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Index Growing With Clinton tEjje Clinton Chronicle Vol. 70 — No. 28 Clinton. S. C., Thursday. July 18, 1968 Classified 6 Deaths 8 Editorials 10 Society 2 Sports 7 NOT TOO BUSY — Poll work ers weren’t too rushed Tuesday in the Democratic primary as only about half the registered voters went to the polls. Shown above at the City Hall Precinct are, left to right, Mrs. Earl McElhannon, Mrs. Billy Pitts and Mrs. Simon Pitts. (Photo by Bill Quarles) Vance Named Chairman Bragg, Oxner Win Council Nominations Veteran City Councilman Lynn Cooper Sr. was defeated Tuesday in the municipal Democratic Pri mary. Political newcomer Dewey Ox ner defeated Cooper 348 - 30 3 in the primary in which only 1,303 voters cast ballots. Approxi mately 3,000 voters were eligi ble to participate in the pri mary. lncum(>ent Fred Bragg Jr., the current mayor pro tern, defeated George N. King Jr. 424- 228. Bragg represents Ward three and Oxner was n- initiated from Ward Four. Bids Opened On 76 Project Sloan Construction Co., Inc., of Greenville entered the ap parent low bid Tuesday on the four-laning of U.S. Highway 76 east of Clinton. Sloan Construction entered a bid of $318,053.35. There were four bids entered on the project. The State HighwayCommission was to meet today to consider bids. First Baptist To Sponsor Revival Series After the contract is awarded by the commission and after rights-of-way havetieensecured, the successful bidder will have 180 working days to complete the project. That total excludes Sat urdays, Sundays and holidays. Taking bad weather into consid eration, also, it is expected that the project will take 10 to 12 months to complete. The U.S. 76 project calls for widening to four lanes from the end of the curb and gutter just east of Clinton to state secondary system road S-34 at the indus trial parkbetweenClintonandJo- anna. Unopposed in the primary were Harry C. Laybui h>r mayor; Boyd W. Holtzclaw, Ward 1; Truman Owens, Ward 2, George W. Bag- well, Ward 5; and TalmadgeSan ders, Ward 6. Layton will face incumlient Mayor Noland Suddetli, a Repub lican, in the Aug. 13 municipal general election. The Democratic councilmen are unopposed in the general election. Oxner, a native ' f Clinton, is employed in the Lngineering Dept, at Monsanto in Greenwood. Cooper, a Clinton business man, served eight two-year terms on City Council Bragg was nominated for his second consecutive term on coun cil. He is a representative of Pilot Life Insurance Co. Oxner carried two of the three precincts m defeating Cooper. Oxner led 140-116 in No. 1 and FRED BRAGG DEWEY OXNER ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ HOW THEY VOTED Alderman Ward 3 Ward 4 Precincts u u 2 cc King Sm e ^ x ^ r*\ w Cooper Clinton Mill r/ Sb / O 2 Clinton No. 1 /y$ c t c i l^fo / / 6 Clinton No. 2 1/7 / o L Total + if m ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Of PC Fund Campaign Robert M. Vance, Clinton banker-industrialist, will serve as general chairman of Presby terian College’s $2 million capi tal funds campaign scheduled to begin in South Carolina this fall, President Marc C. Weersing an nounced today. Plans already are underway to start in the local Laurens County area and then move to other parts of the South Carolina Synod in early 1969. Dr. Weersing said this cam paign will be the largest single financial drive yet undertaken by PC jind by the Presbyterian churches of the state, exceeding the 1962 campaign which produced $1.8 million for Presbyterian College. Vance also was state wide chairman of that record ef fort. ROBERT VANCE In accepting the leadership of this new campaign, Robert Vance will take time from a busy sche dule that includes the presidency of both Clinton Mills and M.S. Bailey and Son, Bankers. He has served the past year as presi dent of the South Carolina Tex tile Manufacturers Association and is a farmer head of the South Carolina Bankers Association. Now back on the PC board of trustees, after l>eing rotated off a year, Vance resumes a posi tion he held for 15 years. The last ten of those, as board chair man, formed the longest tenure of any who have served and pro duced the most outstanding de cade of achievement in PC history In recognition of his contributions to the business world and to Christian higher education, Presbyterian College last May bestowed upon Robert Vance the honorary doctor "f hu manities degree. PC Ranks 4th In U S. In Alumni Giving Presbyterian College ranks fourth nationally in total alumni giving among small private co educational colleges, the Ameri can Alumni Council and the Coun cil for Financial Aid to Educa tion announced today. This year’s joint report showed $180,500 contributed to all areas of the PC program by its alumni. Presbyterian also finished in the top ten in the number of alumni donors to its Annual Giving ef fort, with 1,080 contributors. rent operations and capital im provements, he said, but it also has encouraged mounting support from foundations and corpora tions. The American Alumni Council and the Council for Financial Aid to Education, in compiling their 70-page brochure on “Voluntary Support of