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INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 5-A, 8-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 5-A Society 2-A Sports 7-A Clinton Chronicle Vol. 71 — No. 9 Clinton, S. C., Feb. 26, 1970 New Directors Announced Holland Elected President Of Chamber Of Commerce Joe S. Holland has been elect ed president of the Clinton Cham ber of Commerce for the 1970- 71 fiscal year. Other officers elected are Ralph Patterson, first vice pre sident; and Tom Plaxico, trea surer. George Cornelson,there- tiring president, will serve as second vice president. Mr. Patterson is owner of Gray Funeral Home and Mr. Plaxico is owner of Plaxico Chevrolet. Elected to the board of direc tors are Bailey Dixon, William Hatton, 0. P. Haynes, Jim Von Hollen and Dr. N. C. Wessing- er. They were elected by the membership in a mail ballot. Their terms commence April 1 and will expire in 1973. Dixon is plant engineer of Clin ton Mills. Hatton is president of W. S. Hatton Real Estate and In surance Agency and Haynes is manager of Radio Station WPCC. Mr. Von Hollen is vice presi dent of M. S. Bailey and Son Bankers and Dr. Wessinger is a dentist. The new officers and direc tors will be presented March 10 at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. Wilbur Smith, president of the internat ionally known planning firm of Wilbur Smith Associates, will be featured speaker for the banquet which will start at 7p.m. andwill be held at Mary Musgrove Hotel. The banquet also will be a joint meeting with the local Lions, Ki- wanis and Rotary Clubs and the Business and Professional Wo men’s Club. The new directors will suc ceed Joe Holland, D. B. Smith, B. Noland Suddeth, J. C. Thomas and Leonard Caricofe whose terms expire March 31. Other members of the 17-mem ber board of directors and their terms are: 1968- 71 - Francis Blalock, Kenneth Fryfogle, Hugh S. Ja cobs, George Reid and Donny Wilder. 1969- 73 - Richard V. Bod mer, Don G. Creighton, Lynn Cooper Jr., Ralph Patterson and Tom Plaxico. A native of Clinton, Mr. Hol land is owner of the Piggly Wiggly Supermarket in Clinton, He is a past chairman of the Clinton Merchants and Business men’s Association and cur rently serves as first vice pre sident of the Chamber of Com merce. He is a past president of the Food Retailers Association of South Carolina and is a member of Broad Street Methodist Clinton Councilmen Seek Amendment Election By District Asked For Laurens County Council Planners City Council Clears Way JOE S. HOLLAND Church. He also is a member of the board of directors of the Clinton Rotary Club and is a member of the Laurens County Shrine Club. He is a veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Holland also is a mem ber of the board of directors of Clinton Junior Achievement. Mr. Holland is married to the former Trotti Pruitt and they have three children. Congressman To Address Kiwanians Second District Congressman Albert Watson will be guest speaker for the Clinton Kiwanis Club's Farmers Night Program tonight. Congressman Watson wase- lected as a Democrat to the 88th Congress in 1962. In 1965, he resigned and was re-elected as a memljer of the Republican Par ty in a special election. Watson, who is a graduate of (he .University of South Carolina Law Schell, serves on the Com mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and the Committeein Internal Security. Congressman Watson's re signation and re-election as a member of another political par ty were without precedent in the history of the House of Repre sentatives. Kiwaman Henderson Pitts is Chaitman of the Farmer’s Night Program. United Fund Board To Meet The final report meeting for the 1969-70 United Fund campaign and the presentation of apprecia tion awards are scheduled today, Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. at Hotel Mary Musgrove. David Taylor Seeks Re-Election To House A LBERT WUSON Boylston Covers State Legislature Jimmy Boylston, a journalism major at the University of South Carolina, will begin covering the Laurens county legislative dele gation next week for the Clinton Chronicle. Jimmy, 24, is from Blackville. He attended the Aiken Regional Campus of USC for two years before transferring to the main campus in Columbia. Jimmy was listed on the sophomore honor list while at Aiken and was also edi tor of “The Rebelaire", the campus newspaper. He has serv ed as a local correspondent for the “Barnwell People-Sentinel’ and “The Augusta Chronicle.” Jimmy will be covering the South Carolina Legislature as a part of an advanced reporting course at Carolina. David S. Taylor announced today that he will seek the De mocratic nomination for re- election to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Laurens County. He is serving his sixth year as a member of this body and serves on the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee and the Mili tary, Public and Municipal Af fairs Committee. In making this announcement, Mr. Taylor expressed his sin cere appreciation to all the citi zens of LaurensCounty for elect ing him to this office three times and pledges, if re-elected, tocon- tinue to serve to the best of his ability. DAVID S. TAYLOR World Day Of Prayer Service Slated AAarch 6 Services for World Day of Prayer sponsored by the Women’s Societies ofClintonchurcheswillbeheldFriday, March 6 at four o’ clock at All Saints Episcopal Church. Topic of the Worship Service this year is “Take Courage.” The program is being planned to appeal to all age groups with audience participation and music. Boy Scouts will serve as ushers. Boy Scouts and Camp Fire groups are invited to attend an set with their respective units. A nursery will be provided for pre school children. Approximately 130 countries will be participating in this ser vice throughout the world and all Clintonians are invited to attend this