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^Kv^-XvXCvttttvXsvXvX-X-XwXWWvrvXwXW^ | PC Blue Hose Open Home Schedule Saturday Against Furman iiiyXsy:yX:XyXvSSvXyXyX:XyX:XS<%y:yXvXv::XvXv^ WEATHER (Week of Sept. 10-17) High: 86 Low: 50 (Sept. 16) (Sept. 11) Rainfall: 0 Soil Temp. Range: 72-79 tBtje Clinton Chronicle Vol. 70 —No. 36 Clinton, S. C., Sep. 18, 1969 INDEX Three Sections, 24 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 8-A Society 2-A Sports .... 6-A, 7-A Pinson To Receive PC Award Presbyterian College will pre sent its 1969 Alumni Service A- ward this Homecoming to Furman B. Pinson, Jr., of Greensboro, N.C., it was announced today. The award, to be made as part of the October 4 Homecoming act ivities, goes to Pinson in recog nition of his outstanding service to the college as former presi dent of the PC Alumni Associa tion and for his leadership in the development program. Pinson, who grew up in Green ville and attended the public schools there before graduating from Presbyterian College in 1933, is now a vice-president with J. P. Stevens Co. Earlier, as purchasing manager, he serv ed as president of theCarolinas- Virginia Purchasing Management Association and conducted a spe cial purchasing study in South Carolina for then Governor Don ald Russell. * * * McCall Death Ruled Accident The Feb. 21 death of Douglas Ray McCall, 25, of Clinton, was a “mischance or accident", ac cording to a ruling by a coro ner’s jury Tuesday. At an inquest in Laurens Coun ty Courthouse, the jury said the driver of the automobile was “unknown." •TREE’ HOUSE —When an electrical, wind and enable damage to the roof and guttering of the rainstorm hit Clinton on Sept. 8, it felled a huge house but no windows were broken. There was no oak tree on the edge of the L. E. Cason property injuries, on Calvert Avenue. The falling tree did consid- Presbyterian Graduate Presidential Aide Dent To Be Honored Here McCall was killed in a one- car wreck about 5:45 a.m. Feb. 21 on S.C. 72 about nine miles south of Clinton. He was dead at the scene. A companion, Eve rett Stephen Allman, 24, of Clin ton was seriously injured in the wreck. State Highway PatrolSgt. A. W. Hampton testified that it had not been determined who was driving the car. He said “it was Allman’s vehicle" but that due to the fact both men were thrown from the car there was no way to deter mine who was driving at the time of the accident. * * * Traffic Signal Planned For Five Points A traffic signal will be placed at the Five Points intersection, according to State Rep. David S. Taylor of Laurens. Taylor said that State High way Engineer T. J. Hendrix has informed him the traffic signal will be installed “as soon as fea sible upon receipt of the equip ment. " The signal will be in the in tersection of U.S. 76 and Road 104 (Lydia Mill Road). Esther Mitchell Wins $25 Prize In Grid Contest Esther Mitchell of 400 Aca demy St., Clinton, is the winner of The Chronicle’s first weekly football contest. She missed only two selections and wins the $25 first prize. The winner of second prize of $10 is Fred Satterfield of 207 Florence St. He missed only three selections. He won second on the basis of the tie-breaker, picking Quantico to beat PC 23-10. Glen da Odom also missed only three selections but she picked PC to beat Quantico 31-14. Quantico won 41-21. This week’s contest can be found on page 6-B in today’s Chronicle. * * * JA Program Is Organized (See Page 5-C) Laurens County Republicans will honor Harry S. Dent, Deputy Counsel to President Richard M. Nixon, at a reception to be held at the Mary Musgrove Hotel on Sunday, Sept. 21, at 4 p.m. Announcement of the plans for the reception honoring Dent was made by Furman E. Ott, Chair man of the Committee, and W. R. Garrett, Chairmanofthe Laurens County Republican Party. Dent is no stranger to Laurens County. He is a 1951 graduate of Presbyterian College at Clinton and visited the county on many occasions while he was chair man of the South Carolina Re publican Party during the period 1965-1968. After the 1968 Presidential election campaign, in which Pre sident Nixon carried SouthCaro- lina and other Southern states crucial to his election, Dent was selected by Mr. Nixon to be his Deputy Counsel. Since that time he had been given additional du- HARRY DENT ties as Chief Political Adviser to the President. Prior to becoming Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, Dent served for 11 years as chief assistant to U. S. Sena tor Strom Thurmond. While working with Thurmond he won two additional college degrees at George Washington University Law School and Georgetown Uni versity Law School. At Presbyterian College, Dent served as the editor of all campus publications, was vice president of the student body, president of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity, and was awarded the Founder’s Medal as the outstanding senior. Two of Dent’s brothers were also graduated from P.C. Billy and Jack Dent were graduated in the class of 1943. Mrs. Charles Waldron says her faith in young people has been renewed. Teen-ager Bryan Gault was driving a car which struck the Waldron’s dog Sunday. Bryan stopped, picked up the dog, took it to Dr. Dan Orr’s Animal Clinic and arranged for treatment. He