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» 1 I Area History Featured In Tricentennial Edition INDEX Seven Sections. 46 Pappes Classified 6-A Deaths 4-A Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 7-A Old Fashioned Days Return To Clinton owkvs pomt^rr r^H^nLzu— jhown above in^^.Wnn i > rm*r n honor of the Ate Thomae Ifr T to- my) Owens a Mrs. -lynt. and Fire Enatneer n Z~7 mntr -jormir one nmmi* w«e imveiv iC [e-rli .inim ”^e!iitm« irr Clir^ n t re? tad. Mr ww- ''irmurr t xnn-wufma frental — ?*Tuni iv LtiaH M-Gfse Over 1,000 People Tour New City Hall .■rr-JTj auc .HI X .dli-r. -HO* iia* Jf nr- Clinton s ''wer 1,1''' peri tu: ' -ir'-: Clmfcn 5 if* T.h- rirn/ Siiodav titerii a' - 'je-nr^n. a :er^rn n^s ind ' ptr. 'ii>? ’ Clint n May r 1 'h t._.. in<i ' riter T.av r '■ ■ nulder:. "it tie r-.hn- n jic ir.~ lock# 4 . ti£ r f :*? ir» 3iun:r:{;j’ nul nn^. The ‘erem'trv »as ae f Str.-la ’ i peatn^ -‘•win: x _-n- rens C untv's Tr.rentKixn-. Wee* 'eiecrati-x. 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Jits' prut of SE an lamiaeri wm tat IT.5 ar-tan. prut Hayes Battle Reenactment Is Cancelled Wit! many of them wearing ole Jashicmeci costumes, Clin- tonians reached the miclpoint Wednesday m tlieir celebratiao of Laurens County’s Tri- renteuma] Week festivities this weeL A parade and street dance, Wednesday were ejected to at tract large crowds to the down- towi. area where merchants en- nanned the spirit of tilings with attractive window displays of antique! and historical pageant- ry. Witt, antique cars and bug- pei at display, the Clintoc Merchants Association opened its “Old Fashioned Sale* today, featuring many items at *o’u Jasmaoetf” prices. EFENACTMENT CANCELLED TIU! area’s schedule of activities has pr oceeded on schedule with many events re- naiinmg tc com,te the fes tivities.. However, one event lias ueei cancelled. Tiie Hayes Sta- ti x Massacre reenactment scheduled for lialftime al the iTe sinter iar C illege-Carsoo- Newman football game Saturday iiigm has been cancelled, ac cording t: W illiam P. Jacobs, m. chairman of the Laurens Qumto Trinentenmai Com mitted:. ■^lie l,aurens parade is scnedulec todai at 4:30 p.m. ' p.m. tonight, tlie Clrntoo Hiwams Clul will present a plaque t the famih of the late JuLnu. b lick, Clinton author, artist anc tustunax. At B p.m. txignt, the Laurens Historical Pageant will be presented at -aureus High SchooL PAGEANT HERE At [ p.n^ a Friday, the pageant will tie presented at Hell. Auditorium at the Pres- nytenan College campus. The pageant is be mg presented by tut Laurens C ounty Little Tneatre group. At 5:3C p.m. Saturday, prizes will be awarded in the 'Bro- tuers of the Brush* heard con test at Laurens Plaza Shopping Center. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the Laurens Jaycees will spat- son a beauty-pageant at Laurens High SchooL Laurens lssu« Shows Gain In Recount Ballots last x die Lihooi let ~Z r-iiereflflmn x xst Tjesday's ?Meni •siecttca •ere Tiered recomted M. actay and tLe new tabuiatii* in. wed a iifference if g" votes. The recount was Tiered t? the County Commissuwera if Elections at a meeting lailed tc answer gnestinns raised m letters if jniest m die re ferendum. Proposed was a lonstiturtiaal amendment to permit an x- crease m the bonded xdemed- imss ap to 15 percent if die assessed value if taxable pro perty x the tistnct. The Sow. 3 tally was l,4fl in fever and 3,253 opposed. The recount Monday shewed 1, fcr the 3,271 gjposed. The earlier enunr vas certified m Now. 5 by the mm- missioners. However, aeverai persons at the Monday meet ing requested a recount, charg ing that ao voles owe cast tor or against the amendment in three bones in the county. Decision tor a recount vas onammous by cammissicners Joe Me block, Lester .-fair urn James Sloan. Medloek, chair man said precincts fignnug x the protests were Shady Grows, Daniel’s Store and Cook'sStara. Dent, Rhame Honored At PC *t rrajrr it e* imim nvrmrt vgueiug. the ?restiv-iflran Tulapt- TP71 z.rrm- n A want mr nir tb^ n£±tir- ties sec Munmg tire atunur- anuHi was ?T 3r Mar V*H-Hnig: In tile dtuku ar ngrm Hmrrv fi. Dot, right, upecMl counsel to Pendent Eiehsrd Nixon, is riiawn mgtim PC’s 1970 Alnmiri Gold P. Anwd H was presented by Dr. Da vid W. A. Nevilie, an ahanni dirac- lar. of Qraenteoad.— (Photos by Dan Tamsoiigh) Drive Scheduled .lepresenailwes if da f<i- •nm ~Ire CegamBeir vtH tr.ve tor ^rnr a ’“mr.-aar and *rdav fowernnwr r iww’t: i. mse—Il'-kaBK rarnpaigr wll * raaiaetec, seenmg 55 ' c* C onimissiaie* Ciaute M. Lawsoc said, ‘When we stop tc ccpsiifer what fire protec- tix costs in other places, we can see hov inexpensive ours m.