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tBtye Clinton Cfjromcle
Vol. 71—No. 15 Clinton, S. C.. April 9. 1970
INDEX
Four Sections, 22 Pages
Classified 4-A
Deaths 6-A
Editorials 2-B
Hospital News 6-A
Society 2-A
Sports 6-A
L T. Lawson
Is Named To
School Board
L. T. Lawson of Joanna has
been appointed to the School Dis
trict 56 Board of Trustees to fill
the balance of the unexpired term
of James Addison, also of Joanna.
Mr. Addison resigned from the
school board last week and Mr.
Lawson was appointed Monday
night at a meeting of the Laurens
County Board of Education.
The term will expire in April
of 1973.
Mr. Addison had served on the
board since the 1940s.
Mr. Lawson is vice president of
Lawson Furniture Co. in Joanna.
He is a graduate of Clinton High
School and is a member of the
First Baptist Church of Joanna.
He also is a member of the Ma
sonic Lodge and the Shriners
Club.
He is married to the former
Martha Kelly of Warrenton, Ga.,
and they have two sons, Tommy,
a junior at Presbyterian College,
and Mark, a second grader at Jo
anna Elementary School.
* * *
Electrical
Failure
Explained
Electrical power was off in
Clinton for atxiut an hour Saturday-
morning because of some re
novation work being done to the
power system.
Utilities Superintendent D. C.
Whitman said work was being
performed on a switch pole in
the Thornwell pasture on a new
loop line around Clinton by Geor
gia Electric Co. The work was
scheduled to be completed by 8 a.
m. Saturday but workers were de-
Uyefl because a switch didn’t fit.
The morning power load in
creased before the lines were
ready for it, causing reclosers
in the two substations to start
tripping out, leaving Clinton with
out electrical power for about an
hour.
Mr. Whitman said, “All elec
trical work has now been com
pleted by Georgia Electric Co.
and we will have better electri
cal service than we have had in
several summers, due to our
power lines not being overload
ed."
* * *
Merchants Meet
The Clinton Merchants and Bu
sinessmen's Association will
meet this morning, Thursday, at
Hotel Mary Musgrove. The meet
ing was to start at 9:30 a.m.
Lawrence Gross, chairman of
the association, has announced
the following committee chair
men: Park and Traffic, Charles
Buice; Promotions, D. B. Smith;
Legislative, J. C. Thomas; Holi
day and Store Hours, Dillard Bo
land; Publicity, Mrs. Martha
Rice; Street Decorations, Mrs.
P. M. Moore; Christmas Parade,
D. B. Smith; Finance, Ken Mc
Crary; Membership, Dillard Bo
land.
AT ARTS FESTIV A L—Wendy Reed,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Reed, is shown at one of the previous
Spring Arts Festivals in Clinton. Chil
dren’s art is one of the many fea
tures of the festival which will be
held this year from April 20 through
May. 3. The Fourth Annual Spring
Arts Festival will be held on the
Presbyterian College campus and is
sponsored by the PC Department of
Fine Arts, the Clinton Music Club
and the Laurens County Fine Arts
Council.
Rotarians Ready To Go
On Another Radio Rodeo
The broadcast day will begin
with Dr. George Blalock's "Hiiuse
Calls from Bedside Manor " and
will close with Avery Smith s
•'Smiley's Serenade in Song.'
In between, other Clinton Ro
tarians will be featured >n the
second annual “Rotary RadioRo-
deo." The R -tarians will take
over Radio Station WPCC for the
entire day of broadcasting on
Monday, April 13.
The Rotary Club hassoldcom-
mercials for the day and pro
ceeds will go to the Clinton YMCA
Building Fund and other com
munity projects.
Dr. Blalock will open the pro
gramming with his show at 6:30
a.m. and Avery Smith’s program
will close out the day at 6:30
p.m.
The remainder of the schedule:
7 a.m., Alvin Hueble in “Al
vin's Album of Unfamiliar Mu-
sic"; 7:30 a.m,, Ferd Jacobs m
Broom Sale
The Clinton Lions Club’s an
nual broom sale is scheduled
for April 23-24.
The proceeds from the door-
to-door sales campaign go to the
Lions Club's sight conservation
projects.
