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t’l The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 67 — No. 19 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 12, 1966 TWO NEW INDUSTRIES COMING TO CLINTON INDUSTRIAL PARK: SIGNED UP THIS WEEK 'May Value Days' Offer Bargains to Shoppers •« ■ . ' 4 Capital Funds to Reach $500,000, $1,750,000 1 Two more new industries The industrial complex is for Clinton’s industrial pai*k being developed two miles Former Members Invited To Attend Last Meet May 17 Members of Dr. T. Lay- . > . ton Fraser’s Adult Bible Class Special bargains will high- ten value days event is pro- al Presbyterian College Mght “May Valpe Days’; in moled. would like to extend an in- Clinton today and continue Many of the retail mer- v itation to all his former will become realities within east of the city on U. S. through Saturday, May 21. chants arc offering free prizes a^u members to attend his the next few weeks if negoti* Highway 76, and these twjp The Big Ten Value Days in their stores. No obligation c i ass session on May atons now underway mate- new enterprises will bring to have been carefully planned for purchases, just go in and 17lh . - rialize it was announccd by four the number of p , antg qnJ 1 In ’ rCglSter ' The Tuesda y evening class city officials yesterday. for the development since it and the aim is to make the Displayed in the windows will begin at 7:45 with an in event an interesting saljes w jj| be special banners to formal reception following, promotion. ^ show their active participa- Dr. Fraser, who is retiring at D. B. Smith is chairman of y on j n lbp special event. the end of the school year, the special promotion group “Shoppers are certain to has taught for many years and J. Robert Cox, chairman fj nc j lbe merchandise they special night classes for in- •)f the Merchants Division of W ant at prices they can af- terested adult members, he Chamber of Commerce, f ord j n Clinton during May Persons interested in at- under whose auspices the big Value Days,” according to tending are asked tb meet in PTA Elects New Officers Pictured above are the newly- elected officers of the Hampton Ave nue Parent-Teacher Association for the comnig year. Installed at the May meeting they are, from left to right, Ralph Tedards, president; Mrs. J. D. McKee, vice-president; Mrs. Bobby Sanders, secretary; and George Brockenbrough, treasurer.— Photo by Yarborough. At Hickory Tavern County Campaign To Start Monday Night Local Seaboard Agency Has 10th Accident-Free Year Employees in the Clinton freight agency of Seaboard Air Line Railway, were rec ognized this week for having an accident-free year in 1985. The recognition was in the l Laurens Mr. Cox. So, come to Clinton the class room at Neville opti 00 to purchase a site and Instrumental in bringing if you want to find the kind Hall and to contact Mrs. Mar- h is considered all but cer- yj e ^ wo new industries to of merchandise values you vin Gault at 833-2296 or Mrs. tain that the plant will come Clinton were Laurens County have been looking for. James Bradford at 833-2274. to Clinton. For Mayor and Six Councilmen City Election on Tuesday Democrats of Clinton will Pitts, incumbent, W. Alvin Armory on South go to the polls Tuesday to Hueble and Truman Owens. Street; and at the Clinton nominate candidates for Ward Three; Harry C. Mill Community House on mayor and six members of Layton, incumbent, Fred Academy Street. City Council. Bragg, Jr., William T. Polls will open at 8:00 a. Mayor J J. Cornwall, run- (Rocky) Norris, ning for reelection, is oppos- Ward Four: Lynn W. Coop ed by Charles H. Johnson. er, incumbent, Gene S. Lu- AU present aldermen are cas, and Martin Mills m. .and close at 6:00 p. m. Box managers will be: City No. 1: J. J. Clark, Senator William C. Dobbins and the county legislative delegation working together with’ Mayor J. J. Cornwall and city council. These leaders have been quite busy during the past several weeks, negotiating Broad with thc P rinci Pals involved, and it appears now, city officials stated, that their ef forts have reached a suer cessful conclusion. 1 The first of the plants, Wo- metco Food Service, Inc.., will have a capital invest- and offering for reelection, all have opposition. Bagwell, incumbent, and Following is the slate to Woodrow Wilson. form of a certificate of merit County’s Demo- the week, at Joanna on Thurs- presented to J. M. Roseboro, c . - . cratic political campaign will da y night. local agent, by E. C. Miller, jlOOn jCrVHIQ officially get underv/ay IVftm- Candidates for the Senate trainmaster, of Monroe, N. C. \A/jfU Viptnnm ForrPS day night when eight candi- will speak 10 minutes each, The award marked the. TTI,M T,cl,,um 1 be voted on: dates 1 for two offices will pre- and candidates for the House tenth consecutive year in Specialist Four James P. Mayor: J. J. Cornwall, ders, incumbent, James S. sent their claims for suffrage will speak eight minutes each, which the Clinton agency has Sloan, Jr., of Clinton, has r.e- Charles H. Johnson. Craine and C. Frank Lyda of the voters in the first of eight scheduled meetings. Mrs. V. P. Adair, Mrs. Rhett ■ men f °f approximately $500,- Ward Five: George W. P. Adair and Rhett P. Adair. 