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The Clinton Chronicle
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Vol. 68 — No. 29
Clinton, S. C. ( Thursday, July 20,1967
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Mrs. Shields Passes; Musi Be Located in City of Laurens
Services on Friday
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Dr. T. Layton Fraser photographs from the Acropolis in Athens,
Greece, as associate Samuel C. Gambrel! stands by to assist him.
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Spends 14 Weeks In Middle East
Dr. Fraser Compiling Story of
Bible in Photography and Sound
Scouting Awards
Are Presented
At Court of Honor
The production of films car-
ryiny the complete story of
the Bible is the unique news
* career-in-retirement of Dr. T.
Layton Fraser of Clinton, who
stepped down last year as pro
fessor of Bible at Presbyte-
I rian Colege.
He returned in early June
from a 14-week working tour
of the Middle East with al
most 15,000 feet of color film
showing where outstanding
incidents recorded in Scrip
ture occurred. The 25,000
miles of travel had taken him
and associate Samuel C.
Gambrel of Owings, to Egypt,
Iraq, Lebanon, Cyprus, Syria,
Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Malta,
Greece, and Italy,
Dr. Fraser personally han
dled the photography with a
16 milimeler camera. Next
wil come careful editing *be-
fore he writes the narrative
and then records it on sound
track.
The ambitious project en
visions one 28-minute reel
carrying, briefly, the story of
the Bible from creation to the
judgement, and then a series
of six or seven additional
reels covering the same sub
ject in more detail. As the
narrative develops the story,
the film will show the present-
day view of localities in which
the action occurred so many
years ago.
Dr. Fraser explained that
when films in English are
completed, he plans to prepare
copies in foreign languages
and dialects. He said requests
already have been made for
them in England, Korqa,
Iraq, Equador and the Congo.
Translators have volunteer
ed to rlarrate in Korean, Por
tuguese, Spanish, Tawanese,
and Chinese. He added:
‘The purpose of my work
and of those who support me
in this nonprofit enterprise, is
to try to give more knowledge
of the Bible to peoples
throughout the world. The se
ries is designed for use by all
denominations in mission sta
tions and churches as well as
in schools and the armed
forces. I don’t think anything
like it has been done before.”
He hopes to have the first
reel ready by next January.
Production of the remainder
of the project depends upon
the pace of continued finan
cial support. He estimates
some $14,000 has been ex
pended to date, with an addi
tional $25,000 need to com
plete an endeavor that would
cost more than one-quarter-
million dollars if done com
mercially. ^
Dr. Fraser is a 67year-old
professor emeritus of the
Presbyterian College faculty,
and associate Samuel Gam-
brell has veen more mileage
under his belt as a retired ag
riculture teacher of Gray
Court-Owings school. But
they tackle this “seond ca
reer” with all of the enthusi
asm of young graduates.
Fraser had a lifetime of
Biblical knowledge and a pre
vious trip to the Holy Land
as source material. Even so,
it seemed a mighty formi
dable undertaking when they
started out with film and
camera last February 22. To
day, they feel they are now
more than halfway “home”
in completing the propcct.
And they’re impatient to get
the job done.
C Choir
Clinic Next Week
A community choir clinic
wil be held at Calvary Baptist
Church for girls and boys of
all churches in the Clinton
and Lydia Communities from
Monday, July 24, through Fri
day, July 28, from 8:00 till
10:30 a. m.
The class ages will be 6
through 8, 9 through 12, and
13 and up. Any adu.lt who
wishes may attend the class
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' The clinic will include
classes in note reading, rhy
thm, and chorus.
Mrs. Eva Land will act as
director, assisted by Miss Nel
lie Osborne. Secretary will be
Miss Gloria Jackson. Other
teachers include Miss Jo Car
ol Terry of Sherwood Music
School in Chicago, and Miss
Cheryl Lancaster, a rttusic
major ^t Winthtop. College.
Advanced irtusic : pupils Will
assist.
Parents are asked to encou
rage their children to partici
pate in the clinic.
Water, Fire Protection
The Laurens District Court
of Honor met July 17 at 7:30
p.m. at St. James Methodist
Church in Wattsville.
