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Growing With Clinton INDEX Clarified _ ^ 6 Deaths 3-7 Editorials 14 Hospital News 19 Society 2 Sports 22 NOVEMBER SNOW^Some Presbyterian Col lege coeds gather ammunition for a snowball fight Monday night as the (Minton area was pep pered with a four-inch snow. The snow started about 6 pm. and the precipitation turned to rain about 11 p.m.— (Photo by Jerry Holland.) Laurens Area Opens PC Fund Drive While the “Up With People” group was in Clin ton, a Japanese girl who was a member of the cast, stayed with Col. and Mrs. Powell Fraser. While there, she met Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gantt. Tht^ group moved on to Greenville and the girl was assigned to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gantt. Bill is Richard’s identical twin brother. The girl, who speaks little English, was highly confused for a day but she didn’t say anything. Finally, the second day, she asked something like, “How come you live two places?” • • • * » Stan Finch was a big hit last week at a supper meeting of the Presbyterian College Board of Visi tors and some Clinton folks. The public relations director for Texize and a popular after-dinner speaker, Finch told of going to a housewarming where the hostess was making a big production of showing guests around her large new home. When the tour got to the bathroom, the hostess said, “And this is the Master Bath.” Finch said, “I almost choked whgn she said Master Bath’. ’Cause I knew where she came from and I knew that when she was growing up, the way to get to her ‘Master Bath’ was on a path between two rows of green beans, was there that she learned the difference between wasps and dirt daubers,” • • • • • Mr*. Rhett P. Adair says-she felt the earth- quak( tremors which hit parts of the Eastern Seaboard Saturday. She was doing some painstaking work at her kitchen table shortly after noon Saturday When the table began shaking. She says it’s tough to do watercolorwork in the middle of earthquake tremors. Fortunately, it didn’t last long. FRASER HONORED—Presbyterian College De velopment Director Powell A. Fraser, left, was honored by the PC Board of Visitors last week end at their ninth annual meeting. Fraser was presented a cup, by Board Chairman M. P. Niven of Greenville, for his outstanding service to the board. Laurens area leader ship points toward a local drive within the next ten days for Presbyterian College to complete a $600,000 county objective as the kickoff of PC’s state-wide $2 million campaign. Already, the Clinton area has secured $466,260 in behalf of the Laurens County objective of a new physical education center for PC. Work continues in Clinton and picks up among college faculty and staff members with a special drive this week, and together they are expected to push the total even higher. Spearheading the preparations to throw Laurens area support behind the vitally needed objec tive are these members of the steering committee: Bob Erwin, P. W. McAllister, Dr. Ben Or- mand, Phil Sutherland, Tommy Todd and Judge J. Hewlette Was son. They met this Tuesday night to complete plans for the work ing organization and other de tails for the conduct of the pro gram over the next three weeks. The Laurens County effort is the first move of a state-wide drive to raise a minimum $2 million for Presbyterian College during the next six months. When the campaign is taken to the re mainder of South Carolina, be ginning next January, it will have its other objectives a new li brary building, infirmary and en dowment funds. * * * Satterfields Strike Again The Satterfields believe in keeping the winnings in the femily. This week’s winner of The Chronicle's football contest is Fred Satterfield of 207 Florence St. Last week, his wife, was the winner. Satterfield won this week’s $25 first prize by selecting 12 winners in 15 predictions and then coming closest on the tie-breaker prediction. Erskine Knight of400 Academy St. also missed only three predictions but he pre dicted the tie-breaker score at Appalachian 26, Presbyterian 14. Satterfield predicted it at Appala chian 35, PC 15 so he was closest to the 41-6 margin. Knight wins the $10 second prize. N. BROAD AND ? . . .’E. Main’ Covered Commission Injunction Hearing Today A hearing is scheduled today, Nov. 14, on an injunction issued against Laurens County Super visor Furman Thomason and County Commissioners. The injunction, issued by Cir cuit Judge Robert W. Hayes of Rock Hill, enjoins Thomason and the commissioners from using county labor, materials or money “for the building, or maintenance or improvement of any private property, drive-ways, etc.” The hearing is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. in the courthouse. Judge Hayes issued the tem porary injunction last week at the behest of a petition filed by* George A. Reid, J. Ben Hunter and J. W. Dowd, all building contractors. Thomason said he was served with the order late last Wednes day and that the injunction grew out of $65,000 civil action suit filed against the county board of commissioners last spring. The suit was dismissed Oct 29 in a closed-door hearing before Judge Hayes. Long To Address Clinton Kiwcmions Newly elected State Sen. John D. Long HI will be featured speaker tonight, Thursday, at the regular meeting of the Clinton Kiwanis Club. Sen. Long was elected last week to occupy Seat No. 1 instate Senatorial District No. 5 which includes Laurens, Newberry and Union counties. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. at Mary Musgrove Hotel. Early Four-Inch Snow Pretty—But Dangerous but we just had so many out of An unseasonal snow, estimated at about four inches in depth, blanketed the Clinton area Mon day night. It brought with it a holiday mood but that quickly changed as tree limbs began snapping under the weight of the heavy snow, bringing down power lines inmost sections of the town. The snow started around 6 p.m. and continued until about 11 p.m. when the precipitation changed to rain. The rain was a blessing for City Utility Dept, crewmen and policemen who were trying to keep electrical power flowing through the city and also were fighting the dangers of fallen live wires. Clinton Mayor Harry Layton said, “From 10 p.m. until mid night was an extremely critical period. There were live wires down all over the city. Reports of fallen lines came into the Police Department and Utility Department as fast as the desk men could answer the telephone.” Utility Dept. Superintendent Ralph Holt said that at one time there were over 200 reports of fallen lines which needed atten tion. He said “At one time, only about 15 per cent of our elec trical system was still in work ing order.' He said, “Normally, snow doesn’t bother our power system. However, this was such an early snow that leaves were still on the trees. The leaves caught the snow, limbs broke and brought our wire down with them.* Layton and Assistant Chief Horace Horton dispatched all a- vailable policemen to stand guard over dangerous live wires. Layton said, “The situation eased some by 1 a.m., thanks to the rain which washed the snow off the trees. * and Tuesday and Holt expected to have “everything straightened out’ by Wednesday morning. Holt reported that his crews suffered no injuries. In addition to Holt, other members of his department who worked straight through two days were Harold Coile, Harvey Shealey, Dan Woods, and Roy Lawson. Holt said, “Some people were without electricity for a long time power that we had to take them as we could get to them.’ The department was slightly handi capped in that one of its line trucks was in Columbia for re pairs. Mayor Layton commented, “The City crewos and police did a wonderful job. They are to be commended. They were on the job from the beginning. 1 think they handled a bad situation in an ex cellent way.’ The snow began melting fast early Tuesday morning so there was no holiday from school. The low temperature for the week came on Tuesday when a 29 was registered. The area had 2.28 inches of precipitation during the week, including the four-inch snow on Monday night The Utility Department crews worked through the night Monday Ohio Youths Are Sentenced LAURENS - Two young Ohio brothers were each sentenced Tuesday to an indefinite period not to exceed five yares and one month on charges resulting from a high-speed chase with State Highway Patrolmen in the Clin ton area Npv. 2. \ Glenn Eugene Hamby, 15, and Wayne E. Hamby, 16, were sen tenced to serve at the Youthful Offenders Division of the S. C. Department 6i Correctiofis. They pleaded guilty to charges in Gen eral Sessions Court here. Glenn Hamby pleaded guilty to carrying a pistol unlawfully and failure to stop foi; a law en forcement vehicle and was sen tenced to the Youthful Offenders Division for one year in each case to run concurrently. Courthouse Referedum Plurality Insufficient Bonding attorneys have ruled that the plurality vote favoring a new Laurens County courthouse is not sufficient to legalize the sale of bonds, according to Thomas A. Babb, county attorney. 4 Babb notified the county’s legislative delegation about the decision and the delegation is considering what future steps may be taken. In the Nov. 5 general election, county voters had three choices on the courthouse referendum. Proposal No. 1 was to build a new courthouse on the Central Elementary School property in Laurens at a cost not to exceed $1.8 million. Proposal No. 2 called for reno vation of the present courthouse and construction of a county office building at a £ost not to exceed $2 million. Proposal No. 3 was to do neither of the first two. Proposal No. 1 received 4,959 votes; Proposal No. 2 got 1,399 votes and Proposal No. 3 received 4,440 votes. Although Proposal No. 1 received a plurality, it did not receive a majority of the total votes cast in the referendum. At acalledmeetingof Laurens City Council Monday night, Laurens County’s option on the city-owned Central Elementary School pro perty was extended to next May 16. The youths also pleaded guilty to larceny and housebreaking. The present option expires Nov. 15. Lewis Cannon Dies In Accident Lewis Cannon Jr., 44, of Clin ton was electrocuted Tuesday when the boom of a truck hit an overheadpower line in the yard of Riblet Products, Inc., between Laurens and Clinton. Donnie Smith of Route 2, Lau rens was injured and hospitalized by the accident. Smith was re ported in satisfactory condition at Laurens District Hospital Tuesday night. Cannon and Smith were helping balance a metal mobile home frame on the truck when the acci dent occurred. They were mem- bers of a six-man detail stack ing frames at Riblet Products. Laurens County Coroner Mar shall Pressley said an inquest will be held later. * * * Clinton Man Is Found Dead Franklin Davis, 54, of Clinton was found dead of exposure Tues day morning in a shallow ditch on Interstate 26 at the U.S. 276 interchange, about three utiles north of Clinton. He was clad in light weight clothing, according to Laurens County Coroner Marshall Press- ley. Lee Guyton of Columbia, who was driving a truck, found the victim. The coroner said no inquest will be held. A native of Laurens County, he was a son of the late Her bert Lee and Georgia Linder Davis. He was formerly employed at Clinton Mills and be attended the Baptist Church. Survivors include a brother, Hudson Davis of Clinton; and a sister, Mrs. Laura Hasel ofClin- Funeral services were to be conducted at 3 p.m. today at Gray Funeral Home with burial in Calvary Cemetery. ANDERSON HONORED Presby- bytcrian College gave to Clinton hosiery manufacturer C. W. Ander son its Alumni Gold P Award as the highlight of last Saturday’s 1968 Homecoming activities. Some 450 alumni and friends were pres ent in the college dining hall for the program at which PC President Marc C. Weersing (left) cited An derson for his achievement in build ing his C. W. Anderson Hosiery Company into one gf the nation’s leading manufacturers of f i n e- quality women’s stockings. Other awards and the installation of 1969 alumni officers also were included on the program presided over by Alumni President Furman B. Pin son, Jr., of Greensboro, N. C.