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WEATHER (Week of April 2-9) High: 82 Low: 40 (April 3-4) (April 7) Soil Temp. Average: 64 Rainfall: .66 in. (April 5, 6) Clinton Chronicle VoL 70 — No. 14 Clinton. S. C., Thursday. April 10.1969 ‘ 4 INDEX ** 9 « # Four Sections, 26 Pages Classified .. 4-A Deaths 1-D Editorials 2-B Society 2-A , J Sports 2-C Polls Open 8 am.. Close 7 p.m, Clinton City Hall Referendum Slated Tuesday Clinton voters will go to the polls Tuesday, April 15, to decide whether the city will get a new city hall building. Voters will be asked to answer *Yes" or “No* to the following question: “Shall the City Council of the City of Clinton be empowered to issue and sell not exceed ing $240,000 of general obliga tion bonds of the City of Clin ton, the proceeds of which shall be used for the purpose of de fraying a part of the cost of con structing a new City Hall for the City of Clinton?* Polls will open at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. on April 15 at the city’s three polling places. The polling places are: Precinct No. 1, City Hall; Precinct No. 2, National Guard Armory on South Broad Street; Precinct No. 3, Clinton Mills Community House. The new city hall is to be con--• structed on a lot which the city already owns on North Broad Street. The building is expected to cost about $500,000. The city already has about $250,000 in a city hall building fund, accumulated in re cent years from the city’s share of revenue from the Clinton-New- berry Natural Gas Authority. City officials plan to allocate portions of future Gas Authority revenues to pay off the general obliga tion bonds. City officials have said paying off the bonds will not use all of the Gas Authority revenues and at least $30,000 to $40,000 will be available each year for other needed projects. City officials also have siad no taix increase will be neces sary to finance construction of the new city hall. TWO-STORY, COLONIAL Plans for the new city hall al ready have been drawn and it has been estimated that it will take about a year to construct the building. _ ... The two-story, colonial brick building will house city adminis trative offices, police and fire department facilities and also will feature a large community room with adjoining kitchen. The front third of the building will be devoted to administrative offices. One of the features wiU be a drive-in window in the ad ministrative section. The ad ministrative area will include the city clerk’s office area, mayor’s office, council chambers which will double as a courtroom, four multi-purpose offices, includ ing one which could be used for a jury room. The police area will feature 16 cells plus a Juvenile detention room separate from the cells. There will be a day room, two ; interrogation rooms, chief’s of fice, gun room and a dispatch of fice. The dispatch office is located between the police area and the fire department area so the dispatcher will have easy ac cess to either area. The Fire Dept, section will have space for six fire trucks, the chief’s of fice and a day room. On the second floor above the Fire Dept area will be a com munity room with kitchen for gen eral public meeting use and a separate dormitory for firemen. It is expected that Clinton will be required in the near future to Former Mayor Urges Support For City Hall See letter On Page 5-A have a fulltime Fire Dept, staff, backed up by volunteers. Because of the growth of the town, the fire insurance rating could be af fected if the town does not have a fulltime Fire Dept, staff. Above the Police Dept, is an area which could be used for fu ture expansion. The building front will be 85 feet from the curb on North Broad Street. It will be 200 feet long and 100 feet wide across the front The building will have 24,000 square feet of floor space. Craig and Gaulden of Green ville are architects for the pro ject. *—r--' *- r \r t'l T ) 000 FOR YMCA BUILDING—The Clinton Rotary Club Tuesday