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Hail Storm Hits Area The Clinton area was hit hy a hall storm yesterday (Wed nesday) afternoon about five • o’clock. The hail, acompanied hy heavy rain, pelted the area for about ten minutes. Most of the hall stones were round or oval and reached an 1 Inch In diameter. Others were In the form of rosettes, and some of these were an Inch an a'half across. The pieces of ice were fairly thick on the (round, but soon melted. Hlfh winds accompanied the storm for a few minutes. This section of the state earlier In the afternoon had been alerted by tornado wam- tnfs. Vicious storm clouds covered this section prior to and duinf the storm. The Clinton Chronide Vol. 66 — No. 11 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 18,1965 Eagle Scouts Ronald D. Davenport (left) and Tommy Dawson (right) of Joanna Troop 75. were presented EaHe Scout awards at Court of Honor Monday Night.—Yarborough Photo. At Oiomber of Commerce Meeting Clemson Dean Outlines \ City Planning Program Governor Names Maoistrate For Hunter Township Approximately, a hundred per- to consider and possible follow sons heard Clemson University through. architectural Dean Harlan E. Dean McClure also reminded McClure outline a possible city the group that zoning and, j»Mh- pianning program for Clinton at ning are not synonymous—son- Tuesday night’s Chamber of ing is merely a legal method to Commerce annual dinner meet- execute planning, while planning ing. . is a flexible instrument for fu- Columbia — Gov. Donald S. Scouts of Area Receive Awards at Honor Court Sixteen Clinton and Joanna lion; Larry Killian, Post 75, Scouts received awards at Uu* Joanna, Citizenship in the Laurens District Court of Honot Home, Soil and Water Conser- at St. James Methodist Church, vation, nad First Aid. Wattsville last Monday night. Also, Larry fc -Brehmer, Troop Awards were made as fol- Clinton, forestry, reading, lows: nature, citizenship in the home. Second Class promotions: firemanship; Bobby Wysor, (Presented by Louis Marshall, troop 111, reading and coin col- Scoutmaster, Troop 75, Joan- iecting; John DanUuk, troop na.) Judson Terrell, Troop 78, m, safety and camping; Buz- Laurens; Vernon Edwards, Len zy Tedards, troop 111, reading; Dailey. Carter Gault, Glen Han- Walter Adams, first aid; Scott son, Troop 111, Clinton. Hollahd, archery; Ricky Pow- First Class promotions: (Prt*- er, swimming; Alan Rosen- sented by Mike Turner, Scout- blum, leather work; David Ros- master, Troop 111, Clinton. 1 enblum, leather work; Lee San. Duane Kuykendall, Troop 74, ders, presonal fitness, and Tom- Wattsville. my Sexton, leather work, all of Star Promotions: (Presented troop 78, Laurens, by Col. R. W. Ulrich, Assistant Also Tommy Smith, Troop Scoutmaster, Troop 111, Clin- 78, Laurens, Personal Fitness ton.) Joe Daughtery, Henry and Archery; Eddie Fix, Troop Morgan, Troop 198, Clinton. 102, Laurens, H i*k i n g ; Joe Life Promotions: (Presented Daughtery, Troop 102, Laurens, by Charles Hatley, Scoutmas- Public Speaknig; Tom Daugh ter, Troop 198, Clinton.) Tom tery, Nature; Henry Morgan, Daughtery, Troop 198, Clinton. First Aid and Public Speaking, Merit Badge Awards: (Pre- all ot Troop 198, Clinton, sented by Bob Dominick, Scout- Eagle Scout Awards: (Pre master, Troop 74, Wattsville.) sented by A. B. McCroskey, Bubba Whiteford, Troop 74, Jr., District Scout Executive.) Wattsville, Citizenship in the Ronald D. Davenport and Tom- Home; Larry Marshall, Troop my Lawson, both of Post 75, 75, Joanna, Personal Fitness Joanna. and Athletics; Jack Prater, Bronze Palm Award for Eagle Troop 75, Joanna, Citizenship in Scouts: (Presented by the Dis- the Nation, Citizenship in the trict Executive) Martin K. Arm. Texaco Gift Presented to College Another $1,500 grant has been made to Presbyterian College from Texaco, Inc., as part of the company’s 1965 aid- to-education program. Presentation of the check, given to PC for unrestricted use, was made last Friday by Frank Baumann, South Carolina District man ager for Texaco, and John MoOn, operate