000- The company has puri City No. 2: V. P. Adair, Mrs. Helen Davis, Mrs. C. Ward Six: Talmadge San- D. Pitts and Arthur Howard: Clinton Mill Precinct: Reg- chased a, three-acre site just south of the Mansure site and it is expected will begin immediate construction of a Any visiting state candi- had no reportable personal cent ly been transferred from Ward One: Boyd Holtz- Three polling places will Mrs. A. L. Lancaster, and dates will be given speaking injury to an employee. the Eighth United States c j aw incumbent, L. L. Cope- be provided: City No. 1 at Mrs. Julian Reynolds. inald Cheek, Mrs. Joel Cox, 10 ' 000 square foot building^ The local company, will be a division of Wometco Enter- THE SCHEDULE Mon., May 16—Hickory Tav ern. Thurs., May 19—Joanna Thurs., May 26 — Wham’s " ee ^ Store. Mon., June 6—Clinton Tues., June 7—Gray Court Thurs., June 9—Cross Hill Mon., June 13—Wattsville time at the conclusion of the “This is an outstanding Arn W in Korea to Military i anc f j r ( and Tommy Wind- the city hall on North Broad Voters will vote at the pre- P rises . Inc., of Miami, Fla., speaking of all county canldi- performance,” Mr. Miller Assistance Command, Viet- sor “ J ~~ J dntes. said, “and it contributed nam - Ward Two- S A (Chick) The fifth candidate for the much toward making 1965 one Sloan, a paratrooper and — ' ' • - • . v- House, former legislator Jus- of the best years Seaboard Special Forces trained in tin A. Bridges, died during has enjoyed in the field of structor, served in Korea, PC Parade Today employee safety." Organization Plans For Legion Team ! v The candidates will be heard at the Hickory Tavern Dr. Broyles to Deliver College Finals Sermon * V . r* • • ‘ v Dr. Verrioh S.- bitoytes, Jr,, he spent as executive - secre Ends ROIC Activity training Korean Augmenta tion soldiers, and took part in patrols around the demili tarized zone between North and South Korea. During this The final dress P arade of has been issued by Coach Jim Henry Trammell time he was awarded the Presbyterian College’s highly Hairston, to report Saturday, 7 . ... . Expert Infantry Badge rated ROT C battalion today May 14 at 4 p.m. at the Clin- Winner Or Watch Now in Can Tho, Vietnam. (Thursday) will feaure the ton Cavalier’s ball park at Henry w Trammell> of at the top of the Mekong annua l award and decora- Clinton Mill. To be eligible ^ Stonewall Street, was the Street; City No. 2, at the cinct named on their regis- and w * d process and prepare tration certificate. foods for catering and vend- The second primary will > n B services, principally for be held one week later, on industries, within a radius of 30 or 40 miles of Clinton. Warehousing and office space will also be included in the building. James T. Addison, of Jo anna, will be manager of the plant. , SECOND PLANT The second plant secured Tuesday, May 24 (not two A call for baseball players wee k s later as erroneously interested in try-outs with the sta ted last week), local American Legion Team precinct, in.the upper part of pa st 0 jf of Atlanta’s North Urv of t^e Board of' Chn^ ^Ita, Specialist Sloan will be ^ review held in honor of the prospective player’s 19th winner of a watch g ive n away [ or a new s ite has not yet tht : county, ! with the meetidg Averttf* Pri«brite4ian Church ELx't On S i’b n ; ' Presbvteriain * part of gb Optra- Sfaduating^..senior cadets. ^rthday must fall after Sept. last week at j c> Thomas, been identified, neither is it beginning at, 8 o’clock. 1 wi u D ^ eacb j Church US V ^ " Monal advisory team to IV Maj ’ Robert ^ Hovv,e ; Pr°- J* 196 ® Players will come j eweler during the May An- known what product will be Firing their opening gdtis sermon at * Presb'vterian Col a i- r » n Corps, Vietnamese Army. The lessor of military science, from the Clinton, Laurens n i V ersary Sale. The sale will manufactued, city officials tiu-ing tntir opening guns sermon at Presbyterian Col- a native of Rogersville, forces include several said thls closing military ac- and Whitmire area, and must p nn tj n iie thrmieh the month said will be lour candidates each lege’s 86th commencement Tenn Vernon Broyles spent ar . ea . t0r j es . includ ® several iQfis rr session bring gloves and shoes when c ° r ” inae trough the month • for the State Senate and the evereices on Mnv Pred u, J’ ! nroyies spem infantry divisions, three Ran- Uv,ty 