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PAGE 6—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 27, 1969 Mr. and Mrs. George Edward Haltiwanger of Route 1, Newberry, announce the engagement of their daughter, Cathy Louise, to Terry Wayne Turner, son of Mrs. Wil lie Mae Turner and the late Perry W. Turner of Kinards. The wedding is being planned for four o’clock Sunday, May 25, 1969, at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. No formal invitations are being sent, but friends and relatives of the couple mony and the reception Clean-up week activities Mrs. Richard L. Baker, Chairman of the Newberry County Beautification Commit tee, announces that Newberry County is taking the month of April for its Spring Clean Up Drive, beautification being the theme. This drive is being headed by Captain C. T. Mill- stead Newberry Fire Depart ment and George R. Summer, Scout Master. Activities will begin on Monday, April 14, and climax on Saturday, April 19, with an intensive trash remov al drive and pick-up. Head quarters will be the City Fire Department for this climax drive on Saturday, April 19. The city and county will fur nish trucks to be dispatched to places where needed. People wishing to have trash picked up, please call telephone No. 276-4344. We hope that the citizens of Newberry County will partici pate in this project in an ef fort to have a cleaner, fire safe, and more beautiful coun ty in which to live, the chair man said. Packages sent for mothers Last year, 10,000 American women received a Mother’s Day message informing them that CARE packages had been sent in their name to help needy mothers and children are invited to attend the cere- h will follow the service. send the cards in time for Mother’s Day, May 11. Unless donors state a preference, CARE will decide whether to send food or other needed as sistance in the name of the mothers who are being hon ored.^ COLLEGE YOUNG REPUBLICANS Today, quite often, our adult society is led to believe that our country’s youth are irre sponsible and wish to demolish society. However, the Newberry College Young Republicans have gone on record to state a belief that responsible students must use every means at their disposal to support the silent campus majority, rejecting the rule or ruin tactics of the vio lent minority. It seems that students across the nation seem to be in per petual revolt against society; however, our responsible con structive students so often fail to make the press or any other news media. Student action of a different type is in effect in our com munity and producing some positive, constuctive contribu tions toward bettering society through helping others—tutor ing underprivileged children. W. Harold Koon, Publicity Di rector of the Newberry College Young Republicans stated, “I believe that we as responsible students can be an effective force in strengthening society through constructive commun ity action programs such as the tutorial program. Also we hope to make our actions speak above the violent voices of dis content and destruction.” Bicycle tour to be held Sunday The city recreation depart ment will sponsor a Bicycle Holiday Program on Sunday, April 20. The riders will meet at Speers Street field across from Margaret Hunter Park at 1:30 p.m. The tour will leave Margaret Hunter Park at 2:00 p.m. and will follow a course through the streets of Newberry for a total distance of six and one-half miles. The tour will not be able to take in all commun ities of the city but will foll ow a trail that has been sel ected for reasons of safety, beauty, and least resistance to bicycle riders. All persons six years of age and older are invited to join in the tour. Certificates will be awarded to the senior rider the junior rider and the safest rid er. The purpose of the bicycle tour is to provide an afternoon of quiet recreation and pleas ure. The many beautiful yards and gardens are in their peak bloom at this time of the year. The county-wide clean-up pro gram will end on Saturday and this will be a fitting end to that effort. The department also wants to bring to the attention of the pub lic the fact that many children will be riding their bicycles to and from the many recreation programs and areas. Motorists are asked to be careful when persons on bicycles are in the streets. The bicycle rider also has a great responsibility to obey all traffic signs and regu lations as any other vehicle. There is also the physical fit ness that is connected to riding bicycles which could be consid ered as “jogging while sitting down”. Some 61 million people ride bicycles each year in the Un ited States, according to P. K. Fuller recreation director who urges everyone to “join the mil lions across this great country of ours and have some fun tak ing part in the Newberry Bi cycle Holiday Tour.” Mr. Fuller says that motor bikes and scooters will not be allowed. College singers concert Sunday A performance of Gabriel Faure’s “Requiem” will high light the Newberry College Sin gers spring concert Sunday af ternoon. The public is invited to attend the concert in Wiles Chapel, beginning at 4 p.m. The Singers, directed by Dr. Milton Moore, will offer the French composer’s work as the feature of a varied choral pro gram. One of two soprano soloist will be Gail Zidlick of Newberry, a senior majoring in music educa tion. Freshman soprano Anna Fike of Charleston, a voice ma jor, also will have a solo role, as w'ill senior baritone Charles E. Holmes, Jr. of Spartanburg who is a music education major. Accompanist will be Profes sor Darr Wise. The following Sunday, April 27, the Singers will appear at a 3:30 p.m. concert at the First Baptist Church in Greenwood, under the auspices of the Am erican Guild of Organists. Rose society to sponsor June rose show The Newberry County Rose Society will sponsor a June Rose Show to be held at the Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Association on June 21 & June 22. The show will be open to all rose growers in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Participation is ex pected to be heavy as there are no other rose showings scheduled in June according to the information available to the Rose Society. This show is unique in that it will be the first judged show ing to be held in South Caro lina during June, and is the in itial venture in formal, judged showing sponsored by the New berry Rose Society. The blooms will be judged according to the rules and regulations of the Am erican Rose Society. Present plans are to include a division for Newberry Coun ty roses alone. Those growers who wish to enter this section would compete only against other Newberry County grow ers. They may also enter their roses in other categories if they desire to do so. Rose growers are urged to make their plans to enter their blooms. Additional information may be obtained from C. B. Parr, president of the County Rose Society and American Rose Society Consulting Rosar- ian, or Dr. Charles G. Jeremias who is Carolinas District Dir ector, American Rose Society. overseas. The special tribute, which started spontaneously a few years ago among donors fa miliar with CARE’s work, has grown to such proportions that the agency now has attractive gift-greeting cards to notify the mothers who are honored in this way. Gift contributions may be mailed to: Mother’s Day Plan, CARE, 615 Forsyth Building, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303. Make checks payable to CARE, Inc. Be sure to give your name and address, the name and address of the mother (or mothers) to whom the cards are to be sent. Mail orders should be re ceived by May 5, to permit CARE to sign your name and Your Shirts On Hangers LOOK LIKE NEW Fresh * Neat * Wrinkle Free WHEN LAUNDERED AT T&C CLEANERS “Second To None” 1508 Nance Street Newberry, S. C. Council buys fire engine In addition to taking action on the Nance Street project Tues day night city council also dis cussed and took action on sev eral other pending projects. Council voted to accept a low bid of $34,707 for the purchase of a 1,000 gallon pumper fire truck. The truck will be a cus tom-built unit with a diesel en gine. Six other bids were recei ved. Council approved the sale of the city pumping station pro- erty at Bush River to Duke Power Company for $15,000. The city will continue to use the pumping facilities. A low bid of $6,586 for a blanket automobile liability in surance plan for city vehicles submitted by Bowers and Floyd Insurance Agency was accepted by council. The remainder of the evening was devoted to talk about the Nance Street project. That story is elsewhere in this issue. Kristi Virgill Merchant, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Game- well Merchant of Saluda, will celebrate her second birthday on April 22nd. Kristi's maternal Virgil Setzler of Newberry. She has a sister Kimberly.