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Growing With Clinton tB/lje (Clinton Chronicle VoL 70 — No. 1G Clinton, S. C„ Thursday, April 24, 1969 INDEX Three Sections, 24 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths JjQ Editorials 2-A Society 2-A Sports 7. A LENA DALE JANICE FAYE MANDY PATTI LEA MBSI KERRI GILLIAM COOK HAIRSTON LOWE COOPER GATES Little Miss Clinton Contestants Announced Twelve pretty little girls will be contestants in this year’s Little Miss Clinton contest which will be staged in conjunction with the Miss Clinton Pageant. The pageant is scheduled for May 3 in Belk Auditorium on the Presbyterian College campus. The pageant is to start at 8 p.m. The Little Miss Clinton contest will be held durimg the Miss Clin ton Pageant. Little Miss Clinton contestants are: Lena Dale Gilliam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Gilliam; Janice Faye Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cook; Man- dy Hairston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hairston Jr.; Patti Lea Lowe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Lowe; Also, Missi Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Cooper Jr.; Kerri Gates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Gates; Susan Owings, daughter ofMr.andMrs. James Owings; Patsy Ellison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ellison; Jerrie Lanelle Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerre A. Smith; Cindy League, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry League Jr.; Alicia Leigh Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cox; Lydie Lois Pitts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pitts. SUSAN PATSY JERRIE CINDY ALICIA LEIGH LYDIE LOB OWINGS ELLISON SMITH LEAGUE COX PITTS Carole Draws Raves Carole Perry of Clinton High School's band drew rave notices recently from a former member of John Phillip Sousa’s band. John J. Heney, Sr., the tympani player with Sousa’s last band, was the judge at the State Solo and Ensemble Contest in Aiken last Friday. After hearing Miss Perry perform on the typm- pani (kettle drums), Heney commented, “I’ve been all over the country, judging tympani players but this is the best I’ve ever heard from your age group.” Miss Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Perry, performed a selection written by William J. Schin- stine. ★★★★★★★ Carole Perry, CHS Junior ★★★★★★★★ In judging Miss Perry' on Rudiments, Heney commented, “Amazing. I know Mr. Schinstine and everything he writes is difficult. You played perfectly. Every accent, etc. . Under “interpretation”, he wrote, “You knock me out. This grand performance was perfect” Under “music and feneral effect”, he wrote, Just great. Again I congratulate a true, tympani artist, yes, artist.” Clinton High School Band Director Kerry Bouknight was button-popping proud of Heney’s comments, saying, “I’ve never heard such rave no tices from such an authority.” Carole also is a member of the All-State Or chestra and will perform this weekend at the South Carolina Music Educators Association conference at Myrtle Beach. REIGNING QUEEN— Pat Davis will be the reigning Miss Clinton at the May 3 Miss Clinton Pageant. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Epps Davis, she will crown her successor at the pag eant. She will represent Clinton in this year’s Miss S.C. Pageant to be held in Greenville and her successor will repre sent Clinton in the 1970 pageant. CHS Band Uniform Drive Gains Momentum “Make your checks payable to the ‘Clinton High School Band Uniform Fund’ has been the bat- tlecry all week,” Mrs. A. C. Workman, Jr., general chairman of the uniform drive said Wed nesday. And according to Mrs. Workman the battlecry is going to get “louder and louder’ until the $9,000 project is completed. Reports from various solici tors for the uniform fund drive indicate a good response in cash contributions and the addition of several more donations of com plete uniforms. Any Questions? The Presbyterian Church Kindergarten visited the Clinton Fire Department Tuesday. Chief En gineer Thomas Owens showed the youngsters around and patiently explained how the department operates and also explained various gadgets on the fire trucks. Finally, he asked, “Are there any questions?” There was a long silence before young Richard