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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, January 4, 1968 PROPERTY TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 CharlesW. Gambrell, success or, receiver for Citizens Home Insurance, to Newberry Jay- cees, Inc. 2.7 acres $5. Hal Kohn Sr. to William P. Mabry and Dorothy W. Mabry, one lot $5. J. Paris Living-ston to Sara S. Livingston, one lot and one building on Charles St., $5.00 love and affection. Lutheran Church of The Redeemer to Mrs. Carrie Davis Rinehart, one lot on Springdale Drive $5. M. 0. Mayer to Adam R. Mayer, four lots and two build ings, $5 love and affection. W. Fulmer Wells to Mrs. Carrie Davis Rinehart, one lot, triangular shape, Spring- dale Drive $5. Newberry No. 1 Outside Milton L. Haltiwanger to Charles L. Hamby, one lot, $5.00. Sara H. Goggans to Sara G. Barron and Walter H. Goggans 04.06 and 201. 9acres, $5 love and affection. George Carter Abrams to Helen B. Weir, 30.7 acres $5. Silverstreet No. 2 Mildred R. Harmon, Clerk of Court for Newberry County to James Alfred Dorroh, 10 acres and one building, $5 and other considerations. Bush River No. 3 Lucy D. Senn et al to George P. Boozer, 5.20 and 5.10 acres $5.00. Whitmire No. 4 Julia M .Montgomery to Ab- hed A. Crisp and Pauline T. Crisp, four lots and one build ing $10. William Cody Owens Jr. to William C. Owens Sr., one lot and one building $4000. William Cody Owens Sr. to Pauline L. Garland and Clyde L. Melton, one lot and one building $5. Pomaria No. 5 W. D. Summer to Willie M. Summer Eargle, Mary Frances S. Mathis, Leola S. Johnston and William D. Summer, Jr., 101 acres, $5 love and affec tion. Ethel Wicker and Alice Sue W. Shealy to Jimmy H. Ale- wine, 2.03 acres $5. H. H. Boland to Duke Power Co., one lot $10. Olin H. Lominick to Duke Power Co., one lot $10. James C. Doolittle to Duke Power Co., one lot $10. Roy C. Doolittle to Duke Power Co, one lot $0000. Little Mountain No. 6 Richard W. Brown to William E. Harris, one lot $5. J. N. Hamm to John Fulmer and Ella Mae Fulmer, 07 acre $5.00. J. N. 'Hamm to Fred N. Long and Inez Long, .130 acre $5. Prosperity No. 7 Henryand Little Glasgow to Roosevelt Abrams, one acre $150. George F. Dominick a n d Mildred W. Dominick to (). C. Dominick, 8.35 acres $10. O. C. Dominick to Wyman B. Dominick, 1.14 acres $5. Hugh B. Gaskin to Reddick F. Gaskin and Robert L. Gaskin one lot and one building, $1.00 love and affection. New mail rates are explained Increased rates for all classes of mail except parcel post and international mail will go in to effect January 7, Postmaster Harry E. Moose reminded pos tal customers today. “Even with the neto rates of 6c for first class mail and 10c for air mail, postal service is still a real bargain,” Mr. Moose declared. “For 6c you can send a letter to any of the fifty states, to any United States territory or possesion, to Can ada or Mexico, or to an Amer ican serviceman stationed any where in the world.” Mr. Moose pointed out that the new rate for post cards will be 5c and for air mail post cards 8c. He said the added cent in the letter rate is a 20 percent increase compared to a 25 per cent boost in the rates for mail ing newspapers and magazines and a 34 per cent hike for ad vertising circulars, “occupant” mail, and other material in the third class category. The new rate of 6c an ounce for first class mail applies up to 13 ounces and the new rate of 10.• per ounce for air mail applies up to 7 ounces. Under the new rate structure all first class mail over 13 ounces and all air mail over 7 ounces will be merged into a single category. These heavier piecesof first class and air mail subject to the single rate schedule will be delivered by the fastest av ailable means of transportation. A flat rate of 80c will be charged for all mail in this category up to one pound. For all mail weighing more than one pound, the present air parcel post rates will continue to apply, except that the post age on matter weighing be- twetn 1 and 5 pounds will change at half-pound intervals rather than one pound inter vals. Mr. Moose said that the new rate structure will mean a re duction of postage on some parcels. Another rate change that will affect the general public is the increase from four to 6c for the first two ounces of individual pieces of third class mail. Unsealed greeting cards may be sent at this rate, he said. United States Government Life Insurance will total $15 mil lion, with payments averaging $79. The 1967 dividend also totaled $15 million but averag ed $3 less. While dividends will vary according