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Clinton, S. Ci, Thursday* February 9, 1967 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Highlights > From Clinton High By KAYRAN COX This week has seemed a lit tle empty to many CHS’ers, for several big projects have come to a close. Last Satur day was the height of the Teen age March of Dimes cam paign with the Walicathon. Ov er one hundred weary, but elated students went to sleep quite easily on Saturday night; for some of them had walked over 2*^ miles that day, and everybody had worked ex tremely hard. All the hard work really showed up, as Kayran Cox and Henry Sim mons, the co-chairmen, an nounced that the Teens alone had raised $1500 for the March of Dimes Foundation. Per sonally I would like to say “Thank you\» to every teen- agfer who so willingly gave his time and money to the March of Dimes. Too, though the adults of the community are to be commended for their support and encouragement in behalf of this worthwhile cause. Thanks to you all so much! Then, last Sunday night brought the closing service of the Laurens County Crusade for Christ. Clinton and the en tire county were so very lucky to have had the blessing of such services. I hope every person in Laurens County heard Mr. Ford speak at least once.‘His sermons were cer tainly well delivered, and the entire Crusade was a once- in-a-lifetime opportunity. God Bless Leighton Ford and the whole Crusade Team! Now, folks, for the very special news of the week — the seniors received their rings on Tuesday, January 31. What a red-lettef day! Four years of work all in one little ring, and how beautiful that ring looks! Just to think one’s high school days are suddenly ending is really a little sad, though, for now we must face the world alone! Wish ui luck* brief program on Family Life and Education. Shady Grove 4-rf will meet next Tuesday, February 14 at 4 o’clock. AIL members are urged to attend, Following the program a brief social per. iod ip form of Valentine par ty will be held. Miss Helen Gamp, assistant Home Demonstration Agent visited some of die 4-H mem bers on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Sump Wages have returned home after vis iting in Rock Hill. News of Bonds Crop Sign-Up Cross Roads VHHH MRS. N. A. 8HOU8E Correspondent Telephone §97-6829 Period Changed The cotton, wheat and feed grain program signup period has been modified for all coun- ties In South Carolina, ac- .. „ . . cording to Fred S. Stoddard, Mr,. Patsy Howard ^ chairman of the county ASC Charleston has returned home committee. The previous clos- after visiting her parents, Mr. ing date was March 8. The and Mrs. Jack Morgan, Sr. date tor signing up in James Nabors is confined aU ^unties is March 17. . . . , , . The State committee has de- to his home due to illness. termlned a sigmlp p e riod Mrs. Richard Johnson has which will insure that all returned home after being a farmers have an opportunity patient at Self Memorial Hos-ito discuss the programs with pital in Greenwood. } £SCS county office people Mrs.- Josie Locklear and jhnd to make up their minds sons, Ernie and Charlie * of about taking part. In some Summerville visited her moth- counties where there are large 'the week-end and also her numbers of farms, there was er, Mrs. Maude Nabors over not enough time available in brother, James Nabors. the original signup period to Mr. and Mrs. J, C. Nabors accommodate all farmers in Yynn Keller Nabors and Mr. the county offices, and Mrs. Eddie Nabors visit- Signup is the essential first ed Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nabors step toward participation in near Newberry on Sunday af- a farm program. No extensoin ternoon. beyortd the March 17 date is Mrs. Texie Johnson visited anticipated for‘adverse wea- her sister, Mrs.^ Raymond ther or other reasons; there- Dean in Whitmire on Sunday, fore, farmers-should not wait Mrs. Dean, has just returned until the last minute to enroll, home from the Methodist Hos- The final date ef March 3 to pital in Houston, Texas, where sign up in the cropland ad- she underwent heart surgery, justment program ** was not Mrs. Mary Fields of New- changed in view of the fact berry visited Mrs. N. A. that present requests under Shouse Sunday afternoon. this program generally r have Shady Grove Home Demon- already exceeded available stration Club held Us regu- funds. lar February meeting Tues. ,Farm program officials day afternoon at 5 o’clock, has morie cropland than is cur- Following the demonstration, point outlHat the United States Mrs. N. A. Shbuse gave a rently needed to meet demand Sew and Save . . . From Hie YARDSTICK REMNANT SHOP SAVE 40 TO 70% ON WANTED FABRICS — FREE GREENBAX STAMPS WITH EACH PURCHASE — a* for crops. However, the