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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.
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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.
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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.
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