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C, Thursday, August 15, 1957 Number 33 7* ' Clinton Men and Doctors Oppose Plans for Hospital Say Proposed Building Not Needed; iGrant Loan Urge Renovation, Equipment Instead p or College * . ‘ ' f “ _ Scenes at CHnton-Lydia Mills Service Awards Barbecue Saturday Plans for more than doubling the present hospital can be ,prop- fche size of the Laurens County Hospital at an expenditure of $1,- 200,000 which involves a $600,000 bond issue met with opposition at a meeting of the county legislative delegation and trustees of the hos. pital Monday night The meeting was called by the delegation to effect a change in the date of a referendum on whether or not the delegation should be given authority by the people to enact the necessary leg islation authorizing^the bond issue. erly equipped and improved large ly with funds now on hand, with probably some additional expendi- tyres for limited enlargement. It has been reported that $90,- 000 is available for expenditure on a renovation program costing $147,- 000 required to put the present hospital in good operating condi tion as to capacity and equipment. Several weeks ago it was re ported that the hospital board "unanimously” recommended that the proposed enlargement be en- A $250,000 loan for construction of Preebyterian College’s new Memorial Student Center was ap proved Monday by the Commun ity Facilities Administration. Work, meanwhile, has been un derway for the past two weeks on the structure, and it is expected to be ready for use by next June. College officials pointed out that making use .of the loan op portunity in building the student to the proposed enlargement pro-!200,000 and securing federal'’fund^ center would free funds already Structure However, during the discussion | tered upon, with the county fur on the change of date, opposition I nishing half of the necessary $1,- ject came from two members of the hospital board of trustees, both from Clinton, and seven Clinton und Joanna physicians. _ P. S. Bailey, president of Clin- ton-Lydia Cotton Mills, and mem ber of the board, who was away on a business tirip and could not be present, made known his opposi tion in a letter addressed to the delegation, which was read at the meeting. * R. P. Hamer, president of the under the HilLBurton Act for the other half. The county’s $600,000 would be financed by a bond issue carrying a three-mill county-wide tax levy. No arrangements were announced for financing an in creased operating expense for the enlarged facility. It was made known at the meet ing Monday night, held at the hos- colleeted in the recent develop ment program for use in erecting a badly needed chapel-audito rium. Both of these buildings were primary objectives in the development campaign, with the chapel-auditorium estimated to cost $350,000. Bids are expected to be received on this letter struc ture within the next six months. A loan was available for the pital, that "unanimous” included' student center because its snack onliy those present at the meeting at which the recommendation was Bank of Clinton, and member of: made. Eight of the sixteen mem- the hospital board, expressed his, bers of the board were not pres- opposition in person. / jent at that meeting,-it was said.. The Clinton doctors gave their; senator Robert C. Wasson, in sentiments in a letter addressed to j [ . a jjj n g the meeting to order, stat- the delegation. Those signing the ]ed lhat the purple of the.meeting ^ were G. -R. Blalock-©.-0:-t-- was fo discuss _ if change in the Rhame, D. H. McFadden, E. N. Sullivan J. L. Walker, James Mac- dorfald, and R. M. Fuller. McFad den resides in Joanna, and the oth ers are from Clinton. The apposition was based on the contention that there is no need for such an enlargement as has been proposed in view of the fact that the hospital serves only a lim ited area of the county, and that the daily census of the hospital is only from 60 to 70 per cent of ca pacity. There are two private hospitals in Clinton and a community hos pital in Joanna. it was the view of those oppos ing the enlargement program that '* A-: .— - . - . - . _ Clinton-Lydia Mills Honor Long Service Employees Saturday Three hundred and twenty-five Clinton - Lydia Mills employees with 10 to 25 years continuous company service were honored along with a guest of their choice, at a barbecue held at the Lydia Mills cookout last Saturday eve ning at 5:30. ~ *— Following a brief address to the group of 700, President P. S. Bail- ley presented gold service pins to the honored employees. A barbecue pork and hash din ner prepared by Walter F. Lynch, of Mountville, was served in the grove after the exercises.