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The Clinton Chronide
Vol. 66 — No. 48
Clinton, S. G, Thursday, December 2, 1965
A Clinton man, his wife and a
neighbor’s child were killed and
three persons injured near
Hodges in Greenwood County
Wednesday morning, Nov. 24, in
a broadside collision involving
three vehicles.
Pronounced dead on arrival at
Self Memorial Hospital at Green
wood about 10:20 a.m. were Ern
est C. Graham, SO, and hi% wife,
Eva Maude Graham, 42, of 313
Davis St, Clinton.
The child, three-year-old Monr
ty Allen Proffitt of 200 Davis St.
who rode in Mrs. Graham’s lap
in the middle of the front seat,
died shortly after arrival at the
hospital, S. C. Highway Patrol
man A. W. Hampton said.
A fourth passenger in the
front seat, Windsor William
Graham, 17, a son of the Gra
hams riding next to the right
door is still in critical condition
with head and chest injuries. He
was transferred Thursday from
the Greenwood Hospital to
Greenville General Hospital.
Martha Graham, 13-year-old
daughter riding in the back seat,
* was rushed by ambulance ho the
Lutherans Nome
Three to CouncH
Christmas Parade Set for 4:30 Today
Thousands Te
View Spectacle
IB Assn. Receipts
Reach $6,859.80
The second week's receipts
CHARLES W. RUARK, JR.
At a business meeting of the
congregation held last Sunday
morning, St. John’s Lutheran
Church elected three persons to
membership on the Codncil for
a period of three years, begin
ning January 1.
Those elected are Mrs. F. M. bring the Christmas Seal Cam-
Boland, Wyman M. Shealy and paign income up to $6,859.80,
Walter A. Sigman. according to C. K. Wright of
They will succeed Messrs. Laurens.
John H. Fulmer, Shelton J. Mr. Wight is chairman of the
Rimer and J. V. Stilwell, Jr. committee of volunteers who
Enforced rotation in the St. opened the mail on Wednesday
John’s official board is a con- at the Laurens Federal Savings
stitutional requirement, church and Loan Association. Others
officers state. working with him were Mrs. A.
The newly elected Council W. Busby and Mrs. Wright,
members will be installed at an Christmas Seal funds - are
early public service. used by the Tuberculosis and
Health Association to continu
ally protect citizens from tu
berculosis and other lung dis
eases in both Greenwood and
Laurens Counties.
Returns will be opened in
the
CLINTON HALL
Woman Dies
Of Strangulation
A 35-year-old Negro woman
recently found dead here, died
Ruark Is Cashier
Of Bailey's Bank
Charles W. Ruark, Jr., Joined
was rusneu uy aiuuiuouv^w ^ c^ n Bankers recently touna aeaa nere, cue a 7- .
«»* iNovfSe? m of strangulation, according to an Clinton o^ Dumber 3 at
wRh facial injuries. Another w rRnnrk _ native ^ w «_ autopsy report. Bank ot LUnton
son, Gerald Ernest Graham, 20, . ^ N c A graduate of Evelyn Jackson was found
aiso a back seat passenger, was ^ university of South Carolina, dead on the ground in an area Open AA Meeting
“ Patrolman Hampton said the ^JS^^^Kde^DlJ Macaccording fcTlocal Sunday Evening At
ST"cSvcrwIrt to PoTlrwurarwe Corporation ond PoUce. Brood St. Churdl
Graliun on U. S. Hlghw., 246 CoT death foUo^ . SintogTut ^ op * n , m “ tln h g th '. 100,11
p- g.rss £ ssr- r*rr ^ °r srs ■J-Hm
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Highway 254 by Ira Tony ha#c tw0 chudren Deborah, 10,
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Cl X g ?;n 22 w« 0f tlKn hos- 811(1 Wilson, ^five months. They
Craigo was taken Jo the hw- ^ thelr ^ at 110
pital and was listed in fair con- VrtnH *
thcMInlurlw jjftor of u,, ^
fhi dMth k ^ar tato Robert M Vance, president;
Se'^offtriSS^STerlS
Dr. Clark to Lead
Lutheran Service
The Rev. Ben M. Clark, D.D.,
retired and living at Walhalla,
freshments will be served in
will conduct the service next Hodges Hall by the Woman’s So
me iruni ui O u-vvgya-ua^a , , r „ „ . Sunday morning in St. John’s ciety of Christian Sendee,
which was stopped, heading east dent; J Jame * V ° n I i oll »’J i Lutheran Church, in the absence The public is invited to attend
on Highway 246 the patrolman present; Charles F. Waldron, the in^rijn pastor, Dr. E. B. this open meeting and also for
said. The truck driver was not truat officer Keisler. Dr. Clark’s subject will the refreshment period,
injured. be, “The Voice of History.”
