University of South Carolina Libraries
’OUTS I \\S! DIDN'T ;;nqw I’. > Tom Plaxico n!i know thorn w a man who. duiinu ,r i m| his liln was a . 111illy w iH ii I a c t o |- ,.n an A c a cl c m \ an I m another pari 1 n .v a lioxer and i h e h(‘a\ \weight a el Hie world . • | .nil !ia\e an\ idea • ■ : ” was'.. Kemein ; i tar \ ictor Me a Most people , i ...nnu Mi I m the earlv ‘a w. a top boxer • d * bout aeamst ie. -on hea\ \ w eiiiht ", o! tie world , . "1 '.ten turned te i .. 11 a liu veade 11 e' t Aetor • r h performance ■ 1 e- ,■111 ar i n ■ doe - it take et) .nee a tire on Did. > u knovj, ue the Indianap- .at i ace. pit crew s led to ehateee till on a ear in the ■la lane ol 20 see 'u nder why a left •a! p'11'her in baseball is i ' southpaw : ..ad. are usually laid i a. the hatter faces east , w < 'd ;■ sett mu sun slim n his eyes . . . So. d ate’' Held is east. the , : h end ol the hall park ■ . i Is the fir l base line a IcMhand pitcher's u w m hand is op the h Is e -tde of the dta- "• nd Tluis, he's a '■ i uthpaw d " ( he' rolet ear got its lii.n • from l.oiiis Chovro- o hii l uI famed race |( . er j:i I he earl\ days ol II « > ee111ur\ He designed Hie • a. .tie and directed the sen bi\ of the 1 irst Chev- .'e! ear wo»'Km,t' in a loft ho' e a small shop on Al and If i v< >■ \veniu' in De o • n Hit ! ( h tnal .lohn Holland H ' 1 no\. a champion ■■" man in his retire- ■ one ol I’Cs ear- : ■ -t athletes tje played ■ te on the 1910 and i917 I .■■!hall teams and was on i Ha. 191t) and 1917 bas- I teams. In 1917 Hawk' not honorable ■ ), 'it ' ii lor All-State een- I t *r and his team beat ev- r\ hi in the state ex- < ■ ■ ■ ( 'emson. I Plaxico Chevrolet 100 WFST MAIN Chronicle SPORTS THK ( HKONK Li;, ( linton. S. ('.. \pril 11. 1‘KiS— Lewis Joins CHS Staff Thomwell Avenges Only Loss .hmtn L<‘\vi . a nati\(‘ ol • Ioanna, ha been luimed a~- sMant lonthall coac h at Clm ten 111eh School He will .^ue- < ( 'ed Herman .1 aekson who w ill join the eoachinu stall at l’resh\ terian ('olh-e r I ew is is ,i l()a9 graduate o| t dm’.on lliyh Sehoel w he re he plascd lootball and basket hall and w a .a member ol the track team. Lewis dal his undergradu ate work at Hr kmc ('ollem' and i now dome graduate work at WC-tern Carolina l inversd\ He is p) receive his masters decree in July Irnm Western where he is servmy as a uraduate assist ant and i- teaching ph\sieal edueatinn classes Lewis coached for two years at Xorthside Junior lliph m (Ireenwood and for two years at Hickory Tacern before come to Western Caro lina. The son of Mr and Mrs. .-"T Jl KHY MAMS H 11 I .ew is of Joanna. married to the former ae| \\ atson ol Moneks ner The\ ha\o a dam Ham \oai - 1 . w ho w old soon he CHS Track Team Wins Four-Team Meet Clinton Hmh School's track team chalked up its first win ol the season Monday in a four-team meet at Laurens. Clinton had six first-place SAVE $ $ $ J Homeowners Insurance • • • GOODMAN Ins. Agency 104 West Pitts St. Dial 833-3977 1. Wull-to-Wall Carpet liy Factory Trained Mechanics. ‘2. Carpet Cleaning Ma chines for Rental. 3. Custom Made Dra peries. t. Decorator Consultant. a. Large Stock of Furni ture and Carpet. LAWSON Furniture Co. Joanna To Live Comfortably . . . INSULATE Cooler In Summer Warmer In Winter CALL r)43-200(> Write Rox 125 Ninety Six. S. C. finishes to score 4t)'■.■ points Cray Court Owuuts tallied 42 points Thornwell finished | with 41 1 •_*. Host Laurens seor-i ed 31 points. Clinton was paced by Cary i Campbell who won the 100- yard dash, 440. and 220. Thornwell was led by May nard Hierci'. who won the broad jump and pole vault and Hobby Bullard, who won the mile run. Clinton's Hobby Reynolds won the 880 and Coss took the 180-yard low hurdles. Clinton's track team is to open its home schedule this afternoon. playing host to Lauren-. On Wednesday. April 17. the CHS u am w ill host L'nion and Helton-Honea Hath. ThornweH's track team will go against N inety-Six. Cray (Murt-Ow mgs and S. C. School loi' the Deal in a