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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Tkantfay, February 8, 1962
Scouting Builds
Good Citizens
(Guest editorial by Dr. John McSween,
Presbyterian minister of Clinton, former
Scoutmaster).
We are hearing much these days about
juvenile delinquency and we are naturally
disturbed concerning some of the statistics
published by various organizations.
However we salute today the Boy Scouts
of America, a great character-building and
citizen-making organization which has com
pleted fifty-two years of service to the youth
of America, and very few of the hundreds
of thousands of boys and young men who
hava. reepiued this training are today num
bered with the juvenile delinquents.
It might be well for us to recall the Scout
Oath: "On my honor I will do my best to do
my duty to God and my country and to obey
the Scout Laws; to help other people at all
times; to keep myself physically strong,
mentally aw'ake, and morally straight.” Here
we see inculcated in our youth certain great
principles which make for a God-fearing,
law-respecting, unselfish citizenship. Among
these are reverence, patriotism, respect for
constituted authority, unselfishness, and the
elements of a well-rounded life.
This is an international organization with
boys from every land enrolled and it there
fore has a real part in the building of a bet
ter world. As a tribute to its effectiveness,
dictators in various countries have felt it
necessary to bar Scouting in the countries
which they ruled in order to isolate their
people from the rest of the world.
One of the most heartening of the services
which Scouting is rendering is the army of
adults who have given leadership to this
movement in altruistic service. These men
have served without remuneration, except
the satisfaction of seeing boys develop into
independent, useful citizens.
As long as such movements as the* Boy
Scouts of America continue we can be hope
ful that our youth will not degenerate into
problems which will add to the turmoil and
strife of the world in which we live.
provide for those who shall come after me.’
"Here is illustrated a basic principle of
human progress. Our forefathers did not
plant many olive trees, but they did better
in planting ideas and cultivating knowledge,
practicing thrift and industry, so that we
have become a part of the most prosperous
society the world has ever seen. We should
know clearly how this all came about, -and
realize that the old-fashioned virtues have
lost none of their validity and value.” /
Too many people in the United States are
failing to cultivate the ideas planted by our
forefathers, that gave us freedom, individ
ual opportunity and responsibilities.
If we don’t start cultivating the olive trees
of ideals we inherited, we will find ourselves
buried in a tangle of socialistic weeds, the
seeds of which are now being planted.
From the Portland Oregonian: "What many
people apprehend, and what this newspaper
predicts, is that if health care for the elder
ly is brought under Social Security, this will
be only the beginning. The eventual result
jwill be a government-managed health insur
ance plan for everyone, as in Great^Britain.”
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Babson
Shortage Of Skilled Workers
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Clinton Cotton Mills
Enlarging Its Plant
It is good news that comes from Clinton
Cotton Mills that the management has em
barked on an extensive expansion program.
Construction work is already underway on
an addition that will add considerably to the
present plant.
The current project is an enlargement of
the first building erected when the company
was started in 18%. It will practically double
in size the structure known as the “little
mill,” (comparing it with its larger compan
ion building erected some years later and ,
greatly expanded in recent years). The “little
mill,” instead of being a segment in the
manufacturing process, will become a self-
contained unit—a complete cotton mill.
The program at Clinton Mill follows the
recent expansion and re-arrangement of the
Lydia plant, owned and operated by the same
corporation.
It is also noted in public records that the
mill corporation has purchased additional
land nearby, which portends much for the
future. This probably involves some long-
range planning (and our only authority for
that is an assumption which may or may not
be correct).
However, it is a safe bet, judging by past
and present performances, that the manage
ment of Clinton-Lydia Cotton Mills is not
content to rest on its laurels and maintain
the status quo. To the contrary, the employ
ees of the mills, and the Clinton community,
we are convinced, can look forward to almost
constant expansion and improvement^ this
local industrial corporation.
Don’t Cultivate Weeds
Writing in The Trumpeter, Paul J. Cupp,
president, American Stores Company says:
‘The story is told of the great Roman Em
peror Hadrian finding an aged man plant
ing olive trees, and since they grow so very
slowly, saying to him: ‘Old man, these trees
will not bear fruit for many years. Do you
expect to be alive to eat of the fruit of your
labor?’
‘The old man replied: ‘If God wills, I shall
eat—and if not, my son will eat. My father
and his father before him planted trees that
I might have fruit. It is my duty, then, to
Babson Park, Mass., February 8—One of the
paradoxes of recent years, and especially dur
ing the last recession, has been the growing un
filled demand for specialists and highly skilled
workers during a time of heavy unemployment.
