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Clinton Cfjronicle
Vol. 71 — No. 42
Clinton, S. C., Oct. 22, 1970
INDEX
Four Sections, 28 Pages
Classified 4-A
Deaths 1-D
Hoapdtal News 3-A
Society 2-A
Sports 6-A
Pageants, Parades, Battle Re-Enactment
Tricentennial Plans Are Set
Laurens County’s Tri
centennial Week November 8-
M will be a busy one with a
varied schedule ranging from
historical salutes to a tour of
one of Clinton’s newest struc
tures.
William P. Jacobs in, chair
man of Laurens County Tri
centennial Committee, unveiled
the plans Monday night at a
meeting of the Laurens County
Historic Preservation Com
mittee and again Tuesday
morning before a Clinton
Chamber of Commerce mem
bership meeting.
Taking the events day-by
day, the schedule thus far is:
Saturday, Nov. 7—The Clin
ton Cotillion Club will sponsor
a costume ball for members
and their guest.
Sunday, Nov. 8--A11 churches
are requested to observe ‘Re
ligious Heritage Day.* On Sun
day afternoon, ‘open house*
will be held at Clinton’s new
City Hall from 2 p.m. until
4:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 9—Schools are
asked to observe “Education
Heritage Day* featuring pro
grams about the county’s his
tory. On Monday afternoon,
there will be a special cere
mony on Musgrove Street at
3 p.m. for the dedication of a
plaque to the late Eugene Sloan,
a native of Clinton who was
editor of the Columbia State’s
Sunday magazine section and
was a noted historical writer.
Tuesday and Wednesday,
Nov. 10-11—Tours will be held
of the county’s historic sites.
Also, some other ceremonies
for these days will be announc
ed later.
Thursday, Nov. 12—Clinton
merchants open their ‘Old
Fashioned Sale’. Merchants
will offer special‘Old Fashion
ed Prices’ bargains, will have
special displays of antiques
and will offer Tricentennial
souveniers for sale. Also, some
sales people will be dressed in
old fashioned costumes and
some sidewalk sales will be
held.
Also on Thursday—the Lau
rens County Tricentennial par
ade will be held in Laurens.
On Thursday night, the Lau
rens Little Theatre win pre
sent a pageant at Laurens High
School.
Friday, Nov. 13—The Little
Theatre Pageant wiU be pre
sented at Be Ik Auditorium in
Clinton.
Saturday, Nov. M—A re
enactment of the battle of Hayes
Station win be featured at the
halftime of the Presbyterian
College-Carson-Newman foot
ball game.
TOUR BROCHURE—Reese Young,
center, chairman of the Laurens
County Historic Preservation Com
mission, presents a copy of a bro
chure to Robert Vance, right. The
brochure features tours of historic
sites in Laurens County. Vance is
president of M. S. Bailey and Son,
Rankers, which helped finance the
project. At left is William P. Ja
cobs, III, chairman of Laurens Coun
ty’s Tricentennial Committee, who
was a featured speaker at the com
mission meeting Monday night.—
(Yarborough Photo)
Hayes Station Property,
Brochure Are Presented
The Hayes Station property
was deeded to the Laurens
County Historic Preservation
Commission at a meeting Mon
day night which also served as
a preliminary organizational
session for formation of a Lau
rens County HistoricalSociety.
The one-acre tract of land
on which Revolutionary War
battle was fought was present
ed by H. M. Hentz. Making the
presentation on behalf of Mr.
Hentz was Clinton attorney John
Rucker.
Also presented at the meeting
which was attended by about 130
people at Presbyterian Col
lege’s Belk Auditorium, was a
colorful brochure featuring
tours of historic sites in Lau
rens County.
Members of the Historic
Preservation Committee were
named to a committee which
will draft by-laws and nominate
officers for the Historical
Society. Others named to the
organizational steering com
mittee are Mrs. J. A. Coleman
of Cross Hill, Mrs. Mirtin
Teague of Laurens, William
Johnson and William P. Jacobs,
HI, both of Clinton.
Dr. A. N. Sanders, chairman
of the Furman University His
tory Department, discussed the
steps to take in organizing a
historical society.
