https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/2ae2cb0e18c3505171c98d9096fac5c2.pdf fb233456cc8f2018c08a8ff1c1427f9b PDF Text Text --~---~~~ •~~~-----------------~- ..--..--------....-p-r ---,..-.__,_ ,-,-.--~· Cl I 1-7-1•-r------------1-THB WEEKLY OBSERVER. Hemlapay, So•tll Caroll•a, '111anday, Seplember Z7, 1171 . J'Ville GREAT Town Status Is rea flok· Thi• Is the second In a two- beautification on Johnsonville United Means Progress (JUMP( and chairman of the quality of life committee on the GREAT Towns sales team r.e~rted that the community is con'. tinwng to work on beautification and _..tes.) die recent review of the status of of Johnsonville as a GREAT Mayor Connie S. Decamps said, 111Johnsonville are grateful for the I Towns program. We had some lives underway, and this program given us the impetus to conclude and go on to others. We are ex eJy glad that somewhere in South · someone cares about the In executive session Monday night communities." Mace, chairman of the Johnsonville Board of Trustees quality of life. He told the review team, composed of two representatives from the State Development Board and a representative of Carolina Power and Light Company, of the annual "Spring Clean", which has been on-going for the past six years, noting that the 1979 event involved for the most part the Jaycees, Lions and two woman's clubs. In the Spring Clean, efforts are made to collect large items that the average household cannot dispose of and 'vi NOTICE tbe foot~ll game ~tween the Johnsonville Flashes and North Myrtle Beach, which was or1gmally set for Friday night at North Myrtle Beach has been rescheduled for Thursday night at Seahawk Stadium in Myrtle B.;.ch J[ici-off time will be 8 p.m. · · ew voted to employ Mrs. Nell Eaddy to teach in the area of Special Education thus bringing Mrs. Eaddy, who retired last year, out of retirement and back into the classroom . They also voted to employ Bennett Ray Baxley as a math instructor in the Language Arts department at Johnsonville Middle School. In other action in executive session the Board approved one student to attend adult education. A student under • ers 18 - years of age must have an approval by the Board before attending adult education . They also voted to accept three students from another district who have releases from their respective districts . In open session, District Superintendent Chester Floyd reminded members of the School Board Convention scheduled for October 11 - 13 at the Myrtle Beach Hilton. He said he had • • • • Downtown Parking Part of Johasonville's Revitllazation Program must have •ltll the paving of sidewalks and additional parking I Con&lnued from Page I demoed. but had been sold and generally "spruce up the town with an renovated rather than demoliahed. overall good cleaning". In this effort a Mace allo noted that a new ice cream number of buildings, he said, have been parlor had opened oo Main Street. He reno~ated. He told specifically of the told of the city's participation in the old ice house which had been conannual Governor's Beautification ( 'ontlnued to Page x Program, where a number of awards have been received, some repeated several times. Interesting to the review team was the ordinance on vacant lots where the city cleans up lots where the owners fail to and bills owners for the cost. made reservations for Board members The review team also heard reports Wilmer Lee Davis, James Carraway oo the fact that the city has just moved and William McDaniel. Floyd said into a new library. With the largest Carraway is to serve as moderator for circulation in the county except the a session of the convention on Friday. main library in Florence, the old Floyd said this was the first time facility had been outgrown. The old school bad started without three School District Five offices had been teachers, and this had held up p1rchased when citizens rallied to raise preparation of the school's policy $15,000 within two weeks to match an manual. He told the Board that a equal grant from Florence County committee had been elected last Friday Council, and went on to renovate the to study the manual and make building . This library is to be dedicated recommendations. The committee is in early November. composed of Floyd, Jerry Powell The Review Board asked if the (Coordinator of Title One Programs), Downtown Revitalization Program, the three principals and four teachers. which plans are in the bands of a team Floyd said he feels it is important to from Clemson University, would be funded by merchants only. Mayor let the teachers, who were elected, DeCamps said the town is looking for have some input into the manual in areas which effect them rather than sources of funding, has taken some steps, and is looking for other outlets. looking at the manual from a total She said, "Property owners have seen administrative viewpoint. He emthe plans as it exists and are delighted . phasized that he is looking toward I called 67 property owners personally imput from the teachers, and that he when the model was on display at the does not think it wise to adopt a whole City Hall, and of those contacted 53 policy and later have the teachers say, came to inspect the plans. I have found "It would have been nice if you would that a one to one talk makes for better have considered us." The superintendent reported on the communication." The Review Board asked "Have you school openings, and said he had devised a schedule when this work will received favorable comments on the in· be started and finished , or do you plan service training which kept 90 per cent to do it catch as catch can?" of the teachers busy for two days prior The mayor replied that as soon as a to the opening of schools. He said some schedule is devised officials want to workshops were mandatory and some plan one phase which can be attained could be selected. "We got more fairly easily, so when this phase is positive feedback from this training completed people will see that we are period than any we've had since I've going to implement this revitalization been here." progr~m. She said the Clemson study is He announced to the Board that in part funded by a foundation and the school will be dismissed at apcity is funding in part. proximately 12:45 on Oct. 25, to allow Ken Lyerly, Existing