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**• Growing With Clinton Clinton Cfjrontck V 0 | 70 — No. 24 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, June 20, 1968 Index Classified 18 ’ Deaths 8 Editorials 10 Society 2-3 Sports 7 WHAT DO YOU THINK? QUESTION—The Clin ton Jaycees are cur- re n 11 y conducting a community service sur vey. What project do you think is most need ed in Clinton? HOWARD SMITH —I think the thing this city needs most is a city park. It needs to be in a central location with various types of rides and recreational equip ment. J. D. EDENFIELD — I think that improving the parking facilities downtown is the most pressing problem we are facing. We need a limit on the amount of time allowed to park, other than the meter time. As it is now, a person can pay 50c and keep a parking place tied up all day where as several customers could, have used that space. WILMOT SHEALY—I would like to see some one do something about the traffic situation where the corner of E. Carolina joins S. Broad. TRUMAN OWENS —I am interested in seeing Clinton have a clean up campaign. I am not only interested in this f r o m a beautification standpoint alone but from a safety and health standpoint also. We especially need to get rid of all junk cars in our yards where mos quitos and other harm ful insects might breed. 'Vacation Value Days’ Open Here A "Volley of Vacation Values’’ promotion opens today in downtown Clinton. Sponsored by the Clinton Merchants Asso ciation, the promotion will feature bargains on vacation items, ranging from swim suits to camp ing gear. The sale will continue until the July 4th holi day week. Many advertisements in this week’s Chron icle feature special items which will be on sale. PC Cadets Attend Military Training Camp WM :* Forty-five Presbyterian Col lege cadets began their six- weeks period of military train ing this week at the 1968 summer ROTC camp at Fort Bragg, N.C. Lt. Col. Benjamin F. Ivey, pro fessor of military science at PC, serves as S-3 on the camp com- Inquest Set In Death Of Pedestrian An inquest has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday in connec tion with the death last Thurs day nf a seven-year-old boy near Clinton. Harry Allen Watts of Route 2, Clinton, was dead on arrival at a Clinton hospital after being struck by an automobile on U.S. 76, about one and one-half miles east of Clinton. The inquest Friday night will be held in Clinton City Hall. County Coroner Marshall Pressley said that eyewitnesses reported that the youth had waited by the side of the highway for a tractor-trailer rig to pass and then ran into the path of a car driven by Miss Rosa Lee Boyrd, 19. The vehicle was traveling in the direction of Joanna when the accident occurred at about 4:10 p.m. The youth resided near the scene of the accident. The son of Mrs. Taffie Watts, he also is survived by three sis ters, Karen, Rose Marie and Donna Watts, all of the home. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday at Bethlehem Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. mandant’s staff in charge of all training for the hundreds of cadets from colleges anduniver- sities throughout the Southeast. Five of the PC group have just received their degrees and will be commissioned in the Army reserve at the July 27 close of summer camp. They are: Samuel J. Barrett of Columbia; David P. Berry, Jr., of Union; George R. Caldwell of Pageland; Robert E. Staton of Lancaster; and Ste phen C. Wiser of Greer. The other 40 PC cadets are rising seniors who will receive their commissions along with their diplomas next May. They include: David C. Austin, Charles L. Reid, Richard B. Stall, and Wil liam D. Thompson, all of Green ville; Robert Gualtieri and Thomas L. Paul, both of Charles ton; Lewis J. Caldwell and El- wood G. Lassiter, both of Cov ington, Ga.; Donald R. Adams and Robert M. Simons, both of Ma con, Ga.; Stephen J. Albright of Ocala, Fla.; John R. Bankhead of Chester; Harold D. Bowers of Gilbert; Robert W. Byard of Charleston Heights; James R. Cassady of Decatur,Ga.; William M. Cochran of Greenwood; Carl C. Connant of Manning; Richard T. Crozier of Bainbridge, Ga.; John L. Denny and George C. Manley, both of Hartsville; William E. Dorn of Lexington; John W. Drake of Anderson; David R. Gravely and Louis D. Hud son, Jr., both of Myrtle Beach; Roger T. Ivey of Winter Park, Fla.; Thomas J. Jackson of Hape- ville, Ga.; William B. Kirtland of Miami; George F. Latimer of Charlotte. Frank W. Lee of Spartanburg; A. L. Morre, Jr., of Nashville; Daniel P. Hartley and George R. Query, both of Mount Plea sant; John H. Ramseur of Lin- colnton, N.C.; DanielM. Roberts, Jr., of Orangeburg; William H. Scott III of West Point, Ga.; Burgess G. Shaw, Jr., of Sum ter; and Nellie A. Wilson of Dar lington. DISASTER DRILL NEARS — Dr. James Macdonald addresses mem bers of the Laurens County Rescue Squad Tuesday night in prepara tion for the disaster drill which will be conducted in Clinton next week. Sheriff Eugene Johnson will de termine when the alarm will be sounded and the nature of the emergency. Local doctors, police men, ambulance drivers, rescue squad members and hospital work ers will swing into action to test their coordination and reactions in an emergency situation. — (Photo by Bill Quarles) City Jail Operation Is Rated 'Very Good' Operation of the Clinton Jail is rated “very good", according to a supervisor with the Jail and Prison Inspection Division of the S.C. Dept, of Corrections. After a visit to the local jail, Supervisor G. S. Friday did not Mental Health Officials Visit County- Three men who are associated with the National and State Asso ciation of Mental Health visited in Laurens County last Tuesday, discussing the county MHA pro gram with community leaders. They are John Yeatts of Col umbia, executive director of the S. C. Association of Mental Health; John Hear of Sumter, State MHA president; and Richard Hunter, regional associate direc tor of the National Association of Mental Health. W. J. “Bill" Crews of Clinton, president of the Laurens County MHA Chapter, accompanied the group as they exchanged infor mation and discussed the need for expanded activity in all phases of the Mental Health program, especially in the areas concerned with local children. PRESBYTERIAN LEADERS— Leaders of the 21st annual Synodi cal