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The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 68 — No. 26
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 29, 1967
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Julian S. Bonck, director of the
Industrial Education Center, greets
the first three trainees, who have
Seeks to Raise Level of Job-Seekers
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From left, they are Rosa Pryor, Sal
ly Rife and Linda Montjoy.
' * 1 Education Center
Places Its First Three Trainees
Laurens County’s Industrial
Education Center last Thurs
day announced at a short pro
gram and inspection of its fa
cilities the completion of train
ing of its first trainees and
their placement in industry.
The three girls were IJuda
Montjoy, Rosa Pryor and Sal
ly Rife, and they began work
Monday at Monsanto’s Chem-
strand plant in Greenwood
County.
The first trainees, who are
high school graduates, did not
require participation in the
entire program which covers
a 10 or 11-week period.
A. I. Mason, of the Laurens
Chamber of Commerce, con
gratulated the three young
women and impressed upon
them the responsibilities of be
ing employees, wage - earners
and taxpayers.
“We look forward to the
graduation of the first com
plete class of the Industrial
Education Center and the gain
ful employment of all its
trainees,” Mr. Mason said.
“With the help of such meat
and potatoes programs, the
economy of Laurens County
and the state of South Carolina
can not help but continue to
make progress.”
Gary Lefkowitz, job place
ment officer at the center,
said, “I have been visiting
Laurens County plants all
week, and I am sure we will
be able to help meet the local
need for qualified manpower.”
Richard Berzine, an assis
tant at the center, predicted
that other trainees would meet
with similar success and that
the center would prove its
worth in furnishing aid in
manpower and social ]}rob*
lems.
The Industrial Education
Center, with headquarters on
South Harper Street in Lau
rens, has as its director Julian
Bolick of Clinton, who heads
a staff of 15 office workers,
teachers, monitors and assis
tants. About 75 trainees are
currently enrolled.
The center is sponsored by
Laurens County Community
Action, Inc., George L.
Phinncy, of Laurens, director.
The program, which in
cludes white and Negro train-
ee$, gives instruction in some
academic fields (reading,
writing and math), and also
deals with work habits and
responsibilities, how to dress
neatly, personal habits, how
to apply for a job, and what
is expected of employees.
Working with the center is
an industrial advisory board
composed of Jack Allen, Pe
ter J. Austin, David Boland,
George Crabtree, Claude
Crocker, Robert Freeman,
ers, C. W. Moore, George H.
Walter Lanford, David Mey-
Patton, Fred Rouse, Ralph
Tedards, Gene Tollison, Rob
ert B. Wassung, Fred Wil
liams.
A commmunity agency ad
visory board includes Willie
Beasley, Margaret Fletcher,
R. N. Hallman, Robert Hayes,
Willie Mills, J. T. W. Mims,
H. C. Mitchell, William Pow
er, Dorothy J. Richardson,
Jerry Taylor, J. Hewlette Was
son.
Income Limitations
In Food Stamp
Program Revised
Income limitations in the
food stamp program have
been revised, according to
Ratchford W. Boland, secre
tary of the Laurens County
Welfare Departm^ntv
^Families with incomes list
ed here should apply at the
Welfare Department in Laur
ens to buy the food couppns.
Number i^b Net, Monthly
Iticome
$95.00
120.00
130.00
4 !_ 140.00
5 150.
6 160.00
7 170.00
8 180.00
9 190.00
10 200.00
Mr. Boland stated that 216
families have participated in
the food stamp program since
it was instituted April 1.
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Robert Wasson Heads
State Tax Commission
Columbia—Gov. Robert E.
McNair Friday announced
the appointment of Robert C.
Wasson to head the State Tax
Commission, on which he has
served for the past seven
years.
Wasson succeeds Otis W.
Livingston, who was named
earlier this week chairman
of the new Alcoholic Beverage
Control Commission.
Wasson indicated that one
of the first actions of the com
mission under him as its
chairman would be the es
tablishment of a classification
system for employes.
“This will raise the morale
of our employees and elimi
nate the different pay scales
for equal responsibility,” he
said.
He said he was grateful for
McNair's confidence in him
and said, “I pledge my best
efforts toward a fair and just
laws.”
