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I u. The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 66 — No. 33 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, August 19, 1965 Leades Named For Campaign Of Community Chest First Graders To Report On Monday Succeeded By Dr. Suber All first grade pupils who plan to attend District 56 schools this year are asked to report to their respective buildings on Monday, The announcement of addition- August 23, at 8:30 a. m. al leaders to serve the 1965 Com- To enter school, South Caro- munity Chest of Greater Clinton lina law requires that a child be was made today by Chest Presi- six years old on or before Nov. dent G. Edward Campbell and 1, school officials pointed out. Campaign Director Robert Was- Parents who did not bring sun 8- their child’s birth certificate to Don Anderson, associated with pre-school registration last the C. W. Anderson Hosiery spring are requested to do so on Company, has accepted the posi- the above date, tion of advanced gifts chairman. The completed pre-school phy- He is presently lining up three gjcal examination form should special division leaders to assist also be brought if it has not al- in spear-heading this vital part ready been returned, it was stat- Dr. Whitten Resigns Post; Serves State for SO Years ed. Community Chest Campaign Planners The task of bringing a campaign or ganization into shape to conduct the 1966 drive of the Community Chest of Greater, Clinton moved a step nearer to completion last Friday with this planning session of some of the key leaders. Pictured here, left to right, seated: Don Andrews, advanced gifts chairman; G. Edward Campbell, Chest president; and Robert Wassung, campaign director. Standing: Reese Young, first vice- president; Calvin Cooper, 'industrial co- chairman ; Ernest Ouzts, commercial chairman; and Ben Hay Hammet, pub licity chairman.—Yarborough Photo. Young Democrats To Organize In Laurens Monday An organizational meeting for Regulor Schedule Starts Monday, Aug. 30 Schools in District 56 Begin Program Monday WHITTEN DR. SUBER Capt. Claypoole Joins ROIC Stall Presbyterian College Plans Fine Arts Dept. Expansion Activities in Laurens County On Wednesday, grades t, 3, 4, School District 56 for the 1965-6o 5 . 8 < 7 . *• 9 ^ 10 w*?,!], repor | «... -n „ ♦ to th eir respective buildings at school term Will Bet underway m BuM| „ m nm at 11 Monday, with events scheduled every day through Friday. * ' ’ . . ■TT. 1 ^. On Thursday, grades 1 through The first week s st hedul'- will be preliminary to Uk* launching of the reguuar schedule on Mon day of the following week, Au gust 30. On next f. T onday, August 23. members of the first grade will report to their respective build ings at 8:30 a. m. 8, and grades 11 and 12 will re port at 8:30 a. m.. Buses will run at 11:00 a. m. On Friday, all grades will re port at 8:30, and a short sched ule is slated. Buses will run at 12:00 noon. A regular schedule will be ob- On Tuesday a meeting of served on Monday, August 30, pr ncipals wil be held at the and lunch rooms will serve district office at 9:00 a. m. meals for the first time. Teachers will report to their re spective schools at 2:00 p. m. Monday, Sept. 0, will be a holiday in observance of Labor Day. PRINCIPALS The district schools again will be headed by Superintendent R. P .Wilder, who is beginning his second year in the post. Th.* following will serve as principals of the 11 schools in the district. Clinton High — A. WUmot Shealy. Junior High — John H. Ful mer. Hampton Avenue' L. Shealy. M. S. Bailey — Smith. . of the campaign effort. ' Two veterans of previous Com munity Chest drives will serve as industrial co-chairman. They are Calvin Cooper of the Clinton Cotton Mills and Ralph Tedards of The Torrington Company. The commercial chairman in the campaign organization now rapidly taking shape is Ernest Ouzts, Clinton agent for the State Farm Insurance Company. t " e ^ orma ^ on Young Demo- And the institutional chairman ia cra * s ^ aurens County will be Dr. Ron Burnside, professor of held Monda y night, August 23, history at Presbyterian College. at P - m - ®t the court house in Laurens. Persons between the ages of 18 and 40 are eligible for mem bership and those of high school age may bePtnne honorary members v_ ' ' Presbyterian College is inaug- A native of Barrenette, Wis., Capt. Calvin R. Claypoole has Mrs. Claude Cook, vice-chair- urating a program of drama and he received his BA degree from been assigned to the Presbyter- n^n of the South Carolina Dem- speech this fall as part of an ex- Kansas State College in 1957, tn ^ .. ian College ROTC unit as an as- ocratic party, will preside. In- panded fine arts department, his MA from Kansas State Uni- | naH .. thnf tho sistant professor of military terested persons are invited to Dean Joseph M. Gettys announc- versity before entering the Uni- i science, Lt. Col. Richard W. Ul- attend - ed today. versity of Wisconsin for his doc- ^ ^ rich announced today. H<? also announced the ap- f° ral ! tudies He . ha ® tau « ht at Sodth Carolina has had in "my He said the new military man Missionaries From pointment of H. Lawrence Zill- both of the latter institutions and m e m ory.” succeeds Capt. Joseph S. Mau- bb , mer to head up this program at American University. In ad- jj oar( j chairman said Dr. pin, who left in June for a tour /VlOrmon Church with the rank of associate pro- dil’ 011 Zillmer owned and operat- s U h er j g •< we ^i . qualified from of duty in South Viet Nam. Work Hi A In Aron fessor of fine arts. Zillmer, who ed a summer stock touring com- thp s)andpoint of training and Capt. Claypoole has just re- * r\rep has com pieted all requirements P any and was f° r two years a eyTJer j enc . turned from Germany, where he ' K,( f er Melvin K. Brown and for his PhD degree, will begin ^inlster in the Lutheran vvhitten. was assigned to the 2nd Armored ^ lder Robert H. Neuteboom, his new duties with the start of Church - R e has published four Dr Suber “ posse8Seg bound- Cavalry Regiment guarding the bo f h of traveling mission- the fall semester next month. arucles, three original plays and | ess ener g v is a nrg<tT1 ^ r border between West Germany f r ' es “ nd ° rd f i "5 d mtoisters o( The fine arts CU rHculm at PC h3 ; h ° p.?™ 8 " 5 .” . and splendid administrator and and Czechoslovakia. ‘ h f C ? ur '- h C"™ °' Latter ls belng broadened extensively J r 'TIh L. ih. e Dr wwlten h « « compat- A native of West Virginia, he “ 3y *" 1 " s (Mor f 0 " Church) t0 prov ? dt . of(eri „ gs ln art and marrll ‘ d “” d has four ch " dre " is married and has two children, 15 ^ rea to toach an( l music as well as drama and ages 16 and 8. The Claypooles phnrwh 0 fj nat on concerning the speech. Announcement of a new arrived in Clinton on Tuesday S j d j n g at re * f acu Ry member to develop the A distinguished citizen of Clin ton and South Carolina ended a 50-year career last Thursday. He is Dr. Benjamin Otis Whit ten, whose service to the state in the cause of mental health is without parallel. He relinquished his post as superintendent of Whitten Village, a state school for the mentally handicapped which he began organizing in 1918 and opened in 1920. Dr. Whitten’s resignation came on his 79th birthday. He will be succeeded by Dr. Roy B. Suber, 43, assistant su perintendent of the institution for the past two years. Dr. Sub er assumed his new duties Fri day. Dr. Whitten submitted his res ignation to the Whitten Village board of trustees Wednesday. Board Chairman R. L. Plaxico said the resignation was accept ed with “a deep sense of regret and a profound feeling of appre ciation for his long yOars of service.” Plaxico said Dr. Whitten ad vised the board he could no to succeed Dr. night and are residing at Cleveland Street. 