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I ■■■I I * u . * ^ t. 1! JBftp PM{| IB HHpBRI wBBSmSM , ■■ : ■ ><* V The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 68 — No. 6 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, February 10,1966 '*~£c£ ' *' ' ‘/'’j ■ <4^ Bond Debt Limit Would Be Doubled In Two Districts L. B. Trammell Breaks Ground as Pastor and Members look on M. To Erect Sanctuary, Educational Building Davidson Street Baptist Church to Enlarge Plant Floyd Hellams —Yarborough Photo - - L Council Authorizes Tennis Court Lights And Deed for Land The six recently tennis courts on the campus of Columbia—Two proposed con stitutional amendments would double the bond debt limit of two Laurens County school districts rather than increase them by one per cent, State Rep. J. C. League pointed out here Tues day. The Laurens representative said a news story reporting that the amendments would raise bond ceilings in the dis- tr cts from 15 to 16 per cent was completed erroneous. “Laurens County voters should Clinton Merchants Invite . jj, ° 11,1 j _ 1 » You to Three Dollar Days Today, Friday and Saturday know we are doubling our bond Clniton High School will be debt limit from 8 to 16 per cent Ground - breaking ceremonies breaking services for the first lighted, according to approval for school purposes only,” said for the addition of a sanctuary unit took place on May 3, 1959, by City Council Friday night at League and an educational building to when the church began as a mis- Davidson Street Baptist Church sion church of Calvary Baptist took place Sunday, February 6, Church. The second and third with members of the congrega- units of the present structure tion, building committee, con- were begun on February 7, 1959. tractors, and the pastor, Rev. M. Floyd Hellams, participating. Members of the building com mittee are Robert Spencer, chairman:. Marvin DeYoung, Joe Campbell, Mrs. Oscar Kin- the Calvary Baptist Church ard, Mrs. Ed Wells, Mrs. Lab/d'December of that year. no Section 5 of Article 10 of the its February meeting. S t at e Constitution sets the ceil- The courts, built by interest- j n g f or bond issues at 8 per ed citizens of the community at cent fo assessed property evalu- a cost of approximately $20,000, ation. The congregation and church w in be under the supervision of T 9.' program were organized from th Cit Pp Cr p a tion Commis ^ a, fr en ® ntroc juced a measure mission status to that of a self- ^ ^ " n Comnus n the Senate last week propos- supporting church October 25, sion. The lights will be install- mg November referendums and became independent of ed in the spring, it was stated, constitutional in Council also directed a cost survey be made for sewer line installations in an area Red Line. Judges Asked to Accept 50 or 59 Seat Senate Plan 1959, on amendments to allow School Districts 55 and 56 to up bond limits to 16 per cent. “This should have beep a Mae Howard Harvey Foster, C. Construction by Cannon Cop- insta ii a tion s in an area known delegation bill instead of the S. Quarles, Jimmie Summler, s truQtion Company of Newberry _ . _. senator taking credit for it ” Bobby Joe Madors, Brevard will b e g i n immediately, and as Red Line - League sa^d “We (Se deleea Patterson, and Mr. Hellams. heating and air conditioning will Council authorized the mayor tion ° should ‘ have talked ab o Ut The new building will add 12,- be installed by the Benjamin and city clerk to execute a deed ft first.” A three-judge federal panel which di rected that the South Carolina Senate be reapportioned according to population has been sent two plans for consider ation. The first for the judges consider ation is Plan A at left for a 50-member Senate, while Plan B at right sets up a 59-member Senate. In most instances in both plans several counties are combined to form a senatorial district, while some individual, counties are districts, in them selves. The number of Senators for each district is shown. The most heavily pop ulated districts Will have more than one senator, with Greenville, Richland and Charleston leading as seen in Plan A with four each. 000 square feet to the existing Plumbing Service of Greenwood, three - unit structure. Ground- Walker and Farmer of Green ville are the architects for the new structure. Initial Service In New Baptist Church on Feb. 20 Three PC Seniors Get Commissions Three Presbyterian College seniors who completed work on to Joanna Western Mills Oom- League said the bond debt pany or E. L. Mansure Com- was “absolutely a must for , ,, , , . . future growth” in Laurens Coun- pany for 15 acres of land m ty schools and he favors Us pas _ the city’s new industrial park sage. for the site of a new industry “Some question jlas arisen announced several weeks