* At Tricentennial Di Clinton Mills President Ro bert M. Vance, center, and Mrs. Vance, are shown with Mrs. Lynn V. (Cindy) Sparlin, left, as they visited the Clinton Mills Tricentennial Display at Belk’s Fashion Center earlier this week. Mrs. Spurlin is hostess at the exhibit. She is available to explain the many historical items displayed in the windows. The left side of the exhibit illustrates Thornwell Orphan age, Whitten Village and Pres byterian College, as well as early Clinton history. The right window features Clinton Mills, the textile in dustry, and Clinton “Year 2000.* MARKER DEDICATION—Shown above at the dedication of a marker at Eugene Sloan’s birth place on Musgrove Street are, left to right: Mrs. Eugene Sloan; James P. Sloan, brother of Eugene Sloan; Reese Young, chairman of the Laurens County Historical Preservation Committee; Mary Lindsay Sloan, daughter of Mrs. Sloan and the late Mr. Sloan; John Sloan, brother of Eugene Sloan; Laura Lewis Sloan, another daughter of the Sloans; William P. Jacobs III, chairman of the Laurens County Tricentennial Committee; John Montgomery, editor of the Columbia Rec ord; Sam Lattimer, editor emeritus of the Co lumbia State; Ambrose G. Hampton, publisher of The State.—(Photo by Dan Yartiorough'j Plaque Marks Sloan Homeplace Laurens County Monday paid homage to a native son who be came a distinguished South Carolina author, photographer, historian and journalist. derstanding and pride of South Carolinians in their her itage and a greater apprecia tion of their past, their pre sent and future.* S. S. Latimer Jr., editor emeritus of The State, praised Sloan as an “ornament to our profession’ with the “highest standards in journalism.* The marker was unveiled by Mary Lindsay Sloan am' Laura Lewis Sloan, daughters of the author-photographer. A historical mar ker was un veiled at the birthplace of the late Eugene B. Sloan at 302 Musgrove as part uf the Laurens County Tricentennial Celebration Sloan, ior years a reporter and editor for The State, won the first Ambrose E. Gonzales Award for Distinguished Jour nalism. The award was pre sented by The State-Record Co. posthumously to his wid ow. Kathleen Lewis Sloan, in 1969. Sloan was the author of ‘Scenic South Carolina* and many other works. He died April 6, 1969. Three speakers who were closely associated with Sloan during his newspaper career praised his accomplishments at the ceremony, sponsored by the Laurens County Historical So ciety. Ambrose G. Hampton, pub lisher of The State and The Col umbia Record and president of The State-Record Co., hailed Sloan as a student of his state’s history and lore who ‘brought to his writing and reporting a depth and dimension that is in valuable to the Professional journalist* John A. Montgomery, editor of The Columbia Record, not ed Sloap “left a legacy of un Dr. B. O. Whitten, Founder Of Whitten Village, Dies Dr. Benjamin O. Whitten, pioneer and leader in the field of mental retardation and the founder of Whitten Village, died Thursday in a Clinton hospitaL He was 84. Dr. Whitten, the pioneer of state activity in behalf of men tally reatrded and handicapped children, was recognized na tionally for his work in his native South Carolina. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Clinton. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Myra Ballenger Whitten; two daughters, Mrs. Leon Brandt Jr., of Greenwood, and Mrs. E. H. Slier of North Babylon, N.Y.; a sister, Mrs. Ola Foster of Clemson; and three grand children. Dr. Whitten was born in Pendleton, a son of the late Edward and Martha D. Whitten. He was graduated from Emory University in 1913 and went into DR. B. O. WHITTEN practice in 1916 when he came to South Carolina State Hospital as assistant superintendent. until he retired in 1965 at the age of 79. He was a pioneer in the field of mental retardation and in 1932 was given a year’s leave of absence to build a similar school for the state of Utah. Dr. Whitten was known not only for his “fatherly concern’ for children Mtdfclcassistance, but for his quiet, persuasive ability to win legislative authoeUadflG Jor building and operational finds for the school, later tht village. In 1918, he went to Clinton to supervise the building of state training school, qow as Whitten Village, namBd in his honor. The school opmfeltn September 1921. ■ A . m * 4 Whitten Village is the state’s training school for handicapped and retarded children. It now has enrolled more than 2,500 children. Dr. Whitten held the position of superintendent at Whitten Village for 47 years * He was an elder at First Presbyterian Church for 90 past president of tin Association for Men* Deficiency, a member of V«* iiedieal Association,-* charter member of the Lakeside Country Club and a member of several civic groqps. The family requests that memorials be made Village Chapel Fund, Street, Anderson. : 4