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T Support Your United Fund (See Editorial on Page 21) The Clinton Chrenide Clinton, S. O, Thursday, September 28,1967 Vol. 68 — No. 39 Surprising PC Hosts Wofford (See Story on Page 13) Clinton Leads County In Job Opportunities (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second article in a series based on a socio-economic survey of the Clin- ton-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 Clinton Chronicle.) By DONNY WILDER The Clinton area has 40 per cent of the Laurens County population but 62.6 per cent of the employ ment opportunities. Even so, there is a potential weak spot in the area’s industrial base, and it concerns a lack of diversification. The Clinton area has 68.7 per cent of the county’s manufacturing job opportunities, and most of these are connected with textiles. The Kamp. Cornwell and Associates survey report says, “The industrial bas Q of the (Clinton) area is geared to textiles. In the event of a significant de cline in textiles, it could have serious economic im pact on the Clinton area. One weakness in the area is the lack of a more sound and diversified industrial base.’’ In other employment patterns, the Clinton area leads the county in only one other category—services. That refers to such jobs as those in hotels, motels, laundries, beauty shops, barber shops, etc. The Clin ton area has 59.1 per cent of the county’s jobs in ser vices. Other comparisons of the Clinton area’s percent age of county employment total, showing Clinton’s percentage, are: agricultural services, 42.3 per cent; contract construction, 38.5 per cent; transportation, 41.9 per cent; wholesale. 41.6 per cent; retail, 42.4 percent; finance and insurance, 42.2 per cent; and other, 41.3 per cent. LOOKING AHEAD Looking to the future, the Kamp, Cornwell and Associates report points out that over the next 12 years, the Clinton area will have about 450 persons per year coming of working age. The report says: “Of particular interest are the 2,828 males and 2,567 females currently school age. This means there will be approximately 450 persons reaching age 19 (each year) over the next 12 years. “A percentage of these will enter college, the mili tary and females will marry and begin families. The bulk of these, primarily males, will enter the labor force and actively seek employment. These are the persons who will significantly contribute to the eco nomic growth of the area in the 12 years qj^gad.” A previous article pointed out that Clinton’s out migration rate has been lowered to 4.7 per cent, mean ing that, should the trend continue, more and more of these young people will be staying in their home town to follow their careers. NEXT WEEK: The $6 million that’s getting away. \ ... .' , State VFW Rally At Laurens To Feature Dorn As Speakjer { The South Carolina VFW one of seven, brothers, ill 1 Stf • Rally is set lor LaUrertS oh vibe tiurlri^(World War'll. ; October 13-15 with Congress- n ow y ear as a man William Jennings Bryan member ©£ the Congress, he Porn, D-S.C., as the main is vice chairman of the Vete- speaker. rans Committee and Chair- Dorn will speak on Satur- man 0 f jt s Subcommittee on day night at the banquet. Compensation and Pensions. Born at Greenwood, S. C., Co-author of Cold War GI Bill in 1916, elected to S. C. House of Rights and author of the of Representatives at age 22 Veterans Pension and Read- and to S. C. Senate at age justment Act now in confer- 24, he became the youngest ence between the House and Senator in history. • Senate. Is a merhber of Pub- He volunteered, resigned lie Works Committee, House from Senate and served for Steering Committee and is S'/i* years as an enlisted man secretray and organizer of the in Army Air Corps and was Informal Textile Committee of the House. i if • He was a leader in devel- LJinron Kiwamans oping American air power To Hear Sheriff and military strength in Con gress and as a result was Laurens County Sheriff Eu- named the No. 1 enemy of gene Johnson will speak to communism in America by the Clinton Kiwanis Club on the Andrei Vlshinsky, Foreign the subject of law and order Minister of Russia, at the club’s r e g u 1 a r bi- He is married and has 5 monthly meeting this Thurs- children, day night. Program Charman D. B. /■* •. Smith said the educational Community CHorUS program on law enforcement Rehearsals To Begin is in koeoine with one of the major objectives of Kiwanis Regular weekly rehearsals InternaPonal. of the Clinton Community Kiwan's Pres’dent L H. Chrous will begin on Thurs- Leo will preside over th- day, October 12 at the First Thursday meeting, scheduled Presbyterian Church rccrea- for 7 p m. in the ballroom of tion hall, the Mary Musgrove Hotel. Support For UF Urged READY FOR VISITORS Presbyterian has its frist home football game Saturday. See details on sports page. Ready to greet the visiting fans is PC student David Tem- pleon, dressed as a Scottish Highland fighter, sym bol of the PC fighting Spirit.