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Vol. 71 — No. 49 Clinton, S. G. Dec. 10,1970
INDEX
Four Sections, 22 Pages
Classified 4-A
Deaths 6-A
Editorials 2-C
Society 2-A
Sports IS-A
After 26 Years As President Of Thornwell
Dr. Macdonald Will Relinquish
Dr. Malcolm A. Macdonald
will relinquish his duties as
president of Thornwell Or
phanage on Dec. 31, 1970.
The official statement from
the board of trustees announcec 1
'the forthcoming retirement*
of Dr. Macdonald.
However, in a statement to
The Chronicle, Dr. Macdonald
said, “I am not retiring. I am
resigning and not voluntarily.*
Dr. Macdonald said that his
resignation, which was ap
proved by a majority of the
board of trustees in session
Dec. 1, reads:
*1 had hoped that I would
either have the privilege of
retiring <>n the date intended,
which was Sept. 1, 1972, which
I have not mentioned to anyone
before and this because of many
unfinished projects which had
been proposed and approved by
prior executive committee, or
of resigning officially and
gracefully but neither action
was permitted me.
“Hence, I have received the
entire an# complete written
report and action of the recent
executive session of the execu
tive committee meeting, a
portion of which I had already
agreed to but was not informed
of some aspects of the entire
report Therefore, I have no
choice but to agree with its
stipulations and requirements
and hereby hand in my resigna
tion to take effect officially in
January 1971, as indicated and
requested by the executive
committee.’
Dr. Joseph Everette, pastor
of First Presbyterian Church
in Rock Hill, is chairmanofthe
executive committee and
Richard deMontmnllin of
Columbia is chairman of the
board of trustees.
Contacted for comment
DR. MACDONALD
following Dr. Macdonald’s
statement, Mr. deMontmollin
said, “The statement which we
issued previously has the con
currence of the Executive
Committee.’
Mr. deMontmollin’s an
nouncement of the action says
Dr. Macdonald will relinquish
his duties as president on Dec.
31 and will move to his new home
in Easley.
The board’s announcement
pays tribute to Dr. Macdonald
and his accomplishments in his
26-year tenure as president of
Thornwell.
The announcement says,
“only the third President in
Thornwell’s 95-year history,
he assumed the office in 1945,
chosen by the Board of
Trustees from a pastorate in
Moultrie, Georgia. His tenure
as President has been charact
erized by a dramatic growth in
the physical facilities of the
Home, and by a strong under
girding of the financial
strength. Thirteen residential
cottages, a gymnasium, high
school and grammar school
buildings, the Hartness-Thorn-
well Memorial Church and
Post
Educational Building, and num
erous other projects have been
completed during the 26-year
span. Through his efforts, the
Endowment Funds have in
creased from less than
$400,000 to nearly $7 million
dollars.
“Dr. Macdonald will continue
a relationship with Thornwell
during 1971 in superintending
the construction of two ad
ditional buildings on the
campus. The buildings, the Tom
and Jo Infirmary and the Tom
and Jo Museum, were provided
by bequests of the late Mrs.
Sara Jo Hartness, of Spartan
burg.
The Board of Trustees named
as Interim Administrator Mr.
Robert L. Wickham, presently
Superintendent of Thornwell’s
agricultural pursuits.
Thornwell Orphanage is own
ed by three Synods, South Caro
lina, Georgia and Florida, of
the Presbyterian Church, US.”
SHARE PARADE SPOTLIGHT—
The two people pictured here shared
the Clinton Christmas Parade spot
light last Friday. The streets were
lined with thousands of spectators as
Santa Claus arrived, preceded by
Miss South Carolina, Claudia Turner
of Spartanburg. Miss Turner was
first runner-up in the Miss America
Pageant. Pictures of the prize win
ning floats from Whitten Village
and School of Practical Nursing are
on page 1-C. Other parade pictures
are on page 7-A.
Local Youth
Dies After
Hit By Car
An 18-year old Laurens
County yH)uth was killed Friday
when he was hit by a car >ne
mile north of here on S. C.
56.
Acting C'Tuner C. T. Oakley
identified the victim as Bruce
E. Pace of Rt. 2, Clint>n.
Pace was dead on arrival at
Bailey Memorial Hospital after
the 2:10 p.m. accident, accord
ing to S. C. Highway Patrol
man E. M. Rice.
Pace was hit when he darted
into the path of a southbound
1969 Buick driven by Ward J.
Knight of RL 1, Plnevilie, La.,
Rice stld. The patrolman said
witnesses reported that just
before Pace was hit another car
stopped in the north-bound lane
and Pace got out of the car >n
the right hand side.
