The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 11, 1967, Image 1
The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 68 — No. 19
Clihtjon, S. C, Thursday, May 11, 1967
Laurens Electric
Schedules Annual
Meeting for May 20
At Highways 72-56 Intersection
DR. A. HOLLIS EDENS
Commencement Address
REV. F. L. LEGERTON
Baccalaureate Sermon
CHARLES B. MCDONALD
To Get Honorary Degree
anorary I
Two Services — 77 one/ 4:25
College Commencement
Is Scheduled for Sunday
Members of the Laurens
Electric Cooperative are
marking their calendars for
May 20. That’s the date for
the annual meeting of the lo- Horsemanship
r'h rur H “K coo r uve Day Scheduled
to be held at the Laurens . d u u • d l
County fairgrounds. JS-A
W. M. Gresham, president, Bali HaiR
Shopping Center Construction
Announced: Bi-Lo Is First Unit
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anch, Rt. 1, Lau-
reminds everyone who is rens, will sponsor a “horse-
served ^ by the Laurens Elec- manship day” on May 20.
trie Cooperative that he or The event will be conducted
she is part owner of the co- b y Ba,i Hai ’s horse manager-
operative. As an owner, each trainer, «L A. Fisher, and
member-consumer will have w ih be directed to young
an opportunity to take part in horsemen, 4-H groups, saddle
Two honorary degrees and Leonard Bruce, Jr., Cornelia, Kelley, Jr., Decatur, Ala.; the annual meeting, vote for clubs, and riding clubs. The
100 baccalaureate degrees will Ga.; Charles Loenard Camp- Angela Eloise Reyes Mar- directors who will be respon- public is ir\vited.
be awarded next Sunday af- jj e jj jj onea p a th- George Sid- s h aB » Montreat, N. C.; Grady sihle for the operation and No admission will be charg-
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Arthur Marshall, Hapeville, management of the system ed and lunch will be available
Ga.; Daniel Leslie Montgom- during the coming year.
on the grounds or participants
ternoon at Presbyterian Col- ^
lege’s 87th Commencement ney Dempsey,
exercises at which Df. A. Beach, Fla.; Thomas Clyde ery, Greenville; Starling Speed “Wlrle benefits of rural and observers may bring their
Hollis Edens, former president Edwards, Jr., Union; Eliza- R a y ) m, Spartanburg; David electrification are most no- own lunch.
of Duke University, will de- heth Brooks Elliott, Hamlet, Bryson Rousey, Jacksonville, ticeable in raising the stand- Registration will start at
liver the main address. N - C.; Carlos Julio Emanuel, pia.; Morrow Bradford ard of rural living, city peo- 9:30 am., and the program
To be honored are: Charles Jr ” Ecaiidor, S. Thompson, Van Wyck; Mar- pie, too, have benefitted will include pointers on
B. MacDonald deputy chief A-; Paula Evans, Ludowici, v in Stevenson Turner, Jr:, greatly,” says Henry M. grooming, showmanship and
historian, Department of the Ga,; John Neville Glover, Clinton; Larry Lewis Younce, Faris, manager of the Lau
Atmy, a 1942 PC graduate WUliam Woodward Johnston,
from Little Rock, S. C„ to re- Hall, Jr., York; Charles Ev- .Summer 1966
ceive the doctor of letters de- ans Hayes ' H° clt HlU ' Robert Bachelor of Arts
rens Electric Cooperative.
Continental Can
M. Legerton, Charleston na l^ a mes Cooper ^Humphries, At- i n g A. F. Base, Md.; Jack Gets New Forester
tive now serving Atlanta’s
gree; and the Rev. Fitihugh ^ alter
James
Lanta,
Herlong, Manning; Rone Howell Lewis, III, Lor-
Ga.; Brqwn William Roper Mahan, Union; Tyrus
ring manners. A question and
answer period will be held,
ending with riding demonstra
tions.
