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WEATHER (Week of March 11-17) High: 73 Low: 24 (March 12) (March 16-16) Raintfall: Trace (March 12-13) Soil Temp. Range: 48-64 QHje Clinton Cfjromcte VoL 71 — No. 12 Clinton, S. C.. March 19,1970 INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Classified 4-A Deaths 6-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 4-A Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 6-A In County Primary ROBERT BLACK DR. MIXON GOP Selects County Slate The Laurens County Repub lican Party nominated hvu can didates for the State House of Representatives, five County Council candidates and a candi date for county auditor at its reconvened convention Saturday. The Republican Party Conven tion convened m March 2 but recessed to meet again Satur day for the purpose of n'iminat- ing candidates. The House candidates are Hance Finley f Mountville and Hugh Jacobs of Clinton. T. M. fTed) Andersen of Lau rens was nominated f >rttie coun ty auditor's post. The Republican O untyCouncil candidates are Robert (Bob) Black and Dr. David Mixon, both of Clinton, W. R. Garrett and J. M. (Bill) Watson, both f Lau rens; and Carrington Herbert of Route 3, Laurens. James Sloan of Clinton was named to succeed David Myers on the Laurens C *unty Flection Commission. Mr. Finley, the son of Mrs. Lou Ella O'Dell Finley and the late Percy W. Finley, is a native of Laurens County. His grand father, John Robert Finley, serv ed as County Auditor for several years. He is a graduate ofClem-. son University and is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Air Force Reserve. He served during World War H, the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War. He is the father of a son and a daughter and is the step-father of two other daughters. He has four grandchildren. His first wife, the former Beatrice Kay, died about five years ago and he is now married to the former Evelyn Miller Shouse. He is a member of Mount ville Baptist Church. A dairy farmer, he and tlie late Mrs. Fin ley received an “Award of Merit for Accomplishment in Farm and Home Developmenr in 1961 from the Clemson University Ex tension Service. Mr. Black is an advertising salesman for churchpublications and has lived in Clinton for the past 25 years. An Elder in the First Presbyterian Church, tie and his wife, the former Louise Jacobs, have three daughters. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College and prior to four years’ service during World War IT, was employed by the Blue Ridge Boy Scout Council. Mr. Black said, “It is a plea sure, and I consider it an honor, to be a part of the Laurens County Republican effort to elect to service to the County Council men who fairly represent the dis tricts of our county. Knowing something of the operation of the similar board for the past 12 years in York County, I believe the establishment of the County Council is the begMumg step to improved conduct of our county government. It is my hope to contribute all that I have of in tegrity, judgment, and vision to the conduct of Laurens County affairs impartially and unselfishly.” Dr. Mixon is a native of Loris who has practiced optometry in Clinton for the past 15 years. He is a veteran of the U. S. Navy, serving during W’orld War II. He is a charter member and • me of the organizers of the Clin ton Jaycee Chapter and is a mem ber of the Lions Club, of which he has served as vice president and a member of the board of di rectors. He has served as a Sunday-School teacher and deacon (CONT. ON PAGE 4-A) Carter, Prater Dana Professors Dr. K. Nolon Carter and Dr. Neal B. Prater have been named the first two Charles A. Dana professors at Prexbyterian Col lege by action of the board of trustees, President Marc C. Weersing announced today. Dr. Weersing said the two fa culty members were chosen be cause of their outstanding scho larship and ability as classroom teachers. The appointment car ries both distinction and an at tractive salary supplement, en dowed by tlie Charles A. Dana Foundation in honor of the noted philanthropist - industrialist - lawyer. Dr. Carter, named the Dana Professor of Chemistry, has been chairman of the PC chemistry de partment since he first joined the faculty in 1951. In addition to his teaching, he is active in re search