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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, July 31, 1969 — PAGE 5 Homecoming set at Bachman Homecoming at Bachman Chapel Lutheran Church, Pros perity, the Rev. William H. Link, Pastor, will be held Aug ust 3. It is a distinct honor and privilege this year to have as guest speaker the Rev. Rudolph F. Ludwig, pastor of Emman uel Lutheran Church, Roanoke, Virginia, who is a personal friend to Pastor and Mrs. Link and family. After the 11 A. M. service the congregation will gather on the church grounds for a picnic. All members, former members and friends of the congregation are invited to attend this occasion and to bring well-filled baskets of food and healthy appetites in addition to open minds and hearts. Pastor Ludwig was born in West New York, New Jersey in 1911. His parents are Rudolph J. and Anna Truempy Ludwig. He received his A. B. degree from Wagner College in 1934, and his B. D. degree from Phil adelphia Lutheran Theological Seminary in 1937. Upon graduation from semi nary he studied Inner Mission work in the Evangelical Church in Germany for a year. He has served parishes in the Old New York and New England Synod of the Lutheran Church in Am erica and in the North Carolina, Virginia and Southeastern Sy nods. He is a member of the Committee on American Mis sions of the Virginia Synod. He is president of the Lutheran Cooperative Ministry of the Roa noke area Lutheran Churches. Pastor Ludwig married Grace Carol Morgan (who graduated from Newberry College in 1938) of Leesville, on August 30, 1939, and they have five children, Ru dolph of the home, Peter, Anna, Luther, and Rebekah, and sev eral grandchildren. CITY IMPROVEMENT (Continued from page 1) ance of the Nance Street pro ject in implementing the rede velopment of the business area. Asked the status of the Nance Street project, Mr Love refer red the question to City Man ager Ken Riebe. Mr. Riebe said that the Highway Department is studying its survey and re ports, and that the city expect ed to hear from the department shortly. Mr. Love commented that he had learned in working with the Highway Department that it would not spend money in a community unless it is wanted. “Much tax money comes back if the community wants it,” Mr. Love said. “Other communities will get it if Newberry is op posed, disinterested, or can’t make up its mind. The State is waiting for you.” Asked about implementation of the plan, Mr. Love said much of the suggested work would be done by local, state or federal government funds while other parts of it must be undertaken by merchants involved. The planning firm has pre oared a comprehensive b o o k- let containing detailed informa tion as to surveys and recom mendations made by that firm. The brochure was distributed to the 50-odd attending the Tues day meeting. Among the reports and re commendations contained in the booklet are the following: “Newberry approaches it’s 180th anniversary as a commun ity in transition. The transition is much like that of cities of its population size everywhere, the change from a town to a city. The textile industry began making that change several years ago, but now industrial diversification is bringing econ omic growth, as well as stab ility. At ten thousand people, Newberry approaches an era of development potential unpreced ented in her history—one in which accompanying problems may be unprecedented as well. “Today, Newberry has a via ble downtown. But some deter ioration has occurred, attempts have been made to pull down town merchants to the suburbs and a regional shopping cen ter will be constructed within a 25-minute drive from the city. This plan is, then, one of pre ventative measures as well as development recommendations. Newberrians know that a down town in decline rarely recovers; they also know that decline is the natural occurrence—econom ic and environmental preserva tion requires effort. In short, just retaining what the down town now IS and HAS requires the program detailed here. To truly grow Newberry must “out grow” its development program. The Civic Center The plan recommends a Civic Center or cultural complex, a four block area containing the Opera House, Community Hall, the Memorial Park, Library and the pedestrian ways connecting them to each other and to the rest of the downtown. The first phase of the Cen ter’s development would be the Community Hall Plaza. The Plaza is proposed as a general use area as well as a setting for this public building which will be more in keeping with its historical and architectural significance. There would be ample space for planting trees which would be too large for other downtown locations; also street furniture, benches, low tables and planters which will become a shopper’s focal point during the day, and an outdoor “lobby” for the Hall during the evening. Few communities have public buildings of the size, quality and interest of the Opera House, the Community Hall and Library. The cost of “bringing them” to gether as a public complex :s insignificant compared to their initial cost (and especially to today’s replacement cost). It must, of course, be implement ed in stages. All of the design proposals of the Community Hall Plaza can be carried out im mediately. The changing of the parking along Main and Boyce can be made now or as part of the Main Street Modified Mall development. The Nance Street Pedestrianway can only be con structed after the Nance-Mc- Kibben streets improvement has been completed. A program of historical preservation of the Opera House has been begun, but the exterior of the buildings require little work. These urban design recommendations will probably have the greatest im pact per dollar expended of the many improvements proposed in this program. (Ed. Note: Other details of the proposed plan will be pub lished at a later date.) Tote-a-seat 8-Piece ovenware set Rolling tea wagon Open an SON savings account with $100 or more and choose a free gift! Already have an account? Then bring in a friend to open a $100 account and you both receive a gift. (One gift to a customer. Offer expires October 3,1969) SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK The Bank for Everybody Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation K ,