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WEATHER
(Week of March 2#April 1)
Hififh: 76 Low: 37
(March 29) (March 31)
Rainfall: 2.0 Ins.
(March 26, 29, 30, 31)
Soil Temp. Range: 68-60
Wat Clinton Chronicle
VoL 71— No. 14
Clinton, S. C., April 2, 1970
INDEX
Three Sections, 18 P&gee
Classified 6-A
Deaths 4-A
Editorials 2-B
Hospital News 4-A
Society 2-A
Sports 7-A
Board Files Objection
Beltline Alternate 2
Opposed By Hospital
New Broad Street Methodist Church Sanctuary
SANCTUARY OPENED—The sanctuary of the new Broad Street
Methodist Church is shown above. The first service was held in
the 610-seat sanctuary March 22. It is part of a $350,000 con
struction project which has been completed except for installation
of the organ and beautification of the grounds. The installation
of the organ is to be completed by April 12. J. W. (Bill) Abrams
is chairman of the church’s Building Committee.— (Yarborough
Photo)
RUSS EMERSON
CALVIN REED
Reed Wins Fellowship;
Emerson To Return Here
Calvin H. Reed >if Clinton has
been awarded an Alfred?. Sluan
Fellowship at the Sloan School of
Management, Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology (MIT).
Mr. Reed will be succeeded as
manufacturing manager, Clinton
Bearings Plant, The Torrington
Company, by Russ Emerson of
Honea Path who formerly was as
sociated with the local plant. The
management change is expected
to take place in June.
Mr. Reed is one of47success
ful candidates for the fellowships.
The group representsa wide var
iety of organizational, profess
ional and national backgrounds
chosen from industry, govern
ment, and medicine. They were
selected from the largest num
ber of nominations ever made
in the history of this program,
which dates back to 1931.
Mr. Reed is a 1958 graduate
of the U. S. Naval Academy. He
and his wife, Charlotte, have
three children and reside at 300
Cedar Street.
Mr. Emerson currently is su
per intent of the Torrington Co.
Specialties Plant in Honea Path.
He was chief manufacturing en
gineer at the Clinton Bearings
Plant prior to moving to Honea
Path.
He is married to the former
Barbara Roberts, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Roberts of Clinton.
Thomwell Hosts
'Open House'
Open house will be held Sun
day at Thornwell.
The hours of 3:00-5:0" have
been designated as a time when
local friends are especially in
vited to tour the Thornwell cam
pus and visit any of the homes
and departments they wish.
Anyone wishing to attend the
Dedication Program at 3 p.m. in
the Hartness-Thornwell Memor
ial Church is invited to do so.
Anyone wishing a special guid
ed tour of the campus should
come by the Youth Center.
UtiHty Policy
Is Enforced
The City of Clinton this week
began strict enforcement of its
policy on payment of utility bills.
Beginning Wednesday, April 1,
all utility bills must be paid by
the 10th of each month. A penalty
of 10 per cent will be added to the
bills after the 10th.
Services will be discontinued
on all bills unpaid by the 16th
of the month. There will be a $5
fee charged for turning on ser
vices again after the bill has been
paid.
♦ * *
Firemen Answer
Three Alarms
Clinton firemen answered
three alarms during the week,
including one in which part of a
mobile home was destroyed.
School Referendum
Rescheduled May 5
The mobile home fire occured
The Emersons have three at 10:30 p.^j,. Friday on South
children, Gary, 5; Lisa, 3; and Bell Street.
Karen, five months old.
(CONT. ON PAGE 6-A)
The Laurens County School
District 56 referendum on a 10-
mill tax increase has been post
poned until May 5.
It was announced last week
that the referendum would be
Six Are Held
In Connection
With Break-Ins
A Columbia man, his wife and
four juveniles have been charged
in connection with a series of
break-ins in Laurens and New
berry counties, including four
in the Joanna-Bonds Crossroads
area.
Laurens County Sheriff R. Eu
gene Johnson said Berry Belton
Kennedy Jr., 24, was charged in
four warrants with house-break
ing and larceny. He was being
held Tuesday in Newberry Coun
ty jail m lieu of bond. His wife,
Patricia, 22, charged in two war
rants with housebreaking and lar
ceny, was being held Tuesday in
the Laurens County jail.
Three of the juveniles have
been released on bond and the
other juvenile was being detain
ed Tuesday.