Patrolman Hampton said some Gifts Being Sought Aft * r a P«»torateof ten years Wfiitteil ViHaqe
of the passengers were thrown . , n . or more at Grace Church, Pros- • i# t A
from the Graham car as ft For Hospital Patients perity, Dr. Clark retired about a Special TO Appear
plunged about 100 feet after im- ciintonians are being asked to ^ a F. ag0 and n ? oved back |n Parade Line Today
pact, stopping in a field about 56 bring Christmas cheer to the pa- Wtiihalla where he had Mrved interesUne entry in Clin-
feet from the road. tie Z at the S. C. State Hospitals st - J ° bn 8 Lutheran Church for An interestmg ei^y in^m
The Proffitt child accom- by guu to the •■Op- tw. dy^te,. wiU be^TcSenTto^,
panying the Grahams on a busi- era tion Santa Claus” project. j^ 11 . ne . xt ® un ? ay D r‘ Whitten Village
ness trip to Greenwood. The following articles are sug- w111 be 1x1 The train is composed of an
Funeral notices for the victims „ e st e d- lotions creams, bath P ate in * s*** 1 * 1 Bervlce in t*® on tf n e .I.t,
... _ _____ i_ gesiea. iwuuus, trcania, nf thp Church of th* engine and three cars with seats,
are printed on other pages in p 0wder talcum powder, pa- new eamce oi tne t^nuren ox me ® . .. ■ ■
^ ’ jamas, gowns, socks, hose, rflin Redeemer.
organizer of the Clinton group 16
years ago, will explain how the
AA program works for the alco- Whitten to Get Honorary Degree
holic—man or woman . *
Following the program re-
GREENVILLE HALL
Two Dedication Services
At College Friday, Sunday
A double-barreled dedication
program at Presbyterian College
this weekend will feature Gov
ernor Robert E. McNair, ace
builder Buck Mickel, Whitten
Village’s own B. O. Whitten and
two buildings representing $1
million dollars in brick and mor
tar.
Together, they form a colorful
The Chronicle today.
COACH CLAUDE HOWE
coats, rain hats, ties, belts,
shirts, gloves, scarfs, bedroom
slippers, tobacco, cigarettes, ci
gars, playing cards, wash
cloths, soap, shampoo, hair
brushes, combs, pipes, crayons,
color books, cookies, chewing
gum and soft candy.
All gifts at Christmas should
be new articles. If the gift is
wrapped a tag should be se
curely fastened to the package
giving the name of article, size,
color and for & man or woman.
This project of the Volunteer
Services Committee is sponsored
by the Laurens County Mental
Healffi Association, and co
sponsored in Clinton by the
Clinton B&PW Club.
Gifts, wrapped or unwrapped,
may be left at the following
places: Tweed Shop, Dell’s
Beauty Salon, Lou’s Shop,
Ruby’s Beauty Shop and Cham
ber of Commerce office.
mounted on robber tiro., nnd I. com btnnU«i to .potlUht the btg-
cep.be of Iran porting a number ges( phaM yet achieved ta pe,
long-range program. And thdy
of children. It is powered by a
gasoline engine. will pay tribute to the generofas
The train was designed and that mnvpH two snprial
built by Harwood Nelson, for
many years a member of the
staff of Whitten Village.
The “Whitten Village Special”
no doubt will attract the atten
tion of parade viewers.
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Pledges For New
Lutheran Church
At $7,000 First Week
spirit that moved two special
communities In behalf of Chris
tian higher education here.
