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Vol. 33—No. 15 Nevberry. S. C. 29108, Thursday, July 31, 1969 S3 VER YEAR 2nd SHOPPING CENTER PLANNED Improvement of city area talked BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS STILL MAGIC? The Kennedy name may still be magic in Massachusetts, but it is hard to believe that the majority of the nation’s voters could be talked into electing to the presidency such a confused young man. Whether or not anyone be lieves Ted Kennedy's story, which even he must admit is brilliant for its omissions and filled with almost unbelievable statements, he used the poorest possible judgment in time of a crisis. It would be my thought that the drowning of the young lady and his delay in reporting it was not due to confusion caus ed by the accident itself, but confusion as to how to handle the situation and save his poli tical hide. And in this. I certainly be lieve he was confused; anyone who had sense enough to "dive repeatedly", if he did. and to swim 200 yards across a enan- nel with a swift current, if he did. surely had the intelligance to pick up a phone and call the proper authorities \ppnrently the authorities in Massachusetts do not operate as ours had the drowning occur red m this county, an inquest would have been held and the driver of the car no doubt would have been held for Grand Jury mveMigation. to determine if the Senator should he imheted Mr manslaughter It would be mv bet that a Newberry County Grand Jury would have indict ed him ju>t as our |une- indict negligent drivers of cars when persons are killed in automo bile accidents. The whole affair m Edgar- town smells to high heaven Had this thing happened to Wal- iar'e. Thurmond or Goldwater. they would have been imme diately crucified by the national news media. Instead we have the crocodile tears of self-serv ing commentators who bemoan the tragic occurrences in the Kennedy family. There is little queMion hut that this tragedy wa> brought on hv Mr Kennedy timwlf The American putJic is nulor iou> tor forgetting, and perhaps t will forge! acam m three vt.uw t.hat tiro young man act ■ i ,!' he did ill' own admimiou o' eoafu ,ni, m cri.-is c enough to warn till v otcr Mi d lie ! hot the [il'i ipe! jtelM ih to . h i u ; >V 1 h c \\ l : ’ e HoUSe HAD TO COME U niit vv i w ere d<.v, n m Mi>>- i ijijii lor ,i lew dav' !a>t week ■i a w o! k oeat ion iiew ' w as br- ikmg hi Newiierrv tint a : loppi’e ecli'er w i ellil -non be a.del i on -t raei ioi: .r, 7ti ffv pass 11! i • •;a0 1 1 ^ i : i!:,i ■ ooUe1 of ! 1. ; V e UCV e I ! W'el i . C ; e ', * . i; Mw :; -lii q.ipe!'. \ c. i i ! li.ivc . i h tm ‘Oil t in ftie past : ' (){[)»• ! (> J{;(* i'uIU ill: lull 111.t! i t would be eus let' lo drive tii t olumhin or to Greenville M : ill) ; rather than trv Mi get into n nd out of e.'i- peciaih out of u parking space or riurking lot m Newberrv Several years ago, the City Manager, wisely foreseeing the future, urged a one-way system of traffic downtown which sure ly would have eliminated some of the inconvenience and frust ration experienced by drivers, trying to get through the nar row crowded streets and into parking lots. There was so much opposition from some merchants that the plan was never even tried. I don't want to see our Main (Continued on page 6) A larger than usual group of businessmen and merchants attended the meeting of the As sociation for a Greater Newber ry Tuesday morning at Com munity Hall. Purpose of the meeting was to rev iew the downtown develop ment plan which has been und er preparation for several years and to discuss ways of imple menting the plan. J K Willingham. AGN Pres ident. and Bobby Summer, who is chairman of the AGN down town development committee, were m charge of the meeting City Council's reluctance to take official action is delaying the development of a d o w n- town plaza designed to help re juvenate the central business district, Mr Willingham said. He stated that he has receiv- ed no results on his requests to city council to designate the street area in front of Com munity Hall as a permanent plaza. "We don't think we, the mer chants, have received the coop eration from the city that we should get. City Council hasn’t voted yet