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Rainfall: 4.13 ins.
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Ety Clinton Cfjrontcle
Vol 71 — No. 13 Clinton, S. C.. March 26,1970
INDEX
Three Sections, 18 Pages
Classified 6-A
Deaths 8-A
Editorials 2-B
Hospital News 8-A
Society 2-A, 3-A
Sports 7-A
RELIGIOUS
SERVICES
Easter Sunrise
Service
Citizens of Clinton and the sur
rounding areas will celebrate the
Easter experience of Resurrec
tion with an Easter sunrise ser
vice, Easter Sunday morning,
March 29th, beginning at 6:30 a.
m. The service is scheduled for
Johnson Stadium on the campus
of Presbyterian College. In the
event of inclement weather, the
service will be held in Belk Au
ditorium on the P.C. campus.
The service, under the direc-
Moundy Thursday
Candle Light
Communion
The annual Maundy Thursday
Candle Light Communion Ser
vice of the First Presbyterian
Church will be held at 7:30 to
night (Thursday). The service
will be under the direction of
the Rev. Alfred L. Bixler, the
pastor of the Presbyterian
Church and the Rev. J. H. Darr,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church.
The Sanctuary Choir under the
direction of Mr. Charles Gaines,
organist and choir director, will
sing “Wash Me Throughly From
My Wickedness", by Wesley and
the Youth Choir will sing the
Southern Folk Hymn, “Wondrous
Love’ arranged by Marie Pooler.
It was on Thursday before the
Crucifixion of Jesus that He ce
lebrated and instituted the sacra
ment of the Lord’s Simper in an
Upper Room with Hia disciples.
The term “Maundy" Thursday re
ceived its name from the Middle
English work “maundee", a com
mand, used with special re
ference to the text “mandatum
nouum" (John 13:34) the "new
commandment" is "that ye love
one another.* Jesus gave the dis
ciples this new commandment on
that memorable night before He
was arrested and led off to be
hung on a Cross.
Slated
tion of the Joanna-Clinton Mi
nisterial Association, will have
several area ministers parti
cipating with the band of Clinton
High School providing the music
of the morning. The Rev. Peter
Ouzts, vicar of All Saints Epis
copal Church, Clinton, will de
liver the invocation and read the
appointed Scripture. The Rev.
Leland Rinehart, pastor of Ep-
worth Methodist Church, Joanna,
will lead the morning prayer.
The Rev. John Setzler, pastor of
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Clin-
tion, will pronounce the bene
diction.
The sermon will be delivered
by the Rev. James W. McAlis
ter, pastor of the Hopewell-Ki-
nards charge of the Methodist
Church. His sermon is entitled:
“One Easter For All". Rev. Mc
Alister is married and the father
of three children. He was ap
pointed to the Hopewell-Kinards
charge in June, 1969, and now
serves as Chaplain of the Lau
rens Shrine Club. He is also a
special student at Presbyterain
College.
The public is invited to be pre
sent to share together in the Joy
ous experience of Easter.
* * *
First Baptist
Plans Revival
Revival meetings begin Monday
evening it 7:30 at tig First Bap
tist Church, Clinton. Dr. Rem-
bert S. Truluck Jr. of Greenwood
will be the speaker. Milton Fish
er will lead the singing.
The song service led by Mr.
Fisher will Include familiar
hymns and special numbers by
the church choir.
The public is invited to these
special services and to all the
services of the church.
Good Friday
Services
Scheduled
The Clinton community will
have the opportunity to meditate
upon the experience of Good Fri
day with a Good Friday service,
this Friday, March 27th, begin
ning at Noon at the First Pres
byterian Church, E. Carolina
Avenue, Clinton. The one-hour
service is planned in three 20
minute worship periods, afford
ing the working public the op
portunity to come for all or any
of the three periods of worship.
