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WEATHER
(Week of Dec. 23-30)
High: 72 Low: 17
(Dec. 24) (Dec. 26, 27)
Precipitation: .31 in.
(Dec. 24, 25, 29)
(Rain, Sleet, Snow, Dec. 29)
Soil Temp. Range: 43-44 degrees
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Vol. 17 - No. 52 Clinton. S. C., Dec. 31. 1970
INDEX
Three Section*, 18 Page*
Classified 4-A
Deaths 3-A
Editorial* 2-B
Society 2-A, 3-A
Sport* 5-A
WHERE IS THIS?—The globe shown
above is located in downtown Clin
ton. Do you know where it is? This
is one of a series of photographs tak
en by Qinton artistjphotographer
Betty Fryga in the downtown area.
The answer is printed upside down
below.
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County Airport
Needs Listed
Upper Savannah Development
District plans for the Laurens
County Airport are inadequate,
according to a letter drafted by
the Laurens County Airport
Commission.
Ed King of Clinton is chair
man of the Laurens County Air
port Commission which unani
mously agreed recently that
proposed improvements are not
adequate. The Commission out
lined what it feels is neces
sary to meet the needs of the
Laurens County Airport.
As for the immediate needs
for the airport, first on the list
was an additional parking ramp,
150 by 200 feet, with tie downs.
Second is the lengthening of
the runway to 4,500 feet and
widening it to 75 feet so as to
accommodate small pure jet
business aircraft.
Third item called for was a
rotating beacon.
The fourth immediate
need is for a parallel, lighted
taxiway, to run the entire length
of the runway.
Additional future needs for
the airport, the letter pointed
out is for “T* hangers and a
terminal building.
“I feel that these improve
ments must be considered in
order to satisfy the needs of
industry in Laurens County.’
King pointed out in the letter.
THE IMPROVEMENTS at
the Laurens airport are a part
of an overall plan for improv
ing airport facilities over South
Carolina.
Governor Robert E. McNair
recently said that the state’s
aviation system ‘has to be fit
ted into the total transporta
tion plan of the state and re
gion’.
“We would encourage coor
dinating it very closely with the
highway system and other
transportation systems.’
GAS OFFICE CLOSES
The Clinton-Newberry Nat
ural Gas Authority office will
be closed Friday and Saturday
for the New Year’s holiday.
County Council
Holds First
Meeting Jon. 2
There will be a meeting of the recently elect
ed member* of the Lauren* County Council in the
court room of the Lauren* County Court House,
Saturday morning, January 2 at 9:00 A.M. The
member* of the newly created council are: King
Dixon, Joe S. Holland, James R. Jacks, Paul S.
O’Dell, George M. Penland, and Furman E.
Thomason (Ex-Officio)
At the meeting on January 2 the County
Council-elect members will be sworn into office
by the Laurens County Clerk of Court, Walter E.
Dunlap. The Council members will then draw
for the length of terms for each member and
will officially organize.
The legislative act creating the County
Council form of government specifies that initial
ly three members would serve for four years and
two members would serve for two years and that
they would draw for terms at their first meeting
in January, 1971. The County Supervisor would
aerve for four years as an ex-officio member of
the Council.
After the organization of the County Council
is completed on January 2 the Council will imme
diately assume the duties as the governing body
of Laurens County.
The public, press and radio are cordially in
vited to attend this very important meeting.
Harley Barnes Dies
In Car-Truck Wreck
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Liquor Store
Is Robbed,
Owner Hurt
The owner was injured and
about $700 stolen in a liquor
store robbery on West Main
Street last Wednesday, Dec. 22.
Clinton Police Chief B.B.
Ballard said that the robbery
occurred about 11:20 a.m. when
two Negro men, both in their
early 20s, entered the store
and ordered a bottle of wine.
When owner Bob Hipp turned
to get the wine, he was struck
on the head by one of the men
who used a “black jack or some
other instrument.’ The other
man reportedly went to the cash
register and took all of the pa
per money, totaling about$700.
The two men are believed to
have left on foot since there
was no car p rked in sight and
Mr. Hipp said le did not hear a
car start up s the men left.
Mr. Hipp was treated for his
head injury and returned to work
the same day.
Harley Raymond Barnes, 45-
year-old president of Frontage
Home, Inc., Simpsonville died
last Wednesday, Dec. 23, in a
car-truck collision at the U,S.
276 and S.C. 14 interchange east
of F ountain Inn.
A native of Clinton and resi
dent of 415 Musgrove SL, Mr.
Barnes was dead at the scene.
