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The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 68 — No. 33
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, August 17,1>67
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Begins on New Laurens County Airport
These wfcre the scenes Tuesday as work got
underway on Laurens County’s new $140,000
airport on the old Clinton-Laurens road. Look
ing over plans for the facility at the site, which
will include a 3,200 foot runway plus approach
es and aprons, are (from left) County Commis-
$827,000 Is Low Bid
For New Clinton School
sioner Paul 9. O’Dell, Senator William C. Dob
bins, Federal Aviation Agency Representative
Lane Taylor of Atlanta, Rep. David S. Taylor,
engineer John Talbert of Talbert & Associates
of Wilmington, N. C., County Supervisor Furman
E. Thomason, and County Commissioner George
M. Penland.
In the second photo Senator Dobbins greets
Engineer Talbert upan arrival in his own plane,
shown in background.
At right are the huge earth-moving machines
engaged in grading the site.
The airport is being financed with county,
state and federal funds and is expected to be
completed within 60 working days. G. E. Moore*
^Construction Co. of Greenwood is the contractor.
Mr. Taylor was here to confer with county
officials relative to federal requirements of the
project, and Mr, Talbert went over construction
details shown in the plans and specifications.—
Photos by Yarborough Studio.
For Purchase of More Land
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Clinton’s new elementary
school for Laurens County
School District 56 will cost
$827,581, according to a low
bid submitted Tuesday by
Able Construction Co. of
Greenville.
A total of 12 bids were sub
mitted for the school which
is to be built near the Green
wood Highway in the south
ern portion of the city.
Second low bid of $840,947
was submitted by Cely Con
struction Co. of Spartanburg.
First Graders
Report Aug. 30
All first grade pupils who
plan to attertd the schools of
Laurens County School Dis
trict 56 are asked to report
to the school of their choice
Wednesday morning, Aug. 80,
at 8:15. At that time pupils
will be asigned to classes and
given necessary instructions
and information.
Parents who have not re
turned the pre-school physi
cal examination form are re
minded that this is essential
for enrollment. It may be re
turned to the school before
the opening date or brought
the first day of school.
South Carolina law requires
that a child be six years old
on or before November 1 to
be elegible for admisson to
public school. Parents who
have not previously presented
their child’s birth certificate
should come prepared to do
so.
Other bids ranged as high
as $925,769.
Present at the bid opening
at Clinton High School were
James Von Hollen, chairman
of District 56 School Board
of Trustees; board members
Calvin Cooper, James Addi
son, Sam C. Blackmon; and
Distwet 86 Supt. R. P. Wild
er.
The bids were opened by
Robert N. Jackson of Jack-
son and Miller, Columbia ar
chitects for the project.
The new school will replace
Hampton Avenue and Provi
dence elementary schools
and will have 32 classrooms,
a library, cafetorium and of
fice facilities, i ,
The building will be located
on a 16-acre site and designed
to accommodate 900 students.
Cohstrijctidh ip txjjjecteid; tp be
completed by the odginhing
of he fall term in 1968.
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Bailey Foundation Contributes
$20,000 To Hospital District
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County Library
Applies for Book
Improvement Project
The Laurens County Libra
ry has made application to the
South Carolina State Library
Board for participation in the
book improvement collection
project for 1967-68.
The purpose of the project
is to provide libraries the op
portunity to build book col
lections to meet community
needs.
If approved, the grant will
be used for rebinding or pur
chase of books of lasting val
ue, it was stated by the li
brarian, Mrs. Phil D. Huff.
Orientation Program
To Open College Term
Presbyterian College will
launch its 88th academic ses
sion with a pre-school orien
tation program for freshmen
starting this Saturday and the
official opening of college for
new students Sunday evening.
Some 250 new students are
expected for the several days
of placement tests and other
preliminary activity leading
up to registration next Wed
nesday. ^
The pre-school orientation
program, sponsored by the
Student Christian Association,
is voluntary. More than one-
half of the incoming fresh
men have indicated they will
attend, with the first meet
ing getting underway Satur
day at 7:30 p.m.
President Marc C. Weer-
sing will entertain all new
students in the annual fresh
man reception Sunday even
ing. It is set for 8:30 p.m. as
the first official event of the
new school year. The foilow-
iiie d.»ys oeHiit; a concen
trated period of directing the
newcomers through a battery
of placement tests, counseling
sessions with faculty mem
bers, conferences with stu
dent leaders and other activ
ities designed to acclimate
them to college life. Fresh
man registration will begin
at 3:30 p.m. next Wednesday*
Returning upperclassmen,
meanwhile, have their first
scheduled campus appear
ance set for 8:30 a m. Wed
nesday. They will meet with
faculty advisers at this time
to complete arrangements for
their registration the next
day. The regular class sched
ule will begin on Friday, Au
gust 25.
