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TOje Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 71 — No. .4 Clinton. S. C., Ian. 22. 1970
INDEX
Three Sections, 20 Pages
Classified 6-A
Deaths 8-A
Editorials 2-B
Hospital News 3-A
Society 2-A
Sports 7-A
AT LIONS MEETINGS—Shown above at the mid-winter rally of
District 32-A. Lions International, at Presbyterian College Satur
day are. left to right: Rembert S. Truluck and George Cornelson of
Clinton, co-chairmen of the ra'ly: Edward G. Barry of Little Rock,
Ark., past president of Lions International and featured speaker
at the rally; Claude Crocker, president of the host Clinton Lions
Club; Jimmy '''berry, past International Director: William Craven.
District Governor; Leon Campbell, International Director; and K.
R. Helton, State Secretary Over 500 upstate Lions and their
wives attended the highly successful meeting.— (Yarborough
Phpto)
Weersing: Legislators
May Provide Assistance
A belief that theSnuth Carolina
General Assembly will provide
some financial relief for the
state's private colleges was ex
pressed today by Presbyterian
College President MarcC. Weer
sing, speaking as president of the
South Carolina Council.
He said ne has teen pleased
with the sympathetic response
shown by so many legislators
over the burden the private col
leges now bear in educating more
than 40 percent of the college
students without expense to the
state.
Dr. Weersing praised Gover
nor R liert F. McNair's state-
of-the-state proposal to provide
$300 scholarship grants in 1971-
72 for S cjth Carolina students
Laurens Hospital
Vote Planned
A resolution which will pose a
constitutional amrndmentto Lau
rens County voters next fall has
been given final approval in the
State Senate.
The question is whether the
Laurens Hospital District will lie
allowed to raise its t>.nd lebt
limit to 35 percent of assessed
property valuations.
The increased bonding lim;t is
being sought by Laurens H ispital
District fficial to prepare for a
building program.
The measure already had been
approved in the S. C. House of
Representatives.
Jaycees Plan
Car Wash Saturday
The Clinton Jaycees will spon
sor a car wash Saturday, Jan. 24,
at the BiL Car Wash onS. Broad
Street.
Proceeds will be used to help
finance the Jaycees’ civic activi
ties.
attending private colleges in the
state. But tie added:
••Although the govern >r's pn>-
posal is a good step in the right
direction, we recommend a lar
ger maximum than $300 to help
the young pe pie in real need. Of
the similar programs now op
erating in 19 states, none has a
limit set as 1 w as $300 maxi
mum. The South Carolina C >1-
lege Council lias suggested ttie
tuitm equalizati a figure of ap-
proximdely $700, because it re
presents the tuition difference
between private and state col
leges. Clearly, th a grants pro
gram oould l-e based -n need as
established by a natioinlly re
cognized service agency."
As presidentCaro
lina College Council, Dr. W c er-
sing represents the accredited
private colleges f the state. A-
mong the C 'uncil proposals, tie-
sides the tuition equalization, are
teacher-training contracts f r
private colleges anl participa-
ti 'n in purchasing informati m
exchange.
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Thomwell Receives
Communication
From Justice Dept.
Thornwell has receivedacom-
munication from the U S. Justice
Department relevant to the racial
admission policy of the institu
tion, according to Dr. M. A.
Macd inald, president of Thorn-
well
Dr. Macdonald said, "The en
tire matter will be handled at
ttie next board of trustees meet
ing.'
He said it has to do with Title
8, the housing section, of the 1968
Civil Rights Act.
C. C. Giles
Dies At 70
Fuipral services will l>e held
Thursday for Charles Clinton
Giles, 70, who died Tuesday at
Bailey Memorial li .spital after a
lengthy illness.
Services will lie conducted at
2:30 p.m. at Gray Funeral lb n -
Burial 'xill tv m R semont Ce
metery.
A native f Cleveland, Tenn.,
Mr. Giles wned and perated
Giles Chevr Jet C . from 1328
t 1957. He was a Son of the late
Latham Calloway Giles and M t-
tie Do .ley Giles.
He was a former trustee and
chairman of the building com
mittee at Broad Street Fail
ed Methodist Church. He also
was past president of the Clin
ton Chamber of Commerce, Ki-
Aams Club and was a member of
Campbell Lodge. He also was a
member of the State Aeronauti
cal Board.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Patricia G. Kugler of Myr
tle Beach; a son, Thurston R.
Giles of Clinton; a sister, Mrs.
Bessie Arrington of St. Peters
burg, Fla.; four grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
His wife, the former Ruby Lee
(Jackie) Roberts, died in 1963.
Planners Study
County
A special study of the County
Council bill for Laurens County
is !5eing conducted by the Clin
ton Planning Commission, ac
cording to J. C. Thomas, chair
man of the c immission.
At the Clinton Chamlier of
Commerce Board of Directors
meeting Tuesday, Mr. Thomas
reported that Earl B. Halsall,
professor . f political science at
Presbyterian C liege, is study
ing the bill at the request of the
Planning C mim.ssion. He will
report to Hie commissioninFeb-
ruary.