Laurens Counth Coroner
Mar shell Pressley said Barnet
was the driver of a 1970 Buick
that collided with a tractor-
trailer truck driven by William
Alvin Burgess ofCleveland. The
truck was owned by Buckeye Fa-
bric FinishingCo. ofCoshoctar,
Ohio.
Mr. Pressley said Burgess
told him Barnes’ car was tra
veling east when it started skid
ding, turning around several
times and crossing into the
westbound lane. The truck hit
the right side of the car, Pres
sley said.
Burgess was not injured in
the accident. S.C. Highway Pa
trolman M.W. Bostick also in
vestigated.
Mr. Barnes was a son of
Mark Avery Barnes of Clin
ton and the late Susie Brown
Barnes. He was a trustee of
Boys Farm in Newberry and was
a member of First Baptist
Church in Clinton. He also was
a member of the Foundation
Board of New Orleans Baptist
Seminary, Laurens County Sh
rine Club, Hejaz Temple of
Greenville, Campbell Lodge and
DEBUTANTES FEATURED
Twenty-three young ladies were to be pre
sented Wednesday night, Dec. 30, at the Clinton
Cotillion Club’s Debutante Ball.
The debutantes are pictured on pages 2-C
and 3-C in today's Chronicle
HAPPV
TO ALL
OUR
^READERS
was a past worthy patron of
eastern Star.
Other survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Dorothy Robinson
Barnes; two sisters, Mrs. O.
L. Stephens Jr. of Clinton and
Mrs. James A. Arnold of Hem
ingway; and seven brothers,
Virgil W., Perry W., Charles
W., Ernest B., James A., Le
wis F. and Clarence W. Bar
nes, all of Clinton.
Funeral services were con
ducted Frir&y atytrst flapttsfr
Church with burial inRosemont
Cemetery.
Christmas
Eve Wreck
Claims Two
Mrs. W.P. Hendricks, 45, of
Owings died Monday morning
after being injured Christmas
Eve in an automobile-truck col
lision near Owings. She was the
second victim of the accident.
Mrs. Audrey Marler, 62, of
Route 3, Fountain Inn died about
three hours after the 10:30 a.m.
collision.
Both were teachers at Hic
kory Tavern.
Mrs. Marler was a passenger
in the Hendricks car which col
lided with a truck driven by
John Beagle of Route 1, Enoree.
The accident occured about five
miles west of Gray Court at the
intersection of secondary road
76 and S.C. Highway 101.
The driver of the truck was
not believed to be seriously
injured.
We would like to express to all of our friends,
our subscribers and our advertisers Best Wishes
for a Happy and Prosperous New Year and hope
that the New Year will bring lasting Peace
throughout the world.
For your many favors and friendly good will
we say “Thank You!”
The Editor and Employees of
®()e Clinton Chronicle
Fire Damages
Building At PC
The basement recreation
room at Presbyterian College’s
Douglas House suffered consi
derable damage in a Christmas
Ciy fire.
The fire, of undetermined
origin, apparently started in one
end of the pool table and did
considerable damage to the ta
ble and to the room. Damage
was estimated conservatively at
$3,500.
The building was locked and
no one was supposed to have
been in the building for a week
since students were away on
Christmas holiday. The fire was
reported at 5:30 p. m. by a couple
who saw smoke and fire in the
room.
GARAGE - CAR
At 1:23 p.m. on Dec. 26, a
Agent Tells Clinton Rotations
Pills Are S.C/s Biggest Drug Problem
Pills — both stimulants and
depressants -- are a bigger
drug problem in South Carolina
than are the more widely pub
licized LSD, heroin and mari
juana, according to a spokes
man for the Department of
Public Health.
Addressing the Clinton
Rotary Club Tuesday,Sam Fry-
erson of the department’s Nar
cotics and Drug Division, said,
“Pills which can be obtained
from drug stores are being a-
bused more than any other
drug.’
He said that there also is
an illegal traffic in pills. These
include “bennies’ and “pep
pills’ which are called
“uppers’, meaning they are sti
mulants and the barbituates
which are depressants and are
known as “downers’.
Concerning the abuse of sti
mulants and depressants which
can be purchased through per-
scriptions, he said, “Children
see their parents take pills to
get them started in the morn
ing and pills to slow them down
at night. Many parents never
stop to consider what sort of
example they are setting.’
Mr. Fryerson said his de
partment audits records of doc
tors and drug stores to make
certain they are staying within
the law in despenslng drugs and
also investigate the “street’ or
illicit drug traffic.
Concerning marijuana, Mr.