Wasson, a native of Hick
ory Tavern in Laurens Coun
ty, served 17 years as a legis
lator, being a member of both
the House and Senate.
He was first appointed to
the Tax Commission in 1960
by then Gov. Ernest F. Hol-
lings and appointed to anoth
er six-year term last year by
McNair.
Wasson is the current presi
dent of the Southeastern A*-
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sociation of Tax Administra
tors of Tobacco Distributor F
tor, The National Association
of Tobacco Distributors in
1964 named him “tobacco tax
man of the year.”
Wasson, a former school
principal and businessman in
the Hickory Tavern commun
ity, is married and has three
children.
The bill creating the ABC
board removed the duties of
enforcing alcoholic beverage
control laws from the tax
commission &nd reduced the
tax commisison’s membership
from five to three.
The other tax commission
ers are James C. Calhoun,
Jr., and Wyatt Durham.
Weaver Assumes
Full-Time Post At
1st Presbyterian
The Reverend Thomas A.
Weaver this month assumed
his full-time duties as assist
ant pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church. His respon
sibilities will be primarily
with the young people and in
*the Christian education pro
gram of the church.
In the absence of the pas
tor, the Reverend Alfred L.
Bixler. he will be available
for pastoral service.
Mr. Weaver was born in
Miami, Fla., educated at Ra
bun Gap-Nacoochee School,
Rabun Gap, Ga., Belhaven
College, Jackson, Miss., and
graduated this month from
Columbia Theological Semi
nary, Decatur, Ga,
i He is matried ti) t#iij for
mer Emily Hyatt of Waynes-
ville, N. C., who is also a
graduate of Belhaven College
with a degree in elementary
education. She taught school
in Decatur, Ga., and is work
ing this summer at the Cam
pus School at Whitten Village.
They reside at 201 East Cen
tennial Street.
Cosmelic Studio
In Ooening Here
Merle Norman Cosmetic
Studio, member of the well-
known national chain, opened
for business here last Thurs
day.
Located on E. Pitts St., next
door to Dillard Boland, Jew
eler, the local studio is the
only one of its kind in this
area.
It will be under the super
vision of and operated by Lu
cille Riley and Betty Gallman.
Their work will be in the
care of the face and skin, and
a full line of beauty and
grooming aids will be on dis
play.
During the successful open
ing days last weekend, hun
dreds of residents of the com
munity called.
Greenwood Mills
Vacation Pay To
Tofal S746.213.34
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Mills emplovees this year
will total $746,213 for 4.928
people, the company announc
ed today.
Two per cent of annual
earnings will go to 1,514 per
sons employed less than five
years. i
Another 3.414 persons em
ployed more than five years
will get four per cent of their
annual wages.
Greenwood Mills plants in
Greenwood and Laurens
Counties will close for vat a-
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Court Changes
Are Discussed
Laurens — Changes in the
Laurens Coun'y Civil and Do-
mest’c Re’ations Court was
the topic at a meeting Mon
day between the Laurens
■ County Bar Association and
Leg'slative Delegation.
A bill introduced last week
in the General Assembly by
Laurens House members Paul
Culbertson and David S. Tay
lor would extend the judge’s
term from two to four years;
raise the limit for the cour’t
jurisdiction from $3,000 to $5,-
000; and give the court power
in real estate transactons of
foreclosure and of settlement
of property rights.
Amendments suggested by
| the bar association would
| raise the monetary limit to
I $10,000; and give*the court jur
isdiction in misdemeanor
cases where the defendant
would waive grand jury ac-
toin and enter a guilty plea.
Rep. Culbertson said he
would discuss proposals with
Eighth Judicial Circuit Soli
citor W. E. Jones befrore
amending the bill in the
House.
A provision of the bill that
would bar the domestic court
judge from practicing in fed
eral or state courts was
agreeable to' the bar associa
tion if the salary were raised
from $7,500 to $10,000 a year,
Culbertson said.
Culbertson said any amend
ments to the bill would likely
be ready Wednesday.
