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<**«*•“ Vol. 69 — No. 9 Chronicle Clinton, S. C, Thursday, Mardi 2, 1967 Members of cast are (from left): Joyce Williams, Charlene Young, For rest Adair, Judy Rogers, Carolyn Rhodes, Debbie Prater, Skylar Adams, James Meadows, Cecile Mc Coy, Lynn Shouse. — Yarborough Photo. To Present Comedy at High School March 9-10 I « W rnm ... _ - _ a m a m w . • m m m ... “Mr. Cra^e,” a musical co medy, will' be presented on Thursday and Friday, March 9 and 10, at 8 p.m. in Clinton High School auditorium. The two-act play is set at Sleepy Hollow School for Young Ladies. The story cen ters around Kathy Van Tas- Fridoy Afternoon cell, a descendant of Katrina Van Tassell of the Sleepy Hol low legend, Ike Crane, and Tom Bones. Elaine Stewart plays Ka thy. Randy Shelton js Ike Crane and Neil Crisp is Tom Bones. Other characters are Susan Davenport .Sidney Pitts, Car- College to Dedicate Physks Laboratory Ceremonies dedicating Presbyterian College’s main physics laboratory in memory of John Leonard Franklin, late. business and church leader of Atlanta, are sched uled on campus this Friday afternoon. A gift of $50,000 from the John and Mary Franklin Foundation of Atlanta estab lished a memorial ,to perpetu ate the name'of the man who founded the Audichron Com pany and headed it until his death in 1961. The instru ments he invented provide the automatic time and tempera ture announcements for tele phone customers throughout the country. A North Georgia Methodist minister early in his career, Franklin and his wife became members of At lanta’s Peachtree Road Pres byterian Church in 1924 and he served as an elder there for 36 years. Mrs, Franklin, who will be at Presbyterian College for the Friday program, and Dr. Eugene T. Wilson, who serv ed as their Peachtree church pastor, will participate by re viewing John Franklin’s life. PC President Marc C. Weer- sing will preside over the luncheon program, and other participants will include: Trustee Chairman Robert M. Vance of Clinton, acknowledg ing the gift in behalf of the college; and John O. McCar ty, Audichron president and secretary of the Franklin Moundation board of trustees, responding; and Physics Pro fessor Neill G. Whitelaw, highlighting the physics ca reers of P Cgraduates. A bronze plaque, designat ing the Franklin Physics Lab oratory, will be unveiled in the facility located on the first floor of the new Richardson Hall of Science. olyn Rhodes, Debbie Prater, Judy Rogers, James Mea dows, Johnny Fulmer, Forrest Adair, Charlene Young, Ce cile McCoy, Skylar Adams, and Joyce Williams. Mrs. Bobbie Wagner is cho ral director and Harry Bouk- night will direct the stage band. Davidson St. Church to Dedicate Buildings Sunday Davidson Street Baptist Church will have a dedication service and opening ceremon ies for two new buildings Sun day, *the Rev. M. Floyd Hel- lams, has announced. Speaker for the occasion will be John Farmer, of Columbia, director of the South Carolina Baptist Brotherhood. The schedule for the day will include church school at 10 a.m., worship service at 11, when Mr. Farmer will speak; lunch in the social hall at 12:20 p.m., and a dedica tion and recognition service in the sanctuary at 2 p.m. Open house for the new sanctuary and educational building will be from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Arthur G. Black Is Speaker Food Stamp .Meeting • f ■ '• Scheduled for Grocers • The U. S. Department of Agriculture has scheduled a meeting March 7 to explain its food stamp program to re tail and wholesale grocers in Laurens County. The pro gram is scheduled to get underway on March 15. The meeting will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. in the courtroom of the courthouse at Laurens. L’SDA’s Consumer and Marketing Service urges all grocers serving customers in Laurens County to attend the meeting and apply for authorization to take par in the program. Failure to receive authorization before the program gets underway could result in grocers losing some food sales, fcod stamp officials point out, because only retailers who have been authorized by the Consumer and Marketing Service may handle USDA food coupons. Clinton Man Hospitalized With Wound Roosevelt Ferguson, 43-year- old Clinton