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Growing With Clinton i ■ \ The Clinton Chronicle Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 21,1967 Vol. 68 — No. 38 ”'A We Sell Remits, Not Space Clinton: Today and Tomorrow Area Tops County In Both Education And Income (EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article is based on a socio-economic survey of the Clinton-Joanna-Cross Hill area, conducted by Kamp, Cornwell and Associates of Shelby, N. C., consultants to management. The survey was made at the request of the new owners of The Chroni cle). BY DONNY WILDER (First In a Series Of Articles) You can safely say that Clinton is an above-average town. There are statistics to prove it. The Clinton area is above the Laurens County average in educaton, income and the number of residents who re main in the area to work. It’s above the national average in home ownership and in edu cation of the head of the household. EDUCATION The median number of school years completed by Clinton area residents is 9.4* years. That’s almost .one year above the Laurens County average of 8.5 years but be low the national average of 10.6. The Clinton area’s per centage of high school grad uates is 39.3 per cent, com pared with 32.9 per cent in the county as a whole. Of the Clinton area popula tion, 24 per cent have a col lege education or better. In the nation, it is 17 per cent The local percentage un doubtedly is boosted by the presence of Presbyterian Col lege and its faculty. Other educational compari sons with the national aver age concerning the head of the household: . Grade school education or less — U.S., 22 per cent; Clin ton area, 20.5 per cent. Some high school — U.S., 18 per cent; Clinton area, 20 per cent. High school education — U.S., 31.5 per cent; Clinton area, 20 per cent. Some college educaton — U.S., 11.5 per cent; Clinton area, 15.5 per cent. % INCOME Clinton has slightly fewer people with less than a $3,000 annual income and consider ably more with incomes of $5,- 000 or better than does Laur ens County as a whole. The figures reflect family income. In 1966, 29.4 per cent of the populaton of Laurens County had an income of $3,000 or less, compared with 26.2 per cent in the Clinton area. In Laurens County, 17.5 per cent have incomes of $3,000 to $4,999, compared with 15.1 per cent in Clinton. The Clinton area pulls away in the above $5,000 bracket with 30.2 per cent earning $5,000 to $7,999, com pared with 25.7 per cent in the county. In the $8,000 to $9,999 bracket, Cl’nton has 17.8 per cent, Laurens County, 13.4 per cent. Those earning $10,- 000 per year or over constitute 20.7 per cent of the Clinton area population and 14 per cent of the Laurens County population. The report points out, "The Clinton area is more favor able than the state in terms of income distribution.’’ It also says, "It is interest ing to note that for the $10,000 and over group, the distribu tion in the Clinton area has risen from 4.9 per cent in 1957 to 20.7 per cent in 1966. OUT-MIGRATION Clinton is keeping more of its sons and daughters at home to follow their careers, according to the Kamp, Cornwell and Associates re port. Clinton’s out-migration rate is 4.7 per cent. That means that in recent years, the trend has been to stay at home to work. * The report says, "The (Clinton) area . . . has shown a steady growth rate since 1930. An acceleration of this growth began in the mid- 1950s and has continued. This is due primarily to the reduc tion in out-migration. Be tween 1950 and 1960, the coun ty had an out-migration of 17.6 per cent. This compared to 12.8 per cent for the (Clin ton) area ... A large portion of the out-migration between 1950 and 1960 occurred in the first three years of the 1950s which was a carry-over front the post-war 1940s. presently, the out-migration rate for the area is 4.7 per cent." HOME OWNERSHIP Clinton ranks well above the national average in per centages of home ownership. Eighty per cent of the resi dents in the Clinton area own their own homes, compared with 67.5 per cent as the na tional average. $450 Fee Increase Announced For PC A fee increase of $450 for the 1968-69 academic year at Presbyterian College was an nounced today by President Marc C. Weersing. He cited rising costs of op eration as the reason for the hike which will bring total charges to $2,250 for the year beginning next August. Cur rent charges of $1,800 have been in effect for two years. President Weersing pointed out that college costs every- Inquest Set For laurens Death 1? ■ After Shooting LAURENS — Madison Earl DeYoung, 22, of Rt. 1, Laur- eiis, was shot to death Friday afternoon while sitting under the wheel of a car parked near Sirrine Street in the Wattsville community. Laurens County Coroner Marshall Pressley said De Young died instantly from a .38 caliber pistol bullet wound of the head about 4:20 p.m. Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson said Eddie Whitten, 22, of Wattsville, told officers he ac cidentally shot DeYoung as he, Whitten, got into the car. The sheriff said DeYoung, Whitten and a third youth, Bennie Spires, 21, of 110 Sum ter St., Laurens, had been to gether about two hours at a bar and grill before the fath! pistol shot was firedl. At about 4 p.m., Whitten left irt his car to take an em ploye of the bar and grill home, officers were told. His car stalled in the Sirrine Street area and he called to get DeYoung and Spires to come help him start his car, the sheriff quoted Whitten. DeYoung was driving Spires’ 1967 Chevelle, Whitten told the sheriff. Whitten said he had locked his Volkswagen after taking the pistol from it and that when his friends drove up, Spires got out of the car and DeYoung remained under the wheel/ Whitten was getting into the front seat of the car, he sad, when the pis tol discharged accidentally, according to the sheriff. Whitten and Spires told of ficers they lifted DeYoung from the car and he was found beside it when officers arrived. Coroner Pressley said an inquest will be scheduled. Whitten was freed on his own recognizance. Senator Thurmond Ladies Night Speaker U. S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., will be the featured speaker at 8 p.m., Saturday for the Masonic Ladies Night Banquet in the Presbyterian College Dining Hall. where have mushroomed in the areas of salaries, mainte nance, equipment and sup plies.* He said student fees cover only a portion of the total cost and noted that last year PC spent an average of $819 more per student than it received in student fees. In announcing the proposed increase to the parents of stu dents, Dr. Weersing said that where the increase put an un due strain on family budgets Presbyterian College will make every effort to provide financial aid through its pro gram of grants-in-aid, schol arships and loans. Little Theatre Tryouts Planned Tryouts for Neil Simon’s comedy, "Barefoot in the Park", will be held Monday Sept. 25th at 7:30 p.m. in the Friendship Room of Laurens Federal Savings and Loan, and Tuesday Sept. 26th through Thursday the 28th at 7:30 in the Laurens Central Elementary School. The play will be presented on Nov. 17th and 18th by the Laurens Community Little Theatre. Anyone interested in reading for a part or working behind the scenes is welcome to attend. In addition to the , regular cast, understud'es will be chosen for each part. , Addition#! information piay Bfe dbt#inied ! ^ajning'iPob Hanson ai Wottl > . p** Donny Wilder New Publisher Clinton Chronicle Firm Purchased L.M ‘We’re For Clinton’ Leading the cheers for the Clin ton High football team this week are the pretty young ladies pictured above, left to right, (front row) Jean Mangum, Melissa Turner, Susan Un- dari; (back row) Shirley Simpson, Susie Wassung and Jan Alexander. PCs Colonel Ivey To Address United Fund Kick-Off Breakfast Winners Given In Grid Contest Lewis Hammett of 110 E. Maple St., was the winner of the Chronicle’s football guess ing contest for the weekend of September 15 and 16. Joe Crawford of Joanna was second place winner. Hammett had a 16-2-2 rec ord and Crawford had a 14- 4-2. Look in the Chronicle for this week’s contest and try your luck. Fill in entry blank and bring or mail to the Chronicle by Wednesday, Sep tember 27. One ballot to a person, please. Revival Service Set For Liberty Spring A series of Revival Services will be held at the Liberty Springs Presbyterian Church in Cross Hill beginning 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, and continuing through Wednesday night. Rev. E. L. Worstall, Jr., pastor of the Friendship Pres byterian