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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, June 19, 1969—PAGE 5 Academy names new teachers President James C. Kinard of the Newberry Academy has an nounced appointment by the ‘ Board of Directors of the new teachers for the coming year. Mrs. Marie Summer Huggins of Pomaria and Mrs. Laura S. Berry of Newberry will be in charge of the first grade, of which there will be two sections because of the large enrolment. Mrs. Huggins, a teacher of widely successful experience and a graduate of Newberry College, will teach one section. The other will be taught by Mrs. Berry, a Columbia College graduate. She brings with her a splendid re cord as a teacher in the McNair Elementary School of Fayette ville, N. C. Each teacher will have her own classroom and as signment of pupils, and Mrs. Huggins will have general sup ervision and guidance so that there may be assured coordina tion of instruction. Miss Mary Williams of New berry will have the 2nd grade. She recently graduated from Newberry College with a major in Elementary Education. The fifth grade will be taught by Mrs. Cecil B. Lowman of this city, a Lander College grad uate. For a number of years, she was an outstanding teacher in the Lexington schools. For the departmental work in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades there have been select ed Mrs. Margaret Sease Jayroe of Little Mountain, a Winthrop alumna; and Miss Harriet Clary of Newberry, who recently re ceived her diploma from New berry. Involving much study and many meetings, the review of all applications at hand for en trance next year has been com pleted by the Committee on Ad missions. All parents have been mailed notices of the results. It was with regret that the Com mittee found that not all appli cations could be approved. Applications now are being taken and studied in the order of receipt. There are waiting lists in some of the grades. Par ents who plan to seek admis sion for their children and have not sent in application forms are advised to do so at once. Dr. Kinard announces that three teachers who had been serving the school most accept ably had decided to retire from full-time teaching but would be available for substitute work. They are Mrs. Annie D. Cromer, Miss Annie R. Abrams and Mrs. Clara L. Buddin. He comment ed that the new teachers had been selected only after care ful study of their qualifications and he was well pleased with the prospects of their services. The Academy is instituting next year what may prove to be a valuable innovation. The president said that he believed it would be possible in small classes ,to carry out the pro posed aim to teach young peo ple how to use the English lan guage in the most practical ways. He said, “Too many peo ple who recognize the English language when they see it act ually do not know how to use it. We hope to train our stu dents to express themselves cor rectly and clearly by oral and written communication”. In the kindergarten and pre school department Mrs. Albert F. Busby will succeed Mrs. Lowman as a teacher. There are only a few enrolment open ings left there now. IS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP Nine $200 Winthrop Alumnae Scholarships have been award ed to incoming freshmen for the 1969-70 session of Winthrop Col lege. The scholarships are given on the bases of scholarship char acter, leadership and service. Among the recipients is Gay Harmon Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben P. Stewart, 1246 Jones Street, Newberry. County youth at Citadel camp Camper James Walter Hamm, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wal ter Hamm of Prosperity, and Camper William W. King, III, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. King, Jr., 2040 Mower Steet, are at tending the first session of The Citadel Summer Camp for Boys. This session opened June 8 and will end July 4. While at the Camp, campers participate in physical activities through the medium of sports. They live in barracks and have full supervised use of all faci lities used by cadets during the regular school session. Marks manship, swimming, sailing, scuba diving, skeet shooting, ten nis, and soccer are among the many popular sports offered by the camp. The camp program emphasizes basic principles of duty, patriotism, honor, and re ligion, although sports fill most of the day’s routine. The camp, which was found ed in 1957, has been oversub scribed at practically every ses sion. It was expanded last year to accommodate more 11 to 15 year old youngsters. This year approximately 260 boys will be in attendance at each session. The second session will begin July 6 and end July 21. Local youth top winners in Jersey contest and Mrs. Henry Parr, Route 3. Boyd captured this honor with his cow, “Headspring Blonde Ban”, who produced 18,310 lbs. (mature equivalent) of milk and 955 pounds (mature equiva lent) fat and a total solids of 2,705 pounds. The first place award consists of $60 in cash, Bronze Cow Trophy with milk pails, and Plaque. Also a winner and tenth in the nation is Mary Margaret Parr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Parr, Route 4. Mary Mar garet’s cow is “Headmans Cyn thia”, who produced 14,563 lbs. (mature equivalent) of milk, 710 pounds (mature equivalent) fat and 2,114 pounds total solids. The awards and certificates will be presented during the All- American Jersey Show, Colum bus, Ohio, on the evening of October 11 at the Junior Ban quet. Boyd Parr and Mary Margar et Parr won the 1st and 10th places respectively in the Nat ional Jersey Youth Production Contest. Each year the American Jer sey Cattle Club sponsors a Youth Production Contest limit ed to boys and girls throughout the country and meeting the qualifications set by the Ameri can Jersey Cattle Club. Any boy or girl being considered must be under nineteen years of age and own their animals on or before January 1 of the contest year to be eligible. On ly registered Jerseys completing DHIA or DHIR records and verified by the County extension Agent may enter. First place in this National Jersey Youth Production Con test is Boyd Parr, son of Mr. 54 YEARS of Growth in Newberry County City of During Dairy Month, hats off to our Dairy Farmers, for their substantial contribution to the prosperity of this area, and for their vital service in providing us with delicious, healthful dairy foods. Newberry i DAIRY | IMOIIII © © 51 ©