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WEATHER (Week of Jan. 21-28) High: 69 Low: 11 (Jan. 27) (Jan. 22) Precipitation: .31 Rain 1 in. Snow Clinton Chronicle VoL 71 — No. 5 Clinton. S. C.. Ion. 29, 1970 INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Classifffed 6-A Deaths 8-tA Editorials 2-B Hospital News 8-A Society 2-A Sports 7-A ‘Ring Road’ Segment By-Pass Hearing Slated March 10 A public hearing is scheduled March 10 on one segment of the proposed 'Ring Road' By-Pass around Clinton The hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on March 10 in the Hamp ton A enue School Auditorium in Clinton and will be conducted by State Highway Department officials. The subject of the hearing will be the proposed by-pass on the east side of Clinton, extending from S.C. Route 72 south to S.C. Route 72 north, a distance of approximately three miles. The proposed improvement consists of construction of a two- lane road on a new location. Related maps and drawings will lie available for public in spection and copying in the State Highway Building in Columbia prior to the hearing. Tentative schedules for right-or-way ac quisition and construction will be discussed at the hearing as as well as relocation assistance programs for displaced persons and businesses. An announcement from the State Highway Department says, “All interested persons will tie heard with particular reference to the social, economic, and environmental effects of the pro ject on the community." 'Walkathon' Set Saturday By TAP Young people f Clinton will walk Saturday for the M .rch f Dimes. Teams representing various grades at Clinton High School will participate in the W.uka- thon’ from Radio Station WRCC to the Clint n Shopping Plaza, starting Saturday m rmng. In rder t take a step, a mom- tier of the team must have a 10- cent contribution. Each step will cost 10 cents. In order to take a step, a mem ber of the team must receive a 10-cent contribution. Other team members will be in the downtown area, receiving contri- Ditions and telephone the amount f the contribution to the radio statnn which will inform the talkers how many steps to take. Any me who wishes to donate to a team may call the radio stati in and a team member will be dispatched to pick up the con tribution. The "Walkathon" is be ing sponsored by the March of Dimes Teen-Age Program (TAP) which also will sponsor a cake raffle at the Clinton High School tasketball game Friday night. Last Saturday, the ieerv»agers raised over $170 in Vcollection campaign which they conducted in a m ibile bath tub. Two Charged In Theft Of Policeman's Car Two Clint m teen-agers were being field in Laurens C untyjail Wednesday m rmng, charged with the theft *f a Clinton po liceman’s car. A spokesman f r the Clinton Police Department said the tw youths are both under 1G years of age. The car was stolen Tuesday- night, Jan. 20, from lehind tfie police station. The car belonged to a policeman who was on duty. The car was found in Laurens M mday. The spare tire from the car and a radio and watch which were in the car reportedly were pawmed in Laurens. The boys were picked up by policemen in Elberton, Ga. They were in a car which had been reported stolen in Laurens. Dream Came True Do you believe in ESP or dreams that come true? Vernon Trammell has become a believer the hard way. Mrs. Annie Buchanan dreamed on a Wednes day night that she found Vernon Trammell lying injured in the road at the McGee’s Drug Store cor- netr. She told Trammell about her dream on Fri day, commenting, “When I awoke, I was worn out from dragging you up the street. I guess I was trying to get you to the Blalock Clinic.'’ Trammell laughed about the dream and for got about it—until the next day. Crossing the rail road tracks near Adair’s Men’s Shop where he works, he slipped and fell on the tracks, cracking the big bone in an arm and chipping a knuckle. “My first thought when I hit the ground was that dream,” Trammell says. Now wearing a cast on his arm, Trammell called ‘Miss Annie’ and told her, “Please keep me out of your dreams from now 99 Excused Absence A group of friends held a baby shower last Thursday morning for Mrs. Ben Ivey. Mrs. Ivey wasn’t there but her friends understood. She was at Bailey Memorial Hospital where she gave birth to a six-pound son. An Act Of Kindness Mike Horton was deeply touched by a strang er’s act of kindness last week. During Friday’s snow, Horton was involved in a minor automobile accident. He was standing on the snow-covered road while the matter was being straightened out. He wasn’t wearing a coat. Horton says a man stopped his own car, got out, and gave Horton his coat. Horton, who recently was named manager of Piggly Wiggly in Ware Shoals, said, “That’s some thing