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The Clinton Chronicle
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Vol. 69 — No. 11
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 14, 1968
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Moore: One Set Of Tracks
in Clinton May Be Removed
il cunvnt i-« . (immciKiations in (tiscussniK the Scalxtard ’Inn. 1 t
ni > mir area.
AT ( II AMHKK Of ( <)M.MKK('K HANQl ET
In pic’ure at left alwue, Clinton Mayor Noland Sud-
deth, left welennH's Seahoai’d Coast Line Railroad
t'o. Vice President Tom Moore, who was yuest
speakor at the annual Clinton Chamber of ( om-
meree han<|uet Tuesday night. Also shown is Rob
ert Wassung. second from left, new president of
the Chamber of Commerce, and I. Mac Adair, out
going president. In picture at right above, Moore
chats with Claude ( rocker and Dr. Louis Stephens.
Crocker, vice president of the Chamber of Com-
merc'\ introduced Moore. Dr Stephens is first
vice president of the Chamber of Commerce.
(Photos By Bill Quarles)-
Creighton Is Named
United Fund President
Don C Creighton has been
named president of the Uni
ted Fund of (ireater Clinton.
Inc , for the 19t)8-59 term
He is manager of the Cat
awba Timber Company of lire
here, a subsidiary of the
Bowaters Company
Named to s e r v e with
Neal Prater, .lack K I’ressau
and Mis .1 R Swetenburg.
Continuing chreetors are I
Mae Adair Creighton. Boh
Hanson, Cary Pehn. R F
Martin, Mr R M Turner,
Mrs .lame- I. Walker,
Broekenbrough. .lohn I’
Creighton are Ceorge Broek-
enbrough. viei' president; I Daniluk Mrs R h l-ergu-
DON CREIGHTON
Coyne U. Simpson, treasurer.
Retiring president Robert B
Wassung will serve as second
vice president
The hoard of directors elec
ted seven new directors by
ballot. Fleeted to serve the
1968-71 term are \V U Ander
son, \V C Baldwin, Harry K.
Boliek, Ted Davenport. Mrs
Bolick s Book
In Vietnam
By DONNY WILDER
Chronicle Editor
A lieutenant from South Carolina has found an
unusual use for one of Clinton Author Julian
Bojick s books. He read ghost stories to his men
when they were on long patrols in Vietnam.
Lt. P. (’. McClary, a graduate of Erskine College,
wrote Boliek recently that he had received “The
Return Of The gray Man" as a gift and took it with
him when he went to Vietnam.
McClary wrote. “Every evening I go from bunker
to bunker and read one of your stories to my men
It really helps moral. They enjoy my Southern ac
cent . . . Some of the Yankee troopers can’t be
lieve some of the tales. 1 have one Negro trooper,
PKC Johnson, from Charleston, S.C., and he backs
me up. Your descriptions of the plantations around
Georgetown are outstanding ...”
McCiarv said he has hunted on some of the plan
tation grounds mentioned in the book and he work
ed for seven summers at Oliver’s Lodge “and en
joyed the Murrells Inlet stories ” McClary has other
connections with Litchfield Plantation and the
Hermitage. He was a miler and marathon runner in
high school and college and trained on the sand
dunes from the castle at Brookgreen, “where I
lived”, to the castle on Debordieu, “where I would
run 11 miles every Sunday and swim four inlets—
so all of these stories are close to me ...”
Word was received this week that McClary was
severely wounded in battle in Vietnam and is now
in Japan where he is receiving treatment. McClary
reportedly lost ;l leg in the battle. PFC Johnson,
who was mentioned in McClary’s letter, was killed
in battle.
Joe Edwards, Weatherman
Want to know what the weather’s going to be?
Ask JOE EDWARDS.
Joe, a plumber by trade, was in the Chronicle
office recontlv and during the conversation he
mentioned thud be had braced the roof of his ga
rage that morning, “So the show or sleet won’t
damage the roof.” That was the morning of Feb.
28 and the sun was shining. He was asked, “Just
when do you think it’s going to snow?”
“It’ll snow or sleet tonight,” he replied, "The
signs are there. It’s too unsettled.”
