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MISS ADAIR MISS BROWN MISS CROCKER MISS GAULT MISS MARTIN MISS NABORS MISS NEWTON MISS ROGERS INDEX Four Sections, 26 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Society 2-A Sports 7-A Clinton Cin'ontcle Vol. 70 — No. 17 Clinton. S. C., Thursday, May 1, 1969 V MD<*M A Keeper Fishing tip: fishermen going after medium sized dentists are advised that the "Lazy Ike" lure produced some results recently. Clinton dentist Dr. Judson Davis and three other local doctors were fishing recently when Dr. Delmar Rhame accidentally hooked Dr. Davis. Dr. Davis and Dr. Rhame, back-to-back, were casting from a boat when Dr. Rhame’s lure hooked Dr. Davis in the nose. Dr. Davis comimented later, "I’m afraid I didn’t put up much of a fight but I yelled pretty loud.” Although there were four doctors in the crowd, they didn’t have the necessary instruments to extract the lure, so they had to make a quick trip to the hospital emergency room. "I felt pretty foolish walking in there with a fishing lure hanging out of my nose,” Dr. Davis laughed. Dr. Davis was a good sport about it all but then it probably didn’t hurt him. He’s a painless dentist. Horse Doesn't Show A letter writer who signs himself "a Clemson student” wants to know the results of that race be tween Clinton’s Phil Rogers and a horse, Rogers reports that he was ready-tojOBi but the horse didn’t show up. The race was proposed during a bull session at a Laurens National Guard meeting. Rogers, who can run the 100-yard dash in less than 10 seconds, said he believed a man could outrun a horse for 100 yards. His statement was challenged and the race was proposed for the April National Guard meet ing. Rogers said, "I don’t guess you could say the horse forfeited, but I was ready to run and I’d still like to do it. Maybe we’ll get to run the race later.” Over $5,400 Raised For Band Uniforms Gettys To Speak At Baccalaureate Dr. Joseph M. Gettys, Acade mic Dean, will be the speaker at the Baccalaureate service which will be held on May 18 at 11 a.m. in Belk Auditorium. Dr. Gettys will be retiring as Academic Dean at the end of this semester but will remain on the faculty as professor of Religion. A native of York South Caro lina, Dr. Gettys is a graduate of Erskine College and earned degrees at Biblical Seminary in New York, and New York Uni versity. He has been on the Pres byterian College Faculty since 1957 and Academic Dean since 1962 and is the author of nu merous religious books and Sun day School materials. The Baccalaureate Service is the first of a series of events which will be held as part of the graduation exercises. A noon meal for the 145 candidates for degrees and their guests will follow theBaccalaureateService. The President will hold a re ception at 2:30 p.m. and the pre- commision exercises for gradua ting ROTC students will be con ducted at 3:30 p.m. The Laurens County Cancer Society is not participating in any fund raising drive, according to Mrs. Sara Dixon DeLoach, di rector of the county organization. Mrs. De Loach said she has re ceived reports that the American Cancer Society is trying to or ganize a fund raising drive in the county. She said, ‘By doing so, they would automatically exclude themselves from the United Fund drives in the towns located in the county.' With more than $5,400 in as cash andpledges, the Clinton High School Band uniform drive has passed the half-way point toward the $9,000 needed to re-outfit the Red Devils Marching Band. “We of the fund raising com mittees are extremely grateful for the response and enthusiasm found throughout School District 56,' Mrs. A. C. Workman, Jr., general chairman, said Wednes day, “and you can be assured that with such response the $9,000 goal will soon be reached.' Mrs. Workman stated that do nations for complete uniforms and other cash contributions to taled $4,298.56. She also listed pledges for 10 other uniforms and cash amounting to $1,150 which gives an overall total of $5,448.56. Included in the above total is a generous donation from the Clinton High School Athletic Department. Solicitors who still have out standing solicitation cards were urged by Mrs. Workman to com plete their solicitation and re- tients who need this service and also in the furtherance of educa tion as it'pertains to cancer...' She also said the county board of directors feel a separate drive “defeats the purpose of the United Fund which has been so success ful in its