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Young Is President
Of Community Chest
Reese H. Young, prominent
local, farmer, will serve as
president of the Community
Chest of Greater Clinton, Inc.,
for 1966-67, it was announced
this week.
Other officers named in
clude Robert B. Wassung, first
vice-president and Mrs. Esth
er H. Pitts, secretary. Retir
ing president G. Edward
Campbell will serve as sec
ond vice-president. Names ot
committee chairmen will be
announced at a later date.
Young, a graduate of Clem-
son University, has extensive
farming interests in this area.
He has been active in the
Community Chest or United
Fund organization for a num
ber of years, serving as chair
man in 1964, and as first vice
REESE H. YOUNG
$27,000 Added To
College Endowment
Three special funds total
ing $27,000 have been estab
lished at Presbyterian Col
lege by family members to
perpetuate the names of
loved ones.
As part of PC’s permanent
endowment, these funds will
provide annual income to
help educate young men and
women who need financial
assistance to attend college.
The funds are: i
1 — The Richard Edward
Ferguson, Jr., and Richard
Edward Ferguson, III; Me
morial Scholarships, estab
lished by Mrs. R. E. Fergu
son, Jr., of Clinton, with an
initial gift of $5000. Given in
memory of her husband and
son, both of whom died in
1965, the grants are to assist
graduates of Clinton High
School or Thornwell Orphan
age in attending PC.
2—The John D. Murchison
Eoan Fund, given by Mrs.
John D. Murchison of' Flor
ence, as a memorial to her
husband. The income from
The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 67 — No. 25
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 23,1966
Only County-Wide Contest Next Tuesday
Dobbins and Abercrombie in Senate Race;
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Culbertson and Taylor Get Posts in House
7 Laurens County Men
Held in Copper Thefts
president in 1965.
A member of the First Pres- Chamber of Commerce, a
byterian Church, Young is ac- former president of the Clin-
tive in church and civic af- ton Kiwanis Club and also a
fairs of the communty. He is former lieutenant governor of thTs” $10,000 * 'gRt^'wHi"provide
a member of the Clinton the Ninth Kiwanis District. i 0 a n s without interest to
needy students.
3—The McQueen Quattle-
baum and Elizabeth Harlee
Quattlcbaum Scholarships,
established by~"Mr. and Mrs.
Alex M. Quattlebaum of
Florence. Three scholar
ships, set up with a $12,000
endowment gift, honor Mr.
Laurens — Seven Laurens at a construction project and Quattlebaum s J^ate mother,
County men have been arrest- drive it to their trailers,
ed in connection with copper He added, ‘They don’t need
wire thefts in 18 counties, the keys to steal the trucks eith-
State Law Enforcement Divis- er.”
ion said Friday. The SLED ch i e f praised
SLED Chief J. P. (Pete) Laurens County Sheriff R Eu-
Strom said the arrests result- g ene Johnson and Lt. Fortson 1 resbytenan College,
ed from stake-outs at con- f or their work on the cases
struction sites and supply * n t ^ ie Piedmont area,
yards in the 18-county area. Strom said it required lying
The SLED chief said the in sleeping bags for hours in
wire will bring about 50 cents cold weather to make the ar-
a pound on the illicit market, rests. He said he and his
and “when you steal from six agents, on a stake-out at one
to 10 tons in one night, that’s site, watched a man take .. J ,
a lot of money.” about 50 pounds of wire and Whitten, who retired last
He said wire theft has put in his car > but they had y ° ar 35 su P erintendcnt of
u . W1 1 . to let h i m „ et awav w ith it Whitten Village at Clinton, as
reached major proportions in 10 ,et get away witn it , d th service to
Knnih rarnlina within the last because they were after the ne accepted me service to
South Carolina within tne last „ Mankind Award of the Elec-
year. “It is impossible to put Doys - tric city Sertoma Club during
watchmen at every construe- Strom said believes the a ladies night banquet gt Holi .
tion site and the thieves can arrests have stopped the big P . . n i«ht
almost help themselves.” wire thefts in the Piedmont day ,nn ^ rida y "‘g™-
Strom said the arrests were but tbat an investigation is , Admitting that he at first
Strom said ne ar e^ts continuing with local officers fought against being sent to
part of a concerted drive by w‘ in 10da ‘ hv
SLED and local law enforce- to ® nd fhelts in other parts
of the state.
