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V 'v WEATHER (Week of Sept. 16-23) High: 93 Low: 63 (Sept 19-20) (Sept. 17) Rainfall: 1.13 in. (Sept. 19, 20, 21) Soil Temp. Range: 78-84 degrees ®f)e Clinton Chronicle VoL 71 — No. 38 Clinton, S. C„ Sept. 24, 1970 INDEX Three Sections, 22 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 8-A Hospital News 8-A Editorials 2-B Society 2-A, 8-A Sports 7-A How Observant Are You? City Hall Open For Business Mark Thursday, September 24, 1970, down as a red-letter day in the history of Clinton’s municipal government. It’s to the first day of operation in the new City Hall, City offices were closedWed- nesday as employees made the final move from the old city hall into the new one. The final work day in the old city hall was Tuesday, Sept ember 22. The move into the new building completed Wednesday afternoon and the city clerk’s office, Police Department and Fire Department were officially housed in the new city hall. A public open house and dedi cation ceremony is planned with in the next few weeks. Construction on the new city hall began the first week in June, 1969. Cannon construction Co. of Newberry was the con tractor for the project. Can non’s original low bid was $557,631 for construction of the 25,300-square-foot, two-story municipal building. The building is of colonial design and in addition to munici pal administrative offices, also features a community room, with kitchen upstairs. The upstairs also will feature dormitory space for firemen when Clinton’s Fire Department is placed on a fulltime basis. The department currently oper ates on a volunteer basis with three full-time employes. Another feature of the build ing is a drive-in window where residents may pay light and water bills and handle other transactions with the city clerk’s office. The building where the old city hall was located is owned by Mrs. Frank Wyman of Col umbia. Negotiations currently are underway for Charles Buice, manager of Maxwell Brothers Furniture Co. store liere, to purchase the building and lease it to Maxwell Brothers. Mr. Buice said he intends to com pletely remodel and modernize the building and use it to expand the Maxwell Brothers facility. Crouch Is Republican Candidate For House B. W. Crouch Jr. of Mount- ville, a retired engineer for the State Highway Department, has been nominated by the Re publican executive committee as a GOP candidate for the State House of Representatives. WHERE’S THIS? — Surely you’ve seen the overworked pole shown atxjve. Can you remember where it is? It’s in downtown Clinton. Think hard. ’Phis is another in a series of pictures by Clinton artist-photogrn- >fcer Betty Fryga. The purpose— other than showing some unusual photo subjects—is to test your pow ers of observation. Give up? The an swer concerning the location of the pole is printed upside down below. •nuauntf l|paJj pui: Aj|.>A\ac puiqoy p.nMHCI uadMiaq .\'a||v Harry Dent To Speak Here Tonight National and South Carolina politics as viewed from the White House will be the theme of tun Clinton addresses this Thurs day by Harry S. Dent, counsel to President Richard M. Nixon. He is scheduled to deliver the 1970 Distinguished Alumni Lec ture at Presbyterian College that morning, speaking to the 10 o’ clock student assembly in Belk Auditorium. Then at 7 p.m., he will address the Clinton Kiwanis Club at the Mary Musgrove Hotel. Wives, Boy Scouts and M wmwiom Weird Weather That rain and lightning storm at Saturday night’s P.C.-Furman game in Greenville provided some unusual experiences and sights for Clinton folks who attended the game. Len Ledford of South Adair Street says, "That’s the first time I ever went to a ball game, bought a program, sat down and watched a few plays and then listened to the final quarter on the radio at home.” He and his wife were among the many who left the stadium when the storm hit. About mid way through the first quarter, rain started fall ing. Many of the Blue Hose followers might have braved the rain but that lightning was something else. It cracked all around the sta dium in blinding flashes accompanied by earth- shaking thunder. One bolt hit the scoreboard, knocking the timekeeper to the ground. The scoreboard kept working fine — except they couldn’t turn the clock off and it ran and ran. about six quarters worth. The official time was kept on the field by one of the game officials. Although some folks returned to Clinton when the storm hit, a few sat in cars at the sta dium, listened to a couple of quarters of the game on car radios and then went back to watch the final quarter. There were a few hearty souls who sat through the entire game. They had some com ments about “fair weather friends” upon return of some of those who had dashed for the cars • •••••* Clothing Needed Tom and Chicola Robertson lost their cloth ing and household items in a fire at their apart ment at 618 North Broad Street Sunday after noon. Anyone wishing to donate clothing may leave it at the United FNind Office at 200 West Pitts Street or call 888-2716. Sixe of the clothing needed: woman’s dress size 10 and shoe size 8U: man’s pants size 84 waist and