109 r ?n g° ~ v Main > Lau- mus | c program was made sever al weeks ago. Services are held regularly at Dr Gettys sald he i s especial- Parents of First Cambridge St., in Green- j y pi ease d to have Larry Zillmer rorenrs OT First woodi with Sunday school at join the faculty. He comes high- PresbytOriOR School aad sacrament services at j y recommended for his work of • fli 11:30. The public is invited to f be p as f several years as drama Lhfldren To Meet attend the services. director of the University of Parents of children enrolled Wisconsin’s Fox Valley Center in the First Presbyterian Church Carolyn LowridlOrO and be brin S s witb e i£ht Kindergarten will meet on Tues- . y pars of college teaching exper- day and Wednesday, August 24 Carolyn Lawrimore, 8-year-old ienc<? and 25, for information on open- daughter of Willard L. and Joce- zillmer will start off with ele- Odel Langston has been nam- ing of the new term. ^ yn Lawrimore of Hemingway, mentary courses in speech and Langston Named Assistant Supt. At Joanna Plant ed assistant superintendent, in 0n Tuesda th meetin£ , at died Frdiay.in the Medical Col- acting, plans to produce three ■ charge of carding and spinning , J a } lege Hospital, Charleston. plays and a t least two readings Herman dep artments at Joanna Mills 8 00 P- m - wil J *>« f <> r P®™? ^ she had been iU for the p a8 t during the coming year and plant by Joe L. Delany, general children enrolled for the first mon ths. points toward the establishment Horace L. superintendent. On July 12 of time or after an absence period. Funeral services were at 3:30 of a PC debating team. Providence - Jam* A. Long- oJSSSoSdMUta" ^ WednC,day SMSi ° n at 10:00 P m • Sundoy at U,e Flr!t Ba J- • shore. P Mr Langs y ton has a service a m is for P arents of children tiat Church in Hemingway, with HOT D0G SALE Joanna—Frazier Sanders. record of 23 years with Green- wbo were enrolle d last year and burial in the Lawrimore family The GA’s of the Pentecostal Mcuntville-Cross Hill — J. Eu- W ood Mills and has completed are returning. cemetery. Churchjwill have a hot dog sale Holland Gets Master's Degree senate lo”e for ch Idren,” Plax ico said Dr Subejr said he plans no- chances at Whitten Village. “I shal' *ry to carry out the prog ams that Dr. Whitten has planned over the years.” said the new superintendent. Whitten Village became the name for the State Training * ; J| Sc hool in 1954 as a tribute to the man who started the institution some 36 years earlier. Dr. Whitten, then a young psy chiatrist a^ the State Hospital in Columbia, was assigned to es tablish the school in 1918. The three building school opened in 1920 with eight pupils. The ini tial appropriation was $87,000. -The institution now cares for 2,500 children in a complex of modern buildings at an annual cost to the state of nearly $3.5 million. Classes are now given through the 7th grade with mus ic, dancing, shopwork, 4-H Club gene Stockman. .. ~ 1 C. S. courses in carding, spin- Mrs. J P. Rowland is director Among other survivors are the at 4 f ^. rid f y aftern ^° n ' Bell Street High - McQmlla ning and supervision. He has and teacher; Mrs. Frank Cau- maternal grandparents, Mr. and August 20 at the h ° me ° f Mrs Tommy Windsor Manager of Gordon's Tommy Windsor is the new manager of Gordon’s Shoe Store in Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ever- hardt owners of the Clinton JOOnnO To Open store, are in Union where they a new Hudson. been assistant superintendent of , * u . ... « .. .. * _ Martha Dendy Elementary — the Ninety Six plants. ley ’ teacher> and Mrs Carlt0I l Mrs. J. T. David E. Dendy. Mr. and Mrs. Langston, the Winn .treasurer. Cross Hill. Midway—Lewis Knighton. latter the former Miss Margaret. Woodson—Nathaniel Williams. Thompson, are members of the* T 0 Cover Three States Mathews Methodist Church in Greenwood, and both are active in civic and church affairs of their community. They have two children, both married. For the present, Mr. Langston Hollingsworth activities and all phases of Davis R. Holland, Jr., receiv- homemaking integrated into the ed his Master of Education de- academic. James Craine, 406 Academy St. gree from Furman University Dr. Suber is a native of Whit- of The price of the hot dogs is 15c Friday, August 13. He was m j re ^ Newberry County, a each. Kindergarten At f store This On Thursday, Aug. 26 are opening week. Kindergarten enrollment day wiI1 commute to Joanna. Windsor, who has had 19 years for the First Baptist Church, Jo- experience with stores in North anna, will be Thursday, August JtfnT I 00 MuntAr zago. In- 26. from *M a m. to U:» a. ni. Carolina, Atlanta, Chicago, ... ..