Mr. Thom = s commented, "This
bill, which already has been
passed but which still may be
amended, is of vital importance
to Laurens County. Our county
will be governed according to the
bill. We feel ur Planning Com
mission should understand it
thoroughly. Also, if any changes
are to tie recommended, now is
ttie tim *0 do it. It takes ef
fect next January."
Ttie bill establishes a County
C 'uncil method of operation for
Laurens County. County Council
man will t>e in charge of the
general operation of the county,
including drawing up the county
budget and handling county
finances.
In other business attheCnam-
ber of Commerce meeting, Pre
sident George Cornelson an
nounced that the annual meeting
has been tentatively set for M arch
10.
Wilbur Smith, president of Wil
bur Smitti Associates, an inter
national planning firm, will be
featured speaker. Wilbur Smith
Associates currently is conduct
ing a planning survey for Clin
ton.
Mr. Cornelson appointed a
Council
nominating committee to nomin
ate members for the board of
directors. The committee will
submit 10 names to the mem
bership and members will elect
five directors. Francis Blalock
is chairman of the committee.
Other members are Dick Bod
mer, Tom Plaxico, WymanShea-
ly and Mrs. R. P. Hamer.
Mr. Blalock reported to the
directors that he had received
a letter saying that Seaborad
Coastline's study of a proposal
to remove one set of railroad
tracks from downtown Clinton
has been delayed but should be
completed “in the near future."
The letter was from J. L. Wil
liams of Florence, superintend
ent of Seaborad Coastline Rail
road Co. Mr. W’illiams reported
that it is taking "a little longer
to arrive at a decision" than an
ticipated.
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Policeman s Car
Is Stolen From
Behind Station
A policeman's car was stolen
Tuesday night from behind the
Clinton Police Department.
Policeman Louis Marshall
parked his car behind the Police
Station while on duty. The car is
believed to have been stolen about
10 p.m.
The car is a 1967 Plymouth
two-door coupe. It is silver-gray
with black top and the license
tag number is DR3191.
Fire Destroys
Local Restaurant
IN YOUTH CONCERT—Henry Janiec and the Whitten Village students. Sponsors for the event
Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra will present a are the Laurens County Fine Arts Council in co-
Youth Concert Jan. 28 at Belk Auditorium in Clin- operation with School Districts 55 and 56 and
ton. The program will be presented for all Lau- Whitten Village,
rens County Fifth and Sixth grades and some
A restaurant on Gideon Hill was
destroyed by fire Saturday after
noon.
Clinton firemen were called
to the scene about 4:40 p.m. but
the restaurant and its contents
were destroyed by the blaze.
Marcellus Barr owned the firm.
A room at Bailey Memorial
Hospital suffered smoke damage
Sunday when the cord on Venetian
blinds caught fire about noon. The
cord caught fire when an ashtray
was placed too close to the blinds.
Patients were moved to safety
by nurses and aides and the smoke
was confined to one room and a
hallway.
Chief Fire Department Engi
neer Marvin DeYoung said the
nurses and aides “did a
commendable job of getting the
patients in the room to safety.
They used wet blankets and other
items to seal under the door so
the smoke wouldn’t spread. They
reacted well to an emergency sit
uation.”
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Crouch Named
District Manager
For 1970 Census
(SEE STORY - PAGE 6A)
Studies Courthouse Project
County Cuts Back
On Office Building
Because available funds are in
sufficient, the Laurens County
Board of County Commissioners
plans to reduce the size of the
proposed county office building
and will “reevaluate the court
house renovation project.”
In a prepared statement, the
commissioners pointed out that
$500,000 was authorized for the
project but the proposed new of
fice building will cost $372,000,
including purchase of land, and
that the architects’ estimate on
the courthouse renovations is
$247,500.
The statement says:
“Therefore, in order to be able
to stay within the alloted funds,
we are going to have to cut down
on the size of the proposed office
building and also re-evaluate the
courthouse renovation project.
“This will delay actual con
struction for several months but
we will proceed just as fast as
practical.”
The full statement says:
In order that the citizens of
the county may know the status
of the county courthouse reno
vation project, and the building
of a new county office building,
we are releasing the following in
formation. We feel this statement
is appropriate at this time, in
light of the commissioners stated On
intentions ofhavingthisworkwell from
under way by Jan. 1, 1970.
The delegation appointed a five
man citizen committee to make
recommendations to the Board of
Commissioners as to just what
should be done to the courthouse,
and as to how much extra space
was needed outside of the court
house.
The Board of Commissioners
agreed to work with this citi
zens committee, and we accept
ed their recommendation that
land adajacent to county jail be
purchased and a county office
building be built to house certain
county offices, and that the court
house be completely renovated,
both inside and outside, to house
the remaining offices. The list
of offices to be placed in the new
building, and the ones to be in the
courthouse has been announced
some time ago.
After obtaining architectual
drawings and cost estimates of
the new proposed office building
we find that this project will cost
approximately Three Hundred
Seventy Two Thousand ($372,-
000.09) Dollars, including the
purchase of the land. This would
leave only One Hundred, Twenty
Eight Thousand ($128,000.00)
Dollars to apply to the renova
tion of the courthouse. There
fore, we held up construction of
the office building until we could
get an estimate on the courthouse
renovation job.
