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Vol. 71 — No. 26
Clinton Chronicle
Clinton. S. C., lime 25. 1970
INDEX
Three Sections, 20 Pages
Classified &-A
-Deaths 8-A
Hospital News 5-A
Editorials 2-B
Society 2-A. 3-A
Sports 7-A
FffecHve 1971-72
PC Places ROTC
On Voluntary
Presbyterian College will
place its ROTC on a voluntary
basis in a two-step process fully
effective by the 1971-72 school
year, President Marc C.Weer-
sing announced today.
He said the board of trus
tees, acting on the college re
gulations requiring ROTC of
all able-bodied male freshmen
The Clinton Police Depart
ment reported Wednesday that
no progress has been made in
the investigation of the robbery
at Johnson Brothers' Su
permarket on South Broad
Street on Saturday, June 20.
According to Police sp ikes-
man, two men walked into the
store and distracted the cash
ier by dropping a coin on the
floor. When the cashier bent
over to pick it up, one of the
men reached into tlie cash re
gister and grabbed a handfull
of ten-dollar bills. They es
caped in an automobile with
North Carolina license plates.
Two schtxil teachers who have
a combined total of 82 years’
service to Joanna Elementary
School were honored last week
as Joanna’s “Citizens of the
Year."
Miss Katherine Blakely and
Miss Mildred Workman were
named co-recipients of the
annual honor last Wednesday
night by the Joanna Lions Club.
They were honored at a dinner
meeting at Wise’s Bar-B-Q.
Miss Workman started teach
ing the second grade in Joanna
in 1928 and retired last May.
Miss Blakely came to Joanna
and sophomores, has made par
ticipation voluntary for sopho
mores this coming year and for
freshmen in the 1971-72 ses
sion. President Weersingadd-
ed:
' The board approved the re
port of a special committee of
trustees, faculty and adminis
trative members and students.
They went toward Greenwood on
Highway 72.
About $150 was taken in the
robbery.
The Police also reported two
cars broken into at the Gala
Motor Inn on North Broad in
Clinton. On the morning ofJune
19. a car was entered. Several
items were taken, including a
small television set and three
cameras. Also on June 19
someone cut the vinyl top of an
automobile at the motor inn.
However nothing was taken.
to teach the first grade in 1930.
She had taught in Calhoun Falls
for five years prior to coming
to Joanna.
A graduate of Columbia Col
lege, Miss Workman is a mem
ber of Hopewell Methodist
Church. Miss Blakely, a grad
uate of Winthrop, is a mem
ber of the ARP Church in Clin
ton.
Miss Workman and Miss
Blakely also were honored at a
luncheon sponsored by the
faculty of Joanna Elementary
School. They both retired in
May.
Basis
Its action was taken in light of
last fall’s recommendation of
the Special Committee on ROTC
to the Secretary of Defense that
ROTC is more effectively op
erated on a voluntary basis. We
will also follow recommenda
tions for a faculty-student-ad
ministration committee to
maintain continuous study and
review of the ROTC program.”
Presbyterian College has one
of the oldest Army ROTC pro
grams in the nation, dating back
to 1919 shortly after Congress
ional authorization. While par
ticipation in the basic course
has been required of all fresh
men and sophomores, enroll
ment in the advanced course
has been voluntary for select
ed juniors and seniors.
President Weersing said the
ROTC unit has always been ef
fectively integrated into the bal
anced campus program at PC
and has established a worthy
tradition for its superior cadet
performance and for the Army
officers it has produced. More
than 1,500 alumni have served
as officers, and many of these
remained in the Regular Army
to rise to higher ranks. The
group includes two Army ma
jor generals, two National
Guard generals and more than
50 full colonels.
Trustee Chairman Eugene T.
Wilson of Atlanta said the board
feels the ROTC program can be
even stronger when full volun
tary participation is achieved.
The trustees favor a strong
program, because of its bene
fit to PC students and because
the service of reserve officers
Is in the American tradition of
civilian influence upon the mili
tary forces.
President Weersing said:
"As abhorrent as warfare is
to all civilized people, as long
as it or the serious threat of it
exists, our nation must mam-
tain its military forces. For
30 years military duty has been
required of a majority of the
physically qualified young men
of our country, including most
of our PC male students. While
we join fervently in the hope
that the extent of this involve
ment will soon be greatly re
duced, no real assurance of this
yet exists. As long as PC men
are subject to be called to our
country’s military services, we
want them to have available as
part of their college courses
the military training needed to
prepare them to serve effect
ively and in positions of lead
ership where we feel they can
best serve them selves and their
country.”
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HOT DOG SALE
The Clinton Child Develop
ment Center will sponsor a hot
dog sale starting at 10 a.m. on
Saturday, June 27, at the Center
on East Florida Street. Anyone
wanting to place an order can
call the Center at 833-4410, and
the hotdogs will be prepared and
be ready by the time of arrival.
