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* 4 THE CLINTON CHNQNIGLE CttmUm, S. C, Tkwntoj, Ptc—bf 17, 1H4 Clinton High Band In Parade The Clinton High School Band is held recently at Laurens. Harry Bouk- shown here in the Christmas parade night is director. By SPECTATOR . . . COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Keeney put It) they are subject to fewer distractions and don’t bother to look at the girts on the sidewalk. Must a driver be able to “perceive and interpret’ ^street and highway signs “under circumstances of normal traffic flow.” The efficiency of the signs was left to traffic engin eers. Why so many auto accidents? I know that serious study may be revealing, but I offer my un expert observation. A certain type will take great chances. No examination will reveal the like lihood of such mishaps as re sult from ordinarily careful peo ple who take chances when driv ing a car. Time after time I’ve seen big vans or trucks cut in ahead of me dangerously because they miscalculated their chances when passing me while a car or track is approaching in the left lane, that being the lane belong ing to the approaching car. “At a time when AnMricans are becoming more and more de pendent on their automobiles, more and more of them are go ing to lose their drivers' licenses. Many license revocations will be for medical conditions the driv ers can do nothnig about. There’s belated recognition that medically unfit drivers are an Important factor in the na tion's highway carnage, which Patronize The Chronicli Advertisers has reached the proportions of a major public-health problem. Facts are still skimpy, but a California study showed that drivers with certain medical con ditions had twice as many acci dents as normal, healthy driv ers. In Pennsylvania, which ia giving medical examinations to all its licensed drivers, 1.7 per cent of the first 2,010,000 were re jected. If the Pennsylvania figures can be applied nationally, then some 1,500,000 of the nation's 00,- 000,000 licensed drivers are a danger to themselves and to oth ers because of medical disabil ities. Researchers are still trying to pinpoint the physical and mental skills that make a safe driver. Despite their lack of scientific knowledge, one group of doctors and other experts at the confer ence plunged bravely ahsad, de fining the medical conditions that disqualify a person from driving. Slim, bespectacled Dr. Arthur H. Keeney, i Louisville, Ky , ophthalmologist, lend them over the hurdles and around most of the pitfalls. First they considered this one: How much plain old intelligence is required to operate a motor vehicle? There are plenty of stories shoot how morons make the best drivers, because (as Dr. I have a very ordinary, com monplace intellectuality and so I’m profoundly interested in an advertisement I have seen quite a number of times. Here it is: “I’ll make you a mental wiz ard in one evening." As I’m a bit on the dull side I would gladly submit to such treatment as would make me a wizard in two nights, or even a whole week. What say you? Can you fancjf yourself be coming a second Aristotle, or Socrates? If you are as lacking in brain power as I am you might allow a whole month for the intellectual illumination that would enable you to outshine the sagacious minds of long ago. How did we become entangled in Viet Nam? Why are we fight ing over there? The only reason I’ve heard ia that Viet Nam may become Communistic. Well, why did we become so world-minded? Are we afraid of Communism? What did we do about Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugo slavia, — and all the other countries enslaved by Russia? What about Italy today? And, by all meant, what about Rus sia? For some reason we are tran- ped in Viet Nam, with nothing to gain and everything to loee. Wonderful people we Ameri cans are; now we shall abolish poverty. Probably we shall suc ceed in multiplying the loafers and other ne’er-do-wells that have abounded since the Lord of life trod the lanes of men. Already