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WEATHER (Week of June 10-17) High: 91 Low: 67 (June 11) (June 16) Rainfall: 0.61 in. (June 12) Soil Temp Range: 76-82 ®!)e Clinton Cbronttle Vol. 71 — No. 25 Clinton, S. C.. June 18, 1970 INDEX Four Sections, 22 Pages Classified 4-A Deaths 6-A Hospital News 6-A Editorials 2-B Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 6-A Census Report City Loses Population Clinton’s population---within the city limits---showed a slight decrease in the past de cade, according to preliminary 1970 U.S. Census figures. How ever, the greater Clinton area showed an increase of over 1,000, it is believed. Census officials refused to release the population figures for the areas immediately adja cent to the city limits but ac cording to city officials those areas have grown by over 1,000 people in the past 10 years. According to the preliminary 1970 figures, there are 7,897 people who reside within the city limits of Clinton. That is a decrease of 40 people from the 1960 figure of 7,937. Laurens County showed an increase of over 800 residents during the past 10 years, going from 47,609 in 1960 to 48,501 in 1970, according to the pre liminary figures. The town of Laurens passed the 10,000-population mark as its preliminary 1970 census county is 10,109. In 1960, Lau rens’ population was listed at 9,598. Clinton Mayor NolandSuddeth said that anyone who doesn’t think they were counted in the U.S. Census may pick up a spe cial form at Clinton City Hall. Listed below are Clinton’s population figures for the past 100 years. 1870--- 200 1874— 400 1880--- 465 1890— 1,080 1900— 1,865 1910--- 3,272 1920— 3,767 1930— 5,643 1940--- 5,704 1950--- 7,168 1960- 7,937 1970— 7,897 Cunningham Named Broad Street Pastor Rev. J. Ben Cunningham has been appomted pastor of Broad Street Methodist Church m Clinton, succeeding the Rev. E. W. Rogers. Rev. Cunningham assumed his duties Wednesday of this week. A 40-year-old native of Greenville, he is a graduate of Furman University and re ceived the Bachelor of Divinity Degree from Candler School of Theology, Emory University. He and his wife, the former Jane Hunter of Ora, have five child ren. He served as pastor of O- wings-Bramlett from 1955 through 1958 and as pastor of St Mark in Charleston from 1959 through 1962. He became pastor of Trinity in Anderson in 1963 REV. CUNNINGHAM Rev. Rogers Is Honored (See Page 3-D) ^ . / •.,/ ALTERNATE 1 ALTERNATE 2)JYs NEW ROUTE—The dark line on the map above shows the tentative proposal for another alter nate on the proposed beltKne road between High ways 72 south a n d 72 north. The exact lo cation is yet to be determined but Highway Dept, officials are now considering the route shown above. New Beltline Route Proposed On the recommendation of the Greater Clinton Planning Com mission, the South Carolina Highway Department has begun preliminary work toward an al ternate beltline route on the southeastern edge of Clinton. Two alternate routes re ceived criticism at a March public hearing. Residents of Springdale Drive opposed Al ternate No. 1 and members of the Bailey Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees opposed Al ternate 2. The two proposals now have been combined in what the Plan ning Commission feels might be a more acceptable proposal for providing a beltline route between S. C. 72 south of Clin ton to S. C. 72 north of Clinton. The new route would avoid both the residential area of Springdale Drive and Bailey Memorial Hospital. It would follow Alternate 2 to Highway 72 north. The Highway Department is now requesting location appro val from the Bureau of Public Roads. It is proposed as a two- lane road with right-of-way adequate for a four-lane road in the future. The beltline has been pro posed to help rslte^o congestion in the downtown Clinton area. A public notice concerning the beltline is published in the legal advertisements of today’s Chronicle. A second public bearing on the proposal win be held at a date to be announced in the nimre. Area Map For District On Page 1-D By Federal Agency School District 56 Is Approved Neighborhood Plan In Effect 1970-71 SCHOOL DISTRICT AREAS — The map above shows the dividing lines between elementary school attendence areas in Clinton in School District 66 for the 1970-71 school year. It also shows the location of the two junior high schools and the high school. All girls in grades 7 through 9 will attend Girls’ Junior High and all boys in grades 7-9 will attend Boys’ Junior High. All district students in grades 10-12 will attend Clin ton High School. All