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Clinton 'Dollar Days' Set Thursday Through Monday WEATHER (Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 4) High: 70 Low: 12 (Jan. 29) (Feb. 4) Rainfall: 1.53 ins. (Jan. 29. Feb. 2-3) iEfje Clinton Chronicle Vol. 71 — No. 6 Clinton. S. C.. Feb. 5. 1970 INDEX Three Sections. 22 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 5-A Editorials 2-B Society 2^A Sports 7-A Clinton Mills Enters Knitted Fabrics Market Clinton Mills is the latest entry in the knitted fabrics market. Robert M. Vance, Clinton Mills President, and Leslie N e g u s, President of Elastic Fabrics of America, announced Wednesday the agreement for Clinton Mills to purchase a substantial financial in terest in the Pennsylvania based Raschel knitting company. Clinton Mills, a major producer of carded cot ton and blend fabrics of polyester and combed cot ton, has four spinning and weaving plants located here. The 74-year-old firm moved into the blend fabrics market in 1966 upon completion of the Bailey Plant. Clinton products are marketed through Clinton Cottons, Inc., Ill W. 40th Street, New York, N. Y. the wholly owned Clinton Mills sales agency, which is headed by Warren H. Weisz, President. Elastic Fabrics of America, located in Fort Washington, near Philadelphia, Pa., is an integrat ed warp knitter and finisher of stretch fabrics used in the foundation garment and swimwear indus tries. E.F.A. sales offices are located at company headquarters on Maryland Drive in Fort Washing ton, Pa., and at 10 East 39th Street, New York City 'Star Students' To Be Honored Laurens County STAR Students and StarTeachers will be recog nized on February 12 at the- Ho tel Mary Musgrove. Dr. Marc C. Weersing will be the speak er at this supper meeting spon sored by theCllntonKiwanisClub beginning at 7 P.M SpiclaJ cer tificates will be presented the STAR Student and Teachers. And the County STAR Student will be announced. The 1970 STAR Students for Laurens County as announced by the Clinton Chamber of Com merce and their Star Teacher are: James Robin Smith fr im Clinton High Sch-tol, Star Teacher, Miss Frances Sheely, Larry Tindale Weaver f-r-o-m Thornwel 1 High School, and his Star Teacher, Mrs. Gladys S. Boland, Thomas Anthony Vance from Bell Street High School and his Star Teacher, Mrs. Pernella V. Jones; Benja min Gray Allen from Laurens High School andhisStar Teacher, Mrs. Ruth Martin, Lanny Wilkie from Gray Court-Owings High School and his Star Teacher, Mrs. Everette Bobo; Sarah Fran ces Neely from Sandersi High School and her Star Teacher, Mrs. Hattie S. Suber, Jams Ma rie Simms from Hickory Tavern High School and her Star Teach er, Gerald W. Crawford; John Ellis Hunter from Ford High School and his Star Teacher, Mrs. Virginia Eptings. The Student-Teacher Achieve ment Recognit ion (STAR) Pro gram is a statewide project of the S.C. State Chamber of Com merce with the Clinton Chamber of Commerce co-sponsoring the program for Laurens County. This is the fourth year that the Clinton Chamber of Commerce has sponsored this program for Laurens County according to Ge-rge H. Cornelsun, president of the organization. Making ar rangements for this special meeting are: J.C. Thomas, chair man of the Education Committee of the Chamber and C. Bailey Dixon, president oTlhe Clinton Kiwanis Club. STAR Student designation is based on top - ranking scores made on the College BoardScho- lastic Aptitude Test. StarTeach ers are chosen by the STAR stu'lents as the teacher who made the greatest contribution to the student's scholastic achievement. * * * Hartsville Youth Bitten By Dog A Hartsville youth visting in Clinton was bitten by a German Police dig Sunday morning, re quiring nine stitches to close the wound in his leg. Mike Oates and Walter Stanlev of Hartsville were visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Addison Neighbors on East Carolina Avenue when the incident occured. The youths said Mike Oates was knocked down by two German Police dogs and was bitten in the leg and back when he tried to get away. The Clinton Police and veter inarian Dr. Dan Orr were called and Dr. Orr fed the dogs tran quilizers. They were returned to their owner in another part of town. The dogs had received their rabies shots but they are being kept penned for ten clays’ observation. The dogs normaJly are kept in a fenced-in area but they managed to get loose Sun day while the owner was at church. Casque Is Promoted To Personnel Manager Richard L. Casque, a native of Clinton, recently