Under the sponsorship of the
Joanna-Clinton Ministerial As
sociation, this Good Friday Ser
vice will use the services of
three area clergymen. Conduct
ing the worship experience, with
meditation, from noon to 12: 20
p.m. will be the Rev. E.W. Ro
gers, pastor of Broad Street Me
thodist Church, Clinton. Rev. Ro
gers, now in his fifth year at
Broad Street, is a graduate of
the University of South Cakolina
with a B.D. degree from Duke
and a Master of Religious Edu
cation from Emory. Rev. Rogers
was ordained to the ministry in
1953. He presently serves as a
Chaplain, U.S. Naval Reserve,
holding the rank of Commander.
He is married and the father of
four children.
The worship experience, with
meditation, from 12:20 - 12:40,
will be conducted by the Rev.
Wallace E. Crumlin. Rev.Crum-
lin is pastor of Friendship and
Mt. Pleasant AME Churches. He
was ordained to the ministry in
1944. Rev. Crumlin is a graduate
of Allen University, with his se
minary degree from Howard Uni
versity, Boston. He is married
to the former Bernice Primus
and the father of six children. He
is a teacher of social studies at
Bell Street High School.
The worship experience, from
12:40 - 1:00, with meditation will
be conducted by the Rev. Edward
D. pierce, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Joanna. Rev.
Pierce is a newcomer to the area,
assuming his duties on November
1, 1969, coming here from a pas
torate in Sac City, Iowa. Rev.
Pierce is a graduate of George
town College, Georgetown, Ken
tucky and Southern Baptist Se
minary, Louisville. He is mar
ried to the former Adaline Bar-
low of Sunrise, Kentucky.
Presiding over the Good Friday
service this year will be the Rev.
Alfred L. Bixler, pastor of the
First PresbyterianChurch,Clin
ton.
The Ministerial Association
extends to the community the in
vitation to come: “Share your
lunch hour with us’ - Friday,
March 27th, 12:Noon - 1:00 p.m.
* * *
McClain, Lawson
Named To Bailey
Hospital Board
1
Your Chamber
Of Commerce
Means Business
Education
Committee
J. C. Thomas is chairman at
the Clinton Chamber of Com
merce’s Education Committee.
Other members of the committee
are W. R. Anderson, Charles
Waldron, Marc C. Weersing and
R. P. Wilder.
The committee’s primary
objective during the past year
has been to work for programs
that will provide the best qua
lity education, general and tech
nical for all citizens. To ac
complish this objective, the com
mittee promoted day student en
rollment for Presbyterian Col
lege; sponsored the "Star Stu
dent-Teacher” program; sup
ported the Junior Achievement
program; and sponsored partici
pation by PC students in the Col
lege-Business Symposium in Co
lumbia.
A native of Charlotte, N. C.,
Mr. Thomas is a graduate of
New York School of Retallingand
is a U. S. government certified
watchmaker. He came to Clinton
in July, 1940, as manager of
Hamilton’s and opened his own
Jewelry firm, J. C. Thomas
Jeweler, in July, 1943.
He is a member of the board
of directors ofBank of Clinton and
has served for 10 years on the
Laurens County School Board.
He was lieutenant governor of the
Kiwanis Club in 1964 and cur
rently is chairman of the Great
er Clinton Planning Commission.
He has been chairman of the
March of Dimes campaign* and
served as president of the South
Carolina Retail Jewelers Asso-
J. C. THOMAS
elation in 196L He currently is
a director of the S. C. Retail
Jewelers Association.
He served for nine years as
Sunday School Syperintendent at
First Baptist Church, of which be
also has served as a deacon.
He is a past president of the
Clinton Kiwanis Club and served
two terms as president of the
Clinton Chamber of Commerce.
He is a past chairman of the
Merchants Division and was
active in the organization of the
United Fund, serving as cam
paign chairman for the first drive
in 1952.
He is married to the former
Amy Vaughn of Belton and they
have three daughters.
L. W. McClain of Joanna has
been appointed to the Bailey Me
morial Hospital Board of Trus
tees and Ryan F. Lawson of the
HopeweU Community has been
re-appointed.
Mr. McClain, who is director
of manufacturing for Greenwood
Mills’ Joanna Plant, will fill the
tmexpired term of E. W. (Buddy)
Roberts, who moved to Green
wood. The term will expire March
12, 1972.