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Lions Club Officers Installed
These new officers to lead the Lions Club
for the coming year were installed Tuesday night
at a meeting at Hotel Mary Musgrove. Past Dis
trict Governor T. K. Fletcher, of Spartanburg,
was the installing officer, who advised each of
the importance of their duties. Front row, from
left: Mr. Fletcher; Phil Rogers, retiring presi
dent; Charles Waldron, director; Goyne Simp
son, director; Carl Wessinger, president, 1967-
68; Miles Powell, secretary; Calvin Reed, tail
twister; Herman L. Shealy, Lion Tamer. Back
row: (Maude Crocker, vice-president; Gary Hol
comb, director; Erskine Jacks, director; the Rev.
E. W. Rogers, vice-president. Yarborough Photo.
40-Acre Site on
Chosen for Court House
Clinton to Close
For the Fourth
Clinton merchants, shops,
banks, offices and business
es generally will be closed
Tuesday for the Fourth of
July.
Some will be closed on
through Wednesday.
However, some merchants
will be open all day Wed
nesday, as noted in an ad
vertisement in today’s pa
per.
Textile mills of the area
-take the entire—week-
off for vacations. *
Other industries also will
be closed for the week.
Southern Bell
Plans Expansion
For Clinton Area
A. Ray Fernell, Southern
Bell Telephone Company man
ager for this area, says that
$4.9 million of the planned ex
penditure of more than $36
million for South Carolina this
year will go into the Spartan
burg District of the company,
of which Clinton is a part.
Some Clinton construction
projects scheduled for the year
include the expansion of long
distanr-P f-q u jpment in the tel-
A site of approximately 40
acres on U. S. Highwpy 76
Bypass east of Laurens will
be recommended as a site for
a new court house for Laurens
County, R. L. Plaxico of Clin
ton said early this week.
Mr. Plaxico is chairman of
a committee appointed by the
county legislative delegation
to make a study of the court
house situation, make recom
mendations as to a site and
to employ an architect to sub
mit preliminary plans and a
sketch showing the proposed
design of the building.
Mr. Plaxico sad the site ex-
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Thomas Johnsoh
Enrolls as Cadet At
Air Force Academy
Thomas G. Johnson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert John
son, enrolled Monday as a
cadet in the U. S. Air Force
Academy. He was graduated
from Clinton High School in
1966 and attended Presbyter
ian College the past year,
where he was a member of
the Kappa Alpha fraternity,
and the football squad. He
plans to major in psychology.
Thomas’ older brother,
Robert, will be a senior at
the Air Force Academy next
year.
Hunter Secured
For Sociology Staff
Ted L. Hunter of Savannah
will join the Presbyterian Col
lege faculty this fall as an
instructor in sociology, Dean
Joseph M. Gettys announced
toddy.
The new professor comes to
PC from his position as a
teacher and dean of the mid
dle school in the Savannah
Country Day School. Previous
ly, he taught for two years at
Armstrong College.
A native of Thomasville,
Ga., Hunter received his BA
degree from the University of
Florida in 1950 and his mas
ter’s from the University of
North Carolina in 1959. He
served for three years in the
Navy and during his stay in
Savannah has eben active in
the work of the First Pres
byterian Church there. He and
his wife have two young child-
ephonc building and under
ground cable out the Green
wood, Chappells, Union and
Whitmire Highways to provide
new and improved service for
those areas.
“Ten years ago there were
2,593 telephones in Clinton,”
he saidi “Today there are 5,-
138 and we’ro still gaining at
a very good rate.”
“We’ve always felt that the
number of telephones in an
area was a good barometer
of the economy,” Fernell
stated.
Sloan on Dean's
List at Harvard
James P. Sloan, Jr., has
been named to the dean’s list
at Harvard University based
on his academic record for
the spring semester. He re
turned to Harvard in Febru
ary to complete his junior year
after serving three years in
the U. S. Army Special For
ces, including combat duty in
Vietnam.
This summer Sloan 18 em
ployed in the Washington of
fice of Congressman W. J.
Bryan Dorn.
Chamber Directors in Favor of
Tax Reassessment and City Hall
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The Board of Directors of
the Chamber of Commerce
pledged their support of the
proposed Laurens County tax
reassessment program at their
meeting Tuesday morning/ A
letter will be written to the
legislative delegation by J.
C. Thomas, chairman of Le
gislative Affairs., stating the
position of the Chamber.
