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\ WEATHER (Week of May 28-June 4) Low: 53 High: 90 (June 3) (May 30) Rainfall: .43 in. (June 2, 3) Soil Temp. Range: 75-84 degrees ®j)e Clinton Cfjromde Vol. 70 — No. 22 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, June 5, 1969 INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Classitieo 6-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 7-A ^ ■ Groundbreaking Ceremony Held City Hall Work Begins Ground was broken Tuesday af ternoon to signal the start of work on construction of Clinton’s new city hall on North Broad Street. In brief remarks, Clinton Mayor Harry Layton pointed out, “much planning has gone into this project and this is a happy day for Clinton. Planning began two or three years ago under former Mayor Noland Suddeth with the assistance of former Councilman Lynn Cooper and the present members of City Council.” The Rev. Alfred Bixler, pastor of First PresbyterianChurch, of fered a prayer and Mayor Layton turned the first shovelful of earth with a newly purchased shovel. Cannon Construction Co. of Newberry has the contract for construction of the city hall. Cannon entered a low bid of $557,631 for construction of the 25,300-square-foot, two story municipal building. The building, of colonial de sign, will house the city clerk’s office, Police Dept., Fire Dept, and would feature a community room, with kitchen upstairs. The upstairs also will feature dormitory space for firemen when Clinton’s Fire Department is placed on a fulltime basis. The department currently operates on a volunteer basis with three full time employes. Another feature of the building will be a drive-in window where residents may pay light and water bills and handle other transac tions with the city clerk’s of fice. Edward O. Cannon is president of Cannon Construction Co. which was founded in 1945. Cannon constructed Davidson St. Baptist Church in Clinton and has handled several con struction projects at Whitten Vil lage, including construction of the laundry and remodeling the ad ministration building. City Council Appoints Driver-Jailer Clinton City Council Monday night appointed Thomas W. Pra ther as a fire truck driver and jailer for the Police Dept. He will fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Thomas P. Owens. A native of Whitmire, Prather has resided in Clinton for about 20 years. He has been associat ed with Liberty Life Insurance Co. as a salesman. He is mar ried to the former Martha Fer guson and they have two child ren, John, 18, and Cecelia, 8. Council also heard a request for fire protection and road im provements on Friendship Street from a delegation of residents of the area. The area has water service but some houses are beyond the ser vice area ofsix-inch water mains which are needed in fire fighting. CITY HALL GROUNDBREAKING—Shown above at groundbreaking ceremonies Tuesday afternoon for Clinton’s new city hall are. left to right: Craig and Gauldin architect William Davis, a native ot Clinton who designed the building; Edward O Cannon, contractor; former Mayor Noland Sud deth; former City Councilman Lynn Cooper. Sr.; Councilman Truman Owens; Mayor Harry Layton wielding the shovel; and City Conucilmen Boyd Holtzelaw, George Bagwell, and Talmadge San ders. The lot is located on North Broad Street be tween Mrs. G. B. Fibbitt’s house on the corner and the Hamer house occupied by Mrs. B I). Taylor. — (Yarborough Photo) ■ • |% I Tommy Windsor License Renewal isinmred In Auto Wreck ^ ^ 1*1 fClintonwas I I I I I I I seriously injured early Sunday ■ morning in a one-car accident A drivers license renewal of- dosed and all license testing >p- ^' <) wes t "f f Unton on fice is ipen m Clinton this m nth. erations were centralized in Lau- ^<6 A Unton-Laurens High- ORDINATION—Rev. John L. Setz- ler, right, new pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, was ordained Mon day evening in services at the local church. Also shown above are the Rev. Dr. Bryan Keisler, former in terim pastor of the church, left, and the Rev. Dr. Karl W. Kinard, presi dent of the Lutheran Synod of South Carolina, who officiated at the ser vice. Four members of the Luth- gfan Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia were ordained in the Synod Ordination Service.— (Yarbor ough Photo) Mr. and Mrs. Bob Black of Clinton will have two daughters in the fourth grade next year, al though the girls are 13 years apart in age. Barbara Black. 8, will be a member of the fourth grade at Clinton Elementary School. Her sister. Betty, 21. will teach in a fourth grade class at Windsor Elementary School near Dentsville. Betty, a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina, left this week to work as a hostess in Capt. Toby’s Chowder House at Nantuckett, Mass., this summer. Last summer, she worked in U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond’s office in Washing ton. Just Teach Him D. O. Freeman, owner of Clinton Cafe, was chuckling over this one recently: The teacher sent a note home to Johnn’s moth er. The note said, “Please see that Johnny takes a bath.” The mother wrote back: “Dere Miss Smith: “Johnny come to school to git learnt—not to git smelt. He ain’t rib rose.” CHS Home Ec. Dept. Offers Summer Classes The Home Economics Depart ment of Clinton High School will again conduct summer classes for both adults and teenagers. There are no charges