Church, Rt. 1, Gfay Court, will be the evangelistic preacher. Col. Benjamin F. Ivey, Pro fessor of Military Science at Presbyterian Colege, will be the guest speaker at the Unit ed Fund Kick-Off breakfast thi8 coming Tuesday morn ing, September 26th. The breakfast, which is for the officers and workers in the United Fund of Greater Clinton, will be held at the Mary Musgrove Hotel at 8:00. Following the speech of Col. Ivey, the officers and work ers in the United Fund drive will go to the corner of Broad and Carolina Avenue for the lighting of the giant torch which has been erected there. The torch will be lit by a member of the Cl nton Boy Scout Troop, one of the agen cies that benefit from the United Fund. The torch will burn day-and-night through out the campaign. This year’s drive will last from Sept. 26th through October 10th. The industrial Division of the United Fund met at the Private Dining Room at Pres- byter'an College this past. Tuesday morning. Represen tatives from The Torrington Co., Azalea Homes, Clinton Mills, Mansure, Inc., Ascoe Felts, C. W. Anderspn Hosi ery, and Jacobs Brothers were on hand to hear paude Crocker outlihe the plan* for the Industrial Division, which this year has a quota of $20,- 000. The quota for the entire United Fund of Greater Clin ton will be $37,619, the largest in the history of Clinton. RESIDENTIAL DIVISION Mrs. Charles Ruark, Mrs.> D. B. Smith, Mrs. Gary Lehn, Mrs. Charles Waldron. Mrs. P. S. Bailey, Mrs. J. B. Hart, Mrs. R. M. Vance, Mrs. Heath Copeland. Mrs. Paul Nye, Mrs. Ralph T e d a r d s, Mrs. Charles Hughes. Mrs. John Glover, Mrs. Fred Jacobs, Jr., Mrs. W. B. Owens, Mrs. Locke Simmons. Mrs. Joan V. Adair, Mrs. Gary Holcombe, Mrs. Holmes Holland. Mrs. Charles Pitts, Mrs. Earle Rice. Mrs. W. L. Godwin, Mrs. Oscar Kinnard, Mrs. H. W. Cleland, Mrs. Avery Smith, Mrs. C. W. Neal. Mrs. Alvin Heuble. Mrs. Julian Reynolds, Mrs. Murray Adams. Mrs. Ed Sadler, Mrs. Joe Holland, Mrs. Ed Copeland. Mrs. James Traynam, Mrs. J. J. West, Mrs. Joe Terry. Mrs. Jannette Bell, Mrs. Willie Boyd, Mrs. George Mc- Morris, Mrs. T. C. Davis. Mrs. Stonewall Crag. Miss Ann Meadows, Miss Iris Hughes, Mrs. Maxie Wal- lenzine. Mrs. A. M. Shumate. Cross Hill Session Set For Democrats The Crosls Hill Town Demo cratic Club will hold an or ganizational meeting at the Town Hall on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 3:00 p.m. Officers will be elected and plans will be made for a pri mary for the purpose of nom inating town officials for the general election to be held in January. Democrats residing in the town of Cross Hill are invited to attend. The Clinton Chronicle Pub lishing Co., Inc., was sold last week. The new editor and publisher is Donny Wil der, a native of Clinton. The entire stock in the Chronicle was purchased by a corporation composed of Wilder and Arnold Marshall of Rock Hill, a graduate of Presbyterian College. Wil der is president and treasur er and Marshall is vice- president and secretary. The stock was purchased from Mrs. W. W. Harris and Mrs. George (Cornelia) Senn. sale include^ -the newspaper, the job printing plant, and stationery and gilt shop. Sold on a sealed bid basis on Friday, the purchase price was $125,795. Seven bids were received for the opening which was held in the Gold Room of the Mary Musgrove Hotel. Other bidders included a combina tion of Jacobs Brothers of Clinton and Paul League, a native of Clinton, and now resides in Seneca; a combi nation of A. B. Smith, editor of the Spartanburg Journal, and Henry Cooper, former publisher of the Beaufort newspaper; a representative of the Morris newspaper chain which owns newspa pers in Augusta, Ga., Ath ens, Ga., and Savannah, Ga.; Advertiser Printing Co. of Lpurens, which publishes the Laurens Advertiser; the Greenwood Index - Journal; and the Newberry Observer. The successful bid was $45 above t h e second-highest bid, which was entered by the Jacobs-League .represen tatives. The official take-over time for the new owners was noon Monday. Wilder, associate editor of the Shelby, N. C., Daily Star, will assume his duties in Clinton on Monday, Oct. 2. In the interim, x Ben Bag- well, a member of the Green ville News staff, will be in charge of the news opera tion, assisted by the Chron icle’s staff which was re tained. The