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Growing With Clinton The Clinton Chronicle Index Vol. 70 — No. 15 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 18, 1963 Classified I )o;it hs editorials Society Sport s r. s' » in 2-:; 7 At Belk Auditorium At 8 o’clock Miss Clinton Pageant Slated For Saturday Night A new Miss Clinlon will be crowned Saturdax maid. Thei'e are seven enideetants for the title which will be de cided at the Mis- Clinton Pageant Saturday niuht at Belk Auditorium on the i’re - b\ terum Colie: e eampu . start me at <i o'clock Also to he elected : a I .it tie .Miss Clinlon Tin re arc lit contestants for that crown which will he awarded durinu the intermission o| the Miss Clinton I’aeeant. Contestants for the Miss Clinton title are Kathy Lee Boukni'.dit. daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Harm A Bouk- niaid : \ iraima (iale Smith, dauhter ol Mr and Mr Millord Smith; Judith Jane \\ idmer. dauahter ol \l r and \h . Marcel \\ idmer; .1 aniee Lee Kind, dauahter of Mr and Mr William (1. Kina I r ; Sara Patricia Davis, dauahter of Mr. and Mrs. K|>P' 1C Davis: Lucille Dixon MeSweeti. dauahter ol Mi ami Mr- Harry MeSween; and 'I nmmie Noel Kills, dauahter ol Mr. and Mrs. f red W Kills, ConteHants |or the Kittle Mi s ("union crow n are Sheri (lat( . . dauahter of Mr. and Mrs l.amar dates; Lvne Williams, dauahter of Mr. and Mrs. M. 1. Williams; Jessica Nye. dauahter of Mr. and Paul Nye; Sands Hen drix, dauahter ol Mr. and Mrs Jerry Hendrix; Debbie Simpson, dauahter of Mi ami Mrs. Tommy Simpson; Katin Mann, dauahter ot Mi ami Mrs Kenneth Mann: Catherine Cobh, dauahter ol Mrs Jane Pitts Cobb: Also Jovce Kvnn Coleman. KATHY BOUKNIdHT SARA PATRICIA HAMS TOMMIF, NOF.L FFFIS JANICF FEE KING Wanted 5,000 Voters JUDITH JANE WIDMER VIRGINIA GALE SMITH LUCILLE DIXON McSWEEN Want To Ride A 'Steamer? Want to ride on an old steam engine-powered train? Maybe you'd jn-t like to see one. Southern Railroad has a steam engine train running this weekend trom Atlanta, (ia., to ( harles- ton. d he train, pulled by Locomotive iVM) built around is to leave Atlanta Saturday. April 20. at Sc’d) a.m. it is to arrive in Greenville between 2:.‘>0 and 3 p.m. and in S]'artanbury r about b p.m. After an o\cr- nio-ht stay in Spartanbm'jH, the train will letive at 7 a.m. Sunday add is scheduled to arrive in Charleston at b p.m. Sunday. Stops in between Spartanburg and Charleston at b ]).m. Simdtiy. Stops, in between Spar tanburg and CFiarleston will inelude Cnion. Carlisle. Shelton. Columbia, Orauyebury and other points. Anyone interested may ride the train from any stop aloni? th(* line to ;iuy other point for the price of a one-way ticket. This information is passed alony by Rill Can non, rail buff who also is a professor at Presbyterian College. Cannon plans to be aboard when the old steam engine runs. After all, he’s founder of the Punkin Krik and Western Railroad. It’s in his back yard. Copeland Commission I Chairman j T. Heath Copeland has been clccled chairman ol the Clin ton Planning Commission. He was elected Monday at the regular monthly meeting of •he commission, held prior to a public hcarinu on the “Rinp Hoad'' t)\pass proposal. Copeland succeeds George Cormdson who served as •hairman of the commission luritiL! its first year of o|,ci ation. (tthcr officers are J. C. Thomas, vice chairman and David Mcvers, secretary. Officials of flic Laurens County Heuistration Oflice arc hoping to siyn up an es timated 5,000 potential voters between now and Ma\ 11. That's the difference be tween the number now regis tered and the county's es timated v o t e r potential. There arc' only 13.000 voters registered now and the coun ty has an ...estimated 18.000 persons who are eligible to vote. Special emphasis is being placed on the need for every voter to he qualified in order to vote