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.j .x » r J J WEATHER (Week of Feb. 19-26) High: 68 Low: 23 (Feb. 20) (Feb. 19) Rainfall: .36 in. (Feb. 22-23, Sleet, Rain) Clinton Chronicle VoL 70 —No. 9 Clinton. S. C., Thursday, February 27, 1969 INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 8-A Society 2-A Sports .... 7-A Postmaster General To Visit Laurens County by wayne McCullough (Special To The Chronicle) COLUMBIA—Winton Blount, the new Post master General of the United States, will visit Lau rens County March 26 for the opening of the Ben jamin F. Shaw Company plant. Construction of the plant is nearing completion on the old Laurens airport site near Laurens. Blount, former president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, also is former chairman of the board of the Shaw Company. Laurens County Reps. David S. Taylor and Paul Culbertson have introduced legislation to invite Blount to address a joint session of the South Caro lina General Assembly. The legislation has been passed in the House of Representatives and now goes to the Senate. Shealy Named To New School Job; Howe To Be CHS Principal Current Prindpal Instructor Coordinator i. ~ >4 •***#*'43®l Mi m( % KEITH RICHARDSON Wilmnt Shealy will become School District 56’s first Co ordinator of Instruction and Claude Howe will succeed him as principal of Clinton High School, it was announced today by Supt. R. P. Wilder. Richardson To Become Football Coach At CHS The changes are effective July W. Keith Richardson, a 1959 graduate of Presbyterian Col lege, has been named head foot ball coach at Clinton HighSchool. He will succeed Claude Howe who will become principal of Clinton High School, effective July 1. A native of Chester, Rich ardson currently is line coach for the varsity football team at Woodruff High School and also is varsity track coach. He has held both positions for the past five years. He is working on his masters degree in education administra tion from East Tennessee State University. He is married to the former Tallulah Kirby of Gaffney and they have two children, Billy, four years old, and “Tee’’, nine months old. Howe leaves a 51-35-3 record as head football coach at Clinton High School for the past eight seasons. His tiest record was in 1965 when his team posted a 10-1 record after being 9-1-1 in 1964. The 1968 Woodruff team won the upper-state 3A championship before losing 9-8 in the state championship game against John’s Island. W'Midruff lias won the 3-A Eastern Conference title all five years that Richardson has been on the staff. The W'i ilverines were 3-A state ehampi"iis in 1965. Four linemen coached by Rich ardson have played in the Shrine Bowl game. 1. Shealy will be in charge of coordinating instruction on both the elementary and secondary le vels and “help eliminate any in struction weaknesses we may have,’’ the superintendent said. Shealy has been principal of Clinton High School since 1964. Howe has been head football coach and athletic director at Clinton High School since 1961 and dur ing the current year is in charge Delegation To Fight County Work Injunction Laurens County’s legislative delegation plans to fight the court order which prohibits use of county work crews on private property. At a public meeting attended by about 100 private citizens Mon day night in the Laurens County courthouse, delegation, spokes men said they will appeal the court ruling. They also said they intend to introduce legislation which will allow the county to do work on certain types of propert) The delegation apparently hasn’t decided exactly what type legis lation will be introduced but Rep. David Taylor of Laurens said, “We will come up with some le gislation which will give our su pervisor some guidelines to go by. As long as the court order is in effect, we must abide by it. However, I think we can in troduce legislation, keeping some disgruntled citizens in court con tinuously.” The court order” was handed down by Judge Robert Hayes of Rock Hill after some Laurens County contractors brought suit against the county, seeking an injunction against the use of coun ty crews and equipment on pri vate property. County Attorney Thomas Babb said the county will appeal the order to the State Supreme Court. In reply to a question from the audience, Babb said it “probably will be next Fall* before a de cision is given by the Supreme Court. Babb said he has begun work on preparing the appeal. State Sen. John D. Long Jr. said, “I think Judge Hayes was wrong in his ruling. If a judge can tell us what we can or can’t do with your tax money, then lie can take over other legislative functions. Your bounty delegation is the only one which can levy county taxes on you and it is our responsibility to see that your tax money is wisely spent for your best interests. This is a legis- (Cont. on Page 3.) Young Scholars Visit PC Camous This Weekend Presbyterian College’s top flight Founder’s Scholarship competition will bring 20 high school seniors from four states to ttie campus this weekend seek ing grants that range upto$7,200 for four years of study at PC. Student Dean A. J. Thackston said ten Pounder's