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F » * i I V 't < ROCK HRIDC.E (JROUND-HREAK- IN(i—Shov\7i alK)ve at ground-break ing ceremonies for the new Rook Rridge Presbyterian Church are, first row, left to right: Mrs. G. C. Mcln- vailel Mr. G. C. Molnvaille, Mr.-. Fraak Young, Mr. Dixie Davis, Mr. S. M. Bell, Mr. Jen-old Burnside, pas tor; second row: Mr. L. C. Raughn. Mrs. L. C. Baugn, Mrs. Jean Davis, Mrs. J. C. Cannon, Mr. Jessie Bolt, Mrs. S. M. Bell.— (Yarborough Pho to) New Rock Bridge Church To Be Completed In 1971 Groundbreaking services were held on November 8, for the new sanctuary with education facilities for the Rock Bridge Presbyterian Church, Greenwood Highway, Clinton. Assisting in tlie ground breaking ceremony were: Mrs. Frank Young, oldest charter member of the Church, Mr. Dixie Davis, great - great grandson of the organizer of the Pock Bridge Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Agatha Davis, Mr. Paul Read, former pastor, Mr. S. M. Bell, chairman of the building committee and the Rev. Gerrold C. Burnside, pastor of the church. Completion of the new sanctuary which will seat ap proximately 275 people and contain eight classrooms (two of which will be used for a fellowship hall with kitchen facilities) will be sometime in the summer of 1971. Miss Bailey Honored By Farm Bureau Miss Agnes Bailey, secre tary of the Laurens County Farm Bureau, was awarded first-runnerup honors last week in the Information Con test at the S. C. Farm Bureau meeting in Charleston. She .was presented a trophy, along with transporatlon to the American Farm Bureau Con vention. Mrs. Bailey will be travel ing with S. C. Farm Bureau representatives by chartered bus to Houston, Texas, where the convention will be held in Houston Civic Center and the Rice Hotel. The group will leave Columbia on Friday, Dec. 4, with overnight stops in Mont gomery, Ala., and New Orleans, La., enroute to Houston. They are to' arrive in Houston on Sunday, Dec. 6, and will attend the convention through Thurs day, Dec. 10. Enroute home, there will be sightseeing in Alexandria, Natchez and Vicksburg with an overnight stay in Jackson, Miss., and Atlanta, Ga. They will arrive back in Columbia on Saturday, Dec. 12 * * * CANDY SALE Members of the Church of God on Elizabeth Street will sell Benson’s Old Home fruit cakes with proceeds going to the Church building fund. If you want to purchase one of the three-pound cakes, call 833-1183. THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Dec. 3, 1970—7-A :vprt-mK;' leview THEY BOITJHT THE SHOVEI—The children shown above saved their pennies t<> purchase the shovel used recently in pround-breaking' ceremon ies at Rook Bridge Presbyterian ( hurch. The sho\el will be preserved as a memento of the oc casion Shown above, front row, left to right, are: Mike Davis, Bonnie Boyce. Steve Holbrook, Terry Shifferly, Marie Childress, Amy Faulkner. Chris Mitchum ; second row: Donnie Cauble, Da vid Boyce, Chris Boyce, Greg Holbrook, Norman Shifferly, Timmy Faulkner; back row: Ronnie Boyce. Berry Boyce, Pat Boyce, and Johnny Boyce.— (Yarborough Photo) Conservation Essay Contest Slated ‘Proper Use of Land and Water For A Quality Environ ment* is the topic for the 1970-71 conservation essay contest cosponsored by the Laurens Soil and Water Con servation District and the State Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. The contest is open to all fifth, sixth, and seventh grade students in Laurens County. According to Ryan F. Law- son, chairman of the Laurens District, the following prizes will be offered locally for win ning essays: $25 for first place county prize and $10 for first place in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh grades. The first place state prize is $75.00 and a plaque. Two second place prizes of $50.00 will be for the upper for the lower- provided; one state and one state area. Local school officials, teach ers, and students are being provided information concern ing the details of the contest Over twenty thousand stu dents participated in the con servation essay contest in South Carolina last year. Early Christians According to the Book of Acts of the Bible, the name of Christians