ing representative for the state. In the picture above, Baumann is shown at left presenting the check to President Marc C. Weersing, while PC Business Manager G. Edward Campbell looks on. —Yarborough Photo. Focility to Hove 100 Beds McClure, sharing the spotlight growth. He recommended n . T v Home, Citizenship in the Com. strong, Troop 74, Wattsville. with incoming chamber prc.l- ««“ <•“* »>«■ "‘I’ ,3, ^ ""“'to. Fin* Aid, WBd Life The 1964 Blue Ridge C6uncil H»nt Finn Prpluhtnn whn will All- practicality in mind, ^. P. _ « , MAriAPPmont nnH Mnm» CamD Film was thpn shown dent Don Creighton who wlU as- u P T * k Hunter Townshio Management, and Home Re- Camp sume duties on April 1, address- and *?«*** d ° ne 1,1 P has ' Countv to succeed a P***- with < ed the local group at Hotel Mary e * rsther than aU at once^ SUS p e nded magistrate. Al8 ° Jim Abrams, Post 75, Execu Film was then shown comments by the District Executive. This was a film tak- Musgrove. He pointed out that After nearing uean menure h “ Citizenship in the Nation; Mike en of boys in camp during the Clinton “with its educational in- remarks. Mayor J. J. Cornwall Simpson will serve tor tne au- Evang Post 75 First Md . 1964 season. stitutions, Industries and popula- extended an impromptu and in- 8U8 Sf"*^ J hv Steve Floyd, Post 75, Home Re The Court of Honor was open- tion of about 10,000, would be an formal invitation to him and his onv<>rnnP nfior hf>inc» inHioi pairs, Citizenship in the Com- ed and closed by a member excellent town for city planning, fifth year urban studies class at > ‘ munity, Citizenship in the Na of Troop 74. Wattsville. if it desires the program.” Clemson to do a planning study ^ In explaining the Clemaon pro- ct y °f Clinton. „ , _ gram, McClure said that all fifth Focusing the attention on Clin- Bozard was charged, accord- vear krchitecture students soend ton at the clo8e of the meeting, «ng to the governor s executive year architecture students spe d chamber president Dan order, with neglecting and refus- a semester on city planning, and reunng cnamoer presiaem uan j.:., , thu riass worica cinsolv with Htv E - 0rr stated that there is ‘‘a ,n ^ immeaiaieiy to pay over f , * W ° r * a clo * e,y clty for a community olan for finos and penalties collected by officials to propose methods of m?ea tor a community plan lor cri m ina . cases and Dro . •nivino nrnhiome Anri niriinff nrn progress here, and the Chamber n,m in criminal cases ana pro solving problems and aiding pro. o f c ommerce ’ worklnB with citv ceedings between July 1, 1963 gressive development. 01 commerce, worxmt, wun city _ j * officials, could develop Clinton ana June , « Dean McClure reported that more fuUy with cit pi ann j nK The governor suspended Bo- or renovate the present struc- The bill was in the form of a about a dozen South CaroUna such ag ^ clemson program • za> d -until he shall be acquit- ture will be determined by a concurrent resolution, as fol- etties have taken advantage of The speaker was introduced by ted.” committee of five citizens. Mows: the University^program^ inejud- ja mes von Hollen, a club direc- Other magisterial appoint Those were the provisions of a “Whereas, there has been ‘ ~ ' * ments in Laurens County sent bill Introduced In the House of mu cb discussion as to the ade quacy of the Laurens County Hospital Expansion Bids To Be Received on April 8 Five Citizens to Study Courthouse Question Whether or not Laurens Coun- a report “on or before January ty will build a new court house 1, 1906.” . su <*towns as Greenville, tor lersoh, Sumter and Florence All of these communities have made some use of the plans. But he emphasized that before Clinton or any other city can make any progress in the direc tion of <jity planning, “we must want something better than what we have—everyone must make a little sacrifice for the total gain.” The procedure of city planning involves extensive economic, so cial and historical research of the conununity, and aims toward a planned layout best suited to both pedestrians and automobile traffic. The