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CHS Hosts York Friday (Story, P;iK r t J 7) ®l)e Clinton Chronttle Index Vol. 70 — No. 37 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, September 19, 1968 CC Committee Studies Proposal For Merchants Clarified b Deaths 3-S Editorials 10 Hospital News :i Society 2 Sports < ARCHITECTS’ SKETCH OF PROPOSED PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTER Industrial UF Drive Opens The Industrial Division of Clin- t"n’s annual United Fund cam paign got underway Tuesday as the co-ordinators in each com pany met to receive campaign material and instructions in so liciting. Sixteen local firms were re presented at a coffee held Tues day morning Sept. 17 at the Mary Musgrove Hotel. Industrial Division Chairman, Calvin Reed commented on the help and cooperation he has re ceived from the local industry heads. He particularly mentioned Lynn Cooper, Jr. whom he said had contributed greatly in or ganizing this division. He ex pressed confidence that the goal will be achieved. Workers in the Industrial Di vision will be Ellis Huffstetler, Torrington; Calvin Cooper, Clin ton Mills; Frank Welch, C. W. Anderson Hosiery; Mrs. Pat Neal, Brookline Carpets; Mrs. Inez Ledford, Clinton Paper Box Plant; Mrs. Judy Starnes, Hall mark Shirt Co; Mrs. Bunny Cole man, Jacobs Brothers; David Bo land, E. L. Mansure; Ed King, Standard Plywood; Charles Ri mer, Ruby Enterprises; Clinky Winn, Zipper Trailer; Jim Addi son, Wometco Industries. County's Goal: New PC Physical Ed Center A new physical education cen ter for Presbyterian College will be the Laurens County objective as this area kicks off the col lege’s state-wide$2 million cam paign next month. That’s the announcement made jointly today by General Chair man Robert M. Vance' and County Chairman C. W Anderson, both of Clinton. They said the county working organization will be completed within the next week for this opening drive of PC’s greatest financial campaign in history. After the fall effort in Laurens County, the drive will be extend ed throughout the remainder of the South Carnttna Synod early next year. Other objectives be sides the physical education cen ter include a new library, in firmary and endowment additions to underwrite scholarships and faculty salary increases. the county determined that the physical education center would be a popular objective for the local area--not only because of the urgent need but also because of what the availability of such facilities will mean to county adults and young people. Their joint statement added: “The present LeRoy Springs Gymnasium has stood as an ex ample of excellence in physical training at PC for 48 years. It was built for a student body one- third the size of the current en rollment and without regard for coeducation. Today, with in creasing intramural emphasis bringing 85 percent of the stu dent body into sports activity and with 202 women among the 711 students on campus, this gymna sium is clearly inadequate.” The new physical education center will be situated on the newly developed east plaza, at the far end opposite Richardson Science Hall. It will include a main basketball area capable of seating 3,000 persons, a women’s activity and basketball court, visiting dormitory area for pros pective students and visiting ,teams, offices, classrooms and equipment area, handball and squash courts. It also will serve as an ROTC center in providing classroom and office space for the military unit, and a standard rifle range. A three-man committee was appointed Tuesday to study the proposed organization of a Clin ton Merchants and Business men’s Association. The committee was appointed by Dr. Louis Stephens, Chamber of Commerce president, at a meeting of the Chamber Board of Directors. Members of the committee are Joe Holland, chairman of the Chamber’s Merchants Division; I. Mac Adair; and Stephens. They are to look into the pro posal and see how it can best operate---as an agency of the Chamber of Commerce or as an organization separate from the Chamber of Commerce. The association has been pro posed to promote Clinton as a shopping and business district. It would collect dues from asso ciation members and would use the funds in promotions and in salary for someone to handle the promotions. It also would offer a credit service to encourage col lections of past due accounts. As originally proposed, it would be required that a firm be a mem ber of the Chamber of Commerce before it would be elegible to join the association. The Chamber of Commerce Merchants Division now operates as a committee which looks to the Chamber of Commerce for its finances. In other action at the Chamber of Commerce Board of Direct ors meeting, it was agreed that Dr. Stephens write a letter to City Council expressing support for the proposed new city hall. Growing Pains Hit City Electrical System If your lights dimmed recently for lack of electrical pnwer, ymi probably can chalk it up G muni cipal growing pains. Bob Carroll, an electrical en gineer with Harwood Bigbee Co., The two chairmen pointed out that leaders from Clinton, Lau rens, Joanna and other parts of ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ * A Cornerstone Message * The record says, “For five years, through the kindness of the Commercial Club and the Ma sonic Order of Clinton, the con gregation has been permitted to use their halls and have had re gular services twice a month.” On Dec. 27, 1925, the Rev. M.R. Wingard presided over the laying of the cornerstone of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Clinton. Swygert, Mrs. Brooks Swygert, B. E. Wilson. A box containing information about the times was placed in