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1 INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pagee Classified 6-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News ft-A Sodety 2-A, 3-A Sports 7-A Clinton Cijronitle VoL 71 — No. 21 Clinton. S. C., May 21, 1970 ^ jaar 4 MESS ABRAMS MBS FOSTER MESS ALEXANDER ''V MBS STEWART MESS McCLAIN MISS DUNCAN 1970 Miss Clinton Pageant Is Scheduled Saturday Night A new “Miss Clinton" will be crowned Saturday night. The ClintonJaycees will pre sent their “Miss Clinton" Pag eant, starting at 8 p m., atBelk Auditorium on the Presbyterian College Campus. This year's contestants are Martha Ellen Abrams, Jan Alexander, Claire Duncan, Teresa Foster, Sherrill Jean McClain and Susan Elaine Ste wart. AlS'' to be crowned Saturday night will be a new “LittleMiss Clinton." The 13 contestants for the “Little Miss Clinton" title are Laura Barnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barnett of Route 1, Clinton; Donna Bond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char les Bond of Route 1, Clinton; Dodie Garrett, daughter of Mrs. Linda Tucker of 408 W. Pitts St., Koko Gates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Gates of Sunset Blvd.; Lena Gilliam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Gilliam of Route 1, Clinton; Also, Cindy League,(laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry League Jr. of Route 3, Clinton; Jessica Nye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nye of Fair Drive; Melis sa Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Poyell of Merrie Oaks; Terry Tumblin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tumblin .of 203 CaldweU St.; Also, Cristy Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wilson of Carolyn Drive; Georgia Young, daughter of Mrs. Geor gia Y. Young of 105 E. Cal houn; Karen Dowdle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dowdle of Young Drive; and Jean Everett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Everett of Prather Circle. Mrs. Don Nickson, the former Peggy White, will serve as mis tress of ceremonies. Mrs. Nickson was “Miss SouthCaro- lina of 1967." Another special guest will be Brantley Price ofNewberry, the reigning Miss South Caro lina. CANDIDATES Miss Abrams, 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Abrams of Blalock Drive, Jo anna. She is a senior at Clin ton High School and plans to continue her education at New berry College. She will play a musical selection on the piano for her talent presentation. Miss Alexander, 18, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Alexander of South Adair St. A freshman at Winthrop College, her talent presentation will be a tap dance. Miss Duncan, 17, is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mac C. Duncan of York St, Clinton. She is a senior at Clinton High and plans to continue her edu cation at Converse College. She will present a vocal selection. Miss Foster, 18, is the daugh ter of Mrs. Harry W. Foster Sr. of Florence St., Clinton. She is a senior at Clinton High School and will present a mod ern dance routine. Miss McClain, 18, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. McClain of Joanna. She is a senior at Clinton Highandplans to attend Clemson University. She will present a modern dance routine. Miss Stewart, 18, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin D. Stewart of Mountville. She is a senior at Clinton High and plans to continue her edu- Honored By Lions Club Dr. Blalock 'Citizen 01 Year' The Clinton Lions Club has selected Dr. George R. Bla lock, well known physician and surgeon, as Clinton’s “Citizen of the Year."Theannouncement was made by Committee Chair man Don Creighton at the May 12th meeting of the club. Mr. Creighton read the fol lowing excerpt from the letter nominating Dr. Blalock for the honor: “He is one of Clinton’s best know citizens, and has de voted his life to the practice of medicine. It is said he has delivered more babies than any other living physician in Lau rens County. He is a quiet, un assuming person who is dearly beloved by those he has served for 38 years. He has always done a large amount of charity work that has mostly gone un noticed and this is the way he wants it as he shuns publicity.” Dr. Blalock is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Medicine and is a member of the Clinton Rotary Club, the S. C. Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the International College of Sur geons, and is the present chair man of the Board of Trustees of Bailey Memorial Hospital, an institution he worked dili gently to establish. He is also resident surgeon of the SCL Railway, and heads the Blalock Clinic. He and his wife, the former Almena Milling, have three children, George Jr. who com pletes his medical training in June; Milling, a practicing law yer in Florence; and Almena, a daughter who teaches in a Church School in Atlanta. There are three grandchildren. He is a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church and has served as a deacon. Dr. Blalock was one of the first Clinton residents to enter the armed services in World War n. He served with dis tinction in the North African and Italian campaigns where he was in charge of a field hospi tal. He was discharged from the army with the rank of Lt. Colonel. The Lions Club plans to honor their “Citizen of the Year "with a banquet to be held at the Mary Musgrove Hotel, June 9th. DR. BLALOCK cation at Tift College in For syth, Ga. She will present a vocal selection in the talent competition. Break-Ins, Thefts Continue The recent rash of home, of fice and auto break-ins con tinued last week as a home, two offices and a car were robbed. Last Wednesday night, 11 tapes of music were reported stolen from the home of John ny Cannon, Route 3, Airport Road. A break-in at the medical of- five of Drs. Macdonald and Walker was reported Saturday morning. Six dollars in cash and a $6 roll of stamps were taken. A bathroom window was broken and the offices were ransacked with records scattered through out the office. Between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday, a n\pney pouch was re portedly stolen from a car be longing to Robert Gilliam of 522 Musgrove Street while the car was parked in front of the Elizabrth Street Church of God. It was reported the pouch con tained $500 in $20 bills and $200 in $10 bills, several checks and two money orders. Saturday night or early Sun day, the Gulf Plant at 109 Sloan Street was broken-into and ran sacked. Nothing was reported missing. It is believed thieves broke a window to gain entrance. Graduation Schedule Announced Seniors in Clinton’s three high schools have begun their final count-down to graduation. Baccalaureate sermons will be delivered Sunday for Thorn- well High School andBellStreet High School and both will have their commencement exercises on Monday, May 25. Commencement exercises for Clinton High School will be held on May 31 in Belk Audi torium on the Presbyterian Col lege campus. Thornwell’s senior sermon will be delivered Sunday at Thornwell-Hartness Presby terian Church and graduation will be held on Monday, May 25, at 10:30 a.m. Delivering the commencement addresses for Thornwell will be Larry Wea ver, valedictorian; Jim Single- ton, salutatorian; and Mike Briggs, 2nd runner-up. The Rev. Willie J. Jefferson of Abbeville will deliver the annual sermon for seniors at Bell Street High School on Sun day, May 24, at 7p.m. Rev. Jef ferson is pastor of St. James A.M.E. Church. Commence ment exercises at Bell Street will be held at 8 p.m. on Mon day, May 25. All exercises are open to the public and will be held in the Ruth P. Alexander Auditorium at Bell Street High School. At Bell Street's graduation exercises, the main addresses will be delivered by Thomas Vance, class president and “Star Student"; Lloyd Gen- erette, valedictorian and Mary Watts, salutatorian. Clinton High School seniors began their final exams this week and underclassmen will begin their exams next Mon day, May 25. Final report cards are to be issued on June 3. Keith Cannon, valedictorian, and Robin Smith, salutatorian, will deliver the main addresses at CHS commencement exer cises on May 31. Mann Speaks Congressman James Mann will address the Cross Anchor Ruritan Club Monday, May 25, at 8:30 p.m. in the Cross Anchor School Cafeteria. JA AWARD WINNERS — Shown above with truest speaker Robert Yeargin are the award win ners at the Junior Achievement ‘Futures Unlim ited’ banquet Monday night. They are, left to right: Anita King, who won a $26 savings bond as ‘Best Salesman’ for Torrco; Andy Ellis, presi dent of Clintex which won the ‘Company of the Year’ award; Laurie Bee, ‘Officer of the Year,; Pete Belcher, ‘Best Salesman* for Clintex