Training School, being held on the Presbyterian College campus this week by the Presbyterian women of South Carolina, check on details to keep the program run ning smoothly. Mrs. W. Tobin Cas- sels of Columbia (seated at left), president of the South Carolina Women-of-the-Church and school dean, reviews a point with school director Mrs. Alton G. Brown of Rock Hill and co-director Mrs. Marc C. Weersingof Clinton (standing) make any ratings nr recom mendations concerning the physi cal accomodations since a proposed new city hall and jail currently is in the planning stage. The report says that the build ing is not adequate in size. In his report, Friday noted that the jail was built in 1925 and re modeled in 1948. It has a normal capacity of 20 prisoners. Annual cost of operation of the jail is $1,765.66. The report also notes that there has not been an escape from the jail in the 22 years that Chief B. B. Ballard has lieen in office. Friday says he observed no fire hazards and he gave the jail the following ratings for clean liness: cells, excellent; screens, good; windows, good; walls, ex cellent; bars, excellent; floors, excellent; toilets, good; bathing facilities, good; wash basins, fair. Presbyterian Women Meet Here At PC The 56th annual meeting of the Presbyterian women of South Carolina will be held at Pres byterian College Thursday after noon as a highlight of the week- long Synodical Training School now in session on the PC campus. An estimated 300 women are expected to attend the accredited training school by the time it closes its 21st session here at noon Friday. The women regis tered on Monday for the intensive period of religious instruction, and diplomas and certificates will be awarded at the closing cere monies to those who qualify. A total of 104 have been attending all week as resident students, while the remainder have attend ed as day students or as commuters from nearby locali ties. Mrs. W. Tobin Cassels of Col umbia, president of the state wide women-of-the-church or ganization, will preside over the Thursday meeting of the South Carolina women. Dr. Robert Alexander of Greenwood, mod erator of the Synod of South Car olina, will conduct the worship service, followed by a special message from Dr. Evelyn Green, executive-secretary of the Board of Women’s Work, Presbyterian Church US. The annual election of officers also will be held at this time. Mrs. Cassels also serves as dean of the Synodical Training School. Mrs. Alton G. Brown of Rock Hill is school director, and Mrs. Marq^. Weersing of Clin ton is codirector. Incumbents Are City Candidates With the filing deadline set at noon Monday, there was only one contested post in the Clin ton municipal Democratic Pri mary as of Wednesday. Incumbent Alderman Fred Bragg is opposed by George N. King Jr. in Ward Three. Harry Layton, a former councilman, announced Wednes day that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor. All of the incumbent council- men, all Democrats, have an nounced as candidates for re- nomination. In addition to Bragg, they are Boyd Holtzclaw in Ward 1; Truman Owens in Ward 2; Lynn Cooper Sr. in Ward 4; George Bagwell in Ward 5; and Talmadge Sanders in Ward 6. The Democratic Primary is scheduled for July 16. The municipal general election is scheduled Aug. 13. All city council posts andlW may r’s position are up for elec tion this year. Republican Noland Suddeth is ttie incumbent mayor. The city Republicans will meet Friday night to name their slate of can didates. City GOP Meeting Set For Friday The Republican Party of Clin ton will hold its city nomina ting convention Friday night, June 21, 7 p.m. at the Clinton Mill Community House. Precincts will meet to organize in their usual places prior to coming to the city convention. Nominations will lie received for Mayor and Councilmen. Layton Seeks Mayor's Post Runoffs Set In Two Races On Tuesday Area voters go to the polls again Tuesday, June 25, to cast their ballots in two run-off races in the Democratic Primary. Marvin Patterson and incum bent George Simpson are candi dates for the nomination for magistrate of Joanna-Mountville District. Voters in the Clinton- Joanna-Mountville area, (Hunter Township) will vote in that con test. Precincts in the township are Clinton No. 1, Clinton No. 2, Clinton Mill, Hopewell, Joanna, Lydia Mill and Mountville. Also, Laurens County voters will cast ballots in the runoff between James R. Mann andE.C. Burnett for the Democratic nomination for Congress. Mann, of Greenville County, and Burnett, of Spartanburg County, eliminated Leo Hill and Nick Theodore in last week’s Democratic Primary. The polls will open at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Harry C. Layton yesterday an nounced that he will lie a candi date for nomination as Mayor of Clinton in the forthcoming Demo cratic primary. Layti is a veteran of ten years service as a member of City Council and eight years as a member of the Board of Direc tors of the Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority During his entire service on the Council he was a member of the finance committee, the last four years heading the committee as chairman. Layton was for many years a member of the staff of The Clin ton Chronicle and last September opened a general printing plant now operating on W. MainStreet. He is a graduate of Thorn- well High School and Thornwell College and has been identified with business and public affairs of the community. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Lions Club. He and Mrs. Layton reside on E. Walnut Street and they have one daughter, Miss Jean Layton, woman’s editor of The Greenville News. HARRY LAYTON Record 229 In Summer School At PC A record 229 students are en rolled in the first session of Presbyterian College’s 1968 summer school, Registrar Ros- lyn Martin announced today. She said the group includes 161 men and 68 women. Another 15 students are taking non-credit courses but are not included in the official total. The previous high for the summer at PC reached 198 last year. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT — When Douglas Gregory, Jr., was bom last Sunday, his proud Pop pro claimed the news for the neigh bors. He’s the first child of Mr. ‘and Mrs. Gregory, who reside (across from, the swimming pool at Lydia Mills. — (Photo by Bill Quarles)