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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.
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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
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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.
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