na tional wheat acreaage allot ment for 1967 is nearly a third * larger than for 1966, and the feed grain program aims to divert only about half as many acres as in 1966. Social Security rf you know everything there is to know about social security and medicare, you won’t be interested in thfs ar ticle. For example, you will already know when to visit your social security office. But don’t stop reading yet; there may be some details NOTICE OF SALE The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens > In Court of Common Pleas Lydie Davis Parker and Ruth Davis, Plaintiffs, vs Elliott A. Davis, John D. Davis, Jr., Rebecca B. Davis, Harriett Davis Elkins, and all persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, inter est in or lien upon the real property described in the Complaint herejn, any un known adults being asja class designated as John Doc, and any unknown infants or per sons under disability, being as a class designated as Rich ard Roe, Defendants. PURSUANT to a decree of the Court in the above stated case, I will sell at public out cry to the highest bidder, either in or in front of the Court House, at Laurens C. H., S. C., on Salesday in March next, being Monday, the 6th day of the month, dur ing the legal hours for such sales, the following described property, to wit: Parcel No. 1. All that piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in the Coun ty of Laurens, State of South Carolina, containing ninety-, four (94) acres, more or less, known as the Creek Field and being a portion df the Sara A. Davis Estate and bounded as follows: North by lands of Robert C. Davis and lands of Dr. James W. Davis East by lands of Dr. James W. D^vis; West by lands of Henry Cole man and South by lands? of Henry Coleman and Dr. James W. Davis. Except, the tract of fifty (50) acres, more or less, conveyed by J. D. Davis to Jack H. Davis, Jr., by deed dated June 19, 1937, recorded in Deed Book 72, at Page 77, in the Office of (he Clerk of Court for Laurens County, Parcel No. 2. All that piece, parcel or tract of land, con taining one hundred one and six tenths (101.6) acres, more or less, known as the Bryson Place, situate, lying and be ing on both sides of S.. C. Highway No. S-30-103, south west of the City of Clinton, in Hunter Township, Laurens County, State of South Caroli na, being bounded as follows: on the northeast by lands now or formerly of T. J. Leake on lands now or formerly of George Blackwell; on the southeast by lands now or for merly of Estate of John T. i Young; on the southwest by | lands now or formerly of El- i liott A* Davis; and on (he northwest by lahds now br for- j merly of League, and possibly others. Parcel No. 3. All that piece, parcel or tract, of land, con taining one hundred thirteen and two-tenths (113.2) acres, more or less, lyin^. and being on the S. A. L. Railroad, Southwest of the City of (’Iin ton, in Hunter Township, Laurens County, State of South Carolina, being bound ed as follows: on the north east by lands of Elliott A. Da vis; on the southeast bjTIands of Estate of John T. Young and lands formerly of Dr. J. W. Davis, now of James F. Davis; on the south by lands of James F. Davis, formerly of Dr. J. W. Davis; and on the west by lands formerly of R. W. Davis Estate. TERMS OF SALE: CASH. The successful bidder, imme diately upon the conclusion of the bidding, shall deposit with the Clerk of Court the sum of ten (10%) per centum of the amount of his bid as a guar antee of his good faith in the biddings Thg same to be ap plied to tnfe purchase price upon his complying with the terms of sale, otherwise to be paid to. Plaintiff for credit on the indebtedness. In the event the successful bidder should fail to make such deposit, or should fail to comply with the terms of sale, the said lands shall be re-sold on the same or some subsequent Sales day on the same terms, at risk of the. defaulting purchaser. The purchaser to pay for papers, stamps and record ing. W. E. DUNLAP, C. C. C. P. & G. S. Dated this 3rd day of Feb ruary, 1967. - F9-F23 that you have noi cousiuered. Medicare j>rotect)on for hos pital billS and doctors’ bills can start with the month you reach age 65. To get this im mediate coverage for doctor bills, however, you must en roll during one of the three months before the month you reach 65. Your medical insur ance, which pays doctor bills, is not retroactive, and if you do not sign up on time you will iose months of coverage. Your first enrollment per iod ends three months after your 65th birthday. If you do not enroll before the end of the third month after the month you reach age 65, you won’t be able to sign up until October 1967. Your coverage would not stapt until January 1968. If you sign up in your first enrollment