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Tne Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, January 26, 1967—Page 3 Long time Fire Chief retires from service For the past 12 years Chief H. Burton Wells was employ ed by the Trade and Indus trial Section of the State de partment of Education and the South Carolina State Fire mens Association as State In structor for Firefighting Training. Mr. Wells retired on December 29 after a long ac tive life in the Fire service. Long before he was old enough to join the fire depart ment, he answered fire calls with his father, the late Hen ry B. Wells (who was a mem ber of the Newberry Fire Department 51 years and Chief of that department the last 36 years of his life.) Mr. Wells joined the New berry Fire department Janu ary 20, 1920 and served as a volunteer until going to Fort Jackson in October 1940 as First Assistant Chief under the late Chief Theodore W. Danielson (also a Newberrian) to organize and train a fire department. In August 1940 he transferred to the Augusta Triangle Division Camp in Augusta, Ga., (later Camp Gordon and now Fort Gordon) to organize a fire department. He remained at Camp Gordon as Chief until going with the DuPont Fire department in 1952 during construction of the Atomic Energy plant at Aiken. In April 1953 Chief Wells went to Atlanta to reorganize the Fire department at At lanta General (Army) Depot and remained there as Chief of that department for 13 months. In August 1954 he was chosen to organize a training program for the fire fighters in the State of South Carolina and remained as State Director until his retire ment. Chief Wells attended Fire Schools in Columbia; Baton Rouge, La.; Atlanta, Georgia and has been a regular attend ant at the Fire Department Instructors Conference in Memphis, Tenn. He has been a member of the International and the Southeastern Associa tions of Fire Chiefs since 1942 and has attended these confer ences annually. He served as State Vice President of the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs for the years 1964- 65 and 1965-66, declining the appointment for 1966-67 due to pending retirement. Chief Wells is a Life mem ber of the S. C. State Fire mens Association, a member of the S. C. State Fire Chiefs Association and an honorary member of a number of fire departments over the state, in cluding Beaufort, Fairview, Fairview-Fair forest, Harts- ville, Lake City, Newberry, St. Andrews and others. At the South Carolina State Firemans Convention, Myrtle Beach, June 1962, the firemen of the state presented Chief Wells an engraved plaque and a check in appreciation for ser vices rendered. At the conven tion in Rock Hill, June 1964 he was given the James B. Murphy Award (the highest award given by the Associa tion) for outstanding service to the firemen of the state. Chief Wells has made many friends in the fire service from coast to coast and from Florida into Canada. He is now at his home on Lake Mur ray and looking forward to enjoying his family and his friends. Chief and Mrs. Wells (the former Miss Mary Carter of St. Augustine Florida) have two children, Henry Burton of Pickens and Mrs. Albert (Louise) Mencken of Augusta, Georgia and five grand-daugh ters. Poem accepted (or Anthology Mrs. F. Scott Elliott has re ceived notification of accept ance of her poem, “The First Snow” for publication in the 1967 National Poetry Anthol ogy, Teachers and Librarian’s Edition. The poem is one of a small number selected from nine thousand manuscripts, submit ted in a contest which ended January 1, to be published in book form. There is also to be a biographical sketch of the author. This is the ninth consecutive year that Mi's. Elliott has had a poem to appear in the an thology. Her poems have also appeared in The South Caroli na Magazine and in The Club Woman of the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Elliott is a member of the South Carolina Piedmont Chapter of the National League of American Penwomen, an honor which she earned on the basis of her poetry writing. Civic League hears Smith William Smith, engineer with the Newberry Fire Depart ment, presented a civil defepse film at the monthly meeting of the Newberry Civic League on January 24 at the Community Hall. Mrs. James E. Wiseman Sr., president of the League, pre sided and Mrs. Steve Griffith, Sr. led in reading the club collect. Mrs. Ralph B. Baker, chair man of the program on civil defense, introduced Mr. Smith, who spoke briefly of the im portance of being prepared for major disasters. He