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I at m mi ■ ioh <**' AUUtUU> nwKiv KtliNM (n\J(h OPTIC N! BUND SP CHOPUID ( THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Dec. 5,1970 —1-B a splattered white apron. EXPLORE WORLD OF TEXTILES —These hiph school junior-t and sen iors from up-state South Carolina j?et a first hand look at what modern textile education is all abou f during "Science in Textiles Day” at ('lem- son University. Observing as Dr. A. E. Vaughn, second from right, as sistant professor of textiles, demon strates one of the newest instruments for color measurement and computa tion are, left to right: Ginger We- Hunt and Lewis Henderson, Clinton High; Theron (*. Hegler, personnel manager of Springs Mills, Inc.. Ker shaw ; and George Devlin, Greenwood High. These “Science in Textiles Day” programs, conducted by Clem- son’s textile department, were at tended by 300 high school students from throughout the state.—Clem- son New’sphoto 'Freak’ Accidents Raise S.C. Highway Toll South Car olina has ha t m re than its share f “freak" r “mystery* accidents which re sulted in deaths, arr. rdinc t State Highway [V{ artnn.-nt traffic recants. Accidents which are classi fied as mator vehicle traffu accidents, insofar as tuti rial uniform standards ar- •' cemed, are mishaps that th- average person might n t; lai c in the categ 1 r> -f traffic acci dents, an fficial in th-' !* - partmcnt’s traffic r^- rd^ secticm said. "South Car dina lias t.-t-n plagued tiy th- misf -rtun-- f having m^re than its share f ‘freak’ accidents resulting in d-\ith,’ tie said. He listed as • x tmples, the f illowing: 1. A [“‘rs >n struck in the -ar ; f his residence by a wheel which !»-c.ime i-tached fr-m a truck highway s an*- dis tance .iW.i\. _. \ ;• rs m stepping ut >f the 1 r f a m .bile h->me while it w ts t w-'d ah rig ttie tilghw.tv . . \ persn falling ff .< farm tra r t >r while it was tra- velinr il rig a highway. 1. \ Iriv-r f a farm trac- t r rushe i under the tractor after running -iff the highway and overturning. TOM BRIGMAN MOBILE HOMES With A Complete New Selection Of Mobile Homes l\( I l DIM. I OTAI. HI K( I Hit l NHEI.IEV \m.K low DOW N IVWMKNTS AND BANK RATE FINANCING Anyone Huy inn A Mobile Home from I let ween Aug. 10. 197d. and Dei la. 1979. Will Receive \ $50.00 ( heck For ( hristnuis! ( AM. I S AT _’70- Ids 1 TOM BRIGHAM MOBILE HOMES Tom Hrigman - l.lovd Hrigman - Harvev Kinnrd LAST CHANCE TOGETIhT ON IT Everybody who's anybody is there. Printing is about to begin on the new directory and Yellow Pages. So remem ber, extra directory listings cost very little. And if you're In business, you should be in the Yellow Pages, too. The deadline's almost here. Don't miss it. Call our Business Office now. 5. A car running int<> a lake ur river, causing no in jury nr damage. The ’ccupants, hnwvver, died fr>m dmuning. C. Pers ns, apparently by delitierate intent, either crash ing a vehicle nr walking into the path nf a vehicle, causing death. 7. A pers n driving away fr m a parking p isiti n and fisc vering that a small child, win is under the parked ve hicle, is crushed t death, 8. A small child falling thr ngti fl rb ar ! fa nv wing car nt thepav-rn-ntandieing killed. ». A pers n jumping ff nf a slnw m wing farm truck ntn the highway, resulting in death. 10. A car running 'ff a high way and colliding with a house, killing persnns sitting 'n the front p rch. 11. A person jumping n the rear bump?r of car as it Ir ve off, falling n the highway, causing death. 1?. Pers ns suffering mas sive injuries m accidents, but string evidence that they ac- tually died fr m heart attacks or other seizures prior to collisions. “Some of these incidents re sulted in only tie death,* the official explained. “In some cases, however, there were two or m re deaths. AlS", there have been more than "ne in stance in some ■ T the type (>ccurances we have mentioned here.’ While South Carolina’s traffic death toll during 1970 has lieen consistently ahead of the deaths for the same period last year, the number of fatal accidents has lieen consistently smaller. This indicates more multiple death accidents this year than last. “Fur example,* the offical said, “on Novem ber 22, our death toll for 1970 was 884, an increase of seven over the same period last year. Charlie’s Place (Editor’s Note: The following article by Fred Brown, former PC student, appeared in the Oct. 17 edition of the Pensa cola, Fla., Journal. The ‘Charlie’ mentioned in the ar ticle is Charlie Hollis who no longer operates Charlie’s Place but is associated with Baldwin Motor Co. as a sales man.) BY FRED BROWN A few of us were sitting around Bob Snow’s new court yard, that striking addition to Rosie O’Grady’s Warehouse, the other night talking of bomb ing moons, the old minor leagues back in Earl Mann’s day in Atlanta and Wally Da- shiell’s in Pensacola, football and some of the great char acters who made those years mure pleasurable and exciting for us all. I couldn’t offer much, since most of the characters I’ve known made a different kind of lineup or weren’t worth talking about for great lengths in the beginning. There was one fellow, through, I’ll never forget. His name was Charlie and he ran a little two-room thing called Charlie’s Place in Clinton,S.C. Adair Named Lieutenant In ROTC Henry Dobbins Adair serves in a top leadership capacity as one of the cadet officers in Presbyterian College’s ROTC battalion this year. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Y. Adair of 509 North Adair Street, he holds the rank of cadet lieutenant and serves as assistant S-4 on the bata- lion staff. The ROTC unit at Presby terian College is one of the oldest in the country, having been founded in 1919. Partici pation in the program at PC is now voluntary for all men except freshmen and will be voluntary for freshmen, too, next year. The present batta lion numbers 273 cadets, composed of 131 freshmen, 80 sophomores, 31 juniors and 31 seniors, and is under the com mand of Col. William B. Tuttle. Graduates of the program are awarded reserve commissions in the Army. 'Who’s Who’ Seventeen Presbyterian Col lege seniors have been selected t appear in the 1970-71 edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges,* it was announced to day. The group, chosen on the basis of leadership in extra curricular and academic af fairs, is composed of ten men students and seven women. They are: Brenda E. Adkins of Lake land, Fla.; George Amaya of Colombia, South America; Ed ward H. Dawson, Jr., of Ches ter; Tommy Edwards of And erson; Tommie Ellis and Pa trick Phillips, both of Green ville; Elysia Greenlee of Marietta, Ga.; Ben H. Gregg, Jr., of Florence. Robert G. Hicks of Colum bia; Joe Morgan of Sylvania, Ga.; Kathleen Poole of Sara sota, Fla.; Tommy Porter of Thomasville, Ga.; Elliott Poss of Washington, Ga.; Diana Rice of W'illiston; James C. Shaw of Sumter; Sallie Stakely of College Park, Ga.; and Ceclia Trippe of Havana, Fla. Fathers: Give your kids a juni|) on life. This life insurance jumps in value — but premiums don’t jump! Ask your man from Nationwide about "Jumping Junior" Plan. JOHN C. HARMON 302 N. Broad — 833-3472 nationwide* ,W^faawM»¥—n«ti.Tfc«—iEwwNadqwrMtiicayc If you’ve ever been to Clin ton, S. C., you can understand why Charlie’s Place is a favor ite gathering spot for the men of Presbyterian College. Char lie’s Place is the only place with heart and color. You won’t find Charlie place listed on Chamber of Com merce literature of things to do and places to see in Clinton. Charlie wouldn’t want it that way anyway. It might spoil his business. The main items of interest in Charlie’s Place are a long bar loaded heavily with jars of boiled eggs, hot sausages, pick- led pig’s feet and bags of peanuts. In the cramped side room rests two pool tables, one of regular girth and the other set up for nine- ball. Many of the young men seek ing higher learning in Clinton were just plain old boys who didn’t have a great deal of mon ey. Some were of aristocracy and others of working stock. I came from the latter. * SO CHARLIE’S Place was a natural for some of us. You could get a cheap meal and save a few bucks for a dance weekend or something impor tant then. Charlie (I never knew his last name; not in four years did any of us ever ask) made the best cheeseburgers to be found in South Carolina or Georgia. He had a special way of work ing over the meat. While slapp ing and shaping, a piece of ground beef might fall to the counter and Charlie would never miss a lick in his rhythm as he recovered the dropped meat and whacked it back into the pattie. Watching him shape a piece of meat was like watch ing a potter mold chunks of clay. Charlie, a big, heavy-stom ached man, would toss the meat to the griddle and turn graceful ly to chop up lettuce, tomatoes and onions. At various inter vals in the cooking process, Charlie would brush away a stray fly or correct an errant strand of hair from his thick head or wipe his hands across the broad stomach covered with ONCE THE cheese melted, Charlie would whip the pattie off the flat stove, slap it on to a bun and throw on the chopped up lettuce, tomatoes and onions. A generous supply of salt and pepper was added. “Cheeseburger,* he’d shout. And you ate with gusto and grease for 30 cents. Saturday nights at Charlie’s Place were best of all. We would arrive early to get a high seat on the two-level shoe shine stand. You wanted to have a real good vantage point so you wouldn’t miss a thing, or get in the way, when fights broke out. Not far from Clinton a cotton mill turns out yard. On Satur day nights, the hands turn out to spend the week’s salary. AND YOU can’t find a better place to spend money in a nineball pool game than at Charlie’s. To earn a little something extra, from time to time, a few of us would back certain players from the school. Some of the boys were pretty good sticks, especially the ones from smaller towns. Charlie had one very strict rule. If a fight erupted over the pool table, he would be the cutoff pool cue he kept above the door leading to the pool room. Fights in Charlie's Place were short and sweet. A good right hand would get you a very good rap across the head from Charlie. HE DIDN’T mind so much if you wanted to bust up each other, outside, but the tables meant money and he didn’t cotton to people busting up his trade. There was another side to Charlie a few of us discovered. He was always interested in how we were getting along in school. And he was good for a touch when times got a little tough. His heart was six feet, 230 pounds. Over seven years have passed now since I’ve seen Charlie. But I can still taste those cheeseburgers and see the rugged mill breed laying down their money and lining up a nine-ball shot to the corner. *Lotta green,* they’d say. I never did get around to thanking Charlie for his kind ness and generosity. For some reason it didn’t seem important then, not as important as now. I hope he’s had a lottaleafy, green years. • t a • * a » « "Better Call 724-5546, Harry!" Call COLLECT, HARRY, and one of our Home Improvement Advisors will come to your home and give you an 'on the spot' estimate on re-roofing it. Call this week. 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