- Mr. Bailey stressed the part em- plyoees play in the success of any business, saying that the best management and equipment can not accmoplish anything without the loyalty, cooperation and hon est effort of employees. He told the employees that the success of the CJinton-Lydia Mills during the past 60 years was due largely “to you and your fore bears.” He told of the importance of the textile industry as it relates to South Carolina. He urgedliis em ployees to “realize your impor tance and exercise your rights in seeing that South Carolina con- Itnues to have good government on both state and local levels.” J. B. Templeton, vice-president in charge of production of the milla, presided over the short pro gram. The invocation was by Rev. J. W. Spoilers, pastor of Cal vary Baptist Church. Manage ment personnel of the mills sarv- sd the large crowd participating in the event. Mr. Bailey’s address follows: Bailey's Address “My friends and fellow employ ees and your guests. It is an hon or and privilege to be here today to take part on this occasion in honor of our 10-25 year employ ees. “The success of Clinton and Ly dia Mills, as well as the success of any business large or small, de pends upon the loyalty, the Co operation and effort of its em ployees. The best management and equipment goes for naught without cooperation, loyalty and honest effort. v “For over sixty years my family has been associated with these two communities. We have grown, we have improved and we have been successful largely due to you and your forebears. It has been my privilege to be connected with these mills and to be associated with you for over 30 yean*. All of these years have been rich in ex perience and pleasant due to the fine relations that exist between (continued on page 4) date of the proposed referendum from November 5, which had been announced, to a date when a much larger percentage of the county’s voters would be more likely to participate in the’referendum. Representative W. Paul Culbert son. and William C. Dobbins stated that their sentiments coincided with those of the Senator All three members agreed that the referen dum should be held on the date of the primary election next June. The delegation members held an informal meeting following ad- pournment of the delegation-;board session and chose the June date, with the county paying the costs for the referendum. Representa tive T. David Sloan, Jr., was not present. The delegation members ex pressed themselves as being ap prehensive over the likelihood that only a few voters would partici pate in a referendum held in No vember, and they desired a date .on which a more representative sentiment from the voteis .uuld'be obtained. > . With the purpose of the meeting stated and a new date set for the referendum, the meeting was ad journed. Several members of‘the hospital board expressed tnomselves strongly in favor of going forward with the enlargement program as proposed, even if it required put ting the project on a sectional basis, according to the view of one member. "Do something or close the hos pital and quit,’’ was the sentiment expressed by Morton Brightwell of Laurens. Marcus Boyd of Laurens, in an swering a question,- “Is there a need for as large a hospital as planned?” said “Yes. I don’t know where there is a greater need." Jim Dunklin, of Laurens, also a member of the board, was among those expressing himself in favor of the proposed program, as did several others. Hamer said that the existing hos pital; with improvements, can ade-" quately take care of demands of the area. The letters from Bailey and the physicians of the Clinton-Joanna area are published in another col umn of The Chronicle today. shop and book store will be reve- nue producing facilities from which funds can be earmarked for repayment. 