The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 10, 1964, Image 2
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Ctatoo. 8. C, P«—>« 10 - 1>M
Labor Force Being -
Trained In State
Ninety-seven per cent of the 1963 vo
cational trade and industry graduates avail
able for employment got jobs, according to
G. E. McGrew, State Department of Edu-
tion Trade and Industrial Education super
visor.
At present there are approximately 14,-
000 students in the trade and industrial
education program, nearly 900 more than
last year. This expansion includes both
evening extension classes for upgrading
workers, and the pre-employment program
for high school students and adults.
' ‘Training adults and young people who
have completed or discontinued their for
mal education usee the high school facili
ties during the afternoon and evening hours
after school, assuring maximum value from
state and local school investments in these
facilities,” McGrew states.
Public schools offered pre-employment
training in 19 different trade and induatriri
occupations aa regular courses to )|ifh
school students, and training in 58 accupa-
tions to adulta.
Eleven new programs were added in
state high schools during the year.
One of the newest developments is th*t
training in skilled and semi-skilled ocmps-
tions no longer has an arbitrary time UuUt,
but is timed to actual requirements, accord
ing to McGrew.
This program of industrial and vocation
al training in the high schools of tbs state,
together with the training received by hun
dreds in the newly developing tsrhnisil edu
cation centers being established all over tbs
state, augurs well for a continuing supply
of a well-trained labor force in South Guro-
haa.
Pearson Intuits
Mississippi People
We would applaud Columnist Drew
Pearson’s action in shipping turkeys to Ne
groes in Mississippi were it not done to in
sult the people of Mississippi
Pearson, writer of s daily syndicated
newspaper column, has teamed up with co
median Dick Gregory and actor Sammy
Daria, Jr., to raise funds to ship 20,000
turkeys for Christmas to Negroes in Miaais-
dpp*
The implication, of course, is that Ne
groes in that state are too poor and op
pressed to enjoy turkey for Christmas.
Such is not the case there, ss it is in
Hundreds of thousands of Negroes in
Mississippi eat turkey as well as anything
alas they want to buy.
Of course, many Negroee there are un
able to buy turkey and other Hems in a
well-rounded diet, just as there are in other
states. And many white people, as well,
are included in that category.
We are happy that 20,000 Mississippi
Negroes will have a turkey for Christmas,
and we also hope the announcement of the
project isn’t just a publicity stunt.
In the meantime, it would be a good
idea if the people of Mississippi and other
sections of the South would initiate a pro
gram to ship 40, 50, or 60,000 turkeys to
underprivileged Negroes (and white peo
ple) in New York, Boston, Chicago and
other Northern cities.
Thousands of them have never seen a
turkey, much lees eaten one.
ploysee 120 par cent, and personal income
102 per cent
But profits, after taxes, rose only 19
per cent And, remember, the profit dol
lar, like all other doUars, suffered severely
from the erosion of inflation during those
years.
This is why top economists are now
concerned wtih the profit situation. Over
all, in their view, profits are not sufficient
to provide the degree of economic expan
sion this country—with its swelling popu
lation and its hope for ever-increasing liv
ing and working conditions—wants and
needs. The profit picture, in other words,
is not so pretty ss ft looks at first fiance.
THE AMERICAN WA Y
Total government spending — federal,
state and local—will break all fiscal year
records in 1964, according to Tax Founda
tion, Inc. Spending by the three is expect
ed to reach $197 billion, an increase of $12
billion over the last fiscal year. If these
authoritative estimates are borne out, the
Foundation goes on, taxes will reach a new
high cost of shunt $1,944 per men, women
end child in the United States. That will
be $61 above the 196S figure.
centering about the life of a fair
ly typical teefrege gM. The cast
Included Phyllis Mixon, Tom
Baldwin, Jana Trammell, Eaok
Barron, David Plaxico, Priscilla
Williamson, Becky Huguley, Del-
mar Lawson, Arty Joa Sanders,
Bin Copeland, Patsy Simmons,
Frank McKee, and Polly Ann
Adair.
Just before the curtain rose,
Martha Crawford and Mary Belle
Davis presented Miss Miller and
Mrs. Robinaon, directors of the
play, with a gift.
Martha was the prompter, and
Nlta Stevenson produced the
sound effects. Cathie Daria and
Sandra Mane wen In charge of
properties.
* * •
Yesterday afternoon, the
Chem-Bi-Phi Science dub tour
ed a fish hatchery in Newberry
for their December meeting.
While they were there, some
hatchery personnel showed them
methods used in breeding and
raising the fish, which are used
to stock ponds and lakes through
out South Carolina.
The members of the
Homemakers of America Club
are collecting Christmas gifts to
to patisnts at the State Men
tal Hotpttet in Columbia. Anyone
wishing to donate a gift a**?
contact Mn. Harry Bouknight or
any member of the club. Ap
propriate gifts include cosmetics,
stationery, handkerchiefs, or any
other small, personal The
gifts collected will be distributed
among patients who might other-
wise not receive any gifts-
jUork King Homed
'King Teen' ot CHS
Mark King, president of the
senior class at Clinton High
School, was recently chosen
King Teen by the members of
the class.
Mark was selected on the basis
of scholarship, character, per
sonality, dependability, leader-^
ship, ability, versatility, and
promise of future usefulness.
He has served as president of
both his senior and junior class
es.
