The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 30, 1967, Image 10
YMCA Membership Drive
Deserves Your Support
Joe dropped out of school in the
10th grade and he was running with
a gang which considered itself pretty
tough.
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Joe was bright enough but he was
dHfting and he was drifting in the
wfong direction. With so much idle
tkne op his hands, he began hanging
around the YMCA. He got interested
in a sports program at the Y. Grad
ually he began to participate in more
and more of the YMCA programs,
eventually coming around to the
groups which encourage Christian
values among young people. He joined
the Army, completed his high school
education there. Now he’s working at
a YMCA and plans to enroll in college
next semester. He plans to become
a professional YMCA worker.
The name was changed but that’s
a case history as witnessed by John
Bingham, executive secretary of the
Greater Clinton YMCA.
Bingham, who has worked at sev
eral YMCA’s, says, “I could cite you
many such stories that I have seen
in my years with the YMCA. I have
seen so many young people headed
down the wrong road, only to be turn
ed around by the YMCA and now
they are solid citizens, contributing to
their communities.”
That’s just one aspect of the value
of a YMCA.
The YMCA is new to Clinton and
many citizens don’t completely under
stand exactly its purpose. Bingham and
members of the board of directors will
be glad to discuss it with anyone. How
ever, a true understanding probably
won’t come until the community sees
how much it can mean through its
many programs.
The first YMCA membership drive
opens Monday, Dec. 4, and it deserves
your support. The youth of the area
naturally will benefit from the YMCA
Licensing Auto Mechanics
BABSON PARK, MASS. — Better Busi
ness Bureaus and local law enforcement
aye/icies all over the nation are receiving
complaints about the poor performance or
non-performance of mechanics at repair ga-
raees and service stations.
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES
These complaints range from beefs about
carelessness in auto repairs to howls from
Mose vitimized by the fraudulent practices
of some repairmen who con motorists into
okaying repairs or replacements not actually
necessary and sometimes not even desirable.
One of the most frequent gripes concerns
charges for work which subsequent investi-
gatibn reveals had not been done at all.
Another grievance, becoming more and
more widespread nationally, is the over-in
fitted damage estimate. This particular
type of “swindle sheet ’ is a very important
factor in the final price of accident insur
ance. Every padded damage estimate helps
jhek up the cost of all auto property-damage
insurance.
IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY
For every motorist who has been gouged
deliberately by-crooked garages, there are
perhaps a score or more who have been vic
timized by incompetent repairmen who
either have done sloppy work or have
failed to diagnose troubles correctly.
Often as not, the poor-quality woi^k or wrong
diagnosis has complicated things for the
Unsuspecting motorist.
But, apart from the inconvenience and
unnecessary expense, there is the impact
on public safety. No one knows how many
accidents each week are directly traceable
to the misfeasance or nonfeasance of me
chanics whom the non-mechanically-in-
clined motoring public have trusted, but' it
is obvious that the number is large enough
to be call for a crusader of the persistence of
a Ralph Nader.
STATE SUPERVISION
Law enforcement officers in several
areas have lately been citing the need for
legislation that would provide supervision of
reoair garages and legal redress for those
victimited by the sharp practices of repair
men,. Their argument is that the petroleum
corporations which largely control the serv
ice outlets are not policing these operations.
In N. Y. State this failure has led to ser
ious consideration of possible methods of li
censing auto mechanics. Reportedly, there is
significant police support for such a move
and public intertst in it has the repair
garage .industry is being sponsored by the
Citizens Committee for Metropolitan Affairs.
ProbabiUty is that New York will enact en
abling laws before too long.
FEDERAL CONTROLS
Meanwhile, federal officials are becom
ing more aware of this overall problem and
pf the acute need for protecting the public
find the honest mechanics in the business
trom the incompetents and the gougers. At
present, Congress is studying the auto in-
furance problem to determine whether Un-
|(te Sam shoilld exercise coutrol over under
writers in this field. Senators and represen-
Itives will be reminded that one of the
inificant factors contributing to high eW?
asurance rates is the outright dishonesty of
■jft eUabte segment of the repair industry.
in that it will give them wholesome
activities and can be a focal point in
their Lives.
The YMCA is not just for potential
delinquents such as the young man
described above. It offers something
for all young people, both boys and
and girls.
And it will offer programs for the
entire family.
It will take some time for the
YMCA to get its programs in action
but once they pre established, they
will do much to make Clinton an even
finer place in which to live.
It is now that your support is so
necessary to the establishment of the
YMCA. After the programs are in full
operation, support will come easier
because then the value will be obvious.
A Salute To Coach Howe
A football official was talking about
Clintoh High School’s team recently
and he was highly complimentary.
