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i * • 4 * .4 * ». « WEATHER (Week of Nov. 11-18) High: 71 Low: 27 (Nov. 12) (Nov. 16) Rainfall: .52 in. (Nov. 15) Soil Temp Range: 50-53 ®he Clinton Cfjrontcle INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Classified Deaths Society Sports 6- A 4-A 2-A 7- A VoL 71 — No. 46 Clinton, S. C., Nov. 19. 1970 Tricentennial Week Highlights pehehai Three Others Injured aivs: Joanna Man Is Killed In Wreck Near Here iMi , «> MS t - i IN PARADE—Mr. and Mrs. Reese Young are sitting in the driver’s seat in Clinton’s Tricentennial Week parade last Wed nesday, Nov. 11. Seated behind them are William P. Jacobs 111 and his wife Mr. Young is chairman of the Laurens County Historical Preservation Committee and Mr. Jacobs was chair man of the Laurens County Tricentennial Committee.— (Yar- lx>rough Photo) $ - AT STREET DANCE — Y’oealist Teresa I>ec i* shown performing at the street dance which at tracted a large crowd to downtown Clinton last week. The dance on Wednesday. Nov. 11 was staged in conjunction with the Tricentennial Week celebration. Industrial Water Rate Increased Clinton’s water rate for in dustrial and institutional custo mers will be increased a little over seven cents per 1,000 gallons, effective Jan. 1, 1971. At last week’s meeting, City Council unanimously voted to increase the industrial and in stitutional water rate to 30 cents per 1,000 gallons. The action came after a study by rwood Beebe which showed it costs the city about 27.6 cents per 1,000 gal lons to provide water service. The industrial and institutional rate currently is 22.4 cents per 1,000 gallons. The new rate will not affect residential customers. The motion to increase the industrial and institutional rate was made by S. A. (Chick) Pitts and was seconded by Tal- madge Sanders. The Laurens County His torical Commission has plann ed a meeting on M'Xiday night, November 23rd, at 7:30 p.m. at the Laurens County Courthouse for the purpose of forming a Laurens County Historical So ciety. A steering committee of interested persons and the Historical Commission have a conupittee heads on the agenda for tarna tion of the Historical Society. However, upon election of of ficers, the Chairman will recognize nominations from the floor. [■A BOLICK HONORED — Mrs Julian Bolick accepts a plaque presented at the Clinton Kiwanis Club meeting last Thursdav in honor of her late husband. At right is William P Ja cobs III, chairman of the Laurens County Tricentennial Week Commit tee. Mr. Bolick was a noted author, artist and historian from Clinton who had almost completed a ‘Lau rens County Sketchlbook’ at the time of his death. Mr. Bolick’s family permitted the Tricentennial,Commit tee to use Mr. Bolick’s sketches in Tricentennial promotions a n d on note cards.— (Yarborough Photo) DAR County Maps Available rens County’s history. The Fine Arts Council and the Sullivan-Dunklin Chapter, DAR, co-sponsors, have an nounced the completion of a pictorial map of Laurens County. This map will be on sale in the newspaper offices, banks and various other business houses in Laurens, Clinton, Jo anna and Cross Hill next week. This Tricentennial project makes use of our early history showing sketches of old homes, churches, battlesites and other interesting places, all hand drawn by members of the Fine Arts Council. Being printed in four colors, the map contains the old spellings of the creeks and rivers. A plat of old Lau- rensville of 1845 is shown in one corner, and the legend gives a “thumbnail sketch* of Lau- This will be an opportunity to become a Charter member of the first Laurens County Historical Society. Membership to this organization as a charter member will be opened for only a limited time. Upon completion of Laurens county’s part in the celebration of South Carolina’s 300th anniversary, the forma tion of Laurens County’s His torical Society, should be an U Interest to those qo -we *wterested in our jritlfge. i The meeting has been planned to last not over an hour and fifteen minutes. City Thanksgiving Service Slated The Clinton-Joanna Ministerial Association will join Thomwell Orphanage in sponsoring the annual Community Thanksgiving Service on Thanksgiving Day, November 26th, at 10:00 a.m. at Thornwell Pres byterian Church. Area clergymen part^upating in the service in clude: Preaching, The Rev. J Ben Cunningham; pre siding and prayers, The Rev. M. Floyd Hellams; scrip ture, The Rev. Wallace Crumlin; invocation, The Rev. Alfred M. Bixler; greetings and benediction, Dr M. A. Macdonald. Dr. Blalock Parade Marshal Dr. George Blalock will be parade marshall for the Clinton Christmas parade on Dec. 4. Also to be featured in the parade will be MissSouthCaro- lina, along with other beauty queens. The starting time for the parade has been changed to4:15 p.m. in downtown Clinton. The deadline for entries is November 21. Anyone wishing to enter a unit or float in the parade, should contact Mike Horton at 833-4331 or 456-2613. The price for this 18 by 24 ince map will be $2. The size making it an ideal souvenir to frame or gift to send to anyone with roots in Laurens County. The maps are on display at the places mentioned above and will be on sale at several other places to be announced later. OTHER MEMOIRS BY JOE a SIMPSON Huve n&ted in liewhpaper accounts of re cent years of the dropping of all phases of one of our businesses of yesteryear. I