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ij '• .** The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 67 — No. 43 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 27, 1966 Clinton Merchants Salute Cross Anchor, 2 Cross Keys, Enoree • This week, October 27-29, the Clinton Merchants Association, along with other business and industrial plants in the city, are taking “Hats Off” to the pro gressive communities of Cross. Anchor, Cross Keys and Enoree. To do this, they, the merchants are sa luting with a ‘Thank-You” for the many contributions the people of Cross Anchor, Cross Keys and Enoree have made. “Your patronage and friendship have meant much to the economy and welfare of Clinton,” jClinton businessmen state. To show their appreciation, the merchants are displaying special banners along the.streets as well as offering free merchandise which is advertised in The Chronicle today. m -.. ■ TODD MR. BOLAND MR. ROPER Julia Sadler Is Named Miss CHS Miss Julia Sadler is here being crowned Miss CHS by Henry Sim-' mons, president of the student body, at the Clinton High School homecom ing ceremonies Friday night. The ceremony took place at halftime of the Clinton-Thurmond High football game, which Clinton won 20-0. The other two finalists were Judy Temple ton and Brenda Watts. Julia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Sadler, and Henry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Simmons. —Yarborough Photo. Gredler Resigns Utilities Position Two-State Auto Ring Laurens County Men Arraigned in Thefts Richard G. Gredler has re signed his position as super intendent of the Clinton city utilities department, to accept a similar post with the Water and Lit>ht Commission of Eas ley. He will beRin his work in Easley Nov. 1. Mr. Gredler came to Clinton in February 1962 from York . _ „ , where he was connected with Laurens-Jerry L. Taylor thl . York Eleclric Co . 0 p. of Rt. 1 Laurens, has been , n his clirfton st Mr riamed director of the Ne.Rh- Gredler has headed a city ( | c . borhood Youths Corps pro- parlment that has had ra , )id Rram for Laurens County. ,, rowth and considcrable ex . * Taylor Heads Youth Program EUGENE CRAVEN .... George Phinney, director of pansion of facilities. Three Laurens County men tors but were not indicted or Laurens County Community h c and his wife and little were arraigned before U S. arrested They were listed as Actiont me., made the an- daughter, Georgeanne, 3, have rrnvPn InstalleH Commissioner Jesse M. Ray Raymond Horace King, Rob- nouncement Tuesday. He said been occupying their recently '~ raven m:>,ullcu in Greenville Monday, part of ert Earle Roberts and Gerald Taylor’s appointment was ap- constructed home on Calvert ActlnQ Postmaster a 12-man round-up the Fed- Lamar Armstrong. proved this week. Ave eral Bureau of Investigation FBI Agent Joseph Ponder „ The board mernbcrs 0 f announced in an investigation identified those arrested in into an alleged two-state auto Georgia as Lorenze Dewitt Community Action, Inc., will -r hire personnel and have full ''®P.UDllCQnS To thol ' t rin «- Law - 38 ’ of Dwra ville, a me- super V is i 0 n of the Job Corps Open, Headquarters Here On Tuesday Saturday. Mr. Craven The suspects, arrested inchanic; Nathaniel H ° V 1 e program,” Phinney said Georgia and South Carolina, Shoemaker, Jr., 25, of Cham- ’ . were charged with conspir- blee, a mechanic; Ivor Lewis P ro J cct Wl *' Mrs. Murray Adams, pres- Mr. Craven, a native of acy in interstate transporta- Powell, 29, of Conyers; Roy incomp families ident of Laurens County Joanna, has been with the ion.ol stolen vehicles. A 13th Patrick, 25, of Dalton; Wil- Republican Women's Club, local office for some 19 years, man was being sought in New liam Moore Ginn, 27, of Com- A <> qualify, applicants must has announcod