The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 31, 1963, Image 2
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Welcome the Little Ones
.. • But the Others—Ugh!
In last week’s issue of The Chronicle
appeared a letter from a Clinton resident
protesting the participation in “trick or
treat” activities by “older” young people
of the community.
As the writer said, the situation has
gone beyond a reasonable point and has
gotten entirely out of control.
We are sure that residents of the va
rious sections of the city have no objection
to being called on by the children of the
neighborhood dressed in Hallaween cos
tumes. They are happy to enter into the
spirit of the occasion with the little boys
and girls.
But when the older “children,” from 12
to 20 years old, come banging on doors,
open their bags and demand handouts, or
else, it becomes a form of blackmail that
should not be tolerated.
When anywhere from 50 to 80 such
callers appear at any one house, it, be
comes a burden upon the residents. Most
people simply do not have the funds to
buy such a huge supply of handouts.
So, tonight—when the spooks and gob
lins roam—let it be the wide-eyed, excited
and expectant little boys and girls. They
will be welcome.
But the big, heavy-footed, sack-toting
blackmailers—who roam far and wide—the
heck with ’em!
•-•II
pleton Resigns
The resignation of D. S. Templeton as
director of activities of the Clinton Recre
ation Commission brings to a dose a 14-
year period of outstanding service to the
youth of the city.
Starting in 1948 with four baseball
teams, Templeton saw the program grow
to 23 baseball and softball teams this past
summer, and also included a tennis sched
ule.
More than 500 young people participat
ed in the regularly scheduled activities of
the program.
During the years Clinton teams pro
gressed to district, state, and regional
championship playoffs, first in Little
League play and then in Little Boys
Leagues.
The city owes a debt of gratitude to
Templeton for his services in leading and
directing this worthwhile city program
which instills into our young people prin
ciples of sportsmanship and fair play.
County Needs Machinery
The Board of Commissioners of Lau
rens County recently wrote a letter to the
county legislative delegation renewing its
request for funds to buy machinery for
use in operations by this important county
department.
The Supervisor has stated that no new
machinery has been bought for this depart
ment (except for a few trucks) during the
past several years.
Besides being the general business
agency of the county, the department is
responsible for the road building program
and maintenance of 450 miles of blacktop
roads and 226 miles of dirt roads. This is
a huge responsibility and cannot be carried
oh successfully without many pieces of
equipment—in good condition.
The request of the Supervisor and the
two Commissioners for |60,000 for ma
chinery is a modest one, we think. They
state that the county really needs about
1200,000 with which to buy equipment that
would enable the department to operate
fully and efficiently.
We think the department has done a
good job with what it has had to operate
on during the past several years.
And we hope the legislators will real
ize their responsibility to citizens of the
county and not allow this department to
deteriorate any further from the stand
point of impaired service.
Grayson, Ky., Journal-Enquirer: “If the
U. S. has enough nuclear weapons to kill
three times the present world population,
as many believe, and It wishes to imfailiia
this ratio, it probably will have to step up
production, as the world population it in
creasing rapidly.”
CLINTON, S.
Miss Spratt Leave*
(Contributed)
Miss Barnette Spratt leaves Clinton to
day to make her home in Charlotte. Mias
Spratt is a native of Cheater, but has made
her home with her brother, the late John
Spratt, for several years.
In spite of spending her summers in
Junaluska, N C., she has taken time when
ip Clinton to endear herself to her com
munity and church. She is a member of
the Volunteer Workers at Whitten Village.
She has for many years taught a Bible
course for Bible teachers in many towns in
the Methodist churches of the South.
Miss Spratt is an educator and au
thor, having written two books in recent
years, besides articles for magazines and
church, papers. Her books are “Toppy
and the Circuit Rider,” and “Tom and
the Red Coats.” Both publications have
been well received. They were written for
children but are enjoyed by all ages.
Her many friends and loved ones wish
for her a happy life in her new home.
Babcon Discusses
Modem Schools
Babson Park, Mass., October 31—Everywhere
I go I see spectacular new schools. I am remind
ed of the time my late cousin, the distinguished
Major Elmer Babson, shocked the people of Glou
cester about ten years ago by building a “mod
em” school.