'The chapel-audito rium does not qualify under this arrangement. Although approval of the loan is in the amount of $250,000 as re^ quested, - the "fuIl'limouHF'wilf not be used since the low bid on the building came to $222,500. It was pointed out further that the guid ance center portion of the student center, to be located on the sec ond floor, will not be covered by the loan agreement, so the final amount of the loan is expected to be $200,000 or under. District Trustees Change Name M ^ ■ ■ Trustees of School District 56 at their July meeting changed the name of what formerly was Clin ton High School to Hampton Ave nue S-hool, minutes of the meet ing show. The school, located on Hampton Avenue, last year housed the jun ior high grades. However, begin ning with the 1957-58 term in Sep tember the local elementary grades will occupy the building. The Florida Street school, formerly used by the elementary division, will be occupfed by the junior high grades. The change was made injjrder to make available the larger number of rooms in the Hampton Avenue School for use by the elementary grades. The name was recommend ed by the Parent-Teacher Associa tion. and the trustees made it of ficial. According to the minutes, the anticipated operating deficit for the 1956-57 term made it neces sary for the trustees to borrow funds to meet July bills for ex penses and payrolls. Records in the county treasur er’s office in Laurens reveal that the sum of $40,000 was borrowed and future tax collections pledged for payment of the note. The loan was made by the Bank of Clinton- Financial claims for July totaled $43,757.43, minutes of the meeting show. Renovation of several school buildings in the district has been under way during the summer, in cluding the Cross Hill building, Florida Street, and Hampton Street. Here are scenes at the annual Service Awards Presentation of Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills Saturday afternoon when the long service records of employees was reco*. nized. A barbecue was given for about 700 present for the occasion to honor the 3 !:> employees. In the photo at left is a representative group partaking of the barbecue- They are Claude Grady. Mrs. Grady, Mrs. Ithiel Harvey, Robert Harris, and Mr. Har vey. P. S. Bailey, president and treasurer of the mills, is shown as he addressed the assembly. To Honor Coaches Glass Fibers Company To At College A special night to welcome Presbyterian College’s new foot ball coaching staff is planned for August 26, it was announced to day. All alumni and friends of the" college are urged to attend the dutch barbecue affair scheduled for Johnson Field at T:30 p. m.: The barbecue will be $1 50 per plaie. m addition to meeting the three new coaches and bidding them welcome to Clinton, the group will hear from these sportsmen the latest word on the Blue Hose gridiron picture for the coming season. This meeting is being staged under the sponsorship of the Clin ton Alumni Chapter to introduce officially to athletic fans of the area the capable young coaching staff headed by Frank Jones, of Decatur, Ga. Jones brings with him a reputation for victory which carried him to the front rank of Georgia high school coaches in the fast Class AAA league and two ace assistants in Clyde Ehrhardt and Courts Red- forch Clinton Officers at Fort Sonny King Nanied To Aid Tedards At Clinton High School Maj. William P. Jacobs (standing) and 1st Lt. Lorenzo H. Lee check, the morning report with Sp-2 Lee McDowell while under going two weeks of active doty with the Afmy Reserves at Fort Jaekaon. Maj. Jacobs la < nninadtm officer of the 316th Public Information Field Sendee Detachment and Lt. Loo lo supply officer. Both officers are from Ctluton, while 8p-3 McDowell b from Greenwood —(IT. 8. Army Photo). Norman (Sonny) King, of An derson, a senior tackle at Presby terian College, will act as assist ant coach to Ralph (Buzz) Ted ards at Clinton High this season, Tedards said today. King, an all-star high school tackle who went to Clemson for two years before coming to PC, wil take over the position left va cant by former assistant Burl Al len, who has accepted head coach ing duties at Bermettsville High. - King will continue ■ to' w atterid PC. He aided with the Anderson High B team some two years ago. Nobors-Neighbors Reunion Sunday The annual Nabors-Nabers- Neighbors reunion will be held at the Hurricane School House on Sunday, August 18. There will be signs on the Co lumbia-Green ville and the Clin- ton-Whitmire highways near Clin ton. 1 All family members and friends are invited to atVend and bring picnic baskets. Dinner will be served at one o’clock. There will be a business session immediately after lunch and then a “get-to gether" to Visit with new and old members of the family Officers are Mrs. Earl Horton, president; Marion Nabors, vice president; Mrs. Vida Barnette, sec retary and treasurer; Whit Neal, Jr., historian. : Lt. Eichelberger Receives Commission Hugh L. Eichelberger, Jr., re ceived an Army Reserve commis sion of second lieutenant August 2 after having completed six weeks summer training at Fort Benning, Ga., under the Presby terian College ROTC program. Lieutenant