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I WEATHER (Week of Oct.7-14) High: 86 Low: 68 (Oct. 11) (Oct. 14) Rainfall: .34 in. (Oct. 8-9-10) Soil Temp Range: 71-76 Degrees Vol. 71 — No. 41 Clinton Cljromcle Clinton, S; C., Oct. 15, 1970 INDEX Three Section®, 22 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 8-A Hospital News 3-A Editorials 2-B Society 2-A Sports 7-A MISS CHS—Carol Hatton is crowned Miss Clin ton High School in halftime ceremonies at the CHS-McCormick homecoming football game last Friday. Placing the crown is CHS co-captain Monty Crisp who was upnable to play in the game because of a leg injury. At left is one of the senior sponsors. Cathy Vaughan and Amy Mc Carthy, one of the three attendants. The other attendant was Miss Dell Young. Miss Hatton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hatton, is a second generation Miss CHS. Her mother, the former Joan Anderson, was Miss CHS in 1949.— (Photo bv Yarborough 1 Historical Society To Be Organized Two Furman University his torians will be guest speaker Monday nigti^ October 19, at an organtaaHooal meeting of a Laurens County Historical Society. The meeting is to start at 7:30 p.m. and will be held at Belk Auditorium on the Pres byterian College campus. The meeting is sponsored by the Laurens County Historic Pre servation Committee of which Reese H. Young is chairman. All persons who are inter ested in forming a Laurens County Historical Society are invited to attend. There is no admission fee. Guest speakers will be Dr. Newton B. Jones, director of the Humanities Divisi'Xi of Fur man University, and Dr. Albert N. Sanders, chairman of the Furman History Department, Dr. Jones, a former member of the PC faculty, currently is collaborating on a new South Carolina history book. Another highlight of the meeting will be the official presentation of a brochure DR. JONES DR. SANDERS featuring hairs of Laurens County historical sites and homes, including pictures which have been compiled by the Laurens County Historic Commission. Also, a gift of property of historical signifi cance will be announced at the meeting. William P. Jacobs III, chair man of the Laurens County Tri centennial Committee, will an nounce plans for Laurens County’s Nov. 8-14 celebration. Thornwell Key Club mem bers will serve as ushers and will assist in distributing bro chures and other material to the public. 'Open House’ At Schools Set Sunday All School District 56 schools will have ‘open house" on Sun day, October 18, according to Supt. R. P. Wilder. The "open houses' will be held from 3:30 p.m. until 5p.m. The purpose is to familiarize parents with the facilities and faculties of the school. Teachers and principals of the schools will be at their respective schools on the after noon of October 18 and will be available to talk with the par ents and to show the school facilities to the parents. Florida St. PTA Formed Mrs. Dan Orr was elected president of the Florida Street Elementary School PTA at an organizational meeting Tues day night. The PTA was organized with 80 charter members. Other officers elected are Thomas Rice, vice president; Mrs. Roy Benjamin, secretary; and Ray Riley, Treasurer. First Increase In 20 Years Council Votes 17-Mill Increase In City Taxes MISS THORNWELL— Karen Robinson, a day student from Laurens, was crowned "Miss Thornwell’ last Friday in halftime ceremonies at ThomwelPs home coming football game. She is a junior at Thom- well and was sponsored by the junior class.— (Yarborough Photo) Clinton City Council last week voted unanimously to in crease city property taxes by 17 mills, making the city pro perty tax levy 70 mills. It Is the first Increase in/ Clinton city property taxes in 20 years. Council had a choice between decreasing services or in creasing property taxes, ac cording to an official statement from city council. The statement said: "City Council was confronted with the choice between sub stantial reduction of services provided for the residents of the city and increasingproperty taxes. The increase in property taxes will make available funds for payment of interest on the bond issue which financed the modernization of the water treatment facilities of the city and other improvements to the utility system, the construction of new power line to the city’s substation to improve elec trical service and the purchase of a new packer truck to take Chapman Heads PC Trustees James A. Chapman, Jr., of Spartanburg, president and treasurer of Inman Mills, is the new