Sheriff Johnson said that Lau
rens County break-ins involved in
the series included two break-
ins at J. C. Nabors Store at
Bonds Cross Roads, on Feb. 27
and March 10, and the Jan. 20
break-ins at Bledsoe’s ClothShop
and Billy Nabors Gulf and Bus
Station in Joanna.
held on April 21. However, School
Board Chairman James Von
Hollen said that it will take long
er than anticipated to obtain voter
lists from Columbia so the re
ferendum had to be postponed to
May 5.
He pointed out that the refer
endum must be handled through
the same general procedures of a
general election.
The 10-mill increase is being
requested in an effort to cover
a $110,478 deficit in the propos
ed 1970-71 budget for the school
district which includes the Clin-
ton-Joanna-Cross Hill-Mount-
ville area. Mr. Von Hollen has
pointed out that the deficit is
caused by general cost-of-living
increases in operating costs. He
said, “We had a $50,000 deficit
last year and anticipate a deficit
of between $40,000 and $50,000
this year. In order to avoid these
deficits, we need this additional
millage.’’
Dr. Blalock
Is Re-Elected
Hospital Chairman
Dr. George R. Blalock was re
elected chairman of the Bailey
Memorial Hospital Board of Di
rectors last week.
L. W. McClain was elected vice
chairman and W. C. Neely was
re-elected secretary. Other
board members are Ryan F. Law-
son and John M. Simmons.
The Bailey Memorial Hospital
Board of Directors has gone on
record in opposition to the belt-
line route recommended by the
S. C. Highway Department from
S. C. 72 south to S. C. 72 north.
In a letter to T. J. Hendrix,
State Highway Engineer, the hos
pital board said the route “would
have a very detrimental effect
on the Bailey Memorial Hos
pital’s ability to continue to pro
vide adequate health care to the
people of the Clinton Hospital
District.”
The letter, drafted by the board
at its regular meeting Friday,
said the board had no advance in
formation about the route which
was recommended by a Highway
Department spokesman at a pub
lic hearing on March 10.
The letter said that advance
publicity of the hearing was ac
companied by a map which showed
the proposed beltline going from
S. C. 72 south parallel toSpring-
dale Road and on to S. C. 72
north. This route would not in
volve the hospital property. No
alternate was listed on the map.
However, at the public hearing, a
spokesman said that the published
map was Alternate No. 1. He said
that Alternate No. 2 would come
beside the hospital and down
Springdale Road before going on
to S. C. 72 north and that was
the route recommended by the
Highway Dept.
The board’s letter said, “About
a week before the hearing, it
was rumored that two route would
be proposed but no advance in
formation was given on the second
route. Therefore, you can i-
magine our surprise to be told
at the hearing that Alternate No.
2 was being recommended.”
Attached to the board’s letter
were letters from represen
tatives of the Division of Health
Facilities for the State Health
Officer; Planning and Design Ser
vice of The Duke Endowment and
Flemming and Associates, Con
sulting Engineers for the Hospital
Board. All three letters said the
proposed route would be detri
mental to the operation and future
of the hospital.
The board’s letter said, “We
also want to point out that the
operating and Delivery Rooms of
the hospital are on the north side
(adjacent to the proposed route).
These are required to operate
on 100 per cent fresh air through a
forced ventilation system, the in
take of which is on the north
side. If Alternate No. 2 By-Pass
is constructed, it is possible that
WDihW
Dangerous Prank
Anyone having information about pranksters
stealing street signs or flambeaus is requested to
contact Clinton Streets Department Supt. Eddie
McGee.
McGee reports several signs and flambouys
have been stolen recently. He says, “The prob
lem seems to be getting worse. We believe most
of the thefts are by pranksters but we don't beGeve
they realize how serious this is. We put out warn
ing signs and flambeaus and flags to warn motor
ists of dangerous streets. Some day, we could have
a serious accident just because some prankster stole
a warning signal.”
McGee said that he recently put out some
flambeaus around some repair work at the corner
of Calhoun and Adair Streets. Because some of
the flambeaus have been stolen recently, he locked
these with chains. However, pranksters came by
and, unable to get the flambeaus, turned them up
side down, spilling the fluid all over the road. They
also stole a flag.
On Monday morning, he put up a “Men Work
ing” sign at the comer of Calvert Avenue and
Adair Street While he and his crew were work
ing about a block away, someone stole the sign.