We don’t have to look very far for the answer:
There is a large segment of the labor force having
little or no basic economic education, and even
more who have developed no special skills. Even
in the deepest part of the recession, there were
over 8,000 unfilled openings in the heavy-hit Los
Angeles area, with employers unable to find en
ough skilled nr technically trained workers.
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
AND SPECIALISM
I advise my readers to make their children and
grandchildren start training for
special occupations early in the
education game. This has been
one of my theme songs, and it
becomes clearer every day that
the time of the specialist is upon
us. Industry is still hard put—
even during a period of high un
employment — to find enough
trained craftsmen. For every
100 skilled men and women em
ployed in industry today, there
will be 125 needed by 1965, and 150 by 1975—part
ly in spite of and partly because of the spread of
automation.
The Labor Department believes that this ‘‘age
of the computer” will create a tremendous in
crease in job openings for professional, office, and
sales workers. In fact,.it expects that industry
will need some 8,400,000 more workers in such
branches between now and 1970. Many of these
will be sought by skilled mechanical and con
struction crafts, and many will be needed in the
rapidly expanding office field.
NEW JOB PROBLEM
Let roe now bring up a problem that already
faces the employer and will become steadily more
difficult over the years ahead. This, involves
the dizzying pace at which changes in speciali
zation become necessary in the mad race of re
search and development that leads automation
ever onward. Some intelligent observers of the
machine-to-nm-machhfcs revolution think that in
tensive specialization is basically unsound. What
will happen, they ask, to a student trained to run
a complex machine when that machine and his
job suddenly become obsolete? This is something
that is going to happen numberless times in the
years ahead. How am I to tell my readers the
best way to face it?
Frankly, I think it is as simple as this: Insist
upon broader education all along the way for your
dependents. In this way their discipline will be
improved and their minds will be made more
responsive to a wider variety of good influences.
Once an aspiring young man or woman learns
how to think, it will be an easy thing to adapt as
demand requires. Changes wUl not then loom as
insurmountable barriers, but will be new and
stimulating challenges. There will be a million-
and-one such challenges in the coming years, and
you will want your children educated in the way
that will help them to meet these changes.
PRESENT SCHOOLS INADEQUATE
While getting a broad education the arts should
not be neglected. In fact, they should be encou
raged with an eye to influencing a worker to think
when he is not busy at his job. Creative thinking
is the great need. This is the only way we will
lick Communism. Those who pooh-pooh time
given to the study of literature, painting, theater,
and music simply do not understand the richness
and imagination which can be thus instilled into
a young person growing up in a highly material
istic world. Needless to say, sane religious edu
cation is of the utmost importance from the very
earliest “learning” days of every child.
In closing, may I say that I have not abandon
ed my attitude toward the real need for speciali
zation. But I think it is essential to base this
upon a sound, broad education that will lay the
groundwork for the development of special talents.
A poor student is usually a poor craftsman. Shame
on school committee members who are always
calling for “practical” education, ft is more
laboratories rather than more workshops thdP we
need. We must train our children to think, and
love to vsiit art museums and libraries. Yes,
and to learn to read good books.
Hurricane News
Of The Week
The Alberta Taylor circle met
with Mrs. Mildred Branson Tues
day morning.
Week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Black, Sr., were Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Black, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Tommy Black of
Greenwood. f
Carla and Sonja King of Sene
ca, were week-end guests of Kay
and Vickie Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Blease of
Augusta, Ga., visited Mr. and
Mrs. Robert L. Blease Sunday.
Stevie, Tommy and Stanley
Dorn, children of Mr. and Mrs.
Essie Dorn.hav ehad mumps re
cently.
In Honea Path over the week
end visiting Mr. and Mrs. Har
mon Hand were Mrs. Faye Proc
tor and daughter, Dianne.
Mr. and Mrs. George King of
Cross Hill, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Lawson recently.
Eddie Lawson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Lawson, is ill at her
home.
ATTENDS FUNERAL
Mrs. Cora Lee Boyce attended
the funeral of Preston Sanders in
Bishopville Monday.
Little Beth Boyce is ill at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Boyce. j
Mrs. Harold S. . Simmons
son, Stevie, have returned to
home in Clearwater after a stay
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mason Simpson, an dother rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Scogin
fami lyvisited relatives in Col
bert, Ga., Sunday.
CIRCLE MEETING
The Womans’ Missionary Un
ion circle No. 2 will meet Thurs
day (tonight) at 7:30 at the home
of Mrs. Myrtis Scogin.
DINNER HOSTESSES
Mrs. William P. Gastley and
Mrs. Tinsley Scogin were dinner
hostesses at the Scogin home Sun
day for Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Rus
sell of Clearwater, Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Teague of North Augus
ta.
