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Rail Merger Creates
Billion Dolbr Unit
IB Association
Aids Services Of
County Health Units
Second Term of
PC Summer School
To Begin Tuesday
Directors of the Tuberculos-
Richmond, Va. - A new bil- pany will stand ninth among 6 voted gt their meet .
Uon - dollar conripany came the nation’s rail carriers. on June ^ to underwrite
into being at 12:01 a.m. Sat- j 0 hn W. Smith, Seaboard th e services of a part-time
urday when the Seaboard Air president, will be chairman x r aytech n Tc fa n for Z
Line Railroad and the Atlan- 0 f the board of the Seaboard Greenwood County Health De-
tic Coast Line Railroad Coast Line Railroad and W. p ar t me nt from July 1, 1967,
merged to form the Seaboard Thomas Rice, president of At- t0 July 1968t at a cos t not to
Coast Line Railroad. lantic Coast Line, will be pres- exceed $728.00.
The new railroad will oper- ident of the merged company. Dr j 0 h n W. Bell, the
ate 9,629 miles of routing in Seaboard Coast Line will be Greenwood county health offi-
Virginia, North Carolina, chartered in Virginia and will cer, requested the association
South Carolina, Georgia, Flo- have its corporate headquar- to finance the project which
rida and Alabama. It will rank ters in Richmond. General of- will employ second year Lan-
eighth in mileage among the fices will be both in Rich- der students working under
nation’s railroads. mond, where Seaboard has its the direction of local radiolo-
It will have assets of $1.2 general offices and in Jack- gists,
billion. Operating revenues of sonville, Fla., where Coast If the demonstration proves
the two roads in 1966 were Line offices are now located, that trained technicians pro-
$404 million. In both assets twQ raih-oads now em- duce better X-rays and that
and revenues, the new com- ploy a pp rox i ma tely 23,00 per- the time of the public health
r sons. The number is expect- nurse can be used more effec-
ed to diminish through attri- lively in other areas, the posi
tion with the merger of the tion of an X-ray technician
two companies, but not sig- will be written into the 1968-
- nificant at first, officials said. 69 budget request of the
Seaboard Cost Line will con- Greenwood County Health De
tinue the passenger trains op- partment.
crated by its two predeces- The association board also
sors, including such well approved Dr. T. K. Fairey’s
Registration for the second known trains as the Silver Me- request for X-ray view boxes
term of summer school at teor, Champion, Silver Star, for both the Edgefield County
Presbyterian College will be Florida Special, Silver Comet Health Department and the
held Monday, July 10, in and City of Miami. Saluda County Health De-
Neville Hall at 8:00 p. m. Pooling of freight cars will partment. This equipment will
with classwork beginning on give the new company one of cost approximately $200. Dr.
Tuesday, July 11, at 8:00 a. the largest fleets in the coun- Failery, who is health officer
m. try, including some 62,00 cars for both counties, explained
Courses will be offered in and more than 1,000 diesel lo- that the view boxes will en-
the following departments: comotives. » able the clinician to give bet-
art, biology, economics, Eng- Merger efforts between Sea- ter interpretations of X-ray
lish, French, history, religion, board and Atlantic Coast Line Plans were made for the
sociology and Spanish. began in 1958. The Interstate formation of area program
In addition to these courses Commerce Commission ap- councils, with members in
which were previously an- proved the merger in 1964. each of the seven counties re
nounced, college mathemat- Opponents of the merger sponsible for one of the as-
ics and a course in analytic took the matter into the courts sociation’s functions. Council
geometry and calculus I have and consolidation didn’t win members will be appointed
been added to the schedule final approval until the U. S. by the president, Richard W.
and will be offered if six or Supreme Court upheld a low- Stowe, upon recommendation
more students enroll. er court’s approval of the mer- of the county directors. ,
, ger April 10. October 16 was selected as
the date for the next board
meeting to be held at the
Greenwood County Health
To Address Lions Department.
„ , . , Other officers of the asso-
Rev. Dr. E. B. Keisler will ciation include Rev Neil E
Columbia—Appointments of be the speaker at the next T ru VsdeUofNewber ry presi-
four Laurens County officials meeting of the Clinton Lions Hont elert- Mrs E B ’ Ether-
were confirmed Thursday by club to be held Tuesday at cd or ' Saluda. secretary;
the State Senate. 7 p.m. at Hotel Mary Mus. and Harold w M cClintock, of
’ They are Auditor Jennie V. grove. Laurens, treasurer.
