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Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 70 — No. 32
Clinton, S. C., August 21, 1969
INDEX
Three Sections, 20 Pages
Classified 6-A
Deaths 8-A
Editorials 2-B
Hospital News 6-A
Society 2-A, 3-A
Sports 7-A
90th Session Starts Saturday
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PC To Have Record Enrollment
A record enrollment of ap
proximately 750 students is ex
pected at Presbyterian College
for its 90th session starting next
Saturday.
New students some 300 strong
will arrive then to begin a six-
day orientation period which ex
tends until registration the fol
lowing Friday (Aug. 29). Upper
classmen are due back on Thurs
day.
The first official assembly of
the new year is set for 8 p.m.
Saturday in BelkAuditorium. New
students will be greeted at that
time by PresidentC. Marc Weer-
sing, Student Body President
Bobby J ohnston of C olumbus, Ga.,
and Trustee Hugh S. Jacobs, a
Clinton businessman who will
speak on the history of the col
lege.
The Sunday schedule will in
clude a morning worship service,
afternoon programs on men’s and
women’s activities, and the an
nual freshman reception at the
home of President and Mrs.
Weersing. Placement testing will
dominate the Monday and Tuesday
schedules which also include the
faculty-freshman conference
banquet on Monday night and
church parties at the various
Clinton churches Tuesday even
ing.
Individual conferences between
freshmen and their faculty .ad
visers, and sessions on the stu
dent government and honor sys
tem will be featured on Wednes
day.
Throughout the week the six
social fraternities at PC will
hold evening drop-ins as the
opening activities of an early two-
week ‘rush" program.
MAN DIES IN CRASH — Thomas
Jefferson Cribble of Route 2, Whit^
mire, died Tuesday night when his
light airplane crashed during take
off at a private airport four miles
south of Whitmire off S.C. 121.
Cribble, about 40, operated an auto
parts business near Whitmire. His
14-year-old stepson, Rothrop Sutton,
suffered a crushed knee in the crash
which occurred about 7:45 p.m. Tues
day. The two-seater, single-engine
aircraft crashed on secondary Road
36 about 100 yards off the Oxner Air
port runway.
(Editor’s Note; This is mother in t series of articles to acquaint
Chronicle readers with the work of the Clinton Chamber of
Commerce And the members of its Board of Directors.)
Tom Plaxico is chairman of
one of the most important Clin
ton Chamber of Commerce com-
mittees---Industrial Develop
ment. Other members of this
Hugh Jacobs, Ralph Tedards, and
James Von Hollen.
TOM
PLAXICO
The objectives of the commit
tee are:
Deaf-Mute, 12,
Dies In Shooting
Investigation was ..continuing
Wednesday morning into the Sun
day night death of a 12 year old
deaf mute who was fatally shot in
the chest at his home.
Joe Moon, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Moon of Route 1, Gi
deon Community, died shortly
after arrival at Bailey Memorial
Hospital following the 11 p.m.
shooting. He suffered a .12 gauge
shotgun wound in the chest, ac
cording to Laurens County Coro
ner Marshall Pressley.
Both parents were away from
the house at the time of the shoot
ing, according to investigating of
ficers from the Laurens County
Sheriff’s Dept.
Students
To Report
Next Week
The school year for School
District 56 first graders will
open Wednesday, Aug. 27, as they
report to their respective
schools.
The orientation period will
continue through Friday with
various grades reporting unspe
cified days. After reporting for
the opening orientation program,
students will not return to school
until Tuesday, Sept. 2, after the
Labor Day Holiday on Sept. 1.
Second, third and fourth
graders report on Thursday, Aug.
28, and fifth and sixth graders
report Friday, Aug. 29. At Clin
ton Junior High, seventh graders
report on Aug. 28 and eighth
graders report Aug. 29. In the
high schools, ninth and 10th grad
ers report on Aug. 28 and 11th
and 12th graders report on Aug.
29.
The Junior High students re
port at 8:30 a.m. and the other
report at 8:15 a.m.
The workbook fee for students
in grades one through seven is
$3 and for the eighth graders
the fee is $4. Insurance, which is
optional, is $1.75 offering cov
erage during school hours.
School officials said it would
be helpful if students are pre
pared to pay the fees when they
report.
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Landers House
Gutted By Fire
The residence of Carl Landers
was gutted by flames in the early
morning hours on Wednesday,
August 20.
No cause has been found for
the blaze at 104 Jefferson St.
but, according to a Clinton Fire
Department spokesman, the in
terior of the home was gutted be
yond repair.
