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The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 67 — No. 11 Clinton, S. C, Thursday; March 17, 1966 The Chronicled New Press Candidate Filing Date Ruled Monday, Mar. 21 The Laurens County Democratic Party has received a ruling from Attorney General Darnel R. McLeod that all candidates for nomination in the June Democratic primary must file with Mrs. Betty Satterfield, secretary of the party, by Monday, March 21, at 12 o’clock noon. It had previously apeared, according to Party Chair man Richard T. Townsend, that amendments to the South Carolina C°de, Section 23-373 had moved, the filing date to March 22. On March 10, Governor Robert E. McNair signed a bill the purpose of which was to pro\ide for the filing of entries for State Senator. Since Laurens County is a single county district with one Senator, the same ar rangement and same filing date of March 21 will a-pply to the office of St^te Senator, according to Townsend. All candidates are urged to file with Mrs. Satter field on or before Monday, March 21, at 12 o’clock noon. Concert Assn. Signs Up 1200 Members for Year This is the new press installed by The Chronicle during the past few weeksr Last week’s issue ^as the first printed on the new machine and gave the pressmen an opportun ity to make adjustments. The press is now in full use and will produce 5,000 folded 8-page papers an hour. It" replaces a press that printed only four pages at 2,000 an hour.—-Photo by Yarborough. Speeders and Reckless Drivers Lead in Fines In City Court for Month Private Group Seeks EGA Funds Laurens — Laurens County £#%a« Community Action, Inc., has Vdlly WOUrt tor IVtOnin named its officers and direc- * , , tors and will apply for $195,- Speeders and reckless dri- $657 in fines, with two cases 000 in funds under the federal the chief tarncts suspended. . ‘ Economic Opportunity pro- , , The finfes were levied in f? ram . according to Rep. presented jp the mejmbership Recorder’s Court, presided Marshall W. Afiercrombie y^rs were of the Clinton police depart ment during February. Thirty-eight persons were arrested for those offenses over by Young. Forty Bands To Give Concert Here Sunday at 3 P. M. Seven high school bands have been selected from Laurens and Greenwood Countes to participate in the Concert weekend at Presbyterian College. Laurens, Hickory Tavern, Ford, Ware Shoals, Clinton, for their approval. The main Ninety-Six, and Greenwood ^ ^ j recommendation will be an each will have representa- program was passed by Con- amendrnen t to change the tivCs from lheir band. present rule used in electing , , , , Students selected arc upper- Generol Membership Meeting Tuesday A general membership meeting of the Community Chest of Greater Clinton, Inc., will be held Tuesday, ♦March 29, at 4:30 p. m. at the Mary Musgrove Hotel, according to President G. Edward Campbell. Amendments and changes Bi -L'ounty Band to the by-laws of the Chest schedal ed ^ this as recommended . by the Board of Trustees will be Recorder Henry M. The Economic Opportunity Mrs. Agnes Bailey, Laurens County Farm Bureau secretary; Mrs. Wylie Carpenter, district chairman, Chester County; Mrs. C. F. Price, state women’s chairman, Marion.—Yarborough Photo. Farm Bureau Women In District Meet Friday The Clinton Concert Asso ciation reports .a “very suc cessful” drive for 1966-67 membership, following its campaign which closed last Saturday. Mrs. Frank Sherrill, presi dent of the association, said the drive went over the top with approximately 1,200 members signing for the next season beginning in the fall. The more than 100 new members are eligible to at tend this season’s April 5th concert, ‘‘Two Go Dancing,” as a bonus. Campaign co - chairmen Mrs. Robert Honson and Mrs. Robert Wassung, especially appreciate the workers who assisted in recruiting new memberships. Cards will be issued in the fall. Artists who will appear here in the aduditorium next season are The Manhattan Pops, pianist Ronald Turini, and the Revelers, a