then called the Waldrons and told them about the accident. He offered to pay for the dog’s treat ment, but they refused to accept the offer. “He did everything right, as far as I am con cerned,” Mrs. Waldron said. “You know, there are some adults who won’t even stop the car when they run over a dog. This young man’s parents should be proud of the way he reacted. Teen agers get some bad publicity these days, but this is a young man who deserves credit for doing the right thing.” At the halftme of the Clinton-Belton-Honea Path game last Friday, Lee Benjamin, now a fresh man at Cleanson, spotted auto mechanic Marvin Manley in the crowd. Benjamin asked Manley, “Could you get my jeep fixed by tomorrow?” Manley replied, “Don’t think so/’ Benjamin protested, “But I’ve got to have it by tomorrow. That’s the day the dove season opens.” ' i “I know,” Manley replied with a Erin, “that’s the reason it won’t get fixed tomorrow.” PC Sponsors Its Alumni Leaders Approximately 100 alumni leaders and their wives will be on campus this Saturday for Pres byterian College’s first annual Alumni Leadership Conference. They will register at noon and then participate in a full schedule culminating in attendance at the PC-Furman football game that night. The conference, entitled “PC UPDATE", is designed as a re orientation program to bring a- lumni leaders abreast of current operations on campus. Besides the alumni board of directors the group includes class agents, local club officers and alumni admissions counselors. William C. McSween of Green ville, president of the PC Alumni Association, will preside over die conference. William M. Ha- good III of Easley, president elect, also will be actively in volved. The 1 p.m. buffet luncheon will include a general report on the college by President Marc C. Weersing and a discussion of men’s and women’s activities by student leaders Robert Johnston of Columbus, Ga., and Lena Strickland of Atlanta. Following the luncheon women guests are to be entertained with a special program put on by the women students under the direc- tion of Dean of Women Marion Hill and coenjs Jocelle Alverson and Joy Glenn, both of Spartan burg. The men will assemble for conference briefings on these activities: First Meet Business affairs and student aid--Business Manager G. Ed ward Campbell and Student Aid Director John Daniluk; academic affairs and admissions--Aca- demic Dean W. Fred Chapman and Admissions Director Joe Ni xon and assistant Robert Piep- hoff; student affairs--Student Dean Tom Stallworth; alumni af fairs--William M. Hagood III and Alumni and Public Relations Di rector Ben Hay Ham met, the con ference coordinator; athletics and physical education--Athletic Director Cally Gault. Chronicle Adds Column The Chronicle adds a new column this week—a book review column by Lennart Pearson, head librarian at Presbyterian Col lege. Mr. Pearson’s column is designed to Inform Chronicle readers of some of the books available at the Presbyterian College Library and to encourage community participation in the library facili ties available at PC. We invite our readers to turn to page 1-C in today’s Chronicle for Mr. Pearson’s first book review column. Rev. Rogers To Speak United Fund Drive Kickoff Set Tuesday The Rev. E. W. Rogers, pas tor of BroadStreet United Metho dist Church, will be the keynote speaker at the United Fund’s kickoff meeting at 10:30 next Tuesday morning in the Hotel Mary Musgrove ballroom. Coffee and donuts will be served to more than 100 work ers who will assemble inform ally to receive kits and hear pep-talks from Campaign Chair man Charles T. (Buddy) Oakley and Fund President, Gen. Ansel B. Godfrey. Beginning his fifth year at Broad Street Church, Mr. Rog ers is widely known in the Clin ton area, having taken an active part in community and church life since his arrival here from Barn well. He is vice president of the Clinton Lions Club, president of the Joanna-Chnton Ministerial Association, on the boards of the YMCA and United Fund and is a member of the AFM Lodge 44. Mr. Rogers was graduated from the University of South Carolina, received his Master of Religious Education Degree from Emory University and his Bachelor of Divinity from Duke University. He is a full commander in the Navy Chaplain Corps, Reserve. Married to the former Mar garet Davis of Columbia, he and Mrs. Rogers have four children. His topic Tuesday morning will be “Putting Your Money to Work." This year’s United Fund bud get is $55,500, the largest in the city’s history. A portion of collections will go to the devast- ed Gulf Coast area, hit by the nation’s most severe hurricane, Camille, in August. The remain der of the money is allocated mainly to local agencies, with a small percentage going to nat ional organizations supported by the United Fund. Committee chairmen heading 24 Attend Literacy Workshop (See Patfe 1-C) In reply to a recent article in LIFE magazine, U. S. Sen. Strom Thurmond’s office sent the following statement by Sen. Thur mond to The Chronicle Wednes day: "When 1 came to the Senate in 1954, I gave up my law practice, severed all business connections and disposed of the few stocks I held, but I did not and will not surrender my right as a citizen to own property and to ask for a jury decision