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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Jan. 25, 1968
New guard unit
has first drill
this weekend
The 151st Signal Battalion,
S. C. National Guard, which
was organized the first of this
year with headquarters in New
berry, will hold its first drill
this weekend at the local ar
mory.
Headquarters and Headquar
ters Detachment of the Battal
ion, with 12 officers, three
warrant officers and 36 enlist
ed men are located in Newber
ry. There are five other units
in the state under the 151st
Battalion, which is a part of
the 228th Signal Group now
headquartered in Spartanburg.
Battalion Commander is Lt.
Col. William L. Jackson, of
Camden. Also on the staff are
Major Edward W. Owen of
Batesburg, executive officer;
Capt. Darrell J. Johnson of
Joanna, adjutant and personnel
officer; Major Warren W. Mar
tin of Honea Path, operations
officer; and Capt. Robert H
Boykin Jr., Columbia, supply
officer.
Lt. N. W. Wagers, formerlj
of Walterboro and now of this
city is commanding officer of
Headquarters Deatchment.
Full-time personnel at the
Armory connected with the
151st Battalion are:
Lt. Wagers, Battalion Staft
Administrative Assistant; CWC
Carroll DeVore, Staff Adminis
trative Specialists; CWO Karl
Derrick, Staff Supply Assist
ant; Lt. William T. Barrett,
Staff Training Assistant; and
Sgt. Major James C. McLeod,
Detachment Administrative
Staff Technician.
The 151st Battalion has been
designated as part of the
Special Reserve Forces, and is
authorized to hold one day’s
drill each month in addition to
the regular two-day weekend
drill.
Regular drill periods will
normally be held the second
weekend in each month. The
time was changed in January
because of hazardous road con
ditions existing at that time.
Elsewhere in this issue is a
story concerning the 2nd Bri
gade, S. C. National Guard. In
addition to Brigade and Battal
ion, another unit located in
Newberry is the 246th Army
Band, commanded by CWO
Charles P. Pruitt, with 28 en
listed men authorized.
A. H. Dallas
rites Sunday
A. H. (Red) Dallas, 75, died
Friday at his home on Route 1,
Newberry. He had been ill for
several weeks.
Mr. Dallas was born and
reared in Chester county. He
had made his home in Whitmire
for many years and was general
overseer for J. P. Stevens Co.
Mr. Dallas is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Lucy C. Dallas, New
berry; four sons, W. T. Dallas,
J. W. Dallas, both of Whitmire,
D. F. Dallas, Providence, R. L,
and Lewsi Dallas, Greensboro,
N. C.; two daughters, Mrs. Wal
lace Franks, Clinton and Mrs.
Aaron Thomas, Great Falls;
one brother, Geo. H. Dallas, of
Columbia.
Funeral services were held
Sunday from Whitmire Metho
dist church with Rev. James H.
Yates and Rev. Perry Turner
conducting the service. Burial
was in the Whitmire cemetery.
INCOME TAX RETURNS
PREPARED
Federal & State $3.00 up
Jack D. Hall
2162 McCravy Street
(Across from Jim Dandy Film
Service)
Open: 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
2:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Maphis named
grid coach
at Newberry
The appointment of Don W.
Maphis as head football coach
at Newberry College has been
announced by Dr. A. G. D.
Wiles, president. The 35-year-
old former West Virginian is
expected to be on the job in
time to direct the Indians’
spring practice. His contract is
for four years, Dr. Wiles said.
Maphis, almost a legendary
figure in West Virginia as a
schoolboy athlete, college com
petitor and later a high school
coach, has been at Catawba
College in North Carolina as
line coach for the past six sea
sons. He is also Catawba’s dean
of students.
At Newberry, Maphis will
succeed Harvey B. Kirkland,
who resigned as coach last
month after 16 years at the
Indians’ football helm. Kirk
land remains at Newberry
as athletic director.
Maphis compiled one of the
nation’s outstanding high school
coaching records at Clarke
county, W. Va. High School
from 1957 to 1961. His teams
won four straight state cham
pionships and rolled up a 43-
game winning streak. Maphis’
coaching prowess, added to his
exceptional record as a three-
sport competitor in high school
and college, won his election to
the West Virginia Hall of Fame
for Athletes.
A former Marine drill in
structor, he was backfield coach
at Parris Island in 1953 and
line coach at Camp LeJuene the
following year. In 1955 and ’56
he built a 16-4 record as foot
ball coach at Romney, W. Va.
High School, where as a stud
ent he had been one of the
nation’s most accomplished
schoolboy athletes. In his jun
ior and senior years he was
all-state in three sports, foot
ball, basketball and baseball.
At Shepherd College, Shep-
erdstown, W. Va., he earned 12
letters in his three favorite
sports before graduating in
1953 with both the A.B. and
B.S. degrees. His baseball ac
umen brought him bonus offers
from two major league clubs
but he preferred coaching and
joined the staff at his old high
school in Romney after finish
ing his Marine hitch in 1955.
While building his remark
able coaching record at Rom
ney and later at Clarke County
High, he undertook graduate
studies at West Virginia Uni
versity and was awarded a
master’s degree in physical ed
ucation and health in 1959. His
master’s thesis, on sports for
the visually handicapped, is in
use as a guide by the West
Virginia State School for the
Blind.
Maphis is married and the
father of two sons and a daugh
ter. He lists his non-profession
al interests as fishing, hunting,
water sports and reading, and
puts the strongest emphasis on
“family recreation.”
His physical appearance fits
well with his background as an
athlete and a Marine drill in
structor. He has a strong jaw
and a 6’1” frame on which he
carries 200 pounds.
Auxiliary sees
picture slides
from Russia
The January meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary was
held at the home of Mrs. T. P.
Crooks on January 4 with Mrs.
