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INDEX Three Sections, 18 Papres Classified 6-A Deaths L 3-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 3-A Society 2-A Sports 7-A Clinton Chronicle Vol. 71 — No. 8 Clinton. S. C., Feb. 19. 1970 Public Delegation Meeting Set Monday The Laurens County Legislative Delegation will hold its monthly public meeting Monday night, Feb. 23, in the Laurens County Courthouse. The meeting is to start at 7:30 p.m. Rep. David S. Taylor, secretary of the delegation, said that a primary topic of discussion will be the county council bill. He said, “We will explain the bill and will answer any questions anyone may have about the bill.” He said any other legislative matter also may be brought before the delegation at the Monday meeting. County Auditor Visits In Area Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, Laurens County Auditor, will be in the Clinton area this week and next week to assist local resi dents with their property tax re turns. She was at the Clinton Mill office Wednesday afternoon and will be at Clinton City Hall Fri day, Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. She will be at the Clinton Mills plant Tuesday, Feb. 24, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. Next Wednes day, Feb. 25, she will be at Lydia Mill from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. On Thursday, Feb. 26, she will be at the Clinton Mills Bailey Plant from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. Dr. Carter To Discuss Pollution A talk on pollution by Dr. K. Nolon Carter, chairman of the Presbyterian College chemistry department, will be presented to the PC student assembly next Thursday morning, Feb. 26, at 10 o’clock in Belk Auditorium. The public is invited to hear him address the subject “Pesti cides, Pollution and Ptero dactyls. ’ Dr. Carter has headed the chemistry program at PC since he first joined the faculty m 1951. He is highly regarded as a teach er and as a researcher, having published numerous articles on his work in professional chemi cal journals. He also has taught as a visiting professor in the summer school program at Van derbilt University, from which he earned both his MS and PhD De grees. Taxpayers must make their property tax returns before March 1. Miss Culbertson said that returns must be made on real and personal property, in cluding motor vehicles. She also said that any change made in real estate during 1969--- transfer of lands, new buildings and improvements on buildings, and any building destroyed by fire or for any other cause--- should be reported. She said, “It is also neces sary that we have the correct mailing address of all taxpayers if they are to receive tax notices at the proper time, saving them costs and penalties." Religious Drama Workshop Set At PC Saturday The theater as an art form through which to worship God will be the theme of the second an nual religious drama workshop at PresbyterUflCoUeiN aextSatur- day, Feb. 21. The daylong program is under the joint sponsorship of the PC drama department and the Chris tian Education committee of the South Carolina Synod. PC drama instructor Dale Rains said it will include a re ligious play presented by the Presbyterian College Players, with feedback discussion'after wards, and workshop activity on modern trends in church drama, demonstration scenes for chancel drama, and readers’ theater and the church. He said the workshop is open to high school seniors and adults from churches of all denominations in South Carolina and Georgia. The cost of $2.50 per person includes luncheon in the college dining hall. Reserva tions may be made by contact ing Rains. WAYNE BARNES RICHARD BOLING Wayne Barnes has been named Sales Manager of Contessa Homes, Inc., and Richard Boling has been named director of pur chasing and inventory control. The appointments were an nounced by Alvin Whitmire, gen eral manager of the mobile home manufacturing plant in Clinton. Mr. Barnes, who formerly served as director of purchas ing, will be responsible for sales and marketing of the Contessa medium priced mobile home in the Southeast area of the United States. He also will be respon sible for research for the in dustry in that range and for show expositions and promotions of the company. Mr. Barnes attended the Uni versity of South Carolina. He is married to the former Mackie Austin of Cross Hill where they reside at the present. Mr. Boling was employed by a local industrial supply firm prior to joining Contessa Homes, Inc. Mr. Whitmire said, “He is fa miliar with manufacturing items related to this industry and the flow of materials and handling.