Interested horsemen may
write or call the ranch for
more information.
The ranch is owned by Mr.
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MR. OUTLAW BREAKS GROUND
—Yarborough Photo
Oglethorpe Presbyterian Ch- ^ obnson > Darlington; Steven Jerald Manning, Patterson, Paul M. Muller, distrist
urch, doctor of dviinity. Bruce Knoche, Mt Pleasant-, G a.; Woodrow Wilson Mer- forester with Continental Can an ‘ d ‘"Mr“s"“shelt™" j“ "Rimer
Legerton will open the Sun- Be ™ ^Jn^h New ritt ' , J . r ' EaSley . : Joh , n Ram ' F h apCr Co-npanv announces Arabian horst , s
day exercises by preaching tersbur g- Fla.; Kenneth New- sey Murphy, Mt. Pleasant; the appointment ol David Al-
the baccalaureate sermon at be . r ” Nahunta, Ga.; William Harden Warnock, At- len as assisting forester to
USC Professor
Says PC Staffer
Denied Freedom
Columbia — Plans to dis-
AU boys interested in Amer- m f ss a Presbyterian College
ican Legion Baseball report • . ... Simultaneous announce
a/r:n professor have drawn cnti-
and Charolais cattle.
To Organize
Legion Junior Team
A Bi-Lo Supermarket will gotiations are presently In
be the first unit to be built in process with several other
a proposed shopping center businesses, he said, for leas-
announeed yesterday for con- ing on units in the new cen-
struction at the intersection ter.
of Highways 72 and 56 (Mus- Others named by Mr. Ri-
grove St. and Whitmire Road) mer as principals in the de
north of Clinton. It will be velopment are Jim Barnes
known as Clinton Plaza. and James W. Holland of
Laurens, of Bar-Craft Mobile
ments were made by Shelton Homes Company, and Blake
11 a. m. The closing C om- w ! lliam Hea ^ d Love » Gaffney; lanta - this area>
mencement ceremony, with M* cbae l Lewis McGehee, Mar- Bachelor of Science Mr. Allen ,a native of Mil-
Dr. Edens speakng on the ianna > Fla -! Samuel Harris william DeBurin, Jr .,Fay- ledgeville, Ga. received his
subject “Conversation Edu- Mc Girt, Maxton, N. C.; Neill etteville, N. C.; Terry Lee BSF Degree from the Univer-
cation,” is set for 4:15 that WBcox McKay, Jr., Greens- Ellison, Joanna; Robert Ful- sity of Georgia. He recently
afterpoon. Both programs will boro ’ G, » Tbomas Boggs enwider Phifer, III, Spartan- completed two years of active
be held in Belk Auditorium'. McPhail Honea Path; Glen burg; Wade Phillip Stewart, duty with the U.S. Army with t„ the Clinton Mill Ball Park, . J ^
As a prelude to the Sunday Marion Robinson Martin, Sa- picayune, Miss.; Roy Ar- a tour of duty in Vietnam. He Monday, May 15 at 5:30 p.m. c,sm from the president of the J. Rimer, of Clinton, repre- and David Garrett of Foun-
activity, commencement vannab > Ga.; Max Milligan. Rjur Wright, Sanford, Fla. is now a 1st Lt. with the Army f or practice. South Carolina Conference of sen ting the builders, and tain Inn. developers of pthec
weekend will start on Satur- Atlanta, Jabn Howard December, 1966 Reserves. Boys must be 19 years of the American Association of Frank L. Outlaw, of Green- shopping centers in the stater
day evening, with the annual Morrison, Jr., Atlanta, Henry Bachelor of Arts R e , s married to the former age with birthdate on or after University Professors vibe ’ bcad 0< * be Bi-Lo Super- Mr Rimer himself is well,
Senior-Alumni Dinner. Mac- 5^. Parks ’ Greenville; charles Edward Browder, Barbara Jean Smith of Had- Aueusl. 1, 1948. Rnhort i MnZ market chain ‘ known in busmess areas be-
Donald will speak on this oc- cbr * stle ^ arnar IT Pat l e ^??’ New Ellenton; James Stanton doc i Cj G a> Both are of Baptist Jim Hawkins will coach the , , Tbe site contains 30 acres, a successful mobile home
casion, sponsored by the PC Va ld° s ta, Ga.; Howard Otto Murchison, Concord, N. C.; f a jth. They will make their team for the-American Legion a history at Columbia Col- jq of which will be used for builder, wha has developed
, as Protinsky, Jr., St. Petersburg, Richard Anderson Rhame, home on Elm street. Post No. 56. lci!e chareod Fndav thai the ... *-» an Arabian horse and Gharn- •
lege charged Friday that the the development, Rimer said. an Arabian horse and Charo-
Presbytcrian professor was Grading is already underway lais calt lc farm in the county.