Six churches of Clinton will
join in the welcoming of new
students to the community
with parties next Tuesday ev
ening, starting at 7:30. These
churches are the {Associate
Reformed Presbyterian, Bap
tist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Me
thodise unu ricsbyieiiui..
Vaughan Moves Up
With Monsanto Co.
Dick M. Vaughan, Jr., was
recently promoted to a newly
created posiPon of yarn ac
ceptance samplihg supervisor
in the quality control depart
ment of Monsanto Company,
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Vaughan is a native of £in-
artis arid a 1954 gradual of
Clemson University with a B.
S. degree in textile manufac
turing. He holds the rank of
captam and is battery com
mander of Headquarters Bat
tery, 163rd Artillery Group.
He joined the Monsanto
Co. at Greenwood in Nov.
1964 following ten years with
Joanna Cotton Mills. Since
joining the Greenwood plant
he has served as a foreman
in the manufacturing and
quality control departments.
Dick, his wife and four
children live on Byrnes St.,
Joanna.
College Cadets
Get Commissions
Seven Presbyterian College
cadets, completing ROTC
summer camp requirements
after graduating from PC last
May, received their commis
sions as Army second lieuten
ants at Fort Bragg, N. C.
The other 26 PC cadets
there, all rising seniors will
be commissioned upon gradu
ation from college next spring,
also successfully completd
the six-week summer course
of military instruction and
physical training.
The seven receiving com
missions included: Charles L.
Campbell of Honea Path, in
fantry: Edward A. Harris of
Florence, armor; Fred E.
Holcombe of Clinton, adjutant
general corps: Earlie M. Rash
of Glade Valley, N. C., in
fantry: Robert W. Warren of
Allendale, infantry; Hugh W.
Weldon of Columb ; a, infantry;
and Larry L. Yonce of John
ston, quartermaster corps.
Elizabeth Street
Church To Vote
The Elizabeth Street Church
of God will have a called
meeting Sunday for the pur
pose of voting for a new
church building or remodel
ing the existing one. Mem
bers are urged to catena toe
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Regional Jaycee
leet Here Tuesday
The figrst Region VII meet
ing for the 1967-68 Jaycee year
will be Tuesday, August 22,
at 8:00 p.m. at the Mary
Musgrove Hotel in Clinton.
The meeting will be presid
ed over by Regional Vice-
President Ted Hutchins of
Mauldin, S. C.
State President Jack Mor-
ee. National Director Joe
Shaw and Internatoinal Direc
tor Charles Littleton will be
will be the following Sthte
ores^nt. Also in attendance
Cha’rmen: Herb Siebert,
Membership; Mike Altaic
Spoke and Spark Plug; Law-
ton Hinson, Speak Up; Blaine
Johnson. Records and Recog
nition; ad Jim Foster, Com
munity Development.
The Jaycee Chapters in Re
gion VII are Clinton, Fountain
Inn, Jonesville, Laurens,
Mauldin, Roebuck. Simpson-
ville, Union, Whitmire, and
Woodruff.
Rock Bridge
Plans New Church
Rock Bridge Presbyterian
Church, Rt. 3, will have a
homecoming program Sunday
for the purpose of launching
a building program for a new
sanctuary.
After the morning program,
a picnic will be held on the
grounds.
The church has set a goal
at $15,000 for the coming year.
Dr. Neville
To Greenwood
Dr. David Neville, Jr. and
fam ly have moved to Green
wood, S. C., where he will
associate with Drs. HBauber
and Tinkler in the practice of
Radiology at Self Memorial
Hospital.
A native of Newberry, Dr.
Neville is a son of Mrs. D.
W. A. Neville and the jatc
Mr. Neville. The D. W. : A.
Neville family formerly re
sided in Clinton.
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Airman Butler
Ends Basic Course
Airman Allen W. Butler, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W.
Butler, Jr, of 306 Florence
St., has received his first U.
S. Air Force duty assignment
after completing basic train
ing at Lackland AFB, San
Antonio, Texas.
He has been assigned to
Barksdale AFB, La., for train
ing and duty with the security
police.i ^
Airman Butler is a 1966
graduate of Clinton High
School.
Chamber Directors
To Meet Tuesday
The Board of Directors of
the Clinton Chamber of Com
merce will meet Tuesday,
Aug. 22. at 10 a.m. at Hotel
Mary Musgrove. President I.
Mac Adair will preside.