Follow The Bouncing Check
A local magistrate is still fuming—and a trifle
embarrassed—about a recent case he handled.
A woman facing a bad check charge paid her
fine with another check. Right—it bounced.
How About Ahabanna?
The Robert Plaxico family bought two beau
tiful Persian cats at a pet store some time ago with
the idea of raising some Persian kittens. They
named them “Ahab” and Jezebel. Now Jezebel is
expecting a litter most any day. So is Ahab.
To Feature Expanded Program
Spring Arts Festival Slated
BY CHARLOTTE P. REED
The Spring Arts Festival which
takes place annually on the cam
pus of Presbyterian College in
Clinton, will be held this year
from Monday, April 20 through
Sunday May 3. It is a series of
cultural events open to the public
and sponsored by the Presby
terian College Department of
Fine Arts, the Clinton Music Club
and the Laurens County Fine Arts
Council.
The gala Festival opening will
take place at Belk Auditorium
during the intermission of the
first program of the Kinetic Art
series, the South Carolina pre
miere of the three films which
have had great critical acclaim
for the quality of the artistic ex
perience which they offer their
audience. The second program of
this series will follow on Tues
day, April 21.
Wednesday through Saturday,
April 22 to April 25, Mr. Dale
Rains and the Presbyterian Col
lege Players will present
Tennessee the third Kinetic Art
Tennessee William’s hit play
“Summer and Smoke"; the third
Kinetic Art film will be shown
Monday, April 22, and the follow
ing evening will feature a Folk
Festival put on by local groq>s
of musicians. The Presbyterian
College Choir will give their
Spring concert Thursday evening,
April 30.
A Presbyterian College Student
Art Exhibit will be open to the
public throughout the first week
of the Arts Festival and will be
hung in Douglas House. It will be
replaced by the Judged Art Ex
hibit which will be opened the
evening of Monday, April 27 at a
reception for the participating
artists and the judge, Mr. Paul
Mocsanyi, art critic, Director,
and Founder of the New School
of Art Center, in New York city.
Mr. Mocsanyi will complete his
visit by giving the Hardie Lec
ture on Tuesday, April 28 at 10
a.m. His topic will be “Humanists
and Anti-Humanists in American
Contemporary Art”. The Exhibit
which he will judge is open to all
Laurens County artists age 16 or
over, and all interested parties
are urged to contact Mrs. Alta
Alberga, head of the PC Art De
partment, for further information
and entry blanks.
COUNTY DAY
Laurens County Day will pro
vide the climax for the Festival’s
activities. It will begin at 10 a.m.
Saturday, May 2 and will continue
until 5 p.m., with a wide variety
of activities for both children
and adults.
Among the events offered to the
public will be the Mall Art Exhi
bit where all practicing artists
are invited to show their works
pavilions for children, Junior
Highschoolers, and Highschool-
ers to acrively try their hands at
watercolor painting, finger paint
ing, collage construction and junk
sculpture; and for adults, a ser
ies of lectures, demonstrations,
and exhibits put on by profess
ional artists of both local and
statewide repute.
As an added attraction, visitors
to Laurens County Day will have
the unique opportunity to pur
chase original works of art, to
meet the artists themselves, and
to watch them in the process of
creation. All art objects sold will
serve to benefit not only the buyer
but also the artist and the Arts
Festival.
ARTISTS
Participating professional
artists will include, Mr. Jon Forr
of Columbia, who will work at
his potter’s wheel, Mr. Tom
Turner, who creates pottery, and
his wife, who makes jewelry, both
from Columbia, Mr. John Coles,
of Columbia, who is connected
with ETV and will demonstrate
cartoon animation, and Dr. John
Craft of the Columbia Art
Museum who will present a slide
lecture on contemporary art.
Mr. Miles Powell of Clinton
will demonstrate commercial
paste-ups, Mr. William Shields of
Clinton will offer a lecture and
exhibit on photography, and Miss
Betty Fryga of Clinton, will ex
periment in several artistic me
diums. Other local and out of town
artists are also being invited to
attend.
School children will be repre
sented at an exhibit of their own,
and their artistic efforts will
be displayed out of doors. All
the county schools will encourage
their pupils to contribute, and a
Tricentennial theme has been
suggested.
Public School music groups
have been invited to participate,
the Greenwood Little Theatre
under the direction of Aileen Lau
will stage “Alice In Wonderland”
for children, and the Kinetic Art
series of three films will be re
run for all persons unable to at
tend the previous showings.