pre sented a check for $3,008 to the Clinton TMCA Building Fund. Shown above at the check presenting are, left to right, YMCA Director John Bingham; Jim Von Hollen, vice-presi dent of the YMCA board of directors; Ed Sadler, president of the Rotary Club; and Joe Holland, chairman of the Rotary Radio Day project which raised the $3,008. Rotary Radio Rodeo Raises $3,000 For Y Starting with Thad Johnson’s program at 6 a.m. and closing with Ed Sadler’s “SundownSere nade’ at 7 p.m., the Clinton Ro tary Club will take over Radio Station WPCC Monday. The Rotary Club is sponsor ing the first local “Rotary Radio Rodeo* Monday. The club has sold commercials for the day and proceeds will go toward the Clin ton YMCA Building Fund. As of Tuesday noon, the club had raised over $3,000 for the YMCA, with more funds expected. The Rotary Club members will man the radio station Monday, handling all ofthe announcing and newscasting. The schedule of programs: 6-7 a.m.—-Thad Johnson and Sidney Hartzog; 6:30-7:30-—Dr. George Blalock’s “Medical Musi cal Moments*; 7:00-8:00a.m.--- Alvin Hueble’s “The Alvin Al bum;’ 7:30-8:30 a.m. Ray Fernell’s “Telephone Hour.* 8:00-9:00 a.m.---Robert Sat terfield’s “Hash House Hoe- down;* 8:30-9:30 a.m.---Charles Pitts’ “Cha-Cha With Charlie;’ 9:00-10:00 a.m.---MarvinMan ley’s “The Record Wrecker;’ 9:30-10:30 a.m.—CharlesJohn- son in “Charming Charles and His Platter Chatter.* 10-11 a.m.---Earl Pitts; “Ru- barb Rumba RoundpUp;’ 10:30 11:30—-Joe Holland’s “Holland’s Happy Hour;* 11 - Noon---John Bingham’s "Fun and Games Hour;” 11:30-12:30—-William Hatton’s “Hot line.* Noon - 1:00 Bill Shields’ Miss Clinton Hopefuls EUGENE SLOAN Author, Reporter Eugene Sloan Dies At 47 Graveside services were held in Clinton Tuesday for Eugene Sloan, 47, a native of Clinton who was an author, historian, newspaper reporter and photo grapher. Services were held at the Pres byterian Cemetery in Clinton after funeral services were held earlier in the day at Centennial Associate Reformed Presby terian Church in Columbia. Mr. Sloan, son of former Clin ton Mayor Eugene B. Sloan and Janie Pressly (Lindsay) Sloan, died E aster Sunday morning while returning from a hike on the beach at Hunting Island State Park. Author of ‘Scenic South Caro lina,* Mr. Sloan was at Hunt ing Island on a working weekend to take pictures of Hunting Is land for another heavily illustrat- (Cont on Page 5A) VIRGINIA CROCKER Virginia Crocker and Eliza beth Ann Newton are two of the contestants in the Miss Clinton Pageant which will be held May 3 at Belk Auditorium on the Pres byterian College campus. The pageant is sponsored by the Clinton Jaycees. Miss Crocker is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Crocker ELIZABETH ANN NEWTON of Merrie Oaks in Clinton. A sen ior at Clinton High School, her talent presentation will feature baton twirling. Miss Newton, a freshman at Presbyterian College, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Newton of Greenville. She is psy chology major at PC. Her talent presentation will feature songs and tap dance. “Scintillating Syncopation;’ 12:30-1:30—Rufus Sadler’s “Pharmaceutical Follies;* 1:00- 2.00---Horace Payne’s “Hokey Horace and His Hollywood Hoe- down;” l:30-2:30---Dillard Ja cobs in “Jacobs’ Ladder of In spirational Songs.’ 2:00-3:00—Taylor Mar tin’s “Tea Time;* 2:30-3:30--- Bob W'ickham in “You Pick ’Em with Bob Wickham;* 3:00-4:00 —Avery Smith in “Smiley Smith’s Good Time Hour;* 3:30 4:30---Allen (Sirene) Simmons. 