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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
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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”
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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
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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
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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
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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.