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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S C., Thursday, May 18, 1967
VA represented
on Council
Recognizing that America’s
26-million living veterans and
their dependents constitute 49
per cent of the total United
States population, they will be
represented on the President’s
Council on Consumer Interests.
Stanley Zuk, Manager of the
Columbia Veterans Administra
tion Regional Office, said word
has been received that William
J. Driver, Administrator of
Veterans Affairs, was appoint
ed to the Council at the time
Betty Furness was sworn in as
President Johnson’s Assistant
on Consumer Affairs.
VA representation on the
Council was indicative of the
vast economic and consumer
potential the veteran-population
exercises as a determining fac
tor in the overall economic
structure of the U. S., Zuk
said.
Driver pointed out to VA
field stations that the veteran-
population deserved full pro
tection in the fields where they
were most vulnerable to unfair
and improper practices.
Over 7 million homes have
been built with the aid of VA
G. I. loans. As homes are fur
nished and as repairs or ex
tensions to these homes be
come necessary, Driver said it
was imperative that the con
sumer he protected not only
in the quality of the products
and services which would be
purchased, but that there be
assurances that truth in lend
ing and truth in adevrtising
practices were carried out.
Driver said many veterans
and their widow’s and orphans
were dependent on veterans
benefits for much of their to
tal income. Because of this, he
said it was imperative that pro
tection be inaugurated that
would guarantee the maximum
benefit from such allotments.
Among the VA beneficiaries
w’ho would benefit most thru
consumer protection are near
ly 1,200,000 low income vet
erans and dependants of de
ceased veterans receiving VA
pension payments. He also list
ed about 26,000 w’ar orphans
receiving VA educational as
sistance, some 600,000 minors
and mentally ill beneficiaries
under VA guardianship protec
tion, and more than 265,000 vet
erans receiving educational
training under the new G. I.
Bill.
In addition to the individual
consumer problems faced by
those served by the VA, Driv
er said that the agency itself
was one of the largest single
consumers of products and
supplies in the nation. In the
165 hospitals, 211 outpatient
clinics, 16 domicilaries, and 57
regional offices, the VA spends
annually 153-million for pro
visions and supplies. Of this a-
mount, $63 million are spent
in the local community on the
retail market.
“While safeguards are taken
as to quality and cost.” Driver
said, “because of the vast ex
penditures of government
funds, it is important that we
he able to purchase what we
need without fear of substand
ard supplies or exorbitant
prices. I feel that this Council
will bo able to suggest require
ments that will protect all of
the consumers, whether they
be large or small.”
Newberry Mills
sets vacation
Vacation for Newberry Mills
employees will begin on Sat
urday, July 1, according to A.
M. Fraser, personnel manager.
The plant will cease opera
tions at 8:00 a.m. on the first,
and operations will resume at
8:00 a.m., July 10.
Employees eligible will rece
ive vacation pay. Those who
have been employed from one
to five years will receive two
percent and those five years
and over will receive four per
cent of their previous annual
earnings.
Miss Judith A. Bouknight, a
1964 graduate of Newberry Col
lege and the daughte of Mr.
and Mrs. Miller D. Bouknight
of Route 2, graduated from
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
of Nursing in Charlotte, N. C.,
on May 2, 1967. She will re
side in Anderson, where she
will be employed as a member
of the Clemson University fac
ulty in the Department, of
Nursing.
Women needed
by Air Force
Sgt. Frank F. Fernley, local
U. S. Air Force recruiter this
week announced that more wo
men in the Air Force (WAF)
are needed to fill highly tech
nical jobs in the aerospace
team.
“The role of WAF in our
country’s defense is becoming
more vital than ever before,”
the recruiter said. “They now
perform in more than 100 dif
ferent specialties.”
Young women between the
ages of 18 and 27 who are high
school graduates are eligible.
Then they must qualify on a
mental test and physical exam
ination before their applica
tion is forwarded to a selection
board.
WAF are assigned to 28
Air Force Bases in the United
States and they serve overseas
in England, Germany, Hawaii
and Italy.
For more information with
out obligation, on the WAF
program, contact Sgt. Fernly
at Local Board No. 36, 3rd
Monday of each month or tel
ephone Columbia 256-7311.
Local woman’s
father dies
Tillman Sidney Nichols, 89,
died Friday at his home on the
Greenwood-Ninety Six high
way after a long illness. He
was a native of Lexington
county and a retired farmer.
Among his survivors is a
daughter, Mrs. Leon Dennis of
the county.
Funeral services were con
ducted Sunday at Blythe Fun
eral Home. Burial was in Union
Lutheran church cemetery in
Lexington county.
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