fund raising and its fair method of allocation to the various agencies. By continuing this method of operating, we are able to use the money alloted us by the United Fund for use in the county.' Council Opens Bids On City Electrical Work Clinton City Council will meet tonight to award contracts for im proving and expanding the city electrical system. Four bids were opened at a spe cial meeting Tuesday night. The Georgia Electric Co. of Albany, Ga., submitted an apparent low bid of $98,730 for the construc tion of the project. The $57,252.43 bid of Shealy Electrical Wholesalers of Green ville was apparent low bid for supplying the materials. Dr. Chapman Is Appointed To Task Force Dr. W. Fred Chapman of Clin ton has been named to the law en forcement task force for the Upper Savannah Development District. The task force is preparing re commendations for improve ments in law enforcement work in the six counties served by the district. The district includes Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick and Saluda counties. Dr. Chapman is academic dean at Presbyterian College. * * * turn the cards to her so that a more complete accounting can be made. EXCHANGE CLUB Clinton's Exchange Club added extra emphasis this week to the Clinton High School Band uni form drive, when its Board of Directors voted Monday night to donate the entire net proceeds from their annual light bulb sale for new uniforms for the Clin ton High School Band, * Cecil Sco- gin, the club’s president said Tuesday in making the board’s action nublic. “We are fortunate to be able to participate in such a worthwhile cause, especially to an organi zation that has contributed so much in the way of fine music and conduct throughout this area,' Mr. Scogin said. * * * Legislators Study Problem Of Courthouse m In the wake of last week’s re ferendum defeat for a proposal to build a new Laurens County courthouse, the county’s legisls- tive delegation is now consider ing alternatives. Several proposals were dis cussed Monday night at a public meeting of the legislative dele gation. One of the strongest possibi lities is that the present court house will undergo some renova tion. The county has a $130,00 surplus which might be applied to renovation costs but Rep. Da vid Taylor said an architect has estimated that it will cost more to renovate the courthouse than to build a new one. Rep. W. Paul Culbertson said that if more funds are needed, he believed the coun ty could borrow from the State Sinking Fund. Another refer endum would be necessary if the county were to issue bonds to make the improvements. She said, “The Laurens County Cancer Society feels that this is unnecessary and will continue to carry on the work which it has done in years past, in regards to the treatment and aid for the pa- She said that when a separate drive is held, all the money col lected is returned to national headquarters and approximatedly 35 per cent is returned to the county for local needs. County Cancer Society Plans No Fund Drive Confused — Or Smart? The mother cat shown above may be confused and thinks she’s a squirrel. Or maybe she’s just smart. She picked a big oak tree as her maternity ward. The tree which is partially hollow, is lo cated in front of the educational building at First Baptist Church. The black, white and yellow mother cat apparently had three kittens in a hollow spot about 10 feet from the base of the tree. The kittens, two yellows and a black and white, are getting pretty rambunctious, according to church staff members, but early this week, they were still stick ing to the tree as their home. None had gotten up the nerve to try to get down from the tree. Church staff members believe the mother to be a stray cat but she doesn't stray far from that oak tree. The mother, shown at left in tree, keeps a wary eye on the Chronicle photographer. Two of the kittens are shown in the tree hollow at upper right. (PHOTO BY JERRY HOLLAND) Outdoor Arts Festival Offers Something For All Ages The Clinton Music Club’s all day outdoor Arts Festival, which takes place Saturday at Presby terian College, promises to be an exciting event, with local and out-of-town artists and musi cal groups performing and ex hibiting from 10:30 a.m. intil4:00 o’clock. Clinton Arts Festival, having been here two years ago as one of the three judges. The children’s paintingpa- vilion will be set up next to Belk Auditorium, and will be staffed by art education students from the College, assisted