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i WEATHER (Week of March 6-12) High: 64 Low: 18 (March 8) (March 11) Rainfall: 1.04 ins. (March 6-7-9) QP()e Clinton Chronicle VoL 70 —No. 10 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, March 13, 1969 INDEX Three Sections, 18 Pages Classified 4-A Deaths 6-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 6-A Society 2-A Sports 2-C Westminster Choir Performs Here The finest traditions of music making are the proud heritage of the Westminster Choir, the world-renowned vocal group ap pearing here on Tuesday evening, March 18, the last of the 1968- 69 season of attractions present- The Clinton Jaycees will spon sor the “Holiday Hippodrome Circus’ performance Saturday, March 15, at Belk Auditorium on the Presbyterian College cam pus. The show is to start at 7 p.m. The Jaycees will donate half the proceeds from the show to the Clinton YMCA building fund. The Holliday Hippodrome Cir cus’ features many circus acts, including Miss Kandy who will present her unusual Pink Poodle Parade. ed by the Community Concert Association. First consisting of a group of amateurs, the Westminster Choir today is literally world famous for its highly perfect vocalizing, for the beauty of its visual and Her act requires long hours each week just keeping her poodles both pink and fluffy. Using a special dye, she washes the pink color into the dogs’ hair. After drying them, she carefully brushes each poodle. While traveling, she often usea a por table hair dryer on her poodles. The only member of her canine group that does not have to take the beauty parlor treatment is a tiny chihuahua named “Toro’ who dons a Mexican hat and serape to perform the Mexi can Hat Dance. T uesday vocal effects, and for the youth, enthusiasm and sheer joy which it brings to the choral art. Under the direction of George Lynn, the touring choir is the best of three student choirs of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J. A mong the composers who have conducted the choir in perform ances of their own works are Sergei Rachmaninoff and Igor Stravinsky, and the singing group has performed with such dis tinguished conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski, Arturo Toscanini, Eugene Organ dy, and John Barbirolli. The choir’s membership con sists of students of the West minster Choir College, selected not only for their vocal equip ment and musicianship, but also for high academic standing and personality. Their varied program will be presented at Be Ik Auditorium be ginning at 8:15 p.m. Admission will be by membership only, but the concert will be offered as a bonus to new subscribers to the 1969-70 season of Community Concerts. *** Legion Copeland-Davidson American Legion Post 56 will observe the Golden Anniversary of the A- merican Legion this weekend. The American Legion was created by the World War I “Dough Boys* and officers in Paris, France, March 15-17,1919. Congress chartered the Legion in Sept 16, 1919 and the first national convention was held on the first anniversary of the .World War I armistice, Nov. 11, 1919. The local post was organized in 1919 with 15 charter members. Dr. Rufus E. Sadler was first commander of the local post and R. Chris Adair was the first ad jutant. Other charter members in clude Augustus Mason, A. C. Spencer, W. P. Burdette, Charles TICKETS FOR THORNWELL—Dr. Malcolm Mac Donald, left, president of Thornwell, accepts 226 complimentary tickets for Thornwell students to the Clinton Jaycees’ ’Holiday Hippodrome circus.’ The Jaycees also presented complimentary tickets to Whitten Village and tickets are being distribut ed through the schools to needy children. The com plimentary tickets were purchased by local mer chants. Presenting the tickets above is Mike Hor ton of the Clinton Jaycees. Holiday Hippodrome Circus' Slated Saturday Vote May Be Held April 15 City Hall Petition Is Successful Duncan Creek Watershed Funds Now Available C. D. Waldrop, chairman of the Duncan Creek Watershed Di rectors, has been notified by the Soil Conservation Service that funds are now available to con struct a floodwater retarding structure in the Duncan Creek Watershed in Laurens County. Invitations to prospective bid ders will be mailed this week. The dam site, about 6 miles North of Clinton, and one-half mile west from S. C. Hwy. 56, will be shown to bidders on March Enough signatures have been obtained on a petition to call for a referendum on financing con struction of a new city hall for Clinton. City officials announced Wed nesday morning that the ne- essary 1,108 signatures have been obtained on a petition calling for a referendum on a general obli gation bond issue not to exceed $250,000 to finance construction of a new city hall. Mayor Harry C. Layton com mented, “We appreciate the ef forts of everyone who assisted us in distributing these petitions and we particularly appreciate the