Lunch will be served at a food
booth.
To round out the two weeks of
the Spring Arts Festival, a music
recital will be presented by tee
music student at PC on Sunday
afternoon, May 3. Anyone re
quiring further information is
requested to contact either Mrs.
Charles Gaines, 833-3456 or
Mrs. Lewis Hay, 833-3523.
the ventilation system in these
areas would be polluted by traffic
exhaust.
“We also feel that if Alternate
No. 2 By-Pass is built, it would
be in violation of Section 1404.1
of the Minimum Standards for Li
censing in South Carolina Hos
pitals and Institutional General
Infirmaries which states as fol
lows: ‘All institutions shall be
located so that they are free
from undue noises, smoke, dust
or foul odors.’ ”
J. Richard Coney, director of
the Divison of Health Facilities
for the State Health Officer point
ed out, “The junction of the pro-
oosed alternate andS. C. Hiehway
(CONT. ON PAGE 6-A)
W
0
ED CAMPBELL . . . Commission Chairman
Ed Campbell Heads
City Plan Commission
Presbyterian College Business
Manager Ed Campbell was elect
ed chairman of the Clinton Plan
ning Commission Monday night.
Campbell was elected at the re
gular monthly meeting of the
commission. Richard Bodmer,
plant manager of the Clinton
Bearings Plant of The Torrington
Co., was elected vice chairman
and Donny Wilder, editor of The
Chronicle, was elected secre
tary.
In taking over the chairman
ship from J. C. Thomas, Mr.
Campbell commented, “We have a
lot of work ahead of us and we’re
at a crucial point in this work.
We are going to need the assis
tance and support of all members
of this commission and the citi
zens of our town. Clinton is an
excellent city. It has so much to
offer. We want it to continue to
be a quality city in the future
and we will direct our efforts
toward that goal. ”
NEW MEMBERS
Mr. Thomas welcomed the new
members of the commission:
James Von Hollen, DonnyWilder,
Bob Wickham and John Addison.
Clinton Mayor Noland Suddeth
presented certificates of appre
ciation to the retiring members:
W. C. Neely, Joe Bonds, I Mac
Adair and Heath Copelani
Commission member Tommy
Hollis reported Monday night that
the prospects of Clinton obtaining
a municipal library facility, sep
arate from the community library
r A PC, are 'not real encouraging
at the moment.” However, he will
investigate the availability of fed
eral OEO funds for such a facili
ty. Hollis is chairman of the com
mission’s Library Committee
which was appointed after it was
pointed out that the current com
munity library at PC is designed
to serve the college and not the
community at large, although the
PC library is open to community
residents.
Commission members heard a
report on the city’s preliminary
land use and thoroughfare sur
veys by Phil Simon, a represen
tative of Wilbur Smith and Asso
ciates. The planning firm is con
ducting a survey of Clinton which
will be used as a guideline in
planning for the future.
SECOND PHASE
The Commission also voted to
recommend to City Council that
the city contract with the South
Carolina Conservation and De
velopment Board for the second
phase of the planning survey.
The first phase is to be com
pleted around the first of July.
The second phase would include
a community facilities plan, pub
lic improvement plan and subdi
vision regulations. The second
phase, which would cost the city
about $1,575, would take about one
year to complete. Federal grants
are available to finance 75 per
cent of the survey cost with the
city paying the other 25 per cent
The second phase will cost the
city $525 less than the first
phase. In the first phase, the city
paid one-third of the cost wjte
the federal government paying the
other two-thirds.
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Other Memoirs
BY JOE H. SIMPSON
The home of Gen. Ansel Godfrey, his father :
and mother and brothers and sisters has alwaya :
meant so much to me.
My first memory of this fine family deals::
with the heed of the family, Dr. B. F. Godfrey :
who was our family physician. He owned the first:
automobile that I ever saw and It was a Cadillac
with mobcr under the front seat and cranked oa
the side. We moved to Clinton and after the traff
ic death of Dr. Godfrey in a
buggy accident, the family moved to
Street, Clinton, and were our neighbors,
dm grew up eating in each other*'
ten. I well recall Mrs. Godfrey’s i
and ay* her dfeifag table wfctefc
usual item wae the first |
chine that I ever «
instead of the flat
cylinder. Yea, a
all of my Ufa. Frank Uvea ia
Greenville and Bennett In North