on its true value if the government condemns it. “The article in the September Id, 1969 issue of LIFE maga zine states that Charlie Simons and I received twice as much for some property condemned by the South Carolina Highway Depart ment as did some other property owners who apparently did not appeal to the courts. When the property which we purchased in the early 1950’s was condemned, in 1966, the Highway Department did not offer a fair or just price for destroying a prime industrial site and taking growing timber worth thousands of dollars. We appeal’ed tb a court and jury, which was our only recourse. LIFE stated in the article that we fi nally accepted a settlement price of $32,500, which LIFE also re ported was about one-fourth of the $120,000 the State’s own law yer advised the Attorney General of S. C. that a jury might award. The entire transaction is a mat ter of public record, as I knew it would be from the beginning. The state government in South Carolina was In the hands of the Democrat Party at that time, as it is now, and if they paid us too much for our land, then some- REV. ROGERS this year’s campaign, are Bob Hanson, budget; Mrs. Frank Sherrill, awards; Ed Perry, com mercial; Robert M. Vance, out- of-town; Oliver Green, assisted by Tony Littlefield, industrial; Mrs. Neil Prater, residential; The Residential Division ofthe Clinton United Fund will try a new approach to its fund raising cam paign this year. Instead of the usual door-to- door campaign, the division workers wiU mail letters to those who have given to the UF cam paign through the residential di vision in previous years. These letters will include pledge cards and return envelopes. After the mail campaign is conducted, there will be a follow-up drive. Mrs. Neal Prater, chairman of the Residential Division, said, “We have found that many times each in previous cam paigns. This takes up the time of both the potential donor and the campaign worker. We hope the new system will work better both for the donors and workers." Mrs. Prater’s division will be body should investigate them. “The fact that LIFE, after a three-month effort, combined with the connivance of the Demo crat leaders, could find in my 46 years of public service nothing of substance on which to base their concocted web of innuendo, shows that this is just another in a ser ies of attempted liberal smears against Strom Thurmond because they are scared he might have some influence in Washington." Thomas A. Stallworth, institu tions; Dr. Robert Grube, pro fessional; and Donny Wilder, as sisted by Mrs. James L. Walker, publicity. Mr. Oakley’s assistant is Harold Power. The drive will end October 7. Commercial Division workers include Lynn Cooper Jr., Gary Holcomb, R. S. Truluck, Carol Young, Ralph Patterson, Harry Y. McSween, Howard Smith, Mac Adair and James Owings. Ed Perry and Ratchford Boland are co-chairmen of the division. In the Institutional Division, headed by Tommy Stallworth, Joe Nixon will be in charge of the cam paign at Presbyterian College; Dr. M. A. Macdonald heads the Thornwell drive; Phil Rogers is in charge of the campaign at Whit ten Village; and R. E. Martin is in charge of the campaign in School District 56. retirees, salesmen who are out of town during much of the week, and Girl Scout solicitations, plus some others who give indepen dently. Assisting Mrs. Prater with the Residential Campaign will be Mrs. Frost Walker, Mrs. Mazie Jones, Mrs. Robert Johnson, Mrs. George Ramsey, Mrs. W.M. Hughes, Mrs. George Bellingrath Mrs. Donny Wilder and Mrs. Fred Chapman. A native of Palos Park, 111., Mrs. Prater is associate cata logue libenan at Presbyterian College. She is married to Neil P.C. She is a graduate of William Woods Junior College for Women in Fulton, Mo., and received the B.S. degree from Iowa State. She received the M.S. degree from the University of Illinois. MRS. PRATER Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON. There are a number of mineral springs near Clinton. Before our fast transportation by auto mobiles came into existence these springs were fa mous resorts. Nearest was Stomp Springs, near Renno. Many came here for rest, recreation, and to drink the fine mineral water. Did you know that today water is still sold from this famous old spring ? ' Also, near Cross Hill is the Harris Lithia Spring. There was a large hotel operated in connection with this spring. Not only was the natural water sold but many thousands of bottle of carbonated drinks were shipped from Cross Hill to towns far and wide. Picqic facilities were available and dancing was errjbyed by the guests. Between Clinton and Spartanburg was probably the best known of all these springs. That was Glenn Springs. There was a large hotel, boarding houses, cottages for rent, and a very modern bot tling plant. Many people would come by train from Charleston and other points to spend the summer. Glenn Springs was indeed a famous re sort town. You can still purchase the health-giv ing water. ;.v.x.:.v.v-:v:.v<-;.X':v:<\%v:-:v:vXvX<%vXv: > x<vXv<wXv:<«w<’MC>XS66t primarily concerned with soli- citing donations from ministers. Strom Gives Statement On Magazine Article UF Residential Div. To Use New Approach people were contacted several Prater, professor of English at