— - —- „ . ... TT . dianapolis, has been connected and from 3:30 to 5:30 p>.m. All R s f-^ Pb Hun t®r, 87, with Balk’, store for the part children previously registered ^dow of Itobert Lee Hunter, five and a half years as first and those registering for floor manager cuid shoe buyer, first time must be accompanied He is a member of the Ex- by one parent change Club and a member of The regular schedule will begin Five County Men Are Held In Car Theft Operation Fivrt Laurens Countv men have Lt. Redd said the Laurens A natlv* anr) wide car-stripping operation In- e n, stripped and the parts sold in the truck driven by Wyatt „ the board of the Community on Monday, August 30, at 9:00 a. q( County, she wTs a volving thousands of doUars. to junkyards. and Roberts at Aiken as those tend Che,t ’ m ‘ daughter of D. A. and Isabelle Police said the South Carolina “And it’s been going on for be J° n £j* 1 8 to the car SLED Agents L. J. Armstrong among 82 candidates awarded 2942 graduate of Davidson Col- degrees dur.ng the school s sum- i ege> a Navy veteran, and pos- mer session. sessor of a medical degree from Mr. Holland is a member of Vanderbilt University, the McDuffie High School facul- jje served his internship in ty in Anderson. He is the son of Chicago before establishing a Mr. and Mrs. Holland of this g eneral practice of medicine in cit y Whitmire. He is married to the former Directors of Comp Fire Eleanor Rae of Chicago. They ^••1 ki . ** T have one daughter, Lizabeth Girls Meet Tuesday Lea. A meeting of the board of di- Dr. Whitten indicated he The body of the stolen 1964 rectors of CIinton Council of w ° uld . be avail ®We to the new Inc W in b% administration at Whitten Village in a consultative capacity ‘‘aft er I get rested and relaxed.” Gov. Robert E. McNair issued All members are urged to at- the following statement upon (Continued on page 10) m. was a , A. and Isabelle Young Hipp and a member of car theft and stripping crews are some time,” Lt. Reed said . n ^ ^ „ T Hurricane Baptist Church parts of a three-sUte network Wyatt and Roberts were ar- and Bob Stutts brought Wyatt wya lurer Young People at State Meet Those from Laurens County attending the State Electric Congress in Charleston last week were (left to right) Sue Simgon of Cross H?U; Jimmy Anderson, Laurens; Miss Marie Hegler, assistant County Home Demonstration Agent, who accompanied the group; and Pam Watt of the Ware Shoals area. At right is St Clair Knight of Spartanburg, representing Duke Power Co., donor of prizes. Miss Watt recevied a $100 check as first place win ner from the Piedmont District and Laurens County. She serves as president of the Camak Senior 4-H Gub and vice-president of the Laurens County Livestock Chib. \ » ■<' ' ..i i Surviving are three sons, spanning North Carolina, Geor- rested by Aiken County Sheriff and Roberts back to Laurens George W. Hunter of Greely, gia and South Carolina. The P. D. Grant, Wednesday while from Aiken Thursday. The war- Colo., Henry M. Hunter of Jo^ operation was said to be a mil- they allegedly were attempting rants charging Kennedy, Ken- anna and Robert Lee Hunter of lion-dollar business. to transport a truck load of car ned y * son, and Roberts were Greenville; three daughters, Lt. Olin Redd of Aiken of the P a rt* to Laurens, Redd said. signed by Redd Wednesday. Mrs. Earl (Essie) Workman and South Carolina Law Enforcemen AutomobUe parts in the truck, Wyatt was charged in a war- Miss Ethel Hunter of the home South Carolina Law Enforce- identified as taken from a 1964 rant taken out by Redd Friday and