"Friendly Ferd's Filabuster"; 8
a.m., John Sutherland in “Suther
land's Sunny Sounds of Syncopa
tion; 8:30 a.m., John Rucker in
"Legal Aid Society for Displaced
Disc Jockeys"; 9 a.m., Charles
Pitts in "Charisma Charlie and
his Platter Chatter"; 9:3u a.m.,
B b Simmons in "Direct Distance
Dialing Discs"; 10 a.m., Marvin
Manley's "Record Wrecker”;
10:30 a.m., John Bingham in
“John J's Hour for Y Power";
11 a.m., Zeb Williams in “Pro
verbial Pastime Hour; 11:30a.m.,
Sid Hartzog in “Hartzog's Hoe-
down";
Noon, Horace Payne in
Payne's Platter Playtime”;
12:30 p. m., William Hatton in
“Hatton's Happy Hour"; 1 p.m.,
Bill Shields in “Shields’ Shower
of Scintillating Songs”; 1:30p.m.,
Joe Holland's “Joe’sJumpingJu-
bilee"; 2 p.m., Earl Pitts in
"Pitts Plays the Platters”; 2:30
p.m., Jack Holland in “Jack’sSta
tic Stanzas”; 3 p.m., Charles
Copley in “Banker’s Building
Blues"; 3:30 p.m. Allen Sim
mons in “Siren Simmons’ Sere
nade ";
4 p.m., Robert Wickham in
Wickham’s Woe and Woll”; 4:30
p.m., David Veneklasen in “Da
vid Does His Thing”; 5 p.m.,
Dillard Jacobs in “Jacobs' Jam
Jarring Jazz"; 5:30 p.m., Ken
neth Fryfogle in “Fry’s Felts of
Flying Fun”; 6 p.m. Ed Sadler
in “Ed's Wholesome Wholesale
Goodtime Hour.
2nd Planning Phase Approved
City Council Sets Vacation Policy
A vacation policy for city em
ployes was adopted Monday night
by Clinton City Council at the re
gular monthly meeting.
Under the policy adopted,
employes who are employed by
the city continuously for at least
six months prior to July 1 of the
vacation year will be eligible for
one week of paid vacation. Em
ployes who have been employ
ed for at least 12 months will be
eligible for two weeks’ paid va
cation. Vacations are to be taken
during the normal vacation period
and the date of the vacation must
be approved by the department
head well in advance of the time.
of vacation. Vacation weeks can
not be accumulated from one year
to another and persons who do not
take their vacation will not re
ceive an extra vacation pay.
In another action, council
approved a motion that the mayor
or the City Council chairman of
a department must be notified of
any overtime work necessary.
Council voted unanimously to
apply for the second phase of a
city planning survey. The first
phase is currently underway and
is to be completed in July. The
second phase would include a
. community facilities plan, public.
improvement plan and subdivi
sion regulations. The first phase
includes land use and thorough
fare plans. The surveys are con
ducted under contract with the
South Carolina Board of Conser
vation and Development. Federal
grants are available to finance
75 per cent of the survey cost
with the city paying the other 25
per cent. It has been estimated
that the second phase would cost
the city about $1,000.
Council recommended Mayor
Noland Suddeth be appointed to
serve as a member of the
board of directors of the Laurens
. County Community Action Com-.
mission. Council also voted to
hire two high school boys to work
Avith the City Streets Department
during the summer.
Utilities Supt D. C. Whitman
reported that work on three traf
fic signals along Broad Street
should be completed around April
20. The signals are at the cor
ners of Carolina and Broad
Street; Pitts St. and Broad St.;
and Florida Street and Broad
Street. Each of these intersec
tions will have two separate traf
fic lights facing traffic, bring
ing the signalization up to S. C.
.Highway Dept specifications.
AT COMMENCEMENT
Edwards To Speak
At PC Exercises
Dr. Robert C. Edwards, pre
sident of Clemson University,
will deliver the principal address
at Presbyterian College’s 90th
Commencement on May 17, PC
President Marc C. Weersing an
nounced today.
Dr Edwards will speak to the
approximately 135 graduating
seniors, their families and
friends at the closing afternoon
exercises in Belk Auditorium.
Besides his commencement ad
dress, the program will include
presentation of degrees, honor
ary degrees, student awards and
ROTC commissions.
Dr. Edwards, as president of
Clemson since 1958, has led that
institution through a period of
unusual progress. Prior to be
coming president, he served for
two years as vice-president for
development. His earlier career
was affiliated with the textile in
dustry. After graduating from
Clemson with a BS in textile en-
gineeririf-ln 1933, Edwards work
ed first with J. P. Stevens and
Company, served as superintend
ent of the Charles D. Thoms
Company and later of Aberfoyle,
Inc. before entering active Army
duty in World War n. After the
war, he was plant manager of
DR. EDWARDS
Abbeville Mills Corporation of
the DeeringMilliken organization
for two years and then moved up
to treasurer and general manag
er of the Abbeville Group. He
ended an eight-year tenure here
(1948-56) to join the Clemson
staff.