scholars will tie selected from am ing this group on the basis of intellect, leadership and need. Runners-up become eligible for other grants to attend PC, starting next August. Each scholarship will pay from an honorary stipened up to$l,800 per year for four years here. The young scholars are sche duled to arrive at PC this Friday afternoon. McClain Heads Joanna Group Fraser Is Named College President Powell A. Fraser was elected president of King College, effec tive June 15, 1969, at a meet ing of the Trustees of the College, Thursday, in Bristol, Tenn. Fra ser is now serving as Director of Development at Presbyterian College in Clinton. The vacancy at King College, supported by the Presbyterian Church, was brought about by the retirement of Dr. R. T. L. Lis ton, who served as president of the college for 25 years until June 1, 1968. In the interim, Tho mas M. Divine has served as acting president. Last fall Di vine agreed, upon request of the Executive Committee of the Trustees of King College, to re main as its executive officer until the end of the 1968-69 aca demic year to give the Turstees time to find a permanent Presi dent. Fraser, retiring from the U.S. Army with the rank of Colonel after 23 years of service, has been at Presbyterian College since the middle of 1964. He was bom in Brunswick, Ga., received the B. A. degree from Presbyterian College and the Master of Arts degree in the field oflnternational Affairs from George Washington University. In 1960 he was graduated from the U. S. Army War College, after having previously completed additional graduate work at Co lumbia University. Colonel Fraser served on the Presbyterian College faculty from 1946-1950, and as a mem ber of the faculty of the Air COL. FRASER University, Department of the Air Force, from 1951-1954. From 1954-1957 he was responsible for the management of the Depend ent Educational System of the United States Forces in Europe. His assignment on Taiwan (For mosa) from 1960-1962 was re lated to the higher education pro gram in the Armed Forces of Nationalist China. At the present time he is serving as a mem ber of the Advisory Council on Planning and Research, South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. Colonel Fraser served more than 600 days of World War II in combat with the 127th Infantry, 32nd Divison, in New Guinea and the Philippines, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Ser vice Cross, the Silver Star, and (Cont. on Page 4.) E. W. Roberts Jr., has been named Group Manager of seven Greenwood Mills Plants in the Greenwood and Ninety Six areas. L W. McClain has lieen pro moted to Group Manager of the four Joanna Plants. J. Grady Strom will become Plant Manager for Joanna Plants No. 13, 14, and 16. F. R. Simmons hastieennamed Plant Manager of Joanna Plant No. 15. P. B. Bryan will assume Group Manager duties for Durst Plant as well as for Mathews Plants 1, 2 and 3 and Harris Plant. These announcements were made by A. L. Strawn, Vice Pre sident for Manufacturing at Greenwood Mills. Roberts will supervise opera tions of Ninety Six Plants 7 and 10, Sloan, Adams, Chalmers and Greenwood 4 and 5. Roberts, a son of Mrs. E. Wal lace Roberts and the late Mr. Ro berts, received a degree in tex tile engineering from Clemson University. He has been employed by Greenwood Mills since 1951. Ma/ned to the former Ann Ki- nard of Ninety Six, they have three children, Rob, Ruth and An gie. McClain, a son "f Mr. and Mrs. L. S. McClain, also has a degree in textileengineeringfromClem- son University. He has (>een em ployed by Greenwood Mills since 1950. He is married to the former Joyce Wilson of Level Land, and they have three children, Sher rill, Mark and Sandy. Strom, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wilber M. Strom, re ceived his degree in textile manu facturing from Clemson Uni versity. He has been employed by Greenwood Mills since 1950, is married to the former Martha Burnett of Greenwood and they have four children, Grady, Jr., Susan, Claudia, and Sally. Simmons is a son of Mrs. Z. V. Simmons and the late Mr. Simmons of Greer. He is mar ried to the former Mildred Mew- bourne of Greenwood, and they (Cont. on Page 3.) - ■*; .*' I m Mm ■ ( i of the Guidance Department at the high school. A native of Columbia and grad uate of Presbyterian College (1942), Shealy received his mas ters degree from the University of South Carolina in 1952. He served with the 28th Infantry Di vision in Europe. Upon receiving his discharge, he became coach at Newnan, Ga., and in 1946 re turned to Clinton High School as coach. He was principal of Flori da Street Elementary School, and Hampton Avenue Elementary School before becoming princi pal of CHS. He is married to the former Vera Gaskin of West Columbia and they have two sons, W'ilmot Shealy III, who is associated with The Torrington Co., andTor- rence Shealy, a senior at Clin ton High School. Howe, a native of Easley and 1950 graduate of Presbyterian Cnllege, received his masters degree m education from P ur- man University last summer. Prior to joining the faculty at Clinton High School, he taught and coached in Norway, S.C., Charleston, and IRnea Path. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy (1945-46), serving in the Phillipines, and also is a veter an nf the U.S. Army (1951-53), serving in Germany. He is married to the former Betty Craine of Laurens and they have two sons, “Chip”, 15, and Jeff, 11. Sb WILMOT SHEALY. LEFT, AND CLAUDE HOWE Joanna, Bailey Projects Planned Hampton Ave. School Will House Offices Plans were announced today for a new cafeteria at Joanna Lle- mentary School, enlargem uit J the library at Bailey Elementary School and renovation of Hamp ton Avenue School to house School District 56 administra tive offices. Supt. R. P. Wilder said the Joanna and Bailey projects are planned to bring them up to ac creditation standards of both the state and the Southern Associa tion of Secondary Schools and C lieges. At Bailey Elementary, a cor ridor and the present library will tie joined to enlarge the current library from 700 square feet to a minim im of 1,300 square feet. The current library also will be lengthened. A new cafeteria is to lie con- i ■ l# 3 m mi IhK 4' V CAR IN WHICH YOUNG MAN WAS KILLED FRIDAY (Photo by Paul Quinton) Ray McCall Is Killed In Wreck Near Clinton L. W. McCLAIN J. GRADY STROM Funeral services were con ducted Sunday for Ray D. Mc Call, 22, of 405 Jackson St., Clinton, who died early Friday following an automobile accident. McCall was fatally injured in a one-car accident at 5:45 a.m. on S. C. 72, about nine miles soutii of Clinton. Everett Stephen AI1- Ccrthey Receives 3-Year Sentence Ronald Gorham Cathey of Clin ton last week was sentenced to three years in prison, suspend ed to three months and three years’ probation, in conjunction with the Christmas Eve death of his wife, Mrs. Lena Cathey. In General Sessions Court in Laurens Wednesday, Feb. 19, Cathey, 27, pleaded guilty to in voluntary manslaughter. He was the driver ofthe car which collid ed with another car on Secondary Road 46 about two miles north of Clinton on Dec. 24, 1968. Mrs. Cathey was fatally injured in the accident. man, 24, of 103 Jackson St., was critically injured in the accident. Allman remained on the critical list Wednesday at Greenville General Hospital. The 1955 Ford in which the two men were traveling north toward E RAY McCALL CTintun left the highway on ttie right, careened across the road and overturned twice before com ing to rest in an upright posi tion. The two occupants were thrown 45 feet from the car, ac cording to State Highway Patrol man E. M. Rice Jr. Officers said McCall was dead at the scene. Services for McCall were held at Calvary Baptist Church with burial in Pinelawn Memory Gar dens wiU military honors. A native of Greenville, McCall was a son of Elbert C. and Neola Galloway McCall. He graduated from Clinton High School where he played football and baseball. He attended Clemson University prior to joining the Marines. He served in Vietnam where he was wounded three times. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and was an employe of Clinton Mills. Other survivors include a sis ter, Mrs. Laura McCall Fagan of Clinton; and a brother, Joe Cecil McCall. structed at Joanna Elementary School where the old cannery was Ricated. Supt. Wilder said the renova tion at Hampton Avenue School will provide space for the su perintendent’s office, the coor dinator of instruction’s office and the school lunchroom su pervisor’s office. It also will in clude a vault for school records and storage space for lunchroom equipment and food. W'ilder sa:d, “We are going to add an office of assistant prin cipal at Clinton High School so we’re going to need more space there.” The supenntendant’s of fice currently is located in Clin ton High School. He also said, “We now have no space to keep school records so we will need ttie fireproof vault.” The Hampton Avenue renova tion work and the Joanna and Bai ley schools projects will tie fi nanced with funds from ttie S. C. Educational Finance Office, he said. These are funds which have been accumulated by the district for capital improvement pro jects. The superintendent said the projects will not require any tax increase. The superintendent’s office is to be located on the left of the first floor entrance and the co ordinator of instruction’s office will lie on the right. The lunch room supervisor’s office will be next to that of the coordinator of instruction. The old school li brary will become a conference room. The lunchroom storage area will lie in the basement. Hampton Elementary School was abandoned at the start of the current school year when stu dents from that area were trans ferred to the new Clinton Ele mentary School on Greenwood Highway. Four Sought In Local Theft Clinton police are seeking three men and a women, all Ne groes, in connection with a theft reported Tuesday at Town. N’ Country store on the Greenwood Highway. Clinton Policeman Marvin He witt said a bank night deposit bag was reported missing after the three men and woman had been in the store about noon Tues day. He said the three men en gaged the store manager in con versation and it is believed the woman took the deposit bag which was lying on a shelf at the counter.