by members of the Music Club. 10:30 - Art exhibits due by this time, to allow time for hanging. Poster contest entries due in front of Belk auditorium for judg ing. 11:00 - Clinton Junior High Chorus, Mrs. Grace Conner, di rector Belk Auditorium and Jacobs Building (old science hall) will be the two hubs of activities which range from exhibits of children’s art to a demonstra tion of the potter’s wheel by a leading South Carolina sculptor- potter. Opportunities for those visiting the festival to do, as well as see, will be expancfed this year to include not only a painting pa vilion for younger children but also a “Left Bank* art center for junior high and high school students. Four professional artists will be demonstrating and selling dur ing the day. Grace Cook of Clin ton will be doing quick sketches of festival scenes. Alma Bark- shadt, silhouette artists from Greenville, will return for a se cond year to cut silhouettes and do charcoal portrait sketches. Betty Fryga of Clinton, artist at Jacobs Brothers, will be de monstrating sculpture techniques as she works on a sculptured head. And John Formo, sculptor and potter from Columbia, will demonstrate the use of the pot ter’s wheel. Mr. Formo, who was head of the art department at Columbia College for a number of years and now has a private studio in Columbia, is also returning to the On the “Left Bank', to be es tablished beside Jacobs Hall, So phie Young and Mary Locke Si mons will be present to offer assistance. Students of the Clin ton area are urged to come in and have a fling at pep art, junk art, or just experiment with any of a variety of materials; and “anything goes' atmosphere will prevail. As part of the “Left Bank’ activities, a large panel depict ing the festival activities will be painted by visitors during the day. The names of all who add to it will be painted on the back, and it is hoped that the panel may be used in future years as a sym bol for the Arts Festival. Also at work in the Left Bank area will be Presbyterian College sculpture students Paul Ferguson and Fred Woods, a jazz combo from Laurens High School is planning to come, and there is still room in the schedule for such groups, from Clinton who would like to add to Left Bank atmos phere. High School bands were unable to perform this year because Col lege Boardexams were scheduled for the same day. While they will be greatly missed, a full sche dule of musical and dance events has been planned. The day’s sche dule is as follows: 11:30 - Clintom Elementary _ School sixth grade Mexican Hat Dance 12r00 - Open 12:30 - Open 1:00 - Clinton Elementary School sixth grade chorus 1:30 - Puppet Show by Robbie Hawthorne, Presbyterian College 2:00 - Ford School (Laurens) sixth grade, folk dances 2:30 - Clinton Elementary School fifth grade folk dances 3:00 - Open 3:30 - Onen Four time slots remained open at press time. Those wishing to perform are urged to call Mrs. Lewis Hay, 833-3523. Events are planned to take place on the steps of Belk Auditorium unless other wise announced. Local amateur and hobby artists, semi-professionals, and professionals, children and adults are invited to bring art work to be displayed on the mall or beside Belk Auditorium. Work may be priced for sale, and ex- (CONT. ON PAGE 3.) AAiss Clinton Pageant Slated Saturday Night “Gone With The Wind’ will be the theme of the 1969 Miss Clin ton Pageant to be staged Satur day night in Belk Auditorium on the Presbyterian College cam pus. The Clinton Jaycee-sponsored pageant will feature eight con testants for the crown currently held by Miss Pat Davis. Miss Davis will represent Clinton in this year’s Miss South Carolina Pageant and her successor will be Clinton’s representative in the 1970 state pageant. The program Saturday night is to start at 8 p.m. The contestants are: Polly Ann Adair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Adair Sr. of Route 1, Clinton; Carolyn Wheeler Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harold Brown of Hartsville; Virginia Leaman Crocker, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Claude A. Crocker of Mer- rie Oaks, Clinton; Kathern Vir ginia Gault, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin G. Gault Jr. of Chestnut Street, Clinton; Alice Ann Martin, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. A. R. Martin of Holly wood, Fla.; Gloria Dale Nabors, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Carson Nabors of Route 2, Clin ton; Eli&betb