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Page 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, February 9, 1967 Mrs. Merchant rites Tuesday Mrs. Alberta Cook Merchant, 8f>, widow of Henry Win^ard Merchant, died Monday at a local hospital after a long ill ness. Native of this county, a daughter of thes late John Belton and Rebecca AdelU Livingston Cook, she was a member of Mayer Memorial Lutheran church and a life member of the Lutheran Church Women. Surviving are four sons, Cecil, John and Furman Mer chant of Newberry and Henry Merchant of Columbia; five daughters, Mrs. Berley Rister, Mrs. Carl Bobb, Mrs. Charles Price and Mrs. Harold Epps, of Newberry, and Mrs. Lynell Bowers of Prosperity; three brothers, 0. C. Cook Sr., and Howard Cook Sr. of Newberry and Jim Cook of Prosperity; two sisters, Mrs. S. C. Hiller of Newberry and Mrs. John Daw kins of Prosperity; 17 grand children, 24 great-grand child ren and a great-great grand child. Funeral services were con ducted Tuesday at her church by Rev. J. S. Wessinger and Rev. Francis I .Fesperman. Burial was in St. Lukes Lu theran church cemeterv. Explorer Scout Post 222 Mrs. Long dies in Columbia Mrs. Faye Vance Long, 52, died Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist hospital in Colum bia after a lingering illness. Mrs. Long was born in Bun combe county, N. C., the daughter of the late Zebulon and Julia Emblcr Vance. She was a member of Hunt Me morial Baptist church. She is survived by her hus band, James T. Long Sr.; one son, James T. Long Jr., of Newberry; three brothers, Price Vance, Zeb Vance, and Noel Vance, all of Lockhart. Funeral services were con ducted Friday at her church and interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. DEED TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 Oliver D. Gallman to J. E. Wiseman Sr. one lot on Gall- man street $1600. Talbert Murrell Jr., and Kath ryn S. Murrell, one lot and one building $5. Edwin L. Setzler and Hubert M. Setzler to Newberry College one lot $5. Newberry No. 1 Outside Van C. Sanders to Columbus Childs and Sonjie Childs, one lot $5. Gertie W. West to City of Newberry, right of way $1. Leo C. Brown to Victoria H. Nelson, four acres $5. Silverstreet No. 2 E. O. Shealy and Willene W. Shealy to Champion Paper, Inc. 46.8 acres $4,680. Whitmire No. 4 Outside N. B. Green and Otis Green to Carl Cody, one lot, $5. James William Connor to Margaret C. Brotherton, one lot and one building, $500. Heirs-in-Law of Lucy Con nor and M. Paul Connor to 4.50 s CURRENT DIVIDEND Insurance of building and loan sav ings accounts ceiling increased to IIN5URE ,000 We pay you to save at State Building and Loan . . . and the pay is getting better all the time. The STATE Building & Loan Association 1117 Boyce Street Newberry, S. C. Dial 276-5660 Ralph B. Baker Pinckney N. Abrams Louis C. Floyd Thomas H. Pope R. Aubrey Harley Margaret Brotherton, one lot and one building $10 love and affection. Odis Smith to Joel Smith, one lot and one building $5.00 love and affection. Little Mountain No. 6 M C.. Amick to Olin White and Mary A. White .8 acres, $10.00. , Prosperity No. 7 Murray Lumber Company to Augustus Tribble, one lot and one building $5. Miss Lola Bedenbaugh to Henry Allen Tribble, one lot, $75.00. Clarence Robert Koon to Lawson H. Hamm, one lot $5 and the premises. D. A. Bedenbaugh to Forest Toland and Annice Mae Toland, one acre $5. Thomas B. Stockman to D. A. Bedenbaugh, one acre $5. Power company announces promotions I. H. Boinest, formerly man ager of right-of-way for S. C. Electric and Gas Co., has been named manager, land and right of way, it has been announced by V. C. Summer, vice presi dent of electric operations and engineering. Summer announced also the appointment of land agent, Heyward D. Wessinger to as sociate manager, right-of-way; and land agent Robert T. Cas tles to associate manager, land department. All changes are effective im mediately. In addition to his present right-of-way duties. Boinest will be responsible for all land department operations. A na tive of Pomaria, he received bis AB degree from Newberry college in 1925. That same year he joined the SCEGCO prede cessor company, Broad River Power company, and in 1929 was transferred to the W. S. Barstow company at Reading, Pa. He handled right-of-way work for many operating com panies under the Barstow sys tem, until 1952, when he joined SCEGCO as right-of-way man ager. Boinest is a Mason, a Shrin- er, and a member of the Am erican Right-of-Way Associa tion, the Exchange Club, For est Lake Country Club, Fort Jackson Country Club, Pal metto Club, and Incarnation Lutheran church. He is mar ried to the former Ann Vir ginia Crosson of Brunswick, N. J. Their son, James W. Boinest is a USAF Captain. Wessinger is a Chapin na tive where he completed high school. He ha? been engaged in International Correspondence School study and is presently enrolled at the College of Gen eral Studies, University of South Carolina. Wessinger joined SCEGCO in 1947 as a gas fitter and un til 1951 worked also as a gas meter repairman. He served with the U. S. Army in Korea for two years, returning to SCEGCO in 1953 as land agent in the right-of-way depart ment. He is a charter member of the Carolina Chapter of the American Right-of-Way Asso ciation, past lieutenant gover nor of the Columbia district of Ruritan National, twice pres ident of Chapin Ruritan, mas ter Mason of Boyleston Lodge, and past consul commander of Woodmen of The World. Also, vice chairman of the church council and president of the men’s auxiliary of Our Saviour Lutheran church in West Columbia; and member of the West Columbia-Cayce Chamber of Commerce and the Pineview Ruritan Club. Wessinger is married to the former Doris Moore of Pros perity, and they have three children. Castles is a native of Winns- boro where he received his early schooling. He served in the U. S. Navy from 1943-1946, attended Clemson University and in 1951 joined SCEGCO as a junior engineer in mainten ance, design and drafting. In 1956 he was promoted to en gineer, was named construc tion assistant in 1962 and was appointed land agent in 1964. TUESDAY 0 February 14th ’•C*. ON VALENTINE DAY It AOdfi I (tat/£Vfeu with the most beautiful Heart of all! Give your Sweetheart Pangbum's Chocolates made with Milk and Honey. Sure to please her most because she knows Pangburn’s best Select from our big display - 69$ to <20 sii 1212 MAIN ST. tnnnnmnini h TEL 276-3412 Newberry, South Carolina