•who died in 1942, and his
father now residing at El
liott. They will ordinarily be
granted to one man and one
woman from Thornwell Or
phanage in attendance at
Anderson Group
Honors Whitten
Anderson — A standing ov
ation was given Dr. B. O.
the institution by protesting
that “1 couldn’t waste my life
in utter desolation,” Dr. Whit
ten, who retired at 79 after
more than 40 years at the in
stitution for mentally retard
ed children, said he found his
greatest reward i nthe fact
ment agencies to end an in
crease in the theft of wire. He
said the drive began March College Gets $17,000
20 when four Laurens County , ,
men were arrested in Sumter. In MotCninQ Funds
He said the following have Presbyterian College has
been arrested and charged received a matching grant of that few of the children dis
since June I: $17,000 for capital improve- missed from Whitten Village
Larry Joseph Cagle, 28, of ments under the Federal havc had to be re-admitted.
Rt. 2 Laurens; Gary William Educational Facilities Act of “j fppj that I am one of
Cagle, 25, of Laurens; Jerry 1965, Business Manager G. vou having been raised at
Roberts Cagle, 25, of Rt. 2, Edward Campbell announced Pendleton,” he said, adding
Laurens; Henry! H,, , Over- today. j; i i- . ; . “J want to assure you that
Raid Liquor Still Near Clinton
Local, state and federal officers raided and de
stroyed this 3,000-gallon liquor still in a desolate
rural area near Lydia Mill Monday. Charger! with
violation of the liquor laws in connection with the
Rites Yesterday
For J. P. McMillan
Graveside services for J
me to be a Prjnssie McMillan were con
Philips Industries
Hove Display For
Area Manufacturers
Joe Daher, vice - president
of f hi tips Industries, Dayton,
fiiiHcd h-re Wednesday at 11 Ohio, was the principal speak-
by Rev. E. W. Rogers, er Wednesday evening at a
street, 26, of RtJ it CUhtdi^; He said thfe> funds!, do^lg- you have helped
Claude O. Helbert, 37, of Cliii- noted to improve thb educa- b „ ttcr Can
ton; Richard Smith, 29, who tional program, will be R h , pi ax j co of Clinton, a rn.
is now living in Newberry matched by the college and chairman of the board of Pastor of Broad Street Meth- s , )C( .ial meeting arranged by
County, and Robert Thornhill, the total amount used to in- Whitten Village, which was odist Church, and Rev. Zcb
27, of Rt. 2, Laurens. sta11 a second language lab- narn ed in Dr. Whitten’s honor C. WilPams, pastor of the
raid were Johnny Page, 27, of lit. 1, Donalds;
Frank Mayfield, 50, of lit. 1, Clinton, and Bernard
Davis, 18. of lit. 1, Ware Shoals.—Photo by Dan
Yarborough.
Clinton Legion Team
Wins Five of First Six
Laurens — Rep. Marshall
W. Abercrombie will oppose
incumbent Sen. William C.
(Bill) Dobbins in the Demor
cratic run-off primary June
28 for the nomination for the
county’s single State Senate
seat.
That will be the only coun
ty-wide race to be voted on
in thcjiosecond primary next
Tuesday. '
A run-over race for Magisr
trate in Dials Township hi the
upper part of the county will
be held. The contestants are
C. M. Curry and Eugene C.
Stoddard.
In a recount of Senate and
House votes in the first pri
mary on June 16, David S,
Taylor was declared one of
the nominees for the two seats
in the House of Representa
tives.
In unofficial Senate tabula
tions Abercrombie had a two-
vote lead over King Dixon,
making the recount manda
tory.
Thursday’s count gave
Abercrombie 1,357 votes to
Dixon’s 1,330 — a 27 vote mar
gin. Sen. Dobbins, who re
ceived 2,123 votes, will face
Abercrombie in the second
race for the nomination.
The winner will have oppos
ition from Republican W. R.
Garrett in November.
