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QHje Clinton Cfjromcte
VoL 71 — No. 12 Clinton, S. C.. March 19,1970
INDEX
Three Sections, 20 Pages
Classified 4-A
Deaths 6-A
Editorials 2-B
Hospital News 4-A
Society 2-A, 3-A
Sports 6-A
In County Primary
ROBERT BLACK
DR. MIXON
GOP Selects
County Slate
The Laurens County Repub
lican Party nominated hvu can
didates for the State House of
Representatives, five County
Council candidates and a candi
date for county auditor at its
reconvened convention Saturday.
The Republican Party Conven
tion convened m March 2 but
recessed to meet again Satur
day for the purpose of n'iminat-
ing candidates.
The House candidates are
Hance Finley f Mountville and
Hugh Jacobs of Clinton.
T. M. fTed) Andersen of Lau
rens was nominated f >rttie coun
ty auditor's post.
The Republican O untyCouncil
candidates are Robert (Bob)
Black and Dr. David Mixon, both
of Clinton, W. R. Garrett and J.
M. (Bill) Watson, both f Lau
rens; and Carrington Herbert of
Route 3, Laurens.
James Sloan of Clinton was
named to succeed David Myers
on the Laurens C *unty Flection
Commission.
Mr. Finley, the son of Mrs.
Lou Ella O'Dell Finley and the
late Percy W. Finley, is a native
of Laurens County. His grand
father, John Robert Finley, serv
ed as County Auditor for several
years. He is a graduate ofClem-.
son University and is a retired
lieutenant colonel in the U. S.
Air Force Reserve. He served
during World War H, the Berlin
Airlift and the Korean War.
He is the father of a son and a
daughter and is the step-father of
two other daughters. He has four
grandchildren. His first wife, the
former Beatrice Kay, died about
five years ago and he is now
married to the former Evelyn
Miller Shouse.
He is a member of Mount
ville Baptist Church. A dairy
farmer, he and tlie late Mrs. Fin
ley received an “Award of Merit
for Accomplishment in Farm and
Home Developmenr in 1961 from
the Clemson University Ex
tension Service.
Mr. Black is an advertising
salesman for churchpublications
and has lived in Clinton for the
past 25 years. An Elder in the
First Presbyterian Church, tie
and his wife, the former Louise
Jacobs, have three daughters. He
is a graduate of Presbyterian
College and prior to four years’
service during World War IT, was
employed by the Blue Ridge Boy
Scout Council.
Mr. Black said, “It is a plea
sure, and I consider it an honor,
to be a part of the Laurens
County Republican effort to elect
to service to the County Council
men who fairly represent the dis
tricts of our county. Knowing
something of the operation of the
similar board for the past 12
years in York County, I believe
the establishment of the County
Council is the begMumg step to
improved conduct of our county
government. It is my hope to
contribute all that I have of in
tegrity, judgment, and vision to
the conduct of Laurens County
affairs impartially and
unselfishly.”
Dr. Mixon is a native of Loris
who has practiced optometry in
Clinton for the past 15 years.
He is a veteran of the U. S.
Navy, serving during W’orld War
II. He is a charter member and
• me of the organizers of the Clin
ton Jaycee Chapter and is a mem
ber of the Lions Club, of which
he has served as vice president
and a member of the board of di
rectors. He has served as a
Sunday-School teacher and deacon
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Carter, Prater
Dana Professors
Dr. K. Nolon Carter and Dr.
Neal B. Prater have been named
the first two Charles A. Dana
professors at Prexbyterian Col
lege by action of the board of
trustees, President Marc C.
Weersing announced today.
Dr. Weersing said the two fa
culty members were chosen be
cause of their outstanding scho
larship and ability as classroom
teachers. The appointment car
ries both distinction and an at
tractive salary supplement, en
dowed by tlie Charles A. Dana
Foundation in honor of the noted
philanthropist - industrialist -
lawyer.
Dr. Carter, named the Dana
Professor of Chemistry, has been
chairman of the PC chemistry de
partment since he first joined
the faculty in 1951. In addition to
his teaching, he is active in re
search work, has received sev
eral grants for this purpose and
published the results of his re
search in a number of the pro
fessional publications.
