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2—The CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Nov. 30, 1967
Obituaries
N. A. Poole
Funeral services for Niles
Allen Poole, 74, of Route 1,
Clinton, were held Wednes
day afternoon at Langston
Baptist Church. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Poole, a lifelong resi
dent of the Long Branch com
munity, died Tuesday in a
local hospital after a long
illness.
A son of the late William
A. and Mary Duvall Poole, he
was a member of Long
Branch Pentecostal Holiness
Church and was a veteran of
World War I.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Maggie Blakely Poole;
five step-daughters, Mrs.
Janie Milton King, Miss Ma
rian Todd, Miss Margaret
Todd and Miss Mary Todd,
all of Dover, Tenn., and Mrs.
paster McNinch of Laurens;
three stepsons, Theodore B.
jind Brown Todd of Perth
Amboy, N. J., and Mark
frodd of South America; five
brothers, James A. Poole of
Dunn, . C., Rev. Mason L.
Poole of Spartanburg, Walter
E. Poole of Elberton, Ga.;
and John H. and Joseph S.
Poole of Clinton; a sister,
Mrs. Earle B. (Mice) Alex
ander of Laurens; and six
s. fetepgrandchildren.
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Mrs. Tumblin
« Funeral services for Mrs.
Myrtle Adair Tumblin were
held Saturday afternoon at
the First Baptist Church and
burial was in Rosemont
Cemetery.
Mrs. Tumblin. 67, of 102
Holland St., died Thursday at
a local hospital after a sud
den illness.
A daughter of Mrs. Bessie
Nabors and the late Isaac
Edmund Adair, she was a
member of First Baptist
Church, the WMU, a charter
member of the American Le
gion Auxiliary and the Car
olina Wren Garden Club. She
was owner of Clinton Milling
Co.
Other survivors include a
son, Guy Adair Tumblin of
Clinton; a brother, E. Keith
Adair of Clinton; a sister,
Mrs. Gladys Adair Cato of
Clinton; and two grandchil
dren.
Pallbearers were Mason
Simpson, Lutheran Nabors,
Edgar Copeland and Hayne
B. Workman.
Price Infant
Graveside services for Paul
Timothy Price, infant son of
Pfc. James Lee and Libby
Rogers Price, were conduct
ed Monday morning at Cal
vary Cemetery.
Pfc. Price is stationed at
Seymour Johnson AFB,
N. C.
Others survivors include
the grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Price of Clinton,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Rog
ers of Joanna; paternal
great - grandmother, Mrs.
Ella Harvey of Clinton, and
maternal great-grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Porter T. Boyce
of Sumter.
Mrs. Lewis
CROSS HILL
Funeral
services for Mrs. Carolina
Matthews Lewis 68, former
ly of Cross Hill, were he^d
Friday afternoon at Cross
Hill Baptist Church. Burial
was in Liberty Springs
Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Lewis, of Camp Hill,
Ala., died Wednesday, Nov.
22. in Atlanta, Ga., rest home
after a long illness.
Survivors . include a son,
George B. Lewis of Holly Hill
and three grandchildren. She
was a daughter of the late
Jack Yancy Matthews.
Mrs. Chandler
KINGSTREE—Mrs. Nettie
James Chandler, mother of
Mrs. Oren F. Beaty of Clin
ton, died Sunday in Charles
ton.
Funeral services were held
in Kingstree.
Other survivors include two
other daughters and a sister.
‘DIAL M FOR MURDER’ — Chief
Inspector Hubbard (Vincent Hunter)
points his cane at Tony Windice
(Jerry Mebane) who has a secret
plot to kill his wife Margot (Belinda
Ritter). At left is Michael Gayne who
portrays Max Halliday in the P. C.
Players’ production of ‘Dial ‘M’ For
Murder’ which opens tonight and
runs through Saturday night.