chairman of the Pres byterian College board of trus tees. He has just been named un animously by the board to suc ceed Atlanta minister Dr. Eu gene T. Wilson as head of the governing body which includes 13 members each from the Synods of South Carolina and Georgia, three alumni repre sentatives and three at-large members. At the same time, the board also chose Ross E. Temple ton of Charlotte as vice-chair man and re-elected William L. Watkins of Anderson as secre tary. Alumni representative Templeton is a retired as sistant vice-president of Field Educational Enterprises Corp. Watkins is an attorney whose father T. Frank Watkins, ser ved actively as a trustee (1951- 66) and continues as an honorary life member. James Chapman, moving up from vice-chairman, has been a PC trustee since 1964 and prior to that served as chair man of the college’s board of visitors. Recognized as a leader in the textile industry, he has been president and treasurer of In man Mills in Inman, S. C., for the past six years after holding the position of vice-president from 1954 to 1964. UF Drive Hits Mark LEAD PC BOARD OF YISITOHS— A new slate of officers, headed by John N. McLaurin, Jr., (center) of North Augusta, chief engineer with the Georgia Railroad and Rimiring Go. of Augusta* has been elected to direct the affairs of the Pres byterian College board of visitors. Seated here with Chairman McLau rin are: Mrs. George H. Cornelson of Clinton, reelected secretary; and Philip H. Dohn, Jr., of Atlanta, part ner in Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., new vice-chairman for Georgia. The new South Carolina vice-chair man, John A. Montgomery, editor of The Columbia Record, was absent at the time of this picture. The board of visitors is a distinguished group of leaders who serve PC as advisers and as interpreters of the college plans and programs. Greater Clinton United Fund chairman, Mr. Alvin Hueble, has announced that 75.9% of the goal for 1970-71 has been reach ed to date. Mr. Hueble was pleased to report that several divisions went over their goals with Bob Plcodco Wins Contest Bob Plaxico of 202 Calvert Ave., Clinton, is this week's winner of The Chronicle’s foot ball contest He correctly pre dicted the winner in the 15 contest games. Henry Blalock Is the second prize winner. He was one of eight contestants who missed only one prediction. He won second prize money of $7.50 on the basis of the tie-breaker. He predicted PC would win over El on 27-10, a 17-point spread. PC won, 35-6. Plaxico’s first prize is $15. care of the increasing volume of garbage. "Of course, the rise in the cost of materials and services which is affecting every bus iness and every household af fects the city government in the same way. This will be met to the fullest extent by increas ing efficiency in providing the services which the people of Clinton want provided. “The tax increase should produce approximately $52,500 in additional revenue to the city. The payment of interest on the bonds for the utility system improvements requires about $38,000 and the construc tion of the power line to the substation will require ap proximately $12,000 and the new packer truck for the street department will cost approxi mately $15,000." m ir •Jhri * fiVi f W's I- fessor and acting chairman of the modern foreign languages depart ment. Mrs. Bowers is manager of the dining hall. They are shown with Dr. Marc Weersing, president of Pres- for outstanding work in the coUega.^J>yteri&B College.—(Photo ’•fay" Pa» w.. program. Glover is associate pro- Yarborough) HONORED BY PC — Mrs. MUdred Bowers, left, and John S. Glover, right, recently received the Disting uished Service Awards presented an nually by the PC Board of Visitors 19 Sentenced In Firebombings Presbyterian College exceed ing its goal by 23.5%; Hall mark Plant of United Mills going over their goal by 18.6%; the City Schools increasing their goal by 7.9%; and Clinton Paper Box Company had an in crease of 4.7%. Nineteen young Laurens County Negroes were sentenced last week in connection with a series of firebombings in the Clinton area in July. Seven were given two-year prison terms and 12 were given one- year terms. Seven of the youths entered pleas of nolo contendere to burning a building not subject to arson. They were sentenced to six years, suspended on ser- ^-vice of two years and five years’ probation. They are John Henry Watson, Thomas Anthony Vance, Henry Lee Brown, Charles D. Little, Jerome Fleming, Melvin Wes ley and Jimmy Martin. The 