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Growing With Clinton The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 70— No 17 Clinton, S. C. ( Thursday, May 2, 1968 Index (lasjiified Pi Deaths J-1 Editorials 16 Society 2-:\ Sport s 7 City Democratic Club To Reorganize m- * *:i***- The C lint- n City 1 Mil- rr.itie CTiib will h-ild its Mennial re- urinunzati n.tl meetiiu’ I-Tidav niyht at the Clint-'ii Mill C m- niunity HuiMini’. The meetin;' is t- start at 7:dO'fi.ni., ac- niitir tn Y. Parks Adair, secretarv- treasurer. The CliiP will ■ loot ffirers, inrliKiiiu' an exenitivi- cninmit- tee, t set maehinerv in in- ti n for a city Dem-cratic primary to nominate a ma\ r and six Ci 'uncilmen. (Tficers t- he elected are president, vice president, secre tary-treasurer, and an executivi committeeman fr -m e ich t tin 1 six wards. Ward 1 ! ) Pitt> War i Mi P M'asw Ward 7, 1 ,e 1 tyh x hav* a ani •11 ( lark; ; Ward 1, Milf--i ! 1C C x; r. Mr. I p h I Kay ! smith; Ward 0, Pitts and ut f their tlieref' re the e1ul .success- The •v 111 rs. I.U'e lect their lutes h r the primaries pr-l-uhlv will lie set f- r late May, with the renera! election s--metimo in Aiumst. Junior High Chorus To Present Concert School Chorus will ( Tuesday) at the jun- Dav COTTAGE C OMPLETED — This new cottage was completed recently on the Thornwell camipus. It will house 16 boys and their housemother. The cottage is located across the street from the Thorn- well gymnasium. The boys who live in the new cottage will work at the Thornwell dairv. Also to tie determined an plates for two primaries. tin -f Supply Bill To Have Hike For Employes COLUMBIA - The Laurens County supply bill, expected to be introduced this week, will carry a slight cost-of-living in crease in salary for county em ployees. Also included, according to Reps. Davis S. Taylor and W. Paul Culbertson, will lie a “sub stantial sum” to cover setting up a tax assessor’s office in the county. Money will be included to set up isolation quarters for prison ers who are ill at the Laurens County prison camp. Appropriations under last year’s (1967-1968) supply bill to taled $838,731.60. West To Speak At County Worked Fete Lt. Gov. John C. West will be guest speaker May 9 at the annual barbecue of the Laurens County Unit of the SouthCarolina State Employees’ Association. The barbecue will be held at Whitten Village. Oates To Speak At PC Exercises Mrs. Alice R. Davidson president of the local unit. is DAVID TEMPLETON Templeton To Speak At ARP Church David Templeton, a na tive of Clinton and graduate of Presbyterian College, will fill the pulpit Sunday at Clin ton ARP Church, Templeton will speak at 11 am. service Sunday and again on Sunday evening. The son of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Templeton, he will fill the pulpit for the Rev. Zeb Wil liams who will conduct a re vival at Pisgah ARP Church near Gastonia, N. C. Templeton is now a student a t Columbia Theological Seminary and has supplied several churches in the Clin ton area. James F. Oates, Jr., chair man of the board of the Equit able Life Assurance Society, will deliver the main address at Pres byterian College’s 88th com mencement exercises on May 12, President Marc C. Weersing an nounced today. The noted business leader will speak to some 116 graduat ing seniors, their parents and friends assembled for the final afternoon program in Belk Audi torium. He will be Introduced by John A. Sibley, Atlanta attor ney who serves as honorary board chairman of the Trust Company of Georgia. Oates is prominent in college and university circles as an arti culate spokesman for business, as executive committee chair man of the Princeton University board of trustees and as a life trustee of Northwestern Uni versity. Last year he delivered three McKinsey Foundation lec tures at Columbia University which have been published as a book entitled Business andSocial Change. He has been awarded nine honorary degrees. .A 'aduate of Princeton and Northwestern law school, Oates was a partner In the Chicago law firm of Sidley, Austin, Bur- Tax Program Legislation Introduced Preliminary legislatimi fur Laurens Cuunty’s tax reevalua tion program was introduced last week in the General assembly. A bill tn give the county a board of assessment appeal was offered in the House of Repre sentatives by the ! aureus County delegation. Rep. David Taylor of Laurens said the measure provides the machinery for the county’s pro perty reevaluation program scheduled to begin in July. The bill would abolish the ex isting 13 boards of assessors which have three members each and replace them with a board of assessment. The measure would create a nine-member board of assess ment control, three memtiers each from School Districts 39 and 96, and three from the c -un- ty at large. Members would be ,, i i • . . . ,, appointed by the governor -n turn to being chief executive offi- recommen(1atillI1 (lf the ( „ untv cer of Equitable, lie is a direc tor of the Chase Manhattan Bank, Colgate-Palmolive Company, the The 1)()ard wnuld have tlie sanK , First National Ba^k of Chicago, [ s and dutie . s ^ iven such New York Telephone CompanyJ t(()ards by general state law . It would establish methods and pol icies, make andpromulgate rules Present officers are K \ I. Holtzclaw, president; J. l-'.