Mr. Lawson, owner of Lawson
Furniture Co. in Joanna, was re
appointed to a five year term
which will expire March 12,1975,
* * *
Supply Bill
Being Drafted
The Laurens county supply bill
is being drafted now and will be
introduced in the legislature dur
ing April.
Sen. Robert C Lake noted that
the bill would probably reflect
several changes over last year’s
supply bill.
This will be the last supply
bill that will be created by the
Laurens County legislative de
legation.
The legislature has authorized
a County Council form of govern
ment for Laurens County and that
body will have charge of future
supply bills.
DISTRICT STAR STUDENT — Ralph Marshall
Winn, right, of Dorman High School in Spartan
burg, was named the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict’s ‘Star Student’ winner Tuesday at a luncheon
in Clinton. Shown above at left is his ‘Star Teach
er, Robert D. McDaniel. In the foreground is Miss
Helgrit Schreiner, featured speaker for the lunch
eon.
Dorman Youth Named
District 'Star Student'
Ralph Marshall Winn ofDor-
man High School in Spartanburg
was announced as the Fourth Con
gressional District’s “Star Stu
dent" Tuesday at a luncheon
meeting in Clinton.
Ferd Jacobs
President
Of Rotary
J. Ferdinand (Ferd) Jacobs
Jr. has been elected president
of the Clinton Rotary Club.
Other officers elected at the
club’s regular meeting last week
are John Sutherland, secretary-
treasurer, and Joe Holland, ser
geant-at-arms.
The luncheon was hosted by the
Clinton Rotary Club at Mary Mus-
grove Hotel and was co-spon
sored by the Clinton Chamber
of Commerce which promotes the
Laurens County “Star Student”
program.
Winn, the Spartanburg County
“Star Student”, was honored at the
luncheon along with the Laurens
County and Greenville County
winners. As the district winner,
he is now eligible to compete
for the state “Star Student” a-
ward which includes a European
tour and a $500 scholarship as
top prizes.
Albert Sidney Kyle IV of Green
ville High School was the Green
ville County winner and Benja
min Gray Allen of Laurens High
School was the Laurens County
winner.
William M. Shields, the cur
rent president, will serve as vice
president during the next fiscal
year.
Elected to the club’s board of
directors were Dillard Jacobs
and Avery Smith. Hold-over di
rectors are Joe Holland and
Donny Wilder.
Also honored at the luncheon
were teachers Robert D. Mc
Daniel of Dorman High School;
Miss Mary Bethea Wilds of
Greenville High School; andMrs.
Ruth Todd Martin of Laurens
Grammar School. They had been
selected by their respective stu
dents as their “Star Teachers.”
A native of Clinton and grad
uate ofPresbyterianCollege,Mr.
Jacobs is a deacon at First Pres
byterian Church and is a former
member of the PC Alumni Board
of Directors. He is president of
Jacobs List, Inc.
Mr. Jacobs is married to the
former Virginia Coleman of
Greenwood and they have three
children, Laura, 13; Ame, 12;
and Jimmy, 10.
Guest speaker for the luncheon
was Miss Helgrit Schreiner of
Graz, Austria. Miss Schreiner
is attending Clemson Univer
sity on a District Rotary scho
larship, sponsored by the 33 Ro
tary Clubs in this area.
Miss Schreiner told of her
impressions of the United States
and showed slides of her native
country.
Concerning her impressions
of the United States, she said,
“I have been overwhelmed by the
friendliness of the people and
I have learned the true mean
ing of Southern hospitality. How
ever, I must admit that I have
had a little trouble with the South
ern accent.” She added, much to
the amusement of the audience,
“But ah reckon ah’m catching on.”
Ralph N. Tedards of Clinton
was district chairman of the con
gressional district awards pre
sentation. William M. Shields,
president of the Clinton Rotary
Club, was master of ceremonies.
