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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1%6 Library Notes J. M. Weaks, 75, dies Wednesday NO LIBARY FINES DURING APRIL April is here and that’s no joke, Bring in your books before we croak. Too many are overdue as you can see, We’ll make you happy by not charging a fee. Do you have any overdue lib rary books hanging around the house or lurking in the car? Now is the time to bring them in to the Newberry-Saluda Re gional Library. During the month of April there will be no fines charged and no questions asked at the libraries in New berry, Whitmire, Saluda, and Ridge Spring. This month long absence of fines is being held during the month of April both as part of the observation of National Li brary (Week, April 17-23, and as an effort to recover many books that are needed and be ing requested by other library users. Everyone is urged to take advantage of this. Save money; J. M. Weaks, 75, died Wed nesday at the Newberry county Memorial hospital. He had been in failing health for several years. Mr. Weaks was born and reared in Arcadia, Ohio. He had made his home in Newber ry county for the past 35 years and was foreman for the Blair quarries until he retired some years ago. He was a member of Enoree Baptist Church; a Deacon and Sunday School teacher. UDC CHAPTER MEETS TUESDAY Drayton Rutherford Chapter, U.D.C. will meet Tuesday, Ap ril 5 at 4 p.m. with Mrs. Jack Jenkins. Mrs. E. B. Carlisle and Mrs. C. A. Dul'ford will be asso ciate hostesses. help the library—bring in all overdue books. Mrs. M. H. Cook! Horses owned rites Sunday by Whitener Mrs. Myrtle Harmon Cook, 70 wife of M. H. Cook, died Tues day of last week at Newberry County Memorial hospital after a lingering illness. Mrs. Cook was born in New berry County, the daughter of the late Eliza Robertson Har mon. She was a member of Bethel Baptist church. Besides her husband, she is survived by three sons, Carl Cook, Tallahassee, Fla., Rich ard Cook of Newbery and John Cook of Augusta, Ga.; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Livings ton of Newberry; one brother, John Simpson Harmon, Pros perity; six sisters, Mrs. Ben Dawkins, and Mrs. Berley Haw kins of Newberry; Mrs. Dow Bedenbaugh of Kinards, Mrs. Leila Bedenbaugh and Mrs. Pearl Bedenbaugh, both of Prosperity. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday from Whitaker Funeral Home by Dr. Neil E. Truesdell, Rev Raymond Brock and Rev. Roy Davis. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers were Ber- ly Hawkins Jr., Ben Dawkins Jr., Robert Harmon, Joe Bed enbaugh ,Oscar Bowers, Fred Cook, Charles Simmons, and Everton Cook. Serving as honorary pall bearers were Charlie Zobel, Richard Wicker, Robert Hamil ton, Dr. James A. Underwood, Ligon Miller, Roy Hunter, Roy Proctor, Will Attaway, Bennie Williams, J. D. Ellisor, T. A. Marier and Dewitt Mills. Vets receive cash benefits win classes Merry Boy’s Secret, owned by Guy V .Whitener, Jr., of Newberry and ridden by Bill Yelton of Augusta, Ga., had a winning Ace up his sleeve Sat urday night and beat Go Boy’s King of Spades in the Walking Horse Championship State Class. Secret is standing at stud at Shady Acres Stables at Trenton. Go Boy’s Debbie Girl, ridden and owned by Stuart Whitener, won the juvenile Walking Horse class (riders 18 and under) in a field of 17 entries from South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina. This was Stuart’s first showing in a horse show as a juvenile. The Evans show took the title of being the largest one night show in the South away from Johnston with a total field of 312 horses entered in the show. This show had en tries from three states in every I class. j Horse lovers are reminded of the Horse Show which will be staged at Newberry County fairgrounds on July 9, this year. Further information con cerning the show will be pub lished at a later date. NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING We, the undersign Jury Com missioners of Newberry County, shall on Wednesday, Aoril 13th, 1966, at 9 o’clock A. M., in the office of the Clerk of Court, openly and publicly, draw the names of forty (40) men to serve as Jurors for the Court of Common Pleas (Civil), which will convene in the Newberry County, Court House on Mon day, April 25th, 1966, at 9:30 o’clock, A. M. Burke M. Wise, Clerk of Court Ralph B. Black, Auditor J. Ray Dawkins, Treasurer. Newberry, S. C. March 