—Yarborough Photo. October 6 Last Day To Register For Voting At Clinton Office . Time is running out for those who want to re-regtster to vote at the Clinton office. The Clinton office, which is located at 102 West Main St., will be open the rest of this week and Monday through Friday of next week. The Fri day, October 6, registration Clinton Lions Club Seeks Are<^ Names An organizational meeting was held this past Thursday, with thirty members in at tendance and fifteen others in dicating a desire to sing on The Clinton Lions Club, in th * fifth Christmas program cooperation with the Associa- P r °8 r ® rn w, h be held tion of the Blind, is seeking at Bdk Auditorium on Sun- names and addresses of blind ^ ay ’ D ecem ber 10, at 4:00 p. men in the Clinton area who m - ^ singers interested in may desire work. The asso- takin 6 P*rt are invited to at- ciation has notified Clinton te-nd the regular Thursday Lions Club secretary, Miles rehearsals. Powell of several openings for ^ c i blind men who wish to be LfOSley lO Speak trained for employment. p or p u || S a | V ation For many years^ this or ganization has been provid- Rev. Bill Crosley will be ing job opportunities for the the euest speaker at the re blind from all parts of South vival services held each night Carolina. Applications may at the Full Salvation Baptist be-filed by all blind men re- Mission beginning Sept. 28. gardless of age or race by The church is located on N. contacting Miles Powell or a Broad and BuiCe St. Th. pub- Clinton LtHm Chib membe. lie is invited. Services Held After Drowning Of R. E. Poole Services were held Monday for Robert Kllie (Bum) Poole, 64, of Rt. 3. Clinlon, who drdwtied Saturday afternoon ip a fishing pond in the Hope- well area. Burial was in Ros^mont Cemetery after services were conducted by Rev. Carl Bishop at Gray Funeral Home. A native of Laurens County, he was a son of the lale Wil liam A. and Huth Todd Poole, a member of the Langston Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon for many years, ar member of Campbell Lodge 44. AFM, and a budd ing contractor. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sara Goss Poole; a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Frances) Pur due of Fairfax; a son, R. Carroll[Poole of Spartanburg; a sister. Mrs. Earle B. Alex ander of Laurens; and gix brothers, James A. Poole oT Dunn, N. C., Walter E Poole of Elberton, Ga., Rev. Mason L. Poole of Spartanburg, and Allen Poole of Clinton; and six grandchildren. Pallbearers were N. T. Poole, J'mmv Margin, Floyd P(*>lc, Lawrence Darnel, Rob ert A. Wilkie and Charles Bond. The Laurens Cou n tv Rescue Souad found the body near a r > overturned boa* in ‘he ^ond of Stewart Brown on Hone- well Road near Joanna The boat and the body we~e found near the middle of the three- acre pond. The rescue group went out after a member of the man’s family had called Clinton police Saturday n’Uht when Poole faded to return from h>s fishing trip. The corona*- said no inquest would be held. Fairview Baotist Revival To Benin Fa’ r,, ip”r Pa»'t : st CHiir^h -*>1', mOpc; couth of Bonds Cross Roads, will hold revival se^v'ces Cct. 1-7 at 7:30 each evening. Dr David Thomas, nastor of the First Baptist Church, Whitmire, will be the visiting preacher. The public h> in- .iua. day will be the final one in Clinton and others wishing to register must go to the court house at Laurens as re-regis tration continues in the coun ty. J. J. Clark, member of the Laurens County Board of Reg istration, is ixu charge of the Clinton office and he has two ladies assisting him as dep uty registrars. Special registration will also be held next week as follows: Monday at Mt. Olive and Wattsville. Tuesday at Mount Pleasant. Wednesday at Poplar Springs. Thursday at Brewerton. Friday at Barksdaie-Narnie. Shockley, Knight Top Grid Contest The winners of last week’s Football Contest were David Shockley, 245 Sycamore St., Lydia Mill, and E r s k i n e Knight, 400 Academy St. Both winners had a record of 14-3-2 so the first place winner had to he selected on the basis of the scores given for the tie breaker. Shockley gave the scores as 34-0 in favor of Clinton. Knight gave it as 21-14 in favor of Clinton. The score was 32-0 in favor of Clinton and Shockley being the closest to this was select ed as first place winner. S h o c