It snowed that night. It wasn’t enough
to cave in anyone’s roof but at least Joe has a bet
ter weather batting average than the forecasters
who predicted a blizzard several weekends ago
when it turned out to be one of the sunniest week
ends of the winter.
Joe says, “\ r ou can forecast the weather just by
watching the sunset and using some common
sense I’ve had to bring in too much fodder in
years past to let the weather fool me.”
son. A B Ciodircy. Mrs.
Coins M Stephens .lames
Von Hnllen and Ktv Xeb C
Williams
Retiring directors a r e
Thomas Baldwin. Miss Essie
Davidson. Mr Frank Sher
rill. F H Fee 1. \ Warren
Re\ F, W Roller 1 and Tom
my U md-or
President Wassutu; presid
ed over the recent meeting
and expre-.M J appreciation
(or the support "iven the
1967-68 campaign by each
worker and solicitor
Treasurer C.oyne Simpson
reported the total for last
year was $84,;j<)9.04, including
$1,240.02 m unpaid pledges
Focal Rebel division reported
assistance tuven to 31 fami
lies.
Criiylilon. a native ol
Georgia, i , a graduate ol the
University of (ieorma He i-
a past president ol the Clin
Ion Finns Club and the Clin
ton Chamber ol Commerce
He is a member ol Broad
St Methodist Church and of
the Board ol Fay \ctivities ol
the Greenwood District. He
also is past chairman of the
Christian B u i n e s s Men -
(' o m m dt e e. International
and is chairman of the I.ani
ens District ol the Blue
Kiduc Bov Seoul Council
MARSHALL PRESSLEY
Pressley
Candidate
For Coroner
Marshal! N Pressley
announced his candidacy
re-nomination in the Demo- that the could eomi
cratie Primary as coroner ol ■'dhin the next veat
are lollovved, one line ot rail
road tracks throuLjh down-
tow n Clinton mav he remove-1
within tin' next war. a Se,.
hoard Coast Fm, Railroad ot
ilend said I ii('sd,:v niy.t at
the Clinton Chamber o 1 Com-
merer banquet
I honias ( Mi mi i t r;>uspor
tat ion a-sistani n i the v ce
president ol Seaboard v'oa<t
Line Railroad Co. stressed
(hat the ncommendat ion -
must he approved In the com
pativ's hoard ot director'
I low cv er he aid that eur
rent plan call ter the ('\&F
raek to he removed from
downtown Cl titon The Sea
hoard Coast I.me rail traffa-
would he routed through (dm
ton on thi one rrmamm.;
downtown track
Moore said that t will cost
in excess ol $2 million, ‘ ron-
srrvativelv. to remove sonu
it the tracks ti-nm downtown
area 'n ('.reenw ood. ( I mton
and Laurens
1 le added, WV w allt I i -
work with vs)ii ()ur existi-nee
j depends on what the public
j thinks ot us."
He said that current plans
call tor rail traltie to he rout
ed throuuh (ireenwood o’l die
old Seaboard main line It will
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come to a point near Clinton
where a connection will he
built o n t o the oik track
through Clinton West of Lydia
Mill, the rad traffic will he
routi <1 to the CWF track to a
point near I,aniens The tral-
f;e v. 11 by pass Laurens and
will nit the old CW\ (' track al
some point near Watts Mill
Luo: c s ,i i d that -urvev s
save not vet been made on the
projeet hut he said, ll we
has rt u . money trom the boartl
lor ( ,t (|.rectors, it is not remoU-
about
Co.it Cine’ contribution.-, to
the state. h< said that or
Map 2, the railroad will tak;
">hd men on a tram trim Co-
him hi a to Lake (Ir-enwood
Idiesc men will ineludr leaii
: n industrialists imm a!!
par' ol the nation, state legis
lators and the itovernur I Ik v
will .re mdu trial exhibits at
Lake (.reetivvood Moore said
' This will lx.* a tremendous
Alter Moore's a d d r e s
Rembw 1 I'ruluek, a past jit t
iden; ot t Ik- Chambei of Com
meree. presented linn w ith an
album i-ntdled Cive Thanks"
hv tin Presbyterian ’olleiq
(’hoa
‘hitdomp Pr.-sid.mt I Ma<
Adair pre ided at the meetiru;
hetore turning the itavel over
to meomitu; president Robert
B Wassitny
Mary Musgrove Hotel
To Close Temporarily
I he M.trv Musprove Hotel
w ill he closed tem|)orarilv . el-
feet'Ve Sttndav
\ statement Irom tin
tel's hoard ot director.-,
the hotel will hi closed
ho
said
unt: 1
anapemeiit
seeurv d
tn w
and e e i t a : n improv ements
have been made to the facili
ties
( U Anderson idiairman
ol the hotel hoard of direr
ton said that a meetup; will
he Ik Id at 7 p m , Friday, at
the hotel to discuss future
plans.