meet 1 at i.auren- next Wednesdaw Thornwell averred its onlv loss of the eason with an ex tra-inning 8-7 win mer Junes \ ille Tuesdas Jonc :lie handed Tlviniwell t oily lo- s earl ar m the seasiiti at I hornw i'll I low e\ er. Tuesday at Jones\ die. Thornw ell pulled out a \ ic- tory dll a hit. two w alk and a wild pitch m the erdil h inning. Dentil Ashe w ho had play ed only two inmne- prior to the game, got ThornweH's hit m the eighth mnuig A he wound up with two hits m lour trips. as did Jerry Walls. Randv Ccirge .1 erry Chandler a n d May nard Hearee al-o made standing catches I ield Thornwell went game with a make-hilt lineup as regular second baseman Kanada Roach was moved to catcher and 13-year-old Caro) Watts tasrted his first game at second base. Jerry Chandler Went the distance on the mound lor Thornwell giv ing up nine hits, striking out live and walking three. Thornwell now is 4 1 in the conference and 6-1 overall They play host to Slater Tiles day and go to Lockhart TTi- dav. CHS Baseball Team Runs Mark To 2-0 D" pit, hem:’ hmded to onlv three hit Clinton High School ha chal! team <|H‘ ' /i'd "ill a 3 2 Hastern < oilier, nee v retorv over New berry I m May m New hei rv . The Red I lev ils seo[ ( M | H],. w nnms run m ’In s,\Hi in ti; n '’ii a balk. v 't'\e Crady tripled to score Ricky Lo ion's iifst run i mug In Hie Joanne Wins Play^F Title: Sum -omc out n center into the is with Clin-[ the first in Mb. Clinton '"red two run Matthew King, who wo hit by a pi'ched hall, cored on Harry \lauldm s grounder to hold top with the bases loaded Ldgar Fosler. w h" had sin gled scored the winning run on a balk. \l W ( hh' triple w as ( hn ton’s only other h;l New berry got eight hits ol| ( im'oii Hu//y TedanH hut the sophoniore kept them paced He struck out six and w alked lour m post mg his third w m ol the season against one loss. Clinton. now 2 0 in e,inter i nee play and 3 3 ov erall, w ill mv ade ('hester todav . Thill s day ()n Tuesday . CSI1 w ill play host to l mon. PC Golfers Place 2nd In Tourney By JOHN BINOHAM YM( A Director 'The last game to he played la i w m the current basketball -ea ha , , ; on was played at the Nation opt r.a al Ouard Armory helvveen c io n the teams o| 'Torrington Co gram, and Joanna The .m< w os . ; the finals ol a ingle elimma ( i I am play -oil. I he g.ame w a n. ,w a very hard louglit w itfi the , em, Torrington Company loading comp throughout the first three u ii (|iiarter Joanna came hack pub' m I he la-t quarter ami out pi, -cored Ton mgton 13 !■ ti and won the game 39 to 2a W let sell In I the eon ng for The 1 winning Joanna team with 14 rom points llarlluie led the s^s r or , mg tor the 'Torrington team qu with 13 points I ol lowed e!o-i I" 11 - ly by Cauhle with 12 points. er u; SI MM I B I’BOf iH AM \\ dll the la d game play ed I" 'ft m the 't VIC \ s ha krllXe Ho program, it is now Him to la., o turn our thought to Hie pe I'"' gram that is being planned had lor the summer 1 would like H to point out that the following had program is m the planning Ho stages and should he eomple- ac ted withm the next lit dav < .;r K v en m il s I mal di at 1 . the ha pn igram w ill till only he on ( ■ ta paper and vv ill m ed the a hall istance of Hie people ol the \11 r eonfinunity m the way ol m hal trrest and participation W • I eel that w c arc propo m. ha one ot the best program ev et ir ai■ 11 \ M si'( iq is die O S,i 1 Women \ ■ 1 I I' lie I Clinton Team In Tournament A team from Clinton will compete in the 1968 Cham pionship 'Tournament of the Woman's International Howl mg Congress The Halmetto team, captained by Kathty ne Lott, will howl May 7th 'The sixth-large t \YIRC tournament opened 'Thurs day, April 4, and continue daily through Sunday. Jum 2. at 40-lane Wonder Bowl howl ing e('nter in San Antonio. Texas. A total of 4.329 live-woman teams, 9,789 sets ol doubles and 19.578 singles contestants are scheduled to participate in the 49th annual tourna ment for a prize fund of $243,204. third largest in WIRC tournament historv. Rresby terian College’s golf team placed second in the South Carolina Intercollegi ate (loll Tournament last week in Hampton The Blue Hose golfers were paced by David Sale ol Ashe- v die. V C . who posted a 36- hole score ol 73-67-140 lo place -econd m the tourna ment Sale is the No 1 man on the HC team. Other members of the team are Ashton Blount, Terry Clyhurn. 