I won’t quickly forget” r Planners To Investigate City Library Is Discussed UNUSUAL ‘SLED f —These PC students had to im provise a sled for last Friday’s one-inch snowfall. That ‘sled’ normally is a serving tray. The area was covered by a one-inch blanket of snow last Friday. The snow r started about 5 a.m. and stop ped falling about noon. Most of it had melted by shortly after noon on Saturday. Clinton needs and deserves a public library, Presbyterian Col lege Head Librarian Lennart Pearson told the Greater Clinton Planning Commission Monday night. Pearson said that the city’s current arrangement with Pres byterian College does not serve the needs of the general public in Clinton. He said, “Don’t get me wrong. We are not trying to discourage the use of the college-community library on the campus. It is there for all the citizens in Clinton. However, I do not believe it is satisfactorily serving the public \.Vid I doubt that the current ar rangement could serve the general public the way it should be served." Pearson pointed ut, The PC library is primarily an academic library, designed to serve the students and professors. Our volumes are generally highly technical and academic-orientat ed. The community is served in the sense that the facilities and books are available. However, the SLEDDING — Clintonians took ad vantage of last Friday’s snow to break out some rarely-used sleds. Shown above is Mrs. Georgia Y. Young us ing her pull for a snow ride for her daughter ‘Bee’ and for Buck Wil liams, son of Rev. and Mrs. Zeb Wil liams. $250,000 Grant Awarded To PC V A $250,000 grant to Presby terian College, establishing the Charles A. Dana Professorship Program in honor of the n' ted philanthropist-industrialist-law yer, was announced today by Pre sident Marc C. Weersing. He said news of the Charles A. Dana Foundation grant had just been received from Founda tion Vice-President Henry W. Littlefield, of Bridgeport, Conn., who visited the PC campus last spring and met with members of the faculty, administration and the board of trustees. Under the grant provisions, Presbyterian will match the $250,000 gift and thereby create a $500,000 fund within its endow ment to perpetuate the profess orship program. The College a- grees to spend a fixed amount annually to subsidize the salaries of four Dana Professors. Dr. Weersing said PC has three years in which to make the four appointments but he planned to initiate the program as soon as possible. He added: ' The Dana grant gives a tre- mendnus boost to the Presbyter ian College program. It provides generous financial assistance in that most vital of areas, the faculty, and serves as an in spiration to the entire teaching staff. It also underscores the confidence this great national foundation places in the work being done on our campus. We are grateful to tie one of the 15 colleges in the nation participat- u^gl in the Dana Professorship Program." Dr. Littlefield, who serves both as Foundation vice-president and as president of the University of Bridgeport, said Presbyterian College had been chosen for a grant because of its significant accomplishments in recent years and its future potential. He said Mr. Dana, Foundation President MacLean Gander and other Dana trustees were particularly im pressed with the endorsement of the local community and the alumni through their remarkable financial support of PC. Charles Anderson Dana is an books in our library generally aren’t the type which would at tract the general public.” After Pearson’s presentation, Planning Commission Chairman J. C. Thomas instructed Com mission Secretary Richard Bod mer to contact the Laurens Coun ty Library Board about the pos sibility of having a survey made of Clinton’s public library needs. It was pointed out in general discussion that Clinton residents pay county taxes which help support the Laurens County Li brary in Laurens but local citi zens get few services from the county library and rarely use the library in Laurens. (10 REASONS) Pearson listed 10 reasons why the current PC-Community Li brary arrangement is not serving the general public in Clinton: (1) The location isn’t good for a public library. A public library should in a central location in a community. pie registered at the library as borrowers but “a large section of the population is being com pletely missed. People in the downtown and outlying areas don’t come to the library.” (3) “We make no conscious ef fort to serve public readers. We do not offer a choice of materials which would appeal to the general public—such as books on hobbies, pets, mysteries, occu pational skills, etc. The type books offered in a public library are different from those offered for an academic com munity.” (4) “Our library educational program