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I THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ May 21, 1970—1-B Dr. Weersing Addresses Commencement At Elon DAVID PLAXICO David Plaxico To Graduate At Wofford SPARTANBURG - DavidTho- mas Plaxico, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Plaxico of 109 East Walnut St., Clinton, is a candi date for the B.S. degree during commencement activities Sun day (May 24) at Wofford Col lege. The entire graduating class includes 203 degree can didates. The baccalaureate sermon will be given by Rev. Eben Taylor, minister of Cherokee Place United Methodist Church in Charleston. Dr. William B. Kennedy, Executive Secretary, Office of Education oftheWorld Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, will give the com mencement address at 3p.m. in Spartanburg Memorial Auditor ium. While at Wofford Plaxico has been a dean's list student and active in Sigma Nu, Biological & Pre-Med Society, and Scab bard and Blade. Plaxico will also receive his 2nd Lt. commission during ce remonies in Leonard Auditor ium Saturday (May 23) 3:30 p. m. lie is a Distinguished Mili tary Student. Mitchell Wins Robinson Award At Erskine DUE WEST - Franklin Mit chell, s >n f the Rev. and Mrs. William Franklin Mitchell, Cross Hill, received the Robin son Award in secondary educa tion during Honors Day care- monies Thursday, May 14, at Erskine College. The award, given in honor of Miss Gladys Robinson of Lan caster, distinguished Erskine alumna, successful !ngh school teacher, and former SouthCar- olina director for the National Education Association, is given to the senior showing the great est excellence in student teach ing in a secondary subject. Mitchell is a senior mathe matics major at Erskine. A1966 graduate of Clinton HighSchoul, he has been active for three years as a member of the Er skine Wind Ensemble and for two years as chief engineer for Erskine student radio station WARP-FM. Over 250 graduating seniors will hear an address by Dr. Marc C. Weersing, president of Presbyterian College, at Elon College’s 80th commencement exercises May 24. Dr. Weersing, who assumed office as president of Presby terian College in Clinton in 1963, is a former Presbyterian minister. Prior to his installa tion as president, he was at the Spartanburg First Presbyterian Church, the largest Presbyter ian church within the South Carolina Synod. A native of Grand Rapids, Mich., Dr. Weersing earned his A.B. degree from Calvin Col lege in Grand Rapids and his bachelor of theology from Cal vin Theological Seminary in De catur, Ga. He then came south for his master of theology de gree from Columbia Theolo gical Seminary in Decatur, Ga. In addition, he holds an honor ary doctor of divinity degree from Southwestern at Memphis, and a doctor of laws from The Citadel. Dr. Weersing has taken an active part in the work of the General Assembly of the Pres byterian Church US, and he has served as a member of the Board of World Missions and as chairman of the Governor’s (S. C.) Committee on Vocational Rehabilitation. He is the current chairman of the South Carolina Foundation of Independent Col leges and heads the Associa tion of South Carolina Colleges. ■•V.W.V.V.V Read and Use Chronicle Want Ads be as sure/$ ...as you can be! Participating in coming graduation events will be Allen Finley, Awards Day prayer leader; Nancy Jones, Commencement prayer leader; Claire Duncan, class historian; and Maria Johnson, class poet. Awards Day To Be May 22 County Library Receives $4,761 Federal Grant The Laurens County Library tims, according to an announce- has received an additional fed- ment by Miss Estellene P. eral grant for 1969-70 of $4,- Walker, director of the South 761 for expanding book collec- Carolina State Library. A total of $165,000 has been made available for 20 county and regional libraries in South Carolina that met all require ments for state and federal aid programs. These funds repre sent 10 cents per capita for book purchase. The grants are a- vailable under Title I of Li brary Services and Construc tion Act as administered by the South Carolina State Library. The Book Collection and Im provement Project (BCIP) has been an annual grant pro gram in South Carolina since 1961. "These funds have con tributed heavily toward the im provement of bookcollections in South Carolina. Only now has the state achieved a one bo-.k per capita status", said Miss Walk er. "Funds are provided to each library which has the oppor tunity to build its book col lection to meet its community needs. This year the funds will be used for purchasing adult, young adult and children's books as well as for expanding and updating microfilm and refer ence collections", added Miss Walker. Other public libraries re ceiving grant funds include Abbeville-Greenwood, Aiken- Bamberg - Barnwell - Edge- field, Anderson, Beaufort, Charleston, Cherokee, Ches ter, Colleton, Darlington, Fair- field, Florence, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Lexington, Oconee, Richland, Sumter and York. Wholesale prices of textile mill products, as measured by the U.S. Labor Department’s wholesale price index (1957-59 equals 100), stood at 101.0 in February, 1970 The index for all industrial commodities in February was 115.5. Awards Day ceremonies will be held in the gymnasium on Friday, May 22 at Clinton High School. The processional will be made up of the Senior Class. The in vocation will be given by Allen Finley; the class history, by Claire Duncan. “Halls of Ivy” will be sung by the Senior Class; then MariaJohnson will recite the class poem. Announcements will be made and awards will be presented by Mr. Claude Howe and Mr. Keith Richardson. Bob Keller will present the class gift, which Mr. Howe will accept on behalf of the school. The Senior Class will then sing the Alma Mater, and the Juniors and Seniors will form the re cessional. The Clinton High School Band will furnish the music for the pro gram. FRANK McKEE ERSKINE THOMASON FRANKLIN MITCHELL Local Students Graduate At Erskine C. S. BLACKMON C. S. Blackmon Graduates At PC Exercises f Charles Samuel Blackm n M 'untville was amung the 135 graduating seniors to receive degrees at Presbyterian Col leges 90th Commencement on Sunday (May 17). The son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Blackmon of Mountville, he earned a BS degree with a major in business adminis tration. The Commencementexercis- es featured an address by Clem- son University President Ro bert C. Edwards after the bac calaureate sermon by the Rev. Robert A. Dubbins, Jr., minis ter of the Purity Presbyterian Church of Chester, S. C. PC President Marc C. Weersing presided over the occasion, and he and Mrs. Weersing enter tained the graduates and their families and friends at a re ception during the early after noon. The visitors also were guests for lunch in the college dining hall DUE WEST - Three Clin ton area students are candidates to receive degrees from Er skine College during outdoor commencement exercises be ginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 24, it has been announced by Erskine President Joseph Wightman. The students and the degrees for which they are candidates include: Franklin Mitchell, son ofMr. and Mrs. William Franklin Mit chell, Sr., Cross Hill, A. B. in mathematics; Erskine Tho mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Furman E. Thomason, South Broad St. in Clinton, B. S. in physical education; and Frank McKee, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McKee, Clinton, B.S. in physical education. Mitchell and McKee are grad uates of Clinton High School, while Thomason is a graduate of Laurens High School. At Erskine Mitchell has been chief engineer at radio station WARP-FM and a member of the Erskine Wind Ensemble, while Thomason has been an all district pitcher on the Erskine baseball team. Dr. Andrew D. Holt, president of the University of Tennessee, will deliver the commencement address to approximately 120 seniors at Erskine College and Erskine Theological Seminary. Earlier May 24, Dr. Charles A. Arrington, pastor of Clemson Baptist Church, will deliver the baccalaureate address for our LASSO the field proven pre-emergent herbicide SOYBEANS, b, Monsanto Your best bet to control early grasses and broadleafs such as Pigweed in SOYBEANS! LASSO 'gets the job done... with or without incorporation, without crop dam age and without carryover Lasso works well in a wide range of moisture conditions in most soil types. Available in liquid or granules. See your farm chemical supplier now for more details about LASSO. 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