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4 4 THE CLINTON CflKONICLE Federal Control Still he Issue The fate of $2^98,000,000 worth of feder al aid to education—and the infinitely more significant threat of federal encroachment on the schools of 60 states—still await the outcome of the collision of the seemingly ir resistible force of the Kennedy welfare state steam roller and the apparently im movable objection of the Catholic hierarchy and its various supporters to an aid program , that excludes pare chial and private schools. Curiously, support for the Catholic view point has come from the Jewish head of the New York City public schools, President Charles H. Silver of the New York City Board of Education. He pointed out, in tes timony before a House subcommittee, that nearly half of New York’s 960,000 elemen tary and high school pupils are presently en rolled in parochial and other private schools. If they were all to decide to go to public schools, the system would be swamped. The city would need $1 billion for buildings, $200 million more a year for operations. In the meanwhile, 19 Protestant and Jew ish clergymen and laymen, including such figures as the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Washington, the presidents of Columbia. Harvard and Princeton and former Senator Herbert Lehman, urged support of the Ken nedy measure to aid public schools only. Hie joint statement declare! that it ould be “most unfortunate for a major church to press its own interests in a way that would threaten the strengthening of our bask educational system.” In Congress and over the nation, however, there was a growing feeling of gratitude toward this “major church” and any and all other forces that had helped to stem the headlong rush to pass the Kennedy measure and provided time to think—and time, per haps, to save our basic educational system from the clutches of the Washington bureau crats and their unremitting search for more guineapigs and more billions. It is better luck than we deserve- Our Debt To Teachers Word that the annual Golden Key Awards, created .six years ago “to dramatize the im portance of the teacher in American life,” will be presented March 26 reminds us again of the great debt that we owe to our largely unsung teachers. An outstanding American and the teacher who has contributed most toward shaping his career will receive gold keys that eve ning at a convention of the American Asso ciation of School Administrators in Phila delphia. In addition, the teacher will be given a check for $1,000 to use as he likes. Seven national education organizations join in choosing the recipients of this unique honor. The presentation is sponsored by 78 big business firms. Past recipients have included former Pres ident Eisenhower who named MiSs Addie B. Over, of Abilene, Kansas, as the teacher who figured most in his career. In accepting the award, he lauded teachers as “the key to to morrow” who have the task of guiding and inspiring 31 million school children who will be the master craftsmen, scientists and lead ers of tomorrow. It is not difficult to find evidence of the far reaching influence of good teachers. The Reader’s Digest, for example, recounted re cently how the Rev. Frederick Herbert Still, founder of the Kent School in Connecticut, and also Miss Laura Bryant of the Ithaca, N. Y., high school have inspired several generations to roles of leadership. This is also true at the college level- Dr- Lewis Sarett of Merck, who at 27 synthesized cortisone, and his rivals in developing im portant new drugs for our aches and pains. Dr- Seymour Bernstein of Lederle Labora tories and Dr. Josef Fried of Squibb, have all have something in oommon. All attended Princeton and all studied chemistry under Prof- Everett S. Wallis, who has been teach ing the subject there for 35 years. Going back to the 16th century and across the Atlantk, we find Richard Hakluyt, pro fessor of geography at Oxford. His teach ings and writings induced his fellow coun trymen to explore and colonize North Amer ica and affected all subsequent geography and history. The influence of a great teacher is limit less. Babcon Discusses Cost Of Living Babson Park, Mass., March 33.