntary, Mr. Vance rivafry, with El wine against 17 hit on an 85-yard bomb to open V church Tuesday at 2:00 p. m. said. for the Newberry crowd. There the fourth quarter and added a 2-point conversion for the decis ion. It was a hard loss for the Hose, who held the upper hand the majority of the battle in their best defensive effort of the year. Quarterback Bill Kirtland put PC ahead in the third period on a 5-yard run, and Richard Reed’s PAT kick made it 7-0 until the big pass play J>y WCC. Kirtland is almost a certainty to capture season offensive hon ors for the Hosemen, since the poised rookie already has 707 yards passing going into the last game. He has compiled 58 of 117 passes, including nine touch downs. End James Smith has taken over the pass - catching lend, with 16 receptions tor 166 yards. The top ground gainer is Fullback Sam Williams, who has rushed 473 yards on 112 carries, a 4.2 average.