a Republican He succeeds Mrs. Dollie M. Orleans in the climax of a merce, and Otis Boswell, 22, J>c students 16 to Z1 years old. hcadquarlcrs will bc opened Ca rr, who retired last week Mrs. Lois Manson Buford, two-year investigation. of Maysville. ‘ n summer months, the num- in Clinton Tuesday, Novem- following 28 years at the Jo- 84. of Rt. 3. Clinton, widow FBf Agent C.'F. DeFord in Authorities in New Orlt>ans 0er 01 students is expected to b£T , The building f on nerlv anna olfice. ' of G. Fari Buford, died Fri- Coiumhia announced the ar- were searching lor William increase o aroun , , in- occup i ed by Prather-Simp- Mr. Craven is married to da y at 3:30 p.m. in a Spar- rest of Harold Kennedy, 23, a R. Dever, 24. K son on Musgrove Street has the former Margaret Hayes tanburg nursing home after Leaders Named to Head Area Christmas Seal Sale M Ji I Albert C. Todd, Jr., of Green- has just been elected to serve ilOSpiTdl Kales wood, will head the 1966 as the first president of the Christmas Seal Campaign for newly-chartered Rotary Club. Tfl Bp InfTPfKPn th< ‘ Tuberculosis an(1 Health He has served as a director IU l/V 1111*1 vOJwU Association Co-chairmen will of the Tuberculosis and Health Rates for room and daily be David D. Boland of Clin- Association since 1965. service at Bailey Memorial ton and R. Bland Roper, gf Mr. Roper will serve as co- Hospital will he increased ef- Laurens, according to an an- chairman of Laurens School fective Nov. 1, it ws announe- nouncement by Wade C. Har- District 55. He is the son of ed tis week by the Board of rison, Jr. of Troy, president Robert B. and Janie Bland Directors. of the association which Roper. Charges arc being incrcas- serves both Greenwood and The Laurens native receiv ed primarily to provide funds Laurens counties. ed a B.S. degree from the for salary increases for per- Mr. Todd, who is a native University of South Carolina sonnel, it was stated. 0 ’f Laurens County, attended and a Master’s degree in Bu- Privatc room rates will ho Davidson College, graduated s * ness Administration from $28 and $29 per day, an in- from Princeton University, ^ be Wharton School of Fi- crease of $4. Semi - private and did graduate work at the nancc an d Commerce at the will range from $18 to $22, University of Virginia. He University of Pennsylvania, up $2 to $4. . served as ensign in the Navy In 1966 he received a certifi- The hospital, it was pointed during World War II. He is under the laws of the out. soon will bc required to now cashier of the State Bank s l a l e oi South Carolina, to pay Federal minimum wages and Trust Company. practice as a Certified Pub- and that represents a part of H e is an elder of the First lic Act ‘ ounlan L He is, a mem- the increased salaries for Presbyterian Church and a ^ cr . of th 8 c I , ) irm of R,,por ; personnel. trustee of Thornwell Orpha- ” u S ey ’ A & Ro P er ’ Cert,fled February 1 is the date that nag(> . „ is civic interests are Pu ^ 1,c Accountants, the hospital will come under num< . r ous and varied. He has , u Mr E .. R ? pt ; r 1S 3 , m t emb l er L ° f the Federal minimum wage st . rved as afommissioner for the ' Firsl Ba P t ' st Lhurch, he At Joanna Saturday l3W - Howover ’ 11 is hopt ‘ (l that the Greenwood County REA * s alsa 3 membl ‘ r of tbc ’ R °- At Joanna ^aruraay thc financial position of the and is on tho board of the tar * c }? b : u Eugene Craven was ap- hospital will enable making ymca He is active in the Wlth tbes e mi ' 11 as b *ad- pointed acting postmaster at salary increases prior to that chamber of Commerce and crs ’ we antici P att! that this Joanna in ceremonies there da tP, hospital officials said. {be Community Chest, as wR * bc oar mosl successful well as the Greenwood Coun- cai " pai |!) ’ Mr ' » ar ™ on ty Historical Society, the sa,d \ . They are al 4 I ' eady bu . sy Sons of the American Revo- appoint ‘ng committee ehatr- lution and the Newcomen So- m . en . t0 pla " 1 h e campaign Rites Sunday For Mrs. G. F. Buford Laurens scrap metal mer- The other three men indict- Student workers will be be(?n secured and wil , be ol . and tney ciety of America. which opcns Novcrnber l5 -” Mr. Boland, co chairman of Laurens County School Dis- Joanna Department triet 53, was born in Clinton ij c I D J and graduated from Presby- “OS batety KCCOrd terian College. He is a mem- Employees of the Spinning have a daughter, several it i v 11, ■ it tv. ■ t tv. & . . . , _ v. v- •» v v m t v. v* vt 11 vt * V. ^ * V V* ’ o\_» vl C* chant; Paul Gibson Cannon, cd were already in custody. paid a minimum wage of ficjally opened Tuesday mor Patricia Gay, a student at health. , . Jr., 22, a Laurens truck driv-John Dallas Kennedy is serv- $12o an hour while working as ning by clinton - s mayori B Newberry College. Active in a native of Georgia, she Personnel manager with the have completed a year er; and John P. Hellams, Jr., >ng a five-year sentence a t re cre a tion counselors, nurses No , an Suddeth a Laurens house trailer deal-T aBabassee ’ Fla.; Lester an eac er a es - Also to be present will he and a member of the First age when she was 12 and gra- er. Ray Gwin is serving a five- Phinney said Tuesday he is Laurens County Republican Presbyterian Church of Jo- duated from' Thornwell Col Hellams and Cannon were year term in the South Caro- expecting official notilication candidates, who will speak anna, released under bonds of $5,- l‘ na penitentiary, and Jolyi of approval of funds from the during the morning celebra- 000 each and Kennedy remain-Kdward Wyatt is in federal regional office of Economic tion. ed in custody under $5,000 custody in Greenville. Opportunity in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Adams asks that any- bond. Tbe FBI said tbe investiga- The program will be put in on c who would like to help The men were named in in- tion involved inspection of effect within the next 10 days j n decorating the headquar- dictmcnts handed down Oct. more than 500 cars. The spe- according to Phinney. ters to meet Monday at thc 17 by a federal grand jury in cific charges, it was said, In addition to the Job Corps store on Musgrove Street. Spartanburg. were conspiring to steal a car director, a secretary - book- vpars Of rieclinine bor of the First l >resb yterian Department No. 1 of Green- ^ h Church. His position is that of wood Mills’ Joanna Plants ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ of civic affairs, hc is a Shriner came to Thornwell Orphan- fP?. 3113 Plants oi Greenwood work without a disabling In- Mills. jury. He served for three years Superintendent O. O. Lang- r c 7e? She late/taught "school the WoHd War ston, who made the annou in Newberry County and ' T ston, w o made t h e an- spent the last 50 years near , f' f oland has r f K cen ly ouneement. sent congratul&t- helped to reorganize the Jo- ions to the ^roup lor this sa- PTA Carnival On Monday Night Bishop To Speak Sunday Evening Rev. Cyrus Bassett Daw- lanta and nearby Conyers, the Three other Laurens men for delivery to South Caro- keaper also will be hired, were named as co-conspira- Bna - and concealing the iden- Taylor is a Laurens native, tity of a vehicle by altering a graduate of Ford High identification numbers, and School and attended Presby- changing all its locks. terian College. He is married The ring has staged most to the former Elaine Cothran of its activity between At- and they have one child. Hc is a member of thc sey, Bishop Emeritus of Bra- FBI said. , Second Baptist Church and is zil, now of Columbia, will Powell Law and Shoemak- active in church youth work, speak at Broad St. Methodist er were arraigned