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I WEATHER (Week of March 2#April 1) Hififh: 76 Low: 37 (March 29) (March 31) Rainfall: 2.0 Ins. (March 26, 29, 30, 31) Soil Temp. Range: 68-60 Wat Clinton Chronicle VoL 71— No. 14 Clinton, S. C., April 2, 1970 INDEX Three Sections, 18 P&gee Classified 6-A Deaths 4-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 4-A Society 2-A Sports 7-A Board Files Objection Beltline Alternate 2 Opposed By Hospital New Broad Street Methodist Church Sanctuary SANCTUARY OPENED—The sanctuary of the new Broad Street Methodist Church is shown above. The first service was held in the 610-seat sanctuary March 22. It is part of a $350,000 con struction project which has been completed except for installation of the organ and beautification of the grounds. The installation of the organ is to be completed by April 12. J. W. (Bill) Abrams is chairman of the church’s Building Committee.— (Yarborough Photo) RUSS EMERSON CALVIN REED Reed Wins Fellowship; Emerson To Return Here Calvin H. Reed >if Clinton has been awarded an Alfred?. Sluan Fellowship at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts In stitute of Technology (MIT). Mr. Reed will be succeeded as manufacturing manager, Clinton Bearings Plant, The Torrington Company, by Russ Emerson of Honea Path who formerly was as sociated with the local plant. The management change is expected to take place in June. Mr. Reed is one of47success ful candidates for the fellowships. The group representsa wide var iety of organizational, profess ional and national backgrounds chosen from industry, govern ment, and medicine. They were selected from the largest num ber of nominations ever made in the history of this program, which dates back to 1931. Mr. Reed is a 1958 graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy. He and his wife, Charlotte, have three children and reside at 300 Cedar Street. Mr. Emerson currently is su per intent of the Torrington Co. Specialties Plant in Honea Path. He was chief manufacturing en gineer at the Clinton Bearings Plant prior to moving to Honea Path. He is married to the former Barbara Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Roberts of Clinton. Thomwell Hosts 'Open House' Open house will be held Sun day at Thornwell. The hours of 3:00-5:0" have been designated as a time when local friends are especially in vited to tour the Thornwell cam pus and visit any of the homes and departments they wish. Anyone wishing to attend the Dedication Program at 3 p.m. in the Hartness-Thornwell Memor ial Church is invited to do so. Anyone wishing a special guid ed tour of the campus should come by the Youth Center. UtiHty Policy Is Enforced The City of Clinton this week began strict enforcement of its policy on payment of utility bills. Beginning Wednesday, April 1, all utility bills must be paid by the 10th of each month. A penalty of 10 per cent will be added to the bills after the 10th. Services will be discontinued on all bills unpaid by the 16th of the month. There will be a $5 fee charged for turning on ser vices again after the bill has been paid. ♦ * * Firemen Answer Three Alarms Clinton firemen answered three alarms during the week, including one in which part of a mobile home was destroyed. School Referendum Rescheduled May 5 The mobile home fire occured The Emersons have three at 10:30 p.^j,. Friday on South children, Gary, 5; Lisa, 3; and Bell Street. Karen, five months old. (CONT. ON PAGE 6-A) The Laurens County School District 56 referendum on a 10- mill tax increase has been post poned until May 5. It was announced last week that the referendum would be Six Are Held In Connection With Break-Ins A Columbia man, his wife and four juveniles have been charged in connection with a series of break-ins in Laurens and New berry counties, including four in the Joanna-Bonds Crossroads area. Laurens County Sheriff R. Eu gene Johnson said Berry Belton Kennedy Jr., 24, was charged in four warrants with house-break ing and larceny. He was being held Tuesday in Newberry Coun ty jail m lieu of bond. His wife, Patricia, 22, charged in two war rants with housebreaking and lar ceny, was being held Tuesday in the Laurens County jail. Three of the juveniles have been released on bond and the other juvenile was being detain ed Tuesday. Sheriff Johnson said that Lau rens County break-ins involved in the series included two break- ins at J. C. Nabors Store at Bonds Cross Roads, on Feb. 27 and March 10, and the Jan. 20 break-ins at Bledsoe’s ClothShop and Billy Nabors Gulf and