Dowdle asked, “You know John Dowdle?” Mr. Owens replied, ‘Tes, I do. Why?” Richard answered proudly, “He's my daddy ” At Chronicle press time it was not possible to give a complete report on the amount collected, Mrs. Workman stated, but she said she hoped an up-to-date re port could be made next week. “Since the funds collected by the band members’ parents will be turned over directly to Clin ton High School to purchase the band uniforms, by making your check payable to the ‘Clinton High School Band Uniform Fund’ the amount becomes tax deductible*, Mrs. Workman said. --How They Voted-- PRECINCT COURTHOUSE SITE 1 | YES NO Central Elementary School Todd Property Bailey JAA 4. Z H I Barksdale-Narnie /S' 2 A _ X Brewerton 1. i_ 3c __ ii: Clinton No. 1 L c ±- 1L z4X_ Clinton No. 2 L / 1.. ly 3 ±1 liH-~ Clinton Mill xt y J7__ Cook’s Store - J . to _ .. // ____ Xj__ Cross Hill l.L— 7 j: Jl _ Daniels’ Store X _ X 4__ Dials A x _ Ekom .. / 7 _ lit XXL Gray Court __ J A It. /f Gray’s / c . J 7 — <9 Hickory Tavern _ . to ... 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McNair will deliver the commencement address at Pres byterian College’s 89th grad uating exercises on May 18, President Marc C. Weersing an nounced today. The board of trustees last month designated the state chief executive, whose son, Bob, is a graduating senior at PC, to re ceive one of four honorary de grees on this occasion. His meri torious service to South Carolina and to higher education will be recognized with an honorary doc tor of humanities degree. Governor McNair is scheduled to address 145 graduating seniors and their guests at the 4:15 p.m. commencement exercises in Belk Auditorium. This program will be the culmination of the day-long activities which begin with the 11 a.m. baccalaureate sermon. Governor and Mrs. McNair have been frequent visitors to the PC campus during the four years their son, Robert E. McNair, Jr., has been a student here. On one occasion he delivered the main address at the dedication of Clin ton Hall women’s dormitory in late 1965. McNair recently completed his fourth year as governor, having moved up from lieutenant gover nor on April 22, 1965, upon the resignation of Governor Donald S. Russell. He was elected to a full four-year term in 1966. His four years in the chief executive position have been GOVERNOR ROBERT E. McNAIR marked by special emphasis on public school and higher educa tion. His interest in this area was recognized by the fact that the National Governors’ Confer ence named him chairman of its education committee. Last summer, in rapid succession, McNair was elected chairman of the Southern Governors’ Confer ence and chairman of the Nat ional Democratic Governors’ Conference. Recognition by his political peers began for Bob McNair when he was a leader in the State House of Representatives from Allendale County, 1951-62. He later served as chairman of the National Conference of Lieu tenant Governors. A Navy veteran of World War II and native of Jamestown, S. C., McNair received both his BA and his law degrees from the Univer sity of South Carolina, which be stowed an honorary doctor of laws degree upon him in 1967. He is married to the former Josephine Robinson of Allendale, and they have three daughters in addition to their one son. Voters Reject New Courthouse For 3rd Time For the third time in 18 months, Laurens County voters have re jected a proposal to build a new county courthouse. In a referendum Tuesday, 1,411 voters cast their ballots in oppo sition to the courthouse proposal. There were 1,246 votes in favor of the courthouse. If the courthouse proposal had been approved, the $1.8 million building would have been con structed on the Central Elemen tary School property in Laurens. A total of 1,301 voters cast their ballots in favor of the Central School site. There were 935 votes cast in favor of the Tixldproper ty on the outskirts of Laurens. Clinton - Joanna area voters, who had opposed the first two proposals, voted in favor of the proposal Tuesday, 392 - 296. They also voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Todd property, 559-30. The Todd property is lo cated on the south side of Lau rens and would have been more accessible to Clinton-Joanna re sidents. Also, the Todd property would have offered more acreage at less money. Clinton