and also winner of the ‘Achiever’ award; Mr. Year- gin; and Fran Audia, winner of the ‘Achiever’ award for Torrco. Belcher and Miss Bee were se lected to represent the local JA companies at the national Junior Achievement Convention this summer at Indiana University. Junior Achievement Awards Yeargin: Are Presented At Banquet Awards and annual reports were presented Monday night as the Junior Achievement pro gram wound up its year with the second annual “Futures Un limited” banquet in the Presby terian College dining hall. Both of the two Junior A- chievement companies, Clintex, sponsored by Clinton Mills, and Torrco, sponsored by Tor- rington, reported dividends on their initial stock. Thirty-eight Junior Achiev ers were given certificates in recognition of their efforts for the year. Major awards presented in cluded: Anita King received a $25 savings bond as “Best Sales man” for Torrco and Pete Bel cher won a similar award for Clintex. Belcher also won the “A- chiever’ Award for Clintex and Fran Audia won the “Achiev er” award for Torrco. The “Achiever” award is presented in recognition of outstanding ac complishment in the program and understanding of the pro gram. Laurie Bee was named “Of ficer of the Year” and she and Belcher were selected to re- Speaks At Commencement Edwards Cites 'Pollution Of Spirit' Clemson University Presi dent Robert C. Edwards, ad dressing Presbyterian Col lege’s 90th Commencement Sunday afternoon, warned that “a pollution of the spirit may be occurring which would be, in the end, as disastrous as any pollution of the physical en vironment could be. * He spoke to 135 young men and women graduates, their families and friends, who fill ed Belk Auditorium for the final exercises of a full day. Dr. Edwards said: “There is a correlation be tween the physical and spiri tual climate of man. It may well be our task in the years im mediately ahead to restore and strengthen both--to recover a- gatn the American dream of a social order in which the rela tionship between man and his environment will be as near perfect as it can be on earth. ” The Sunday program opened with the baccalaureate sermon preached by the Rev. Robert Dobbins, Jr., minister of Ches ter’s Purity Presbyterian Church. Dobbins and the Rev. James V. Johnson, Jr., minister of At lanta’s Druid Hills Presby terian Church, were awarded honorary doctor of divinity de grees as part of the Commence ment program. Alumnus Powell A. Fraser, new president of King College, was awarded a doctor of humanities; and Blu- ford B. Bestir, executive-sec retary of Television, Radio and Audio-Visuals of the Presby terian Church US, a doctor of literature. President Marc C. Weersing presided over the occasion, and he was assisted by Trustee Chairman Eugene T. Wilson of Atlanta. Dean W. Fred Chapman presented the general scholar ship medal to top honor grad uate Susan JeterSmith of Union, and other awards to these stu dents: Outstanding Senior Award--Carson Rhyne of Char lotte; Gold P for distinguish ed service--William A. Bryant of Quincy, Fla.,RobertG. John ston, Jr. of Columbus, Ga., Duncan B. McFadyen in of Rae- ford, N. C., Lena M. Strickland of Atlanta and Rhyne; Pi Kappa Phi freshman scholarship a- ward Patrick W. McKee of Mi ami; Tau Phi Pi science a- ward—James W. Cook of Wal- terboro; Fraser Bible Medal- Nancy H. Wilson of Roebuck; Hay Bible Medal--Judith A. Bates of Pickens; and the Herk M. Wise Scholarship--Loyd D. Melton of Laurens. Also presented at this time were 28 commissions to grad uating ROTC cadets and une Marine Corps commission. Col. William B. Tuttle, Jr., profes sor of military science, direct ed this part of the program. Maj. Gen. Ansel B. Godfrey of Clin ton had addressed the pre-com missioning ceremonies earlier. Dr. Edwards, in his Com mencement address, said: “While the earlier Americans may have been neglecting our physical environment, partly because they considered it so nearly perfect as to need little attention, they were devoting their time and energies to another aspect of their environ ment which to then was of trans cendent importance. They had their minds and hearts set on shaping the environment for the greatest and best society of men on earth. . .a concern for the political, religious, econo mic and social aspect of their environment. ” He pointed out these five characteristics of thatAmeri- can dream: 1--Men are