4:00-5:00—Ken Fryfogle’s “Foggy Mountain Folk Tunes;* 4:30-5:30---David Boland in "Ballads by Boland;* 5:00-6:00 ---Jack Holland in ‘Jabber with Jack; 5:30-6:30---Ferd Jacobs in “Fantastik Ferd and His phil harmonic Fila Buster;* 6:00-7:00 ---Ed Sadler and Joe Holland on ‘Sadler’s Sundown Serenade." ROIC Unit To Get Review The Presbyterian College ROTC unit will get its annual Third Army checkup next Wed nesday when the Federal Inspec tion team arrives under the lead ership of Col. James B. Adam son, professor of military science at the Citadel. He and Maj. William F. Cur- ren of the University of Georgia and two non-commissioned offi cers will spend the day review ing the PC military operation in terms of administration, supply and cadet training, and its re lationship to the total college program. They will meet with President Marc C. Weersing and will be brief by Lt Col. Ben F. Ivey, PC’s professor of military science, and by cadet officers Charles Reed of Greenville and Judson Caldwell of Covington, Ga. The visit will eliminate with an inspection of the cadets and a bat talion review. City Electric Project Bid Opening Slated Clinton Citv Council will open bids April 29 on renovating the city’s electrical system. At council’s Monday night meeting, representatives of Har wood Bebee Co. of Spartanburg were authorized to advertise for bids on the project. Plans and specifications for the work have been comoleted. Bids are to lie opened at 2p.m. at City Hall on April 29. In other actions, council: ---Voted to inform all city water customers east of the In dustrial Park that they must con nect to the city electrical sys tem by July 1 if they are to con tinue receiving city water. A city ordinance says that if an out-of- town customer receives city water, he must also subscribe to the city electrical service. About six or seven customers will be involved in Monday night’s action. ---Instructed Mayor Harry Layton to request that the State Planning Board have a repre sentative meet with city coun cil to discuss low-cost public housing. ---Instructed the Council Ce metery Committee to study the status of the building in the cen ter of Rosemont Cemetery and make a recommendation as to whether it should be renovated or torn down. ---Instructed the Council Po lice Committee to meet with Po lice Dept, officials to select a policeman to attend FBI school. ---Discussed withClintonEle mentary School PTA President Charles Waldron traffic prob lems at the new elementary school. Council is to study the matter further. Sadler Apothecary Opens On S. Broad Sadler Apothecary has opened at 216 South Broad Street in the building formerly occupied by Nichols Studio. Don R. Revis is pharmacist for the new drug store. Mr. Revis, a graduate of Uni versity of South Carolina, is a native of Mountville and is mar ried to the former Jean Black mon. He previously worked with Sadler-Owens Pharmacy. David Smith, alsoaUSC grad uate, is the new pharmacist at Sadler-Owens Pharmacy. He is orignally from Greer. Sadler Apothecary carries health-related items and is operated in conjunctionwithSad- ler-Owens Pharmacy so that all prescriptions may be refilled at either place. 1,500 Youngsters ’Bunny-Anza' Hunt w BIKE WINNERS — Barry Me Waters, 11, left, and Jamey Meeks, 5, are shown above with the bicycles they won during the Clinton Businessmen and Merchants’ Association ‘Bunny-Anza’ promo tion. They are shown with Tom West, co-ordinator of the association. First Baptist Revival Series Opens Monday DON REVB Dr. Harold Cole will be fea tured speaker in the revival series which will open Monday, April 14, at First Baptist Church in Clinton. Services will start at 7:30 p.m. each evening through April 20. The revival series is part of the Crusade of the Americas series being sponsored locally. William Shaw, minister of edu cation at First Baptist Church will lead the congregational sing ing and Ed Perry will be in charge of the choir. Mrs. Grace Connor is organist. Dr. Cole is associate executive secretary of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. A native of Greenville, he is a graduate of Furman University, Southern Baptist Seminary and has done graduate work at Union Theological Seminary In New York and the N.C. Baptist Hospi tal School of Pastoral Care in Winston-Salem, N.C. He received the D.D. degree in 1967 from Furman University. Dr. Cole has served as pastor of the Auburn, Ala., First Bap- Abroms Elected As