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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, October 5,1967 THE CLINTON CHROmCLE II m CONVERTED LAB—Drama Proffer Dale O. Rains is shown in spacious drama lab, working on production for this semester. PC's 'Theater-ln-The-Round' Developed In Old Chemistry Lab 159 Arrests y Are Reported For September The Clinton Police Depart*, ment made 159 arrests during the month of Septepnber, ac cording to Police^bhief B. B., Ballard. Speeding and reckless driv ing charges led the list with a total of 4$. There were 41 arrests on drunkennes s charges. ,• Other charges were: fight ing, nine; carry concealed 4 weapons, f thre$.; disorderly conduct, 26; driving under in fluence of ntoxicants, four; operating , auto without driv er’s license, nine; damaging private or public property, five; petty larceny, four. Five persons were picked up for investigation and 230 parking tickets were issued. Fines totaled $4,164.54 for the month. ’.'.s i Clinton Man Given t' * ‘ * i' * 1 Three-Year Sentence Facilities for a “theatre* in-the-round,” developed from an old chemistry laboratory at Presbyterian College, will be introduced to students and the general public with an open house next Monday night. Drama instructor Dale O. Rains said the new experi mental theater laboratory in the Jacobs Building offers the flexibility for “theater-in-the- round,” thrust staging aftd open staging presentation. The interior is painted completely black to focus attention on Ingram Is Named St. John's Organist James W. Ingram, Jr., of .Lexington, a junior at New berry College, has been nam ed organist and choirmaster at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Clinton. He will assume his duties as organist on Oct. 15 and will conduct his first choir re hearsal on Wednesday even, ing, Oct. 11. Dr. E. B. Keisler, interim pastor of the church, will speak on “The Throbbing Heart of the Simple Gospel” at the Sunday morning ser vice this week. During the month of Octo ber, Dr. Keisler will give a series of five Sunday morning sermons on subjects relevant to current times but connect ed with the 450th anniversary observance of the Lutheran ! Reformation. Joe Daughtery Attends Key Club Convention Joe Daughtery, the new pre sident of the Thornwell High School Key Club, recently at tended the Key Club Interna, tional convention in Louis ville, Ky., sponsored by the Clinton Kiwanis Club. Daughtery, a senior at Thornwell, was among 76 Key Clubbers who went first to Washington, D. C., for a tour of the capitol and then to Louisville for the four - day ; convention. Following the convention, the group spent a day at Mammoth Cave National Park and two days in Atlan ta, Ga., before returning home. Other officers of the Key Club are Craig C. Brock, vice president; Jerry Chandler, secretary: Scott Wood, trea surer; and Pat McKee, re porter. D. S. Templeton and Reese Young are advisors. The club has started its fifth year of community ser vice with an early project. The 21 members of the club are selling Halloween candy for $1 per bag. The proceeds will go to various community needs such as libraries and a “support-your-church” pro ject. Sale Slated DARLINGTON — Long Marsh Farms of Darlington will hold a sale of boars, gilts and bred gilts Monday, Oct. 9. A noon barbecue will pre cede the 1 p. m. sale. Offerings will include 25 Hampshire bred gilts; 20 Hampshire open gilts; 15 Hampshire boars; 40 com mercial gilts: 40 Yorkshire bred gilts; 20 Yorkshire boars and 20 open gilts. Catalogs are available from Long Marsh Farms, Box 151, Darlington. Independent Colleges Appoint Shipman ” i * 1 Charles W. Shipman has been named executive direc tor of the South Carolina Foundation of Independent Colleges, of which Presbyter ian College is a member. Shipman formerly was as sistant to the president at Hillsdale College in Michigan. He succeeds Lacy McLean, who will continue as founda- the actors, and seats are ar ranged on all four sides of the central stage. Monday night’s open house, with the public invited from 7 to 10 o’clock, is designed to give special emphasis to PC’s developing drama program. Besides student - conducted tours of the experimental the ater facilities, the occasion will serve to acquaint persons With the program of plays to be presented this season — starting with “Blithe Spirit” ^y Noel .Coward on October 26-27. A “name - the - new - theater” contest will offer as a prize two season tickets to the PC productions. Dale