Bus Station in Joanna. held on April 21. However, School Board Chairman James Von Hollen said that it will take long er than anticipated to obtain voter lists from Columbia so the re ferendum had to be postponed to May 5. He pointed out that the refer endum must be handled through the same general procedures of a general election. The 10-mill increase is being requested in an effort to cover a $110,478 deficit in the propos ed 1970-71 budget for the school district which includes the Clin- ton-Joanna-Cross Hill-Mount- ville area. Mr. Von Hollen has pointed out that the deficit is caused by general cost-of-living increases in operating costs. He said, “We had a $50,000 deficit last year and anticipate a deficit of between $40,000 and $50,000 this year. In order to avoid these deficits, we need this additional millage.’’ Dr. Blalock Is Re-Elected Hospital Chairman Dr. George R. Blalock was re elected chairman of the Bailey Memorial Hospital Board of Di rectors last week. L. W. McClain was elected vice chairman and W. C. Neely was re-elected secretary. Other board members are Ryan F. Law- son and John M. Simmons. The Bailey Memorial Hospital Board of Directors has gone on record in opposition to the belt- line route recommended by the S. C. Highway Department from S. C. 72 south to S. C. 72 north. In a letter to T. J. Hendrix, State Highway Engineer, the hos pital board said the route “would have a very detrimental effect on the Bailey Memorial Hos pital’s ability to continue to pro vide adequate health care to the people of the Clinton Hospital District.” The letter, drafted by the board at its regular meeting Friday, said the board had no advance in formation about the route which was recommended by a Highway Department spokesman at a pub lic hearing on March 10. The letter said that advance publicity of the hearing was ac companied by a map which showed the proposed beltline going from S. C. 72 south parallel toSpring- dale Road and on to S. C. 72 north. This route would not in volve the hospital property. No alternate was listed on the map. However, at the public hearing, a spokesman said that the published map was Alternate No. 1. He said that Alternate No. 2 would come beside the hospital and down Springdale Road before going on to S. C. 72 north and that was the route recommended by the Highway Dept. The board’s letter said, “About a week before the hearing, it was rumored that two route would be proposed but no advance in formation was given on the second route. Therefore, you can i- magine our surprise to be told at the hearing that Alternate No. 2 was being recommended.” Attached to the board’s letter were letters from represen tatives of the Division of Health Facilities for the State Health Officer; Planning and Design Ser vice of The Duke Endowment and Flemming and Associates, Con sulting Engineers for the Hospital Board. All three letters said the proposed route would be detri mental to the operation and future of the hospital. The board’s letter said, “We also want to point out that the operating and Delivery Rooms of the hospital are on the north side (adjacent to the proposed route). These are required to operate on 100 per cent fresh air through a forced ventilation system, the in take of which is on the north side. If Alternate No. 2 By-Pass is constructed, it is possible that WDihW Dangerous Prank Anyone having information about pranksters stealing street signs or flambeaus is requested to contact Clinton Streets Department Supt. Eddie McGee. McGee reports several signs and flambouys have been stolen recently. He says, “The prob lem seems to be getting worse. We believe most of the thefts are by pranksters but we don't beGeve they realize how serious this is. We put out warn ing signs and flambeaus and flags to warn motor ists of dangerous streets. Some day, we could have a serious accident just because some prankster stole a warning signal.” McGee said that he recently put out some flambeaus around some repair work at the corner of Calhoun and Adair Streets. Because some of the flambeaus have been stolen recently, he locked these with chains. However, pranksters came by and, unable to get the flambeaus, turned them up side down, spilling the fluid all over the road. They also stole a flag. On Monday morning, he put up a “Men Work ing” sign at the comer of Calvert Avenue and Adair Street While he and his crew were work ing about a block away, someone stole the sign. Follow The Bouncing Check A local magistrate is still fuming—and a trifle embarrassed—about a recent