30th, 1966. THE MARINE BUILDS MEN! til YOUR LOCAL El. S. MARINE RECRUITER Look your prettiest at EASTER maybe with a flower hat, a new suit... or dress... Anyway, come to Carpenter’s COLLEGE TO HAVE NATIONAL FRATERNITY Kappa Phi, oldest social club on the Newberry College cam pus, will become a national fra ternity in May. The group’s formal petition to become a member of Kappa Alpha National Fraternity was approved at a meeting of the Advisory Council of Kappa Al pha Order in New Orleans re cently. Formal initiation is scheduled May 9-14. Following initiation cere monies, the Kappa Phi chapter will become Delta Epsilon Chap ter of Kappa Alpha National Fraternity. The fraternity will consist of 28 active members and 27 pledges. Kappa Alpha will be the first national fraternivy at Newberry College. Another social club, Phi Tau, is expected to become affiliated with a national frat ernity in the near future. Officers of Kappa Phi are Woddy Cornwell, s Smithville, Ga., president; Larry Langford, Saluda, vice president; Hugh Jeter, Carlisle, secretary; Hap Pearce, Charleston, treasure!*; and Thomas Collier, Denmark, chaplain. Honor students Charles Ragland Jr. of New berry was among 14 seniors with perfect grades—straight “A”—during the fall semester at the University of South Car olina. Also on the Dean’s list for the semester was James E. Kibler II of Prosperity. Terry J. Merchant of Kinards was among 445 first-year stu dents named to the fall semes ter Freshman Honor Roll. Candidate Cards COMMISSIONER DIST. 1 I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination to the office of Commissioner District 1 in the Democratic Primary and pledge myself to abide the results of said primary. LUKE HART i FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives from Newberry County and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary elec tion.. D. P. (Jabbo) FOLK Veterans and their families in South Carolina received a total of $74,010,286 in cash ben efits and services during the fiscal year of 1965, Stanley Zuk, Manager of the VA Reg ional Office, Columbia, an nounced today. Actual distribution of this sum is outlined in the 1965 an nual report of the VA, now on sale at the Government Print ing Office, Washington. In South Carolina, compensa tion for service-connected disa- ' bilities and pensions for total I and permanent nonservice-con nected disabilities were paid to 31,614 living veterans in the amount of $31,584,987. Death compensation and pen sion were paid to the depend ents of 18,631 deceased veter ans in the amount of $16,907,- 756. Certain GI insurance dividend and indemnity payments total ing $8,627,774 were made to veterans and their beneficiar ies. An average of 71 disabled veterans of World War II and the Korean war in South Caro lina trained during the year under the vocational rehabilita tion act to overcome the handi caps of their disabilities. They received $138,354 in substance, tuition, supplies and equipment. An average of 97 veterans trained during the year under the World War II and Korean GI Bills. They received $145,- 454 in cash allowances. The remainder of cash bene fits, services and other VA ex penditures in South Carolina during the year totaled $16,231, 810 and $374,151. These cash benefits and ser vices included war orphans’ ed ucational allowances, hospitali zation, loan guaranty, and di rect loan programs, automobiles for certain disabled veterans, wheel chair homes for the seriously disabled, administra tive costs, and miscellaneous benefits. Deadline today for Medicare Persons who were age 65 before January 1, 1966 have only today to sign up for the medical insurance part of Medicare. These persons must sign up on or before March 31. This medical insurance will cover much of the cost of doc tors’ bills for surgery, and for home, office and hospital visits. It also will cover certain other health services. This medicare insurance WILL help pay the doctors’ bills for treatment in ANY hospital. The Greenwood Social Sec urity Office urges all persons who have not decided on med ical insurance to contact this office now. Also, persons who have previously said they did not want the medical insurance but now wish to change their decision can do so by contacting the Social Security office on or before March 31. For the convenience of any one who is unable to go to the Greenwood office to sign up, a Social Security representative will be