He explained the need for a
historical society by saying,
“An historic preservation com
mittee is a government-related
agency and is limited by that
fact Its members are
appointed. An Historical
Society is a grtxgr of Interested
people who are limited only by
the creative thinking of its
members.*
Reese Young, chairman of
the Historic Preservation
Committee, presented a copy
of the tour brochure to Robert
Vnace, president of M.S. Bailey
and Son Bankers which helped
finance the project
MUMM
Petition For Cliff
Members of the Clinton High School Class of
1960, which held their class reunion last week,
are sponsoring a community petition campaign to
determine the whereabouts of James Clifford
McKittrick, who has been listed as missing in ac
tion in Vietnam.
The petition is addressed to North Vietnam
and seeks information on whether McKittrick is
a prisoner of war. He served three terms as
class president of the 1960 graduating class.
TTie petition will be available in the Bank of
CKnton and M. S. Bailey and Son, Bankers, dur
ing banking hours on Thursday and Friday, Oct.
22 and 23.
Cliffs friends and other interested citizens
are requested to sign the petition.
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Suggestion
From ‘The Clinton Challenger’, published by
the Clinton Chamber of Commerce:
Question: “What can I do about the litter
that is thrown along the road in front of my
house?”
Answer: “Go out and pick it up. It will do
wonders for your waistline, help cut down on
your taxes and improve the appearance of your
property.”
Daylight You-Know-What
After all our troubles about the changeover
to Daylight Savings Time, we hesitate to mention
it (and swore we wouldn’t), but this Sunday it
will be time to change back again to Eastern
Standard Time.
After very careful consideration and after
polling such authorities as J. B. Arnold, Dr. Ixmis
Stephens, and Mrs. R. P .Wilder (who ragged our
hide off after our earlier blunders), the concen
sus seems to be that you should turn your clock
back one hour when you go to bed Saturday
night. If it's 11 p.m., turn it back to 10 p.m.,
thereby regaining the sleep you lost when Day
light Savings Time came in.
We must admit. Dr. Stephens was rather
non-comittal. He said he was waiting until
The Chronicle came out so he’d know what to
do. We would have taken that as a compliment
if he hadn’t been laughing so hard.
Spring ahead, fall behind and down with
Daylight Savings time!
He said that 15,000 copies
have beer, printed and will be
available at the Clinton Cham
ber of Commerce office, M. S.
Bailey Bank and South Carolina
Welcome Stations.
The brochure features
sketches of Laurens County’s
historic buildings and has maps
and information about four
tours which can be taken in
Laurens County.
Some of the buildings featur
ed in the brochure are Belfast,
Ora ARP Church, Laurens
County Courthouse, Duncan’s
Creek Church, Hickory Tavern,
Madden House, Dial House,
Octagon House, Lafayette
Young House.
The Clinton tour includes
the Finney House, Davidson
House, Home of Peace, Old
Tavern, Old Clinton Schools
and Presbyterian College.
Greenwood
Mills To Buy
Power From Duke
Greenwood Mills has an
nounced that it has completed
plans to purchase its power
requirements used in Green
wood and Laurens Counties
from Duke Power Company.
Until now, the textile firm has
generated a major portion of
these requirements itself.
J. C. Self, President of
Greenwood Mills, said that con
current with these plans his
firm also has agreed to sell
its 32,500 kilowatt generator
which was placed In service in
March of 1B56 and some trans
mission and substation equip
ment to Duke Power. The sale
will be sifcject to approval by
the South Carolina Public Ser
vice Commission.
UF Drive
Hits 82%
Of Goal
The latest figures released
for the United Fund Campaign
of Greater Clinton show 82% of
the goal has been reached thus
far.-At last county $45,789 had
been collected. There are still
a few divisions which have not
been counted, but these should
be in at an early date.
Anyone who has not been
contacted about a contribution
and who would like to be in
cluded, should call Mrs. Ted
Davenport, Residential Divi
sion Chairman at 833-2716.
All Divison Chairman and
workers are hoping that with
a last great effort the goal
for 1970-71 will be reached. It
will take everyone doing his
‘fair share* to push the drive
over the top. If you haven’t
given your “fair share*, give
today! You’ll be glad you did.
KiwanU
Installation
Is Slated
Col. Frank J. MacNees of
Travelers Rest, Division Nine
lieutenant-governor of the Ki-
wanis Carolinas District, will
speak to the Clinton Kiwanis
Club and install its new of
ficers at the regular meeting
this Thursday night It is
scheduled for 7 p.m. at the
Mary Musgrove Inn.
W. Fred Chapman, academic
dean at Presbyterian College,
will be installed as the new
president at this meeting. He
succeeds Bailey Dixon, Clinton
Mills executive.