community service. Thomwell Teams Win In Tourney (Story Pag-e 7-A) Complete Bill Study Clinton City Council voted u- nanimously Monday night to re quest that members of the new County Council in LaurensCoun ty be elected by districts, with one member elected at large. Council took the action on the recommendation of the Clinton Planning Commission which this week completed a study of the legislation setting up the County Council method of governmental operation for Laurens County. Noting that there were no dis trict residency restrictions for candidates for County Council, the PlanningCommissionrecom mended that the legislation be a- mended to require that two of the County Councilmen come from School District 55, two from School District 56 with the fifth member of Council elected at large. The Commission recom mended that all five members would be voted on by all voters in the county but they would be candidates to represent specific areas. The Planning Commission made its recommendation after it was pointed out in general dis cussion that all five members of County Council might be re sidents of one area ofthe coun ty. The commission felt their suggested amendment would help guarantee a geographic distribu- tlon of County Council members. The Planning Commission took its action after studying the Coun ty Council legislation point-by point with Presbyterian College Professor Earl B. Halsall,whom they had requested to make a study of the legislation. Ater studying the legislation, the amendment concerning resi dency requirements was the only change suggested by the Planning Commission. Professor Halsall and former Senator Bill Dobbins, a member of the PlanningCommission, both pointed out that the legislation is enabling legislation and un doubtedly will be amended sev eral times as the county learns through experience. The terms of the County Councilmen, to be elected in No vember, will commence on Jan. 1, 1971, and they will have broad powers in operation of the coun ty, including handling the finances and making appointments. In gen eral, they will assume most of the county responsibilities now handled by the county’s legisla tive delegation. For Water Expansion Project Clinton City Council Monday night cleared the way for final preparations on the city’s water capacity expansion project. Council approved engineers’ recommendations onthe$309,538 project which will double the city’s water capacity. The water capacity will be increased from three million gallons per day to six million gallons per day by up dating the capacity at the filter plant and at pumping stations. Council’s action Monday night set the stage for the engineering firm of Harwood Beebe to draw up contracts with change orders. The original bids on the project totaled $474,485 which exceeded the amount the city had budgeted for the project. The project was trimmed to $309,538 Monday night as the en gineers recommended certain changes ajid deletions which can be added later. A primary dele tion was an overhead water tank which engineers said can be added at a later date. The city’s share of the project will be $193,239. The city had re ceived approval of a $154,600 grant from the Federal Housing and Urban Development Depart ment. The city’s share also in cludes architects’ fees legal tees and some other expenses which are not covered in the HUD grant. Southeastern Paving and Exca vation Co. was low bidder on the water main phase of the project and Gillespie Construction Co. was low bidder on the filter plant work. Four Appointed Political Meetings This Week To Plan Board Four new members for the Clinton Planning Commission were announced at Monday night’s meeting of the commission. They are: John Addison, Bob Wickham, Jim Von Hollen and Donny Wilder, They will succeed I. Mac Adair, Heath Copeland, W. Carlisle Neely and Joe Bonds. The new members’ terms will be effective April 1 and will ex pire in 1974. Planning Commission Chair man J. C. Thomas appointed a nominating committee to report back at the March meeting with a slate of officers for 1970-71. George Cornelson is chairman of the nominating committee and other members are W. C. Dob bins and Dr. Roy Suber. In other business Monday night, the commission heard a progress report from Phil Simon, a mem ber of the staff Wilbur Smith and Associates which is conducting a planning survey of Clinton. Simon reported that land use and housing maps of Clinton have been completed in the area in side the city limits. He said the survey shows that 46 per cent of the housing in Clinton is either deterriorated or delapidated and commented, “This is a very high ratio for a community such as this where the income ant! Rtacational levels are comparatively high. Your educa tional attainment level is higher than the state average but that 'is to be expected of a college community." Taylor, Long Oppose Gasoline Tax Hike BY JIMMY BOYLSTON Legislative Correspondent Rep. David Taylor and Sen. John Long of the Laurens Coun ty legislative delegation said this week they will oppose any efforts to increase taxes this year. A bill now before the Senate Judiciary Committee calls for a one-cent hike in the gasoline tax. Underlining his opposition to the tax hike, Rep. Taylor noted that last year the General As sembly passed tax increases on cigarettes, liquor and a sales tax hike. “I do not favor tax in creases of any sort this year,” he said. W. P. Jacobs To Head Tricentennial Efforts PC BUS DRIVE—Presbyterian Col lege students have launched a cam paign to raise $1,500 toward pur chase of a van-type bus to be used for student service projects. The First Presbyterian Church of Laurens has given $1,500 toward the project from the Craig Fund and another $1,500 is needed to purchase the bus which will be used primarily to transport stu dents to and from service projects. PC will own and maintain the bus and it