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VoL 70 — No. 1G Clinton, S. C„ Thursday, April 24, 1969
INDEX
Three Sections, 24 Pages
Classified 6-A
Deaths JjQ
Editorials 2-A
Society 2-A
Sports 7. A
LENA DALE JANICE FAYE MANDY PATTI LEA MBSI KERRI
GILLIAM COOK HAIRSTON LOWE COOPER GATES
Little Miss Clinton
Contestants Announced
Twelve pretty little girls will
be contestants in this year’s
Little Miss Clinton contest which
will be staged in conjunction with
the Miss Clinton Pageant.
The pageant is scheduled for
May 3 in Belk Auditorium on the
Presbyterian College campus.
The pageant is to start at 8 p.m.
The Little Miss Clinton contest
will be held durimg the Miss Clin
ton Pageant.
Little Miss Clinton contestants
are:
Lena Dale Gilliam, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Gilliam;
Janice Faye Cook, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Cook; Man-
dy Hairston, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tim Hairston Jr.; Patti Lea
Lowe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Lowe;
Also, Missi Cooper, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Cooper Jr.;
Kerri Gates, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lamar Gates; Susan
Owings, daughter ofMr.andMrs.
James Owings; Patsy Ellison,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Ellison; Jerrie Lanelle Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerre
A. Smith; Cindy League, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry League
Jr.; Alicia Leigh Cox, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cox;
Lydie Lois Pitts, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pitts.
SUSAN PATSY JERRIE CINDY ALICIA LEIGH LYDIE LOB
OWINGS ELLISON SMITH LEAGUE COX PITTS
Carole Draws Raves
Carole Perry of Clinton High School's band
drew rave notices recently from a former member
of John Phillip Sousa’s band.
John J. Heney, Sr., the tympani player with
Sousa’s last band, was the judge at the State Solo
and Ensemble Contest in Aiken last Friday.
After hearing Miss Perry perform on the typm-
pani (kettle drums), Heney commented, “I’ve been
all over the country, judging tympani players but
this is the best I’ve ever heard from your age
group.”
Miss Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Perry,
performed a selection written by William J. Schin-
stine.
★★★★★★★
Carole Perry,
CHS Junior
★★★★★★★★
In judging Miss Perry' on Rudiments, Heney
commented, “Amazing. I know Mr. Schinstine
and everything he writes is difficult. You played
perfectly. Every accent, etc. .
Under “interpretation”, he wrote, “You knock
me out. This grand performance was perfect”
Under “music and feneral effect”, he wrote,
Just great. Again I congratulate a true, tympani
artist, yes, artist.”
Clinton High School Band Director Kerry
Bouknight was button-popping proud of Heney’s
comments, saying, “I’ve never heard such rave no
tices from such an authority.”
Carole also is a member of the All-State Or
chestra and will perform this weekend at the South
Carolina Music Educators Association conference
at Myrtle Beach.
REIGNING QUEEN—
Pat Davis will be the
reigning Miss Clinton at
the May 3 Miss Clinton
Pageant. The daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Epps
Davis, she will crown
her successor at the pag
eant. She will represent
Clinton in this year’s
Miss S.C. Pageant to be
held in Greenville and
her successor will repre
sent Clinton in the 1970
pageant.
CHS Band
Uniform Drive
Gains Momentum
“Make your checks payable to
the ‘Clinton High School Band
Uniform Fund’ has been the bat-
tlecry all week,” Mrs. A. C.
Workman, Jr., general chairman
of the uniform drive said Wed
nesday. And according to Mrs.
Workman the battlecry is going
to get “louder and louder’ until
the $9,000 project is completed.
Reports from various solici
tors for the uniform fund drive
indicate a good response in cash
contributions and the addition of
several more donations of com
plete uniforms.
Any Questions?
The Presbyterian Church Kindergarten visited
the Clinton Fire Department Tuesday. Chief En
gineer Thomas Owens showed the youngsters
around and patiently explained how the department
operates and also explained various gadgets on the
fire trucks. Finally, he asked, “Are there any
questions?”