Rev. Ralph Carter opened
the meeting with prayer.
Promotion to Second Class
Scout was awrded by Rep.
David Taylor to Melvin Pra
ter and Timothy Morris of
Troop 75 and Joel Lindler of
Miles Powell, Assistant
Scoutmaster of Troop 111 of
Clinton, presented the promo
tion to First Class Scout to
Barry Saunders, George Saun
ders, Billy Summer and Jim
my Frost of Troop 75 of Jo
anna.
, Promotion to Life Scout was
presented by Larry, Weeks,
Advancement Chairman, Lau
rens District, to Larry Killian
of Post 75.
Woodrow Cain, Assistant
Scoutmaster of Troop 74,
Wattsville, presented the pro
motion to Star Scout to Don
Salters of Troop 75.
The Scouts earning merit
badges were:
Jimmy Lee Frost, Don Salt
er, Don Salters, and Barry
Saunders of Troop 75.
Johnny Johnson, Hugh
Johnson, Jack Prater, Steve
Floyd, Keith Brannbn, Larry
Killian, John W, Jacks, Tim
my Prater, Geotge Saunter,fi
of Post 75.
Don Dailey, George Daily,
and Len Dailey of Troop 111
of Clinton.
Mrs. Martha S1 o c u m b
Shields, 69, of 106 Centennial
Street, died Tuesday evening
in a Charleston hospital after
five months of declining
health.
She was a native of Wil
mington, N. C., but had made
her home in Clinton for the
past 10 years. She was the
daughter of the late William
Rufus King Slocumb and Li-
zettc Schroeder Slocumb, and
was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church at Grif
fin, Ga.
She was the wife of Dr.
Harold McQueen Shields, well
known Presbyterian minister
who served pastorates in Nor
folk, Atlanta, and Griffin,
Ga., prior to his death in 1957.
She is survived by four
sons, William M. Shields,
Clinton; Gordon S., Emporia,
Va.; John D., San Francisco,
Calif.; Ronald K., Greensbo
ro, N. C.; and five grandchil
dren.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 11:00 a. m at the
Gray Funeral Home, con
ducted by Rev. Dr. William
Redd Turner. Burial will be
in Oak Dale cemetery, Wil
mington, N. C.
Pallbearers will be Robert
M. Vance, Dr. R. M. Fuller,
Robert F. Black, Ferdinand
Jacobs, Jr., Rufus E. Sadler,
Edgar Sadler, David Boland
and Reese H. Young.
The body is at the Gray
Funeral Home. The family at
at the home of her son, Wil
liam, at 507 Chestnut Street.
Friends may call, at the fun
eral home between the hours
of 5:00 and 6:00 p. m., Thurs
day.
Proposed Site for Courthouse
Is Abandoned By Committee
PEGGY EARLINE WHITE
PC Art Instructor
Publishes Article '
“Learning to be a Lady
Molder” is the intriguing name
of an article Mrs. Mary Anne
Pennington Walker, instructor
in art at Presbyterian College,
has appearing in the July
issue of “Foundry” maga
zine.
The article covers her re
search and experience during
a year spent in a foundry
working as an apprentice
molder while completing gra
duate degree requirements.
Her thesis for a master’s de
gree at the ^Richmond Profes
sional In^tflute dealt with the
application of an industrial
casting process to sculpture.
“Foundry” is a technical
journal of the foundry indus
try.
Hurricane Baptist
Church to Observe
Building Fund Day
Hurricane Baptist Church
will observe “Building Fund
Day’> Sunday, with dinner
served on the grounds at 1
o’clock. Members and friends
are asked to bring a picnic
basket. The public is invited.
Randy Japart
Wins in Archery
The second, city recreation
aerhery tournament was held
last Friday at Clinton High
School.
Randy Japart was first
place winner, Marlon Moore
was second, and Randy Ward
third.
For the girls, Laura Earls
took first place and Jodi Earls
was second.
The third tournament will
be held this Friday at the
high school, and contestants
may compete either at 11 a.
m. or 3 p.m.
Miss Laurens Is
Named Miss SC
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Groups to Study
Needs of County
Mental Health
Association To
Meet on Tuesday
The Mental Health Associa
tion will meet on Tuesday at
7:30 p.m. at the Laurens Coun
ty Health Department, accord
ing to announcement by Mrs.
