The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 31, 1969, Image 13
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MEDIEVAL BANNER—Gathered around the me
dieval banner Sunday are some of the young people
instrumental in the work. Left to right: Mrs. R.
Floyd Bundrick, one of the advisors; Miss Susan
Smith, Miss Debra Farmer and Jimmy Farmer.
Luther League Presents
Banner At St. John's
Reformation Sunday, Oct. 26,
was a special day for St. John’s
Lutheran Church. As part of their
observance of Reformation Sun
day, the Luther League present
ed to the congregation a medie
val banner in the style and de
sign of those used in the church
es of the Reformation period.
The League’s banner was the
result of many weeks of prepara
tion, of studying symbols of the
church, designing a distinctive
format, and deciding on and lo
cating appropriate materials in
keeping with the medieval period.
After several sewing sessions by
some of the girls, the banner was
ready for presentation to the con
gregation.
League president, Miss Debra
Farmer, in the presentation and
explanation of the symbols told
the congregation Sunday: “We
wanted something that would lie
symbolic of our Luther League
and St. John’s. We t(»k, for .a
starting point, the motto of the
congregation, “Under God, Con
fronting the Present, Facing the
Future”, and chose symbols to
represent the way we see our
selves.” The medieval banner
has coarse material as a back
ground with symbols represent
ing the spirit of the group and
their approach to life. Clustered
around the Eagle, symbol of St.
Johns the Apostle, for whom the
congregation is named, are the
symbols: a boat - striving, sturg-
gling with life; wheat grains on a
green disk - a group which is
growing and bearing fruit; a
lamp - awareness of life, the
search for truth and knowledge;
Luther’s Coat of Arms - long the
symbol over the LutheranChurch
in America for the Luther
League.
The idea of making banners is
slowly growing over the Luther
an Church by youth groups. St.
John’s is one of the first in this
area of the state to design and
make such a medieval banner.
Youth Ministry in the Lutheran
Church in America is built on the
conviction that young people have
the gift of generating creative
ideas and putting them into crea
tive, concrete forms which will
benefit the whole church. St.
John’s Luther League demon
strated that concept to their con
gregation.
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Bond Sales
Combined sales of Series E
and H Savings Bonds and Savings
Notes for September in Laurens
County totaled $36,670 reports
D.F. Patterson, County Savings
Bonds Chairman.
In the State, total sales of E
and H Savings Bonds and Savings
Notes amountedtSSS,373,894 re
ports Robert G. Clawson, State
Chairman of the U.S. Savings
Bonds Committee.
Ex-'Pueblo' Crewman
Says Ship Unprotected
A former ‘Pueblo" crewman
said the ship evaded capture for
an hour and a half after being
promised that help was only 15
minutes away.
"When we radioed we were be
ing boarded, our last message
from Japan was ‘Good Luck’,
Lee R. Hayes, the ship’s head
radio man, told an audience last
week in Greenwood.
At a meeting sponsored by the
Greenwood-Mountville TRAIN
Committee (To Restore Ame
rican Independence Now), Hayes
said, “The Pueblo was never
within the 12-mile limit of Korea.
When we were seized, we were 21
miles from the closest land. The
closest to North Korea we had
been was 13.5 miles."
He said North Korea had is
sued warnings that it would seize
U.S. surveillance ships in their
area but “our leaders did not
believe them. We were told to
continue our surveillance work
in order to get their reaction to
our presence there."
Hayes, who joined the John
Birch Society upon his release
from the Navy, said he had been
asked why the ship did not re
sist seizure.
found out that certain Anger signs
did not mean Hawaiian good luck.
This was terrible for them be
cause it made them lose face—-
My jaw was broken in the nine
days of beatings that followed.”
Hayes said the prisoners’ me
dical treatment “has to be cal
led Just enough to keep us from
dying. Before our release, we
were treated for visible
bruises."
He described the seizure of
the “Pueblo” as “one of the
many demoralizing defeats for
this country. Why haven’t we
won some place in the world in
the last 25 years? My Captain
(Lloyd Bucher) well said that he
felt the United States had let him
and his men down.”
A native of Columbis, Ohio,
Hayes has made numerous
speeches in a nine-state area
recently.
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Dr. Weersing
Speaks At Coker
President Marc C. Weersing of
Presbyterian College was Coker
College’s initial guest speaker
for the 1969-70 session. The
occasion was a Senior Day as
sembly Wednesday in the col
lege auditorium.
“The Pueblo was not a fight
ing ship in any sense of the
word. My ship had two 50-cali
ber machine guns on board with
orders not to uncover them. This
artillery is something similar to
the effect I might have on you
if you stuck a shotgun in my sto
mach and I threw a wet noodle
in your face.”
Hayes said some classified in
formation was taken “But it was
not as much as most Americans
believe.”
Concerning his imprisonment
in North Korea, Hayes said,
“They kept us scared and men
tally off-balance. Beatings were
their greatest threat. The only
news we received from home was
bad news. I received only one of
the 25 letters my parents sent.”
Hayes said the prisoners’
sense of humor kept them going.
He said there must be a free and
open society for a sense of humor
to develop and that the commu
nists could not appreciate humor.
He said the wrath of the com
munists was incurred, “when they
FULLER REESE
Reese Returns
From Vietnam
Lt. Fuller L. Reese, III, has
returned home from Vietnam
where he served the past year as
company commander of Head
quarters Battery, 5th Battalion,
42nd Artillery.
While serving in Vietnam he
was awarded the Bronze Star and
the Army Commendation Medal
for outstanding meritorious ser
vice in connection with military
operations against a hostile force
in the Republic of Vietnam.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Reese Jr., of Clinton and Jack
sonville, Fla. He has completed
his tour of active duty and has
joined his wife who made her
home at Clemson while he was
away.
Dr. Weersing is the Class of
1970’s first choice for a Senior
Day speaker. Born in Michigan,
he has lived in the South since
1938 when he earned the Th.M
degree at Columbia Theological
Seminary in Decatur, Ga., and
was ordained into the Presbyter
ian ministry. He has held pas
torates in Georgia (at Elberton
and Decatur), in Mississippi (at
Jackson), and in South Carolina
(at Spartanburg).
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"I wonder if we can’t get
federal matching funds for
this project ...”
BY NANCY PHILLIPS
Week of October 27, 1969
Telephones in Clinton have in
creased from 658 on V-J day to
a total of 1,381, manager W. W.
Stover stated yesterday.
The Rev. and Mrs. W. B.
Thorne of Chesnee spent the
weekend with their daughter,
Mrs. Vernon Trammell and Mr.
Trammell.
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Pitts
and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Shealy
spent Sunday visiting Mt. Mit
chell and other points of interest
in North Carolina.
W'yman M. Shealy has returned
from a two weeks vacation.
On last Tuesday afternoon,
members of the Junior Miss
ionary Society of Bailey Memor
ial Church together with the spon
sors, Mrs. Murray Adams and
Sybil McCoy, Rev. John H. Holl
and and Dan Dunaway visited the
county home and entertained
those who make their home there
with the singing of hymns.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cauble and
son spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Hedspeth in Laurens.
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