is geared to college stu dents. A public library should have programs designed to pro mote public use of the library and also offer such other benefits as lectures and entertainment. A library isn’t just a place for stor age of material." (5) “We offer no special ser vices, such as services to the blind, shut-ins, handicapped, and children.” the college community. During vacations, our library hours may not meet the needs of the gen eral public." (7) “The size of the college library is intimidating and many people are simply afraid to come in and face those long rows of books. (8) “We’re losing an asset in promoting Clinton. We should be able to say that our community had a good public library with a fine college library to back it up . . .This is the only town of its size in South Carolina which doesn’t have a public library...” (9) “The current arrangement is based on an assumption made 30 years ago. It might have serv ed the purpose at one time but if it isn’t reviewed for the next 10 years, we’ll be operating on a 40- year-old assumption. . .” (10) “The machinery is avail able within the Laurens Coun ty Library system for a public library in Clinton. We’re not getting the benefit from A coun ty service for which we’re pay- ing with out tax money.” (2) There are 1,243 townspeo- (6) “Our hours are geared to ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★"AT Zoning Timetable Is Outlined Recommendations for a zoning ordinance for Clinton should be ready in June, a spokesman for Wilbur Smith and Associates told members of the Greater Clinton Planning Commission Monday night. The planning firm of Wilbur Smith and Associates currently is conducting a survey of Clin ton, at the request of city coun cil, to assist the Planning Com mission in planning for the future of Clinton. Phil Simon of the WilburSmith firm explained his time-table Monday night at the meeting of the Planning Commission. He said he currently is involved in population and economic stu dies of the city, including a land-^ use survey. He said he and the Planning Commission will discuss the goals and objectives of the com munity and he and his staff will conduct interviews with citizens in Clinton for background infor mation in drawing up a land use plan and a thoroughfare plan. Simon said the land use plan and thoroughfare plan should be ready for discussion and study in March and April and the group will then move into study of zoning proposals in May. He said the job should be completed in June when the Planning Commission would have zoning proposals to recom mend to city council. Sheriff Requests Council r MI* fr' 11 ,s Four More Deputies Amended CHARLES A. DANA 88-year-old Manhattan mil lionaire and former board chair man of the Dana Corporation, a Toledo, Ohio, firm which manu factures automobile trans mission parts. He had switched to manufacturing after gaining prominence as an international lawyer early in his career. Mr. Dana organized the Dana Foundation in 1950 and served as its president until 1966. Al though the Foundation provides some assistance to health and welfare organizations, its pri mary emphasis is upon higher education. Laurens County Sheriff R. Eu gene Johnson has requested funds for employing four additional men in his department. He said two additional men are needed for night patroling, one is needed for the Lake Greenwood area and one is needed for relief duty while deputies are attend ing the S. C. Police Academy and during vacation. Sheriff Johnson's request was read M< aday at an open meeting of the Laurens County Legisla tive Delegation. The delegation also heard budget requests from other county department heads at the annual meeting. Johnson also requested the de legation to increase the appro priation from $350 to $600 for sending deputies to the state po lice academy. He said that his plans call for all county depu ties eventually to attend the aca demy. He requested a$2,000 increase over last year for the jail funds, because of “new standards for county jails.” Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, county auditor, asked for addi tional funds to employ extra help and purchase office supplies. A $4,000 appropriation request above last years budget was re quested by James Kinard, chief of the Laurens County Rescue Squad, for maintenance and re placement of worn out rescue equipment. Camp Fire Ceremony Scheduled The Clinton Camp Fire Girls will sponsor a National Awards Ceremony Monday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at Belk Auditorium on the Presbyterian College cam pus. All Camp Fire girls, leaders, parents and friends of the Camp F ire organization are invited to attend the program which will feature special awards, songs and a skit. Awards will be presented