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WEATHER (Feb. 26-March 6) High: 57 Low: 22 (March 2) (Feb. 27) Rainfall: .54 in. (March 1) VoL 70 — No. 10 Clinton. S. C., Thursday. March 6.1969 INDEX Three Section*, 20 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 3-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 5-A Society 2-A Sports 7-A Solons Introduce County Work Bill Legislation was introduced Tuesday in the General Assembly defining public roads and giving the County Supervisor some guidelines to go by in use of coun ty crews and equipment. The legislation was introduced by Reps. David Taylor and Paul Culbertson and is expected to be passed in the House this week After it passes the senate, 4 be comes effective upon the approval of the governor. Taylor said, “We hope this legislation will help ease the cur rent situation so we can have continued growth and progress in Laurens County.* A recent court order pro crews and the State Senate next week, hibits the use of county crew* ****************************** Drivers' Test Center Planned For Clinton Laurens dounty Rep. David S. Taylor announced Tuesday that the State Highway Department has agreed to set up a drivers li cense testing station in Clinton on a part-time basis. Taylor said Highway Depart ment officials told him they would operate a drivers license office in Clinton at least one day a week. He said they would keep the office open until 7 or 8 p.m. on that day so that persons who work until 5 p.m. might have an opportunity to visit the office. The action results from ef forts by Taylor after a petition was presented by Clinton and Jo anna citizens requesting that the local office be re-opened. The Highway Department pre viously operated an office in Clin ton but closed it last year and centralized its testing program in the Laurens office. Clinton and Joanna petitioners protested that it was difficult to get to the Laurens office before the office’s 5 p.m. closing time. Taylor said that location of the Clinton office will be announced in the near future. New Members Named To Plan Commission Four new members were named to the Greater Clinton Planning Commission Monday night at the regular monthly meeting of the Clinton City Coun cil. Named to the commission were Richard Bodmer, general man ager of the Clinton Bearings Plant of The Torrington Co.; G. Ed ward Campbell, business man ager of Presbyterian College; Thomas F. Hollis, president of Hollis Transport Co.; and W. C. Dobbins, insurance representa tive and former state senator. Their terms will expire April 1, 1973. They succeed T. E. Addison, Roy Holtzclaw, Dr. M. A. Mac donald and David Myers, whose terms expire April 1 of this year. In other business before coun cil, Mayor Harry Layton an nounced that the city’s applica- -r tion for a 701 Planning grant has been made and is in the hands of the State Planning Commis sion. This grant will include a study for zoning of the city. Council also approved the em ployment of Anderson Electric Company to move power lines on Caldwell Street^The.State High way Department is going to re grade and pave Caldwell Street and the power lines must be relocated to clear the right- of-way. Council reaffirmed a resolu tion passed several years ago concerning th| enabling act for the Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority. The routine action instructs the three members of city council who serve on the Natural Gas Authority Board not to approve any amendment to the Natural Gas act which was passed by the state legislature unless it is approved by the entire council. Governor, Three Others To Be Honored At PC South Carolina Governor Ro bert E. McNair and three other men will receive honorary de grees at Presbyterian College’s 89th commencement exercises on May 18, according to action taken by the PC board of trustees at its annual March meeting today. McNair, whose son will be get ting his undergraduate degree from PC on the same program, will be awarded an honorary doc tor'of humanities degree. Others chosen to be honored at this time are*: The Rev. Charles Robert Tapp, superintendent of the Presbyter ian Home in Summerville, and the Rev. Max Milligan, Jr., pastor of the Claremont Presbyterian Church of Decatur, Ga., both ho norary doctor of divinity; and John Osman, PC alumnus of Washington’s Brookings Insti tution and a nationally recogniz ed Consultant for urban and re gional development, an honorary doctor of laws. The PC trustees also adopted a $2-1/2 million budget for the 19691-70 fiscal year and reelect ed as its officers: Dr. Eugene T. Wilson, Atlanta minister, chairman; Industrialist James A. Chapman Jr., of Spartanburg, vice-fehairman and William L. Watiins, Anderson attorney, sec retary. Board members arrived on Monday night for standing com- mlttel meetings, met with stu dent ^representatives Tuesday morning before going into their foil session. Reports were made by President Marc C. Weerslng and other administrative offi cers. The specific items of the 1969- 70 budget include: instructional-- $778,000; administrative and general--$317,000; operations and maintenance of plant-- $168,000; student aid-$170,000; auxiliary enterprises such as rooming and boarding opera- tions--$874,552; and contingen cies and depreciation--$154,148. and equipment on private pro perty, including industrial de velopments, subdivisions, civic and church projects. The bill introduced Tuesday defines a public road as anyroad serving two or more property owners or connecting two public roads which have been worked by the County Supervisor or State Highway Department. It also says the supervisor can perform work 50 feet from the center line of any public road or 35 feet from the edge of the road, whichever is greater. Taylor said the new legislation would allow the supervisor for example, to install a culvert pipe or cut a driveway so that a property owner would have access to his property. The bill says that any mater ial or work