Negro was report ed in fair condition last night at Brewer Hospital in Green wood with a pistol wound of the chest. Ferguson was shot Monday about 2 p. m. during a scuffle' with Negro City Policeman ^loel Moon after the officer arrested him on a charge of drunkenness. Assistant Clinton Police Chief Horace Horton said Moon first observed Fergu son in a caTe on Enterprise Street and asked him to go home. When Ferguson refused Moon took him into custody and was walking him to the city jail when Ferguson grab bed Moon and threw him to : MfttH mi M Torrington Makes Gift to.High School Robert B. Wassung (second from right), manager of the Clinton Bear ings Plant of the Torrington Com pany, is shown here as he presented a check to R. P. Wilder, superinten dent of School District' 56, to pur chase equipment for the machine shop at Clinton igh School. At left is Geo rge R. Spooner, teacher of the classes at the high school, and at right is Ralph Tedards, personnel director at Torrington. The check was in addition to the gift of several metal working ma chines to the school by Torrington for a total value of approximately $8,000. — Photo by Yarborough. MISS BRANDT Chamber Commerce Dinner Meet Tuesday Local Students On Dean's List Several college students from Clinton are listed on, the first semester dean’s list at various institutions. Included are: Dotic DuBose, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurin- burg, N. C. Judy Ritchie, Lander Col lege, Greenwood. Harry McSween, Jr., and John I. v Moore (of Joanna), The Citadel, Charleston. Robert Powell, Furman Un iversity, Greenville. Billy Ballard, Bill Jacobs and Eugene Forrester of Clemson University. I The annual dinner meeting of the full membership of the Clinton Chamber of Com merce is announced for Tues day, March 7, at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Mary Musgrove Hotel. The speaker will be Arthur G. Black, electrical superin tendent of Duke Power Com pany, Greenville. Mr. Black will speak on the Keowee- Toxaway project and how it will affect this area. * Mr. Black is a fottinei* ;red- ident of Clinton, a graduate of CJemsop Universpjr in Elec trical engineering. Later he received a BA degree from Presbyterian College. After teaching in the Greenville schools for two years, he join-' ed Duke Power Company in 1935. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. year term by mail ballot will G. A. Black of Clinton. be introduced. Officers of the Chamber Cards have been sent to state that the meeting will be members of the Chamber, and of interest to women, No President Claude A. Crock- charge for the supper will be er urges all members to plan made to members. to attend the meeting, and Officers for the new year return their reservation card will be installed. The five di- in order that arrangements rectors elected for a three may be completed. ARTHUR G. BLACK ■ fm Clinton Mills Employees Enjoy Dinner Clinton Mills staff and service de partments employees were feted to an on-the-job dinner last week in recog nition and appreciation for their re cent achievement of 1,0)00,000 contin uous man-hours without a disabling injury. Departments included within the unit for the purpose of crediting safe ty man-hours are the officer, stand ards, Clinton shop, personnel, ware houses, and store. Similar dinners honoring employ ees for obtaining the 1,000,000 safe man-hours goal were held in the Ly dia and Clinton No. 1 plants last year. Shop employees Ira Chandler, Otis Graham, Bill Hedgepath, left, and George Price, Herman Nabors, and Sam Hairston led the buffet lint, To Inaugurate New Education Program at PC A new program jn elemen tary education is being inaug- rated at the reosdddtawhjrof urated at Presbyterian Col lege, with Miss Dorothy Brandt, a native of Walhalla. added as a faculty member to help develop it. She will join the PC teaching staff next August, at which time she is expected to re ceive her PhD degree from the University of Texas. As Dr. Brandt, she will hold the rank of associate professor, serving in the education department under Dr. George M. McGuire. Dean Joseph M. Gettys, in making the announcement to day, said the development of ihe elementary education pro gram follows a trusted deci- s : 0!l' to broaden PC s curricu lum for the growing coed en rollment. He added: "Our entire teacher educa tion program has a basic con cept dif erent from the usual approach. The Presbyterian College program is built on a liberal arts ba?e, with 24 hours required in a major f eld, plus enough professional education courses to meet teaching Requirements, in stead ol ju? t having a major in elementary educa’ion. The graduate is better-qualified to teach because of a greater knowledge in ihe particular subject field.’’ Dr. Gettys ^)6jn‘ed out that Miss Bra idt is well-equipped to h.'ip develop an outstanding program in elementary edu- atc.i at PC to go with the ;resent secondary level pro gram. For Ihe past two years, she has been a tea; h ng a sociate at the University of Texas, . i h a special responsibility as a supervisor of student eac.lv'rs. She holds the M.E.d degree rom Texas, has done gradu ate work at Pe abody College, arlic paled in workshops at .he Ua vtr ity of South Caro- ina and has 11 years of teach- ng experience in the elemen- ary schools of Westminster r d Wa’haila. She received her ES degree I rom Newberry 'allege. From among its graduates ?ach year, Presbyterian Col lege sends a number into pub lic school teaching, in addi tion to those who enter di rectly into business or the army or go on for specialized s'.udy tin graduate and profes sional schools. Plan Easter Sunrise Service Plops are being made to have a special Easter sunrise servied ot Lesyille Southern Methodist Church, March 26, at 6:30 a.m., the pastojp, the Rev. LtdrarM Adams* states. County Home To Get Funds For Expansion Columbia — Funds for City Council Acts Water Rate Increased; Buys Land The Clinton City'Council has Bryan A. and Mattie Goodwin. Ili= pavement. In the scuffle 10-10-12 room addition lo Ihe that lollowed, the policeman T rj shot Ferguson in the chest, L8urcns tou,Uy Homc ' ,r °- the assitant chief said. cidcd ,n legislation inlroduc- Moon was slightly injured in Cf l Thursday by the Laurens approved a water rate in- This land, and adjacent city- thc scuffle. House delegation. crease for industrial users owned property, will be cover- . ’ The bill directs the Lau- from the present 15 cents per ed with water when a dam, Spring Holidays rcns County treasurer to 1,000 gallons to 22.4 cents. The one of the projects of the Dun- Beating the calendar to the ^ rans f er $12,900 from the eoun- action came in a special coun- can Creek Water Shed pro punch, Presbyterian College general fund to the su- ciLsession Feb. 20. * — ™ gram is completed. students will start ushering pervisor for the construction. , n - t ‘ ,ncreasu was based on The earthen dam will im- ,n s l ,rin « this Saturday with Plans for the work are al- a u cost survey study completed pound around m milIion j. the start of their annual week- ready on file' at the county about a year ago by Harwood lons of water on city . owned long spring vacation . supervisor’s office and the Engineers ol Spartan- p r0 perty. It will be located It comes earlier this year, amount appropriated was V 1 wb ‘ cb tbey rc P° r ted it approximately 300 feet above because of the new academic the contract bid for the pro- ? cst the clty 22 4 cents to de ’ the city’s present pumping schedule which set the semes- ject, according to Reps. David livt r 1,000 gallons ol liltered station on Duncan Creek. * ter to begin on January 9 and Taylor and Paul Culbertson waler to consumers: end with commencement on of Laurens. ,n otber business, it was May 14. The students will re- The solons said construe- am ‘ ed b - v council that the city turn from their holidays and lion on#the much-needed ud- wou,d exercise an option to resume classes on March 13. dition will begin soon. . .. j: ^ T In March 14 Balloting i „ School Trastees to Be Elected in Two Areas purchase 100 acres of land on Duncan Creek for $200 an acre. The property owners are Kenneth W. McKitrick and W. College Board To Meet Next Week Adoption of an operating budget for the coming year will be a main consideration of the Presbyterian College board of trustees when they meet in regular session on the PC campus next Monday and Tuesday. Trustees are scheduled to areas School District 56 Clinton. Mm Chaplain Rogers Reports For Duty Chaplain (LCDR) E. Rogers, USNR, has