NEW SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE
The local taxpayers immediately dubbed it the
“New Factory,” and they did not intend this as
a compliment. But my cnusin realized long be
fore most of his contemporaries that the day of
the old school house—built as an architectural
addition to the city, with fancy columns and elab
orate stone trimmings—was def
initely over. He had the vision
and the courage to make a radi
cal change and provide space
for the most efficient teaching
conditions possible.
We are now in the day of
“brain factories”—and rightly
so. This is the time when every
school house should be built as
an efficient plant, with teachers
■•*•* w. m*m being paid to be efficient man
agers, experts, and foremen. Even the more
backward school committees and taxpayers are
adopting this “factory’’.idea, with their cities and
towns the better off for it. The hope of every
community is its children, provided they are
properly taught the right things. (I think some
of the things taught today are silly and point
less. And too many of the new school buildings
are wastefully fancy and expensive.)
AUTOMATION HERE TO STAY
Every day students hear talk about AUTOMA
TION. This is another way of saying, “auto
matic factories.” Raw materials are fed Into
one end and the finished products come out the
other. Such factories are worth what it costs to
construct them, because they will turn out the
same volume of shoes, cloth, candy, etc., with
50 employees that factories used to produce with,
say, 500.
Let me say here that automation depends
almost entirely on electronics which I trust is
being taught in all high schools by now. Elec
tronics makes possible two key things: (1) the
turning of a very faint electric current into a
powerful current, as illustrated by loud speakers
and TV; and (2) the turning on or off of an elec
tric current by light, sound, or temperature in
stead of by hand. This is seen in the “electric
eye” which opens the door for you when you go
into the super market.
OUR OWN PERSONAL FACTORIES
I desire to point out to teachers, ministers, and
parents that their young charges already pos
sess the most wonderful “automatic factory” of
them all. All young people should realize that
they own and control such an efficient factory
within their heads. Show them how—with a good
working knowledge of reading, writing, and arith
metic — this brain can make every student
healthy, prosperous, and happy.
Water, air, and proper foods are fed in as
raw materials. These move along through con
veyors and “cooking systems” not unlike those
found within the most up-to-date electronic fac
tory. The raw materials are magically changed
into muscle and cultural “gifts.” And there is
far more. Students can turn an “electric knob”
and find out whether his or her automatic fac
tory will produce physical force of the sort used
by common labor, brain power such as that re
quired by executives and other leaders, or a cul
tural product such as music, painting, and
poetry.
USE TOUR FACTORY FULLY
It think it is time for school committees to
wake up, and to tell students to do likewise! Au
tomation has already caught up with us. You
have probably seen one of the more fascinating
results of electronics: Cordless remote control.
You can turn radios and TV sets on or off with
out getting up from your chair, with just a flash
of light. Darkness can turn on your buglar light,
daylight turn it off.
TV channels can be changed without wires or
cords, commercials can be shut off. This power
of remote control all students have had from
babyhood on. But are they using it to beat ad
vantage. It should surely be one of the great
responsibilities of the public schools and of the
parents to teach students their capabilities in
time for them to use them early and completely.
OCTOBER U, IMS
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Clinton, S. C M Thursday, October 81, IMS
Stories
Behind
Words
by
.William S. Penfield
Fourflusher
The word “fourflusher” was coined by stud poker
players.
In stud poker each player gets five cards, the first
card face down and the others face up.
Sometimes, all four of a player’s “up” cards are of
the same suit. If the card which was dealt face down
is also of that suit, he has what is called a flush, a
strong hand.
This situaton. lends itself to bluffing, for when he
bets, the other players do not know whether he has a
flush or not. Players caught bluffing in this situation
are called “fourflushers,” meaning they have only four
cards of one suit.
The name has been applied to anyone who bluffs
or pretends to be what he is not.
tory assistant, demonstrated
the principles involved in the
Van de Graaf generator by per.
forming experiments using a
small atomatron.
