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1 MEDIEVAL BANNER—Gathered around the me dieval banner Sunday are some of the young people instrumental in the work. Left to right: Mrs. R. Floyd Bundrick, one of the advisors; Miss Susan Smith, Miss Debra Farmer and Jimmy Farmer. Luther League Presents Banner At St. John's Reformation Sunday, Oct. 26, was a special day for St. John’s Lutheran Church. As part of their observance of Reformation Sun day, the Luther League present ed to the congregation a medie val banner in the style and de sign of those used in the church es of the Reformation period. The League’s banner was the result of many weeks of prepara tion, of studying symbols of the church, designing a distinctive format, and deciding on and lo cating appropriate materials in keeping with the medieval period. After several sewing sessions by some of the girls, the banner was ready for presentation to the con gregation. League president, Miss Debra Farmer, in the presentation and explanation of the symbols told the congregation Sunday: “We wanted something that would lie symbolic of our Luther League and St. John’s. We t(»k, for .a starting point, the motto of the congregation, “Under God, Con fronting the Present, Facing the Future”, and chose symbols to represent the way we see our selves.” The medieval banner has coarse material as a back ground with symbols represent ing the spirit of the group and their approach to life. Clustered around the Eagle, symbol of St. Johns the Apostle, for whom the congregation is named, are the symbols: a boat - striving, sturg- gling with life; wheat grains on a green disk - a group which is growing and bearing fruit; a lamp - awareness of life, the search for truth and knowledge; Luther’s Coat of Arms - long the symbol over the LutheranChurch in America for the Luther League. The idea of making banners is slowly growing over the Luther an Church by youth groups. St. John’s is one of the first in this area of the state to design and make such a medieval banner. Youth Ministry in the Lutheran Church in America is built on the conviction that young people have the gift of generating creative ideas and putting them into crea tive, concrete forms which will benefit the whole church. St. John’s Luther League demon strated that concept to their con gregation. * * * Bond Sales Combined sales of Series E and H Savings Bonds and Savings Notes for September in Laurens County totaled $36,670 reports D.F. Patterson, County Savings Bonds Chairman. In the State, total sales of E and H Savings Bonds and Savings Notes amountedtSSS,373,894 re ports Robert G. Clawson, State Chairman of the U.S. Savings Bonds Committee. Ex-'Pueblo' Crewman Says Ship Unprotected A former ‘Pueblo" crewman said the ship evaded capture for an hour and a half after being promised that help was only 15 minutes away. "When we radioed we were be ing boarded, our last message from Japan was ‘Good Luck’, Lee R. Hayes, the ship’s head radio man, told an audience last week in Greenwood. At a meeting sponsored by the Greenwood-Mountville TRAIN Committee (To Restore Ame rican Independence Now), Hayes said, “The Pueblo was never within the 12-mile limit of Korea. When we were seized, we were 21 miles from the closest land. The closest to North Korea we had been was 13.5 miles." He said North Korea had is sued warnings that it would seize U.S. surveillance ships in their area but “our leaders did not believe them. We were told to continue our surveillance work in order to get their reaction to our presence there." Hayes, who joined the John Birch Society upon his release from the Navy, said he had been asked why the ship did not re sist seizure. found out that certain Anger signs did not mean Hawaiian good luck. This was terrible for them be cause it made them lose face—- My jaw was broken in the nine days of beatings that followed.” Hayes said the prisoners’ me dical treatment “has to be cal led Just enough to keep us from dying. Before our release, we were treated for visible bruises." He described the seizure of the “Pueblo” as “one of the many demoralizing defeats for this country. Why haven’t we won some place in the world in the last 25 years? My Captain (Lloyd Bucher) well said that he felt the United States had let him and his men down.” A native of Columbis, Ohio, Hayes has made numerous speeches in a nine-state area recently. * * + Dr. Weersing Speaks At Coker President Marc C. Weersing of Presbyterian College was Coker College’s initial guest speaker for the 1969-70 session. The occasion was a Senior Day as sembly Wednesday in the col lege auditorium. “The Pueblo was not a fight ing ship in any sense of the word. My ship had two 50-cali ber machine guns on board with orders not to uncover them. This artillery is something similar to the effect I might have on you if you stuck a shotgun in my sto mach and I threw a wet noodle in your face.” Hayes said some classified in formation was taken “But it was not as much as most Americans believe.” Concerning his imprisonment in North Korea, Hayes said, “They kept us scared and men tally off-balance. Beatings were their greatest threat. The only news we received from home was bad news. I received only one of the 25 letters my parents sent.” Hayes said the prisoners’ sense of humor kept them going. He said there must be a free and open society for a sense of humor to develop and that the commu nists could not appreciate humor. He said the wrath of the com munists was incurred, “when they FULLER REESE Reese Returns From Vietnam Lt. Fuller L. Reese, III, has returned home from Vietnam where he served the past year as company commander of Head quarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 42nd Artillery. While serving in Vietnam he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal for outstanding meritorious ser vice in connection with military operations against a hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Reese Jr., of Clinton and Jack sonville, Fla. He has completed his tour of active duty and has joined his wife who made her home at Clemson while he was away. Dr. Weersing is the Class of 1970’s first choice for a Senior Day speaker. Born in Michigan, he has lived in the South since 1938 when he earned the Th.M degree at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga., and was ordained into the Presbyter ian ministry. He has held pas torates in Georgia (at Elberton and Decatur), in Mississippi (at Jackson), and in South Carolina (at Spartanburg). * * * "I wonder if we can’t get federal matching funds for this project ...” BY NANCY PHILLIPS Week of October 27, 1969 Telephones in Clinton have in creased from 658 on V-J day to a total of 1,381, manager W. W. Stover stated yesterday. The Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Thorne of Chesnee spent the weekend with their daughter, Mrs. Vernon Trammell and Mr. Trammell. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Pitts and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Shealy spent Sunday visiting Mt. Mit chell and other points of interest in North Carolina. W'yman M. Shealy has returned from a two weeks vacation. On last Tuesday afternoon, members of the Junior Miss ionary Society of Bailey Memor ial Church together with the spon sors, Mrs. Murray Adams and Sybil McCoy, Rev. John H. Holl and and Dan Dunaway visited the county home and entertained those who make their home there with the singing of hymns. 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