$400,000 Mansure Plant Coming to Clinton's Park · 2018. 9. 28. · fective January 1, monthly rent of Clinton and below S. C. High- the area before dark. for the area would be $30
Harry Y. McSwecn nptificd city council in^a letter Friday night
that he would be unable to accept reappointment as
secretary-treasurer of the City Recreation Commission. Theletter
noted that his current Set for January 31five-year term of office
ended . .. , ^ ,December 31. . Invitations to the annual meet-
ml . ing of She Tuberculosis andThe relinquishing of the post
Health Association of Green-
by Mr. McSween was received wood-Laurens counties are being with
regret and council mem- issued this week, according to bers
expressed appreciation for Hje Kevercnd James A. Bowers the
leadership and service to 0f Greenwood. Mr. Bowers is the community
rendered by serving as chairmarf of the plan- him. . ning
committee.
McSween stated that the He stated'that the fourth an- p.ess of
business .affairs neces- nual meeting of the bi-county sitated his
giving up the posi- group will be held at Self Me- tion. . morial
Hospital in Greenwood at
Cduncil readopted the city's 'J ^ H cl°ck on Monday, January
Code of Ordinances for the ■**'
\fol. 67 — No. 3 . Clinton, S. C.# Thursday, January 20,
1966
$400,000 Mansure Plant Coming to Clinton's ParkSkeleton Said
That of Missing Village InmateA skeleton, found Monday in
a dense, swampy area about1year 1966, and also adopted the Whe™
serving on the commit- northeast of Clintonbusiness license tax
ordinance ^ will include David D. Bo- *1X r”!les ° \ ® j Vu" ,
Dusmtss utense lax ordinance n.. „ R has been identified as that
ofwithout change for the current ldnd of Joanna. David H. Roberts
-in VPfir nia -----year of CUnton, Mrs. D. F. Pattersop a
*J»-year-oia
... of Laurens, and-William N. Botfo-I1,0111 WhittenCouncil
approved the promo- and Mrs_ c_ g Barksdale of than a year.
man missing Village more
March of Dimes Planning CommitteeWorking With Mrs. Powell
Fraser, chairman of Teen
Activities for the March of Dimes, Dinda Suddfeth, Henry Adair
and Dianna Addis (left to right) will compose a planning committee.
Tentative plans include a doughnut sale to be conducted by Senior
High young people of the Clinton area. The Junior Highs will accept
donations to the March of Dimes in the business area on Saturday,
January 29, pinning on
- lapels bf donors the symbol of the National Foundation,
rr.iniaiure crutches.—Photo by Yarborough.
47 Negroes Enroll in Six Previously All-White Schools in
District 56
fion of City Policeman Horace Greenwood Horton to lieutenant,
increasing the number of lieutenants on the police force to
three.
Horton has been with the department since 1941, except for three
years he served in the armed forces during World War II.
Watershed Dam, Bid Is $56,472
Laurens County Coro n e r Marsha)! Pressley said Whitten Village
officials identified a belt, shoes and bits of clothing as the type
worn by Wallace C. Hughes when he was last sevn Sept. 20, 1964.
BUILDING SOLD TO GREENWOOD MILLS--
Bids were opened Friday, Jan- The skull was found Sunday uary
14, on the next floodwater about 5:00 p. m. near Philson
Council relinquished use of retarding dam to be built in the
Bridge. Sheriff’s deputies Ted a parking area on South Broad Duncan
Creek Watershed. It will Ward and Arthur Dunaway Street, after
notification by the be constructed on Beards Fork were called to
the scene but owner, James P. Sloan, that ef- Creek, about two
miles North could not complete a search of fective January 1,
monthly rent of Clinton and below S. C. High- the area before
dark.
Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson era limits.for the area would be $30.
The waV 398-city has had use of the area Chairman C. D. Waldrop of
and ^ deputies returned Mon_for several years through the thc
Duncan Creek Watershed , f d th skeletoncourtesy of Mr. Sloan-on a
tax Directors said that Theo Broth- L ,, coVered with debr s ’
story completely air-conditioned plant.