—From a strictly statistical point, the government's cost- of-living index today stands at 138 compared with 110 ten years ago and 00 twenty years age. How ever, the great difference is due to the change made by Washington ir. the things included. NO WATEK, GAS. ML ELECTRIC BILLS When I was a be v our water came from rain on the roof which we c ollected In a brick cistern In the cellar of the house. Every night my father would pump this water from the cistern to a tank on the top floor of our house. This gave us running water on all floors. Our heat came from anthra cite coal and my job each morning was to get up at six o’clock and build a coal fire in the kitchen stove. There were no incandescent lamps or electrical gadgets in those days. We were happy with kerosene lamps and candies. Today the wa ter, gas, and electric Mils amount to about $30.00 per month for the family. Monday was then wash day, and mother used her own home- •• ••bwn made soaps which she had allow ed to dry in the attic. We heated the house with a coal furnace. My father put in the coal four times a day and I “shook down” the fire and took out the ashes. Moreover, these ashes were carefully sifted by me and 20% of them were ueed over again. There were no vacuum cleaners. My moth er every Friday would sprinkle tea leaves on the carpets to “lay the dust" while sweeping the carpets with a broom. There was then only one laundry in Gloucester, a city of 18,000-30,000 peo ple. “Dry cleaning'' we never heard of! But we all were well dressed and happy. My father own ed the lending “dry goods" store of the city. He personally unlocked the store door every day (except Sundays) at 7:00 a. m. and personally locked the door at 6:00 p. m. FOOD AND CLOTHING Then there were no super markets, but many grocery, meat, and fish stores ail competing one -with another. Prices of food are higher today but so many food items are frozen or pre-cooked that it greatly simplifies house work. As a result the housewife today has time to do outside work, from which she gets more than enough money to pay the extra food bills. My mother had a kitchen maid to whom she paid $3.80 per week. This would cost $30 or more per week today, but ow ing to these new frozen and pre-cooked foods very few homes need any maids. Hence, although the food bills are higher, yet the saving in the homes is tremendous. My mother made my sister’s clothes and my pants. These I pressed at night by carefully folding and sleeping upon them. Looking back on those happy days, the only big price increase I see at present it in haircuts, which were then only twenty-five cents. We all shaved ourselves with long-blade razors. “Gil lettes’’ were never heard of. There was no bath room; we shaved and washed in cold water, and sometimes had to crack ice to get the water. But we were healthy and happy. We, moreover, were taught to take good care of our clothing because it had to be passed down to sisters and brothers. RENTS AND AUTOMOBILES Bents are considerably higher today than they were 20 to 40 years ago; but the tenant gets a far better place to live. Furthermore, a family can now buy a house at a low rate of interest, pay ing only $800 or less down with 20 years in which to pay the mortgage. This situation did not exist 20 to 30 years ago. Furthermore, it is usually easy to rent a room which will bring in ten dollars per week. Renting a room was in my day impossible. Shoes cost double now; but we walk so little that they cost less per year. Almost everyone rides to school or to work, or even to play, in school-op erated buses or in their own automobiles. Speak ing of autos, a new Ford car 40 years ago sold for 3800, compared with over $2,000 today; but you can buy a good second-hand Ford with a good self-starter for $800 and it is a much better car than the new Ford of 40 years ago. Evan with the increased cost of college education any worthy boy can get a scholarship, and the increased in come which he now receives the first few years after graduating more than offsets the increased cost of tuition. ^ The real reason for the present “high cost of living" comes from the money spent for recrea tion, travel, and other diversions. There were no radios or televisions when I was a young man and the entrance fee to movies was only a dime of twenty cents. Nor were there any country dubs or cocktail parties. In closing let me give the average budget today of a family of four (for each additional child the father must increase his income). Annual income, $6,000. Food, $1,680, Clothing, $720,(40%); Housing, $1,808, Transportation, $868, (40%); Church and Benevolence, $270 (8%), Recreation, $800 (10%). Annual