Activities will begin Friday
morning with an address by
Mickel, president of the Daniel
Construction Company, and the
formal dedication of Greenville
Dining Hall. This program is
scheduled .for 10 a.m. in Belk
Auditorium.
Governor McNair will speak
GOVERNOR McNAIR
Santa Claus will arrive in Clin
ton this afternoon in high style,
preceded by a 40-unit parade, as
the Christmas holiday season is
heralded by the city.
The parade will begin at 4:20
p.m. Thousands of persons are
expected to line the route, while
the business section will be
lighted by the city’s holiday
decorations.
E. G. Christopherson will
serve as parade marshal. He
will be astride one of his beauti'-
ful Arabian horses.
Following will be city officials,
representatives from the Cham
ber of Commerce and heads of
the city’s institutions.
Music will be furnished by the
Presbyterian College Drum and
Bugle Corps and seven bands,
including those from Ware
Shoals High School, Laurens
High, Clinton Junior High, Bell
Street High, Hickory Tavern
High, Whitmire High, and Clin
ton High.
Parade Chairman Charlea
Buice has asked that all floats
and other entrants assemble in
place on South Adair, Maple and
Calhoun Streets by 4:15 p.m.
The parade will move into and
head north on S. Broad St.. It
will remain on Broad as far as
the post office, then swing into
E. Florida and turn right on
Musgrove, continuing on to E.
Main St., where it will turn left,
disbanding further out East
Main.
Eighteen or twenty floats will
be featured in the parade that
will include some twenty other
entries.
Seven prizes offered in the
Governor McNair and a talk by n0 n-commercial float division
President Weersing, the Sunday will range from $40 to $10.
program will include: honorary Parade units will make an
degree presented by Robert appenronce nt wwtten Village
„ . . earlier in the afternoon for the
Vance; litany of dedication led benefit of the hundredg ^ chu.
by Dr. W. Redd Turner, pastor dren living there.
emeritus of the Clinton First Local Camp Fire Girts will
Presbyterian Church; a brief Sive a session of appropriate
talk by Tom Addison of Clinton, ?”'“ a, hl “Te P, t r .to SLe'S'S
post pres.dent of the PC Alumni „„„ tte center ^ ^ ^
Association; choral presentation
by the college choir; and prayers
by the Rev. Joseph H. Darr, pas
tor of the Clinton First Baptist
Church, and by the Rev. Alfred
L. Bixler, pastor of the Clinton
First Presbyterian Church.
Greenville Hall and Clinton
Hall are two of three air-condi- servicemen in Viet Nam must
tioned buildings which have been be mailed this week for guar-
under construction on thePresby- anteed delivery by Christmas
terian College Campus for the Day, Postmaster Dollie M. Carr
past year. They were completed of Joanna stated.
in time for the start of the 1965- Postmaster Carr stated that
September. The
Mail for Viet Nam
Must Go This Week
Christmas gifts and cards for
Three CHS Players, Chorus Rehearsal
Coach Howe Named s f hedul «. Giw ".
A. R. Hamilton Goes
To Union Plant
Of Torrington Co.
Member Of
Champion Team
Michael Smith, son of Mr. and
but stresses the fact that they
cannot offer any assurances at
all after December 5.
Plaxico Building
Featured in Brochure
A Clinton building is featured
.were honored Monday nigh| at a an Lhurch; t nday, Dec. lotn, B ^ aggun g manager of the Strom Thurmond and Represenr morning exercises. The new
banquet in Laurens which spot- Presbyterian Church; Tuesday, C]inion plant '' s Albert Watson. * dining facUity is named in honor
lighted the third annual Eastern December 14th, Presbyterian Mr Hami ] ton wiU assume hi* Niles Hanna, chairman, Lath of Greenville County supporters
AA All-Conference foothaU team. Church; Thursday, Dec. 16th, new dutieg at Union on nejrt rens county GOP, introduced whoi underwrote much of the
The players from Clinton Belk Auditorium; Friday, Dec. Monday. Mr. Dent who gave a recital of $500.00® cost. In addition to
named on the team were Gary nth, Belk Auditorium. Mr Hamilton came to Clinton current Democratic shortcom- funds raised in the area during
Laney, quarterback; Joel Whit- The program wiU be present- w jth the starting of construction ings. pc ’ 8 1962 development cam-
sel, halfback, and Tommy John- ed on Sunday, December 19th, 0 f the Torrington plant in 1960. He pointed out that the country paign, they staged a supplemen-
son, end. at 4 o’clock in Belk Auditorium He will be succeeded by R. V ——* <n,mHv» th* tarv drive last year to add
Coach Claude Howe was is open to the public. Bodmer of Torrington, Conn,
named Coach of the Tear in the
conference in the balloting by
the coaches in the conference.
