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Index Growing With Clinton Classified 6 Deaths 3 Editorials 10 Society » 2 Sports 7 Four To Be Honored At Whitten Village The superintendent, chairman of board of trustees and two re tired staff members will be honored at Whitten Village Sun day as buildings will be named in their honor. To be honored in special pub lic ceremonies starting at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorim of the cam pus school are Board Chairman R. L. Plaxico, Superintendent, Dr. Roy B. Suber, Miss Norma E. Ballet and Mrs. Beatrice B. Sloan. The newly-renovated and en larged Whitten Village adminis tration building will be named the R. L. Plaxico Administration Building in honor of Plaxico who has served as chairman of the board of trustees for the past 11 years. The combination dormitory, training and recreation center will be known as the Roy B. Su ber Center. This is the newest building at Whitten Village. The campus school will be named in honor of Miss Ballet, a former director of training and head of the Psychology Dept. The home economics building will be named in honor of Mrs. Sloan, the former campus super visor. Miss Ballet and Mrs. Sloan are now retired. Tributes also will be made to the memory of the late Miss Georgia Brooker, the first campus supervisor, and the late Miss Lois Blakely, a former treasurer of Whitten Village and secretary to Dr. B. 0. Whitten. A fund will be started to build a chapel that will be known as the Brooker-Blakely Chapel. The proposed memorial chapel will be located on a site yet to be selected in an area near the en trance to Whitten Village. Oil portraits of Plaxico, Dr. Suber, Miss Ballet and Mrs. Sloan will be unveiled during Sun day’s ceremonies. The portraits later will be placed in the build ings named in their honor. Robert B. Lovvorn of Col umbia, a member of the board of trustees, will be master of ceremonies. * * * Mrs. Sheppard Named President Of Church Group Mrs. G. B. Sheppard of Lau rens was elected president of the South Carolina Presbyterian Women-of-the-Church last Thursday afternoon at the organi zation’s 56th annual meeting held at Presbyterian College in con junction with their Synodical Training School. Officers remaining for another year to complete two-year terms include: Mrs. C. E. Calcote of Charleston, vice-president; Mrs. Mitchell Sutherland of Anderson, corresponding secretary; Mrs. H. C. Austin of Bishopville, trea surer; Mrs. J. W. Stewart of Fountadn Inn, Presbyterian Borne chairman; Mrs. Alton G. Brown of Rock Bill and Mrs. Marc C. Weersing of Clinton, director of the Synodical Training School. Mrs. Sheppard succeeds Mrs. W. Tobin Cassels of Columbia, who was presented an honorary life membership in appreciation for her work as president and as a women’s leader through the years. Other newly elected offi cers: Mrs. W. P. Shealy of Lau rens, corresponding secretary; Mrs. E. H. Quinn of Spartan burg, historian; Mrs. John Ben nett of Dillon, Synodical Scholar ship Fund chairman; Mrs. B. A. Lowry, Jr., of Great Falls, Col umbia Friendship Circle chair man; and Mrs. Powell A. Fraser of Clinton, White Cross and Mis sion Haven. Some 300 Presbyterian women from throughout South Carolina attended the week-long training school held annually on the PC campus. They earned 267 credits as nine qualified for diplomas and four for certificates at the closing awards dinner last Fri day. * * * R. L. PLAXICO MISS BALLET State Sen. W. C. (Bill) Dobbins this week offered an amendment which would speed up the county council method of operation in Laurens County. Sen. Dobbins’ amendment would make the county council effective Jan. 1, 1969. The origi nal bill, introduced by Laurens County Reps. David Taylor and Paul Culbertson, called for the legislation to be effective in 1970. Bowever, after Taylor and Cul bertson introduced the measure, Sen. Dobbins was defeated in the Democratic Primary. Sen. John Long of Union County was nominated to the senate seat shared by Laurens and Union counties. Long will face Republi can Marshall Abercrombie of Laurens in the November General Election. Bowever, if Abercrom bie is defeated, the county will be without a resident senator. Sen. Dobbins said that in view of the situation, he feels that the county council form of operating the county should become effec tive this year, rather than in 1970. Sen. Dobbins’ amendment also calls for the two county com MRS. SLOAN missioners, Paul S. O’Dell and George Penland who were re elected recently, to be named to the county council. Dobbins requests that the council be composed of five mem bers, “three of whom shall l)e elected at large from the county in the general election of 1968 and shall serve for terms of two years.” The county com missioners will fill the other two posts. The amendment says, “In 1970 and each two years there after, all members shall lie elected in the general election from the county at large.” The