shirt size 16. special guests will join the Ki- wanians for this program. Dent, a 1951 PC graduate who has been President Nixon’s top political adviser for more than a year, is flying down from Washington especially for his two Clinton appearances. Roberts Heads Gas Authority At the regular monthly meet ing of the Clinton-Newberry Na tural Gas Authority on Thursday evening, September 17, Mr. Joe M. Roberts, of Newberry, was elected chairman, and Mr. J.C. Thomas, Mayor of Clinton, was elected vice chairman. Mr. L. D. Gardner, Jr., of Newberry, will continue to serve as secretary. Other board members are Ma yor Clarence A. Shealy of Newberry, retiring chairman, Cecil Klnard of Newberry and Boyd W. Holtzclaw and George W. Bagwell of Clinton. Wymair M. Shealy is general manager and Mrs. Mary Tiller recording secretary. Crouch was nominated Mon day night to fill a vacancy ere# ed when Hugh Jacobs of Clinton withdrew. Mr. Jacobs was a nominee for one of the two Hodsn seats alloted to Laurens County. Hance Finley, also of Mount- ville, and Crouch are the Re publican candidates who will de pose Democratic nominees Da vid S. Taylor and Eugene Stod dard in the November election. Rep. Taylor is the only incum bent candidate. Mr. Crouch attended Wofford College and worked in area mills while playing semi-professional baseball during the early 1930s. While at Wofford, he was a mem ber of SAE social fraternity. He was associated with the South Carolina Highway Depart ment for 20 years, retiring as associate resident construction engineer. He also is a retired Clinton Voter Registration Set The Laurens County Registration Board will open a voter registration office in Clinton Sept. 28-29-30. Voters may register in Clinton next Mopday, Tuesday and Wednesday for the November elec tion. The voter registration office will be located in the old Hamilton Jewelry Store, beside John son’s Men’s Shop on the square in downtown Clin ton. 'Hie November election voter registration deadline is Oct. 3. Laurens County citizens may also register at the Laurens County Registration office between now and Oct. 8. The Clinton registration office will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday. Sept 28 and 29, and from 9 a.m. until noon on Wednesday. Sept. 30. LIGHTING THE TORCH — Boy Scouts Lucius Fuller, left, (Troop 178) and Wayne Gandy, right, (Troop 177) light the Greater Clinton United Fund Torch following Monday’s kick off drive meeting at the Musgrove Inn. John Fox, Executive Director of the S.C. Association of United Funds addressed those attending, em phasizing the importance of “Fair Sharing Giving.” UF President Bud dy Oakley presided, followed by Chairman Alvin Hueble, who intro duced Mr. Fox. City Manager Mentioned Mayor Discusses Housing, By-Pass, And Annexation B. W. CROUCH cattle farmer. He is a former Master oftheMountville Grange. Mr. Crouch was District Man ager of the U. S. Census in 1970, being in charge of the census in Greenville, Spartanburg and Laurens Counties. He is married to thefcrmer Margaret Taylor of Clinton and they have a daughter, DollyNor- ton, who teaches in the Green ville city school system; and Ben Crouch, who works for Duke Power Company in Spartanburg. He is a former deacon at the Presbyterian Church in Mountville. Low-rent housing, a by-pass, annexation and a city manager system were discussed by Clin ton Mayor J. C. Thomas Tues day at a luncheon meeting of the Clinton Rotary Club. In his first address before a civic club since his election as mayor, Mr. Thomas indicated that all four of those projects deserve serious consideration. said, “Traffic qgpflMtiGB downtown will continde^until a by-pass is constructed. It is usual for some people to be in convenienced by new road con struction and we are working to secure a route of maximum convenience to the whole town with a minimum of inconvenience to the few who will be adversely affected. We are also consult ing with the S. C. Highway De partment about an extension of West Main Street so as to avoid crossing of Railroad Tracks. This will be a great help to workers in the plants of Bailey, Torrington, Standard Plywood, Skylark Mobile Homes, and for other workers and residents of the area.” Concerning low-rent housing, he said, “A number of citizens have told me that they consider low-rent housing Clinton’s most urgent need. Federal funds are now more difficult to secure but we are making an effort in this matter and have been told that we have a fair chance to secure financing for 200 units.” Concerning annexation, he said, “Some home owners liv ing near our city limits hesi tate to see the corporate limits extended to their homes because they dislike city taxes It is true that taxes have been a cause of complaint ever since governments were first formed but taxation provides the cheap est and most efficient means of public services when efficiently managed. Only a few little ex tensions of Clinton corporation limits have been made In the past 100 years. Many people do not realize that homes or bus inesses as near the town cen ter as just south of the Clinton Armory could burn without help from Clinton fire-fighting