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PAGE 8—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, August 14, 1969 INQUEST JURY (Continued from page 1) dent. Whitmire Police Chief Keith L. Pruitt testified that Lang ford came into the police stat ion about 9:15, saying, “I want ' to give myself up. I’m the one you’re looking for. I hit that woman over there”. Chief Pruitt said, ‘‘He was shook up and he was real flush ed in the face. He was a little unsteady. I don’t know for what reason but he was a little un steady ” Sgt. Walter Hamilton and Pat rolman D. F. Smith investigated the accident. Sgt. Hamilton said that when he arrived at the scene, a crowd of people had gathered and “we found a white lady had been hit and she was laying in a little ditch beside the road. . .1 don’t think she had been examined, and I raised the sheet up off of her and tried to find a pulse, which I didn’t find. To my judg ment, she was dead. “She had a big hole in her RITZ THEATRE THURSDAY FRIDAY and SATURDAY THE MALTESE BIPPY Dan Rowan Dick Martin MONDAY TUESDAY ami WEDNESDAY CHARLY Cliff Robertson Claire Bloom THURSDAY FRIDAY and SATURDAY EYE OF THE CAT Michael Sarrazin Gayle Hunnicutt CLOVER LEAF DRIVE IN THURSDAY THE WRECKING CREW Dean Martin Elke Sommer FRIDAY and SATURDAY WILD IN THE STREETS Christopher Jones Diane Varsi , SUNDAY BUONA SERA, MRS. CAMPBELL Gina Lollohrijjida Shelley Winters WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FIRST RUN PAYMENT IN BLOOD Edd Byrnes Guy Madison Always A Color Cartoon The Drive-In Will Be Closed On Monday and Tuesday, but will open on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. COUNTY 4-H'ERS Last week four Newberry County 4-H members attended the annual State 4-H Conserva tion Camp held at Camp Bob Cooper near Summerton. Carroll Koon and James Fuller of Po- maria and Carole Lynn Hardin and Nellie Ruth Amick of Lit tle Mountain represented New berry at this special camp. They were selected to go on the basis of the projects they had carried concerning conser vation in various forms such as gardening, safety, plant identi fication, forestry and wildlife. Application of conservation to soil, water, foods, clothing, wild life, home grounds and forestry were the topics for most of the sessions with firearm and boat ing safety also being taught. Specialists from the Extension Service conducted lessons in the various areas of conservation. They were assisted by repre sentatives from Carolina Light and Power Company, S. C. Wild life Resources Department and the South Carolina State Com mission of Forestry. The camp is sponsored jointly by the Federal Cartridge Cor poration of Minneapolis, Minn., and Clemson University Exten sion Service conducted the pro gram. Approximately 110 4-H mem bers and their leaders from 38 counties took part in the educa tional and recreational activities at Conservation Camp. The camp is situated on Lake Mar ion which meant that there were ideal facilities for swimming and boating; and the camp staff provided many types of games and sports for recreation. head. . .1 saw her at the fun eral home and she had a big cut across her stomach, her left leg was cut severely, al most off; her right leg was broken several places and her right leg had two big cuts, one below her kneecap and one up above her kneecap. . .” He said they were unable to find any tracks on the shoulder which could be identified as be ing made by the truck because so many cars had pulled off on the shoulder and stopped. Sgt. Hamilton displayed a lens from a parking light and small pieces of glass which he identi fied as being from the head light of the truck. He said these were found “just on the edge of the road and in the grass”. When he went to the police department, he found Mr. Lang ford “in a very emotional state”. He said Langford told him he had been blinded by an oncom ing car. “I could tell that there was something unusual about his condition,” Hamilton said, “and we askeu him if he would sub mit to a blood test. He said he would. He said he hadn’t had anything to drink.” The patrolman testified that Langford was taken to Newber ry Hospital for the test. He re ported results received from the Mullins Laboratory in Augusta, “he had fifteen hundredths per cent of alcohol in his blood, which is under the influence”. He said that Mr. Langford was released to “his people” that night. Patrolman Smith testified as to the measurements of the highway. He stated that there was a distance of 34 