The club also will hear the
seven-minute address bv Clin
ton Scout Lynn Dailey which
won him the Boy Scout’s state
oratorical contest and which
he will deliver in regional com
petition in Atlanta next week.
The Kiwanis Club sponsors
Troop 111 to which Dailey be
longs.
DR. RHAME
CC Board Backs Toll-Free
Counfywide Phone Service
The Clinton Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors
went on record in favor of a
proposed toll-free telephone
service in Laurens County.
The Laurens Chamber of
Commerce took a similar ac
tion earlier.
The Laurens County Develop
ment Board is making an effort
to secure toU free telephone
service in Laurens County. As
proposed, the service would
not Include Joanna and Cross
Hill at this time.
Telephone companies have
been cottacted and will con
duct customer surveys in Nov
ember to determine public sup
port for the proposal.
Southern Bell Telephone Co.
has offered to make the ser
vice toll-free for 30 cents per
month for residential phones
and 80 cents per' month for
business phones.
General Telephone, which
serves the Laurens area, has
listed 25 cents for residents
phones and 75 cents for bus
iness phones.
Piedmont Rural proposes to
charge an additional 50 cents
for residential phones and
$1.50 for business phones
monthly.
Clinton Chamber of Com
merce President Ralph Pat
terson, in presenting the pro
posal to the board of direc
tors said, ‘We feel this pro
posal should help unify our
county and we can see many
advantages of almost the en
tire county being linked with
toll-free telephone service.*
Dr. Rhame
Wins PC
Award
Dr. Delmar O. Rhame, Clin
ton physician and surgeon, has
been named to receive Pres
byterian College’s 1970 Alumni
Service Award as part of the
November 7 Homecomin&prp-
gram, Alumni & Public Rela
tions Director Ben Hay Ham met
announced today.
Dr. Rhame, a PC graduate
in the class of!926, was select
ed by the alumni board of
directors because of “unusually
devoted and meritorious ser
vice* to Presbyterian College
ranging over a period of al
most 40 years. During this
time, he has served as a trus
tee, as president of the alumni
association and in other capaci
ties!, as college physician and
as a leader in very important
capital funds campaign under
taken by PC.
Delmar Rhame earned his
MD degree from Columbia Uni
versity in 1930 and, after resi
dency in surgery at Kings
County (NY) Hospital, settled
in Clinton. He is recognized as
a fellow of the International
Colfege of Surgeons and as a
diplomate of the National Board
of Medical Examiners. Be
sides his active work in behalf
of PC, Dr. Rhame serves the
Flrslt Presbyterian Church as
an eMer and earned the Silver
Beaver Award as a member of
the National Council of the Boy
Scouts of America.
The Homecoming program
at wnich the Alumni Service
Award and other activities are
scheduled—is set for 1 p.m.,
November 7, in Belk Audi
torium. Other events that day
will Include class reunions, a
barbecue and the PC-Gardner-
Webb football game.
* * *
'Candy Sale'
Set Friday
According to Erskine Jacks,
president of the Clinton Lions
Club, due to the inclement
weatljer experienced during
their first annual Candy Day,
they plan to hold a repeat per
formance Friday.
Antiques Are Sought
For Window Displays
CHnton merchants are offering window
space to local residents for display of antique
items of historical significance.
Anyone having such items to display is re
quested to contact the Clinton Chamber of Com
merce office and arrangements will be made for
display space.
Tie displays will be used to enhance the
local celebration of the Tricentennia].
36 TO BE HIRED
Teacher Aide Project
Approved For Dist. 56
Laurens County School District
56’s application for teachers aides and
materials under the Title 1 program
has been approved, effective Oct. 21.
according to Supt. R. P. Wilder.
The district’s program calls for
36 teachers aides to be hired. The
teacher aides will assist teachers in
any way necessary, performing such
duties as preparing materials to be
used in class, checking the roll, col
lecting money, and working with slow
learners.
The teacher aides will work from
8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday through
Friday. The pay scale will range from
$60 per week up to $90 per week, de
pending on the amount of the aide’s
training and qualifications.
A teacher’s aide must have at
least a high school diploma.
Applicants must also take a one-
week in-service training course con
ducted by State Department of Edu
cation members on an elementary lev
el.
The in-service training sessions
are scheduled Oct. 27, 28, 29 and Nov.
3 and 4 at Clinton Elementary School
After the training, the aides will
be placed where they are most needed
in the school system.
Those who complete the course
and hired will be compensated for the
time spent in the in-service training.
Applications may be obtained at
the District 66 office in the old Hamp
ton Ave. School building.