There was a long silence before young Richard
Dowdle asked, “You know John Dowdle?”
Mr. Owens replied, ‘Tes, I do. Why?”
Richard answered proudly, “He's my daddy ”
At Chronicle press time it was
not possible to give a complete
report on the amount collected,
Mrs. Workman stated, but she
said she hoped an up-to-date re
port could be made next week.
“Since the funds collected by
the band members’ parents will
be turned over directly to Clin
ton High School to purchase the
band uniforms, by making your
check payable to the ‘Clinton High
School Band Uniform Fund’ the
amount becomes tax deductible*,
Mrs. Workman said.
--How They Voted--
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Governor Named
As Commencement
Speaker At PC
South Carolina Governor Ro
bert E. McNair will deliver the
commencement address at Pres
byterian College’s 89th grad
uating exercises on May 18,
President Marc C. Weersing an
nounced today.
The board of trustees last
month designated the state chief
executive, whose son, Bob, is a
graduating senior at PC, to re
ceive one of four honorary de
grees on this occasion. His meri
torious service to South Carolina
and to higher education will be
recognized with an honorary doc
tor of humanities degree.
Governor McNair is scheduled
to address 145 graduating seniors
and their guests at the 4:15 p.m.
commencement exercises in Belk
Auditorium. This program will be
the culmination of the day-long
activities which begin with the 11
a.m. baccalaureate sermon.
Governor and Mrs. McNair
have been frequent visitors to the
PC campus during the four years
their son, Robert E. McNair, Jr.,
has been a student here. On one
occasion he delivered the main
address at the dedication of Clin
ton Hall women’s dormitory in
late 1965.
McNair recently completed his
fourth year as governor, having
moved up from lieutenant gover
nor on April 22, 1965, upon the
resignation of Governor Donald
S. Russell. He was elected to a
full four-year term in 1966.
His four years in the chief
executive position have been
GOVERNOR ROBERT E. McNAIR
marked by special emphasis on
public school and higher educa
tion. His interest in this area
was recognized by the fact that
the National Governors’ Confer
ence named him chairman of its
education committee. Last
summer, in rapid succession,
McNair was elected chairman of
the Southern Governors’ Confer
ence and chairman of the Nat
ional Democratic Governors’
Conference.
Recognition by his political
peers began for Bob McNair when
he was a leader in the State
House of Representatives from
Allendale County, 1951-62. He
later served as chairman of the
National Conference of Lieu
tenant Governors.
A Navy veteran of World War
II and native of Jamestown, S. C.,
McNair received both his BA and
his law degrees from the Univer
sity of South Carolina, which be
stowed an honorary doctor of laws
degree upon him in 1967. He is
married to the former Josephine
Robinson of Allendale, and they
have three daughters in addition
to their one son.
Voters Reject
New Courthouse
For 3rd Time
For the third time in 18 months,
Laurens County voters have re
jected a proposal to build a new
county courthouse.
In a referendum Tuesday, 1,411
voters cast their ballots in oppo
sition to the courthouse proposal.
There were 1,246 votes in favor
of the courthouse.
If the courthouse proposal had
been approved, the $1.8 million
building would have been con
structed on the Central Elemen
tary School property in Laurens.
A total of 1,301 voters cast their
ballots in favor of the Central
School site. There were 935 votes
cast in favor of the Tixldproper
ty on the outskirts of Laurens.
Clinton - Joanna area voters,
who had opposed the first two
proposals, voted in favor of the
proposal Tuesday, 392 - 296.
They also voted overwhelmingly
in favor of the Todd property,
559-30. The Todd property is lo
cated on the south side of Lau
rens and would have been more
accessible to Clinton-Joanna re
sidents. Also, the Todd property
would have offered more acreage
at less money.
Clinton Mill voters voted a-
gainst the courthouse proposal by
a narrow margin (21-23) and the
vote was split(14-14) in Lydia Mill
but the proposal carried in Clin
ton No. 1 (101-83); Clinton No.
2 (169-103) and Joanna (38-29).