the cornerstone. Last Sunday, almost 43 years later, Dr. E. B. Keisler pre sided over the opening of the cor nerstone and the box it contained. The box was placed in the cor nerstone of the new St. John s Lutheran Church on the Green wood Highway this week. The new St. John’s Church will have opening ceremonies on Oct. 13 and the dedication is sche duled Nov. 3. The 43-year-old cornerstone box opened Sunday contained a New Testament, a copy of “The Lutheran’ magazine of Dec. 24, 1925 a copy of The Clinton Chron icle of Dec. 24, 19 2 5;handwritten record of the church; a copy of the cornerstone service program; a 1925 “Stone Mountain 50-cent coin; and a list of the Confed erate War veterans living in and around Clinton on that date. There were 13 Confederate soldiers listed: R. P. Adair Sr.; i w Copeland Sr.; Dr. J. w. Young; M. L. Peavy; W. L. Aber crombie; R. J- c °P! la ° d s f':j A M. Copeland; R. Z. Wright; u p Blakely; T. F. Milam; J. Frank Copeland; W. H. McCrary; and Irby Chandler. The note also says that the old est citizen of Clinton “at this The church was organized with 21 charter members. They are listed as follows: Ira C. Bo land, Mrs. Ira C. Boland, R. W. Boland, R. I. Boland, J. D. Bo land, Mrs. J. D. Boland, John Finkbeiner, Mrs. John Fink- beiner, R. R. Finkbeiner, Mrs. R. R. Finkbeiner, R. O. Huff man, L. V. Pinson, Mrs. L. V. Pinson, Dr. F. K. Shealy, Mrs. F. K. Shealy, O. H. Shealy, O.L. Shealy, H. F. Shealy, Brooks On Oct. 15, 1925, bids were received on the proposed build ing. The low bid was $9,075 and the contract was awarded to D. A. andJ. E. Cannon. The record concludes: “Truly God has been good to St. Johns Lutheran congregation and we are grateful to Him for His tender mercies and we pray that many souls may be saved through this church and that this community and the whole world may be benefited by St. John’s Lutheran Church.” Ramage Is Semifinalist In Merit Program Clinton High School principal Wilmot Shealy has announced that Albert A. (Gus) Ramage has been named a semifinalist in the 1968- 69 National Merit Scholarship Program. The 15,000 Semifinalists ap pointed tnday are among the na tion’s most intellectually able high school seniors and will com pete for some 3,000 Merit Scho larships to be awarded in 1969. The Semifinalists were the highest scorers in their states on the National Merit Scholar ship Qualifying Test, given last February in 17,500 schools nat ionwide. They constitute less than one per cent of the graduating secondary school seniors in the United States. The Semifinalists show high promise for leadership in their adult careers, according to John M. Stalnaker, president of the National MeritScholarshipCorp- oration. "They have already de monstrated both high intellectual capacity and a readiness to de velop their abilities,” he said. Agnew Addresses Wallace Rally In Courthouse LAURNES - Hugh Agiu-w f Anderson County described George Wallace as the p diti- cal candidate for presient who "can save the countrv---but he cannot do it by himself.’’ Speaking at a Wallace rally at tended by about 100 people M n- day night at the Laurens County Courthouse, Agnew said, “Nixon and Humphrey say that rioting is caused by poor people seeing what they don’t have and want ing it. . . Wallace says ri ts are caused by people wh want what they see and taking it lie- cause they know they won’t be punished.” Agnew said that “The threat Society” is rewarding the ri tors and in some cases subsidizing: them. t Id the Clinton Rotary Club Tuesday, “The percent of growth ui this area in this decade is phe- nominal. You have outstripped the planning for your system and you outstripped the planning of the power producer, Duke Power Co. Your Utility Dept, has done a remarkable job under emer gency c< inditions.” Carroll, who is conducting a study of the situation for the city, said that it was anticipated that Clinton would have a peak de mand of 7,000 kilowatts by 1974. Early this month, the city hit a peak demand of 11,232 kilo watts. The city simply didn’t have the facilities and lines to keep up with the demand and maintain a canstant level of electrical power. Carroll said the increased electricity demand can be attri- buted to growing industry and business and to the recent heat wave which caused high resi- dential demand for air condition ing. He said most cities figure to double their demand every 10 years. However, Clinton showed a 4-1/2 per cent increase in 1964; 23 per cent in 1965; 19 per cent in 1966; 16-1/2 percent in 1967; and 35 per cent in 1968. Carroll said, “There are a number of things which can lie done to remedy the situation. W’e will give City Council sev eral alternatives to consider. “Generally, we feel you should continue the high voltage loop which has been started around the city (from Lydia Mill to Whit ten Village). You could complete the loop with more substations. W’hatever you do will require some investment.” Carroll said, “You have ample time to take action on this but something should be done before next summer’s loads hit.” Clinton Mayor Harry Layton and members of city council were special guests at the luncheon meeting. John Bingham, director of the Clinton YMCA, was inducted as a new member of the Rotary Club. Courthouse Needs, Costs Explained The need for a new Laurens County Courthouse were pointed out Tuesday night at a meet ing designed to acquaint county ifficials and civic club leaders with the courthouse referendum. m The referendum will be held conjunction with the general Agnew', president of the Fed- election in November eral Farm Bureau f 17 years and now retired, was introduced by P. M. Clements of Charles ton, a graduate ul Presbyterian College. There