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On • Reapportionment Clinton Man Named ' ' • • :—1 SC Textile Assn. Head Robert M. Vance, president and treasurer of Clinton Mills, was elected president of the Sou.h Carolina Textile Man ufacturers Association at the final busine^ session of the organization’s 61st annual convent on held at the Cloister Hotel in Sea Island, Ga., last week. Vance succeeds F. A. Town send of Aiken, president of the Graniteville Company. John B. Harris, vice-president of Greenwood Mills, was nam ed vice-president. Prior to being elected to the presidency of SCTMA, Vance served on several committees, the boar dof directors, and was vice-president of the As sociation. The local banker - industri alist is believed to be the first person to be elected to the presidency of both the S. C. Textile Manufacturers As sociation and the S. C. Bank ers Association which he headed in 1963. Vance is the second Clinton Mills representative to serve in this high office. The late P. S. Bailey was president of the Association at the time of his death in 1958. The South Carolina Textile " > v i 'H® x&xx*:"" ROBERT M. VANCE Manufacturers Association re presents the state’s largest in dustry, textile manufacturing, which includes 380 plants that operate in 42 counties and provide employment for more than 140,000 South Carolini ans. The SCTMA maintains ex ecutive offices in Columbia. John K. Cauthen , formerly of Clinton, is executive vice- president and treasurer of the Association. County's Legislators Fight Losing Battle Columbia — Sen. W.i C. (Bill) Dobbins, D-Laurens, Thursday lost a hard, uphill battle to save his single coun ty senatorial district, but vow ed to continue the fight on an other day. Dobbins took on such Sen ate powers as L. Marion Gres- sette of Calhoun and Edgar A. Bfrown of Barnwell and much of the Senate in futile efforts to keep Laurens out of a multi-county district. The Senate put Laurens in to a district with Newberry and Union counties, who also wanted to be somewhere else. The district would have three senators. Laurens with 47,000 is the largest of the three and un der the residency provision would almost certainly retain a Senate seat although candi dates would have to run in three counties. Dobbins said he exhausted every avenue he knew and bucked Senate dean Edgar Brown to try to keep Laurens as a single entity. “The only thing I can do now.’^Dobbins said in a post battle statement, “is wait for the conference committee and see what* it brings back.] “If it brings back Laurens County all chopped up, I’m going to fight the plan to send it back to the committee.” On the floor, Dobbins look ed Sen. Gressettee, chairman of the reapportionment com mittee squarely in the face and called the recommended plan finally adopted the “big gest switcheroo plan I have ever seen.” With Gressette only a few feet away, Dobbins said, “I’m going to look you in the eye unfair.” Dobbins said Gressette had waited for the opportune time after delivering his silvery or atory and then “fired the fatal shot.” The Joanna businessman said the House put the mon key on the Senate’s back with a 46-member plan which put Laurens in a three-county dis trict when it had population to remain alone. Laurens House members fought the plan in vain. Dobbins said the only fly in the ointment of leaving Laur ens County in a single district was that it would upset the Senatorial District Sen. Brown is now in. The Laurens solon told Brown. “I respect you for what you want, but I’m going No Sunday Evening Service at Leesville Due to the Clinton High School graduation exercises, no Sunday evening services will be held at Leesville South ern Methodist Church. Beginning on Sunday even ing, June 4, the Epworth Lea gue and the class meeting will be held at 7 o’clock, with the evening worship service at 8. “God’s Power for My Life,” will be the theme of the daily vacation Bible school to be held June 5-9 at the LecSville Church, to fight /ou right down to the end on this thing.” Dobbins’ repeated point was that Laurens has the proper number of people at just over 47,000 to qualify it for a resi dent senator under either 46 or 50 member plans. By changing the arrange- mnte in the Piedmont area Dobbins charged, the.area lost a senator. Under the present 