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1 f > i WEATHER (Week of April 30-May 7) High: 86 Low: 46 Soil Temp. Range 66-76 degrees Rainfall: 0 Clinton Cljronttle Vol. 70 — No. 18 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, May 8, 1969 INDEX Three Sections, 24 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 7-C Society 2-A Sports 7-A The 'Spooking' (Editor’s Note: Today’s column is written by Scoutmaster Mike Turner who recently received the Silver Reaver award for his dedication and con tribution to scouting. The incident reported here happened last weekend and Turner said, “I might as well tell it before thev tell it on me.”) BY MIKE TURNER Scoutmaster, Troop 111 Last Fridav night. Troop 111 toook off for an an overnight fishing trip to James Jacks’ farm pond. After fishing, cooking, snipe hunting, etc., the troop gathered around the campfire for a ghost story session. When things got pretty spooky, the scout master slipped over to talk with some of the older boys, and it seemed like a good idea for several of them to go un and haunt the upstairs of James’ old abandoned house near the dairy barn in prepa ration for a visit by the rest of the troop later. Sev eral scouts thereupon departed (the scoutmaster not knowing how many) to get on with the spook ing. Afer several minutes, scouts “Mud” Jacks and Jimmy Audia repappeared at the campfire breathless and white as you-know-what, and pro ceeded to tell that upon arriving at the old house, thev saw lights upstairs and heard noises and that verily, the house was already adequately haunted. With the other scouts admonished to remain around the campfire, the scoutmaster accompanied Mud and Jimmv un to the house to disprove the tricks that their eyes and ears had played on them. When we arrived at the house, other would-be- spooks were hiding in various places, peeping at the house and watching the goings on. About this time, the scoutmaster looked up towards the middle upstairs window and sure enough, there was an eerie light moving around. He then decided that Mr. Jacks should know alx>ut this, after commis sioning several scouts to watch for a safe distance, he w^ent to solicit Mr. Jacks’ good help. James was playing bridge with his kinfolk so we loaded up Phil, Fran, Mud. Jimmv and others and headed for the scene of the mytsery. When we arrived we turned the car lights full on the house and James challenged in a loud voice for whoever mig r ht be in there to come on out and then we all jumped behind silos, grain bins, rocks, cars, or whateved was handy. The only reply was a window raising and we felt theye were escaping form the side or back so we had another car shine lights on the back of the house to preveTTt~Pseape from this direction. Imagination, mysterv and excitement were all running rampant at this point and when James and Mike discussed all the bad things going on in the world today, we dediced this was a (dear case for the law. James then departed to telephone the county sheriff and our very efficient county depu ties appeared within minutes. After a brief explanation as to how r all this happened, they turned their lights on the house and marched straight in with all bravery while the rest of us hid. Within minutes, they had the culprits in hand. Out marched three very frightened scout spook types who had beaten Mud. Jimmy and Vernon to the house by just enough time to create this com edy of mystery. The scene was made possible by darkness, con fusion, some scouts at campfire, some in bushes, scoutmaster behind grain bin. Jacks behind every thing, and a count of noses impossible. Exit scout spook type, goodbye and thank you nice lawmen, good night most Jacks’, exit red-faced practical joking scoutmaster, and good night James Jacks, wherever you are. MISS CLINTON AND HER COURT —Virginia Rogers, center, is shown with her court after she was crowned ‘Miss Clinton of 1970’ Saturday night. Shown above, left to right, are Polly Ann Adair, 4 Miss Congeniality,; Gin ger Crocker, first runner-up; Miss Rogers; Pat Davis, Miss Clinton of 1969; and Dale Nabors, second run ner-up.— (Photo by Jerry Holland) Virginia Rogers Crowned As Miss Clinton Of 70' Virginia Adair Rogers, a sophomore at Clemson Univer sity and a native of Clinton, is the 1070 Miss Clinton. Miss Rogers, a 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Rogers of Clinton, was crowned Saturday night at the Clinton Jay- cee-sponsored Miss Clinton Pag eant. The pageant attracted a near capacity audience to Belk Audi torium on the Presbyterian Col lege campus. It was the largest crowd to attend the pageant in at least the past three years. Miss Rogers will attend the Miss South Carolina pageant in July as an observer and will re present Clinton in the 1970 state pageant. She was crowned by Pat Davis, Miss Clinton of 1969 who will represent Clinton in this year’s state pageant. Virginia Leaman (Ginger) Crocker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Crocker, was first runner-up and Gloria Dale Na bors, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Carson Nabors, was second runner-up. Miss Crocker and Miss Nabors both are seniors at Clinton High School. Polly Ann Adair, a rising sen ior at Winthrop College, was named ‘Miss Congeniality." She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Adair Sr. of Route 1, Clin ton. LITTLE MISS CLINTON—Misai Cooper, four- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Cooper, Jr., is shown above with her parents after she was crowned Little Miss Clinton of 1970. She w^aa crowned Saturday night at the Clinton Jaycee- sponsored pageant.