He said, “I’vg heard several officials
discussing various teams and they al
ways have nice things to say about
the Clinton teams. The Clinton play
ers always seem to be well disciplined
and aggressive but they also are re
spectful in their dealings with the of
ficials.
“Coach Claude Howe and his staff
aren’t always mouthing at the offi
cials. There are some coaches who
berate officials from the opening
whistle and I’ve learned to expect the
same surley attitude from the play
ers at those schools.
“Coach Howe and his assistants go
about their job in a business-like, effi
cient manner and apparently they
have established a very good program
at Clinton High School. By that, I
mean the program not only is suc
cessful in producing winning teams
and tine athletes, but it also is teach
ing sportamanship and the other
values which really are the reason we
play this game.”
Football coaching isn’t an easy pro
fession. All coaches, no matter how
’Successful, have to take some unkind
verbal cuts—usually from some leath
er-lung fan who watches NFL High
lights on TV every Sunday and thinks
that makes him an expert. We’ve also
noted that it’s the ones who played the
least wh(T now think they know the
most.
Coach Claude Howe and his pro
gram certainly need no defense be
came the record is iiolid. However, we
would like to compliment him not
only for his won-loss record at Clin
ton High School but also for teach
ing the important values of life which
can be learned on the playing fields
under the guidance of men of integ
rity.
Alcoholism
Alcoholism isn’t a popular subject.
Most of those who may be bordering
on it don’t like to read about it. Others
merely consider it to be a minor
problem far remote from their per
sonal lives. Yet it is something that
touches many lives.
There are an estimated 952 alco
holics in Laurens County, or one out of
every 50 persons. Thirty-nine Laurens
County residents have received treat
ment at Palmetto Center in Florence.
Alcoholism strikes at every social
level in the country. Nearly everyone,
at one time or another, is in contact
with situations created by this illness.
Since many of its symptoms are be
havioral, family and friends who have
the facts concerning the early warn
ing signs of alcoholism can do much
to vrarn the potential alcoholic or to
help him to obtain treatment before
he has lost job, health, family and
friends.
Understanding that alcoholism is a
disease that can be successfully
treated plays a decisive role in getting
the alcoholic to seek and accept help,
and in preparing the community to
accept |iyn as a person deserving help.
Persbns confronted with an alcohol
ism problem can obtain information,
advice and help by contacting a local
Alcoholic Anonymous member or by
writing to South Carolina Commission
on Alcoholism, 1429 Senate St., Co
lumbia.
Alcoholic Anonymous meets every
Saturday night at 8 o’clock at the
Health Center in Clinton.
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I'll Burn My Income Tax Form...
Politicians Are Targets
Of More Jokes
BY THE CHRONICLE
Capital News Bureau
COLUMBIA — Politicians
and political parties have al
ways been on the receiving
end of the jokesters and South
Carolina’s men and their par
ties are no exception.
But lately there seems to
have been a rash of jokes.
Well, not necessarily lately.
Instead it has been an al
most constant pastime since
’ast November. From the
looks of things and with next
year’s elections looming over
the horizon, the joke mill will
lot be out of material.
Try this example which
“busted loose in Columbia last
weekend: “I seer where
George Romney has tossed his
hat into the ring. Too bad he
torgot to take his head out
of it. But then he hasn’t been
able to do a thing with it
since he had it brainwashed.”
State Sen. Earle Morris,
•hairman of the Democratic
Party kids his Republican
Party counter - part, Harry
Dent. Reminding his audiences
of Democratic victories last
November, Morris chuckles:
“The GOP Bandwagon had a
wreck last year—and they
haven’t gotten the Dent out
of it yet.”
Marshall Parker, who lost a
squeaker to U. S. Sen. Ernest
F. Hollings, doesn’t miss a
chance to chide the senator
for his sometimes more-Re-
publican-than-Democrat ap
pearance. Says Parker:
“Fritz Hollings was stopped
in Washington last week. He
got caught trying to pass Sen.
Strom Thurmond on the
right.”
Not too long ago, Hollings
and Sen. Robert Kennedy
were partners in a tennis
match against Thurmond and
Sen. Edward Brooke.
The joke went around:
“Some tennis game. They
didn’t use a net and the ball
was made out of Silli-Putti.
The match ended in “love
all.”
How about: “Governor
Romney shouldn’t complain.
While Detroit was burning, he
asked LBJ for Federal troops
and got .them within two days.
General Westmoreland has
been asking for more men in
Vietnam for six months—and
still hasn’t got them.”
Governor Robert McNair
doesn’t escape either. Try
“McNair was really trying to
do the right thing on the
state’s whiskey prol-’em when
he created the ABC board.
