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PAGE 10—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Sept. 18, 1969 THE FIRST INDIAN PRINCESS of the new school year at Newberry College is Connie Rickenbacker, a junior transfer student from Coastal Carolina in Conway; she is majoring in English. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Rickenbacker of Conway. The Indian Princess is chosen monthly by the editorial staff of Indian, the stu dent newspaper, on the basis of beauty and personality. Supervisors at Newberry Mills Waymon Gibson joined the staff of Newberry Mills, Inc., on Monday, September 8, as head of the Cotton Department. Prior to Mr. Gibson’s coming to Newberry he was associated with Abney Mills in Greenwood. He is married to the former Gloria Kinsey. They have two sons, aged four years and one year. He is presently a member of the Greenwood Lion’s Club. Mr. Gibson and family are residing at 921 Drayton Street and are Baptists. David Ray became associated with Newberry Mills, Inc., on September 8 as Overseer of Spinning, Spooling and Warp ing. Prior to his coming here Mr. Ray most recently has been as sociated with Hadley People’s Mfg. Company in Siler City, N. C. Prior to that, he was with Morgan Mills in Laurin- burg, N. C. Mr. Ray is married to the former Sarah J. Bagwell. They have two children. They are Baptists, and are residing at 717 O’Neal Street. Charles Edward Randolph be came associated with Newberry Mills, Inc. on September 8 in the capacity of Weave Room Overseer. He came to Newberry from the Burlington Mills plant, the Clinchfield Mfg. Co. of Marion, N C. He has been associated with Clinchfield since 1950 in various capacities from Loom Fixer through Overseer of Wea ving. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph, the former Jewel E. Reel, have three children, two boys and one girl. They live at 718 O’Neal Street. Workman speaks at college The Newberry College stu dents and faculty members were challenged Thursday “to help make things happen” for the 230,000 illiterate adults of South Carolina. Making the challenge was William D. Workman III, of Greenville and chairman of the South Carolina Jaycees Adult Education Promotion Project, speaking at the weekly convo cation at Newberry College. He told the audience that of the 230,000 illiterate adults in South Carolina—adults over 25 years of age who have not completed the fourth grade- only 13,000 were enrolled in some phase of adult education last year in an effort to help themselves. These illiterates, he pointed out, can only face a life of des pair, defeat, hopelessness and chronic unemployment, and their children will continue to live in this cycle of poverty. “Experience has shown,” he pointed out, “that more is need ed than just making material things available to this segment of the population to break this vicious cycle.” Workman feels that the only thing which can give the illi terate his seit-respect ana al low him to rise above his pre sent situation is education. Through adult education pro grams the causes of these ills can be broken, not just the symptoms, he declared. Every county in South Caro lina has some form of educa tion program aimed at instruct ing adults. But the courses are running at half speed and can handle more enrollees without any problems. “This is where the Jaycees Project enters the picture,” he explained. The adult education programs are there, the people are there, the Jaycees through their pro ject are trying to bridge the gap and get the people and the programs together. The Jaycee project is design ed to train tutors to teach the illiterates or to qualify others to train the tutors, to train speakers to talk to groups ex plaining the problem and what can be done to solve it, and to train workers in a follow-up program to determine whether the adults have actually enroll ed in an adult education pro gram. Newberry College is coopera ting in the program by making its facilities available for a 9- hour training course on Septem ber 23 and 24 for students and faculty members who are in terested in participating in the Jaycees project. The local course will be taught by Mrs. Norma Book- hart, on the staff of the Luth eran Church Women of the Lu theran Churches of America. Buick displays new car line Buick Motor Division has in troduced its new line of cars for 1970, featuring completely new styling in the intermediate Skylark and GS series, a new upper series station wagon and a new and bigger engine, plus numerous mechanical changes to provide better performance and serviceability. The new models will go on display in dealer showrooms to