The family was able to save
nothing from the house.
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And There's The Steeple
BROAD
was put
the new
which is
STREET CONSTRUCTION—The Steeple
in place Wednesday morning, Aug. 20, on
Broad Street Methodist Church building
now under construction. Erection of the
steeple marks the half-way point in the project.
The steeple was built by Empco Co. of Kentucky
and was erected by W. E. Bakr and Son of New
berry, contractors. In picture at left, steeple is
lifted from ground. At right, crane puts steeple
in place.
★★★★★★★★
Over SO
Junk Cars
Hauled Off
More than 50 junk cars have
been hauled off in the campaign
to rid Clinton of old vehicles.
Clinton StreetsSupt. Eddie Mc
Gee said that Buck Galloway of
Greenville will be available for
the next two weeks to haul away
old cars. Galloway takes old
cars which are given to him for
hauling away and converts them
into marketable scrap metal.
McGee said that anyone who
wishes to have junk cars hauled
off should contact him at 833-0660
or call the City Clerk’s office.
He pointed out that City Coun
cil is expected to pass an or
dinance in the near future, mak
ing it manditory that junk cars
be removed.
★★★★★★★★
Bobby Kitzmiller
Fund Established
During World War II, he served
in the China-Burman-India
Theater of War. He entered ser
vice as a second lieutenant
“To continue a program of en
thusiasm among the citizens for
furtlier economic growthbvstep- . ,. L
ping up all activities dealing with ^charged with the rank
industrial development for the ^ ieu ^ enan ^ colonel, winning the
City of Clinton. It wiU aid in se- Bron i ze Star ‘ He also was de -
curing additional industrial sites ^ Chinese Nationa-
both by expanding the Industrial 1S * Government.
Park and contacting private pro- Returning to Clinton, he or-
perty owners. ganized the Piedmont Construc-
“Continuance of an expanded
program to offer assistance to
local industry with attention on
planning, technical education,
governmental service and zoning.
It will perpetuate the educational
program to create community a-
wareness of the contributions to
the community’s economy made
by existing industry. And, con
tinue close cooperation with the
Laurens County Planning and De
velopment Board, the S. C. De
velopment Board and other state,
regional and national organiza
tions engaged in industrial devel
opment activities.’
Specific projects for 1969 in
clude: support local industry and
request product displays for ex
hibition at Chamber office; dis
tribute manpower study and list
available plant sites, encourage
City Council to expand the In
dustrial Park; maintain liaison
with county and state Develop
ment Boards.
A native of Share® in York
County, Mr. Plaxico is a 1936
graduate of PresbyterlanCollege
where be was editor of the Pac
Sac, the college annual. On the
day following his graduation at
PC, be became business manager
tion Co., builder of small, low-
cost homes. He returned to the
position of business manager at
State Training School before en
tering the automobile business. In
August, 1952, he opened Plaxico
Motors, Inc., with a franchise to
sell Chrysler-Plymouth cars. In
August, 1957, he bought Giles
Chevrolet Co. and he currently
is president of Plaxico Chevro
let, Inc.
Mr. Plaxico is married to the
former Louise Monk of Moultrie,
Ga., and they have three child-
dren: David Thomas Plaxico, a
senior at Wofford; Share® Louise
Plaxico, a sophomore at Co
lumbia College; and Lorraine
Carroll, a freshman at Clinton
High School.
He has served as an elder and
deacon at First Presbyterian
Church and served for four years
as chairman of the School District
56 Board of Trustees. He is a
former president of the Clinton
Lions Club and organized the first
Cub Scout Pack in Clinton about
1940. George Cornelson, current
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, was a member of the Cub
Scout Pack.
Mr. Plaxico also Is a former
of the State Training School, now member of the Laurens County
known as Whitten Village. He was Planning and Development Board
called to active duty In the U. S. and was a member of the first
Army In 1941. Interracial Committee of Clinton.
AT GRAPE FESTIVAL — Virginia
Rogers, Kiss Clinton and Miss Coast
al Empire, is ahown at left with Nan
cy Mitchmn of Mt Pleasant, who was
crowned Grape Queen Saturday night
at the York Grape Festival Mias
Rogers was runner-up in the pageant
At right, Virginia is shown in the
bathing suit competition at the pag
eant held at York High School. Pho
tographer Joe Azer of Rock Hill se
lected Miss Rogers as ’Most Photo
genic’ in the pageant. — (Photos by
Joe Azer, Rock Hill)
SGT. MAJ. FRANKLIN
Sgt. Franklin
Dies In Wreck
In Germany
Cmd. Sgt. Maj. C. F. Frank
lin, a native of Joanna, died Aug.