ago. about this and I would like the voters of Laurens County to know this is more or less a Roberts Becomes . Superintendent Of Plants in Joanna — — - Joanna—E. W. Roberts Jr., 36, mstruct the police department precautionary measure to in- has been named general super- Council directed the mayor to 7-Year-0ld Girl Dies . . <> After Being Hit By Car Special'bargains will highlight “Dollar Days” in Clinton today, Friday, and Saturday—three big days. ~ “THE BIG THREE”—big val ue days—have been carefully planned with the customer in mind. And the aim is to make the event the most interesting in Clinton’s history of big dollar days. Carl Leonard is chairman of the special promotion commit tee and D. B. Smith is chairman of the Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce, under whose auspices the big dollar days event is promoted. Many of the retail merchants of the city are participating and their advertisements may be found in The Chronicle today. Officials in charge of plans for the semi-annual event em phasized the fact that participat ing merchants have agreed that outstanding values will be the drawing card for shoppers. Displayed in the windows of firms will be special dollar day banners to show their active participation in this special sales event. their decrees at the close of the * t —— -“a sc.c.oi ou^*- « 7-year-old Clinton girl died a Clinton clinic and was being Shoppers are certain to find fir J hlln to erect no parking slgns for ^re money for the future be- intendent pf the Joanna plants enroute to a GreenviUe hosnit- transferred to GreenviUe Gen- the merchandise they want at Services in the new sanctuary first semester have just been trucks on Broad Street. In De- cause of the 8 per cent limita- of Greenwood Mills here, Presi- , T a ^ P oral hospital when she died P rices the y can afford in Clinton of the First BapUst Church have commissione^as^secon^lieuten- cember) Council approved an tion . This is not an a pp r opria- debt J. C. Self has announced. al Tuesday afternoon after beulg about 5 (W p m during dollar da y s >” according ordinance restricting t r u c k tion.” Roberts succeeds Joe L ^ struck b y ,a nei g hb or’s car near Crawford told officers he got t0 o Mr Leonard - t . parking on the street to load- League said the amendments lany) who re tired this month. her horne - - off work, picked up his wife So—come to Clinton Thursday, ing and unloading. were discussed two months ago A praHnato nf nr»onum/vi wiaii Clinton city police officers and was enroute to Laurens been scheduled for Sunday, Feb- ants in the United States Army, ruary 20, according to an an- They are: Benjamin R. Pick- nouncement made earlier this ens, Jr., of Spartanburg, corn- week by the pastor, the Rev. missioned in the engineer corps J. H. Darr. and scheduled to report to Fort It had been hoped to have the Belvoir, Va.; George A. Taylor, initial service this coming Sun- J r -, of Asheville, N. C., military day, but with the installation of police corps, headed to Fort Gor- pews not to be completed until don, Ga., for his first assign- earlier next week, it was not ment; and James R. Wilkinson, Jr., of Atlanta, John D. Kennedy Pleads Guilty In Auto Theft Case A Laurens man pleaded guilty Have Scout Program possible. ‘ ur., oi Aiiania, whose active Dedication services are being attend 5 law^chool permit t0 ipiracy^ase in U^S ^ District Kiwanis Club To planned for an early Sunday m u ^ Rlchard w ^ C o„„ a. GreenviUe in which professor of military science at three other area residents enter- PC, conducted the swearing in ed SuMy pleas, exercises. The commissions were presented by Col. A. J. Thackston (Ret.), who now ser ves as PC student dean. were discussed two months ago . graduate of Greenwood High Clinton city police officers and was enroute to Laurens Friday and Saturday if you at a meeting of District 56 trus- Sc h<S fnd C l^ said the child Janet Denise when the girl apparently ran want to find the kind of mer- tees with the delegation. scnooi ana ciemson university, me Lima, uanet uemse chandise values you have been An 8 per cen, limitalion might ,™ Pl 1 'S! d b> ’ "'“T 0t 6U , ^ She l daughter of '<* ™”>’ * «*J\ have been sufficient years ago, ^"w 0011 ^ lUs smce la51 - parently ran into the path of a Clark and France s Guest Mead- League said, but growth and He began his career in textiles 1947 Chevrolet driven by Oscar ors and was in the first grade resultant expansion is demand- as a standards technician and ing more financial resources. was later coordinator of servic- es. In 1961, he became assistant about 4.20 p. m. The victim was first taken to S. Bailey Elementary 621 Are Enrolled At Presbyterian For 2nd Semester A total of 621 students are en- roled at Presbyterian College for the second semester