Fryerson said, “One of the
problems we run Lnto is that
most people don’t know what
marijuana smells like. Someone
could be smoking marijuana —
or pot -- right in their own
home and most people would
never know it’ He added, “The
marijuana problem dwindles in
the cold weather because the
plants won’t grow in this area
in the winter. And don’t kid
yourself, it has beer grown in
this area. Most people wouldn’t
recognize a marijuana plant. We
had one case where a mari
juana dealer in South Carolina
contracted with a farmer to
grow ‘tomato plants’ for him.
The dealer would stop by at
regular intervals to pick up
his ‘tomato plants’. The far
mer didn’t know it was mari
juana until we went to his farm
to confiscate the supply. He
didn’t know what we were talking
about when we asked him where
the marijuana plants were but
he took us right to it when we
asked about the ‘tomato
plants.’ ’
He said that most of the mari
juana is now coming from Mex
ico and South America while
heroin comes from Turkey.
Mr. Fryerson said, “One of
the largest heroin dealers in
the country is in Greenville,
S.C.’
Concerning deaths from
“overdoses’ of heroin, he
said, “it’s not that the people
take too much heroin. What kills
them, is that their system be
comes accustomed to a certain
percentage of heroin and they
suddenly get a supply which has
a higher percentage and it kills
them, often before they can get
the needle out of their arm.
Users don’t know what they’re
buying when they buy heroin.’
He said, ‘And don’t think
I’m talking about a problem
in some far off place. Laurens
County has drug problems —
LSD, marijuana, heroin. We
have names of users and push
ers. It’s not strictly a law en
forcement problem. It’s your
problem, too. You will have to
get involved in this before we
can dry up the supplies. You
may think that your children
wouldn’t do something like that
and you may be right but that
doesn’t give them complete pro
tection. We have had cases
where innocent young people
were slipped LSD in a soft
drink or a cup of coffee. I
never drink anything when I
go to one of those coffee houses
or hippie-type places. LSD is
colorless, tastless, odorless.
You can absorb it merely by
holding it in your hand.”
Mr. Fryerson said, “Mari
juana users generally can be
detected by changes in atti
tudes. They become sloppy in
the care of themselves, in their
cleanliness and clothes. Their
eyes may get bloodshot and
that’s the reason sun glasses
often are used by ‘Pot
Smokers’ ’.
“We need the help of the
public. When someone gets in
trouble with drugs, we need to
know where the supply is com
ing from, how it was in
troduced.’
garage and automobile were
heavily damaged in a fire on
Chick Street. The garage and
1959 Corvette automobile both
were listed as total losses in
the fire. Both were owned oy
Ronnie Brookshire. Mr. Brook
shire and Leonard White were
working on the car when the
gasoline line apparently broke,
starting the fire.
Also on Dec. 26, firemen
were called to extinguish a car
fire on Francis E. Willard Road
near the Clinton Plaza Shopping
Center. Damage was limited to
wires on the car. The fire was
reported at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Robinson
Dies In N. J.
CLEMSON-William E. (Bill)
Robinson, 65, of Route 5,
Seneca, died Sunday in Strat
ford, N.J. He was a former
teacher at Whitten Village and
was a brother of Mrs. Ayliffe
R. Jacobs of Clinton.
Other survivors include his
wife, three other sisters, and
a brother.
Graveside services were held
at 11 a.m. Thursday atHillcrest
Memorial Park near Pickens.
Mrs. Lawson
Named Dist.
School Nurse
Mrs. L.T. (Martha) Lawson
of Joanna will join the School
District 56 staff Jan. 11 as
school nurse.
Mrs. Lawson, a registered
nurse, will work under the Title
I program to help improve the
health standards of students.
She will work with both students
and parents and will follow up
on any health needs which are
found at school.
She also will work with fa
milies which apply for the free
lunch program.
Mrs. Lawson’s office will be
in the District 56 office build
ing on Hampton Avenue.
Mrs. Lawson took her nurses’
training at University Hospital
in Augusta, Ga., and also took
extra credit courses atAugusta
College.
She has been associated with
the Laurens County Health De
partment since 1956. Prior to
that she was staff nurse at the
Joanna Hospital and was a
member of the nursing staff at
Veterans Hospital in Augusta.
She and Mr. Lawson are the
parents of two sons. Tommy, a
senior at Presbyterian College
where he was an A 11-Carolinas
Conference football player, and
Mark, a third grader.
OTHER MEMOIRS
BY JOE H. SIMPSON
As we come to the close of the year 1970,
we would like to express to Editor Dotmy Wilder
our sincere thanks for allowing u* to bring to
you our memories of our early life in Clinton.
And to so many of you who have expreaaed your
interest in the column, we say tt—dt you. If our
efforts have brought any pleasure to you* thart
we feel that our time spent was not in vain. At
we enter the new year 1971, we wiah for each
of you a year of happiness end good health.