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The Clinton Hospital Dis
trict has received a $20,000 do
nation from the Bailey Foun-
dafon to be used for the pur
chase of additional land, ac
cording to an announcement
mad;* this week by Dr. George
R Blalock, chairman of hos
pital’s bo&hi of directors.
, He stated that the .boat'd
had purchased approximarte-
ly five adjoining acres to the
south of the Bailey Memorial
Hospital site from Mrs. Mar
garet Dick Wyman. This ad
ditional five acres brings the
total hospital site to approx
imately 20 acres.
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Blackwell Goes
To Vietnam
For Second Tour
Sp-4 Jimmy Blackwell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Black-
well of 1004 Sloan St., left
July 30 for his second tour
ol duty in Vietnam with the
173rd Airborne. He served h's
first tour with the First Cav
alry from Aug. 1965 to July
1966.
Harris Reunion
The descendants of George
Washington Harris will have
their annual reunion at Long
Branch community building
on Sunday, Aug. 20. Lunch
will be served at 1:00 p.m.
Applications Being
Sought for Two
Youth Corps Posts
Jerry L. Taylor, director of
the Neighborhood Youth
Corps, a project sponsored by
the Laurens County Commun
ity Action, Inc., has resigned
from his post effective in Sep
tember.
The project is in the pro
cess of being refunded for
another year.
Applications for this vacan
cy and for that of secretary
for the Neighborhood Youth
Corps may be submitted to
the offices of Laurens County
Community Action, Inc., Jul
ian S. Bolick, director, in the
Laurens Federal Savings and
Loan Building, Room 201, W.
Main St., Laurens, or P.O.
Box 829, on or before Aug.
23.
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Battery B Assn. Veterans in Reunion Here
Above are the World War Two veterans who at
tended the annual reunion of 107th Battery B As
sociation held here Friday and Saturday at the Na
tional Guard Armory. Seated: Boyd Holtzclaw,
Roy Owens, Talmadge Sanders, James Hunt, Ralph
Prater,* Col. Thomas H. Pope, of Newberry, bat
talion commander, who was speaker for the oc
casion, Charlton Benjamin, Vernon Irammell, Jul
ian Hunnicutt, Labon Wilson, Bluford Nabors, and
G. H. Trammell.
Standing: Ansel Smith, Ben Campbell, Howard
Watkins, Winfred Norris, Carolus Davis, George
Sourwine, Elvin Holtzclaw, E. P. Clark, Lamar
Ficklin, Oscar Kinard, Grover Harmon, Willard
King, Tom Hill, Hugh i Young, and Lewis Bond.
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Dr. Blalock stated that con
sidering the rapidly changing
health field, he felt the Dis
trict is fortunate in obtxih-
ing this additional land and
that the community should be
grateful to the Bailey Foun
dation for making it possible.
Preliminary plans for a new
40-lliJd long term care facility
(nursing home) indicate that
this facility will be located on
this new property.
Other members of the Clin
ton Hospital Board of Direc
tors are E. W. Roberts, Jr.;
W. C. Neely, Ryan F. Law-
son, and John M. Simmons.
TMs jgift'brings the total do-
n^tionS; {from the Bailey Foun-
dattbn to the Clinton Hospital
District to $318,000. z
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John C. Henry,
Attorney, Passes;
Rites Held Here
John C. Henry, Sr., 78, for,-,
mer Greenville attorney, dU&
Friday at 11:55 p.m. in a Sal
isbury. N. C., hospital after
a brief illness.
Native of Clinton, son of the
late Bluford and Adeline
Blakely Henry, he was a gra
duate of Presbyterian College
and the law school of Wash
ington and Lee University.
Mr. Henry taught at Presby
terian College for three years
before entering law school.
He practiced law in Green
ville 54 years before retiring
in 1959. He was a member of
the First Presbyterian Church
of Greenville.
He and Mrs. Henry had oc
cupied an apartment in Salis
bury since last year in order
to be near their daughter,
Mrs. Craig (Maryctta) Pur
cell. Mrs. Henry will continue
to reside in Salisbury.
He and Mrs. Henry were
married in 1916 and last year
observed their 50th anniver
sary.
Besides his wife and daugh
ter, he is survived by a son,
John C. Henry, Jr., of Chi
cago. 111.
Funeral services were con
ducted Monday at 4 p.m. at
Gray Funeral Home in Clin
ton by Dr. C. Newman Faul-
coner, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of
Greenville, and Dr. William
Redd Turner, pastor emeritus
of the First Presbyterian
Church of Clinton. Burial was
in the Presbyferian Cemetery.
Pallbearers were C. Bryan
Holland, Fayette Henry, Hen
ry Drayton Dillard, R e e s 6
Young, Cally Gault, R. Watts
Davis. Len Ledford and Cal
vert Garrett.