was promot ed to personnel manager of The Torrington Company, Clinton Bearings Plant. A 1959 graduate of Clinton High School and a 1964 graduate of Erskine College, he joined The Torrington Company in March of 1967 as an employment super visor. He has been employment manager since October of 1968. Prior to joining Torrington, he was a teacher and assistant coach at Dillon High School for three years. He is a member of the Clinton Lions Club, Cham ber of Commerce and is a mem ber of the Clinton YMCA Board of Directors. He is married to the former Delle Wilder of Clinton and they have two children, Ashley and Amy. They are members Broad Street Methodist Church. RICHARD L. CASQUE He is a son of Mrs. Roy Casque of Clinton and the late Mr. Casque. Proposed S.C. 72 By-Pass CLINTON. S.C. In Special Voting Mayor Election Set Tuesday By-Pass Corridor Hearing Explained The South Carolina State High way Department has announced that it will conduct a public hear ing at 10 a.m. March 10 on a proposed S. C. Route 72 by-pass around Clinton. Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N. Pearman said proposed location of the by-pass would be presented in full detail at the “corridor” type hearing, to be held in Hampton Avenue School Auditorium in Clinton. The by-pass is planned as a two-lane facility approximately three miles long around the east ern side of Clinton. Beginning at S. C. 72 north of Clinton, just beyond the Adair Street and Francis E. Will ard Road intersection, the by pass will swing southeasterly and intersect Carolina Avenue North and Carolina Avenue South just east of the city. The route will continue south westerly across Fifth A venue and Maple Street, parallel Springdale Street, cross two branches of Bush Creek, intersect S. C. 56 and terminate atS. C. 72 near Chestnut Street. While the facility is initially planned as a Route 72 by-pass, long-range plans indicate that the by-pass could serve as the first leg of a complete arterial loop around Clinton. Mr. Pear- man said that any possible ex tension of the by-pass in the fu ture would depend on the pat terns of traffic growth in the Clinton area. Mr. Pearman said that all in terested persons are invited to attend the hearing and present their views on the economic, so cial and environmental effects of the proposed location of the by pass. Highway Department engineer ing personnel will be on hand at the hearing to discuss data per tinent to the corridor of the ar terial facility. Later, based on community re action to the corridor location, design plans will be developed by the Highway Department for presentation at a subsequent “de sign” type public hearing. Tentative schedules for con struction and right-of-way acqui sition, as well as relocation as sistance programs for displaced persons or businesses, will be discussed at the initial hearing. Clinton voters go to the polls Tuesday, Feb. 10, to cast ballots in a special election for Mayor of Clinton. The candidates are Mayor Pro Tern Talmadge Sanders and for mer mayor Noland Suddeth. San ders defeated Carl Campbell in the Democratic primary Jan. 13 and Suddeth is the Republican nominee. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the three polling places: City Hall, theAr- mory and ClintonMillsCommun- ity House. Suddeth and Sanders are candi dates to fill the balance of the term of the late Harry C. Lay- ton. Mr. Layton died in De cember. The term is to ex pire in August, after the regu lar election is held for a regu lar two-year term. Liberty Street Improvements Set Liberty Street has been added to the South Carolina Highway System and will be repaired, according to Clinton Mayor Pro .Tern Talmadge Sanders. Sanders said he met with State Highway Department officials and members of the Laurens County Legislative Delegation Tuesday and it was agreed to add Li berty Street to the existing con tract on Martha Dendy Street and Friendship Drive. Martha Dendy Street and Friend ship Drive are to be paved and Liberty Street will be complete ly resurfaced, Sanders said. Lions To Hear Boys Farm Leader W. D. Shealy, executive direc tor of the Boys Farm in New berry, will be featured speaker Tuesday night at the Clinton Lions Club meeting. The dinner meeting will start at 7 p.m. at Mary Musgrove Hotel. * * * Karl Boxer Trio Performs The Karl Boxer Trio will pre sent an extended jazz concert to the Presbyterian College stu dent assembly next Tuesday mor ning in Belk Auditorium. Sanders has served on City Council for eight years as a representative from Ward 6. A native of Spartanburg, he has re sided in Clinton since 1932. He is a graduate of Clinton High School and attended Presbyterian College. He is a section man in the spinning room at the Bai ley Plant of Clinton Mills. Suddeth, a native of Clinton, served as the city’s first Re publican mayor in 1966-68. He is a graduate of Clinton High School and attended Clemson U- niversity. He is a masonry contractor. Both Sanders and Suddeth are verterans of World War IT. NOLAND SUDDETH TALMADGE SANDERS # • * v* • d A J_!