male quartet. “Dates to be an nounced later,” Mrs. Sherrill said. • during the month, according arrested for drunkenness, and to the report' of the depart- they paid $465 and 150 days ment submitted to City Coun- on the public works. One case cU, and they paid a total of was suspended. ! —•= Three persons were in for driving • under the in- the members of the Board and also to increase the num- classmen her on the board. three persons were g ress in 1964 lo fi S ht Poverty, Abercrombie said funds can be used for such projects as establishing nursing clinics, day nurseries for working taken mothers - and even lor dental Cornwall To Run or medical clinics. t _ . . He stated that the county’s For MoyOf Again administrative costs have who have shown fluence of intoxicants, which cost them the usual fine of $100 each. been set up on a $26,000 an- J. J. Cornwall, mayor of who were assessed $205 and 120 days. , nual cost basis, of which Lau- ^li n t° n since 1961, has stated Disorderly conduct was the rpns couriy taxpayers will he will be a candidate for charge against 13 persons, liave to pay 10 per cent or reeleclion to lhe post in thc a 60 ? - , , .. , . forthcoming primary A breakdown on the admin- Other charges and fines istrative costs call for a $10,- tlons - were: fighting, 5, $68 and 30 000 director; assistant direc- The City Democratic Club days; carrying concealed tor, $7,000; research techni- is expected to meet for its weapons, 4, $52 and 90 daysj cian, $5,200; and stenograph- reorgathration ses- operatmg auto without dn- e r; $3,600. He added that no . , . A ver’s license, 4, $89; petty administrative officials have slon car,y in Apnl and Wl11 each of the school direc- larceny, 2, $34; all other of- been named and that “ap- set the date for the prima- tors who will lead in special ^fenses, 4, $91. plications will be welcome.” ries, heretofore held the lat- programs during the concert. Violating parking laws were He said the applications will ^ cr par ^ 0 f ]yj ay 'fcOO individuals and they paid be processed within 30 days outstanding ability. Practice for the All-Star Band will begin Friday after- no; n at 4 o’clock at B e 1 k Auciitorium and will continue through Saturday afternoon. Facilities for the concert are being provided through Char les Games, head of the music elec- department at the college. The public is invited to at tend the concert on Sunday aft rnoon at 3 o’clock. TEeHBand will be directed $141. Parking meter collec- and sent to the regional of- tions for the month were $653.- fice in Atlanta, Ga. Cornwall mayor in first early 1961, suc- 4u. Officers are C. K. Wright ^ eed ‘ ng thc Mayor Joe Southall Goes To Grienville Post works. John H. Southall, merchan dise manager with the Clinton Belk’s store for several years, has been transferred to Belk’s Plaza store in Greenville Jacob* to Speak where he will serve in a sim- a*, aii r • . , liar capacity. At All Saints Church Mr. and Mrs. Southall, pre- Hugh s JacobSi local sently residents of Musgrove p res byterian layman, will be the fourth in a series of lay Nine persons were taken in of Laurens, chairman; C. D. on suspicion or for investiga- Beasley of Laurens, first vice- lion and released, chairman; J. T. Mims, Clin- Total arrests for the rhdnth Mrs. Alice Davidson of the were 125, with fines of $1,961, ton, second vice - chairman; and 370 days on the public Department of Public Wel- P. Terry, who died several months after his reelection in 1960. He was reelected in 1962 and 1964. Cornwall is a hardware merchant and farmer. Directors from the schools became are Lamar McCarrol, Laur ens; Ralph Fowler, Ford; Walter Counts, Hickory Tav ern; Joe Hindman, Ware Shoals; Bud Putman and Jake-R^sor, Greenwood; Ray Golden, Ninety-Bik; arid Har ry Bouknight, Clinton. Street, will move to Green ville in the near future. In the meantime, Mr. Southall will colnmute to Greenville. fare in Laurens, secretary- treasurer, and three members at large Peter J. Austin, Laurens, and R. L. Plaxico and the Rev. Douglas McCoy