Mill voters voted a- gainst the courthouse proposal by a narrow margin (21-23) and the vote was split(14-14) in Lydia Mill but the proposal carried in Clin ton No. 1 (101-83); Clinton No. 2 (169-103) and Joanna (38-29). Other Clinton-Joanna area precincts which favored the courthouse proposal included Long Branch (27-6) and Shady Grove (13-7). Opposed were Hopewell (27-6) and Renno (3-4). The courthouse proposal was opposed by a 20-vote margin in Laurens city boxes, 483 opposed and 4-63 in favor. The largest vote against the proposal came in Laurens No. 5 where 232 votes were cast against the courthouse and 155 in favor. Political observers believe that the Laurens vote might have been influenced by the fact that Laurens voters face potential school and hospital bond issues in the near future. In addition to the vote in Lau rens No. 5, the proposal also was opposed in Laurens No. 6 (117 against, 112 in favor); and Laurens No. 1 (45 against, 44 in favor). There was a split 55- 55 vote in Laurens No. 4. Laurens voters also overwhel mingly favored the Central Ele mentary School property, 620- 197. * * * Delinquent City Tax Notices Mailed Notices will be mailed within the next two weeks to all persons owing taxes to the City of Clin ton which are now delinquent. Notices of delinquent taxes for the years 1965-1966-1967 and 1968 will tie mailed, giving the Tax payer until July 1st, 1969, to pay all taxes owed the City. Council has directed thatex- ecutions be levied against all tax payers who do not pay their out standing taxes by July 1, 1969. * * * ★★★★★★★★ Daylight Saving Tim© Approaching Sunday morning you probably will lose one hour of sleep. That’s the day Daylight Saving Time be gins. When you go to bed Saturday night, move your clock AHEAD one hour. If you go to bed at 11 p.m., set the clock ahead to mid- might. But don’t worry atxjut that hour of sleep you’ll lose. You’ll get it back next October when Stan dard Time is resumed. Local Hospital Gets 3-Year Accreditation Bailey Memorial Hospital in Clinton has been approved for accreditation by the Joint Com mission on Accreditation of Hos pitals. The hospital has been ac credited for a three-year period. The letter of accreditation says, “The Commission wishes to commend you for maintaining standards deserving of accredi tation and for your constant ef fort to improve the quality of pa tient care. . .” This is the second straight three-year accrediation re ceived by the hospital. The accreditation program is voluntary but accreditation as sures that the hospital has a safe and sound building, good facili ties and equipment, certain spe cial hospital services, par ticularly a good dietary depart ment, gcxid medical library, com petent and qualified medical staff. And well-trained nursing staff and adequate hospital personnel. Accreditation also means the hospital has good administration. Members of Bailey Memorial Hospital’s Board of Directors are Dr. George R. Blalock, chair man; E. W. Roberts Jr., vice chairman; W. C. Neely, secre tary; Ryan F. Lawson and John M. Simmons. Dr. Louis M. Stephens is chief of the medical and dental staff and Dr. D. H. McFadden is as sistant chief of staff. Dr. James Macdonald is secretary. Other Memoirs g BY JOE H. SIMPSON Clinton has always had good transportation. For many years there were, eight passenger trains :£ in and out of Clinton each day and several in both •ij: directions at night. There were four I want to mention. One in each direction on the C. N. & L. Railroad, one went in each direction on the Sea*- :j; board that arrived and departed from around twelve-thirty to two.o’clock P. M. The two Sea^ £ board trains were called “Short Dogs” in contrast to the two fancy pullman trains that came through at 11:30 A. M. and 6:00 P. M. These four trains £ met in Clinton about the time of the noon meal. There was not a diner on either of them. Mr. B. L. King operated the Clinton Hotel close by the Union S Depot. His dining room was famous for its good food. Each day, the kitchen department prepared amumber of paper bag lunches. One of these help- •j: ers would walk beside the train yelling, “Get your h*t lunches, only 26c!” He would soon sell out. >; The helper was named “Genie Bee.” That is the S only name I can recall. Do you know his last £ name? If so, let me hear from you. I