in the June 1 11 Demo cratic Primarv and to select a senator Jrom Laurens I County in the new three- county senatorial distriet. May 11 is the deadline for voters to register to obtain the new registration eertili- eate. All voters must obtain a new certificate since the old yellow certificates expire April 30. The Board of Registration requests the help ot all no tary publics in the county to assist in this intensive drive. Mrs. Wilma Rankin, clerk of the* Board of Registration, will bo at the- South Caro lina Employment Office Fri day. April 19. from 9 o’clock to 12:30 and 1 30 to 5 p.m. to instruct the notaries in the procedure of registering daughter <T Mr and Mrs. William ('old nan ; Flame Trammell. dauuhtei ol Mr and Mrs (icor :a- Trammell: Alicia Lcich ('ox. daughter o! Mr and Mrs R.>b Cax; Barbara Frady. daughter ni •Mr and M r- (In a-gc l-'radv 1 ma W Into, daughtei ot M r and Mr Louiiard White Moll- a Fioklm. daughter ot Mr and Mr D I) Fiekhn Also to he teatured at the Awards Day To Honor K. N. Baker William (' MeSween. (ireenv11le himine ^ b ader, will he the principal -pc aker at the annual Ward- Dav program at Prcshv tenan Col- legc Fridav morning lb- will peak to the stu dent liodv a M-mbled m Belk Auditorium lor an occa-ion which al o will pav special tribute to Protev. ni Kenneth b Bak( r re!irm. this \ ear alter 32 v ears an ihe HC la cidty The public e invited to t he 10 a m pn eg ram MeSween is v let president of the ('anal Insuranee Com- pniiv and pre ident-eleet ol the Pre-tiv t< iaan College Al umni Association A 1030 graduate ol PC he studied under Baker during his un dergraduate vear here, Baker tiroles-or ot business administration, first came to Pre-hv tenan College m 1030 College oil icial indicated that, heeause his courses have always been among the most popular, he probably has taught more students than any other prolessor m the history ol the college He e irue 1 both his BA and M \ degrees at the l niversiiy of South Carolina and trained at (tie Walton School ol Com merce and the Mid-Western School ol Commerce pa-O'.itlt w ; 1 1 hr VI Itillg (; oi • pa . thi ollleiai Mis- daught. IT ol Mr ; md Mrs queen Svbil M argue rite Pul V, mih (a 11' 1 * ll n n i photo'; raphe' . Robert B Wassung oi Clin- Id. 13 car i >1(1 spld,.Ip at \ lex P, \! (• \ r I'S \ 1C e prr-l ton Ciikd' ( n] h -1 ■ who 1 s Miss <1< ■ 111 and * it a uii r of M > IT 1 he . arl -elected a is | hr 1968 ( il'ci'llW mid . and 1.11 1 1 :aa \ rm.Id ( i >: nip; i n > ai ( I l een Mi-' ( ’lin 1 Ion will ; lit, -nil the ('. H ipcr. a -qi le .more at U .n \ 1 !'r \i| ’V \ll ex R M \ ITS -tale p a ant as ai i o! hserver throp ( oile r w ho IS M ; s 1 G i - ' pi' e Till ol !h e South thi' y t •ar and will re preM nt 1 .ni: t-n l • i! i G : ,• i .1, a \ ci relte ( Tilton i n the 1968 Mi s Clm- Mark le (ju. i\ i . in" x - d | C ( ' ( \\ ; i s tin: tin rei gh ton w : 1! ; it t end the -t ate pa- ini' |ii!' \\ 0 N 1 . radio n Col H:i ]!Hi7 \l;s ( ’llilto -n. will reant a an ol) e rv i •r this iimhi;i will he m a s 1 e | (i! i > U ! . ! i t Ur ee or A Ire h \ear a ml will icpri -SCI at Clin < i-ri-m" 11 ;c :: Km . i! hr 1 IIP el ■ lt\ o| ton :n tin - 1969 M 1 - s Soul h P, ml pn 1 g r ai'i ■ II Ned Sj >ir h ( '! 1 IK i. she : tile (' a i n 1 rt ia | ingrant Succeeds Wassung Dr. Stephens To Head Chamber of Commerce Dr Louis Stephen- will uceecd Rob ert Wa ling a- prc-ident ol the Cbnfon (Jiamher ol Commerce Dr Stephens moved up to the pi deiiev upon the re-ignatgm "| Wasson, who ha been transferred w Torrmgton. ('onn Dr Stephen-, who was recctiil.v elected lirt v k c - president, told the Chamber ol Commerce Boaid ol Dirce toi at ;i meeting Tuesday morning that be would make committee appointment- in the near future I )r Slephens i- a i.ativ e • J ( ant ui, N C . and ha been practicing medicine m Clinton lor the