to adult leaders and Camp Fire Girls. Three local adults will receive the Luther Halsey Gulick award, the highest award pre sented by the Camp Fire organi zation. Three adults also will re ceive the Wakan Service Award for camping and 10 will receive the Ernest Thompson Seton A- ward for service to the board of directors. Twelve persons will receive the Charlotte Joy Farns worth Award for outstanding leadership and 12 tenure awards will be presented. In addition, 187 Camp Fire Girls will re ceive tenure awards. Reese Young, vice president of the Camp Fire Board of Direc tors, will be master of ceremon ies at the program. Mrs. Ervin Shook is program chairman. Miss Corinne Muller of New York, executive assistant to the National Director of Camp Fire Girls, will present the national awards. Miss Muller has 22 years’ ex perience in the Camp Fire or ganization. She is a graduate of Stanford University and she did her graduate work at New York University. In addition, she has studied in England, Holland, and the Scandinavian countries. A special feature of the pro gram will be a skitentitled“His tory of National Camp Fire Girls and the Beginning of the Clinton Council of Camp Fires.” Charles (Buddy) Oakley is pre sident of the Camp Fire board and Jim Von Hollen is treasur er while Tommy Hollis is sec retary. A rehearsal for all levels of Camp Fires will be held at Belk Auditorium on Saturday. All Blue Birds, Camp Fires, Jr. Highs and Horizons are asked to meet there at 2 p.m. Miss Bettie Richards told leg islators she represented the South Carolina Taxpayers for a Better Winthrop College and read a statement endorsed by that group giving their reasons for opposing co-education at Win throp College. Several Laurens County women were present in support of the statement. Among the road improvement requests was that of C. D. Beas ley of Laurens, who said an over head bridge connecting Academy Street to Cemetery Street was needed “since there are only two entrances to the Jersey Com munity and both have railroad crossings.” Culbertson said members of the delegation would meet with state highway officials inColum- bia Friday regarding an over pass to the Jersey area. The Rev. E. W. Wright asked legislators to hard-top the roads to rural churches. “We go down to Lake Greenwood and see un used cottages with roads paved to the doorway-and we go to our rural churches and slip and slide trying to get to them.” Taylor reviewed the progress made in the area of rural water supply for the county. The Dun can Creek Water Shed is now nearing completion and the wa ter-shed plans are now in the Bu reau of Budget in Washington and “we feel the project will be fund ed in the near future,” Taylor said. The Rabon Creek Watershed is being planned and “we feel if these projects are all completed the county will have an unlimit ed water supply. ” Joe Medlock, chairman of the County Election Commission, re quested that the polling places for Laurens City Wards FourandSix be moved from their locations in the county courtroom to the Armory on South Harper Street. A. B. Culbertson of Laurens said he opposed the busing of students and urged the legislators to take a “verbal stand on the issue.” Clothing Collection Point Proposed (Story, Pa*re 2-C) A bill to double the pay of County Councilmen in Laurens County was approved last week in the South Carolina House of Re presentatives. The legislation by the Laurens County legislative delegation would increase the salaries of the five council members from $1,200 to $2,400 per year. Under the new legislation, the council chairman would re ceive an additional $600 a year, an increase of $300 over that of the current legislation. Rep. David S. Taylor, secre tary of the delegation, said, “We feel with the duties and respon sibilities being imposed on Co unty Council members that com pensation should certainly cover their expenses and they should not have to use personal or fa mily money to offer for this po sition.” The current legislation calls for the county to switch to the County Council method of govern mental operation Jan. 1, 1971. Candidates for the first council will be nominated this spring and elected this fall. Council member will be elected at large. The County Council will have the basic responsibility for operating the county, including drawing qp the county budget and handling its finances. Sunday Fire Destroys House A house on the Jimmy Dutton farm was destroyed by a Sunday morning fire. The house was occupied by the Sherman Bell family. The family lost all of their clothes and fur nishings in the fire which was re ported at 8 a. m. Clinton Firemen also were cal led to a fire in an Saturday night at 9 o’clock, building was near the of Mr. and Mrs. S.B/Lotts m Laurens Road.