Community Service Award Given
M. S. Bailey and Son, Bankers, was
presented the Southern Bell Tele
phone Community Service, award for
sponsoring the time of day service
in Clinton. J. S. Von Hollen, vice-
president of the bank, is shown (cen
ter) receiving the aw’ard for the bank.
It was presented by Mayor. Nolana
Suddeth (left) and Southern Bell
District Manager W. M. Woods when
the number of calls this month reach
ed 1,700,000 since the service began.
Clinton residents are dialing 833-1700
more than 1,000 times a day for the
correct time. — Yarborough Photo.
Members of the board were
also in agreement on the ur
gent need for a city hall for
Clinton. City council will be
requested to name a commit
tee to find a suitable site ad
equate for the city’s needs and
also present some plan for a
city hall, according to Presi
dent I. Mac Adair.
Inquest Juries
Recommend Two
Be Held for Action
Two inquests, one in Lau
rens and one in Clinton,
Thursday resulted in recom
mendation that two Laurens
County men be held for grand
jury action.
The June 9 traffic death of
Harold H. Barden, 35, of Rt.
2, Laurens, was due to a
wreck in which William Grant
of Clinton was the driver, the
coroner’s jury said in the Lau
rens inquest.
The jury recommended that
Grant be held for grand jury
action.
In Clinton, the jury recom
mended that Linburg Johnson,
Negro, be held for grand jury
action in the pistol death June
17 of a 64-year-old Clinton
Negro, Robert Price. Price
was shot to death in a home
in the Youngstown commun
ity southeast of Clinton.
Laurens County Coroner
Marshall Pressley conducted
the inquests.
On Dean's List
David Thomas Plaxico, of
Clinton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Plaxico has been named
to the dean’s list at Wofford
College in Spartanburg. Plax
ico. a rising sophomore, was
one of 119 students recognized
for academic excellence.
road to the Barcraft Homes
(ends from the fairgrounds
property and that the propos-
ed courthouse will be placed
approximately opposite the
Jaycee building which is on
the west side of the road.
The committee has an op
tion on the property, which is
owned by the City of Laurens.
A topographical map of the
property has been made, and
the architects are now at work
preparing plans which they
estimate will be completed by
Aug. 15.
From this the committee
will be able to arrive at an
estimated cost of the project,
including land, 'building,
equipment and furnishings.
Then the amount of tax levy
necessary to finance the un
dertaking can be determined,
Plaxico said. The committee
will recommend the issuing
of bonds, he stated.
Plaxico pointed out, howev
er, that plans now being made
for a new court house are only
tentative and must be voted
on in a referendum by voters
of the county. The referendum
is slated for some time this
fall, probably in October. Le
gislation is expected to be en
acted setting up the referen
dum before adjournment of
the current session of the Gen
eral Assembly.
If the present plans and re
commendations of the com
mittee are approved by the
voters, Plaxico said, another
three-pronged referendum will
be set up for the general elec
tion in November of 1968. The
questions to be decided in
referendum are authorization
to move the court house to
another site, raising the bond
ed debt limit of the county to
permit the issuance of bonds,
and the authorization to issue
the bonds.
The 1968 referendum, Plax
ico stated, will not take place
unless the advisory referen
dum this fall is voted favora
bly. In that case, he said,
other plans for a court house
must be made.
In addition to Plaxico, mem
bers of the committee working
on the project are F. J. Ham
rick of Laurens, vcie-chair-
man; J. Hewlette Wasson of
Laurens, secretary; Lowell
Watkins of Poplar Springs
common ty, Grey Hipp of
Gray Court, David Meyers,
Charles H. Johnson and T*
Heath Copeland of Clinton.
Another member of the nine-
man committee, Lucien Bobo
of Gray Court, died recently.
Practical Nurses
School Opens With
8 Students Enrolled
The School of Practical
Nurses of Laurens County op
ened at Bailey Memorial Hos
pital June 15 with eight stu
dents enrolled.
The class elected officers
with Mrs. Mary Lamb acting
as chairman. The following
were named for the year:
President, Mrs. Jeanne Sims;
vice-president, Miss Sue
Bragg; secretary, Mrs. Mary
Lamb.
Mrs. Evelyn Reid, R. N.,
is instructor for the class«
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