will be used for the sole purpose of assisting with service projects. The Blue Key National Honor Fra ternity of PC is the nucleus organiza tion to raise the money. Shown above are Carson Rhyne, left, chairman of the drive, and Duncan McFadyen, right, president of Blue Key. Contri butions can be made to ‘Bus Fund’, Business Office, Presbyterian College, Clinton. William P. Jacobs HI has been elected chairman of the Laurens County Tricentennial Committee. He succeeds Dr. Marshall Brown who resigned the posi tion. Dr. Brown said, “Iwasvery glad when the Executive Commit tee arranged to replace me with my good friend and former stu dent, Mr. William P. Jacobs HI. Mr. Jacobs has many family con nections in our county; he has for some time been working on the publication of a tour guide to the county; and he has many abilities which will be helpful to the program of the county." Dr. Brown said the County His - torlcal Commission has been promised that property transfers and cotmty official work on his torical sites and access roads will facilitate visits to the his torical sites* He also said the county ministerial associa tions have agreed to cooperate with plans of publishing short histories of the churches and school officials have "Indicated a desire to involve school child ren actively in Tricentennial ce lebrations. W. P. JACOBS in He said, "A number of our committee members not only have a willingness to work for the success of the program, but also have much knowledge of the traditions and the historical sites of Laurens County.. A native of Clinton, Mr. Ja cobs attended Clinton High School and Darlington Prep School. He is a 1940 graduate of Presbyterian College ind has done graduate work at New York University. He also has done magazine work in New York. He served in the U.S. Army during World War n. In 1949, he and his bro ther, Hugh, established Jacobs Brothers Printing Co., of which be is vice president and is one of the principal owners. Mr. Jacobs is a past presi dent of the Printing Industry of the Carolinas Association and the Clinton Lions Club. He is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Jacobs said, I appreciate the pledge of cooperation given by the original members of the com mittee and by Dr. Brown as he turned over the chairmanship to me. "Under Dr. Brown’s leadership several projects have been ini tiated. It shall be our job to move toward successful comple tion of these plans. Although we cannot now announce any new plans, the committee is working toward something practical and interesting which will involve as many citizens of Laurens County as would like to participate." Sen. Long said South Caro lina enacted more tax increases last year than anytime in the state’s history. “Without any increases in tax es, the general revenue funds will bring in an additional 40 million to the state treasury this year,” he said. Long said the legisla ture should find some means to operate the government within the framework of this additional re venue and should not enact new taxes. The proposal would increase the gasoline tax from seven to eight cents. North Carolina in creased its gasoline tax by two cents last year. PC Trustees Meet On Monday Adoption of an ope rating budget for the coming year and review of the mi going development pro gram will be two main considera tions of the Presbyterian College board of trustees when it meets in regular session next Monday and Tuesday. Trustees are scheduled to ar rive on campus Monday afternoon and assemble in committees that night The board will meet in foil session the next morning under the leaderZhip of Chairman Eu gene T. Wilsen of Atlanta. Political reorgan izational meetings are scheduled today and Saturday in Laurens County. Republican precinct meetings are scheduled tonight, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. The meetings will be held at the usual voting places. Democratic Party precinct meetings are scheduled for Sat urday, Feb. 28, starting at 3 p.m., at the usual meeting places. County conventions for both parties are scheduled for March 2 in the Laurens County Court house in l4H>r«pi8,^yiMfr naa»i cratlc County Convention win start at 10 a.m. on March 2 and the Republican County Convention ■ will start at 7:30 p.m. in the courthouse. Officers are to be elected at both the precinct and county meetings. v The Democratic Primary is slated for June 9 and the Gen eral Election will be held on Nov. 3. 'St loon' Set Saturday Night The Alpha-Omega Players will present “St Joan’ hereSaturday night, sponsored by Broad Street Methodist Church. The performance is to start at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, atBelk Auditorium on the Presbyterian ‘College campus. ^ There will be no admission charge but an offering will be taken to help defray expenses. The Alpha-Omega Players presented a performance at PC last week and received a stand ing ovation from PC students. Taylor Against New Tag Proposal Rep. David Taylor said this week be will oppose a proposal by the State Highway Department that would require a standardized vehicle registration fee tore- place the present system based on the weight of the car. The bill would set the price d all automobile license tags a! ten dollars. Taylor said the heavier ve- hides do the most damage todm highways and should therefore pay a higher tag lee. Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON One of my early business experiences was at; the age of eight when I answered a Chicago firm’s advertisement by ordering 20 packs of p—^ ~~ which I sold for 10c per pack, mostly to my rale- fives. Remitting the $2 to the firm, they sr* 4- —*“ * * * they called a gold-plated watch to me for vice. This was saw, and, in fact, was so carry it in my pocket but held 1 all of the first day. -•* x. By evening the gold f ' it had a very brassy odor. had a exDoriaDem ^