Speaker for the dinner was
Jim Anderson, sports editor of
The Greenville News.
Woodruff placed five boys on
the all-conference team, Union
had two, and Chester one.
Wodruff’s players are: Buddy
Cox and Mike Watts, backs;
Phil Sawyer, tackle; Boyd
Smith, guard; and CSiarlie Phil
lips, center.
Union—Billy Gault, end, and
Pete Stone, tackle. Chester —
Ralph Brooks, guard.
Cox was selected for the third
year in a row, and Laney and
Whitsel for their second year.
Speciot Stnricos
At Episcopal Church
All Saints Episcopal Church is
holding a series of dally wereMp
sendees ad 2:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.
m.. In observance of the Advent
Sanson, preceding the beginning
Y of the church yea*
V* Tfaa Episcopal Gkunh is Oris
erea of fht state la
this
session In depteiiiDer• xut? jg deposited d£ter tins
Shelton J. Rimer, director of Sunday afternoon at the formal nami ng of CUnton Hall with the third structure, the new science k ^ p t 0ffi
the appeal for pledges to the ceremonies dedicating Clinton Dres( . ntation of an hohbrary de- building, is almost finished and t m k oossible
building fund of St. John'. Lu- HaU women', dormitory. Tlii. 1. PrownteUon of an nonnrary oe ^ ^ dedlcate<| at a later date ment wui make every powlble
theran Church, announced at the also the occasion when PC will grce to one of Clinton so ** All three new structures follow fn
service last Sunday that pledges honor Dr. B. O. Whitten, recently sons, Dr. Whitten. th e colonial Georgian style of ^
for next year now total a little retired Whitten Village superin- Clinton Hall offers resident fa- Architecture in keeping with the Kii , *^„ y
more than $7,200. The congrega* tendent, with an honorary Doc- cilities for 125 girls and a house- style of other buildings,
tion set out a week ago to secure tor of Hum|anities degree. It’s mother. Three floors of living
pledges in the amount of at least set for 3 p.m. in Belk Audi- accommodations feature four-
$10,000. torium. student suites, including two
Robert M. Vance, Clinton large bedrooms connected by a
. c L As banker-industrialist who serves central bath. The first floor, in
Uent jpeOKS AT as chairman of the Presbyterian addition, has the housemother’s
Reoublican Rally College board of trustees, will apartment, large reception par- Mrs. James T. Smith of Colum- , ilIuon DUliaini£ 1S veaiurea
Harrv Dent chairman-elect of Preside over both occasions. i 0 r and four dating parlors, bia and a grandson of Mr. and brochure mailed out to all
Harry uem, cnairman-eieci m n •waaraina aion j Mrs E L Holland, was a mem- n a Drocnure mauea oui 10 an
ng S. C. Class A P arts of the country, it was re-
Lower Richland V(? aled here this week.
h defeated Ware c °P ies of ^ brochure re-
Fridav evening ceived here show the Plaxico
Chevrolet building on W. Main
St. in attractive color.
American Building Company,
publishers of the direct mall
sales printing, mailed out more
than 38,000 copies to prospective
purchasers of their steel arch
buildings.
Santa To Be At
Zipper-hut Daily
Beginning Friday
Santa Claus invites all' his
friends to visit him at his “Zip
per-hut” on the city parking Idt,
next door to the Chamber of
Commerce building.