Dr. Edwards is a native of
Fountain Inn. He is married to the
former Louise Odom of Red
Springs, N. C., and they have a
son and daughter.
MR. AND MRS. BULL . . . Talk By Touch
Four Killed
Enroute To
Cross Hill
Four New York residents were
killed in an automobile accident
near Lynchburg, Va., Thursday
while enroute to Cross Hill to vi
sit relatives.
The dead were Mrs. Martha
Ella Dendy Anderson, 23, wife
of William T. Anderson Sr. of
New York, N. Y.; her daughter,
Alando Michelle Anderson, 7
months of the home; and two
nieces, Tracy Dendy, 6, and Able
Dendy, 3.
Surviving Mrs. Anderson also
are a son, William T. Anderson
Jr. of New York; her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dendy of
Cross Hill; a brother, John Hen
ry Dendy of Cross Hill; five sis
ters, Miss Martha Dendy and
Mrs. Bertha Bluford of New York,
Mrs. Fannie Makins of Laurens,
Mrs. Cornelia Anderson of Wash
ington, D. C., and Miss Juanita
Dendy of Laurens.
Surviving AJapdo Michelle An-
deraca tlm tar a gnadmotber,
Mrs. Agnes Cook of Waterloo.
Surviving Tracy and Able Den
dy are their mother, Mrs. Mar*
tha Dendy and four brothers, Lar
ry, Shelton and Jeffry Dendy of
New York and Freddie Dendy of
Cross Hill.
Funeral services were held at
St. John’s Baptist Church in
Cross Hill. Burial was in Frank
lin Cemetery in Cross Hill.
Worker Burned,
4 Cars Damaged
In Garage Fire
Willie Golden suffered second
degree burns on his legs and
four cars were heavily damaged
in a flash fire which swept C.
W. Cooper Garage Friday morn
ing.
Golden, an employe of the firm
on East Carolina Ave., was hos
pitalized with leg injuries re
ceived in the fire which started
about 8 a.m. The fire is believed
to have started when an employe
lighted a torch which acci
dentally ignited the blaze.
A spokesman for the firm said
the loss was covered by in
surance.
BISHOP HARDIN
Broad St.
Dedication
Set Sunday
Bishop Paul Hardin Jr. will
athente at the ae* dMOfiPPpr
tion and the official opening of
the new sanctuary of BroadStreet
Methodist Church Sunday.
The service is to start at 11
a.m.
Bishop Hardin, a native of
Laurens County, was reared in
Chester. He is a graduate of
Wofford College, Candler School
of Theology and Emory Univer
sity. The honorary degree of
Doctor of Divinity was conferred
upon him by Wofford College and
Birmingham-Southern College in
1950.
He was elected bishop in 1960.
As resident Bishop of the Co
lumbia area, Bishop Hardin pre
sided over the South Carolina
Conferences which include ap
proximately 1,100 Methodist
Churches, with 242,000 mem
bers. His administrative office is
in the Methodist Center, 142k
Lady Street, Columbia.
His wife is the former Dorothy
Elizabeth Reel and they are the
parents of Mrs. A. M. Utley Jr.,
wife of a practicing attorney m
High Point, N. C.; Paul Hardin
HI, president of Wofford Col
lege; and Edward Reel Hardin,
attorney in High Point.
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Blind Husband Is Her Contact With The World
'A Quiet Life Together
BY DONNY WILDER
Editor, The Chronicle
Clarence Bull is married to a woman he’s never seen. His wife
has never seen him nor heard his voice. They live together in a
four-room apartment which they hadn’t left for almost three months
until a Clinton friend recently took them for a walk around the block.
Mr. Bull has been blind for almost 55years. His wife is blind and
deaf. Both of them are victims of childhood illnesses. But sing them
no sad songs. They light up their world of darkness with a warm
companionship and the satisfaction of leading their own lives to
gether. They laugh a lot and their home is a happy place.
Mr. and Mrs. Bull and their M-year-old dog, “Patsy”, reside
in the King Apartments on Pine Street Mrs. Bull has her household
duties as would any housewife. She is a particular housekeeper
and she does her own cooking. Reading braille magazines and lis
tening to the radio, Mr. Bull feeds his hungry curiosity about the
world be cannot see.