Rains directed the renovation work last summer after arrangements were made for him to come from Texas to handle the Presby terian College drama pro gram. The old chemistry laboratory had been uhused since activities of the science departments moved last year from the Jacobs Building to new Richardson Hall of Sci ence. As an experimental theater, with seating capacity for 150, the facility will give the audience a more informal, intimate association with the actors as they perform. It will be used for classroom in struction in drama. In addition to the facility, Presbyterian College will con tinue to hold some of its pro ductions each year in 1,200- seat Belk Auditorium. • COMPLETES TEST PETERBOROUGH, N. H. —Thornwell Farms Bonita, a senior ten-year-old, registered ' Guernsey cow, owned by Thornwell Orphanage in Clin ton. has completed an official 1 DHIR actual production re cord of 12,510 pounds of milk and 576 pounds of butterfat, in 305 days two times a day milking, according to The’ American Guernsey Cattle Club. The testing was supervised by Clemson University. LAURRNB William Dex ter Grant, 42, of Clinton was sentancad- to three years in prison Thursday in General Sessions Court here. Grfint pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless homicid< in the JUne 9 traffic death of Harold pardon, 35, of Rt 2, Laurens. Presiding judge Julius B. Ness sentenped Grant to three years,’ suspended after ser.‘ vice of nine months and four /ears probation. ' * ‘ Grant had been charged wth involuntary • manslaugh ter and reckless homicide in a one - car wceck. on East Main Street in Laurens. He changed. l}i§ plea about 7 p. m. Thursday before test imony of the suite’s last wit ness was heard. * In another case, Lunburg Johnson, 35, of Clinton was sentenced to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty tto manslaughter in the June 17 klaying of Robert-Price. Johnson had : been charged With murder >in the; pistol slaying’ which took place on the front porch of a house in the YdungitoWn community near the Clinton city limits. OFFICE 8UPFLIKS CHRONICLE FOB. CO. FtVOWE KS*4S4T Willie Suber of Clinton was sentenced to four years in prison on a charge of house breaking and larcen.y Social Security Each week the social st- curity office receives ques tions from housewives about reporting the wages of a maid. Miss Martha Pressly of the Greenwood social security office explained that if wages paid in a calendar quarter by one employer are at least $50, they must be reported. For example, July through September is the third quar ter of the year. If a maid is paid $50 or more during this quarter, the wages must be reported by October 31. The maid cannot decide whether taxes will be withheld I or not, Miss Presly said. The employer is required to with hold 4.4 per cent from the maid’s wages and to match this with an equal amount. Failure to report the wages paid to a maid make the em ployer liable for the entire amount of social security tax, plus penalty and interest. For more information about hpw to report househpld employ ees, get in touch with - your social security office located at 219 Magnolia Avenue in Greenwood. Lender Alumni Campaign Underway The Lander College Alumni Association began its annual fund drive Monday. Mrs. Carl Taylor of Laurens is chairman of the drive in Laurens and Union counties. Mr’s. Charles H. Johnson of Clinton is past president of the association. Community Concert Tickets On Sole r From Oct. 9-13, new resi dents of Clinton may . join-the Communty Concert Associa tion for this season, according to Harry Bolick III. president. This season’s first attrac tion is the Atlanta ISyhiphony under the direction of‘Robert Shaw on Nov. L Following ^re Mazrio Maza and his Flantenco Dance group on Nov. 27, and the New York Operatic Trio, Feb. 13, 1968. Tickets may be purchased from Mrs. Robert Hanson, $33-3331. A general member ship drive for 1967-68 was held last spring, and tickets will be mailed shortly. Auction UPHOLSTERING At It’» BEST. At Prim You Can AFFORD Call Today For FREE Estimates. Day or Evening Appointments At Your Convenience ' / .. .* * .t * I * Experienced On All Types Ftirniture. All Work Guaranteed. Phone 833-1435 Today S DAYS BEIJVERY <J. J. LANDRUM) — Owner ? • I; • ? . Si - Consolidated Upholstery i SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 —10:00 A. M. * Highway 215 — Union, S. C. 1. LOT FROM STORAGE • [ ' I ... 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