-rbort i Hughes, vice president; and Adair, sec rotary-treasurer. Executive committeemen are: I lie Clinton Junior High nrosont :ts spi me niticori May 1 >or high anilitori11ni ;it < To |). ni. The program will include ‘'Max ( oiol.^ I utu Maramha, "Lei all things now li'iiny. ( onsider Yourself," "America,” i 11 om West Side Story), "this Land is your 'and. Georgy Girl, " 1 he Lord’s Praver,” and I he Lord (Hess you and keep you.” Pianisis f nr the program w il | Be Nancy Tu ks, Mary Ann Ferguson, and Rena Ramage. Lkelele accompaniment will he played on two songs. Mrs. Rohhie Wagner will direct the chorus. The program will Iasi about 15 minutes. There is no admission charge. MRS FOSTER Mrs. Foster Dies After Accident Mi- Vera h‘(] pel h Eo step 5o. ol 306 Bai G\ S 1 . d: ■<! ■ 'll*’ .-May morning at Bail - \ Mr monal Hospi a! after sUt I er mg injuries i n at aub mu bile accident o i Street s nit ll Bt -.ad The accident oct •urn" 1 a! >*»Ut two hours e irlle r w h ell t hr car in which Mr Ko er w as riding hit a 1 a r gc o; k 1 per on the right ude ol tb e r >ad The tree ocalt (1 be side the s tree in f rot it of the Home of 1 Yaee on ’Mr Thornwell Orph inagt t am pus Mrs Fostc r a nd h er bu hand. Paul. lad si a rt 'd ilt a fishing trip to Lake Gi ‘('(Mi wood when tho accu h nt • >e curred She was taken It the hospital whe ‘re she diet 1 <>i head injurit s. accoi dm 2 to Laurens C ) u n t y ('o mnoi Marshall Pi essl •y Mr Fns ter, driver < )f (f ic 19. r G ( ’he v rnlet. was hos pitah Zed am JAMES OATES gess & Harper, 1931-48, and chairman of ttie Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company in Chicago, 1948-97. Now, in addi- IN BRIG ADDON — Shown in scene from ‘Brigadoon’ which will he presented in the Clinton High School auditorium tonight and Friday are, left to right, Jessie Owens, Becky Medlock. Claire Duncan, Sylvia Robi nson. Sandra Campbell, and Jeannie Nabors. delegation. Telephone and the Brooklyn Union Gas Com pany. He has been engaged in numerous civic and philanthropic ! ^ regulat i ( , ns fnr fair an dequit- activities and is an elder in the Brick Presbyterian Churcti of New York City. able assessment perty. -f county pi'n- Music Week Activities Set A tax assessor wnuld l>e em ployed by the board to assess property. Dr. Raymond 0. Thigpen, supervisor of music for the State Department of Education, will be guest speaker Tuesday, May 7, at the Hampton Ave.PTA meeting as part of the Music Week activ ities planned locally. Other activities include a stu dent recital Sunday; a piano class demonstration Thursday, May 9; a special story hour Tuesday; a concert by the Clinton Junior High School chorus Tuesday; and prize-winning poster displays. Dr. Thigpen has visited over 500 schools in South Carolina since 1964, making surveys and recommendations concerning music. Before assuming his cur rent position, he was choral di rector in Conway High School. He received degrees from Erskine College, Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University, Also at the Hampton Ave, PTA meeting, new officers are to be installed. They are, Charles Wal dron, president; Lynn Cooper, Jr., vice president; Mrs. Jack Pressau, secretary; and William Hatton, treasurer. Winners of the National Music Week Poster Contest areReginal Gerome Hudson, first place; Calvin Suber and Clarence Cunningham, second place; and Joseph Price, third place. Hud son, a seventh grader, won $5 while Suber and Cunningham, eight graders, won $3. Price Is a seventh grader. The entries A board of assessment appeals would l>e set up tu assume the ! powers and duties of the county board of equalization. It would tie made up of five members, were judged by Mrs. Mary Ann two each from Districts 99 and Walker of the Presbyterian Col- 96, and one at large member, lege Art Dept. The winning post- j Members would be appointed by ers will be displayed in down town stores. Ttie student recital Sunday is to start at 4 p.m. and will be held at Belk Auditorium on the PC campus. The participants are students of AlanCookandCharles T. Gaines. The story hour at the PC library Tuesday will start at 3:30 p.m. Mary Shakespeare will conduct the story hour. Charles T. Gaines will con duct a piano class demonstra tion in room 301 in Belk Audi torium on Thursday, May 9. Davidson St. Revival Set Davidson Street Baptist Church will have revival services be ginning Sunday and continuing nightly through Sunday, May 12. Rev. J. N. Watson of Spartan burg will be the guest preacher with his services beginning on Monday night. William Lowe of Laurens will be guest music director. The night services will begin at 7:30. Pre-service prayer meeting will be held In the social hall from 7:00 to 7:20 each night. Special music will be presented each night by the choir. the governor on recommendation of the delegation. 