of Clinton. Directors include Ansel Godfrey, J. C. Thomas, R. 18 Finalists to Compete For PC Founder's Awards Named Winner Study Cmpetition Charles T. Gaines of the Presbyterian College staff, has been named a winner in P. Wheeler, R. L. Plaxico, speakers at All Saints Epis- Dr. J. T. W. Mims, Rev. W. copal Church. L. Hunter and Rev. Douglas The 7:30 Sunday evening McCoy of Clinton, service Will begin with eve- Eighteen high school sen- Carolina, Georgia and Flori- iors from four states have da - They are: been selected as finalists in Margaret Ann Ellison and , , , , , . Daniel Pope Spencer, both 1 h e Founder s Scholarship from Greenville; claude Ed _ .Also, Mrs. Davidson, Mar- competition to attend Presbj^ ward Adair of Roebuck; San- vin E. Royster, M. L. Outz, terian College next fall, Stu- dra Irene Anderson of Flor- Mr. Wright, David S. Taylor, dent Dean A. J. Thackston c n ce; Robert Kay Felks of F. P. Thompson, George L. announced today Lancaster; James Lamb Hill - F Patterson annountea loaay - of Myrtle Beach; Hugh Love Joseph Pitts! sa * d Blese y° un K schol- j{ e i d j r t Q f Georgetown; Pa- nas oven ..a...cu a wuw«.-i , The'series of services has ™ r - Au ^ in > Isaa c White, Wil- ars will visit the PC campus tricia Ann Ruff of Rock Hill; the annual competition for been designed to help make lie Eichelberger, C. D. Beas- this wee..-end in quest oi ten - . R Tavinr nf Fellowships for Advanced the lenten season more ^ ey ’ bright and Ernest grants rangirg from $1,200 to ^ n ’ 4 Study leading to the comple- meaningful through the ex- Making, all of Laurens, and $5 t;oO each for four years of ning prayer and conclude with Jacobs speaking on the theme, “The Congregation and the Individual’s Respon- Phinney, D. sibility.” Everett Hill. Chester. Steven Andrew Erickson of study. They will be entertain- Lexington, N. C.; Duncan cd at a banquet on Friday Brown McFayden of Raeford, night and will undergo fur- N. C.; George- Petrus Pe- ther testing and interviews trides of Charlotte; Ann Saturday morning. Selection Shurgis Harwell of Macon, Gospel meeting, Clinton is based on qualities of intel- Ga-t-. Marshall Jane Mont- Church of Christ. March 21 lect, leadership, character, gomery of Rome, Ga.; Nan- tyere last fall from New York college, an elder in the First through 27. Services, 7:30 p. and need. ' cy Morgan of Atlanta; Mar- after three years study there. Presbyterian Church, and a m., Daily. Milton S. Parker The 1966 group is composed sha Lee Knight of Melbourne,, Mr. Gaines and his family partner in the local printing of Wilmington, North Caro- of nine men and nine women Fla.; and Marian Elizabeth reside on Sunset Boulevard, firm of Jacobs Brothers. lina, Evangelist. from South Carolina, North Myers of Orlando, Fla tion of Ph.D. requqjrements, change of ideas regarding by the Presbyterian Board of the individual’s place in the Christian Education. church’s ministry. Mr. Gaines is presently Jacobs, who was graduat- f the assistant professor of ed from Presbyterian Col- music and chairman of the lege in 1941, is a member of music department, coming the Board of Trustees of the Robert Hill of Cross Hill. Gospel Meeting Be Held March 21-27 A meeting for District I Farm Bureau county wo men chairmen and secretar- ise was" held at the Mary Musgrovve Hotel in Clinton on Friday. Nine counties were repre sented at the meeting which began at 10 a. m. and con cluded with a noon luncheon.' Airs. Wylie Carpenter or Chester County, chairman for the 17-county district, said that the purpose of the meet ing was to discuss programs of work for the remainder of the year. Farm Bureau women have Johnson Promoted By Greenwood Mills A Clinton resident is one of six men recently promot ed in the main office of Greenwood Mills in Green wood. He is Olin C. Johnson, a graduate of Clinton High School, who lives at 600 Ce dar Street. Johnson, formerly assist ant manager of order con trol, has - become supervisor of greige (gray) goods. He is married to the for mer Gertrude Cannon land they