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Support Your United Fund Clinton Chronicle Vol. 70 — No. 39 Clinton. S. C.. Thursday. October 3. 1968 Index Classified 6 Deaths 3-8 Editorials 10 Hospital News 6 Society 2 Sports 7 Three-Fourths Reported United Fund Drive Is Nearing Goal During the first week of the current drive for the 1968-G9 United Fund of Greater Clin ton three fourths f the goal of $45,003.00 has U>en raised. A report meeting was held Tuesday morning, Oct. 1, at the Chamtier f C uuniorce office to tally the results f the first week’s contributr ns. The final report meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday, < Ft. 8. Campaigning chairman Mrs. Frank Sherrill urges all solici tors to complete their solicita tions liefore the final meeting next Tuesday. Anyone who has not been contacted by a solici tor may mail their contributi ms to the United 1 und f Greater Clinton, The Chamlter ofCom- merce, IC x 3GG, Clmh Mrs. J. C. Thomas, gia V. Young. Mrs. Geor- Residential are - ’ll, s.c liNisioii wurker. 1 Area A Mrs. Miles V well Section 1 - Mrs. Winds' rWard, Mrs. Richard Gantt, Mrs. Wind sor Ward, Mrs. Hen Crabtree. Mrs. Milt' Whitmire. n Moore, Mrs. Dianne View From The Tower Shown in the picture above is Clinton’s business district as seen from atop the 316-foot Southern Bell Telephone micro-wave tower on South Broad Street. The tower currently is being painted by Petroleum Engineers Associates of Charlotte, N. C., which has a $5,150 contract for the project. The picture was taken by Jerry Holland with the assistance of representatives of Petroleum En gineers. The tower, built in 1960, carries long distance telephone conversations from (Ireenville to Chapin and points in between, in cluding Clinton. It has 18,420 voice circuits, meaning it can car ry that many conversations at one time through the air between towers. Southern Bell will add 100 voice circuits in November at a cost of $14,000, according to local Southern Bell Manager Ray Fernell. The tower also carries waves from five ETV channels and the three major television networks. County's PC Goal Set At $600,000 An unprecedented $600,000 goal toward the construction of Presbyterian College’s proposed physical education center is the Laurens County objective as this local area prepares to launch PC’s state-wide campaign for $2 million. County Chairman C. W. An derson of Clinton made the an nouncement today, less than two weeks before the October 14 kick off date. He said prevailing en thusiasm for the project made him optimistic the goal can be reached. Anderson pointed out that ef fective work already is underway on advanced special gifts. Larger corporations and foundations are being approached by the com mittee headed by Tom Addison, George Cornelson and David Meyers. They hope to make a pro gress report next week. The county campaign steering committee is scheduled to hold another meeting next Monday at 12:30 p.m. in Greenville Dining Hall on the PC campus. Leaders at that time will review the ef forts to date and make plans for the kickoff dinner the following Monday evening, at which the en tire working organization will assemble. Anderson said the $600,000 target represents a sizeable in crease over the $500,000 raised for Presbyterian College by the local area in a two-state drive held in 1962 and 1964. That cam paign, part of a total $1.8 million state-wide program for PC then, underwrote the total cost of Clin ton Hall women’s dormitory. The proposed new physical education center will replace the present PC gymnasium which has served as athletic headquarters for almost half a century. While the old facility is to be con verted for other student use, the new center will provide ample space for an expanding coedu cational student body and for varied community needs. Coach Gault To Address Local Merchants Section 2 - Mrs. Iiids n A. Davis, Mrs. Gan I etm, Mrs. D. H. McFadden, Mrs. Delmar Rhame, Mrs. Mi If rd Smith, Mrs. Tom Dance, Mrs Rol>ert Hanson, Mrs. I.ynn C ■ -per, Ir. \y Section 3 - Mrs. Robert Gmbe, Mrs. S. 1. Rlowden, Mrs. lames Kidd, Mrs. II, M. Young, Jr., Mrs. Richard Dubose, Mrs. Frank Audia. Area H Mrs. N land Suddoth Section 4 - Mrs. Ray Honson, Mrs. Bruce Murphy. Section 9 - Mrs. Bobby Mea dors, Mrs. i- red Crawford, Mrs. James Seawnght, Mrs. Paul Nye, Mrs. James Owens, Mrs. Wal ter Sigman, Mrs. S. C. Chaney, Jr., Mrs. John McBride. Section 8 - Mrs. T. Heath Copeland, Mrs. G. EdwardCamp- bell, Mrs. Rufus Sadler, Miss Nancy Owens, Mrs. A. L. Bix- ler. Area D Mrs. Marvin Manley Section 9 - Mrs. Talmadge Simmons, Mrs. Earl Horton, Mrs. W. B. Owens, Mrs. Moore- head Hughes, Mrs. JohnHarmon, Mrs. Talmadge Simmons. Section 10 - Mrs. Sam Mc Crary, Mrs. Tom Cooper, Mrs. Edgar Everett, Mrs. Henry Trammell, Mrs. J'»e Nixon, Mrs. William Dobbins, Jr., Mrs. James Pitts, Mrs. Mac Duncan, Mrs. William May. Area E Mrs. George C rley Section 11 - Mrs. H. E. Scott, Mrs. Roy Workman, Mrs. Addis T"dd. Section 12 - Mrs. Strom Ouarles, Mrs. Howard Dawkins, Mrs. Horner Jones, Jr. Section 13 - Mrs. John Gall- man, Mrs. Ernest Whiteford, Mrs. Earl Rice, Mrs. Carolus Davis, Mrs. Marvin Masters. Section 14 - Mrs. I. O. Ray, Mrs. C. D. Pitts, Mrs. W. C. Milam, Mrs. Harwood Nelson, Mrs. Clayte Ray. Area F Mrs. Truman Owens Sectn>n l r > - Mrs. Charles Huey. Section 1G - Mrs. Jack Pitts, Mrs. Earl Martin, Jr., Mrs. Eddie Ray, Mrs. Pat Lowe, Miss Ann Webb. Section 21 - Miss El rne Bur dette, Mrs. W. B. Blakely, Mrs. Fern Hardman. Section 2. mell. - Mrs. Alvin Trarr.