original bill called for the county supervisor to be a mem ber of the council, serving a four-year term. Dobbins has a- mended the bill to eliminate the supervisor as a member of the council Bis amendment also says that the council shall elect one of its members as chairman and one as vice-chairman to serve for two years. Dobbins’ amendment says that the salary of the chairman shall be $2,500 and the salary of the other members shall be $2,000 each. Two Council Contests Scheduled Two contests for nomination to Clinton City Council seats are scheduled for the July 16 munici pal Democratic Primary. Dewey Oxner opposes incum bent Lynn Cooper Sr. in Ward 4 and George N. King Jr. has cliallenged incumbent Fred Bragg In Ward 3. Incumbent couneilmen who are unopposed are Boyd Boltzclaw in Ward 1; Truman Owens in Ward 2; George Bagwell in Ward 5; and Talmadge Sanders in Ward 6. Barry Layton is unopposed for the Democratic nomination for mayor. Be will face incumbent Noland Suddeth, a Republican, in the Aug. 13 municipal general election. Suddeth, completing his first term in office, was nominated last Friday by city Republicans. The Republicans did not nominate any candidates for aldermanic posts. * * * Supply Bill Is Amended The Laurens County Supply Bill, as amended by State Sen. W. C. (Bill) Dobbins, totals $898,828.28 and includes a five percent across-the-board pay raise for all county employes. As introduced by Reps. Paul Culbertson and David Taylor, the bill would have totaled $855,524.78, with an estimated revenue of$894,269. Dobbins’ amended version in cluded $898,828.28 in expendi tures and an estimated revenue of $901,769. Dobbins said that $7,500 which the county Regis tration Board receives from the State was omitted in the original bill. The original bill called for a $100 annual pay raise for full time county employes and$50 for part-time employes. Dobbins’ a- mendment makes the pay in crease five per cent, across- the-board, for all county em ployes. Other changes made by Dob bins includes $165 each for reno vations and repairs at National Guard armories in Laurens and Clinton and an extra $1,000 for the Laurens County Rescue squad. The increase includes $300 for gas, oil and supplies and $700 for new equipment. * * * Newspaper Rack Thefts Investigated Clinton City Police and the Laurens County Sheriff’s Dept, are investigating the theft of three newspaper racks in the Clinton area. The racks, owned by The Chronicle, were reported miss ing at Bi-Lo Supermarket, Sun shine Cleaners and Pitts Vege table Market. PRESBYTERIAN OFFICERS— Presbyterian women of South Carolina, assembled at Presbyte rian College last week for their Sy nodical Training School and annual women’s meeting, elected these new officers to serve for the com ing year. They are, left to right: Mrs. Powell A. Fraser of Clinton, chairman of the White Cross and Mission Home committee; Mrs. E. H. Quinn of Spartanburg, histori an; Mrs. G. B. Sheppard of Lau rens, president; Mrs. John Bennett of Dillon, chairman of the Synodi cal Scholarship Fund; Mrs. B. A. Lowry, Jr., of Great Falls, chair man of the Columbia Friendship Circle; and Mrs. W. P. Shealy of Laurens, corresponding secretary. Dobbins Speeds County Council To Industrial Park U. S. 76 To Be 4-Laned U. S. Highway 76 east of Clinton will be four-laned to the industrial park, according to State Sen. W. C. (Bill) Dobbins. Dobbins also announced that S. C. Route 66 (Whitmire Road) from Joanna northerly to In terstate 26 will be reconstructed. Sealed bids for widening the 2.35-mile seg ment of U. S. 76 and the 6.65 miles of Route 66 will be publicly opened by the State Highway Department at 9 a.m., July 16, at the Wade Hampton Hotel in Columbia, according to Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N. Pearman. The U. S. 76 project provides for widening to four lanes from the end of the curb and gutter just east of Clinton to state secondary system road S-34, beyond Whitten Village and ending at the industrial park. Sen. Dobbins, who successfully promoted the four-laning of the Laurens-Clinton road late last year, said he had been working on the U. S. 76 and Route 66 projects since completion of the Laurens-Clinton road project. “Both of these roads will mean a lot for the development and convenience of this area, as well as for the entire county,” Dobbins said. “I would like to express my appreciation to Mr. Pearman and the other Highway Department officials who recognized the need for these proj ects. They have been most concerned and co operative.” Chronicle To Be Mailed On Wednesday The Chronicle will be dis tributed on Wednesday next week and the office will be closed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Because the July 4th holiday falls on Thursday, the Chron icle’s usual distribution date, tie newspaper will be printed on Tuesday and distributed by mail on Wednesday. Advertisers are asked to have their advertisements in The