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Classified 6-A
Deaths 8-A
Editorials 2-B
Hospital News ft-A
Sodety 2-A, 3-A
Sports 7-A
Clinton Cijronitle
VoL 71 — No. 21 Clinton. S. C., May 21, 1970
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MESS ABRAMS
MBS FOSTER
MESS ALEXANDER
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MBS STEWART
MESS McCLAIN
MISS DUNCAN
1970 Miss Clinton Pageant
Is Scheduled Saturday Night
A new “Miss Clinton" will
be crowned Saturday night.
The ClintonJaycees will pre
sent their “Miss Clinton" Pag
eant, starting at 8 p m., atBelk
Auditorium on the Presbyterian
College Campus.
This year's contestants are
Martha Ellen Abrams, Jan
Alexander, Claire Duncan,
Teresa Foster, Sherrill Jean
McClain and Susan Elaine Ste
wart.
AlS'' to be crowned Saturday
night will be a new “LittleMiss
Clinton."
The 13 contestants for the
“Little Miss Clinton" title are
Laura Barnett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Barnett of
Route 1, Clinton; Donna Bond,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Bond of Route 1, Clinton;
Dodie Garrett, daughter of Mrs.
Linda Tucker of 408 W. Pitts
St., Koko Gates, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Gates of
Sunset Blvd.; Lena Gilliam,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ansel
Gilliam of Route 1, Clinton;
Also, Cindy League,(laughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry League
Jr. of Route 3, Clinton; Jessica
Nye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Nye of Fair Drive; Melis
sa Powell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Miles Poyell of Merrie
Oaks; Terry Tumblin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tumblin
.of 203 CaldweU St.;
Also, Cristy Wilson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wilson
of Carolyn Drive; Georgia
Young, daughter of Mrs. Geor
gia Y. Young of 105 E. Cal
houn; Karen Dowdle, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dowdle
of Young Drive; and Jean
Everett, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Everett of Prather
Circle.
Mrs. Don Nickson, the former
Peggy White, will serve as mis
tress of ceremonies. Mrs.
Nickson was “Miss SouthCaro-
lina of 1967."
Another special guest will
be Brantley Price ofNewberry,
the reigning Miss South Caro
lina.
CANDIDATES
Miss Abrams, 17, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Abrams of Blalock Drive, Jo
anna. She is a senior at Clin
ton High School and plans to
continue her education at New
berry College. She will play a
musical selection on the piano
for her talent presentation.
Miss Alexander, 18, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Alexander of South Adair St. A
freshman at Winthrop College,
her talent presentation will be
a tap dance.
Miss Duncan, 17, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mac C.
Duncan of York St, Clinton.
She is a senior at Clinton High
and plans to continue her edu
cation at Converse College. She
will present a vocal selection.
Miss Foster, 18, is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Harry W. Foster
Sr. of Florence St., Clinton.
She is a senior at Clinton High
School and will present a mod
ern dance routine.
Miss McClain, 18, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
McClain of Joanna. She is a
senior at Clinton Highandplans
to attend Clemson University.
She will present a modern dance
routine.
Miss Stewart, 18, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin
D. Stewart of Mountville. She
is a senior at Clinton High
and plans to continue her edu-
Honored By Lions Club
Dr. Blalock 'Citizen 01 Year'
The Clinton Lions Club has
selected Dr. George R. Bla
lock, well known physician and
surgeon, as Clinton’s “Citizen
of the Year."Theannouncement
was made by Committee Chair
man Don Creighton at the May
12th meeting of the club.
Mr. Creighton read the fol
lowing excerpt from the letter
nominating Dr. Blalock for the
honor: “He is one of Clinton’s
best know citizens, and has de
voted his life to the practice of
medicine. It is said he has
delivered more babies than any
other living physician in Lau
rens County. He is a quiet, un
assuming person who is dearly
beloved by those he has served
for 38 years. He has always
done a large amount of charity
work that has mostly gone un
noticed and this is the way he
wants it as he shuns publicity.”
Dr. Blalock is a graduate of
the Columbia University School
of Medicine and is a member
of the Clinton Rotary Club, the
S. C. Medical Association, the
American Medical Association,
the International College of Sur
geons, and is the present chair
man of the Board of Trustees
of Bailey Memorial Hospital,
an institution he worked dili
gently to establish. He is also
resident surgeon of the SCL
Railway, and heads the Blalock
Clinic.