He will be in his home each
afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m., be
ginning Friday, December 3,
thru Saturday, December 18.
cannot indefinitely survive the tar y drive last year
unbridled and irresponsible $160,000 more,
spending which is mortgaging Cafeteria - style serving, with
the future of oncoming genera- two serving counters, enable*
tions; that we have toyed dan- the hall to accommodate 1,500
gerously with statism and a persons during the interval of
planned, socialistic economy; each meal. The actual seating
that the constitutional laws of capacity is 500 in the main din-
the land have been perverted by Ing area and 50 in an adjacent
the Democratic bureaucracy in private dining room. Almost
a shameless grab for personal one-half of the building is given
power; that decisions of the U. 8. over to the kitchen area, where
Supreme Court have given the modern equipment and ample
Communists a new lease on life, space assure convenient prepa-
with the result that we may ex- ration of food,
pect redoubled Red activity; Dr. C. Newman Faulconer,
that we are now experiencing pastor of the Greenville First
the Reconstruction Era of the Presbyterian Church, will lead
1860’s in reverse, with Federal the litany of dedication for
Democratic registrars convert- Greenville Hall. Speaker Mickel
ing on counties of Southeni will be introduced by Malcolm
TED DAVENPORT
DICK SWETENBURG
Swetenburg, Davenport Promoted
“Dick” Swetenburg, will replace Swetenburg at Ly-
Five Thomwell
Players Named
Thornwril placed five players
on the Northwestern B All-Con-
selected
n.
The Raw. John Rivers, FHost
^ trfa, itvtta* tha pablla ta
A |1,000 grant has baas given to Preabyterian Col
lege by the Sean, Roebuck Foundation. Given for un
restricted jiausieia under the foundation’s broad aid-
to-oducation program, it will be used in tha PC devel
opment program.
W. W; Van Naas, manager of the Clinton outlet of
Sean, Rorfmck and Company, is pictured hare at left
presenting tha fUKW check to T ‘
Weersing.—Photo by Yarborough.
_ MHMBUMggM John R.
States in increasing numbers as P. Niven of GreenvUle, president Jr Lyd ia plant spinning over- dia. t olironc Ponntv ference football team
the date of the next election of the Carolina Manufacturing ' . , , Davenport, a Laurens County ference footoau learn,
draws near; that the five South- Company, and the PC choir will seer * has 56611 aPP° !nted ^P 6 * native, is a graduate of Clinton by coaches in the conference,
era States which voted Repubh- sing. Also included an the pro- intendent of Clinton Mills Plant H jg b school and holds a me- Ends — Jerry Chandler,
can In the last election are being gram are: the Rev. John 8. pjo. 1, effective December 1. chanical engineering degree Thomwell; Bobby Joe Dershe,
singled out for special puniab- Walkup, pastor of the Fountain Hig promotion was announced from Clemson. Slater-Marietta.
ment Inn Presbyterian Church; and Mon d ay by J. B. Templeton, He Joined CUnton MUls in Tackles — Claude Robmou,
Mr. Dent said that the ted«C»l the Rev. Edward Hopper, pastof vice . pr e 8 ident of manufactur- November 1962 following two JonesvUle; Frank Elkina,
government is no longer (is of Greenville’s Fourth Presby- yearg ^ military service and Thomwell.
servant of tha peopla, but is M$r terian Church. Swetenburg, a native of An- worked through the Lydia plant Guards—Fred Cogdill, Lock-
their master. He deolored the The ecu vocation on Sunday af- . .ueeeeds the late Jul- in the management develop- hart; Ray Rowe, Thomwell.
President Marc C.
general atmosphere of secular- ternoon is of special significance Reynolds
ism and atheism which prevails to CUnton residents. They sub- ia “
today in Washington.
He dosed with the dedaratttm
♦fcMt the Republican Patty imw - . ,
posse to give the govarnmeat of era of full coeducation. Aad school
the United states back to tha college officials felt it fitting at University,
people. this am* to combine the official Thomas E.
Jul- in the management
ment program.
CUn- At the time of his appoint-
Center—Hardd Bates, Slater-
Marietta
— L a r r y Cockrell,
Ted’
ly he served as a supervisor
Davenport of spinning at Lydia.
Don
Smith,
Rochester,
J