CHS Wins In
Tennis, Track,
And Baseball
(Stories, Page 7-A)
10-Mill Increase
Referendum
For April 21
School
Slated
A referendum is planned for
April 21 on a 10-mill tax increase
in School District 56.
The increase is needed to co
ver a $110,478 deficit in the pro
posed 1970-71 budget for the
school district, according to
James Von Hollen, chairman of
the district school board.
Mr. Von Hollen said, “The de
ficit is caused by general cost-
of-living increases in operating
costs. We had a $50,000 deficit
last year and anticipate a defi
cit of between $40,000 and $50,-
000 this year. In order to avoid
these deficits, we need this addi
tional millage.”
School District 56, which in
cludes the Clinton-Joanna-Cross
Hill-Mountville area, currently
is operating on the basis of 48
mills levied for current opera
tions. The increase would raise
the district to a 58-mill basis.
School District 55, which includes
the Laurens area, already has 58
mills for current operations.
taxes and penalties and the other
$989,253 comes from state re
venues.
The addition of 10 mills will
bring in an estimated$90,229.60,
based on an assessed valuation
of $9,022,960 for the school dis
trict. That would not quite cover
f
the deficit in the proposed bud
get but school officials believe
they can cut the proposals enoogh
to balance the budget
School District 56 currently
spends an average of $352^97
per pqpil. This is $71.44 per pu
pil less than the state average.
Easter Holidays
School District 56 students today began a one-week Easter holiday
period.
The schools will re-open next Thursday, April 2 at the regular
time.
In drawing up the year’s schedule, school officials normally
allow a one-week Easter vacation but subtract from those days it
the school system has to make up days when school was closed
because of snow or ice. This year, the school system hasn’t missed
a day because of snow or ice so students get to enjoy the full
one-week Easter holiday.
Bedenbaugh To Retire
Voting places for the referen
dum will be announced in the near
future for voters living in the
areas of Lydia, Cross Hill,
Mountville, Joanna and Clinton.
All registered voters living in
School District 56 will be eligi
ble to cast ballots in the refer
endum.
The proposed budget for 1970-
71 is published in today’s Chroni
cle. It shows a total of $1,419 399
in revenues and $1,529,877 in
proposed expenditures for a
$110,478 deficit. The revenue to
tal includes $430,146 from local
sources such as property tax,
poll taxes, dog tax, delinquent
J. D. SULLIVAN
Sullivan
Candidate
For Council
J. Dunk Sullivan of Route 2,
Laurens, has announced his can
didacy for the Laurens County
Democratic nomination to County
Council.
Mr. Sullivan attended Presby
terian College and has been em
ployed at Clinton Mills for the
past eight years.
He is married to the former
Dorothy Campbell and they have
three children, Alice, Gussieand
Eddie.
Mr. Sullivan is an elder of
Lisbon Presbyterian Church
where he has served as a mem
ber of the building committee and
as superintendent of Sunday
School.
He said, "If elected, I will work
with the other electees to help
Laurens County grow.”
As Manager Of PC A
Luther Bedenbaugh of Sil-
verstreet, Branch Office Man
ager of the Clinton and Newberry
offices of Palmetto Production
Credit Association will retire at
the close of business March 31,
1970.
Mr. Bedenbaugh has been asso
ciated with Production Creditfor
the last 15 years having assumed
duties as general manager of the
Clinton Production Credit As
sociation in 1956. Prior to Join
ing PCA he taught agriculture in
tttt poblUrstiftflig and ww field
crop reporter tot ABCS. He was
also associated with Farm Bu
reau in Newberry. In commenting
on Mr. Bedenbaugh’s retirement,
Dick Suggs, general manager of
Palmetto PCA, stated that Mr.
Bedenbaugh had given virtually
all of his working years in ser
vice to farmers and agriculture
for which he is to be commended.
Palmetto PCA serves the short
and intermediate-term credit
needs of the farmers from Abbe
ville, Aiken, Edgefield, Green
wood, Laurens, Newberry, Mc
Cormick and Saluda counties. At
the present time they have loans
LUTHER BEDENBAUGH
outstanding to over 430 members
in the amount of $7 million.