The victim walkedto the rear
of the parked car and started
across the highway when he was
hit by the oncoming car, Rice
said.
A lifelongresidentofClinton,
son of Leroy and Ethelda Ed
monds Pace ofClinton, the Pace
youth was an employe of W'inco
Corporation and a memtier of
Holly Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving also are five
sisters, Mrs. Carolyn Edwards
of Greenville, Mrs. James
Hollingsworth of Clinton, and
Miss Diane Pace, Miss Joy
Pace and Miss Marjorie Pace
of the home, four brothers,
David Pace ofW'hitmire, Henry
and Larry Pace of Joanna and
Eddie Pace of the home; and his
grandmother, Mrs. Elisa Ed
monds of Joanna.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at Faith Baptist Church,
Laurens. Burial was in Rose-
mont Cemetery.
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Dr. Jacobs Expected
To Be Successor
Dr. Allen Cleveland Jacobs,
a graduate of Thornwell, is
expected to become tlie fourth
president in Thornwell
Orphanage’s 95-year history.
Contacted Wednesday morn
ing, Mr. Richard deMontmollin,
chairman of Thornwell’s Board
of Trustees, said that he had
no announcement to make con
cerning Dr. M. A. Macdonald’s
success r as Thornwell presi
dent.
Mr. deM- ntm llin, also a
Thornwell graduate, said an
official announcement should
be forthcoming “soon*.
However, "according; to in
formed sources, Dr. Jacobs will
be named Thornwell president
Dr. Jacobs is not related to
the descendants if William Plu-
mer Jacobs who foundedThorn
well A 52-year-old native of
Cheraw, lie is a graduate of
Thornwell where he was an out
standing athlete. He currently is
president of Presbyterian Home
for Children in Talladega, Ala.,
a position he has held for the
past 20 years.
Dr. Jacobs is a 1942 graduate
of Presbyterian College where
he was a halfback on the football
team and was an outstanding
member of the track team. He
was captain of the track team
during his senior year.
He served as an infantry
officer during World War II,
serving with the 14th Infantry
Regiment of the 71st Division.
He rose to the rank of captain
prior to his discharge in 1945.
In 1946, he entered Columbia
Theological Seminary in Deca
tur, Ga., and earned the D. D.
degree in 1948. He was called
as pastor of James Island Pres
byterian Church where he
served for two years prior to
becoming president of the Ala
bama Presbyterian Home for
DR. JACOBS
Children in 1950. Presbyterian
College awarded Dr. Jacobs an
honorary doctor of divinity de
gree in 1958 on the basis of his
work at the children’s home.
Dr. Jacobs is married to the
former Agnes Hope Gwaltney
of Charlotte, N. C., and they
have four sons and two dau
ghters. Their oldest son, Allen
Cleveland Jacobs Jr., gra
duated fnim PC in recent years.
Two of Dr. Jacobs’brothers,
John Boyd Jacobs and Ernest
B. Jacobs, also attended PC.
In Talladega, Dr. Jacobs has
been active in civic affairs. He
has served as president of the
Talladega Chamber of Com
merce and as chairman of the
Boy Scout District. He served
as moderator of the Synod of
Alabama in 1961.
Dr. Jacobs is the author of
“Water From an Old Well*,
published in 1964 and “Pres
byterian Home for Children,
1864-1964, and Historical Col
lections*, published in 1967.
Detention
Home Contract
LAURENS - The Laurens
Board of County Com
missioners Friday awarded a
contract for construction of a
new juvenile detention home to
David R. Snipes, a local con
tractor.
Snipes’s bid of $37,950 was
the low bid of the two opened
by the commissioners Friday
morning.
The approximately 4,500-
square-foot building will be
constructed on a five acre site
located off the old Laurens-
Clinton Road in the Western
section of a tract of county-
owned property.
Clintonian
Is Killed
Joe Willie Gilliam, 36, of
Clinton was fatally injured
about 8p.m. Friday when he was
hit by a car on S. C. 76 in the
city limits, according to Clin
ton Police Lt. Ed Marse.
Miss Roberta Rinick of
Augusta, Ga., was driving a
1969 Chevrolet west on S. C.
76 when it struck Gilliam,
Marse said. The victim was
dead on arrival at Bailey Me
morial Hospital.
He was a son of Mrs. Lula
Gilliam of Clinton and was
employed at Whitten Village.
Surviving also are two sons.
Forest and Kenneth Dale Gil
liam of Clinton; a sister, Mrs.
