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7 ' Weening Inaugural The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 65 — No. 18 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 30, 1964 On Tuesday Coun, y community Council Shedules * Spartan Co. Is Low Bidder Presbyterian College will offi cially install Dr. Marc Calvin Weersing as its 14th president with inauguration ceremonies to be held next Tuesday afternoon. Several hundred visiting dele gates and special guests are ex pected to join the PC student body, alumni and others for this historic occasion. Clinton resi dents also are invited to attend the 2:45 p. m. inaugural program in Belk auditorium. Meeting for Tuesday Awarded Scholarships Top scholastic awards went to three Presbyterian College students at the college’s annual Honors Day program last Friday. They are: Amelia Nichols of Clinton (left), who received the Neill G. Whitelaw Scholarship given by the Alumni Association to a rising junor of promise; and two John Christian and Ida Moore Oeland Scholarships, ,given by J. M. Oeland of Clinton and family, to rising sophomores Susan H. Gil bert of Blakely, Ga. (center) for competence in Eng lish and David Rousey of Tignall, Ga. (right) for com petence in science.—Photo by Yarborough. Other Chonges Announced Shealy Named Prindpal The main address will be de livered by Dr. Frank Rose, pres- ideht of the University of Ala bama. Other program partici pants will include. Dr. J. McDowell Richards, president of Columbia Theologi cal Seminary ;the Rev. John B. Evans, executive director of the division of higher education, Presbyterian Church, US; Rob ert M. Vance, Clinton banker- industrialist who serves as chair man of the board of trustees; Dr. Van M. Arnold, pastor of the Evergreen Presbyterian Church of Memphis, Tenn.; the Rev. B. Herman Dillard, pastor of the N e w n a n (Ga.) Presbyterian Church; Dean Joseph M. Get- tys; and the PC robed choir un der the direction of Dr. Edouard Patte. The Laurens County Commun ity Council will meet Tuesday, May 5, at 1 p.m. at the Laurens Federal Friendship Room. A dutch luncheon will be served. This will be the last meeting un til September. The Laurens County Mental Health Association will present the program, which will be on “After-Care for Patients Return ed From the State Hospital.” Dan Fowler, chief psychiatric social worker with the Area Five Mental Health Center, will speak. Staff workers from the State Hospital who also will partici pate in the program are Mrs. Marjory McClendon, chief of so cial service, and Jack Kornegay, specialist in the care of returned patients. Individuals who are especially interested in an after-care pro gram are asked to remain after the council adjourns. Sewer Expansion Program Set to Get Underway Soon Hospital Charges To Increase May 1 Of CGnton High School Registration is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a. m. in the Doug las House. It will be followed by the inaugural luncheon for dele gates and special guests at 12:45 A. Wilmot Shealy has been named principal of Clinton High School, succeeding R. P. Wilder, it was announced yesterday by the Board of Trustees of School District 56. Mr. Wilder was recently elect ed superintendent of District 56 succeeding W. R. Anderson, re signed, and announced several weeks ago. Mr. Shealy is presently princi pal of Hampton Avenue Ele mentary School. Replacing Mr. Shealy will be Herman L. Shealy, principal of the Joanna Eementary School. J. T. Willis, currently princi pal of the Campobello Eement ary and Junior High Schoo, will become principal of the Joanna School. Another newcomer to the schools will be A. Bruce Gallo way, now serving as principal Of the Trenton Eementary School, who will become director of bus transportation for District 56. Galloway will succeed Avery Smith, who will become director of all bus activities for Laurens County schools, including trans portation and operation of me chanical shops for repair work, which will be centered near the county fair grounds. The mechanical work has been done under the supervision of the State Highway Department and is now being transferred to the State Education and Finance Commission. SHEALY HERE 19 YEARS Wilmot Shealy has seen serv ice in Clinton schools for a period of 19 years. He first came here as principal and coach at the high school for the 1943-’44 term. He was in service for a year, 1944-’45, and taught and coached at Newnan, Ga., 1945-’46. He returned to Clinton for the 1946-’47 term as principal of Florida Street Elementary School and has been here since. He transferred to the Hampton Avenue School when the ele mentary grades were moved there and Florida Street became a junior high school. Mr. Shealy is a graduate of Presbyterian College and receiv ed his master's degree from the University of South Carolina. HERMAN L. SHEALY Mr. Shealy is a native of New