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Vol. 71 — No. 25 Clinton, S. C.. June 18, 1970
INDEX
Four Sections, 22 Pages
Classified 4-A
Deaths 6-A
Hospital News 6-A
Editorials 2-B
Society 2-A, 3-A
Sports 6-A
Census Report
City Loses
Population
Clinton’s population---within
the city limits---showed a
slight decrease in the past de
cade, according to preliminary
1970 U.S. Census figures. How
ever, the greater Clinton area
showed an increase of over
1,000, it is believed.
Census officials refused to
release the population figures
for the areas immediately adja
cent to the city limits but ac
cording to city officials those
areas have grown by over 1,000
people in the past 10 years.
According to the preliminary
1970 figures, there are 7,897
people who reside within the
city limits of Clinton. That is
a decrease of 40 people from
the 1960 figure of 7,937.
Laurens County showed an
increase of over 800 residents
during the past 10 years, going
from 47,609 in 1960 to 48,501
in 1970, according to the pre
liminary figures.
The town of Laurens passed
the 10,000-population mark as
its preliminary 1970 census
county is 10,109. In 1960, Lau
rens’ population was listed at
9,598.
Clinton Mayor NolandSuddeth
said that anyone who doesn’t
think they were counted in the
U.S. Census may pick up a spe
cial form at Clinton City Hall.
Listed below are Clinton’s
population figures for the past
100 years.
1870--- 200
1874— 400
1880--- 465
1890— 1,080
1900— 1,865
1910--- 3,272
1920— 3,767
1930— 5,643
1940--- 5,704
1950--- 7,168
1960- 7,937
1970— 7,897
Cunningham Named
Broad Street Pastor
Rev. J. Ben Cunningham has
been appomted pastor of Broad
Street Methodist Church m
Clinton, succeeding the Rev. E.
W. Rogers.
Rev. Cunningham assumed
his duties Wednesday of this
week.
A 40-year-old native of
Greenville, he is a graduate of
Furman University and re
ceived the Bachelor of Divinity
Degree from Candler School of
Theology, Emory University.
He and his wife, the former Jane
Hunter of Ora, have five child
ren.
He served as pastor of O-
wings-Bramlett from 1955
through 1958 and as pastor of
St Mark in Charleston from
1959 through 1962. He became
pastor of Trinity in Anderson in
1963
REV. CUNNINGHAM
Rev. Rogers
Is Honored
(See Page 3-D)
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ALTERNATE 1
ALTERNATE 2)JYs
NEW ROUTE—The dark line on the map above
shows the tentative proposal for another alter
nate on the proposed beltKne road between High
ways 72 south a n d 72 north. The exact lo
cation is yet to be determined but Highway Dept,
officials are now considering the route shown
above.
New Beltline
Route Proposed
On the recommendation of the
Greater Clinton Planning Com
mission, the South Carolina
Highway Department has begun
preliminary work toward an al
ternate beltline route on the
southeastern edge of Clinton.
Two alternate routes re
ceived criticism at a March
public hearing. Residents of
Springdale Drive opposed Al
ternate No. 1 and members of
the Bailey Memorial Hospital
Board of Trustees opposed Al
ternate 2.
The two proposals now have
been combined in what the Plan
ning Commission feels might be
a more acceptable proposal
for providing a beltline route
between S. C. 72 south of Clin
ton to S. C. 72 north of Clinton.
The new route would avoid
both the residential area of
Springdale Drive and Bailey
Memorial Hospital. It would
follow Alternate 2 to Highway 72
north.
The Highway Department is
now requesting location appro
val from the Bureau of Public
Roads. It is proposed as a two-
lane road with right-of-way
adequate for a four-lane road
in the future.
The beltline has been pro
posed to help rslte^o congestion
in the downtown Clinton area.
A public notice concerning
the beltline is published in the
legal advertisements of today’s
Chronicle.
A second public bearing on
the proposal win be held at a
date to be announced in the
nimre.
Area Map
For District
On Page 1-D
By Federal Agency
School District 56
Is Approved
Neighborhood Plan
In Effect 1970-71
SCHOOL DISTRICT AREAS — The map above
shows the dividing lines between elementary
school attendence areas in Clinton in School
District 66 for the 1970-71 school year. It also
shows the location of the two junior high schools
and the high school. All girls in grades 7 through
9 will attend Girls’ Junior High and all boys in
grades 7-9 will attend Boys’ Junior High. All
district students in grades 10-12 will attend Clin
ton High School. All elementary school students
south of Highway 76 will attend Clinton Eemen-
tary; all elementary students north of 76 and
west of North Broad St. will attend M. S. Bailey
School and all elementary students north of 76
and east of North Broad will attend Florida Street
Elementary School. The fourth area, which is for
the Joanna School is not shown on the map above.