Ann Newton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Newton ofGreenville; and Vir ginia Adair Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Rogers of Laurens Road, Clinton. Miss, Bjown, Miss Martin and Miss Newton are students at Presbyterian College. In the talent portion of the page ant: Miss Adair, a rising senior at Winthrop College, will present a comic monologue about country life; Miss Brown, a rising sopho more at PC, will sing a medley of Dixie songs; Miss Crocker, a senior at Clinton High School, will perform in a tap dance; Miss Gault a senior at CHS, will present a production number from “My Fair Lady';MissMar- tin will give an original poetry reading; Miss Nabor, a senior at CHS, will play the piano; Miss Newton, a rising sophomore at PC, will do a tap dance and sing a song; Miss Rogers, a rising junior at Clemson University, will sing and clogg. There are 14 contestants for the “Little Miss Clinton’ title which will be presented during the pageant. Contestants for the crown now held by Barbara Frady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Frady, are: Cynthia Benson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Benson of Teakwood Drive; Janice Fay Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cook of Pinewood Street; Missi Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Cooper Jr.; Ali cia Leigh Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cox, Jacobs Highway; Sheri Fuller, daughter of Mrs. Elaine Fuller, Highway 308; Koko Gates, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Lamar Gates, Sunset Blvd.; Also, Lena Gilliam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Gilliam, Route l;Mandy Hairston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hairs ton, 367 Poplar St.;Cindy League, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry League, Route 3; Patti Lea Lowe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Lowe, 506 Caldwell St; Susan Owings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Owings, Skyland Drive; Lydia Lois Pitts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pitts, GumSt.; Jerrie Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerre Smith, Small wood. Mrs. Peggy White Nickson, Miss South Carolina of 1967, will be the mistress of ceremonies. Judges will be H. Neil Gilles pie, Mr. and Mrs. Alex B. Myers, all of Greenville. All were judges for the 1968 Miss Clinton Page ant. Miss Clinton will receive a$150 scholarship from theJayceesand $50 scholarship from the Pepsi Cola Co. She also will receive a crown and a trophy. The first runner-up will receive a $100 savings bond and a trophy. Se cond runner-up will receive a$50 savings bond and a trophy. Miss Congeniality will receive a $25 savings bond, a crown and a loving cup. Special guests at the pageant will be Miss Clinton of 1967, Lynn Ellen (Missi) Wassung; Miss Congeniality of 1968, Judy Widmer; and Glenda Gale Wil liams, Miss Laurens of 1969. * * * ADAIR Adair Wins Lions Club D.C. Trip Forest Adair Jr., a junior at Clinton High School, has been named the winner of a Fourth Congressional District scho larship trip to Washington. The scholarship trip is spon sored by the Clinton Lions Club. Qualifications for the trip are the same as those for young men selected to attend Boys State. The trip, initiated by Con gressman James R. Mann, en ables a member of the junior class from every participating school in the district to visit Washing ton and view government inaction. Adair will go to Washington in June and spend three days and nights. Upon his return to Clinton, he will share his experiences with fellow students and sponsors of the event. He also will be avail able to address civic clubs con cerning his trip. Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON Many years ago the Methodist Church of Clinton sponsored an “Excursion” to Little Mountain, South Carolina. An entir^trpin was chartered from the Columbia, Newberry, and Laurens Railroad. Round trip from Clinton to Little Mountain cost 25c. Picnic lunches were carried. A young couple could enjoy their day of courting as they walked the long trip from the Little Mountain Depot up to the top of the "Mountain.” It was a great day for fun and fellowship. The Methodist Church at that time was on West Main Street where Chevrolet cars were sold (Giles Chevrolet Building). Nearby was a small cemetery. A large number of people came to Clinton from nearby towns and "countiy” to make this trip.