— (Photo by Jerry Holland) ‘MY FAIR LADY’—Claire Duncan plays the lead role of Eliza Doolittle in ‘My Fair Lady’ which opens tonight, Thursday, at Clinton High School for a three-night run. The two-act musical play will be presented by the music department and sen ior class of CHS. Performances start at 8:00 p.m. each evening, tonight, Friday and Saturday. The senior class voted to donate its share of the proceeds to the CHS band uniform fund campaign.—(Photo by Jerry Holland) Missi Cooper, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Cooper Jr. of Clinton, was named Little Miss Clinton of 1970. She was crowned by Barbara F rady, Little Miss Clinton of 1969 and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Frady. The new Miss Clinton is ma joring in psychology at Clemson University where her brother, Phil, was an outstanding football player. She plans to enter the field of education upon gradua tion. An avid sports enthusiast, she is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, has blonde hair and blue eyes. She sang and clogged for her talent presentation which was well received. In winning the title, Miss Ro gers received a $150 scholarship from the Jaycees and $50 from Pepsi Cola. She also received a crown and trophy. Miss Crock er received a $100 savings bond and a trophy and Miss Nabors was presented a $50 savings bond and trophy. Miss Adair wona$25 savings bond and trophy while Miss Cooper was presented a$25 savings bond, a crown and loving cup. * * * PC Co-Ed Is Elected Tommie Ellis, a Presbyterian College co-ed from Greenville, is the new chairman of the South Carolina chapter of the Southern Universities Student Government Association. She was named at the recent regional SU5GA meeting held in Louisville, Ky. Ramage Wins National Merit Scholarship Albert A. (Gus) Ramage, a senior at Clinton High School, has been named winner of a $1,000 National Merit Scholarship. Ramage’s grant is one of 1,000 unrestricted scholarships a- warded nationally this year under the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Ramage, he intends to attend Clemson University next falljle was selected as the Laurens County and Congressional Dis trict Four ‘Star student’ earlier this year. Last year, he was a Furman Scholar. All winners of a National Merit Scholarship are chosen by a se lection committee in open com petition, state by state, irres pective of the source of the sup porting funds. The fourteenth annual Merit Program began in February, 1968, when 793,114 students in 17,572 schools took the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Of that group, 15,000 were selected as semifinalists, the highest-scoring students in each state. The number of semifinal ists in each state is proportion al to its number of graduating secondary school seniors and constitutes less than one per cent of those seniors. GUS RAMAGE About 97 per cent of the semi finalists each year advance to finalist level and thereby become eligible for Merit Scholarships. The finalist competition is based on demonstrated academic performance and high poten tial for future accomplishment. The committee evaluates such factors as test scores, high school grades, achievements out side the classroom, qualities of leadership and citizenship and endorsements by the school. Fi nancial need is not a factor in selecting the winners. Whitman, DeYoung To Head Clinton City Departments D. C. Whitman was named su perintendent of the combined utility systems of Clinton and Marvin DeYoung was named chief engineer of the Clinton Fire De partment at Monday night’s City Council meeting. DeYoung will succeed Tommy Owens July 1 upon Owens’ re tirement. Whitman succeeds Ralph Holt who resigned in Jan uary to accept a similar posi tion in Bennettsville. A native of North Carolina, Whitman is a graduate of Wood ruff High School. He has been a resident of Clinton for 30 years and has been associated with Clinton Mills for 24 years. He currently is a electrician and refrigeration specialist at Clin ton Mills. He completed an electrical maintenance course through the International Correspondence School. He is married to the former Medora Campltell of Clinton and they have three children, David Barry W'hitman, 26; Freddie Gene Whitman, 23; and Tim, 16. Mermn lal Methodist Church. DeYoung is a veteran of almost 28 years with the Clinton Fire Department. He joined the Volun teer Fire Department in July, 1941, and was employed as a driver with the Fire Department in October, 1945. A native of Clinton, he was edu cated in the public school system. He is married to the former Gay- nelle Fanning of Hickory Tavern. They have two children, Tommy DeYoung of Greenville and Mar lene Woods of Clinton. They have three grandchildren. The DeYoungs are members of Davidson St. Baptist Church where DeYoung is treasurer and a member of the board of dea cons. He is a former chairman of the Liard of deacons. DeYoung is Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Coun cil of R&SM, York Rite Masons, a state office. A member of Camptiell Lodge No. 44, tie is a past officer of all York Rite bodies. He is secretary of the lodge and is a member of Hejaz Temple. D. C. WHITMAN MARVIN DEYOUNG Thev are members of Bailey ******** Long-Range Plan Contract Awarded County Plans Homecoming Day Next November November 8 has tieen designa ted as “Homecoming