– Saturday, July 1st, was a red-letter day in the life of Dr. Prentiss M. Kinney, well-known Bennettsville general practitioner. For on that date, he marked the 50th year of his medical practice… a practice that is very much alive today. During his 50 years of medicine, Dr. Kinney has delivered more than 10,000 babies (more than the population of Bennettsville). And he is still active in maternity cases. Last month, of the 44 babies delivered at Marlboro General Hospital, Dr. Kinney delivered 13.
– On Wednesday, June 28, the Junior Marlboro Players met in the Murchison Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. The most important decision made by the Jr. Players was which play to present in August. They decided on the play, “Cinderella”. Parts will be available for ages 10 through 20. These include Cinderella, her stepsisters Frump, Matilda, and Griselda, the stepmother, Prince, the Duke, the Prime Minister, the Fairy Godmother and other members of the Prince’s court.
– Ed H. Tatum of McColl is retiring from the State Employment Security Commission after serving a record setting twenty years. After being elected for five, four year terms to the commission, Tatum is not seeking re-election to the post which he has held since 1952. The only other man to remain on the commission for that length of time was the late A. J. Hartfield.
– For the first few weeks of summer, many parents and school students were afraid they wouldn’t have a recreational program. Beginning last week was a three-phased program of human relations, cultural enrichment and recreation in all areas of the county.
– The cloudburst in the county last Thursday night was accompanied by enough wind to uproot several trees in the Blenheim area. According to Carolina Power and Light, two or three trees fell in Blenheim and one of them downed a power line, knocking out electricity for 43 minutes. There was scattered trouble in other areas, particularly in the Dunbar section where electrical was halted for a “few minutes”.