Other Clinton-Joanna area
precincts which favored the
courthouse proposal included
Long Branch (27-6) and Shady
Grove (13-7). Opposed were
Hopewell (27-6) and Renno (3-4).
The courthouse proposal was
opposed by a 20-vote margin in
Laurens city boxes, 483 opposed
and 4-63 in favor. The largest
vote against the proposal came
in Laurens No. 5 where 232 votes
were cast against the courthouse
and 155 in favor.
Political observers believe
that the Laurens vote might have
been influenced by the fact that
Laurens voters face potential
school and hospital bond issues in
the near future.
In addition to the vote in Lau
rens No. 5, the proposal also
was opposed in Laurens No. 6
(117 against, 112 in favor); and
Laurens No. 1 (45 against, 44
in favor). There was a split 55-
55 vote in Laurens No. 4.
Laurens voters also overwhel
mingly favored the Central Ele
mentary School property, 620-
197.
* * *
Delinquent
City Tax
Notices Mailed
Notices will be mailed within
the next two weeks to all persons
owing taxes to the City of Clin
ton which are now delinquent.
Notices of delinquent taxes for
the years 1965-1966-1967 and 1968
will tie mailed, giving the Tax
payer until July 1st, 1969, to pay
all taxes owed the City.
Council has directed thatex-
ecutions be levied against all tax
payers who do not pay their out
standing taxes by July 1, 1969.
* * *
★★★★★★★★
Daylight Saving
Tim© Approaching
Sunday morning you probably
will lose one hour of sleep. That’s
the day Daylight Saving Time be
gins.
When you go to bed Saturday
night, move your clock AHEAD
one hour. If you go to bed at 11
p.m., set the clock ahead to mid-
might.
But don’t worry atxjut that hour
of sleep you’ll lose. You’ll get
it back next October when Stan
dard Time is resumed.
Local Hospital Gets
3-Year Accreditation
Bailey Memorial Hospital in
Clinton has been approved for
accreditation by the Joint Com
mission on Accreditation of Hos
pitals. The hospital has been ac
credited for a three-year period.
The letter of accreditation
says, “The Commission wishes
to commend you for maintaining
standards deserving of accredi
tation and for your constant ef
fort to improve the quality of pa
tient care. . .”
This is the second straight
three-year accrediation re
ceived by the hospital.
The accreditation program is
voluntary but accreditation as
sures that the hospital has a safe
and sound building, good facili
ties and equipment, certain spe
cial hospital services, par
ticularly a good dietary depart
ment, gcxid medical library, com
petent and qualified medical staff.
And well-trained nursing staff
and adequate hospital personnel.
Accreditation also means the
hospital has good administration.
Members of Bailey Memorial
Hospital’s Board of Directors are
Dr. George R. Blalock, chair
man; E. W. Roberts Jr., vice
chairman; W. C. Neely, secre
tary; Ryan F. Lawson and John
M. Simmons.
Dr. Louis M. Stephens is chief
of the medical and dental staff
and Dr. D. H. McFadden is as
sistant chief of staff. Dr. James
Macdonald is secretary.
Other Memoirs
g BY JOE H. SIMPSON
Clinton has always had good transportation.
For many years there were, eight passenger trains
:£ in and out of Clinton each day and several in both
•ij: directions at night. There were four I want to
mention. One in each direction on the C. N. & L.
Railroad, one went in each direction on the Sea*-
:j; board that arrived and departed from around
twelve-thirty to two.o’clock P. M. The two Sea^
£ board trains were called “Short Dogs” in contrast
to the two fancy pullman trains that came through
at 11:30 A. M. and 6:00 P. M. These four trains
£ met in Clinton about the time of the noon meal.
There was not a diner on either of them. Mr. B. L.
King operated the Clinton Hotel close by the Union
S Depot. His dining room was famous for its good
food. Each day, the kitchen department prepared
amumber of paper bag lunches. One of these help-
•j: ers would walk beside the train yelling, “Get your
h*t lunches, only 26c!” He would soon sell out.
>; The helper was named “Genie Bee.” That is the
S only name I can recall. Do you know his last
£ name? If so, let me hear from you.
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