12 entering pleas of nolo contendere to conspiracy were sentenced to four years, sus pended on service of one year and five years’ probation. They are Samuel Louis Jones, Grady Boyd, Michael Darbin, Robert Taylor, John Robert Moore Jr.. John Ed ward Booker, Tony Turner, Albert E. Dunlap, John Wayne Klnard, Vivian Coefield Jr., Stanley AlbertYoungandJames Roland Comer. The Chronicle erroneously reported last week that the 19 had entered guilty pleas. They entered pleas of nolo con tendere. The nolo contendere plea in its literal translation means tend." ‘I do not wish to con- CC Members To Hear Tricentennial Plans Wiillsm P. Jacobs HI, chairman of the Lau rens County Tricentennial Commission, will dis cuss tricentennial celebration plans Tuesday, Oct. 20, at a general membership meeting of the Clin ton Chamber of Commerce. The meeting is to start at 10 a.m. and will be held at Mary Musgrove Hotel Mr. Jacobs will explain how local merchants and citizens can participate and help promote Laurens County’s Tricentennial Week, Nov. 8-14. Tlie program has been arranged by George Cornelson, chairman of the Chamber of Com merce’s Tourism Committee. All members are urged to be present The meeting is open to the public. According to an attorney, “The plea raises no issue of law or fact under the indict ment. It is not a plea in the strict sense of the term in criminal law but rather in un willingness to plead and pre sent a defense. It is a formal declaration by the accused that he will not contend with the prosecuting authority under the charge. ..“The close analogy between the pleas of nolo contendere and guilty in their effect in the case in which they are inter posed does not extend to the consequences of the two pleas outside the particular case. The difference between the two pleas is that while the plea of guilty is a confession that binds the defendent in other proceed ings, the plea of nolo conten dere has no effect beyond the particular case. It cannot be used against the defendant in any civil suit for the same act and it cannot be used against the defendant as an admission of guilt in any other criminal case." The firebombings destroyed a restaurant - grocery store business and a grocery store in Clinton, causing damage esti mated at more than $100,000. The rural businesses in a 13- mile loop around Clinton re ceived partial damage when gasoline-filled bottles were ig nited and thrown through win dows or against outside walls. Sentences were given by Judge Francis B. Nicholson last Thursday in General Ses sions Court in Laurens. Charges against four of the 23 youths charged in connection with the fires were dropped last Wednesday, October 7, by So licitor William T. Jones. After the sentences were passed, the defendants re mained in the grand jury room at the courthouse where they had lunch. About 3 p.m. they were taken, handcuffed, to a S. C. Department of Cor rection has. There were no in cidents. Mrs. Bowers, Prof. Glover Are Honored A Presbyterian College pro fessor and staff member are the 1970 recipients of the Dis tinguished Service Award pre sented annually by the PC Board of Visitors for out standing work in the coUege program. They are: John S. Glover, associate professor and act ing chairman of the modern foreign languages department; and Mrs. Mildred B. Bowers, manager of the dining hall. The presentations, made at the annual board meeting by Chairman Austin Dilbeck of Atlanta, cited Glover as "an articulate teacher who com bines efficient classroom per formance with a compassionate concern for students..He adds an extra dimension of service, however, as an associate to the academic dean in schedule and calendar development, cur riculum planning and revision, and student orientation and testing." He has taught at PC for 23 years. Mrs. Bowers was recogniz ed as “the person who pro bably sees more of all the students than any one else on campus. She sees them daily in their varying moods, and she is devoted to them as she caters to their most basic need with warm - hearted authority. Greenville Dining Hall has a well-deserved reputation for its food and its efficient opera tion." Mrs. Bowers has served here for 15 years. GOP Candidates Plan Public Speaking Oct 22 Republican candidates tor Laurens County Coatcilandfor the S. C. House of Represante- tives win havi a public qpaafc- ing October 22 at Bailey Ei*. mentary School os Elisabeth Street The program win start 8 p.bl, aceorttg Garrett, cfcUhMM reas County The public m A ■** tk T^.-# . «