The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 02, 1970, Image 9
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Piedmont Tech Seeks
Support From County
THE CHRONICLE, Ointon, S. C., April 2, 1970—1-B
LAURENS - In a legislative
meeting last week the Laurens
County Delegation heard a pro
posal from Lex Walters, Di
rector of Piedmont TEC, con
cerning Laurens County’s parti
cipation as a supporting county
to the Piedmont Technical Ed
ucation Center. Speaking in be
half of the Piedmont Technical
Education Commission, Walters
stated that Laurens County could
become a participating county
upon payment of an initial fee of
$70,000. Financial support there
after would be based upon student
enrollment from Laurens County.
The proposal approved by
Piedmont Technical Education
Commission stated that Laurens
County would have two represen
tatives on the Area Commission.
Other items mentioned m the pro
posal as advantages to Laurens
County residents if Laurens de
cides to support the center were:
(1) Laurens County students at
tending Piedmont TEC would no
longer pay out-of-area fees. (2)
The intensive industrial coordi
nation program of Piedmont
Technical Education Center
would develop a more concerted
liaison with Laurens County in
dustry in coordinating specializ
ed employee training needs. (3)
Federal funding relatedtoeduca-
tion is coordinated by Piedmont
Technical Education Center
through the Upper Savannah De
velopment District. With Laurens
County in the same district, re
sponsibility for this coordination
has specific financial benefit.
Laurens County's participating
funds may be matched by 50 per
cent or as much as 80 percent
BATTLE LITTER—Boy Scouts James Norris. left,
and H ieky Barber, right, picked up a pick-up truck
load of rubbish and litter along the Joanna cutoff
road recently. The truck was driven by Troop 7f)
Scoutmaster L. H. Marshall.
PC Announces New
Scholarship Program
An innovative sh' larship and
recognition pr-gr^m for S .uth
Carolina's talented high schix l
juniors was ann unced t day by
President Marc C. Weersing f
Presbyterian O liege.
He said aim st 20' students al
ready have teen n mmated as
PC Junior Fellows for this year.
They will receive Presbyterian
College Junior Academic A-
chievement Awards, presented at
each high school t>. tlie young
man and young woman who--af
ter the first semester f tlieir
juncr year in high school--have
the highest cumulative averages
for the previous 2-1'2 years f
academic work.
The award includes those ele
ments: 1--A citation designating
each recipient as a PC Junior
Fellow, 2--A minimum scholar
ship grant t > each Fell w and
automatic consideration in PC's
broader scholarship program
which annually awards some
25 grants ranging up to $7,200
to incoming freshmen; and 3--
Considerati >n f r participation
in PC's new Summer Honors
f r igram. This latter pr >gram af
fords a limited number fselect
ed high school students, during
the summer prior t ■ their senior
year, the opportunity to attend
the regular session >f summer
sch .ol They may receive a spe
cial grant ( r this purpose and
earn up to 12 hours of college
credit.
In addition, Presbyterian Col
lege plans to entertain the group
>n campus on April 28 with a spe
cial program of orientation and
entertainment.
President Weersing said: "The
PC Junior Fellows program is
sponsored jointly by Presbyter
ian C liege and the PC Alumni
Association. It is designed to
recognize superior academic a-
ehievement on the part of young
people and to encourage a con
tinued high-quality performance
within the classroom. It also en
ables PC to make available to tlie
best-qualified individuals its ex
citing scholarship opportuni
ties."
in federal funds for some pro
jects within Piedmont Technical
Education Center’s service
scope. (4) Piedmont Technical
Education Center is building a
specially qualified staff of guid
ance counselors, who will work
through the high school coun
selors to emphasize TEC train
ing opportunity in that large per
centage who will not go on to
colleges. (5) Laurens County and
Greenwood County form a natural
economic development district,
natural partners in resources,
opportunities and development
potential.
Laurens County was one of the
original seven counties who gave
initial guidance and support in
the establishment of Piedmont
TEC but the decision was made
prior to the construction of the
present TEC facilities that Lau
rens County would not parti
cipate.
Because of increased stu
dent enrollment at TEC from
Laurens County and since many
area businesses and industries
have expressed interest, Laurens
County is again considering join
ing Abbeville, Greenwood, Mc
Cormick, and Saluda in support
ing Piedmont TEC.
John Bingham
Addresses Grange
Mr. John Bingham, Director
of the Clinton YMCA, was guest
speaker at the Mountville Grange
Thursday e vening. Mr. Bingham
stressed that part of YMCA work
is to help ur youth choose and
prepare Ft life-time work by
finding himself thr«>ugh >.rganized
and supervised work and play.
Mr. Bingham told >f how the
YMCA first started in England
12C years ag", in 1844, by George
Williams who t>egan with an ideal
in London. N w there are YMCA s
all over the world but they never
organize without an invitation
from the government.
