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I * "> • Vol. 68 — No. Chronicle Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 27, 1 >67 — mi waF ' : : y Ww-M .< ■. A-- % *$0 W ^ Wm :: m wl Wm ' :! i %•• X*- xJ* - 5^ A “• ififs ^ B^ •::Ncc : ‘ s ■• v % v ; > *-^ : - —■■wwni.u.. ’ ’ 7> " > 'V ■■& * * '.. .. ♦> ». . v.. : « '» .Sf». ' iis hir -«• Ihis1I%. -Yarborough Photo 17 Seaboard Coast Line Boxcars J ump tracks ☆ ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Kiwanianslo United Fund Budget Cemmittee bSioSi To Hear Agency Requests Today The Clinton Kiwanis Club will celebrate its 44th anni versary at this Thursday night’s bi-monthly meeting. Ninth Division Lt. Gov. Wade C. Harrison, Jr., of Troy will be present for this The Budget and Admission Mrs. R. E. Ferguson, Jr., Churches l n Committee of the United Fund Mrs. Frank Sherrill. . . p . , of Greater Clinton, Inc., will United Fund President Rob- JOIR* K®VW(l! meet today (Thursday) with ert B. Wassung requests any At Mountville represestatives of participat- agency representative who The Mountville Presbyter- occasion which will feature ing agencies to determine al- has not returned reservation ian an d Baptist Churches will the cutting of a giant birthday location of funds for the com- cards to call the United Fund have a j° int revival Monday, cake. It’s scheduled to start ing year office 833-2716 July ** 1 ’ throuR * 1 Friday, Aug. a t 7 p.m. at the Mary Mus- k ,;* OII ce *™ A0 ' . 4, each evening at 8:00 o’clock grove Hotel with President The United Fund campaign Information required from at the Mountville Baptist L. H Lee presiding PreSldent will be mada this fall. agency representatives , in- Church. The program under the di- The committee session will eludes statement of service Dr. Neil Trucsdale, pastor rection of George Brocken- be held at Hotel Mary Mus- rendered in Clinton area, copy of Aveleigh Presbyterian brough and A. C. Young, will grove, beginning at 1.10 p.m. 0 £ 5 U( jg e £ t amount requested, Church, Newberry, will lead chronicle the history of Clin- Members of the committee balance on hand at end of the services. . ton. Special attenUon will be arc: A. B. Godfrey, chair- d ^ Dpr ti neIt t in given to its development since man, Bob Hanson Calvin ^ orm ' atio ^ R . 1923 whn th* Wwanls Club Cooper James Von HoUen, I. Agencles whose r ep r e S enU-/ n a ,, , P™ 0 " started l ? ere as a local c,vlc Mac Adair, John P. Dan,luck, will meet with tl)c com . Descendanls, of James W. organization. mlttee at designated hours aad Emma Teague Chandler All charter members of the Robert Jones Gets ^“of " e e : A “ August 6 a^rpTeno^ip and p a r r e e sid n en| te Lee a8 u r geT7i Newberry Scholarship Sneer Sodety, mue RU g e ^ *" —ed a, ,:00 regular memhers to be pres- n h„., uniii.™ ,L 7 Council Boy Scouts of Amer- p m ' ent for tn s occasion. Robert Will,am Jones, 1967 ica Th( , Salvation ^ graduate of Clinton High (Laurens - Union Counties), School, has been awarded a Old Ninety Six Girl Scout scholarship to attend Newber- Council, Carolinas United, Cy- ry College this fall. ** Flb I r0,is Re ' earc ( h „ . . . , dation, Laurens County Chap- Having been a member of £ er American Red Cross, Lau- the National Honor Society for rens Q0 Un ty Medical Health three years and vice-president Association, Cerebral Palsy his senior year, he was also Association, of Greenville recipient of the A. B. Culbert- County, Cl|nton Council of The apparently routine pas sage of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad freight train num ber 98 eastbound through Clin ton Tuesday at 4:27 p.m. was shattered approximately nine miles east of the city shortly after that time when 17 cars left the rails to become a pile of jumbled wreckage along the track. The accident occurred just east of the Stomp Springs Road. Contained in the wreckage among the other cars were two tank cars of LP gas which caught fire. The last two cars of the train, containing per ishable food, and the caboose remained on the rails as did the motor units and several cars in the front section.. Ru mors held that the front sec tion of the train contained cars of military ammunition, and that these cars were quickly detached by crew men and pulled away from the accident scene and fire. This part of the train eventu ally proceeded on to Monroe, N. C. The immediate vicinity was evacuated of even firefight ers in the explosive wait for Burning Car of Gas Makes Danger Area the tankers to burn them selves out. Seaboard Coast Line offi cials would not comment as to what caused the wreck at press time, primarily due to their inability to get near because of the fire. The tank cars built pressure up