Chronicle office no later than noon Monday. Persons wishing to have articles published in that week’s edition should have them at the office by noon Tuesday. The office will be closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday next week so that employes may enjoy a long weekend holiday. NURSING HOME CEREMONY— Ground was broken Sunday for a nursing home to be built adjacent to Bailey Memorial Hospital. The 40-bed nursing home will have 20,- 000 square feet of floor space. Gill and Wilkens of Florence are archi tects for the project and Satter field is the contractor. The facil ity is to be completed within 300 calendar days. Shown above, left to right, are Trustee Secretary W. ('. Neely, Hospital Administrator Fred Crawford; Board Chairman Dr. George Blalock; Hospital Maintenance Director Olin Shealy; and Board Vice-Chairman E. W. Roberts, Jr. HOW THEY VOTED TUESDAY Congress Maigstrate Joanna-Mt villc PRECINCT QJ G c c o c •’Zi U* Tf u 3 m G cS ■*-' F ^ .3 Cm S. Bailey XO Barksdale-Narnie // } * Brewerton •7 XX Clinton No. 1 76 rV / 37 S3 Clinton No. 2 5*' xit / 33 /z? Clinton Mill 5L O 23 35 Cook’s Store 7 9 Cross Hill 7 9X Daniels’ Store // 3i Dials Ekom Gray Court ~ir .z? /3/ Gray’s $ i Hickory Tavern /o 5~(c> Hopewell O 3/ / X Xo Joanna / 0 21 / 9X Jones’ Store XJ* Lanford ? 17 Laurens No. 1 Zi yr Laurens No. 2 /o Laurens No. 3 / o to / Laurens No. 4 76 Laurens No. 5 /<?/ Laurens No. 6 //X Long Branch 7 30 Lydia Mill J) 2X 38 XI Maddens X/ Merna 3 Mt. Olive 3 ft Mt. Pleasant 6 /7 Mountviile 77 32 _ 1 X Oro /J /? Owings 9 Pleasant Mound /r Poplar Springs 2 At Princeton X 3/ Renno i XI Shady Grove i Shiloh /V 7/ Stewart’s Store / / 7 Tip Top O A3 Trinity Ridge 9 AS Waterloo 3? WatUville /</ Woodville ZX i *Ho Youngs x-r /3 TOTALS 673 5/0 Patterson Wins Magistrate Post Marvin Patterson defeated in- cumlent George Simpson 568-510 in Tuesday’s Democratic Pri mary runoff for the post of magis trate fur Joanna - Mountviile in Hunter Township. Patterson carried five of the seven precincts in the township in the close race. Simpson led in Hopewell, 20-12, and Joanna, 192-87. Patterson also led by a narrow Mansure Plans Wage Increase A general wage increase has been announced for employes of E. L. Mansure Co. in the in dustrial park near Clinton. The wage increase will be effective July 29. It is the third such increase in the past 14 months. Mansure manufactures narrow fabrics and beauty trims which are used on awnings, curtains, bedspreads, etc. * * * City Council Discusses City Hall Plan Clinton City Council met Tues day night to discuss preliminary plans for the proposed new city hall. The meeting was one of several council will have with represen tatives of Craig and Gaulden to discuss the needs of various city agencies which will be housed in the building. The proposed city hall is to be constructed on a lot which the city purchased last year onNorth Broad Street. The current schedule indicates that the final architectural draw ing will be ready in early fall and bids may be sought in Nov ember or December with con struction to start early in 1969. Clinton City Council will meet Monday, July 8, instead of the first Monday of the month, the regular meeting date. The meet ing was postponed because of the July 4th holiday week. margin in the firstprimary as tw other candidates were eliminated on June 11. James R. Mann of Greenville, who won the Democratic nomina tion for Congress, carried Lau rens County Tuesday. Mann polled 2,618 votes and E. C. Bur nett of Spartanburg received 673 votes in the county. In the three-county Fourth Dis trict, Mann polled approximately 23,000 votes to about 18,000 for Burnett. Mann will face Republican Charles Bradshaw of Spartan burg in the November General Election. They are candidates for the post now held by Rep. Robert Ashmore who was not a candi date for re-election. * * * Robert Vance Rejoins PC Trustee Board Robert M. Vance of Clinton rejoins the Presbyterian College board of trustees and two lead ers have been named to the board for the first time as the result of recent actions by the Synods of South Carolina and Georgia. Vance, who served as trustee chairman for a record ten years (1957-67) and is president of Clinton Mills and M. S. Bailey and Son Bankers, begins a new board term as the successor to George Cornelson, vice-presi dent of Clinton Mills. The South Carolina Synod also has named Malcolm P. Niven of Greenville, president of the Carolina Manufacturing Co., to the PC board of trustees. At the time he was serving as chair man of the PC board of visitors. Niven succeeds another Green- villian, C. Douglas Wilson, presi dent of C. Douglas Wilson and Co. Meanwhile, the Georgia Synod has appointed as one of its 13 representatives to the Presby- terian College trustee lineup the Rev. Ben F. Moore, pastor of the St. Simons Island Presby terian Church. He replaces Dr. J. Walton Stewart, pastor of the Savannah First Presbyterian Church. * * *