feet from where they found the glass of the headlight to where Mrs. Cor- der’s body came to rest. He said that he had known Mr. Langford for a long time, and “he wasn’t the same Mr. Lang ford I have known for twenty years”. Following the inquest, Sgt. Hamilton stated that the driver would be charged with reckless homicide and with leaving the scene of an accident involving a fatality. Rally to honor Senator Spence At the recent meeting held on Tuesday evening of the New berry County Summer Republi can Organizational directors, a plan was released to sponsor a county-wide Youth Rally for State Senator Floyd Spence of Lexington. Sen. Spence has serv ed in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1957-62 and is presently serving his se cond term in the State Senate. Senator Spence is a graduate of the University of South Car olina where in 1948 he served as President of his student body, captain of the track team and was voted outstanding member of the Senior Class. He was a member of the YMCA and Kap pa Alpha social fraternity. The rally honoring Senator Spence will be held at Molly’s Rock, Sumter National Forest off Highway 176 Tuesday even ing, August 19 beginning with a cook-out at 7 P. M. Special guests representing the State College Republicans and Teen age Republicans will be in at tendance. Anyone desiring fur ther information regarding the rally may contact Judy Farb, Newberry City YR Organiza tional Director or Henry Parr, Assistant County YR Organiza tional Director at either 276-5291 or 276-0383. Mrs. Summer, 80, service Monday Mrs. Ella Sligh Summer, 80, widow of J. Thomas Summer, died late Saturday night at the Medical College Hospital after a lingering illness. Mrs. Summer was bom in the Ebenezer section of New berry County, the daughter of the late George McDuffie and Margaret C. Bowers Sligh. She was a member of Ebenezer Un ited Methodist Church. She is survived by three sons, Claude S., Everette, and Larry Summer, all of Newber ry, (one son, Ralph Harrison, was killed in service in Jan. 1945;) four daughters, Mrs. Hor ace Cromer of Newberry, Mrs. Sam Pat Taylor of Prosperity, Mrs. Francis C. Koon of Chapin, and Mrs. John William Hamm of Kinards. Another daughter, Mrs. Dudley H. Hawkins, Pros perity, died in March 1961; two sisters, Miss Lillie Margaret Sligh and Mrs. J. Fincher Hipp, both of Newberry; one brother, George J. Sligh, Sr. of New berry; 21 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted Monday at her church by Rev. H. J. Harmon and Rev. J. Hilton Roof. Burial was in the church cemetery. NEWBERRY NATIVE ON WINTHROP FACULTY Three Winthrop College facul ty members return from leaves of absence and will teach dur ing the 1969-70 academic year, President Charles S. Davis an nounced recently. One of the three is Thomas Shealy, assistant professor, who is a native of Newberry. He has been on the Winthrop faculty since 1962 and during his leave of absence he completed Ph. D. requirements at Laval Univer sity in Quebec. Prof. Shealy received his B.S. from Newberry College. He has done additional work at Emory University, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Paris and the University of Strasbourg, France. He is in the department of modern and classical languages at Winthrop. Saturday rites for Miss Brown Miss Barbara (Babs) Brown, 21, died late Thursday afternoon at Newberry County Memorial Hospital after several weeks’ ill ness. She had been in declining health for several months. Miss Brown was bom and reared in Newberry and was the daughter of David O. and Mildred Jenkins Brown. She attended the Newberry City Schools, was a graduate of New berry High School, and attend ed Furman University as long as her health permitted. She was on the Dean’s List at Furman. She was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church, the YWA and was active in all school and church activities. Surviving, in addition to her parents are a number of aunts and uncles. Funeral services were held Saturday at 4 p.m. from Glenn Street Baptist Church with Rev. Donald West and Rev. M. B. Lee officiating. Burial was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Engagement is announced The Reverend and Mrs. Wil liam T. King of 1220 Kinard Street announce the engage ment of their daughter, Sarah Kathryn, to Mr. Robert Eric Chapman of Columbia. Miss King is a graduate stu dent in speech pathology and audiology at the University of South Carolina. Mr. Chapman is a senior at the University of South Caro