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Hughes elevated to vice president PPC association Mike Hughes, Branch Office Manager in the Newberry office of the Palmetto Production Cre dit Association has been pro moted to Vice President of the local office effective January 1, 1972 according to R. A. Darr, President of the Federal Inter- MR. HUGHES mediate Credit Bank of Colum bia. The ICB is the supervi sory agency of the association. In the same action, Dick Suggs, General Manager, was named President of the Association, S. F. Sherard, Sr. of Calhoun Falls, chairman of the board and Hugh Workman of Joanna, co-chairman. Palmetto PCA makes short and intermediate term loans up to seven years to both full-time and part-time farmers. In com menting on the local office Hughes said that in his opinion many farmers were unaware of the association’s interest in fi nancing agriculture in the area. He said the association finances things such as college eudca- tions, autos, home improve ments and many other terms indirectly related to farm family needs as well as all pur poses directly related to the farm. MR. SUGGS PCA is a member owned cre dit cooperative governed by a Board of Directors which is elected by the stockholders. In addition to Sherard and Work man, the remaining members of the Board are P. F. Beck. Williston; Kenneth Mitchell, Sa luda; David Waldrop, Silver- street; W. D. Cromer, New berry; Julian Burton, Laurens and Watson Wright, Johnston. Suggs commented that the Newberry office has almost 100 loans with a volume of almost $1.6 million outstanding in New berry County. Palmetto PCA serves Aiken, Edgefield, Salu da, Laurens, Newberry, Abbe ville, Grenwood and McCormick Counties. Suggs said that there was $9.1 million outstanding to over 560 farmers in the eight county territory. Vol. 35—No. 36 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, December 30, 1971 $3.00 PER YEAR The Vena and Vromise of the LET US UNITE IN OUR PRAYERS. THAT THE NEW YEAR MAY BRING PEACE. ALONG WITH THE HOPE OF A BETTER LIFE, FOR PEOPLE HAPPY NEW YEAR.” EVERYWHERE “Arsenic and Old Lace” tryouts be next Monday Tryouts for the Newberry Community Players’ production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” will be held Monday, January 3rd, Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th at the Newberry-Saluda Regional Library, beginning at 7:30 p.m. This three act comedy by Joseph Kesselring will be pre sented on February 24, 25 and 26. This long running Broadway production and Little Theatre success concerns two elderly women and deadly elderberry wine; a bugle blowing nephew who thinks he is Teddy Rosse- velt; his sadistic sybling, Jona than, and a host of other weir dos. Although the play calls for three females and eleven males, most of the male roles are bit parts that do not require a great deal of rehearsal time. The Players invite all inte rested persons to come to the Library and read for a part. Koon advisor to IB association Herman Allen, Executive Di rector with the South Carolina Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association in Columbia announced the appointment of W. Harold Koon to the Advisory Board of Driectors of the South Carolina Conference of Tuber culosis and Respiratory Disease Workers. Mr. Allen stated, “Ha rold is presently serving as Pro gram Director of the Area Six Branch Office of the SC TB- RD Association which serves Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood Laurens, McCormick, Newberry and Saluda Counties; and comes on the board after only four months with the association to become the youngest member on the Conference Board.” • The Area Six Branch Office formerly located in Laurens has been relocated in order to better serve the area’s seven counties. The present address is Room 313 in The Textile Bldg, in Greenwood, South Carolina. The office is now in the geographi cal center of Area Six which should provide for better ser vices. Indian couriers resume schedule The Newberry College Indians resume their basketball season Monday when they meet the Allen University squad at 7:30 p.m. Monday, January 3, in MacLean Gymnasium on the Newberry College campus. The Newberrians enter the contest with a 6-3 record while the visiting squad from Allen University have a 3-5 mark. The Indians have played only one game since December 8 when they began a layoff from basketball for fall semester exa minations and the Christmas holidays. The squad beat the High Point Panthers 87-66 on December 18. Joe Styles leads the Newberry scoring with 18.2 points. Coach Nield Gordon’s squad travels to Erskine College on January 6 and then returns to the home court on January 8 to meet conference foe Guilford College. Newberry downed Allen ear lier in the season 83-79 in the NAIA doubleheader at Green ville. Mrs. Voumans is Newberry trustee Two South Carolinians—Mrs. Clem I. Youmans of Newberry and Edwin S. Averyt of Colum bia—were elected to 3-year terms on the Board of Trustees of Newberry College during the semi-annual meeting of the Board earlier this month. The two join 33 other mem bers of the Board who act as the governing body for the li beral arts college supported by the Lutheran Church in Ame rica. Mrs. Youmans is active in civic affairs in Newberry; she is a member and has served on many committees of the Cen tral United Methodist Church in cluding the Board of Trustees, the Community Hall Board, and is the president of the Newberry Garden Club. She is also a mem ber of the Board of Visitors of Columbia College. Averyt is the president and chairman of the Board of Di rectors (Emeritus) of the Colo nial Life and Accident Insu rance Company of Columbia which h' founrM in 1937. The three supporting Luthe ran Synods elect 26 of the Board members (South Carolina Sy nod, 14; the Florida Synod, 6; and the Southeastern Synod, 6) and the Board of Trustees elects another six members. The pres idents of the three Synods also are members of the Board. The elected members serve 3-year terms and may be re-elected by the Synods of the Board. Dr. Fredric Irvin, president of Newberry College, is an ex- officio member and B. O. Long, the College treasurer, is the Board’s treasurer. Dr. Irvin and Long do not have the power to vote. A. Hart Kohn, Jr., is the cur rent president of the Board; he was elected to the office in 1969 and re-elected in 1970 and 1971. The Board meets in May and in December. Kendall gives $2500 to college The Kendall Company Foun dation has presented N e w- berry College with a gift of $2,500 for use in the College’s Scholarship Program. The Kendall scholarships are awarded to academically quali fied and financially needy stu dents with first perference giv en to applicants from New berry County and then to other applicants from South Carolina. This year nine students are re ceiving scholarship as a result of the Kendall Foundation gift. The Kendall Company ope rates two textile manufacturing plants and a cotton buying of fice in Newberry.