elementary school students south of Highway 76 will attend Clinton Eemen- tary; all elementary students north of 76 and west of North Broad St. will attend M. S. Bailey School and all elementary students north of 76 and east of North Broad will attend Florida Street Elementary School. The fourth area, which is for the Joanna School is not shown on the map above. It is shown on page 1-D. Thomas Seeks Mayor's Post J. C. Thomas announced this week as a candidate for the De mocratic nomination for mayor of Clinton. He will be a candidate in the Clinton Democratic Primary which is scheduled July 14. In making his announcement, Mr. Thomas said, “I believe in operating our municipal gov ernment on a business-like bas is and I believe my business experience should help me make a contribution to my community, if the voters honor me with the office which I seek. ” \ native of Charlotte, N. C., Mr. Thomas came to Clinton in July, 1940, as manager of Hamilton’s. He opened his own jewelry firm, J. C. Thomas Jeweler, in July, 1943. He has served two terms as president of the Clinton Cham ber ofCommerce and was active in organizing the United Fund, serving as campaign chairman for the first drive in 1952. He is a member of the board of directors of Bank of Clinton and has served for 10 years on the Laurens County Board of Education. He is immediate past chairman of the Greater Clinton Planning Commission. He serv ed for nine years as Sunday School Superintendent at First loe Holland Is Hospitalized Clinton Chamber ofCom merce President Joe Holland became acutely ill Sunday night and was confined to Bailey Memorial Hospital. He was transferred to Self Memorial Hospital in Green wood Tuesday night Mr. HoUand is not receiving visitors. Owner of the Piggly Wiggly Supermarket in Clinton, Mr. Holland last week led the ticket in the Laurens County Demo cratic Primary for the nomina tion to County Council. Baptist Church where he also has served as deacon. Mr. Thomas is a past presi dent of the Clinton KiwanisClub and has been chairman of the March of Dimes Campaign and served as president of the South Carolina Retail Jewelers Asso ciation in 1961. He is married to the former Amy Vaughn of Belton and ihey have three daughters. No other candidates have an nounced for the post or for the six city council seats which are to be voted on in the primary and J. C. THOMAS in the General Election. The filing deadline is noon next Tuesday, June 23. GOP Precinct Meetings Set Republican precinct meetings for Clinton Mill, Clinton No. 1 and Clinton No. 2 Boxes will be held in the offices of Jacobs Press at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 19. The purpose of the meetings will be to reorganize and elect representatives to a City Con vention to be held Monday night at the same location, 7:30 p.m. Republican candidates for City Council and Mayor’s office will be nominated at this time. ★★★★★★★★ CITIZEN OP THE TEAR —Dr. George Blalock, left, is shown above as he was honored last week as din- ton’s ‘Citizen of the Year” tor 1J70. Dr. Blalock was honored Vs many pi vie and profeesiomu contri butions to the community. The award was made by the Clinton Lions Club. Also shown is Mrs. Blalock and CLude Crocker, right, president of the Clinton Lions Club. — (Shields Photo) School District 56’s integra tion plans for the 1970-71 school year have been approved by the U.S. Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare. The plan is basically a neigh borhood school plan with no bus ing necessary to achieve ra cial balance. All district students in grades 10 through 12 will attendClinton High School. All male students in grades seven through nine will attend what is now the Bell Street School. All female stu dents in grades seven through nine will attend what is now Martha Dendy School. Elementary School students in grades one through six will attend the elementary school in their attendance area. The dis trict will have four attendance areas for elementary school students. Area No. 1 students will at tend Clinton Elementary School. Area No. 1 includes the area south of Highway 76. It reaches to within one mile of Highway 56 on the eastern side and to the district boundary on the western side. The southern boundary is Lake Greenwood, thusly including the Cross Hill- Mountville area in Area 1. Area No. 2 students will at tend M. S. Bailey Elementary School. Area No*. 