Sara Ferguson of Clinton, two
brothers, Ernest Junior and
Johnny Gilliam of Clinton; and
a half-brother, Willie Pulley of
Mountville.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at Mt. Morriah
Church. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Shareholders Approve
Clinton Bank Merger
Shareholders of First National Bank of
South Carolina and the Bank otf Clinton have
approval a plan of reorganization and merger
of the two banks
The proposal now awaits approval by the
Comptroller of the Currency, U. S. Treasury De
partment.
The Bank of Clinton has resources of $4,-
488,431 which would bring total resources of the
combined banks to $266,783,256.
The Bank of Clinton is a unit bank while
First National operates 46 branches in 19 South
Carolina cities.
W. W. Bruner, First National president,
said that the Bank of Clinton would operate as
an office of First National with the same officers
and employees. Members of the Board of Direc
tors of the Clinton Bank would become members
of First National’s Clinton Board, and members
of the local loan committee would be from the
Clinton Board.
Suber Is
Cross Hill Youth, 16
Sentenced Dies After Two-Car Crash
. iWVI ■ V ’ Iv ? * |l
'Fight Smog’
A couple of months ago, Clinton City Coun
cilman ‘Chick’ Pitts successfully introduced a
motion to prohibit the riding of horses within the
city limits.
Over the weekend, someone put a sign on the
rear bumper of Mr. Pitts’ car. It says, "Fight
Smog—Buy Horses!” And Mr. Pitts laugh ted the
loudest.
Playground Equipment
A group of young people are asking the pub
lic to help them with a Christmas project
The teen-agers plan to paint and repair play
ground equipment such as swing sets. If you have
such equipment that your children have out
grown and you wish to donate, please call 833-
1062 (First Presbyterian Church); after 6:00
pjn. call 833-3668 (Nan Dixon).
Saturday, December 12, your donation will
be picked up at your house. Also, if you have
any toys or games in good condition that you
wish to share, they will Ibe appreciated.
It's a chance to make Christmas merrier
for someone else
LAURENS - WillieSuber Jr.,
23, of Clinton, pleaded guilty
Thursday in General Sessions
Court to manslaughter in the
July 3 fatal shooting of Johnny
Lee Vance, 33, also of Clinton.
Presiding Judge Francis B.
Nicholson sentenced Suber to
eight years. The defendant, who
had been charged with murder
in the shooting, was allowed to
plead guilty to the lesser charge
of manslaughter.
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PC Giving
Tops $105,000
Presbyterian College’s 1970
Annual Giving stands at $105,
514 as the program heads into
the final month, Alumni and
Public Relations Director Ben
Hay Hammet announced today.
He said this sum represents
about two-thirds of the $160,
000 goal. It is ahead of the
pace at this time last year,
when the program raised
$105,514 total.
CROSS HILL - A 16-year
old Cross Hill youth was fatally
injured in a two-car crash
three miles north of here on
S. C. 39 at 4:40 p.m. Wednes
day, Dec. 2.
Laurens County Coroner,
Marshall Pressley said that
Samuel David Lynch died at
Bailey Memorial Hospital at
8 p.m. Wednesday, four hours
after lie was injured.
He was a passenger in a 1969
Ford drive by his brother,
Marvin Joyce Lynch Jr., 20,
according to S. C. Highway
Patrolman E. M. Rice.
The older Lynch was
reported in good condition at
the hospital Wednesday night.
Rice said. The Lynch car was
in collision with a 1961 Ford
driven by Ralph Brewington 20,
of Rt. 1, Clinton.
Brewington was reported in
good condition Wednesday night
at Laurens District Hospital,
Rice said. The two cars collided
almost head-on and both ran
off the road after the collision,
the patrolman said.
The investigation is continu
ing, Rice, said.
A son of Marvin J. and Mary
Jean Watts Lynch of Cross
Hill, Lynch was a lifelong resi
dent of Cross Hill. He was an
employe of Barcraft Homes in
Laurens and was a member of
Cross Hill Baptist Church.
Surviving also are five sis
ters, Mrs. Patricia Craft of
Greenville, Mrs. Joyce John
son of Norfolk, Va., and Miss
Linda Lynch, Miss Jean Lynch
and Miss Sandra Kay Lynch of
the home; and two brothers,
Gerald Wayne and Marvin J.
Lynch Jr. of the home.
Funeral services were con
ducted Saturday afternoon in the
Cross Hill Baptist Church by the
Rev. W.W. Willingham. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
His cousins served as pall
bearers.
