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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS A GOOD LAUGH It might be good for a laugh, except that it might turn out to be serious. Dr. Carlos Gibbons has an nounced that he might seek the governorship of South Carolina. Unless you have some con nection with the schools of the state, you have probably never heard of Carlos Gibbons. He is executive secretary of the South Carolina Education Association. He says he will poll the teach ers of the state to see how they feel about his candidacy and will make an announcement next month as to whether he will run This is a young man of no experience whatever that would qualify him as head officer of South Carolina. He was a teach er. a principal. He holds a doc tor’s degree in education, some thing that could hardly be considered much of an asset for the governor's office Oh, Dr Gibbons has done things since he took over as head of the SCEA several years ago He has managed to get SCEA membership dues hiked from si() to $25; he has pushed through the total integration of the state 1 teachers association and ih .1 of county associations, if they expect to affiliate with the state organization. He has issued veiled threats to the Gen eral Assembly that unless it met SCEA's demands for teacher salary increases, the teachers just might go out on strike. He has seen that the SCEA hews to the line laid down by the federal-aid oriented Nation al Education Association. He has seen the reluctance, and the refusal of many teachers to join the Association which he controls and he sends out reams of materials accusing teachers of being unprofessional if they refuse to join SCEA. It seems not to occur to him that some teachers are intelligent enough to refuse to donate $25 to an association with whose ideolog ies they disagree. Dr Gibbons would have the teachers believe—and unfortun ately. many of them DO believe, that he and his association are responsible for every pay in crease that comes the teachers' was What he IS responsible foi ls making members of i ic Leg islature so angry that it amaz ing the teachers got any raise m all Memners of the General A -• pay little or no heed m ‘ ne\cr ending demands of 1 cons and the SCEA What urs the legislature on to in- .ease teacher, and other state employee salaries is simply the iau of supply and demand, and I would imagine that most mem bers of the General Assembly v\ould say that the teachers would be better off without Car los Gibbons' "help". One never knows what the voter will do when he gets to the ballot box, but if Dr Gib bons decides to run, I hope the voters will take a good long look at his lack of qualifica tions before they cast their bal lots. THE NEW LOOK 1 hope that you were at last Eriday night’s football game, or at the Eire Prevention parade Tuesday afternoon, to see the "new look" of the Newberry High School Band. Those long- awaited new uniforms finally ar med and they are attractive. When our band goes out of town to represent the school and the city, there will be no pro- Vol. 33—No. 25. Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, October 9, 1969 $3 PER YEAR MISS LYNN BEDENBAUGH, right, receives the 1969 Fire Prevention Queen crown from the 1968 queen, Miss Judy Wise, at ceremonies on the square following the Fire Prevention Parade Tuesday afternoon. (News-Citi zen Photo) Common Pleas jurors named The October term of Court of Common Pleas will convene in Newberry County courthouse on Monday, October 20 at 10 a.m. with Judge Wliilam L. Rhodes, Jr of Hampton presiding. The following jurors, whose names were drawn to serve, will report at 9:30 a.m. on the 20th: Allen S Kibler, Robert L. Emdler. Hazel K. Suber, Louis Bo Chapman. Virginia C. Hat- taway. dames H. Seibert, Anna H King, William E. Turner, Jr. Willard O. Shealy, Callie W. Wilbanks. William C. Pack. Ri chard C Glasgow, Elsie D Hel ier. Bonnie H Jackson, Law rence P Hawkins, John W. Smith. PROSPERITY RESCUE SQUAD BARBECUE The Rescue Squad of Prosper ity will hold a chicken barbecue on Saturday, October 18. Whole chickens wiil be avail able from the pit at Prosperity Elementary School beginning at 4 p.m., and will be $1.75 per chicken. Tickets may be purchased from any member of the Pros perity Community Rescue Squad. Shealy, Steve R. Shealy. James A Senn, Jesse C. Holsonback, Jr., Daniel L. Driggers, Myrtle R. Felker; Also, Everton Cook, John A. Willingham, Stephen E. Shaw, G. Ernest Bundrick, Erancis H Satterwhite, Frank G. Summer, Jr., Alfred