Mrs. Gilmer
Mrs. Mattie Mae Stowe
Gilmer, 0 f 201 Ferguson
St., Greenville, died early
PC Players
To Present
‘Dial M’
“Dial M For Murder.” the
Tuesday morning in a Nor-,'crime play which success-
k 0 '\ -m*" h “ P ' U1 “fully chilled the spines of
brief illness. She was visiting.. .. _ ,
a granddaughter. jNew York audiences for 69
Mrs. Gilmer was the moth> eeks ’. wil1 be P resented in a
er of Riley L. and Alvin W.j^ iree ni ^^t run tonight, Fri-
Gilmer and Mrs. Madge M.' da y and Saturday evenings as
Hicks, all of Clinton. the second production of the
year for the Presbyterian
C. K. Baker College p,ayers
NEWBERRY
er, 46, brother of Mrs.
Curtain-time is 8:15 p m.
C. K. Bak-in PC’s new theater-in-the-
round, which opened with
J. C. Dean
4
• ‘ Funeral services for James
C. Dean were held Friday at
Lydia Baptist Church. Burial
was in Pinelawn Memory
/Gardens.
. Mr. Dean, 72, of 57 Beech
St.. Lydia Mill, died early
Wednesday afternoon en route
to a Columbia hospital. He
had been in ill health for
iSome time.
A native of Edgefield
pounty. he had lived in Clin
ton for the past 26 years. He
was a retired Lydia Mill em
ploye and was a veteran of
World War H. .
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Willie Mae Griffin
Dean; three sons, James L.
Dean of Ft. Jackson and
Horace and Harvey Dean of
Spartanburg, two stepsons,
Ralph H. Tumblin of Clinton
and Petty Officer 1-C Marvin
E. Tumblin of Hune Me,
Calif.; three daughters, Mrs.
Melda Nelson of Clinton,
Mrs. C. A. Jackson of North
Charleston and Mrs. Ernest
Christmas of Spartanburg;
two brothers, Rufus W. Dean
of Charlotte, N. C., and Em
ory T. IVln of Laurens;
three sisters, Mrs. Mary Ste
vens of Charlotte. Mrs. W. L.
Dickerson of Blair, and Mrs.
Thomas E. Wilkins of Cow-
pens; 19 grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Mildred Cowgill of Clinton,
died Sunday in a Newberry ^^ atl " g P resentatl on of
hospital after a sudden ill- Spirit’ last month,
ness. ! Directed by Dale Rains, in-
Mr. Baker, a native ofl? tructor ia drama, “Dial M
Newberry County, resided at for Murder” features Jerry
3230 College St. in Newberry. Mebane of Dunwoody, Ga.,
as the ex-tennis champion
who improvises a hasty revi
sion in his plan for his
wealthy wife’s murder after
his first, carefully laid plan
backfires. Others in the cast
are: Belinda Ritter of Rome,
Ga., Michael Gayne of King
ston, Jamaica, and Vincent
Hunter of Atlanta.
Tickets for the Jacobs Hall
production are priced at $1
for adults and 50 cents for
students. Reservations may
be made by contacting Daie
Rains on the PC campus.
Written by Frederick Knott,
the play is one of suspense
rather than mystery, for the
audience sees the sinister ex
athlete map his plan fo r mur
dering his wife
State Chamber
Sponsors SCORE
The South Carolina State
Chamber of Commerce is
sponsoring the first statewide
program designed to provide
college juniors, seniors and
graduate students the oppor
tunity to explore and apply
for employment with indus
tries and businesses operating
in South Carolina.
Called SCORE (South Caro
lina Offers Rewarding Em
ployment), the chamber pro
gram will be held in Colum
bia December 27-28. There
is no cost for students par
ticipating in the conference. ae |’ ing nis Wlfe - The twists
Tn Tlr-neVwri nv'tnn ^ tUrnS <> f Villain t 0
In announcing Presbyterian
College’s participation in
SCORE, Placement Director
John P. Daniluk said that post
ers which explain SCORE
have been placed at strategic
locations on the cs|mpus.
keep other characters in the
play from suspecting what
the audience knows provide
the excitement.
L. P. BATSON
Businessman
Speaks At PC
Louis P. Batson, Jr., vice-
president of the Louis P. Bat
son Company of Greenville,
will speak to the Presbyter
ian College student body
Monday on the subject “The
Business World and Higher
Education Today.”