Sadie Workman, secretary.
Members and others inter
ested in having an active men
tal health association for the
county are urged to attend.
128 Students In
PC Second Term
A total of 128 students are
enrolled in the second term
of Presbyterian College’s 1967
summer school, Registrar Ro-
slyn Martin announced today.
She said the group includes
92 men and 31 women. They
are scheduled to conclude this
final five-week session on Au
gust 11.
Columba — Special com-
mittes to study Laurens Coun
ty’s water and fire protection
needs have been appointed by
Gov. Robert E. McNair on
recommendation of the Laur
ens Legislative Delegation.
Both the water study com
mittee and the fire protection
and warning study committee
were instructed to report find
ings and recommendations to
the legislative delegation be
fore Jan. 1, 1968.
Named to the water com
mittee were:
R. E. Burns of Rt. 1, Laur
ens, E.. J. Evatt of Gray Court,
Sam Wallace of Laurens,
Sam Blackmon of Mountville,
Milton S. Woods of Rt. 3, Gray
Court, Noland Suddeth of Clin
ton and C. E. Abrams of Jo
anna.
Appointed to the fire protec
tion and warning committee
were:
Marvin N. DeYoung of Clin
ton, Frank Dial of Rt. 3, Lau
rens, Charles Tucker of Rt.
3, Gray Court and Charles
Workman of Joanna.
The delegation appropriated
$3,500 for the water commit
tee to employ engineers. Lock-
wood Greene Engineers, Inc.,
of Spartanburg, will do the
survey which could lead to a
county-wide water system.
A $500 appropriation was ap
proved by the delegation to
make the county-wide fire pro
tection study which will like
ly lead to establishment of a
countywide fire protection sys
tem.
Reyivd in Progress
At Letsville Church
Revival services are in pro
gress at Leesville Southern
Methodist Church. The ser
vices are held nightly at 8
o’clock and will be continued
through Sunday morning.
Rev. Reginald Thames, pas
tor of the Florence Southern
Methodist Church, is the guest
evangelist.
The annual homecoming
will be held on Sunday. No
services will bo held Sunday
night.
Dixon Completes
Training Course
Seaman Recruit Archie W.
Dixon, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe F. Dixon of 312 Fer
guson St., Clinton, has been
graduated from nine weeks of
Navy basic training at the
Naval Training Center at San
Diego, Calif.
Peggy Earline White,
“Miss South Carolina,” will
be officially welcomed to
Laurens Thursday afternoon
at 3:15 on the portico of the
courthouse.
The official group will ga
ther at 2:30 at the Laurens
High School and proceed to
the courthouse.
Mayor Ike Griggs will
welcome Miss South Caro
lina and present her with
keys to the city. Others to
bring greetings will include
Representatives from the
state, county, Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants
Association.
The current “Miss Laur
ens,” Lugenia Cooper, will
be in the parade and share
in the honors.
United Fund Budget
Group to Meet July 27
The Budget and Admissions
Conference for 1968 participat
ing agencies of the United
Fund ot Greater Clinton, Inc.,
will be held Thursday, July
27.
The conference will be held
at Hotel Mary Musgrdve be
ginning at 1 p.m.
Serving as chairman of the
committee is Gen. A. B. God
frey. Other members of the
cummiticc arc jamc- Von
Hollen, Calvin A. Cooper
and Bob Hanson. President
Robert B. Wassung will also
be present.
President Wassung invites
any organization interested in
becoming a participating ag
ency for the year 1968 to send
their request and information
on their agency to the United
Fund office, P. O. Box 366.
Also, he requests agencies that
have not returned iheii reser-
vaioh card to ao co at once.
SCHOOL
CALENDAR
The following is a skeleton
schedule of the school calen
dar for the 1967-68 term in
School District 56, as
announced by R. P. Wilder,
superintendent.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednes
day, Aug. 28-30: In - service
training for teachers.
Thursday, Aug. 31: Students
report.
Monday, Sept. 4: Labor
Day holiday.
Thursday and Friday, Nov.
