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I » Growing With Clinton Clinton Cfjronitle Vol. 70 — No. 29 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 25, 1968 Index Classified 6 Deaths 2-8 Editorials 16 Society 2 Sports 7 it Look, Mom Tricentennial County Group Is Organized A state coordinator of the Tri- centennial Celebration said this week that Laurens County efforts in this l>ehalf are off to a good start. Carlee McClendon coordina tor of local events, statewide, for the Shite Tricentennial Com mission said after a tour of the county Tuesday that the county committee is “getting organized quite well. ” McClendon assists county committees in working up special events in connection with the South Carolina Tricentennial celebration which is scheduled in 1970. He met with six representa tives of the county committee Tuesday and toured some of the county’s historical sites, includ ing Rosemont tietween Waterloo and Cross Hill; the Musgrove House; Jeff Young House; Burnt Factory; site of the Battle of Musgrove Mill; Hayes Station; and site of the battle of Hammond’s Store. Dr. Marshall Brown, chairman of the county committee, said, “The tour was most fruitful and the owners were very coopera tive and gracious. We have seen considerable countywide interest in this program.” Attending Tuesday’s meeting, in addition to Dr. Brown, were Gen. Ansel Godfrey, co- chairman; and committee mem bers Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, Mrs. David P. George, Miss Edith Hellams and Mrs. Mary W. Mon roe, all of Laurens. Mrs. Monroe is secretary- treasurer of the county com mittee. Two Trains Cancelled On Monday Two passenger trains made their last stops in Clinton Mon day. Trains 15 and 16 were discon tinued after Monday’s run. Train 15 went from Hamlet, N.C., to Birmingham, Ala., and Train 16 made the reverse run. Train 15 had an 11:41 a.m. scheduled stop in Clinton and Train 16 stopped in Clinton at 6:55 p.m. The two trains were discontinued because Seaboard Coast Line official said they were losing money on those runs. Discontinuance of the two trains leaves Clinton with one passenger train service, the “Silver Comet", Nos. 33-34, which goes from New York to Birmingham and makes the re verse trip. The “Silver Comet" has a 10:11 p.m. Clinton stop go ing east and stops here at 2:35 a.m. going west. To compensate for the mail service lost by discontinuance of Trains 15 and 16, the Clinton area has been given two addi tional “Star Route’ mail runs to Spartanburg, which is a sectional mail center. The first “Star Route’ truck leaves Clinton at 11 a.m. and the second one leaves at 4:30 p.m. Already in effect were “Star Route’ runs at 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Clinton Postmaster Bill Adair said, “We have gradually takeh most of the mail off those two trains, in anticipation of the dis continuance. Actually, with the addition of the two ‘Star Routes’, we now have added service, par ticularly between here and Lau rens since the ‘Star Routes’ go to Laurens. They give us an earlier run in the afternoon." A ‘Star Route" is handled by a contract truck service from one point to another. Spartanburg is the sectional mail center which handles all mail for towns which have a rip code starting with 293. * * * Sen. Rollings Tentatively Named Civic Speaker U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC) has tentatively agreed to speak atthe LaurentCounty Civic Club meeting in October. The annual countywide meet ing of all civic clubs is sche duled Oct 3 at the Laurens Coun ty Fairgrounds. The Clinton Rotary Club is in charge of this year’s meeting. Sen. Boilings recently notified Ed Sadler, president of the Ro tary Club, that he would tenta tively accept the Invitation to address the meeting. * * * No Lines Other county committee mem bers are: LINES ELIMINATED—Power lines were removed from the comer of South Broad and Centennial to the S. Broad-East Carolina corner and the poles were removed Wednes day morning after the above pic ture was taken. The power lines were re-routed in the first stage of a complete electric sytsem re building program which is expect ed to take about three years. The above project was undertaken first because of the widening of South Broad Street in that area and also because the main feeder line was on a major highway. Clinton Utilities Supt. Ralph Holt said, “We don’t want main feeder lines on heavily traveled roads. If a pole gets clipped by a car, it may knock out service to an entire sec tion of town. The top picture was taken before the project started and the bottom picture was taken after the lines were removed.