capable of governing themselves; 2— men should be free to worship God as they please; 3--every person should receive the eco nomic benefits of his own labor and skill; 4—every person should have the opportunity to acquire as much education and training as his abilities will permit: and 5—all men must be equal before the law and the law must apply equally to all men. Historical Site Funds Avqilable State funds are available to assist in restoration of his torical sites, the director of the Tourism Division of the State Development and Conservation Board told a local meeting Tuesday morning. Speaking before the board of directors of the Clinton Cham ber of Commerce, J. W. Law rence said that recently enact ed legislation makes state funds available, on a matching basis, for the restoration of historical sites. He said the state would pro vide 50 per cent of the neces sary funds, up to $25,000. Lawrence said that 17 mill ion visitors came to South Car olina last year and spent about $360 million. About two-thirds of that total was spent along coast, he said. William P. Jacobs HI, chair man of Laurens County’s Tri centennial Committee, also was a special guest at the meeting. The program was arranged by the Chamber of Commerce’s Tourism Committee in an ef fort to encourage the develop ment of tourism in the Clinton area. In other business, Chamber of Commerce President Joe Holland reported that the tele phone companies in Laurens and Clinton are to conduct rate studies on the possibility of toll- free telephone service between Laurens and Clinton. He said subscribers would have to vote in favor of a rate increase before such service could be offered. The companies are now conducting studies to determine how much of a rate increase would be needed to cover the extra service. present the local Junior A- chievement program at the nat ional JA convention this sum mer at Indiana University. Clintex was selected as “Company ofthe Year "and Tor rco was honored for having the best annual report. Honored for having perfect attendance in all of the Junior Achievement meetings and pro jects were Veronna Gilliam, Matilda Williams, Shirley Sum mers and Ann Yelton. Julie Young acted as mistress of ceremonies for the program which was attended by many civic, business and educational leaders of the community. House Fire Minor damage was reported in a house fire on Horne Street last Wednesday. Firemen extinguished ablaze in the home of Evelyn Reeder where wires to a meter box burned and scorched a corner of the house. The fire was re ported at 3:55 p.m. 'Choose Wisely “Find yourself a job you really can enjoy,” the presi dent of a construction company told those present Monday night at the Junior Achievement’s “Futures Unlimited” banquet. Robert H. Yeargin, president of Yeargin Construction Co., said, “Don’t let glamour or money be the sole guides to your selection of a profession. Your health and happiness have more to do with your life than anything else. If you’re doing something you really "enjoy, you’ll find that you will re ceive a boost toward health and happiness through your work. ” Yeargin, a native of Gray Court, also said, “Be enthusi astic about your work. Enthu siasm is catching and it pays off. Do more work and better work than you have to do. En thusiasm is a vital key to suc cess.” Yeargin also advised the young people, “Premature de cisions about occupations sometimes make for misfits. Wait for more maturity before making your final decision. Re gardless of what your choice might be, there are more and more requirements for educa tion. Get all of the education you can. All fields are becom ing more specialized.” Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON One of the things of yesteryear that we do not see any more is the wheel inspector or I be lieve his official title was “car knocker.** The only one that I ever remember was called “Cracker Jack** Griffith. I do not recall hit firtt name. He worked for the Seaboard Raflread awd hie only job was to observe or examine the whaeh on ail trains and especially passenger trat&a to.aee if there were any ‘hot boxes** or ings and, if so, to the early autos of titateayiiBd hie ure was taking the smell children to 1 group of men that we dk> the old-time cotton " remember Mr. others who met on iti andwith ai ping at thabale and: closely examining f of the fiber, they pnoe oner to roe