It is shown on page 1-D.
Thomas Seeks
Mayor's Post
J. C. Thomas announced this
week as a candidate for the De
mocratic nomination for mayor
of Clinton.
He will be a candidate in the
Clinton Democratic Primary
which is scheduled July 14.
In making his announcement,
Mr. Thomas said, “I believe in
operating our municipal gov
ernment on a business-like bas
is and I believe my business
experience should help me make
a contribution to my community,
if the voters honor me with the
office which I seek. ”
\ native of Charlotte, N. C.,
Mr. Thomas came to Clinton in
July, 1940, as manager of
Hamilton’s. He opened his own
jewelry firm, J. C. Thomas
Jeweler, in July, 1943.
He has served two terms as
president of the Clinton Cham
ber ofCommerce and was active
in organizing the United Fund,
serving as campaign chairman
for the first drive in 1952.
He is a member of the board
of directors of Bank of Clinton
and has served for 10 years on
the Laurens County Board of
Education. He is immediate past
chairman of the Greater Clinton
Planning Commission. He serv
ed for nine years as Sunday
School Superintendent at First
loe Holland
Is Hospitalized
Clinton Chamber ofCom
merce President Joe Holland
became acutely ill Sunday night
and was confined to Bailey
Memorial Hospital.
He was transferred to Self
Memorial Hospital in Green
wood Tuesday night
Mr. HoUand is not receiving
visitors.
Owner of the Piggly Wiggly
Supermarket in Clinton, Mr.
Holland last week led the ticket
in the Laurens County Demo
cratic Primary for the nomina
tion to County Council.
Baptist Church where he also
has served as deacon.
Mr. Thomas is a past presi
dent of the Clinton KiwanisClub
and has been chairman of the
March of Dimes Campaign and
served as president of the South
Carolina Retail Jewelers Asso
ciation in 1961. He is married
to the former Amy Vaughn of
Belton and ihey have three
daughters.
No other candidates have an
nounced for the post or for the
six city council seats which are
to be voted on in the primary
and
J. C. THOMAS
in the General Election.
The filing deadline is noon
next Tuesday, June 23.
GOP Precinct
Meetings Set
Republican precinct meetings
for Clinton Mill, Clinton No. 1
and Clinton No. 2 Boxes will
be held in the offices of Jacobs
Press at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June
19.
The purpose of the meetings
will be to reorganize and elect
representatives to a City Con
vention to be held Monday night
at the same location, 7:30 p.m.
Republican candidates for City
Council and Mayor’s office will
be nominated at this time.
★★★★★★★★
CITIZEN OP THE TEAR —Dr.
George Blalock, left, is shown above
as he was honored last week as din-
ton’s ‘Citizen of the Year” tor 1J70.
Dr. Blalock was honored Vs
many pi vie and profeesiomu contri
butions to the community. The award
was made by the Clinton Lions Club.
Also shown is Mrs. Blalock and
CLude Crocker, right, president of
the Clinton Lions Club. — (Shields
Photo)
School District 56’s integra
tion plans for the 1970-71 school
year have been approved by the
U.S. Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare.
The plan is basically a neigh
borhood school plan with no bus
ing necessary to achieve ra
cial balance.
All district students in grades
10 through 12 will attendClinton
High School. All male students
in grades seven through nine
will attend what is now the Bell
Street School. All female stu
dents in grades seven through
nine will attend what is now
Martha Dendy School.
Elementary School students
in grades one through six will
attend the elementary school in
their attendance area. The dis
trict will have four attendance
areas for elementary school
students.
Area No. 1 students will at
tend Clinton Elementary School.
Area No. 1 includes the area
south of Highway 76. It reaches
to within one mile of Highway
56 on the eastern side and to
the district boundary on the
western side. The southern
boundary is Lake Greenwood,
thusly including the Cross Hill-
Mountville area in Area 1.
Area No. 2 students will at
tend M. S. Bailey Elementary
School. Area No*. 2 includes
the afea nofRTBT Highway 76
and west of North Broad Steeet
to the district line on the west.