work, has received sev eral grants for this purpose and published the results of his re search in a number of the pro fessional publications. Dr. Prater, the Dana Profes sor of English, has been chair man of the English department here since 1968. He joined the PC faculty in 1960, shortly after earning his master’s from Van derbilt and he has since re ceived his PhD degree from that institution. Dr. Prater is par ticularly popular as a classroom teacher. He was awarded the A- lumni Association’s "Disting uished Teaching A ward* last year 12 Seek 5 Council Posts A field of 12 candidates for five County Council posts is set for the June 9 Democratic Primary. The 12 candidates qualified prior to the noon Monday filing deadline. The County Council candidates are C. D. Beasley, James D. Cline, King Dixon, I. A. Griggs, Joe Holland, James R. Jacks, Charles H. Johnson, Paul S. O’ Dell, George Penland, Sam S. Power, J. C. Sullivan and Bond Thomas. Three candidates qualified for the two S. C. House of Repre sentatives seats. They are W. C. Dobbins, Eugene C. Stoddard and incumbent David S. Taylor. In cumbent Paul Culbertson has an nounced he will not seek re- election. Three incumbent county offi- tr HANCE FINLEY . . . GOP Candidate cials have qualified and are un opposed in their bid for Demo cratic Party nomination. They are: Furman Thomason, County Supervisor; Allen D. Coleman, County Treasurer; and J. Hewlette Wasson, Judge of Probate. Political Line-Up (EDITOR’S NOTE: With the Democratic Party’s filing deadline now past and the Republican Party’s Convention concluded, this is the way the Laurens County political picture 'shapes up.) DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY: June 9 GENERAL ELECTION: November 3 DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS S.C. House S.C. House of Representatives of Representatives W. C. Dobbins Hance Finley Eugene Stoddard David S. Taylor Hugh S. Jacobs County Council County Council C. D. Beasley Robert Black James D. Cline W. R. Garrett Kinp Dixon Carrington Herl>ert 1. A. Grigrrs Dr. David Mixon Joe Holland James R. Jacks Charles H. Johnson Paul S. O’Dell George Penland Sam C. Power J. D. Sullivan Bond Thomas J. M. Watson County Supervisor Furman Thomason County Supervisor County Treasurer Alien D. Coleman County Treasurer County Auditor County Auditor Mrs. Helen Rodgers T. M. Anderson CARTER PRATER SAM POWER Power Bids For Council Sam C. Power of Route 2, Laurens, this week announced that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination to Coun ty Council in Laurens County. A native of Laurens County, he is abuildingcontractor and has operated his own business for the past 15 years. He received his formal educa tion in Laurens schools and at tended Clemson College. He is a member of First Baptist Church in Laurens where he is superin tendent for an A dull Sunday School Department. He is a member of the Laurens Jaycees and twice has served as president of that organization. He also is a for mer president of the Laurens Exchange Club and twice has served as president of the Lau rens County Fair Association. He is married to the former Bettie Ann Stewart and they have three children, Kay, Anne and Ricky. Johnson, Jacks Council Candidates James Jacks of Route 1, Clin ton, and Charles H. Johnson of Clinton this week announced their candidacies for the Democratic nomination to County Council. A native of Laurens County, Jacks is state sales represen- JAMES JACKS Our Tricentennial: Pageants, Parades—And Maybe Beards County Auditor Miss Jennie V. Culbertson has announced she will not seek re-election. Mrs. Ernest (Helen) Rodgers, deputy clerk in the office, is a candi date for county auditor and is unopposed for the Democratic nomination. James M. Copeland, incumbent magistrate of Jacks Township, is unopposed in his bid for nomi nation. * * * Ike' Griggs Candidate For Council Laurens Mayor I. A. (Ike) Griggs qualified this week as a candidate for the Democratic no mination for County Council. Griggs’ term as mayor will expire June 30 and he was not a candidate for re-election. He is completing his third two- year term as mayor. He said, “I feel that the Coun ty Council is a very important office, particularly during the first few years. The Council will formulate police which