Beltline Survey Work
Halted; Opponents Heard
South Carolina Highway De
partment survey crews were to
be pulled offClinton’sproposed
Beltline Route Wednesday
while officials reconsidered the
project
The action was promised
Tuesday night after Chief Ur
ban Design Engineer P. M.
Cobb met with about 50 Clin-
tonians at Mary Musgrove
Hotel
The meeting was called by
opponents to the pr closed belt-
line route between High 72
South and Highway 72 North.
Also attending were repre
sentatives of the Clinton Plann
ing Commission, Clinton City
Council and State Reps. David
S. Taylor and Paul Culbert
son.
Ed King presided over the
meeting and said, ‘I think the
intent of a beltline route is
good. However, there is con
siderable opposition to the
current location. Stakes have
been put out along the route
and we have become concern
ed that this project has gone
so far that it can’t be stopp
ed.’
Earl Bur gin, head of the
Highway District which in
cludes Laurens County, re
plied:
‘Anything can be stopped.
But V) years from now people
in Clinton won’t be able to get
from one side of town to the
other. They can’t do that with
out considerable difficulty now.
We think that we have the best
route, based on the information
we have, to help solve Clinton’s
downtown traffic congestion
problem...That’s what we were
asked to come here and do..*
Ed Campbell, chairman of
the Clinton Planning Commis
sion, explained the background
of the propsaL He said that
several years ago, merchants
in Clinton went to the Highway
Department and said that help
was needed to relieve downtown
traffic congestion. The Highway
Department came op with the
beltline concept to help move
traffic from the outlying areas
to the other side of town with
out having to go through the
downtown area.
Reese Young said, ‘At the
two previous public bearings,
not one property owner has
spoken in favor of the route
which is now being surveyed.
I asked the Highway Department
surveyors to stay off my pro
perty but the next day they were
back on my property. I have
heard only two members of the
Planning Commission speak in
favor of the route where it is.*
The Highway officials were
asked if Highway Department
surveyors could come on land
without the owner’s per
mission.
Mr. Cobb replied, ‘We have
the right to make a survey. If
any damage is done, the High
way Department will pay any
legitimate claim.’
Those who spoke against the
current proposed route said
that it was cutting through a
section already congested and
that it is too close to the
Clinton Elementary School,
Bailey Memorial Hospital, and
the site of the proposed new
YMCA building. Also, they
questioned the amount of traf
fic which would use the road.
Generally, it was suggested
the road was too close into
town and should be fatherout
the only one which we can re
commend now. It’ll do the job
for downtown traffic. We have
checked to see if it could be
moved farther out but the road
becomes more expensive and
the potential traffic volume
drops drastically.
•Frankly, Pm surprised that
this meeting is being held to
night I can see little the High
way Department has done in
the Clinton area in the last
few years. We have millions
of dollars in projects planned
(coo’t on page 3A)
Mr. Cobb
we’re going
to any route,
evident that
doesn’t want
tainly aren’t
on them. The
said, ‘We know
to get opposition
However, If it’s
a city or county
a road, we cer-
golng to force it
present route Is
Saunders
Wins Contest
Barry Saunders of Byrnes
Street, Joanna, is the winner
of first prize in last week’s
Chronicle Football Contest
Saunders missed three out
of 15 predictions but won the
contest on the basis of his
‘tie-breaker* score. Saunders
picked Palmetto to defeat Clin
ton 18-8, a 10-point margin.
Mrs. Vera Bodie, also of Jo
anna, also missed only three
predictions but she picked Pal
metto over Clinton 20-14, a six
point spread. Palmetto defeated
Clinton 13-0.
Saunders wins the $15 first
prize and Mrs. Bodie wins
$7.50 for second prize.
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Other Memoirs
BY JOE H. SIMPSON
Our great money crop of the South, cotton,
has rapidly dwindled until there it very tittle of
it grown here, at compared to my childhood.
However, there an a few things that I want to
relate about cotton. Pint, it la a gambla from
the day you plant the seed until the day pou flli
it Seasons may be such that you do not fat a
good stand, weevils may destroy your croft
you may make a fine cram only to see it ‘
or destroyed by heavy winds and rain.
I have seen it sold fram 5c p« pound to die.
One year prfeea went eo low that the leeal ^
chants started a movement to bnv khole tor Hi
a pound when the market was
bales were bought by the
until the price went up to
I nodi that fat bee
ed the price of eattoA
pound, becen woSdbe tte par
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