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4 p WEATHER (Week of Oct. 28-Nov. 4) High: 72 Low: 36 (Oct. 80) (Nov. 4) Rainfall: 3.08 (Oct. 29-Nov. 3) Soil Temp Range: 60 to 64 degrees Wt\t Clinton Chronicle Vol. 71 — No. 43 Clinton# S. C., Nov. 5# 1970 INDEX Four Sections. 28 Pages Indudfaig Sopptanent CSassifled . 6-A Deaths . 8-A Society - .. 2-A Sports . 7-A County's Observance Begins Sunday Clinton Parade, Street Dance Added To Tricentennial A Clinton parade and street dance on Wednesday, Novem ber 11, have been added to the Clinton area’s celebration next week of Laurens County’s Trl- centennial Week. Old buggies, wagons, mules and antique cars will be dis played in downtown Clinton on Wednesday, November 11, as part of the merchants’ “Old Fashion Sale" days promotion. There will be a parade In Clin ton starting at 4 p.m. and there will be a street dance at 6:30 p.m. In the downtown area, fea turing music by Jim Barnes and the Bar-B- Boys and other groups. “Religious Heritage Day’ Watts Wins Grid Contest Dale Watts of Sunset Blvd., Clinton, is the winner of last week’s Chronicle football con test by one thin point. Watts picked the winner of all 15 contest games and pick ed PC over Catawba, 28-15, a 13-polnt margin. Jennie Watkins of Route 3, Clinton, alsoplckedall 15 games correctly but picked PC over Catawba 28-14, a 14-point mar gin. PC beat Catawba 28-22, a six-point spread so Watts is one point closer. Watts wins the $15 first prize and Jennie Wat kins wins second prize >f$7.50. Sunday will open Laurens County’s Tricentennial Cele bration week. All county churches have been requested to feature our re ligious heritage in their ser vice Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, dedica tion ceremonies will be held at Clinton’s new City Hall, follow ing by an open house. The dedication ceremony is sche duled to start at 2 p.m. and the “open house’ is to conclude at 4 p.m. Many state dignitaries have been Invited to attend the open house. Refreshments will be served and high school mar shalls will provide guided tours of the new City Hall. Also, all city employees will be present to answer any questions. At 3:30 p.m. Sunday, ground breaking services will be held for the new sanctuary at Rocky Bridge Presbyterian Church on Highway 72 near Clinton. The remainder of the Tri centennial schedule is as fol lows: Monday, November 9 "Education Day’ in which local schools are to feature programs concerning state and county his tory. At 3 p.m., a marker will be dedicated at Eugene Sloan’s boyhood home on Musgrove Street in Clinton. The late Mr. Sloan was editor of The State newspaper’s Sunday Magazine and was a noted historian. Tuesday, November 10 “Historical Sites Day’, featur ing self-guided tours of Laurens County’s historical sites. The Laurens County Historic Pre servation Committee has pre pared a brochure featuring the tour and the Laurens County Tricentennial Committee has marked the sites. Also on Tuesday, Dr. J. Maul- den Lesesne will speak on “The First Century of S. C. History’ at the Clinton Rotary Club meet ing. This meeting is by invita tion only. Wednesday, November 11— “Patroits’ Day’. There will be displays of old buggies, wagons, mules and antique cars in down town Clinton, in connection with Clinton merchants’ “Old Fashion Days* sales. A parade is scheduled for 4 p.m. en titled “Horse and Buggy Fes tival*. The parade will feature horses, mules, buggies, wa gons, antique cars, bands, Campfire girls and Boy Scouts. A program by costumed school children will be presented, honoring Revolutionary War and Civil War heroes and saluting other prominent Laurens County figures. At 6:30 p.m., there will be a street dance, featuring a country music band and sponsored by the Clinton Mer chants Association. Thursday, November 12 “Merchants Participation Day.’ Laurens’ parade is scheduled. at 4:30 p.m. At 5:30 p.m., Lau rens Jaycees will bury a time capsule on the courthouse grounds. At 7 p.m., the Clinton Ki- wanis Club will present aplaque to the family of the late Julian Bolick, Clinton author, artist and historian. Mr. Bolick’s sketches of Laurens County his toric sites were used in pre paration of the tour brochure, this meeting is by invitation only. At 8 p.m. the Laurens County historical pageant will be pre sented at Laurens High School. Admission is $1 per adult and 50 cents each for students. Friday, November 13- “Merchants Participation Days’ continue with the “Old Fashion Sale.’ At 8 p.m., the LaurensCounty Historical Pageant will be pre sented at Belk Auditorium on the Presbyterian College cam pus. Saturday, November 14 “Merchants Participation Days* continue. At 5:30 p.m. prizes will be awarded in the “Brothers of the Brush* beard-growing contest at Laurens PlazaShoppingCen- ter in Laurens. The winner of the beard contest will be presented with a television set, given by Lau rens Plaza merchants. En graved plaques will be awarded winners of the five categories. At 7:30 p.m., the Laurens Jaycees will sponsor a beauty pageant at Laurens High School. Also at 7:30, Presbyterian College’s football team will play host to Carson-Newman. At the halftime, the Hayes Station Bat tle will be re-enacted. Clintonians Go Old Fashioned Clintonians will reflect both the old and the new next week. There will be ladies in hoop skirts and men in derbies mingling with some of the more modem folks in their bell-bottom trousers and mini dresses. The Laurens County Tricentennial Commit tee, headed by William P. Jacobs III of Clinton, urges all county residents to wear historical cos tumes during next week’s Tricentennial observ ance. Residents are urged to wear the costumes at l>oth work and play. Merchants are encouraging their employees to wear historical costumes. By contrast the midi won't look so long, after all. City Hall Is Featurad In Supplement Today’s Chronicle features a special supplement about Clinton’s new City Hall which will be dedicated Sunday after noon. An ‘open house’ will be held following the dedication ceremonies. The supplement features articles and pictures of the City Hall and messages from firms which assisted in con struction of the building. Democrats Sweep County; Laurens Amendments OK'd Joe Holland Leads Council Ticket Again Bolide's Sketches To Be On Display The late Julian Bolick’s original sketches of historic homes and buildings in Laurens County will be on display next week at M. S. Bailey and Son, Bankers. At the time of his death earlier this year, Mr. Bolick had almost completed work on a Laurens County “Sketch Book”, featuring historic homes in the county. Mr. Bolick was the author of sev era] historic novels. His family will receive a plaque in memory of Mr. Bolick next Thursday night at the Clinton Kiwmnis Club meeting., , Democrats dominated Tues day’s General Election, winning both House of Representative seats and all five County Coun cil posts. Lt. Gov. John West, the Democratic candidate, also was supported by a majority of the Laurens County voters who cast ballots in the gover nor’s race. Amendments to increase the borrowing power of Laurens Hospital District and Laurens School District 55 also won UNOFFICIAL RESULTS OF TUESDAY’S ELECTION Hou-* of Rfp. County Council Governor Lt. Governor voter approval. The Laurens Hospital amendment was ap proved 4,025 in favor and 3,005 against. The amendment will help finance a major renova tion of the Laurens HospitaL The Laurens School District 55 amendment was approved 3,411 in favor and 3,253 against- thanks largely to a 2-1 margin in Clinton No. 2 Precinct Clin ton No. 2 was the final precinct reporting and it voted 461 in favor and 237 against—a 224- vote margin for a proposal which won by 158 votes. Ironically, a similar amend ment for School District 56, which includes the Clinton area, was defeated, 3,300 against and 3,176 in favor. However, the District 5 5 amendment was con sidered more critical in that the district officials said a new high school building is needed to consolidate the four high schools in that district. The amendment would help the district to construct a $L5 million high school which will have an enrollment of about 1,700 students. HOLLAND LEADS Clinton supermarket owner Joe Holland again led the ticket in the County Council race. Mr. Holland also was the leading voter-getter in the June De mocratic Primary. In Tuesday’s Election, Mr. Holland polled 6,358 votes and James Jacks was second with 6,295 votes. Others elected to the all - Democratic County Council which will take office