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®tje Clinton Chronicle
VoL 71 — No. 42 Clinton, S. C., Oct 29,1970
INDEX
Four Sections, 26 Pages
Classified 4-A
Deaths 6-A
Hospital News 3-D
Society 2-A
Sports 6-A
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FARM BUREAU QUEEN — Miss
Almeda Rogers was crowned Laurens
County Farm Bureau Queen last
week. She is shown above being
crowned by T. J. Copeland, president
of the bureau. Also shown above are
Miss Debbie Stoddard, left, first
runner-up; and Miss Carole Hunter,
right, second runner-up.— (Yarbor
ough Photo)
Miss Rogers Form Bureau Queen
LAURENS - Miss Almeda
Rogers, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Phillip W. Rogers of Clin
ton has been named the Laur
ens County Farm Bureau
Queen.
The blonde 18-year-old
Clemsoo University freshman
was judged winner in the com-
petlon held in conjunction with
the annual dinner meeting of the
county farm bureau at Laurens
High School.
First runner-up for the title
was Debbie Stoddard, 16-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Stoddard of Gray Court.
Carole Hunter, 16 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.
P. Hunter of Rt. 2, Gray Court
was second runner up.
In the junior talent contest,
Elizabeth Kim Campbell, 14-
year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Rupert C. Campbell of
Rt. 2, Laurens, was the winner.
The senior talent contestant,
Sue Tollisoo, 16 year old dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Billv
Tollison of Laurens was with
out competition and will re
present the Laurens County
Farm Bureau along with other
local winners in state com
petition in Charleston in Nov
ember.
Officers elected at the bus
iness meeting were T. J. Cope
land, president; Hance Finley,
vice president; Mrs. Agnes
Bailey, secretary-treasurer;
and J. Herman Power, state
director.
Halloween Carnival Opens
At 5 PJM. At Local Armory
The ttaltoram wUSm offl-
elally opens in Clinton at 5:00
p.m. today (Thursday) when the
CllntonElementary School P.T.
A. plays host to their annual
Halloween Carnival at the
National Guard Armory on
South Broad Street.
The festival, under the dir
ection of Chairman Tom Stall-
worth, Grade Mother Chairman
Mrs. Genie Wilder, and P.T.A.
President Mrs. Sarah Pitts,
will run until 7:30 p.m. Admis
sion tickets are priced at 25?
for adults and 10? for children,
and may be purchased at the
door, if not already purchased
through the Elementary School.
Arrangements have been made
for tree parking in the vacant
lot on the opposite side ofSouth
Broad Street adjacent to the
Atlantic Service Station.
Tickets for participation in
any of the game booths may be
purchased at the carnival for
10? each; and included among
the games this year will be the
following. Fishing, Bowling,
Carpet Golf, Football Throw,
Witch’s Brew, Wet Sponge
Throw, Pick-a-Pumpkin,
Spook-the-Ghost, Pick-a-
Pocket, Spook House, Squirt-
em and Pumpkin Throw.
As usual, items may be pur
chased at the Country Store
Booth and the Cake Booth. The
refreshment stand will feature
hot dogs and potato chips. This
year the soft drink stand will
be set up under a canopy in
the parking area at the rear of
the armory, and tables and
chairs will be available there
for your eating pleasure.
In addition, the Presbyterian
College Westminister Fellow
ship will furnish free enter
tainment at the carnival in the
form of a Puppet Show, a Witch
and a Magician.
Beginning at 6:30 p.m. the
Costume Contest will be held
under the direction of Master
of Ceremonies Joe Holland.
Prize money has been donated
by Clinton business firms and
individuals, with $5.00 going to
each first place winner, $3.00
to the second place winners
and $2.00 to the third place
winners. There will be four
catagories of juding - (1) pre
school children (2) First and
Second Graders (3) Third and
Fourth Graders (4) Fifth and
Sixth Graders. Altogether,
twelve winners will share the
$40.00 prize money, to addition,
$1.00 cash prizes will be award
ed to the individual poster con
test winner in each of the six
grades at Clinton Elementary
School. The posters were made
last week by the children and
win be used In decorating TST
Armory for the carnival. ^
So come on out to the Clin
ton National Guard Armory this
evening and see the Spooks and
Goblins help usher in Hallo
ween.
