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Vol. 67 — No. 20
Cornwall, Holtidaw, Cooper, and Bagwell
Nominated in
leaders At College Program
More than 100 persons were present for Presby
terian College’s Merchants’ Executive Day program,
last Thursday. Among the leading participants on
this occasion were left to right — Tom Belk of
Charlotte, vice-president of the Belk mercantile
firm and chairman of the PC board of visitors,
who presided and introduced the main speaker;
President Marc C. Weersing; and J. Arch. Avary,
Jr., of Atlanta, executive vice-president and direc
tor of the Trust Company of Georgia, who deliver
ed the m*iin address. — Yarborough Photo. ‘ :
BILL JACOBS
jv; Valedictorian
RONNIE TRAYLOR j
Salutatorian : ;
Clinton High Finals
Sunday,
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Me. John W. Teague
Is Clinlon'i First
Viet Nam Casualty
Mr. and Mrf. Clyde Teague,
Who live in the Smallwood
development on tKe Whitmire
highway received a message
i'esterdai' from the Adjutant
general that their grandson,
’fc. John W. Teague, was
tU*d in action on May 17 in
fiet Nam. The tnessage stat
ed that young Teague died as
k result of a gunshot wound
While oh combat operation
against a hostile force.
’ Me. Teague, 19, had made
His home with bis grandpar- 'tTlWeMfc
ents the past seventeen years * OClllOrs
and attended Clinton High T rt Awarrla
School before volunteering * ^
for service with the U. S. Three graduating seniors at
Army in' 1965. He was sent to Presbyterian College have
Viet Nam last August and been chosen for special leajl-
was due for rotation stateside •rship recognition at the CoT-
in JUly. lege’s 88rd Commencement
He was the son of Mrs. exercises on May 29.
Ralph Teague of Durham, N. They are Henry Lovett of
C., and the late Mr. Teague. Kingstree, Sam Waters of Lu-
He 16 also survived by a sis- goff and James B. Stanford
ter, ! Mrs. ThoipAs (Patsy) ot Decatur, Ga.
feroadwell of Durham. Lovett, recently retired
Funeral arrangements are president of the PC student
incomplete. Gray Funeral body, wil. receive the “Out-
Home will be in charge. standing Senior” award after
being nominated'for this hon-
Ledion Auxiliary To or by bis senior classmates
Legion MUXiriory 10 and a faculty committee.
Sponsor . Poppy Days Lovett also will join Waters
Poppy Days will be ob- ^ Stanford in receiving
served in Clinton May 20 and G t ok * p aw « r< ls for “out-
21 sponsored by the American ? tandl "8 meritorious service
Legion Auxiliary with Mrs. bi extra-cUrrfcular activities
H. M. Young serving as chair- atl ^V cs '. T he
man. “By wearing memorial ? old P *- 1 ? sto ! ved by facu J ty -
poppies on Poppy Day, the l J c 9 n8 / d ^d the htghest Cooler
people of Clinton will be pay- stamp of .approval Presbyter- Luctfs /
ihg tribute to 500,000 men Coilege plates upon a stu- — -
Who gave their lives for Amer- J 11 be bahoed to the council
iCa in the thrde wars of this *. , '
century”, said Mrs. Young. ^ WSS ch ° s ® a for tb e
More than 6,000 disabled P bepaiwe ofjiis service
war veterans Were' given em- ? s <?dlt ° r ^ The Blue Stock-
ployment making the memor- student newspaper; Stan-
ial poppies for the American f ° rd ; ® s u ?^ sl -
Legion Auxiliary this year. dent of , 4 tb ® s t ud ent Christian
“The disabled veterans who Assoc,a Uoh.
make the flowers are the , v
only paid workers.in the Aux- LlltHorOnS Slate
diary poppy program,” said
Mrs. Young, “the rest of us V****'vn jCnOOl
are all volunteers”. The week of June 9 has
The poppies to be worn in been set «side for the Vaca-
Clirtton on Poppy Days have tion Church School to be con-
Cfmton S. C., Thursday, May 19, 1966
Primary on Tuesday
How They Voted
PRECINCTS
i\ '
No. 1
No. 2
Clinton
Mill
Totals
Mayor
Cornwall
275
198
314
787
Johnson ; v ’
' . ■- i
280
297
176
753
Alderman - Ward 1
Copeland • !
142
118
44
304
Holtzclaw
304
318
341
963
Windsor -
98
54
105
257
Alderman - faard 2
Hueble ?