in Atlanta, serving as secretary of thc Church Sunday evening at the Ginn and Boswell were ar- Young Peoples Department regular worship hour follow- raigned in Gainesville, Ga., and director of records in the ing’ Family Night in Hodges and Patrick in Rome, Ga. Training Union. Hall which takes place at 6:30. Broad Street observes Family Night each fifth Sun day with covered dish supper prior to the evening service. Bishop Dawsey was born in Gallivants Ferry, S. C., a graduate of Wofford Fitting County Farm Bureau Has Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the a tire, battery and insurance Clinton. She was a member of . Hopewell Methodist Church. anna ^'™un,ty Chest and iety achievement. Surviving arc two daugh ters. Miss Louise Buford and A XA/irkC Awffrrl Gobblins and witches will Mrs. Posey W. Copeland of V VII 19 VJI VI be snooping around at the pinion: four sons Munson _ _ # # avwhic pta H.ito. ^ JSc Wi" For Livestock at Fair ween Carnival Monday night. of La Fayette. Ala. and Will- Oet. 31. Doors will open at iam B. Buford of Savannah. Laurens — Ronald Avinger, the South Carolina 4-11 soil the National Guard Armory Ga.: eight grandchildren and 17-year-old Thornwell High judging team that will repre- on S. Broad Street at 5 p.m. five great-grandchildren. c „i 1 ,• sent the state in the national tor all the young and young- Funeral services were eon- School student and member of the Laurens County 3-11 Live- contest i n Oklahoma City M. P. NIVEN retirement in 1956. Hie last time 3 bishoj) vis E j Martin, Max Corn, and Boyd Stoddard, Owings. ited Broad Street was in 1914. „ , . L __ . School. Wofford College, and. U1 „ “ l “. ’ ““ „ “ “ took the Conference Course Laurons CaU3 y Far T Bu - ? ervlce pr °K ram . a /^ ords through Vanderbilt Universi- rcau was hc ' ,d Thursda y in keeping program, and the fa- W. He was ordained in Min- tbc h cafe h tcria af Laurens cilities of both the Charleston Kiwani^ Club To . , r /-r.i.r./.u* High School. Eighty-five offt- and Easley grain elevators. 18 ry 0 ’ ,’ . . ’ .. > „ cers, members and guests The following officers were Hear Manufacturer an< ., wa8 . 3 TJ' n iqn °ii ° .were served a turkey supper, elected to serve for the com- M. P. Niven, of Greenville, 1.° n in iQiT Banquet tables were decorat- ing year: President,- T. J. will be the speaker tonight i/ms'lerreiV tQ 0 Brazil where ed by fal1 llowcrs Siven by Copeland. Rt. 2, Laurens; (Thursday) at the Kiwanis ..... .'Mrs. Merle Henderson and vice-president, Robert L. Club meeting at Hotel Mary 1^5 Tavinu Served p C a r colet Mrs ' Earle Blakely - Wickham, Clinton; state di- Musgrove at 7o’clock. . ’ • . t ,> 1 n 1 During the evening the rector, Charles R. Workman; Mr. Niven, a native ol Dun- 11! s prH)r 0 ° group was entertained by Kinards; secretary-treasurer, edin, Fla., was graduated 1 WaS 1 < . t< .! _ j 3p (l ..one of the local barber shop Mrs. Agnes Bailey, Laurens, from the University of Flori- w,<lt " umal url 1 S quartets, ‘‘The Windpipes,” Directors at large: Hugh da and also from Harvard composed of Bob Wassung, B. Workman, Clinton; and L. Graduate Business School. He founded Carolina Man- Directors by townships: ufacturing Co. in Greenville, . .. * +1. on Speaker for the evening Cross Hill — Hance Finley manufacturer of the world- Bishop Dawsey at the 7.30 ^ E H Agnew Qf starr and John L Adair famous .. H av-A-Hank” hand- service. past pres i dent of tbe south Hunter—W. P. Dickson and kerchief, and is also president o ^ Carolina Farm Bureau Fede- Lawrence F. Davis. of R. W. Ethridge Co. in Dr. Patte to Preach ration. Mr. Agnew congratu- Jacks—Howard H. Watkins^ Charlotte. . I* •|| C *1 lated Laurens County for, the and David Pitts. 