50-seat arrangement, that area has eight senators, but under the new 46 plan, it would only have seven. Union is now aligned with York and Cherokee in an am iable union with three sena tors. while Newberry, Lex ington and Saluda are happi ly married with two senators. • The plan approved by they Senate and sent to the House puts Aiken, Lexington, Salu da and Edgefield in a pack age with three senators. Cher okee and York stay together to form a district with two senators* j i i Brown’d katfriWeli ndW ih a district with neighboring Al lendale with one senator. The approved . plan would leave that as is. Dobbins noted that districts involving Laurens, York, Cherokee, Union and Newber ry counties as they exist now are within the court approved population tolerances under 46 or 50 plan. Dobbins at first voted to ta ble the reapportionment com mittee plan which passed, but changed his vote, lie later explained that this was a man euver to put him in the posi tion later to move to recon sider the vote by which the plan passed. In order to make the motion, a person must have vqted on the prevailing side. $ * * Efforts by Reps. David Tay lor and Paul Culbertson of Laurens to amend the 46-seat plan which finally passed failed as the House cut off debate late Tuesday. They offered an amendment which would have put Laur ens in a district wth one sena tor as it is now under the present 50-member arrange ment. Taylor got the floor briefly to explain the amendment. He said Laurens County’s popula tion of 47,000 was right on the nose to give it a single county senatorial district. He said the reapportion ment committee was unfair in putting Laurens into a multi county district with adjacent Newberry and Union counties. Union and Newberry coun ties each have about 30,000 people. With two Senators al lotted the district, Laurens would in all likelihood retain a resident Senator. The House - approved plan still must undergo Senate scrutiny and the entire picture is subject to change. Taylor was particularly peeved at Rep. Rex L. Car ter, D-Greenville, who made the motion to cut off debate on the reapportionment bill. After the House voted clo- turp only brief explanations of cimi'nnrrh.nis could bw heard. Blood Donor Drive Planned by Jaycees The Ciinton Jaycees, in co operation with other civic and church groups, will sponsor a drive to expand the blood donor program at Bailey Me morial Hospital. The purpose of the project s to increase the list of blood lonors who can be called up- n when blood is not otherwise va lab’e through normal sup- >ly channels. It will be on i vo’untary bas s, and will be tilized only in cases of spe cie need, it was stated. A patient who receives blood •ansfusions will be responsi ble for replacing it by indi- .dual solicitation of donors. A olunteer donor may give cre dit to a specific patient for s unit of blood if desired, "in the other hand, a volun- eer donor may receive credit or the blood he donates for ds own future use. In order to participate in he program, a donor may fill jut a volunteer blood donor card obtainable from Jaycees, civic and church groups and at the Jewel Box downtown. The drive will continue for several weeks. Blood typing will be done for those who do not know their types either by appointment or during regular laboratory hours. Requirements for donors are as follows: A donor must be between of age. (Persons between the ages of 18 thru 20 may parti- the ages of 21 and 60 years cipate with the written per mission of parents or spouse.) Donors must not be on any regular medications. Donors must not have had any of the following diseases: malaria, hepatitis or tubercu losis. A spokesman for the Bailey Memorial Hospital stated that the medical staff of the hospi tal strongly endorses the pro ject. The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 68 — No. 21 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, May 25,1967 Scholarship and Award Winners At Clinton High The following announce ments of ree pients of schol arships and awards were made Friday at Awards Day ceremonies at Clinton High School: Scholarships, with the col lege students will attend fol- ow: I Bailey Foundation Scholar ships: Paul Fallaw, Presbyte rian College; Don Johnson, Clemson University. Merit Scholarship certifi- ^ cate and