was first ap plied to the followers of Je sus Christ at Antioch be tween A D. 40 and 44. Before that they were called “Fol lowers of the Wav.” ©ok THE 41st PACKER By Lennart PeaTaon Head Librarian Presbyterian College PC Commuter Grants Laurens County high school seniors are reminded of Pres byterian College’s Laurens County Commuter Scholar ships available to them and providing grants ranging from an honorary stipend to the cost of attending PC as a day stu dent. John Daniluk, director of stu dent aid, said today that ap plications already are being accepted for the 1971-72 school year. He said grants are made on the basis of need to legal residents of Laurens County, and he urged qualified students planning to enter college as freshmen next fall to contact him for further information. THE 41st PACKER: A ROOKIE’S DIARY By Dan Eckstein. 141 pages. Clinton, S. 0., Ja cobs Press. 1970. Those who followed Dan Eckstein’s career at PC and who read with pleasure his column in the Greenville News, will be interested to see in print the diary he kept as a pro football rookie with the Green Bay Packers in 1969. Those who also know him personally will recognize at once the same bounce and infectious enthusiasm for football that he brought to Johnson Field when he worked for Cally Gault as a Blue Hose half back. In his Foreword, Eckstein says that three things prompted him to publish his diary First, he wanted to share his impressions of some of the people and events behind pro football. In this he has succeeded, giving some inside pictures of life among the Packers, including, of course, the rookies. The gruelling demands made on a player’s discipline and dedication are evident in entry after entry describing the physical and mental exhaustion involved in drills and scrim mages. Few TV viewers realize what goes into the Sunday afternoon Pro Game of the Week. For the rookies, the suspense as to who will be next to be cut from the squad is sheer torment. Yet, despite the rivalry for the coveted few places on the team, there is a remarkable cameraderie among the hopefuls that in some cases even rip ens into friendship. Secondly, the author wants “to stress that desire and hustle can compensate for physical shortcomings.” True—up to a point. (Eckstein weighed in at 176 pounds when he reported to Green Bay. Even the lightest of the trainers was twenty pounds heavier!) Bart Starr, in an introduction to The 41st Packer, says that “the only thing that kept Dan from making our club was his size. I assure you that when he walked away from the camp for the last time, everyone who had known him said that if a team could be composed of forty men who possessed the heart, guts, and attitude of Dan Eckstein, it would wait/, through its schedule.” Thirdly, Eckstein wants to affirm “that there is Something and Someone far more in life than mere athletics”. The author likes young people, and he is eager to share with them his Christian convictions as well as his football know-how. In fact, the P. C. chapter of the Fel lowship of Christian Athletes was started in 1965 by Eckstein, along with teammates Bill Kirtland and Shell Dula. There are some flaws in the writing, and oc casionally the author’s philosophizing about the future seems a bit shallow; nevertheless, The 41st Packer hasi about it the immediacy of an in teresting diary written by a highly likable per son. DON'T Be Left With An Empty Stocking This Year! SEE US for your Christmas Shopping Money. Citizens Loan & Finance 104 N. Broad St. 833-2501 Only 5 Days Left! YOU ARE INVITED TO HEAR VISITING EVANGELIST TED MEARS Pastor First Baptist Church GREAT FALLS. S. C. AT First Baptist Church IOANNA Magnolia and EUU Streets November 30 —December 6 7:30 P M SPECIAL FEATURE FOR CHILDREN; "Sermons In A Sack" Morning Services 10 A.M. Tuesday-Friday EDWARD D PIERCE, Pastor HARRY BOUKNIGHT. Director of Music Legion Post Meeting Set Monday Post 56, Local American Legion will hold it’s monthly meeting, Dec. 7, Monday at 7:00 p.m. at the Legion Hut. All members are urged to attend. Guest speaker will be Wm. P. Jacobs, chairman, Laurens County Tricentennial Com mittee. 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