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WEATHER (Week of June 4-11) Higrh: 94 Low: 62 (June 7) (June 6, 10) Rainfall: .67 in. (June 8, 9, 10) Soil Temp. Range: 76-84 ®f)e Clinton Chronicle VoL 70 — No. 23 Clinton, S. C.. Thursday, June 12, 1969 INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Classitieu 8-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 7-A FIRST UNIT—Present during com pletion of the first Contessa Econ- O-Home off the production line of the newly established C ontessa Homes, Inc., plant of Clinton, were, left to right: Alvin M. Whit mire, first vice-president and general manager: Ernest R. Barnes, presi dent of the corporation; E. Wayne Barnes, second vice-president and di rector of purchasing. Crazy Questions Every once in a while folks ask questions about rather mundane things and the answ'er appears simple but the more you think about it, the more it bugs you. For example, Grocer Robert Johnson recently was puzzling over one which Marvin Manley threw out at the daily meeting of the “breakfast club” at Clinton Cafe. How does a fly light on the ceiling 0 Does he fly up to the ceiling and flip over? Or does he flip over and fly to the ceiling? (Your really need to use your hands to ask the question. Manley looked like an airplane pilot discussing his latest aerial combat.) Your reception probably was like mine: “Who cares?” But later the question kept coming back and I started watching the aerial maneuvers of flies. We had just about settled that, question when Dr. Louis Stephens stuck us with another: Do you put mortar between bricks to--keep them together or to keep them apart? The obvious answer is “to keep them togeth er.” And Dr. Stephens’ answer to that is “if you didn’t put mortar between them, they’d be togeth er.” Yeah, but .... Message From Korea Jim Adair of Clinton and his bride received an unexpected note of congratulations in Sunday’s Charleston News and Courier. Appearing in the Sunday Charleston newspa per was a small advertisement reading: “To Jim and Derrick, sorry I can’t be there for your wedding. My Best Wishes. Your broth er in Korea” Jim, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Mac Adair, was married Sunday to Emily Derrick Knight of Sum merville. Jim’s brother, Duck, is stationed in Korea and was unable to attend the wedding but got his message of congratulations to them. Civic Club Program If you are looking for an outstanding program for your civic club, get in touch with Headquarters, Third U.S. Army, Fort McPherson, Ga. Cal Reed of the Clinton Lions Club arranged a program through the Third Army for Tuesday night and it was a tremendous success. The Third Army sent First Sergeant Herman R Davis, a native of Charlotte, N. C., who held the Lions spell bound with an informative, in teresting talk about Vietnam. Sgt. Davis did not get into the politics of the Vietnam DAVE W ar - merely presented in formation about the geopraphy of the country and the problems it presents, how the war is being fought and explained the situation in easy-to-un- derstand fashion. A former instructor at The Citadel, Davis is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He resides in Co lumbia. If you’re interested in arranging such a pro gram, contact Lt. Col. James J. Mullen, Program Coordinator, Department of the Army, Headquar ters, Third U.S. Army, Fort McPherson, Ga. 30330. Contessa Homes Opens New Plant Contessa Homes, Inc. of Clin ton recently announced the opening of an entirely new 20,000 square foot mobile home manu facturing plant facility one mile west of Clinton, according to Al vin Whitmire, vice president and the general manager of the corporation. Contessa Homes, Inc. will manufacture mobile homes in the medium price range under the trade name of the Contessa E con- O-Home which has been initiat ed in direct response to the ever increasing demand for quality built low-cost housing in the Southeast United States. Contessa Homes is planning fu ture development and facilities for approximately 125 employees in order to manufacture 40 units per week according to Ernest B. Barnes, president of the corpora tion, along with son, Wayne Barnes, who assumes the duties of second vice president and di rector ofpurchasing for the plant. * ♦ ♦ RICHARD GANTT Gantt Accepts SCN Position Richard Gantt has resigned, as director of estate planning at Presbyterian College to accept a position with South Carolina Nat ional Bank in Greenville. Gantt will become assistant trust officer with S. C. National effective July 1. A native of Greenville and graduate of Furman University, Gantt, an attorney, has been di rector of estate planning at PC for the past two years. He and his wife Adelaide have two children, Christine, 3; and Ricky, 1. * * * Synod Women Meet The 22nd annual Training School for Presbyterian Women in South Carolina will open on Monday, June 16, at Presbyterian College. Mrs. George B. Sheppard of Laurens is president of the Wo men of the Church, Synod of South Carolina, Presbyterian Church U.S., sponsor of the school which will continue in session through lunch on Friday, June 20. Mrs. Alton G. Brown of Rock HlQ is director and Mrs. Marc Weersing of Clinton is co director. The women of the Clinton First Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Frank