158
198
100
• 466
Owens
189
134
329
662
Pitts «
207
162
58
427
Alderman » Ward 3
Braggs
307
228
200
735
• Layton
167
225
113
505
Norris •
72
38
171
281
Alderman-- Ward 4
-
Coopjtr
294
312
266
872
Lucgs ;
148
119
166
433
Mills £
101
63
55
219
Alderman - Ward 5
V •
Bagwell
369
391
212
972
Wilson
175
92
277
544
Aldermen - Ward 6
•
Craihe
287
134
209
580
Lyda
70
69
102
241
Sanders
240-
280
172
692
Three Run-Over
Races Next Tuesday
Mayor J. J. Cornwall was his first political race, who
renominated along with three received 753 votes. •
councilmen, Boyd Holtzclaw, Holtzlaw won by a major-
L. W. Cooper, Sr., and George ity over two opponents in the
W. Bagwell from wards 1, 4, Ward 1 race. The vote was:
and 5, respeevtively, in Tues- L. L. Copeland, Jr., 304;
day’s Democratic primary. Holtzclaw, 963; Tommy Wind-
Run-over races will be held sori 257.
for the other three wards next Cooper from Ward 4, also
Tuesday. had two opponents. The vote
Cornwall won by a slim 34- Wfls: cooper, 872; Gene Lu-
vote majority, with 787 votes, caS) 433; Martin MiUs 2 19.
over C l, a r U s H. Johnson. Sagwell, In Ward 5, defeat,
clothing merchant, making ^ Woodrow Wlls0 „ Thc
vote: Bagwell, 972; Wilson,
Highway Hearing Other Aldermanlc Races
, + t * . m I, n Ward 2, Truman Owens
K Spf fnr MflV 77 and w. Alvin Hueble will con-
u ,VI 1 ,a J test for the post in next Tues-
Clinton High Sports Pitts was eliminated Tues-
. , u • • day. The vote: Hueble, 496:
A condemnation hearing is 0 J Pitts 427
12 scheduled for May 27 at 1:00 uweBS ' b5Z - Pltts - 427 -
p.ra. in the court room of the * n 3, Fred Bragg, Jr.,
county courthouse in Laur- and Hmry C. Layton will be
cns. i t * le secon d race. William
The hearing is in connec- ^ ( R oeky) Norris was elim-
tion with the sienine of ne- * na ted Tuesday. The vote:
County Candidates
ilSegin Speaking Tour
the proposed rebuilding and rls ’
four - laning of the Clinton- In Ward 6, James C. Craine
Laurens section of Highway aad ' Tjklmadge Sanders will
76. be contestants in the second
In a letter to Senator Wil- . with G. Frank Lyda
liam C. Dobbins from S. O. being eliminated Tuesday.
Holstein, chief right of way The vote: Craine, 580; Lyda,
agent for the State Highway Sanders, 692.
been made at the Veteran’s ducted by the St. JjOhn’s Luth- Candidates for the State and four candidates for the Department he stated notices In the race for mayor. 1540
baccalaureate Graduation Service Hospital, Columbia, Under the eran jChurh, according to an- g e?late and the House of Rep- county’s two House seats. of the h e ar i ng ha v e been Votes w ere tabulated, the
The annual mn . r . ^ _ __
Members of the graduating dire< ' tioa of i the S ; c - Depart- douncement by Dr. E. B. ^ cntatives fired their opetv . Marshall Abercrombie, a mailed to all property owners lar Sest number cast in any
service for the 1966 graduat- Members of the graduating mehti American Legion Aux- Keisler, interim pastor. ^ L Ih! ZLUZZ Member of the House and wh o have not signed right of city . election in recent years,
ing class of Clinton High class will receive diplorrtas in iliary. t . Dr. KeUler states that an; 1 *’ guns in the Demo craHc candidate for the Senate ii st . way easements. . Cornwall and Bagwell will
Schosl will take place Sunday commencement exerises key- Contributions received by adequate and competent corps campaign leading up to the g d his gix years i n the House
night at 8 o’clock in Belk Au- noted by the theme, “Are We the AuxiUary volunteers who of >teachers and assistant^ .June 14 primary.
diferU on the Presbyterian P«f&edf>“«<»dh^XteK ^ lh
College campus. The Rev. E. May 23 at 8 p. m.. In Belk cal Auxm>ry B*h.hilit.Uon will be on hand (or all re all,ae road prosram tor j u | ¥ A f-. VocaHnns
W. R»gers, pastor of Broad Auditorium. and Child WaUahe funds. Among those assuming {e-; ['f n '®' a | W( .“|Ir Tl» the county and said he would , , V0 , C ? fl0 " S .