performed for the purpose of ingress or to egress from property not covered or authorized by the above section may be furnished or performed at cost. Such work may be done without cost in the event it is necessary by reason of death, illness or serious accident to permit the ingress or egree for ambulances or other emer gency vehicles. Section four says the supervi sor may work on travelable roads serving two or more bona fide and distinct property owners. Section five says the supervi sor may use work crews of the county “not otherwise needed for public work* to perform services for charitable organizations or cemeteries provided any cost shall be borne by such group. The legislation leaves it to the county commissioners and the supervisor to determine what costs to the county should be billed to private taxpayers who get work done by the county. Phone Directories To Be Delivered The new telephone directory for Clinton will be delivered March 20 to the local Southern Bell office. Delivery of the new Clinton di rectory to customers will begin on March 24, according to Ray Fernell, local Southern Bell manager, and will probably take several days to complete. Fer nell asks anyone who doesn’t re ceive his directory by March 24 to call the business office and ask for the service repre sentative who handles his ac count. “We plan to get the new di rectories to our customers as soon as possible. So that we may accomplish this, we would like for any customer who doesn’t receive a directory by March 24 to be sure to let us know.’ Fer nell said. PC Trustees Back Indirect State Aid Indirect state aid to private colleges of South Carolina has received the unanimous endorse ment of the Presbyterian College board of trustees. The school’s governing body, in official session Tuesday, ap proved recommendations of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education calling for the General Assembly to provide fi nancial help in the form of stu dent tuition equalization grants and other assistance. Its formal statement added: *In urging action by the Gen eral Assembly the Presbyterian College trustees emphasize to the South Carolina legislators that 26 other states already have recog nized both the value and the plight of their own private colleges by authorising similar types of in direct financial help.* "'X The trustee resolution restated briefly the primary reasons why constitutionally sound indirect state aid to private colleges is now in the best interest of South Carolina higher education. Mann To Address Annual Chamber Of Commerce Meet SCOUTING’S HIGHEST AWARD— R. Micheal (Mike) Turner of Clinton, left, receives scouting’s h i g h e s t award for adult scout leaders, The Silver Beaver. Tuesdav night at the annual recognition dinner of the eight-county Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America. The award is presented by an Eagle Scout from Troop 57 in Greenwood. Looking on is Mrs. Turner, the former Marcia Galloway. Turner, active in scouting for 14 years, is a former Explorer ad visor, assistant scoutmaster and for the past eight years has been scout master of Troop 111. The dinner was held at Furman University in Greenville. Six Silver Beaver awards were presented at the meeting. Congressman James R. Mann (D-SC) will be featured speaker Monday, March 17, at the annual membership banquet of the Clin ton Chamber of Commerce. The dutch dinner will be held at Mary Musgrove Hotel, start ing at 7:30 p.m. Reservation cards will be mailed out next Monday and should be returned by March 14. New officers and new direct ors will be recognized at the ban quet. Dr. Louis M. Stephens, president of the Chamber of Com merce, will preside. A native of Greenville, Mann was elected last November to Congress from the Fourth Dis trict of South Carolina which in cludes Laurens, Greenville and Spartanburg counties. He is a graduate of The Cita del (1941) and University of South Carolina Law School magna cum laude (1947). He served three terms as so licitor of the Thirteenth Judi- Watch For Bunny-anza! Bunny-anza is coming to Clin ton’ It’s the first major promotion by the new Clinton Merchants and Businessmen’s Association. Merchants who have not yet signed up for the association and want to participate in this pro motion should contact Tom West, association coordinator. Rotary Radio Day Slated For April 14 In cooperation with Radio Sta tion WPCC, Monday April 14, has tieen designated as 1969 Ro tary Radio Rodeo. All revenue realized from the sale of radio time by Rotarians will be retained by the Clinton Rotary Club for the express pur pose of promoting worthwhile projects. The project for this year is the YMCA building fund. Rotarians will sell radio adver tising for this special day, will prepare all “copy* in coopera tion with the staff of the sta tion, and will actually be an nouncing “on-the-air* from 6 a.m. until sign-off on Monday, April 14. Rates for the 1969 Rotary Ra dio Rodeo will be the same for all advertisers: $5 per spot. These rates will prevail regard less of the present contract rate an advertiser may have with WPCC. Participation in this spe cial Rotary Radio Rodeo will be in addition to any regular sche dule of commercial time on W'PCC. * * * Roy Suber To Speak The South Carolina Retarded Childrens Association will meet on Thursday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Friendship Room of Laurens Federal Savings and Loan. Cornelson Is Named President Of Chamber Of Commerce George Henry Cornelson, vice president ofClinton Mills, will be installed as president of the Clin ton Chaml»er of Commerce Mon day night, Feb. 17, at the annual membership meeting. He has served during the past year as first vice president of the Chamber of Commerce. Cornelson will Louis M. Stephens. succeed Dr. A graduate of N. C. State, Cornelson received the MBA de gree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administra tion. He is a veteran of the U.S, Air Force. GEORGE CORNELSON MANUFACTURER