period your rpon- thly premiums will be $3. Should you wait until Octo ber 1967, your premiums Will bo at least 10 percent higher. By not visiting your social security office promptly you can lose over a year of this valuable f protection against the cost of doctor bills. You are eligible for medicare even if you continue working after 65. To make sure you under stand how social security af fects you, get in touch with your social security office at 219 Magnolia Avenue in Green wood. The telephone number is. OR 3-1711. Office, hours are from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays and from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Saturdays. CARD OF THANKS I want to express my many thanks for the cards and gifts and especially the prayers of fered in my behalf during my recent hospital illness. Ev eryone was wonderful to me. I especially thank the blood donors and also those who offered blood. Again thanks and may God bless each of you. Miss Feroline nSeay LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 56 NOTICE OE SCHOOL DESEGREGATION PLAN UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 THIS NOTICE IS MADE AVAILABLE Tff INFORM YOU \BOUT THE DESEGREGATION OF OUR SCHOOLS KEEP \ COPY OF THIS NOTICE. IT WILL ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SCHOOL DESEGREGATION. L DESEGREGATION PLAN IN EFFECT Tlie Laurens County School District No. 56 public school system is being desegregated under a plan adopted in accord- ance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The pur pose of the desegregation plan is to eliminate from our school system the racial segregation of students and all other forms >! d scritnination based on race, color, or national origin . THIRTY-DAY SPRING CHOICE PERIOD 1, Each student or his parent, or other adult person acting as parent, is required to choose the school the student will at tend next school year. The choice period will begin on Feb ruary 1 and close March 2, 1967. i. EXPLANATORY LETTERS AND SCHOOL CHOICE FORMS On the first day of the choice period, an explanatory let ter apd-this notice will be sent by first-class mail tp the par- entfor other adult person acting as parent, of each student then iri the schools who is expected to attend school the fol lowing school year. A school choice form will be sent with each letter, together with a return envelope addressed to the .Superintendent. Additional copies of the letter, this notice and the choice form are freely available to the public at any school and at the Superintendent’s office A RETURNING THE CHOICE FORMS Parents and students, at their option, may return the Completed choice forms by hand to any school or by mail to the Superintendent’s office, at any time during the 30-day choice period. No preference will be given for choosing early during the choice period. A choice is required for each stu dent. No assignment to a school can be made unless a choice is made first. 5. CHOICE FORM INFORMATION The school choice form Jis.ts the names, locations and grades offered for each school. The reasons for any choice made are not to be stated. The form asks for the name, ad dress and age of the student, the school and grade currently or last attended, the school chosen for the following year, the appropriate signature, and whether the form has been signed by the student or his parent. Any letter or other written communication which identifies the student and the school he wishes to attend will be deemed just as valid as if submitted on the choice form supplied by the school system. The names of students and the schools they choose or are as signed to,under the plan will not be made public by school of ficials. 6. COURSE AND PROGRAM INFORMATION To guide students and parents in making a choice of school, listed below, by schools, are the courses and pro grams which arc not given at every school in this school sys tem. Bell Street High School—Brick Masonry Clinton High School—Latin and Textiles 7. - SIGNING Til ECHOICE FORM A choice form may be signed by a parent or other adult person acting as parent. A student who has reached the age or 15 at the time of choice, or will next enter the ninth or any higher grade, may sign his own choice form. •The student’s choice shall he controlling unless a different choice is exer cised by his parent before the end of the period during which the student exercises his choice. 