Thursday night will not be
the official “Trick-or-Treat’
night. This activity will be left
for Halloween night on Satur
day.
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Clinton PTA
To Moot
The Clinton Elementary
School P. T. A. will meet next
Tuesday night, November 3 at
8:00 p.m. in the school audi
torium.
The program will be in the
form of a leadership forum
conducted by Principal H. L.
Shealy, District Superinten
dent, R. P. Wilder and School
board Chairman, James Von
Hollen.
Following the presentation
of the colors by Boy Scouts,
a selected group of Mrs. Con
nor’s 6th grade will present a
program of patriotic music.
KIWAN18 OfFICBRS—Oftlem for
the CHnton Kiwania dob for 1971
include, left to light: Ralph Patter-
eon, Vice President; Dick Sweten-
burg, Director; Fred Chapman,
fteektent; Bill 6m, Secretary; D.
S. Templeton, Director; and Bailey
Dixon, Past IVeeident Absent are
Directors R. 11 Fuller, C. R. Rogers,
Roy Workman and Irvin Shook.
To Elect Representatives, County Council
Voters Face Many Decisions
At Polls On Tuesday, Nov. 3
Voters
Receive
6 Ballots
Laurens County voters wiL
be handed six separate ballots
when they go to the polls Tues
day, Nov. 3. Polls will open at
8 A.M. and close at 7 P. M.
Two of these ballots will be
for the election of state and
county officers. The other four
will have to do with constitu
tional amendments and one of
these will directly concern
Laurens County.
On the ballot for Laurens
County offices will be:
House of Representatives—
Democrats Eugene C. Stoddard
and David S. Taylor vs. Re
publicans B. W. Crouch Jr.
and W. Hance Finley.
County Council--Democrats
King Dixon, Joe S. Holland,
James R. Jacks, Paul S. O’
Dell and George Penland vs.
Republicans Robert F. (Bob)
Black, W. R. (Dub) Garrett,
C. Carrington Herbert, Dr.
David T. Mixon and J. M. (Bill)
Watson.
Democrats J. Hewlette Was
son, probate judge, and Furman
Thomason, supervisor, also
will be on the ballots but they
have no official opposition.
STATE
On the ballot for state of
fices will be:
Governor: Democrat John
C. West, Republican Albert
Watson and Independent A. W.
(Red) Betha.
Lieutenant Governor—De
mocrat Earle E. Morris Jr.,
Republican James M. Hender
son and Independent Edward E.
Watson.
Secretary of State—De
mocrat O. Frank Thornton and
Republican Jack E. Shaw.
Attorney General-- De
mocrat Daniel R. McLeod and
Independent R he ton N. Shetley.
State Supt. of Education-
Democrat Cyril B. Busbee, Re
publican Inez Clark Eddings
and Independent Elizabeth P.
Hough.
Adjutant General—Democrat
Robert L. McCrady and In
dependent C. C. Dillingham.
Also on the ballot but un
opposed are Democrats Grady
L. PattersooJr., state treasur
er; Henry Mills, Comptroller
general; William L. Harrelson,
commission of agriculture; and
James R. Mann, 4th District
Congressman.
COUNTY AMENDMENTS
Laurens County voters also
will be asked to vote on three
local constitutional amend
ments.
No. 1 Laurens Hospital Dis
trict-voters will be asked to
vote on amending the State
Constitution to permit the Lau
rens Hospital District to in
crease its bonded indebtedness
up to 35 per cent of the as
sessed value of the taxable pro
perty in the Laurens Hospital
District This is needed to help
finance construction of a new
Laurens hospital. The Laurens
Hospital District includes
School District 55 and Cross
H1H. Although voters living in
School District 56 will be asked
to vote on this also, it will
not affect their taxes. However,
the matter must be voted on
countywide.
