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Phis Supplement
Classified 6-A
Deaths 4-A
Editorials 2-B
Society 2-A, 3-A
Sparta 7-A
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MISS CLINTON AND HER COt RT — The 1071
'Mis-; Clinton’, Jan Alexander, back row, center,
is shown following her crowning Saturday night
Shown above, left to right, are: Claire Duncan,
second runner-up; Virginia Rogers, Miss Clintor
of 1070’ who crowned her successor and who will
represent Clinton in this year’s ‘Miss South Caro
lina’ Pageant; Miss Alexander; Martha Ellen Ab
rams, who was named Miss Congeniality’; Teresa
Foster, first runner-up. In the center foreground
is Georgia Young, ‘Little Miss Clinton of 1971’.
Jan Alexander 'Miss Clinton
Janet (Jan) Alexander, a blue-
eyed brunette, is Miss Clinton
of 1971.
Miss Alexander, a 19 year
old rising sophomore at Winth-
rop College, was crowned Sa
turday night at the Miss Clin
ton Pageant, sponsored by the
Clinton Jaycees at Belle Audi
torium on the Presbyterian
College campus.
Site was crowned by Virginia
Rogers, Miss Clinton of 1970
who will represent Clinton this
year in the Miss South Caro
lina Pageant.' Miss Alexander
will attend this year s pageant
as an observer and will repre
sent Clinbn in the state pageant
next year.
Miss Alexander is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Abit
Alexander of South Adair St. A
1969 graduate of Clinton High
Schind, she performed a dance
routine in the talent presenta
tion at the pageant.
RUNNERS-UP
First runner-up was Teresa
Louise Foster, 18 year old
daughter of Mrs. Harry W. Fos
ter Sr. of Florence St in Clin
ton. Second runner-up was Mary
Claire Duncan, 17, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mac C. Duncan of
York St. in Clinton. Both Miss
Foster and Miss Duncan are
members >f the 1970 graduat
ing class ofClinton HighSchool.
LITTLE MISS CLINTON
Georgia Young, daughter of
Mrs. Georgia Y. Young of 105
Candidates Open
Speaking Schedule
The stump speaking schedule
for candidates in the Laurens
County Democratic Primary
will open Friday night at Hic
kory Tavern Schix l. The pro
gram will start at 8 p.m.
Friday night's program will
be the first of five speaking en
gagements for the candidates,
leading up to the June 9 county
Democratic Primary.
The three candidates for no
mination to two seats in the
S.C. House of Representatives
will speak first. W.C. Dobbins
will lead off the program, fol
lowed by Eugene C. Stoddard
and David S. Taylor.
The House candidates will be
given five minutes each in
which to make their presenta
tions.
The 12 candidates for nomina
tion to five seats on County
Council will follow the House
candidates and will be given
three minutes each for their
presentations.
The County Council candi
dates are to speak in this order:
C.D. Beasley, James D. Cline,
King Dixon, I.A. (Ike) Griggs,
Joe S. Holland, James R. Jacks,
Charles H. Johnson, Paul S.
O'Dell, George Penland, Sam
C. Power, J. Dunk Sullivan and
Bond Thomas.
Next Monday, June 1, the
candidates will speak at the
Joanna School, also starting at
8 p.m.
On Thursday, June 4, the
candidates will speak at Gray-
Court School and on Friday,
June 5, they will be at the
Clinton Mill Ball Park. The
schedule will wind up on Mon
day, June 8, at Ford High
School in Wattsville.
Clinton, S. C., May 28, 1970
To Accept Off-Campus Students
Thorn well To Operate
As A Private School
E. Calhoun St., was crowned
■Little Miss Clinton". She was
selected from a field of 13 can
didates for the crown.
The "Little Miss Clinton" re
ceived a $25 savings bond
awarded by Clinton City Coun
cil, a crown and a loving cup.
The new ‘Miss Clinton’ re
ceived a $150 scholarship from
the Clinton Jaycees and a $50
scholarship from Pepsi Cola.
She also received a crown and a
trophy.
As first runner-up, Miss
Foster received a $100 savings
bond and a trophy from the Jay
cees. Miss Duncan, as second
runner-up, received a $50 sav
ings bond and a trophy from the
Jaycees.
Martha Ellen Abrams, 17 year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
A. Abrams of Blalock Drive in
Joanna, was named ‘Miss Con-
genality" and she received a
$25 savings bond and a trophy
from the Jaycees.
Grads Featured
(See Section C)
Thornwell Schools will op
erate on a private school basis
with the beginning of the 1970-
71 school year, according to an
announcement this week by the
Thornwell Executive Com
mittee.
This will include the Lower
School (kindergarten through
sixth grade) and the Upper
School (grades seven through
12).
Based on available space,
presently estimated at 165, the
school will accept any students
who meet the following criteria:
test results, personal inter
view, and acceptance by parents
and students of the rules and
regulations governing student
behavior and training in the
school. Applications are being
accepted with a tentative cut
off date of July 15.
