University of South Carolina Libraries
t 4 fW; & INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 4-A Society 2-A Sports 7-A ®he Clinton Cfjronitlc VoL 70 —No. 46 Clintozi, S. C., Nov. 26 f 1969 WHOOPEEE!!—^TTiat isn’t holiday decorations on the tree in front of a Presbyterian College dormi tory. It’s the remains of rolls of toilet tissue which were thrown into the trees Saturday as PC students celebrated the Blue Hose’s upset victory over Western Carolina, the nation’s second ranked small college football team. Maintenance crews picked up the paper on the ground but that which streams from the trees undoubtedly will be there until the next hard rain. For story on the PC- Western game and a report on the Thanksgiving Day game at Newberry, see page 7-A. Your Chamber Of Commerce Means Business -—'-K (EDITOR’S NOTE. This is another in a series of articles to familiarize Chronicle readers with the Clinton Chaml>er of Com merce Board of Directors and their activities.) ii . * Local Thanksgiving Service At Thorn well The Rev. J. B. Setzler, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, will deliver the sermon Thursday morning at the annual Com munity Thanksgiving Service in Clinton. The service will start at f) a.m. at Hartness-Thornwell Me morial Presbyterian Church on the Thornwell campus. The community service is sponsored by the Clinton-Joanna Ministerial Association. The Thornwell Handbell Choir will perform during the service. The offering taken at the service will be used for the work of Thornwell Orphanage. Laurens Man Dies In Sunday Shooting LYNN COOPER JR. Tourism Lynn Cooper Jr. is chairman of the Chamber of Commerce’s Tourist Committee. Members of the committee are George Reid, Shelton Rimer, Charles Young, Pringle Copeland and Reese Young. The objectives of the com mittee are, “To develop a com prehensive program to stimulate tourist trade in the Clinton area by advertising local and regional events, the availability of hotel, motel and guest accomodations, restaurants and resort facilities. Through the educational institu tions and industries, promote at tendance for cultural sporting and technical exhibitions.* One of the committee’s pri mary projects for the year al ready has been accomplished. Billboards have been placed a- long the interstate highways, in viting motorists to spot and visit t in Clinton. The billboards are financed by local businesses and industries, although sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Cooper and his committee made all of the necessary arrange ments, including site acquisition, selection of signs and selling the advertising contracts to local businesses. Other projects include impro ved hotel and motel facilities; development of historical sites for Tri-Centennial celebration; and study of contracting a pro fessional tourist promotion con- HUGH JACOBS sultant to aid in developing and expanding tourist trade. A native of Clinton, Mr. Cooper is a 1952 graduate of Clinton High School. He attended Pres byterian College. He is a member of the First Baptist Church and is president of the Campfire Council. He is a member of the YMCA board of directors and is a past presi dent of the Jaycees. He is a member of the Exchange Club and the Clinton Housing Authority. He has been in the automobile business for 14 years and is president of Lynn Cooper, Inc. He is married to the former Jeral Kennington of Laurens and they have three daughters, Jerri Lynne, 13; Leslie Anne, 10; and Edna Elizabeth (Missy), 4. * * * CONGRESSIONAL ACTION Hugh Jacobs is a member of the Congressional Action Com mittee and the Industrial Deve lopment Committee. A native of Clinton, he attended Clinton public schools and is a 1941 graduate of Presbyterian College During World War n, be served In England, Africa, and Italy with the 34th Infantry Division, receiving the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Upon Ms return to Clinton, (Coot on page 6A) An early Sunday morning shooting at a club south of Lau rens left one man killed and a- nother wounded. County Coroner Marshall Pressley said James Edward Spearman, 20, of Rt 1, Lau rens, was fatally wounded when shot five times with a .38 cali bre pistol. He identified the wounded man as Claude Ben Bell Jr., 30, of 104 Newman St., Lau rens. Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson said Niles Crowe, 26, of 126 League St., Spartanburg, has been charg ed with murder in connection with the death. The shooting occurred at 12:10 a.m. at the Goodfellowship Club, off U.S. 221 about five miles south of Laurens. Crowe was arrested at his home Sunday by Spartan burg officers and returned to Laurens County Jail by Sheriff Johnson and deputy Glen Adams. Two-Year-Old Clinton Boy Dies In Accident A two-year-old Clinton boy died Sunday from head injuries received when accidentally run over by a car driven by his fa ther. The victim was William May, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry May of 410 Musgrove St Laurens County Coroner Mar shall Pressley said the youngs ter was playing in the driveway at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Smith, on Copeland Road, when the car driven by his father backed over him. He was carried to Bai ley Memorial Hospital at 9:45 a.m. and died about four boors later. Also surviving are a sister, Teresa May of the home; and ma ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer May of Clinton. Officers said no motive had been determined for the shoot ing in a room in the club. The sheriff quoted witnesses as say ing Crowe and a companion had been at the club for about an hour and a half when Crowe walked to the door of the room where a card game was in progress and started shooting. He and the companion then left the club, according to the sheriff. The second man was still being sought Sunday as the investiga tion continued. Gory Bodie Wins Chronicle Football Contest Gary Bodie of Joanna is this week’s winner of The Chronicle’s football contest. Gary missed four of 15 pre dictions, as did two other con testants, but he won on the bas is of the tie-breaker score. He picked PC to win over Western Carolina, 35-7. PC won 28-17. Second place goes to J. B. O’ Shields of 76 Palmetto St., Clin ton, who edged Claude Birchmore of 7 G St, Clinton, on the “tie breaker". Bodie wins the $25 first prize and O’Shields wins second prize of $10. Firemen Answer Called To Railroad Car Thursday The Clinton Fire Department extinguished a fire in a railroad car loaded with rubber early Thursday morning. The fire was in a railroad car on the Seaboard track but the firemen extinguished the blaze which caused only minor damage to the car. On Friday, Nov. 21, firemen extinguished a blaze in a house at No. 5 Red Line. The fire, of undetermined origin, caused some smoke damage. Slated Dec. 4 In Clinton Yule Parade Order Given The parade order for the Clin ton Christmas Parade was an nounced today by Jaycee Acting President Mike Horton. The 48-unit parade is to start at 4:30 p.m. in downtown Clin ton after a 2 p.m. parade at Whitten Village. The parade will feature local dignitaries, beauty queens, higl school bands, Shrine units and floats, in addition to the jolly old gent himself, Santa Claus. The order of the parade is as follows: 1. Parade Marshall, Dr. B. O. Whitten 2. Mayor Pro-Tem of Clinton Talmadge Sanders 3. CityCouncilmen Boyd Holtz- claw, Truman Owens, Fred Bragg, Dewey Oxner, George Bagwell 4. Institutional presidents: Dr. Marc Weersing of Presbyterian College; Dr. Roy Suber of Whit ten Village. 5. County Legislators Paul Culbertson and David Taylor; Supervisor Furman Thomason. 6. Chamber of Commerce Vice President Joe Holland 7. State Senators John D. Long and Robert Lake Jr. 8. Laurens High School Band 9. Float, Miss South Carolina 10. Shrine Clown Unit 11. Clinton Campfire Girls Float 12. Ford High School Band 13. Clinton Boy Scout Troop 178 14. Float, S. C. Festival of Flowers, Greenwood 15. Heist Sch >o) o' Diuce ma jorettes 16. Float, Miss Thornwell High School 17. P.C. ROTC Unii 18. Beatty Brothers Clowns 19. Float, Miss Newberry 20. Clinton Cub Scout Pack 194 DOUG KFKER Kiker Named NBC Rome Correspondent Douglas Kiker, a graduate of Presbyterian College, has been named NBC news correspondent in Rome, it was announced today by Richard C. Wald, Vice Pre sident, NBC news. In the Rome p.,st Mr. Kiker succeeds NBC news correspond ent Irving R. Levine, who is on leave of absence. Mr. Kiker has been an NBC news correspondent in Washing ton, D. C., sinceSeptember, 1966. Before that he was the New York Herald Tribune’s White House correspondent. For 15 months prior to joining the Herald Tribune, Mr. Kiker was Director of Information for the Peace Corps. He traveled widely in South America, Malay sia and Thailand. Mr. Kiker was born in Griffin, Ga. He was graduated from Pres byterian College in 1952. After college he served as a deck offi cer aboard aircraft carriers in Korea. He later taught Naval his tory at Officers’ Candidate School. Mr. Kiker has written two novels, numerous magazine arti cles and done several programs of political interviews and com mentary for educational tele vision stations. 