Industry for more inservice training. Clint chairman, said the existing industries Hackney will conduct a workshop OD have been contacted to affirm their penmanship for all teachers and he said willingness to help in any way. He noted he considers this very important. that a day care center had been a He said that a funding level has been suggestion of long standing, and that reached on the matter of vocatiooal one bad been added to the city just students who spend part of their school recently. He told the Review Board Gf day at the Hemingway Area Vocatiooel the 1978 "Industry Day", which really Center, and that instead of paying the impressed those who attended. At this $16,135.56 for which the Diltrict hu event educatiooal facilities displayed been billed the District bad paid c:urricUlum and trade 1kills. He said, $4,867.a?. He said he bad a:plainecl thllt · ''Tbis clay played an important role in the District could not fund the Cenllir la IOliDI lnd0 et.ry, buailleu, and people for the approximately la ltUdeola wr.; :tccetber.'' He noted tbat students and attended last year on an e1111 nee basis plbJk took advantaae of the day to and not have any say in what wu spe11C. ID tbe area w•t Floyd said the type of billlnl been used by the CenteNano& spaces, approximately 24, along the side ol the railroad which runs through the center ol the city. that facility_alaM. ('ontiaued to h committee has taken a great effort to involve itself with industries to let them know how important they are to the community, but also wants industries to know how important the community is to them . "These go hand in hand," he said. In response to the question by the Review Board as to whether the sales team gets corporation from existing industries in seeking new industries, Henry Poston , chairman, and a Wellman employee, said, "Jack Wellman is on the State Development Board and we get 100 per cent corporation from all existing industries." It was pointed out that Dubois Dyeing Company has expanded it's facilities within the past two years and Johnsonville Manufacturing Company has expanded within the past year. Tom Birchmore, chairman of the Industrial Sites Committee, told the Review team that his committee had reaffirmed the four sites and two alternate sites that are available for industry. He noted that his committee has been relatively busy during the past year and had looked at other sites, but had not been able to obtain letters. He pointed out that the packet information available to prospective industries contain information about the site size, location and cost as well as the cost of putting in services. He pointed out that two of the available sites are on the river and two are adjacent to the railroad. The Review Board was pleased with the aria! views of the available industrial sites and suggested including information about location of water lines, sewerage lines, and the availability of natural gas. One member said, "When you are talking with a prospective industry, they are looking at money (the cost of supplying these services). The Review Board asked if the city is in a position to extend these services to the industrial sites, to which the mayor replied, "There would be no problem in extending sewer lines to industrial sites. There are funds available from FIL'\ to extend sewer lines to in· dustries. And for the economical advantage to the area, there will be no problem." Councilman David Taylor who chairs the finance committee of the GREAT Towns sales team, pointed out that the city is under a user pay basis, bonded, and any tie on would have to come under Iha t basis. He said contracts for natural gas to industrial sites would be easy to obtain, since one provider of this service is anxious to assist. It was pointed out to the Review Board that the city is still under a council form of government with a four· year staggered term. The city officials said they see the need for a city ad· minlstrator and are IMking ways to that • omg amoWJt owed on the waste water treatment plant. The city operates under a codified ordinance system with an excellent police department. Officials ere endeavoring, under the Clemson Revitilization Program to secure a new City Hall with police deparbuent facilities. Presently, the City provides 24-hour dispatching service for the Volunteer Fire Department, the Rescue Squad and the Police Department. The mayor and other members of the sales team reported favorably on the fact that there is no concentrated area of sub-standard housing, that curbside sanitation pickup is available, the excellent quality of life which is available to the citizens, the transportation and marketing facilities which are available, the higher educational facilities which are in easy driving distance and available to area students. The Review Board pointed out that some industries are wary of transportation because they are not used to the customes of the south. After listening to the various reports, the Review Board went into a con• ference among themselves and voted to reaffirm Johnsonville's present status as a GREAT Town for another year. J'Ville School New Teachers Continued from Page I He told the Board that the High School League had revised the rules and would now allow for the High School Basketball teams to play an additional two games per season or participate in an invitational tournament. He noted that Lake City is trying to develop a tournament, because it is difficult to schedule two extra games at this point. The tournament will be played Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights after school dismisses for the Christmas holidays. The Board voted to allow the students to participate in the tour· nament this year, with the notation that this decision involves this year only. They also noted that no student w~ does not participate will be penalized if there are prior committments such as a family trip. Board Member Jack Belshaw said be would like this to be understood et any time. For instance, if it was the beert of the season and a family must take their vacation at that time, that the player not be penaliU!d . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource GREAT Town Status, 9-27-1979 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9-27-1979 News Newspaper Weekly Observer