Streep Methodist Church, will Addresses to be made in- Thdse funds are the only s|tonslbllity for the daily ^pe* r „ nriidatps will aDDPar again 8 ive the county superviior A 14 plants of Greenwood
delive the sermon. elude the valedictory entitled source of support for the ra«on of the school are: ^‘^ThursdavrS Joan a "d the two county commis- l cloSed lr for the
deliver me sermon. ^ Future „ by m W(>rk of the AuxlU?1 . y Unit for j oHn H . Fu lmer, direjoi^ t f| ° fl night (Thursday) at Joan - sioners the right t0 sit with July 4 vacation week.
.ifm
qualifications for senator-
He pieced to establish a To Close Week of
The Rev. J. D. Medley, pas-
cobs, and the salutatory, “In disabled war veterans and teachers, Mrs; F. M. Boland,
euus, anu uie
of Hopewell Methodist ^ p reS ent,
Qjyrch, will pronounce the Traylor.
Invocation, and the Rev. Zeb Tom Baldwin, class J>]
Williams, pastor of the A. R. dent, will speak on the assigned
P£>Chutp, will lead in bray- jqet, ‘‘By the PtfeXrtfe the bilsinesa
le
A company announcement
The program, which was to 4,16 delegation and select gaid weave r00 m S w iu cease
face Republican opponents in
the general election in Au
gust i
Seven Selected
s ‘ -v • * *' '■ ••
For Founders
by Ronnie needy children of veterans, Mrs. Harry League, Jr.^s. roads Yn tbe county to be im- ““ h™!'SchOfairSlliDS
, class ptesi*. Volunteer workers wUl.be Robert A. SRIer; assltfs. t"-***! Operotion, wl „ g,,
jio Stai
in the Misses Bonnie and
—. , — — Seven topflight high school
ebra the Hickor y Tavern High He charged that the Senate be resumed at 12:01 a.m. seniors from three states have
rtrnv iect -Bv me patt ■'.as me ousmess section. They Willi be Farmer ? T Sch ° o1 gymnasium because has not been realistic in reap- Monday, July 11. been selected to receive the
tt&Xx ar )!bAtk*5 altrafled ^ ssti
pastor ol the First Presbyte- Johnson. ■, ' ' Girls. - four and twelve. Thf school Candidates
— — ’ - - » * *- --‘*“1— “ is open to the public.( ! tending the i
some
preparation depart- ships at Presbyterian College,
and those at- ™ Counties as provided in the ments may run somewhat Stydent Dean A. J. Thack-
ri»n. Church, and Dr. E. B. Announcements of scalar- .
iSelsler, interim pastor of St. ships and awards, ijrill Abe TheillHan fa Speak
JjtHVs Lutheran Church, will made by A \y Sheal^ prin- Rfey Calvin Thielman pas .
igianounce the benediction. cipal, and diplomas -w^ be t6r Qf the Montreal, N. C„
Club to Meef
for 1966-1967; Billy Nancy Hollis will be pian- day) ^ the ^ en b f the ChUrch “' 4 -
ftwrs, president of the senior ist for the processional,., th Fi t Presbyterian
cSss • for 1966-1967; Henry “Pomp and Circumstance church Presbyterian
Adair, Ge.orge Copeland, by Elgar. Music will be by ^r. Thielman is also chap-
I^ath N Cope4and, Karen Cox. Shelia GiUiam and the glee i altl ^ the studfents at M on-
HdMi Dominick, Paul Fal- club. treflt-Anderson College.
Charles Fuller, Johnny Marshals for t h e com- ^ of the meeti is 7
F«lmer, Edfta Jacobs, Ron- mencement exercises will be
nie J o h n s-o n, Bob Jones, tbe same officers And .honor < ■ ■
Gladys Lev^s, LucUle Me- students who will serve for ERROR CORRECTION
Sween, B r e' n d a McCrary, fbe service on Sunday. The article appearing in
Mislsy Wassiing, Judy Wid- Awards Day Program last Week’s issue of The
mer, and Kaizen Surratt, jun- The Awards Day program Chronicle listing Mrs. Bobby again
ioi* members of the National was held in the school gym- Sanders as an officer of the *
Honor Society.’ nasium Friday, at whfch time Hampton Avenue PTA was in- S as B<
Johnny Fulmer will be pi- announcements were made of correct. The name should atships, WJ
anist for the service, which many awards and prizes won have been Mrs. Buddy Oak- Lahey a;
will include two musical se- by students during the year, ley, who is the new secre- Lambert
lections by the glee club. (Continued on page 8) tary.
Cliriton
tending the rally paid tribute State Constitution. “Laurens i on g er than the Friday mid- ston .announced today.