Culbertson, Treasurer Allen His subject will be “The
D. Coleman, Jacks Township Folly of Worrying.” Gets Decrree
Magistrate James M. Cope- Dr. Keisler is interim pas-
land, Jr., and Waterloo Town- tor of St. John’s Lutheran Miss Linda L. Bixler, daugh-
ship Magistrate William N. Church in Clinton, a pastorate ter of Rev. and Mrs. Alfred
Cooper. he has held since his retire- L. Bixler of Clinton, recently
The appointments werement as president of Central was awarded a bachelor of
made by the governor with ad- Lutheran Theological Semin- arts degree by Agnes Scott
vice and consent of the Sen- ary in Freemont, Nebraska, College, Decatur, Ga., where
ate.
Vol. 68 — No. 27
Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 6,1967
7 All-A Students
On PC Dean's List
Seven Presbyterian College
students recorded perfect
all-A averages to head the
group of 57 who made the
Dean’s List for the second
County Supply
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Amended by Dobbhi
Columbia — Senator W. C. being used for a specific ppr-
, x,. „„ (Bill) Dobbins of Laurens Pose such as the fire station,
semester of the 1966-67 ses- amendcd the c(nmty The Joanna stathm I. Mta
ions, Registrar Roslyn Martin , ,,, , . . . a fire district,
announced today. bl11 30 t,mes Wednesday but The sena tor also amended
The seven scholars without left intact a provision for a .the measure to provide foif
blemish were: Jim Bell of property re-evaluation pro- $1,441 for deficiency oper#-
Copper Hill, Tenn.; Carlos gram proposed by House tioi 18 °f the Area five Mentdl
Emanuel of Ecuador; Mrs. mpm h Pr c Health Center at Greenwood.
Carole H. Johnston of Dun- ‘ . , The senator’s version totals
can; Janet Lawson of Clin- Dobbins indicated slr ongly, ^025,544, reflecting a $9,000 in
ton; Henry B. Parks of however that the county would crease over the House MU-
Greenville; Henry Smith, Jr., not rush pell mell into a prop- Still, the county should end
of Marietta, Ga.; and John erly re-assessment program, the new fiscal year with ,a
Taylor of Chester. . .. h it ith $20,000 surplus, Dobbins said.
Others making the select ■ U ! d d PP roatn 11 ^ ,m The !4-mill tax levy for coon-
list for academic achieve- deliberation, care and study. ^ y or dinary purposes will
ment include: The senator said the pro- stand.
Barbara Anderson, Joe Get- gram would be designed to Dobbins, in a patriotic
tys, Jr., Lawrence Raines, 01- hc | p and not property move, provided that marriage
iver Rogers and Marvin Tur- owncrs license certificates would al-
House Passes
County Civil
Court Measure
C o 1 u m b i a — A bill was
Four Appointments
Of County Officers
Confirmed by Senate
Dr. Keisler
several years ago.
she majored in English.
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ner, Jr., all of Clinton; John so be provided free to vater-
Howard, III, and Elizabeth 0nc amendment struck out ans of Vietnam conflict.
Lindsay, both of Greenville; an assistant tax assessor and They now are provided free, to
Sherwood McKay, Jr., Max his travel allowance. Dobbins veterans of the Korean Wpr
Miligan, III, and Sarah Strib- said the assistant is not need- and to persons in the armed
ling, all of Atlanta; Kathryn ed now and can be added later services.
Caldwell and Robert Strozier, if needed,
both of Augusta; Mackey Sin- Dobbins trimmed the total
gleton and Joey Singleton, allocation for the new tax as-
both of Conway. scssor and mapping office
Samuel J. Barrett, Jr., of from $29,000 to $23,000.
Columbia; William Bowie of The assessor, clerk and
Easley; Sara Anna Bozeman utility man would be "'named
of Simpsonville; Cecil Brown by a majority of the delega-
of Laurens: Karen Buchholz tion, including the senator,
of Waycross, Ga.; Carolyn under another amendment.