Kellers, president, will be official hostesses, assisted by the women of Thornwell-Hartoess Memorial Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Henry Craig, president, and Laurens First Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Carl Bramlett, president. Dr. Marc Weersing, president of Presbyterian College, will lead the Platform Bible Hour, teach ing H Corinthians, which is the Circle Bible Study for 1969-70. Other credit courses to be taught are “Christian Witnessing’ by Dr. Wade P. Huie, professor of Holiletics, Columbia Theological Seminary; “Christian Citizen ship", by Mrs. Edith C. Walsh, who is secretary of Christian Community Action for the Board of Woman’s Work in Atlanta; “Reconciliation’, by Dr. Frank H. Caldwell, Executive Secretary No Tax Increase Planned County Budget Tops $1 Million Laurens County’s 1969-70 budget tops the $1 million mark for the first time but there will be no tax increase. The $1,024,8 7 8 budget was pre pared for legislative action this week. It includes funds for a county wide garbage system, a cost-of- living increase for county em ployes and funds for a new county courthouse roof. The 1969-70 budget is $126,878 higher than the current budget of $898,000. Rep. Paul Culbertson of Laurens said the budget contains a salary increase of roughly nine to 10 per cent for county em ployes; $35,000 for machinery for a new garbage landfill system; and $18,000 for a new roof for the county courthouse. Salaries of department heads 'i Dr. Stephens Named Chairman Of Housing Dr. Louis Stephens has been elected chairman of the Clinton Housing Authority. Stephens was elected last Thursday night at are-organiza tional meeting of the authority. Francis Blalock was selected Thursday. Dr. Stephens is the immediate past president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. He is married to the former Lillian Dillard of Clinton and they have three sons, Lou, Gary and Tom. Dr. Stephens is a general prac titioner associated with the Bla lock Clinic. Other membersof the authority are David E. Dendy, Lynn Cooper Jr., and Sam Williams. Clinton’s Housing Authority was established several years ago, but the terms of all the original members have expired and new members were appointed to the authority last month. The authority will lie in charge of determing the need for low- rent housing and the establish ment of such housing if needed. Wham Named Program Director At YMCA Ben Wham has assumed his duties as the Clinton YMCA Pro gram Director. Wham will assist Executive Director John Bingham in this newly created position with the local Y. Bingham said, “The addition of Mr. Wham to our staff will enable us to greatly expand our programs, particularly our club program and our adult pro gram. W'e also hope to increase the quality of the programs we already have in operation." A recent graduate of Belhaven College in Jackson, Miss., Wham will serve a two-year internship here in professional YMCA work. While here, he will take grad uate courses and after two years will be elegible to be certified as a YMCA director. Wham is a native of Fountain Inn and is a 1965 graduate of Hill- crest High School in Simpson- ville. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Wham Jr. of Route 1, Fountain Inn. His sister is a rising junior at Hillcrest. Wham attended Montreat An derson Junior College prior to transferring to Belhaven College. He received a B.A. degree with a major in Christian Education YMCA Girls' Day Camp Is Postponed The Clinton YMCA Day Camp for Girls, scheduled to open Mon day, has been postponed. YMCA Director John Bingham said there are not enough girls registered for the camp to justi fy its operation. He said that if more interest is shown, it will be rescheduled, probably for late July or early August. Bingham said girls who are interested in registering for the camp should contact the YMCA. The YMCA Boys’ Camp is still scheduled for the week after the July 4th Holidays. BEN WHAM from Belliaven. He minored in physical education at Belhaven. He worked with the Jackson YMCA for the past two years. During the past year, he worked as a Gra-Y and Y-Guy supervi sor, in charge of about 600 boys. He is a member of First Pres byterian Church in Fountain Inn. * * * Carters Attend Vandy Symposium Dr. and Mrs. K. Nolon Carter of the Presbyterian College faculty will attend a “Symposium on the Teaching of Freshman Chemistry” at Vanderbilt Uni versity next M onday through Sat urday. They were selected, along with the other participants from throughout the Southeast, on the basis of original laboratory ex periments developed by the indi viduals. As their entry, the Car ters submitted experiments from their forthcoming book, “Equili bria: A Laboratory Study". Dr. Carter serves as chair man of the chemistry department at P.C. and Mrs. Carter is an assistant professor. The sympo sium they will attend is spon sored by the Jospeh Fels Foun dation. Here Monday of the Presbyterian Foundation, Charlotte, N.C.; and ‘Christians and International Affairs", by Mrs. W. Tobin Cassels, of Co lumbia. Mrs. Robert Johnson, Director of the Guidance Center at Pres byterian College, will teach the course on “Guidance Counsel ling", and Dr. JackPressau, pro fessor of Religion and Psycho logy at the college, will lead a group in the study of “Interper sonal Relations’, Mrs. J. D. Galloway of Rock Hill, S. C. will lead circle chairmen in a study of “New Dimensions in Circle Work", and Mrs. H. Kerr Tay lor, secretary of Program for the General Council, of Atlanta, will teach “The Nature and Mission of the Church." SPECIAL INTEREST Non-credit courses will in clude several special interest studies for church women in the (CONT. ON PAGE 6A.) are being increased from $8,382 to $9,000 per year. This includes the county sheriff, clerk of court, county supervisor, etc. County employes all down the line share in general raises. The budget also provides for two additional field men for the tax assessor’s office, giving the new department five field men. It also includes $20,000 for microfilm equipment to make permanent records of all county documents. Since proposals to construct a new courthouse have been defeated three times, county officials are taking steps to pro tect county documents which they say are in danger of loss in the present courthouse. Concerning the rural landfill system, Culbertson said the county hopes to provide from eight to 10 landfill areas to take care of the growing garbage prob lems in the rural areas. He said the county hopes land will be do nated around the county for this purpose. Estimated revenue under the new budget will be $1,032,900. This includes revenues from a 14-mill levy for ordinary pur poses now in effect. Culbertson said that although there will be no tax increase this year, there is a good possibility that taxes will have to be raised next year for ordinary opera tions. DR. ARNOLD Dr. Arnold To Head PC Economics Dept. Dr. Carl J. Arnold will join the Presbyterian Cnllege faculty this fall as professor of econo mics and business administra tion, Dean Fred Chapman an nounced today. In coming in to head the de partment Dr. Arnold succeeds Dr. Chapman who assumed the position of Academic Dean last month. Dr. Arnold has just completed his sixth year as an associate professor at Rollins College. Prior to that he taught for two years at the University of Flori da and three years at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He was se lected “professor of the year" for 1962-63 in the College of Agriculture of the University of Florida. A native of Bristol, Va., the new PC faculty memlier earned his BS degree at VPI in 1951, his MS there in 1953 and his PhD at Michigan State University in 1958. He is a member of the American Economic Associa tion and the Southern Economic Association and has published in several professional journals. * * * Legion Team Tops Greenwood (Story Page 7-A) City Council To Honor Retirees Retiring city employes will lie honored tonight, Thursday, at a dinner sponsored by Clinton City Council. The dinner is to be field at Mary Musgrove Hotel. City employes who retire effective June 30 and will be honored tonight are Mrs. Nell Howard, assistant city clerk; Thomas P. Owens, Fire Department Engineer; Ed E. Wills, former head of the Street Department; and Jobe D. Holland, former member of the Clinton Police Dept. The four employes and their husbands or wives will be honored at the dinner. Others who are to attend the dinner are members of city council and all department heads and their wives. The four employes are the first to retire under the city’s new mandatory policy of retirement at age 65. Owens has been with the Fire Department for 41 years; Hol land has l>een with the city for 39 years, including 29 years with the Police Dept, and 10 years with tlie Utility Dept., Wells lias been employed by the city for 36 years; and Mrs. Howard has been associated with the city clerk’s office for 35 years. Other Memoirs •i BY JOE H. SIMPSON It would not be the fair thing to write alxmt :j Clinton and not mention the outstanding colored x citizens of yesterday. Truly we had some good •:• :• ones who are remembered by many of us. :•: There were two who operated a barber shop j: for “whites only.” The” were good barbers. Their names were Sam Patterson and Harvey Craw- £ x ford. Their shop was in a small room behind the v National Rank Building. Y And there was E. L. Lilliewood. He operated a nice grocery store in a wooden building where v Yarborough’s Photo Shop now stands. He sold :•: quality groceries and enjoyed both white and col- x ored trade. He made and sold thousands of ice x v cream blocks for 5c. or I should have said frozen :•: v water, for there was no cream about them. They v were cool and refreshing, though. Every’ town had to have a good blacksmith x v for repairing farm equipment and shoeing the Y Y farm animals. Clinton had a good one in Turner x Ferguson. :j: Thompson Reeder was the meat cutter for x Mr. F rank Adair. He knew how to hold customers x x for Mr. Adair by giving a little piece of fat free x f: with each roast that he* sold. His brother. Will :j: U Reeder, was I). E. Tribble Co’s, main helper. Y x More next week x PLAN SYNOD MEETING — Mrs. Frank Kellers, right, official hostess for the Synodical Training School for Presbyterian Women of South Caro lina, discusses plans with the Rev. A1 Bixler, minister of the Clinton First Presbyterian Church, and Mrs. Hen ry Craig, president of the Women of Thornwell - Hartness Memorial Pres byterian Church, while Mrs. Marc Weersing, co-director of the school, looks on.