will be the basis upon which the county will be operated. These matters must be given some time and consid eration. As Laurens mayor for six years, handling the finances of the city, I feel this quali fies me to offer as a candidate for this important county office.” Mr. Griggs is owner and opera tor of The Griggs Press which he founded in 1950. He is a Sunday School teacher at First Methodist Church in Laurens and is a member of the board of directors of the Laurens YMCA, which he helped organise. He is a member of the VFW and American Legion. He is married to the former Georgia Sans bury. tative for the Norther Ohio Breeders Association, with whom he has been associated for 12 years. He attended Laurens Schools and is a veteran of two years’ military service. He is a mem ber of the Lions Club and is a trustee of Leesville Southern Me thodist Church. He is married to the former Anita Cassanova and they have three children, Ruthledge, Susan and Amy. Mr. Johnson, owner ofjohn- son’s Men’s Store, is a native of Laurens County. He is a dea con of Hartness-Thornwell Pres byterian Church. He is past president of the Clinton Merchants Association and a former member of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He is a past president of the Clinton Jaycees and in 1964 was chosen Clinton’s “Young Man of the Year.” He is (CONT. ON PAGE 4-A) A tentative schedule of events has been drawn up for the Tricentennial Celebration in Laurens County. The Laurens County Tricen tennial Celebration Week wiU open Sunday, Nov. 8 with “Re ligious Heritage Day" and will close on Saturday, Nov. 14, with “College Day", featuring special halftime ceremonies at the Pres byterian College vs. C arson- Newman football game. In between, there will be an "Educational Heritage Day"; “In dustrial Heritage Day"; “His toric Sites Day;" “Patriots Day"; “Merchants Participation Days"; “Tour Days"; and parades, pa geants and antique shows. The schedule has been draft ed by the Laurens County Tri centennial Committee which will hold monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of each month through December 1. The next meeting of the com mittee is scheduled for 7:30p.m. April 7 in the Presbyterian Col lege Board Room. THE SCHEDULE The schedule of events for Laurens County Tricentennial Week is as follows: Sunday, Nov. 8 -- “Religious Heritage Day”. Special emphasis in churches by pastors and church school teachers. Monday, Nov. 9 -- “Educa tional Heritage Day”. Special programs by schools. “Industrial Heritage Day.” Tuesday, Nov. 10 -- "Historic Sites Day”. Ceremonies for do nating special gifts to the coun ty. The start of “Tour Days” featuring tours of homes and his toric sites. Wednesday, Nov. 11 -- “Pa triots Day”. Special recognition of veterans, heroes and heroines, of alL wars. Continuation of “Tours Days”. Antique shows. Thursday, Nov. 12 -- Begin “Merchants Participation Days”. Parade in Laurens, specially de corated windows of mercantile ‘IKE’GRIGGS establishments. Continuation of “Tour Days.” Friday, Nov. 13 -- Continua tion of “Merchants Participation Days”. Parade in Clinton. Con tinuation of“Tour Days”. Pageant in Beik Auditorium at PC. Re cognition of committees. Possi ble judging of historic dress and beard contest Saturday, Nov. 14 — “College Day”. Football game between PC and Carson-Newman with special halftime ceremonies. The schedule listed above is tentative at this time and will be refined at future Tricentennial Committee meetings. CC Committee Chairmen Named Committee chairmen were named Tuesday at the 1970-71 organizational meeting of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The committee chairmen are to draw up suggestions for projects and submit them to the Chamber of Commerce office before March 26. The committee chairmen are: Agriculture, Lynn Cooper Jr.; Aviation, Carl Wessinger; City Beautification, DonnyWilder;Ci vic Affairs, Bailey Dixon; Con gressional Action, Hugh S. Ja cobs; Education, Don G. Creigh ton; Finance, Tom Plaxico; Health-Safety- F ire Preven tion, William S. Hatton; High- ways-Streets, Francis Blalock; Industrial Development, Kenneth Fryfogle; Membership, Ralph Patterson; New Projects, James Von Hollen; Office, R. V. Bod mer; Public Relations, O. P. Haynes; Tourist, George Cornel- son; Trade Development, Law