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Congratulations, Graduates (See Section C) Clinton Chronicle Vol. 70 — No. 21 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, May 29, 1969 INDEX Four Sections, 24 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 4-A Editorials 2-B Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 7-A Following Rail Merger Local Track Removal Prospects Are Dim The prospects of removing a set of CN&L tracks from down town Clinton appear “pretty dim right now", although the final de cision is still pending, according to J. L. Williams, Florence Di vision superintendent for Sea board Coastline Railroad. The Interstate Commerce Commission last week approved the merger ofSeaboard and Pied mont & Northern. Last August, Williams told the Laurens Rotary Club that the pro posed merger which was then pending could have some effect on rail traffic in Clinton. He said the possibility of eli minating the Greenwood-to-Lau- School Calendar OK'd For 1969-70 Term The calendar for the 1969-70 school year was approved Monday night at the School District 56 Board of Trustees meeting. The next school year for stu dents will start on Aug. 28. Teachers will report Aug. 25 for in-service training. September 1 will be Labor Day Holiday and Nov. 27-28 will be Thanksgiving Holiday. Christmas Holidays will begin after school on Dec. 19 and students will re turn to classes Jan. 5. Spring Holidays are scheduled March 26-April 1. The S. C. Education Association conven tion is scheduled April 10. The last day of school is scheduled June 3. In another action Monday, the board approved the low bid of Greenville Roofing Co. to put a new roof on Martha Dendy School. The low bid was $8,875. Goodman Named Hosiery Co. Personnel Manager Edwin M. Goodman jr. has been named personnel manager for C. W. Anderson Hosiery Corpora tion, a subsidiary of Collins & Aikman Corporation. The an nouncement comes from C. W. Anderson, C&A corporate vice president and president of the subsidiary. Goodman has been with Col lins k Afkman since March, 1967 and comes to the hosiery opera tion from a post as personnel manager for the company’sCavel Division plants at Concord, N.C. and Lavonia, Georgia. rens rail route was under study and said, “We are studying the possibility of routing the Green wood-to-Laurens traffic from Greenwood to Clinton and then to Laurens via the CN&L Line.* He emphasized this was just one possibility which is under study but said the outcome of the study will have some effect on rail traffic in Clinton. He said how much track might be eliminated from downtown Clin ton depended on what is done about the Greenwood-Laurens rail traffic. He said the Green wood-Laurens route presents some problems because of terrain. If the Greenwood-Laurens route is eliminated, and the traf fic routed through Clinton, the CN&L line would have to be up graded in order to handle 100-to 150 car trains, Williams said. On March 12, 1968, Seaboard Executive Thomas C. Moore, ad dressing the annual Clinton Chamber of Commerce banquet, said there was a strong possi bility that one line of CN& L tracks might be removed from downtown Clinton. Moore, who was then transportation assistant to the vice president of Seaboard but was later promoted and trans ferred, said, “If we getthe money from the board of directors it is not remote that this could come about within ttie next year.’ However, that was prior to the Seaboard-P&N merger. Contacted by The Chronicle this week, Florence Division Supt. Williams said, “The pos sibilities of eliminating a set of CN&L tracks through Clinton ap pear pretty dim right now, par ticularly in view of the switch ing requirements of some of our industrial customers on those lines." He is a native of Charles ton and a graduate of Furman University with an AB in Psy chology. The C&A hosiery subsidiary EDWIN GOODMAN JR. operates plants at Clinton and Whitmire, and Hendersonville, N.C., and is in the process of building one at Prosperity. Chair Of Bible Established At PC The Kristen Herrington Chair of Bible has been established at Presbyterian College by Mr. and Mrs. John F. McLeod of Ches terfield in memory of their granddaughter, President Marc C. Weersing announced today. Dr. Weersing said gifts total ing $88,000 already have been placed in a fund toward the en dowment of this chair. It is named in honor of Kristen Herrington, the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Ro bert T. Herrington of Chapel Hill, N.C., who died at age four in early 1963. McLeod, owner of the McLeod Plywood Box Company and a lifetime member of the PC board of trustees, began setting aside funds in 1965 toward the eventual establishment of the chair as a memorial to his granddaughter. President Weersingpointedout the income from this endowed in vestment will serve in perpetui ty to help undergird the import ant mission of Bible teaching at Presbyterian College. He also announced that Dr. Joseph M. Gettys has been de signated as the first Kristen Herrington Professor of Bible. However Williams empha sized, “We can’t say exactly what we’re going to do now. 1 haven’t actually seen an official an nouncement on the merger. I have heard we received a favorable ruling from the ICC. Once we re ceive the official notification, we will bring our studies up to date. It’s much too early to determine what our studies will indicate as to our best course of action.” * * * Management Workshop Set At Presbyterian Several hundred operating su pervisors and personnel man agers from throughout the state are expected to assemble at Presbyterian College on June 5- 6 for the 11th annual Industrial Management Workshop spon sored by the South CarolinaState Chamber of Commerce. An outstanding roster of speak ers and labor experts is being lined up to lead practical dis cussions of vital labor relations matters. CHAIR ESTABLISHED— President Marc C. Weersing (right) talks with Mrs. Robert T. Herrington of Chapel Hill, N. C. (left) and Mr. and Mrs. John F. McLeod of Chester field about the establishment of the Kristen Herrington Chair of Bible at Presbyterian College. