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The Clinton Chronide
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 12, 1967
Vol. 68 — No. 41
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Tough Games
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Area Growth
Rate Predicted
At 7.9 Per Cent
(Editor’s Note: This is the last article in a
four-part series based on a socio-economic study
of the Clinton area, conducted by Kamp, Corn-
well and Associates of Shelby, N. C., consultants
to management. The study was made at the re
quest of The Chronicle.)
By DONNY WILDER
Chronicle Editor
The Clinton area can expect a growth rate of
at least 7.9 per cent through 1980.
Barring unforseen developments, the area
which includes Clinton, Joanna, Cross Hill will
have a population of 22,044 by 1980, according
to a study conducted by Kamp, Cornwell and
Associates.
As of Jan. 1 of this year, the population with
in the city limits of Clinton was 9,040 and is ex
pected to go above the 10,000 mark by the 1970
U. S. Census.
The Kamp, Cornwell report says, “The area has
shown a steady growth rate since 1930. An ac
celeration of this growth began in the mid-1950’s
and has continued. This is due primarily to the
reduction in out-migration. Between 1950 and
1960, the area had an out-migration rate (people
leaving the area to seek employment elsewhere)
of 12.8 per cent. The county rate for that pe
riod was 17.6 per cent. A large portion of the
out-migration between 1950 and 1960 occurred
in the first thijee years of the 1950’s which was
a carry-over from the post-war 1940’s. Present
ly, the out-migration rate for the area is 4.7 per
cent.”
In 1930, the Clinton-Joanna-Cross Hill area
had a total population of 17,003. By 1940 it was
17,534 and in 1950 it was 18,050. In 1960, the
growth rate jumped slightly. In 1940, the
growth rate was 3.1 per cent, and in 1950 it was
2.9 per cent. However, in 1960, the rate jumped
to a healthier 4.9 per cent and the total popula
tion of the area was 18,934.
The area is expected to have a growth rate
of 7.9 per cent by both 1970 and 1980. The pro
jected area population for 1970 is 20,432, an in
crease of 1,498 over 1960, and in 1980 the popu
lation is projected at 22,044.
Of the total population, 34.4 per cent of the
area residents live in urban areas. Negroes con
stitute 27.3 per cent of the area’s population.
In the county as a whole, Negroes comprise 29.5
per cent of the population.
FAMILIES
Clinton area families apparently ar^ slightly
larger than the national average. Three-chil
dren families constitute 24.5 per cent of the
area’s population, while the national average is
19 per cent. Twenty per cent of the Clinton
area families have four children. The national
average is 18 per cent.
The percentage of working wives in the Cliny
, ton area is higher than the national... average,
i In the Clinton area, 38.5 per cent of ■the families.;
have both the husband and wife working. The*
Pational average is 24 | .5 per cent iFaijjilie^: in
Which onlv the husband works includes 24 wr
cent of the Clinton area population, compared
With, the national average of 32(.5 per cent.
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Parade Set Dec 7
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Survey Presented To Senator
v Mrs. Neal Prater, left, presents
the first copy of a Laurens County
survey report to State Sen. Bill
Dobbins. Also shown is Mrs. Lewis
Hay, co-chairman of the survey
committee. The report was pre
pared by the Provisional League of
Women Voters of Laurens County.
—Yarborough Photo.
League Of Women Voters
Prepares County Survey
Clinton’s Christmas parade
is scheduled for 4:30 p. m.,
Dec. 7.
The parade this year is
backed by the Greater Clinton
Chamber of Commerce, with
the Clinton Jaycees handling
all the arrangements.
Prior to the parade through
downtown Cliflton, a parade
will be held at Whitten Vil
lage, starting at 2:30 p. m.
A special guest in the pa
rade will be the reigning Miss
South Carolina, Peggy White,
of Fountain Inn.
Randy Dunagin is chair
man of the Jaycee Christmas
Parade Committee. Anyone
wishing to enter a float in the
parade is requested to con
tact him or other Jaycees.
