The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 12, 1970, Image 1
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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
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my) Owens a Mrs. -lynt.
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Over 1,000 People Tour
New City Hall
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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
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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:
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wll * raaiaetec, seenmg 55
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M. Lawsoc said, ‘When we stop
tc ccpsiifer what fire protec-
tix costs in other places, we
can see hov inexpensive ours
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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 .
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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
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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. :
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