Colby of McLean, Va.; Joe Re-assessment or re-evalu- passed by the House and sent
Dunlap of Knoxville, Tenn.; ation as it is often called, to the Senate increasing tfte
Jimmy Elliott of Savannah; would be carried out in the term of the judge of the Lau-
Paula Evans of Ludowici, county under the supervision r ens Civil and Domestic Rela-
Ga.; Susan Gilbert of Blake- and direction of the South tions Court from two to fotlr
ly, Ga.; Clifton Goodwin of Carolina Tax Commission. years and raising his pay to
Sumter; W. Woody Hall, Jr., House members Paul Cult $10,000 a year,
of York; Douglas Haynie of bertson and David Taylor Rep Paul Culbertson of
Roanoke, Va.; Jim Helms of said re-evaluation to equal- Laurens said the pay increase
Dublin, Ga., Bob Herlong of tax burdens was a county j s commensurate with addit-
Mannins; Brown Johnson of .. mus ,” ional duties beinK assigned to
Darlington; and Jim Johnson The senator included an ad- the judge, who is now paid $7.,-
of Georgiana, Ala. ditional $10,000 for the county ^qq a year. He would receive
Margery Johnston of Jack- roa d and bridge program, a f j ve per ccnt j nC rease in the
sonville, Fla.; Mike LeFever bringing that appropriation to new county budget
of Lancaster, Pa.; Tom Me- $60,000. Rising costs were
Dowell of Fayetteville, N. C.; blamed for the increase.
Ken Martin of Estill, Ky.; Various other amendments ... ,
John Mebane of Dun woody, dealt with travel allowances, Hons^urtwe^enassed as
Ga.; Carolyn Parks of Aiken; a sa i ary adjustment or two hv
Sandra Pitchford of Dora- an d a $1,680 increase in travel by ^ L ^ *” S
ville, Ga.; James Powell of allowance for the County B Association.
Florence; Ramon Priestlno of Health Department. ^ ne amendment provides
Richmond, Va.; Richard Dobbins also provided an ^ be judges initial ap-
Quillen of Kingsport, Tenn.; additional $500 for the county pointment will be through
Mrs. Donna Scott of Mt. water survey committee, giv- J une 30* 1909, after which he
Pleasant; William H. Scott, inR that gr o U p a total of $3,- wil1 be appointed to a four-
ill, of West Point, Ga.; Mrs. 500 year term. Judge Robert L.
Martha Smith McCaskill of h c a i so earmarked an addi- Gra y was reappointed Tues-
Greer; Susan Smith of Car- tional $1,000 to the County day to a new two-year terna.
lisle; Steve Stine of Aber- Rescue Squad for diving Another change provides
deen, Md.; John Taylor of equipment and designated the that thfc resident judge may
Chester;, Morrow Thompson House-approved $1,000 for a PP°* n t a suitable person to
Several other amendments
to the state code setting up
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Above and below are members of
the business and editorial staffs of
The Clintonian, the Clinton High
School annual, whch this year receiv
ed an “A” score by a critical rating
service. Above are Mary Ann Orr,
Miss Wassung to Vie
In Miss SC Pageant
Missy Wassung, Miss Clinton of 1967-68, will partici
pate in the Miss South Carolina Pageant next week in
Greenville.
The pageant, to be held in Memorial Auditorium, will
begin Monday and continue through the 16th.
Missy will participate in the week - long events, in
cluding evening gown, swimsuit and talent competition,
with the pageant being presented Saturday night. An
awards breakfast will take place Sunday.
She will attend a press party on Monday and ride in
the parade on Wednesday.
Ticket orders for the pageant are available from any
Jaycee or at The Jewel Box.
Missy, a 1967 graduate of Clinton High School, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Wassung.
Courthouse Referendum
Is Proposed for Oct. 17
Chester;, Morrow mompson House-approved $1,000
Columbia — A referendum ommendations will be given ^ an Wyck; Frances Turn- g aSi 0 ji an d supplies instead ^‘*1 in for the judge in the
on a new Laurens C o un t y to tbe People prior to the vote, linson pf Ocala, Fla.; and of building construction. event of his absence or inabui-
Courthouse has been proposed , <**««• »««■<* ■* ««*• Wyatt ot H ' m ‘ svme - A *500 allocation for the Jo- ty to act.
