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m V ic S, IO tl- 'n al e- tie in r, P- rt- rs ty iy in Lie ed >w a tin a md in- we er- is h >n- S. ey ►v- HI* est J.* % r. i P Growing With Clinton ■ . 'V The Clinton Chronicle Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 16,1967 Vol. 68 — No. 46 ‘Barefoot In Park’ Slated (Story On Page 7) >$&fi E HB»r - f A LCOME home TOMMY’S HOME—When Tommy Baldwin returned home Friday night from Warm Springs, Ga., he received a big welcome. Copeland-Young Outdoor Ad vertising Agency erected the sign shown above near his home and many of Tommy’s young friends dropped by that night. Tommy was injured in an automobile accident in April and had been hospitalized since then. He was in Greenville General Hospital for five months before going to Warm Springs for two and a half months. A student at West Georgia College at the time of the accident, he plans to enroll at Presbyterian College next semester when he will take one or two courses. He is shown above with his mother, Mrs. Thomas E. Baldwin; sister, Sue; and his dog, Rebel. (Photo By Truman Owens) The Lighter Side By DONNY WILDER Chronicle Editor The orchestras playing and the conductor is whisper ing “Where’s Eugene?” The drummer’s seat is vacant. At the last second, the drummer rushes in, just in time for his big part. Sounds sorta like that TV commercial for the seven- minute cigarette but it al most happened that way when the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performed recent ly in Clinton. The orchestra’s drummer, Eugene Rehm, had a night marish experience in getting to Clinton for the perfor mance. He made it 15 min utes before the concert began and it was a concert in which he played a vital role. Atlanta Journal, Columnist Johh Ptnnington wrpte about the incident recently after the orchestra had returned to Atlanta. The day before the orchest ra came to Clinton, it was in Chapel Hill, N. C., and had been on the road for a week. The orchestra usually left for its next destination at 10 a. m. but that was moved up to 8 a. m. for the Clinton trip because of the afternoon children’s concert. Rehm overslept. Orchestra members on the three buses all thought he was on another bus so the orchestra left without him. Rehm was frantic. The or chestra was to play a Tschaikovsky piece and the drums were big in it. He started triyng to find transportation. Rehm sa d. “I tried every possib’e form of transporta tion. No bus would get f'ce in time. No train. There was no commercial flight. Pad weather was closing in and f couldn't charter a small p'ane. I caMel a L’-Drive-Tt and the^' had no ^ar a^a 1 able. Finally I realized the only way I was going to get ( M rton wa< in a taxi “I had a v egro d* iver and the two of us almost ha1 a race riot. He didn’t know the way and teok the wong road and wasted a lot of time. 1 took the man awav fmm nim and handled the m;vigat : on. \' r e got to Clinton at 8 o’cloc k. T^e concert started at 8:15—” He had just enough time to sl’v> into his tuxedc and run to the stage. The taxi fqi'e was $75. Orchestra members chipped in and gave him his $75 hack. Thoughts For The Week “The onlv person who ever got his work done bv Friday was Robinson Crusoe.’> “Some people create hap piness by entering a room— others create it by leaving.” “Happiness is a journey .aiui not d ciestJtaviori. Local Thanksgiving Service Scheduled The annual Clinton community Thanksgiving services will be held at 10 a.m. November 23 at the Hartness-Thornwell Presbyterian Church on Thornwell campus. The public is invited to at tend. The Rev. J. H. Darr, chairman of tthe Special Sen-ices Committee of the Clinton-Joanna Min isterial conference, announces the following of service with Rev. E. W. Rogers, presiding and giving the Call to Worship: Congregatonal hymns, “Come, Ye Thankful People.” “Now Thank We All Our God,” and “O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand”; the pastoral prayer by Rev. Walter A. Clark; the responsive reading led by Rev. M. F(byd Hellams; the offertory service led by Dr. Malcolm MacDonald. The anthem will be rendered by the Thornwell Choir, the scripture reading by Rev. Thomas Mill er. Rev. Alfred L. Bixler will deliver the Thanksgiv ing message and Rev. C. Bynum Betts will g.ve the benediction. Members of the ChHstian Business Men’s’ Com mittee and their families are invited to sit as a group at the Thanksgiving services. The commit tee is to m6et in front of the Thornwell church at 9:45 a.m. The committee will worship at this serv ice rather than hold their