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*■' v • 'If ,m ?%' r/«i ^ . M f.v . ■»- - -.x"t *• * ' v ' 4 > r'. • t tt...jL '. JC ■■■• 4«*% .S- • ; ^>X S ^.. vjl. ' • Mw v ^' f - PROPOSED STRUCTURE First Baptist Church Plans New $200,000 Sanctuary Davidson St. Church Slates Bible Study for Week Jan. 21-25 Davidson Street Baptist Church announces Bible Study- Week for January 21-25, begin ning at 7:30 each evening,' Mon day through Friday. This is a . period for concen trated, graded Bible study for the entire church family. The faculty, graded age groups, and Study materials are listed: Adult, “Studies in Matthew,” taught by the pastor, Rev. Floyd Hellams; Young People, “Studies in Matthew,” taught by Mrs. Betty Ann Meadors; Intermediate, “Growing in Bi ble knowledge,” taught by Mrs. Joe Campbell. Also, Junior, “This Is My Bi ble," taught by Mrs. E. A. Freeman; Primary, “The Study of Samuel,” taught by Alvin Bagwell; Beginner, “God’s Care in Autumn and Winter,” taught by Mrs. Joe Corley; Nursery, “Animal Friends,” taught by Mrs. Effie' Quarles All books listed are approved studies and Juniors through Adults may obtain credit and awards through the Church Study Course for Teacher and Training, Southern Baptist Con vention, if they meet the re quirements for the course, it was stated. Vol 64 — No. 3 Clinfon S. C, Thursday, January 17, 1963 Clinton’s First Baptist Church will erect a new $200,000.00 sanc tuary on the site of the present building in the hear future. A special meeting of the mem bership has been set for Janu ary 18 at 7:30 p. m. at the fchurch to' consider architect plans, drawings and proposals concerning the new structure. Charles Fant of the firm of Pant and Fant, architects, of An derson, will be present to answer present County Association B. T. U. Meeting On Thursday night, January voted to demolish the auditorium and btiild a new sanctuary on the present site, j Since that time the Building i 10 > the Young People and older Committee has been constantly' * nterrnet ^ ates °* ^ le I aurens at work seeking special funds. County Baptist Training Union R. S. Truluck chairman of the' Association held their monthly Building Committee, said this meeting at C a 1 v a r y BapUst week that “in spite of the fact Church. A total of 153 people at- that no high pressure building tended. After the business meet- campaign has been conducted. m ^- group enjoyed a period the fund has now passed the $72,- singing. Following the-eoag 000.03 mark. “Most of the money on hand! 1 ® 1 - °* ^ church, gave a deVo- . service, Rev. J. W. Spillers, pas- ^Uons and reel.. S u 88M .j “ ^ ..ona, L*er, they sather* in On October 2T, 1957, the church a ’ s and classes through the regu- the social haU forjefreshments. * ! 'at* r*V» ar* rval o tit/* s Catholic Church . Plans Tour For Good Will Sunday St. Boniface Catholic Church of Joanna has scheduled a Good Will Sunday, January 20, from 3 to 4:30 p. m. The public is invited to attend the event, which will feature a conducted tour of the church and the a short axplNiation of the vestments and form of worshii lar channels of the church bud get and fifth Sunday offerings which have b;en set aside as Building Fund Sundays.” “We feel,” Truluck said, the time has come when definite plans should be made to begin actual construction. Se v e r a 1 ! meetings have been held with the architects and we are now pre pared to present some concrete figures on the construction as approved by the church.” Membership of the committee includes Truluck, W. R. Ander son, and J. D. Bass, serving .along with members of the Board Gimp fire Girls Leaders Meeting On Monday night, Jan. 21, 7:30 p. m., at Clinton Mill Commun ity House, there will be a Music Workshop with Mrs. Grace Con nor and Mrs. feva Land in charge. The workshop is plan ned to teach songs to the group. All leaders and representatives of their groups are urged to at tend. . ! w, Scout Committee u»t To Meet Friday ini*. • Laurens District Committee of the Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America, will meet on Friday, January 18, at 7:30 p. m. The meeting is scheduled for the Carolina Drive-In Steak House in Laurens. W. C. Bald win, district chairman, has urg ed all scouters to attend this first meeting of 1963. Also announced this week is the 100 Collectors In Clinton Area Over 100 cpin collectors have been distributed throughout the Clinton area, according to Charles Hughes, chairman of that committeeJ^oj;. the March of Dimes