He and his wife, the former
Almena Milling, have three
children, George Jr. who com
pletes his medical training in
June; Milling, a practicing law
yer in Florence; and Almena,
a daughter who teaches in a
Church School in Atlanta.
There are three grandchildren.
He is a lifelong member of the
First Presbyterian Church and
has served as a deacon.
Dr. Blalock was one of the
first Clinton residents to enter
the armed services in World
War n. He served with dis
tinction in the North African
and Italian campaigns where he
was in charge of a field hospi
tal. He was discharged from
the army with the rank of Lt.
Colonel.
The Lions Club plans to honor
their “Citizen of the Year "with
a banquet to be held at the Mary
Musgrove Hotel, June 9th.
DR. BLALOCK
cation at Tift College in For
syth, Ga. She will present a
vocal selection in the talent
competition.
Break-Ins,
Thefts
Continue
The recent rash of home, of
fice and auto break-ins con
tinued last week as a home,
two offices and a car were
robbed.
Last Wednesday night, 11
tapes of music were reported
stolen from the home of John
ny Cannon, Route 3, Airport
Road.
A break-in at the medical of-
five of Drs. Macdonald and
Walker was reported Saturday
morning. Six dollars in cash and
a $6 roll of stamps were taken.
A bathroom window was broken
and the offices were ransacked
with records scattered through
out the office.
Between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Sunday, a n\pney pouch was re
portedly stolen from a car be
longing to Robert Gilliam of
522 Musgrove Street while the
car was parked in front of the
Elizabrth Street Church of God.
It was reported the pouch con
tained $500 in $20 bills and
$200 in $10 bills, several checks
and two money orders.
Saturday night or early Sun
day, the Gulf Plant at 109 Sloan
Street was broken-into and ran
sacked. Nothing was reported
missing. It is believed thieves
broke a window to gain entrance.
Graduation
Schedule
Announced
Seniors in Clinton’s three
high schools have begun their
final count-down to graduation.
Baccalaureate sermons will
be delivered Sunday for Thorn-
well High School andBellStreet
High School and both will have
their commencement exercises
on Monday, May 25.
Commencement exercises
for Clinton High School will be
held on May 31 in Belk Audi
torium on the Presbyterian Col
lege campus.
Thornwell’s senior sermon
will be delivered Sunday at
Thornwell-Hartness Presby
terian Church and graduation
will be held on Monday, May 25,
at 10:30 a.m. Delivering the
commencement addresses for
Thornwell will be Larry Wea
ver, valedictorian; Jim Single-
ton, salutatorian; and Mike
Briggs, 2nd runner-up.
The Rev. Willie J. Jefferson
of Abbeville will deliver the
annual sermon for seniors at
Bell Street High School on Sun
day, May 24, at 7p.m. Rev. Jef
ferson is pastor of St. James
A.M.E. Church. Commence
ment exercises at Bell Street
will be held at 8 p.m. on Mon
day, May 25. All exercises are
open to the public and will be
held in the Ruth P. Alexander
Auditorium at Bell Street High
School.
At Bell Street's graduation
exercises, the main addresses
will be delivered by Thomas
Vance, class president and
“Star Student"; Lloyd Gen-
erette, valedictorian and Mary
Watts, salutatorian.
Clinton High School seniors
began their final exams this
week and underclassmen will
begin their exams next Mon
day, May 25. Final report cards
are to be issued on June 3.
Keith Cannon, valedictorian,
and Robin Smith, salutatorian,
will deliver the main addresses
at CHS commencement exer
cises on May 31.
Mann Speaks
Congressman James Mann
will address the Cross Anchor
Ruritan Club Monday, May 25,
at 8:30 p.m. in the Cross Anchor
School Cafeteria.
JA AWARD WINNERS — Shown above with
truest speaker Robert Yeargin are the award win
ners at the Junior Achievement ‘Futures Unlim
ited’ banquet Monday night. They are, left to
right: Anita King, who won a $26 savings bond
as ‘Best Salesman’ for Torrco; Andy Ellis, presi
dent of Clintex which won the ‘Company of the
Year’ award; Laurie Bee, ‘Officer of the Year,;
Pete Belcher, ‘Best Salesman* for Clintex and
also winner of the ‘Achiever’ award; Mr. Year-
gin; and Fran Audia, winner of the ‘Achiever’
award for Torrco. Belcher and Miss Bee were se
lected to represent the local JA companies at the
national Junior Achievement Convention this
summer at Indiana University.