A Greenville native and
Textile engineering graduate
of Clemson University, he
has been in the textile
machinery and supply sales
business since 1948 and has
been active in the civic and
religious affairs of his com
munity.
Batson will speak to the 10
a. m. assembly in Belk Audi
torium. The public is invited.
PC Receives
Special Gifts
Four Vspecial gifts total
ing $233,788 have been re
ceived recently by Presbyte
rian College, according to
President Marc C. Weersing.
He said two scholarship
funds have been established
at PC to perpetuate the mem
ory of W. Oscar Cate of
Greenville, for many years
chief officer of the Burling
ton Industries office there.
Cate’s generous bequest made
provisions for a deferred gift
of $172,488 to be received by
the college at a future date.
In addition, his wife has es
tablished a fund in his hon
or with an initial gift of
$5,300.
A bequest of $50,000 comes to
Presbyterian from the estate
of Mrs. Martha M. Cooke of
Columbus, Ga. The wife of
the late Dr. William L. Cooke,
who served for many years
as a PC trustee, Mrs. Cooke
specified th£it tyer gift be
used to help construct an in
firmary or to establish pre
medical scholarships.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mc-
Mullin of Abbeville have giv
en $6,000 to set up a special
scholarship to provide grants
to Thornwell Orphanage stu
dents enrolled at PC.
About People
You Know
Rev. and Mrs. Hugh Eich-
elberger and four children of
Hendersonville, N. C. visited
his mother, Mrs. Hugh Eich-
•Iberger, Sr. here on Friday.
Miss Corine Boyd of Char
leston spent Thanksgiving
with her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Dorsey McFadden.
Mrs. William L. Burts and
daughter, Mrs. J. Madison
Pitts visited their daughter
and sister, Mrs. L. Carroll
Watford, Jr. in Florence re
cently. They were joined
there by another daughter
and sister, Mrs. W. F. Hasel-
den of Orangeburg. While
there they attended a tea at
the Florence Country Club on
Wednesday given by the Jun
ior Welfare League of Flor
ence in honor of new mem
bers. Mrs. Watford, the for
mer Constance Burts of Clin
ton, ,was one of the ten new
members.
Mrs.' Hugh Eichelberger
spent Thanksgiving in Ander
son with her sister, Mrs. John
Townsend.
Dr. and Mrs. Don
Rhame of Atlanta, Ga. were
recent guests of his parents,
Dr. and Mrs. Delmar Rhame,
or the holiday weekend.
Visiting their parents Mr.
and Mrs. Carlisle Neely dur
ing the Thanksgiving holi-
lays were their sons Joe and
Robert Neely of Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. J. A. Neighbors and
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hoffman
of Rock Hill spent the holi-
lays in Jackson, Miss, with
Mrs. Neighbors daughter and
Mrs. Hoffman’s sister, Mrs.
Wayne Morgan and Mr. Mor
gan.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stanley,
Susan and Walter of Harts-
ville, spent the holidays with
Mrs. Stanley’s mother, Mrs.
W. E. Neighbors and her
brother, J. A. Neighbors.
Col and Mrs. Marshall
Lanter and children of Ft.
Bragg, N. C. visited Mrs.
Lanter’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Fowler for the
Thanksgiving holidays. Jane
Ellen Fowler of Sumter was
also home for weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Yar
borough, Jr. and children of
Columbia visited their famil
ies here during the holidays.
Miss Jo Carol Terry, stu
dent at Newberry College
spent the holidays with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Terry . She had as her
guest, Miss Linda Kirk of
Cheyenne, Wyoming, also a
student at Newberry College.
Mrs. J. B. Wilder, joined
by Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wilder
of McCormick spent Thanks
giving in Spartanburg with
Mrs. Ada Campbell.
Miss Sara Louise Wilder of
Charlotte and her grand
mother, Mrs. J. B. Wilder
spent the weekend in McCor
mick with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Wilder.
Mr. and Mrs. James T.
