The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 02, 1967, Image 1
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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
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“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
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Scheduled for Grocers
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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In March 14 Balloting
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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.
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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