Mr. Bull, who will be 57 in June, has been blind since he was two
years old, when be had measles. Mrs. Bull also 56, lost her eye
sight when she had scarlet fever. She was about eight years old at
the time. Later she lost her bearing.
Mr. Bull said, * If we had the medical knowledge then that we
have now, I don’t believe I would have become blind.” But there is no
bitterness in his voice. He said, “But we diita’t have that medical
knowledge so this is the way it is.”
He is a son of Charlie Bull of Clinton. His mother died when he
was two and his father later remarried.
He was reared in Clinton and, at age seven, enrolled iq Cedar
Springs School for the Blind near Spartanburg. He completed the
10th grade there and now says, “I’m not particularly proud of my
educational record. Young people often don’t understand the value of
a full education. ”
Mrs. Bull attended public schools in Kokomo, Ind., until she was
stricken with scarlet fever. Mr. Bull said, “After she lost her eye
sight, she slowly started losing her hearing. Then she had a cold
and lost her hearing completely. I understand that can happen to
anyone.*
TEN PA IB’ MARRIED
Mr. Bull met his future wife through correspondence. Braille
magazines for the blind often list people who are seeking “pen
pals” and this was the stepping stone to their marriage on Aug.
11, 1942, in Kokomo. Mr. Bull had been married previously but
his first wife died nine months after their marriage.
“When we were married, Eleanor couldn’t boil water,” Mr. Bull
said, “Her mother was always afraid for Eleanor to be around a
stove. She was afraid she would get burned. After we were married.
Eleanor insisted her mother teach her how to cook so she did.
Now, Eleanor reads braille recipes and she’s a fine cook—-the
best there is, as far as I’m concerned.”
Mr. and Mrs. Bull moved to Clinton in September from Phila
delphia, Pa., where they lived for 17 years.
“We draw welfare,” Mr. Bull said, “And we wanted to come South
for many years but we couldn’t because of the welfare laws. The
law said you had to live in the state for several years before you
could draw welfare. We simply couldn’t manage anything like
that. Then the Supreme Court overturned that restriction so we
packed up and moved to Clinton. We like it here very much. I never
was much of a city boy. We’re closer to nature here.”
Mr. and Mrs. Bull’s sole source of income is through the Wel
fare Department’s Aid-To-The Blind Program.
ALMOST LOST 'PATSY ’
In the move to Clinton, the Bulls almost lost their beloved pet,
“Patsy”, a pretty, red, long-haired dog. “Patsy” became ill on
the trip and had to be left with a veternarian in Baltimore, Md.
“That was a sad day,” Mr. iBull said, “We thought we had lost
Patsy.” The veternarian performed what Mr. Bull considers to be
“a minor miracle” and pulled “Patsy” through. Arrangements
were made to fly “Patsy” from Washington to Greenville. Two
Presbyterian College students drove to Greenville to pick up “Patsy”
It was a happy reunion.
“Patsy isn’t a seeing-eye dog. She’s just a house pet and good
company. In fact, she’s our baby,” said Mr. Bull.
As is the case with many people who come into contact wife Mr.
and Mrs. Bull, the Baltimore veternarian was impressed by the
couple. “You know, be didfa’t charge us a cent for all that work he
did with Patsy,” Mr. Bull said.
Reese Young, who is in charge of the King Apartments for Pres
byterian College, is a frequent visitor. He took Mr. and Mrs. Bull
for a walk around the block recently and was surprised to learn
it was the first time they had left the apartment for any extended
time since Christmas. The Bulls will be moving to another apart
ment in the complex soon and the crews who are remodeling the
buildings have volunteered to move them during their off-hours.
Mrs. Bull cuts her husband’s hair. When a local barber volun
teered to cut Mr. Bull’s hair, free-of-charge, be respectfully
declined, saying, “Eleanor might not like that”
‘TALKING’ BY HAND
*»!.
Mr. Bull is Mrs. Bull’s link with local contacts. They com?-
muni cate through the manual alphabet for the dent Mrs.
places her hand over Mr. Bull’s hand as be spells out the i
letter-by-letter. It is done very quickly. Mrs. Bull can'
hand but both of them use a typewriter for their <
Mrs. Bull’s hobby is corresponding with other blind
throughout the nation and for this she uses a!
Mr. Bull, an avid sports fen via radio, has an i
and highly developed mental recall powers. He ban an i
sive ability to remember names, tetapbone
cords of athletes and teams.
But Mr. Bull doesn’t see why
him and his wife tor a newspaper
“I guess we mirtt have d!
you wanted to write about a
never really ac “ ' “
lead a iiateUMi