8. PROCESSING OF CHOICES No choice will be denied lor any reason other than ovef- c|rovvding. In cases where granting all choices for any school ’would cause overcrodwing, the students choosing the school who live closest to it will be assigned to that school. When ever a choice is to he denied, overcrowding will be determin ed by a uniform standard applicable to all schools in the system. . All students and their parents wall be promptly notified in 'writing of their school assignments. Should any student he denied his choice because of overcrowding he will he promptly notified and given a choice among all other schools in the system where space is available, 10. STUDENTS MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY A choice of school lor any student who will be new to the school system may be made during the spring 30-day choice period or at any other time before he enrolls in school. An explanatory letter, this notice and the school choice form will be gvien out for each new student as soon as the school sys tem knows about the student. At least seven days will be al lowed for the return of the choice form when a choice is made after the spring 30-day choice period. A choice must be made for each student. No assignment to any school can be made unless a choice is made first. 11. STUDENTS ENTERING FIRST GRADE The parent, or other adult person acting as parent, of every child entering the^first grade, is required to choose the school this child will attend. Choices will be made under the same free choice process used for students new to the school system in other grades, as provided in paragraph 10. 12. PRIORITY OF LATE CHOICES No choice made after the end of the spring 30-day choice period may be denied for any reason other than overcrowd ing. In the event of overcrowding, choices made during the 30-day choice period will have first priority, Overcrowding will be determined by the standard provided for in paragraph 8. Any parent or student whose first choice is denied be cause of overcrowding will be giv^n a second choice in the manner provided for in paragraph* 9.. 13. TESTS, HEALTH RECORDS AND OTHER ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS Any academic tests or other procedures used in assigning students to schools, grades, classrooms, sections, courses of study, or for any other purpose,‘will be applied uniformly to all students without regard to race, color, or national origin. No choice of school will be denied because of failure at the time of choice to provide any health record, birth certificate, or other document. The student will be tentatively assigned in accordance with the plan and the choice friable, and given ample time to obtain any required document. Curriculum, credit, and promotion procedures will not be applied in sUfch a way as to hamper freedom of choice of any student. 14. CHOICES ONCE MADE CANNOT BE ALTERED Qric^a choice has been submitted, it may not be chang ed, even though the choice period has not ended. 'The choice is binding for the entire school year to which it applied, ex cept in the case of (1) compelling hardship, (2) change of residence to a place where another school is closer, (3) the availability of a school designed to fit the special needs of a physically handicapped student, (4) the availability at an other scfypol of a course of study required by the student, which is not available at the school chosen. 15. ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF SCHOOLS DESEGREGATED All school-connected services, facilffies, athletics, activi ties and programs are open to all on a desegregated basis. A student attending school for the first time on a desegre gated basis may not be subject to any disqualification or waiting period for participation in activities and programs, including athletics, which might otherwise apply because he is a transfer student. All transportation furnished by the school system will also operate on a desegregated basis. Faculties will be desegregated, and no staff member will lose his position because of race, jcolor or national origin. This includes and case where less staff is, needed because schools are closed or enrollment is reduced. 16. ATTENDANCE ACROSS SCHOOL SYSTEM LINES No arrangement will be made, or permission granted, by this school system for any student living in the community it serves to attend school in another school system, where this would tend to limit desegregation, or where the opportunity is not available to all students without regard to race, color or national origin. No arrangement will be made, or per mission granted, by this school system for any students liv ing in another school system to attend school in this system, where this would tend to limit desegregation, or where the opportunity is not available to all students without regard to race, color or national origin. , 17. VIOLATIONS TO BE REPORTED It is a violation of our desegregation plan for any school official or teacher to influence or coerce any person in the making of a choice or to threaten any person with penalties or promise favors for any choice