A survey of Laurens Coun
ty, a first-of-its-kind publica
tion, was released this week
by the Provisional League of
Women Voters of Laurens
County. The thirty-five-page
brochure, entitled “K now
Your County,” is the product
of the combined,..efforts of 18
women and numerous county
officials, and represents
study, consultations, compil
ing, writing, and editing over
a period of approximately 18
months.
Mrs. Neal Prater of Clinton
is president of the group, and
study committees to produce
Ploxico, Dobbins
In 'Who's Who'
Of U. S. Politics
R. L. iMaxico and William
C. (Bill) Dobbins,| both df
the Clinton anea, are among
those listed in the first edition
of ‘‘Who’s Who In American
Politics.”
Approximately 12,500 people
in the United States are
listed in the book which was
compiled by the Editorial Ad
visory Committee under the
co-thairmanship of John M.
Bailey, chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee,
and Ray C. Bliss, chairman
Committee.
Plaxico, a Clinton business
man, is a South Carolina
State Executive Committee
man and a former delegate
to the National Democratic
convention.
Dobbins, who resides in Jo
anna, is a state senator and
former state representative.
Clinton Area Tax Valuation
Leads Increase In County
The Clinton area’s property
valuation accounts for most
of Laurens County’s $1-8 mil
lion increase for 1967, accord
ing to a report prepared by
Jennie V. Culbertson, county
auditor.
The county’s assessment
shows a $1,837,970 increase
over 1967. Of that total, $1,-
147,610 is in School District
56 w'hich encompasses the
Clinton - Joanna - Cross Hill
area.
Laurens School District 55
shows a $562,820 increase
while Ware Shoals School
District No. 51 has a $114,990
increase and Greenville
School District No. 520 has a
$12,550 increase.
All of the school districts
mentioned above are in Lau
rens County.
The local school district’s
total valuation for 1967 is $8.2
million, compared with $7
million for 1966. Laurens
School District 55 (the Lau
rens area) has a 1967 valua
tion of $10.1 million, compar
fed with $9.6 million last year.
The total count3 valuaibr.
is $19.4 million, compared
with $17.5 million in 1966.
The county auditor report
ed that in the last three years,
the county has gained 2,732
receipts and $3.6 million in
assessment. Industrial plants
account for the bulk of the
assessment valuation and the
Clinton area school district
had several plants going on
the tax books for the first
time at the first of this year.
The Clinton District Hospit
al also enjoyed an increase in
assessed valuation within the
district as it jumped $1.1 mil
lion from $6.5 million in 1963
to $7.6 million in 1967.
The Laurens District Hos
pital showed a $737,430 in
crease, from $11 million to
$11.7 million.
The Cross Hill area, which
is in the Clinton school dis
trict, is in the Laurens hos
pital district, accounting for
the difference in the school
and' hospital assessments.
Miss Culbertson reported
thui 324 buildings Were added
to the coumy tax robs ibis
ycur. Also aikLu welt 4#5
lots. The county showed a
195-acre decrease in the acre
age on tax books but Miss
Culbertson said some of this
undoubtedly can be attributed
to the increase in number of
lots and to road-building pro
jects.
The county will realize $1.5
million in tax money in 1967,
an increase of $264,315 over
1966. Of that total, $1,061,393
will go to schools; $271,957
for county operating expens
es; $58,276 for county bonds;
$19,425 for library; $70,501 for
Laurens District Hospital;
$84,427 for Clinton District
Hospital; $418 to Public Ser
vice Commission.
The county-wide tax levy is
18 mills.
the survey were organized un
der Mrs. Lewis Hay and Mrs.
L. H. Savelkoul, as co-chair
men.
The first copy of the book
let was presented Monday to
Senator W. C. Dobbins, who
assisted in its preparation.
Other copies will be placed in
the libraries of the county,
both public and school, pre
sented to other county offic
ials, and to all contributors to
the work of the League at the
time of its finance drive in
November of 1966,
Material was gathered
through interviews with pub
lic officials, through question
naires sent to various county
offices, from the Code of
Laws of South Carolina, the
census figures from the Bu
reau of Statistics'; and; front
county surveys ^ published byj
the League of Women Voters!
of: Richland ;,Vpt*k;l Qoun-
tieb! After* all, material had
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Chomber Commerce
Membership Meet
Scheduled Oct. 17
The general membership
coffee meeting of the Clinton
Chamber of Commerce is set
for Tuesday, October 17, at
10:00 a. m. at Hotel Mary
Musgrove.