Eichelberger, whose parents live at 20T Walnut street, this city, is a 1957 graduate of the college and a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. Citizens Are Asked To Conserve Water n v Water users of the city are requested to be conservative in thejj^use of water during the hot, dry. weather now prevailing. Demands for water made upon the city’s, supply during re cent weeks have been greater than the pumping capacity, city officials state. It was only by constant attention, Supt. B. R. Austin said, that the supply has been maintained. The reservoirs have been refilled during night hours when demand slacked off. he said In spite of the strenuous efforts by men in his department, how ever, the water level in the reservoirs has reached an alarming low point. During the past six weeks, when there was practically no rain, the flow in Duncan Creek, where the city gets it water supply, has not been sufficient to keep the pumps operating. The supply in the city’s Lake Austin has been turned into the creek. Until the situation improves, the city’s water customers are requested by Mayor Terry and city council to use as little water as (possible in homes and business houses. Mayor Ter^y stated that council is proceeding with plans to build the proposed larger water plant, which includes moving to Enoree River as a source of supply and a.3.000.000 gallon . daily.pumping and filtering capacity. The council at a meeting early this month directed its at. torneys to move ahead with plans to seek bids on a $1,150,000 bond issue to finance the enlargement program. Engineers are now completing plans and specifications for the plant Tickets Offered for High School and College Games A sale of season tickets to home football games of Clinton High School and Presbyterian College is scheduled to get under way tomorrow (Friday), according to officials of the Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees), sponsors of the sale. The tickets will entitle buyers to admission to nine foot- ■ba!-! games ttug-fail—six-for, the high school and-thraeJfuiLthe college. If tickets were bought for the individual games, the cost \lould be $13,00 but a ticket for the nine contests will cost the buyer only $10.00. Proceeds realized from sales will be divid ed between the high school and the college on a 50-50 basis, it w’as stated. The three college games are with Wofford, Catawba, and Eastern Carolina. The high school games included are Whit mire, Abbeville, Chester, Greer, Newberry, and Laurens. Electric Fair and Annual Co-Op Meet Aug. 29-30 The annual Electric Fair and annual meeting of the Laujens Electric Cooperative, Inc., will be held August 2 I 9 and 30 at 'the Laurens County fair grounds, it was stated yesterday by Henry M Faris. manager of the Co-op, spon sor of the event. Designed to please the entire family, the Electric Fair provides clean wholesome entertainment to delight the young and old in heart. Local talent, local beauties and other attractions add to the fast movir^j program. Gleaming ex. hibits of electric appliances for the farm and home will be on dis play and many prizes will be awarded to people attending the show. The show this year is expected to be bigger and better than ever and several thousand people are expected to turn out and enjoy the program Mr Faris emphasiz ed that the show is for town people as well as Co-Op members, and issued an invitation to everybody to attend. The entire show is free. The Electric Fair and annual meeting will again be held in a huge tent—a new one this year, not quite so long, but wider than in previous (years Fifteen hundred comfortable steel * folding chairs will be available for seating. Shrine Club Meets At Loke Reynoso The Laurens County Shrine Chib held the regular monthly meeting on August 6 at Lake Rey noaa, Renmo A chicken stew and cold drinks were served. Buys 88-Acre Airport Site Between Clinton and Laurens; Offices in Ohio Toledo, Ohio, August 14 —L. O. F Glass Fibers Com pany has purchased an 88-acre site near Laurens, South Carolina, and plans to establish, on a unit-by-unit basis, a large, fully-integrated glass textile yarn plant. Announce ment of the new move was made today by R. H. Barnard, president of the firm, following approval of the purchase by the board of directors at a recent meeting. The site is the former city air-j ~~ _ L. O. F Glass Fibers Company us the second largest firm in the glass fiber industry- It has other plant facilities at Waterville and port located two miles east of the city bn the Laurens-Clinton road. Laurens, ah industrial