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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 17, 1969 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: .$3.00 per year in advance. Six Months $2.00. Governor names reserve month Gov. Robert E. McNair has urged South Carolinians to pay tribute to the state's US Army Reservists during April, desig nated as US Army Reserve Com munity Month. In a statement released in Co lumbia. McNair said he is proud to commend to all South Carol inians observance of the month and urged “that the citizens of our state recognize the role ir our nation's well-being played by these citizen-soldiers.” All Army Reservists in the Palmetto State are assigned ei ther to the 120th US Army Re serve Command, headquartered here and commanded by Brig adier General Thomas J. Thorne of Charleston, or the 108th Di vision headouartered in Char lotte. N. c . and commanded by Major General Ian M. David son of Atlanta. Georgia. The Governor's statement was as follows: "I am pleased to recognize the valuable contributions of thousands of South Carolinians who have served their country loyally in war and peace, and who continue to wear the uni form of the United States Army as citizen-soldiers of the Unit ed States Army Reserve. "Members of these units are called upon to give of their own weekend and vacation time for training assemblies so that they may at all times be in a state of readiness for duty. Through out our state, men from all walks of life serve with a deep sense of responsibility and ded ication. “I am therefore proud to com mend to all South Carolinians the observance of April 1969 as U. S. Army Reserve Commun ity Month, and urge that citi zens of our state recognize the role in our nation's well-being played by these citizen-soldiers.’ Academy talks enlargement Due to the large number of applications now coming in to The Newberry Academy for next year the Board of Direc tors are completing plans for the expansion of the physical facilities. The parents of all students, present and new, are invited to attend a meeting in the school auditorium this Thur sday night, April 17th. at eight o'clock. Definite recommenda tions for a new building site are to be submitted for the consideration of parents and other interested friends, who will be welcomed. It appears now that some of the classes will be filled to capacity and more applications are coming in daily. A large attendance of par ents and other friends is ur ged to discuss this matter of such vital importance to the continued growth of the Acad emy. “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 "Whatsoever Things By DONALD E WILDMON (Tour the Holy Land with Mr. Wildmon. Ten days. Nov. 24 - Dec. 3. 1969. $699 complete. $60 down, $25 a month. For more information write five Star Tours, Box 1368, Tupelo, Miss.) LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON rr My study is located in a storage room (or what is supposed to be a storage room) directly behind our home. It is a very small room to begin with, and once you put my books and supplies and machines in it you can hardly turn around. It is really too small, but it is the best we can come up with at the moment and I will have to bear with it until better days come along. The other day I was having one of those days when everything seemed to go wrong. It was a day when I wished, and most folks around me, that I had stayed in bed. My desk was covered over with matters that needed my at tention, correspondence was lagging, and there were other matters press ing. Sitting and Stewing I was sitting in my study, half mad at myself and half mad at my lack of space. Then, without knocking, in came my son Timmy and proceeded to sit down behind me. I started to turn and tell him that there wasn’t room for him in the study, but I waited for I knew that if I spoke at that moment I would be harse with him. So I went about my work, listen ing as he began taking paper from the waste basket and books from the shelf. He nearly lit the fuse when he spoke. “Daddy,” he said, do you have a pen?” Well, I reached into my pocket and gave him my pen. I then tried to continue my work. But it seemed that everytime I turned around I bumped into him. So, my temperature rising, I turned to scold him and send him back into the house. Upon turning, I was stopped cold by what I saw! Studying Timmy had laid out before him some old papers he had taken from the trash can, some of my books from the book shelf, and with pen in hand he was marking on a sheet of paper. He had made himself a make-shift desk that was in something of a mess. Now, most of the time when Timmy wants to know what Tm doing out in the study I tell him that “I’m studying.” I looked at him there, he paused for a moment and looked up, and after thinking for a few seconds he liegan to write again. "What are you doing, son?” I asked him. He looked me in the eye as only a son can do and then gave me his answer with a little grin on his face. ‘Tm studying, Daddy.” I didn’t say anything else to him. I turned back around and pretended to go back to work. But I didn’t do much work for the next few minutes. I just sat there thinking how proud I was of my son. It made me feel as big as a man can get to know 7 that my son wanted to be like me, to do what I do. But then a greater truth came to me. My Creator was telling me that this is really what He wanted from me. He wanted me to be like Him. I still think about that often. How good He must feel when we act like Him, do what He does, act like we were His sons. “Wouldn’t it be a good world,” I say to myself, “if we wanted to be like Him as much as Timmy wants to be like his father.” It sure would. —Five Star Features Last year South Carolinians paid $17,089,484 in State taxes on Beer UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION INC PO BOX 6247 COLUMBIA SC ILOIXJ, |[\JU.