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod have given $88,000 to ward endowing the chair in memory of their granddaughter, who was the 4-year-old child of Mrs. Herrington at the time of the girl’s death. $557,631 Contract For New City Hall Awarded By Council Clinton City Council voted at a special meeting Monday night to award Cannon Construction Co. of Newberry the contract for construction of a new city hall. Cannon entered a low bid of $557,631 for construction of the 25,300-square-foot, two-story municipal building. City officials had expected bids to be $500,000 or less. How ever, at Monday night’s meeting, council voted to award the con tract to Cannon at the bid price. Mayor Harry Layton said, “We thought of several ways we might could cut costs on ttie building but in the final analysis we felt that we did not want to cheapen the building. We decided to proceed with the building as planned." The mayor said that the extra costs can be -covered through general municipal revenues. BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT—The garden clubs of Clinton recently ex panded the flower beds in the area between the railroad tracks in down town Clinton, with the assistance of city work crews. Shown above are Mrs. Judson B r e h m e r, left, civic beautification committee chairman for the Garden Clubs of Clinton; City Street Dept. Supt. Eddie McGee; and Mrs. Clarence Stinnett, president of the Garden Club Council. (SEE STORY PAGE 5A.) Six bids were opened Friday at the current municipal building. The Cannon bid was $26,569 lower than the second low bid. LaFaye- Tarrant of Columbia entered a bid of $584,200. Other base bids were Triangle Construction Co. of Green ville, $585,557; M tore Construction Co. of Greenwood, $603,500; Harper Construction Co. ofWilliamston,$616,498; and Satterfield Construction Co. of Greenwood, $661,190. CHS Band Uniform Drive Is Successful A “new look” will be evident this Fall when the Clinton High School Marching Band takes to the field as a result of a suc cessful fund raising campaign for new uniforms. 1 Mrs. A. C. Workman, Jr., gen eral chairman of the fund rais ing drive said Wednesday that band members have been mea sured, the contract signed, and that the new uniforms are in the process of being made. “Through the generosity of area residents and business in stitutions it has been possible to conduct a whirl-wind campaign to raise funds for the much needed uniforms for the Clinton High School Marching and Concert Band,” Mrs. Workman said. "Without their financial help and the effort put forth by those connected with the fund raising drive, this could not have been possible,” she stated. "In the beginning the goal for $9,000 seemed so far away, but with the help of so many with both Firemen Answer Two Fire Colls Clinton Firemen answered two alarms Tuesday. The first call was to the sup ply room of Gala Motor Inn on North BroadStreetaboutl:15p.m. Fire of undetermined origin did considerable damage to the sup ply room and burned up most of the supplies in the room. The second call came at 8:20 p.m. and firemen extinguished a car fire on Musgrove Street. The fire damaged wires in the motor of the car. money and effort ‘our impossible dream’ has become a reality.* Mrs. Workman stated it was al most impossible to single out any individual or business, but with out the help of The Chronicle and radio station WPCC in keep ing the public informed, the fund raising would have l>een a diffi cult task. “A complete or near final re port on funds collected will tie made next week,” Mrs. Workman said. + * + Summer School Opens At PC Next Week Students will register next Monday afternoon for the first session of Presbyterian Col lege’s 1969 summer school which offers 55 courses in 14 depart ments, including graduate credit in education. Registration is scheduled for 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Greenville Dining Hall for the June 2-July 9 first session, with June 5 desig nated as the last day for late registration. Classwork will begin next Tuesday, developed around four periods daily: the first period running from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; second period, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; third period, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and a special period in the late afternoon and night for persons interested in the courses in special education. The PC summer school pro vides for a maximum of six hours credit (seven with a lab oratory science) each session. Shotgun Blast Rips Through House Window Clinton police Wednesday were investigating the firing of a shot gun through a window of a Jeff erson Street house. No injuries were reported. Police report that someone fired a shotgun through a window in a house occupied by the James Price family. The incident was reported at about 11:45 p.m. Tues day. Investigating Policeman Ed Marrs said the blast went through a window on the right side of the front porch, ripped through ttie wall in the living room and some cabinets in the kitchen. He said he counted nine holes in the walls. Price and his wife both were at home at the time of ttie shoot ing but both were in <lher areas of the house. Marrs said the blast apparently was fired from the Jefferson Street curbing in front of the house. He said a neighbor re ported seeing a white car in front of the house around the time of ttie shooting. Investigation was continuing Wednesday morning. ••••••••••• Laurens Voters Approve School Tax Increase LAURENS - An eight mill school tax increase was approved in a special referendum Tuesday by Laurens School District 55 voters. The increase was ap proved by a vote of 487-231. Revenue from the tax levy will be used for teachers’ pay sup plement and improvement of ex isting schools. District 55 trus tees have said four mills will tie used for teacher pay supple ments for 1969-70, two mills for teacher pay for 1970-71 