— (Photos by Truman Cwens) D. F. Patterson of Laurens; John P. (Phil) Southerland of Laurens; Mrs. Miles C. Clark of Waterloo; W. Paul Culbert son of Laurens; Mrs. Alice R. Davidson of Clinton; John P. Faris of Laurens; Mrs. J. T. Hollingsworth of Cross Hill; Wil liam P. Jacobs III of Clinton; Dr. M. A. Macdonald, Clinton; James T. Powell of Laurens; DavidS. Taylor of Laurens; Mrs. J. K. Waites of Joanna; Donny Wilder of Clinton; P. Bailey Wil liams of Laurens; C. K. Wright of Laurens; Thomas A. Babb of Laurens; and Mrs. DavidGarrett of Fountain Inn. Julian Bulick of Clinton, a member of the state Tricenten- nial Commission, serves in an advisory capacity to the county committee. * * * General Delivery Hours Curtailed Effective Saturday, July 27, the General Delivery window will be open from 8:30 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. to deliver mail regularly addressed to General Delivery patrons and to serve boxholders with notices to call for mail. This curtailment of Saturday window service was necessitated by limitations imposed on Post Office Department by Congress in Public Law 90 - 364. There will be no change in window hours currently provided on Monday through Friday. * * * ***■*»*»♦♦♦ **♦#.****♦♦**♦♦♦*♦•.♦♦* To Meet Namesake Miss Suzanne Watkins of Clin ton soon will meet her name sake in Belgium. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Watkins, she will leave this month on a tour of seven countries. During the tour, she will go to Liege, Belgium, for a short visit with the former Suzanne Leilure. Smm— Watkins’ father met the Leilure family in Belgium in 1944. Suzanne LeQure’s father was head of the Belgium under ground (FFE) (hiring World War II and Watkins visited in the Lei lure home often. When Suzanne Leilure’s fi ancee was liberated from a Russian prison camp, they were married on Watkins’ birthday. Watkins’ wife corresponded with Suzanne Leilure and they became long-distance friends. Mrs. Wat kins decided if she ever had a daughter, she would name her after Suzanne Leilure in return for the family’s friend ship for Watkins during the war. Miss Watkins is a junior at Winthrop College. » ¥ Hampton Heads Patrol In Laurens County Alvin W. Hampton, a native of Clinton, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant and has been placed in charge of the State Highway Patrol in Laurens County. Hampton succeeds Sgt. Grady Jones Jr. who was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to Chester. Patrolman James M. Vincent has been promoted to corporal and transferred to Laurens County from Westminster, succeeding Hampton. The promotions and transfers were effective July 21. Hampton is a veteran of 12 years with the State Highway Pa trol. He has served almost his entire tour in District Two, which includes Laurens County. Hamp ton will be in charge of a 13- patrolman force in the county. A 1953 graduate of Clinton High School, Hampton was an All- State linebacker and center on the football team. He also attended Presbyterian College. He is marriM to the former Shirley Asbill of Clinton and they have a daughter Callie Nan, 4. The Hamptons reside at 114 Pinehaven St., Laurens. * * * Greenwood Plants To Host Visitors GREENWOOD-Eighty-one su pervisory and staff employees of Fabric Services, Inc. in Orange burg will visit Greenwood Mills plants in Greenwood and Lau rens Counties Thursday and next Tuesday. Negotiations are under way for Greenwood Mills to acquire Fab ric Services, a dyeing and finish ing plant located on Highway 21 south, a few miles outside the City of Orangeburg. The groups will travel by air conditioned bus, and will tour plants currently producing fab rics being finished at Orange burg. During the morning, they will see Joanna Plants 14 and 16. Lunch will be served in the Jo anna Community Center. In the afternoon, the groups will visit the Sloan Plant below Ninety Six. Then, they will take