21. Clinton Newcomers’ Club 22. Sanders High School Band 23. Whitten Village Float 24. Clinton Fire Truck 25. Float, Clinton Lions Club 26. Gray Court-Owings High School Band 27. Clinton Cub Scout Pack 21 28. Float, School of Practical Nursing, Bailey Memorial Hospi tal 29. Joanna Girl Scouts 30. Daughters of Issis, Ramah Court No. 5, Greenwood 31. Bell St. High School Band 32. Float, Miss Bell Street High School 33. Old 96 Girl Scouts 34. Jaycee Float, Attendant to Miss Clinton High and Little Miss Clinton 35. Float, Miss Laurens 36. Shrine Scooter Unit 37. Whitten Village Train 38. Hickory Tavern HighSchool Band 39. Float, PC Freshman Class 40. Float, Good-Wlll-To-Men 41. Laurens Rescue Squad 42. YMCA Club’s Float 43. Clinton Junior HighSchool Band 44. Float, Miss Clinton High School. 45. Shriners’ Tri-City Dune Buggy Club 46. Float, Miss Clinton 47. Clinton High School Band 48. Santa Claus. SCIENTIST tilVES PC LECTURES —Dr. Samuel P. Masaie, professor of chemistry at the United States Na val Academy and nationally recog nized in the field, delivered a series of lectures at Presbyterian College last week. He received an enthusi astic response as he spoke to stu dents and faculty members on sub jects ranging from drugs to science and the liberal arts to the compata- bility of science and religion. Dr. Massie is pictured here with Dr. K. Nolon Carter, chairman of the PC chemistry department and coordina tor of the program sponsored under the auspiecs of the Visiting Scien tists Program of the American Chemical Society. Deadline Is Set Sunday In $100 Clinton Contest The deadline is nearing for the “Clinton T'day and T rniorrow” contest. Entries must be post marked in later t ian Ni.v 30, 1969. The contest offers a $l00pt ize for the best letter about Clin ton's immediate needs and what its future goals should be. The contest is sponsored by the Greater Clinton Planning Com mission. Any resident of the Clin ton trading area is eligible, ex cept members of the Planning Com' ,i ;sion. Arts Schedule Opens Monday The Holiday Season Fine Arts schedule opens Monday with an art exhibit at Presbyterian Col lege. That will be followed Dec. 5-6 by the Madrigal Dinner Concerts. The Christmas Carol Service by the Presbyterian College Choir is scheduled Dec. 7. All three events are to be held on the Presbyterian College campus. The art exhibit will be a joint showing of works of Furman University art instructors Thomas E. Flowers and G. E. Howerton. The exhibit will be held at the Douglas House on the PC campus and is open to the public, free of charge. The ex hibit is scheduled Dec. 1-14. The Madrigal Dinner Concerts will be held at Greenville Dining Hall. The time and place for the Christmas Carol Service by the PC choir will be announced later. Clinton, Today And Tomorrow The Commission is sponsoring the contest in an effort to get a broad-range of public view points on Clinton, its present and its future. The information as sembled will assist them in help ing to prepare a long-range sur vey which currently is under way. Letters should deal primarily with two subjects --- (1) your opinion of what Clinton needs most now and (2) what type of town you would like to see Clin ton become in the future. Entries should be addressed to “Clinton, Today and Tomorrow”, The Chr miole, P. O. Box 180, Clinton, S. C. loycees Sell 630 'Honey Dolls' The Clinton Jaycees sold 630 ‘Honey Dolls’ Sunday, more than twice the number sold in their local campaign last year. Proceeds go to the fight a- gainst mental retardation. Jaycee President Mike Hor ton challenged club members, saying he could outsell any indivi dual in the club and offered a prize to anyone who could beat him sell ing “Honey Dolls.” D. L. Gunt er was the only one to out-sell Horton. Gunter sold 132 and Hor ton sold 110, Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON When I think of the many business firms that have meant so much to Clinton, one that stands out in my mind is the firm of Jacobs & Od. ; I recall when the firm occupied a group df buildings beside the Seaboard Railroad down near the water plant. These buildings were all con- nected and were painted in a pretty shade of yel low. Inside it was almost like a beehive as so many people were employed in this very remark able business. I recall that they listed their busi ness as the “Largest Religious Advertising Syn dicate in the World,” with home offices in Clin ton and branch offices in New York, Chicago, Lon don, and several other large cities. The present': large building was erected in 1914. Clinton owes : much to the Jacobs family, and I heartily confc- ; mend to each of you, my readers, the booklet:^ “Story of the Jacobs Religious Li st,” written':: and published by J. F. Jacobs, II. I feel sure that you can get a copy from the local library or caH - : Mr. Jacobs.