new editor and pub- w.y m Hr . DONNY WILDER Usher issued the following statement: "It’s wonderful to be com ing home. We will operate the Chronicle in and for Clinton and the surrounding area. We feel we have receiv ed both a challenge and a trust and we intend to live up to both. It will take us a short while to get settled but, once we do, we intend to grow with Clinton, offering an informative, attractive, entertaining, and ■ thought- 1 ARNOLD MARSHALL provoking newspaper, 01 which reflects a progresslv prosperous community." A graduate of Clinton High School and Furman University, Wilder is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Wilder of Clinton. He is married to the former Gen4 Marshall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Marshall of Rock Hill. The Wilders have one son, Rob- (Conlinued on page 5> M'-m. Lite-A-Bike Safety Plan To Be Weekend Feature .is* Ijbli m 1 •»>•• •: The Jaycee annual Lite-A- Bike safety program will be held on this coming Saturday, September 23. The program^ will begin at 10:00 a. m. in the Clinton Junior High School Auditorium. Cprporal C. I. Coleman of the South Carolina Highway Patrol will present a program on bicycle safety which will include a* film and free bi cycle pamphlets. Corporal Coleman is from the Traffic Safety Division of the Souih Carolina Highway Depart ment. After the program the Jay- cees will place free reflective tape on the children’s bicy cles. If a child is unable to bring his bicycle to the Junior High School, he can bring a note from his parents stating that he owns a bi cycle and he will be given a free tape kit. The reflective tape was do nated to the Clinton Jaycees by the Veterans of Foreign Wars ut iht United Siaits. msm mmmm To Let Flame Bum Bobby Harris of the Clinton-Newberry Natur al Gas Co. and Waverly Barnes from the Torring ton Co. check the. situation as a Torrington crew erects 'the United Fund torch in downtown Clinton this week. By DONNY WILDER Editor, The Chronicle Have you taken a good look at Clinton lately? Have you really looked at it objectively, as would a visitor? Its beautiful and busy. Friday afternoon, ifter signing the papers which concluded purchase 4)f The Chronicle, 1 rode around Clinton and it was a wahn moment, a happy home coming. .Since I’ve been away from my hometown (except for too-short weekend visits) virtually since the day I went off to college 17 years ago, I liad the advan tage of looking at the town with the critical perspec tive of a visitor. I liked very much what I saw. The wide streets shaded by stately old trees . . . sidewalks where little ones can grapple with the mysteries (and skinned knees) of roller skating and bike riding ... a beautiful college campus which re flects both tradition and progress . . . ThornwelTs tasteful architecture and well-kept grounds . . . friendly people who automatically speak whether they remember you or not Downtown was bustling Friday afternoon. De spite the rolling ribbon of cars around the monu ment and main intersections, the policemen who were directing traffic were calm and still took time to be helpful. In my travels, T have found that the name (Minton brings two reflections: "Clinton? Oh, Yes. That’s where PC is,” and then, always, the added ‘That’s a pretty town.” I know that all is not pretty in Clinton, but 1 also know the pride which is behind the neatly kept lawns and houses. M’he pride also shows in the commun ity’s support for its athletic teams, schools, churches, and business life. There is a competitiveness about Clintpnians which, combined with pride, will keep the town moving forward at an orderly, well-planned pace. ****** I am anxious to assume my full-time duties here. However, for the next two weeks, I still have obliga tions to my current employers who have been most understanding and cooperative throughout a trying time of figuring, studying, planning and hoping. Do not expect any drastic changes immediately in The Chronicle. There are many things to. be done and changes take time, but I hope to build on the basis of the traditions of the late W. W. Harris and his family. My goal is to give Clinton the best local newspa per in the world. That, admittedly, is a lofty ambi tion, but that’s what we’ll shoot for. Clinton deserves nothing less than the best.