L. G. McCullough and Mrs.
Maude Summers as associate
hostesses. Refreshments were
served before the meeting was
called to order. This consisted
of delicious sandwiches, cheese
wafers, cake, salted nuts and
coffee.
Mrs. Ray Nobles, first vice
president, presided in the ab
sence of Mrs. M. F. Bowler,
who was ill. After the opening
ritual, there was a business
session during which time re
ports of officers and commit
tee chairmen were heard.
The membership chairman
reported 139 paid up members
on the roll, six below the goal
for the year.
Some of the members, in
cluding the president, helped
with the Christmas party for
the patients at the Veterans
Hospital in Columbia. Also,
some members gave their ser
vices during a recent visit of
the Bloodmobile.
Th Americanism chairman
noted that the Unit’s birthday
party would be observed at the
next meeting and urged all
members to attend.
The Department president’s
bulletin was read. In this she
urged the Auxiliary members
to “wholly support the Ameri
can Legion in its policy that
military strength and prepared
ness must be upheld at all
times.” She, also, reminded
that “Freedom is not free.”
The program for the after
noon was presented by the
National Security chairman,
Mrs. M. P. Fouche. She intro
duced Mrs. Ralph P. Baker who
showed slides of pictures taken
last summer when the family
toured Russia. The pictures
were lovely and Mrs. Baker’s
discourse and explanation ac
companying them was both in
formative and interesting. She
pointed out that everything in
Russia is for the state; that
women do the biggest percent
of all doctors in Russia are wo
men, she said.
Mrs. Baker said that she and
her family were made keenly
aware of American freedoms,
of what a privilege it is to live
in this country.
State Bank has
new directors
Three new members have
been named to the advisory
board of the Newberry office
of State Bank & Trust Comp
any. They are Robt. D. Schum-
pert and Charles (Sonny) Gray
both of Newberry, and David
C. Waldrop of Silverstreet who
is being transferred from the
Whitmire board.
Mr. Schumpert, a graduate
of Newberry College and the
University of South Carolina
School of Law, is an attorney
and partner in the firm of
Pope & Schumpert.
He is state vice president and
legal counsel parliamentarian
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce and past president of
the local chapter. He is a dir
ector and past president of the
Newberry Lions Club, the New
berry Country Club and the
Newberry Cotillion Club, and
he serves on the Supreme
Court Commission on Griev
ances and Discipline. He and
Mrs. Schumpeyt, the former
Miss Margaret (Peggy) Hut
chinson have five children.
Mr. Gray, a graduate of the
University of South Carolina,
is president of Newberry Wood
Chips, Helena Lumber Co. and
Chester Realty Co. He is also
secretary-treasurer of Murray
Lumber Co and Newberry Lum
ber Co.
He is second vice president
and director of the Newberry
Lions club ,on the board of
trustees of the J. F. Hawkins
Nursing Home, and past pres
ident of the Newberry Jaycees.
He is married to the former
Miss Fay Murray and they
have a son, Allen Murray Gray.
Mr. Waldrop, a graduate of
Silverstreet High school and
Newberry Business College is
manager of the Waldrop-Senn
Newberry Plant of the Central
Soya Corporation.
He is a member of the Lions
Club, serves on the board of
Directors of Newberry Farm
Bureau, Palmetto Production
Credit Association, Boys Farm,
Newberry County Development
Board, Official Board of Trin
ity Methodist church, and the
Newberry County Board of
Education where he is chair
man of the Finance Committee.
He is married to the former
Miss Jewel Ellenberg and they
have two children, Dave Jr. and
Mrs. Lnda Kessler.
Farm leaders
at banquet
in Columbia
South Carolina’s annual Leg
islative Banquet held in Col
umbia Tuesday night, January
23, attracted a large number
of Newberry County farm lead
ers. Those attending from the
county were: Representative
and Mrs. D. P. Folk, C. T.
Smith, Henry L. Parr, David
C. Waldrop, Frank M. Senn,
Mrs. Annie Lou Fanning, James
R. Lester, Mr. and Mrs. L. E
.Chandler, and Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Pitts.
The purpose of this meeting
was to familiarize the legisla
tive body of the policies being
recommended to the 1968 Gen
eral Assembly by Farm Bureau.
These recommendations include
permanent price control of
milk, and taxation of property
according to use rather than
cash value.
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Easter Seal
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Planning for the 1968 Easter
Seal Campaign gets underway
in earnest with an area meeting
today, January 25 at 2 p.m. at
the Union Country Club in
Union.
Host for the meeting is Rob
ert F. Bailey, chairman of the
Union County Chapter. The
featured speaker is Col. Wm.
R. Risher, Bamberg, State Eas
ter Seal Chairman. Also sched
uled to attend is J. E. Rowan
of Union, President of the S. C.
Society for Crippled Children
and Adults.
Easter Seal volunteers from
Union, York, Cherokee, New
berry and Spartanburg counties
will attend. They will be joined
by “Coffee Day” volunteers
who are members of the S. C.
Restaurant Association and the
S. C. Law Enforcement Officers
Association.
The meeting will review the
latest developments in Easter
Seal services for the handicap
ped. The state-wide drive will
have a kick-off meeting in
Columbia on February 28 for
the campaign which starts on
March 1 and ends April 14.
Last year’s Easter Seal drive
raised a record amount exceed
ing $292,000.
COMPLETES BASIC
SAN ANTONIO — Airman
Suzanne J. Roberts, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Goronwy Rob
erts of Route 1, Prosperity, has
completed basic training at
Lackland AFB, Texas. She has
been assigned to the Air Force
Technical Training Center at
Sheppard AFB, Texas for spec
ialized schooling as a medical
service specialist. Airman Rob
erts is a 1962 graduate of
Chesterton High school, Cam
bridge, England.
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