- Area I B v Sc uts ?eoti Secti Mrs. J e n 24 H v.r- Secti n 25 Jeanette Be Craig, Mrs. land, Mrs. - Girl s 11, Mr Sweety r.-- r-e ut III - 110 Mrs. Maggie u C pe - A! rris. Section \1 - Mrs. Claude CD lie, Mrs. Mrs. Claude Howe, Howe, Mrs. Harold Huston Trammell. Secti m 26 - Clint n'A man’s Club, Mrs. Andv Harries, Mrs. A. D. Lancaster, Mrs. W. D. Terry, Mrs. Eva West, Mrs. Shirley W ils n, Mrs. Dennis Fal- law, Mrs. J. E. Allman, Mrs. George Th mps n, Mrs. EItert McCall, Mrs. Eva Land, Mrs. Nell Haggart, Mrs. Sarah Powers, Mrs. L 'Uie Wett, Mrs. Clyde Wehunt, Mrs. J. W. F w- ler, Mrs. Cecil W ten, Mrs. Ina B. H per, Mrs. Murray A- dams, Mrs. Sarah Wats n. Mrs. K. M. King, Mrs. Killene King, Mrs. Glen [> 'wns, Mrs. D- t Tum- blin, Mrs. R> y Lvdie, Mrs. Ma son Grubb, Mrs. S. B. names, Mrs. Edna Ost> rne, Mrs. Nellie O’Shields, Mrs. Mary Single;., Mrs. E. S. Jackson, Mrs. J. J. Mclnnis, Mrs. T m N rris, Mrs. Thelma Suttles, Lydia W man’s club, Mrs. W. E. Madden, Mrs. Laura Darby, Mrs. Frank Wal ker, Mrs. Edna Nelson, Mrs. Ralph Riddle, Mrs. Dav.dW rd, Mrs. Claxton Peece, Mrs. ?. ?. £ark, Mrs. Jesse Patters r., Mrs. Clyde Trammell. Mrs. Claude Gilstrap, Mrs. Glenn Gas kins, Mrs. Jim Bailey, Miss Roberta Prince, Miss Iris Hughes, Miss Yelda Farmer. Cally Gault, director of athle Area i C Mrs. Ben Ivev tics and head football coach, Presbyterian College, will lie the Section G - Mrs. Abit Alexan- speaker for the meeting of the der, Mrs, . J. Sloan Todd, Mrs. Merchants Division of the Clin Ned Handback, Mrs. I iarry ton Chamber of Commerce on Ayers. Tuesday morning. Section 7 - Mrs. Mike Marr, The meeting will lie held at the Mrs. Puri man Thomason, Mrs. Mary Musgrove Hotel beginning David Me orefield, Dr. M W. at 10 a.m. Bmwn, Mi rs. J. E. Jacobs, Sr., Section 18 - Mrs. Ves'tus We hunt, Mrs. Charlie Neal. Area G Mrs. Arnold Dixon Section 19 ley. Mrs. CharlesOak- Hollings Is Featured At Civic Club Meeting GROUND VIEW OF TELEPHONE TOWER Hufffstetler; Casque Promoted At Torrington Ellis C. Huffstetler has been promoted to Employee Relations Manager at The Torrington Com pany’s ClintonBearings Plant and Richard L. (Dick) Casque has been named Employment Manager. The promotions are effective Oct. 7, according to an announce ment by Ralph Tedards, regional personnel manager. 'Voters Service' Theme Of Project U. S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings will address the annual joint meeting of Laurens County civic clubs tonight. The meeting will be held at Esther Mitchell Wins Contest Esther Mitchell of 400 Aca demy St, Clinton, is the winner of last week's ball contest Chronicle foot- She missed only one selection out of 15 but her winning mar gin was provided on the tie breaker. She pickedChester over Clinton, 20-13. Chester won, 14- 7. Barry Hairston of 327 Poplar St, Clinton, also missed only one selection but he picked Clin ton over Chester, 20-0. She wins the $25 first prize and Hairston wins the second prise of $10. the Laurens County Fairgrounds and serving will begin at 7 p.m. A barbecue supper prepared by Walter Lynch of Mountville will be servei Sen. Hollings was in Clinton this morning, campaigning for re-election, and was to address the student body at Laurens High School later. The Clinton Rotary Club is in charge of this year’s civic club meeting. Charles Pitts is chair man of the event Jr. Achievement Interviews Set Interviews with Junior Achievement applicants will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium of Hampton Avenue School, according to Dr. Fred Chapman, director of the pro gram. He said that 110 students have applied to participate in the pro gram. Huffstetler’s primary respon sibilities will be in the adminis tration of employe benefits and activities, along with the direc tion of the plant safety program. Casque’s primary responsi bility will be in the selection and placement of personnel. Huffstetler, a native of New berry, is a graduate of New berry High School. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a member of the Fleet Marines. After his discharge from service, he became assist ant personnel director for the Clinton-Lydia Cotton Mills and later became personnel manager for Joanna CottonMills. He joined the Clinton Bearings Plant as assistant personnel manager after two years’ service with Jo anna Mills. A member of the Clinton Ex change Club, be is secretary of the Clinton Campfire Girls. He and his wife, Mary, have a teen age daughter, Sandy. Casque is a native of Clinton, HUFFSTETLER CASQUE graduate of Clinton High School and Erskine College. He was teacher and coach at Dillon High School prior to joining the Clin ton Bearings Plant in February, 1967, as employment supervisor. He is a member of S. C. Edu cation Association and The Lions Club. He and his wife, Delle, have a 2-1/2-year-old daughter, Ash ley. The Casques are members of Broad Street Methodist Church and the Huffstetlers are members of St. John’s Lutheran Church. Open House Set For New School Open house at the new Clin ton Elementary School on the Greenwood Highway will be held Sunday, Oct. 27. School District 56 Supt. R. P. Wilder said that further details will be announced later. “Voters Service’ will be the primary concern of the League of Women Voters of Laurens County in its study-action program this FaU. The League has placed a sign on the square in Clinton and another in Laurens reminding citizens of their civic duty to register so that they may exer cise their voting privilege. With Saturday, October 5, as a regis tration deadline, it is hoped that some of the several thousand qualified voters not yet re gistered will do so before Sat urday. The books are open in the Laurens County Courthouse Thursday and Friday from 9 to 5 o’clock and Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon. Registration by noon on Saturday is necessary before voting in the November election. Other services to voters planned by the county league in clude the placement of signs similar to the ones now in place, bearing the message “Vote To day* on each election day and the iisplay in stores and businesses if signs which remind voters hat “Your Vote Makes a Dif- erence’. League members will dis tribute 1500 copies of the Sep tember issue of “The National Voter* published monthly by the League of Women Voters of the United States. This issue will contain names of the presidential and vice presidential candidates, highlights of the national Party Platforms, and the what, why, and how of the Electoral College. Questionnaires to pinpoint stands on timely issues will be mailed to all candidates for the state legislature and for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from this area, and their answers will be published in the county newspapers prior to the election. All of the activities of the League of Women Voters are non partisan and all meetings of the local league are open to the pub lic. Anyone interested in govern ment at the local, state, or nat ional level is cordially invited to become a member. Area H Mrs. Boyd Holtzclaw Young's Crossroads Grading Scheduled The hill at the intersection of U.S. Route 76 and Road S-34 (Young’s Crossroads) will be graded as a safety precaution, according to State Sen. William C. (Bill) Dobbins. Dobbins said there has been considerable concern about the intersection, particularly in con junction with the four-laning of U.S. 76. He said he has been informed by State Highway Department officials that the grade will be lowered. Dobbins said the intersection now is a “blind intersection’ and is a safety hazard. REGISTRATION ENCOURAGED — Mrs. David Moorefield, president of the Laurens County League of Women Voters, discusses with Mayor Harry Layton the October 6 deadline for voter reg istration. The sign between them has been placed on the Southeastern side of the square as a re minder to those in the Clinton area. GEORGE BROCKESBROUGH Brockenbrough Accepts Position With Greenwood George B. Brockenbrough d Clinton has been named Direc tor of Electronic Data Prccess- ing for Greenwood Mills. The announcement was made by- Kenneth E. Young, Treasurer of the company. Brockenbrough had been Di rector of Data Processing for Clinton Mills. He had previously been a systems engineer for IBM Corporation in Atlanta. He served in the Army Ord nance School from 1954 until 1956. Brockenbrough is married to the former Mildred Dunlap, and they have three children, Mary Lee, 14; Mildred, 11 and Helen, 6. He is a graduate of Clemson University with a B. S. degree in agricultural engineering. The Brockenbrooghs attend First Presbyterian Church in Clinton, where he is a deacon and senior high Sunday School teacher. He is a director of the Clin ton Chamber of Commerce, and ▼ice president of the Greater Clinton United Fund. Former civic positions there included the ▼ice presidency and a director of the Clinton Krwanis CH> and of the Clinton Council of Camp Fire Girls. The Brockenbrough family plans to