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VoL 71 - No. 19
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Clinton, S. C., May 7, 1970
INDEX
Three Sections, 22 Pact*
Classified <kA
Editorials 2*B
Hospital News 8-A
Society 2-A
Sports 7-A
Approved By Council
New Fire Alarm
Board Planned
Clinton City Council Monday
night approved a proposal to
construct a fire alarm board
on the city parking lot at the
corners of South Broad St. and
E. Carolina Ave.
Representatives of the Clin
ton Volunteer Fire Department
made the request, saying they
Cemetery
'BreolrOut'
There was a “break-out" last
week at Rosemont Cemetery.
A cemetery visitor appar
ently was locked in when the
gates were locked Thursday
evening. On Friday morning,
Street Supt. Eddie McGee found
one of the gates at the ceme
tery had been knocked down by a
car or truck.
Guns, Bullets
Reported Stolen
In Two Break ing
Clinton police are investi-
gating two break-ins, one in a
home and the other at a busi
ness firm, during the past week.
Both occured last Sunday.
A window was knocked out of a
house at 1003 Sloan St and 20
buckshot shells and eight or
10 boxes of 22 caliber bullets
were reported stolen, along with
a fishing rod and fly rod.
Also, on Sunday, a break-in
was reported at YarboroughOil
Co. where rifles, guns and
pistols were stolen, along with
bullets and a 17-Jewel man’s
watch. The total value of the
missing goods was set at about
$350
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Two Fire Calls
Clinton firemen answered two
calls during the past week.
On Saturday, firemen exting
uished an automobile fire at
Bailey Memorial Hospital. On
Monday, the eaves of the Wrang
ler Restaurant were scorched
and suffered minor damage
from a fire which is believed
to have started in a neon sign.
would build the board them
selves at a cost of less than
$1,000. The total cost is ex
pected to be about $1,900.
The volunteer firemen said
that a board located on the
parking lot, site of theoldClin-
ton Hotel, would be more cen
tral and more convenient for
firemen.
In another action, council re
affirmed its policy adopted in
August, 1969, that only the two
oldest fire trucks may be used
on out-of-town fire calls. May
or Noland Suddeth reported that
the fire underwriters had re
commended that the city stick to
this policy.
Mayor Sudeth said the policy
action was needed to protect
the city taxpayers’ insurance
classification.
Clinton Chamber of Com
merce President Joe S. Holland
called attention to the unsight
ly conditions at several loca
tions in town, particularly on
Third Avenue and Bonds Street
where junked automobiles and
other debris litter the are?.
Council directed Police Chief
B. B. Ballard to take all neces
sary action to clear ThirdAve-
nue and Bonds Street.
Utility Department Supt. D.
C. Whitman recommended that
another fulltime worker is
needed on the electrical crew
and that two students be hired
for the summer. Henry Sim
mons and John G. Ramagewere
approved for the two student
jobs.
Whitman also recommended
that the Utility Dept go back on
a 44-hour w*#k..*t tfempgu-
Ur hourly TtirrCouncil ap
proved the request.
City Clerk Brooks Owens re
ported on an auto dealers li
cense survey which he had been
requested to make and council
amended the city license ordi
nance so that auto dealers will
pay a city license fee based on
gross sales less deductions
for sales as reported to the S.
C. Sales Tax Commission. Mr.
Owens said the amendment
would bring Clinton into line
with towns of comparable size.
BY DONNY WILDER
Editor, The Chronicle
These are my absolutely final words on Day
light Savings Time. If I don’t get it right this
time, forget it
I don’t think anyone has missed my recent
blunders about the changeover to Daylight Sav
ing Time but just in case, here’s a brief recap:
Two weeks ago, when we switched to Daylignt
Saving Time, I advised people to reset their
clocks. Unfortuntely, I advised them wrong. I
said you move the clock back an hour. Then last
week, I tried to straighten out my error. I made
another. I said that if you had followed my ad
vice, you would have been two hours early for
church. Zap—wrong again. You would have been
late.
My neighbor, Dr. Louis Stephens, has offered
to give me two alarm clocks—one for Eastern
Standard Tone and one for Daylight Saving
Time. I have gratefully agreed to accept the
clocks, provided he will accept the responsibility
for setting the Daylight Saving Time clock.
If there’s anything wrong with this article,
you will not see a single line about it in the next
week’s Chronicle. At the rate I’ve been going,
this could continue until it’s time to change bade
to Eastern Standard Time.
What are you supposed to do when we go
bade on Eastern Standard Time?
No comment
May Day! May Day!
If Mrs. Millette Wham of Mountville had
known what the day had in store for her, she
probably would have dressed differently for the
May Day festivities at Coker.
Mrs. Wham’s daughter. Sister, and Cody
Rfanwftns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sim
mons of Mountville, were members of the winning
crew team. It’s tradition for the losers to push
the winners in the water. ,
Mrs. Wham was just standing there watch
ing the losers push the winners in the water when
she was acddentally bumped—right into the
water, wearing her “May Day” finery.
