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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 20, 1967 Religious Emphasis Week at College “So What?” is the theme for Religious Emphasis Week to be observed on the Newberry Col lege campus next wek. The Rev. W. Paul Carlson, staff member of the Boards of Education and Christian Social Concerns for the South Caro lina Annual Conference of the Methodist church, will be the speaker. Worship services will be held during regular chapel periods Tuesday and Thursday at 11 a.m. and on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Kay Gaissert, N. Augusta, is chairman of REW. Comm ittee chairmen are Judy Half acre, Prosperity, hospitality; Royall Yount Jr., Tampa, Fla., publicity; Max Yost, finance; and Rickie Hegler, Lancaster, program. The Rev. Mr. Carlson has served as pastor of churches in Spartanburg, Charleston and Columbia, and in Durham, N. C. SPEND WEEKEND IN N.Y. ON BUYING TRIP Mrs. E. A. Carpenter and Mrs. Ann C. Fischer spent last week in New York where they purchased mid-summer mer chandise for Carpenters store. Union Wins NRLB Election at Plant of Owens-Illinois here By a vote of 56 to 12 the In ternational Brotherhood of Pa per and Pulp Mill Workers won a representative election held Tuesday at the local Owens- Illinois plant. The plant, which opened here last year, manufactures cardboard containers. The vote for unionization at the Owens-Illinois plant was the first union election held in Newbery in recent years, and was the first successful elec tion since the garment workers were organized a number of years ago. Local club is awards winner The Newberry Garden Club was much in evidence when the Garden Club of South Carolina held its annual convention in Florence last week. The club won third place ii the Best Club Report for club* with 25 members or less. The award was accepted by Mrs. Jimmy Coggins, president. Members of the club recog nized were: Mrs. Richard L. Baker, who was installed as parliamentar ian; Mrs. C. I. Youmans, re elected a Memorial Garden Trustee; Mrs. Don Rook, in stalled as chairman of the Anti-Litter committee; Mrs. Coggins installed as Chairman of Civil Defense. Mrs. Rook also accepted the Green Ribbon Award which was presented to the club send ing the best club program pa per on “Keep South Carolina Green,” written and presented by a club member in a regular club meeting. Mrs. Rook was the author of the winning pro gram presented to the New berry Garden Club. In addition to those named above, the following members of Green Thumb Garden Club also attended the convention, during which Mrs. J. Gordon Floyd of Spartanburg was named president: Mrs. Marvin Summer, Mrs. Ann Whitener, Mrs. R. M. Lominack, Miss Grace Summer, Mrs. Ida Sum mer of Florence and Mrs. Kath ryn Dwyer of Ridgeland. The Newberry group visited Mrs. Summer, who now lives in Florence, but is still a member of the Green Thumb Club. Program led by Mrs. Harley Miss Lorraine Paris was re elected president of the New berry Music Club at the April 11th meeting held with Mrs. James E. Wiseman, Sr. on Calhoun street. Serving with Miss Paris for the 1967-68 year will be Mrs. Marian Wilson, vice president; Mrs. Edith Sterling, recording secretary; Mrs. Charles Dukes, corresp onding secretary; and Dudley French, treasurer. Miss Paris presided during the business session. Mrs. A1 Busby, hymn chairman, gave a history of the Hymn of the Month which club members sang, “The Head That Once Was Crowned.” Miss Margaret Paysinger, program chairman, presented Mrs. Aubrey Harley, program leader. Her topic was Scandina via, “Brow of The Universe.” She spoke of music of Den mark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. She said that folk music was “any music which has entered into the heritage of the people but can be as signed to no composer, school or, as a rule, even period. It is a type of music which has been submitted for many gen erations through the process of oral transmission.” During her discussion of the four countries, the following selections were rendered: “I Wander In The Wood lands,” sung in Danish by Le- Just arrived Sizes 5 to 13 Just arrived for your approval. These were purchased on recent New York buying* trip. Carpenter’s Roy Martinson, accompanied by Mrs. Harriett Dickerson at the piano. “Vermeland” sung by Mr. Martinson in Swedish, accom panied by Mrs. Dickerson. “Volksweise and Matrosen- lied (Grieg) and Chalet Girl’s Sunday, played by Mrs. Dick erson. “Paul Poa Hangen,” “Paul on the Hillside” sung in Norwegian by Mr. Martinson. Mrs. David Sokevitz, in nat ive costume, sang “ Solvelg’s Song” by Grieg. The costume Mrs. Sokevitz wore was pur chased by Mrs. Harley’s mother while on a visit to Norway. Mrs. Harley ended her in teresting program by singing a Norwegian child’s folk song in Norwegian, sung to her by her mother when she was a little girl. Pictures, ships, dolls, dress ed in native costumes were on display. Miss Paris invited the club members and friends to the Band Concert and Chorus of Miss Juanita Hitt to be given the second week in May in cel ebration of “National Music Week.” Members were invited into the dining room for a social hour where refreshments were served by Mrs. Wiseman and the associate hostesses, Mrs. Dickerson and Mr. and Mrs. Keitt Purcell. NEWBERRY PROFESSOR RECEIVES FELLOWSHIP A Newberry College History professor, M. Foster Farley, has received a Fulbright Fel lowship for study in India this summer. He will participate in the seminar for teachers of his tory to be held for eight weeks, beginning June 25. An orientation program will be held in New York prior to the seminar. Farley, an assistant professor of history, holds the B.A. de gree from Furman University and the M.A. degree from the University of South Carolina. Animals cause . ■ accidents One night recently a young man was driving near Colum bia in Interstate 26 when his small foreign car struck some thing in the roadway, veered out of control, and crashed in to a ditch. Although he and his wife miraculously escaped injury, the car was damaged to the extent of $500. Other cars and trucks arriving on the scene, stopped, and additional accid ents nearly occurred. Investigation ehowed that two large pigs had wandered into the freeway and one of them had been struck, causing the accident. While the State Highway De partment has been erecting wire fences adjacent to free ways in South Carolina at especially hazardous locations, such fencing is by no means everywhere and motorists are warned to keep an eye out for animals which happen to wan der into their path. BUSH RIVER GIRLS CLUB IN MEETING The Bush River girls 4-H club met on Thursday, April 13. Several people participated in the program which concern ed the history of South Caro lina. After the program,. Miss Weber, the 4-H leader, took over. The members of the 4-H club were asked to bring their projects at the last meeting. Ribbons were given to every one who brought something connected with their projects. Beverly Jeffords, Reporter SILVERSTREET PTA The Silverstreet PTA will meet Friday night, April 21st at 8:00 in the school auditor ium. Mrs. Eubanks, the pub lic school music teacher, will have charge of the program. The pupils of the school will participate. The public is in- I vited. Look and Perform Like Watches Costing $50 and Mora only V SHOCK RESISTANT V ANTI-MAGNETIC V DUSTPR00F Other 17 and 21 Jewel Models, $11.95 to $23.95 V LIFETIME MAINSPRINB V PRECISION MOVEMENT V WATER-RESISTANT MODELS Dollar for dollar, jewel for jewel, America's greatest watch value! 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