drive. These collectors, placed in bus iness houses,, are an important part of the March of Dimes drive, Hughes said this week. “I urge everyone to drop in their loose chatlge and help support the wonderful work that the March of Dimes represents,” he stated. ,-» - ■ ■ J - Shooting Victim Is Reported Now In Good Condition . William Robinson, 28, was re ported in “good condition” by of ficials of Bailey Memorial Hos pital Wednesday, where he was taken following a shooting inci dent Saturday evening. Coley Conway, Jr., 25, is being held in the Laurens County jail in connection with the shooting at Joe Moon’s Place outside the city limits here, according to Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson. Robinson received a .22 caliber bullet wound of the back follow ing the 2:30 a. m. incident. Conway was arrested by Sher iff Johnson and Clinton Police- man J. V. Lowe County Treasurer Reports Collections Collectioil of 1962 Laurens Coupty taxes now stands at $852,- 695.93, out of the total $1,040,413.- 00 to be collected, according to Allen Coleman, county treasurer. $187,717.91 are currently out standing. A one per cent penalty is now in effect, according to Coleman, and will increase to 2 per cent in February, and three in March. of Deacons, heads of church organizations and the Board of Trustees. J. H. Dan* is pastor of the church; Ralph Tedards is chair man of the Board of Deacons. B. R. Fuller, 60, Passes in Florida all the Laupens District Court of Honbr lh * April, prior to Che closing which will be held January 21 at the Broad Street Methodist Church, Clinton, at 7:30 p. m. I9i2 Was A Good Voar For Mairiaoe ‘4 County Auditor To Take Returns In Clinton and Joanna Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, County Auditor will be at the Clinton City Hall Friday from 9:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. to receive property tax returns for 1963. All persons who have built new homes or made changes in property, real or personal, are especially urged to make re turns. TO BE AT JOANNA Miss Culbertson will be at Jo anna Cotton Mills on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 22 and 23, for interviews in the various de partments. On Thursday, Jan 24, she will be at the Joanna MtHfOsytona Beach. Plans are in- . Store from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m, complete. There were 64 more marriage licenses issued in 1962 by the B. Rutledge Fuller, 60, of Day- office of Probate Judge J. Hew- tona Beach, Fla., died at his ] e tte Wasson than in 1961, it was home on Tuesday after a sudden announced this week, illness. i n 1962, four hundred and fifty- He was an oil distributor and had moved to Daytona Beach from Mountville some 25 years, year. ago. He was a native of Mount-; The breakdown month ville, a son of the late Ben J- month in 1962 was: and Elizabeth Watts Fuller. i January, 29; February, 34; J 1 * was graduated from The, March. 28; April, 26; May, 37; ' June, 63; July, 35; August, 46; nine licenses were issued, as compared to 395 the previous by Citadel and was a member and elder of the Daytona Beach Pres byterian Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Naomi Stogner Fuller; two sons. B. Rutledge Fuller of the U. S. Air Force, and Lawrence Fuller of Daytona Beach; a brother. John D. Fuller of Washington, D. C.; a half-brother, R. W. Hud gens of New York; three sisters, Mrs. A. H. Roberts of Charles ton; Mrs. R. P. Thornton of Tampa, Fla.; and Mrs. Bennett Townsend of Anderson; and a grandson. Funeral services will be held at September, 43; October, 34; No vember, 29; and December, 55. Thomwefl To Woy Ninety-Six Friday Thornwell High School will meet Ninety-Six there on Friday evening. This is the first game on the schedule following an exam ination break. On January 19 Whitmire .will journey to Thornwell for a game at 7:00 p. m. On January 22 Cal houn Falls will meet Thornwdl at the local school’s gym. All games feature botht boys’ and girls’ teams. Special Gifts Solictors Meet ■ 4 r . r- Solicitors in^ihe special gifts division of die March of Dimes drive met at the Hotel Mary Musgrove on Monday to be gin their work- Pictured receiving cards and materials to be used this week are, left to right, Ralph Tedards, Lynn Coo per, Jr., chairman of thorspedal gifts di vision, Don Creighton, James Barre. end D. B. Smttli This section of the Match of Dhnes annual campaign will end on Monday, Jan. 21, at the Mary Musgrove when a report meeting, will be held at 10 