Area No. 3 students will at
tend Florida Street Elementary
School which last year was
Clinton Junior High School.
Area No. 3 includes the
area north of Highway 76 and
east of North Broad Street.
(The intersection of Highway 76
and North Broad Street is the
dividing point between Areas
No. 2 and 3). The line for Area
No. 3 follows North BroadStreet
onto 308 to Goodman’s Cross
road, along 53 where it crosses
1-26 and becomes 314 which the
line follows to Highway 56 and
from there to the county line.
Area No. 4 elementary stu
dents will attend Joanna Ele
mentary School. Area No. 4 en
compasses an area stretching
from the black top county road
near the old Hunter home and
south of the intersection of
Highways 99 and 34. The line
stretches from there to the in
tersection of 56 and 66. The
Laurens-Newberry county line
is the eastern boundary for
Area No. 4.
Also in Area 4, going south
mi Highway 56, students who
live on the right hand side of
the road, within a mile of 56
will go to Joanna Elementary
School.
Three schools will be closed.
Woodson Elementary School
students will go to Joanna Ele
mentary School. Cross HiU-
Mountville School students will
go to Clinton Elementary School
as will Midway Elementary
School students.
Clinton Elementary School
will have a total enrollment
of about 989 students, with a
racial ratio of 60 per cent
white and 40 per cent black.
There will be 14 black teachers
od the 35-teacher staff at Clin
ton Elementary School.
Florida Street Elementary
School will have a ratio of 67
per cent white and 33 per cent
black with a total enrollment
at about 443 students. There
will be six black teachers on the
17-teacher stall
Bailey Elementary School
will have a ratio to 69 per cent
white and 31 per cent Mack and
a total enrollment of 546 stu
dents. There will be six black
teachers on the 20-teacher
faculty.
Joanna Elementary School
will have a ratio of 75 per
cent white and 25 per cent black
in a total enrollment of 375
students. There will be four
black teachers in the 14-teach
er staff.
The total elementary school
enrollment in the district will
be about 1,551 students, of whom
34 per cent will be black.
The Girls Junior High(grades
seven through nine) will have a
ratio of 58 per cent white and
42 per cent black in an en
rollment of 546 students. There
will be eight black teachers on
the 19-teacher faculty.
The Boys Junior High will
have 498 students which will
include a ratio of 38 per cent
black and 62 per cent white.
There will be seven black teach
ers on the 18-teacher staff.
Clinton High School will have
an enrollment of 778 students
in grades 10 through 12 with a
ratio of 35 per cent black and
65 per cent white. There will
be 10 black teachers on the 28-
teacher staff.
District Supt. R. P. Wilder
said that faculty assignments
will be made in the near future
and teachers will be notified as
soon as possible.
PRINCIPALS
Claude Howe will continue to
be principal of Clinton High
School with McQuilla Hudson,
former principal of Bell Street
High, as assistant principal at
CHS.
Neal McNeill will be principal
of both the Boys and Girls’
junior high schools. At Boys
Junior High the assistant prin
cipal will be W. E. Little and
at Girls Junior High the assist
ant principal will be Lenzy Ran-
dall.
Mr. McNeill is joining the
system from St. Stephens where
he was principal of St. Ste
phens High School. H. L. Shea-
ly will continue as principal of
Clinton ElementarySchool, with
Lewis Knighton as assistant
principal.
Wilmot Shealy, currently co
ordinator of instruction in the
district, will be principal of
Florida Street Elementary
School, a position he held for
several years prior to becom
ing principal of Clinton High
School and then coordinator of
instruction. James Longshore
will be assistant principal at
Florida Street.
Frazier Sanders will continue
as principal ofJoannaElement
ary School and Horace Smith
will continue to be principal of
M. S. Bailey School. The as
sistant principal will be Mel
vin Hunter at M. S. Bailey
School.
MOBILE UNITS
The changes in school pat
terns will necessitate use of
10 mobile classrooms next year.
Four mobile classroom unite
will be used at Clinton Element
ary School and four at M. S.
Bailey School with two to be
used at Boys Junior High.
The district currently has
five mobile classroom units
and will purchase five mors.
Also, dressing rooms will be
constructed at tha Girls Junior
High.
Approval of the district’splsn
came in the form of a letter
signed by J. Stanley Potttapr,
director of the U. S. Office for
Civil Rights.
Mr. Pottinger’s letter
in pert • .the plan
quate to
of Title VI of the Civil:
Act ol 1964. . ,* «
his office is
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