scholarship: Ronnie Johnson, University of South * Carolina. Other scholarships: Sidney Bryson, Erskine; Francis Cooper, Presbyterian; John Fulmer, Newberry; Ben Hay Hammet, Jr., University of the South; Lucille McSween, Columbia College; James Meadors, Baptist College of Charleston; Barbara Nabors, Cecil Business College; Hen r >v: mmM Hi Mi ■■ KAYRAN COX Valedictorian RONNIE JOHNSON Salntatorian BILLY BYARS Class- President HENRY SIMMONS Student Body President Clinton High Graduating Service Sunday Night Snyder to Head Employment Office Graduation exercises for ter by the class and the re- . — ^ Clinton High School will cessional will close the ser- ‘ Commerce Quarters take place Sunday evening at vice. W 0mflV llAnf The young adult employment 8 o’clock in Belk Auditorium The list of candidates for JUllUlUyj l/CJJIi off . ce Js located . n the Cham _ on the Presbyterian College diplomas, with a photo of the campus. . Class, appears elsewhere in y Simmons, Presbyterian . in the p res b y t er i an College ber ° f ' ^ 0I P merce ^e This year the commence . The Chronicle today. College; Lynn Ellen Was- f acu j ty next fall as bead of anc * is open * rom 8 to 6 Wed- ment program will be confined Marshalls for the service will sung, University of South the S0c j 0 i 0 g y department, nesda ys and Fridays. This of- to one service, with no bac- be Steve Grady, president of Carolina; Billy Byars and Dean Joseph ‘ M Gettys an l fic e has received applications calaureate service being held, the Student Council for 1967- Kayran Cox, Furman Univer- nounce( j today. for summer employment Sunday’s program will be 68 1 Claude Grady, president Sltyi He said Dr Snyder will ran 8 in 8 fr om house work to featured by the theme, “De- of the Senior Class for 1967- Phl Beta Kaona ^certificate • come with the rqnk of full pro- sales an * typing. signs for Living,” with ad-68; Jane Boyce, KathyBouk- K^ran Cnx K PP tf 1 fessor from his position as Firms that need summer dresses by the valedictorian night. Jack Ferguson, St ev e y department head at Valdosta employees, are asked to con- salutatorian and class presi-^lo^d, Rita Johnson, Robert J. C. Thomas valedictory g tato College in Valdosta Ga tact this office and the appli- dent developing the theme. Meadors, Jimmy Noffz, Sha- medal: Kayran Cox. where he tauKht in tho ’ sta te cant will be referred. Kayran Cox, the valedictor- ron Plaxico, Melissa Turner, National Honor Society university svstpm for thp nast Employment of young peo- ian, will speak on “A Life Sophie Young, plaque: Jane Boland. yeLr pie wil enable many to at- Well-Lived is An Art"; the Danforth Foundation inspi- * jhe new PC professor also tend colle S e or to return to salutatorian, Ronnie Johnson, rational book, “I Dare You”: taught for a year earlier at high sch ° o1 and P ay P art of on “Ingredients of a Success- Karen Surratt and Tommy Mississippi State College for th £,' r ^ Life”; and Billy Byars Lawson. , Womon Hp was a eraduatP The establishment of this class president, on “An End Bausch & Lomb science assistant at Florida State Un- offlc ® is for the P ur P° se — „ A n Beginni f. g ' award: Billy Byars. iversity, from which he re- a ^ d Betty Crocker award: Judy ceived his master’s in 1961, Widmer. employers and is not in any processional and a hydrin, and'at UUh'state UniversUy way connected with a federal Henry Simmons, president of D A- R Citizenship and f »r his PhD work, culminated proe , ram or other govern- the student body, will give the Leadertip award: Edna Ja i" 1965. His Bs degree also ment “Scncy, tt was stated co bs. is from Florida State. Dr. Snyder, age 35, is a na- At Florida Meet Insrucfor In Speech, Drama Added at College Student clerks in English: In a further strengthening invocation. 0 f tis fine arts program, Pres- Presentation of diplomas to bytertan . College announces approxirnately 155 graduates the appointment of Dale Os- wdl be by R P. Wilder, su- born Rains as ins , ractor Ann Hudgens, Martha King, t |vt ‘ °t C.irardville, Pa., and Two members of the Clinton perintendent of School District h ”"“ a '''° and Brenda McCrary. ® four-year veteran of the branch office of Liberty Life 56, and A. W. Shealy, princi- P — King Teen award by Wof- Air * ^ ce durin g Korean insurance Company qualified pal of the high school. in m r Henry Sim- War. He is married and member of the - Lutheran fere nee in Hollywood, Fla. Church. HUGH S. JACOBS Clinlon Man Is Synod Moderator Hugh S. Jacobs, of Clinton, became moderator of the Pres byterian Synod of South Caro lina this week at the annual three-day session at Fairview Presbyterian Church, North Augusta. Jacobs was named modera tor - elect at last year’s mee.