denied academic freedom.
The charge referred to Pres-' to begin’ at an early date. Ri- said, arc preparing for an in-
byterian’s decision not to mer said the initial building vestment of approximately
renew the probationary con- w iu be leased by Bi-Lo,-with $500,000.
Alumni Association as a Protinsky, Jr., St. Petersburg, Richard Anderson Rhame, home on Elm street,
means of officially welcoming Fla ’ Earhe Monroe Rash, Clinton; Fred McCown Story,
the new graduating class into Glade Valley, N. C.; Walter Anderson; Helena Louise
the alumni ranks! Christopher Regnery, New- Woody, Nashville, Tenn.
Between the baccalaureate berry; Rufus Allen Rowland, Bachelor of Science
service on Sunday morning Dillon; William Butler Scott, Allan Brooks Callaway, De-
and the final graduation exer- Buffalo; James McNeill Sing- C atur, Ga.; William Vaughn
cises, the schedule calls for leton ’ Conwa yi Joseph Frank- Crowley, III, Chamblee, Ga.;
a noon luncheon in the college lin Singleton, Conway; Jay Charles Loynes Fountain, Jr.,
dining hall with graduates and Bichard Sjoholm, Atlanta, Ri- Miami Springs, Fla.; George
their families as guests, 2:30 chard Carl Smart, Greenville; Leighton Grantham, III, Eas-
p. m. reception in the home James Jackson Smith, Syl- i ey ; j oe Gregory Lawson,
of President and Mrs. Marc vania - Ga.; Roy Victor Sgui- union: William Fairley Mon-
C. Weersing, followed by pre- res * ni ’ M ? c ? n ’ G ?,‘ ; ” e , y r °e. Laurel Hill, N. C.; Sam-
commissioning services for WaIke ^ sta H e iy;^G 0 ,B e gp Pal *. U el Hudson Williams, HI, of
ROTC cadets in Bclk at! 3:30 Merrle HJzd| Stahcflls Monroeville, Ala,
r Bel Air, Md;; JoErtph^Butler , ,
President Weersing will prc<- Stevens, Greenville'! Stephen Seller tO Speak
aide over the various Sunday Edward Stine, Aberdeeh^Md., . I iitliprnn Chiirrk
activities. Degrees . wiU bg *»» 5#“, \“ th ® ran ^ .
presented by Dr Eugene T. Re P ot thc Ct>ri s 0 : Robert In the absence ol Dr. E.