He and several hoard mem
bers met with interested busi
nessmen luesdav nittht fol
low mp the ( hnton Chamher
ol (’ommeree's annual dinner
at which the temporarv elos
nip was anpounced
Mnlrr on -aid that the mdi-
v iduaIs w ho have leased the
hotel h ive l’iveil iq) the leas.'
and that eilort* to obtain
quald'ed perMins to operate
the hotel are now underway.
He also said that some chanc
es w ill he ik eded to upgrade
the facilities at the hotel ■> it
was decided to close 'ho hotel
temporarily while this i - in
proUress
Architectural
Firm Picked
For City Hall
1 aurens County.
Pressley is seeknu; his
third consecutive term in of
fice
In maktny his announce
ment, he said, I would like
to express my heartfelt ap-
Hr also pointed out that the
current plan calls for rail
yards to he located east of
1. v d t a. completely out of
town He said the railroad line
between Laurens and Green
wood will he removed.
In his address, Moore reler-
preciation for the splendid red to the railroad industry as
EUGENE STODDARD
Stoddard
Candidate
For House
Fuf'ene Stoddard, map'is-
traTe of Dials Township, has
announced his candidacy for
the State House of Represen
tatives in the Democratic
Primary
A resident of the Owint's*
Community, he is married to
the former Joyce Armstrong
and they have fiv£ children, j
He is a member of New Har
mony Presbyterian Church
where he is an officer and
Sunday School teacher. He is
a veteran of World War II
and he is a Mason and a
Shriner. !
vote you uave me eittlit years
aqo by plaenm me at the
head ol the ticket For this, I
am pratelul At that time. I
promi-ed that I would he
prompt, courteous, thorough
in e.-e-h investigation and
inpathet ie to each family
or families thal were involved
in trauedv . These things 1
have d'lia
F ur .ear- aun, you elec
ted me wathout opposition
From mv oast experience as
coroner, 1 feel I am much
'letter qualified than ever be-
Iore due to the many differ
ent kind- ot eases I have had
to investigate 5'oun continued
support w 11 he cready appre
ciated and 1 will make every
eilort to eoitirna to serve
volt w idl
Phone Directory
To Be Delivered
The new Telephone dire-4
tor wall h" delivered next
week
Delivery ol the new (din-
ton directory will begn on
March 19 according to A.
Ray Cornell, local Southern
Bell Manager, and will prob
ably take several days to
complete
Kernel) asks that customers
please throw away their old
directories when the new
ones arrive That way there's
no chance of uettine wrong
numbers by looking in the old
directory by mistake.
‘one of the most exciting in
the world We have barely
skimmed the siirlaci as far as
iuir potential k concerned."
fdin'nn ('it.v Couneil voted
.Monday night to employ the
architectural firm of Craig
and Gaulden of Greenville to
draw preliminary plans for
the proposed new Clinton City
Hall
Clinton Mayoi Noland Sud-
deth said, "We interviewed
si veral outstanding architec
tural trims and we believe
that Craig and Gaulden will
do a line job lor us
He -aid that < ity Council
will meet with representatives
ot Craig and Gauldm m the
Finder s Conscience
Forces Money's Return
Honestv and the eon
seieiK e ai en't a thing ol
the pa t not eva n in a city
the si/.e ol Mlanta, Ga
Air Leroy Couch ol
Joanna lotind this out first
hand recently
On a recent shopping
trip to Atlanta. Mr Couch
lost her billfold It had $30
in it when she lost it Feb
24 oi Rich'. Department
Store
Sat unlay. a repn-senta-
11\ e of R eh s called Mrs
Couch tolling her that her
money plus $10 and an un-
signe I letter had been re
eeived at Rieh'.i
Someone had lound Mr
Coin h\ hdilold had taken
the money and thrown the
I) I Hold aw ay \l ter the
money wa■ spent, the find
er s eoii'eionee kept both
ering him or her
file letter --aid that the
finder baby sat and washed
windows to replace the
money spent from Mrs
Couch's hilllold He nr she
also added $10 to pay for
the hdilold
Hurricane Baptist
Services Slated
• In New Sanctuary
Members of historic Hurri
cane Baptist Church wiW hold
their first services Jsupday
morning in the church's new
sanctuary.