Smith, Michael and Ronnie
of Columbia spent Thursday
with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Holland.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W.Dillard of
New York City spent the hol
idays at their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. James Chan
ey and little daughter, Sara
Lynn of Griffin, Ga., and Mr.
and Mrs. Pierce Hughes of
Elizabethton, Tenn. spent
Thanksgiving with Mrs. Carl
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G. A. Hawkins
UNION — Guy Allen Haw
kins, brother of Mrs. Maude
Burgess of Clinton, died
Wednesday, Nov. 22, at a Un
ion hospital after several
years of declining health.
Mr. Hawkins, 76, was a re
tired farmer and a member
of Hebron Baptist Church
where funeral services were
conducted Thursday.
Mrs. Cromer
y. Mrs. Julia Hedgepath Cro
pper, 84, a native of Clinton,
died Tuesday in Greensboro,
N. C.f following a long illness.
Mrs. Cromer was born* in
Clinton and lived in Green-
vflle for many years before
moving 1 to Greensboro II
years ago. Her husband. J. H.
^Cromer, died in 1942.
• Survivors * include two
daughters, a son and three
grandchildren.
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With God all things are pos
sible.—(Matt. 19:26)
There are within the body
marvelous capacities for heal
ing and renewal. Even when
a healing need is very great
and the condition is con
sidered most serious, healing
can come forth, restoration
can take place. This is proved
time and time again. Every
day letters qome to silent
unity telling of healings of
conditions that had been pro
nounced hopeless or incur
able We believe in healing
Through the years of the si
lent unity work we have re
joiced in reports of healing
or conditions of every kind
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Given After Chase
NEWBERRY — A Kings- 26 by Prosperity Police Chief
TODAY—TUESDAY
NOV. 29 — DEC. 5
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tree man accused of leading
Clinton policeman and high
way patrol on a high-speed
chase was sentenced to serve
18 months in prison. He was
sentenced Tuesday in Gener
al Sessions Court in New
berry after pleading guilty to
charges of resisting an officer
and assault and battery.
Bobby Ansel McCutcheon
was charged with two counts
of assault and battery of
a high and aggravated na
ture and a charge of carrying
a concealed weapon. He was
sentenced to a total of five
years, suspended on service
of 18 months and five years
probation.
Police officers testified
that McCutcheon fled Clinton
officers and highway patrol
men were called. The pursuit
continued for more than 30
miles on Interstate Highway
26 at speeds of more than 100
miles per hour, officers testi-
fied.
McCutcheon was stopMd
on an exit lane off Interstate
D. H. Willingham, who block
ed the road with his car.
Officers testified that Mc
Cutcheon struck a highway
patrolman in the face when
attempts are made to remove
him from the car. A loaded
pistol with the hammer cock
ed was found on the floor of
the car, officers testified.
The chase had started in
Clinton when policeman an
swered a call to a residence,
he caller said that a man
was creating a disturbance.
When policemen arrived, Mc
Cutcheon jumped in his car
and the chase began.
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Mrs. O. O. Copeland of
Newberry spent the holidays
with her sister, Mrs. W. C. v
Shealy.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac^ Finney
of Marion were here for the
Thanksgiving holiday with
his mother, Mrs. John W.
Finney.
Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Nor
ris and niece, Miss Kathy
Weir, spent the weekend in
Richmond, Va. with their
daughter, Mrs. Bill Parks and
Mr. Parks.
Miss Janet Johnson, stu
dent at the University of
Georgia, Athens, spent
Thanksgiving with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Johnson.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Adams during the
holidays were Mr. and Mrs.
F. D. Torbert and children of
Orlando, Fla. and Mr. and
Mrs. D. L. Taylor, Jr. of
Columbia and their son. Mrs.
Torbert and Mrs. Taylor are
the former Betsy and Jane
Adams, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Adams. Also visiting
them were Mrs. Adams’
mother and sister, Mrs. W. C.
Wood and Miss Edna Wood of
near Whitmire.
Dr. and Mrs. William Redd
Turner have returned from a
ten day tour of missions of
the Presbyterian Church in
Mexico. Enroute they visited
some cousins, Mr. and Mrs.
