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WEATHER (Week of Dec. 15-22^ I^ow: 30 High: 07 (Dec. 18) (Dec 19) Soil Temp Range: 52-53 degrees Rainfall: 1.19 ins. (Dec. 17. 20.21. 22) ®()e Clinton Chronicle Vol. 17 — No. 50 Clinton, S. C„ Dec. 23, 1970 INDEX Four Sections, 24 Pages Classified 4-A Deaths 6-A Editorials 2-B Society . 2-A Sports 5-A &' Vi |f tbre is riglitnmsncss in tlickart, thert will ht bauttj in lit tharadtr. | thtrE is htaulij in lit claradtr. lltirwillltlannonijintltlninr. Jlf llert is larmonij in lit lomt. llttf will It orltr in lit nation. JBItn litre is oriirr in lltnalion. titrrwillhtptattintleworlli. Christmas Eve Services Emergency First Presbyterian Church Aid Asked The annual Christmas Kve (’andlelight Sen ice of the First Pro+byterian Church wifi he held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday evening. Social music will In* provided by the Sanc tuary Choir, the Chapel Choir and the Carol Choir. Many old and some new spek-al Christ mas numbers will be sung by them under the able direction of Dr. Charles Gaines and Mrs. Gloria Wysor. Among the special numbers done by them will be“ 0 Thou That Tellest Good Tid ings” by Handel. Kevin’s Carol by Faircloth. “Slumber. O Holy Jesu” by Wood, "lively Child. Holy Child”, and “While By My Sheep” by Jungst. The congregation will join the choirs in the singing of some of the best known Christmas carols, and will hear a special message from the director of development at Ptesbyterian Col lege, Dr. Robert MeCaslin, who will assist the pastor, Alfred I,. Bixler, in this service. Be cause the service is planned for the entire fam ily, the ministers and officers of the congrega tion join in extending an invitation to the en tire community for this one hour service on ('hristmas Eve. For County Laurens County is one of 16 South Carolina counties recom mended to be eligible for em ergency livestock feed, accord ing to U.S. Sen Strom Thur mond (R-SC) Sen Thurmond said South Carolina was recommended by the S.C. Disaster Committee. Senator Thurmond said, “I have been working on this for some time and will follow through with the Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin to see that these designated areas are approved." Extreme drought and corn blight affecting these areas have necessitated eligibility for this emergency program. St. John’s Lutheran Church St John’s Lutheran Church will celebrate Christmas this year with a Candlelight Service on Thursday evening, December 24, beginning at 8:30. The Candlelight Service will center around the singing of the Christmas carols, special Christmas music and the Christmas Scriptures. A Christmas meditation, “A Pondering of Peace”, will be presented through a multi-dimensional medium prepared by Pastor John Setzler and some of the young people of the congregation. The community is invited to this service. ChrUmon Tree St. John’s Lutheran Church is again delight ed to feature its annual Chrismon Tree as one of the focal points of the celebration of the Christ mas season. The Chrismon, oi\ VChrist-mono- grams”, portray in symbolic form the message of the birth, the ministry and the Resurrection experience of the early Church on through the more modern symbols of the present day. The tradition of the Chrsimon tree which began among Lutherans in Danville, Virginia, has now spread through most of the nation. Under the direction of Mrs. Lewis C. Pitts, Chnsmon chairman, and her committee, Chris- mons were prepared and a fifteen-foot tree erect ed in the sanctuay of St John’s Lutheran Church as well as a smaller tree in Bailey Memorial Nurs ing Home. The public is invited to view the tree for the next two Sunday afternoons during the Christ mas season. The sixteencounties are: An derson, Bamberg, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon , Greenville, Laurens, Marion, Newberry, O- conee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Sumter, Spartanburg, Union and York. * * * Greenwood Mills Plan Holiday Greenwood Mills plants will observe Christmas holidays from Thursday, Dec. 24 through midnight Sunday, Dec. 27. Plants will close at the end of the second shift, 12 midnight on Wednesday, Dec. 23, It was an nounced. Operations will be re sumed beginning with the third shift, 12 midnight on Sunday, Dec. 27, the announcement said. Christmas Day is a paid holi day for Greenwood Mills em ployees. All eligible employes will receive holiday pay for a full day’s work. * * * To Assume Duties In June Dr. Jacobs Named Fourth President Of Thornwell Dr. Allen Cleveland Jacobs will become the fourth Pres ident of Thornwell Orphanage in Clinton. Dr. Jacobs was e- lected by the Board ofTrustees on December 1st, and the an nouncement of his acceptance was made Tuesday to the Thorn well family by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Rich ard de Montmollin. The an nouncement said that Dr. Jacobs would assume the duties of the Presidency by June 1, 1971. Dr. Jacobs is not related to the descendeants of Dr. William Plumer Jacobs, who founded Thornwell in 1875. A 52- year-old native of Cheraw, South Carolina, he is a graduate of Thornwell, where he was an outstanding athlete. Currently, he is president of Presbyterian Home for Children in Talladega, Alabama, a position he has held for the past 20 years. In an address to the Thorn well students at noon Tuesday, Mr. Richard deMontmollin, chairman of Thornwell’s Board of Trustees, told them: “M.iny of you know Dr. Ja cobs personally, and certainly all of you have heard of him. He has beer a frequeot visitor on the campus for many years, most recently as the speaker at commencement last May .... “. ... In the 95-year his tory of Thornwell, only three men have