, o Tir /d'ii* I-* > u- ducted by the county election Ala. anna Fire Station had to be 1 c cou,n would also oe
by Sen. W. : C. (Bill) Dobbins commiss | on hours ’ - deleted, Dobbins said, be- *»«« criminal jurisdiction for
to 6 f7 nn ff Affpnrlc cause of a question about its non-support cases where the
VjaniT Mirenas legality defendant waives grand jui;y
Estate Planning Dobbins said the Constitu- act ' on an d pleads guilty.
. . . - j tion prohibits funds from The court also would be giv-
Seminor m N. J. county-wide taxation f r o m en concurrent jurisdiction
Richard A. Gantt, director ^Uh common picas court ih
of estate planning at Presby- •*!-./>« Cf Cl ^!- caS ^f .,f nd
terian College, attended the LJOVIdSOn M. CIOSS ccedmgs both at law and Ip
would be advisory, but would Irri , in .. .... . 22nd Kennedy Sinclairc Edu- QrhpHulfK Pirnir equity and not involving r«al-
be accepted by the county leg- , , , . S. ^ () ll w- < ^ Ur cational Gift Seminar held r< estate in which the amount de-
islative delegation as an ex-• j, \ ? m ’ . ajor recently at Saddle Brook, N. The Gleaners Sunday School manded by the complaint
pression of their wishes and c, "Li Ur«nv a . W /T, 1. 1 J- c,ass of , the » av ‘dson Street does not exceed $10,000. The
would guide future decisions ‘'"T, a as f Participants in this finan- Ra P tist Ghurch will have a ceiling is now $5,000.
regarding courthouse con- Z ,, , 1 ’ no1 , °. icial planning approach to P* cn ' c ,,u| y ^ o clock In another expansu
oi Laurens for Oct. 17. would be from 8 a.m.
The people Would vote on p.m.
whether they favor construc
tion of a new courthouse on a U 0 J nr p n M-p G^f-c
site recommended by a study rune vjcis
committee created earlier DeCOrotiOflS- Upon
this year. . . ..
Results of the referendum Leaving Vietnam
assistant business manager; Henry
Adair, advertising manager; Ronnie
Johnson, business manager; Donna
Brannon, circulation manager. Below
are Edna Jacobs and Missy Wassung,
co-editors, who were assisted by a
competent staff.
regarding
struction.
Dobbins pointed out the re-
Sagon. He also received at
this ceremony his 3rd Com-
cial planning approach
fund-raising were brought up ‘ n ^ be
expansion move,
social hall of the the court was given eounty-
to date on techniques that church. Each member is wide jurisdiction in exercise
port of the special committee n)! stimulate deferred gifts to ed- ur ^ e ^ come and bring a of domestic relations autHor-
will have been received by the m( , Sl . || 0 |, U| . Medal 0 ^ uc ation by informing pros- Picnic lunch and their family, ity.
delegation before the referen- ’ pectivc donors of the tax ad-
dum. ; a -* 01 's due in San vantages available through
He said full information con- 'ancisco today, where he is w j se es tate planning,
cerning the committee’s rec- b) , ' rn( J ,n b ‘ s w '(e. Ihey j) r Eugene T. Wilson of At-
vv,b bat ‘^ T° South Caro- ] an ta, chairman of the PC
lina within a few days and board of trustees, also at-
spond the rest of the month t cn d c d the seminar conducted
in Mofenco and ( linton with | 0r the representatives of 14
their children and their par- colleges and universities,
ents.
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Long-Service Pins
Bobby J. Hitt
Is Recognized
the annuals receive) to C.
In criticizing The Clinton-
inn the judges gave .special Awarded to Joanna
merit to the opening section
commended were the action Plant Employees
and the sports section. Also 0 .
shots and the artistic quality p “ Local Students
of the layout. Highly praised cmp | oyccs of th , j oa „„a Attend Band Camn
was the cover, which was es- p|ant5 p( Greenwood MiUs «"Cna Dana COIHp ( ; rccnwood _ Bohhy J. Hill
pecially designed for C.H.S. during the month of June. ( arolyn Burdrick, Joey Lee () j Rt. 5, Greenwood, was in-
y Bill Sheal\ of Jacobs Bro- -p bey W ere: Emory E. Moore, um * -Lmmy Sanders, Clinton eluded in the 1967 edition of
thers, printers of the book. 3g years; Myrtle McCumber, Ibyb students, are at- “Outstanding Young Men of
This year s Cl.nton.an staf 3() years; Edna Ballard and tending the University of America.”