Dr. Prater, the Dana Profes
sor of English, has been chair
man of the English department
here since 1968. He joined the PC
faculty in 1960, shortly after
earning his master’s from Van
derbilt and he has since re
ceived his PhD degree from that
institution. Dr. Prater is par
ticularly popular as a classroom
teacher. He was awarded the A-
lumni Association’s "Disting
uished Teaching A ward* last year
12 Seek 5 Council Posts
A field of 12 candidates for five
County Council posts is set for the
June 9 Democratic Primary.
The 12 candidates qualified
prior to the noon Monday filing
deadline.
The County Council candidates
are C. D. Beasley, James D.
Cline, King Dixon, I. A. Griggs,
Joe Holland, James R. Jacks,
Charles H. Johnson, Paul S. O’
Dell, George Penland, Sam S.
Power, J. C. Sullivan and Bond
Thomas.
Three candidates qualified for
the two S. C. House of Repre
sentatives seats. They are W. C.
Dobbins, Eugene C. Stoddard and
incumbent David S. Taylor. In
cumbent Paul Culbertson has an
nounced he will not seek re-
election.
Three incumbent county offi-
tr
HANCE FINLEY
. . . GOP Candidate
cials have qualified and are un
opposed in their bid for Demo
cratic Party nomination.
They are: Furman Thomason,
County Supervisor; Allen D.
Coleman, County Treasurer; and
J. Hewlette Wasson, Judge of
Probate.
Political Line-Up
(EDITOR’S NOTE: With the Democratic Party’s
filing deadline now past and the Republican Party’s
Convention concluded, this is the way the Laurens
County political picture 'shapes up.)
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY: June 9
GENERAL ELECTION: November 3
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
S.C. House
S.C. House
of Representatives
of Representatives
W. C. Dobbins
Hance Finley
Eugene Stoddard
David S. Taylor
Hugh S. Jacobs
County Council
County Council
C. D. Beasley
Robert Black
James D. Cline
W. R. Garrett
Kinp Dixon
Carrington Herl>ert
1. A. Grigrrs
Dr. David Mixon
Joe Holland
James R. Jacks
Charles H. Johnson
Paul S. O’Dell
George Penland
Sam C. Power
J. D. Sullivan
Bond Thomas
J. M. Watson
County Supervisor
Furman Thomason
County Supervisor
County Treasurer
Alien D. Coleman
County Treasurer
County Auditor
County Auditor
Mrs. Helen Rodgers
T. M. Anderson
CARTER
PRATER
SAM POWER
Power Bids
For Council
Sam C. Power of Route 2,
Laurens, this week announced
that he is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination to Coun
ty Council in Laurens County.
A native of Laurens County,
he is abuildingcontractor and has
operated his own business for
the past 15 years.
He received his formal educa
tion in Laurens schools and at
tended Clemson College. He is a
member of First Baptist Church
in Laurens where he is superin
tendent for an A dull Sunday School
Department. He is a member of
the Laurens Jaycees and twice
has served as president of that
organization. He also is a for
mer president of the Laurens
Exchange Club and twice has
served as president of the Lau
rens County Fair Association.
He is married to the former
Bettie Ann Stewart and they have
three children, Kay, Anne and
Ricky.
Johnson, Jacks
Council Candidates
James Jacks of Route 1, Clin
ton, and Charles H. Johnson of
Clinton this week announced their
candidacies for the Democratic
nomination to County Council.
A native of Laurens County,
Jacks is state sales represen-
JAMES JACKS
Our Tricentennial: Pageants,
Parades—And Maybe Beards
County Auditor Miss Jennie V.
Culbertson has announced she
will not seek re-election. Mrs.
Ernest (Helen) Rodgers, deputy
clerk in the office, is a candi
date for county auditor and is
unopposed for the Democratic
nomination.
James M. Copeland, incumbent
magistrate of Jacks Township, is
unopposed in his bid for nomi
nation.
* * *
Ike' Griggs
Candidate
For Council
Laurens Mayor I. A. (Ike)
Griggs qualified this week as a
candidate for the Democratic no
mination for County Council.
Griggs’ term as mayor will
expire June 30 and he was not a
candidate for re-election.
He is completing his third two-
year term as mayor.
He said, “I feel that the Coun
ty Council is a very important
office, particularly during the
first few years. The Council will
formulate police which will be the
basis upon which the county will
be operated. These matters must
be given some time and consid
eration. As Laurens mayor for
six years, handling the finances
of the city, I feel this quali
fies me to offer as a candidate
for this important county office.”