past ix v, ars He is a graduate ol Clemson Cniver spy where he received the ma terN de git-e He also is a graduate ol the Medi cal College at Charleston He interned at a Macon, (ia . hospital and eived hi general practice resulencv at lluev IT Long ('hard> Hospital m Alexandria La Dr Stephen- I- married m tiu- lorme:- Lillian Dillard, a native ol Cladon. and thev have three -oils. Loin- .It 9. liarv, ti. and Tom. 2 Dr Stephen- is a memhei ot the board ol deacons ol the Fu-si Pre hvpnan Church and is vice-chairman ol the hoard ol directors ol the Clinton YMCA He also is a member ot the Kiwanis ('luh DR. LOUIS STEPHENS 'Ring Road' Hearing Is Held A public hearing on the proposed -Ring Road" by pass around Clinton was held Monday at Mary Mnsgrovo Hotel and Clinton Plan nmg Commission Chairman George Cornclson described it as "a real good mectiug." Propertv owners present were agrec'ahle to having the State Highwav Department make a center line field sur \ ol the proposed road at ter the department consider' the possihihtv ot using more of the existing roads near the recommended by-pass. The Planning Commission sponsored the hearing which was attended by a large ma jority ol the property owners involved City Council mem bers and members ot the' Laurens Countv Legislative Delegation also attended the meet mg Representing the S t a t e PC Choir's Spring Concert Opens Festival Humiliating Moment Grocvryman Joe Holland was reminescing- re cently about his football playing days at Clinton High. Concerning one incident, he said he can laugh now hut at the time it wasn’t funny to him. “1 never was a real hot-shot football player but 1 tric'd,” he said, ‘‘I’d get to play maybe a quarter a game, you know, like taking a message in from the bench, one play, and then out again. One night we were playing Newberry. At halftime, one of the fans was standing at the gate, lending moral support as the team went to the dressing room. He pounded Gene Simmons on the back and said, “Thataway to go, Simmons, give it to ’em.” Then he slapped Earl McElhannon on the back and yelled. “Great game, Mac. keep it up.” He kept that up all down the line until l ran past him. You know what he said to me? “Hello. Joe. Good to see you tonight.” Sign Of The Times Sign on out-of-state car passing through town: “I Fight Poverty: 1 Work.” The Presbyterian College Choir will present its annual Spring Concert on Friday, April 2(i. at 8 p. m. in Belk Auditorium. the opening event of the Festival of Arts on'The campus during that weekend. Mr. Charles T. Gaines, con ductor of the choir, said the choir will sing two works by (he contemporary English composer, Benjamin Britten. After a short work entitled “Jubilate Deo” the forty-one voices plus organ will present Britten’s festival cantata ’’Re joice in the Lamb”, a sixteen- minute work based on a poem by Christopher Smart, an eighteenth - century poet, “deeply religious, but of a strange and unbalanced mind.” The theme of the can tata is the worship of God, by all created beings and things, each in its own way. Britten expresses the text musically with richness, clarity, and charm. The choir will present a set of folk songs representing America, England, and Vene zuela The Madrigal Singers, a group of sixteen selected voices from the choir, will; add a touch of 1968 to the! program as they sing very; popular tunes. The finale will be a medley of Broadway show tunes sung by the choir. Guitar, bass, drums, and piano will be used for accom paniment for certain pieces. Mr. Alan G. Cook, instruc tor in music, will serve as or gan and piano accompanist. The public is cordially in vited. ROBERT WASSUNG RICHARD BODMER CALVIN REED Richard Bodmer To Succeed Wassung At Torrington Co. Clinton Mills Power To Be Off Sunday Electric power will be off in the Clinton Mills area Sun day morning from 5 o’clock