Dorroh, Joseph B Bernard. Big weekend for campus visitors The first big weekend for vis itors on the Newberry College campus this fall is on tap Sat urday with the dedication of the new Science and Mathematics Building, Parents Day and the Indian—Mountain Lion (from Concord College) tussle on Setz- ler Field all vying for the visit ors attention. The dedication of the Science and Mathematics Building is slated for 2.30 p.m., the Parents Day activities, sponsored by the alumni association, begin with registration at noon and contin uing throughout the day with the kick-off for the football game slated for 7:30 p.m. Speaker for the dedication of the build ing is Dr. Joseph W. Straley. A professor of physics at the University of North Carolina, Dr. Straley has been on the Un iversity staff since 1944. He has served as chairman of the Board of Governors for the Cen ter for Research in College In struction in Science and Mathe matics, president of the North Carolina Conference of Ameri can Association of University Professors, and president of the North Carolina Academy of Science. Following his address, Dr. Karl W. Kinard, president of the South Carolina Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, will preside over a short service at the building which has been in use since March. In addition to the three pub lic activities Saturday, the Wom en's League of the College will hold its annual meeting Satur day morning with election of officers taking the spotlight. Overnight visitors to the cam pus will have an opportunity to hear the Rev. Charles W. Eas ley m the 11:15 a.m. Sunday morning services in Wiles Chap el. He is the pastor of St. Mat hews Lutheran Church in Kings Mountain, N. C. One event on this week's cal endar, the Box Tops concert, scheduled for Thursday evening, October 9, was cancelled. Rescue squads benefit by United Fund Rescue Squads in Newberry and Prosperity are the organi zations many people think of first in moments of crisis and emergencies. Both groups, man ned by trained volunteers, are on call any time of any day to give assistance at drownings, wrecks, accidents or searching for lost persons. In addition, according to Sec retary-Treasurer H. O. Sanders, the Newberry Rescue Squad provides ambulance service for football games at Newberry College and High School, at American Legion races and sometimes on a standby basis at Newberry Memorial Hospital. “Both of these organizations of public-spirited men benefit from donations to the Newberry County Fund,” Jack Raffield, chairman of this year’s Fund drive, pointed out in an inter view this week. “Having our Rescue Squads look to the Un ited Fund for support is in keep ing with our program of pro viding financial assistance to Newberry County civic and char itable groups.’’ The Newberry Squad, largest in the county, is 15 years old. Last year the unit averaged answering seven calls a month. First aid classes and medical seminars are included in the monthly training sessions. Eddie Rodelsperger is presi dent of the Newberry Squad. Leaders of the Prosperity un it, which has more than 20 act ive members, are Paul Dixon and Bruce Connelly. New members of the Winthrop College Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, national honor society in Spanish, have been nominated. Among the initiates is Anna Hawkins of Newberry. Mrs. R. H. Tinsley will re turn to her home in Clearwater, Florida this weekend after vis iting a month in Newberry with her sister, Mrs. G. V. Clamp and other relatives. A Do. James H. Counts, Sr., Henry D Hendrix. Kate L. Tur- beville, Robert PL Summer. Jr., Paul N Shealy. Johnny W Ar row uod. Louis V. Ringer, Anne M Kegnery. Bennie L. Williams, James M Smith, Jr., A. P'ntz blem of identification, for "New berry" is written across the front of the uniform and in small letters on the sleeves. In addition to performing at football games and parades, the band is putting in a lot of time working on its routine for the State Marching Band Contest to be held this year at Lower Richland High School on Oct ober 25. The band made a Sup erior rating at the contest last year and the members say they are going to bring home a tro- phy this year. Your support of the band, and your donation to help pay for the now uniforms, will be ap preciated New uniforms for the high school band Miss Lorraine Paris, and Rick Nelson, are displayed by, from left, Drum Major Debbie and Rick are officers of the band. Sandy Fretwell, Debbie Sligh, Director (Sunphoto by Martin Armfield)