'Brigadoon' Performances Set Tonight, Friday TlnVadnon,” to ho proontod Thursday and Friday (May L’ and .”>) at Clinton HipT School nt S F. M,. is a musical sot in a magdc villayo in Scotland. It conies to life every hundred years and disappears after a sinyle day. Performinj: lead roles in the larpte cast are Claire Duncan, Collie Lehn, Lynn Riser, Randy Sheldon., and Royce Williams. Supportiny roles are played hy Kathy Foster, Kathy Loukniyht, Robert Meadors, Sidney Pitts, -lack Feryuson, Find Finley, Forrest Adair, Teresa Foster, Keith Prannon and Ace Work man. The musical will come to life with the catchy sonys, the briyht costumes and the scenery. The hiyh school chorus joins in the stun - as the sinyiny townspeople. The hiyh school band plays tlie accompaniment. Ticket prices are 75 cents for students and one dollar for adults. Home Rule Legislation Considered The Laurens legislative dele- gatinii lias agreed tn move event ually to some form nf county ! government regardless of whe ther the county ends up with a resident senator, according to Sen. W. C. “Bill* Dobbins, Dobbins said the delegation has agreed only that some form of county government exclusive inf the delegation should be in- 'stituted and that action on it will not necessarily take place this year. The senator said Reps. Paul Culbertson and David Taylor of Laurens have been exploring var ious forms of home rule in an effort to come up with a suit able and acceptable arrangement. STREET WIDENING—State High way Department workers have begun work on -’“widening Broad Street (shown above) and the intersection with Carolina Ave. The project will give a right-turn lane from Broad Street to Carolina Ave. The project also calls for Carolina Ave. to be widened for about a block.— (Photo by Bill Quarles) his condition was reported ;i> satisfactory Wednesday Assisting Coroner Preshey in the investigation were Clinton Police Officers Che- ley Richards and .1 T Elli on A lifelong resident of Clin ton, Mrs, Foster was a daug hter of the late John and Lula ] Pucket Hedspeth She was a ! member of Calvary BaptiP !Church Surviving also are lour [sons. Ronnie Hedspeth ot Springfield. Mass.. Stan Pn- i ter of the U S Navy. Viet nam, Gerald Foster of the l S Navy, California, and Tony Foster of the home, two dau ghters, Mrs. Grady (Freida> Spoon of Clinton and Miss Gail Foster of the home; a brother, Larry W Hedspeth of Clinton; and two stepbro thers, Maxie J Hedspeth of Wichita, Kan . Leon E Heds peth of Atlanta. Ga . four sif ters, Mrs. Robert (Irene I Ad ams, Mrs Robert (Myrtle- Whitsel and Mrs Henry (Gen eva) Caughman of Clinton and Mrs Wilson (Essie t Garner Jr of Chester; and two stepsisters, Mrs Wayne (Shirley) Templeton of Clin ton and M rs. Wallace (Les- sie) Carr of Aiken Funeral arrangements will be announced by Gray Fun eral Home Red Cross Swimming Program Is Scheduled The Laurens County Chapter of the American Red Cross ap proved a summer swlmmingpro- gram for Laurens County at a meeting of its Board of Direc- tos Thursday, April 25th. Plans call for contacting child ren in grades 1 - 7 in the pub lic schools of Clinton and Laurens to find out how many are inter ested in a “Learn To Swim Pro gram.” The Red Cross swimmingpro- gram offers courses in beginner swimming, advanced beginner. intermediate swimming, swim mer and also junior and senior life saving. All courses will be taught by certified water safety •instructors who have been trained to teach swimming. The learn to swim program is offered as a public service to the county, and there will be no charge for instruction. The board of directors has authorized Its Water Safety Com mittee to seek out qualified per sons and to send them to a Red Cross Aquatic School to be held in Hendersonville, N. C., from June 5 - 15. Those receiving scholarships from the chapter will return to teach in this Sum mer’s Learn to Swim Program. Interested persons should contact the chapter office in the County Court House, This Is the first new program offered by the Laurens County Red Cross chapter since the Board of Directors was reorgan ized in December. The officers are: Charles F. Waldron of Clinton, chairman; Charles W. Moore of Laurens, vice-chair man; Lawson Hall, secretary, and Lonnie Hiers, treasurer. City Electric Power To Be Off Sunday Electric power will be off in Clinton for about three minutes Sunday morning. Utilities Director Ralph Holt said the power would be cut off at about 6 a.m. for about three minutes while some switchovers are made on the electrical sys tem.