'He is vice-president and In KnOXVille Jlindoy good work they are doing to *'Laurens—J. Herman Power director of the Pleasantburg Dr. Edouard Patte will oc- help the farmers in the and Robert Bums. Rotary Club and an elder cupy the pulpit of Fifth Av- county, with a special Scuffletown—W. T. Blakely in Greenville's Westminster enue Presbyterian Church, word for President T. J. and S. B. Fleming. Precbyterian Church. Knoxville, Tenn., Sunday at Copeland, who has given Sullivan — Fred Pitts and Mr. Niven was chairman of thc morning worship service, much of his time and effort James Wasson. the committee to raise the He is to preach the Refer-in Farm Bureau work. Waterloo—Niles C. Cfork funds for Greenville Dining mation Sunday sermon at the Some of the services that and J. L. Fennell. Hall at Presbyterian College request of the Session and the are now offered to Farm Bu- Youngs—James Martin and and is a member of the pastors, the Rev. Tom C. reau members in South Caro- Willie Lomas. Board of Visitors of hteGpl- Cook and Wm. J. JaivL. nna anu Lumens, Cuiimy ait Dials-Milton S. Woods. leee. A ' H The public is invited to hoar B’rank Sherrill. mm W: *1 i 441 J 44 at-heart. ducted Sundav at 3 p.m. at " ,l ' I -“ m . x t April. Bring the entire family as Hopewell Methodist Church stock Club, won the special Judging was completed in there will he plenty of good by Rev. Hilton Johnson. Bur- award lor fitting and show- Lie dairy cattle show Tuesday things to cat and drink, plus ial was in Rosemont Ccmc- manship at the Laurens niji b t. lots of fun. tcry, Clinton. County Fair Tuesday night. Winners were Jack Marlar, Judging fhr thc best cos- Pallbearers were James Ihe $100 check given annu- junior, senior and grand tunic will begin at 6 p.m. with Williams, W. P. Dickson, Gus ally by the County Fair Asso- champion J e r s e y ; Bruce prizes awarded in age groups. Ramage, D o w n s Monroe, ciation was presented by Jack Simpson, junior, senior and Pony rides, ball games, Hugh Workman and William Long, vice president of the gran ,| champion Ayrshire; fishing, bake goods, country Young. association. Jimmy Smith, senior and store, and many, many other — Young 1 Avinger said he r a n d champion Holstein; surprises have been planned. Hampton Avenue School or plans t o study to be a veteri- an d Mickey Wickham, junior Tickets may be purchased at the entrance door. narian and will apply the champion Holstein. * All are from members of the 4th, 5th, Proceeds will he used for money toward his college ed- members of the County 4-H and 6th grade students of the library at the school. ucation. He is a member of Livestock Club. Also showing winners were Susan Hamm, senior a n d grand champion in both the junior and open Guernsey show; Alice Lathrop. junior champion in the junior show; and Perry Hamm, .junior champion in the open show, All three are inch.hers of the Newberry 4-11 Club. C. D. Clawson, formerly with the dairy extension de partment at Clemson Univer sity, judged the show. Adult and junior commu nity exhibits were also judged Tuesday. - Winners in the adult division, from first to fourth place, were Camak Home Demonstration Club, Mountville Community Club, Barksdale Home Demonstra tion Club and Barksdale Narnie Community Club. la the junior division, win ners were Whitten Village 4-H Club, first; Camak 4-H Club, second; Mountville 4-H Club, third; and County wide 4-H Chib, fourth. Beef cattle judging wlU highlight activities Wednw* day, with judging schedule to get under way at 6 p. m. . If At Farm Bureau Meeting Shown here at the annual meet ing - of the Laurens County Fanp Bu reau in Laurens last Thursday night are (from left:), Robert E- Wickham, who whs named vice-president; Mrs. Agnes Bailey, secretary - treasurer; E. H. Agnew, speaker; T. J. Copeland, reelected president; and Emory Bish op, distnct representative of the State Farm Bureau.—Yarborough Photo. 1 111 irfi Mi