axn. ’ Mrs. Unrig Morphy is heading the special gifts division in the Joanna area. Photo by Dan Yarborough. of the books, a 7 per cent penalty will be enforced. BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD TO MEET THURSDAY The Baptist Brotherhood Will meet at the church Thursday evening at 7:30. A promotion pro gram for the RA’s wil be con ducted at this meeting. All boys completing w o r k will receivg their badges from their father or sponsor at that time. Rev. Floyd Hellams, Associational RA direc tor, will show a film strip on RA work. All men of the church as well as members of the Royal Ambassadors are urged to be present for this meeting. Clinton Fade 174 Tours Airport Dens 1 and 2 of Pack 174 were taken on a special tour of the Greenville - Spartanburg airport on Saturday by Alvin H. Don- nan, Sr., cub master; George W. Dailey, assistant cub master; and Robert Wassung, represen tative of Torrington Company, sponsoring organization. The group toured the field, the control tower and the fire de partment. A special thrill was an invitation by Eastern Air lines to tour inside one of the super electra jets, where the pilots co pilot and navigator described the huge plane. Then Dens had lunch follow ing the tour, which climaxed the day. According to Donnan, Pack 174 hopes to have other trips of the type, both educational and entertaining, perhaps as often as once a month. The cub master issued a call this week for Den Mothers and Assistant Den Mothers. ”1 have quite a few boys who would like to be taking part in the scouting program, but there is no room until we can obtain extra help,” he said. »' j; He urged that anydtoman in the community who might be interested in serving in these positions to contact him at 302 E. Florida St. or call 833-1547. Adult Classes Are Staled For Clinton ' Chamber Hears Of College Progress The Clinton Chamber of Com merce, at its. first meeting' of the yegr on Tuesday, gave spe cial attention to its membership program and heard a talk on Presbyterian College by Business Manager G. Edward Campbell. General Ansel B. Godfrey, president of the organization, presided over the meeting, dur ing which he appointed a mem bership committee to be headed by Frqncis Blalock and a nomi nating committee Smder the chairmanship of W. Carlisle $JeeIy. Campbell spoke to the 25 mem- i bers in attendance about the PC development program which recently hit its $1,800,000 objec tive. He pointed out that the out standing success of the Clinton campaign, which opened the drive, had provided a strong in centive for Presbyterians in other areas of South Carolina to- put forth their best efforts. \ /Th(? campaign objectives of three buildings—women’s dorm itory, science hall and dining hall — should be considered as a package unit for construction, he said^ because of the great need for each of these facilities. And it is necessary to increase the endowment to Ijplp provide the cost of educating additional students, since a full-pay student now pays less than two-thirds of the total expenses required to educate him. The difference is made up by return on endowment funds, and through church and individual gifts for current ex penses. 4 Future expansion of the col lege is assured by the success of the drive, but it must await funds produced by pledge-payments which can be applied to the con struction of new buildings and to endowment. One major objec tive of the development program, meanwhile, has been achieved with the purchase of the 120 ad ditional acres of land adjacent to the campus. President Godfrey appointed these men to the membership committee under Chairman Bla lock: Tom Baldwter Chari Buice, Dan Orr, Davis Pitts, J. A. Orr, W. R. Pitts, Jr., D. O. Rhame, Wyman Shealy, Sloan Todd, Ray Pitts and Jim Von Hollen. • , — Named to Neely’s noniinating committee were: Ed Perry, M. D. Milam, I. Mac Adair and J. C. Thomas. Whitten Village Club Supports Superintendent ‘Members of the executive committee of the Parents Club of Whitten Village, composed of parents who have children at the institution, are shown here at a meeting held Sunday at the school. They drafted a statemerit in reply to publish ed remarks of a mental health study committee member, James Simpkins of Greenville. They expressed confidence in and support of Dr. B. O. Whitten, super intendent, in the operation and carrying out of the policies of the institution. H. D. Burbage of Greenville is president of the club; Curtis Young of Anderson, vice-president; and Mrs. Mary L. Spann of Anderson, secretary-treasurer.