until about 9 a. m. The power must be shut off while work is conducted to increase the power capacity of switchgears. Robert B. Wassung, plant manager of the Torrington Co.’s Clinton plant, has been named general manager of the company's Bearings Division in Torrington. Conn. He will he succeeded at the Clinton plant by Richard V. (Dick) Bodmer who has been manufacturing manager. Cal vin H. Reed will move up to Clinton manufacturing man ager The changes are effec tive May 2. Wassung, a former “Citizen of the Yea)” in Clinton, re signed Tuesday morning as president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce and will be succeeded in that ca pacity by Dr. Louis Stephens. Wassung, who came to Clinton as plant manager in 1961, was president of the Greater Clin ton United Fund last year. A native of Middleton, N Y , and a graduate oT Rens selaer I’olytehnie Institute. Wassung said ho would be at tile Clinton plant for • about another month and that his family will not move to Tor- rihgton until the end of the current school year Bodmer currently is resid ing in Greenville with his wife. Bat. hut they expect to move to Clinton in the near Both Bodmer and Reed are graduates of the C. S. Naval Academy Bodmer joined the Torrington Co. in 1955 as an engineering Trainee. At the time of his transfer to the i Clinton operation in 1966, he 'was serving as superintendent l of thrust bearing production a native at Torrington. He of Albany, N. Y. Rood has been a Torring- ton employee since 19J2. He also joined the company as an engineering trainee. A native of Chicago, he began duties as superintendent of thrust and solid race bearing manu facture at the Clinton plant in 1965 Ht ; and his wife. Char lotte. have two sons and a daughter. Wassung joined the Toning-j ton Co in 1950 and became as-j sistant superintendent of the Broad Street Plant in Torring-j ton in 1956. In his new posi tion, he will be in charge ot bearing production at three Torringon plants, including the Clinton pant. Broad St Plant and Standard Plant, both m Torringon. Highwav Department were T .1 Hendrix, State Engi neer Charles Moorelicld. Ad vanced Planning Engineer; and Ralph Jones. District En gineer. Mr Hendrix commended the citizens of the Clinton area lor their cooperation in l obtaining rights-of-way lor the four-lane road to Laurens. He said he believes the "Ring Road" also can he ob tain if the same spirit exists. He assured the group of the Highway Department's inter est in assisting the town with the project. Moorelicld explained the proposed route and said that the Highwav Department’s recommendations would he to locate the “Ring Road” as close to the outside of the city limits as possible with out disrupting established commercial or residential developments. He also said that it was im portant at all road intersec tions that the 1 grade crossings permit unobstructed visibility tor driver safety. He expres sed the opinion that the pro posed routes submitted would serve local drivers as well as; through traffic, greatly re lieving the congestion in the downtown area Several ot the spokesmen for the property owners re quested that the Highway De partment consider tying the proposed “Ring Road” into existing state Highway No. 46 west of Clinton and the new Springdale Drive south east of Clinton, connecting Routes 56 and "6. Others felt that the Highway Depart ment should consider moving the “Ring Road” farther away from the city limits by utilizing existing state routes 34.50 and 46. Highway officials said the more distant roads would not be used bv local drivers and would not divert the indus trial, school, Whitten Village and residential traffic that is now congesting the downtown area. However, one official said that in later years these roads could be used in an other “Outer Ring Road” as the town continued to grow.