equip ment unless the owners had pre viously arranged a $200 bond for equipment services. Unless ar rangements had previously been made by the County Sheriffs Office, a Clinton police officer could not arrest a burglar break ing into one of the homes in one of the many suburban areas just outside our city limits. “We really consider the resi dents of those areas to be Clin- tonlans and believe that they wonid he pwtljrbaniaWtudifteey assumed the responsibilities and enjoyed the services of our municipality.” On the city manager system, Mr. Thomas commented, “It is probable that an efficient, full time manager could save Clin ton much more than his salary, but meanwhile we will do our best to make our present muni cipal system more efficient..! do not have the personal ability and I do not have the time to study adequately every mimici- pa problem. Council members are also part time city admini strators but each one has been asked to give special attention and study to one of the depart ments of our city’s program. We seek the counsel and coop- -eratfen ot mvry dttimt, f Pff— each of you to consider what should be done to aid Clinton's Welfare and to discuss the mat ter with the alderman represent ing your ward. He will see that the matter is placed on the a- genda of council meetings and we will carefully consider your suggestions." Martha Dendy Renovation Starts W. E. Baker and Son, Inc., contractors of Newberry, has begun renovation work at Martha Dendy Girls Junior High School. Baker entered the low bid of $126,335 on the project which Koon Wins Grid Contest will include construction of of fices and a physical education dressing room plus asphalting a parking area and play area. Baker was one of five com panies which bid on the project The bids ranged up to a high of $137,979. Other firms which bid on the project are Foster Con struction Co., E. L. Jones and Son, Inc., Sherman Construction Co., and Triangle Construction Co. Community Action Program Outlined Leslie Koon of 207 Hawkins St., Joanna, is the winner of the season’s first Chronicle Foot ball Contest Koon missed only one of 15 selections. However it took the tie-breaker to edge Jack Hames of 404 Francis St, Clinton, who also missed only one. Koon predicted Furman would defeat PC 23-13, a 10-point mar gin. Haines predicted Furman would win, 22-13, a ninepoint margin. Furman defeated PC 19- 7, a 12-point spread. Koon wins $15 for placing first and Haines wins $7.50 as second prize. The work, which began Tues day, is to be completed in 120 work days. The office area at the school will include principal’s office, guidance counselor’s office, a general office, faculty lounge and a work room. The physical education dress ing room will include showers and other facilities to accomo date 41 girls at a time. The play area which will be black- topped will be located behind the cafeteria. The parking area wifi be located between the school and Martha Dendy Swimming PooL Approximately 140 people at tended the Public Meeting held Monday, September 21, at the Courthouse in Laurens sponsor ed by the Laurens County Com munity Action Agency. This meeting was held to have the plans and priorities of the Community Action Agency for 1971-72 presented to the public for their approval or dlsappro- vaL Passed unanimously by the group in attendance were the following plans and priorities: CHILD DEVELOPMENT PRO GRAM: L expansion of a center to the Midway School in order to serve the Mountville, Cross Hill and Waterloo areas of the county; 2. Upgrading of each center (Le., equipment, flooring, etc.); 3. More educa tional work in each center. This will be furthered by the Educa tional Director who recently be gan in the program; 4. trans portation will be in need of con stant improvement NEW CAREERS CENTER: L Elimination of the secretarial course; 2. expansion of PREP to PREP I (8th grada equiva lency) and PREP n (10th grade equivalency); this expansion Is to enable students to be better prepared for the High School Equivalency Program; 3. Ad dition and further development of the nurse’s aide course. CREATE: L Use of more facilities indoor and outdoor; 2. more white participation; 3. staff training ter summer employees; 4. better publicity of activities in various com munities. COMMUNITY ORGANIZA TIONS: L continued publica tion of this new service; 2. an information and referral ser vice; 3. working with low-to- come groups of people; 4. ex ploring possibilities erf coopera tive buying; 5. work with the elderly. Prior to the plans and priori ties presentation, a Brief ex planation of the present pro grams was made. This approval by tea people te attendance gives the necessary sanction for 1m- pteflMBtetion by the Community Action of these plans and priorit ies for the next fiscal year. Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON I recall a practice that existed young lad, that I do not beBeve is more. Perhaps the law has insurance companies do There must have been at bors or friends in the dty sleep in their home white I „ cation or out of the dty far a4se , it seems that the fire ‘ time demanded that night in order to not recall V . k •jt'