regular Thursday morn ing breakfast. Chronicle To Publish Wednesday Next Week Because of the Thanksgiv- have a message included ing Holiday next Thursday,; the edition must have them The (Chronicle will be pub- The Chronicle office no lat lished for distribution on noon Monday. Wednesday next week. News item s should be r Advertisers who wish to ' ceived by noon Tuesday. Clinton Vote Is 'No', 10-1 Clinton area voters reject ed the $2.9 million new coun- .y courthouse proposal by an almost 10-1 margin Tuesday. In the advisory referen- lum, Clinton voters cast 748 /otes against the proposal ind only 75 votes in favor. In Laurens County, as a .vhole, the vote was 2,730 igainst and 561 in favor, a nargin of almost 5-1. Of the county’s 46 pre- eincts, only two were in favor— Laurens No. 3 ( 62-43) md Grays Box (16-13). In the Clinton area, the votes were: Clinton No. 1, 26 in favor, ^23 against; Clinton No. 2, ’2 in favor, 387 against; Clin ton Mill, five in favor, 103 I against; Lydia Mill, two in p avor, 33 against. In Joanna, the vote was 34 n favor, 115 against. The ^ross Hill vote was eight in favor and 33 against and in fountville, six were in favor and 50 against. The vote by precincts: IN BUSINESS—Remodeling of the old American Legion hut on Whitmire Highway has been com pleted and the Clinton YMCA office is now open. Shown above are, left to right, Harry Boliek, YMCA president; John Bingham, executive direc tor; James Von Hollen, treasurer; the Rev. E. W. Rogers, chairman of the membership committee; and Robert W. (Bob) Wassung, finance commit tee chairman. Game equipment is to be moved into the new building within the next two weeks. Anyone desiring information about the YMCA is requested to call Bingham at telephone number 833-1555. (Yorborough Photo) Alice O’Shields Wins Final Grid Contest Player, Official, Band, Potentate Precinct Yes No Voted Bailey 3 25 ’ 28 Barksdale- Namie 6 40 46 Brewerton 2 53 55 Clinton No. 1 26 226 252 Clinton No. 2 42 387 429 Clinton Mill 5 103 108 Cook’s Store 0 12 12 Cross Hill 8 33 4! Daniels Store 1 28 29 Dials 2 4 6 Ekom 5 38 43 Gray Court 18 53 7) Grays 16 13 29 Hickory Tavern 11 62 ?:• i Hopewell 2 34 ?r Ioanna 34 115 149 ; Jones Store 1 43 44 Lanford 6 26 32 Laurens No. 1 25 96 121 Laurens No. 2 13 37 5 ’^aurens No. 3 62 43 10 f Laurens No. 4 36 77 nr Laurens No. 5 54 327 381 Laurens No. 6 45 188 23T Long Branch 8 31 3‘ Lydia Mill 2 33 3' Maddens 4 48 5? Mema 0 15 • If Mt. Olive 4 22 2( Mt. Pleasant S 27 jj 39 Mountville 6 50 j 56 Ora 4 23 ;; 2! Owings 3 26 29 Pleasant Mount 4 17 21 Poplar Springs 14 36 50 ( Princeton 6 16 22 j Renno 0 10 If Shady Grove 7 16 2: Shiloh 0 43 4. “'tewart’s Store 0 16 1( Tip Top 5 13 11 t Trinity Ridge 16 58 7' L Waterloo 2 17 1 r j Woodville 4 62 61 Youngs 8 20 2 Wattsville 36 66 10 Alice O’Shields of 76 Pal metto St. is the winner of the Chronicle’s final football contest of the season. , It marks the second straight week that a girl has von the contest. Last week’s winner was Billie Hill of King’s Trailer Court. Miss (VSh’elds edged Eu gene H. Lambert of 313 Hil'- ia' 0 Dr. Laurens. on the bas s of the tie-breaker. B'-th missed only four pre dictions. However, Miss O’Sb eHs correctly oredicted noirt soread in the Clin- on V'mdruff game. The Woodruff 13. Clin- on 6. She predicted the score ot Woodruff 14. Clinton .7',, 9. •*evei-Doint rrarmn Lumber* it af Wood off 12 6. a siv-noini rnarp'n Miss O’Shields wins the $25 first prize and Lambert vin<5 $10 fer second niaoe. Pt-npo Chelk of p 07 "^agno- J a SL. Joanna, a*’'!,- Chade* ’*' r nr io r of 102 PhiU>ns St Clinton, both also missed on- » fni|r splp'diooc but lost on ' v, p basis of t^e tie breake r Mirier tiad t'^e sarnie onint marm-i as that predic ted by 'Lambert hut Lam bert’s point distribution was nea'rlv correct Mario*' the see**p Wnod*' , ’ff IQ r'Hnton 18 fhfllV n-edi'*- it at Woodruff 27. Clinton 13. Prosperity Mayor Is Renominated Clintonians Play Many Roles In Shrine Bowl The Clinton area will be on the South Carolina team, well-represented at this the officiating staff, in half- /car’s Shrine Bowl football time ceremonies involving tame in Charlotte, N. C. Clinton will be represented p Shriner dignitaries and the r’l.'ntoi tiio-v, School band ■ w? HU DR. SEIVERS Lfkt. 1IOVLE Guidance Counselors Plan Meeting On Friday At Presbyterian College will perform. End Billy Freeman has been named to the Shrine Bowl football team. Truman Owens, Clinton City Council man and a lop ranking field iudge, is to be one of the of- Hcia’s at the game. (See re lated story on page 11). The 65-member Clinton Migh School hand has been invited to participate. T aurens High School and ?! Ford High School hands also will represent Laurens Coun- .ty. -. K. P. (Boh) Hamer, presi dent of the Rank cf Clinton, s Potentate of Heiaz Temple and will participate in half time ceremomes in which Shriners will present a check for the Shrine Hospital in Greenville. Hamer holds the highest of.ice in Hejaz temple which s one of two Temples in the tate.