lina where he is majoring in industrial psychology, and is employed as an air operations technician at Mclntire Air Nat ional Guard Base in Columbia. The wedding will take place October 18 at 3:30 p.m. at Aveleigh Presbyterian Church. Although no formal invitations will be sent, all friends and re latives are invited. Special train to Atlantic City planned Plans are being made for a “package deal” for those who wish to attend the Miss Amer ica Pageant in Atlantic City on September 4—7. It is hoped that a large group will be able to make the trip to support and encourage Miss South Carolina, Newberry’s own beautiful addition to the Pag eant, Brantlee Price. A special train will leave Col umbia on Thursday, September 4 at 8:40 p.m and arrive in Philadelphia Friday morning at 8:41 a.m. From there, passen gers will have Red Cap service and bus trip to Atlantic City. The rate for the trip, $82.00 will include two nights in Atlan tic City at Empress Motel and tickets for Friday and Saturday night to the pageant as well as the train fare. Only food is not included in the rate. There must be at least 25 passengers for the above rate to apply. If as many as 40 per sons from the county make the trip Seaboard will provide a special coach for the trip. Those interested in making the trip are asked to contact the Newberry County Development Board, 276-4274. Reservations, together with money, must be in the hands of the Board no later than August 21. Rubber Stamps Made Same Day As Ordered Newberry Sun Office Worker burned after explosion A Batesburg man received se cond degree bums when a nat ural gas floor furnace exploded while he was working on it here at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Fire Chief Ed Hazel said Ted Lawson was installing insula tion in the furnace in the home of John McCullough, 1505 Cald well St. Rubber cement that he was using apparently ignited and triggered the natural gas ex plosion and fire. Hazel said the fire was con fined to the hallway after 15 firemen responded to the call. Lawson was treated at New berry County hospital for bums to his face and chest. Other fires in the county dur ing the past week, as reported by Lewis B. Lee, chairman of the press committee, included: Pomaria and Little Mountain departments answered a call to the home of Mrs. Jessie Riser on Highway 176 August 7; min or damage. Friendly answered a call to a truck fire on 1-26 near the Highway 34 interchange. A 1962 Chevrolet pickup truck owned by Roger Dell Hilton of Gulf port Miss, was damaged an es timated $500. Friendly answered a call to the home of Sam Burns on the Country Club Road August 11; clothes dryer on fire, damage around $500. Friendly answered a call to an automobile fire August 11 on Highway 34. A 1967 Pontiac own ed by the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division was damaged an estimated $350. Newberry City department an swered the call to the McCul lough home. Damage was ex tensive. Newberry answered a call to a grass fire on the property of Hal Kohn on Copeland Street on August 12; minor damage. Layton promoted by chemical co. W. J. Turbeville, Jr., Vice President and General Manager of Plant Foods Operations for Continental Oil Company, Mem phis, Tenn., recently announced the appointment of John A. Lay- ton as Vice President of Min ing and Manufacturing, Florida Operations. Mr. Layton will be located at Pierce, Florida, head quarters for the AGRICO Flor ida Operations. In his new position, Mr. Lay- ton will be responsible for the entire Florida Operation, as well as all of the Chemical Product ion of AGRICO Chemical Com pany, a division of Continental Oil Company. Layton, a native of Newberry and a graduate of the Univer sity of South Carolina, began his career with Agrico Chemi cal Company as a chemist at the Pierce, Florida operation in 1947. He served as production superintendent in Baltimore, in Detroit and Buffalo, and was promoted in 1960 to Division Superintendent, Northeast Divi sion, directing the operation of thirteen plants, and responsible for all chemical and mixed fer tilizer production. In December 1962 Layton became Assistant General Manager, Pierce Oper ations and was promoted to Gen eral Manager in October 1964. In 1968 Layton was promoted to Vice President of Mining and Manufacturing for AGRICO in Memphis, Tennessee and he has held this position to date. Mr. Layton, his wife, Mary Frances, and sons Charlie and Steven will be moving to Lake land, Florida in the near future.