refer to that of building whaling ships in the northeast, which at one time was a very large and lucrative business, and of course the discontinuance of the whaling business itself. I am sure that the discontinuance of the use of the corset by our ladies did not put the whaling business out of existence, even though as a young salesman it was one of our talking points about the quality of whale bone that was used in making our line of ladies’ car- sets. Then of course the blubber of the whale has been replaced with other items. I enjoyed a re cent picture on T.V. of what was termed as one of the last of the whalers from the Azores. Stated that the main use now was fertilizer and instead of the several thousand dollars the whaling men formerly made in a year, their income was now less than 1600.00 annually. A 21-year old Joanna man was killed and three other people in jured in a two-car collision about 11:45 p.m. Friday on S.C. 72 about nine miles south of Clinton. Laurens County Coroner Marshall Pressley said Johnny Carroll Arrowood was dead at the scene of the crash. Joe Canupp, 21, of Simpsonville, driver of the car in which Arrowood was riding, and Jerry Lawson 21, of Clinton, another passenger in the car were admitted to Bailey Memorial Hospital and were reported in fair condition Saturday. Canupp later was released from the hospital. The driver of the second car, Henry Allen Motes, 15 of Rt. 1, Cross Hill, was carried to Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood and was reported in fair condition Saturday. State Highway Patrolman J. L. Dansby said Motes apparent ly lost control of his car on a curve, crossed into the north bound lane and collided almost head-on with the car driven by C anupp. A lifelong resident of Joanna, Mr. Arrowood was the son of Samuel L and Mary Johnson Arrowood of Joanna. He was a former employe of E. L. Man- sure Co. and served in the U. S. Marine Corps. He at tended Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving also are two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Wilson of Roanoke Rapids, N. C. and Miss Kathy Arrowood of the home; two brothers. Randall and Ken neth Arrowood of the home, and grandparents, Claude Johnson of Joanna and Mrs. Julia Arro wood of Marion, N. C. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 P.M. at Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Mrs. Bodie Wins Contest Mrs. Vera Bodie of Joanna is the winner of The Chronicle’s football contest for last week. She edged Barry Whitman of Route 2, Clinton, by one point for first place. She missed only two of 15 predictions and correctly pre dicted the four-point margin in the “tie breaker* game Duke 42, South Carolina 38. Whitman predicted a five-point margin. Chronicle To Publish Early Next Week The Clinton Chronicle will publish early next week, because of the Thanksgiving holidays. The newsnaner will be printed for home de livery on Tuesday. The advertisement deadline is noon Monday. All correspondents also are asked to have then- articles at The Chronicle bv noon Monday. Historical Society Meeting Planned *v%. 1 Motes Youth Was Driving This Car Whitmire Man Charged In Fatal Shooting A 67-year old Whitmire man has been charged with murder in the shooting death Wednesday night of an 18-year old Green ville County youth near Clinton. Laurens County Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson said Thursday that Arthur Canupp of 112 Duckett St., W'hitmire was charged with the shooting of Maxie Lee Brock of Rt. 4, Greenville. The shooting occured about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday at a junk car lot owned by Canupp just off U. S. 72 seven miles north of Clinton. The victim was dead on arrival at a Woodruff hospital at 9:30 p.m. Wednes day. Corner Marshall Pressley said death was due to four gun shot wounds from a 9 milli meter Mauser, Sheriff Johnson said the victim, along with two of his brothers, Leon and Lavon Brock of Greenville; a brother- in-law, Joe Mahaffey of Wood ruff; and Billy Fowler of Green ville were reportedly in the vicinity looking for deer tracks and a suitable place for a deer stand. The youths had entered an old house located in the junk yard where used automobile parts were stored and several were in the loft of the house when the shooting occured. Sheriff Johnson said South Carolina State Law Enforce ment officers are assisting in the investigation. Jaycee Yule Fund Drive Set The Clinton Jaycees andP.C. students will be coming to your house for contributions to the Christmas Stocking Fund. As in the past, all donations will be used to make Christmas a little merrier for underprivileged children of our town. The Stocking Fund Drive will be held on Sunday, December 6. All areas of the town will be covered by the Jaycees andP.C. students. If anyone will not be a home on the 6th of December, but wishes to make a donation, please give your donation to any Jaycee or mail to P. O. Box 535, Clinton. SWORN IN—Clerk of Court Walter Dunlap, right, swears in Rep David Taylor, left, and Eugene C. Stoddard in ceretnoniee in the court room of the Laurens County Court House Monday aftenoon, Nov. 9. Taylor is returning for his third consecutive term in the Legislature while Stod dard is (beginning his first, succeed ing W. Paul Clubertson who did not run again. Taylor and Stoddard at tended the caucus in Columbia Tues day and Wednesday of this week