to make it a perma nent plaza. Mr Willingham said that the ('.vac League and several busi- mosmen have pledged substan tial funds to develop the plaza, but "they don't want to spend a lot of money for a temporary th.mg "The traffic flow m the area i- better with the plaza and pre -eat" 1 e"s danger to pedestrians We have plenty of people to -unport it The ( itv tenceti oft the area oarher this year and placed piavgiomid equipment there Mr eh.itdreu as a temporary pla/.a. hut the equipment has been re moved and the area is now so parated from the stroeG by a - ■hum The plaza wa- recommended in a study conducted In \dley and Associates, planning and de veMpment engineers, of Allan ta. Ga Terry Love, project eng ineer. reported Tuesday on the total plan for beautification of Mam street, improvement of traffic flow and general im provements proposed for build ings The AGN financed the sur vey which was started in 1967 at a cost of $12,500. Willingham said the plan now will have to be put into ' a workable form". He said the association will decide if the engineers will be gin the third phase of the study for downtown redevelopment. Willingham said a large shop ping center will be constructed soon outside the city limits. In discussing the plan Mr. Love emphasized the import- (Continued on page 5) School surveys be explained in meetings There will be three most im portant meetings to be held on August 14. 19 and 21 which will be of vital interest to all citi zens of Newberry County, ac cording to Ralph Watkins, dir ector of county schools These meetings are being held to inform the citizens of the county of the recommendations made by a survey team from the State Department of Ldu cation concerning a school build ing program for the county, Mr Watkins said. Members of the State Department of Education will be present at each meeting to discuss the survey recom mendations. Thes important meetings will all be held at 8 P.M on the following schedule; Newberry High School. August 14. Whit mire High School. August 19, and Mid Carolina High School, August 21 All interested citizens art' urg ed to attend any or all of the meetings. Prosperity to appeal verdict An appeal to the State Sup reme Court of an $8. Jin md ' meat by ; t nr nut ■ ■( iti rt jurv against the town O: l’ro"[ )cr;t v is be mg [)i ■e[nr cd Muvor \\ a ! ter a Hamm > aid T ue -d; IV Tlu • may or " aid t own atfor ue> s have filed IK it J(X ' of a ppeai •ince no se ttiell lent b t t W c t m the tow n and ! lit. propt •r’y ( iW !)( 1 involved Ik Is Vt ■t bee n re; i c 11 i 1 d Hal mm s ,atd the i 'UM ■ might he p laced hefort tin r Su| ireim 1 ourt ■ 1 w r- this fall. j)oSSl b 1V 11 1 ( let T’m propern ((VV 111 r w, i s ; i vv urdci i $3,500 i) V ■ t 'fate civil court jury earl ier th us v e ar on tim e laim 1 that dram; ige fi om a town sewerage lagoon damaged his five-acre fish pond on his property. At a town meeting recently. Mayor Hamm told a group of citizens that the town does not have funds to pay the court judgment. He said taxes would have to be raised to finance payment. Town council has voted to ap peal the case if a settlement cannot be reached. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G. Long announce the birth of a son John Norris, on July 28, 1969. The baby weighed seven pounds. 14M ounces. Plans for a two-department store shopping center in New berry were revealed today. The shopping center is to be ready for a grand opening in August 1970 and is being developed by Independent Enterprises. Inc . of Chattanooga, Tenn. The first of two planned de partment stores will be an Ed wards Store of approximately 50.000 square feet. Edwards, the state's largest home-owned var- iet\ and junior department store chain, was founded in Charles ton m 1926 Today there are 21 E iwards stores operating thru- out the state of South Carolina The chain has plans to open five units within the next year in addition to the Newberry store. The Edwards store will he a complete, one-stop family de partment store, selling first class merchandise, on a "self service" basis. Edwards will offer a well-rounded selection of goods and services, including 80 complete departments and an automotive supply department, also a snack