to plan, age and amount of insurance coverage, the VA pointed out that vet erans who converted their G. I. insurance to permanent plans get higher dividends in 1968 because of increased interest earnings on reserves. Modified life insurance policies will not share in next year’s dividend since premium rates for 212,- 000 veterans holding these pol icies are so near actual cost that no surplus has accumulat ed. About half of the four million World War II NSLI policies are “permanent plan,” Hen derson said. By contrast, all but 2500 of the USGLI policies held by 190,000 World War II veterans are permanent plans. The 1968 dividend will mark the 19th straight year in which an annual dividend has been paid on NSLI pelicies. It will also bring approximately $7.2 billion the amount of dividends paid on NSLI policies. It will 1950. Dividends were first paid on USGLI policies in 1919. Since that time, and including the 1968 payment, about $700 million in USGLI dividends have been paid. Last rites for Mrs. Epting Mrs Maggie Wiggers Epting 84, widow of H. L. Epting, died Thursday at the home of her daughter. A native of Lexing ton county, she was the daugh ter of the late Samuel J. and Mary Fulmer Wiggers. She was amember of St. Peter’s Lutheran church and a life member of the LCW. Mrs. Epting is survived by a son, Dr. Heyward W. Epting of Charleston; five daughters, Mrs. Wilbur E. Wessinger of Prosperity; Mrs. L. R. Har mon of Newberry; Mrs. Wyche W. Moore of Prosperity; Mrs. Cecil Y. Nunamaker of Char leston and Mrs. Ross Hornsby of Columbia; 27 grandchildren, and 42 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from her church with Rev. John D. Zeigler conducting the service. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Miss Ida Smith services held Miss Ida Smith, 88 of Rt. 2 Kinards, died Tuesday at the Newberry County Memorial ’hospital after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late John W. and Margaret D. r Smith. She was a native of this county and a member of Fair- view Baptist church. Surviving is a brother J,. D. Smith of Washington, D. C. Funeral services were held Thursday from her church by Rev. Lester L. Cooper Jr. and Rev. W. W. Willingham. Burial was in the churc hcemetery. Maxcy Epting dies at age 73 Maxcy Warren Epting, 73, died Sunday night at the New berry County Memorial hospi tal after a short illness. Mr. Epting was born and reared in this county, a son of the late James Robert and Cor- rie Ella Metts Epting. He was a retired farmer and had made his home in the Bush River section most of his life. Mr. Epting was a member of St. James Lutheran church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mannie Stillwell Epting, New berry; three sons, Robert D. of Gilbert; Maxcy W. of Cayce; and Thomas P. of Belton; six daughters, Mrs. Lorraine Mc Cullough, Whitmire; Mrs. Joe Seymore, Newberry; Mrs. Fred Derrick, Cayce; Mrs. Tom Workman, Mrs. Lewis Chap man, both of Newberry; Mrs. Therresa Shull, Augusta; five sister, Mrs. Manuel Wicker, Newberry; Mrs. Floyd Pitts, Newberry; Mrs. Roland Hutch inson, High Point, Mrs. Wilson Merchant, Laurens and Mrs. Helen Minick, Newberry; three brothers, J. Lester Epting of Laurens; Joe C. Epting, High Point and Carroll F. Epting of Newberry. Funeral services were held from his church with Rev. Paul Hatch and Rev. Francis I. Fes- perman conducting the services. Burial was in the church cem etery . NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estate of James A. Cald well in the Probate Court for Newberry County, S. C., on Friday, the 26th day of Janu ary, 1968 at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as Committee of said estate. Mrs. Dorothy C. Amick 1811 McHardy Street, Newberry, S. C. Jan 2, 1968 Committee Jan. 4—4t He emphasized that the new rate on unsealed greeting cards will not go into effect until January 7 and until then they can be mailed at the old rate of 5c. Mr. Moose also noted that effective January 7 special handling will be available on third class parcels weighing between 8 and 16 ounces. Spec ial handling has not been av ailable on these parcels since 1958, when packages weighing between 8 and 10 ounces were transferred from fourth to third clas mail. There will be no changes in the charges for special deliv ery, special handling, register ed mail, certified mail, cash on delivery or insurance, “We have an ample supply of 1c stamps on hand, he said for those people who have 5c stamps and need 1c stamps to make up the postage required under the new rates.” Higher rates also will go into effect January 