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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Feb. 27, 1969 . X j ' - .... a "'.vi, Xkdf.'y?* <*> . -. r•{'./•: ,vv/ - '■ i,i ' " (except white pine); lor white pine and sweetgum, $11 for red cedar. Prices include shipping charges. To be sure that seedlings needed are on hand, please call or write the Newberry District Forester’s Office, P. 0. Box 129, Newberry, S. C. 29108— phone 276-3823. Landowners of Newberry and surrounding counties are urged to take advantage of this opportunity to obtain tree seedlings and put their non productive land into production said Mr. Duke. Don Layton was elected Chief of the mer, Sparky Chief Layton and Capt. Tuf- Sparky Fire Department at a recent meet- fy Millstead; standing, Lewis Lee, P. K. ing. Other officers and sponsors are Fuller, Mrs. Ted Willingham, Coroner shown from left seated, Fire Chief Ed George R. Summer and Alvin Jackson. Hazel, Sparky Assistant Chief Tony Sum- (Sunphoto by Martin Armfield) Holcombe is Easter Seal drive chairman The 1969 Easter Seal Cam paign begins on March 1 and runs until April 6. Colonel Jim Holcombe, of the Newberry College staff, has been announ ced as chairman of the 1969 campaign in Newberry county. Phil Kelly, president of the Newberry Chapter, said Hol combe will lead about 50 vol unteers in the annual appeal for fund-s. In accepting the Easter Seal chairmanship, Holcombe said: "I am deeply honored to take such a prominent role in acti vities of the Easter Seal cam paign, a voluntary agency that has worked to help the handi- Dawn Platinum 3.50 AMERICAN HANDMADE LEAD CRYSTAl W. E. TURNER capped in the nation for almost 50 years. I invite the volunteer cooperation of all residents of Newberry county in helping to bring this very finest, vast est reaching good work to as many crippled children and ad ults as possible in 1969.” Crippling strikes one family in five, according to the Nat ional Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults. The Society, which carries for ward a year-around program of direct services, education, and research, is conducting its annual Easter Seal Campaign now until April 6. Jeweler Youth crusade to be held in Prosperity This Saturday night March 1, at 7:30 p.m., a hippie will be giving his experiences in testi mony at an area wide Youth Crusade at the Reformation Southern Methodist church of Prosperity, corner of Church and McNeary streets. Speaker for the evening will be the Rev. Richard Rupp, a faculty mem ber in the department of speech and religion at Bob Jones Uni versity. Special music is also planned for the Crusade. Tom Maharis, freshman min isterial student at Bob Jones will relate some of the inter esting aspects of what drew him into the w'orld of hippies, and what drew him out. It was just six months ago this sum mer that he was wandering the streets of New York as one of the “flower children.” and in September of this year, with his hair cut and his beard gone, he entered the university. Mr. Rupp, speaker for the Crusade, pastured Calvary Memorial Church in Chicago and Hurst Baptist Church in Hilltonia, Georgia, before ac cepting his present position at the university. A native of Archbold, Ohio, he received the rank of Master Sergeant while serving in the U. S. army in WW2 and a year in Korea. He has spoken numerous times in the area with warm results. The area-wide Crusade will be held at Reformation South- ern Methodist Church w'hich is temporarily meeting at the corner of Church and McNeary streets in Prosperity. The sign fronting highway 76 in Pros perity is the location of the site where construction for the new building will begin in Oct. of 1970. Reformation Southern Methodist Church is the church in Prosperity which is “a grow ing church for a coming Lord.” Kendall men at company meet CHARLOTTE, N. C.—Ken dall’s Textile Division held its semi-annual Management Con ference February 25 and 26 at The Red Carpet Inn in Char lotte. This conference brings to gether management personnel from the Division’s Southern Executive Office in Charlotte, headquarters of the Textile Division; from the Sales Of fices in New York City; from the Corporate Headquarters in Boston; and from the Division’s plant locations in North Caro lina, South Carolina and Ala bama. The Conference serves as a means of bringing all manage ment personnel up-to-date on current trends and operating Forest tree seedlings are for con( jitions and a review of sale at the Newberry District plans for the rem ainder of Repair Shop of the S. C. State y ear Commission of Forestry, ac- 0ne of the highlights of the cording to District Forester Conference was a retirement Legare M. Duke. The repair party Tues(lay n i g ht at the City shop is located in front of the club in honor of J> c Ewing, National Guard Armory on who ig retiring March 1. Mr. U. S Highway 76 Ewing is Manager of the Corn- Seedlings for sale include, pany <> g Addison Plant in Edge- red cedar, loblolly and white field Thig wag attende( i by all pine. Sweetgum; slash and con f erence participants and longleaf pine will also be av- tbe j r w j V es. ailable on request. Prices will fj* be Textile Division is head- be $5.50 per 1000 for all pine ^ by McQuilkin, 3rd, Vice President A Divisional Manager; Jack B. Baker, Dir ector of Manufacturing; Paul T. Choate, assistant dirertor of Manufacturing-Finishing; W. H. Taylor, Assistant Director of Manufacturing-Grey Plants; Julian R. Black, Divisional Controller; William A. Newell, Technical Director and William B. Allen, Director of Market ing. Robert Booth, Vice Presid ent A Corporate Director of Manufacturing, from Boston, will be in attendance at this meeting. Kendall is a leading manu facturer of surgical dressings and related products for health and hygiene, as well as a ma jor producer of fabrics for in dustrial and consumer use. Attending this meeting from Newberry were L. H. Jordan, Oakland Plant Manager; W. A. Funderburk, Oakland Plant Superintendent; W. H. Ted- ford, Mollohon Plant Manager; M. M. Blythe, Mollohon Plant Superintendent; and H. E. Wessinger, Manager of Ken dall’s Cotton Buying Office. Pine seedlings now available Rites Saturday (or Mr. Lathrop Floyd William (Shorty) La throp, 67, died Thursday at the Newberry County Memorial hospital after a short illness. Mr. Lathrop was born in this county, a son of the late James Rufus and Mary Eliza beth Merchant Lathrop. Prior to his retirement he was em ployed at Shealy Motor Co. He was a member of Sharon Methodist church. He is survived by two nep hews, Ross Lathrop of Aiken and James Lathrop, U. S. Air Force, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services were held Saturday at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Paul Petty . Burial was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Sun Shining! •••• and spring wearing apparel is now arriving daily purchased on a recent trip to New York! Come Soon.... enters Women’s Apparel Dry Goods, Millinery Newberry, S. C.