The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 14, 1967, Image 2
PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry,
S. C., Thursday, Dec. 14, 1967
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Six months $1.25.
Tribute paid
retiring college
football coach
(Tho following trihuto by
Jim Andorson, Sports Editor
nf The Creenville News, was
published in the Wednesday,
December 13 issue of that
newspaper:)
Harvey Kirkland has stood
on many football fields in all
kinds of weather and seen his
team win exciting ball games
and lose heartbreaking ones.
He has seen an average foot
ball player develop into an out
standing one. He’s had the flush
of success a coach feels in see
ing young men under his direc
tion become as one unit, and
overcome odds.
He’s known disappointments.
Not only those where defeat
comes in the final seconds. But
in recruiting of high school
boys, who seemed certain of
entering Newberry ('ollege only
to change minds at the last min
ute when approached by a larg
er school.
lies’ rufi the gamut in lb
years of being head football
coach at the Lutheran college
in Newberry. And now Harvey
has chosen to put all the mo
ments of those lb years on his
personal shelf of memories and
hang up his whistle.
In stepping out as head coach
and continuing only in the du
ties as athletic director, Harvey
leave-s only one coach on the
South Carolina scene who serv
ed as long ago as the mid-50’s.
He was second only to Frank
Howard in tenure.
He’s Done A Great Job
There’s something sad about
nearly all the veteran coaches
being gone.
Nothing replaces experience.
Or the character a coach con-
tributes to his institution in the
very fact of long service. He
remains “coach” to many men
as they continue their develop
ment, out of college in the busi
ness world. Some of them be
come coaches themselves, and
send their players to the “oh
coach.”
Harvey has done a truly great
job at Newberry. His has been
the necessity to field football
teams and operate a well-round
ed athletic program with limit
ed funds, limited equipment, and
the resultant limited personnel.
But Newberry’s facilities are
now second to none in the Caro-
linas Conference. Though the
Fighting Indian teams have
been in the lower echelon of the
conference, they have remained
respectable.
Hot Finish In The Cold
The picture we will long have
of Harvey, and rather typical
of him, is one of 13 years ago
in old Riddick Stadium at Ra
leigh on a cold December day.
It was near-freezing and Har
vey, nattily attired as always
for a football game involving
him team, was shivering under
an overcoat on the sidelines as
his Indians took pre-game
warmups for an Elks Bowl
game against Appalachian.
"This cold weather is not for
me,” quivered Harvey. “I’m a
hot weather man.”
He holds many fond memories
of the time spent in Summer
ville .where he was such a sue-
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Honorees at Newberry High School for
cessful high school coach. That
Lowstate blood stays in his
veins.
That particular game that
cold day was one of the best
we’ve seen in the last 15 years..
Danny Brabham at quarterback
had speedsters Paul Davis and
Grady Ray outrunning the fa
vored mountain men, for a 20-
13 Newberry victory. Grover
Davis, for some years coach at
McCormick, was a Tribe tackle
who did the place-kicking
What a wild finish! After
Appalachian stopped Newberry
at their three in the final min
utes, they roared back to al
most make it a tie. Pass inter
ference at the Tribe six as the
game ended gave Appalachian
one more play. And when their
back was caught on a sweep,
and stopped, he laterelled to a
teammate who crossed the goal.
But the official ruled the play
had been stopped and Newberry
had the win.
Harvey has experienced many
such nerve-trying moments. But
win or lose, he has always been
a g-entleman ... a sportsman
who “played the game” as it
should be.
He’ll be missed from the
coaching scene.
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school news
By Sally Berry
Chapel was held on Nov. lb.
Ray and Faith Young had an
enjoyable ; rogram. \N e hop<
{hey ( an eoine hack soon.
A!! of the Newberry County
got out of m hool on Nov. 23
and 21 for Thankspjivmg. I
know we ail oiijoyed those two
days and look forward for the
t he (’hristma> 1 lollidays.
Rt port cards were given out
oil Thursday, November 30.
’Idie Library is progrvssinjj
nicely under the librarian's
supervision. The circulation of
hooks is very good. Each class
has a library period to check
out books. They are fortunate
in having library aids to work
with the classes. They are Di
anne H'wis, Vicky Hendrix,
Da lie tie Moore, Jan Bowers,
Hilda (diasteeti. Ernestine Whi
tten, Debra Livingston, Lydia
Dowd and Wanda Hendrix. The
2nd and 3rd grades enjoy story-
hours with Miss Rutherford on
Thursday afternoon, Special
privileges will he given to check
out books for Christmas.
We missed Mr Long while
he was visiting his daughter in
West Virginia. Mrs. Lake sub
stituted for him.
On Thursday November 30th
Lt. Colonel and Mrs. Rolv-rt
Shuler showed us some inter
esting films of Vietnam where
Col. Shuler has been stationed
for the past year. They also
showed films of Honolulu,
Hawaii. We are glad to have
C»d. Shuler back although we
will miss Valery Priscilla and
Victor from our school.
We are missing Bobby. Judy,
and Patsy Henderson who left
our school Thanksgiving.
The boys and girls 4-H clubs
presented an Arbor Day Cere
mony on December 6. Members
of both clubs participated in the
program. They also planted two
trees on the school grounds.
The Girl Scouts will present
the P. T. 0. Christmas program
on December 14. Try to come
out and support the scouts.
We get out for the Christmas
Holidays on December 19 and
come back on January 2nd.
Each class will have Christmas
parties on Tuesday. We are all
looking forward to this.
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