23-24: Thanksgiving holidays.
Tuesday, Dec. 19: Christmas
holidays begin at end of school
day.
Monday, Jan. 1: New Year’s
holiday.
Tuesday, Jan. 2: Return to
school.
Friday, March 22: S. C. Ed
ucation Association meeting.
Friday, April 12 and Mon
day, April 15: Easter holi
days.
Thursday, May 30: Last day
ot school.
By ROCKY STONE
When Peggy Earline White
was tapped Miss South Caro
line Saturday night at Green
ville’s Memorial Auditorium
before 3,500 spectators and
thousands of television view
ers. it marked the second time
in the history of the pageant
that the coveted crown went
to Laurens County.
Evelyn Hazel (Mrs. Jack
Griffin) of Laurens was the
first Laurens County beauty
to wear the state crown.
First runner-up to the new
Miss. South Carolina was Su
zanne Bond, wearing the ban
ner of Miss Clcmson. Placing
third in the contest was Jane
Cunningham, Miss Myrtle
Beach, who was first runner-
up a year ago. Valerie Jeanne
Bobbit, Miss Florence, was
third runnerup. The 76 contes
tants voted Delores Suzanne
Gilmer, Miss Andrews, the
Miss Congeniality award. .
Peggy, the 23-year-old five-
foot-five daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl White of upper Lau
rens County, who carried the
banner of Miss Laurens, lit-
terally walked and played her
way to the title. '
The talented and charming
Vanderbilt University gradu
ate student laid the foundation
for th'* title with her appear
ance in the 1966 contest. Last
year the scintilating and pol
ished Stetson University gra
duate won the hearts of thou
sands of South Carolinians
with her performance on the
electric organ and with her
poise and beauty on the stage.
She finished as second run
ner-up in the 1966 M-iss South
Carolina pageant. When Lau-
i‘ens Jaycees decided to go
on the observer system of con
testants, it meant that Peggy
would return. She did return
with even iiiorw chuim anu
personality than she exhibited
the year before.
She was known and estab
lished when the 1967 show op
ened. Many observers said her
organ numbers, Holiday for
Strings and the Flight of the
Bumble Bee surpassed her
1966 performance but her fa
ther said Sunday afternoon,
“I thought her act ip 1966 was
better.”
After she obtains her mas
ter’s degree, she expecU to
extend her studies for,,a\f*hiD.
degree in German.
“I never thought .1 wpuld
win,” the modest^'and sin
cere beauty said. There were
so many pretty and talented
girls in the pageant.”
She said that she was thrill-
Retired PC Professor
ed beyond words and said, “I
will do the best I can for a
year.” She said that the word
“marvelous” best described
they way she felt after win
ning the coveted title.
Mrs. White, beaming with
joy, said, “I haven’t came
down to earth yet.” She also
said she would travel to Atlan
tic City with her daughter.
With only six weeks to the
Miss America Pageant Peggy
said, “It seems like there will
be a lot to do. We’ve got lo
get clothes ready and get
plenty of practice for the tal
ent.”
Her first official appearance
will be this weekend at Beau
fort’s Water Festival. From
then on it will be extensive
travel for the gracious queen.
Included in the awards going
to the pretty Miss White were
a $1,000 scholarship, a white
convertible, a white fox eve
ning wrap, $500 in jewelry, a
wardrobe of clothes, $100 for
winning the talent contest
Thursday night and a host of
other awards.
Dr. James B. Kennedy
Dies Monday at Age 96
Dr. James Boyd Kennedy,
96, long time resident and re
tired Presbyterian College
professor died Monday at the
Bailey Memorial Hospital. He
had been in declining health
for several years and serious
ly ill for the past few days.
Dr. Kennedy was born Sept.
6, 1870 in the Blairsville sec
tion of York County, a son of
the late William Meek and
Rachel McGill Kennedy. He
attended the local schools and
was prepared for college at
the Huntsville N. C. High
School.
He received his A. B. de
gree in 1892 from Erskine Col
lege. After teaching in high
schools, he returned to Er
skine to teach for three years
and complete his work on his
M. A. degree, which he re
ceived in 1902.