case he handled. A woman facing a bad check charge paid her fine with another check. Right—it bounced. How About Ahabanna? The Robert Plaxico family bought two beau tiful Persian cats at a pet store some time ago with the idea of raising some Persian kittens. They named them “Ahab” and Jezebel. Now Jezebel is expecting a litter most any day. So is Ahab. To Feature Expanded Program Spring Arts Festival Slated BY CHARLOTTE P. REED The Spring Arts Festival which takes place annually on the cam pus of Presbyterian College in Clinton, will be held this year from Monday, April 20 through Sunday May 3. It is a series of cultural events open to the public and sponsored by the Presby terian College Department of Fine Arts, the Clinton Music Club and the Laurens County Fine Arts Council. The gala Festival opening will take place at Belk Auditorium during the intermission of the first program of the Kinetic Art series, the South Carolina pre miere of the three films which have had great critical acclaim for the quality of the artistic ex perience which they offer their audience. The second program of this series will follow on Tues day, April 21. Wednesday through Saturday, April 22 to April 25, Mr. Dale Rains and the Presbyterian Col lege Players will present Tennessee the third Kinetic Art Tennessee William’s hit play “Summer and Smoke"; the third Kinetic Art film will be shown Monday, April 22, and the follow ing evening will feature a Folk Festival put on by local groq>s of musicians. The Presbyterian College Choir will give their Spring concert Thursday evening, April 30. A Presbyterian College Student Art Exhibit will be open to the public throughout the first week of the Arts Festival and will be hung in Douglas House. It will be replaced by the Judged Art Ex hibit which will be opened the evening of Monday, April 27 at a reception for the participating artists and the judge, Mr. Paul Mocsanyi, art critic, Director, and Founder of the New School of Art Center, in New York city. Mr. Mocsanyi will complete his visit by giving the Hardie Lec ture on Tuesday, April 28 at 10 a.m. His topic will be “Humanists and Anti-Humanists in American Contemporary Art”. The Exhibit which he will judge is open to all Laurens County artists age 16 or over, and all interested parties are urged to contact Mrs. Alta Alberga, head of the PC Art De partment, for further information and entry blanks. COUNTY DAY Laurens County Day will pro vide the climax for the Festival’s activities. It will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2 and will continue until 5 p.m., with a wide variety of activities for both children and adults. Among the events offered to the public will be the Mall Art Exhi bit where all practicing artists are invited to show their works pavilions for children, Junior Highschoolers, and Highschool- ers to acrively try their hands at watercolor painting, finger paint ing, collage construction and junk sculpture; and for adults, a ser ies of lectures, demonstrations, and exhibits put on by profess ional artists of both local and statewide repute. As an added attraction, visitors to Laurens County Day will have the unique opportunity to pur chase original works of art, to meet the artists themselves, and to watch them in the process of creation. All art objects sold will serve to benefit not only the buyer but also the artist and the Arts Festival. ARTISTS Participating professional artists will include, Mr. Jon Forr of Columbia, who will work at his potter’s wheel, Mr. Tom Turner, who creates pottery, and his wife, who makes jewelry, both from Columbia, Mr. John Coles, of Columbia, who is connected with ETV and will demonstrate cartoon animation, and Dr. John Craft of the Columbia Art Museum who will present a slide lecture on contemporary art. Mr. Miles Powell of Clinton will demonstrate commercial paste-ups, Mr. William Shields of Clinton will offer a lecture and exhibit on photography, and Miss Betty Fryga of Clinton, will ex periment in several artistic me diums. Other local and out of town artists are also being invited to attend. School children will be repre sented at an exhibit of their own, and their artistic efforts will be displayed out of doors. All the county schools will encourage their pupils to contribute, and a Tricentennial theme has been suggested. Public School music groups have been invited to participate, the Greenwood Little Theatre under the direction of Aileen Lau will stage “Alice In Wonderland” for children, and the Kinetic Art series of three films will be