Mr. Griggs is owner and opera
tor of The Griggs Press which he
founded in 1950.
He is a Sunday School teacher
at First Methodist Church in
Laurens and is a member of the
board of directors of the Laurens
YMCA, which he helped organise.
He is a member of the VFW
and American Legion.
He is married to the former
Georgia Sans bury.
tative for the Norther Ohio
Breeders Association, with whom
he has been associated for 12
years.
He attended Laurens Schools
and is a veteran of two years’
military service. He is a mem
ber of the Lions Club and is a
trustee of Leesville Southern Me
thodist Church.
He is married to the former
Anita Cassanova and they have
three children, Ruthledge, Susan
and Amy.
Mr. Johnson, owner ofjohn-
son’s Men’s Store, is a native
of Laurens County. He is a dea
con of Hartness-Thornwell Pres
byterian Church.
He is past president of the
Clinton Merchants Association
and a former member of the
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors. He is a past
president of the Clinton Jaycees
and in 1964 was chosen Clinton’s
“Young Man of the Year.” He is
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A tentative schedule of events
has been drawn up for the
Tricentennial Celebration in
Laurens County.
The Laurens County Tricen
tennial Celebration Week wiU
open Sunday, Nov. 8 with “Re
ligious Heritage Day" and will
close on Saturday, Nov. 14, with
“College Day", featuring special
halftime ceremonies at the Pres
byterian College vs. C arson-
Newman football game.
In between, there will be an
"Educational Heritage Day"; “In
dustrial Heritage Day"; “His
toric Sites Day;" “Patriots Day";
“Merchants Participation Days";
“Tour Days"; and parades, pa
geants and antique shows.
The schedule has been draft
ed by the Laurens County Tri
centennial Committee which will
hold monthly meetings on the
first Tuesday of each month
through December 1.
The next meeting of the com
mittee is scheduled for 7:30p.m.
April 7 in the Presbyterian Col
lege Board Room.
THE SCHEDULE
The schedule of events for
Laurens County Tricentennial
Week is as follows:
Sunday, Nov. 8 -- “Religious
Heritage Day”. Special emphasis
in churches by pastors and church
school teachers.
Monday, Nov. 9 -- “Educa
tional Heritage Day”. Special
programs by schools. “Industrial
Heritage Day.”
Tuesday, Nov. 10 -- "Historic
Sites Day”. Ceremonies for do
nating special gifts to the coun
ty. The start of “Tour Days”
featuring tours of homes and his
toric sites.
Wednesday, Nov. 11 -- “Pa
triots Day”. Special recognition
of veterans, heroes and heroines,
of alL wars. Continuation of
“Tours Days”. Antique shows.
Thursday, Nov. 12 -- Begin
“Merchants Participation Days”.
Parade in Laurens, specially de
corated windows of mercantile
‘IKE’GRIGGS
establishments. Continuation of
“Tour Days.”
Friday, Nov. 13 -- Continua
tion of “Merchants Participation
Days”. Parade in Clinton. Con
tinuation of“Tour Days”. Pageant
in Beik Auditorium at PC. Re
cognition of committees. Possi
ble judging of historic dress and
beard contest
Saturday, Nov. 14 — “College
Day”. Football game between PC
and Carson-Newman with special
halftime ceremonies.
The schedule listed above is
tentative at this time and will be
refined at future Tricentennial
Committee meetings.
CC Committee
Chairmen Named
Committee chairmen were
named Tuesday at the 1970-71
organizational meeting of the
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors.
The committee chairmen are to
draw up suggestions for projects
and submit them to the Chamber
of Commerce office before March
26.
The committee chairmen are:
Agriculture, Lynn Cooper Jr.;
Aviation, Carl Wessinger; City
Beautification, DonnyWilder;Ci
vic Affairs, Bailey Dixon; Con
gressional Action, Hugh S. Ja
cobs; Education, Don G. Creigh
ton; Finance, Tom Plaxico;
Health-Safety- F ire Preven
tion, William S. Hatton; High-
ways-Streets, Francis Blalock;
Industrial Development, Kenneth
Fryfogle; Membership, Ralph
Patterson; New Projects, James
Von Hollen; Office, R. V. Bod
mer; Public Relations, O. P.
