The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 10, 1969, Image 1

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WEATHER (Week of July 2-8) High: 99 Low: 65 (July 5-6-7) (July 2) Rainfall: .45 in. (July 4-7-8) Soil Temp. Range: 86-92 Clinton Ctjromde VoL 71 — No. 26 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 10,1969 INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Cassified 6-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 8-A Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 7-A The Carillon Bells Of Thornwell The sound of carillon bells you may have heard in Clinton for the last few days probably came from Thornwell. About a week ago, Thornwell put into use a set of carillon bells which was donated recently to the orphanage. The bells were originally in stalled at Pressmen’s Home in Pressmen, Tenn., in memory of the late Thomas E. Dunwody, a graduate of Thornwell. Mr. Dun wody was president of Press men’s Home for many years and also was president of the Inter national Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North A- merica. The union’s headquar ters were at Pressmen, Tenn. Af ter the death of Mr. Dunwody, headquarters were moved to Washington, D. C. Since it was impractical to move the carillon bells, Mrs. Dunwody, in conjunction with the union, donated the bells to Thorn well. This set is identified as the Arlington Carillon and is manu factured by Schulmerich Caril lons, Inc., Sellersville, Pa. It consists of a 24-hour seven-day electric clock which can be set to sound by a Westminster strike at any period desired, followed on the hour by the cor rect hour strike. It also embodies a roll player which can be pro grammed to play music at any desired period. The Carillon has 25 Flemish bell tones and 25 harp tones which are activated by the roll player to provide the chords of pure harmony. The tones do not e- manate from real cast bells or a harp but from slim bronze rods, weighing only a few ounces, which are struck by tiny hammers act uated by electronic impulses. The barely audible tones are ampli fied nearly a million times for sounding from the tower. The Schulmerich Carillons range in price from $3,000 to $75,000, depending on the tonal range and selection. Dr. M. A. Macdonald, presi dent of Thornwell, said, “Thead ministration of Thornwell is grateful to Mr. Fred Roblin, re presentative of the International Printing Pressmen’s Union of North America, and Mrs. Thomas E. Dunwody for this splendedgift valued in excess of $15,000.” Clinton Gets Grant For Water Project The City of Clinton has re ceived approval of a $154,600 grant to assist with construction of additional water service fa cilities, according to a spokes man for the office of U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC). The grant has been approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The $349,800 project will in clude new raw water pumps, new booster pumping station, pump ing station controls and an addi tional elevated water storage tank. It is part of a three-phase pro ject to upgrade Clinton’s water, sewer and electrical systems. Work is currently under way (m a $250,000 expansion of the elec trical system. Mayor Harry Lay- ton said this work is expected to be completed by early fall. After the electrical project is completed, the city will under take the water system expansion. The water system work will in clude increasing the filter capa city and new pumps at the sta tions on both the Enoree River and Duncan Creek. It also will include an elevated water stor age tank on the northwestern side of town. The city currently has two elevated tanks. When the water system work is completed, the city will embark on a $200,000 project to improve the sewer system. This will in volve construction ofa new sewer lagoon in the northeastern sec tion of town and a main line leading to it. Construction of the lagoon will complete the city’s la goon system. The city currently has three sewer lagoons in use. Mayor Layton said the city- hopes to receive a grant of be tween $50,000 and $60,000 for the sewer system work. Council Seeks Firm To Conduct Planning Clinton is again in the market for a firm to conduct a long- range planning survey. City Council was informed at its regualr monthly meeting Mon day night that Adley Associates, Inc., of Atlanta, Ga., had re quested to be released from a contract to conduct a survey. The contract had been awarded to Ad ley it the May council meeting. At Monday night’s meeting, council requested that Fred K. Bel 1 , a representative of the State Planning and Development Com mission, assist the city in ob taining services of a survey con sultant for the project. Bell told councilmen that fed eral funds have been approved for the proposed planning and zoning program for the orderly growth of the city. The federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) agency will pay approximately 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 car ried out under one-year con- Survey tracts which must be renewed at the end of each year. The survey includes studies of land use, traffic flow, zoning re quirements, community facili ties, recreation, schools, popu lation, income groupings and other phases of municipal life. The suf *-' / is designed to assist city officials in planning for the future. J. C. Thomas, Carlisle W. Neely and G. Edward Campliell, memliers of the 16-man city plan ning commission, attended Mon day night’s meeting to hear the progress