Chairman County Board C. E. Abrams of Joanna was elected chairman of the Laurens County Board of Education at the regular meeting on Monday night. W. M. Bobo, Gray Court, was elected vice-chairman. Abrams is manager of Gilder and Weeks Drug Company in Jo anna. Bobo works with Hunter Brothers Construction Company. Other members ofthe board are J. C. Thomas, Clinton; R. L. Weeks, Wattsville; W. L. Pat terson and W. J. Brown, Lau rens; and W. S. Mahon, Hickory Tavern. Those employed in the office of the county board are Mrs. Edna W. Morse, County School Lunch Supervisor; Mrs. Susan H. Mahon, County Attendance Su per visor; and Mrs. Mary F. Bolt, Secretary. DR. COLE tist Church; Clemson First Bap tist Church; Sardinia, Indiana, First Baptist Church; Lovett, Ind., Tea Creek Baptist Church; and South Main Street Baptist Church in Greenwood. He is married to the former Anne Inez Matthews and they are the parents of two children. Five-year-old Jamie Meeks and 11-year-old BarryMoWaters, both of Clinton, were winners of' the top prizes in the ’Bunny- Anza’ Easter Egg hunt last Sat urday. The hunt was sponsored by the Clinton Merchants and Business men’s Association as part of the association’s Bunny-Anza shop ping promotion. The hunt was held at the Cavalier Baseball Park and was attended by approximately 1,500 young people. Meeks, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Meeks of Clinton, won the first bicycle. He found an egg which entitled him to the first bicycle. McWaters, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McWaters of Clinton, won the second bicycle. Other winners included: Transistor radios from Wa co’s Dept. Store, Angie Shipes of 318 Davidson St and Jimmy Hairston of 327 Poplar St; Boy’s watch from Dillard Boland, Jewe ler, David Shipes of 318 David son St.; Girls’ jewel chest from Jewel Box, SusySlmmons, Route 2 Clinton; Rod and Reel from Cox Home and Auto, Terry Sanders, 108 Gordon St.; Polaroid camera 'from Belks Dept. Store, Jeff Miller, 304 Bailey St,; Easter ham from Piggly Wiggly, Monty Dutton, Route 1, Clinton; Platform rocker from Maxwell Brothers Furniture, Robin En- trekin, 103 Jefferson St; two $5 Savings Accounts at M. S. Bai ley Bank were won by Maxie Seay, 315 Sloan St, and one by Joyce Madden, 409 Musgrove St. There were 60 Bunny Money winners and 2,136 candy Easter Eggs. * * * Thomas Heads City Planning Commission J. C. Thomas has been elected chairman of the Greater Clinton Planning Commission. Thomas succeeds Heath Cope land. Other new officers of the com mission are Hugh Jacobs, vice chairman, and Richard Bodmer, secretary. Four new members were in stalled at the April meeting of the commission last week. They are G. Ed Campbell, Bodmer. Tommy Hollis and W. C. (BUI) Dobbins. They succeed Dr. M. A. Macdonald, T. E. Addison, Roy Holtzclaw and David Myers whose terms expired April 1. Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON Clinton has always been blessed with good drinking water. Of course, in my early childhood, there was no city water system and each home had their own dug, or bored, well. From time to time, these dug wells needed a good cleaning out. There was a colored man by the name of Op Duckett that, so far as I know, did nothing but go down into these wells and do this work. I do not know where Op lived, but I do know that he cleaned wells in Lau rens, Clinton, and Newberry. Some years after the turn of the century, Clinton installed a modern water system, ushur water obtained from deep wells. As one well would ; go dry another would be drilled until finally there were eight wells. At one time there were wells in the business district. One located near the monument, one hi front of McGee’s Drug Store, and one about T. B, Jones Store on West Main. The city fathers then realized that water must be obtained from other sources so a modern filtering plant was installed and water was brought in from Beards Fork, then Duncan Creek and now Enoree River.