The tuition will be $550 per
year for grades one through 12
and $300 per year for kinder
garten. There is a non-refund-
able fee of $20 for application
and testing, plus additional fees
where applicable: book rental
fee ($13 for grades one through
six; $15 for grades seven
through 12); science lab fee of
$5; home oc. cooking fee, $5;
drivers education fee of $24;
physical education fee of $7;
diploma fee of $6 and business
machine fee of $5. Each child
will be required to carry a
school insurance.
Thornwell’s private school
program will include a music
program from kindergarten
through the 12th grade; a guid
ance testing program; a certi
fied faculty with good faculty-
student ratio; a well-rounded
physical education program
with South Carolina League par
ticipation in football, basketball
(boys and girls), track and base
ball.
The Thornwell High School
has been a member of the South-
en Association of Secondary
Schools and Colleges since 1927
and the Elementary School, one
of the first to be certified in
the state, since 1965.
Further information con
cerning the private school op
eration maybe obtained by call
ing 833-2316 between the hours
of 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and
between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
“Thornwell Orphanage has
always believed in quality edu
cation within a Christian at
mosphere and we desire to con
tinue such a program on
campus,” according to M. A.
Macdonald, Thornwell Presi
dent and Superintendent of
Schools.
In order to continue its pro
gram of quality education,
Thornwell officials had to de
cide recently whether to become
a private school or join the local
public school district. Qecause
of the nature of the unique sit
uation at Thornwell, with young
people of all ages living toge
ther, it was decided it would be
extremely complicated to work
out schedules for the Thornwell
students and their class acti
vities within the public school
system. Therefore, it was de
cided that Thornwell would be
come a private school, ac
cepting qualified students from
outside the institution.
The proposal has been under
intensive study during the past
year among members of the
Thornwell educational staff and
members of the Thornwell
board of trustees in conjunction
with educators from the S. C.
State Department of Education.
Merchants Asked
To Display Flags
All merchants are asked to
display their American Flags
Saturday, May 30 in observance
of Memorial Day. Also, resi
dents who own flags are re
quested to display them.
Persons desiring to purchase
Flags may contact members of
the American Legion or R. P.
Chapman. They have several
sizes for sale.
Jacks
President
Of Lions
'Vocation Sale'
Opens In Clinton
This is graduation week for
area schools and it’s time to
start planning that vacation.
In anticipation of your vaca
tion needs, the Clinton Mer
chants Association today opens
a ‘Vacation Sale" which will
feature all the items you’ll need
for either a vacation trip or
just plain outdoor living.
The emphasis now is on “out
door living" and that’s the sub
ject of articles and advertise
ments in a special supplement in
today’s Chronicle.
Check the supplement and
then take advantage of the “Va
cation Sale" now under way in
Clinton. It starts today, Thurs
day, and will conclude next
Tuesday, June 2.
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Clinton Receives
Grant For Radio
Console, Tower
A grant of $7,572 has been
approved for the City ofClin
ton, to be used to purchase a
communications console and
radio tower to be housed in the
Police Department of the new
City Hall.
The grant is part of the Upper
Savannah Development District
funds under the Omnibus Crime
Bill. Notification of approval
was received from the State
Law Enforcement Assistance
Director, Office of the Gover
nor.
Erskine Jacks has been e-
lected president of the Clinton
Lions Club for the 1970-71 fiscal
year.
Other officers elected are:
First vice president, Miles
Powell; second vice president,
Charles Waldron; third vice
president, Gary Holcomb; sec
retary, Bob Cason; treasurer,
J. A. Orr; Lion Tamer, Oli
ver Green; Tail Twisters,
Shorty Horne and William Ja
cobs.
Elected to the club’s board of
directors were Dick Casque,
Carlisle NeeTy,’Carmen Gore,
A. B. Godfrey, George Daily
and Walt Sigman.
Mr. Jacks is department
foreman at the Clinton Bear
ings Plant of The Torrington
Co. He is married to the for
mer Eugenia Nabors and they
have two sons and two daugh
ters. They are members of
Leesville Southern Methodist
Church.
Mr. Jacks is a graduate of
Laurens HighSchool and attend
ed Presbyterian College.
City Democrats
Meet Friday
The Clinton Democratic Club
will meet Friday night start
ing at 7:30 p.m., in the Clin
ton Mill Community House.
The purpose of the meeting is
the election of officers and
committeemen for each ward.
Hugh Jacobs
Withdraws As
Candidate
Hugh J acobs has withdrawn as
Laurens County candidate for
the S. C. House of Represen
tatives, according to Clerk of
Court Walter Dunlap.
Mr. Jacobs notified Dunlap’s
office Monday that he is with
drawing as a candidate and ask
ed Dunlap to remove his name
from the list of candidates.
Mr. Jacobs had been nominat
ed as a candidate by the Lau
rens County Republican Party.