Wilson, pastor-emeritus of At- Wardlaw Warren, Allendale; B Keisler, interim pastor of
lanta’s Peachtree Presbyteri- Hu ^ b Wilson Weldon, Jr., Co- St. John’s Lutheran Church,
an Church who serves as lumbia; David Henley Wyatt, who is ort vacation, the ser-
chairman of the board of Borne, Ga. vice in that church will be
trustees. , Bachelor of Science conducted next Sunday by
Commencement Speaker Barbara Elizabeth Ander- John L. Setzler, a native ol
Edens served as president of son, Clinton; James Harper Kingstree and a member of
Duke from 1949 to 1960. He Earnhardt, Jr., Charlotte, N. the local Lutheran congrega-
then became executive direc- C.; Alexander Alford Batton, tion. He is completing his
tor of the Mary Reynolds Bab- Jr., Port Gibson, Miss.; Jam- second year at the Lutheran
cock Foundation, and-after re- es Allison Bell, Copperhill, Theological Sputhern Semi- . _ . saleFridaC afternnon at .V30 ki- ki L
tirement in 1966, has been an Tenn.; Don Curtis Blanchard, nary in Columbia He gradu- LaufenS CommUtllty Theater Play in front of Bell’s, Piggly Wig- M,SS Na^OrV
and construction is expected The developers, Mr. Rimer
tract of Df. H. Larry Ingle, other units to be added. Ne-
an assistant professor of his-
tory.
Moore expressed the bel ef
that “there were certain ele
ments outside the college com
munity*’ whovobjected to In-
gle s Views on tax reform, in
tegration and theology.
Mponi {said Utgle hajs nqt
askei fdr action against Pres-
byteieian and has already
found emplpyment next year
at another school.
Several students this week
quietly protested dismissal of
Dr. Ingle with signs and pos
ters.
Flag Sale Slated
Friday Afternoon
The United Daughters of th?
Confederacy will have a flag
advisor of the Anne Stouffer Jr., Pic&ens; Richard Hems- ated from ' Presbyterian Col-
Foundation. A native of Wil- ley Carpenter, Jr., Greenville; lege in 1965.
low Grove, Tenn., he acquired Richard Bruce Corley, Clin- Mr. Setzler’s topic will be,
his BPh and master’s degrees ton; Earl Raymond Crim, III, “God’s Time and Our Time”,
from Emory University, Atlanta; Kendall Grove Dur-
where he later taught and kee, Jacksonville; Fla. Jo- Commerce Board
served as dean, and his PhD seph Miller Gettys, Jr., Clin- j Uppi- TiiPcHnv
from Harvard. He holds eight ton; Susan Helen Gilbert, lo »V»eer i uesaay
Slated for Friday and Saturday
Blakely, Ga.; William Alex- The board of directors of tbe P ar ts in the Laurens Com- others
gly, Community Cash and Wins Scholarship
Winn-Dixie stores. The sale. Miss Barbara ,, 0 .. Nah ., rs
Frank Sherrill of Clinton in three acts, which will be scbt ‘ du * od f°r last r nday, was oJ R ou t e ] Clinton, has been
and Joanne Smith of Laurens presented both nights in the P ost P° n( -'o du e to weather con- announced as a w ; nn or of one
nwt t-ooIk, hi.c Laurens Central Elementary a,uons - of two $500 Scholarships of-
(n ploto) are no rea y s- School auditorium at 8 0 ». The proceeds from the sale f e red to 1967 seniors in the
band and w le, but they play j k
arc to be used lor the purchase Greenville area this year by
from of* books
pertaining
which
the Cecil’s Business College.
Mr. Outlaw, in announcing
the opening of a unit of his
chalh in Clinton, expressed l»
confidence in the growth po
tential of Clinton and sur
rounding area. He said he had
numerous rekuest to open a
•store here.
The building ,he said, will
contain 16,800 squarg, feet and
wtfl stoick mbre thlan‘6,000 jiiil-
ems, , with h larg^ meat afe-
nartjhent, which features all
Bi-Lo stores. The offering of
brand name merchandise will
also be emphasized, he said.
Bi-Lo is a home-owned cor
poration, operating 20 super
markets in the Piedmont
area, and plans for two more
stores in Union and Chester.
During the past five years,
Mr. Outlaw said, annual sales
have increased from $3 mil
lion to $35 million.
At ground-breaking cere
monies here Monday, Mjf
Outlaw sa ! d he is looking for
ward with anticipation y to
serving the Clinton area.