result of the study is several complete hut flexible plans by the Clemson architec ture students for the community Business License Taxes Now Payable; Penatiy On April 1 City bosineei Hcense taxes are due and payable before April 1, according to an ad-, vrrtisement in today’s paper. The licenses are issued for the calendar year and were payable January 1, accordance to city ordinance. A penalty of It per cent Is scheduled to be imposed April 1 on license tuxes not paid by that date. On Dean's List Miss Almena Blalock, Clinton South Carolina Association W. J. McCord To Address - MeHiodist Men The Broad Street Methodist Church .. , .. _ . . .. will hear William J. McCord, U* ? f and M " to the Senate for confirmation Representatives Tuesday, spon were; sored by the three members of Court House; and Marvin R. Ross of Fountain the Laurens County delegation “Whereas, the members of the Inn, Dials Township; Claude A. in the General Asembiy, Senator Laurens County Legislative Dei- Patton of Fountain Inn, Youngs William C. Dobbins and Repre- e 8 atlon believe that a- study Township; and J. W. Scurry of sentatives Marshall W. Aber- should made to determine Cross Hill for Cross Hill Town- crombie and J. C. League. whether or not the court house ship. Their terms run from At , t _ d 1 _ ^ needs to be demolished and re- April 28. i««, for four year, re ^“ d ™ e ^ c0 Sc5S Charles T. Oakley of Clinton. 0 f a new CO urt house on another ,, R ,1 H Hunter Township, April 24, 1965, site with provision being made r J* ^ PnT to April 24. 1969; Robert E. El- for adequate parking area. Lcu^ ' more of Enoree, Scuffleton Town u . . o , . concurring. shin Auc 19 1965 to Aue 19 F nva te citizens, also, from “That a committee of five is 1969- Mrs Lucile M Watts of time to time ^ ave ur 8® d pro " hereby created to study the feas- Laurens, rS Surens Tow^ip! n « 15 ^ acre8 ^ " a biiUy of reconstructing or reno- Sept. 22 1965 to Sept. 22 1969. Slte on w ™ c " to ouild a new vating the Laurens County Court court house. House. The members of the I*. , r ,. . Others contend that the pres- committee shall be appointed by Kindergarten dosed ent building in the center of a majority of the Laurens Coun. Weekday kindergartens in the Laurens should be renovated ty Legislative Delegation. They Clinton area will be closed to- and enlarged. shall meet as soon after appoint- morrow while teachers attend The members of the commit- ment as may he practicable and the spring conference of the tee would be appointed by the shall organize by electing one on legislative delegation, to make member chairman and one Mental Health Center Dedication Sunday Afternoon The newly constructed Area Five Mental Health Center in Greenwood will have a service of dedication and open house Sunday afternoon. The public is invited to attend the’exercises at the new* facility which serves Laurens County as well as other counties in the area. It is located on the corner of Phoenix and Alexander Sts. Time of dedication is 3 p. m. For Next Season The call for bids for construc tion of a 48-bed addition to Bailey Memorial Hospital has been issu ed, according to Ryan F. Law- son, chairman of the Board of Directors. Bids will be received from contractors on April 8 at 2 p. m. at the hospital, according to ad vertisements appearing in news papers on Monday of this week. Construction is expected to get underway shortly thereafter. No estimate has been released of the expected cost of the ex pansion program, the directors preferring to await reception of Concert Association Gamers 500 Members student at Converse College, Children Under Six at Clemson Spartanburg, was listed on the March 19^0. Included in the Dl nn L c Wpslev Brotherhood deana’ li*t for the first semester. closing are kindergartens at the tmry iManfca Q*root Mothsiriut rhumh MiM Blalock, a freshman, is Presbyterian Church, the Bap- For MlSS S C cS'u^r T^ v w*u y Baptet Pogeont AvaHoble program director of the South <>orge R Blalock Carolina Alcoholic Rehabilita- M pm* ■ tion program, Columbia, at its COtGWDG T11111)6? tO. DIGS .member secretary. The com mittee shall meet thereafter on call of the chairman or a major ity of the members. They shall make a detailed report with suit able recommendation to the meeting at 7:30 tonight at Hodges Hall. —Mr . M Entry blanks for the Miss Clin- Laurens County Legislative Del- ton pageant, a preliminary to the egation on or before January 1, Miss South Carolina contest in 1966. The members of the com- Greenville, are available this mittee shall receive no compen- . $143,000 for Young londSEfiSss ” ' rrf The Catawba Timber Co., of lanta Journal and Constitution, week. North Carolina and later Clinton, a subsidiary of Bowat- who will build a paper mill at Winner of the Miss Clinton pa- died at the Yale Institute of A1 ers Cor P • was high bidder Twes ' Augusta, Ga.; and C. A. Broad- geant will appear with other eohoi Studies He was eduea day f° r an l.«6-acre tract of land way, forest consultant of Spar- young women from South Caro- Uo>»l director tor Alcohol Board' *1>« Milton road area. K>uth- tanburg. Ii"a at the annual state pageant „7 |„ *,h..lll. \ r cast of Clinton. Don Creighton, manager of the in Greenville this summer. Mis, before going to Columbi;. He is Cawtaba’s bid of $1«,000 was Clinton office of Catawba Tim- South Carolina will then he the a native of Manning. His topic highest of four opened at Laur- her Co., stated that if the Cataw- state s entry in the Miss Ameri- tonisht will be the oroblem of al- en * County Courthouse by Thom- ba bid is accepted, his company ca contest in Atlantic City later coholism. as A. Babb, attorney for the own- plans to cut the saw timber, this year. Entry rules appeared er, the John T. Young estate. clear the land of hardwoods and in ,ast week’s Chronicle, or may . .. c , • “ v*j Tk* owners have 10 days to plant the area to pines. he had by contacting Mr. Dob- UlStriCi JO Schools Close accept or reject the bid, It was The Catawba company is a bins or Mr. Hambrick. Schools in District 56 will be stated. subsidiary of the Bowaters Corp., Other committee heads for the closed tomorrow in order that The other three bidders were a huge British paper manufac- P a g eant arv: B'* 1 Phelps, pro teachers may attend the South the Canal Pulpwood Corp. of turing company with large in- Auction James Kidd, attend- Carolina Education Association Chester; the Cox Industries, sub. terests in Tennessee and South ance ; Bob Hanson, award*; Her- meeting in Columbia. sidiary of the owners of the At- Carolina (York County). n ' an BurdeMo and Sandy Tam- pleton, souvenier programs, Lawrence Young, judges;'Ted Davenport, publicity and promo tions ; Russ Emerson, budget and financing, and hostess, the Jay- ceettes. The pageant will be May 1 at Belk Auditorium. - $5,000 Transferred To Library Account Transfer of $8,000 from Mm un appropriated surplus account of the county to the credit of the Laurens County Library was au thorized by a hill introduced in the House of Representatives by the county delegation in the Gen eral Assembly. The move was made to replen ish the nearly depleted account of the library for operations dur ing the balance of the fiscal year ending in June. Clinton's 1965-66 Community Concert membership drive this month was termed “a complete success” at its close over the week-end. Mrs. Frank Sherrill, mmeber- ship drive chairman, announced 150 new members, and a to tal membership of 500, insuring a season of top-flight attrac tions beginning in the fall. Last night’s performance by the Chi cago Little Symphony was a special bonus program for new members, she said. Next season will see three outstanding groups at Belk Au ditorium: Micheal Maule and Colleen Corkre, classical and popular dancers; Sorano Doris Yarick and Basso .Richard Cross, and the San Pietro Or chestra of Naples. Dates for these performances will be an nounced in the fall, when mem. hership cards will be issued. Working with Mrs. Sherrill as co-chairman of the drive was Mrs. Robert Wassung. A. R. Hamilton is prseident of the Community Concert Associa tion; Mrs. James Von