Mrs. Heide (Nell) Trask of ment Division (SLED), director Chevrolet stolen at Atlanta, Ga., morning^ Wilmington, N. C.; one brother, of the widespread investigation, the previous Monday, included Kennedy and his son were ar- Douglas Hipp of Cocoa, Fla.; 8 aid the arrests climaxed sever- the front fenders and bumper, rested at Kennedy s 10-acre and eight grandchildren and 12 al months of work by local, coun- buck *t '"Seats, radio, motor, junkyard on Brooklyn Avenue great-grandchildren. t y. state and federal officers in transmission and doors. in l^uren^ Funeral services were con- Aiken and Laurens counties. ^ iwo men told officers they Lt. Redd said the num|p of ducted Monday at 5 p. m. at r* on iH were dri ving the truck for the car s stolen and stripped QPthe Gray Funeral Home in Qinton r „., ar I „De«e d U> be rnade elder Keaaedy ’ P 0110 ' “* d - K '”- “ pt ' ratl °" hi,s not yet bMn to by Bey. c. E. Ru.zell and Rev. S^ctod to say If rth* aedy has dealed tha, they were , k , • ■ J. H. Darr. Burial was in the 800n - He d \ K d f, y \ working for him, officers said. Redd said the stripping oper- Presbyterian Church cemetery counties would 56 involved - The truck was impounded by ®tion involves the theft of a Pallbearers were John H. Redd signed warr T ant * b f/ ore Aiken County officers. Parts new car > which is stripped down Hunter, William Brooks Owens’ Laurens Magistrate Lucile Watts stripped from a 1965 Chevrolet for valuable parts if the car I Mack * “ — aw/vlvn ft TaKvs Tk ITamvwwIas AR _i A « rn r\ Ka A1 *•**.**.*. A _ # land, CHsby Milam and Leland Young. „ ,. _ . _ . , son, Harold Kennedy, 19; John ty by officers Monday. parts from the dismantled cars Wyatt, 23, and Pee-Wee Gwimt u. Redd declined to reveal were sold mainly at junkyards , — °f Laurens; and Robert Earl where the stolen car parts were and used automobile parts busi- Kll^dergorten Scnodulo Roberts, 24, of Clinton, with lar- found until all persons involved nesses. Mr*. Vernon Trammell has ceny of automobiles. have been arrested and the in- Participating in the investiga- announced enrollment for Cal- Kennedy and his son each vestigation is completed. tion were SLED Lt. Harold Fort- vary Baptist Church Kinder- posted $5,000 cash bond Friday The stripped body of the 1965 son of Greenwood, Laurens City garten has been scheduled for morning. Wyatt and Roberts re- Chevrolet was found by Laurens PoUce Chief J. W. Power, Sher- Wednesday, August 25, from mained in the county jail Fri- County officers Thursday in a Rf ’ 8 Deputies Ted Ward and C. 9:00 to 12:00 a. m., at the day in lieu of $55,000 bond set wooded area about two miles D - Benjamin Jr., and Agents W. church. by Magistrate Watts. off S.C. Highway 56 approxima- s - Plowden of Columbia and The regular schedule will be- Gwinn was arrested Monday tely eight miles north of Clinton. Thomas Todd of Athens, Ga., of gin Monday, August 30 at 8:10 and was still in the Laurens The car’s speedometer register- the National Motor Vehicle Theft o’clock. County jail yesterday. ed 7.400 miles. Bureau. William Brooks Owens L * aure s “agisiraie i^ucue waus stripped from a 1965 Chevrolet Io r vaiuame pans it tne car Adair, G. Pringle <W charglng J , ohn „ D - Kennedy, 46 super sport coupe stolen from cannot be disposed of assem- :Ksby*Templeton Kill owner of the K^edy Iron and Jonesboro, Ga., Saturday night bled ind Leland Younc Metal Works Co.'in Laurens; his also were found in Aiken Coun- The SLED lieutenant said Calvary Baptist Greenwood Man at Lions Meet C. O. Browning, vice-president, sales, of Greenwood Mills, was the guest speaker Friday at a meeting of the Lions Club. The Greenwood corporation recently purchased the Joanna Cotton Mills plant near Clin ton, its first expansion out of Greenwood county. Mr. Browning told>pf the scope of the Greenwood ope rations and progress throughout the years. Shown with Mr. Browning (center) are Claude Crocker, pro gram chairman at left, and Club President W. Eugene Johnson at right.—Yarborough Photo.