of the John Dallas Kennedy, 46, of Laurens and Herschel Elrod, Musgr^ve HoteTat 7p.m now serving a jail sentence in superintendent of Greenwood Mills’ Durst plant, and in 1962, he was transferred to the Green wood plants. He became super- The~ Clinton Kiwanis Club will intend ^ nt of Mathews p lant P No . ha ve its bi-weekly meeting to- j of Gree nwood Mills in March night (Thursday) at the Mary Lutherans Study "Liturgy and Life" A new course of study by the adult class of the Sunday school of 1964. Roberts has A. Crawford of 606 Bailey St., at M. School. Surviving are three sisters, Sheila and Karen Meadors of the home, and Mrfs Sandra Pen- a j John’s Lutheran Church is land of Laurens; the paternal entitled “Liturgy and Life.” Af- grandaprenjs, Mr. and Mrs. M. ( er looking into the relationship A. Milam, Sr., of Clinton; and b etween the two and after con- attainment bte a 13 * 61-1131 grandmother, Mrs. s jdering the purpose and nature W. H. Guest of Silver Springs, 11 PC Students Are Recognized High scholastic of has elevated 11 Presbyterian M d Pro-Viet Nam Rally Slated for Atlanta “Affirmation: Vietnam” is the Tho niih wii ronneni™ Motion *wucn. B uas a bachelor of has elevated 11 Presbyterian Md " " ' of worship the class will devote , j wi_ in. 1 The Club wil recognize Nation- .......... ' iua - several Sunday mornings to a Georgia, entered the guilty pleas fll B Scout Week and wil have science degree in textile engi- College students to the Soph- Funeral services will be held study of the significance of the m connection with theft and sale as speaker Audry B McCroskey> y e 5 neering from Clemson. He serv- of automobiles in the Carolinas Jr ., Laurens - Newberry District ed j n the United States Air Force and Georgia. Scout Executive, Blue Ridge and is a graduate of the USAF Dean Joseph M nounced today. The group includes Gettys an- parts of the order of as followed by Luth- 1965-66 session. Registrar Roslyn subject of a rallly scheduled to Martin announced today. , be held in th€ Atlanta Stadium, She said the number is com- Atlanta, Ga., at 1 p.m. Saturday, posed of 518 men and 103 wo- Feb. 12, for the purpose of mani- men. These figures compare to festing suport of U. S. fighting omore Academic Honor Society, to day (Thursday) at 3 o’clock at several Bailey Memorial Methodist worship Church, conducted by the Rev. erans . Thomas Miller and the Rev. £) r Keisler urges al the adult two wo- J. W. Spillers. members of the congregation to interment will be in Rosemont avail themselves of this oppor- They will be sentenced March Council, Boy Scouts of America. communicatl ons school 14 when the other six persons in- Mr. McCroskey is a former Married to the former Miss dieted on the charges are Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and had A™ Kinard of Ninety Six, he is men and nine men These stu _ brought to trial. the enviable honor of reaching the father of three children, Rob, strateht se- Pleading innocent to the con- the Eagle rank as a Boy Scout. 11 i Ruth 9, and Angie, 3. Mrs. .U f SUDer i at j V p dace. spiracy are Raymond Horace He has served as an assistant Robart * 18 a g ^ adua 9\ of 9 0lar 9' room work to their credit are- King, 43, and his wife, Mildred, Scoutmaster and as Scoutmaster bia College and taught school in Rmu/n ann’ inhn WhiH-pn VIHnnp 33, of Fountain Inn; John Hel- in local troops. Mr. McCroskey Union before her marriage. Cecil Yates Brown and John Whitten Village Cemetery. The body is at the home. men. inese ngures compare wj festing suport of U. S. fighting - Charles Jones both of Laur- r 1 . 11 . first semester totals of 675 stu- for ces in Vietnam. Secretary of lams Jr - of Laurens; George has had several years with the The family resides in the Shef- J Pincknev Berrv Jr Employees to Meet dents, including 563 men and state Dean Rusk and U. S. Sena- Boswell and Charles Ambry Bar- staff at Whitten Village and in field subdivision of Greenwood, u nion . J ames Edward Bush 112 women. tor Donald Russell of South Car- ™tt, both of Commerce, Ga., and 1963 joined Uie professional staff they ar e active in Main Street « ^ m0 J ete J r X S fi Ed F 7 a ard noth first and second semes- olina. as well as Georgia Con- another Georgia man, Louis of the Blue Ridge Council. Methodist Church. P ® te ” burg - Both first and second semes- olina, as well as Georgia Con „ , , , , IT , . . , „ . ter totals represent new records gressmen, are to be present. Bowers, also known as Blackie He is a graduate of Presbyter- Roberts is a former president for PC, now in its first year of Prior to the rally, petitions Arnold. ian CoUege, a member of the 0 f the Ninety Six Lions Club. He Momnhic Tonn • full coeducation. The second se- will be circulated in the Clinton The defendants were arrested