Education,” reported on findings from 1,243 institu tions. * * * Tax Boards Hold Meeting Members of the newly appoint ed Laurens County Board of Assessment Control and the Board of Appeals met Tuesday night with the Laurens County Legislative Delegation. Purpose of the meeting w'as to instruct members of the two boards concerning their duties. The nine-member Board of Assessment Control will be in charge of the county’s tax re valuation program. One of the board’s first duties will be to hire a tax assessor. The delegation did not release the names of the members of the board since several members had not formally accepted the ap pointment by Tuesday. The five-member Board of Ap peals will hear and rule on appeals from decisions of the Assessment Board. Members of the Board of Appeals are Tommy Todd, Johnny Powers and Johnny Paris, all of Laurens, and Charles Johnson and Donny Wilder of Clinton. It marked the fourth consecu tive year that Presbyterian Col lege has ranked among the nat ional leaders for alumni giving among small colleges. In 1967, PC received the first place nat ional award for improvement presented by the United States Steel Foundation and American Alumni Council. President Marc C. Weersing, in expressing appreciation for the outstanding alumni giving record, said this support has been in strumental in the forward pro gress of Presbyterian College. Not only has it undergjrded cur- Dr. Brown To Head Commission Dr. Marshall Brown, former president of Presbyterian Col lege, has beetrnamed chairman of the Laurens County Tricentennial Commission. i The commission will be in charge of the tricentennial cele bration in Laurens County which will be part of a state-wide ob servance. An evangelistic meeting will be held in the First Baptist Church of Clinton loginning on Sunday evening August 11 and continuing through Friday, Aug ust 16. Services will begin each evenL 7 at 7:30 Dr. Julian Cave, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Athens, Ga., will preach and Mr. J. E. Martin of Clinton will lead the congregational singing. The public is invited to attend. The Rev. J. H. Darr is pastor of the local church. * * * Police Seek Teenager Clinton Police were continu ing their search Wednesday for a teen-age Negro boy in connec tion with an incident on Young Drtve. Police said the boy reportedly was hired by a lady to cut the lawn at her residence. A few minutes after he was hired, the youth reportedly came into the house and grabbed the woman. She screamed and ran out of the house. A neighbor called police but the youth escaped before they arrived. The boy was described as being small and about 15 or 16 years of age. New School Year Opens On Aug. 22 Get busy with vacation activi ties, young people, the new school year is only a little over amnnth away Students in Laurens County School District 56 will report to school Aug. 22. Short schedules will be in effect on both Aug. 22 and 23. Teachers report on Aug. 19 for in-service training through Aug. 21. The regular schedule will be gin Aug. 26 when the first school lunches will be served. Sept. 2 will tie the first of five holidays as schools close for Labor Day. Thanksgiving Holidays are scheduled Nov. 28-29andChrist- mas Holidays begin on Dec. 18. Students will return to class on Jan. 2. New Year’s Day also is a holiday. Easter Holidays are scheduled April 7-11. Commencement exercises are scheduled May 25 and the last day of the school tenp is May 28. New State Vote Law Is Explained If you are Inactive as a voter, your name may be taken off the voter registration books, accord ing to a new state law. The question of the new law came up this week in connection with Clinton's municipal Demo cratic Primary, and this is the way it was explalnedby a spokes man for the Laurens County Re gistration Office. If you fail to vote in two con secutive general elections, you will receive a registered letter from the State Registration Board, informing you that your name is to be removed from the registration lists. You have 20 days in which to appeal. If you fail to vote in two straight general elections but cast your vote in a primary in between, your name will remain on the voter books. Village — PC Program Is Whitten A $30,000 grant has been re ceived by Presbyterian College to establish a program in special education in cooperation with nearby Whitten Village, state in stitution for exceptional children, President Marc C. Weersing an nounced today. He said the grant comes from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation of Winston-Salem, N.C., to be paid over three years at the rate of $10,000 per year. The first payment is scheduled for next December 15, according C. Archie. Dr. Weersing pointed out that PC this summer inaugurated three courses in special educa tion available for either grad uate or undergraduate credit. The popular acceptance of these courses underscored the findings of a recent study which indicated the immediate need for an addi tional 1,300 teachers in this field in South Carolina. At present there are only 600 teachers train ing in the area of mental re tardation. President Weersing added: “The need for teachers for edu- cable and trainable mentally re tarded individuals is expected to become more acute in the next five years. As individuals be come more cognizant of the pro gress which can be made In the area of mental retardation, there will be an increased demand for instructors qualified to teach mentally retarded children.’’ With the $30,000 grant now available, Presbyterian College plans to develop a comprehensive program in special education over the next few years. Dr. Claude H. Cooler, chairman of the psychology department, has been instrumental in initiating the pro gram in cooperation with Super intendent RoyB. Suber andTrain- ing Director William B. Timmer man, both of Whitten Village, and W. Owens Corder, chief super visor of the state’s program for exceptional children. Dr. Suber expressed his view of the program in these words: “The staff at Whitten Village is greatly encouraged by the pro spect of Presbyterian College’s establishing coursework leading to teacher certification in the field of mental retardation. We welcome the opportunity for par ticipation and believe that to gether we can provide an import ant service to the state. By the end of this fiscal year Whitten Village will have 2,800 residents and an employee staff of 1,100. One of the most serious prob- Planned lems confronting us at this time is the recruitment of trained per sonnel, including teachers, who are in such short supply through out the state.” Corder, speaking for the state department of education, also emphasized the need. He said: “Presently we are initiating 250 to 300 special education classes. At least three-fourths of these are taught by teachers with little or no training in the area of special education. I feel that you are in a strategic position at Presbyterian College because of the large facility at Whitten Vil lage which can be used for prac- ticum experience.” 102-42 at Clintnn Mill. Cmper AA„ M ,, J carried N . 2 by a 145-106 margin. f¥|lS. ^11611 III PIG 11160 Bragg lei in all three pre- Up 00111001011 0^1011X11011 cincts in his race. He carried iv* ■ ■ No. 1 by 158-99; No. 2 by 177- 73; and Clinton Mill, 89-56. * * * Harris Helps 'Plug In' Republicans Harold Harris of Clinton will help "plug in” the ReuybUcaa Convention at Miami Beach, Fla. Harris is one f about 650 Southern Bell Telephone Company employes wlioare help ing to set up the communications system for the convention. Mrs. Frank Sherrill will serve as campaign chairman of the 1968 drive of the United Fund of Greater glinton, Inc., Don G. CreighlWMlnounced this week. Miss Sherrill liegan her act ivities in the United Fund by serving as a solicitor for sev eral years. She has since served as a member of the Board of Directors, 1966 - 1968;Chairman of the Residenttaf Division In 1966* Chairman of the Commer cial Division in 1967 and a mem ber of the Budget Committee in 1967 and 1968. A native TSarasota, Fla., Mrs. Sherrill is a graduate of Duke University. It’s quite an undertaking. Ttie workers will install more than 6,000 extra telephones, 300 teletypewriter machines and 35 switchboards at Miami Beach. Harris will help with the switchboard installations. In all, by the convention date, Southern Bell will have placed more than 200,000 circuit miles of video and exchange cable in Miami Beach. This network will funnel news to approximately 9,700 newspapers, more than 6,000 radio stations, and about 800 TV stations. In addition to her UF activi ties, Mrs. Sherrill has served two terms as membership chairman and one term as president of the Community Concert Asso ciation. She served as a team captain in the 1968 membership drive for the YMCA and is a past vice president of the Hamp ton Ave. P.T.A. She assisted in the Jaycees 1968 Miss Clinton Pageant and is a member of the Clinton Community Chorus, Whitten Village Volunteers and Clinton Cotillion Club. She at tends the First Presbyterian Church where she is a choir member. Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill, resi dents of Clinton for 12 years, MRS. SHERRILL have three children and make their home on Chestnut Street. In a statement this week Mrs. Sherrill said, “Clinton and the surrounding area have made an outstanding record in the United Fund drives for the past several years. In doing so we have proved ourselves to be a community that cares - that is interested in the welfare of its fellowman. This is a record we are proud of an<f one well worth retaining. This year we have a challenge and an opportunity. I am confident that we will rise to the oppor tunity and meet the challenge.” TOUR EUROPE — Miss Mary Bailey Vance, left, and Miss Sarah Lynn Wysor, right, currently are touring Europe. They are among a group of college students on a spec ial tour during which they will visit in Portugal, Spain, France, the Riv iera, Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Ger many, Holland, Belgium, England and Scotland. They sailed on the Greek Line’s Queen Anna Maria from New York and will return on the Queen Elizabeth Aug. 5. Miss Vance is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Vance and Miss Wy sor is the daughter of Mrs. Robert E. Wysor and the late Mr. Wysor.