then show ed a film on Hurricane Betsy, which ravaged the coast areas of Florida, Louisiana, Arkan sas and Tennessee in 1965. The team work in civil defense and preparedness were empha sized in the film. Following the presentation Prof. F. Scott Elliott, Sr. thanked Mrs. Baker for ar ranging the timely program. Mrs. Wiseman then conduct ed a business session during which committee chairmen made reports. Hal Kohn, Sr. reported that the Civic League recently placed 31 urns containing cor- nuda hollies on the sidewalks along Main street from Ba ker’s Furniture store to the railroad tracks. This was done by the League’s expenditure of approximately $450. Mrs. Wiseman announced that Mrs. George P. Hawkins will again conduct the Valen tine Queen’s contest. At the conclusion of the business session, Prof. Elliott closed the meeting with pray er. Returns from LA conference The vice president for aca demic affairs at Newberry College, Dr. Conrad B. Park, has returned from Los Angeles where he attended several con ferences Sunday through Wed nesday. He was present at the an nual meeting of American As sociation of Colleges, National Lutheran Education Confer ence, American Conference for Academic Deans, and the Council of Protestant Colleges and Universities. He also at tended the presidential recep tion of Independent College Funds of America, Inc. Mrs. Park accompanied Mr. Park on the trip and attended a meeting of participants’ wives Tuesday and Wednesday. sponsors crane prevention “Community Cooperation Conquers Crime” is the slogan for citizens all over the United States and Puerto Rico who will participate in the 20th annual observance of National Crime Prevention Week Feb ruary 12-18, acording to Carol Hipp, president of the New berry Exchange Club, local sponsor of the campaign. Many special programs are being planned for the week, including appearance of the “Get Smart” team from South Carolina Department of Cor rections at all county High schools and Newberry Junior High. “One of the aims of the ob servance, sponsored by the Exchange Clubs throughout the nation, is to build a permanent foundation of faith and trust between the police and the public, Mr. Hipp said. “Law Enforcement needs the unqual ified support of the citizens of our community if we are to effectively wage the fight a- gainst crime. The Exchange president named Andrew Shealy to serve as chairman of the 1967 Crime Prevention Week activ ities. Mr. Hipp said National Crime Prevention Week is intended as a check-up period for the nation to review its struggle against crime and to enlist cooperation in local cam paigns. He expressed hope that citizens of Newberry will give their enthusiastic support to this important observance so the menace of crime may be reduced to “less frightening proportions” immediately. TAX SALE State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. To Whom These Presents May Concern: By authority of the tax laws of South Carolina and the var ious executions issued to me by the Treasurer of Newberrv County, the following proper ties, listed below, have been seized and taken possession of and are hereby advertised to be sold for delinquent taxes phis charges therefor, on Feb ruary 6, 1967 (Monday), before the Newberry Court House door, within the usual hours of public sales. Terms: Cash. The properties advertised will be sold as the property assessed to and levied upon in the names of persons hereinaf ter listed. After sales, a receipt will be given the purchaser but no title will be issued until after tewlve months, if property is not redeemed. Thirty three acres, one build ing, Tax District No. 1-OS, assessed in the name of Hack Hendrix, et al. One lot, one building, Tax District No. 4, assessed in the name of Alice Byrd Est. W. B. HALFACRE, Delinquent Tax Collector for Newberry County. Even the ash tray rides smoother in Chevrolets When you’re down at your dealer’s trying out a new C hevrolet, be sure you pull out the ash tray. Notice how nice and easy it glides, never hanging up or even scraping. The reason is, it rides on ball bearings. Four shiny little ball bearings. (Take the tray all the way out and you’ll see them.) You say you don’t even smoke? Then look at it this way. That ash tray is a symbol of the way we make cars; Paying extra attention to the little things as well as the big ones, as a way MAftR Of I ftCIllCNlI of making extra sure your ’67 C hevrolet gives you that sure feeling 39-6088 KEMPER CHEVROLET COMPANY College Street Extension Newberry, South Carolina