In January are George Pen- land, 6,179; Paul O’DeU, 6,113; and King Dixon, 5,371. Of the five Republican op ponents, Dr. David Mixon of Clinton made the best showing, polling 2,243 votes. He was fol lowed by J. II. Watson with 2,183 votes; Clinton's Bob Black with 2,124 votes; W. R. Gar rett with 2,024 and Carrington Herbert with 1,990. Eugene Stoddard of Gray Court was the leading vote- getter in the House of Represen tative race, polling 5,908 votes while incumbent David Taylor received 5,549. Their Repub lican opponents, Hance Finley and B. W. Crouch polled 2,621 and 2,340 votes respectively. Winner John West received 4,742 votes in Laurens County wtrfk RepubUcain Albert Watson received 3,755 in the guber natorial race. Democrat Earle Morris von by a 4,965-2,879 vote in the race for the lieu tenant governor's race. His Republican opponent was Janies Henderson. AMENDMEMT VOTES * -F Twenty-three of the County’s 46 precincts voted In tenor of Laurens Hospital District's a- mentenant white the voted tied In three and vu V precincts. Tiilhi| te,JIPI the hospital ML Ridge, Gray Court, Merna, Laurens No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6, Bailey, Waterloo, Ora, Wattsville, Renno, Lydia Mill, Poplar Springs, Long Branch, Cross Hill, Lanford, Clinton No. land Clinton No. 2. There were tie votes in Princeton (20-20), Daniels (0-0) and Dials (0-0). Voting against the Hospital amendment were Grays, Plea sant Mound,' Stewart’s Store. Cook’s Store, Shiloh, Hickory Tavern, Tip Top, Hopewell, Woodville, Ekom, Barksdale- Narne, Joanna, Jones’ Store, Owings, Mountville, Youngs, Brewerton, Clinton Mill and Mount Olive. - oatr TWThi county’s 4f precincts voted in favor of the School District 55 amendment but most of the favorable votes came in the large city pre cincts. Voting in favor were Princeton, Trinity Ridge, Lau rens No. 1, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6, Bailey, Ora, Renno, Long Branch, Cross Hill, and Clinton No. 2. The vote tied in Lan ford and Laurens No. 2. Clin ton No. 1 voted 273-248 against the amendment and Clinton Min voted Ul-55 against it while Lydia Mill was opposed 53-48. Joanna voted against it 135-128. Fourteen precincts voted in favor of the School District 56 amendment proposal, including Princeton, Trinity Ridge, Lau rens No. 1, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6, Bailey, Waterloo, Ora, Renno, Lyda Mill, Brewerton, Cross Hill, and Clinton No. 2. Clinton Ho. 1 opposed the pro- voted against 04-56 and was opposed 154-125. MontrHte voted against It 79-32amfCross HU1 voted in favor 81-66. Tip OH Those wanting to know how the election was going to come out Tuesday should have asked members of the ninth grade civic classes at Martha Dendy Junior High. Using sample ballots from The Chronicle, members of the classes voted for the candi dates of their choice. The results were an over whelming victory for the De mocratic Party. The resutta were: Democrats, 90; Repub lican, 11; Independents 0; Unti ed Citizens Party, 8. Council Sets $1.5 Million City Budget A $1,544,628 municipal bud get was approved Monday night by Clinton City Council. The budget is retroactive to Sept L It represents an increase of $169,128 over last year’s city budget The increase is due to rising costs of operation and city debt service but contains no major changes, according to City Officials. At a called council meeting In October, council approved a 17-mill tax increase, Clin ton’s first municipal tax hike in 20 years. The tax increase brought Clinton’s levy to 70 mills. Officials said the tax increase and other anticipated income will provide revenue for the new budget In other business, a group of property owners in the North Sloan Street area j *•£ .v council with a petition request ing that two businesses be dos ed because they considered them a “public nuisance.’ The petition was signed by 70 people. Council instructed the group to work with the dtyputtee pertinent ini of the state laws aafetty (finances in the area. In another aetkartt**^ unanimously < contractor Thomas F. Gary Street Extensloe to Clinton Planning Com&testa. He was: appointed span the i’ recoin mesdaflon of the Plann ing Conuninsten. Mr. Davis vffl snoceed Cite- ' ’ ton Mayor J. C. ’ eftett v *>