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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Feb. 19, 1970—1-B % Laurens County Records Preserved On Microfilm t TO PERFORM HERE — Bowie Curry, left, and Carolyn Frost will be featured in the presentation of ‘St. Joan’ Feb. 28 at Belk Auditorium on the PC campus. The performance will be sponsored by Broad Street Methodist ('hurch. There will be no admission charge but an offering will be taken to help defray expenses. Curry is a native of Indian apolis, hid., and is a graduate of Trinity Univer sity. Miss Frost is a graduate of UCLA and has done graduate work at Trinity University. She and Curry are members of the touring Alpha- Omega Players who will present ‘St. Joan.’ District 5G Week "f Feb. 23 - 27 MONDAY - Milk, fried steak, spiced beets, buttered cabbage, rice, gravy, cnrnbread, butter, and raisins. TUESDAY - Milk, hot d .g with chili with ground beef, onions, tossed salad with tomatoes, let tuce, t< 'mat' i catsup, mustard, p' >- tat ' chips, buns, butter and apple crisp. loaf, turnip greens, candied sweet pi»tat<es, rolls, butter and peaches. THURSDAY - Milk, fried chicken, English peas, whipped potates, carr t strips, biscuits, butter and peanut butter cookie. FRIDAY - Milk, fish, cle slaw with carrots and cabbage, French fried potat es, cornbread, but ter and fruit cup. WEDNESDAY Milk, moat Have You Made Your Will ? ? Would you like to make a will and leave some thing REAL beneficial to someone else and at the same time COST YOU NOTHING? WHY NOT WILL YOUR EYES to the S. C. Eyebank? Within 48 hours after your death, a part of you will be living in someone else and giv ing them one of the most precious possessions in life . . SIGHT!!!! HOW CAN YOU DO THIS??? See Gary Hol comb at Sunshine C leaners ... or W. S. “Shorty” Horne at the Post Office or any member of the Lions Club and get a form to make your Eye Bank Will. Either of the above named persons will help you fill out the form. DO IT NOW!!! Give a ‘‘Gift of The Gods”. En able some person (now blind and waiting for a donor) TO SEE AGAIN. See Gary Holcomb or ‘‘Shorty” Horne and WILL YOUR EYES! You’ll be glad you did. Cooperation between Laurens County and the State of South Carolina is helping to guarantee the future of the significant Lau rens County records. Because of the age and extent of these do cuments, Laurens was chosen as the first county to benefit from a new State program designed to assist local officials with their records. Only four of South Caro lina’s 46 counties were formed before 1785, the year in which Laurens County was created. With the permission of coun ty officials and Representatives Paul Culbertson and David S. Taylor, eight staff members from the County Records Division of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History have in ventoried the records of each county office to determine which documents should be restored and microfilmed. Since some Laurens records date back before 1,800, many have been in use for almost two hundred years. Through restoration facilities of the State Archives these fragile papers are being given new life. This Barrow lamination method is the only restoration process available in South Carolina which is specifically designed to make old documents last indefinitely and South Carolina has one of the few Archives in the nation with such equipment. Selected 18th and 19th century Laurens wills, deeds, maps, and court papers are n"W t>eing repaired by the Social Comedies Slated At PC The Alpha-Omega Players will present two one-act social come dies, “Another Night, A New Day," by Eugene McKinney to the Presbyterian O'llege student assembly Thursday morning ('February 19). The public is invited to this 10 a.m. presentation in Belk Audi torium. These fast paced dramatiza tions strike a satirical blow a- gainst ' ur contemporary society and its fear of involvement, lack of communication, inflated ego, wasted time and petty vanities. They were originally done on ABC television's “Directions" series, where they received nat ional acclaim under the titles of “People Who Live in Glass Pa perweights Can't Throw Stones" and “From Here On Inlt'sDown- hill All the Way." A former professor of drama at Baylor University, McKinney’s work has appeared in such no table television shows as “Omni bus” and “Wide Wide World.” The main characters in "Ano ther Night, A New Day" are Fran ces Dalrymple, a wife who missed iier calling<>f spinsterhood; Wally Dalrymple, her husband who needs and gets a daily dusting; Fred the Fireman, a robust and alive man, old enough to be the father of three children but young enough to enjoy being a fireman. Archives document restoration laboratory. Of particular value to Laurens is the State microfilming pro gram. Two 35 millimeter roll film cameras have been set up in the courthouse so that records may be filmed without removing them from the County. Since the first week in November, camera operators Donald W. Jeffcoatand Terry W. Tindal have photo graphed nearly 100,000 pages of Laurens records; the