The program will include
information on the 1967 devel
opment program at Presbyte
rian College by Col. Powell A.
Fraser and committee re
ports. The program is being
planned bv the Membership
Committee, D. B. Smith,
chairman. New members will
be recognized.
President I. Mac Adair will
preside.
Faith In Focus'
Column Scheduled
Starting next week, The
Chronicle will publish a week
ly column entitled ‘‘Faith in
Focus” which will be written
by local ministers.
The Civic Welfare and Com
munity Service Committee rf
the Clinton Ministerial Asso
ciation will be responsible for
scheduling authors of the col
umn.
The first article will be
written bv the Rev. Zeb Wil
liams, pastor of the ARP
Church. The column for Oct.
26 will be aujfrored by the
Rev. J. Thomas Miller III,
pastor of Bailey Memorial
Methodist Church and Dr.
Jack Pressau of the Presby
terian College faculty will
write the column for the first
week in November.
been gathered, a committee
compiled and edited it, chap
ter by chapter, and returned
each chapter to the county of
ficial with whose area it
dealt, for him to read and
make corrections and addi
tional suggestions. The cor
rected copy was then submit
ted to the senator’for final
reading and approval. Every
effort was thus made to pro
duce an accurate survey of
county government, pro
grams, and services.
Included in the survey are
chapters on County Govern
ment, Popular Control, Fi
nancial Organization, Admin
istration of Justice, Public
Welfare, Public Health, Edu
cation, and Other County Ser
vices, a Laurens County Di
rectory of public officials for
1967, and a listing of sites of
historical interest ih Laurens
County with brief explana
tions elf each, j ■
League members as^ stihg
Mrs. Hay and, Mrs. Savelkoul
in the project included: Mrs.
Charles Gaines, Mrs. Jack
Pressau, Mrs. Euna Pitts,
Mrs. James Skinner, Mrs.
Neal Prater, Mrs. James
Shakespeare, Mrs. James
Gray, Mrs. Calvin Reed, Mrs.
Marc Weersing, Mrs. David
Cook. Mrs. Claude Cook, Mrs.
Ronald Burnside, Mrs. Fred
Keihn, Mrs. Joseph Gettys,
Mrs, Elnora Summers, and
Mrs. Claudia Ferguson.
The Greater Clinton United
Fund campaign has gone
over the top.
At a report session Tues
day, it was announced that
$38,870.86 had been contrib
uted in the two-week cam
paign. The United Fund has a
budget of $37,619.
George Brockenbrough,
campaign chairman, said that
any surpluses realized this
year will be held in the fund
to handle any emergency
needs which may arise dur
ing the year for participating
agencies. )
This year’sMjqdgst is about
$10,000 above last year’s
budget. Most of the increase
was caused by organization
of a YMCA in Clinton. The
YMCA is budgeted to receive
$7,500 from the United Fund.
Bob Wassung, president of
Sen. Thurmond
To Address
Civic Clubs
Senator Strom Thurmond
will make the principal ad
dress at the annual Laurens
County Inter - County Civic
Club meeting to be held at
the county fairgrounds this
Thursday night.
Some 300 persons represen
ting the 33 civic clubs are ex
pected to attend this 7 p, m.
affair which also features the
barbecue of Walter Lynch.
The Clinton Kiwanis Club
sdfves as host this year, and
President L. H. Lee said all
clubs are encouraged to have
all members present. Persons
who haven ot received tickets
through their clubs or those
who wish to bring guests may
purchase tickets at the gate
for $1.75 per plate.
The Clinton High School
band will provide music for
the occasion and State Sena
tor William C. Dobbins will
make a brief address.
Chronicle Adds
Editorial Cartoonist
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The Chronicle this week
• adds,a feature to its editori
al pafee.
Appearing on the editoiri-
al page on page 17 is an edi
torial cartoon by Bob
Zschicsche, a syndicated
cartoonist who works for
the Greensboro Daily News.