been privileged to serve as her President. It is ample evidence of the guiding hand of God that those men have all been uniquely qualified to serve in their own times. Se veral years ago, when a com mittee from the Board ofTurs- tees was instructed to look for the man who would serve as Thornwell’s fourth President, it seemed that the hand of God led us directly to the man who was most qualified for this high calling. Dr. Jacobs’ life here at Thornwell as a student, where he was an outstanding athlete... his training as a minister at Presbyterian College and Columbia Seminary ... and his long experience as the head of one of our church’s homes for children, give him a background possessed by no other. It would seem that God has been pre paring Allen Jacobs for this calling for many years. We are grateful for it ... and for the fact that God put into the heart of Allen Jacobs a wil lingness to accept this great challenge . . . .* Dr. Jacobs is a 1942 graduate of Presbyterian College, where he was a halfback on the football team, and an outstanding mem ber of the track team. He was captain of the track team during his senior year. He served as an infantry of ficer during World War II, ris ing to the rank of captain prior to hid discharge in 1945. In 1946, he entered Columbia Theological Seminary in De catur, Georgia, and upon gradu ation, accepted the pastorate of the James Island Presbyterian Church, in South Carolina's Charleston Presbytery. Two years later, he accepted the Presidency of the Alabama Presbyterian Home for Child ren. In 1958, Presbyterian Col lege awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree on the basis of his work at the child ren’s home. Dr. Jacobs is married to the former Agnes HopeGwaltneyof Charlotte, North Carolina. They have four sons and two daughters. In Talladega, Dr. Jacobs has merce and as Chairman of the been active in civic affairs, Boy Sout District. He served having served as President of as Moderator of the Synod of the Talladega Chamber of Com-_ Alabama in 1961. DR. JACOBS Decorate Nursing Home Tree The Thornwell High Beta Club chose as an activity for the Christmas season, the de corating of a tree at the Bailey Nursing Home on Thursday, Dec. 10. The tree was provided by Dell’s Beauty Shop and the de corations were made by the Beta Club members. The de corations were made from everyday items often discarded around the home; such as egg cartons, popcorn, scraps of cloth, pine cones, tin cans and cranberries. After decorating the tree, the group gave a program of carols, a reading by Mrs. Nelle Win- gard, and a prayer by Mr. D. S. Templeton. Candy and re freshments were enjoyed by the residents and the Betas. Mrs. Christine LeFevre ser ves as advisor to theBetaClub, and George Lynch is the pre sident. Members shown in the pic ture are from left to right: Frank Bruyer, Don Lundkovsky, Laurie Bee, Karen Robertson, Ann Yelton, Amy McKee, Ray mond Conklin, Lynn Nicholson, and Mrs. Nelle Wingard. Another activity engaged in was the decoration of a large bulletin board in the school study hall. This depicted the nativity scene. CHRISTMAS SCENE—There’s been a lot of traffic i recently in front of Charlie McDaniel’s home on Sunset Boulevard. The attraction is a ‘Lit tle Church in the Pines’ constructed by Mr. McDaniel. He built the small church five years ago as part of a Christmas parade float. Now he has is situated in front of his house as part of his Christmas season decora tions. He has it wired for sound and it features Christmas music. He al so has erected a si^n which says, ‘Stop, roll down your windows and listed.’ Mrs. R.l. Boland Dies In Lanford House Fire LANDORD-Mrs. Mary Hig gins Boland, 65, was burned to death Sunday night in a fire that heavily damaged her brick home at Lanford Station about 10 miles north of Laurens. She was a widow of Robert L Boland, a native of Clinton. Mrs. Boland’s body was found in the smoldering ruins of her home shortly before midnight Sunday. Three persons entered the building in an effort to de termine if anyone was inside but they were forced back by smoke. The fire originated in the den of the house. Mrs. Bo land lived alone. A native of Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late John Scott andSallie Ferguson Higgins. She was a member of St John’s Lutheran Church in Clinton. Mrs. Boland was the last surviving member of her immediate lamily. Graveside services were held Tuesday morning in Rose- mont Cemetery in Clinton. * * * Post Office Holiday Hours The Clinton Post Office will be closed all day Friday, Dec. 25, for Christmas. There will be no home mail delivery, city or rural, and no mall will be put in post office boxes. On Saturday, Dec. 26, mall will be put in the post office boxes but there will be no city or rural delivery and no win dow service. The main window at the Post Office will close at noon Thurs day, Dec. 24. Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON One of the happiest days of childhood is that day when Santa Claus makes-his annual vis it. One of the items that he often brings boys and girls, too, is fireworks—firecrackers, spark lers, rockets, and many other items. These de vices are used primarily on July Fourth in sections of our country but around ‘ generally are associated with Ouiatmag. Uve merchant who doesn’t sell his stock by the Ghrtrt-^ mas-New Year’s holidays usually has to carry * them over for some time. f. ; I recall that the Clinton law waa ffrfo fireworks could be used in the busine of Clinton. However, in 1906 or 1907J allowed the merchants who soldT that department on Christhifts < the childraii to use ‘ two hooxt. This was a roaring and — tainly helped the mercjpirts to much to the pleasure of ,is.