Mrs. Wham emerged from the water with
her pocketbook still crooked in her arm. She was
a good sport about it all and waa the hit of the
“May Day” weekend.
BEST IN SHOW—Presbyterian Col- ‘Best in Show’ honors in the judged
lege student James Keen discusses art exhibit held in conjunction with
his painting with noted art critic the Festival of Arts
Paul Mocsanyi. Keen’s painting won
Clintonians Win Art Awards
Clintonians won several a-
wards last week in the judged
art exhibit in the Fourth Annual
Spring Arts Festival at Pres
byterian College.
Miss Betty Fryga won two
first places, as did Sophie
Young. Mrs. James (Betty)
Walker also won a first place.
Miss Fryga won first prize
in photography with “Texture
Study” and won first in color
drawing with a work entitled
“Missed the Plane.”
Miss Young won first prize
with a black and white drawing
entitled “Meg” and won first
prize in sculpture with an un
titled entry.
Mrs. Walker won first prize
in watercolor with a landscape.
Presbyterian College student
Bo Keen won “Best in Show”
honors for his painting entitled
“Whirlwind World.”
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Local Phone Rate
Increase Is Requested
Southern Bell Telephone
Company has asked the South
Carolina Public Service Com
mission for authority “to make
slight increases in its monthly
local service rates to help off
set the sharp increases in the
cost of providing service.” The
new rates would be effective
with July telephone bills.
According to J. W. Travis,
Vice President and General
Manager for Southern Bell in
South Carolina, rates will in
crease 25? to 45? for a resi
dence line and 25? to 90? for
a business line.
Here in Clinton and Joanna,
monthly rates for residence
private lines would increase 45?
and business individual line 90?.
In explaining the necessity for
the new rates, Travis said,
“We have not had a general in
crease in our local service
rates in South Carolina since
1952. Inflation has finally caught
up with us in spite of the in
creased productivity of our em
ployees, constant improvement
in techniques and efficiencies in
operations and technological
advancements.
He pointed out that wage costs
in South Carolina increased
from $11 1/4 million in 1952
to $41 million in 1969, taxes
have gone up from $4.6 million
to $30.4 million, the costs of
new buildings, vehicles, and
materials have increased
sharply, and the interest on bor
rowed money has risen from
about 3% in 1954 to almost
9% today.
“We have reached a point,"
Travis explained, “where in
creased costs have surpassed
our ability to absorb them.”
Other increases proposed in
clude service connection charg
es which would go up $1 to $2
depending on circumstances,
charges for certain types of
cord switchboards and asso
ciated equipment, and 15? a
month for business additional
directory listings.
Some rate schedules, how
ever, would decrease. Charges
for a color telephone will be
decreased, special telephones
for customers with impaired
hearing or speech will drop 25?
per month, and measurement of
mileage charges for private
lines and extensions will be
changed to use airline rather
than route distance.
No change is planned in in
trastate long distance rates
Fryfogle Is Elected
President Of Ascoe
Kenneth E. Fryfogle has been
elected President of Ascoe
Felts, Inc. in Clinton, accord
ing to a recent announcement
by the firm.
Mr. Fryfogle has served as
General Manager of Ascoe F elts
since its founding in 1966 and
has been largely responsible for
the company’s leadership in in
novative high-synthetic content
needled felts. He has held
executive positions in the paper
machine clothing industry for 24
years and previously was pre
sident of two companies in this
field.
Ascoe Felts began the manu
facture of wet felts in 1967 and
was incorporated as a separate
company April 1, 1970. The re
cent incorporation reflects the
firm’s growth as a supplier of
wet felts to the pulp and paper
industry.
KENNETH FRYFOGLE
Paper makers’ wet felts, pro
duced by Ascoe Felts, Inc., are
currently being marketed and
used with outstanding success
in all paper producing areas of
the United States.
10-Mill Levy Increase
School Tax Hike
Approved 449-357
Voters in School District 56
voted Tuesday 449-357 in favor
of a 10-mill tax levy increase
for the general operation of
schools.
The increase will raise the
levy from 48 mills to 58 mills
for the operation of the schools.
School officials had pointed
REV. WILLIAMS
Williams
Resigns
Pastorate
The Rev. ZebC. Williams has
announced his resignation as
pastor of Providence ARP
Church in Clinton, a position he
has in;Id since November of
1964.
In announcing his resignation
to the congregation Sunday, Mr.
Williams said he has accepted
a call to Midlane Park Pres
byterian Church in Louisville,
Ky. He also plans to do grad
uate study at Louisville Semi
nary there.
His resignation at Providence
ARP Church is effective in
June.
Mr. Williams has been active
in community and Presbyterian
College affairs. He has served
as president of the Clinton Ele
mentary School PTA; publicity
chairman of the United Fund; a
member of the Religion Depart
ment and Guidance office at PC;
chaplain of the Clinton Fire
Department; member of the
Clinton Rotary Club; advisor
for the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes at PC; advisor for Pi
Kappa Phi social fraternity;
publicity chairman for the PTA
and Community Concert series.