have a son, Michael, 19, a Davidson College student' and a daughter, Rita, 15. They attend Clinton’s First Baptist Church. Johnson, who had been an employee of the Joanna Cot ton Mills, became a mem ber of the Greenwood Mills family when Joanna was purchased last July. Students May Apply For Library Training Qualified pollege juniors and seniors interested in Khe junior intern program which is sponsored by the South Carolina State Library Board may obtain application blatkkv* from the Laurens County Library. Aplications Should reach the participat ing library no later than March 20. for many years sponsored programs that involve young people. Progams for 1966 in clude talent and queen con tests, a youth - power pro gram, a safety program, and involvement in all other pro grams sponsored by, the farm organization. Mrs. C. F. Price of Mar ion, chairman of Farm Bu reau’s State Women’s Com mittee, keynoted the morn ing’s program by giving a detailed breakdown of the various activities for 1966. State staff members also ap peared on the program. Mrs. Agnes Bailey, Laur. ens County secretary, wel comed the group, and Emory Bishop, district field repre sentative, acted as master of ceremonies. At the close of the noon luncheon a brief memorial service was held for Mrs. T. J. Copeland, who served as Laurenss County Women’s Chairman for many years. Farm Bureau is the largest general farm organization in this country with more than l, 600,000 farm family mem bers. 23,739 family members were reported for South Car olina this year. Of this num ber 350 belong to Laurens County Farm Bureau. Thurmond To Address College Student Body United States Senator Strom Thurmond is schedul ed to address the Presbyte rian College student body this Friday morning. He will appear before the regular chapel assembly in Belk Auditorium at 10:00 a. m. , and the public is cordiaL ly invited to attend. South Carotina’s senior member of the upper house is visiting the PC campus at this time under the sponsor ship of the Student Young Republican Club. He has spoken here on numerous oth er occasions and was the re cipient of an honorary degree from Presbyterian in 1960. Hewett Assumes Position With Belk's Warren Hewitt has been named merchandising and advertising manager for the Clinton and Laurens Belk’s Stores being transferred here from Rocky Mount, N. C., where he worked as assistant manager. Mr. Hewett is a native of Panama City, Fla., and at tended Corzel Jr. College in Central America. As a gradu ate of Belk’s management de velopment course, he has been in Belk’s service since 1950. He is a past president of the Elizabeth Ci|ty, N. C., Jaycees, and completed a term as director of the Nash County Mental Health Asso ciation. As a member of the Rocky Mount Baptist Church, he served as superintendent of the intermediate depart ment of the Sunday school. With his wife, the former Jennie Chambers of Eliza beth City, and children, Judy, 7, and Van, 10, he plans to move next week into a home on Sunset Boulevard. Baptists To Attend TU Convention Clinton Baptists will join delegates from five other counties at the 1966 Western Region Baptist Training Un ion convention March 25. The session begins ati4:15 p. m. at the Good Hope Baptist Church in Saluda. Clintons Image Projected to 1985 By Clemson Architectural Students These are photos of model designs suggested for rebuilding of the downtown section of Clinton. They were made by the fifth-year class of architectural students at Clemson University under the su pervision of Dean H. E. McClure, Tjie ovci-ali plan centers meunu * 1, j the idea of building a subway to remove the railroads from the mid dle of the business area. The square would be rebuilt, to be featured by a handsome new city hall. The project was undertaken at the i request or thc Chamber of Commerce, and wa^ made by the team of students after a study of the town’s history, cultural and ness assets, and the needs of the community projected to Photos by Dan Yarborough and Clemson News Bureau. butd- 1986.