- ing. He succeeds Rev. Eugene G. Beckman of Eastover, who preached the opening sermon Monday night. * ' Jacobs, an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Clin ton, is in the printing business, and is secretary of the board of trustees of Presbyterian ollege. The sessions of the church court continued through Wed nesday, with a special order Tuesday morning being a re port of the committee on Evangelism by the Rev. Al fred L. Bixler, chairman, who is pastor of the Clintflfh First Church. Named as moderator - elect at Monday night’s session was Rev. Dr. Robert L. Alexan der, pastor of the First Pres byterian Church of Green- wood. Poppies on Sale Friday, Saturday On Poppy Day, the annual Memorial day honoring Amer ican Veterans, will be observ- Saturday. Three thousand pop pies, made by disabled vet- ed this year on Friday and erans in the administration hospital in Columbia, will be offered for sale in this area. The sale will be sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, assisted by Camp Fire Girls. Merchants Asked — To Display Flags Th local chapter of the Am erican Legion Auxiliary urges merchants to display^ their United States flags uit Me- morial Day, May 30. ford College: mons. A. B. Culbertson Scholar ship athletic award: Bob Jone.s. Most Outstanding Bus Driv er: Terry Martin. Best All-Round Bus Driver: Jimmy Johnson. Outstanding Senior Library An organization for the Clerk: Gladys Lewis. wives of servicemen serving Music diplomas by Nation- in Southeast Asia is being al Guild of Piano Teachers: fprmed under I* 16 direction of Cheryl Lancaster, Susie Mrs. Sylvia Gaffney. Meeks, and Debbie Williams. The purpose of the organiza- The new addition will come to PC with the start of the a to participate in a sales con- Mr. Shealy will make an- session next Aucust - nouncemonts of scholarships J^his postion as tcaX To Form Group For Civiliqn Aid In Southeast Asia I T S e u a u e H P h UOrge [ a " d and a r r , dS - K , V, •„ ° f En 8 IiSh ’ S P eeCh and d ^- L. H. Holland, who are in the The high school chorus will j fh t a p nr t„ tpv in Florida city this week, Monday sing two numbers. dependent School District He to Thursday. The singing of the alma ma- has been there s)nce 1963 af ter three years of teaching Johnson. Follow Wirr in Bay City, Tex. A native Texan, Rains re ceived his BA degree from Baylor University in 1958 and his master’s from that insti tution in 1963. He was the or- ’. _ ' ■ 1 ganizer and managing direc- Don Eugene Johnson and South Carolina colleges and tor of a community theatre LaPorte and also has had Bailey Scholarships tion will be to Collect soap Paul Robert Fallaw are the qhiVerjsities. I'r'nm thp v«rinii<t r.hnrphps io«7 In additic iAii ' SUr OLD ENGLISH “C” Old English “C” emblems 1'rpm the various churches, 1967 winners of the Mercer , In Addition to the scholar- ^ m mer experience at the were presented to seniors for medicine samples and sum- Silas Bailey Memorial Schol- *1 • grants ’ the Bail ey Foun- D a i las Theater Center and work on The Clintonian (the mer clothes to send to civil- arshi B th ar _ members of dation offers interest - free elsewhere. He is 30, single and annual), and The Sentinel ians in those countries. Ship- p ' educational loans - to Clinton a member of the Episcopal (newspaper). ping charges are to be paid the graduating class at Clinton Mills connected children who church. The Clintonian: Edna Ja- for by the VFW. High School. qualify. Qualifications for cobs and Missy Wassung (co- Anyone interested may The scholarships, each val- loans are the sar £ e as . re ’ edjors), Johnny Fulmer, write for information to Mrs. ued at $4,000 are awarded an- ^u^ud lor the scholarships. Tommy Lawson, Sheryl Jack- Sylvia Gaffney, General De- nually by the Bailey Foun- son, Cheryl Lancaster, Bren- livery, Laurens. dation to two high school gra- Joanna Church To duates who are children of u _ Clinton Mills connected par- Honor Graduates er "f' At the morning worship from Clinton are among 20 in M ^.