and two mills for school improvements. Dr. Chapman Elected Jr. Achievement Leader Dr. Fred Chapman, academic dean at Presbyterian College, has been elected President of the Clinton Junior Achievement Board of Directors. He succeeds Tom Addison who headed the organization during its initial year. Dr. Chapman served as executive director for the pro gram. Other officers elected axe J. B. Templeton, vice president- finance; Dave Roberts, vice pre sident - program; Bob Hanson, secretary; and Jim Von Hollen, treasurer. Dr. Chapman will be suc ceeded as executive director by Frank Sailors of the Business Economics Dept, at PC. The elections were field at the board of director’s meeting Mon day night. In other actions, the board passed the foil owing motions that: --The board be reduced from 38 members to 30. DR. CHAPMAN --The Executive Commit tee will act as a nominating com mittee and submit a slate of of ficers for next year’s board. — -Board officers will rotate each year but the outgoing of ficers will remain on the board at least one more year to as sure continuity. In discussing the JA program for next year, Dr. Chapman made these points: (1) The organization has tend ed to be production oriented this year and will have to try to achieve a better balance. (2) Sales was a weak area and will need special emphasis. (3) Organization will recruit earlier this year, give special attention to the industrial arts classes and liave less lag be tween recruiting and the first meeting. (4) The board will have to plan a fund campaign for next spring. Money is available for this year. (6) Facilities and equipment are satisfactory for the coming year. Construction on the new city hall on North Broad St. is expected to start within the next 10 days. It has been estimated that it will take about one year to complete construction. * * * Circuit Division Brings Out Candles (No Roses) Many residents of southClinton dined by candelight Monday night. It’s not that folks on that side of town are more romantic than those on the other side. They just didn’t have any electric power. As husbands went home to half- baked casseroles, cold pork and beans and other tasty cold de lights, city work crews were fe verishly trying to divide some circuits that were overloaded on the southern side of town. The south side of town was without constant electricity for almost three hours, from about 6:30 p.m. until about 9:30 p.m. Clinton Mayor Harry Layton said, “We were in the process of dividing circuits that were overloaded when the peak load at supper time hit us. We hope to get the work completed by Wednesday of this week and, if so, we don’t expect to have that trouble any more. We regret the inconveniences which were caused.” He said, “We don’t an ticipate any more trouble such as that experienced this week. * Meanwhile contractors are to begin work next week on re vamping the city’s electrical sys tem. The mayor said that all contracts have been signed and the work is expected to take about three months. Lutheran Church Hosts Synod For Ordination On Monday evening, June 2nd, at 7:30, St. John’s Lutheran Church Greenwood Highway, Clinton, will host theSouttiCaro lina Synod for the 1969 Ordina tion Service. The Reverend Dr. Karl W. Kinard, in his 26th year as Pre sident of the Lutheran Synod of South Carolina, will officiate at the Service of Ordination. He will be joined in the Laying-on of Hands by ttie pastors of the four ordination candidates. The preacher for the occasion will tie the Reverend Robert L. Hock, pastor of Fbenezer Luth eran Church, Columbia. At this service, four members of the 1969 graduating class of the Lu theran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Caro lina, will be ordained. Those men to be presented for ordination, their homes and their calls to fields of service are: Mr. Roger F. Gruetzmacher, Columbia, S. C., called to Faith, Savannah, Georgia; Mr. Richard G. Krog- mann, Hicksville, New York, called to First Lutheran, Lafayette, Louisiana; Mr. C. Alan Sellman, Baltimore, Mary land, called to St. Matthew’s, P imaria; and Mr. John L. Setz- ler, Kingstree, S. C., called to St. John’s, Clinton. This service will mark the first time in the history of the con gregation that St. Jotin’s has been priviledged to host the Synod for the Ordination Service. Two high pouits for South Carolina Luth erans each year are the annual Synod convention, held this past April in Greenville, and the Or dination Service. It is indeed an honor for St. John’s to serve as host church for this important oc casion. The situation for St. J 'tin's is rather unique this year due to the fact that one of the prospective ordinands, Mr. John L. Setzler, has been called as pastor of the host church. Mr. Setzler preaches his first ser mon as pastor of St. John’s Lu theran Church Sunday morning, June 1st. The Ordination Service is open to the public; the congregation in vites all interested friends of the church to share with them in this service, another high point in the life of the congregation. • • • • • I I Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON Clinton had a number of fine tonsorial parlors, or more simply stated, barber shops, over the years. Probably the dean of Clinton barbers would be Mr. A. B. Galloway. His was a three-chair shop, mean ing that there were three barbers available. For 25c you could bet a haircut and for a dime a shave. Clinton was hardly large enough to warrant a manicurist. One outstanding thing was the fact that most of the more prominent men of Clin ton had their own shaving mugs and brushes with their names, or initials, painted on the mugs. These were lined up on a long narrow shelf. They made quite an attractive display. Working hours on Satur day were very long, usually serving the public aa long as the men came in. Many a man had his hair cut after midnight. Of course no lady ever entered a barber shop. Massages and hair tonics were part of the barber’s line of trade. Also a refreshing shower bath could be obtained in the rear bath room.