income, $10,000. Food, $1,000, Clothing, $1,100 (30%); Housing, $2,700, Transportation, $1,100 (40%); Church and Benovelence, $700) (7%); RecreaUon $1,800 (18%). In the above I have not specified the cost of educating the two children—due to scholarships, government aid, summer work, and other fac tors. Hence, to the extent that the father is oblig ed to pay toward this, something must be pared off all the six items above except Church. I repeat: This shows that “Recreation” is the reason for today’s increased cost of living. Cer tainly gifts to benevolences (hospitals, etc.) and the church should be increased rather than de creased. Whether or not the $6,000 man can save anything is a-question, although money spent wisely on the two children should be a good in vestment. The man getting $10,000 should, how ever, save somthing (perhaps 6%) for investing in good stocks in addition to educating his two chil dren. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1861 iip dUintmi (Ctyrnnirlr My 4, UM - HHUAH WILSON HARRIS - Jans 18. HU PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY TV CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) ~ Oae Year $3.00, Six Months $2.« Out-of-County ... One Year $4.00 Second Class Paatafe Paid at CUnton, & C. they art Mt^of ^defamatory aatarc. Anonymous communications wim^ bo noticed*™* paper is not Haw Ysrk, News Of Bonds Cross Road* Friday, March 17, the school children of the community enjoy ed a vacation from school while teachers attended the meeting of the. South Caroliiyi Teachers As sociation in Columbia. A1 Shouse and E, T. ( Shoos* spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Shouse. COMMUNITY CLUB MEETS The Shady Grove Community Club met Saturday night, March 18, at 7:30 at the club house. A devotional period was conducted by Rev. John W. Warren of Jo anna. A catfish supper was pre pared and served by the men of the club. Earl Johnson, newly elected president, wps in charge of tbe planning of the supper. Im mediately following the supper a business meeting was held with the president presiding. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stanley and daugh ters, Donna Gene and Joye, joined the club. A committee for arranging plans for suppers was appointed. This committee consisted of Mrs. J. C. Nabors, Mrs. Carroll John son and Mrs. Joe McQuirt. The next regular meeting of the club will be April 18. At this time a supper will be prepared by How ard Stanley. Guest speaker for the meeting will be John Holland Hunter of Clinton. Little Miss Crissie Bonds, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Huey Bonds, of Clinton, spent Sunday with Lynn Keller Nabors, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nabors. Mrs. John I. Miller of Whit mire, visited Mrs. N. A. Shouse on'Saturday. Richard Boland, student pastor of Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, was in Charlotte, N. C., during the week-end to do- re search work at the medical li brary. VISIT CENTER Monday, March 20, David Pitts, Jr., a member of the ge ometry television class of Clinton High School, visited the Educa tional Television Center in Co lumbia. David was accompanied by Joey Powell, a geometry stu dent in a regular geometry class at Clinton High School. The TV class and the regular classes of geometry are taught by Mrs. N. A. Shouse. The TV portion of the dass that students view for 28 minutes, is taught by Mrs. Cor nelia Turnbull of Columbia. These students carried to the center ge ometry projects that had been prepared by Mrs. Shouse’s regu lar classes and the TV class. Da vid Pitts’ project was considered outstandnig. He constructed fig ures to show bow crystals form, showing all the axes symmetry. Joey Powell’s project was a tape recording and a record recorded by Joey giving historical facts about geometry. These projects and others considered outstand ing will be shown on TV or men tioned through closed circuit to all schools taking part in the TV program. Projects that may be Week’s Services At Dr. Albert Grady Harris, Sr., distinguished former pastor of the Macon, Ga., First Presbyte rian Church, will direct Holy Week services at Hm CUnton First Presbyterian Church, beginning thte morning. lie will also conduct evening services on Sunday and through out next week, Monday through Friday, and will clow his wie* on evangelism with the Easter morning service of April 2. Eve ning services are to start at 7:30. Meanwhile, the First Church this week is staging a group of neighborhood prayer sessions in preparation for the evangelistic series. Sessions already have’been held on Monday through Wednes day nights, and the schedule for the remainder of the wwkToads: Thursday at 7:30 p. m.