Last Sunday, SOS Sunday,
the Tanda Horizon Club, undar
the direction of Mrs. Ledford
and Mrs. Robbins, assisted in
the successful polio immunisa
tion drive at the high school
gym.' Among those helping
were Ruth Todd, Betty Stroud,
Andi Stroud, Robbie Lewis, Sue
O’Dell, Beverly Muller, Beverly
Poole, Sandra Norris, Blaine
Crouch, Ginger Byars, Rhonda
Rikard, Dianne Ledford, Kay
Hatten, Dianne Asbill, Sue
Word, Judi Davis, Betty Mae
Baldwin, Carol Sanders, Kitty
Lockett, and Kathy Bledsoe.
This Tuesday and Wedbes-
day the * Clintonian staff mem
bers, headed by co-editors Sis
ter Blalock and Janet Hamer,
were busy supervising the mak
ing of group pictures. Each
school club, its officers, class
officers, and senior superla
tives had their pictures made
in both likely and unlikely
places — everywhere from the
Steps of the school to the print
shop of The Chronicle. '
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Public Records
PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Joe H. Bonds to Nellie P. Os-
Bonds, lot on Sunset Boulevard,
Clinton, for $10.00 and other con
siderations.
Sara B. Copland to Joe H.
Bonds, lo ton Sunset Boulevard,
Clinton, for $10.00 and other con
siderations.
M. H. Hunter, Jr., to H. R. Bol
ton, lot South Heights Subdivis
ion, Laurens, for $10.00.
J. Hewlette Wasson, Probate
Judge, to L. T. Watts and Louiae
S. Watts, 1W amres in Mountville
for $825.00.
Pineland Trading Corporation
to Mamie Corbin, lot' In Rose-
mont Village for $280.00.
Alebert L. Burgess and Vir
ginia Burgess to Houston Turner
and Calvin Turner, lot on Beattie
St., Watts MiU, for $10.00 and
other considerations.
Ernest Rowland and Bessie
Rowland to Bobby lowland, 9.40
acres for $180.00 and other con
siderations.
M. H. Hunter, Jr., to D. A.
McDaniel, lot in Sunset Park
for $080.00.
Charles G. Cooper to C. B.
Gentry, lot on Sherwood Drive
for $10.00 and other considera
tions. <*
Highlights
From Clinton High
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Sat., 1:45—Wake Forest at Gemson
Sat., 7:45—Wofford at Presbyterian
Tomorrow is D-day for all
loyal CHS’ers—past and pres
ent. Homecoming, which from
all preliminary appearances
will be our best yet, will begin
at noon with the dismissal of
all students who subscribe to
the Sentinel.
From then on, the day will
be a maze of activiUes with
cars to decorate, streamers to
make, goal posts to be climbed,
suits to press, and especially
nerves to calm!
Participating in the annual
homecoming parade will be the
girls sponsored by senior foot
ball players, the three finalists
in the Miss CHS contest, the
Red Devil Band, and the offi
cers of practically all school
clubs and organizations.
Climaxing the day’s festivi
ties will be the crownihg of the
new Miss CHS at halftime of
the homecoming game. She
will be chosen from the three
finalists already chosen from
the original twelve competitors
in the close event. Last week
five semi-finalists were chos
en. They were Connie Simmons,
Patsy Henderson, Sandra Hug
gins, Beverly Muller, and Janet
Lawson. From these five these
three finalists were selected:
Connie Simmons, Patsy Hen-
By DISHIE DELANY
derson, and Sandra Huggins.
Each of these girls would
represent CHS well, but since
only one may wear the crown,
all CHS’ers are really racking
their brains attempting to se
lect the very best one.
Of course, after the game to
morrow night, there will be the
traditional gala homecoming
canteen in the gym.
Tuesday night the National
Honor Society held its regular
meeting, at which plans for
their chapel installation pro
gram were finalized and bio-
grahpical reports on Emily
Dickenson and Albert Scweitzer
were given. Also the group de
cided to maintain a current
bulletin board in the hall for
the remainder of the year.
At its monthly Monday night
the Science Club adopted as its
name “The Chem-Bi-Phi Sci
ence Club.” The name is de
rived from the names of the
three science courses its mem
bers are currently enrolled in:
chemistry, biology, and phy
sics.
Also at this meeting MacUe
AusUn was elected reporter, and
several members showed their
projects or read project report
papers. Officers were installed,
and John Paul McKee, labora-
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