Day” in Laurens County. The special event is sponsored by the Laurens County Tricenten nial Committee in cooperation with the churches of the county. Several activities are planned for that day and Dr. Marshall Brown, chairman of the county committee, said, “We urge all county residents to make plans now to invite friends and rela tives to visit with ttiem on that day." ★★★★★★★★ A state drivers license renewal office will open at the Clinton Armory Friday, according to State Highway Patrol Capt. H. C. Fennell. The Patrol office at the Armory also will lie open five days a week during the month of June. Capt. Fennell said the office will lie open from 8:50 a.m. un til 5 p.m. Friday to handle license renewals only. He said the of fice at the armory will be open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day throughout the month of June, also for license renewals only. Capt. Fennell said that anyone with more than four points charged against him will have to go to Laurens for testing. Warning Issued To Youngsters Clinton StreetsSupt. Eddie Mc Gee has requested that parents warn their children of the dangers of following city work equipment. The firm of Adley Associates, Inc., of Atlanta, Ga., was select ed Monday night to conduct Clin ton’s long-range planning survey. At Monday night’s regular monthly City Council meeting, representatives of three firms were interviewed before Adley Associates was selected. Adley’s contract will be with the South Carolina Planning and Development Board which will contract with the city for the sur vey. The contract is contingent upon the approval of the federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) agency. Capt. Fennell also pointed out that all persons seeking license renewals must take an eye test. He said, “Anyone who thinks there may be some question about his vision can bring a statement from an eye specialist in lieu of taking the eye test.” Leon Collins will be the examiner in charge of the local testing center. The local center was opened after the legislative delegation was petitioned by residents of Clinton. A branch office was op erated in Clinton on a part-time basis until about a year ago when all of the testing facilities were concentrated in the patrol’s Lau rens Office. However, the Patrol officers agreed to reopen the Clinton office after receiving the petition. With HUD’s approval, the fed eral government will pay ap proximately three-fourths of the cost of the survey. It has been estimated that the initial survey will cost approximately $13,000. The survey is a three-year project although it is carried out under one-year contracts which much be renewed at the end of each year. The survey will include studies of land use, traffic flow, zoning requirements, community facili ties, recreation, schools, popu lation, income groupings and other phases of municipal life. The survey is designed to assist the city in planning for the fu ture. Terry Love represented Adley Associates at Monday night’s meeting. Other representatives who made presentations at the meeting were Dan Martin with Wilbur Smith and Associated of Columbia and John Kidd with Kidd, Wright and Associates of Atlanta. In other actions, council: ---voted to repair and paint the central building at Rosemont Cemetery. ---voted to make the intersec tion of Jones and Calvert Streets a four-way stop mtersection upon recommendation of residents of the area. ---voted to request that the State Highway Department make a careful study of speed limits in. the city, particularly on High way 72 which has speed limits ranging from 60 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour. Other Memoirs Driver License Renewal Station To Open Here McGee said, “We have had trouble recently with children following or playing around the street sweeper, spraying ma chine and the tractor which is doing bush-hog work. This can be extremely dangerous and we re quest that parents tell their child ren to keep away from the equip ment." * * * Road Projects Planned Around New School Road improvements around the new Clinton Elementary School are planned for this summer, ac cording to Rep. David S. Taylor, secretary for the Laurens County Legislative Delegation. Taylor said provisions for these improvements were made last year and will be carried out at the end of the current school year. BY JOE H. SIMPSON Many years ago I heard that if you addressed a young lady as ‘‘Miss Copeland” and she did not acknowledge your salutation, then just say, “ I beg your pardon, Miss Bailey.” Chances were you would be right. Be that as it may, I will give you some Bailey genealogy. The grand old man of the Clinton Clan of Bailey’s was Silas M. Bailey, who was born June 22, 1895, and died October 22, 1872. He was mar ried three times. His first wife was Margaret Beas ley. To them were born William Logan Bailey, James Bailey, Mercer Silas Bailey, Dolly Bailey Milam, Mary Ann Bailey May, Dora Bailey Bailey, and Cindy Bailey Chandler. His second wife was Pamelia Nelson. She died, leaving no children. His third wife was Fannie Bolt. To them was born Clayte C. Bailey, George W. Bailey, P. Bee Bailey. Leila Bailey Sumerel, Robert L. Bailey, Sam D. Bailey, and Rebecca Bailey Bobo. Now, see if you can figure out who you are kin to. Thanks to Mrs. Helen Sumerel Anderson of Clinton for the ttoove genealogy. Silas M. Bailey is buried in tiie north west corner of the Presbyterian Cemetery beside his third wife, Mrs. Fannie Bolt Bailey.