* Hejaz encompasses the upper part of the state and the other serves the lower date. The two South Carolina emples and the two North encourage i Carolina temples sponsor the between Shrine bowl. Hamer will be m :'V 561 2730 32f *■> > til m ■ ■* PROSPERITY — Incum bent Mayor Walter Hamm was renominated here tuesday in Prosperity’s Jemocratic primary. Hamm defeated Paul Dix- .i, iou-119. Mayor Hamm will be un- pposed in the Dec. 12 gen eral election. i/iiopiJt,i>cd for the Demo- •at c nomination to council ;eats were Oscar Bowers, iiaid t ester, L. J. Long j ic Schools, and Dallas II i incumbent R. D. Epting. j Smith, ^irector of the Pres-. . he.’ Will he opposed by Ke-j byterian C hurch US guid-: publican candidates James j ho program. A panel d s- , ,, i.i.od.'ow Beden- uss’on wiP include: Ellen >augh, Dr. Les’ie Mills and Lyles, supervisor of guid- aii Be o'-buugh in Lhej ri.-o services for the iouth -vr-ilioa Department of Ed- •i-ation: Marion H LI, PC dean of women: Dr. Charles Boveo, director of t e . Pre< ). ter an Guidan-e Center a \gnes Scott (’oilp.'e: and Wilhai i P. ALt'n, p’esident- •'ect el the South ^’arolino Personnel and Guidance As- iriation. The program will he tin at "un Friday w.tb w-lcoming •email's from PC President /.-c c Wee^sing and Mrs. 1 e. oral elect on. t State BikPW * President At Meeting r dusk Xv'*- Mrs. Mary Fram es Bighec of Greenville, stale president of the Business and Prefe - i s’ona! vVomcn’s organization, was a guest at Tuesday’ n ght’s ‘Cai*eer Woman of the Clarice W. Johnson, acting Year- banquet in Clintnn. director of the Presbyter an Also attending the banquet Guidance Center be’ - ''. Other at which Mrs. Esther Pitts nartioipants of t v, e dav w U was honored Were Mrs. Y'ar- be th 1 * PC choir. Dr. Claude tha Domn’ck of Gaffney. I H. Cooler of the Presbyterian president-elect of the state <, ' , o' 1 e c ?o faculty who is the organization, and Miss Helen current president of the SC ‘\YOMAN OF THE YEAR’—Mrs. Esth Pitts is shown receiving silver pitcher which was presented to her up >n her selection as Clinton’s ‘Career Woman of the Year.’ Making the presentation is Mrs. Hazel Holcomb, right, chairman of the Tuesday night program. Also shown are two of Mrs. Pitts' sons, Mark and Edd. Mrs. Pitts was honored at a joint meeting of the Clin ton Lions Club ami Business and Professional Women’s organization. Mrs. Pitts is executive secretary of the Greater Clinton Chamber of Commerce Tidwell of Greenville, corres- pond’ng secretary. Other out-of-town guests ino’ud^d Miss Jerri Libner and Mrs. Portea Moore, rep resenting the Greenville Personnel and Guidance As sociation. and Academic Dean losenh M. Gettvs. * President Weersing sa’d the program will provide an opportunity for a selected club; and Mrs. Pitts’ sons | group of counselors and and their wives, Mr. l and guidance directors to share Mrs. Ed Pitts of Columbia ideas regarding the poten- and Mr. ami Mis. Mark Pitta tials for effective guidance ot Aikth. * . programs in public schools. ,11: REPRESENTS CLINTON—Lynne Wassung, the reigning Miss Clinton, will represent Clinton in the Carillon parade and ball in Columbia Nov. 24. The parade is scheduled at 9 .m. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Wassung, she will be present ed at the grand ball that night by State Sen. W. C. (Bill) Dobbins of Joanna. She is a freshman major ing in music at the University of South Carolina. Some 150 guidance coun-| It also seeks to elors are expected to assem-j Coser cooperation church - sponsored guidance; me ct lour potentates parti ble at Presbyterian College pro ^ rams and pu blic school cipatmg in halftime cere- * riday for a program on nmerams. monies. Career Guidance for Chris tian Youth,” featuring a na- onal guidance expert. Keynote address of the )Ccas:on will be given by Dr. /rank L. Sievers, principal specialist in the Guidance _;nd Personnel Service of the JS Office of Education. ILs subject: “Guidance Perspec- ives in the Last Third of the Twentieth Century.” Other addresses will be fjven by Dr. James F. Doyle, director of pupil vi' cs of the Atlanta Pub-