day, September 18. While much of the styling emphasis for 1970 was placed on the intermediate-sized cars, Riviera, Electra, Wildcat and LeSabre models have undergone significant appearance changes with the introduction of new grilles, bumpers and ornamen tation. The dramatic new styling of the Skylark and GS models fea tures a lengthened hood with a shortened rear deck, combined with subtle, horizontal body ac cent lines flowing rearward from the wheel openings. Front end treatment consists of a distinct ive grille for each series and the shortened rear deck is com plimented by a new, more mas sive bumper tailored to the flaired fender lines that extend into the roof. Horizontal tail lamps are se parated by a stylish “BUICK” name panel. All models in the intermed iate line will have side impact bars in the doors and the rear quarter panels. This safety fea ture was introduced last year on LeSabre, Wildcat and Elec tra models. The intermediate line consists of eight Skylark models in three series, Skylark, Skylark 350 and Skylark Custom. In the perfor mance-oriented GS series, there are three models, a GS and a GS 455, both two-door hardtop coupes, and a GS 455 convert ible. For the first time in many years, Buick, in 1970, will offer a luxury Estate Wagon in its upper series lineup. The new wagon, whL . will be available with either two or three seats, is mounted on a 124-inch wheel base and is powered by the new 455 cubic inch engine. New front and rear end treat ment creates a distinctive look for the luxury Electra series, which has shown the most re markable growth of any car in the Buick line over the past several years. A new hood and bumper blend smoothly with the new grille and headlamps which are placed wider apart to enhance the 1970 styling. In the rear, back-up lamps, which glow red at night when the lights are on, are mounted vertically in the fenders, adding a unique styling feature. . The Riviera, which is Buick’s popular offering in the personal luxury car field, has undergone evolutionary styling refinements which further enhance its ap peal. A longer hood profile is combined with a stylish grille which is of a vertical line de sign. Adding to the Riviera’s new appearance are fixed headlights and new rear wheel opening co vers, introduced on this car for the first time. The rear window has been widened, providing greater vis ibility and the rear bumper in corporates a new taillight de sign which adds to this Riviera’s distinctiveness. The 36 models in the 1970 Buick line have been rearrang ed significantly to provide the best selection ever offered in satisfying individual needs and tastes. For example, instead of six Wildcat models in the line as last year, there are now three Wildcats—all Customs. The three basic Wildcat mod els have been supplanted by the LeSabre Custom 455 series, a change that enables the Le Sabre buyer to get the added performance of the new 455 cu bic inch engine. This gives LeSabre customers a greatly improved selection of 10 different models, including three basic LeSabres, four Le Sabre Custom and three Le Sabre Custom 455. The Special Deluxe series has been replaced by the Skylark series, giving Buick three at tractive lines of Skylark, the basic, the Skylark 350 and the Skylark Custom. The intermediate group also offers three GS models and two Sport Wagons. Buick wagon customers for 1970 have a greater choice in size and performance, again de pending upon individual needs and tastes. Seven distinctive models are available in Buick’s luxurious Electra series. Within this ser ies, the offerings include two- dcor hardtop coupes, four-door hardtops, four-door sedans and a convertible. Completing Buick’s 1970 mod el lineup is the popular Riviera, a two-door hardtop coupe on a 119-inch wheelbase. Publishes Two articles co-authored by Dr. James R. Rinehart, head of the Newberry College depart ment of economics and business administration, and William Laird of Florida State Univer sity have appeared in recent issues of economics magazines. The articles, “Regional Dev elopment in Developing Nat ions”, were in The Developing Economies and “Voluntary Lo cal Subsidies and Economic De velopment” in the AIDC Jour nal. They are the 16th and 17th ones which Dr. Rinehart has written in recent years, nine of them with Laird. He and Laird are also sched uled to read papers in Novem ber to the Southern Finance Association’s convention in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Rinehart has been a mem ber of the Newberry College faculty since 1961 and chairman of the department since 1968. ...BUT THE COLONEL’S HEREWITH DOWNRIGHT GOOD r Southern 1