made. It is also a viola tion of Federal regulations for any person to intimidate, threaten, coerce, retaliate or discriminate against any indi vidual for the purpose of interfering with the free making of a choice of school. Any person having any knowledge of any violation of these prohibitions should report the facts imme diately by mail or phone to the Equal Educational Opportuni ties Program, U. S. Office of Education, Washington, D. C., 20202 (telephone 202-962-0333). The name of any person re porting any violation will not be disclosed without his con sent. Any other violation of the desegregation plan or other discrimination based on race, color or national origin in the school system is also a violation of Federal requirements, and should likewise be reported. Anyone with a complaint to report should first bring it to the attention of local school officials unless he feels it would not be helpful to do so. If lo cal officials do not correct the violation promptly, any person familiar with the facts of the violation should report them im mediately to the U. S. Office of Education at the above ad dress or phone number. LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 56 Clinton, South Carolina, February 1, 1967 Dear Parent: Your school system’s desegregation plan under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is being continued for the coming school year. The purpose of the plan is to eliminate the dual struc ture of separate school for children of different races. The plan requires every student or his parent to choose the school the student will attend in the coming school year. It does not matter which school the student is attending this year, and it does not matter whether that school was for merly a white or a Negro school. You and your child may select any school you wish. A choice of school is required for each student. A stu dent cannot be enrolled at any school next school year unless a choice of schools is made. This year there will be a 30- day choice period, beginning February 1, 1967^ and ending March 2, 1967. ' . ^ A choice form listing the available schools and grades is enclosed. This form must be filled out and returned. You may mail it in the enclosed envelope, or deliver it by hand to any school or to the address above any time during the 30-day choice period. No one may require you to file your choice form before the end of the choice period. No pref erence, will be given for choosing early during the choice period. No principal, teacher, or other school official is permit ted to influence or dissuade anyone from choosing a school where a desegregated education can be obtained. No one is permitted to favor or penalize any student or other person because of a choice made. Once a choice is made, it cannot be changed except for serious hardship. Also enclosed is an explanatory notice giving full details about the desegregation plan.. It tells you how to exercise your .rights under the plan, and tells you how teachers, school buses, sports, and dthcr activities are being desegregated. Your School Board and the school staff will do every- Ihing wc can to see to it that the rights of all students are protected and that our desegregation plan is carried out successfully. , Sincerely, R. I ^WILDER . Superintendent LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 56 Clinton, S. C. February 1, 1967 CHOICE OF SCHOOL FORM This form is provided for yqu to choose the school your child will attend for the coming school year. It does not matter which school the child has been attending, and it does not matter whether the school you choose was formerly a white or a Negro school. No student can be enrolled without mak ing a choice of school. This form must either be brought to any school or mailed to the Superintendent’s office at the address above by March 2, 1967. If the student is 15 years old by the date of choice, or will be entering the ninth grade or a higher grade, either the student or his parent may make the choice. ' 1. Name of Child Last First Middle 2. Age — 3. School and grade currently or last attended Grade 4. School Chosen (Mark X beside school chosen) Name of School Grades Location M. S. Bailey 1-6 Clinton Cross Hill-Mountville 1-6 Mountville Martha Dendy 1-8 Clinton Hampton Avenue 1-6 Clinton Joanna 1-8 Joanna Midway 1-8 Cross Hill Providence 1-6 Clinton Woodson 1-8 Joanna Bell Street 9-12 > Clinton Clinton Junior High 7-8 ' Clinton Clinton High 9-12 Clinton This form is signed by (mark proper box): Signature 1 ^c.. Parent .. □ Address Other adult person acting Date as parent □ Student Q This block is to be filled in by the Superintendent’s office, not by person signing. Is student assigned to school chosen? □ Yes Q No If not, explain — — -