* Mr. Boling is married to the former Gail Bedenbaugh and they have a daughter, Dawnna, and they now reside in Joanna. County Political Meetings Slated For Next Week COUNTY’S ‘STAR STUDENT—Ben Allen, center, senior at I^aurens Hiph School, was named Lau rens County’s ‘Star Student’ last week at banquet in Clinton. Shown above are, left to rijrht: Dr. Marc VVversing president of Presbyterian College, who was master of ceremonies; Mrs. Ruth Martin, who was Allen’s ‘Star Teacher’; Ben Allen and his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Allen of Laurenss.— (Yarborough Photo) Laurens Senior Is County Star Student' Benjamin Gray Allen of Lau rens was named Laurens County’s Star Student’of the year Thursday night at a banquet spon sored jointly by the Clinton Ki- wanis Club andtheClintonCham- ber of Commerce. As his Star Teacher,' Allen named Mrs. Ruth Martin, a na tive of Clinton who taught Allen in the fifth grade. Allen, who plans to attend Wake Forest Col lege upon graduation from Lau rens High School, said he se lected Mrs. Martin because she was the first teacher to chall enge him to perform up to his academic capabilities. Allen is the fourth "Star Stu dent" award recipient in Laurens County. The first winner, in 1967, was Bobby Bracey of Thornwell High School. Robert Meadors of Clinton High School won in 1968 and Gus Ramage of CHS won in 1969 Allen will represent Laurens County at the Fourth Congress ional District 'Star Student' ban quet which will also be held in Clinton, co-sponsored by the Clinton Rotary Club. Allen will compete with the ‘Star Students’ in Greenville and Spartanburg counties to represent the con gressional district in the state competition. Selection of the ‘Star Student’ is made on the basis of college board scores and achievement tests. Dr. Marc Weersing, president of Presbyterian College, was master of ceremonies at last Templeton Named For Tunisia Tour Contessa Announces Two Key Appointments Joseph B. Templeton, retired Clinton Mills Vice President of Manufacturing, has accepted an assignment with the International Executive Service Corps to serve as a volunteer executive in Tunis, Tunisia with “Societe Generate des Industries Textiles," a Tuni sian textile firm. Templeton, who has held num erous manufacturing executive positions in the textile industry, will share his more than40 years textile manufacturing knowledge with the Tunisian firm. He will assist them in evaluating the company’s organisational strengths and their needs for fur ther introduction of modern man agerial practices. He recently has been serving as a textile consultant for the Technical Services Division of the South Carolina State Develop ment Board. Templeton, and his wife, Sara, will leave March 8 for the 3- month assignment abroad. In addition to serving the tex tile industry, Templeton is active in the Clinton Kiwanis Club, the Presbyterian Church, the Boy Scouts of America, and Junior Achievement. YMCA Membership Drive Ends Friday The membership drive for the Clinton YMCA will be concluded Friday, according to Mrs. George Cornelson, campaign chairman. Mrs. Cornelson said, “Anyone who hasn’t been contacted and who wishes to obtain a member ship, may do so by contacting the YMCA. We need membership sqiport now if we’re going to realize our plans for a new YMCA building and expanded program in the future." YMCA memberships cost $25 for a family membership; $25 for a sustaining membership; $20 for a couple; $8 for an indivi dual membership and $8 for a scholarship membership which is given to a needy youngster. Thursday’s event at Mary Mus- grove Hotel. He offered each of the school representatives be cause: "You have shown you have a real desire for knowledge, an in quisitive mind. . .You have shown self-discipline. . . You have learned how to use your time. . . You have used your ability. . . You've done more than only that which was expected of you. . .” Miss Frances Sheely of Clin ton High School and Mrs. Eve- rette Bobo of GravCourt-Owings High School received special re cognition because this was the third time they had been select ed as Star Teachers' by the re presentatives of their respective schools. Miss Sheely was selected by Clinton High ‘Star Student’ Robin Bom Destroyed In Wednesday Fire A barn was destroyed by fire on the Reese Young farm on Jacobs Highway last week. The Wednesday afternoon fire apparently started around a gar bage area and spread to the small hay barn. While firemen were battling the barn blaze, another alarm was sounded and other firemen