Hance Finley of Mountville is
a Republican candidate for the
House of Representatives.
Mr. Jacobs said he under
stands the Republican Party will
nominate a candidate to take
his place prior to the General
Election. He said he had to with
draw for personal reasons.
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School
Calendar
Announced
The school calendar for the
1970-71 school year was an
nounced this week by officials
of School District 56.
The next school year will be
gin with the teachers’ in-ser
vice training on Aug. 24 - 25-26.
Students will report for the
1970-71 school year on Aug. 27.
Labor Day, Sept. 7, will be a
holiday and the Thanksgiving
Holidays are scheduledNov. 26-
27. Christmas holidays will be
gin at the end of the school day
on Dec. 18 and students will re
turn to school on Jan. 4.
There also will be a holiday
on March 26 for the S. C. Edu
cation Association Convention.
Easter holidays are scheduled
April 8, 9 12, 13 and 14. May
28 will be the last day of the
1970-71 school year.
SUMMER SCHOOL
Officials also announced that
junior high and senior high stu
dents will register for summer
school on June 4. There must
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Shown above is the 1970 grad
uating class at Clinton High
School.
Commencement exercises
will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday
in Be Ik Auditorium on the Pres
byterian College campus.
The 158-member graduating
class includes:
FIRST ROW: Susan Harmon,
Clinton High School Class Of 1970
Almeda Rogers, Vickie Bishop,
Wanda Duncan, Sherry Mc
Clain, Dianne Harbin, Wanda
Attaway, Susie Bryson, Debbie
Bagwell, Linda Bible, Cathy
Ward, Gail Barnes, Karen Liv
ingston, secretary; Ronnie
Cheek, treasurer; Martha A-
brams, vice-president; Bob
Keller, president; Juanita
Bragg, Peggy Nance, Opal Bar
ker, Sylvia Robinson, Debra
Mills, Lou Watts, LyunJenUns,
Bootsie Oswalt, Babs Handback,
Carol Perry, Lynn Shouse,
Terri Lane.
SECOND ROW: Kathy Frady,
Catherine Boyle, Susie Jacobs,
Wanda Corley, Connie Edwins,
Ginger Garner, Mary Roberts,
Stephanie DuBose, Lynn Na
bors, Joyce Webb, Dianne
Bledsoe, Elaine Campbell, Jane
Cooper, Carolyn Barker,
Cheryl Heaton, Nancy Jones,
Yvette King, B. Dianne Rice,
Maria Johnson, Cindy Ivey,
Teresa Foster, Jeannie Nabors,
Margaret Gray, Debra Farmer,
Tam Nabors, D. Dianne Rice,
Barbara Pitts, Cindy Crisp, E- ■
laine Stewart, Teena Kelley.
THIRD ROW: Linda Conoly,
Claire Duncan, Julie Young,
Nancy Davis, Eloise Fraser,
Pat Smith, Doris Waters, Grace
Blackwell, Dianne Link, Susan
Livingston, Judy Davenport,
Cathy Culpepper, Loraine Co
thran, Becky Johnson, EctoaCo
thran, Jan Meadows, Lynn Mc
Gee, Donnie Evans, JlmmySim-
mons, Bill Alexander, Mac Mc
Crary, Albert Mars, Frank
Madden, Matthew King, Phil
Moore, Allen Finley.
FOURTH ROW: Wade Good
man, Keith Brannon, Joe Bent
ley, Everett Robbins, Keith
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Smith, Danny Lanford, Alex Ro
gers, Keith Blackmon, Buzzy
Teddards, Bennie Sprouse,
Rossie Hanna, Jones Brewer,
Mike Crawford, Robin Smith,
Bobby Baughn, Steve Benjamin,
Jeff O’Dell, Howard Marshall,
George Copeland, Hal Bouk-
night, Dusty Jones, Gene Sim
mons, Howie Dawkins, Sammy
Holtzclaw, Tony Foster, Steve
Duncan.
FIFTH ROW: RusseU Big-
ham, Steve Rikard, Gene Scott,
Eddie Gregory, Larry Addis,
Lawrence Lee, Wells Goss, Al
len O’Shields, Randy Seay, Ed
die Nelson, Forrest Adair, Bob
by Lee, Ace Workman, deorge
Wilkie, Frank Conoly, Andy El
lis, Steve Bishop, Keith Can
non, Mike Lewis, Ernie Austin,
Jimmy Campbell, Floyd Moore,
Tommy Motes.
SIXTH ROW: Grady Stead
man, Dennis Burnett, Robbie
Howard, Leonard Floyd, Laaty
Mimnaugh, Tommy FteUta, E-
wald Merchant, Lynn Evaac, Ju
lian Bryan, Stove Fennell, Dar
rel Leonard, Bob Grebe, John
Daniluk, Ed Acree, BndQr
Moore, Oscar Edwards, DnrU
Blackwell, Gary Holtaelaw, ]>»
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