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PAGE 2 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C, Thursday, Sept. 4, 1969 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 2^108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: .$3.00 per year in advance. Six Months $2.00. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREED1N We Americans waste a lot of money; that applies to all of us. though at the moment I am thinking of the Govern ment of South Carolina and es pecially the Government of the I’nited States. I am about to suggest a some what heavy expenditure by our Nation, though it is small as compared to all of the squand ering in that useless foray in Vietnam. We are now the greatest Nat ion m the world and spending heavily in Europe and Asia without any prospect of any benefit to ourselves. We are very heavily interested in com merce, bringing goods from Europe and Asia as well as sending our goods from the Pac ific to Europe from our Pacific Ports, as you well know, there are many great ports on our Pacific Coast and we can only ship from our Western States to Europe either by the rail roads across our country, from our Pacific to the Atlantic un less we ship through the Pana ma Canal, or travel 9,000 miles farther going around South Am erica. A dozen big war planes could destrov the usefulness of the Panama Canal and disrupt the commerce of the world. If need be we might negotiate for a canal across Central Ameri ca but that would not be more than a temporary expedient, since Central America would present the same difficulties we would try to escape from the Panama Canal—the enmity and insecurity of Central America. What I would suggest is that we negotiate a study to ascer tain if there is a practical means of using the Gulf of Mexico for an outlet to the Pacific. I would suggest that the study would have in mind an outlet to the Pacific entirely under the control of the United States. The advantages of a canal of such a location are vast: it would greatly reduce the dis tance from Boston, New York, Norfolk and Charleston to Los Angeles, San Francisco and all other points North; it would also offer shipping advantages from our ports on the Gulf, such as Tampa, Mobile, New Orleans and ports of Texas, not ably Houston. The advantages to our Gulf ports would be many, in addi tion to the advantages to our Atlantic ports, with shipping tr the Pacific; and I repeat the advantages to Western Europe. One can hardly imagine the commercial advantages to our Gulf ports; and the great sav ing of time and expense that would result. We have the money; and we have the need; and we have . p t. FARM INSURANCE Fire - Theft - Liability - Everything “VOI R PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 an urgency about this that will lift us above the enmity, ani mosity and griping demands of grasping Nations. As to the value of a canal; the citizens of Houston, Texas dug a canal 60 miles long, making Houston the second port of the United States. Begin classes at college Newberry College classes get underway today (Thursday), the first classes being at 8 a. m. followed by the traditional open ing convocation at 9 25 a.m. in Wiles Chapel. This weekend, campus, local and state and national atten tion turn to Atlantic City, N. J. where Brantlee Price, Newber ry resident and Miss South Car olina, is competing in the nat ional Miss America contest. Af ter classes Thursday, a bus load of college students will leave for the ocean resort city to be part of the festivities of the annual beauty pageant. Chaplain Harry Weber opens the Sunday morning worship services at 11:15 a.m. in Wiles Chapel. The first guest speak er for the Sunday chapel ser vices is the Rev. J. Milton Frick, member of the Newber ry College Board of Trustees and pastor of St. Stephens Lu theran Church in Lexington. Mr. Frick will preach Sunday, September 14. William Workman III, chair man of the South Carolina Jay- cees Adult Education Promot ion Porject, will be the Col lege’s first convocation speak er at 9:25 a m. Thursday Sept. 11 in Wiles Chapel. From Green ville, he will explain the Jay- cees upcoming Literacy Work shop and the college’s role in the statewide program. ARMY GREEN By SFC E. L. Wood WRITTEN GUARANTEE: I know veterans of World War II will laugh at this one but it is true. A young man can enlist in the Army and receive a written guarantee assuring him of the training he was pro mised when he enlisted. There are more than 300 job training courses for which a man can enlist including electronics, au tomotive mechanics, aircraft maintenance, communications repair, missile systems repair and radar operations. In order to qualify for a writ ten guarantee, a man must pass aptitude tests in the field in which he wants his training. If he passes, his enlistment is accepted. If he does not pass the test, he is under no obli gation to enlist in the Army. FACTS ABOUT THE ARMY: Did you Know: —That the Air Force was ori ginally part of the Signal Corps? It was organized in 1907 as the Aeronautical Division of the Army Signal Corps. It didn't receive its first plane until 1909. It didn’t become a separ ate branch of service until af ter World War II. That the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition that opened the Northwest was sponsored by the Army’.’ Lewis was a cap tain and Clark a lieutenant. That the invasion of France during World War II actually started on June 5th and not on D—Day, June 6th? The evening before the 6th, men of two air borne divisions landed by para chute and glider in France. These men paved the way for the invading troops that land ed on Normandy beaches the following morning. THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: For how many years does a young man or woman have to enlist in order to be guaran teed training in a particular skill or career field? The ans wer is for a period of three years. If you have any quest ions about the Army, or would like a guest speaker for your club or organization meeting, drop us a line or call us at 253-1953. See you next week. Returns after overseas study Sandy Fretwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Burley Fretwell of this City, recently returned Tom Europe where he was studying with World Academy Schools for Foreign Study, tak ing a course in French. He was one of almost 3,000 World Academy students enroll ed in European programs this summer His itinerary included France, Italy, Switzerland and England. World Academy, a Cincinnati, Ohio based school, arranges ac commodations and classroom facilities with such European universities and schools as the Universidad de Madrid, Spain, Brunei University and Leeds University in England, the Uni- versitat von Wien in Austria, and the Domus Pads in Rome. Students enroll in 28 and 40- day study-travel courses in a wide range of subjects. Classes are taught by qualified Ameri can and Europen World Aca demy staff educators, and field trips are closely related to the chosen course of study. Groups of eight to 16 students are accompanied throughout the study-tour by a carefully sel ected American educator who acts as a “Group Advisor’ ’or chaperone. Kendall plant in Athens to be expanded ATHENS. GA. — The Kendall Company will make a $5 million dollar addition to its Athens, Athens capacity.” Lightweight nonwoven fabrics of the type made in the Athens plant are used in disposable diapers; disposable garments and drapes for hospitals, dis posable sheets and pillowcases; drying cloths, tablecloths and napkins and, increasingly, in the transportation industry they are finding use as headrests, disposable smocks for steward esses, pillow covers and tray liners. The new project, scheduled to start production next summer, will add 110,000 square feet to the 165,000 square foot plant and increase Kendall’s present work force of 160 by 100 employees. “A material part of the added capacity will be used to manu facture nonwoven fabrics for a large customer which we have been supplying for some years” Mr. Kendall said. “Our short and pleasant his tory in Athens is a fair repre sentation of the disposable non woven fabric industry as a whole,” Mr. Kendall said. “We announced the construction of the Athens plant a year ago last April; completion was set for January. The market for our products was so insistent that wd pushed the construction sche dule up and started turning out fabric in just over 7 months. Now, with the market still very active and with high figures as future projections, here we are again in one of the moves that will increase Kendall’s overall nonwoven fabric capacity 50 percent by the middle of next year.” By the mid-1970’s, Mr. Ken dall said, the hospital market for nonwoven fabrics is estimat ed to be up to $500 million; the hotel-motel market for sheets and pillowcases is set at $400 million and industrial wipes are estimated to hit the range of $200 million. It is estimated also that a consumption of 23 billion disposable diapers annually will be sold for $1.5 billion. The project will be financed either as a Kendall-owned fac ility or, as in the case of the present plant, it could be fin anced, at least in part, through bonds issued by the Athens- Clarke County Industrial Devel opment Authority. New Addresses Mr. and Mrs. Don Haselden have moved to 104 Glenn St. to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. E. Dale Ran dolph are now residing at 1109 Amelia St. F. Myron Berry is making his home at Apt. 2-C, Oak Hall Apartments on Pope Street. Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Huthnance, Jr. are now resid ing in Oak Hall Apt. B-2. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Jones are making their home at 763 Pope St. in Oak Hall Apt. A-4. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Long shore have moved to 2201 1-2 Harper St. to make their home. Georgia nonwoven fabric plant, CAPE MAY, N. J. — Seaman vice president John P. Kendall Apprentice Stephen E. Cope, announced last week. USCG, son of Mr. and Mrs. “Although the mortar scarce- E. G. Cope, Sr. of 938 Cline St., ly is dry on our plant”, Mr. and husband of the former Miss Kendall said, “the demands of Judy E. Duvall of Gainesville, the market for our disposable Ga., was graduated from basic nonwoven fabrics have forced training at the Coast Guard this 80 percent addition to our Training Center, Cape May, N.J.