Local Grocery Store
Is Robbed By Two Men
left, and Miss Katherine Blakely, right, were hon
ored last Wednesday, June 17, as Joanna’s “Citi
zens of the Year.” Miss Workman and Miss Blake
ly retired in May after teaching at Joanna Ele
mentary School for many years.
Teachers Share
Joanna Citizen
Of Year Honors
JOANNA LIONS OFFICERS—Offi- Bill Crocker, treasurer; Louis Mur-
cers of the Joanna Lions Club were phy, president; George Comelson of
recently installed. Shown above, left Clinton, deputy district governor who
to right, are Kelley Waits, immediate conducted the installation ceremony;
past president; Nathan Brazel, secre- and Ernest Garren, first vice-presi
tary, Cy Abrams, Lion tamer; Har- dent,
old Murphy, second vice-president;
Ward 1
Thomas Unopposed
1 10 Seek 6 Demo
Council Nominations
BOYD HOLTZCLAW W. A. JONES
Ward 2
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TRUMAN OWENS
S. A. PITTS SR.
Ward 3
FRED BRAGG MRS. HOWARD
Ward 4
DEWEY OXNER
Ward 5
i
STONEWALL CRAIG
Ward 6
Four of Clinton’s six incum
bent aldermen will face oppo
sition in the July 14 City De
mocratic Primary.
The only two aldermen who
are unopposed in the primary
are George Bagwell in Ward 5
and Talmadge Sanders inWard
6. J. C. Thomas also is un
opposed for the Democratic no
mination for mayor.
Incumbent Alderman Boyd
Holtzclaw is opposed by W. A.
Jones in Ward 1; incumbent
Truman Owens faces S. A.
(Chick) Pitts Sr. in Ward 2;
incumbent Fred Bragg is op
posed by Mrs. Nellie Howard
in Ward 3; and incumbent Dew
ey Oxner is opposed by Stone
wall Craig in War 4.
Books for candidates’ filing
for the primary closed at noon
Tuesday, June 23.
WARD 1
l
Mr. Holtzclaw has served on
City Council for four two-year
terms.
A veteran of World War H,
he has been associated with
D. E. Tribble Co. for the past
24 years. He is married to
the former Virginia Kinard and
, they have a son, Sammy, 18,
? who will be a freshman at
Presbyterian College next fall.
GEORGE BAGWELL
TALMADGE SANDERS
He is a member of Campbell
Lodge AFM 44; American Le
gion; Clinton-Newberry Natural
Gas Authority; and is presi
dent of Battery B 107thAssocia
tion.
W. A. (Bill) Jones, a native
of Clinton, is in the Purchas
ing Department with Monsanto
Co. in Greenwood. He entered
the U. S. Army in 1940 and was
discharged in 1945. He operat
ed Austin-Jones Furniture Co.
in Clinton from 1959 through
1961.
He is married to the former
Toby LanfordofClinton and they
have a son, Dusty, 20, who is
a student at Baptist College in
Charleston.
They are members of Cal
vary Baptist Church and he is
a member of Campbell Ltxlge 44
and is a Shriner.
Mr. Jones attended Clinton
public schools and Cecil’s Busi
ness College in Spartanburg.
WARD 2
Incumbent Truman Owens is
a native of Clinton who is as
sistant personnel director at
Clinton Mills. He currently is
serving his second two-year
term on City Council.
Active in athletics, he offi
ciates football, baseball and
basketball on the high school
level and college football, he
assigns American Legion base
ball officials for Districts 8,
9 and 10 and is director of bas
ketball officials in a seven-
county district He coaches
Small Fry and Little League
baseball teams in the YMCA
program and is a member of the
board of directors of the Clin
ton YMCA.
He is married to the former
School District 56
Teachers To Specialize
Pat Davenport and they have two
sons, Larry, 14 and Monty, 7.
They are members of Calvary
Baptist Church.
Mr. S. A. (Chick) Pitts Sr.
served 14 years on City Council,
including 10 years as mayor pro
tern.
A native of Clinton, he has
served on the Board of Ste
wards for 15 years at Broad
Street Methodist Church, of
which he has been a life-long
member.
A former telegraph operator
and ticket seller for Seaboard
Coast Line Railroad Co., he is
a mason and describes himself
as “a states rights Democrat.”
WARD 3
Incumbent Fred Bragg is
serving his second two-year
term on City Council. A native
of Clinton who was reared in Jo
anna, he was a salesman for
Industrial Supply Co. for 19
years and for the past three
years has been a representa
tive for Pilot Life Insurance
Co. offices in Clinton.
He has served as Sunday
School Superintendent at First
Baptist Church for the past
eight years and is a former
member of the board of dea
cons. He is a Mason and past
master of Campbell Lodge, a
Shriner and a member of Hejaz
Temple and Laurens County
Shrine Club. He also is a mem
ber of the Clinton Exchange
Club, American Legion and
Clinton Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. He served in the U.S.
Air Force DumgJVorld War
n.