Then he found out that ABC
meant absolutely beyond con
trol.
Then there are the stories
concerning the government’s
policies and problems such
as: “All the trouble we’re
having with North Vietnam
makes you wonder what might
have happened if we’d tackled
a BIG country— like Egypt.”
Morris chides again: “There
are so many movie stars run
ning for office that people in
California don’t know wheth
er to vote Republican or
Democratic or support the
ticket of the Screene Acton
Guild.”
“It’s so bad that th6 Demo
crats are thinking about giv
ing up primaries and holding
talent contests—a sort of Ter
Mack amateur hour for as
piring politicians.
Morris suggests that if
movie stars continue to get
elected to office in the future
the government may lool
something like this:
Director of the FBI—George
LUNCH MENU
Raft; Sec. of Treasury—Jack
Benny; Attorney General—
Perry Mason; Sec. of the In
terior—John Wayne; Sec. of
the Exterior—Anita Ekberg;
Sec. of Foreign Affairs —
Elizabeth Taylor-Hilton-Wild-
ing-Todd-Fisher-Burton.
It only goes to prove there
is nothing sacred about poli
tics and those who practice
the art had better have thick;
skins. It’s all good fun.
fiO—THE CHRONICI.E, CMoiam, &. C., *», iW
What Are Steps
To Christian Life?
»,■
What are the steps into the
Christian life? How can one
become a Christian? These
questions were recently ask-
3d by a correspondent. I’ll
answer these questions by
passing on to the readers of
this column certain quota
tions from a small testament
which was presented to me
by another correspondent.
They were underscored in
red in the order given below:
As I opened the Testament,
1 found, written in red, in
structions to turn to a certain
oage where I found the first
reference. At the foot of this
page were instructions to
turn to another page where I
found the second reference.
Now 1 give you the steps:
(1) “For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of
God.” Romans 3:23
(2) “For the wages of sin is
leath; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.” Romans
7:23
(3) “For by grace are ye
•aved through faith; and that
lot of yourselves: it is the
Tift of God: Not of works, lest
my man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:8 & 9
(4) And the publican,
standing afar off, would not
lift up so much as his eyes un
to heaven, but smote upon his
breast, saying, God be mer
ciful to me, a sinner.” Luke
18:13
(5) “For God so loved the
world, that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting
life. For God sent not His
son into the- world to con-
demn the world but that the
world through Him might be
saved. “John 3:16-17
(6) “There hath no tempta
tion taken you but such as is
common to man: but God is
faithful, who will not suffer
you to be tempted above that
ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way
to escape, that ye may be able
to bear it.” I Cor. 10:13
EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
By DR. HERBERT SPAUGH
(7) “For I am persuaded
that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities,
nor powers, nor things pres
ent, nor things to come, nor
height, nor depth, not* any
other creature, shall be able
to separate us from the love
of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.” Romans
8:38-38
(8) “That if thou shall
confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shall believe
in thine heart that God hath
raised Him from the dead,
thou shall be saved. For With
the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made
unto salvation.” Romans
10:8-10
(9) “For he saith, I have
heard thee in a time accep
ted, and in the day of salva
tion hove I succoured thee:
behold, now is the accepted
time; behold, now is the day
of salvation.” II Corinthians
6:2
Note: A new combined edi
tion of Dr. Spaugh’s books,
“Everyday Counsel for Ev-
ryday Living” and “Pathway
to Contentment” will soon be
available. This book may be
ordered through your local
bookstore, or from The
Everyday Counselor in care
of this newspaper. The price
is $2.25 a copy postpaid.”
JOB DEFICIT
In 1960, the net balance of
employment due to U. S.
foreign trade in textiles was
a deficit of 16,930 jobs — or,
put another way, the employ
ment equivalent of imports
exceeded the employment
equivalent of exports by that
amount. By 1966, this em
ployment deficit from foreign
trade had risen to 110,976
jobs.
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 38, 1967
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peas, Hot biscuit. Butter,
Sugar cookies with apple
sauce.
TUESDAY
Milk, Spaghetti with meat
sauce and cheese, Orange
juice, Tossed salad, Hot bis
cuit, Butter, Peach pie.
WEDNESDAY
Milk, Beef stew with irish
potatoes, onions, carrots, Cole
slaw, Stuffed celery. Rice,
Hot rolls, Butter, Chilled
pineapple todbits.
THURSDAY
Milk, Cheeseburgers
Strawberries in jello with
topping, Whole kernel corr
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buns, Butter.
FRIDAY
Milk. Luncheon meat,
Sweet potato souffle, Green
beans with whole potatoes.
Carrot strips, Hot biscuit,
Butter, Raisins.
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