k > e v wins $25 and .Knight wins $10. Look for this week’s contest in this issue of the Clinton Chronicle and mail or bring to the Chronicle office by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4. PTA Meeting Time Switched To Monday Nigh! The Hampton Avenue P. T. A. will meet Monday, Octo her 2 at 8 p. m. in the aud - torium of the Hampton Ave Elementary School. It be came necessary to change the time of meeting due t'' many other conflicting activi ties. There will he a brief open ing program consisting of music by Presbyterian Col lege students and an introduc tion of Hampton Avenue teachers, grade mothers and P. T. A. officers. This year’s officers are: Rev. Zeb C. Williams, presi dent; Moses Guerrini, vice president; Mrs. Dan Orr, sec retary; and Dr. Jack Pressau. treasurer. The following have accepted committee chair manships; Prof. Charles T. Gaines, program; Mrs. James Barnes, membership; Harry Boliek, P. T. A. proj ects; Mrs. Joan Hughes, grade mothers; Mrs. Myra Crocker, attendance; Miles Powell, publicity; Dr. Fred Chapman, legislation; Mrs. Agnes Davis, welfare; Mrs. George Cornelson, library; Mrs. Bobby Meadows, health; Mrs. Louis Stevens, maga zine; Calvin Cooper, repre sents the board of trustees and H. L. Shealy is the prin cipal. After the opening program the rest of the evening will he given to an open house to enable parents to visit the classrooms of their children and he able to talk with the teachers. • i Thurmond Urges Greater Regard For Law, Order “Someone has got to stand up and call for respect for the law,” U. S- Sen. Strom Thur mond told Clinton Masons and their wives Saturday night. He called on the group to write the President and their congressmen, asking them for legislation to stop the r.oting and lawlessness in this coun try. The senator spoke at the annual Ladies Night meeting of Campbell Lodge 44, AFM, at the Presbyterian College dining hall. ' “If things keep going as they are now in this coun try, the situation will get worse and worse,” the Re publican said. Thurmond said there is no nation in history which has accomplished more than t h e United States. “We are the best fed, best clothed and the richest nation in the world. Unless we return to law and order, the basis of any civil; ized society, we will see it all go down the drain.” Sen. Thurmond was intro duced by Marvin DeYoung, lodge secretary. John Gall- man. worshipful master, pre sided. Special guests were R. Lew4%_ Smith, grand master of Masons in South Carolina; and Harmon G. Murrah Jr., district deputy grand master. ENDORSES UNITED FUND Gov. Robert E. McNair is pictured endorsing I’nited Fund campaigns for South Carolina with Hugh M. Chapman, Camden, Chairman of the Hoard, Carolinas United Community Services. Man Given 36-Year Sentence As Laurens Court Term Begins Laurens — Judge Julius B. Ness sentenced Joe Glaze, 34, to 36 years in prison Tuesday in Laurens General Sessions Court. Glaze pleaded guilty to assault with intent to ravish and asked for recom mendation of mercy. Solicitor W. T. Jones, Sher iff R. Eugene Johnson and Lt. Wilbur Traynham told the court about an April 16, 1967, assault attempt involving a minor in rural Laurens Coun ty. In another case Tuesday, Clinton Payton, 46, of Laur ens County, pleaded guilty to incest and received a 10-year sentence. Two defendants, each charged with three counts of larceny involving the theft of transmissions from stolen cars, entered guilty pleas, but Judge Ness deferred sentenc ing until Wednesday. Other defendants pleading guilty and their sentences were: Lloyd E, Johnson, non-sup- port, one year or $1.5'J0, sus pended, payment of $10 week ly, live years probation. Homer R. King, driving while* under the influence of intoxicants, one year and $L- 000, s u s p e n d e d to three months or $250, three years probation. Russell .’VIcBeth, possession of unlawful weapon, one year, suspended, one year proba tion. Jerry Baker, non-support, one year or $1,590, suspended to $22.59 weekly, four years probation. George Bodie, assault and battery of a high and aggra vated nature, one year, sus pended, three years proba tion. Edward Jr. Medlin, driving while under the influence of intoxicants, throe years and $2,000, suspended to 60 days, four years probation. Sam Cary, non-support, one year or $1,500, suspended to $15 weekly, four years proba tion. Andrew J. Jones, non-sup port, one year or $1,500, sus pended, $40 monthly, two years probation. Walter Lee Shockley, driv ing while under the influence of intoxicants, one year and $1,000, suspended to three months or $250, three years probation. Richard M. Compton, for gery and larceny, concurrent three year