In addition, he also has contri
buted to the Clinton Chronicle
with feature articles and pic
tures.
out that the increase was need
ed to cover an anticipated de
ficit of $40,000 to $50,000 in
the 1970-71 budget
School Board Chairman
James Von Hollen said the de
ficit was caused by general
cost-of-living increases in ex
penses.
In the referemdum, the pro
posal received its support in the
Clinton and Lydia polling
places. The Clinton poll voted
in favor of the proposal 374-
246, a 128 - vote margin. The
poll included voters from the
Clinton attendance area (voters
registered in Clinton No. 1,
Clinton No. 2, Clinton Mill and
Long Branch precincts).
The Lydia poll, for voters in
the Lydia Mill precinct, voted
Plan For
GREENWOOD - A revised
plan for Laurens County parti
cipation in the Piedmont Tech
nical Education Center has been
presented to the Laurens County
Legislative Delegation by the
Piedmont Technical Education
Commission.
The plan allows Laurens
County to become a participat
ing counfy ttfc Piedmont
Technical Education Center
upon payment of an entrance fee
of $5,000 per year, starting July
1, 1970, and continuing from 15
years at the same base fee.
The yearly financial support
from each county is based on
student enrollment, figured by
determining the number of stu
dent contact hours for the first
six months of each school year
(July 1 through December 31)
and using this as a basis for
projecting the budget for the
coming year.
Student participation from
Laurens County for the first
six months of the school year
was 22,986 contact hours.
Therefore, the annual partici
pation fee for Laurens county
for 1971 is $8,277.
Based on the formula, Green
wood county will pay $55,000
for 1971 in local support based
on 152,516 student contact hours.
Other participatingcountiespay
a proportional amount based on
student participation daring the
same period of time.
21-9 in favor of the proposed
tax increase.
Voting against the proposal
were Joanna(32-50), Mountville
(7-20) and Cross Hill (15-32).
Joanna included voters re
gistered in Joanna, Hopewell,
Renno and Shady Grove pre
cincts. Cross HiU and Mount
ville were for voters regis
tered in those respective pre
cincts.
The results were verified
Tuesday night by the Laurens
County Board of Education.
Their tally showed that 812 votes
were cast and there were six
spoiled ballots.
The 9 2-vote margin meant
that 56 per cent of those who
cast ballots voted in favor of
the proposal.
County
Rep. Paul Culbertson said the
latest proposal has come too
late for consideration this year.
He said, “It is my feeling that
if Laurens County could have
worked out something without
increasing taxes, I personally
would have favored it and feel
it would have benefitted the
county. However, the House has
adjourned and I don’t know what
could be done at tbit httedrit.*
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Exchange Chib
Light Bulb
Sale Scheduled
The Clinton Exchange Club
will begin its annual lightbulb
sale Tuesday, May 12. Proceeds
will be used to carry out com
munity projects.
Last year, the club raised
approximately $500 and contri
buted all proceeds to the Clin
ton High School Band to help
purchase new band uniforms.
Exchange Club President
Carl Leonard said the club has
several worthwhile community
projects and many of them will
be aided by proceeds from the
sale.
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Piedmont Tec
Offers Revised
Mrs. Williams has served as
librarian at Bailey Elementary
School and at Thornwell School.
Other Memoirs
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•OLD FASHIONED* YOUNGSTERS — Mian Vir
ginia Byars’ fourth grade class at Clinton Ele
mentary School recently dressed in “old fashion
ed’ clothes as part of their celebration of the
Tricentennial. Shown above, front row, left to
right, .are: Steve Smith, Lee Neighbors, Tommy
Ramage, Keorge Walker, Hal Cheek and Jeff Ben
jamin; second row: Scott Owens, Cindy Meaodws,
Sherry Bryant, Sandra Crowe, Debbie King,
Harbin and Beth Dowdle; back row: Phyffia Lan
ders, Shirley Fleming, Donna Berry, Lynn WaQey
and Barbara Black.
BY JOE H. SIMPSON
I came across a picture recently of myself
wearing a derby hat These derby hats had their
day even being worn by the younger men as well
as the adults.
Then there was the cap age. Large caps,
small caps, one piece tops, several parts put to
gether, caps with ear protectors, lined caps, thin
caps for the summer time, cheap caps and expen*
sive caps. Then there woe the knit caps, beret
caps end tarns.
Of course, in the summertime, there were soft
straws, hard <or sennett straws and the popular
panama straw hats. More felt hats were worn
then than now. By the way, do you know what
the best men’s fur felts are made of? You know
what everything you wear is made from but
doubt if there is one out cf twenty-five who"
what material is used in a good qualifty fur
They are made from RABBIT fUr or hair and _
the opposite from a cow's hide, the rabbit's stM»*
ach hairs are the best
So much for our men’s and
and now ws will have a Jew
ladies* head covering,
few of the larger ‘
fessional hat makers
these wei
this type
plants. You