In the recount of House bal
loting, Taylor’s 15 voce le.-d,
in the first count over Thomas
A. Babb was cut to rire. Tne
recount gave Taylor 2,857 end
Babb 2,848. W. Paul. Culber
son with 3,564 votes and Tay
lor were declared the House
nominees.
They will face GOP candi
dates Furman Ott and Shel
ton J. Rimer and William H.
McNinch, who is running as
an independent.
The recount was made by
County Democratic Executive
Committeemen at the Lau
rens City Hall. They began
about 11:30 a.m. and continu
ed until 4:30 p.m. Then
committeemen met and cer
tified the primary totals.
The SI.ED chief said Hel- o^tory and equipment for by thp s c General Assem- Associate Reformed Presby-
bert and Jerry and Gary Ca- * be economics department b j yi ^ 0 ] d 0 f b j g ] on g assoc j a . terian Church. Burial was in
gle have been released on la boiatory and to make oth- Ron wRb Q r Whitten in the Rpsemont cemetery,
bond and the others are either er im P rovemen t s - greatest reward in the fact Mr. McMillan, 66, died Sat-
Summer Hours
At All Saints
in custody or serving time on
other charges.
SLED lit. Harold Fortson
said Smith and Larry Cagle
were apprehended in Tuske-
gec, Ala., and Smith was re
turned to Elbert County, Ga.,
on a wire theft charge and the summer months.
Cagle was returned to South Morning prayers will
six or eight children there urday at 6:15 a. m. at &
when Dr. Whitten began his Lakeland. Fla., hospital after
work, the number has grown a year of declining health,
to around 2,600. a funeral service was held
Sunday services at All “1 firmly believe he was Monday at 10:00 a. m. in
Saints Episcopal Church will b «™ to establish Whitten Vill- Lakeland,
begin at 10:00 a. m. during age,” Plaxico declared, quot- The body was brought here
ing a reporter as calling Dr. to Gray Funeral Home latc
be Whitten the “Albert Schweit- Monday.
his company for mobile home
dealers throughout the state.
Philip Industries has eleven power in Leagui
plants located throughout the dl ’ s season,
country, ail manufacturing
windows! doors, water heat-
^ propane gas cylinders.
Kiwanis Club To
Hear Patrolmen
Coleman Tonigiit
The Clinton Kiwanis
Taking five of their first again the victor against New-
six games, the Clinton Amer- berry.
iean Legion Juniors have ser- Beginning the second week
ved notice that they are a of play, Clinton went to Green- The Clinton Kiwanis Club
Eight play wood Monday night and lost w in mee t a t the Mary Mus-
r> T with Spearman pitching. grove Hote , for dinuer to _
Clinton pitchers Osborne, 1 ^ Emeralds pitcher BoltOn
Spearman and Thomason have •‘’J’ u< ^ ^ ' n taking the win.
Carolina. conducted by lay loaders in zrr of South Carolina.” Native of Clinton, he lived
Thornhill pleaded guilty to tbc church . with Holy Com- The plaque was presented j n Lak land 15 years, was
two counts of larceny in con- munion bcin 6 celebrated once by Dr. Warren White, presi- affiliated with an insurance
noction with the thefts in Gen-
a month.
dent of the club.
oral Sessions Court in Laur
ens this week and was sen
tenced to five years.
Lt. Fortson said the four
Laurens men arrested at Sum
ter were sentenced in General
Sessions court there last
month and received the fol
lowing sentences:
Jack Ballew, 15 years; John
Broadus Bagwell, four years;
William L. Baker, five years;
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Presbyterian Women
Elect Officers at Meet
Mrs. W. T. Cassels of Co- wer awarded to three mem-
lumbia, was elected presi- hers and certificates to 11.
dent of the Women of the Mrs. H. C. Robinson of Pee
firm until retirement and
was a member of College
Heights Methodist Church.
He was a son of the late Wil
liam M. and Mollie Adair
McMillan.
Surviving arc his wife,
Mrs. Alma Barr McMillan;
three sons, William M.,
Joseph P. and Michael Mc
Millan of Greenville; a step
son, Ralph Barr, and a step
daughter, Mrs. Patricia B.
ers,
jacks, couplings, and axle
units for mobile homes. Three
plants are located in oshet-ht
plants are located in the south
east, one at Chester, the oth
ers at Amerieus, Ga., and
Crossville, Tenn.