—Pho to by The Studio, Laurens. At Meeting Sunday Officials Visit Local Civitan Club • % • :V& ' Clinton’s Civitan Club played host to to three ranking guests at their meeting Monday Evening at the Hotel Mary Musgrove. Attending were Jimmy Crouch, South Carolina District Govei or, of Hartsville; B. L. Price of Greenvile, Governor-elect, and Julian Foster of Spartanburg, past Governor. The - guests presented a film concerning the work of the Civi tan Club, “Hands to Build With,” and a program on the purposes of the club. Arnold Dixon is president of theJocal club. class has been announced fbf January 24 at 7:30 at’ Clinton High School, according to Mrs. Robert Johnson, who will in struct. The class, which will offer typ ing, bookkeeping, and Business English, Is ponsored by the State Department of Education. 'Admail registration fee will be charged, Mrs. Johnson said this week. A high school diploma is not required to regtotesv"' Miss Sease Graduates; Accepts Teaching Post Miss Myrna Sease graduated yesterday from Winthrop College, Rock Hill. She will receive a B. S. degree in elementary edu cation in June. She has accepted a teaching, position with the Brooklyn-Cayce school, where she will begin on February 4. Miss Sease is the daughter of Mrs. T. M. Sease and the late Mr. Sease. M. C. Hamm Rites Held On Wednesday . \ 1 Funeral services for Minor C. Hamm were held Wednesday af ternoon at 3:00 p. m. at Gray Funeral Home. Rev. A. S. Har vey and Rev. J. B. Mitchell of ficiated. Burial was in Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church cemetery, [ \- MfT Hamm was a native of Laurens County where he had spent his entire life. He was a son of the late James E. and Martha Garvin Ham. He had lived'fn Clinton for many years. Survivors include a sister, An organisation for an adult Mrs. Eugene Hitt of Clinton, Parents Group Refutes Critkism Remarks made last bviSimkins witnessed in- inside knowledge of the institu- James Simkins of Greenville, vice-chairman of a special leg islative committee on mental health, concerning conditions at Whitten Village, state institution for mentally handicapped chil dren, has brought heated reac tions from throughout South Carolina. — Simkins . stated that children are “caged up like animals” in one detention ward, described conditions as “inconceivable.” He said patients are kept in one ward in cages with concrete floors and troughs for washing purposes. His state meat brought imme diate reply by the Directors of the Parents Club of Whitten Vil lage, who defended the school in a prepared statement issued Sun day. The statement is contained in this issue of The Chronicle. The directors voted confidence in school director B. O. Whitten, for whom it is named, and took strong issue with remarks made by Simkins. The board called his informa tion “misleading and incorrect,” and said such statements “do a great deal of harm.” stance where he visited in Oc- tjon were not disturbed for our- tober and that was of an “un- selves or our children, but for fortunate poor child” who is those who are not familiar with “greatly disturbed.” “We handle them the best way we can,” he said. Plaxico was joined in praising Dr. B. O. Whitten, superintend ent of the istitution since its open- ig in 1920 by State Sen. Earle E. Morris, Jr., of Pickens, chair man of the mental health com mittee, and by Clinton Mayor J. J. Cornwall. The Mayor said, “I have seen Whitten Village under the guid ance of Dr. Whitten develop from one dormitory to the finest institution of its kind." Cornwall said he was sure he was speak ing for all the citizens of Clinton and South Carolina. r Senator Morris said that the reports on the committee meet ing are out of proportion. He pointed out that the report was only a part of a full report in tended to help Whitten Village and^ which will be made in full later. In his statement. Dr. Whitten said: • „ * “I don’t think our problems The statement, drafted by Hj wil1 ever be solved, certainly not and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Bill and Max Armstrong, Bobby JJitt, Leroy and Morton Hamm, Buddy Asbill and Clyde Henry Smith. The honorary escort included Brunson Asbil, Jack Asbill, Fred Long, William W. Simpson, R. Pope Chapman, Lynn Cooper, Sr., R. C. Wilkie, Albert and Jake Johnson, Elbert Gflespte, Dr. Jamas L. Walker and Dr. E. N. Sullivan. ' D. Burbage of Greenville, presi dent, Curtis Young of Anderson, and Mrs. Mary