2 includes the afea nofRTBT Highway 76 and west of North Broad Steeet to the district line on the west. Area No. 3 students will at tend Florida Street Elementary School which last year was Clinton Junior High School. Area No. 3 includes the area north of Highway 76 and east of North Broad Street. (The intersection of Highway 76 and North Broad Street is the dividing point between Areas No. 2 and 3). The line for Area No. 3 follows North BroadStreet onto 308 to Goodman’s Cross road, along 53 where it crosses 1-26 and becomes 314 which the line follows to Highway 56 and from there to the county line. Area No. 4 elementary stu dents will attend Joanna Ele mentary School. Area No. 4 en compasses an area stretching from the black top county road near the old Hunter home and south of the intersection of Highways 99 and 34. The line stretches from there to the in tersection of 56 and 66. The Laurens-Newberry county line is the eastern boundary for Area No. 4. Also in Area 4, going south mi Highway 56, students who live on the right hand side of the road, within a mile of 56 will go to Joanna Elementary School. Three schools will be closed. Woodson Elementary School students will go to Joanna Ele mentary School. Cross HiU- Mountville School students will go to Clinton Elementary School as will Midway Elementary School students. Clinton Elementary School will have a total enrollment of about 989 students, with a racial ratio of 60 per cent white and 40 per cent black. There will be 14 black teachers od the 35-teacher staff at Clin ton Elementary School. Florida Street Elementary School will have a ratio of 67 per cent white and 33 per cent black with a total enrollment at about 443 students. There will be six black teachers on the 17-teacher stall Bailey Elementary School will have a ratio to 69 per cent white and 31 per cent Mack and a total enrollment of 546 stu dents. There will be six black teachers on the 20-teacher faculty. Joanna Elementary School will have a ratio of 75 per cent white and 25 per cent black in a total enrollment of 375 students. There will be four black teachers in the 14-teach er staff. The total elementary school enrollment in the district will be about 1,551 students, of whom 34 per cent will be black. The Girls Junior High(grades seven through nine) will have a ratio of 58 per cent white and 42 per cent black in an en rollment of 546 students. There will be eight black teachers on the 19-teacher faculty. The Boys Junior High will have 498 students which will include a ratio of 38 per cent black and 62 per cent white. There will be seven black teach ers on the 18-teacher staff. Clinton High School will have an enrollment of 778 students in grades 10 through 12 with a ratio of 35 per cent black and 65 per cent white. There will be 10 black teachers on the 28- teacher staff. District Supt. R. P. Wilder said that faculty assignments will be made in the near future and teachers will be notified as soon as possible. PRINCIPALS Claude Howe will continue to be principal of Clinton High School with McQuilla Hudson, former principal of Bell Street High, as assistant principal at CHS. Neal McNeill will be principal of both the Boys and Girls’ junior high schools. At Boys Junior High the assistant prin cipal will be W. E. Little and at Girls Junior High the assist ant principal will be Lenzy Ran- dall. Mr. McNeill is joining the system from St. Stephens where he was principal of St. Ste phens High School. H. L. Shea- ly will continue as principal of Clinton ElementarySchool, with Lewis Knighton as assistant principal. Wilmot Shealy, currently co ordinator of instruction in the district, will be principal of Florida Street Elementary School, a position he held for several years prior to becom ing principal of Clinton High School and then coordinator of instruction. James Longshore will be assistant principal at Florida Street. Frazier Sanders will continue as principal ofJoannaElement ary School and Horace Smith will continue to be principal of M. S. Bailey School. The as sistant principal will be Mel vin Hunter at M. S. Bailey School. MOBILE UNITS The changes in school pat terns will necessitate use of 10 mobile classrooms next year. Four mobile classroom unite will be used at Clinton Element ary School and four at M. S. Bailey School with two to be used at Boys Junior High. The district currently has five mobile classroom units and will purchase five mors. Also, dressing rooms will be constructed at tha Girls Junior High. Approval of the district’splsn came in the form of a letter signed by J. Stanley Potttapr, director of the U. S. Office for Civil Rights. Mr. Pottinger’s letter in pert • .the plan quate to of Title VI of the Civil: Act ol 1964. . ,* « his office is ■*. the ~ 'v