Mr. Suggs stated that beginning
April 1, 1970 the Newberry of
fice which has been operating on
a part-time basis wUl become a
full-time, full service office lo
cated in the Farm Bureau Build
ing. Mrs. Judi Sanders is the sec
retary of Newberry. The present
fuU-time office in Clinton will
continue as a full-time office,
with Mrs. Jean Miller as sec
retary.
PC Faculty Promotions
Announced For Five
Five Presbyterian College
faculty members have received
promotions in rank by authori
zation of the board of trustees.
President Marc C. Weersing an
nounced today.
They are: Dr. James L. Skin
ner, from associate to professor
of English; S. Allen King, from
assistant to associate professor
of English; Ted L. Hunter, from
instructor to assistant professor
sociology; Herbert J. Robinson,
from instructor to assistant pro
fessor of physical education; and
J. Frank Sailors, from instruc
tor to assistant professor of eco
nomics and business administra
tion.
The promotions are effective
with the start of the 1970-
71 session next September.
Skinner, who joined the fac
ulty in 1965, earned both his
MA (with Phi Beta Kappa honors)
and his PhD degrees at the Uni
versity of Arkansas. King, holfc
ing BS and MA degrees from
the University of Georgia,
came to PC as an instructor tit
1959. Hunter and Sailors, wlft
master’s degrees from the Uni
versity of North Carolina andfife
University of Alabama respec
tively, both came to the college
in 1967. Robinson earned his MA
at Appalachian State University,
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Other Memoirs
BY JOE H. SIMPSON
Odors remembered from y eatery ear are still
fresh in my mind, although some do not exist any;' -
more.
We Were-In '69
How Dry
The Clinton area was the
second driest spot inSouthCaro-
llna in 1969, according to the an
nual climatological report of the
S. C. Agricultural Weather Ser
vice.
The weather observation sta
tion at Thornwell registered only
39.38 inches of precipitation dur
ing 1969 in the Clinton area. At
the bottom of the state list was
the Cedar Creek station which
registered 38.25 inches. Cedar
Creek is located near Columbia.
Leading the state was the
Horseshoe Lake station with 70.
65 inches. H or shoe Lake is in the
mountains in the northwestern tip
of the state. The Gramling
station, near Inman, was second
with 66.50 inches.
The Clinton area’s wettest
month in 1969 was April, when
6.14 inches of rain were record
ed. Ranking second was Septem
ber with 5.67 inches. December
recorded 4.98 inches and March
had 4.40 inches.
The driest month of 1969 was
October when only .52 of an inch
was recorded.
The last spring day of freez
ing weather in the Clinton area
was recorded on March 28 in
1969. That was the last day tem
perature fell below 32 degrees.
The first freezing weather in the
fall was recorded on Oct 24.
According to the report, the
Clinton area had 2K) days be
tween tiie freezing periods—or
a 210-day crop growing period.
The longest growingperiodwas
the 249 days registered at Bears
Bluff station which is located
near Charleston. Closely behind
was Allendale with 247 days.
The shortest growing period
was recorded at Cedar Creek,
which had 159 days between freez
es. Although situated in the cen
ter of the state near Columbia,
Cedar Creek is subject to un
usual weather because of air cur
rents, according to Alex J. Kish,
Clemson University meteorolo
gist
According to the report, the
Clinton area had 61 days of tem
peratures 90 degrees or above
and82days of temperatures 32
degrees or below.
Mellowing apples
son and roasting pean
were great but neither of these could
Grandma’s home cooked leaf bread, —
the oven. Then there was that heme esnd
frying for breakfast and letting your Mid
know what you were having* Frying fish and oth
er foods at the carnival whetted up your appetite.
Even a hot sweet potato roasted in the ashes of the
living room fireplace had a good aroma as well as
taste.
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One of the early
peeled to me wee that of
roses sad other fknrerm.
hfflrating than a eooi
earth?
Then there was one other
not many of you have ever
was the odor of
you could got
od and thea
many of you
latte