—Home of William P. Jacobs, III, John H. Hunter as lender; and Friday at 7:30 p. m.—Home of Mrs. Gary Dillard, A. C. Young as leader. Dr. Harris, who served as pas tor of the Macon church for 18 years before his retirement In 1863, has selected these sermon topics for his Holy Week services Sunday morning, March 36— “Foundation Pillars;’’ Sunday evening — “The Crowning Vis ion;” Monday evening — “The Book We Write;” Tuesday eve ning — ’’The Name We Bear;” Wednesday evening—“The Stirred Nest; ’’ Thursday evening—“Ships that Never SailedFriday eve ning—“I Sat Where They Sat;” and Sunday morning, April 3— “Easter Morning Gloriss.” shewn besides the two above were prepared by Amelia West. Amelia Nichols, Brenda Sharpe, Tommy Brown, Linda Barron, Kenneth Johnaon, Grace Orr, Julia Watte, Mary Jane Jacobs, Shirley League and Jane Adams. COTTAGE PRAYER MEETINGS In preparation for revival ser vices at Fairvtew Baptist Church which wiU begin Sunday, cottage prayer meetings are being con ducted each night. Monday night the group met with Mrs. Guy Miller. Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Mary Crapps. Wednesday night at the parsonage. Thursday night the meeting will be held with Mrs. Carroll Johnson. Fri day night the group will meet at the home of Mrs. Bessie Johnson. The Sunbeams, Junior GA’s and Intermediates of Pairview Baptist Church will meet Thurs day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the church. Gerald Johnson, son of Morris P. Johnson, accompanied a num ber of RA boys from the Jounna Baptist Church to Charleston Fri day, March 17, to attend the RA Congress. Mike Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Johnson, was among the boys attending. Mrs. Bessie Chase has returned from Charlotte, N. C., and is now with her sister, Mrs. C. B. John son, in Clinton. Telephone Talk r T. M. YOUNGBLOOD Your Telephone Manager SPRUCING UP FOR SPRING takes in a lot of territory. Cleaning, painting, repair work around the house—just about all of us get the urge to pert up the place this time of year. I’ve noticed that usually the lady of the house will also want to redecorate—new color schemes, cur tains, slipcovers, etc. If you ladies are making such changes in your home, I’d like to remind you that now would be the perfect time to instaU handy extensions— and what could be prettier than a Princess? You can < match or harmonize with your new color scheme because Princess extensions come in many beautiful colors. Why not stop by our business office and pick a Princess phone in the color of your choice? * • • CHUCKLE, ANYONE? Thoughlyou’d get a kick out of this little story I ran across the other day. A little boy called the operator every five minutes and asked die same question, “Please, Operator, what time is h?” Some-' thing about the boy’s voice told the operator this was no childish prank. Finally she asked him to call his mother to the phone. “She can’t come,” he said. “My little sister swallowed a button this morning and my mother had to take her to the hospital. And she told me not to dare leave the house till twenty after eight I looked and looked and honest Operator, I don’t see any twenty on that clock. And I’m afraid I’ll miss my school bus.” Happy ending is that the operator called the little boy at 8:20 and hp mM his bus. i? • • BARGAIN HUNTING? Who isn’t! Remember yon get. extra bargains on Long Distance calls after 6 p.m. week days and all day Sunday. So, enjoy the pleasure often of a telephone visit with friends Of family out of town and call during bargain rate time. Thursday, March 23, 1961 Cross Anchor News HIS. J. L. BOLTON, Csnemsaisal Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wat kins, of Laurens, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Blake Cog- dllL Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nedeihoffer, Miss Gertrude Rost, Mrs. Mamie Kelly and Cart Kelly visited Mr. and Mr*. F. M. Smoak in Co lumbia Sunday. Hugh Watson, of Clemson Col lege, spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. Nora Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Willard, of Union, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Starnes. ’ Mr. and Mrs. Wade Poole, of Columbia, visited