The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 29, 1969, Image 1
BY THE WAY
By DORIS A. SANDERS
MISCELLANEOUS
Liorary Bocks: There has
been a great push on in recent
years to fill school library
shelves. Many parents—and I
am one of them—have worked
diligently in past years through
PTA to make money to buy li
brary books.
Perhaps tne parents should be
just as diligent in finding out
what kind of books are in our
school libraries. Most of the
volumes, no doubt, are purchas
ed from the “state approved
list” or, in the event federal
funds are used, they are pur
chased from a list provided by
the federal government.
What kind of books are in
cluded on the state approved
list?
My attention was called re
cently to a little book with the
innocuous title, “No Mules”—
a state approved book, design
ed for second or third graders.
This book was printed in Aust
ria and is a propaganda vehicle
against the apartheid policy of
South Africa.
The principal characters i n
the story are a little South Af
rican boy (who spends most of
his time playing a home-made
flute) and his mule The day
arrives when the parents take
the boy to the “city” In a gen
eral store he sees a silver flute
which he decides that he must
have Since the shopkeeper will
not let the ragamuffin in. he
sends his mule into the store
and you can imagine what hap
pens. It just happens that as
the mule kicks out the window
of the store he kicks out the
flute which the little boy then
snitches.
The moral of the story seems
to be that if you see something
>ou want, take it by any means
necessary. Rather than being
conscience-stricken by his des
truction and thievery, the lit
tle boy was perfectly happy The
story ends.
The shopkeeper ran after
them until he was too breath
less to run any more, and when
Kaan saw that he had given up
the chase he slowed Golo down
to a walk Then Faan took out
his tiute and blew a few notes.
Soon he was playing merrily,
and Golo began to trot to the
tune of the Woodcutters Song '
Note that this has sudenly
become HIS flute If this is the
Mirt of thing kids learn m their
ohools is it any wonder that
they grow up to loot and des
t n re
Tin Greenville News, in a
Mondav editorial, praises mem
hers of the Furman FniversiU
student body and faculty for
the manner in winch they stag
ed a "protest" recently One
must agree that it is good to
see that students can gather
without violence and destruet
ion
The interesting thing, how
ever, was that about one-third
of the student body of Furman
had apparently been brainwash
ed into protesting an adminis
tration policy of screening any
speakers who might be invited
to the campus The number of
faculty members involved w a s
not told, but 1 would be willing
to bet that 99 percent of them
at least are members of the
American Association of Univ
ersity Professors.
It would be well for the trust
ees of Furman to take a very
close look at professors of this
ilk, because they are the kind
who give support to a few dissi
dent students who, with a little
encouragement, will soon be oc
cupying and burning buildings
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Award winners were announc
ed the last day of school at
Junior High.
Taking the highest scholastic
awards were Billy Davis and
Judy Hembree, with Terry
Wertz and Laura Richardson
placing second for boys and
girls respectively.
DAR Citizenship Award win
ners were Martin Armfield and
Ann Summer.
Davis Medal winners were
Judy Hembree. Laura Richard
son and Paul Harmon
Pam Setzler. Lisa Summer,
Farmers group
honors Hawkins
Jexse Frank Hawkiim was pre-
sented a plaque at the annual
meeting of the South Carolina
Farmers Cooperative Council in
Columbia on May 21 He was
honored as a 'Distinguished
Agriculturalist" for his many
contributions to the advance
ment of agriculture in S o u t h
( arolina
Dr William 11 Wiley. Dean
ol the College of Agriculture at
' lem.son I 'mversity. presented
tlie award The featured speak
er of the program was Con
gressman John L. McMillan of
the Sixth District, who reported
on agricultural programs i n
Washington
Mr Hawkins is past master
and charter member of t h e
Hartford Grange: past director
of the Clinton Production Cred
it Association, life member of
the Newberry County Fair As
sociation, president of the New
berry Cooperative Breeding As
sociation and a director of the
S C. Guernsey Cattle Club.
In 1961 he was named “Man of
the Year” Guernsey breeder.
He has been a devoted lead
er of agricultural progress and
development in the county for
many years and is a strong be
liever in cooperative effort in
agriculture.
Mr. Hawkins has also served
as representative and as sena
tor from Newberry County in
the General Assembly. He i s
married to the former Anna
Louise Dickert. They live o n
Route 4
Cynthia Cotney and Steven
Bradley were given library as
sistant awards.
Seventh grade scholastic win
ners, first and second place,
were. English, Sandy Wicker,
Paul Harmon; Math, Sandy
Wicker, Debbie Thomasson; in
Science, Debbie Thomasson,
Paul Harmon; Literature Mike
Cousins. Sandy Wicker; Social
Studies. Paul Harmon. Sandy
Wicker.
Eighth Grade: English, Billy
Davis. Judy Hembree; Social
Studies. Judy Hembree, Billy
County budget
be increased
By Mrs. A. H. ( ounts
An eight percent pay increase
for county employes is included
m a proposed 1969-70 County
Mippl> bill which has been ap
proved b> the County Board of
Commissioners on first reading
The new budget totals $f)2f>.