report. Thomas is chairman of the commission. In other business Monday night, Marvin DeYoung, chief engineer of the city fire department, re quested that additional fire hose be purchased for the department. Council instructed DeYoung to draw up the necessary specifi cations so prices can be ob tained. Council authorized City Attor ney Cecil White to issue execu tions against all delinquent city taxes. City police were instruc ted to college all business li cense fees which were not paid by the July 1 deadline. He said the city’s share of the cost of these projects will lie covered by revenue bonds. + * * City Firemen Answer 5 Alarms The Clinton Fire Department answered five calls during the last week. These included a bird nest on fire around an outside light at the Cliff Adair residence on North Adair Street. No damage was ione to the house. Also on July 3, a grease fire was reported at the Clinton Cafe. There was little damage except for smoke. On July 4, the Department answered a call at the Sunshine Washeteria where i washing ma chine caught on fire. The machine was heavily damaged. On July 5, an automobile caught on fire on East Carolina Street. Also on July 5, two of the King Apart ments were heavily damaged by fire. The cause of the blaze has not been determined. * * + Legion Season Down To Wire (See Page 7-A) Registration Set Today For PC Summer Session Registration will be held this Thursday afternoon for the se cond session of Presbyterian College’s 1969 summer school which will extend through August 15. College students and teachers seeking certification credits will compose the group registering at 2 p.m. in Greenville Dining Hall They have a choice of 23 courses in these 11 departments: art,bio- logy, economics, English, his tory, physical education, psycho logy, mathematics, political science, religion and Spanish. The session will include three regular two-hour periodsdaily-- starting at 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m.and 1:30 p.m.- and a special sche dule for the special education program, with classes starting at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. * * * Laurens Budget Has 15-Mill Tax Increase LAURENS - Laurens City Council last week adopted a $588,650 budget which calls for a 15-mill tax increase. The 1969-70 budget, an in crease of $70,300 over the 1968- 69 appropriation, provides salary raises of six per cent for all city employes. The increase raised Laurens city taxes from 65 to 80 mills. Eight mills of the increase is for salary raises. Two mills are for improvements to the jail, city hall and fire department and five mills are for increased operat ing expenses. * * * Garbage Collection Behind Schedule Garbage collection inClinton is behind schedule but city crews should be back on schedule in the near future, according to Streets Supt. Eddie McGee. McGee said the July 4th holi day threw the garbage collection behind schedule. He said, “It’s hard for some people to see how a one-day holi day can mess up the schedule but they don’t realize that if you miss one day on the schedule, that means you have more garbage to collect later so the work moves a little slower and often throws you a couple of days behind schedule.” ROTARY OFFICERS, DIRECTORS—Officers and members of the board of directors of the Clinton Rotary Club were installed recently. TTiey are, left to fight: Ferd Jacobs and Donny Wilder, members of the board of directors; Ed Sadler, vice- president and immediate past president; William M. Shields, president; Joe Holland, Sergeant-at- arms; and Sidney Hartzog, secretary-treasurer. Director Jack Holland was not available when the picture was made.—(Photo by Dan Yarborough) AT STATE PAGEANT—Miss Hinton. Pat Davis, second from right, is shown above chatting with Miss Laurens, Toni Cheryl Riddle, at a press luncheon and photo session Monday at the Miss Your Chamber Of Commerce Means Business (Edtt)r’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles de signed to better inform the public abiul lie Clinton Chamber of Comm 1‘ce’s activities and tlie men in charge of carrying out various projects.) KENNETH FRYFOGLE Health, Safety The pr"jects if the Ilealth- Safety-Fire Prevention Com mittee are varied but important to all concerned citizens of the area. Serving as chairman is Kon- neth E. P ryfogle and named to serve with him are: B. B. Bal lard, Dr. Judson A. Davis, Dr. Robert Grube, Claude Howe and W. C. Milam. This committee is to cooperate with all local agencies in pro moting health, safety and fire prevention. They are requesting the local paper to publicize at regular intervals the fire regu lations for the City of Clinton. They have discussed some of the health problems that exist in the City of Clinton and they will work on these. In addition to these problems there is a need for some type vehicle, for transporting pa tients from the Bailey Memorial Hospital to out-of-town hospitals. The vehicle has more working space than a standard ambulance. The biggest program they will embark on will be a bicycle safe ty program in cooperation with the Jaycees, to be held in August just prior to the start of school. Chairman Fryfogle a native of Baltimore, Maryland, was reared in Greenville. He is a graduate of Davidson College and the Uni versity of South Carolina Law School (1940). In 1966, he became a part of the organization engaged in founding and starting Ascoe Felts. He moved to Clinton in 1966 and is manager of the As coe Felts plant in Clinton. He