a bus tour, seeing other plants operated by Greenwood Mills in Ninety Six and Greenwood. CHECK HISTORICAL SITES— Carlee McClendon, ri^ht toured historical sites in Laurens County in connection with the state Tricen tennial celebration. McClendon is coordinator of local events, state wide, for the rricenUumial Com mission. He is shown above with (ien. Ansel lb Godfrey, left, and Dr. Marshall Brown. Gen. Godfrey is co-chairman of the Laurens Coun ty Tricentennial Committee and Dr. Brown is chairman. — (Photo by Bill Quarles') ‘ Dist. 56 Ranks Low In Pupil Expenditures Laurens C untv G b» 11 nstrud 56 ranks at the l» tt m f it: region in per-pupilexpenditures, according to Superintendent p.p. Wilder. Addressing the ( pet 1 tar, Club Tuesday, the superintendent said the students wh d n't n to college are the tie: v.It .uv bemg hurt most by the tin.ui- cial situation. He pointed ut that about so per cent of the students in the district go on to college but he added, “It’s the other 50 per cent who need help. They’re Hie ones we aren’t doingenotighPt.” He said that District 56 is in Region Four which encompasses six counties: Cherokee, Green ville, Newlierry, Spartanbur , Union and Laurens. The average amount spent, per pupil, in the various c unties are: Spartanburg, from $288 to >:>4u; Greenville, $285; Newberry, $272; Union, $272; Cherokee, $258. District 56 (Clinton area in Laurens County spends $251 The Region average is$286.58, he said, and the national average is $533. The superintendent said that the local school system will have between $15,000 and $20,000 in indebtedness after this year, lie p’ anted ut that the asses-wl valuati 11 !! of the district is ubmit >8 millb n, with new figures b t» ;mn mired m tb- lusir future b\ tho 'imt\ audit i. !!■ aid "that tb- '1 ith-1 sim.im i roadinv pr cram b r children li u 1 vs mromo lamiln \s.ts raiireb-d this veal because the sch ■ J ystem is 'lithe ■■ deterred list” tiecause ' t i;on-ci,mpliance ■■utti HFW guidelines. He said, "We didn’t partici pate because we were t<>ld that we might hire teachers and set up the pr gram and then the funds might U' cut ft. We d<n't have local funds to finance such a pro 's ram. Pater, another official told us tlj.it nee federal rmmey b r the project was committed, it could n t be withdrawn. This wasn’t the first time that we have received differing opinions and advice from federal ffi- rials.” Concerning two school con struction pr' jects ii' w under way, lie said the new Clinton element ary School is scheduled forcom- pleti 'ii next week. The school is on a 16-acre campus and will accomodate 800 students. The school, t" cost about $930,000, will have 32 classrooms. One unusual feature of the school will be that it has no indoor corridors. All classrooms open onto covered walkways. He said that the c st f four classrooms was j aved by the design. The reii' vati n work at Martha bendy i-.ieinentary School was -eheduled bn' eompletn n before tin tut t the sclr ' 1 year but Mil n t be <" mpbded until a week r tw i .tfb i the Tart f school. The $105,000 Martha bendy pro ject ealb f r a new kitchen and t air additional classrooms. + * * Clinton Man Found After 6-Hour Search A Clinton man was the ob- |eot f a six-liuiir search in New- U'Itv C unty Sunday after his aut mobile was found wrecked near the Newberry-Laurens C "iinty Pine in the Lake Green wood vicinity. Wayne Templeton of Clinton, who is employed at Newberry Mills, Inc., was found at 2 p.m. Sunday about half a mile from where his car apparently had been wrecked nine hours earlier. Templeton apparently was suf fering from shock, according to law enforcement officers. He was taken to Bailey Memorial Hos pital in Clinton where he was treated and released. UF BUDGET COMMITTEE—Mem bers of the United Fund Budget and Admissions Committee are shown above after a July 17th meeting at which they conferred with representatives of participat ing agencies to determine alloca tions for the coming year. Shown above, first row, left to right, Mrs. R. E. Ferguson, Jr., Mrs. P. M. Pitts, Mrs. Frank Sherrill, and Chairman James Von Hollen; sec- and row, Calvin Reed, David My ers, Gen. Ansel Godfrey, Frank Welch; third row, President Don Creighton, Dave Rogers, and Oliver Green.— (Photo by Bill Quarles)