In 1907. Dr. Kennedy earn
ed his Ph.D. degree in econo
mics from Johns Hopkins Un
iversity, Baltimore, Md., after
completing four years of resi
dency there and summer re
search in Boston, Chicago,
and Denver. He did further
graduate work at Columbia
University and taught for
three years at Wells College,
Aurora, N. Y. .
Dr. Kennedy then came to
Presbyterian College, where
he was a professor for 35
years until his retiremen in
1944. At that time he was
made professor emeritus at
PC. He hau a lolal ol 52 years
in the teaching profession.
Dr. Kennedy was an elder
of the Providence ARP
Church in Clinton and for
many years served as clerk
of the Session. He was a
Mason and a Shriner.
He is survived by one bro
ther,^ B. D. Kennedy of Green
ville, and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. in
the Providence Associate Re
formed Presbyterian Church
conducted by Rev. Zeb Wil
liams. Internment was. in
Rosehill Cemetery in York
at 5:00 p. m.
Pallbearers were James P.
Sloan, William D. Adair,
George T. Copeland, Earl C.
Rice, Robert L. Plaxico, Jr.,
and Sidney R. Bryson.
Columbia — Laurens County
legislators acted Wednesday
to give thmselves the final
say on what proposals will be
put to the voters in a court
house referendum in Novem
ber.
Legislation setting up the
referendum was amended in
the House Wednesday a/}i.er
the special courthouse study
committee reconsidered its
recommendation of a 40-acre
site on the Laurens Bypass.
The committee met with the
legislative delegation in Laur
ens Tuesday night.
Rep. David Taylor said the
committee agreed to change
its mind on the recommended
site after hearing an archi
tect say it was not economi
cally feasible to build a new
courthouse at that location.
The architect, of Jackson
and Miller of Columbia, re
ported it would require $200,-
000 alone to grade the site
next to the Laurens Fair
grounds, and said there would
be an objectionable high bank
at the rear of the building.
He showed a topographical
map of the site.
Taylor said the committee,
headed by R. L. Plaxico of
Clinton, agreed to abandon the
site it had recently recom
mended and look at other sites
for a new courthouse.
Meanwhile the Laurens del
egation agreed on amend
ments to the referendum bill
and gave its third reading in
the House.
Amendments change the ref
erendum date from Oct. 17 to
the second Tuesday in Novem
ber. They also give the dele
gation the option to say what
questions will be put on the
referendum ballot.
The delegation, with consent
of the senator could choose
one, two or three or any com
bination of the following pro
posals:
Do you favor construction
of a new courthouse on a site
selected by the study com
mittee?
Do you favor renovation of
the courthouse and construc
tion of a new county office
building at a site selected by
the committce?i
Do you favor renovation of
the present courthouse?
Results of the referendum
would be advisory and inter
preted by the delegation as an
expression of the people’s
wishes.
Laurens House members
have agreed to go along with
Sen. W. C. (Bill) Dobbins’
amendment changing the re
porting date of the courthouse
committee from May 1 to Oct.
3.
All information concerning
the courthouse proposition in
cluding possible financing
would be made public prior
to the referendum.
It became obvious that the
delegation would not go along
with a site recommended by
the Committee if the architect
did not agree.
.One of the guidelines the
delegation gave the commit
tee was that the courthouse
must remain within the city
limits of Laurens, the county
seat.
Under state law, it requires
a two-thirds majority of those
voting to move a courthouse.
The committee’s recommen
dation of the bypass location
was first published to the sur
prise of Laurens lawmakers
in weekly newspapers in the
county. They had expected
any reports to have been made
first to the delegation.
Dr. Macdonald
Named to Academy
Of General Practice
Dr. James Macdonald, Clin
ton physician, has been elect
ed to active membership in
the American Academy of
General Practice, a national
association of 29,000 family
doctors.
As a member of the AAGP,
Dr. Macdonald will be requir
ed to complete 150 hours of
every three years. The pro
gram, unique among medical
postgraduate medical study
associations, is designed to
help member physicians keep
abreast of the latest scientific
developments in medicine.
Pounded 4 in 1947, the AAGP
is the, country’s .second larg
est national medical associa- v
tion. *'