No. 2 School District 55—
Officials of School District 55
also are asking that the dis
trict be allowed to increase
Its bonded indebtedness tf> to
35 per cent of the assessed
value of the taxable property
within District 55. This is re-
(CON’T ON PAGE 2A)
cees Plan Drive
To th* Citizens of Clinton,
Voting for the candidate of your choice on election
day Is a privilege of this free country In which we live.
In the past few years, the turnout of voters In Clinton
has been very poor.
The Clinton Jaycees have adopted a project to persuade
and aid the people of Clinton to get out and vote on Novemberi
3rd. We are not endorsing any Individual candidate or Party. (
Our only objective Is to urge each and every citizen to
exercise his right to vote.
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A few of the ways In which we plan to carry out our
project are as follows!
1- Radio spots urging all to get out and vote.
2- On Election Day Eve, Nov. 2, we plan to call each
person listed In the telephone directory asking
them to get out and vote on Tuesday.
In conclusion, our air is only to see a better turnout
of voters on Tuesday, November 3rd, Election Day.
Clinton Jaycees
Mike Horton, President
No. 1 Poll
At New
City Hall
Voters in Clinton No. 1 Pre
cinct will cast their ballots at
the new City Hall next Thurs
day according to Mayor J. C.
Thomas.
At noon Wednesday, Mr.
Thomas said, “Right now, I
don’t know exactly where the
polls will be but we’ll make
some provision for them at
the new City Hall.*
Clinton No. 1 voters tradi
tionally have voted at City Hall.
The city offices moved recently
into the new city hall building.
All other local pollingplaces
will be the same as in past
elections.
Clinton Tricentennial Plans Made
HARRY DENT
Harry Dent
To Receive
Gold P
Presbyterian College’s 1970
Alumni Gold P Award will goto
Harry S. Dent, special counsel
to President Richard M. Nixon,
it was announced today.
A 1951 graduate of PC, Dent
was chosen by the alumni board
of directors for this award
which is presented annually to
an alumnus for ‘outstanding
achievements in his chosen
profession which reflect credit
upon Presbyterian College."
The presentation will be
made during Homecoming an
November 7. Ttw sctmam et
events for that day includes a
1 p.m. program in Belk Audi
torium, at which new officers
will be installed and the Alumni
Gold P and Alumni Service
Awards will be presented.
A group of local civic lead
ers met Monday night to formu
late plans for additional pro
motion of the Clinton participa
tion in the Tricentennial. Left
to right are J. D. Edenfield,
Charles Buice, Mrs. Madison
Pitts, W. C. Baldwin, Ralph
Patterson and Kirly Coxwell.
At the meeting the group
discussed the local partici
pation of the young school age
children in Tricentennial acti-
Alumnl mail ballots have
named Tom E. Addison '38 of
Clinton as PC’s new alumni
trustee representative and
Harry E. Hicklin ’48 of Rock
Hill as president-elect of the
Presbyterian College Alumni
Association, it was announced
today.
Eleven other former students
were chosen alumni directors
as almost 20 percent of the
Association members voted by
mail for the 1971 officers and
directors. The new leader swill
be installed during the Nov
ember 7 Homecoming program
and will assume office next
January.
Addison, division manager
with Waddell and Reed, suc
ceeds Dr. J. Newton Gaston
'29 of Chester as one of three
alumni-elected representa
tives to the board of trustees.
Hicklin, vice-president of the
Standard Life and Casualty In
surance Company, takes office
when the current president-
elect-Wllllam B. Hart ’57,
vice-presideat of the First Na
tional Bank of Atlanta—auto
matically moves up to Alumni
Association president Hart
succeeds Greenville Attorney
William M. Hagood m '60, who
remains on the alumni boar das
past-president
Dr. Thomas N. Massey, Jr.