at the court house in Newberry on March 31 from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. The office in Greenwood will also be open until 9:00 p.m. on March 31. Attend meeting in Atlanta Newberry College will be represented by a professor and three students at a Regional Foreign Policy Conference in Atlanta April 2. Attending from the College will be Dr. Frank Ashley, head of the Department of History and Political Science; Candido Munumer, Elberton, Ga., Guy Shealy, Lexington, and Bill Singleton, Clearwater, Florida, students. The conference is being held by the Department of State for citizen leaders and media representatives from Georgia, South Carolina, Eastern Tenn essee, Florida and Alabama. It is sponsored by the Atlanta chapter of the United Nations Association, Emory University and the Atlanta Public School System in cooperation with a number of other civic organiza tions. U. Alexis Johnson, Dep uty Under Secretary of State, and Fulton Freeman, United States Ambassador to Mexico, will appear on the program. This will be the 23rd in this series of major conferences held throughout the county since 1961 in cooperation with local organizations. The meet ings are designed to examine international problems and to provide opportunity for dis cussion between citizens and policy making officials. SAVINGS BOND SALES Combined E and H Savings Bond sales for February in this county totaled $8,760 reports Joe M. Roberts, County Sav ings Bonds Chairman. 200 expected at seminar FOR PROBATE JUDGE I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Probate Judge, and pledge myself to abide the re sults of the Democratic primary election. FRANK H. WARD FOR COMMISSIONER NO. 1 I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Commissioner of District No. 1 and pledge my self to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. BEN F. DAWKINS COMMISSIONER DIST. 2 I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination to the office of Commissioner District 2, and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary. ROSS GEORGE FOR COMMISSIONER I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination to theoffice of Commissioner Dis- trist 1 in the Democratic pri mary, and pledge myself to abide the results of the Dem ocratic primary. SEASE DOWD GOLDEN AGE FELLOWSHIP The Golden Age Fellowship held its March meeting in the lovely home of Mrs. E. Kirby Lominack on McHardy street. Nineteen* members and five visitors were present. Mrs. Hartley called the meet ing to order with prayer. Mrs. L. G. McCullough then recited the 23rd Psalm, and discussed each verse at length. This was followed with prayer. A short business session was held, after which everyone en joyed a very interesting con test. Mrs. Lominack, assisted by Mrs. Robert Lominack, Mrs. Phill Brooks and Mrs. S. M. Atkinson served delicious sandwiches, cookies and spiced tea. The meeting adjourned with the G.A.F. benediction. RITZ Theatre THURSDAY Sean Connary, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Liciana Paluzzi Thunderball Adults $1 Children 25c on yearbooks Some 200 high school and college students are expected to attend the fourth annual year book seminar at Newberry Col lege April 2. The seminar, jointly sponsor ed by the College and News- 1 foto Publishing Co., will fea ture experts in yearbook de sign, photography and copy writing. Participants on the program will include Dick Ken- nard, yearbook counselor with Newsfoto Publishing Co., and past advisor of the Ohio State University yearbook; Major C. E. Savedge, yearbook advisor, Augusta Military Academy; Mrs. Nelle Taylor, yearbook ad visor, Saluda High School; Lo ren Reed, president of News foto Publishing Co., and Bill Morgan, Newsfoto counselor in South Carolina. Staff members of the New- berrian, Newberry College yearbook, will serve as hosts to the group. Registration is scheduled from 8:15-9:15 a.m. in Smeltzer Hall. The seminar is to begin with an assembly in Holland Hall auditorium at 9:15 a.m. It will conclude in mid-afternoon. Greetings will be brought by Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president of Newberry College, and John Wolff, Columbia, editor of The Newberrian. Mrs. Sloan Wilson has ac cepted a temporary position at W. E. Turner, Jeweler, filling the vacancy created by Mrs Earl Hamrick, who has moved to Greenville to make her home. 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