-L 5 CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE — The car shown above, driven by Ira Wh{C tle of Joanna, was struck by a Sea board Coastline train last Friday be^ tween the Seaboard and CN&L tracks. Firemen were unable to get to the car because two long freight trains were passing through at the time. A Roadway Transport truck driver threw a fire extinguisher over one of the passing flat rail cars to Volunteer Fireman Marcell Barker, whose car also happened to be stop- j>ed in between the tracks. Barker extinguished the blaze while the City Fire Truck stood waiting on the oth er side of the CN&L tracks. The ac cident occurred about 5 p.m., Friday, at the height of the late afternoon traffic.— (Yarborough Photo) Lightning, Fire Destroy House A. house on Bonds Street was struck by lightning on Jan. 29 and the house was gutted by fire. On Jan. 30, Clinton firemen were called to extinguish a fire in a house off E. Carolina Av enue. The fire started around the chimney and damage was mi nor. On Jan. 31, firemen were called to a fire at the Freddie Williams home on Musgrove St. The house was destroyed by fire. Winn-Dixie Manager Beaten In Robbery Clinton police reported Wed nesday morning there were no new leads in the armed robbery of the Winn-Dixie Store here last Friday night. Winn-Dixie Manager Earl Mar- requested that persons who cashed checks in the store af ter 6 p.m. notify him or ano ther Winn-Dixie representative so that payment on the checks can be stopped. Three Negro men wearing ker chiefs over their faces robbed the store of an undisclosed amount of money and checks a- bout 8:45 p.m. Friday. Martin was struck over the head twice with a pistol during the robbery. He was injured a- round the left eye and on the left side of his head. Martin was in the store of fice near the cash register when he saw three men, two carrying pistols come through the door with partially masked faces. They took all the cash from a cash WIN TOP CAMP FIRE AWARD— The four Clinton ladies shown above were presented the Luther Halsey Gulick award Monday night at the National Awards Ceremony held at PC’s Belk Auditorium. The award is the highest national honor presented by the Camp Fire organization. Re cipients are, left to right: Mrs. Rob ert M. Vance, Mrs. Eva B. Land, J. B. Templeton, and Mrs. A. B. David son. Related story and pictures are on page 3-A.— (Yarborough Photo) drawer in the office and told Mar tin to open the safe. Martin was struck twice in the head with the barrel of a pistol as he was forced to open the safe. One of the robbers also took cash from one of the cash re gisters. The bandits took a pa per grocery sack to carry the cash and checks from the store. Martin said there were two customers, a cashier and two bag boys in the store at the time of the robbery. The bandits forced the employ ees to go to the rear of the store and they left through the front door. PC Alumni Board Meets The board of directors of the Presbyterian CollegeAlumniAs- sociation will hold its annual winter meeting on the campus this Saturday. This meeting is a day-hlng session, starting at 10:30 a.m. Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON Many of you older friendo well remember when the main source of information as to the lo cation of a fire was the telephone operator. Since I was the night operator as a young lad, I recall what this meant to the operator. From 9 P.M. until 7 A.M. I was the sole operator of four • local and three long distance switch boards. You can therefore well understand what a night fire meant to me. Another hardship on the operator was the fact that very few people ever called by number, but by the person’s name. This meant that I had to learn each person's number, some of which can recall today. Even at that, many people ap preciated the service of the operators, and sent baskets of fruit or boxes of candy, which the girt:;*; operators usually shared with me. Misa Ella Parfc-I^ er was chief operator and Mr. Allie Lock wood was plant manager.