° n San ° T f nh ^ n and f hour Sunday, the First Bap- s °uth Caroling named as Fur- Shirley Robinson, 6, of 204 n 6 Bailey Circle. He will en- t ist Church of Joanna will . , a ^ F *°/ n hitpiim. st u/nc i Q ct _ . ... . .. .. . . , scnoiarsnips to r urman uni- da Watts, Jane Boland, Deb bie Prater, Billy Byars, Ron nie Johnson, Mary Ann Orr, Henry Adair, Donna Bran non. The Sentinel: Kayran Cox Young Girl Hurt When Hit by Car Two From Clinton Get Furman Awards Two high school graduates (editor), Karen Lucille McSwren, Whiteline St., was injured last ter Clemson University this honor its young people who vprs itv rrppnvillp Thpv will rratl, Becky San- Thursday when struck by, a fa,, where he will study tex- are this year's graduates. ento ih? freshman clis fn The graduates who will be September, honored include the follow- Kayran Cox is valedictori- Clinton High School- an of the 1C,inton Hi S h Schooi Surratt, ders, Nancy Hollis, Francis ear near her home. tiles. Cooper, Don Johnson, Sara She was listed yesterday as Paul will major in mathe- Hiers, and Judy Widmer. being in critical condition matics at Presbyterian Col- Studen's of the Month: with head injuries at Green- lege. He is the son of Mr. and in g- —— lass to gra d U ate Sundav She Kayran Cox, Henry' Sim- ville General Hospital, where Mrs. Vandy Fallaw of Route Michael Francis I?anks, Don- j s th daughter of Mr. and mons, Edna Jacobs, Lucille she was removed from the 3, Clinton. n a Lillie Brannon, Jesse Leon Mrs J Robert Cox McSween Missy Wassung local hospital The two 1967 Bailey schol- Brawl j Ton1 Dar . Michael P. Thomas was sal- Henry Adam. Karen Surratt She is said to have darted arships make a total of 22 m utatorian of the Thornwell Ronnie Johnson, and Billy in front of a car driven by scholarships which have been reu vvunam h’ersn c P honi w h i r* h B.vars. Luther Burton of Joanna. granted since the program in g Byars, Jr., Bruce Wayne was g ra d U ated Monday ~ ^ Student of the Year: Henry Uieut. Allen Simmons inves- was instituted in 1957. The Chalk, Martha Jane Craven, * Simmons. tigated. scholarships are restricted to Linda Rae Davenport, Susan n l ^ r> tt Robert Powell Gets \ ±i*L > ■»-* mm., re m §M/ v Kay Davenport, Lonnie Thompson Lawson, III, Ron- Furman Band Award nie James Lollis, Barbara Robert “Powell, Clinton sfu- Ann Motes, Debbie Ruth Pra- dent at Furman University, ter, Rebecca Lynn Sanders, Greenville, was named to re- Karen Beth »Surratt, and Ste- ceive the award to the out- phen Edward Lehman, a ris- standing freshman band morn ing sophomore at the Univer- ber for the year at Awards sity of Georgia, who complet- Day Tuesday, ed high school work last July. Robert is a 1966 graduate Larder College — Cardlyn of Clinton High School, where Long, Jennie Rae Surratt. he was noted for his proficien- Georgia Military College — cy on the trumpet. Wilford Bragg. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Draughon’s Business Col- L. V. Powell, lege— Rebecca Craven. t Bracey Awarded Civitan Scholarshp Robert Bracey, valedictori- Bailey Scholarship Winners Winners^of the two $4,000 M. S. Bailey scholarships were announced at Clinton Hig;h School Awards Day ceremonies last Friday by Bailey Dixon, engineer of the Clinton Mills group. Recipients are Don Johnson and Paul Fallaw, members of the gra duating class. Flanking their sons are (left) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Johnson and (light) Mr. and Mrs. Vandy Fal- iftW. ’ . Co umbia Commercial Col- ’ege Candy Dunlap Lawson. # . «-* Sloan St. Church Tn PrPCPnf Plnv an of th ? graduating class of rrcbenr nay Thornwell High School’, has The Church of God of Pro- been announced as the recip- phecy, N. Sloan St., will pre- ient of the $4,000 college schol- sent a play Saturday night at arship awarded annually by 7:30 o’clock. the South Carolina District of The play, “A City in Heav- Civitan International, en,’’ will include 80 charac- Bracey, a resident of Thorn- ters, including members of well Home and School for chil- several denominations. dren, will attend CTemson Utt- The pastor. Rev. Frank iversity. (His photo appears Phillips, invites the public to with another story in today's attena.