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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Oct. 31, 1968—PAGE 5 • TAYLOR NAMED (Continued from Page 1) State Senate Seat 1: John D. Long III of Union, Democrat, versus Marshall Abercrombie of Laurens 14 , Republican. State Senate Seat 2: Robert C. Lake, Jr., of Whitmire, Dem ocrat, versus Eugene C. Grif fith of this city, Republican. House of Representatives: Walter T. Lake, Democrat ver sus Thurman Adams, Republi can. Supervisor: H. B. Hendrix, Democrat, versus Billy O’Dell, Republican. On the State ballot will be: United States Senate: Ernest F. Hollings, Democrat, versus Marshall Parker, Republican; United States House of Repre sentatives, W. J. Bryan Dorn, Democrat, versus John Grisso, Republican. The National ballot will car ry the candidates’ names and electors for the Democrat, Re publican and Petition (Indepen dent) party. A separate ballot will be of fered for a local constitutional amendment, which, if approved, would raise the debt limit of the Newberry County school district from eight to 30 per cent of assessed valuation of taxable property. Statewide constitutional a- mendments will all appear on one ballot. Briefly they are: Number 1: Amending the Constitution to allow establish ment of regional councils of governnment. Number 2: Amending the Constitution to provide that all or part of increase in license fees or taxes imposed after Ju ly 1, 1969 on the sale of alco holic beverages be applied to the treatment and rehabilitation of alcohol and drug addicts and for the prevention of alcohol and drug addiction. Number 3: Amending the Constitution to add continuous separation for a period of at least three years as an addi tional ground for divorce. Number 4: Amending the Constitution to provide a sim pler form for amending the Constitution. There are also local amend ments pertaining to other coun ties but which are voted on statewide. These will be on a separate ballot. Mrs. Leavell rites Thursday Mrs. Kate Folger Leavell, 86, widow of Robert Evans Leavell, died Wednesday at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital after a lingering ill ness. Mrs. Leavell was born in Pickens, the daughter of the late Alfred Robert Newton and Cody Looper Folger. She was a life member of the Calvin Crozier Chapter of the U. D. C. She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Ruth L. Dickert of Newberry, and one sister, Mrs. E. E. Caldwell of Tampa, Fla. Funeral services were con ducted at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. Anderson Bass. In terment was in Rosemont Cem etery. UDC CHAPTER MEETS TUESDAY Drayton Rutherford Chapter, UDC will meet November 5 at 4:00 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Gordon Clarkson. Associate hostesses will be Mrs. Tom Pope, Miss Sallie Lee Cromer and Mrs. R. D. Wright. SCOUT Promotions Troop 66: Clark Abrams, 2nd Class; Rick Nelson, Eagle. Merit Badges: Martin Arm- field, photography; Jimmy Bis hop, insect life; Sydney Carter, lifesaving, fishing. Think About The Qualifications » \ ( and Record of Robert C. Lake, Jr. 1. Lifetime resident of Whitmire. 2. Educated in the public schools where his father served as superintendent for thirty-two years. 3 Graduate of University of South Carolina Law School. 4 Married to the former Carolyn 0. Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Copeland Young of Whitmire. 5 Veteran of World War II. 6. Treasurer of American Legion Post No. 70 for past ten years. 7. Father of three children, a daughter in Columbia College and two sons in the public schools of Whitmire. 8. Active member of the Whitmire Presbyterian Church, serving as a deacon and a trustee. 9. County Attorney for the past eight years. 10. Past president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. 12. Director of the Newberry County Development Board, serving as chairman for three consecutive years, during which time three new industries located in Newberry County creating more than 1,000 new jobs. 13. Director and Vice Chairman of the Whitmire United Fund. 14. A life membership Mason and an officer of Hejaz Shrine Temple. 15. Past President and member for fifteen years of Newberry County Shrine Club. 16. Member of Newberry County Municipal Association. 17. Director and Secretary of Newberry County’s “J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home.” Vote for and Support a Positive Candidate who stands on his RECORD OF SERVICE Robert C. Lake, Jr. Senate Seat No. 2