Mr. Bragg is married to the
former Iris Simmons and they
have three daughters, Sue, Pa
tricia and Gloria.
Mrs. Howard, retired last
year after 35 years’ service in
the City Clerk’s office.
Teaching in all grades of all
schools in School District 56
will be departmentalized during
the 1970-71 school year, ac
cording to Superintendent R.
P. Wilder.
He said the schools will fea
ture departmentalized instruc
tion in an effort to have teach
ers teaching their strongest
subject
“We will try to make teach
er assignments according to
what each teacher is best qua
lified to teach,” he said.
This means that even the low
er elementary grades will have
several different teachers
throughout the day. However,
the teachers will come to the
students and the students will
not have to change classrooms
as do junior high and high school
students.
This is the way it is to work
in the elementary schools:
Say there are five first grade
classes---letter them Class A,
Class B, etc.
A teacher who is best quali
fied to teach writing in the first
grade will go to Class A and
will conduct a session in writ
ing. When she has completed
A graduate of Clinton High
School, she started as a bill
ing clerk in the City Clerk’s
office and later was promoted
to assistant clerk and treasur
er, a post she held until her
retirement June 30, 1969.
She and her husband, Mr.
Arthur Howard, are the parents
of two daughters, Mrs. William
(Kathleen) Weir and Mrs. Win
fred (Florence) Norris, both of
Clint6n.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard are
members of Calvary Baptist
Church and reside at402Stone-
wall Street. She is the former
Nelle Riddle.
WARD 4
Incumbent Alderman Dewey
Oxner is completing his first
two-year term on City Council.
A native of Clinton, he is em
ployed in the Engineering Dept,
at Monsanto in Greenwood. He
is a deacon of Providence ARP
Church and is a former Nat
ional Guardsman.
He is married to the former
Helen Barker and they have two
sons. He is a member of the
Greenwood Society of Tech
nology.
Mr. Craig, a native of Clin
ton, is a building contractor. He
is a graduate of Bell Street
High School and attended Bene
dict College in Columbia for
three years, prior to serving in
the U.S. Army during WorldWar
II. He served 27 months over
seas inAfrica, Italy, France and
Germany. He attended Infor
mation and Education School in
Germany and was branch man
ager of the Desert Training
Center in California.
He is married to the former
Maggie Davis and they have
three children. They reside at
207 Tribble St. He is a deacon
and trustee of Hebron Baptist
Church.
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For Mayor
Suddeth Nominated
By Republicans
that session, she will then goto
Class B to conduct another ses
sion in writing. When the writ
ing teacher leaves Class A,
she may be replaced by a teach
er who will conduct a session
in numbers. The numbers
teacher may be followed by a-
notber teacher who will teach
spelling. Some teachers may
conduct two sessions In each
classroom. For example, one
teacher might teach both read
ing and spelling.
The number of teachers each
class will have will vary, of
course, with the number of
major subjects a class will have
to cover during the school year.
The Clinton City Republican
Club Monday night nominated
incumbent Mayor Noland Sud
deth as a candidate for re-elec
tion in the Aug. 11 general e-
lection.
He will be opposed by J. C.
Thomas in the general elec
tion. Mr. Thomas is unopposed
for the Democratic nomination
in the July 14 City Democratic
Primary.
City Republicans also no
minated Robert L. Whitsel as
a candidate for the Ward 6
City Council seat He will op
pose incumbent Talmadge San
ders. Mr. Sanders is unopposed
for the nomination in the De
mocratic Primary.
At Monday night’s Republican
meeting, the executive commit
tee was authorized to nominate
other candidates for alderman
before the filing deadline at
noon Tuesday. However, the
committee did not nominate any
other candidates.
Mr. Suddeth is a native of
Clinton and graduate of Clin
ton High School. He attended
Clemson University prior to
serving in the U. S. Air Force
during WorldWar n. He is a
masonry contractor.
He is married to the former
Betty Taylor and they have
three children, Linda 17; Ann,
15; and Noland, 10. They are
members of First Baptist
Church where Mr. Suddeth is a
former deacon. He also is
a member of the Kiwanis Club.
He is a member of the Laurens
County Water Study Com
mission and is a former vice
chairman of the Clinton-New
berry Natural Gas Authority.
He served a term as aider-
man prior to his election as
mayor in 1966. The city’s first
NOLAND SUDDETH
Republican mayor, he served in
1966-68 and was elected last
February to fill the unexpired
term of the late Harry C. Lay-
ton.
Mrs. Manley
Is Chairman
IJF Publicity
Mrs. Marvin W. Manley has
been named publicity chairman
for the 1970-71 Greater Clinton
United Fund campaign.
Mrs. Manley is the former
Sue Cooper, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Cooper,
native of Clinton, she is a |
oate of Clinton High School
attended Winthrop College.
Mr: and Mrs. Manley are
parents of two daughter Si
Beth, 15, and Kern, 12. Thny
members of First
Church and reside on
Street In Pitts
Clinton. / ’
Mrs.
for C. W.
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