re run for all persons unable to at tend the previous showings. Lunch will be served at a food booth. To round out the two weeks of the Spring Arts Festival, a music recital will be presented by tee music student at PC on Sunday afternoon, May 3. Anyone re quiring further information is requested to contact either Mrs. Charles Gaines, 833-3456 or Mrs. Lewis Hay, 833-3523. the ventilation system in these areas would be polluted by traffic exhaust. “We also feel that if Alternate No. 2 By-Pass is built, it would be in violation of Section 1404.1 of the Minimum Standards for Li censing in South Carolina Hos pitals and Institutional General Infirmaries which states as fol lows: ‘All institutions shall be located so that they are free from undue noises, smoke, dust or foul odors.’ ” J. Richard Coney, director of the Divison of Health Facilities for the State Health Officer point ed out, “The junction of the pro- oosed alternate andS. C. Hiehway (CONT. ON PAGE 6-A) W 0 ED CAMPBELL . . . Commission Chairman Ed Campbell Heads City Plan Commission Presbyterian College Business Manager Ed Campbell was elect ed chairman of the Clinton Plan ning Commission Monday night. Campbell was elected at the re gular monthly meeting of the commission. Richard Bodmer, plant manager of the Clinton Bearings Plant of The Torrington Co., was elected vice chairman and Donny Wilder, editor of The Chronicle, was elected secre tary. In taking over the chairman ship from J. C. Thomas, Mr. Campbell commented, “We have a lot of work ahead of us and we’re at a crucial point in this work. We are going to need the assis tance and support of all members of this commission and the citi zens of our town. Clinton is an excellent city. It has so much to offer. We want it to continue to be a quality city in the future and we will direct our efforts toward that goal. ” NEW MEMBERS Mr. Thomas welcomed the new members of the commission: James Von Hollen, DonnyWilder, Bob Wickham and John Addison. Clinton Mayor Noland Suddeth presented certificates of appre ciation to the retiring members: W. C. Neely, Joe Bonds, I Mac Adair and Heath Copelani Commission member Tommy Hollis reported Monday night that the prospects of Clinton obtaining a municipal library facility, sep arate from the community library r A PC, are 'not real encouraging at the moment.” However, he will investigate the availability of fed eral OEO funds for such a facili ty. Hollis is chairman of the com mission’s Library Committee which was appointed after it was pointed out that the current com munity library at PC is designed to serve the college and not the community at large, although the PC library is open to community residents. Commission members heard a report on the city’s preliminary land use and thoroughfare sur veys by Phil Simon, a represen tative of Wilbur Smith and Asso ciates. The planning firm is con ducting a survey of Clinton which will be used as a guideline in planning for the future. SECOND PHASE The Commission also voted to recommend to City Council that the city contract with the South Carolina Conservation and De velopment Board for the second phase of the planning survey. The first phase is to be com pleted around the first of July. The second phase would include a community facilities plan, pub lic improvement plan and subdi vision regulations. The second phase, which would cost the city about $1,575, would take about one year to complete. Federal grants are available to finance 75 per cent of the survey cost with the city paying the other 25 per cent The second phase will cost the city $525 less than the first phase. In the first phase, the city paid one-third of the cost wjte the federal government paying the other two-thirds. — ■■ i i iK Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON The home of Gen. Ansel Godfrey, his father : and mother and brothers and sisters has alwaya : meant so much to me. My first memory of this fine family deals:: with the heed of the family, Dr. B. F. Godfrey : who was our family physician. He owned the first: automobile that I ever saw and It was a Cadillac with mobcr under the front seat and cranked oa the side. We moved to Clinton and after the traff ic death of Dr. Godfrey in a buggy accident, the family moved to Street, Clinton, and were our neighbors, dm grew up eating in each other*' ten. I well recall Mrs. Godfrey’s i and ay* her dfeifag table wfctefc usual item wae the first | chine that I ever « instead of the flat cylinder. Yea, a all of my Ufa. Frank Uvea ia Greenville and Bennett In North