and flames would billow into the sky at intervals of every few minutes. The Whitmire fire department attempted to quell the flames and cool the cars, but the flames and heat drove away every attempt. Even after the fire is out, it will take from 2 4to 36 hours to reopen the smashed rail line,' it was stated. In the meantime, Seaboard Coast Line trains are being detoured over other rail lines. The passenger train, The Sil ver Comet, detoured on the Columbia. Newberry and Lau rens Railroad to Columbia More Land Required For County Airport Laurens — Furman Thom- the other 50 per cent of the son Award for the senior ath- Carm/ Fire Girls Clinton ason ’ L au ^ c n s County Super- 3,200 by 60-foot paved land- Icte with the highest scholas- YMCA, United Health and Vl f a f’ sal< . SaU,rdav a con : m f stnp - .... _ tic average over the four Medical Research Foundation Hact with G. t. Moore Co of It was decided by Burns, years. - of Charleston, local relief, ad- ®. re , < : nwood , for . C0 " S , ,r V Cl ° a ™ em t bers , of . bc Laurens He is the son of Mr. and ministration and campaign °[ 1 h , T ' „ 7 h ,h bounty Legislative Delega- Mrs. Lcaman Jones. expenses. probably be signed within the t on and the county supervis- next few days. Work will be- or, that three local real es- gin soon afterward on the es- tate men would appraise the tmated $140,000 project. value of the property. Thoma- There had been a delay by son said Saturday they had the County Board of Comrrrs- appraised it at $500 an acre, sioners in signing the contract When the deed for the ap- due to the necessity of obtain- proximately 20 acres is turned ing additional land from R. over to the board of county A , w * * r . .. t"\ jx* ta u • . ▼ R• Burns adjacent to county- commissioners, the contract A large turnout for the sixth Dottie Dubose against Nan- . ■ ^ i owned property. will be signed by the commis- nnual city tennis tourna- C y Jones and Cynthia Turner. Securing the extra acreage sioners and work on the air- meut has marked a renewed The j unior s i n gi e s and dou- was a requirement of the Fed- port started, Thomason said. era of enthusiastic pub ic sup- bles are well under way . T he eral Aviation AdminisTat on poit o* the city s athletic pro- fj na i s are expected to be in order for the federal gov- *|l fi e^Hes has pfo C viSed m toug 0 h .>1^ on Saturday. crnm ent contribute up to All-Maf 0311165 entries Has provided tougn The fine p ar t lcipa tion of the 50 per cent of the cost of the “^petition for the top rank clty , s youth in dicatps that the project future tournaments will be State and county funds on and thence over the Seaboard Coast Line to Hamlet. SCL train 6, the evening passenger train, tied up in Clinton, and the locomotive and crew were used to res cue the two cars of refriger ated perishables and the ca boose of the ill-fated train from the wreck area. H. A. Lanier of Abbeville, trainmaster, said the freight was on a scheduled run be tween Atlanta, Ga. and Mon roe, N. C., and that the pow er unit and the first four cars cleared the area on a straight rail line where the next 17 de railed. The derailment occurred just before the train reached a curve. The first four cars were pulled half a mile be yond the point of wreckage and were out of danger. The crash and fire attract ed large crowds of the curious in spite of the remote loca tion, reached only by log roads. Laurens County Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson and men of his force were standing by near the scene late Tuesday. Railway officials said cause of the derailment could not be immediately determined. Presbyterian Church to Present Drama on Sunday “The Difficult Language,’-’ a drama celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the sending of the first mission ary by the Committee of For eign Missions of the Southern Presbyterian Church will he presented at the First Pres byterian Church Sunday eve ning at 7:30. The actors are semi-professionals from the Richmond Professional Insti tute. The play was presented at the General Assembly in Bristol, Tenn., at the World Mission Convocation in Mem phis and will be enacted at the auditorium in Montreat on Sa turday evening. The public is invited to see this drama on Sunday eve ning. Winners Emerging In City Tennis Tourney A large turnout for the sixth Dottie Dubose against Na annual city tennis tourna- C y Jones and Cynthia Turner. players. The 15 and under Boy’s tro- evcn more successful phy has been captured by Dirke Von Hollen, who defeat- ' cd Bill Alexander 6-1, 6-3. Previously, Alexander posted an upset victory over the top- seeded Dickie McSween 8-6, 6-1. However, second-seeded Von Hollen displayed his su perb ability by overcoming Alexander in the finals. The 32 entries of the men’s singles has been reduced to ’ the 8 seeded players after 5 days of competition. In the top match of this division, thus far, Chris Adair edged Powell Fraser 7-5, 6-4 to gain a place n the semi-finals. In other matches played, Ferd Jacobs defeated Ben Ham mett, Jr. 