01 th e 19b5-hb session nring gloves ana snoes when with three more watches t( - - HousS of Representatives dent Marc C WeeMind ^* ^, S boyhood / ays m , Mob ‘ le ’ ger battalions, and Regional b ^ in at 3 P- m - on thc reporting Saturday. be given away. House 01 Kcpriseniauyes. dent Marc C. Weersing an- Ai a>) received his undergradu- Forrp p on „i ar F orPP j rrpp „ East Plaza, with the public (s—F .e62 Two House candidates will be nounced today. / ' ‘ . ate degree at Davidson Col- A ^oLteer for Viet- invited - In thc °< in ' nommated. Tbe sermon wil! i ege an d both his B.D. and Sloan is assigned to cIern ent weather, the cere- AAlllc For the Senate: William C. open a full day of activity Th.D degrees from Union A^hpvTeam No96APO mony will be held in Belk Au- VllnlOrl IVIIIIS rOj niKe ohhms incumbent. Mar- that also incluHes an nHHrecc m, o : r»:„u ^uvisuiy iLam ao, /\l u Dobbins, incumbent, Mar- that also includes an address Theological Seminary in Rich- ^ a n Fr . an „. ' rQli ;“: a ditorium. shall W. Abercrombie, King by General Harold K. John- mond . H e also spent a year . tranc,sco - California, A tQtai o| . ^ awajt Dixon, Hubert W. Graydon. son, US Army Chief of Staff, 0 f study in Germany at the cadets for superlative perfor- f For the House: Ihomas A. that afternoon . ; University of Tubingen. His mance in ROTC during the Babb, Paul Brown, W. Paul Dr. Broyles, recognized ns early pastorates included the MISS Todd Elected past year. They will be pre- Culbertson, David S. 1 aylor. on of .the outstanding min- Waddell Memorial Church of • Miss Ruth Todd, daughter sented by President Marc C. ( Making token appearance isters of the Presbyterian Rapidan, Va,, and the Canton 0 f Mr. and Mrs. J. Sloan Weersing; Lt. Col. Lonnie I will be candidates for Audi- Church US, is serving his (Miss.) Church tor, Treasurer, Probate second tour at the North Av- tives in touch with the stiim- tion said the plant will add to the diversification of Clin- ^ o n’s industrial, potential since a like product is not being manufactured north of Columbia. The option specifies a site Employees of Clinton Mills will add more than $560,000 to of 18 acres, joining the An- wcrc advised last week of an the annual payroll. Equated derson property on the upward adjustment in wage to the economy of the area, south. The proposed initial th& Is Announced For June UI IVII . clllU 1V1I o. . olUdll 1-<1. V^UI. l^UUIlltr 14* V *» • 11 • , Todd, of Clinton, has been Dunlap of Columbia, liaison rates effective June 6. the increases are comparable capital investment for ’ .... . isx /-«r'c o ♦ 1 rtf 1 AC\ v\c%\xi „ 1 i • : j a _ 1. a., ^ . incumbents and returned to that pplpit in of the board of trustees of M iss Todd is a 1964 gradu- Horne (USAR) of the Clinton mont.i period. An increase of the r ^ llls - sa ‘ d of tbe m ' at a rapid pace since the 1954. The years in-between Westm i nster Schools in At- ate of Cl nton High School. As American Legion Post 56. averaging 5% was made last crease, I am happy to an- clty council p Urcb ased the lanta and as a trustee of a freshman she won the Ers- Dunlap and Horne are both July Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School kine Art award. Sheris a ris- PC alumni who formerly nounce an upward revision in site of about 35 acres of utilities in Rabun Gap, Ga. ing junior. served with this ROTC unit. The increase, coupled with ha ™ cons l stently Construction T J 4 ^ u „ . Deeply interested in Chris- elected to represent the jun- officer for the South Carolina The general wage increase ^0 the creation of 140 new plant is said to be $1,750,000. Judge, Supervisor and County enue Church. He spent nine tian e d ucation , Dr . Broyles ior class of Ersk.ne College Reserve Officers Association; 1* the second to be made by $4 ’ 00 ? p ? r J 6 ®!' Jobs ' t Development of the indus, currently serves as chairman on the Women’s Council. and Lt. Col. William S. Clinton Mills within an eleven f R t aber ^^; tnal P ark has been going on unopposed. They are: Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, auditor; Allen P aS smore tO Get Coleman, treasurer; J. Hew- . ^ . » lettc Wasson, probate judge; Army Commission Furman E. Thomason, super- Roger S. Passmore, mem- visor; and County Commis- be r of the graduating class at sioners Paul S. O’Dell and ciemson University, will be George M. Penland. awarded an Army commis- Following the Hickory Tav- sion as second lieutenant in ern meeting on Monday, one ceremonies Saturday at 11 a. other session is scheduled for m. in Tillman Hall. the July increase of last year f ifZZfZ nm- bnes to the site is complete, parable level of pay for ? ur jnclud electricitv . wat „. Greenwood Mills To Raise Wages June 6 • ' • \ - (■ i -V- Greenwood Mills has an- per hour which goes into