Broad Street Methodist Church is also a member of the Ameri- ^ ., ’ mester decrease represents a area by the Presbyterian College by the FBI Nov. 1 after sealed an d i s mand3 d- Th® McCroskeys can Legion, normal drop caused by some Young Republican Club.Interest- indictments had been returned ba ^ e two children, a boy and a R ober ts was described by the academic failures and some who ed citizens who wish to profess Oct. 25 by the federal grand jury 8iri. President of Greenwood Mills as completed work on their de- support for U. S. forces fighting at Greenville. Federal agents grees. Production Credit Assn. Annual Meet Slated for Saturday The 33rd annual meeting of stockholders of the Clinton Pro duction Credit Association will be held Saturday at the Junior High School building on Florida St, at 10:30 a.m. Among items of business to come before the meeting will be reports by officers on the past year’s operations and the elec tion or reelection of two direc tors whose terms have expired. County Agent A. F. Busby of Newberry County will be the speaker at the session. The local financial organiza tion which extends credit to farmers of the area, has its headquarters in Clinton with a branch office in Newberry. It operates in Laurens and New berry Counties. L. B. Bedenbaugh, of Silver- street, is general manager of the association. Officers are Hugh B. Work-* man, Rt. 3, Clinton, president; David C. Waldrop, Silverstreet, * vice-president; directors (in cluding the officers) are Law rence F. Davis, Rt. 3, Clinton; C. A. Patton, Rt. 2, Fountain Inn; and J. T. McCrackin, Jr.< Rt. 3, Newberry. . The terms of Directors Patton and McCrackin expire at the date of the meeting. In the financial report for the calendar year,of 1986, assets of the association were listed at $863,354; liabilities. $878,906; with the net worth being $179,- 449, wheih includes $71,706 in outstandnig stock and $107,744 reserves. in Viet Nam are asked to sign had been investigating auto theft the petitions. ring operations in Georgia, the The public is invited to the Carolinas and Virginia for 10 Atlanta rally. months. Christmas Seal Campaign Gifts Reach $20,308.28 Carole Hughes Johnston of Duncan; Robert Dewese Lynn, John Spencer Mebane of Dunwoody, Ga.; James Herbert Powell of Scranton; J oseph Franklin br i a g an inexpensive gift. There _ _ _ Singleton of Conway; Henry will be no charge for playing man! well trateed"and experien- McCord Smith, Jr., of Marietta, bingo. All Whitten Village Em- tunity to become better ac quainted with their rich heri tage in this area, and invites any others to share with the class in this study. The teachers of the class are The regular monthly meeting R. W. Boland, Mrs. J. S. Flewel- of the Whitten Village Employ- len, Mrs. H. L. Shealy, and Dr. ees Club wil be held on Thurs- N. Carl Wessinger. Each of day, Feb. 17 at 7:45 p.m. in the these takess his turn of several Parents Club House. weeks. A bingo party has been plan ned for entertainment and every one attending is requested to “a particularly capable young ced in the various phases of tex tile manufacturing.” “We are happy that he has accepted the responsibility of fheading our fine plants in Jo anna,” he concluded. Ga.; and Frances Carol Turn- ployees and their wives or hus- linson of Gadsden, Ala. bands are invited. Merchants Group Current recipts for the Christ mas Seal Campaign have sur passed last year’s total of $20,- 286.34, according to officers of Transacts Business the Tuberculosis and Health As- a j. T j a a sociation of Greenwood-Laurens At I UCSday Meeting Counties. Plans were completed 37 Speeders and Reckless Drivers Pay Fines of $511 Religious Emphasis Week af College Begins Wednesday „The charge of speeding and or suspicion, reckless driving led in payments “Christian Faith and the Mind of Today” is the theme for the 1966 Religious Emphasis Week program scheduled to start at Presbyterian College next Wed nesday. . Five Presbyterian leaders in- Tolal fines for the month were c i ud j n g three PC alumni will for of fines to the city treasury dur- $2,562.87, with money from park- CO me to the campus to help di- Contributions may reach $21,- Dollar Days, February 10-11-12, ing the month of January, ac- ing meters accounting for $741. 