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I* X: THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton, S. C., Thursday, Miirch 2$ lf{i>7 Joanna Nawt . . the Nivers CLINTON - AND THE CLASS OF 1917 By CARROLL COATES, 200 Hampton Ave. W. 1. HOGAN .. Is a student at Wittthrop. gfertings go to Evelyn Byars Correspondent-Representative Stewart BfOWti.Tf. anfl ^er- * r $ 1 ^dUle 8 y<lfs - . , Tileofione rv h«i, Ju 1p«ve on March Wf. and Mm. Cliff tucker ry Hall will leave on March Mr onrf Mis: T R Davis 23 for Fort Polk * Loui8lanl1 - W ! lU ob ®* rVe * a "l Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Davis, : National hiversary on March 24 and fr., and children, Randy and The y are lft We Natwnal - - Jr-, and children, Handy ana — *" celebrating birthdays are Lois Rttss of Vero Beach, Fla. ar- uuara - , st d t sirmans, John Sirmans, and rived on Saturday to spend a ^ William Glem^stttd^t g A ^ Wfei w,th XULTkrZl "er K u«t o( Mr. and Mn. El- Happy birthday on March 25th to Mary Boyce, Freda Mrs. Marvin Humphries, and, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Gruber. On Monday, March 27, Wil lie Nell Jenkins, Sara O’Shields, Margaret Niver, Last week-end ga ^ ts of M £ Dot Koch, and J. W. Culbert- ;." d M .T 1"* son will celebrate birthdays W. Niver on h , ill Joanna, and with Mr. and Dert Rowe> Michelle Stock- Mrs. Davis, Sr. hi the Hope- Week-end guests of Mr. and man and Shuford welt Section, Sunday. Mrs. Dock Buchanan w e r e Eas te r Sundav birthdav Afternoon guests of the Ni- * a rtd Candy celebrants are Dianhe Rowe, vert were Mr. and Mrs. Tom- ® Jettie Norris, and Terry Elli- my DeYoung and Billy of of J? lly B ^. son, and observing wedding Greenville. Margaret Niver, anniversaries are Mr. and student at Winthrop will be lumbia eftfoye# the week-end w —s_ TI — —i home for Easter holidays. with her, parents, Mr. and M. E. Smith of 402 Moort- Mrs Stewart Bf°wn. Mr. head Bt. spent last week-end J ayn ® Jc inec ^ be t* 0,1 Sunday in Leesville with Mr. and Mrs. , for ^ day - Bill Boyd. Servlttf In Vietnam SU1I W1M CCRrMIll Paul Rogers, son of Mr. and Mr and Mrs. Ralph Bragg and Mr and Mrg Mrs. J. Z. Rogers has been in and children of Aiken. Vietnam since Oct. He is ser- A-2c Joe Johnson, of Max- ving with the Seasbees and is well A.F.B. in Alabama, and expected to return to the his mother, Mrs. B. H. John- to'^y Crowder°and Richard States in June. son spent last Wednesday Wayne Powell. On the same Misses Andi and Betty wi th Mrs. L. D. Edmonds and day Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Crow- Stroud, students of Winthrop, Dora. Sunday guests were Mr. d 0 r observe a wedding an- arrive on Thursday for the and Mrs. L. S. Martin, Rev. n j V efsary. Easter holidays. and Mrs. Clee Blackwell of Q a March 29, Terry Rowe Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lan^ Waterloo, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. w m celebrate a birthday and ford, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Mur- Ballew, Fred Ballew, and Gcr- and Mrs. Richard Lewis, phy ahd Mrs. Annit Thomas a1 ^ Graham of Clinton. Sr and Mr and Mrs. Rudy visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Coo- On Monday Mr. and Mrs. pi* a ter will observe a wedding per in Lanford on Sunday af- V. E. Edwards Carried their anniversary. ternoon. son Danny Earl for an exam- ■ ^ Mrs. W. B. Murrah visited ‘nation at the Shrincrs Hospi- Rev. and MrS. Tommy Brown tal »n Greenville, and family recently and Bob- Mrs. Sara Heaton and Mrs. Ernest Floyd will observe a Wedding annivesary. The 28th brings a birthday NOTICE OF LAND SALE By Delinquent Tax Collector bie Jean, who had spent a Katherine Heaton of Clintoh, * y h * week with the Browns, return- S. C. reentty new to El Paso. ™ ^ ^ J" 8 ? ed with her. Last week-end Texas for a visit with their ^ n Mr. ahd Mrs. Buddy Murrah husband and son. Pvt. Jimmie b e ^ ® °V tb anT i n of SimpsonviUe visited Mr. E. Heaton of'the U. S. Army heremafter described and will and Mrs. Murrah. Mr Defense Missiles. Mrs. Ka- s f“ * P ubllc out f y for cash, * Wadsworth Niver attended ferine Heaton stayed for the J; lth ®5 J n or | n T front of c tbe the Ciemson Spring Football week-end, but Mrs. Sara Hea- Lourt House at Laurens, S. C., game on Saturday at Clem- ion remained for an extend- on Monday, April 3, 1967, it son Univer*sity. ‘ ed visit with her husband be- being salesday in April, the Spending last week with Mr. fore he was transfered to Foirt foUowing described property, and Mrs. J. Z. Rogers were Hancock, New Jersey. Mrs. lyi ng > being and situate in Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Price Heatin is presently staying Laurens County, State of S. of Goldsboro, N. C. Mr. Price witb ber parente, Mr. and C., to wit: is stationed at the Seymore- Mrs. Gay V. Sellers in Joanrta Ml that certain lot of land, Jackson A.F.B. there. until she is able to join her w Rh all improvements there- Miss Robbie Lewis sp?nt husband in New Jersey. on * being in the Town of CUn- the week-end with her parents, Birthdays and Anniversaries h 1 * 1 ’ bounty of Laurens, S. C., Mr. and Mrs.'Otis Lewis. She On March 23rd birthday being more particularly de- T , 1 _ scribed as follows: Beginning at a stake in unimproved A copy of the Presbyterian College’s annual tot the year 1917 came into my hands re- cehtly, and 1 found it charm- ing, not only as a period piece, but as a document of Clinton life fifty years ago. (Mrs. Harris', publisher of The Chronicle, for one, will be delighted to learn that the “Chronicle Publishing Co.’’ not only promised “first class work’’ but declared that ‘you will get it when prom- ed, for 1 ' having done work one when promised is one of- tie -rules of this office.’’ Eur- ermore, the ideal of perfec tion was thrown down like a medieval gauntlet: “We do all kinds* of printing except bad.’’) (The Chronicle office at that time was located op posite Bailey’s Bank — possi bly on West Pitts Street: Check me if I’m wrong). The ’17 PAC SAC (PC’s an nual) was printed in the $100,000 plant of Jacobs & Company’ a front view color engraving shows the building very much as it looks today. M. S. Bailey & Son, adver tised itself as “The Bank of Long Standing,” insured its customers’ deposits over a. “personal responsibility of $500,000,” and its competition, old timers can tell you, the First National and the Com mercial banks, are no longer with us. Copeland Stone, “The One Price Store,” offered "courte ous attentive treatment” and made no advertising claims that were not “absolutely bon- afide.” Literary types could fide.” Literary types could Have You Paid County Taxes? More Than Double Increase In Penalty On April 1. , Allen D. Coleman COUNTY TREASURER a stake in county road on the B. Davis antf Jobie Shelton Property line on the southwestern most corner of Jobie Shelton pro perty and running in a north- ernly direction along B. Davis and Jobie Shelton property line a distance of 105 ft. to a stake; thence turning and running in a easternly direc tion a distance of 105 ft. to a stake; thence turning and run ning in a southernly direction a distance of 105 ft. to a stake in unimproved county road. 135 ft. thereon. Said lot of land is the easternmost por tion of lot No. 3 of W. C. Bond subdivision. All that piece, parcel or lot ofMand being within the cor porate limits of the Town of Clinton, County of Laurens, State of S. C., containing one- half acre, more or less, bounded on the east by South Bell St., on the south by lot of S. H. Alexander, on the west by land formerly belong ing to S. H. Alexander, and on Uie north by lot of Will John son. VIVIAN BLAKELY Tax Collector browse to their heart’s con tent at Scaife’s Book Store, which, regretably, no longer exists. (Query: No Scaifes are listed in the current telephone directory — who was the Mr., Mrs., or Miss Scaife who dis pensed culture to our parents, at the sametime guaranteeing prices “as low as can be se cured anywhere”? Today’s car enthusiasts will be astonished to learn that Mr. E. W. Ferguson offered various models of Ford “the Univexsal Car” at such prices, (f.o.b. Detroit) as $390, $440, and $590 — and if you really wanted to put on the dog, Mr. Ferugson’s Garage could pro vide you with its most expen sive line, the Sedan, for an outrageous $740. (There was no federal or state sales tax in those golden years, and no body had to stand a driver’s examination, or pay for a li cense either). Sadler - Owens Pharmacy was located in the Union Station; and Mr. Jno. T. Young of “The City Pharma cy” could set you up with “the Best That’s Made” — Eastman Kodaks, Whitman’s Candies, Waterman’s fountain pens, and “the best soda served anywhere.” (I seem to recall black wire chairs, mar ble-top tables, gently rotating blades of ceiling fans — which somehow made grape juice in crushed ice on a hot sum mer afternoon tastier than one is nowadays) Then, as now, Nichols made good photographs. The Clinton Cafe made “homemade candies” right in front of your eyes. Could this possibly have been the young Mr.’ : George Mitchell who came'from Greece, who in the late 20s and the 30s prepared the tangiest, hottest meat and onidn sauce any hotdog was ever blessed with? One of his charming daughters, Mary, was voted Miss Clinton one year /— was it 1936, ’37? In 1917 Dr. Davidson Mc Dowell Douglas was PC’s The. Misses Essie Elizabeth Davidson, Alliene Hipp (now M/-S. Gibson), and Myrtle Norman (now Mrs. William son). All Of the seniors were South Carolinians} though some came ’from as far qway as Columbia, Bishopviile and Oswego. One member of the graduating class, Roger Coe, in later years was to “be a faculty member himself, and become a person of national distinction in the field of edu cation. The handsome young Wal ter Johnson .was Director of Athletics, and another/^ fine looking young gentlemai lie St. Clair Hayes, and coming M.D., not long returned from Columbia Uni versity, was Professor of Phy siology and Hygiene. (A min or quibble, hut did’nt Dr. Hays spell his name wtihout an ‘e?’). Not unmindful of Clinton’s origin and growth, a photo graph ol a train engine was * i* By