At the 1969 session of the Gen
eral Assembly, the county dele
gation passed legislation au
thorizing the Board of County
Commissiooers"TnS5F?ow Five
Hundred Thousand ($500,009.00)
Dollars to improve the working
conditions, and to provide ade
quate space for the various coun
ty offices that the Board ofCom-
missioners are obligated to pro
vide for.
January 16th we received
the architects (Fant and
Fant, Anderson, S. C.) an esti
mate cost on the courthouse re
novation which was Two Hundred,
Forty Seven Thousand, Five Hun
dred ($247,500.00) Dollars. We
feel that both of the projects
sfrottkL rawv» equal considera
tion, in that about half of the
county offices will be housed at
each of the two locations.
Therefore, in order to be able
to stay within the alloted funds
we are going to have to cut down
on the size of the proposed of
fice building, and also to re-
avaluate the courthouse renova
tion project.
This will delay actual con
struction for several months, but
we will proceed just as fast as
practical.
Y Drive
Volunteers
Announced
Plans for the annual YMCA
Membership Drive are nearing
completion as campaign co-
chairmen Ann Cornelson andAl
Undari have secured team cap
tains to head the drive and the
captains have completed their
list of workers.
At a meeting of the camptupi
chairmen and captains, dates
were set to begin the drive Feb.
9 and continue through Feb. 20.
The kick-off meeting will beheld
at the YMCA Thursday, Feb. 5
at which time captains and work
ers will be charged as to their
responsibility for the campaign.
Captains and workers for the
campaign are as follows:
I. Captain: Betty Shook; work
ers, Betty Walker, Lib Jacobs,
Nancy Von Halien, Nancy Sher
rill, Martha Lybrand, Martha
Franklin.
II. Captain, Kir ley Coxwell;
workara, Myrtle Wmmm, Wnrf
Seawright, Helen Noel, Carroo
Waller, Willie Harrill, Glenda
Anderson.
HI. Captain, Joy Gault; work
ers, Ann Cason, Nancy Chapman,
Mrs. Sara Cronic, Delle Casque,
Genie Wilder, Lillian Stephens.
March Of Dimes
Workers Named
During the last three days of
January, a large corps of women
volunteers will canvas the resi
dences of the Clinton area seek
ing funds to support the work of
The National Foundation-March
of Dimes.
The emphasis for the 1970
March of Dimes is on the edu
cation of the public concerning
the newly-discovered vaccine for
Rubella (German measles), and
the securing of funds to buy and
make available this vaccine to
the children of South Carolina.
A partial list of area chair
men was released today by Mrs.
M.r.o Weersing and Mis. Lykes
Henderson who are organizing
the Mother’s March this year.
They are as follows: Mrs. Da
vis S. Cook, Mrs. Rufus Sadler
Jr., Mrs. Thomas E. Davenport,
Mrs. Ginny Hames, Mrs. Clyde
Trammell, Mrs. D. O. Rhame,
Mrs. Donny Wilder, Mrs. Lenzy
Randall, Mrs. Vestus W’ehunt,
Mrs. Tommy Windsor, Mrs.
Frank M. Boland Jr., Mrs. Mar
vin Misters, Mrs. E. B. Pinson,
and Mrs. Dewey C. Traylor.
Others will be announced later.
The employees of Whitten Vil
lage will be canvassed by Mr.
P. W. Rogers, andThornwellOr-
phanage’s drive will be direct
ed by Mr. D. S. Templeton.
A meeting for all volunteer
workers in the drive will be held
on Tuesday morning, Jan. 27,
at 10 o’clock in the Board Room,
Belk Auditorium, at which time
kits will be given out and a short
movie shown to explain what the
March of Dimes funds will do.
IV. Captain, Mrs. Arthur J.
Katzberg; workers, MyraCrock-
er, Frances Davenport, Mrs.
John W. Finney, Jr.,NormaFry-
fogle, Trotti Holland, Mrs. Char
les Waldron.
V. Captain, Ralph Tedards;
workers, William Hatton, Calvin
Reed, Freddie Whitman, Erskine
Jacks, Billy Glenn, Charles Oak
ley.
VI. Captain, Bob Hanson; work
ers, HankCronic, Ted Davenport,
Melvin Bailey, Herman Burdette,
Oliver Green, Edgar Madden.
VII. Captain, Vivian Cockman;
workers, Mrs. John McBride,
Mrs. Raymond Benson, Mrs. Ray
Riley, Mrs. Peggy Tuttle, Mrs.
Dick Swetenburg, Mrs. Heath
Copeland.
Vni. Captain, Ellis Huffstet-
ler; workers, Dick Casque, Wil-
mot Shealy Jr., Joe Parks, Randy
Dunagin and A1 Undari.
WASH OUT DEFECTS — Members
of the March of Dimes Teen-Age Pro
gram (TAP) are ready for a fund
collection campaign Saturday—in a
bath tub. The teens will haul the tub
around in downtown Clinton, solicit-