berry and a graduate of New berry College. He has a master’s degree from Wofford. He taught in Spartanburg County schools for 12 years and in Union city schools for 12 years. He has been principal of the Joanna school for 12 years. He has been princi pal of the Joanna school for the past five years. J. T. WILLIS Mr. Willis, who comes to Jo anna, is a graduate of Furman University, where he also earn ed his master’s degree. He has served as registrar at North Greenville Junior College, taught in the Spartanburg County schools, and has been at Campo bello for the past seven years. A. BRUCE GALLOWAY Mr. Galloway is coming back home. A native of Clinton, he is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Galloway, longe-time Clin ton residents. Two of his broth ers still live here, C. E. “Chick” and Ashby Galloway. He is a graduate of Furman University and comes to Clinton from Tren ton, where he has been principal of the elementary school for a number of years. For several years he taught in the Joanna school and was athletic director in (he community. p. m. The academic procession—to include delegates from other col leges and the PC faculty in robes, and the college boards of trus tees and visitors in business suits—will assemble at 2:15 p. m. in the library building. The pro cession is scheduled to move out from this point shortly before 2:45 p. m. and march across the plaza into the auditorium to start the program. Leading the procession will be four top-honor students serving as marshals. They are: Marion B. Boozer of Gaffney, represent ing the senior class; Hubert G. Wardlaw, Jr., of Kingstree, jun ior class; Amelia ^ichols, of Clinton, sophomore class; and Susan Helen Gilbert of Blakely Ga., freshman class. The mar shals will be followed in order by the platform participants, the delegates according to the date of founding of their institutions, members of the boards of trus tees and visitors, and the PC faculty. A reception at the home of President and Mrs. Weersing is to follow the inaugural program. It is set for 4:15 p. m., and per- Daily service charges at Bailey Memorial Hospital will be in creased May 1, according to Fred N. Crawford, administra tor. The increases were ordered at the April meeting of the Board of Directors, Mr. Crawford said, in order to more nearly balance income and expenses. Semi-private rooms will ad vance from $12 to $14 per day. Four semi-private rooms are available at $11 to $13. Private rooms will advance from $17 to $19 per day. The daily fees heretofore charged for use of television sets will be abolished. Free use of TV sets will be available with every room, Mr. Crawford said. Lions Collect “G’asses For India” A group of Lions Club officials of District 32-A look over part of several thousand pairs of old eye glasses collect ed by the 50 Lions clubs throughout the district as a joint project for “Old Eye Glasses for India." The above photo was made Monday at the District Gov ernor’s cabinet meeting at Vernon’s Restaurant in Clinton and includes, left to right, Rembert Truluck, international counselor; T. K. Fletcher, district gov ernor; Don Creighton, president-elect Clinton Club; Robert H. Garrison, inter national counselor; George H. Comelson, Zone 6 chairman; Sarnie Pinson, presi dent Clinton club. The Clinton club will package and ship the glasses to India through the CARE program.—Photo by Yarborough. Roseboro, Employees Awarded Certificate Local Men Named Trustees Near Simpsonville Sunday Mrs. Simpson Fatally John M. Rose boro, Clinton agent for the Seaboard Railroad, has receiverd a “certificate of merit” for safe operations in the local area for the past year. The certif£ate reads: “Certificate of merit present ed to John M. Rose boro, agent, and employees under his super vision in the operating depart ment of the Seaboard Railroad for the attainment of a perfect record in personal injury preven tion for the year 1963.” The certificate was signed by J. N. Brochman, general man ager; J. W. Thompson, chief of safety; and C. H. Uneberger, superintendent. Robert M. Vance, president of Clinton-Lydia Cotton Mills, and Walter Regnery, vice-president and general manager of Joanna Cotton Mills, were re-elected as trustees of the Institute of Tex tile Technology, Charlottesville, Va. The new terms will expire in 1967. Poyton In County Joil Mrs. Smidi Dies Week After Shooting Here An extensive sewer expansion program is expected to get un derway in the next two or three weeks, according to city offic- ials, after bids on the work were received last Thursday. Spartan Construction Co. of Spartanburg, submitted the low est of four bids on the project. Spartan’s bid was $217,549.50. G. E. Moore and Co. of Green wood, was next with a bid of $220,460.85. Also bidding were Boyle Construction Co. of Sum ter, with $227,328.75, and Kahn and Jackson of Columbia, with $262,137. • Lockwood Greene