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 and Juan Amaya downed Bob Plaxico 6-0. 6-2. Competition in the men’s doubles began as Larry Con nelly and Doug Haynie de feated Joe Nixon and Bill Hill 6-0, 6-4. In another match, Rufus Sadler and Ferd Jacobs downed Bob Plaxico and An dy Young 6-4, 6-2. Although the competition in the women’s singles has been delayed, the women’s doub les has reached its J final match, pitting Stephanie and Be Played Today High Man InSoil Judging A. Augustus Ramage III of Laurens County was the individual winner in soil judging competition during 4-H Club Week activities at Clemson University, compiling a high score of 193 points out of a possible 240. He re ceives congratulations from Dr. Leonard R. Allen, Ex tension Service Agronomist, Conservation, in charge of the contest. (Extension Service Photo), a matching basis will finance Hampton’s Pony League team won the regular season championship in a playoff game with Bailey by a score of 12-2. The teams had tied at the end of the regular sea son w : th 12-3 records. All-Star games in all three leagues will be played today. Teams made up of players se- ’ected by the coaches will play the winners in regular season play. These winners were Hampton Lions Small 7'; Fry, Joanna Little Boys, and Hampton Pony League. Mem bers of the All-Star teams will be announced in next week’s paper. Game times: Small Fry — 5:00 p.m.; Little Boys — 6:15 p.m.; Pony League — 7:45 p.m. At Air Force Camp Lykes S. Henderson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Lykes S. Henderson of 102 N. Woodrow St., Clinton, participated in a U. S. Air Force Reserve Offi cers Training Corps field training encampment at Charleston Air Force Base. Cadet Henderson is a mem ber of the AFROTC unit at Clemson University. Peggy White Greeted By Throng in Laurens Pegyy White, Miss South Carolina, is escorted up the Laurens County Courthouse steps by Lau rens Mayor Ike Griggs to receive the key to the city and to be named honorary mayor Thursday. Laurens — It was Peggy White Day in Laurens Thurs day and hundreds of the town’s citizens turned out to honor the 23-year-old home town girl who was named Miss South Carolina last Sa turday. The beauty was presented a key to the city and named honorary mayor for the day in ceremonies at the north portico of Laurens County Courthouse, at which Mayor Ike Griggs presided. The activities started with a 3 p.m. motorcade down West Main Street under bunt ing and banners proclaiming the special day. Taking part in the motor cade were Laurens Jaycees and Jayce-Ettes, c : ty and county officials and Miss Laurens 1967, Eugenia Coo per and Miss Clinton, Missy Wassung. The program ended Thurs day night with a reception and dinner in her honor. Participating in the cere monies were Laurens County Legislative Delegation mem bers Sen. W. C. (Bill) Dob- Miss South Carolina, Peggy White stands among the hundreds of well- wishers who turned out for Peggy White Day in Laurens Thursday. bins and Reps. David S. Tay lor and W. Paul Culbertson; Laurens Chamber of Com merce President Richard Townsend; S. C. Tax Com- mision chairman a.id [Lau rens native Robert Wasson; Jaycee president Mike Lee; and Jaycee-Ette president Mrs. Jack Sumerel. Weaver Ordained And Installed A! 1st Presbyterian Rev. Thomas A. Weaver was ordained and in-tailed as assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at a ser vice Sunday evening by a commission appointed by South Carolina Presbytery. Members of the commission were: Rev. H. Cobb Ware, minis ter of the Presbyter an Church of Fayetteville, Ga., who preached the sermon. Rev. Alfred L. Bixlcr, pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church, to preside and pro pound the constitutional ques tions. Dr. George C. Bellingratb. retired minister of Clinton, to charge the minister. Thomas F. Hollis, elder of the local church, to charge the congregation. Dr. W. Redd Turner, pastor emeritus of the church, who made the prayer of ordination. Other members of the com mission were A. C. Young and Harry McSween, elders of the local church. Rev. Mr. Weaver, native of Miatni, Fla., and recent gra duate of Columbia Theologi cal Seminary. Decatur, Ga., assumed full-time duties at the church in June. He com muted from Decatur on week ends for several months pri or to that time.