000 this year, according to a cur rent report from the Association headquarters in Laurens, Mrs. M. M. Teague, director. This would mark the third consecu- at a meeting of the Merchants cording to the monthly report of 12 of this figure. Division of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning and Chairman D. B. Smith re- live year In which giving hn. In- ’““f J'tZ ^ the police department to city council. Fines totalling $ou were paid creased. The total to date is 20,308.28, with final follow-up letters mail ed to potential contributors on Feb. 8. Lutheran Choir To Give Concert In Spartanburg Tuesday windows. The banners are available at the Chamber of Commerce office« Members are also asked to display 'their special events flag on the street for the three days. Col. Cooler Ts Guest Speaker At BCrPW Meeting „ The January meeting of the Business and Profess- rect the activities through Fri day, February 18. The main speaker will be Dr. Wade P. Huie, professor of homi letics at Columbia Theological Seminary, a former pastor and a popular speaker before college groups. His keynote talks will be on the subjects “Questioning Our Questions,” “Bound To Be Free” and “What We Do Know*.” The other four visiting min- charge, with five cases suspend ed. Thirty-nine persons arrested for drunkenness were assesed Clintop Business and ”$427 and 360 days. ’ inoal Women’s Club was held A total of 313 persons violated at th(? M Musgrove Hotel on isters are: Cantey DuBose, pas- parking laws, resultmg in $156.- oresident tor of the Hapeville (Ga.) First The Chairman of the Legis- 55 in fines. < Januair 25 with the president, presbyterian 0^,.^ and cur _ lative Affairs Committee re- Other charges and fines re- Mrs. P. M. Pitts, presiding. rent i y work i n g on his master's ported on letters written the corded were: fighting, 11 arrest- M iss Margaret Blakely opened a t Columbia Seminary; Frank state’s senators urging them to ed, three supended, 60 days, the meeting wit h prayer, and Harrington, pastor of North Au- World XT- gusto’s Fairview Presbyterian *’ 4. a Church; Thomas W. Horton, presented executive-secretary of Charles- . M. Moore, chairman nf’inSicante 11 ! 2 pr ° gram ’ which dealt with ^ u>n Presbytery; and Tom Mur- treet Decoration Com- influence of intoxicants, 1, c< g. rent situation in Viet Nam. phy, associate pastor of At- treet uecorauon uom $60; operating wlthout lnver . s ^ ^ T _g._— intro _ lanta’s Druid Hills Presbyterian Mrs.- Robert Johnson CHS Athlete Signs With PC Tommy Johnson, star end for the strong Clinton High football team, will continue his athletic career at Preebyterian College for the next four years. He is pictured here at left signing a grant-in-aid, while Blue Hose Coach Cally Gault (seated, right) and his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, look on. Tommy, who also is president of the Clinton High student body and a topflight student, will enter PC next fall. He will be eligible to play varsity ball immediately unr der the rules of the Carolinas Conference.—Photo by Yarborough. present ^.College Auditorium in Spartan- Mrs. P burg Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. of the Street lAecurauon lahu- $60 . opera ti n g without Iriver’s Tbe concert is sponsored by the mittee, was commended for the license 2 30 days $25.20; dam . — DuBo8e Harrington and Lutheran churches of Spartan- attractive appearanqp of the aging-private or public property, duced the speaker, Col. Claude Horton ’ ~ “ bur 8- ~ j _ city during' the Chnstmas sea- ^ $17; other offenses 1, $12, and H. Cooler, deputy commandant ”, , The choir, composed of 70 stu- son, and was asked that the p^tty larcney, 2, $l64. Six per- and director of instruction of Olaf^ Collegfe, sam e guide lines be used for sons were held on investigation the USAR School (3287), Colum- 1966. bia. At the meeting in March a dents from St. Northfield, Minn., was founded in 1912 and made its first tour of the mid-west that year. It has . , ..... also appeared in concert in Eur- 10(UUP7 curving ope and in Iceland. ^ 1966 f 7 wU1 1 be t: named ' Ser ” ng The performance in Spartan- on the nominatm g committee burg is the only one scheduled are Presbyterian College Copelands In Auto Accident Mr. and Mrs. T. Heath Cope- ment These four will speak in in formal sessions and will lead „ , ~ , discussion groups In the men's COl :„^° t r mustr f 1 ted ^ and women’s dormitories, Ike ture with the recenUy-pubUshed fraterBity quarte „ ^ film of the U. S. War Depart- marrled students. “Why Viet Nam”,' and Religious Emphasis Week Is are W. C. Baldwin, Charles land are recovering from bruises discussed the backgrSuhd of the held annually on the PC by the group in South Carolina Buice and Carl Leonard. and cuts received Monday after- conflict and U. S. Involvement undlr the sponsorship of on this year’s tour. Tickets may Tuesday’s ssession was held noon in an automobile accident 1® R* dent Chrlstfcan Aasodati be secured by writing the St. at Hotel Mary Musgrove and which took place at an intersec To close the meeting, the Stanford, senior from Olaf Choir, P. O. Box 2701, Spar- presided over by Chairman tion near their home on Centen- members joined in repeating Ga., serves as SCA tanburg. „ Smith. nlal Street. .the club collect. year.