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r WEATHER (Week of Oct. 1.-8) Hiffh: 84 Low: 55 (Oct 3) (Oct. 5) Rainfall: .39 in (Oct. 1-2-7) Soil Temp Ran^e: 76-69 Clinton Chronicle Vol. 70 — No. 39 Clinton, S. C., Oct. 9, 1969 INDEX Four Sections, 26 Pages Classified &-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-C Hospital News 4-A Society 2-A Sports 7-A County Solution Sought MAD ST. METHODIST ARCHITECTS WALKER AND FARM' GREENVILLE SOUTH CAL CONTRACT W E BAKER l WHITMIRE SOUTt tUkJIU U t | rrtH t MiHMHtt >■■< u i miiu.ii i fliMM* < t M«« City To Prohibit 'Outside' Use Of Its Garbage METHODIST CORNERSTONE — Bill Abrams, left, and William Ware, center, place the corner stone in the new Broad Street Methodist Church sanctuary in ceremonies Sunday afternoon. At>- rams is chairman of the building committee. At left is Parks Adair, who has been a member of the congregation longer than any other current member. Placed in the cornerstone were all of the items found when the old cornerstone was re moved, plus some current items such as newspa per accounts of the moon walk, programs of the church, a list of current members, advertisements showing current automobile models, local newspa pers.— (Yarborough Photo) United Fund Drive Passes Half-Way Point The Greater Clinton United working with the drive t" make a Fund campaign passed the half- major effort this weektopushthe way point this week. campaign ■ 'Wr the goal. 205th ANNIVERSARY—Duncan Creek Presbyte rian Church congregation will observe their annual homecoming service Sunday, Oct. 12, in observ ance of the church’s 205th anniversary. Services will be held at 11:30 a.m. with a picnic dinner to follow. Carson Rhyne, a ministerial student at Presbyterian College, will be featured speaker The Duncan Creek structure shown above was built in 1767. ROUND I 'M Mountain Rail Trip Mrs. R. 0. Whitten of Clinton says the Clinchfield Railroad’s excursion trip through the mountains is “the most gorgeous trip Pve taken in my life.’’ She and her daughter, Mrs. Leon (Martha) Brandt of Greenwood, left Spartanburg Saturday morning and returned Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Whitten said, “The mountains were beautiful and the trip was thoroughly enjoyable. And the price was most reasonable.” There’s an article elsewhere in today’s Chron icle about the excursion trip, written by Bill Can non of the Presbyterian College Math Department. ******* Sat On Both Sides Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Sanders had a special in terest in the Batesburg-Leesville vs. Lexington football game last week. One of their sons, Tom, is director of the Batesfrnirg-Leesville High School Band and another son, Rick, is director of the Lexington Band. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders and sons, Steve and Sam, sat on the Lexington side during the first half on the Batesburg-Leesville side the second half. $210 Interruption Clinton Mayor Harry Layton's lunch was in terrupted recently but he didn't really mind after he found out what it was all about. The Laytons’ telephone rang and the mayor started to answer it. Mrs. Layton yelled, “Don’t answer that Let me get it!” Puzzled, the mayor handed the phone to Mrs. Layton who promptly won $210 on Channel 4’s “Dialing for Dollars” Pr0 *Mra. Layton was watching television and had heard announcer Andy Scott say her name had been drawn and he was calling her. She also knew the correct answer to the prize-winning question. It was reported this week that the fund has thus far netted$.?b,- 081,90 in pledges or contribu tions toward a campaign goal of $55,500. At Tuesday’s report session, it was announced that the Commer cial Division has $8,500 toward a goal of $13,000. It also was announced that the Residential Division has reached the 95 per cent mark. Campaign Chairman Charles T. (Buddy) Oakley urged those Ken Mann Wins Grid Contest Ken Mann of 44 Fair Drive, Clinton, is this week’s winner of The Chronicle’s football con test. Mann misses only one predic tion in filling out his prize-win ning entry form of 15 games. Mann missed the Thornwell-SCSD out come. He picked Thornwell to win but SCSD won its first game in four years. Hack Prater placed second. He missed two predictions, as did three others but his tie-breaker score was more nearly correct Mann wins the $25 first prize and Prater wins second prize of $10. He urged s<'lint'>rs I" make their final c ntacts and t" rep"rt to their division chairmen. Effective Nov. 1, the City of Clinton will prohibit use of its garbage dump by out-of-town in dustries. At Monday night’s council meeting, council instructed May or Harry Layton to contact the Laurens County Legislative Delegation and request that they take steps to assist the indus tries with their garbage disposal problems. Council also agreed that at the first of the year, ttie city dump will no longer l»e available for use by private garbage haulers. Mayor Layton commented, "We're rapidly running out of room t'i dump garbage. The out- of-town industries are particu larly a problem liecause much of their garbage won’t