va- nounced an upward wage ad- rious phases of the com- justment, effective June 6, pany’s employee benefit pro- which will cover some 1,400 grams. employees in its two Joanna Greenwood Mills has in- Plants. creased its average hourly President James C. Self wages for production em- said 6,000 hourly-paid em- ployees a total of 328 per ployees in the 14 Greenwood cent since 1941. “We are happy to be able employees. The economy ’of inc | udinR eltctr icity, water the textile industry has moved and gas ’ t Sewer lia es a re into a relatively strong posi- Iag 1 \ un 0 a rect ‘ ntl y com pleted lagoon to the rear of tion,” he said, “due in part to the availability of one- price cotton. “We are glad that this im proved position makes it pos- the property. A road has been cut per pendicular to the highway through the center of the sit6 Mills Plants in Greenwood “We are happy to be able College CHoir To Pi*CSCllt Concert Tonight Mr no. V-onrerence members of the Klwanlr Club and Laurens Counties would to make this wage adjust- ^ concert of sacred and program works by Pales- a group of madrigals. Featur- as a mixed vocal group. R. W. Boland, manager of at a meetiikn this everting be affected. . ment at this time," Mr. secular mus i c w iU be pre- snokoff, Starer, Toch and Pi- ed in the first part of the Previously, it had been an the Clinton office of Liberty (Thursday) aT’Kn’clock at:the The exact amount of the Self said. “I am confident t h th Pr sbv terain trina - Oldroyd, Grieg, Tsche- program will be Ralph all - male organization. The Life Insurance Co., and L. H. Mary Musgrove Hotel. : increase has not yet been that our employees will con- sented by 1 e e y toni, as well as arrange- Mystical Songs”, composed choir this year toured Vir- Holland, sales representative, Dr. Cooler will speak; oil calculated, he said. tinue to produce the quality College Choir tonight (Thurs- ments 0 f folk SO ngs and Ne- for chorus, bartione soloist ginia, West Virginia and were among 400 top represen- the subject of vocational Greenwood Mills last in- fabrics that have been char- day) in Belk Auditorium. gro spirituals. The soloists and piano. Mrs. Mary M. Washington, D. C., where it tatives who attended a con- guidance, emphasizing‘’‘the creased wages to hourly-paid acteristic of them and which it is scheduled to start at are: Kenneth Terrell of Ware Shakespeare will be at the peaformed in the rotunda of ference atjthe Diplomat Hotel importance of an understand- employees less than a year permits us to enjoy good g p . m., and the public Shoals; Beck Truesdell of piano in this only portion of the Old Senate Office Build- in Hollywood-by-the-Sea, Fla., ing of self on the part of the ago, on June 21, 1965. i business with the nation’s is invited to attend. Newberry; Sam Hobson of the program with accompan- ing. Also on the schedule last week. individual and how informa- The average hourly rate at garment makers and thus to The 37-voice mixed choir, Anderson; and Karen Bre- iment. were appearances in a num- They were recognized for tion about oneself should bo Greenwood Mills is now be able to share in the prof- under the direction of As- mer of Sanford, N. C. With the Thursday night ber of Presbyterian churches sales and service achieve- integrated into one’s plan $1.94. This amount does not it from this better business sistant Professor Charles T. The newly formed Madri- concert, the PC choir nears of South Carolina and Geor- ment during an 18-month his educational and ‘ “ i Negotiations were com- was established about a year plcted early this week for a So. one of the plants and con- One* large plant, the C. W. struction is expected to be- Anderson Hosiery Co., is al- gin at an early date on a ready in operation, and an- building. ‘ other, the E. L. Mansure ’ The • second industry, also Co., is in process of con- early this week, executed an struction. Psychologywill speak to ' sible for us to increase the 1° service industries on eith- pay of our employees, who cr side. The State Highway are and always have been our Toad, which will have a 15-ft. greatest asset. Depart ment will pave the “We are proud, too, that median in its 75-ft. width, the progress made by our The city will install lights company and its employees along the roadway. Utilities has enabled us to raise wages lines will be in the median, seven times in the last seven i Clinton Mills also raised KIwOfHOn.S To wages in 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, HGOf Df. Cooler 1964, and 1965. Dr. Claude H. Cooler, coun- s e 1 i n g psychologist, chair- Boland, Holland man pf 1116 Department, of include an additional 3i cems climate,” he ofcitl. M’ Guinea, will include ui lis gul Singers will be heard in the ciost of iis first season gia. -v, qualifying period. tional future. /