'Tim Yancey , Steve Albrgight. Alan Han sons and Bruce Lindstrom The team is coached by Karl Tinsley, professional at Lakeside Country Club The Cniversity of South Carolina won the title tins year H("s team also placed -econd et wear and was i ir t m , ’lifi. 'y-4 '■' N There are more than 1.500 textile and apparel plants lo cated in 78 ol North Caro lina's 100 counties. The Pines Mobile Home Park TORRINGTON ROAD Has several open spaces lo park your mobile home. Lowest rates any where. ( ity water & ele ctricity. Comfortable easy living, plenty of yard room. Call 833-1455 for an appointment. FOR SALE SEED POTATOES & FERTILIZER CABBAGE PLANTS ONION SETS ONION PLANTS ALL KINDS OF LAWN GRASS SEED Johnson Enterprises DIAL 833-2540 Office Bldg. 220 West Main St. Clinton, S. C. FOR SALE Contact CITIZENS FEDERAL Savings & Loan Ass’n. Clinton, S. C. BACK HOE WORK, WATER LINES, LAWN PREPARATION PLANTING RESTRICTED TRAILER PARK TOP SOIL Ernest E. Cox 603 E. Florida St. 833-1500 Wasson & Wasson Incorporated HICKORY TAVERN WEIL B0RINC GEORGE E. WASSON JAMES D. WASSON Phone Laurens Rural 682 2626 or contact at Wasson Brothers Store at Hickory Tavern. vWTKL LONNIE O’BRIAN HIERS OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK Lonnie and wife, Polly, live at 207 cedar St. They are members of Broad Street Methodist Church where he is a past president of the Sunday school Class and a past secretary of the Board of Stewards. He s also a shriner. After graduating from Laurens High School, Lonnie worked with his father, a car dealer, for three years. He then worked with Easterby Motor Co. until joining the armed services in 1941. Lon nie strted with us in IWjf) and has been with us since. He Has sold Oldsmobiles for 23 years and Dod ges since I960. In 1950 he attended the General Motors Technical Training (enter in Losing, Mich., for dealer management. Lonnie is a man of integrity with diplomacy and high ideals. He can show you a car with which you 11 be more than satisfied because you’ll know that it suits you individually in every aspect. COME BY SOON — He KNOWS CARS LYNN COOPER, Inc. “Your Volume Dealer” 205 East Main Street s&mi ‘ill dodge oldsmobile Clinton, S. C. THORNWELL STALWARTS , M t * young men abo\e arc monibor" ' I I *'"r'i 1 1 w h team and arc detruding (nuH re!!'c < dan •ii' m their specialities. They arc, loll to right. M.'i'tiard Picrc". pole vault and ’"road ■" ■ ■ . < ' roi ;■ , lUH-vai'd dash and 22n-y. , o n. !• • 1 c mile run and 880. Picivc won t he p" 1 \. ■•' ■' ’ weekend in the State-Record id .. : 1 Thornwell was the only ( l.i<- R ' ■ finalist. Although ho o'iHn"; v. e. i, - o i ■', school record in the mile run with a tp' i ■ ’ , 1" I. topping a mark set in 1966 by Rickv Little, i.ll. — -'wwiy.a— nil sWIM M I \<. It ll.l II hr U," C I he 5 \l( \ \(|iio! I, l(> offer lo Hie people ol (.re.Hi r ( holoii \i ( ■ ’ lie . i! 'lie III • •! : ; H(11! 1 ,v . 'Hr, I ol cccn-;ii Oh ., ■n'iiig. m ann n n u t■ r superv ision a:M ( \ Oil . i ■ I 1 i nunc uiMrih vv mini in: Sears CHAIN LINK FENCE SALE! 10 DAYS ONLY! The More You Buy...The More You Save! } - 200 feet 81 per ft. I - 300 feet 80 per ft. I - 400 feet 79 per ft. I - 600 feet 78 per ft. 48” HIGH PRICE INCLUDES INSTALLATION vi ‘3* 1^ ' , ill "D NO MONEY DOWN! - TAKE 3 YEARS TO REPAY CALL TODAY FOR FREE ESTIMATE 833-2411 SHOP AT SEARS AND SAVE Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Sears 130 MCSGROVE STREET a CLINTON, S. C. — 833-2sll SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. Catalog Sales Office '"d UC Hours; Mon.-Silt. —— 9.00-5.30