Senior Class
To Present Play
The senior class df Clinton,
honorary doctorates. - 4. .
Alumnus MacDonald has ander Hanger, Jr., Atlanta; the Clinton Chamber of Com- munity Theater play on Fri- Clinton are Mrs. Calvin Reed. Gontecieracy, wmen win oe [ s the daughter of Mr. and High School will present a:
been with the Pentagon’s Mili- Edward Allan Harris, Flor- merce will meet, Tuesday, day and Saturday nights. Bob Hanson and Charles Ru- placed in local school librar- jvf rs Thomas Nabors and a drama, “Remarkable Incident
tary history department since ence; Fred Edward Hoi- May 16, at 10 a.m. at Hotel Sherrill and Miss Smith are ark. From Laurens are Mrs. ies. member of the senior class at at Carson Corners”, Thursday,
1948. He is the author of three combe, II, Clinton; James Mary Musgrove. I. Mac Adair cast in the roles of George Anne Cook, Bill Peters, A number of Blue Bird Clinton High School. She plans May 11, at 8:00 o’clock, in
volumes of official World War Henry Johnson, Jr., Georgi- is president of the organiza- and Judy Kimball in “Send Gordon Collins and Keith and Camp Fire Girls will to enter the Greenville college the high school auditorium.
II history and three other ana*, Ala.;
books published commercial
ly, one translated into five
languages. He recently spent
an orientation tour of Vietnam
in preparation for supervising
the writing of the official his
tory of the U. S. Army there.
Legerton has been pastor of
the Oglethorpe Church since
receiving his ThM degree at
Princeton Theological Semin
ary in 1950. He has distin
guished himself in the work
of the Georgia Synod and of
Atlanta Presbytery, heads the
Synod’s Council and recently
was named to the Presbyter
ian U. S. General Assembly
committee on theology. His
undergraduate degree is from
the University of Pennsylvan
ia; his BD, from Union Semi
nary in Virginia.
Candidates For Degrees Are:
Bachelor of Arts
Alice Diane Adams, Simp-
sonville; • Angeline Elizabeth
Albright, Mebane, N. C.; San
dra Kaye Alexander, Iva;
John Charles Askew, Atlanta;
Alton Glenn Bartow, Jr., Elk-
ton, Md.; David Turner Bord-
ner, Atlanta, Ga.; William Eu-
jenc liuwit., E.-bif); JmncS Barbara
Carlton William tion.
Eight seniors from Clinton
are among the 104 candidates
to receive baccalaureate de
grees at Presbyterian Col
lege’s 87th commencement
exercises on Sunday.
Me No Flowers,” a comedy Blore.
assist with the sale.
in June to study accounting. Admission will be 50c and 75c.
Clinton Seniors Are Candidates for Degrees At Presbyterian College
They are: , Richard Bruce Corley, BS
Barbara Elizabeth Ander- in business admimstration,
son, BS degree in mathema- son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe D.
ics; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Corley of CaldweJL^Street
James E. Anderson of West
Maple Street.
Dr. and Mrs. Gettys of Hcik-
ory Street.
John Neville Glover, BA in
v - _ - - economics; son of Mr. and
Joseph Miller/feettys, Jr., Mrs. John S. Glover of Cal-
BS in pre-medicine; son of vert Avenue.
Fred Edward Holcombe,
Jr., BS in business adminis
tration; son of Dr. and Mrs.
Holcombe of Liberty Street.
Richard A. Rhame, BA in
psychology; son of Dr. and
Mrs. D. O. Rhame of West
Walnut Street.
Marvin Steven Turner, Jr.,
BS in natural sciences; son
Of Mr. and Mrs. Turner of
Nferth Adair Street.
Elisabeth Anderson Richard Bruce Corky
Jospeh Milkr Gettys, Jr’,
John Neville Glove*
Fred Edward Holcombe, Jr.
Richard A, Rhame
Marvin Steven
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