we have almost a fraud of Social Security; and we have men and woman “on relief” in the North or working thfgp while their children are on re lief in the South. Among the incredible mani festations of paternalistic gov ernment are two cases I have heard of, one Colored, the other white. Ihe Colored girl’s child has enjoyed hospitalisation for months, free, while all the neigh bors pay for the white girl. In this day of worldly wisdbm we don’t let the dead remain un molested. Now we have Napoleon Bona parte, certainly one of the great figures of history regardless of your disapproval of his course. Napoleon ia dead; he died In 1821, quite some time ago. We know that the great Napoleon rests in the black sarcophagus in Paris, but why did he die? “Atomic chemistry stepped back into the Nineteenth Century last week in an attempt to ex plode a myth. The myth con cerned the cause of the Emperor Napoleon’s death. A Scottish legal-medicine ex pert and two Swedish doctors proclaimed that Napoleon died from arsenic poisoning rather than from cancer, as k»V ftl ir"T have asserted. Their conclusion was based on neutron bombard ment analysis of strands of Na poleon’s sandy-red hair. The strands had bean keepsake items passed down through tbs years. Even if Napoleon’s body were made available, might not prove anything. After 123 years, some scientists say, even atomic chemistry would be useless in analysing Napoleon’s remains. It is believed that he was poi soned by Count de Montholon by order of King Louis XVIII. Na poleon was in on the of SL Helena, accompanied by Count Charles-Trlstan do Mon tholon, who was executor of the emperor’s will and received 2,- 000,000 francs from Napoleon's Annual Camp Fire Caroling Doc. 22 Camp Fire members who plan jo participate In the annual Caroling Tuesday, December 22 are asked to meet‘at the Camp Fire Hut at 6 o’clock. They will go to the Clinton Nurahlg Home, Whittep Village and Bailey Me morial Hospital, after which they will return to the Hut for refresh ments of doughnuts and hot chocolate. All Camp Fire girts are asked to participate. The group leaders will be responsible for the trans portation of their own group. News of Bonds Cross Roads MRS. N. A. 8HOUSE Births Mr. and Mrs. Thom B. Cooper, Jr., of Pensacola, Fla., announce the birth of a son, Todd Kanhaw, on December 7. Mr. Cooper, a former resident, Is the son of Mr and Mrs. T. B MRS. EDDIE NABORS IS BONNORED Mrs. Eddie Nabors was hon ored with a miscellaneous house hold shower. Anumber of friends met at the Recreation Hall in the Educational Building of Fairview Church. Guests were greeted at the door by Mrs. Lois McQuirt and Mrs. Sara Nabors. Small wedding bells were pin ned on each guest by Joyce Stan ley and Ksppie Crapps. Enter tainment in the form of contests was conducted by Mrs. Willie Ruth Crapps and Mrs. Lois Mc Quirt. A number of useful and attractive gifts were presented to Mrs. Nabors. Mrs. Ruth HU1 assisted Mrs. Nabors with open ing the many gifts. Refreshment consisting of punch, decorated cake squares, mints and nuts were served. Mrs. Lois McQuirt presided over the punch bowl. Hostesses were Mrs. Joe Mc Quirt, Mrs. Sara Nabors, Mrs. Ruth Hill, and Mrs. Willie Ruth Crapps. The Laurens County 4-H Achievement Banquet was Fri day night Dec. 4. at Presbyter ian Collage, with Palmetto Bank as sponsor. Those attending from Shady Grove were Mrs. Margaret Berry and daughter Cathie, Mr. and Mrs. Clarepce Hunnicutt and daughter June, Mr. and Mrs. Carter Wright and son Steve and Buddy, and Miss Judy Davenmort. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nabors and daughter Lynn were unable to attend the ban- MowitvHIa Grange The MoUhtvffle Grange la sponsoring a Christmas party on Friday evening, Dec. 18, at 7:80 at the Grange Hall. All members and children are invited to attend. Ellis Robinson V/aterloo—Ellis Boazman Rob inson, 83, retired railroad em ployee, died at 2:00 p. m., Mon day, at a Lauren* hospital after a brief illness. Born In Greenwood County, son of the late Thomas A. and Mary Alice Pinson Robinson, be lived here since 1018. He attend ed the Waterloo Methodist Church. His wife, Mrs. Bertie Abrams Robinson, died in 1904. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Suggs of Water loo; a son, Frank Robinson of Orangeburg; four sisters, Mrs. Bessie Crowder of Georgia; Mrs. Irene Dellinger of Montcue* N. C.; Mrs. Medina Hollingsworth of Rt. 3; and Mrs. L. O. Buch anan of Rt. 3, Greenwood; two brothers, C. M. Robinson of Au gusta, Ga., and G. N. Robinson of Greenville; and two grand children. Funeral services wegv con ducted Tuesday at 3:00 p. m. at Blyth Funeral Home in Green wood by Rev. Floyd ^handler. Burial was in Bethlehem ceme tery at Coronaca. John Waldrop John Waldrop, 91, died in a Greenville nursing home Decem ber 7 following several years of declining health. He was born in Madison County, N. C., and lived in Clinton twenty years be fore retiring from Lydia Mills. He was a member of the Hurri cane Baptist Church and of the Masonic Lodge for sixty-two years. Ha is survived hy ten children: Mrs. B. L. Wood of Laurens, Mrs. Jim Lindsey of Greenville; Mrs. Jim Grant of Fork Shoals; Mrs. Walter Cook of Asheville, N. C.; Mrs. Gene Cook of Clin ton, Mrs. H. C. Edmond of Spar^ Unburg, George Waldrop of Lowell, N. C.; Charlie Waldrop of this city, Bill Waldrop of Anchorage, Alaska. Also forty grandchildren, 78 great-grand children, and IS great great grandchildren; one brother, Jim Waldrop of Tampa, Fla. OFFICE S|JPPL1ES CHRONICLE* PUB. CO. FINAL SETTLEMEJ Take notice that on ENT the 19th day of January, 1980, I will ren der a final account of my acts and doings as Administrator of the estate of Elizabeth (Lizzie) Byrd Pinson in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the smae day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persona hav ing claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be for ever barred. EDDIE BTRD, Administrator Rt. 1, Box 96 Chappells, S. C. 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Try us first for “Every thing That’s Printed.” Phone 833-0541 The Clinton Chronicle offers its advertisers die Largest ? ‘ ‘ '1 Circulation of any News paper in the History of Clin ton — A Circulation Reach ing to all parts of Laurens County and elsewhere. • * •;«* Lynn Nabors received a pair of reasmaker dasors at the out- starating Junior In the county sewing contest. Cathy Berry re ceived a hair dryer as award for outstanding work in Junior Group in electric club, and an award on her rsport. Steve Wright received an a- ward in tractor driving and the award as outstanding senior; winner in electric club, and an award in conservation also went to Steve. June Hunnicutt re ceived an award in sewing; Judy Davenport received an award in cooking; Mrs. Clarence Hunni cutt received a seal for two years as local 4-H leader. Mrs. Carter Wright received a 3rd year seal as local leader. At a previous meeting Buddy Wright received awards for his project with chickens. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Tucker, Karen Bonds, Janet Bonds, and DeWayne Tucker visited Mrs. J. C. Nabors last Tuesday. Local 4-H meeting Was held last Monday as the Shady Grove Clubhouse. Miss Taylor demon strated Christmas decorations and gift wrapping. Following the meeting a social hour was en joyed as members exchanged gifts, fruit cake and drinks were served by local leaders. Friday evening the members of Shady Grove Home Demon stration Club and their families enjoyed a Christmas dinner at the clubhouse. The tablet were decorated In Christmas motif. Rev. and Mrs. Floyd Brewer of Joanna were guests. Rev. Brew er gave a brief Christmas devo tional prec ceding the dinner. Mrs. Jamas Evans, President of Shady Grove Home Demon- Club visited the fshurai Nursing Home last woek and car ried gifts of toilet articles for all patients at the nursing home. These gifts were donated by members of tbs dub. FAIRVIEW BAPTIST YOUTH ENJOY SATUBDAY TB1F Rev. 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