Mr. Bingham stated our local
YMCA encompasses School Dis
trict 5G. It began in 1967, now
fully organized and completely
staffed with a budget of about
$45,000 and is owned and sup
ported by the people.
Organized programs include
basketball, baseball, physical
education activities and adult
classes but he stated the main
purpose of the YMCA is charac
ter building.
Reason
A car radio fails to work
under a bridge because the
steelwork of the bridge and
the ground on which it rests
constitute a conducting loop.
The electromagnetic field is
zero within this loop, hence
no sound waves reach the
receiver.
County Spelling
Bee Set Saturday
LARRY WEAVER
JOHN HUDGENS
Local Furman Scholars
John Hudgens and Larry
Weaver have been named Furman
Scholars by Furman University
and have been inviteq^to parti
cipate in'TurmanSchp&ysDay”,
April 4. \
Larry is a student at Thornwell
High School and is the son of
Mrs. Ella M. Weaver. Hudgens,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Hudgens of Route 1, Mountville,
is a student at Clinton High
School.
Furman Scholars are nominat
ed by their high schools as out
standing students with high aca
demic standing and leadership
abilities.
M6re than 600 students will
gather at Furman Saturday for a
full day of activities designed to
acquaint them with the different
phases of university life. Each
year, Furman offers a number of
scholarships to Furman Scho
lars.
Retirement Needs
Some Preparation
To all who may be thinking
about retiring tlie social security
office "ffers these helpful hints:
Inquire before you retire -- to
get the facts you need from aso
cial security specialist .. facts
that may help you in makingyour
retirement decision, as well as in
filing your application for bene
fits later.
Contact the Social Security Of
fice three months before you re
tire, if you're 62 or over. Also
get in touch with our office three
months before you're 62, ifyou’re
already 'retired," or three
months before age 60 if you're a
widow. By all means contact the
S'Cial Security Office before
you're 65 to file for Medicare,
even if you're still working.
You'll need to have certain
evidence or proofs to complete
your claim. In the absence of an
original birth certificate or bap
tismal certificate, other old re
cords or documents such as a
census record, family Bible re
cord, or old insurance policy may
be acceptable as evidence of your
age. Also a marriage certificate
and birth certificates of children
may be needed. The social se
curity employee will tell you if
any additional evidence is re
quired.
Have your social security card
(and also the cards, or verified
correct numbers, of your wife
or children for whom applica
tions are filed), and the correct
dates of birth, marriage, or
death.
1040
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1040 A
Individual Income Tax Return l Du
Get a Tax Loan at
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Also have your latest W-2 slip
(statement of earnings and taxes
withheld) or, if you were self-
employed last year, a copy of
your Federal ir^ome tax return.
Be able to tell us how much you
have earned to date in the year
of retirement, and the expected
total earnings for the year.
The Nation’s long-standing
shortage of teachers appears de
stined to turn into a surplus, ac
cording to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Job openings for ele
mentary and high school teachers
are estimated to total 2.4 million
for the 1968-80 period. The out
put of trained teachers during
these same years will reach 4.2
million.
The annual Laurens County
Spelling Bee, sponsored by the
Laurens County Board of Educa
tion, will be April 4 at 10 a.m.
in the courtroom of the Laurens
County Courthouse, according to
Mrs. Mary F. Bolt, secretary to
the Board.
Competition in the Spelling Bee
covers fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth grades with a winner
picked at each school to compete
in the county finals. The Laurens
County winner will be among the
46 county finalists who compete
in the State Contest in Anderson
on May 2 to determine the state
Thorsen Named
Forest Supervisor
Regional Forester T. A. Sch-
lapfer of the U.S. Forest Service
has announced the appointment of
Del Thorsen as Forest Supervi
sor on the Francis Marion and
Sumter National Forests inSouth
Carolina,
Thorsen, who has more than 30
years' service, will move to Co
lumbia from Alabama where he
has headed the National Forest
there for the past three and one-
half years. In South Carolina he
succeeds Ray Brandt who recent
ly retired.
Thorsen is a native of Minne
sota and a graduate of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, but most
of his Forest Service work has
been in the South. He has served
as a District Ranger, a member
of the Fire Control Division in the
Atlanta Rgeional Office, and
Deputy Supervisor of theNational
Forest in Mississippi.
In 1963 he was one of the four
Forest Service men who went
to Brazil to help battle forest
fires there.
Regional Forester Schlapfer
said that Thorsen's appointment
was effective March 22.
The Department of Labor re
ports that 426,628 persons were
enrolled in the various manpower
work and training programs at
the end of January 1970.
Mr. E. B. Morse, District #55
Elementary Coordinator, is
serving as Laurens County
Chairman, and Miss Ruth Hair,
a teacher in Clinton Junior Hifh
School, will pronounce the words.
Each school champion win re-
chanpion who will represent ceive an inscribed pen and me-
South Carolina in the National dais will be presented to Hie top
Spelling Bee in Washington, D. three winners in the county con-
C., June 1-5. test.
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