will lie three questions n the ballot-. “These students deserve cre dit and honor. They bring honor to their families, who deserve much credit, as do their teachers and their communities. Their fu ture success, however, will de pend increasingly upon their abil ity to become productive it the GUS RAMAGE JR. high intellectual levels of which they are capable.” Semifinalists must advance to Finalist standing to be consider ed for Merit Scholarships, since all winners will be selected from the Finalist group. Semifinalists become Finalists by receiving the endorsement of their schools, submitting scores from a second examination, and providing infor mation about their achievements and interests. Every Semifinalist who be comes a Finalist will be con sidered for one of the 1,000 Nat ional Merit $1000 Scholarships, allocated by state. Clements is state coordinator of the Wallace campaign. Concerning a recent Wallace rally which attracted 6,000 peo ple in Columbia, Clements said, “What has happened in Columbia has happened many turn s ver the country.” He also said, "This is y- tir effort, your country, your free dom.” Charles Johnson 1 f Clint n, Laurens County Wallace cam paign director, presided at the meeting and Robert Wickham f Clinton gave the invocation. ★★★★★★★★ Tie-Breaker The tie-breaker in this week’s Chronicle football contest is in correctly listed. The tie-breaking game should be Clinton vs Chester. Persons entering the contest should pre dict the final score of the Clin ton-Chester game. (1) Do you favor construction of a new courthouse on the site f the old Laurens Elementary School, at a cost not to exceed $1.8 million 0 (2) Do you favor renovation of the present courthouse and con struction of a new county office building, at a cost not to exceed $2 million? (3) these'. !)o you favor neither of This week’s contest is on page 11. ★★★★★★★★ If Proposal No. 1 is success ful, it was estimated that it would cost the average taxpayer atx»ut $10 per year. It was estimated that a $1 8 million bond issue would require a 10-mill tax levy the first year and the levy would deminish each year thereafter. Rep. David Taylor said that the last county bonds issued were in 1956 for road construction and that the county now has only a two-mill levy to bond debts. He said, “We can afford it (Pro posal No. 1).” Architect Niles Jackson said the proposal calls for 53,000 square feet of useable area. The current courthouse has 10,930 square feet of useable area and does not include facilities for the sheriff’s office and jail. date is Mr. M. S. Bailey, who was 84 y® 115 old 0D N ° V ' 9 ' 1925. The next oldest being R. P. Adair Sr. who was 84 years old on Dec. 19, 1925.” The record of the church says that on Sunday, July 10, 1920, the Rev. A. J. Bowes, D. D., organized St John’s Lutheran congregation. OVERMATCHED—Margaret Marshall Berry of Route 2, Clinton, was injured last week when her small car, shown at right above, collided with a transport truck on U. S. 76 at Young’s Crossroad. The small car was making a left turn at the intersection when the truck struck it. The small car was pushed 97 feet, sideways. Daniel Martin John of Lake Thonotosasaa, Fla., driver of the truck, was charged with passing unlawfully. Mrs. Berry, a secretary at C. W. Anderson Co., was reported “doing fine” in Bailey Memorial Hospital Wednesday. The accident ocurred Sept. 11 at 12:40 p.m. and was investigated by Patrolman Charles Neal.—(Photos by Jerry Holland) The proposed site has 7-1/2 acres and the current site has less than two-thirds of an acre. Jackson said there would be ample parking space on the pro posed new site. Jackson also said that if Pro posal No. 2 is supported by the voters, it would cost more to fix up the current courthouse and construct an office building than it would to build a new court house. He said demolition costs would be extremely high in re novating the current courthouse. Speaking in favor of Proposal No. 1, CountyCommissionChair- man Furman Thomasson said, “We have come to the point where something must be done. The most practical thing to do is build a new courthouse on the Laurens Elementary School property which the county has an option on. ” County Treasurer Allen Cole man said, "We don’t have enough space to work enough people to operate efficiently.” C iunty Auditor Genevive Cul- bertson pointed out that the county’s property assessment valuation has increased over $6 million since 1962. She said this year’s valuation will top$20 mil lion which is an increase of $1.3 million over last year. She also said, “I wish every body in this county would take a tour of the current courthouse facilities and see for themselves what the needs are. Probate Judge Hewlett Wasson stressed the need for more stor age space for records. He said, “They say this courthouse is a fire trap and if a fire even hits it, we’U lose many, many valu able records, such as wills, pro perty transfers and marriage li censes. Folks would spend more on lawyers’ fees, getting things untangled, than they would have to pay for the new courthouse. Sheriff Eugene Johnson also spoke in favor of the new court house saying, “We desperately need a sheriff’s department where all of our facilities are under one roof. Right now, we’re scattered all over town. * About 30 people attended the meeting which was presided over by Rep. Paul Culbertson. Whitten Village Bam Bums A dairy barn at Whitten Vil lage was destroyed by fire Tues day afternoon. The alarm was sounded at about 3:40 p.m. and Clinton City fire trucks answered the call. Two fire trucks were called to help contain the blaze and keep it from spreading to nearby build ings. No injuries were reported.