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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Jan. 2, 1969 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner "Whatsoever Things By DONALD E WILDMON Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance. Six Months $1.25. Back several years ago an elderly couple, a man and his wife, wet;e pass ing through Philadelphia. Being tired, and the night half gone, they searched for a hotel where they could get some rest. Every hotel they went to told thei» the same thing. “Sorry, we are filled up.” Finally, in desperation, the couple tried a little third class hotel. As they entered the hotel the man went to the night clerk and spoke. “Mister, please don’t tell me that you haven’t got a room. We have searched all over town for a room but the con ventions have filled up our usual hotels. We are so tired. Please don’t tell me that you don’t have a room where we could get some rest.” The night clerk looked at the couple, saw how tired they were, and then spoke. “I am so sorry, but our hotel is completely full.” The expression on the couple’s faces turned to disappoint ment. They turned, started to walk out. Then the night clerk spoke again. “Sir,” he said, “I have a room which I will not be using tonight. I have the night shift and will be working all night. It isn’t a fancy room. Not as nice as the others. But it is clean. And if you wish, I would be happy for you to be my guests for tonight.” Their faces lit up with gladness! Their disappointment was turned to happiness. The woman spoke. “God bless you, young man.” Feeling like a million dollars, the clerk showed them to his room. Next morning the couple went to eat breakfast. At the table, they sent the waiter to get the night clerk. They sent a message that they wanted to see him. Entering the room, the clerk spotted the couple. With a smile on his face he spoke. “Hope you got a good night’s rest and everything was fine.” Both the man and the woman thanked the clerk for his kindness. After exchanging a few words, the elderly man changed the subject. ‘ Young man,” he said, “you are too fine a hotel man to stay in a hotel like this. How' would you like me to build a large, expensive, luxury hotel in the city of New York and make you the manager of it?” The young man sat there for a mo ment. He did not know exactly what to say. He wondered if the gentle man’s mind w T as right. Finally, after searching for something to say, he stammiered out these words: “It sounds wonderful.” You know, that young man didn’t have to put those people up for the night. He could have turned them away. He had a good reason. And peo ple had been turned away before. Re member Bethlehem ? Already every major hotel in Philadelphia had turned them away. But this young man had something about him that refused to turn them away. He wanted to help, to be kind. “Do unto others ...” He did that. He followed the Carpenter’s command. It wasn’t long after that that a new hotel went up in New York City. It was one of the greatest hotels ever built. They named it the Waldorf As toria. And the young night clerk be came the manager and one of the world’s greatest hotel men. The gentle man he shared his room with was John Jacob Astor. —FIVE STAR FEATURES Letter To Editor Mr. Frank Armfield, Editor The Newberry Sun Newberry, S. C. 29108 Dear Frank: As we pause in this moment following another busy Christ mas Season, let us tell you how grateful we are for the many services you have rendered so freely to us and our govern ment during the past year. Your willingness and cooper ation in printing the postal items submitted to your paper has helped immeasurably by in forming the patrons and citiz ens of our community. I am sure that many of them are indebted to you also for the in formation received thru your media. This Christmas season, 175, 000 0c stamps were sold at our office, an increase of some 20,- 000 over last year’s sale of four and five cent stamps. We received more than twice as much first class mail as we dispatched and four or five as many parcels, newspapers, mag azines and advertising matter but due to the publicity you afforded us, patrons mailed earlier, thereby spreading the workload over a longer period making the work of dispatch and delivery less demanding than in past years. Again we thank you and your staff and look forward to a pleasnt association with you all all in the coming year of 1959. With kindest personal re. gards. Sincerely yours, Harry E. Moose, Postmaster By: James A. Counts, Asst.PM. WITH MEN IN THE SERVICES SAN ANTONIO — Airman Walter W. King, sun of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. King of 122*1 Kmard street, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB jn Texas. He 1 has been assigned to Sheppard AFB Texas for training in aircraft mainten ance Airman King, a 1952 graduate of Mary Hughes High School, Piney Flats, Term., re ceived his A.B degree in his tory in 1957 from King College' jii Bristol, Term. IH'C PHO. Vietnam -— Army Private First ( lass A. J. Dav enport, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. ('. Oavenport, Route three, Prosperity, wa> assigned to the 1 11th Infantry Brigade of the American Ibvision near Due Pho, Vietnam, Nov. 20 a - a mortorrnan. F. S ARMY. Vietnam Army Private First <'ia>s Robert L. Spearman, 21, son of Mr. and Mm John I Spearman, Route 4, Newberry, was assigned on Nov. 27 to the* 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam, as a rifle man. AMARILLO. TEX.