[155] News and Courier, Sept. 23, 1955, p. 10-A.
[156] Record, Sept. 6, 1955, p. 1.
[157] News and Courier, July 1, 1956, p. 14-C. By this date there were councils in the counties of Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Calhoun (2), Charleston (6), Clarendon (3), Darlington (4), Dorchester (2), Fairfield, Florence (7), Georgetown, Jasper, Kershaw, Lee (2), Lexington, Orangeburg (9), Richland (2), Spartanburg, Sumter and Williamsburg (7).
[158] By February 1957 there were 58 local councils in South Carolina. By this time leadership in the state organization had changed. Thomas D. Keels of Sumter was state chairman, Dr. W. M. Croswell of Timmonsville, vice-chairman and H. L. Bowling of Elloree, treasurer. News and Courier, Jan. 18, 1957, p. 1-B; Feb. 15, 1957, p. 10-A.
[159] Ibid., July 1, 1956, p. 14-C.
[160] Ibid., Feb. 24, 1957, p. 2-A.
[161] Ibid., Mar. 4, 1957, p. 12.
[162] Morning News, Aug. 30, 1955, p. 1.
[163] News and Courier, July 1, 1956, p. 14-C; Jan. 9, 1956, p. 12.
[164] Ibid., May 6, 1956, p. 1.