work done by the Jaycees who did a magnificant job in solicit ing signatures for the petition de spite adverse weather condi tions." Officials ascertained that the petition was signed by a majority of the 2,215 owners of property within the city limits but the final signature total will not be known until later since some petitions were still being circulated Tues day night when the count began. The petition will be formally presented to City Council Mon day, March 24, and it is expected that the referendum will be held on April 15. All voters eligible to partici pate in municipal elections in Clinton will be eligible to vote in the referendum. The new city hall is to be con structed on a site which the city owns on North Broad Street. It has been estimated that it will take about one year to construct. The proposed building is ex pected to cost about $500,000. The city already has about $250,000 in its building fund. For the past several years, city officials have been putting into the building fund its share of revenues from the Clinton-New- berry Natural Gas Authority. Clinton Mayor Harry Layton has said the proposed building will not require an increase in taxes. He said the city can re tire the general obligation bonds from gas authority revenues and still have $30,000 to $40,000 per year from these revenues to ap ply to other municipal needs. The proposed city hall would house the police department, fire department, city clerk’s office, mayor’s office, council chambers and would feature a community meeting room, with kitchen, up stairs. The brick building will be of colonial design. MERCHANT LEADERS—Leonard Caricofe, left, is congratulated by outgoing president Joe Holland upon Caricofe’s election as chairman of the Clinton Merchants and Businessmen’s Association. Caricofe To Head Clinton Merchants 27th and April 7th. The bids will be opened on April 10 at the office of the Soli Conservation in Laurens. The structure will cost about $68,000, and will provide a 13- acre lake in addition to storing potential floodwater. Construction should begin a- round May 1. This will be the fifth dam to be constructed in the 52,000 acre Duncan Creek watershed project The sixth and final dam is sche duled for building soon after July 1. * * + Three Appointed To School Board Three men were appointed to the School District 56 Board of Trustees Tuesday night by the Laurens County Board of Educa tion. James Coleman was reappoint ed to serve from the Cross Hill area and J. T. Addison was re appointed to serve from the Joanna area. J. R. (Dick) Swet- enburg was appointed to replace George M. Huguley who asked that he not be reappointed. In District 55, R. H. Roper Jr. and Charles W. Moore were elected in a Tuesday election and Roy Cain was appointed by the county board to replace James D. Wasson who asked that he not be reappointed. Roper polled 647 votes and Moore 497 in the election. JoeF. Smith Jr. received 431 votes; Thomas A. McDowell, 293; and Isaac M. White, 282. Leonard Caricofe was elected Tuesday as the new chairman of the Clinton Merchants and Busi nessmen’s Association. He succeeds Joe Holland. A native of Harrisonburg, Va., Caricofe has been manager of the local Jewel Box store for the past three years. He is a grad uate of the public school system of Harrisonburg and also is a graduate of the Jewelry Mer chandising School sponsored by the Retail Jewelers of America. Caricofe came to Clinton from Front Royal, Va. He is married to the former Sandra Wilkins ofRichmond, Va., and they have a five-year-old son, Michael Scott Caricofe. The Caricofes are members of Bailey Memorial Methodist Church. Caricofe is a former president of the Clinton Jaycees. Observes 50th Anniversary *** Godfrey President Of United Fund Gen. A. B. Godfrey has been elected president of the United Fund of Greater Clinton, Inc., for 1969-70. He was elected at the annual meeting of the board of directors. Names to serve withGen. God frey are Mrs. Frank Sherrill, first vice president; W. R. An derson, treasurer. Serving as second vice president will be re tiring president Don G. Creigh ton. James Von Hollen served as chairman of the Num mating Com mittee. Elected to serve on the board of directors for three-year terms (1969-72) are Richard Dubose, Mrs. James Macdonald, David Meyers, Ralph Patterson, Miles Powell, Calvin Reed and Frank Welch. Rev. E. W. Rogers was named to serve a one-year term. Named to serve on the state level in the Association of United Funds and Councils of South Carolina, Inc., are James Von Hollen as a board member and D. H. Roberts and Calvin Reed as trustees. GEN. GODFREY paid to participating agencies this year is $49,978,40. Gen. Godfrey, a native of Clin ton, is a graduate of Presby terian College and holds an honorary LI..D. degree conferred by the college. Also at the annual meeting of the board, Mrs. P rank Sherrill, chairman of the 1968 campaign, reported