The meeting began at 5:30
p. m. with a friendship hour
at which time a display of
th dr products w r as viewed. A
done the mound chores, wdlfc Tuesday night, visiting Clin-
WilHamson catching stands ton swamped Ware Shoals 19-
night (Thursday) at 7:09
o’clock.
After dinner, Patrolman C.
at 1-1.
The season opened on Mon
day, June 13, with Clinton at
Newberry, with Clinton win
ning 16-0. Mike Norris of Clin
ton contributed a grand slam
home run. Osborne was the
Clinton pitcher.
The next night, Tuesday,
playing at home. Clinton turn-
dirner meeting and business cd hack Greenwood, 13-3, with
5 in a game that Ware Shoals I. Coleman, Jr., Traffic
called at the end of the fifth. Safety Division, South Caro-
Osborne was on the mound for jj na Highway Department,
^ brdon ' will speak on traffic safety.
Tonight (Thursday), Clinton A South Carolinian. Patrol-
will entertain Greenwood, and man Coleman was educated
on Friday will go to New- a t Mayesville and Edmunds
berry. High Schools, Sumtor, and
Next Monday, Ware Shoals Clevenger College, Sumter,
will come to Clinton, and on He was organizer and char-
Tuesday Clinton will go to ter member of the Kingstree
session followed. Jim Hill, re-
g'onal sales director of Phi
lips Industries from Atlanta,
Ga., was master of ceremon
ies. He was assisted by Jim
Cobb, Bill Tomlen, Al Soren
son, all sales managers.
Mobile,, home manufactures
Spearman on the mound and
a’so garnering" a four bagger.
Greenwood called the game
aft^r seven innings.
Finishing out the first
week’s four-game scheduled.
Greenwood.
Dr. Bellingrat'h Will
Report On Assembly
the Sunday evening
At
„ , , , , Scadgctt, Flint, Mich; two sis
and Charles F. Baker 10 Church, Presbyterian Synod Dee Presbytery received her ters ^ lrs j obn yy
—i _ e /—i ^ l _ 11 n Z A. ^ 4 : i' ■ r. i 7
Ware Shoals at Clinton
.. ...... Thursday night, and, also de-
and their staffs attending the . r- j u*
... „ . ieatod Newberry Friday night
meeting were — Pondcrosa . . „ _ ' .
. „ at Clinton, 6-3. Clinton was
r 1 n v K14 r_ ’
the C bnton:ans turned hack worsb j|, service at the First
Shoals at C linton, 9-6, Presbyterian C h u r e h, Dr.
George Bellingrath will bring
a special report to the con-
Nazarene Church, a Sunday
school teacher, church treas
urer, and member of the
church board.
He was in military service
from 1953-1955 in Washington,
D. C., and Okinawa. He has
served in law enforcement
for six years.
of South Carolina, at the second certificate and di-
Fortson said larceny chnrg- 54th annual meeting, held plomas. Diplomas also went
cs against the men range during Synodical Week at to Mrs. J. C. Chapman of
from one count against some Presbyterian College. Congaree, who also earned a
up t* 25 and 30 cases against Others elected for a two- certificate, and to Mrs. W.
others. ' year term along with Mrs. H. Miller of South Carolina
Finney,
Sr., of Clinton, and Mrs. W.
A. Galloway of West Palm
Beach, Fla; and 12 grand
children.
For some years before
leaving Clinton, Mr. McMil
lan operated a men’s cloth-
gregation, on the actions of
loading against Ware Shoals Ru> rccen ^ General Assmbly.
when Thomason was relieved
by Osborne. Thomason was
Dr. Keisler's Subject
For Sunday Morning
The Rev. Dr. E. Bryan
Homes, Kinard, Harley Bar
res; Azalea Homes, Clinton,
Shelton Rimer; Palmetto
Sales, Laurens, Allen White;
Mascot Homes, Gramling, W. T'
E. Mitchell; Barcraft Homes, 5torv Hour To Be
Laurens, James Barnes; Zip- i. .J .
per, Inc., Clinton, Charles Ri- Held On jQturdoyS
mcr; Cross Hill Homes, Clin- A summer story hour sche- program of the Presbyterian Business?” He states his ser*
which was held at Montreat,
N. C. He was one of the of
ficial commissioners from Keisler, pastor of St. John’s
the South Carolina Presby- Lutheran Church, announces
tery. Many actions were tak- as his subject for next Sun-
en that will affect the future day morning, “What Is Yoiit
Add 7 Laurens County LUD Cassels were: Mrs. Arthur Presbytery.