{ , to the late Justin A. Bridges, Gounty kas Population to night shutdown in order to They were chosen from a
who had filed as a candidate be in a district by itself,” he t he production schedule select group of 19 finalists
j l for the House before his re- in balance. brought to the PC campus
of thp cent death. King Dixon, a former sena- jhe main office and the tecently for tests, interviews
ees The program included cam- tor and House member and service departments will con- arid a program of entertjftin-
lay paign speeches from four caaiT °andidate for the Senate, said tinue to operate during the ment.^As winners, they will
House dldates for nomination to the . e l s ®ue in the race” is time plants are shut down for receive grants ranging front
county’s single Senate seat tbe automobile liability, insur- the vacation period. $1,200 to $5,600 each for the
nice rates. He charged that foiir years of study. ,
hates, have been increasing rL nm L pr D nnr J The seven recipients, chos-
steadily and that insurance ^nomoer DOOfO ert on the basis Qf inteUect>
companies are asking for an- TO Meet Tuesday leadership and character,
other increase. The Board of Directors of are: Margaret Elfikon of
He said he would “pursue the Clinton Chamber of Com- Greenville; James Hills of
thp collection Of funds from meroe will meet Tuesday, Myrtle Beach; Nancy Mor
Greenwood County” amount- May 24, at 10 a.m. Hotel Mary gan of Atlanta; Marsha Moot
ing to a minimum of $100,000 Musgrove, Claude Crocker, gomery of Rome, Ga.; Man-
yearly for the nfext 40 years president, urges all members ion Myers of Orlando, Fla.;
School has ed annually by the Bailey which he said would rightful- to attend this important bus- Susan Smith of Carlisle, and
Lambert Get
Scholarships
both
emorial Schol-
Gary
1
Mercer Foundation to two high
school graduate who are
children of Clinton Mills con-
Robert nected parents.
Gerald David G ar y j s the son of Mr. and
recipients. Mrs. Jesse Earl Laney df
larships, each Bailey Street. He will atr
,000 are award- tend Furman University.
David will study business
administration at the Uni
versity of South Carolina. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Odell Lambert.
The two 1966 Bailey Schol
arships make a total of 20
Andersofi has been gcholarsh ps which have
been granted since the pro-
(Continued on page g) iness session.
John B. Taylor of Chester.
Arit|e£rti Hetfds
Mkfalef’ship Unit
Chamber of Commerce
hamed.chairman of the Mem
bersjidp Committee of the gram was instituted In 1957.
Clliftki Chamber of Com- The scholarships are restrict*
mejfce by President Claude ed to South Carolina colleges
i ir and univ e r s R ies.
>'iTi * 6 *' ' I” addition 10 the scholar-
Ch^irmdn Anderson called sh p grants, the Bailey Foun-
g. Wfeeting of his committee dation offers interest - free
Tuesday morning at Hotel educational loans to Clinton
'' Musgrove when plans Mills connected children who
qualify. Qualifications for
ire made to contact pros- ^ oans are the same ^
tlve members as approved q U j re d for the scholarships.
~tr » George H. Cornelson (left)
' president of Clinton Mills, announces
i the winners of the $4,000 M. S. Bai-
'ley scholarships at Clinton High
'School Awards Day ceremonies last
' Hpriday. Recipients are Gary Laney
nV ' ,
graduating
bert, members
class, (ffront’ .right
sons are Mr.
Laney and Mr
Odell Lambert. — Photo by
*-0wens4
|le committee and the
rtf. the committee made
levdrbl : recommendations to
be presented to the board.
Members serving on the
committed and to make con
tacts for new members are:
!. Mac Adair, Charfes Bulce, pictures and short resume to
R. ff. Boland,' L. O. Edwards, The Chronicle- office for ptt*
A. p. Godfrey, Mrs. Perry lication. Graduates wUl he
M. Mppfr*, Tom Plaxico, J. recognized by The Chronicle
Bloan Todd, and N. C. Wes- as space permits during the- Service Stati
Sthger, ' next several weeks. -
Trophy Winners at Clinton High School
Above are shown winners of tro-
Notice To
College Graduates
College students receiving
degrees are asked to briag
f )hies presented at the recent ath-
etic banquet at Clinton High School.
Front row, left to right: Joel Whit-
sel, most valuable in basketball (giv
en by Adair’s Men’s Shop); Jane
Timmerman, most valuable JV (giv-
6n by Lou’s Shoppe); Francis Coop
er most valuable in track (given by
Community Cash); Andy Young,
most valuable JV: (given by Center
tion); Belinda Leonard,
most valuable guard (given by Dil
lard Boland, Jeweler).
Back row: Charlie Nettles, most
valuable in tennis (given by Sadler-
Owens Pharmacy); Sandra Mane, [
most valuable forward (given by ‘
Dillard Boland, Jeweler); Phil Mfc
sportsmanship award (given
State Farm Insurance); Gary
ey, most valuable In baseball (j
by GallmanV Barber Shop),
highest batting” average (given
Beacon Drive-In).—Photo by
borough.