that a total of $52,678 was contributed or pledged. The goal was $45,063, meaning the lo cal campaign raised 114.5 per cent of its budget, the second highest percentage in the state. James Von Hollen, chairman of the Budget and Admissions Committee for 1968-69presented additional requests from several agencies. The requests were: Laurens County Chapter of A- merican Red Cross, $665.40; Clinton YMCA, $4,000; Salvation Army, $250, making a total of $4,915.40. The requests were ap proved. The total amount to lie Active in civic and church af fairs, Gen. Godfrey is an elder of the First Presbyterian Church and is a past president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. For many years, Gen. Godfrey was an officer in the South Caro lina National Guard. He served six years’ active duty, including the years during World War II. He was commander of the 51st Infantry Division, S. C. National Guard, when he retired as a ma jor general. He is married to the former Emmie Young of Clinton and they have a daughter, Mrs. Cally(Joy) Gault. Chamber Of Commerce Banquet Monday The annual membership ban quet of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce will lie held Monday, March 17, at Mary Musgrove Ho tel. The dinner is to start at 7:30 p.m. Congressman James R. Mann (D-SC) will be featured speaker. George Henry Cornelson, vice president of Clinton Mills, will be installed as president of the Chamber of Commerce. Also to be installed will be new members of the board of directors, R. V. Bodmer, Lynn Cooper Jr., Don G. Creighton, Ralph Patterson, Tom Plaxico, and E. W. Roberts. Bodmer was elected for one year to fill out an unexpired term. The others were elected to three-year terms. Reservation cards were mailed out Monday and are to be re turned by Friday, March 14. Congressman Mann was elect ed last November to represent the Fourth District of South Caro lina which includes Laurens, Greenville and Spartanburg coun ties. Former solicitor of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of S.C., he served as president of the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce in 1965. Shockley, H. M. Brimm, James B. Cosby, Walter A. Johnson, John H. Hunter, Lew E. Hatton, W. D. A. Neville, J. M. Barks dale, D. A. Blakely, George W. Mason. The local American Legion Auxiliary was organized in 1930 with Mrs. T. J. Peake as presi dent; Mrs. Clyde Langford, se cretary; and Mrs. L. L. David son, chaplin. There were 66 char ter members. 4 The Auxiliary sponsors Poppy Day on a Saturday in May. The flowers offered to the public are made by veterans in the VA Hospital in Columbia and pro ceeds go to assist the hospital patients. The Auxiliary also sponsors Girls State. Clinton Mayor Harry Layton has signed a proclamation desig nating March 15-17 as the Golden Anniversary Days of the Ameri can Legion and the American Le gion Auxiliary “to show our ap preciation to the members of these organizations as well as for all who have served our coun try.’ The proclamation salutes the Legion and its Auxiliary, saying, ’. . .these organizations have rendered outstanding aid to the orphans of the veteran through scholarships and the Child Wel fare Foundation. Rehabilitation for the disabled veteran as the Poppy Program truly becomes the link between honoring the dead and aiding the living as the veter ans in the hospital use their hands and minds in making these red flowers. \ . .these organizations through legislation have worked unswervingly for the principles of free government, and pro tecting the rights of our citi zens. . .’ “. . .Boys State and GirlsState presents a challenging nation wide program providing to the youth of our country a most realistic educational oppor tunity. . .’ In observance of the Golden Anniversary, the American Le gion and the Auxiliary will pre sent a “Gift to the Nation" in the installation and maintenance of a lighting system for the Tgmb of the Unknown Soldiers; and the facade of the Memorial Amphi theater at the Arlington National Cemetery. Today the American Legion and its Auxiliary have almost 3-1/2 million members. Other Memoirs ft- BY JOE H. SIMPSON At one time parts of Thornwell Orphanage was a marsh. This condition extended almost to the Seaboard Railroad. Whereas several of bur upstate cities are rather hilly, such as Laurens, Union, Chester, and Spar tanburg, Clinton is relatively level. Even so, Clin ton has a definite ridge that perhaps you have never noticed. Some day when it is raining, drive to the local Post Office. You will note that the water is running south into Bush River and from thence into Saluda River. Then note the water that is falling in front of the Musgrove Hotel. It is running north into Beard’s Fork, then into Dun can’s Creek, Enoree River, and finally into Broad River, where it joins with the waters of Saluda River. This ridge, extending east and west, goes almost to Newberry. i