rence Gross; Youth Work, Ralph Patterson. Committee members will be announced in the near future. MISS HELGRIT SCHREINER District's 'Star' Students To Hear Pretty Austrian Girl A pretty Austrian girl will be featured speaker next Tuesday, March 24, as the Clinton Rotary Club hosts the “Star Students and Teachers" from the Fourth Con gressional District. The luncheon meeting will be held at Hotel Mary Musgrove, starting at 1 p.m., and featured speaker will beMissHelgntSch- reiner of Graz, Austria. She is attending Clemson University on a Rotary scholarship. The county winners of “Star Student-Teacher” competition in Laurens, Greenville and Spar tan- burg counties will be honored and the Fourth Congressional Dis trict winner will be announced. Gus Ramage of Clinton was the Congressional District winner last year. The Congressional District winner will advance to the State competition. LAURENS REPRESENTATIVE Benjamin Gray Allen of Lau rens High School, son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Allen, will repre sent Laurens County in the Con gressional District competition. He was announced as the Laurens County winner on Feb. 12 at a meeting co-sponsored by the Clinton Kiwanis Club and Clin ton Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Ruth T. Martin, a native of Clin ton, was selected by Allen as his “Star Teacher” and she will be honored at Tuesday’s Con gressional District meeting, a- long with Allen. The Star Student-Teacher pro gram is sponsored by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and co-sponsored for Laurens County by the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. The Congressional District winner will receive a plaque and $100 cash award plus a four-day tour of South Carolina. The a- wards are presented by the State Chamber of Commerce. The Dis trict Star Teacher will receive the same prizes, sponsored by the State Chamber of Commerce and S. C. National Bank. The Dis trict runners-up will receive a four-day tour of the state, spon sored by the State Chamber of Commerce. Ralph N. Teddards of Clinton is the Fourth District Star Stu dent-Teacfwr chair man. The featured speaker at Tues day’s meeting will be Miss Hel- grit Schreiner of Graz, Austria. She is attending Clemson Uni versity under a one-year Rotary scholarship that is sponsored by the more than 30 Rotary clubs in the upper South Carolina dis trict. Her father, director of le gal affairs for Reininghaus Brew ery, is a member of Rotary In ternational. In addition to her role as a stu dent, Miss Schreiner acts as an unofficial goodwill ambassador. Part of her responsibility to Ro tary is to speak to clubs throutfi- out the district. Her subject is Austria and she accents her com mentary with slides of her native land. She is a graduate student in English literature at Clemson and studies English and Italian at the University of Graz. She also speaks French and German. Delegation Meet Slated Monday The regular monthly meeting of the Laurens County Legisla tive Delegation will be held in the Laurens County Courthouse Monday night, March 23, start ing at 7:30 p.m. Rep. David S. Taylor, secre tary of the delegation, said this probably will be the last public delegation meeting prior to Gen eral Assembly adjournment op statewide matters. Paris To Retire From Co-Op Office! Henry M. Paris, manager and electrical engineer of the Lau rens Electric Cooperative, Inc., has announced his retirement as manager, effective April 30th ac- cording to Board President, W. M. Gresham. Mr. Gresham stated that while Mr. Faris will be missed on the day-to-day basis at the Coopera tive, he will continue to serve the Cooperative as electrical en gineer and as management con sultant He also pointed out that Mr. Faris’ management ability, together with his training and experience in electrical engi neering, will make his services invaluable to the Laurens Elec tric Cooperative as well as to other Cooperatives in the South east Instrumental in organizing this Cooperative in 1939, Mr. Faris has served as its manager tor 31 years. Twice he wm griHfe ed “Manager of the Year Carolina”. He is Saluda River Electric . live and former Free South Carolina Electric( live. He has served on i committees of the NationalRwg Electric Cooperative. (CONT. CM PAGE 4-A)