bar will be install ed for customer convenience at tlie new Newberry store. Ed wards offers a revolving or bud get credit plan to its customers. Newberry Shopping Center is to he built on the Mrs. VV. E. Matthews property The site con tains 900 feet of frontage on L S Highway 76 Bypass South Carolina Highwav 24 bounds the 22 acre site 1 on the north and South Carolina Highway 219 bounds the property on t h e south Both of these two South Gar.lona highways serve as cori n' lor nsuM from Inbarstate 26 lit Newberry i;:■ 9‘p,• nde111 Enterprises. Inc , a maior ."hopping center devel- n p u 11 Tit concern operating m So Hi: c :rolina Tennessee. (leor Lia. Manama and Misoissippi. aLn announce I that the initial pti : i of Nouberrv Shopping 1 ■ Mr u ill contain npproximate- !v 1 pl !IIMi ".quare feet building m< o iiicluding a parking lot a- Od'iiniodntim more than 689 . a it o; j ioi jM ■ and a total estimat cd M n. 2(1 husnio-ises In addi lion to thi large Edwards store, the ■ nopp111g i'enter will eon- ! an a 17 noii .-.quaro foot nation al onaui supermarket w h i e h wo’, b. announced m the imme diate future; a national chain dm., tore and an auto acces- . o: y "tore, dryv cleaners, etc. • Mfieials of Independent En terprises expressed a desire to include many locally owned businesses m the shopping cen ter They stated that it was their intention to make avail able sufficient space for spec ialty shops and service type businesses, to offer an opportun ity to area merchants to be come a part of this modern re tail complex. The shopping center is being designed to provide for the en largement of the center at a future date, as the Newberry trade area continues its rapid growth and demand for more stores is created. Independent Enterprises offi cials indicated that in their opinion, the shopping center would serve as the "regional- type" retail complex for both Newberry as well as the entire Newberry trade area, and that its location was ideally istuated so as to be easily accessible from all sections of Newberry, and also easy to reach from all highways coming into Newberry from the outlying area. Architects for the Newberry Shopping Center will he the ar chitectural firm of Cooper. Car ry and Associates. Inc of At hint a Ga. This firm served as architects for the Laurens Plaza shopping center in Laurens, de veloped by Independent Enter prises. Inc. and opened Nova m ber 1968. Independent Enterprises has developed and is the owner of over 12 major shopping centers In addition, the eompain has shopping centers under const ruc tion m I)aIton. (ia and Johnson City. Tenn.. and is scheduled to begin construction on an air conditioned enclosed mall in Tupelo, Miss, within the next four weeks. The Newberry Shopping Cen ter will make available hundred of job opportunities for residents of Newberry and the general Newberry area, and will be con sidered a major new m'G qry to the area. Also it will provide opportunity f o r construction work and the sale of building supplies and matenaM by local and area businesses Any parties interested m oh taming information on Easing space, as a part of the New berry Shopping (Vnh r h a v e been a>ked to cunt act Mr <' B Lebovitz. Independent Enter prises. Inc 2tG Ma< Ia lkm Bldg Ch.att tiooga. To.>a c, : :i oM 265-3689 Urges visit to Bloodmobile On Monday, August 4, be tween the hours of three and seven P. M., the Red Cross Bloodmobile will be located at the Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church. This will be the first visit of the new fiscal year. There are eight scheduled vis its to Newberry County this year and the quota for each vis it is 100 units of blood. Last year the County reached only 51 percent of this quota. "If we do not improve on our record," said Lawrence Rich ardson, chairman of the Red Cross Blood program for this County, "There is a good pro bability that only those who have given blood and their im mediate families will be allow ed to receive blood through the Red Cross Program. If you are in good health, under 60 years of age, and have not given in eight weeks, you will be able to give on this visit. Remem ber August 4 between 3 and 7 p. m. at the Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church".