was under the co-editorship of j osepb j ne Arthur, 25 years; South ( arolina hand camp, Native of Clinton, he is past
Edna Jacobs and Missy Was- j ames Calhoun, 20 years; rtirec ted by James I). Pritch- president of the Greenwood
? t ^ er i-r rnernl)erS Kathleen and Bennie Gaul- ar ^ > Jaycees and received the S.
the editor-al stafi were Jane manv 15 years; Robert Wi] . The camp began yesterday c jaycees State Certifica,te
Boland. Debbie Prater, liter- son 10 s; and Ellie Kel . and will eontniue until July 0 | Award, 1966. Hitt is a gra-
ary editors; Tommy Lawson, { 5 s 16. duate of The citadel and the
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Clinton High Annual
Receives Top Rating
Johnny Fulmer, classes edi
tors; Billy Byars, sports edi- ,
tor; Brenda w’atts, activities Revival Scheduled
editor: Shervl Jackson, Cher- a. i ... x*. ,
yl Lancaster, typists; Trena LeCSVlIle LhurCh
Barnes, Ann Smith, junior co- Revival services are being Clinton
editors; Henry Adair; Robert planned by Leesville Southern ships.
Carolyn, clarinetist, is the son of M r. and Mrs.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hi tt of Anderson.
L. Bundrick, and Joey, trom
bonist ,is the son of Mr. and 1/ • i
Mrs. W r . J. Lee. Thev have L/P. KeiSlCT
Music Club scholar- 5^,. Sub j ec ,.
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The 1967 Clintonian, the an- hundreds of
Furr,, photographers. Methodist Church for the week Jimmy, trumpeter, is the Concluding three years of
Members of the business of July 16-23, with services son of Mr. and Mrs. James service to St. John’s Lutheran
staff were Ronnie Johnson, nightly at 8:00. Prayer meet- O. Sanders, and>has a Clinton Church, Dr. E. B. Keisler, in-
business manager: Henry ing will be held at 7:30 prior High School hand scholarship, terim pastor, will preach next
Adair, advertising manager; to the services. Instructors include several Sunday morning on the sub-
tonian, me an- nunareds ot yearbooks Mary Ann Orr, assistant busi- The Rev. Reginald Thames, well known musicians and ject, ‘‘The Yielded Life”, has-
nual of Clinton'ihlth School, throughout America, rated the ness manager; Donna Bran- pastor of the Florence South- band leaders from the South- ing his sermon on a portion
has earned a score of “A” in Clintonian in the top 15 per non, typist and circulation ern Methodist Church, will be east. * of the Epistle for that day.
the annual critical service cent of annuals judged. The manager. the guest evangelist. Camp will end with a con- A special feature of next
sponsored by the National grades in the association Both staffs worked under The annual homecoming cert on July 16 at 4:30 p.m. Sunday’s worship service will
School Yearbook Association, range-from the score A-plus the direction of Miss Frances will be held on July 23 with at the University. The public be a vocal solo by Johnny
The association, which judges (Which about 5 per cfcni of Sheely, adviser. an attendance eual ot ItiO. h invited 10 utienu. ‘ Fulmer.
Now Listen Here, Captain
That’s not what Captain Billy Tiller, right, is saying as
he talks with a group of other officers prior to watching
an tnfaniry problem run at Fort Stewart, Ga. Captain!
Tiller, of Clinton, a member of the Presbyterian CoUftfe;
coaching staff, is shown above talking with other Sooth
Carolina National Guard officers, John Rabon of Elfin
(with back to camera), Captain Hamp Henderson of An
derson, far left, and Captain Eugene P. Duncan of Bomi*
fort, seen at Caotain Tiller’s right. Captain Rabon is
aide to Major General Harold R. Bauer, commander of
the 51st Division, South Carolina National Guard. Capt.
Tiller is among the more than 6,009 South CaroMni
tional Guardsmen in their annual 15-day active duty
mer encampment at Fort Stewart. They will
their heme stations on Saturday, Jaly 15,
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