’51 of Charlotte is the new first
vice-president of the Alumni
Association, and the following
persons have been elected to
two-year* terms on the alumni
board
vities. They also decided to as
semble plans for a Tri
centennial Parade to be held in
conjunction with Tricentennail
activities in Clinton.
Mrs. Madison Pitts was nam
ed Project Coordinator for the
activities.
Events being planned include
the parade, wearing of old
dresses, country music, and
store decorations.
Georgia District 1 vice-
president—Paul O. Ard, Jr,
’61, officer with the Citizens
and Southern National Bank
of Atlanta; director—Eugene
R. Goodwyn in ’63, mathe
matics teacher at East Atlanta
High School.
North Carolina District 2
vice-president—David L Trice
’43 of Fayetteville, millwork
manager of Highland Lumber
co.; director—A. B. Creed ’46
of Greensboro, president of L.
W. Routh Construction Co.
South Carolina District 2
vice-president — H. Baxter
Carpenter ’38 of GreenviUe,
underwriter witkPrudential In
surance Co.; direcwr—Harvey
R. Dickson ’27 of Andersqn
partner with Dickson andCo.J*
District 3 vice-president—Bi
chard W. Carr, Jr. ’62 v ot
Spartanburg, executive with
Spartan Mills; director--Danny
L Charles ’65, executive with
Springs MlUs; District 5 vice-
president — Warren M. Ward-
law, pastor of the Darlington
Presbyterian Church; director
Douglas E. Allen ’66, teach
er at Georgetown’s Wlnyah High
SchooL
Besides current officers
Hart and Hagood, 12 other per
sons remain on the board for
the second year of their two-
year terms. These include Mrs.
Georgia B. Thomason ’34 of
Clinton as second vice-presi
dent, Mrs. Betty H. Brice ’44
of Chester as recording secre
tary, two directors each from
Georgia and North Carolina,
and six South Carolina direc
tors.
'' '.In**-
Anyone having historical au
tos, wagons, buggies and any
devices which could be used
in promoting the Tricentennial
parade should contact D. B.
Smith at Belk’s, Mrs. Madison
Pitts or Mr. Ralph Patterson.
* * *
Turner Wins
Grid Contest
Richard Turner of 120 Liv
ingston St, Clinton, is the win
ner of The Chronicle’s football
contest for last week.
Turner missed only one of
15 predictions and correctly
picked Duke over Clemson in
the ‘tie breaker*. Erskine
Knight placed second, also
missing only one but he picked
Clemson over Duke. The Duke
Blue Devils won 21-10.
Turner wins the $15 first
prize and Knight wins second
prize of $7.50.
This week’s contest is on
page 7-B.
Harry Dent, for more than
a year now, has been con
sidered President Nixon’s top
adviser on political affairs. He
joined the White House staff
at the start of the new admini
stration after helping Richard
Nixon first win the Republican
nomination and then the general
election. Prior to that Dent
served four years (1964-68)
as South Carolina State Re
publican Chairman after ten
years as legislative assistant
to Senator Strom Thurmond.
A St Matthews native, Harry
Dent was an outstanding stu
dent leader at Presbyterian
College before receiving his
BA degree in history in 195L
He returned to the campus
last month to deliver tbe 1970
Distinguished Alumni Lecture.
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Sample Ballots
Page S-B
Amendments
•Explained
Paffe 1-D
OTHER MEMOIRS
BY JOE H. SIMPSON
The time has almost come when the aver
age young person can truthfully say that he
knows nothing about having a cow in the barn or
chickens in the yard.
How many of our youngsters would know
what to do with, say, five gallons of sweet milk
in order to obtain butter and buttermik or how
to kill a chicken and prepare it for cooking? Or
even know how to raise a garden and prepare the
fresh vegetables for our table?
: For instance, when a hen decided
wanted to rear a family, she woott.
nest until about fifteen egga
her. She would turn those
her bill and wings.,
would
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