for the classes which are cosponsored by the State Department of Edu cation and School District #56. The classes will be taught by Mrs. Harry Bouknight, home eco nomics teacher at the high school. A beginners class in clothing construction for adults will be offered on Tuesday and Thurs day mornings from 9 to 11 be ginning Tuesday June 17th. These classes will run through July. There will be 12 sessions of instruction. This will include a study of the sewing machine and the commercial pattern. A class for adults who already have knowledge of the machine but need instruction in fitting and pattern alterations as well as detailed construction princi ples will be offered in the af ternoons on Tuesday and Thurs day at 2 p.m. beginning on June 17th. These classes will run for six weeks and each class will be two hours in length. Classes for teenage girls will be offered on Monday and Wed nesday beginning June 16th. Be ginning sewing classes will be from 9-11 in the morning and classes for girls who have pre viously been enrolled in Home Economics will be from 2-4 in the afternoon. Other types of instruction such as different types of window treatments including lined and unlined drapes, swags, cornice boards etc, food selection and purchasing, cookery terms and appliances, selectioq, of small equipment for the home, and other consumer problems maybe or ganized into classes for adults if interested individuals would call Mrs. Bouknight after 5 p.m. at 833-2475. County's Option Expires Laurens County’s option on the old Central Elementary School property in Laurens has expired and the property has reverted back to the City of Laurens. The option expired May 15. The county took an option on the land as a possible site for a new courthouse but voters re jected two proposals to construct a new courthouse. At Monday night’s Laurens City Council meeting, officials dis cussed what should now be done with the property. The property was bought by Laurens City Coun cil for $75,000 in 1967 from School District 55 as a site for a pro posed municipal complex. How ever, Laurens voters turned down a $400,000 bond issue that would have fiananced the project. The county was then given an option on the property. Laurens Mayor Ike Griggs said that when the city purchased the property, city officials intended to pay for the property from money that would have been au thorized in the defeated bond issue. Alderman Ed Armstrong said Monday the city could not leg ally keep the property and that school officials have said they would take the property back if the proposal was defeated. Council authorized Griggs and Alderman F. J. Hamrick to seek an opinion from the state at torney general’s office before the new city budget is adopted June 20. Alderman Hamrick urged the city to keep the property as a site for future city construction * * * FALSE ALARM A fire call answered by Clin ton’s Volunteer Fire Dept, about noon Tuesday turned out to be a false alarm. Council assured the residents that every effort will be made to get the road improvements ac complished and that further study will be given to the situation re garding the water mains. Other major topics of discus sion included the city’s electri cal service, out-of-town fire calls, recommendations on what the city must do to upgrade its fire protection and ways to con trol the nunber of trailer parks in the city. No action was taken on any of the above topics. 190 Register For PC Session A total of 190 students are en rolled for the first session of Presbyterian College’s 1969 summer school, Registrar Ros- lyn Martin announced today. They registered Monday and began classwork the following day on the five-week term which extends through July 9. A se cond session of equal duration is scheduled for July 10 through August 15. FRANK SIMPSON JR. Simpson Named Plant Manager Of Chalmers Plant P rank H. Simpson Jr. of Jo anna has been named Plant Man ager of the Chalmers Plant of Greenwood Mills. The announcement of Simp son’s appointment was made by Group Manager W. Roberts Jr. Simpson, a son of P rank H. Simpson and the late Mrs. Simp son of Clinton, was born in Lau rens County. He was graduated from Clinton High School andre- ceived a ELS. degree in textile engineering from Clemson Uni versity. He is married to the former Ann Watts of Mountville, and they have two daughters, Mary Lou and Rachel Ann. He is a deacon in First Presbyterian church. Simpson is a member of the Joanna Lions Club, Magnolia Ma sonic Lodge No. 355, and the Loyal Order of Moose. He served in the Navy from 1944 until 1946. Simpson joined the Joanna Plants in 1053. He served as Laboratory Director, Supervisor of weaving and Superintendent of weaving. Since January of 1968, he had been Assistant Plant Manager of Joanna Plants Nos. 13, 14, and 16. The office is in the Armory and is open from 8:30 a.m. until noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Mon day through Friday. The office is for license re- ne.vMls only. Anyone with four points if more charged against his license uni A go to Laurens to take the reneo i! test. A part-time license office was operated in Clinton unUl ab >ot <me and a half years ago w!i m i v is held at the 11th annual Industrial Management Workshop leing sponsored by the South Caro lina State Chamber of Commerce ■ m the Presbvterian College cam pus this Thursday and Priday. Some 400 operating super