information in several hundred volumes has teen reduced to approximately 80 rollsofmicrofilm. These rolls will be housed in the fireproof Archives building under proper conditions oftemperature and hu midity as a safeguard against loss of this valuable information. Copies of this film will be re turned to Laurens for reference use. All of these services have teen administered in strict coopera tion with County officials and without charge by the Archives staff under the direction of Char les E. Lee. The County Records Division is supervised by Julian L. M,ms and C. Carlyle Steele. Thornwell, Local Hospital Get Duke Appropriations Thornwell Orphanage and Bai ley Memorial Hospital have re ceived appropriations from The Duke Endowment. Thornwell has received an appropriation of $45,655.94 and Bailey Memorial Hospital’s ap propriation is $307. The Laurens District H ispital in Laurens re ceived $1,288. The distribution was announced Wednesday byJamesR. FeltsJr., executive director of the Hospital and Child Care sections of The Duke Endowment. A total of $i,829,264 are being paid to hospitals and childcare institutions in North and South Carolina by The Endowment. Since the South Carolina De partment of Labor began its Safety Incentive Award Program several years ago, textile and ap parel plants in the state quali fied for the honor 1,161 times through June 30, 1968. A total of 59 hospitals in South Carolina receive appropriations from The Duke Endowment as do 16 child care institutions. The child care appropriations amount to approximately 99.5 cents a day for each day of care of these children. BAILEY’S PAYS HIGHEST RATES ON ALL SAVINGS! Area Students Are Volunteers In Service Corps Three Clinton area students are serving as volunteers in Furman University’s Collegiate Educational Service Corps. They are: Mary Helen Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Smith of Kinards; Mike Thomas ofThorn- well; and Mary Anne Orr, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Orr Jr. of Clinton. Service Corps volunteers, numbering well over 300 this year, work with 27 community agencies in the Greenville area, ranging from adult education pro grams to nursing homes to crisis intervention service. Mary Helen is a volunteer working with children at Athens Elementary School. Mike is working with the adult literacy program at Hampton Avenue Church and Mary Anne is work ing with mentally retarded teen agers at Parker High School. Miss Perry In Bond Clinic Carol Perry, a band student at Clinton High School participated in the 1970 All State Band Clinic held January 30-February Ion the Furman University campus. Some 500 band students, coun selors and band directors at tended the three-day program. Outstanding band directors from the University of Michigan, Co lorado and Florida conducted cli nic sessions with the band mem bers. The weekend ended with a public concert in Furman’s Mc Alister Auditorium. Reeder Wins Gold Star Navy Petty Officer FirstClass Hubbard F. Reeder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Reeder of 211 Sumter St., Joanna, was awarded a gold star in lieu of a fourth Bronze Star Medal during cere monies aboard the guided missile frigate USS Luce, Ma/port, Fla. He received the award in re cognition of service in Vietnam. mi: W im BY NANCY PHILLIPS Week of February 16, 1950 Fire and water did consider able damage to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church last week. A group of young peo ple were meeting in the auditor ium at the time. Margaret Ann Wilkie of Clinton High School, will be among 242 South and North Carolina high school senior girls whom Win- throp College will honor next month. It was announced last week that contract for instruction of large concrete swimmingpools at Clin ton and Lydia Cotton Mills was awarded to Fishe - Carter Con struction Co. of Spartanburg and that construction of both projects will begin at once to be complet ed for summer use. Mr. and Mrs. Ramar Bundrick of Cross Hill announce the birth of a daughter, Carolyn, on Sun day, Jan. 29 at the Greenwood Hospital. Mrs. Bundrick is tbe former Miss Martha Bishop of Cross Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Vance moved yesterday into their re cently remodeled home on Pitts Street. Lynn W. Cooper, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Joe Shea- ly of Batesburg, spent last week in Florida, visiting Key West and other points of interest. Senator Ralph Wilson, Rep. Robert Wasson and Rep. Charlie Milam visited Joanna Memorial Hospital recently. Billy Ballard, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Ballard will celebrate his birthday February 19. Michael Smith, two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Smith of Columbia celebrated his birthday with a dinner at his home on Sunday. Got too much insurance? Could he. Find out. Free. Then sleep better. Say “Confidential Analysis” to your man from Nationwide, and he’ll give you the facts — straight. JOHN C. HARMON 302 N. 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