sentences, sus pended after service of four months or $250, three years probation. Twelve defendants who pleaded guilty were sentenced by Judge Julius B. Ness dur ing the first day of court Monday. Robert Pruitt, 38-year-old North Carolinian, "received an eight-year sentence after pleading guilty to the Jan. 20, 1967, robbery of a Laurens County storekeeper. Pruitt was charged with taking about $27 from Andy Tollison at Tollison’s store near the eastern city limits of Laurens. Pruitt was arrested at the scene after officers were alerted by Tollison’s brother who lived nearby. • Four Laurens County youths, Roger Dayton, 18, James C. Patterson, Jr., 17, Dennis L. Turn To Page 2, Column 4 Hurricane Baptists Plan Homecoming Hurricane Baptist Church will observe homecoming Sundnv, October 1. Sunday School will bo at 10 a m. and worship services will be at 11. Dinner on the grounds is planned for 12:45 Tea. cof fee, plates, and cups will he furnished by the church. The Training Union hour has been changed to 6:30 and evening worship to 7:30. Mid week prayer services will be at 7:30 p.m. LIGHTING THE UNITED FUND FLAME i Lighting the United Fund flume after the kick off breakfastt Tuesday was Eagle Scout Larry Brehnier as United Fund leaders looked on.—Yarborough Photo. and workers Colonel Ivy Makes Plea The 1967-68 United Fund for Greater Clinton gdfc under way this past Tuesday with a kick-off breakfast at the 4ary Musgrove Hotel. After a brief, effective speech by Col. Ben Ivey of the Military Science Dept, at Presbyterian, the group of chairmen met at the corner *>f Carolina and Broad Streets *o watch Eagle-Scout Larry Brehmcr light the giant torch which will burn throughout the two-week campaign. Col. Ivey emphasized the following points in his mes sage: “The annual United Fund campaign provides a real service to our commun ty and its citizens. The United Fund protects our citizens since it represents only those organizations whose needs are carefully examined and whose past performance has been studied. “The United Fund offers a single campaign thereby as sisting the numerous small organizations through the re duction of' their campaign costs. It eliminates a score of conflicting and competitive campaigns with which we were confronted before the adoption of the united way of supporting our community and relief organizations. “In addition, the United Fund offers a collective method for our citizens to demonstrate their individual interest in the community and in the welfare of their fellow man. And this is important, for the welfare of our fellow men remains an individual obligation and must never be considered as the sole prob lem and concern of our in dustries or our governments. “Glinton and the surround ing area has an outstanding record of community service. As I look at the list of or ganizations that are being Sponsored by the United Fund this year I am pleased to see the addition of the Clinton Y.M.C.A. The establishment of a Y.M.C.A. in our com munity will offer new avenues of wholesome diversion for oiir citizens and especially our children. • “There arc those who will tell you that our area is in the midfitVof an economic decline AAditbey can’t afford to give now. To this small group I say, the need for our children to - be in scouting programs has. not. declined; the needs of the crippled and blind has not declined; and the needs of the destitute,, the sick and aged has not declined. So it must be that the efforts of each member of the com munity to make this year’s United Fund Campaign a success must be greater than ever!’’ ‘ The Commercial Division consists of: Mrs. Frank Sher rill, chairman: Boh Hanson, Asst, charman; J. C. Thom as; Len Caric6fe. Ralph Pat terson. J. Sloan Todd, Don G. Creighton and Harry Mc- Swfcen as team captains and supported by the following solicitors: Mac Adair, Mrs. Harry Ayers, Frances Blalock, Ratchford Boland, Jim Brad ford. Charles Buiec, Phil Connell, D. B. Smith, Wm. Hatton, Al vin Hucblc. Joe Holland. Tommy Hol lis, Mrs. Lou Horton, Truman Owens, Leaman Jones. Wm. Jacobs, John Mabry. Marvin Man'ey. B W. Dom inick. Kenneth McCrary. Dillard Milam. Mrs. Wilma Moore, Ed Perry, Charles P'tts. Tom Plaxico, Gus Ramage, Charles Ruark, Jan Savel- koul, Milford Smith. Russ Emerson, Rembert Truluck. Mrs. Martha Powell. J ; m Von Hollen, Tommy Windsor. Reese Young, Len Caricofe, Ralph PaiPerson, R o b f r t Johnson, Goyne Simpson. tnouest Scheduled An.inouest has been sched uled Friday for the Laurens County Courthouse in the shooting death of Madison Earl DeY’oung, who was shot while sitting in his car Sept. 15. The inquest was set up at the request of the DeYoung family.