Junior Achievement Awards Yeargin:
Are Presented At Banquet
Awards and annual reports
were presented Monday night as
the Junior Achievement pro
gram wound up its year with the
second annual “Futures Un
limited” banquet in the Presby
terian College dining hall.
Both of the two Junior A-
chievement companies, Clintex,
sponsored by Clinton Mills, and
Torrco, sponsored by Tor-
rington, reported dividends on
their initial stock.
Thirty-eight Junior Achiev
ers were given certificates in
recognition of their efforts for
the year.
Major awards presented in
cluded:
Anita King received a $25
savings bond as “Best Sales
man” for Torrco and Pete Bel
cher won a similar award for
Clintex.
Belcher also won the “A-
chiever’ Award for Clintex and
Fran Audia won the “Achiev
er” award for Torrco. The
“Achiever” award is presented
in recognition of outstanding ac
complishment in the program
and understanding of the pro
gram.
Laurie Bee was named “Of
ficer of the Year” and she and
Belcher were selected to re-
Speaks At Commencement
Edwards Cites 'Pollution Of Spirit'
Clemson University Presi
dent Robert C. Edwards, ad
dressing Presbyterian Col
lege’s 90th Commencement
Sunday afternoon, warned that
“a pollution of the spirit may be
occurring which would be, in
the end, as disastrous as any
pollution of the physical en
vironment could be. *
He spoke to 135 young men
and women graduates, their
families and friends, who fill
ed Belk Auditorium for the final
exercises of a full day. Dr.
Edwards said:
“There is a correlation be
tween the physical and spiri
tual climate of man. It may well
be our task in the years im
mediately ahead to restore and
strengthen both--to recover a-
gatn the American dream of a
social order in which the rela
tionship between man and his
environment will be as near
perfect as it can be on earth. ”
The Sunday program opened
with the baccalaureate sermon
preached by the Rev. Robert
Dobbins, Jr., minister of Ches
ter’s Purity Presbyterian
Church.
Dobbins and the Rev. James
V. Johnson, Jr., minister of At
lanta’s Druid Hills Presby
terian Church, were awarded
honorary doctor of divinity de
grees as part of the Commence
ment program. Alumnus Powell
A. Fraser, new president of
King College, was awarded
a doctor of humanities; and Blu-
ford B. Bestir, executive-sec
retary of Television, Radio and
Audio-Visuals of the Presby
terian Church US, a doctor of
literature.
President Marc C. Weersing
presided over the occasion, and
he was assisted by Trustee
Chairman Eugene T. Wilson of
Atlanta. Dean W. Fred Chapman
presented the general scholar
ship medal to top honor grad
uate Susan JeterSmith of Union,
and other awards to these stu
dents: Outstanding Senior
Award--Carson Rhyne of Char
lotte; Gold P for distinguish
ed service--William A. Bryant
of Quincy, Fla.,RobertG. John
ston, Jr. of Columbus, Ga.,
Duncan B. McFadyen in of Rae-
ford, N. C., Lena M. Strickland
of Atlanta and Rhyne; Pi Kappa
Phi freshman scholarship a-
ward Patrick W. McKee of Mi
ami; Tau Phi Pi science a-
ward—James W. Cook of Wal-
terboro; Fraser Bible Medal-
Nancy H. Wilson of Roebuck;
Hay Bible Medal--Judith A.
Bates of Pickens; and the Herk
M. Wise Scholarship--Loyd D.
Melton of Laurens.
Also presented at this time
were 28 commissions to grad
uating ROTC cadets and une
Marine Corps commission. Col.
William B. Tuttle, Jr., profes
sor of military science, direct
ed this part of the program. Maj.
Gen. Ansel B. Godfrey of Clin
ton had addressed the pre-com
missioning ceremonies earlier.