SLED officials said the Martin of Columbia, corre- Certificates were earned . J . . n „ r . rf , r5h . r , ton, Lykes Henderson; Lawn- dule will begin this week al Church in the United States mon will be based upon the
r Miss Annie Lee Boggs, . J." 1 ' dale Homes, Clinton, Lewis the children’s library on the for years to come. Everyone Gospel for that day, the third
theft* occurred in Laurens, spending secretary; Mrs. W. by
Greenwood, Fairfield, Berke- S. Cannon, Jr., of Spartan- Mrs. George S. Penn, and
ley, Bamberg, Richland, Lex- burg, historian; Mrs. Robert Mrs. J. Jeru Rogers of Pied-
ington, Barnwell, Lancaster, Glenn of Hamer, chairman mont Presbytery;'.Miss Zel-
Allendale, Union, Aiken, of the Synodical Scholarship ma Douglas and Mrs. R. H.
Greenville, Anderson, Ches- Fund; Mrs. J. R. Childress of Whiteside of Bethel Presby-
terfield, Newberry, Abbeville Anderson, chairman of Co- tery; Mrs. R. W. Park, Sr.,
and Lee counties. lumbia Friendship Circle; of Harmony Presbytery;
Chief Strom said none of the Mrs. W. H. Boyd, of Mt. Mrs. L. A. West and Mrs. J. of Renno will hold the annual Af Bethel Temple
stolen wire has been recover- Pleasant, chairman of White R. West of Pee Dee Presby- homecoming service Sunday,
ed. He said it can’t be track- Cross and Mission Haven, tery; and Mrs. C. Ennis June 26. Dinner will be serv-
with V. Park? Adair, under
the name Adair-McMillan.
Renno Church To
Have Homecoming
Faith Tabernacle Church
Jacks Township Magistrate Vote
Barnes; Shiloh Homos, Joan- Presbyterian College campus, is cordially invited to attend. Sunday after Trinity,
na, Charles Barnes; Raven The session will bo hold from
Homes, Clinton, Sam Sea- 10 to 11 each Saturday morn-
wright. ing during the summer
months by Mrs. James S.
Rpvivnl SprvifPC Gray, children’s librarian, and
Revival services volunteer assistants.
Summer hours for the lib
rary will be from 2:30 to 5 p.
A revival is in progress at m weekdays and from 8 :30
ed and because of the high Mrs. G. Bland DuBose of Co- Young of Charleston Presby-ed on the grounds at one Bethel Temple Church of God, to noon on Saturdays. Mrs.
market value it can be sold lumbia, was re-elected as di- tery. o’clock and will be followed 114 N. Owens St., led by Gray asks parents to encour-
almost as fgst as it is stolen, rector of Synodical Training The Presbyterian women by a program of gospel sing- Evanglist C. M. Hicks of Ma- a 8 e their children to visit the
Strom said the thieves often School for a one-year term, voted to continue with “Sy- ing at 2:30. The Riverside
use rented U-Haul trailers to More thp 200 cedits were nodical Work,” including Sy- Quartet and other singers
transport the stolen merchan- earned by Presbyterian Worn- nodical Training School and will be featured during the
dise. He said they often will en attending" the week-long the annual meeting of Sy- service. The public is invit-
stenl a mick loaded with w ire training school. Diplomas nodical. «iu.
con, Ga.
Services are being held each
library and continue their
reading this summer.
The children’s library is a
unue ihiougu Sunua) nigtii. Public Libiary.
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Robert N. Bigham
0
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31
9
41
James M. Copeland
27
14
37J
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Edward C. Henderson
3
12
6
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John H. Pace i
5
1
6