of Spartan- . burg, engineering firm for the project, is tabulating the bids and will submit them with their recommendations to City Coun cil for approval. Council will probably take ac tion on the program at its meet ing Friday night. The program consists of a 12- acxe lagoon and outfall lines to serve the southeastern section of the city, a pumping station to move sewerage from the north eastern section of the new lines, new lines in the Bond Street area, and lines in the Oak Street area. The program wil be financed with the proceeds of a $125,009 revenue bond issue, approxi mately $60,000 in a federal grant, and $25,000 or $30,000 from city surplus funds. After approval by City Coun cil, the project must also get the approval of the U. S. Public Health Service in connection with expenditure of federal funds. Part of the work has already been underway for several weeks, city officials stated. A negotiated contract was let for a section of the Bond Street work in order to complete it in Hwy* A Clinton man is being held in and left hand, where she re- for the State Highway Depart- the Laurens County jail, charged mained until her death. ment to rebuild the road and get wmrttie death of a Betton wom* year The work * assault and battery with intent about completed, officials s ^ was and the Highway Department an who died the night of Wednes- to ki]1 Mrs Smith The elections came at a recent r * a ^’ 22* ' n 8 Greenville wounded with a .22 calibre pis- will bring in their work crews two-day meeting of the trustees hospital. tol. and the technical advisory com- Mrs. Grace Crawford Smith, He was released on bond on m j ttee _ u _, 4 _ K _. the assault charge but was taken within the next few days. 49, died a week after being shot , . The Institute is . non-profit ^ Um „ April 16 in , loc.l V research and educational organ- K »mun aiea. C8 ‘ e - Mrs. Smith was a textile work- ization carrying out applied and basic research for the member Buck Alton Payton, 61, was ajv er and a Baptist. She was a textile companies. It also trains rested by city officers shortly daughter of Mrs. Lula Crawford textile scientists at the graduate afte r the shooting and placed in of Anderson and the late Lee M. Vaccine Workers To Be Recognized level. the Clinton jail. Mrs. Smith Injured In Collision Mrs. Frank H. Simpson, 64, Clinton resident of North Adair Street, was killed almost instant ly Sunday at 2:15 p.m. when the 1961 Pontiac in which she was a passenger swerved and crashed head-on into a 1960 Ford driven by Tommy Reid, 17, of Simpson ville. The collision occurred on a secondary road near Simpson ville. Mrs. Simpson’s head went through the windshield of the Pontiac, officers said. The car was driven by her husband, who was taken to Hillcrest Hospital at Simpsonville, treated and re leased. Young Reed, who was admit ted to Hillcrest, is reported to be in fair condition with head lacer ations. Mr. Simpson is said to have swerved to miss dogs crossing Old Stage Road, and ran into the path of the Ford. A passenger in the Ford, Sam my Howard, 17, of Rt. 1, Simp sonville was involved in another accident as he was being car ried to Greenville General Hos pital. The ambulance he was in was struck by a car at the intersec tion of Main and Washington Streets. He was reported to be in fair condition with lacerations of the face as a result of the first accident. State Highway Patrolmen as sisting Patrolman C. W. Arm strong in the investigation of the fatal accident were Cpl. Ed Wil son. sons attending the previous cere monies are invited to attend. Dr. Weersing assumed his duties as president of Presbyte rian College last August. He came from the pastorate of the Spartanburg First Presbyterian Church to succeed Dr. Marshall W. Brown. During his 25 years as a pas tor, Marc Weersing became rec ognized as one of the outstanding ministers of the Presbyterian Church, US. He served as pastor of the Spartanburg Church, South Carolinas’ largest Presbyterian congregation, from 1955 until 1963. Prior to that he had held pastorates in Jackson, Miss., De catur, Ga., and Elberton, Ga. He has held positions of leader ship in the work of the General Assembly and of the synods in which he has served, and he was a trustee of PC for seven years prior to accepting the presi dency. Dr. Weersing is married to the former Jean Barry Adams of Charlotte, and they have a son and daughter. A report and recognition meet- Crawford ' ng f ° r 811 Sabin 1,01111 v * ccta ® craw o a. volunteer workers will be held in was transferred other survivors include a t he Armory Monday evening at from a Clinton hospital to Green- daughter, Mrs. Margaret Vick- g o’clock it has been announced ville General Hospital, with pis- ery of Anderson; a brother, by Dr. James L. Walker. At this tol wounds of the hip, abdomen Robert J. Crawford with the time Dr. Walker will present in- U. S. Army in France; two