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Lawson on Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lee of Barn
well, and Mrs. Delbert Hurling
of Columbus. Ga
Jimmy Yeung, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mason E. Young, has been
ill at home.
Mrs. J. I. lusti has been ill at
her home.
Frends will be interested to
kno w Mrs. Connie R. Young ig a
patient at Self Memorial hospital
I® Greenwood following treat
ment.
Misses Sallie and Stella Duckett
of Laurens, Guy Duckett and
daughter. Hazel, and D. R. Duck
ett of Chesnee, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lee Duckett
and family on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young of
Newberry, Mr. and Mrs. James
C. Young of Laurens, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Young on Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Kirby
and daughter, Kim, of Greenville,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Dillard
Young and family Sunday.
Special Services
At Laurens Cfiurdi
Rev. Sanford Jones, pastor of
the Assembly of God of Anderson,
will begin a revival at the Assem
bly of God on Fleming Street in
Laurens Monday, February 12,
with services each evening at
o’clock.
The pastor. Rev. R. D. Parker,
welcomes the public to these ser
vices.
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By JEAN ARNOLD
Did you heart shouts Tues
day? The seniors handed in their
research themes, with much re
joicing. The long task began last
November and has been constant
work for many ever since. Even
though it was hard work, most
will admit they gained a great
deal from the assignment.
Congratulations go to Harriet
Wilson who is winner of the Betty
Crocker Search for the American
Homemaker of Tomorrow Con
test. She achieved the highest
score on the examination, which
was taken by senior girls last
December 5. She now becomes
eligible with winners in other
state high schools, for the title
of State Homemaker of Tomor
row.
At the January meeting of the
Transportation Club, Mr. Avery
Smith, Advisor, discussed with
the members actions that should
be taken during radioactive fall
out when the drivers are out on
their runs. The meeting was con
cluded with the hope that they
shall never have to put this know
ledge into use.
Bunky Blalock has been cho
sen as January Student of the
Month. For his hard and sin
cere efforts on the annual staff
as its business manager, and
as Clintonian photographer,
Bunky well deserves this honor.
Clinton High has added three
new students to its enrollment.
Allen Johnston and Mike Mead
ows from Cheraw and George
town respectively are members
of the senior dais. The thifd
new student^is Billy Ellis, a
sophomorer who hails from
Woodruff.
Several Clinton High seniors
have been visiting the colleges of
their choice. Those who have
toured out-of-town campuses are
Corinne Boyd, Murray Addison,
Celia Gasque, Susan Workman,
Brenda Fallaw, Sandra Dun
away, Elaine Austin, and Bunky
Blalock.
Pitts Texaco and Carolina
Service Station were the scenes
of CHS’ers busily washing cars
for the March of Dimes. All to
tal of 60 cark were washed by
the hard working groups.
Mr. W. R. Anderson, superin
tendent of School District ad
dressed the students in chapel
Friday. What effects education
has on one’s life was the theme
of the talk.
Revival Services At
Friendship Baptist
The Rev. Jesse D. Stephens,
pastor, announces that revival
services will begin at Friendship
Baptist Church, North Broad
Street Extension, Monday, Febru
ary 12, with Jimmy Rose, mis-
s i o n a r y candidate to Brazil,
speaking through Wednesday
night, and Dr. Harold Sightler,
pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist
Church, Greenville, speaking
Thursday through Saturday
night. Services will begin each
night at 7:00.
Spooner, PC End
Coach, Quits Post;
Goes To Wichita
Victor Spooner, assistant foot
ball coach and head track coach
at Presbyterian College for three
years, resigned Friday to accept
a similar post at the University
of Wichita.
The 30-year-old Texas native
said he had discussed the matter
with PC Athletic Director Clyde
Ehrhardt and was “definitely
leaving just as soon as I can.”
Spooner was picked as an All-
American end in 1954 while play
ing . for the Texas Tech team
which posted an 11.1 record and
went on to down Auburn in the
1954 Gator Bowl.
Wichita has 7,000 students and
is a member of the Missouri Val
ley conference.
Spooner handled the ends in
Blue Hose Cogemea
To Meet Two Foes
Presbyterian College will en
tertain two visiting quintets in
basketball games on the court of
Leroy Springs gymnasium early
next week.
The Blue Hose are scheduled
for return games against Er»-
kine here next Monday night and
against Belmont Abbey the fol
lowing evening. Both teams have
registered earlier wins ( over PC.
Leading the Hose men as they
move toward the close of their
1961-62 season are: Forward
Andy Karlsons, with an aver
age of 15.5 points-per-game; and
Center Paul Webb, averaging
just over 14 points.
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ing duties. His new job will call
for the same duties.
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