A. R. FERNELL Your Tefephone Manager h FOR A ING—fR UNIQUE EXPERIENCE IN TELEPHON- V CALli Am PORPOISE-TO PORPOISE! >RI A recent porpoise-to-porpoise long distance tele-1 included in ( tj)e ’17 yearbook, a front vie' L ^ evv^JOfstorted so that phone call combined communications technology with marftie biology. Participants in the conversation were “Speedy," a trained porpoise at Marineland of the Pacific, and “Splash,” his counterpart at Marineland of Florida. The two porpoises squeaked, chirped and whistled to each other over the 2,500 miles of tele phone lines that separated them. Each listened in tently to the other, with only occasional interruptions. Fortunately, a porpoise is a mammal, so no one should accuse me of telling a fish story. it’s difficult to determine whe- her it was a Seaboard Airline or a CN&L. World W’ar I seems o have made small impact on the Golden >’lass. for no mention of it is made of it in the 1917 classhook. Nor mention made of the murder of Aus- sia’s royal family early that spring. Economics, however, is touched on. The South was still basically an agrarian standhold, and Cotton was the Kim noted unpredictable thusly: “. . .our class returned sad ly depleted in number of ac count of the ravages of cheap cotton.. . .” The old hotel is gone; the railroad station now sits somewhat west of its former site. “Plus ca change”, not necessarily “plus ca 1c meme chose”. HANDWRITING ON THE WALL ... The voice soon became very familiar to the Information Operator. The same lady kept calling, fairly often, asking for a different number each time. Finally sensing that she was being recognized, the. lady apologized. “Ope rator, I’m sorry to ke^p* calling you, but they just pa pered my room and covered up all my numbers.” The lady had the right idea, to save time and avoid dialing errors. But we think a personal phone book would have been much handier—and much less likely to be wallpapered!: IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS lot president. presided over a le faculty of eleven, and a seiv ior class of eighteen — three of whom were young ladies: of. •.!(' * v ■* iLi, Thence turning and running along road to a distance of 105 ft. to point of beginning. All that certain lot of land being on the south • side of Nash St, in the City of Clin ton, County of Laurens, State of S. C., being bounded as follows: on the north by Nash St. 60 ft. thereon; on the east by lot now or formerly of R. E. Wysor 135 ft. thereon; on the south by lot of Marion Taylor 60 ft. thereon; and on the west by lot of Fred Hill i You Believe That You Can Buy A Brand New 1967 Model Chevrolet Pick-Up Truck WITH Camper Unit Installed For— 2369.00 Tax Included Here Are Details: / 8, 1. Truck is a Chevrolet Model CS 10934, 8 Ft. Fleetside Bed With All Standard Equipment AND a Deluxe Heater, Defroster, and Rear Bumper. r Stop In Today For A Demonstration. You’ll Never Get A Camper of This Quality For Anything Like This Price. Plaxko Chevrolet, Inc ■ii. -y- ■ ” 400 West Main In Clinton FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 24 day of March, 1967, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Executrix of the estate of W. K. Waits in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and requir ed to may payment on or be fore that date, and all per sons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. Vivian W. Nabors Executrix 634 Blalock Drive Joanna, S. C. Feb. 24th, 1967 FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 4th day of April, 1967, I will ren der a final accounts of my acts and doings as Adminis trator of the estate of Marvin G. Harvey Jr. in the office of the Judge of Probate of Lau rens County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administra tor. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date, and all persons hav ing claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. James R. Franks Administrator March 3, 1967 * 4-C-M-30 We have a film about the ocean and marine life, It doesn’t fearture “Speedy” or “Splash” but it does pre sent a wide ranging report on the vast, ^mysteriouj* sea. It is available for your use without charge, if wish to use it just call our Clinton Business Of fice-. •' t ' CREDITORS NOTICE All persons having claims against the estate of George Price, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same dul$ verified, with the undersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make pay ment likewise. SALLIE S. PRICE, Executrix, 519 Gary St. Clinton, S. C. Date March 2nd, 1967 3-cM-23 Save $ $ $ on a specially priced limited edition of America’s No. 1 fun car, including these sports extras: sports car hood with built-in turn signal flashers • engine dress-up kit • Wide-Oval hres (with V 8's) • rocker panel moldings • wheel covers • whitewalls • bucket seats, carpeting, stick shift standard • sporty luggage rack optional. V Ford is first in sales in Carriina f * 7v*. i OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. OO. BALDWIN MOTOR COMPANY 302 North Broad Street — CKitton, S. C. ^ / as • i f > - A-