deteriorate after we cover it up at the dump and ttiat eliminates further use of the land we’re putting it on. "We feel our first responsi- tuhty is to provide garbage dump facilities for garbage collected in ttie city. As lung as we could handle ut- Mown industrial garbage, we were glad to do so. ll 'Wever, now we are at a point where we can’t handle it any more. The county isgoingtohave t do something to aleviate this problem." The city lias 100 acres for gar- bage dump facilities. It is locat- od on Highway 308. Mayor Lay- ton said that much of the acre age isn't suitable for land-fill garbage dumping. ANNEX In cuuucil ap- ; roved an annexation petition which will annex an area along Highway 72 into the city. Mayor Layton said the annexation will include about 15 or 10 lots lo cated beyond Teakwood Drive on Highway 72. The annexed area includes 043 feet on Highway 72. Council also authorized Utili ties Supt. D. C. Whitman to pur chase the necessary pipelines for the area. Whitman also was authorized to purchase six-inch pipe to lie in stalled along Martha Dendy Street and Friendship Drive. The in stallation of this pipe is to have priority over the installation to the newly annexed area. A group of Friendship Drive residents appeared before coun cil several months ago to re quest the six-inch pipe, pointing out that the current water fa cilities there do not produce e- nough pressure for fire-fighting apparatus. PC HOMECOMING QUEEN — Miss Tommie Ellis of Greenville, center, was crowned homecoming queen at Presbyterian College Saturday after noon during the halftime of the PU Wofford football game. At left is last year’s queen. Peggy Ellison, and at right is PC President Marc Weer- sing. In the background is the Clin ton High Sfhool band which per formed at halftime. Miss Ellis, a junior, represented Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W Ellis of Green ville.— (Yarborough Photo G V PTA FTILLHOUSE—The first meeting of the Clinton Elementary School PTA was held Tuesday night and there was a standing-room-only crowd in the school cafetorium. There were over 365 people at the meeting. PTA President Bob Cason said, “I think the attendance is due primarily to Mrs. Charles (Sarah) Pitts and the grade mothers. They worked hard to encourage a good attend ance.” The meeting included an open house during which parents could visit the classrooms and meet the teachers. Power Cut Is Planned 1 p.m. Sunday Electric power in the east and northeast section of Clinton will be ff Sunday afternoon, accord ing to Utility Supt. D. C. Whit- m an. Whitman said the power will be off from 1 p.m. until about 4 p.m. whilo a switch- -ver isbeing made m r innection with the renovating f tho city's utility system. The switch-over was planned last Sunday m rning but the pro ject had t lx- postponed, Whit man said. Areas to be affected by the power cut will be Whitten Vil lage, the Industrial Park, Bai ley Memorial Hospital, Merrie Oaks, Teakwood Drive, Carolina Avenue, Adair Street, Shands Street, Caldwell Street, Florida Street and the Whitmire Highway section. Whitman said, "We will have to do this three or four more times, in other sections, in connection with our renovation work. We hate to inconvenience the customers but once we have this work com pleted we’ll have a first class electrical system." Jose Greco To Appear In PC Talk-Demonstration JOSE GRECO Jose Greco, the famed Spanish dancer, will appear in a lecture demonstration at Presbyter ian College on next Thursday morning (October 16). His program on the “Spanish Performing Arts” is scheduled for the regular student assembly at 10 a.m. in Belk Auditorium. The public is invited, with limit ed seating available in the bal cony. The world-famous artist will be accompanied by Miss Nana Lorca, his prima ballerina; Ro ger Machado, maestro at the pi ano; and Gino Dauri, his lead guitarist. Of Spanish Italian parentage, Jose Greco was born in a small village in Montorio, Italy. Even as a small boy he displayed an intense interest and enthusiasm for all Spanish culture—espec ially in the media of Spanish music and dance, to which he dedicated himself completely. It is a ciscussion and demonstra tion of these media to which Mr. Greco will address himself in this program. Jose Greco has been acknow ledged as a unique artist whose effortless technique embodies the whiplash movements of light-., ning and the heated passion so Inherent in the dances of Spain. Other Memairs BY JOE H. SIMPSON Clinton has certainly had its share of fine public spirited business men over the years and still has them. I was thinking, however, of that fine group wdio would sign a contract with a large theatrical firm in New York, guaranteeing them certain specified amounts to bring their entertain ment groups to Clinton for perhaps five or six shows during winter months. These were high type and educational shows and were called Chau tauqua. So far as I know, the local citizens par troni^ed these forms of shows and none of the guarantors lost any money. Of course radio and television put the Chau tauqua Circuit out of business.