L. Spann of An- cn ’ Lderson, all officers of the organi- H'jTation, said the club members “were not disturbed for ourselves or our children but for those who are not familiar with the ope ration of the village and those pa rents who may be considering placement of a child there.” Following the meeting, those attending, including newsmen, were escorted by Dr. Whitten into Dormitory 23 where the al leged ‘cagin£’ had taken place. No one connected with the In stitution has denied the cubicles exist. The visitors were shown 12 steel wire cubicles, each with a bed, where children ate placed when they become unmanagable. The floors were covered with red quarry tile and a drain lies along each side of the building, outside the cubiclesr ' , . Dr. Wh'tten explained that the cubicles, ..hich are gradually be ing done away with, exist only in Dormitory 23 and one other where more severe cases are housed. Simkins, who said Sunday he did not intend to make a “sensa tional statement” or “to create any alarm,” was quoted on Thursday as being concerned that “in an age of tranquilizers and detention rooms ... this sort of treatment is necessary.” ^ Dr. Whitten told the group on Sunday that patients are given “plenty of tranqqjiifeers,” but sometimes, “when they get mad,” still need to be placed in the cubicles where they can be watched by attendants with out being harmed and without the patients hurting themselves. Simkins had said he “never saw a doctor” on his visit except for Dr. Whitten. The superintend ent stated Sunday that at that time two doctors were on hand, but left to attend to duties. R. L. Plaxico of Clinton, chair man of the Whitten Village Board of Trustees, said the statements were “misleadmg and -unneces sarily disturbing.” Plaxioo stat ed that “No syeh conditions exist through the press, but we have nothing to hide.” “We’ve always had trouble, we’re here to work with trouble . . . we’ve never had things like we want them, but we do the best we can.” In commenting oh'the current controversy, to the Parents Club meeting, Dr. Whitten said: “You’ll never wash it all out, no matter what cleanser you use. You’ve got to be prepared to ac cept the fact some people are not going to be convinced.” Parents Club Statement Here is the full text of the Parent’s Club statement: “We deeply regret the mislead ing and incomplete information recently published in an Asso ciated Press dispatch quoting Mr. Simkins. We who have an the operation of Whitten Village, and those parents who may be considering placement of a child at the village.* , “To our certain knowledge, - doctors are always on call and on duty at the village. “People who have only a rudi mentary knowledge of the prob lems of caring for those mentally retarded individuals who are dis turbed, and at times, even viol-“'-- ent, who will not allow clothing to remain on their bodies, and who have no control over their bodily functions, realize that cer-' tain safety precautions and san itary measures are necessary that are not found in the homes of normal people. In order to keep the very dis turbed in lull view of attendants at all times, it lias been found more advisable to place them, when, for their own safety the safety of others with whom they live, it has been found more advisable to separate them from others in a partitioned section of the ward. “Here they may be seen and be able to see others and are not confined in walled rooms behind closed doors where they would be isolated from view and view ing: “There are no concrete floors and no troughs as Mr. Simkins states, and the drains which he 1 mistakenly refers to as troughs are outside the area :■ in which the patient is confined. These drains enable attendants to wash the floors and remove waste matter in a sanitary man ner. They are necessary for cleanliness and do not hold water as Mr. Simkins implied by his use of the word ‘troughs.’ “It is unfortunate that such re marks as those made by Mr. Sim kins should be published to alarm and, as was intended, shock peo- (Continued on page 4) as certainly was implied” in the first public criticism of the far dlity in its 45 years. Plaxico further stated that Bobcat Killed Near Here Bill Dunaway. Shows a 13-pound bobcat he found Tifesday afternoon on the bridge over Enoren River Highway S6. Then big ^cat apparently had just beep over and killed by a motorist Mho CooAintted on hn tray*' Dunaway brought the animal to Clinton and plane to -ha^e it prepared for iheplay by by Jimmy . - r-