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V 4a. 4a. 4*^ „ Ca, ** “V THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., July 2, 1970—1-R Final Census Check Under Way DIS(TSS M OIU L E HfMTSINGw- Shown ahove at the recent annual convention of the Mobile Housing Institute of South Carolina are. left to rieht: Tommy Lloyd, executive dimtor of the Mobile Housin'/ Insti tute of S.C.: Allen White of Clinton, president of the Mobile Housing In stitute of S.C.: (low Robert McNair: and Jim Barnes of Clinton, president of Bareraft Homes, Governor Soys Mobile Housing May Be Key Covered wagons made pos sible the settlement >1 the West, and so can modern mobile homes help to ease the nation's housing problems, Governor Robert E. McNair told those at tending the annual mid-year convention of the M >bile Housing Institute ofSouthCaro- lina held in Charleston last week. Attending from Laurens were Allen W. White, executive vice president of Palmetto Homes and president of the South Carolina AsS'Knation; James A. Barnes, president of Bareraft Homes and a member of the board of directors of the association; Jim Holland, vice president of Palmetto and Princeton Homes; Frank Gur ley, plant manager of Prince ton Homes, and Jim Powell, advertising and promotion di rector of Palmetto Homes. The meeting including dis cussion of highway movement in South Carolina, FHA and other types of financing of mo bile homes, standards and re gulations for all mobile homes, in addition to other business. McNair said that lack of suit able housing is a problem of magnitude in South Carolina, and challenged all elements of the housing industry to help fight the problem. Pre-Schoolers Should Start Their Shots Ngw Housing problems today “are too big for any one single or ganization, governmental unit or industrial interest," he said. “Thus, as we seek effective approaches to this problem, we solicit the assistance of all re ; sources--the homebuilder, the mobile home manufacturer and dealer, the federal agencies. .. and all the technological know how which is producing the new concepts in modular and pre fabricated units.” Governor McNair said that research by his office showed last year mnre than 300,000 housing units classified as sub standard, and mere than a third of ttiese were overcrowded. “Housing is a necessity, not a luxury,” the governor said. “When costs outpace the ability of people to purchase adequate housing, then technology must resp >nd with innovation and creativity." County HealthOflicer Dr.Von A. Long said today that child ren who will enter the first grade in the fall should start their shots now. “State law requires that every incoming first grader get a smallpox vaccination,’ Dr. Long said, “and most of the children will need polio and dpt (diphtheria, pertussis or whooping cough, and tetanus) boosters. Y<amgsters who have not received German measles and red' measles shots or had the diseases will need those shots. “For many six-year olds the opening days of school will pro- Non Dixon Attends Prep Editors' Meeting Nan Dixon, editor of “The Sentinel”, Clinton High School news publication, attended the South Carolina HighSchoolEdi tors Conference at the Univer sity of South Carolina, June 21- 26. As a participant, Miss Dix on, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Dixon, attended classes in news writing, edit ing, columns, editorials, pro ductions and newspapers make up. Being the 1969-70 Junior Co editor, Miss Dixon gained newspaper experience. By as sociating with the other high school editors during the various sessions, she has been able to exchange ideas, and share her problems with other high school editors. She is a rising senior at CHS. vide their first contact with large groups. Only those who have received all their immuni zations will be protected dur ing the increased exposure.' Many of the young pupils will be exposed to German measles for the first time this fall. Epidemics of the disease occur in six or seven year cycles and the last one was in 1964. Dr. Long urges parents to take the prospective pupils to their family doctor or health de partment now in order to avoid the late summer rush. And he reminds that all babies should start their immunizations at three or four months of age instead of waiting until they are ready for school. More than 600 cases of Ger man measles and almost 500 of “red” measles have been re ported in South Carolina this year. There has been only one case of polio since 1965. Darby Returns From Vietnam Sp/5 George Darby, son of Mrs. Maggie L. Darby, of Route 2, Box 321, Clinton, departed the Republic of Vietnam recently to return to the United States. He served with the US Army’s largest division, the Americal, as a medic. Th • Americal Di vision Headquarters is located in Chu Lai, Vietnam; 50 miles south of Da Nang, along the coast of the South China Sea. The division’s 24,000 s udiers operate from the sandy coastal plains to the rugged inland mountains of southern I Corps. BAR-B-QUE JULY 4 , BONDS CROSS ROADS NABORS STORE MEAT. lb. $2.00 HASH, qt $2.00 PIG FOOT STEW JULY 3rd $1.50 qt — Ready At 5:30 pan. Phone 697-9626 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 4 One of the final steps in the 1970 census in rural and small city areas of the southern States --a check by mailmen--is now under way, according to the U. S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of the Census. The ’70 census was taken by two methods: by mail-out and mail-back of questionnaires in most major metropolitan areas and by census takers in the rest of the United States. The latter procedure entailed the mailing out of questionaires and subse quent visits by census takers who would pick up filled-in forms or, lacking this, in terview families while follow ing a house-to-house route. Canvassing in the metropoli tan areas required checking of addresses by postal employees before the mailout. A similar step is now beingtaken by mail men following the visits by cen sus takers. This is the procedure: When census district offices complet ed the preliminary counts, they turned over to the post office a set of white cards listing every address canvassed. The mail men, in turn, check these ad- County Road Contract Is Awarded Award of a $265,915 contract for 17.3 miles of highway re surfacing in Laurens county has been announced by the State ^ Highway Department. Ashmore Brothers, Inc. of Greenville was awarded the contract on the basis of the firm’s low bid, according to Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N. Pearman. Three bids were entered ranging as high as $283,639. The contract calls for as phaltic concrete surfacing of 8.5 miles on S. C. Route 49 from U.S. 221 north of Laurens to the Spartanburg County line; and of 8.8 miles on S. C. Route 101 from U.S. 276 to secondary system road S-54. Contractor's bids on the work were opened June 16 and ap proved by the Highway Com mission June 18. INTERNATIONAL- STERLING dresses against the households blue card noting this fact. The on their routes. If the mailman blue cards are referred to the discovers what he considers a Census Bureau, which will “misseef address, he fills out a check the against the census records. The Census Bureau has found from experience that many households for which such cards are filled out have already been enumerated. This can happen for a number of reasons. 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