The public is invited to at
tend the services.
The church was organized
over 100 years ago.
PAGEANT PROSPECTS — The Hinton Jaycees
Sunday held a party for prospective Miss Clinton
Pageant contestants. The reigning Miss Hinton,
Missy Wassung, is shown above showing her scrap
book to the young ladies She told them of her
duties and experiences as Miss Clinton. Ted Da
venport explained the requirements. The 1968 Miss
Clinton Pageant will be held April 20 at Belk Audi
torium. Shown above, left to right, are Kathy Bou-
knight, Jan King, Gale Smth, Pat Davis, Missy
Wassung, Brenda Baldwin, and Susie Wassung.
neur future to discuss general
ideas concerning s p a e e re
quirements and the needs of
individual municipal depart
ments
Some of the representative
prejects designed by Craig
nd Gaulden include the Lau
rens County Library, Seneca
City Library . Abbeville Coun
ty Library, the proposed Lau
ren (ity Hall, Greenville
Ceiintv Museum of Art and
Charles K Daniel Theatre in
. ireenvdle
I he I inn also designed the
a ecu. die Federal Savings
and L an Association building,
I’iekrns Bank, First Piedmont
naiiK and Trust Co in Green
ville the main olliee of the
i- irst National Bank in Lau
rens. Rocky Springs I’reshy
,ei ian Church and others.
Kirk Craig and F Karla
G.iiildon aie partners m the
, i, m and William T I )av is, a
nat ' i 'l 1 Imtiin. is an asso
i i,,Us Craig i-, a graduate of
It msoii Lmversity and Cor
ncll t mversity and received
.hr \ia tei of Areh’teeture de-
rree I rom Harvard L nivei s11 ■
a I;).)/ Gaulden. .. native of
, „.uren ;s a g r a d u a t e of
lemsoii f mversity and r<
reived the B Arch degree
,rom Georgia Tech in 1954
, oi. ; ■ reeci veil the B. Arch
arenc Imm Clrmson l mver
-ity in 1961.
Registration
Board Visits
The Laurens County Kcgis-
* tration Board will he in
downtown Clinton today. Fri
day and until noon Saturday.
The hoard will hr' at the
Clinton Mill Community Cen
ter Monday and Tuesday
Through Saturday. the
hoard will he in the building
next to McGee's Drugstore
* in downtown Clinton
The hoard is registering
voters lor the upcoming pri
maries and elections.
All voters must register
prior to April 30 in order to
I be eligible to vote. Anyone
who registers after April 30
must wait 30 days before be
ing eligible to vote.
Laurens County had a total
of 11.410 voters registered as
of noon Saturday. The coun
ty’s potential registration has
been estimated at 18,000.
What
Do You
Think?
Quest ion : Hnvv T > ;■, m
t hink George \\ alia e
campaign tor t (m re-:
rlenry yvill affet t th;
general election’.’
JOHN MABRY-I Anm
that it S possible fill Ilia,
to t brow the elect ion 1 ;
to congress, hut I d' ■ t
think he will get > n< >
votes to be elected by a
popular vote.”
RAI PH RIDDLE —
“Frankly I think he
might do alright. He is
running on his own .uni
telling the people what
they want to hear -
the truth.”
*:
( I.YDE MeGAHA i
believe be w ill m d
enough votes to ,v.rr
t he p;u t\ and make ■« ■ .-
pie take notice of w itaC .
going on.”
BILLY PITTS — “I
am afraid that he will
aplit the party vote ajul
ixwsihly throw it into
the house I also think
he might make a better
showing than people
think he might.