Dr. Edwards, in his Com
mencement address, said:
“While the earlier Americans
may have been neglecting our
physical environment, partly
because they considered it so
nearly perfect as to need little
attention, they were devoting
their time and energies to
another aspect of their environ
ment which to then was of trans
cendent importance. They had
their minds and hearts set on
shaping the environment for the
greatest and best society of
men on earth. . .a concern for
the political, religious, econo
mic and social aspect of their
environment. ”
He pointed out these five
characteristics of thatAmeri-
can dream: 1--Men are capable
of governing themselves; 2—
men should be free to worship
God as they please; 3--every
person should receive the eco
nomic benefits of his own labor
and skill; 4—every person
should have the opportunity to
acquire as much education and
training as his abilities will
permit: and 5—all men must be
equal before the law and the law
must apply equally to all men.
Historical
Site Funds
Avqilable
State funds are available to
assist in restoration of his
torical sites, the director of the
Tourism Division of the State
Development and Conservation
Board told a local meeting
Tuesday morning.
Speaking before the board of
directors of the Clinton Cham
ber of Commerce, J. W. Law
rence said that recently enact
ed legislation makes state funds
available, on a matching basis,
for the restoration of historical
sites.
He said the state would pro
vide 50 per cent of the neces
sary funds, up to $25,000.
Lawrence said that 17 mill
ion visitors came to South Car
olina last year and spent about
$360 million. About two-thirds
of that total was spent along
coast, he said.
William P. Jacobs HI, chair
man of Laurens County’s Tri
centennial Committee, also was
a special guest at the meeting.
The program was arranged by
the Chamber of Commerce’s
Tourism Committee in an ef
fort to encourage the develop
ment of tourism in the Clinton
area.
In other business, Chamber
of Commerce President Joe
Holland reported that the tele
phone companies in Laurens
and Clinton are to conduct rate
studies on the possibility of toll-
free telephone service between
Laurens and Clinton. He said
subscribers would have to vote
in favor of a rate increase
before such service could be
offered. The companies are now
conducting studies to determine
how much of a rate increase
would be needed to cover the
extra service.
present the local Junior A-
chievement program at the nat
ional JA convention this sum
mer at Indiana University.
Clintex was selected as
“Company ofthe Year "and Tor
rco was honored for having the
best annual report.
Honored for having perfect
attendance in all of the Junior
Achievement meetings and pro
jects were Veronna Gilliam,
Matilda Williams, Shirley Sum
mers and Ann Yelton.
Julie Young acted as mistress
of ceremonies for the program
which was attended by many
civic, business and educational
leaders of the community.
House Fire
Minor damage was reported
in a house fire on Horne Street
last Wednesday.
Firemen extinguished ablaze
in the home of Evelyn Reeder
where wires to a meter box
burned and scorched a corner
of the house. The fire was re
ported at 3:55 p.m.
'Choose
Wisely
“Find yourself a job you
really can enjoy,” the presi
dent of a construction company
told those present Monday night
at the Junior Achievement’s
“Futures Unlimited” banquet.
Robert H. Yeargin, president
of Yeargin Construction Co.,
said, “Don’t let glamour or
money be the sole guides to
your selection of a profession.
Your health and happiness have
more to do with your life than
anything else. If you’re doing
something you really "enjoy,
you’ll find that you will re
ceive a boost toward health and
happiness through your work. ”
Yeargin, a native of Gray
Court, also said, “Be enthusi
astic about your work. Enthu
siasm is catching and it pays
off. Do more work and better
work than you have to do. En
thusiasm is a vital key to suc
cess.”
Yeargin also advised the
young people, “Premature de
cisions about occupations
sometimes make for misfits.
Wait for more maturity before
making your final decision. Re
gardless of what your choice
might be, there are more and
more requirements for educa
tion. Get all of the education
you can. All fields are becom
ing more specialized.”
Other Memoirs
BY JOE H. SIMPSON
One of the things of yesteryear that we do
not see any more is the wheel inspector or I be
lieve his official title was “car knocker.**
The only one that I ever remember was called
“Cracker Jack** Griffith. I do not recall hit firtt
name. He worked for the Seaboard Raflread awd
hie only job was to observe or examine the whaeh
on ail trains and especially passenger trat&a to.aee
if there were any ‘hot boxes** or
ings and, if so, to
the early autos of titateayiiBd hie
ure was taking the smell children to 1
group of men that we dk>
the old-time cotton "
remember Mr.
others who met
on iti andwith ai
ping at thabale and:
closely examining f
of the fiber, they
pnoe oner to roe