sis- dividual framed certificates of ters, Mrs. I^ois Fisher of Belton, appreciation to all the volunteer and Mrs. Edna Holcombe of Au- workers who participated in the gusta, Ga.: and two grandchil- feedings held in this section of dren the county several months ago. Funeral services were conduc- A statistical report will be giv- i * u uu n ted at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at en j,y George Brockenbrough in Laurens County Health Depart- Shady Grove Baptist Church resnect to number sees etc The tournament will be open to ment and the clinton Health near Belton by Rev. Lawrence that participated in the feedings! all members of league play at Center during the week of May Lutz. Burial was in the church Harry McSween will give the fi- Bowling Tourney Set For May 16-17 Type III Vaccine Available Next Week The Palmetto Lanes will hold its first bowling tournament on the week-ends of May 16-17 and cine wiu be available a t 23-24. Type III Sabin oral polio vac- the cemetery. nancial report. This will be a wrap-up program of the Sabin polio vaccine drive. Ledford Is Salesman Palmetto Lanes. Entries are be- 4 through May 9. ing accepted now for team clinic hours at the Laurens events, doubles and singles, and County Health Department are: Peu/‘ltistfricf Af all-events. 9 :0 o a . m. to 12 noon and 1:00 r s 7 cn,arr,sr Entrance blanks may be se- p m , t0 s-qq p . m . each day LaiirenS Health Center cured at Palmetto Lanes and Monday through Friday, and Dr. Charles Robinson, phy- turned in to the lanes or to Tru- g.Qo a m to 12 noon on Sat- chiatrist, or Dan Fowler, social man Owens or Billy Fennell, urday. worker, will be at the Health has recently joined who have been appointed as the Clinic hours at the Clinton Center in Laurens the first Granwood Flooring Company, finance committee for the tour- Health Center are: Tuesday, Tuesday of each month to Inc., of Clinton, as a sales nament. Other asistants for the io:00 a. m. to 12 noon, and counsel with the delegates, representative, it has been an- tournament are Bill Myers, Sam- Thursday, 1:00 p. m. to 4:30 p. ministers or anyone concerning nounced by Leonard M. Wilson, Solesir Wayne W. Ledford of Laurens my Wilson and Tommy Windsor Rules and regulations for the tournament may be obtained at the bowling lanes. The deadline was set for midnight, May 3, but may be extended for late entries, it was stated. m. the Mental Health program. president of the company. Bell Street Bus Drivers Win State Competition Bell Street High School for the second consecutive year has won the State School Bus Road-E-O. The Bell Street team is com posed of three members, Wil liam Booker, the driver; Doug las Dendy, the front patrol man; and Raymond Copeland, the rear patrolman. For hi Clinton’s Bell Street High School's bus driver teem for the second straight jrar hee win the state oompetitiaa, Md held Isst Sautrdey in Colombia. Shown above are Lillie Sober, queen; William Booker, driver; Linda Kinard, 1963 queen; Raymond Copeland, rear patrol man. Absent was Douglas Dendy, front pfltnhBtn. Booker will receive a 9600 scholarship. Dendy and Copeland will receive ISO and $25 savings bonds, re spectively.—Photo by Yarborough. accomplishment as the winning driver, William will receive a $500 scholarship. Douglas and Raymond will receive a $50 and a $25 savings bond, re spectively. Each participating driver was graded on three tests, which in cluded a written test on bus safety; a skill test, in which the driver demonstrated his driving skill by driving through an obstacle course; and a road test, in which the whole team was tested on its knowidege of proper school bus operation. Serving as judges for these tests were qualified highway patrolmen, who have received special additional training con cerning school bus operation. In order for a school to par ticipate in the State School Bus Road-E-O, it must have an or ganized transportation club and be operating under a demerit- point system. The rules and regulations governing the com petition are set up by the State Educational Finance Commis sion, which is the owner of all the state school buses and is the organization that sponsors the Road-E-O. This is the fourth year that the commis sion has sponsored this con test. Schofield High School, rep resenting Aiken County, placed second in this state-wide com petition held at W. A Perry Junior High School in Colum bia April 25. At Opening of Belk’s New Store Cornwall is shown as he cut tha friends. This was the scene last Thursday at the opening of Belk’s new Fashion Cen ter on Musgrove Street in the building formerly occupied by Efird’s. The store features a new front, completely remod eled interior, new fixtures and enlarged stock of ladies’ ready-to-wear. Mayor J. J bons for the opening, left, are J. H. Southall, m advertising manager, D. B ager, and W. H. B. Sim] Greenville Belk’s store, borough.