James McNeill in Beaumont,
Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. David Trice
of Fayetteville, N. C. and
Miss Linda Hunter Trice of
Vardell Hall spent the week
end with Mrs. Earl Work
man.
Miss Julie Johnson, student
at Crossnore School, Cross-
nore,‘N. C. spent the holidays!
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. Johnson, Jr. She
had as her guests, Miss De
bra Edwards of Aheville,
N. C., and Miss Margaret
Brown of Columbia, also stu
dents at Crossnore.
Visitors in the home of
Mrs. R. C. Stewart and Mr.
and Mrs. O. B. King for
Thanksgiving were Mrs. Mir-
ian W. Gray, Nancy, Rodney
and Paula Gray of Virginia
Beach, Va., Mr. and Mrs.
V. M. Grill and Lee Bodie oi
Greenville. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Forebbing and daugh
ter, Felicia of New York
City, Mr. and Mrs. Avery De
Loache and Mrs. Sallie Min-
ick of Saluda and Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Bodie of this
city.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Johnson
were recent visitors of Mrs.
C. E. Vaughn in Columbia.
Miss Laura Smith, student
at Winthrop College spent
the holidays with her mother
Mrs. Horace C. Smith.
Miss Janice Pinson student
at Winthrop College is prac
tice teaching in Lancaster.
Mrs. Milford Smith and
children spent the holidays
with her parents in Blacks
burg. Mr. Smith joined team
for the weekend.
Mrs. Cecil Wilson is a pa
tient at Bailey Memorial Hos
pital.
Miss Kayron Cox, student
at Columbia College was
home for the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Cox.
Mrs. J. B. Speak is a pa
tient at Bailey Memorial
Hospital where she under
went surgery on Monday.
Dr. and Mrs. Joe B. God
frey, Beth and Brannon of
Forest City, N. C., Dr. and
Mrs. Mac Poole, and chil
dren, Leslie and Mark of
Spartanburg and Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Broome spent
Thanksgiving with Mrs.
M. C. Poole.
Mrs. Austin Chandler has
returned home from Atlanta,
Ga. after a visit with her son
and family, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Austin Chandler, Jr.
Dennis Sowers, former
Clinton resident is a patient
at Self Memorial Hospital,
Greenwood.
Mrs. O. F. Beaty was called
to Charleston, Friday be
cause of the sudden illness of
her mother, Mrs. Nettie
James Chandler who passed
away on Sunday. She return
ed to Kingstree for the burial
which was in Williamsburg
Presbyterian Cemetery. Mrs.
Chandler had lived with her
daughter, Mrs. J. R. Allen
for the past 12 years.
The following people at
tended the graduation exer
cises of Pvt. William P. Bond
at the Marine Base, Parris
Island. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Bond. Mrs. Ethel
R. Pitts, Miss Nancy Bleasc
and Mrs. W. E. Powell of
Cocoa, Fla.
Holiday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Bond were, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Powell, Mr.
Robert Powell of Cocoa, Fla.,
Mr. and Mrs. William Holsz-
longher of Merritt Island,
Fla., and their daughter, Miss
Rita Bond of Winthrop Col
lege.
Captain and Mrs. Wayne J.
Lewis have arrived in Clinton
from Amberg, Germany.
They are spending this week
end with Mrs. Lewis’ mother,
Mrs. S. Paul Anderson. Cap
tain Lewis is scheduled to
leave for Vietnam the early
part of January.
Pvt. David L. Bond has
completed ITR at Camp
LeJeune. N. C. and is on a
20 day visit with his father,
Louis J. Bond. David will re
port to Quantico Base in
Washington after leaving
Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Leake
spent several days last week
in Charleston with their son-
in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. P. M. Clement. Mr. and
Mrs. Clement and daughter,
Kathy returned home with
them Friday for an overnight
stay.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobert Phil
lips attended the funeral of
Rev. Emory Edwards in
North Carolina on Monday.
Rev. Edwards was the fath
er of Mrs. Devon Randolph, a
resident of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Suddeth
and sons Tommy and Jim
my of Bethesda, Md. spent
the holidays with his mother,
Mrs. B. H. Suddeth.
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