—Airman James R. Payne, son of Mrs. Edna McCarty of 49 Player St. has completed l>asic training at Amarillo AFB, Texas. He has been assigned to Chanute AFB, ILL. for training in aircraft maintenance. Airman Payne is a 1958 grad uate of Young High Schocd, Knoxville, Tenn. LONG BINH, Vietnam—Army Private First Class Emory Gary, 20, whose wife, Geneva, lives at 422 Drayton St. was assigned to the 267th Signal Company Nov. 26 near here as a lineman. FT. LEONARD WOOD, MO. —Army Private Zack W. Bar ron, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen D. Barron, Newberry, completed advanced training as a combat engineer Nov. 29 at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. During his 8-weeks training he received instruction in com bat squad tactics, use of infan try weapons and engineer re connaissance. He was also trained in the techniques of road and bridge building, cam ouflage and demolition. VIETNAM—Marine Private First Class Henry L. Cannon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Can non of Prosperity, was promot ed to his present rank while serving with Headquarters Bat talion, a unit of the First Ma rine Division in Vietnam. The County Agents Column HAPPY NEW YEAR With the beautiful Christmas music still in the air let us look ahead to the year 1969 and wish for each of you a the mistakes we made last year best for all of us in the com ing year. All of us hope that this will lie a year when peace will be on earth and among all men good will. As we look back over the year of 1968 lets try to be objective in our thinking and see if we can’t profit from the mistakes we made this year and not make the same errors in the new year. Probably the most important thing we can do is to plan more wisely and try to look ahead and see if pos sible, what the outcome of our plans will be before the error is made. RECORDS A g-ood way to begin the new y < ar js with a clean sheet. A di ran sh' ■et m a good record bn u ik. , tha t is. The beginning in Vc nR TV Is most important. \Y ha! : 4«> Wi have to begin w. th. the! n b\ • k'-eping a record of al ! out ex [tenses and income H t w nil b n a 1 (he to really know h * i w W i' stan id when this time in 19 id r oils around. Th r nn i n t y agents office will !w h; tppy to supply you with a f n iw copy of a simplified farm Tf cur d be 10k for you to use in th t ' i omi ng year. A CHANGE IN 1969 After December the 31st of this year. Hog cholera vaccine cannot be used in South Carol ina. By stopping the vaccination of hogs for cholera, the goal of eradicating cholera from South Carolina is brought one step closer. State and Federal Vet erinarians working with your veterinarians will be respon sible' for making the determina tion of whether or not pigs have cholera and if so, the method of depopulating the herd. Pigs, other than those going to slaughter or moving through sab's will now be given only serium. The modified Live Vac cine (MLV) has been limited to use by vetemarians since July 15, 1968. At this time. South Carolina moved in Phast III of the National Hog Cholera eradication program and start ed paying indemnities and de stroying cholera infected swine herds to help eliminate this costly disease from South Car olina. Remember, that out breaks can be eliminated by the early reporting of suspected cases or sick hogs and that the entire industry - producers, packers, auction markets, feed compan ies, veterinarians & many other must work together for this program to be successuful. ANNUAL MEETING of the SOUTH CAROLINA SWINE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION The annual meeting of the South Carolina Swine Producers Association will be held at the Redwood Cafeteria on the State Fairground in Columbia on Tm'sday January 28, 1969. The program will get underway at 10 a.m. and be completed by 4 p.m. so that you can get home before dark. It looks like this is one of the best planned pro grams the association has come up with in a long time. They have this meeting planned with the swine producer in mind and what wjH be heplful for him in 1969. We hope you will mark this date on your calendar and plan to attend. CHARLIE RISHER to talh tur key in ENGLAND C. F. Risher, Clemson Un iversity Extension Turkey Spe cialist has won international honors with an invitation to address the annual meeting of the British Turkey Foundation Ltd. early next year. Mr. Risher will be the Fed eration’s guest for its conven tion February 2-4 at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. He’s the third Amer ican ever invited to address the group. Charlie has gained national prominence for his work with turkey producers in South Car olina, in promoting the indus try in the state, and for his ac tivities with the National Tur key Federation. 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