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I in j; •. | / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton, S, C., Thursday, June 8, 1967| wmmm 1 - Alston Wilkes Society Aids Ex-Prisoners %' Boyd Awarded Medical Degree Wallace Wyman Boyd, son Dr. and Mrs. D. H. McFad- den was graduated from the Medical College of South Car olina, Charleston, on June 1, with a degree in medicine. He will do his internship at the Medical College in sur gery. He is a graduate of Davidson College and Clinton High School. OFFIC|5,*SUPPMES THE CHRONICLE The Alston Wilkes Society is named for the late Rever end Eli Alston Wilkes, Jr. While serving as pastor of Brcokland Methodist Church ; n West Cotumb ; a, he became acquainted with a Lutheran layman, the late D. T. Hite. From Mr. Hite he learned of the great need for rehabilita- : rg former prisoners. When Tfev. Wilkes was appointed Superintendent of the Oliver fjospel Mission in Columbia in 1S59, he became obsessed with a des ; re to help men Laving prison to adjust to a new life. Beaau.se society generally re- ox-inmntrs, making it difficult for them to adiust to community life. Rev. Wilkes formed an organization to help these people. In ]9fi2 the South Carolina Therapeutic Association, an eleemosynary organization, was formed and a charter se cured. Shortly after Rev. Wilkes’ death in 1963, the members of the organization voted to change its name to The Alston Wilkes Society and to enlarge its purpose. Today our penal institutions and to serve as an agency of public information. In pursuing the first goal, the society aids for mer inmates in finding em ployment and housing, helps it has two major goals i to work with former inmates of make available to them re sources and services of other community agencies, and as sists in creating a climate of acceptance in the communi ties to which they go upon release from prison. As an agency of public information, tnc society seeks to educate the public on the need for un derstanding and aiding the re leased prisoner and to stimu late public opinion in support of needed rehabilitation per sonnel and facilities in the state’s correctional institu tions. In April, 1966 the society’s board of directors employed the first executive director, II. Parker Evatt, to coordin ate the entire program with emphasis on the establish ment of local chapters in the 45 counties ot South Carolina. The society presently ha^ 11 county chapters and a mem bership of 1000. During the past year it has assisted over 4S0 inmates and their families. Bible School Plans For Davidson Street Church Announced Davidson Street Baptist Church announces the follow ing dates, departments, and faculty for the annual Vaca tion Bible School. Registration and prepara- t ! on day for pupils, nursery through intermediate age, and for the Bible school faeu Ity will be Saturday, June 10, from 8:30 to 10:30 a. m. A police-escorted parade is sch eduled at 10:00 a.m. Th? Bib’e school wiP be held Monday through Friday, June 12-16, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. A picnic for the pupils, the faculty, parents, and friends is planned for Friday, June 16, at 7.00 p.m. The commen cement program will be given in the church auditorium at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 18. General officers for the sch ool are listed: Principal, Mrs. Oscar Kinard: pastor and assisting the principal. Rev. M. Floyd He’lams; mus- > Lader, Harvey Foster;"pia nist, Miss Jean Foster; re freshments committee chair men, Mrs. Ressie McKenzie. L. B. Trammell, and Harvey Foster. * Departmental Workers are: Nursery I (Babies), Mrs.*Don Hhselden and Miss Mickey Dover: Nursery II, Mrs. J. W. Campbell, Mrs. Vern white, Mrs. Harold Seigler, and Miss Nancy Trammell; Beginner, Miss Carolyn Brad ford, Mrs. Brenda Wilson Mrs Mary Patterson, and Mrs. Richard Watts, Sr.; Primary, Mrs. Frank Gurley, Mrs. Terry Bootle, Mrs. Floyd Hellams, and Mrs. Hughston Trammell;. Junior, Mrs. Bobby Mca dors, Mrs. Harvey Foster, and Mrs. Jean Echols; In termediate, Mrs. Marvin De Young, Mrs. Gerald Carter, and Herbert O’Shields. Assist ing junior ard intermediate boys with handcraft—Allen White, Frank Gurley, Marvin DeYoung, Robert Spencer, L. B. Trammell, and Jack Wind sor. in chemistry. While at The Citadel, Mc- Sween was on the dean’s list, a member of the Summerall Guards, and editor of the yearbook. He was cftfcsen a distinguished Air Force grad uate and received the com mandant’s award. McSween plans to attend the University, of Georgi^^> next year to work toward his^ master’s degree in geochenn istry. He has received a Naj tional Aeronautics and Spacq Administration Fellowship, j Mc^ween Gets Citadel Degree Merchants Division To Meet Tuesday Harry Y. McSwcen, Jr, was graduated June 3 from The Citadel with a BS degree From menus to mailings We print everything right The Merchants Division of the Clinton Chamber of Com merce will meet Tuesday, Jure 13. at Hotel Mary Mus- grove. Chairman Carl Leon ard will preside. Bragg Gets Diploma Ray Wilford Bragg, Jr., re ceived a junior college diplo ma from Georgia Military Cards lo catalogs, hills to broadsides . . . what ever yowi printing needs, you can count on us for quaiilv workmanship, dependable service, reasonable cost. I-ret* estimates. IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS jiui from * ivui fcio ivi micii y College, Millcdgeville, at gra duation ceremonies on Mon- day. . * He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Bragg of Joanna. Chronicle Publishing Co. 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