'V--,. ers Construction Co. «f Woodruff ParUaUy covered wim
denns, a mi_. -------
To Double Capacity Over PresentOperation in Joanna; Building
Sold
1 • • . 'Clinton’s industrial picture got a healthy boost this
week when -it was announced
yesterday that a new $400,000 manufacturing plant soon will be
built near the city’s east-- vg
The E. L. Mansure Co. will begin construction within the next
few weeks on a single
refund basis. was t^a^arent low bidder wS short distance from
the skull. The building will be located in Clinton’s new industrial
park and will contain ap-
Seal Campaign At $19,643.58The Christmas Seal Campaign,
Enrollment was accomplish- which continues to run ahead of
Darragh and White Construction Count law enforcement of. The
Laurens County Home and .......—......... . ..................- Th*
.vUHn* nno, • previous years, has reached a Co., Greenwood,
$60,880; Eagle a . 111 advanced in rank and were exlst,n8 land and
35,000
ed Monday morning following total of $19 543 53 officials said
Construction Co., Newberry, ^frs. sea^ched several days County
Agents are planning a awarded merit badgeg in seVer- square foot
building now beingfiling of “Choice of School” this week. This is
within $642.76 $55,846; W. S. Peden Construe- lollowmg the man s
disappear- series of meetings on housing a, different divisions at
a Court occupied by the Mansure Co. in
Forty-seven Negro pupils fer to the Joanna Elementary were
enrolled this week in six School previously all-white schools in
Laurens County District 50 (Clinton
area).ri^!tnnSCTnnirtrarHiehintHairn!ton forms on the previous
Monday, of the final 1964 campaign. These tion Co., Greenville,
$60,172; Avenue Elementary, ’ Mercer S. At Clinton High School, ten
Christmas Seal contributions Hunter Brothers Const. Co., Rt.
„ J . ’ finance the work of (he Tubercu- 2 Gray Court,
$67,617.Bailey Elementary Providence Negro pupils have been assign-
losis and Health Association inElementary a nd Cross Hill- ed to
classes—three in the 9th Greenwood and Laurens coun- c , . T
;Mountville Elementary at grade, five in the 10th, and two ties.
jCnOOl I TUSTCCSMountviUe. In fhe llth. jn comparing 1965 figures
Wj|| Give ProaraiH
No Negroes applied for trana- Junior High has 12 enrolled — with
those of last year it was
$56,472. He said that the con- Flooding creek water appar-
proximately 70,000 square feet of floor space, tract should be let
within the ently separatefl the skull from; next few days. Work
will begin the rest of the skeleton, Ccij- County AaentS 15 days
after the award, with ner Pressley said. He said no / .150 calendar
days allowed for foul play was indicated an;! an Planning S6N6S the
completion of the job. inquest would not be conduct- m i| • LA
l
Other bidders Friday were: ed. Mousing Meets
(... The Mansure plant will front ‘ on (J. Si Highway 76
adjacent to the nearly-completed C. W. An- derson Hosiery Co.
plant.
G. E. Moore Construction Co. of Greenwood is expected to be
Members of Boy Scout Troop ^ Keneral contractor.
Scouts Advance At Court of Honor
ance in 1964.
Dr. Carter Develops Chemical Apparatus
February 1 through February 8 0f Honor heldf Monday night at
Joanna has been sold to Green- at the agricultural building in St.
James Methodist Church in "^d Mi,ls^ recent purchasers
• t . . * » An t anrpnc of Joanna Cotton Mills. It is
ex-Laurens, beginning at 7.00 p.m. ' * pected that Greenwood will
use
Topics for these meetings will Chnton troop accounted ^ building
for additional man-include Boor plans, home build- °r. . 0D ?aIl ‘
ufacturnig space.scout, with Bop Vance and Larry David Meyers,
currently m&n-
„ „ „ , , , , , scnooi auauonum. Mrs. victorS. Bailey School has
11 The suport of business and in, M m chairmaD> an.dustry shows
a decrease and . »
Whitsel Named To
All-American TeamJoel Whitsel, standout half- ^
back from Clinton High School, fi^e in the 6th grade. list.is
the only Providence has four-one in The total of 21,283 appeal let-
school District 56. W. E. Ellis.named 0n me xuro nign scnooi yi 4th
d and three in the ters mailed in November repre- wiu be the
moderator in repre- All-Amenca football team se- . sents an
increase of 693 over sentinB the ptalected by Scholastic Magazine.
Donations have been re-
The_ 165-pound athlete who has Cross Hill-Mquntville has 7—
ceived from 6,356 contributors. 0ni^q ^lone °ne ^ 4116 lst gra