visors and personnel managers representing companies through out the state are expected to at tend the two-day program. They will hear an outstanding group of speakers and labor experts, with all sessions scheduled for Belk Auditorium. The program opens Thursday at 10:30 a.m. with talks by At lanta attorney John E. Branch and George Kinnamon, industrial consultant from Summerville. The 2 p.m. session features a presentation by Dr. David J. Sch wartz of Georgia State College, and the 7:30 evening program in cludes John M. Rivers,president of the State Chamber of Com- Charolais Sale Totals $129,975 The second Charolais Cattle Production Sale was held Fri day, May 30, at Bali Hai Ranch near Laurens. The ranch is owned by Shelton J. and Dorothy K. Rimer. The highly successful sale totaled $129,975 with an average per animal of $1,918 on the 68 lots. The highest selling female brought $3,100 and went to Mr. Glen Burgess, Jasper, Georgia. One-fourth interest in the im ported French bull, Lord Byron, went to Mr. Ed Stevenson, Jr., Winnsboro. One half interest in Bali Hai Amigo Sam, a young two year old bull brought $2,300 and sold to Mr. Paul H. Earn hardt, Mt. Pleasant, N.C. A two >• month old bull calf by Lord Byron sold to Dr. W. H. Amspacher, Greenville, for $2,900. x, "ms. However, Clinton and To ur.;, i ea residents petitioned t > have the local office operated u- gii.i because of the incon venience of traveling to Laurens for license tests. The ffice will Ik- op* n here throughout the month of June. Le >n Collins is the examiner in charge < f the local ffice. A sp-b-small for the --ffice said that many local people ap parently are still going to Lau rens for tests and added, 'We're here for ‘heir convenience.’’ speaking on “New Challenges for Supervision. ” The E riday schedule has for the morning session C lumliiaattor ney Douglas M-Kay, Jr., -n “Workmen's Compensation and the Supervisor" followed by ( harles T. McNary of Guy Ar thur and Associates of Toccoa, Ga., on “The Secret of Good Re lations." The program will close that afternoon with an address by Dr. Harvey C. Halm- fGeneral Motors Corporation in Dayton, Ohio. Belk Auditorium will serve as headquarters for the workshop which has lieen held on the Pres byterian College campus since its inception in 1959. Persons attend ing are housed in the PC dormi tories and make use of the dining and recreational facilities. way). Windsor was the lone occupant m his 1966 model car when it ran off the road, clipped a power pole and overturned several times down an embankment. He was taken to Bailey Me morial Hospital for emergency treatment and tlien was trans ferred t Self Mem -rial Hospi tal in Greenwood. The accident occured at L15 a.m. -n Sunday June 1. His car ran off the right side f the road and struck a Duke power C". pole, breaking it in tw . The car then overturned sev eral tim- s down an embankment. The car was headed towardClin- ton at the time of the accident. Ttie investigating patrolman, L. J. Shaw, said damage to Wind sor s car wasestimatedat$l,800. W.ndsor suffered chest in juries, according to the patrol man. WINDSOR Windsor’s condition was de scribed as “fair” by a hospi tal spokesman Wednesday morn ing. Windsor, former manager of Family Shoes, Inc., store inClin- ton, is third shift supervisor in Greenwood Mills Plant 13 in Jo anna. • Pools Open : The swimming pools in Clinton opened Monday, June 2, ac cording to John Bingham, director of the Clinton Y.M.C.A. The instructional sessions will begin on June 16. The instruction sessions will be held on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings from 9:30 until 11:30. The pools will be open for recreational swimming from 2:00 until 5:30 and from 7:00 until 9:00 each afternoon and evening with the exception of Wednesdays when the pools close at 5:30, The pools are open all day Saturday for recreational swimming. The life guards at the Clinton pool are Julia Nelson, Milford Wright, Cody Simmons, and Allison Stump. The life guards at the Lydia pool are James Sanders, Virginia Rogers, Benny Sprouse, and Mimi Braswell. Other Memoirs Did you ever see a horse fly? That joke is older than T and probable older than Clinton, hut, hon estly, I have seen flies play poker for hours at the time. Let me hasten to explain before I lose the respect of some of my friends. One of the great est attractions on each Sunday after lunch (dinner to most of us) was to meet at the depot and watch the passenger trains come and leave Clinton. Af ter the last train had pulled out the crowd scat tered. Some would visit friends or relatives, oth ers take an evening stroll with their girl friend and those with a horse and buggy would enjoy a nice ride. However, there were always a few who could loaf for some time in the drug store. These were the ones who would make the flies play poker or gamble for them. If there were five in the group each would place a dime on the marble top of the soda fountain. The first one who had a fly to crawl on his dime, would win all five dimes. Flies were more plentiful then as modem disinfec tants had not been invented. Of course you would neither win nor lose a large amount but it was at least an odd w r ay to pass the time. A V V V * Industrial Management Workshop Open At PC Practical disnissi-ins f vital merce, and Dr. George D. Heat"n, labnr relations matters will l>e CharUtte labor consultant,