In the spring Mark will attend
one of two Dug Teen week-ends
at Wofford. By attending one of
these week-ends, he will become
eligible for one of four f<
scholarship#. The actual
ners will be determined b;
MARK KING
PofetofView
The Moocher
Profit Levels
Dangerously Low
We read and hear of record dollar
profits made by numbers of businesses.
And, to many of us, this means that the
owners of these businesses are saturated
with wealth and are eating high on the hog
indeed.
But there is more—* great deal more
—to the profit story.
The fact is that profits just haven't
kept pace with other segments of the econ
omy. From I960 to 1968, the gross nation
al product roee 106 per cent, the national
income 97 per cent, compensation of em-
Babeon Park,
been widespread
unfavorable
troubles fan autos
total pre-holiday retail trade, when the final tally
is made. Our answer Is that the impact will be
relatively slight.
YEAR-AGO RECORDS WILL RR TOPPED
Before the rash of strikes, it tested as though
Christmas business as a whole la 1S84 would sur
pass that of the preceding year by aa much as
7%-S%. Now that the auto dislocations appear
to he at an end, consumer buying psychology in
nearlv all Darts of the couatrv seems to be
brightening again. Weighing all the optimistic
factors in the current economy, it is
that retailers will still da,
5%-S% better than they did
breaking pre-Christmas weeks of
Personal income is pushing up agatust aa all-
time-high ceiling and promises to
billion for this last quarter of the
and wages continue to edge
higher ground, while dividends and interest are
climbing steadily. This means an unsually large
reservoir of liquid assets, always an incentive
for customers not only to buy heavily but alao to
move up the scale to higher-priced items.
CONSUMER DEBT NOT REALLY TOP-HEAVY
There is considerable talk about the over-ex
tension of consumer debt, especially in sections
of thr nation which depend heavily upon Jost a
few Industries Actually, the debt situation te
not yet generally dangerous It Is true that
consumer debt is nt an all-time peak; but, even
so. the asset-to-debt position of buyers is not
fundamentally unhealthy
Also, repayments on installment credit have
been keeping a favorable balance with the vol
ume of retail credit extended; and the debt peti
tions of consumers is being offset by a continu
ously rising backlog of personal and family sav
ings We feel confident that there is plenty of
leeway for new pre-holiday debt extension with
out fear.
TAX CUTS ADDING ZEST
The slice in taxes this year has done a lot to
boost both dollar sales and physical turnover at
retail outlets, and of course to encourage the pur
chase of big-ticket items. The knowledge that
take-home pay will be even better in coming
months, because of a further tax-cut step and
because of the many raises in wages, will mean
still another shot in the arm for consumer buying
attitudes. With both spendable income and buy
er psychology rosy, the customary holiday-sea
son expansiveness should receive added test.
There is a question just how much effect the
anticipated excise tax cuts will have on the sales
of luxury items in the time before Christinas.
Some believe that prospective buyers of expen
sive Articles, will wait to make their purchases
until such a measure is actually pasted. How
ever, spendable income is so ample that hold
backs should be relatively slight on moat articles
and the repercussions oc pre-holiday business as
a whole should be negligible.
big OPPORTUNITIES FOR GO-GETTERS
Retailers who are on the ball over the next
few crucial weeks may chalk up gains over a
year ago substantially higher than the #%-«%
increase expected for the national average.
Chances are that heaviest holiday buying will
be even later than it was last year (that’s the
way tne trend baa been moving in recent years),
with the really big explosion of buying likely in
the final days before Christmas. Those who have
intelligently built up inventories keyed to today’s
more sophisticated tastes could easily top
holiday 1963 by 10% or more.
Finally, it should be stressed that the .
in retail trade will not quiet down to any great
extent after the holiday splurge. Turnover
should continue to ride high above year-eartier
levels at least well into the first quarter or MB.
Stories
Behind
Words
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WiOhun &
Umbrella
Dur ng a hot day a shady spot affords welcome
relief from the burning rays of the sun.
Long ago a man reasoned that a portable shading
device would shield him from the sun as he moved.
Although the Chinese and Egyptians had used
such a portable shade centuries earlier, the Italians
gave us the name for it They called the email shading
device ‘ ombrella," meaning u a little shade.”
“Ombrella” was adapted to English aa “umbella.”
Despite Its original meaning, we use an umbrella to
protect ourselves from the rain as well as the sun.
Highlights
From Clinton High
Next Wednesday night the
Clinton High School Glee dub
will present “A Song Unending",
a Christmas cantata by Jake W.
Petersen, in the high school au
ditorium.
A Nativity scene, featuring
Mary, Joseph, the Christ Child,
the angel Gabrial. shepherds,
and Wise Men, on the school
lawn will depict the theme of
the program, the first Christmas,
nearly two thousand years ago.
Dick Ferguson will narrate the
program with Scriptures from
the second chapter of the Book
of Luke. Nancy Hollis is the
group’s soloist.
Nannette Young will accom-
By CAROL SANDERS
pany the chorus as pianist. Mrs.
Hasel Gilfillian is the Glee Club’s
director. The public is invited to
attend this inspiring Christmas
program.
On Sunday night an ensemble
of eighteen voices from the Glee
Club will present a
program at the First
Church of Joanna. This same
group sang at the "Holiday
House" in Clinton last weekend,
and they will sing later this
month for the Joanna Women’s
dub
• • •
Committee on Financial Aids of
Wofford College.
- For the past two years, in ad
dition to leading his dass, Mark
has been an active member of
the Key dub and the National
Honor Society. He has also com
piled an outstanding academic
record.
He is the son of Mr. aad Mrs.
Hall King.
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