* * *
Council Names Committee
For Ordinance On Zoning
A three-man committee re
presenting Clinton City Council
was appointed Monday night to
work with the Clinton Planning
Commission in drafting a zon
ing ordinance for the city.
The preliminary zoning
ordinance was presented at
Council’s meeting Monday
night. Making the presentation
were Ed Campbell, chairman
of the Greater Clinton Planning
Commission, and PhilSimon, a
representative of Wilbur Smith
and Associates, which is work
ing with the planning com
mission on the project.
Mr. Campbell told council
that the purpose of the zoning
ordinance would be “to bring
a further quality to the city’
through regulation of land use
and placement of buildings.
He emphasized that the zon
ing ordinance would not affect
existing uses of land or build
ings.
The plan calls for a build
ing inspector to administer the
zoning requirements.
Named to the Committee
which is to work with the.
planning commission on the
zoning ordinance are City
Attorney Cecil White, and
Aldermen Dewey Oxner and
Talmadge Sanders.
On another matter, Mr.
Campbell told council that the
Planning Commission agreed
that the FHA 221-D-3 housing
program “is a good program
and should be acted on fav
orably.*
Council had asked the
planning commission and the
Housing Authority to study a
request by Statewide Homes
Foundation and make a recom
mendation to council. Statewide
Homes and several other or
ganizations have proposed 221-
D-3 housing projects for
Clinton. This is a rent-supple
ment housing program spon
sored by the FHA. Mr.
Campbell said that the public
housing program proposed by
the Clinton Housing Authority
is administered under the De
partment of Housing and Urban
Development.
Mr. Campbell said, “Al
though we can make a re
commendation on the program
itself, as I understand it, we
can not make a recommenda
tion concerning the organiza
tions which propose to carry
out the programs. We’re pri
marily interested in getting
some good housing for our
people.*
In other action Monday night,
City Council:
CAR DEALERS
--Heard a request from new
car dealers in Clinton that the
line be held on city taxes as
they apply to new car dealers.
Speaking in behalf of the deal
ers, Mr. Tom Plaxico said,
“Our situation is a little dif
ferent from most businesses
in that our dollar volume may
be high but the margin is low.
We carry a tremendous in
ventory and we feel we may be
paying more than our share of
city taxes. People who have
their money in cash or stocks
are not taxed for that by the
city. It could be the city would
want to appoint a committee to
find a more equitable tax source
than property."
City Clerk Brooks Owens
told council that new car
dealers pay $37.50 for the
first $50,000 gross volume and
50 cents per $1,000 over that,
with the same deductions al
lowed by the Sales Tax Com
mission.
Lynn Cooper, Jr. told
council, “Our dollar volume
will go up this year but It
won’t mean any more profit
for us. I think you could cut
the amount taxed per $1,000
over $50,000 without lowering
your revenue.*
-—Heard a request by a
representative for an outdoor
advertising company to lease
a piece of the city parking lot
at the corner of South Broad
St and East Carolina to erect
a billboard on the lot The
company proposed to lease the
billboard site for $25 per year.
Council took the request under
advisement but Councilman
Chick Pitts commented, *1
don’t think the city can put a
billboard up on a $50,000 lot’
---Heard Lynn Cooper, Jr.,
representing the Clinton
YMCA, request that the city
match the United Fund’s con
tribution of $16,000 to the
YMCA program. He pointed out
that the YMCA is running the
city’s summer program and
added, “You’re getting more
than you’re paying for.* He
gave councilmen a compari
son of what other towns of
comparable size are spending
on recreation.
--Heard D. B. Smith re
quest that water and sewer
service be extended on E.
Florida Street He said,
“People are living in housing
that ought to be torn down. If
water and sewer service can be
extended to the area, we will
build 17 to 20 brick veneer
homes in that area.*
--Heard a request from Bill
Milam and L. L. Copeland,
representing the Clinton
Volunteer Fire Department,
request furnishings for the
firemen’s room on the second
floor of the new city hall.
Council instructed Milam and
Copeland to work with council’s
Fire Department Committee in
coming up with a specific pro
posal concerning how much and
what type furnishings might
be needed.
ADD POLICEMAN
-—Approved the employment
of an additional policeman, ef
fective Jan. 1.
-—Instructed the city
attorney to contact the Planning
Commission concerning the
possibilities of a Neighborhood
Facilities program for Clinton.
--Appointed a Library Com
mittee to work with PC library
officials concerning the li
brary’s program for the Clinton
community. Dr. M. W. Brown
is chairman of the committee.
Other members are W. R.
Anderson, Ann Turner, J. F.
Jacobs Jr. and Mrs. R. P
Wilder.
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