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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, August 8, 1968 The Mollohon Plant of the Kendall Com pany honored its long-time employees at a banquet Saturday night at the Community Hall. Plant Manager W. H. Tedford pre sented special awards to employees with 45 years service, and watches to those with 35 years service. In the top picture are the 45-year employees, from left seat ed, Mrs. Leila Maw, 50 years; Mrs. Leora Smith, E. D. Boland, 0. K. Franklin, W. T. Huffstetler, all 45 years; standing from left, C. W. Jones, 50 years; C. 0. Po well, 45 years; H. M. Richardson, 53 years; G. A. Slice, 45 years; 0. L. Wicker, 47 years and J. D. Golden, 47 years. Ab sent when the picture was made was B. P. Long, 47 years. In the lower photo are the 35-year em ployees, from left seated, Ernestine Fuller, H. L. Mills, W. D. Moates and C. G. Price; standing N. D. Reeves, L. W. Rinehart, F. W. Shealy, T. P. Wicker and C. L. Amick. R. A. Martin was absent when the picture was made. Honored for 25 years service were Cle- ora T. Arthur, Frances D. Bass, Carolyn Bouknight, Mae B. Frick, Ruby D. Fulmer, Mazie Gregory, Annie W. Gresham, Lila D. Hurt, Bonnie H. Jackson, Sudie W. Jones, Thelma I. Rawl, Reba Reeves, Eun ice Rinehart, Minnie Rivers, Rosa B. Shealy, Mary K. Stockman, Eula H. Strib- ble, Ruth 0. Wood, R. E. Bartley, H. T. Boozer, F. L. Brown, J. Lee Dennis, R. D. Hawkins, R. W. Lee, W. F. Lewis, R. E. Long, E. J. Maw, Nolan Myers, Pinckney Moses, A. L. Ruff, R. E. Sligh, George A. Slice, D. C. Hurt, Esther W. Bouknight, Cleo H. Brown, Vera Brown, Edith Eargle, Edna S. Frick and M. E. Cleemer. Among Kendall officials attending were W. E. Ates, director of personnel; W. H. Taylor, assistant director of manufactur ing; and George McQuilkin III, vice pres ident and divisional manager. (Sunphotos) WITH MEN IN THE SERVICES GALENA, ALA. — Sergeant Melvin L. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Allen of. Rt. 1, Prosperity, has arrived for duty at Galena Air Force Base, Alaska. Sergeant Allen, a radar re pairman, is a member of the Air Force Communications Service. He previously served at Patrick AFB, Florida. A graduate of Mid-Carolina High school, the sergeant at tended Rollins College’s exten sion at Patrick. His wife, Eli zabeth, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Huemeke of Jacksonville, Florida. USS PRINCETON AT SEA— Fireman John L. Felker, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Felker of 1228 Kinard St. is serving aboard the amphibious assault carrier USS Princeton off the coast of S. Vietnam. As a crewmember of the ship, he is helping to provide medical aid to wounded Mar ines. In addition he plays an important role in keeping the Princeton an effective operat ing unit of the U. S. Seventh Fleet. The assault carrier is pro viding amphibious support tc the third Marine Amphibious Force stationed in S. Vietnam and is one of 190 ships that make up the world’s largest naval fighting force—the U. S. Seventh Fleet. SAN DIEGO—Seaman George W. Laird, USN, 19, son of Mr and Mrs. Dave L. Laird of 2130 Osborne Avenue, was awarded the Navy Unit and Meritorious Unit Commendation while sta tioned aboard the amphibious Assault carrier USS Tripoli. The award was presented to the crew for accomplishments during the ship’s recent deploy ment to S. Vietnam. As a crew member he makes significant daily contributions to carrying out the ship’s mis- uon. Tripoli is designed to ;ransport Marine combat troops into enemy waters and then launch an amphibious assault by placing these troops behind enemy lines by helicopter. The ship is presently in San Diego making preparations for her second Vietnam deploy ment. AMARILLO, TEX. — Air man Fred L. Cumalander, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Cuma lander of Little Mountain has been graduated from a U. S. Air Force technical school at Amarillo, Texas. He was trained as an admin istrative specialist and has been assigned to a unit of the Military Airlift Command at Travis AFB, Calif. The airman is a graduate of Mid-Carolina High school, Pros perity. MRS. SCHUMPERrS BROTHER DIES Olen Berry, Sr., brother of Mrs. Ray Schumpert of this city died Sunday in Granite- ville, where he lived. He is also survived by his widow, Mrs. Ellen Clayton Berry; one daughter, and three sons. BATON ROUGE — Clarence D. Coleman of Newberry is a- mong more than 30 Louisiana State University cadets who received armed forces com missions in campus ceremonies August 1. The cadets, who were commissioned into the Army, Air Force and Marine reserves, were all scheduled to receive degrees at LSU’s summer com mencement August 2. Coleman, who was commiss ioned into the Army reserves, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Coleman, 1213 Crenshaw in Newberry. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics. DAR YEAR BOOK GETS BLUE RIBBON Mrs. Elliot B. McLean, of Seneca, state vice regent of the South Carolina Society of the National DAR, has just notified Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Sr., regent of the Jasper Chap ter of Newberry, of a Blue Ribbon award for 1967-68 year book by the national chairman. This is the highest award giv en. At the March conference of the State Society NSDAR, the chapter’s year book won blue ribbon. It also won a silver award in the NSDAR honor roll in April. MRS. EPTING’S SISTER DIES Mrs. Bessie Long Fulmer, 81 of Columbia, sister of Mrs G. Tab Epting of Newberry, died Thursday. Funeral services were held in St. Andrews Lutheran Church, conducted by Rev. Robert W Carswell. 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