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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 30, 1968—PAGE 7 Calvin Crozier meeting held The Calvin Crozier Chapter of the UDC met at 4 p.m., May 7 at the home of Mrs. A. C. Garlington. Associate hostesses were Mrs. F. G. Hartley, Mrs. Vanessa Holt, Miss Mazie Dom inick and Mrs. S. C. Paysinger. Upon arrival, the group en joyed a brief social period, dur ing which the hostesses served delicious refreshments. The meeting was opened with prayer by the president, Mrs. C. S. Owens, after which Miss Dorothy Buzhardt, chaplain, led the ritual. After the business meeting Miss Juanita Hitt, historian, re ported on some interesting old homes she visited during the Virginia Garden Week. She then called attention to two important dates on May, Con federate Memorial Day, May 10 and the birthday of P. G. T. Beauregard on May 28. Mrs. Vanessa Holt read the poem, “Memorial Day” from the col lected poems of Archibald Rut ledge. Miss Hitt told the story of the poem, “The Legend of Pauline Lewis” and how she kept the Northern soldiers from removing her piano from the ancestral home now owned by John May, grandson of Pauline Lewis. Mrs. A. T. Neely Sr. present ed a very enlightening paper on “The Confederate Nurse.” She told of the courage, sacrifice, and resourcefulness of the women of the South who gave their time and energy to car ing for the soldiers and were remarkably successful despite the scarcity of materials, med icines and other equipment. One example was Mrs. Sallie L. Tompkins who had establish ed a hospital which the army later wished to include in its system. She was commissioned a Captain and continued as superintendent of her own hos pital. The following officers were elected to serve for next year: Mrs. A. T. Neely, Sr., president; Mrs. W. H. Tedford, Mrs. W. D. Beard and Mrs. Ruby Trice, 1st, 2nd and 3rd vice presid ents; Mrs. James Werfcs, re cording secretary; Mrs. R. E. Hanna, assistant recording sec retary; Mrs. Floyd Bradley, corresponding secretary; Mrs. A. C. Garlington, treasurer- Mrs. W. 0. Miller, assistant treasurer; Miss Juanita Hitt, historian; Mrs. Bloomer Haw kins, assistant historian; Mrs. J. F. Hawkins, registrar; Mrs. 0. 0. Copeland, recorder of Crosses; Miss Dorothy Buz hardt, chaplain. Treat the princess in your life to a princess ring A ring so beautiful that it will make the special moment more magnificent, more memorable. only $15.95 Breathtaking 3 diamond beauty mounted in white or yellow gold. OTHER PRINCESS RINGS up to $200.00 GOING STEADY RINGS $15.95 DIAMOND PENDANTS $25.00 to $150.00 TURNER & TAYLOR, Jewelers home mission work in Indianap- woodworking hobby which has through a process similar to olis, Ind. During World War occupied much of his leisure for inlaying. He gives away almost II he was an army chaplain. the past 20 years. His specialty his entire output ~ several hun- A widower, Dr. Aman expects is marquetry, reproducing pic- dred pieces since he took up the to continue in retirement a ture* and designs in rare woods hobby in the late 1940’s. Aman retires after 32 years at College Dr. John A. Aman, head of the Newberry College depart ment of economics and business administration, will retire next week after 32 years on the fac ulty. A Maryland native, Dr. Aman came to Newberry in 1936 as professor of social sciences. Previously he had been a Luth eran minister in Pennsylvania and Indiana, and a professor at Wartburg College in Wav- erly, Iowa. “Newberry college has chang-1 ed a bit,” he observed. Only five of the school's present 17| buildings existed when he came. His first classes were in Car negie Hall, razed several years ago to make room for a new] classroom building. Teaching in old Carnegie’s! second floor classrooms took steady nerves, Dr. Aman re calls. Dining facilities were on the first floor, and the third | floor was a dormitory for fresh man boys who raced continually I up and down the wooden stairs. “We used to hold our faculty meetings around one large lib-| rary table,” he remembers. Full time enrollment in the mid-1 Depression years was under 350, and faculty numbered only J.5 or 16. Now nearly 70 faculty members instruct 850 students. I Dr. Aman graduated from George Washington University in 1920 and earned a master's degree in economics there in 1922. He received a bachelor of divinity degree from Lutheran I Theological Seminary, Gettys-1 burg, Pa., in 1923. He returned to George Washington U. in 1933, teaching there part time while working toward his 1935 doctorate in economics. Before entering college teach ing, he was a Lutheran pastor at Mahanoy City and Strouds burg, Pa., and a minister in Vote A Man With Experience TO SERVE ON THE County Board of Education W.C. 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