Haynes; Tourist, George Cornel-
son; Trade Development, Law
rence Gross; Youth Work, Ralph
Patterson.
Committee members will be
announced in the near future.
MISS HELGRIT SCHREINER
District's 'Star'
Students To Hear
Pretty Austrian Girl
A pretty Austrian girl will be
featured speaker next Tuesday,
March 24, as the Clinton Rotary
Club hosts the “Star Students and
Teachers" from the Fourth Con
gressional District.
The luncheon meeting will be
held at Hotel Mary Musgrove,
starting at 1 p.m., and featured
speaker will beMissHelgntSch-
reiner of Graz, Austria. She is
attending Clemson University on
a Rotary scholarship.
The county winners of “Star
Student-Teacher” competition in
Laurens, Greenville and Spar tan-
burg counties will be honored and
the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict winner will be announced.
Gus Ramage of Clinton was the
Congressional District winner
last year.
The Congressional District
winner will advance to the State
competition.
LAURENS REPRESENTATIVE
Benjamin Gray Allen of Lau
rens High School, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Charles Allen, will repre
sent Laurens County in the Con
gressional District competition.
He was announced as the Laurens
County winner on Feb. 12 at a
meeting co-sponsored by the
Clinton Kiwanis Club and Clin
ton Chamber of Commerce. Mrs.
Ruth T. Martin, a native of Clin
ton, was selected by Allen as
his “Star Teacher” and she will
be honored at Tuesday’s Con
gressional District meeting, a-
long with Allen.
The Star Student-Teacher pro
gram is sponsored by the South
Carolina Chamber of Commerce
and co-sponsored for Laurens
County by the Clinton Chamber of
Commerce.
The Congressional District
winner will receive a plaque and
$100 cash award plus a four-day
tour of South Carolina. The a-
wards are presented by the State
Chamber of Commerce. The Dis
trict Star Teacher will receive
the same prizes, sponsored by
the State Chamber of Commerce
and S. C. National Bank. The Dis
trict runners-up will receive a
four-day tour of the state, spon
sored by the State Chamber of
Commerce.
Ralph N. Teddards of Clinton
is the Fourth District Star Stu
dent-Teacfwr chair man.
The featured speaker at Tues
day’s meeting will be Miss Hel-
grit Schreiner of Graz, Austria.
She is attending Clemson Uni
versity under a one-year Rotary
scholarship that is sponsored by
the more than 30 Rotary clubs
in the upper South Carolina dis
trict. Her father, director of le
gal affairs for Reininghaus Brew
ery, is a member of Rotary In
ternational.
In addition to her role as a stu
dent, Miss Schreiner acts as an
unofficial goodwill ambassador.
Part of her responsibility to Ro
tary is to speak to clubs throutfi-
out the district. Her subject is
Austria and she accents her com
mentary with slides of her native
land. She is a graduate student
in English literature at Clemson
and studies English and Italian at
the University of Graz. She also
speaks French and German.
Delegation Meet
Slated Monday
The regular monthly meeting
of the Laurens County Legisla
tive Delegation will be held in
the Laurens County Courthouse
Monday night, March 23, start
ing at 7:30 p.m.
Rep. David S. Taylor, secre
tary of the delegation, said this
probably will be the last public
delegation meeting prior to Gen
eral Assembly adjournment op
statewide matters.
Paris To Retire
From Co-Op Office!
Henry M. Paris, manager and
electrical engineer of the Lau
rens Electric Cooperative, Inc.,
has announced his retirement as
manager, effective April 30th ac-
cording to Board President, W.
M. Gresham.
Mr. Gresham stated that while
Mr. Faris will be missed on the
day-to-day basis at the Coopera
tive, he will continue to serve
the Cooperative as electrical en
gineer and as management con
sultant He also pointed out that
Mr. Faris’ management ability,
together with his training and
experience in electrical engi
neering, will make his services
invaluable to the Laurens Elec
tric Cooperative as well as to
other Cooperatives in the South
east
Instrumental in organizing this
Cooperative in 1939, Mr. Faris
has served as its manager tor
31 years. Twice he wm griHfe
ed “Manager of the Year
Carolina”. He is
Saluda River Electric .
live and former Free
South Carolina Electric(
live. He has served on i
committees of the NationalRwg
Electric Cooperative.
(CONT. CM PAGE 4-A)