7 for all categories of second class mail, bulk-rate third-class mail, con trolled circulation mail, and the educational materials category of fourth class mail. Mailers using these classes who need information on the new rates should contact the local post office, Mr. Moose said. GI dividend payments start Veterans holding G. I. in surance policies will receive $223 million in dividends dur ing 1908, the Veterans Admin istration Regional Office an nounced today. Dividends will be paid on the anniversary dates of the policies with dividend payments beginning January 1, according to Hugh H. Henderson, Contact Officer V,A Regional Office, Columbia. For approximately four mil lion World War II veterans, their National Service Life In surance dividend will total $208 million. The average payment will be $52. The 1967 dividend totaled $186 million. Individual payments averaged $40, Henderson said. The dividend for some 190,- 000 World War I veterans with March of Dimes Reports Rare Case: A Twin Is Spared Her Sister’s Fate Screaming sirens pierced the quiet of a cold winter night three years ago, wak ing the Schmidt household and sending Joanne, older of the five-month-old twins, into a screaming session of her own. But Carol Anne, “the little one,” slept through all the noise. “It was then that we really knew,” recalls Mrs. John L. Schmidt of Long Island City, N. Y. “My husband and I had always suspected, but never really admitted to ourselves, that ‘the little one’ couldn’t hear.” The blonde, blue-eyed Schmidt twins were born a minute apart on Columbus Day, 1964, but the difference between them is much more than a mere 60 seconds. Their mother was stricken with German measles (ru bella) early in pregnancy—so early that at the time she did not even know she was preg nant. The rubella virus caused Mrs. Schmidt only temporary discomfort and apparently left Joanne unaffected. But for the other develop ing twin, Carol Anne, the re sult was tragic. She has suf fered from near-total hearing loss since birth. Moreover, she has a heart defect and her THESE TWINS are a medical mystery. Joanne Schmidt, right was general physical development b orn healthy, but Carol Anne was born with physical defects hei- sister sl ° Wel thnn that ° f caused by German measles (rubella). With them is Dr. Louis Z. What happened to the Coo P er at March of Dimes Rubella Birth Defects Center. Schmidt twins is rare, if nof unique. “I have seen some cases where both twins were affec ted,” the physician-in-charge of the March of Dimes-financed Rubella Birth Defects Evalu ation Project at New York University Medical Center said in a recent interview, “but this is the first case I have seen in which one twin has been spared.” The physician is Dr. Louis Z. Cooper, assistant professor of pediatrics at the university, who has examined the Schmidt twins and hundreds of other congenital rubella victims as part of the March • of Dimes project. The day a woman gives birth is, to say the least, filled with emotion and expectation. On that October day in 1964, the emotional stress on Elea nor Schmidt was particularly intense. “We had no idea of what to expect. The doctors told us what rubella could do if con tracted early in pregnancy. After the girls were born, we were just grateful it wasn’t more serious,” Mrs. Schmidt said. She recalled that at birth Joanne was two pounds heavi er and two inches longer than Carol Anne. Now the older twin is 12 pounds heavier than her sister. * “The little one,” who wears a hearing aid in each ear, has been enrolled for half her young life in an auditory training program. She also at tends speech therapy class and sees several specialists regu larly. To help prepare Carol Anne for school, Mrs. Schmidt keeps a special album of photographs from newspapers and maga zines. She has helped her daughter develop a vocabulary of 150 words from photos of houses, cars, boats, etc. “Joanne has been a big help, too,” Mrs. Schmidt points out. “ ‘The little one’ follows her in everything, eating, walking. Of course, she’s not as well co ordinated as Joanne. You can see that from her knees. They are forever scraped from falls. Step-by-step the Schmidt family overcomes each new difficulty. They are not alone. The twins were born during one of the most severe rubella epidemics in the history of this country. In New York City alone, there were an esti mated 200,000 cases in 1964. Experimental vaccines to prevent rubella are now being tested, and authorities have expressed hope that an effec tive vaccine will be available within the next few years.