community with a population of 8,658, is well k r o wnbn the textile industry, having five plants engaged in va rious textile operations. The exact size of the first man ufacturing unit at Laurens or the number of employees that will be required to staff it is not known at the present time. Mr. Barnard said. Company engineers are working on over-all plans for the < oinpbete, fully-mfegrated plant! and as soon as those plans are' final, the size of the first unit will be announced. i Defiance^ Ohio; Parkersburg, West Virginia; Houston, Tex., and Burbank, California. It owns a plant site at Corona, Califorma, and is presently planning a sub stantial facility at that Southern California location. General of fices of the firm are in Toledo, Ohio. In addition to j^lass fiber tex tile yams,'the firm also manufac tures glass bonded mat, used to protect underground oil, gas and water pipelines against corrosion; glass fiber thermal and acoustical insulating materials for use in For several months, Mr Bar nard said today a study group of rcsid^tiaf^iild- company executives has been plumbin ^ heatiri>? ^ ^ -nditionmg work, glass nuerc-fi bers for paper making and quartz micro-fibers for us^ in extremely , . , , ... high tempreature applications of expenneced labor, readily North and South Carolina areas and finally chose Laurens as the ideal location from the standpoint available utilities, goixl transpor tation facilities and,-of prime im portance. close proximity to raw materials and to important mar kets for glass textile yams. A large number of the company’s substantial glass yam customers such as jet aircraft The Latter product was a discovery of Domi nick Labi not company vice-presi dent in charge of research and de velopment, who for the first tune maed quartz fibers synthetically. Board Chairman of L. O. F j Glass Fibers is G P Nichol, Jr., are in the southeastern states and, i „ ,. . _ can be readilv serviced from the P res * ( i* Jr ' t ( >f The Libbey-Owens- Laurens plant I Ford Gla * Company. Mr B a r- A good pert.Jir .R'dir nik our Flbers 1S ^ , nwntor of the Bar. nard Process of Electronic-Ex- choosing Laurens,” Mr. Barnard said, “should be given to city and state officials, utility and trans portation executives, and particu larly my long-time friend Ernest ” Gla ^ ^ ^ch Easterby, president of t h e Lau trusion which is used by the firm in the manufacture of its glass fiber products. He was founder merg> ed with L. O: !»)55. F Glass Fibers in u f or Reunion Of P. M. Pitts re ns Glass Works. All of them! did a terrific selling Tub by con-|’ .. 1 vincing us with cold, hard facts! that Laurens was the place our -new glass yarn factory We Famity Held On Sunday believe in the community and are ' 7 very pleased to have the privilege of becoming a part of it.” On Sunday a art ■union, of the de- ... scendants of P M. Pitts was held Glass textile yarns Mr. Barnard tJu , h o,ne of Mr and Mrs. L. pointed out. are used primarily in Kav p uts on j on€S strwt the decorative and industrial feb- Wllh members of the UTim<Kllate ric fields. Company market re-jf^jiy aiK j a f ew c i ose friends at- search men point to a steady in- tending crease in the’use of these fabrics, . . . , hv added 1 Seventy-four enjoyed the oc- , , , . „ casiort and at noon-a picnic dinner 11 deco:alive fabncs for cur- was served on loqg tables ap- tams and draperies, published re- !>miUxl on , he lj aw(1 ports show 5 million pairs sold in 1956 This represeols. a sizeable increase over trie 1 million pairs sold in 1955 and 750,000 pairs in 1954 Glass fiber industrial fabrics are used primarily in reinforced plastic products such as boats, fishing rods, archery bows, water skis and other sporting goods, as well as automotive parts, furni ture, radomes for aircraft and guided missiles and tooling dies for industrial parts. AH of these uses are becoming increasingly popular A recently- issued report shows that sales of reinforced plastks for the quarter of 195T were between 20 l per cent and 25 per cent ahead of nsss. Out of town visitors atendmg were Mrs. A S. Humph, of Sa vannah, Ga ; her granddaughter. Linda Bel 1 .; of Tyler. Texas; Dr and Mis. R. J. Gruhe and chil dren. Bob. Susan and Lynn Pitts, of Camden; Mr and Mis. J. H. McMillan and daughter. Martha Pitts, of Inman. ' ^ — Hurricane Church Cemetery Is Cleaned ' Cleaning of the Hurricane Bap tist Church cemetery is underway this week. Church officials have fkat - stated those wishing to make con tributions to help defray expense of the work please contact Charles Young or Rex Young.