were sent to Palmetto Recreation Cen ter on the Lydia Mill Roadwhere they extinguished a grass fire. Smith and Mrs. Bobo was select ed by Gray Court-Owings winner Lanny Wilkie. Other “Star Students" and their “Star Teachers” who were honored included Larry Tindale Weaver and Mrs. Gladys S. Bo land from Thornwell; Thomas Anthony Vance and Mrs. Per- nella V. Jones from Bell Street High School; Sarah Frances Neely and Mrs. Hattie S. Suber from Sanders High School in Laurens; Janis Marie Simms and Gerald W. Crawford from Hickory Tav ern High School; John Ellis Hun ter and Mrs. Virginia Eptings from Ford High School. Preliminary political reor ganization work begins next week in Laurens County as the two ma jor political parties lay the foun dation for campaigns this sum mer and fall. Republican precinct reorgan- izational meetings are scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the usual voting places. Democratic Party precinct re- organizational meetings are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 28, starting at 3 p.m., at the usual meeting places. Both the Republican and De mocratic county conventions are scheduled for March 2 in the Lau rens County Courthouse in Lau rens. The Democratic County Convention will start at 10 a.m. on March 2 and the Republican County Convention will start at 7:30 p.m. in the courthouse. Officers are to be elected at both the precinct and county meetings. The Democrats will elect a new county chairman. Allen D. Cole man, county treasurer, current ly is concluding his two-year term as chairman. He will not be a candidate for re-election as party chairman because he will be a candidate for re-election as county treasurer. He can not serve as party chairman while he is seeking political office. W. R. Garrett of Mountville is chairman of the Laurens County Republican Party. The precinct and county re- organizational meetings preceed elections of many county and state officers. The Democratic Primary is scheduled for June 9. If a se cond primary is needed, it will be held two weeks later. The General Election is slated for November 3. On the county level, voters must elect two members toSouth Carolina House of Represen tatives; five county councilmen; county auditor; county treasurer; county supervisor and county probate judge. On the state level, there will be election for gover nor, lieutenant governor and other major state officers. There also will be an election for Fourth District U.S. Congressman. The two State Representatives will be elected for two-year terms. The auditor, treasurer, supervisor and probate judge all have four-year terms. As the county moves into the County Council method of operation, three of the county councilmen will serve four years and two will have two-year terms. Those elected will cast lots to determine the length of the term each coun cilman will serve. Congressmen are elected for two-year terms and major state officers, such as the governor, serve four-year terms. Although he has not officially announced, Congressman James Mann, completing his first two- year term in office, has indi cated that he will be a candidate for re-election. County Supervisor Furman Thomasson announced today that he will be a candidate for re- election. Coleman, County Auditor Miss Jennie V. Culbert son, and Probate Judge Hewlitt Wasson all have indicated they will be candidates for re-election although they have not officially announced. Mountville Couple Die In Greenwood Wreck Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Earl Carter of Mountville were killed Saturday night in a head-on auto mobile collision seven miles north of Greenwood on U.S. 221. Mr. Carter, 72, and his wife, the former Louella Watts, 62, died about 10:45 p.m. Saturday when their car was involved in a head-on collision with a car driven by Paul Cromer, 32, of Clinton. Cromer was reported in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Greenville General Hospital and his brother, James Cromer, 20, was listed in good condition at Self Memorial Hos pital in Greenwood. Officers reported the two cars struck head-on, apparently killing the Carters instantly. A third car was damaged slightly when it skidded between the wreckage of the Carter and Cro mer vehicles. The driver, Betty Ann Whitmore of Route 2, Enoree, was not injured. The Carters were traveling north on US 221 and the Cromer County Supervisor Seeks Re-Election J. B. TEMPLETON Hearing Set On Mauldin Area Road The State Highway Department announced today that it will con duct a public hearing at 11 a.m., March 17 on proposed widening of sections of S. C. Routes 14 and 417 between Mauldin and Foun tain Inn. Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N. Pearman said proposed improvements to the highway would be presented in detail at the “design" hearing, to be held in the Highway Department’s dis trict office building on Laurens Road (U.S. 276) in Greenville. The project is about eight miles long and entails widening to four lanes. Beginning on S. C. Route 417 at Mauldin, just east of U. S. 276, the project extends south easterly to the four-lane sec tion at Simpsonyille. Then start ing at the end of four lanes southeast of the city on S. C. 14, widening will extend to Fountain Inn, terminating at the beginning of the multi-lane section north west of the city. Furman E. Thomason today announced his candidacy for re- election to the office of Laurens County Supervisor. He said he would be seeking nomination to this office in the Democratic Pri mary to be held in June of this year. In making this announcement, Thomason emphasized that the transition from the present form of county government to a county council form of government was going to necessitate the full co operation ofevery county official. If re-elected, “I pledge not only my full cooperation, to the new county council, whoever they may be, but also my 14 years ex perience in county government." Thomason further commented it was his opinion that the coun ty council form of government will have many advantages over the present system, but it will require sound thinking and pa tience on the part of every citi zen of the county, along with the elected officials, to make this system work satisfactorily. Thomason also stated if re elected, “I will continue to serve all citizens of the county to the best of my ability." GOP County Convention Set For March 2 The Laurens County Re publican Party Convention will be held Monday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the Laurens County Courthouse. The purpose of the meeting is the election of -officers and de legates to the State Convention, also to consider the method of nomination of candidate by the convention method or the primary method. vehicle was traveling south. They collided in the north-bound lane, according to policemen. Mrs. Carter was a native of Laurens County, daughter of the late Grover Cleveland Watts and Eliza Hudgens Watts. Mr. Car ter was a native of Bamberg County but had lived in Mount- ville since 1925. He was a so^of the late John Earl and Henrietta McCormick Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Carter were members of Mount ville Presbyterian Church. Survivors include a son, Phillip E. Carter Sr. of Spartanburg; a daughter, Mrs. Francis Ducker of Macon, Ga.; and four grand children. Surviving Mrs. Carter also are a stepmother, Mrs. Mary Boyd Watts of Mountville; and two sis ters, Mrs. Robert Tolbert of Greenwood and Mrs. J. M. Kinard of Ehrhardt; and four brothers, J. H. Watts Sr., RichardD. Watts Sr. and Thomas E. Watts 6f Clinton and Walter C. Watts of Memphis, Tenn. Surviving Mr. Carter also are a sister, Miss Ruth Carter of Spartanburg; and a brother, J. L. Carter of Norfolk, Va. PC, Pfeiffer Have Key Game (Story, Page 7-A) FURMAN THOMASON In New Orleans For Mardi Gras Three Clinton area students accompanied The Citadel’s Mardi Gras contingent to New Orleans, La., for the carnival festivities Feb. 7-12. They are Cadets John Isham Moore Jr. and J ohn Randall Will ingham, both of Joanna, and Cadet Edgar Copeland Taylor in of Clinton. Taylor is a member of The Citadel band and Willingham is a member of the Summerall Guards, the elite drill platoon. Moore is second battalion com mander. * * * Graveside services were held Monday at MountviUe Cemetery. Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON Guess that the large peanut products manu facturers have just about put the old fashioned pea nut parcher machine out of business, hot what a tantalizing and appealing aroma from one ^ of these machines as it produced this tasty nut. The operator would eject a nut from the cook ing unit to tell when they were just light. Moat •- of the machines had a whistle that gave forth a *- slight whistling noise to advertise the operation, “ however, this was not needed as the odor of the fresh parched nuts was plenty of advertising. Several of the grocery or general stoma these machines, but the moAlw that ^ member so well, was the one in front of Stone Co. and was owned and Henry Sterne. It was on four wheels and six by eight feet with ample room for ration. This also had a corn was popping a anhlT the popper and would