Mr. and Mrs. David Poole this week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Moore, of Newberry, visited Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Moore on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Par ham, of Greenville, visited the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parham over the week-end. Mrs. Buddy Hamrick and chil dren visited Mrs. Cora Webb over the week-end. Carl Kelly was a visitor in Mc Cormick on Thursday. Mrs. LUlte Owefisby, of Whit mire, spent Sunday with Mrs. Eva Thomas. Miss Anna Beth Brewington spent the week-end with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lawson. Mrs. Parry Sumeral, Barry aad Tom were -Sunday guests of Mrs. Minnie Dobbins. Jan Stribling and Nancy Starnes visited relatives in Union recently. Mr. and Mrs. Everett* Starnes, of Laurens, visited Mr. and Mrs. Grover Starnes on Sunday. Woodrow Simmons, of Spar tanburg, visited his mother, Mrs. G. C. Templeton on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Bennett, Barry and Jeffrey, of Spartan burg, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Bennett. Joan Vassey visited Jane Phil lips in Woodruff over the week end. Mrs. H. P. Bennett visited her sister, Mrs. Grace Sumner, in Spartanburg on Friday. Ed Stribling, of Laurens, was a visitor here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dwinell Casey, of Woodruff, visited relatives here this week. Harold Irby is a patient at Hays Hospital in Clinton Friends of Mrs. E. E. Stribling will be interested to know she is a patient at the General Hospital in Spartanburg. Kiwonions To SpoAsor Service An Easter sunrise service will be held by the Clinton Kiwanis Club again this year, with Thorn- well Orphanage in charge of the program. , The service is scheduled to start at 6:18 a. m. on April 2. It will he held on Presbyterian College’s Johnson Field or, in the event of bad weather, in the Belk audito rium. Cases Concluded In Civil Cowl The outeoms of six caaas was determlnsd at a term of civil court held in Lauren* last week, with Judge J. H. McFaddin of Clarendon County, presiding. Included ware: A. T. Sullivan, plaintiff, va the State Highway Department, de fendant. The plaintiff waa award ed $800 in a land condemnation suit for highway porpoaaa. In a similar suit, R. E. Good, at al, the award waa $380. Justin A. Bridges, administra tor of the estate of Jamas B. Townsend, plaintiff, va Pet Dairy Products Co., defendant. The plaintiff was awarded $600 In an auto collision cam. John T. Young, plaintiff, vs Federated Mutual Implement and Hardware Insurance Co., defend ant- The plaintiff wag awarded $7,800 in a suit brought to collect damages la an insurance case in volving stem damages to a hauae to the old Griffin place near Clinton. Thao Bros. Coastructioa Co., plaintiff, vs Bawmka Motor Co., dafeadaats. The jury found for the defendants in an auto collision case.' Charles V. Pace, plaintiff, va GAC Finance Co. of Laurens aad General Acceptance Ctorp,, de fendants. The plaintiff was awardsd $300. CUnton Visitor At Ftftotn Is College Sophomore Mary Jans Hollingsworth of Greenville, has bean featured In numerous news stories recently. She Is an honor student at the University of Miami, Fla., and la remarkable in the fact that Am la only fifteen years old. The youthful co-ed has many friends in Clinton and Is • fre quent visitor hare Ip the home of Mias Mary Jane Jacobs, a junior at the local high school. Miss Hollingsworth Is majoring in psychology and speech at Mi ami—and to top it all off, Is tak ing more than the usual semester work lead. IF YOU DOTT READ THE CHRONICLE you ooirr oaer mi im DIAL OMNI Thu whole family looks ahead to happy days when you make e family project of saving. That home of your own, cross-toountry vaca tion, new boat, new car or something else you want particularly is in your future, if you save regularly. Open insured accounts here for every member of the family, and save with a purpose. s • CITIZENS $ FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 220 W. MAIN ST. CLINTON. 8. C. A/errbor ^derol Home loon Bern! S\ leading The Upswing! RAMBLER MARCH SALES AT ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH! Rambler News t$ good! March Sales are running at an all-time record rate. That’s right! More people bought Ramblers in the first third at March than in any similar period in Rambler history! 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