is a deacon of First Presbyter ian Church and is a member of the Clinton Rotary Club. He and his family reside on Huntingdon Rd. DR. STEPHENS Civic Affairs Housing and planning are tin primary concerns of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce's Civic Affairs Committee, 1 f winch Dr. Lewis Stephens is chairman. Serving with Dr. Stephens ui tins important committee are Gen. A.B. Godfrey, Calvin Reed, Noland Suddeth, J.C. Thomasand Jim Von Hollen. The primary projects of the committee include encourage ment for a low-cost housingpro- ject, assist city council and the Planning Commission with Sec tion 701 Planning Study and sup port such local organizations as the United Fund, YMCA and Com munity Concert Association. Dr. Stephens also is chairman of the city’s Housing Authority which is studying the needs for a low-cost housing project. Once the need is determined, the aut hority will proceed with obtain ing such a project for Clinton. A native of Canton, N.C., he is a graduate of Clemson Uni versity where he received a mas ter’s degree. He also is a gra duate of the Medical College at Charleston. He has been prac ticing medicine in Clinton for the past eight years. Dr. Stephens is married to the former Lillian Dillard, a native of Clinton, and they have three sons, Louis Jr., Gary and Tom. They are members of First Pres byterian Church where Dr. Step hens serves as a member of the board of deacons. He is the immediate past president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. South Carolina Pageant in Greenville. Pat was to perform Wednesday night in the talent competition at the jiageant in Greenville Memorial Auditorium. United Fund Budget Group Meets July 17 The Budget and Admission Committee J the United Fund of Sreater Clinton, Inc. will meet in Thursday, July 17 beginning at 1:10 p.m. at lintel Mary Musgrove. Serving on the committee with Chairman Bub Hanson are Oli ver Green, Frank Welch, L>hn Daniluk, Richard Dubose, Mrs. Neal B. Prater, David Meyers, Walter Sigman and Mrs. R. F. Ferguson Jr. Agencies participating in 1969 have been invited to send a re presentative to report on their activities the past year and make requests for funds to tie included in the 1970 budget. Any organization or agency in- terested in lieing a participating agency of the United F und and being included in the 1970 budget should contact Chairman Bob Hanson before July 12. Representatives are expected from the following agencies: Lau rens County Cancer Society, Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts if A- merica; The Salvation Army,Old Ninety Six Girl Scout District; Clinton YMCA: Cerebral Palsy of Greenville County; National Cys tic Fibrosis Research Founda tion, Clinton Council Camp Fire Girls, Inc. Agencies to lie included as ap proved by the S. C. Assn, of Funds and Councils are Alston Wilkes Society, Florence Crit- tendon Home and S. C. Mental Health Assn. Agencies making their request by mail; USO, U. Health and Medical Research Foundation of S. C. and a num ber J *oi rs with smaller re quests. Area Has 18 Straight Days of 90-degree Heat The Clinton area had 18conse cutive days of 90-degree weather through Tuesday, according to records at the Thornwell weather obsei'v ition station. Bob Wickham, Thornwell farm maiiag •: who is in charge of the st ill n, reported Tuesday that the highest highs in that stretch came last weekend. The high was 99 degrees in Saturday, Sunday and M mday. Although it wasn’t an official reading, Wickham took - ne ther mometer reading in the sun over the weekend and the mercury hit 125 degrees. He said, “Out of cur iosity, I took the reading in an open field. Of course, it isn’t an official reading but it gives you an idea of just how hot it has been in the sun. ” Over the past mouth, from June 7 to July 8, the area tiad 22 days in which the high was 90 degrees t lietter. The area rainfall F r the past monUi was 3.99 inches. Quiet Holiday I he Clinton area apparently enjoyed a relatively quiet July 4th holiday weekend. City po lice report there were no major auto accidents and a spokesman sari, “Except for several fires, it was a pretiy quiet holiday here.” Other Memoirs £ BY JOE H. SIMPSON When I think of those wonderful days of my v childhood that were spent in Hinton I think of those fine Christian parents that puided us in all x of our activities, both spiritual and moral, and x who alwavs pave us a helpinp hand in our pames Y and sports. A list of these devoted mothers would include almost every mother in Hinton, hut 1 have in mind two who were always ready to lend a helninp hand j:- in the preparation of lunches, actinp as chaperones y. on our hay rides and camping out at Musprove x Mill site. Or perhaps, it was just allowinp us to •j: have a party in their lovely homes. Yes, they $ loved us young folks and I am sure that we all x can rise up and call them blessed. Prefer to those ;j: two fine Christian sisters, Mrs. W. M McMillan and Mrs. Jim Pitts. I am sure that Hinton has still such noble women who are interested in our younp people and teach them of the true values x of life. •ij: 1 want to mention here that Mr. E. Lee Pitts was one of the school trustees and on the school •x opening one year, he made a short talk to the as- $ seiwbly of pupils. Among other things he stated that we might not agree with him but that we x were having the finest times of our lives in this preparation for the future. Well, I for one did not agree with him THEN, but I do NOW.