4 as a result of an automobile
accident in Berlin, Germany.
Franklin reportedly was driv
ing alone in his car when it was
struck hy another vehicle which
had run a stop sign. Franklin
died shortly after being taken to
the U. S. Army Hospital in Ger
many. The German driver of the
other vehicle was reported in
critical condith n.
Funeral services for Sgt. Maj.
Franklin were held Aug. 10 in the
National Cemetery at Fort Ben-
ning, Ga.
His wife and son, who were
in Germany with Sgt. Maj.
Franklin, now reside at Ft. Ben-
ning.
Other survivors include three
brothers, Marvin L. Franklin of
Rock Hill, S/Sgt. Wilson K.
Franklin of Leesville, La., and
T/Sgt. Carl E. Franklin of Jusm-
mat Air Force Base, Ankara,
Turkey; three sisters, Mrs. G.
W. (Alda Rae) Price, Mrs. A-
very (Lillie Mae) Bridges and
Mrs. Milton (Bobbie) Bridges, all
of Joanna.
Bike Rodeo
Set Saturday
The Clinton Jaycees and the
Clinton YMCA will conduct a bike
rodeo for Clinton area school
children on Saturday, August 23,
at the ClintonElementarySchool,
starting at 4 p.m.
The bicycles will be safety in
spected before riders are given
the proficiency test. The owners
of the bicycles that do pass in
spection will be given an in
spection sticker of approval to
place on their bicycles. The
riders who pass the riding pro
ficiency test will be given a mem
bership card in the Bicycle Safety
League.
Among the points to be checked
on the bicycles will be the sad
dle, brakes, reflector, spokes,
tire valve, chain, pedals, handle
grips, the bell or horn, the light,
tires, and wheels.
A fund has been established to
assist 15-year-old Bobby Kitz
miller of Route 3, Clinton, to
obtain a kidney transplant.
Bobby suffers a serious kidney
disease and is scheduled to un
dergo a series of four or five
operations at the University of
Virginia Medical College.
He underwent one operation in
July and returned home this week.
He is scheduled to return to the
Medical College on Sept. 15 for
another operation.
The medical bills from his
treatment this far totals $2,075.
Bobby is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Kitzmiller. Mr. Kitz-
BOBBY KITZMILLER
miller is a farmer, working on
the Jim Barnes farm.
Bobby, who was born with the
kidney disease, attended Ford
School but is now unable to attend
public school.
Anyone wishing to contribute to
the Bobby Kitzmiller Fund may
do so at Palmetto Bank in Lau
rens or by contacting the Jim
Barnes residence at 833-3840.
Other Memoirs
BY JOE H. SIMPSON
On the last Friday of each month the students of
the Clinton Grammar School in the year 1908 were re
quired to recite our own selection before the class. I
well recall reciting the following.
Johnny’s History Lesson
I think of all the things at school
A boy has got to do
That studying history as a rule
Is worst of all, don’t you?
Of dates, they are an awful sight
And though I study day and night
There’s only one that I’ve got just right.
That’s fourteen ninety-two.
Columbus crossed the Delaware
In fourteen ninety-two
We whipped the British fair and square
Fh fourteen ninety-two.
At Concord and Lexington
We kept the Redcoats on the run
While the band played. “Johnny, get your gun”
In fourteen ninety-two.
Pat Henry, with his dying breath,
In fourteen ninety-two
Said, “Give me liberty, or give me death”
In fourteen ninety-two
And Barbara Fretchie, so ’tis said
Cried, “Shoot if you must, this old grey head
But I had rather it would be your own instead”.
In fourteen ninety-two.
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock,
In fourteen ninety-two
And the Indians standing on the dock
Asked, “What are you going to do?”
And they said, “We seek your harbor drear
That our childrens’ children dear
May boast that their forefathers landed here”
In fourteen ninety-two.
Miss Pocahontas saved the life
In fourteen ninety-two
Of John Smith and became his wife
In fourteen ninety-two
And the Smith tribe started then and there
And now, there are John Smiths everywhere.
But they didn’t have any Smiths to spare
In fourteen ninety-two.
Kentucky was settled by Daniel Boone
In fourteen ninety-two
And I think the cow jumped over the moon
In fourteen ninety-two
Ben Franklin flew his kite so high
That he drew the lightning from the sky
And Washington couldn’t tell a lie
In fourteen ninety-two.