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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
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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.
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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.”
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carried N . 2 by a 145-106 margin. f¥|lS. ^11611 III PIG 11160
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cincts in his race. He carried iv* ■ ■
No. 1 by 158-99; No. 2 by 177-
73; and Clinton Mill, 89-56.
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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.