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Vol. 36-No. 29 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, December 14, 1972 $3.00 PER YEAR Water body plans project Newberry College’s scholarship program for athletes received a boost this week when the Indian Club, the College’s athletics booster organization, presented the College with a check for $30,000. In giving the check to the College, Harry Hedgepath (left), executive secretary of the Club, and Douglas Keel, president of the organization, told A. Hart Kohn, Jr., chairman of the College’s Board of Trustees, that it was the largest gift the Indian Club has ever presented to the College. City denied planning funds Holland Ruff succumbs at age of 86 Mr. Ruff was born Sept. 21, 1886 and died Dec. 12, 1972 after a long period of illness. He was the son of Walter Franklin and Molly Leitzsey Ruff. He was married to the former Talu Lominick of Pomaria, Dec. 12, 1909. Mr. Ruff is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Elmer E. (Naomi) Epting and Mrs. P. N. (Ruby) Abrams, a foster son, Carroll H. Counts, all of Newberry, two grandchildren, Dr. E. Eugene Epting and Alyce Counts, three great-grand children, Holland, Paige, and Kimberly Epting. He was a member of St. Phi lip’s Lutheran Church and serv ed on the Church Council and as Supt. of the unday School a number of years. Mr. Ruff served as trustee of the St. Phi lip’s school and was active in all community and civic affairs as long as his health permit ted. He was in politics for 32 years, he was magistrate, Commis sioner, and Supervisor of New berry County. He was a mem ber of Woodmen of the World and a former member of the Lions and Kiwanis Clubs. The funeral was held at St. Philip’s Lutheran Church Dec. 13, 1972 at 4 o’clock P.M. with Rev. Clarence G. Walck, pas tor of St. Philip’s assisted by Dr. Henry A. McCullough of the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer. Interment was in the church cemetery. CAROL SERVICE BE HELD AT AVELEIGH CHURCH A community carol service will be held Sunday afternoon at 4:30 at Aveleigh Presbyter ian Church. Choir members from churches throughout the city will participate. The pub lic is invited to this service. A planning commission re commendation to Newberry City Council to have a feasability study made for new facilities for the city failed Tuesday night when city council held its regular meeting. The planning commission had asked that $5,000 be appropriat ed for study which was to in clude the Opera House, fire de partment, and possible location of city offices in the Parr build ing. City Manager K. W. Riebe said that several groups had re quested consideration of re modeling the opera house which he said would eliminate much space now being used by the city. He said the study was necessary in order that the peo ple of the city would know the cost of needed changes and have something to go on. The proposal was defeated by a three to two vote of council. In other business council gave first reading to a proposed zon ing ordinance for the city and Dr. F. A. Truett died suddenly Dr. Fuller Alexander Truett, 6G, e f 1912 McHardy Street, Newberry, dentist, died sudden ly in his office Thursday after noon. Dr. Truett was born in Brook- neal, Va., the son of the late Fuller Alexander and Janie Spencer Truett and was reared in Albermarle, N. C. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, member and past pre sident of Newberry Lions Club, member and past president of Newberry Shrine Club, member of Hejaz Temple, member of Amity Lodge No. 87, past pre sident of Southern Academy of Oral Surgery, member of S. C. Dental Assoc, and member of American Dental Assoc., and was past president of Central District Dental Society. He was also president of the Newberry Cotillion Club. He attended Wake Forest Uni versity and was a graduate of Emory University Dental (Continued on Page 8) to the 1973 business license or dinance. Approval was given to a pro gram sponsored by the S. C. State Housing Authority to pro vide housing for senior citizens. The Housing Authority, with local participation, is to decide on a site and make application for funding the project: Voted to extend a water line on U.S. 76 from Damon Inter national plant to an area near Kibler’s Garage whenever coun cil feels money is available. The City Planning Commission which recommended the line, said the extension is part of the overall plant for the future water distribution system. Gave final approval to an nexation of 80 acres on Wise Street and U.S. 76 into the city, and rezoned property on U.S. 76 owned by Coleman Bishop from a residential to general business district. 0-1 selects new * ■ ■ ■ D. B. Brittain, general ma nager of the Owens-Illinois Cor rugated Box Plant in Newberry, announced the appointment of Robert G. Swanson, Jr. as Pro- d u c t i o n Superintendent. Mr. Swanson replaces the late Mil- ton A. Mahaffey. Mr. Swanson came to the Newberry plant in September, 1971 as Industrial Engineer. Mr. and Mrs. Swanson re side in Country Club Acres. The Newberry County Water and Sewer Authority Tuesday asked county council to make a don^ion of at least $25,000 to U.S. Plywood Champion Pa per Inc., to help build a water line to the company’s new plant near Silverstreet. The request was presented to council by Water Authority chairman Walter Hamm. The authority had voted unanimous ly earlier in the day to make the request. U.S. Plywood plans to build what they call “the most mo dern plywood plant in the world” to be located between Silverstreet and Chappells. The company expects to have the plant in operation by January 1974, but they want water at the site by March 1. The water authority told coun cil that the water line which would be run along Highway 34 from Silverstreet would also serve people living in that area. The company will be paying a monthly water bill to the authrotiy estimated to run a- bout $900. The authority reported that the total project costs for con struction of the water lines to the plant would be about $227,- 500. “It is estimated that some $31,500 can be borrowed from FHA, some $4,920 would come from tap fees, and a $92,180 balance would have to come from somewhere else,” the au thority said. U.S. Plywood offered to pay $67,180 as the contribution to ward construction. Hamm said that a contribution of at least $25,000 from county council “would make the project feasi ble.” He said if council makes the gift, the money would be put in water lines to benefit the people of the county as well as the company. Council Chairman Carman Bouknight said council will have to have a few days to see if it can make the gift. Other Water Authority of ficials and representatives of the company were also present in making the request. In other business, Bouknight noted that the county received a revenue sharing check total ing $116,456 for a period ending June 30. The county had origi nally anticipated $178,750. Bouk night noted that if the similar amount of $62,000 is cut from each revenue sharing check the county is to receive, over a five year period the county will have lost $623,000 of the amount it had anticipated. “It looks like Newberry Coun ty was hit the hardest” in the cut experienced by the counties throughout the state. Bouknight said. He said that sometime in January, “We’re going to pro test the calculating of Newberry County’s share, and see if there is a possibility that an error has been made.” Council voted to purchase a two-ton truck for the Newberry County road department. Before the Board of Trustees at Newberry College met for its semi annual meeting at the College on Dec. 6, they attended an informal reception with administrators, faculty members, and student lead ers. Among those at the reception were James Riddle, Admissions Counselor, and D. J. Haigler, a member of the Board of Trustees from Columbia.