Although his cartoons ap
pear in manv newspapers
throughout the nation, the
Charleston News and Cou
rier "s the onlv other news
paper in South Carolina to
feature Mr. Zschiesche’s
cartoons.
the Greater Clinton United
Fund, said, ‘‘Everyone did an
exceptional job in this year’s
campaign, particularly i n
view of the fact that we had
quite a budget increase in
volved.”
Last year, the budget was
about $27,000 and over $34,000
was raised, earning the Clin
ton United Fund organization
a special award from Caro-
linas United.
In addition to the YMCA,
participating agencies include
Clinton Camp Fire Council,
Boy Scouts, Laprens County
Crippled Children’s Society,
Salvation Army, Red Cross,
Local Relief, Cerebral Palsy
Association, Girl Scouts, Men
tal Health Association, and
the Carolinas United organi
zation which covers, many lo
cal and state programs which
benefit the Clinton commun-
ity<
Courthouse Plan
To Be Unveiled
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At Tuesday Meeting
A study committee’s rec
ommendations for a new
Laurens County court house
will be announced Tuesday
night at a public meeting at
the current court house.
The meeting will start at
7:30 p. m.
Also to be announced at the
meeting will be the commit
tee’s recommendation for a
site for the court house, ac
cording to R. L. Plaxico,
chairman of the Laurens
County New Court House
Study Committee.
The eight-member commit
tee was appointed in Febru
ary by the Laurens County
legislative delegation.
x At the Tuesday meeting,
architects’ drawings of the
proposed new building will be
unveiled and architects, com
mittee members and the coun
ty delegation will be present
to discuss the proposal and
answer questions about it.
The most estimate also will
be announced.
On Nov. 14, Laurens Coun
ty voters will go to the polls
to vote in an advisory referen
dum concerning t|he .edmmit-
tee’s recdmmenddtiotL i iPlaxi-
co pointed out that votets will
not be voting on whether to
levy tax millage for the proj
ect. Instead, they will be vot
ing on whether they want the
court house as planned.
Plaxico said that his com
mittee will be available to
speak to civic clubs, and oth
er groups about the proposal.
“We’ll go anywhere, any
time to speak to any group
about this proposal. We want
to make certain that the peo
ple understand it fully and
know exactly what they’ll get
for their money,” he said.
The current court house is
129 years old and offices there
are cramped. The halls are
lined with filing cabinets and
the sheriff’s office has been
moved from the building to
make room for other agen
cies.
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League Named
Newsman of Year
Paul League, a native of
Clinton, was honored this
week as “South Carolina
Newspaperman of the Year.”
League is editor and pub
lisher of the award-winning
Seneca Journal and Tribune
and the Clemson Messenger.
The award was presented
by Sigma Delta Chi, a profes
sional journalistic society at
the University of South Caro
lina.
Carl Daniel Weimer, execu
tive news editor of the Green
ville News received a special
award in recognition of his
“long and distinguished ca
reer as a newsman.” He has
worked at the Greenville
News for the past 40 years.
League is the son of Mrs.
R. M. League of Old 1 Laurens
Road, Clinton, and the late
Mr. League.
Community Chorus
Begins Rehearsals
The Clinton Community
Chorus rehearsals will begin
tonight, Oct. 12, at 8 o’clock
in the recreation hall of the
First Presbyterian Church.
Anyone interested in par-
tefeipating in the Christmas
program is requested to at
tend tonight’s rehearsal.
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Tony Benson of Clinton, is ccive the $25 first prize and
this week’s winner in The Bodi e wins the $10 second
Chronicle’s football Contest. pnzt*.
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Gary Bodie ol Joanna plac * .. on * ,,
. ‘ games on tht 20-game caid
ed second. Htnson will n,- an( j BodL had lout misses.
Waco’s Opens Today In Plaza
Waco’s Department Store opens today in
(,’linton Plaza shopping center. The store fea
tures,clothing for the entire family m addition
to <a wide variety, oi other items ranging from
sporting goods and home furnishings to toys. The
store hours were incorrectly listed in last week’s
announcement. The store will be open from 9
a. m. until 9 p. m. each day except Sunday.—
Yarborough Photo.