166 and represents an increase
over the current vear's budget
of about .>14.227 A county offi
cial said the tax levy for the
next year will be set in July,
and that officials are hoping re
venue will tie sufficient to pro
vent a tax increase
The next fiscal year begins
July 1 Budgeted salaries f o r
county employes in the propos
ed suppK bill total $227,536. an
increase over the current year
of about $41.00U.
Other increases included in
ttie budget is $6,320 for the sher
iff’s department, an increase
from the $4,860 in the current
budget
The appropriation for tax as
sessing will be reduced in the
amount of $20,614 under t h e
new' budget. The reduction i s
the result of the tax assessor’s
office being eliminated. Tax
assessing duties have been shift
ed to the auditor’s office.
The current budget shows
$35,550 for the office of tax as
sessor while the new budget in
cludes only $14,936 for tax as
sessing assistance to the audi
tor during the next fiscal year.
Davis; Math, Terry Wertz, Judy
Hembree; Literature, Billy
Davis, Laura Richardson. Sci
ence. Laura Richardson. Judy
Hembree.
They are shown in the Sun-
photo above from left Billy
Davis, Paul Harmon Terry
Wertz, Sandy Wicker. Judy
Hembree, Cynthia Cotney. Deb
bie Thomasson, Laura Richard
son, Lisa Summer (be h i n d
Laura), Michael Cousins, Ann
Summer, Steven Bradley. Pam
Setzler, and Martin Armfield.
Poppy Days
Ibis weekend
“Members of our local Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary Unit will
on May 30 and 31 ask you to
wear one of their memorial
flowers to show you care," ac
cording to Mrs. W. Roy Ander
son. Poppy chairman for Unit
24 of the Auxiliary
On May 30 and 31 you will
sec members of the Auxiliary
on the streets offering you a
Memorial Poppy in remem
brance of those who received
our help m hospitals. Your con
tributions are used only for Re
habilitation. child welfare a n d
scholarships,“ she said.
“A simple little red flowi r
fashioned by a hospitalized vet
eran is the American Legion
Auxiliary Memorial Popp> You
will have the opportunity to
show you care about these men
and their families
"Wear your Poppy proudly
and thankfully. Remember, the
Poppy stanu.-. for rehabilitation
of the veteran, care of his fam
ily through Child Welfare and
the education of the children
through scholarships.
Mrs. Anderson also reminded
business firms and home own
ers to display the Flag this
Friday, Memorial Day.
The appropriation for the sup
ervisor’s office would be raised
from the present $121,000 to a
proposed $135,000 for next year.
The second reading of the pro
posed budget will be held this
(Thursday) afternoon at 4:30 at
the courthouse. Three public
readings are required
Awards given at
Newberry High
Commencement
The following awards were
presented during graduation ex
ercises at Newberry High
School Monday night:
Jasper Chapter DAR offers
the Harriet Jones Mayer Medal
to that student making the high
est yearly average in American
History. Recipient, Jimmy Mc-
Entire.
The Newberry Observer offers
a gold medal to that member
of the graduating class who has
lettered in at least two major
sports, displaying high qualities
of sportsmanship, and who has
made the highest average i n
scholarship during his high
school course. Recipient, Stan
ley Renwick.
The Margaret Farrow Music
Award is given by a member
of the Newberry Music Club to
that senior of the Newberry
High School Girls' Glee Club
who best exemplifies the char
acter of the beloved teacher
and musician, Nancy Margaret
Farrow. The senior girl must
have completed four years as
a member of the choral group,
must show intention of contin
uing music as a career and
must have rendered services to
the church and community thru'
her musical talents. Recipient.
Mary Hart Jordan.
Honorable mention goes to
Beth Anderson and KiKi Kirk
land
The DeKalb Agricultural As
sociation offers a pin and Cert
ificate of Honor to that mem
ber of the senior class who has
the highest achievement in Ag
ricultural leadership, scholar
ship, and supervised farming
program. Recipient: Phil Rowe.
American Legion Auxiliary,
Post 24 offers a gold medal in
honor of Dr. O. B Gannon to
that member of the graduating
class who throughout the high
school course, in the judgment
of the faculty, has best exem
plified the highest qualities of
citizenship. Recipient, Mary
Hart Jordan.
The Phi Beta Kappa Frater
nity offers a Certificate of Hon
or to that member of the sen
ior Hass who follows the full
college preparatory course for
four years with the highest
scholastic average in t h a t
course. Recipient. Gay Stewart
Tlie Panforth 1 Dare You"
Awards for qualities of leader
ship are presented to two out
standing graduates, to encour
age and challenge all students
to measure up to their own pot
ential, to take advantage o f
their educational opportunities,
and to become responsible, ded
icated citizens. Recipients: Tru
dy Todd and Henry Parr.
Student Council Medal given
by a friend in honor of J. V.
Kneece, former superintendent
of Newberry High School. This
medal is awarded to the mem
ber of the senior class who de
monstrates qualities of leader
ship in serving as President of
the Student Body. Recipient:
Jerry Long.
Each year the Key Club pre
sents to a deserving boy a scho
larship. This year the boy chos-
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