reported to the Commanding Offifcer, arrive Monday afternoon and Naval Amphibious Base, Lit- assemble in committees that Laurens — There wil be an Blackmon of the Mountville tic Creek, Virginia in the Nor- night. The board will meet in election ol school trustees art *a in District 56 and Calvin folk Area for fourteen days full session the next morning March 14 in two attendance ^ 0 °P er lbe L y dia area, al- active duty for training. While under the leadership of Chair- in 1 aurpns rmintv 80 56, Cooper was here he will serve as chaplain man Robert M. Vance of Clin- appointed last Dec. 1 to fill of an amphibious invasion ton. the unexpired term ol D. H. scheduled for Thursday, In addition to the 1967-68 Ihe County Board of Edu- Roberts, who moved to an- March 1st. Mr. Rogers is at- budget, the trustees will con- cation has received petitions other attendance area. tached to Reserve Mobile Con- sider the various areas of endorsing candidates and re- Qualified electors residing si ruction Battalion 24 which current operations and will questing an election in the at- w:.lhin the attendance area is similar to two regular units review of the progres of the tendance area of Ford and in aa <I presenting a valid reg- now serving in Vietnam. A Presbyterian College develop- Gray Court-Owings in District istration certificate will he cn- Methodist minister, the chap- ment program. Following re- 55. In school District 56 the titled to vote for a trustee to lain serves as pastor of Broad pons by trustee committee only attendance area in which represent their area in the Street Methodist Church in chairmen and PC President petitions for an election were March 14 election, liled was in the Clinton area. - Deadline for filing petitions was Feb. 22. The two candidates offering in the Ford area are Ray mond Robertson, incumbent, and Maxy P. Hunter. In the Gray Court - Owings area, Horace. Martin, incumbent, is opposed by David Kellett. In the Clinton attendance area the two candidates offer ing the J. A. Orr, Jr., incum- hent, and Robert B. Wassung. The terms of office of W. E. Hunt, chairman of the hoard of trustees of District 55, and of James Von Hollen, chairman of District 56, will expire April 1. The chairman of each of the county's boards by law is appointed by the County Board of Education. The county board of educa tion also appoints the trustees unless a petition which bears the signatures of 12 or more qualified electors in any at tendance area endorses a can didate and asks for an eleev tion. The trustees whose terms expire April l and the atten dance area in which elections have not been requested are, Ray Bishop of the Garlington area in .District 55, S. C. Major Gartman Promoted MAJOR ETRIC P. GARTMAN, is shown following pro motion ceremonies at the Pentagon in Washington, D. C„ being congratulated by Col. Carl M. Abel (left), Chief Personnel Actions Division, TAGO. Major Gartman, who is assigned to the RA Officer Appointment Section, Per sonnel Actions Divison, TAGO in the Pentagon, is flanked by Mrs. Gartman and sons, Keith and Bryan. Mrs. Gart man, the former An King, daughter of Mrs. George King and the late Mr. King, and children made their home 'here last year while her husband was serving in Vietnam. Marc C. Weersing, the vari ous administrative officers .will report on their depart- Two other regular items of || business scheduled for this |f spring session are the election I: of new trustee officer and the I selection of honorary degree Iff nominees to be cited at com mencement exercises next May 14. The board of trustees gov erns Presbyterian College in the name of the Synods of , Georgia and South Carolina, * which control and support the i institution. Of its 29 mem bers, 2 are appointed equally trom the two synods 1 and three are selected as alumni repre sentatives. Other otficers, in addition to Chairman Vance, are: Dr. Eugene T. Wilson of Atlanta, vice-chairmans and Hugh S. Jacobs of Clinton, secretary. Administrative officers to report, along with President Weersing are: Academic Dean Joseph M. Gettys; Busi ness Manager G.' Edward Campbell; Student Dean A. J. Thackston; Women’s Dean Marion Hill; Development Di rector Powell A. Fraser; and Alumni and Public Relations Director Ben Hay HaqnmeL