SPEAKS AT dressing their seminar Monday. PC—Malcolm P. Niven of Greenville Shown with Niven, from left, are: (second from right), president of the James F. Sailors, J. Frost Walker and Dr. Roy speaker. Suber will be guest Carolina Manufacturing Co., presents a box of his HAV-A-HANK handker chiefs to professors of the Presbyte rian College economics and business administration department after ad- Dr. Michael Marr. The class is de signed to acquaint seniors with the challenges of the business comraun- ity. Niven is a member of the PC board of trustees. Cornelson served as the first chairman of the Greater Clinton Planning Commission and is a former president of the Clinton United Fund. He received the Clinton Jaycees’ Distinguished Service Award in 1962 and re ceived the N. C. State Univer sity “Outstanding YoungAlumnus Award* in 1965. An Elder in the First Pres byterian Church of Clinton, he is married to the former Ann Martin Shaw of Raleigh, N.C. and they have four children. He is a former president of the Clinton Lions Club and is a member of the board of trus tees of Thornwell Orphanage. CONGRESSMAN MANN cial Circuit of S. C. (Greenville and Pickens counties). Congressman Mann was presi dent of the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce in 1965. He is married to the former Virginia Thomason Brunson and they have three sons and a daugh ter. Two Charged In Jewelry Theft Two men have been charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of over $1,600 in jewelry from J. C. Thomas Jewelers store in Clinton. The two white men were arrested early F riday morning by Clinton Policeman Roland Tidwell. He said one of the men was coming out of the store, carrying two handfuls of rings. The other man was sitting in a car in front of the store, lie said. 'Days In Court' Shock Merchant Tidwell said the arrests were made at 1:50 a.m. Friday. He said entrance to the store was gained by prizing open the front door with a tire tool. Police declined to identify the two men, saying only that they were from out of town. World Day Of Prayer Service Sunday ‘Growing Together in Christ* is the topic for the World Day of Prayer services to be held tomorrow Friday, March 7, in the sanctuary of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 701 S. Broad St., at 4 p.m. The Women’sSocieties of Clin ton churches invite--and urge-- the public to join the sponsoring group in observing this day of worldwide dedication to Christ and to promotion of his work. The brief program emphasizes audience participation and music, including a youth choir and a so loist. Boy Scouts will serve as ushers. Scout and Campfire groups are invited to attend and sit with their respective units. A nursery will be provided for pre-school children. Take Vacation Presbyterian College students will make an enthusiastic b^w to Spring this Friday when they he aa home for the start of a‘ten-day Spring vacation period. A Clinton businessman had his day in Laurens County court re cently and he was disturbed by what he believes is ineffi ciency and lack of communica tion in court. Lawrence Gross, manager of Harpers 5 & 10, spent almost two full days In court, sub poenaed as a prosecution witness in two cases. One case involved a theft attempt which he foiled at his store. The other was a bogus check charge which he filed. Gross said, *1 was willing to see the cases through because I've always felt that citizens should be willing to assist the courts.* Gross went to General Sessions Court on a Monday, a day when snow and ice had made driving conditions hazardous. He sat there all day without being called. He returned to court on Tuesday and spent two more hours in court. He spent five minutes be fore the grand jury during that time. On Thursday, he went back to court .and stayed there for four hours. “Nothing was accomplish ed,* Gross said. However, he was informed on Thursday that the case which had been scheduled for trial on Mon day had been postponed until the next session of court because the defense lawyer was serving in the General Assembly. Gross said, “We hear a lot about the public being encouraged to assist the courts in enforcing the law and meting out justice and I’m certainly willing to do my part. However, if we are to ex pect public participation in the courts, there must be some con sideration shown for those willing to participate.* Gross has a business to run and was considerably upset at the unnecessary time lost in court because of a lack of communi cation within the court. Gross said, “I understand this is not an isolated incident. * “On the Monday I was there, there were 20 to 25 policemen, Other Memoirs I including patrolmen, duputiesand city policemen, sitting in court waiting for cases to be called. I understand some were there for the full five days of court. I don’t understand why all those po licemen have to be there. Those who work the third shift have to go without sleep to sit in court. It seems to me that any police man could be in court within an hour after he is notified when his case is coming up.* “I realize the courts are ex tremely busy. Why can’t they have some extra sessions to clear the docket?* “It appears that we can send a man to the moon but we can’t efficiently run a day in court.* BY JOE H. SIMPSON Since my first venture in journalism with “MY MEMOIRS,” I have been requested by many friends and relatives to continue recording the many items of interest concerning my generation. So,—here goes—“OTHER MEMOIRS.” As I have previously stated in my book, I am no English scholar, but I do love my fellowman and hope that I can state some other items of interest that will give joy and pleasure to the many readers of this area. I will confine my facts to Clinton and the sur rounding section. If, by chance, someone may be come offended in any way, it will be strictly unin- :j: tentional. Won’t you watch for this space next week and $ for the weeks to come to read, “OTHER MEM- OIRS”? V I 1 I t I