Hollen, vice-president; Mrs. Thomas Stallworth, secretary; Mrs. Lewis Hay, coresponding secre tary; Miss Rebecca Speake. treasurer; Col. A. J. Thack- ston, concert chairman; Harry Bolick, III, and Mrs. Sarah DeLoach; publicity; Mrs. Lar ry Salvelkoul, headquarters; W. P. Jacobs, III, appointments. Mrs. D. O. Rhame, dinner chairman, and Mrs. Henderson Pitts, co-chairman. A large-number of member ships was donated by Clinton subscribers for Thornwell and Wh.tten Village pupils. bids before stating a figure. Other hospital construction pro jects in the state in recent months have shown increases in bids over expected costs, they stated. Two-thirds of the cost will be borne by a federal grant. Plans and specifications for the local project have been approved by the U. S. Public Health Ser vice and the South Carolina Board of Health. Additions will be made to two wings of the hospital, on the south and the west. Present cap acity of the facility is 52 beds and the projected enlargement will bring it up to 100 beds. None of the basic facilities of the hospital will be disturbed durng the new -construction, it was stated, since professional and service areas to support a 100-bed hospital were built in when the plant was constructed. The $1,200,000 hospital was opened in October 1962, and has been operated at capacity or near capacity since then. Plans for financing construc tion of the expansion erf the hos pital do not contemplate the use of any tax money or the levy ing of any additional mileage upon taxpayers of the Clinton Hospital District, owners of the hospital. Financing wUl be by*a grant of Hill-Burton funds from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare of the federal gov ernment and gifts from several sources. Sheriff Johnson Suffers illness Blue Birds Visit Chronicle Office Cub Scout Pack Has Banquet Cub Scout Pack 174 met at Broad Street Methodist Church recently and held their annual Blue-Gold Banquet. Cubs and parents enjoyed a covered dish supper. Awards to Cub Scouts and cer tificates of appreciation to committee men and den mothers were presented. The pack is made up of 31 Cub Scouts registered in four dens. Twelve adults are also registered. The pack is spon sored by the Torrington Company. Eleven little Blue Birds of the Kado- ka District (Robins) visited The Chron icle office last Wednesday afternoon to observe operations and see how their lo cal newspaper is put together and print ed. With the group was a leader, Mrs. Madison Pitts (left), while another lead er, Mrs. P. W. Abner, was reprseented by Mrs. Earl Rice (right). In the front row are Cathy Fitts, Denise Abner, Sandy Campbell, Linda Tollisdn, Debbie Simmons; back row—Connie Pitts, Cin dy Young, Alice Cheek, Cynthia Madden, Elaine Jones, Jenny Rice.—Yarborough Photo. Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson of Laurens County is recuperating at his home in the Hopewell sec tion near Joanna, it was reported Wednesday. Deputies in the office at Laurens said he probably Sheriff Johnson suffered an ill ness in his office last Thursday afternoon. He was taken to the Laurens District Hospital, where he was a patient for several days. Bishop Pinckney At Ah Saints The Rt. Rev. John A. Pinck ney of Columbia, bishop of the Upper Diocese of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina, held services at All Saints Episcopal Church last Sunday morning during his annual visitation with the Clinton congregation. Special confirmation services were held for Miss Cynthia Tur ner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Turner, and Prof. Donald F. Walton of Presbyterian Col lege. Afterwards, an informal cof fee hour was held in the parish house with Mrs. E. N. Sullivan in charge. The Rev. John Rivers is rector of All Saints. County Clemson Club Meet Slated Friday The annual dinner meeting of the Laurens County Cl< Iptay Club will be held evening, March 19,. at Mary Musgrove. The will begin at 7:30. invited, officials state. Clemson backfMMh Charlie Waller win speaker, and Gent* athetics business so will speak briel