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PAGE 6—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 24, 1969 “Uncle” Homer Schumpert and mem- shown, from left, Bette Moseley, Alice bers of Newberry Girl Scout troops pre- Paysinger, Mr. Schumpert and Pam Cum- sented the Civic League program Tues- mings. (Sunphoto by Martin Armfield.) day at the Community Hall. They are Scout work is discussed at Civic League Uncle Homer Schumpert was the guest speaker at a meet ing of Newberry Civic League which was held at the Com munity Hall Tuesday afternoon. He gave an illustrated lecture on the wild flowers found along the nature trail in Lynch’s Woods. Prof. F- Scott Elliott, Sr., president, presided, and Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Sr. opened the meeting with the club collect and read the minutes of the last meeting. Mrs. C. M. Smith Jr., second vice president and program chairman, introduced the speaker. Since this meeting of the Ci vic League featured Girl Scout work, Mrs. Smith introduced the following Girl Scout offi cials who were present: Mrs. J. Hilton Parsons, Jr., chair man of Newberry Girl Scout Neighborhood; Mrs. Maurice Moseley, leader of the cadet troop and director of the Girl Scout Day Camp; and Mrs. Aaron O’Bier, Senior Girl Scout leader. The name of the Newberry Scout camp is Holly Springs. Girl Scouts participating in the program were Pamela Cummings, on the topic, “Na ture and Out of Doors”, Alice Paysinger, “Role of Lynch’s Woods”, and Bette Moseley, “Laying Out of the Nature Trail”. Mr. Schumpert showed var ious slides taken in the woods and on the trail, and mention ed the closed gentian as the most beautiful of all the wild flowers, and said that the Car oline Lily is native to the state. His program did much to in crease the appreciation of the audience for the wild flowers of this area. The League voted to contri bute twenty-five dollars to the Scout work at Camp Holly Springs. The hostesses were Mrs. Joe Roberts, Mrs. Price Padgett, and Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, Sr. They served delicious refresh ments to the twenty present. DAR Chapter has meeting The Jasper Chapter of the Daughters of the American Re volution met at the home of Mrs. Price K. Harmon on Ap ril 11. Upon arrival the mem- beis were served tasty refresh ments from an attractive tea table. The other hostesses were Mrs. Meredith Harmon, Mrs. Kemper Lake, Mrs. James A. McKeown and Mrs. Maude Ross. 1 The Regent Mrs. F. Scott El liott, Sr. conducted the opening ritual assisted by Mrs. Mary Frances Finney and Miss Rose Hamm. Mrs. A..B. Schriver read the President General’s message, and Mrs. Ralph B. Baker gave the points on National Defense. Mrs. Harry D. Epting, the recording secretary, read the communications from the state society regent, Mrs. Drake H. Rogers and Mrs. Furman Ful mer, District II Director in which the chapter was thank ed for going the “second mile” in helping to make the state conference held March 13-14 in Columbia a successful event. Miss Juanita Hitt and her stu dents presented the program at the banquet and Mrs. El liott had the responsibility for registration. These were given a rising vote of thanks by the chapter. The regent expressed her ap preciation to those members who helped her with the regis tration and called on various ones for reports. The chapter voted to send a donation to the state society treasurer to be applied to the fund for a South Carolina per iod room in the Museum of Memorial Continental Hall in Washington D. C. when such a room is available. The DAR Period Room will help to pre serve the proud heritage of South Carolina. Something to cheer about! Champions are the kickiest! What other sneaker pampers you with such cool, cushioned comfort—offers such a choice of styles, such wild, delicious colors? So be choosy—as long as you choose Champions— the cool ones from Keds. • White • Navy • Green Keds* Priced from $5.99 ANDERSON’S Winner State piano contest Drake Riley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Riley of Saluda, and a senior at Hollywood high school, was given a rating of I-plus and declared the winner in the state contest for senior high school pianists at the Un iversity of South Carolina on April 12. He competed against three additional finalists and was awarded a $350 scholar ship by the S. C. Music Edu cators Association. Drake play ed the first movement of Bee thoven’s Pathetique Sonata, Des pas sur la neige by De bussy, and the first movement of Mozart’s Sonata in A Minor. Dr. Fletcher Moore of Elon College, the judge, made the following remarks concerning the performance of Mr. Riley: “You play this (Pathetique Sonata) with real authority and mature feeling for the impass ioned Beethoven style embod ied in this work. Good dynam ic contrasts, with the dramat ic suddenness so necessary here. “I was extremely pleased that you were able to main tain the high emotional inten sity of the music throughout the movement without any let down; this is very difficult to do. “Your technique, which seems to be quite an efficient one, was equal to the task here—obviously, there were no real difficulties in this regard. Concerning the DeBussy, Dr. Moore said: “Sensitive, poetic, full of im agery, well-controlled tonal co lors and qualities, skillful use of the pedal, subtle dynamics, all these were there. A very beautiful, convincing perform ance. “This (Mozart Sonata) is one of the most profound (and dif ficult) of Mozart’s sonatas—a work of tragedy in a style un usual for Mozart—but you give it a fine performance. Parti cularly impressive were the clarity and evenness of the passage-work, the tempo stead iness throughout, the skilled use of dynamic contrasts for dramatic effects, and the ease with which you navigated thru the development section (parts of which are devilishly hard.) “To summarize— “You have acquitted your self nobly with these three pieces. It was a real pleasure to hear you. Congratulations and bravo to you and to your teacher.” For the last four years, Drake has been a piano stu dent of Darr Wise of the New berry College music faculty. He will continue his studies as a freshman piano major with Mr. Wise at Newberry College next September. Gerald Reed, a junior in high school who commutes from Greenville once a week to study with Mr. Wise was awarded a I-plus rating, which is the highest rating given in this state, in the Advanced Division of the piano contest held at Winthrop College on April 9. He appears regularly on the weekly color television pro gram, “Pastors Face Your Questions”, via Station WBTV, Charlotte. For 19 years before coming to Charlotte, he was pastor of First Lutheran Church in Man sfield, Ohio. EPSILON CHAPTER MET AT COLLEGE The Epsilon Chapter of Del ta KappaGamma, a teacher’s sorority, met April 12 at Kauf- mann Lounge, Newberry Col lege. The county members, composed of Miss Hattie Belle Lester, Miss Sudie Dennis, Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Miss Sara Folk, Mrs. Virgil Irons, Miss Julia Kibler and Miss Pearle Stockman served as the hostess group. The meeting began with a luncheon. Miss Stockman gave the invocation. Mrs. Dwight Ellis, the president, presided. Mrs. Elliott first vice presi dent, introduced Dr. John A. Meador, head of the History Department at the college, as the guest speaker. He gave an informational talk on the top ic, “American History: Con sensus or Ideology”. He said that consensus is found in dem ocratic societies and ideology is represented by Marxism. He said that America is still ded icated to consensus and this is good because it is durable. A short business session fol lowed the program. Mrs. El lis announced the Alpha Eta State convention which will be held at Wade Hampton Hotel, Columbia, April 25-27. TO CELEBRATE 50th ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Ed McConnell who live on Washington Street, will celebrate their 50th wed ding anniversary on Saturday, April 26. New Life For Your Old Diamond RING SETTING *76.50 MD-89B RING SETTING *79 25 M94 RING SETTING *29 25 M P-94 PBNDANT SETTING *33.75 MITCHELL BE IN CHAPEL PULPIT The widely-traveled Dr. Car- veth P. 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