Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS A STUDENT'S VIEW (The following is a letter to “A group of concerned Luther ans” from a student at New berry College concerning his own Views.) As a student, I feel that New berry’s Interim program is an excellent idea because it makes formal education more relevant to life. This is the Twentieth century and the age of puritan- ism has passed. The word "sex” is no longer taboo and sex edu cation is no more wrong than the study of church music that is also being offered for the Interim. As a Lutheran pre-theological student. I am very pleased that the college has an interim course concerning racial problems and 1 wish 1 were able to take the course and go to Atlanta I feel that the church cannot turn its back on the problems of our society and still survive. Although trouble can o c c u r when an all-white team plays an all-black team, just as much trouble can result when a white team pia\ ■ cither another white team or a team with b o t h black and white players, like most of the teams we play arc Trouble does not happen if no one is looking for it. and trouble does not need a basketball floor to start Newberry College is not. as the unsigned letter implied, a mob of radicals, but is instead, an excellent liberal arts college. Disagreements over policies have been and are being rea sonably and rationally discuss ed. There have been no mobs of students marching on the ad ministration, nor has the ad ministration had to slap a cur few on the campus for discip linary reasons. I am not familiar with the case of the star basketball play er. but I am familiar with the case of the seemingly minor rule violations. It may be a seem ingly minor rule, however the punishment for breaking it is stated in the student handbook as dismissal. I do not neces sarily agree with all the rules and their strictness, but 1 can see sound and valid reasons for all of them 1 chose this college, so I chose its policies 1. like every other student at Newberry College, signed a pledge at the start of the school ack ow lodg ing the aulhoriU of he ad ministration ! cm . eshman i muj* be mid w ho thinks he is , ip ,uit, yet ha\ c a card from (iovernment stating that 1 i)id enough to die m \iet- am 1 may know very little • a nothing at all but 1 am keep ing an open mind and am try ing to get an education I would suggest to the group of con cerned Lutherans that they leave ihe jot) of running the college and teaching the students to those men who are educated and are equipped to do so, and instead try to correct the wrongs m their own community Sincerely. Law re nee C Smith Neewberry College stu dent from Nasvhille. Tennessee. POOR DRIVERS Here are some drivers who make themselves conspicuous by their lack of consideration for others: —He who fails to signal until after he has started his turn —They who on the freeway "race” side by side at 35 miles per hour. (Continued on Page 6) Vol. 33—No. 27. Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, October 23, 1969 $3 PER YEAR VISITS LOCAL AUXILIARY—Mrs. Davis D. Moise of Sumter, president of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the South Carolina Medical Association, visited the local medical auxiliary Monday. In the photo, from left, are Mrs. Syd ney K. Carter, recording secretary, State Medical Auxil iary ; Mrs. Kemper D. Lake, president of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Newberry County Medical Society; Mrs. Moise and Mrs. V. W. Rinehart, hostess and chairman of AMA-KRF of the State Auxiliary. (Sunphoto) deadline near October 15 was the very lat est that South Carolina vehicle owners should have ordered the 1970 license plates by mail, the South Carolina Highway De partment has advised. Instead of ordering by mail now. motorists should obtain their licenses over the counter at one of the Highway Depart ment’s 50 motor vehicle branch offices. The sooner they do so the better chance they have of avoid mg long waiting lines near the end of the licensing period. Through October 10, 648,000 sets of licenses, out of an es timated 1,100,000 were issued. Vehicles not having the new plates b\ November i make then cunel : • liable to a fine of ill) tu ;TUH i ui jail. There is a '.H-etlate registration fee also. DR. PAGE Dr Allen Page, assistant pro fessor of religion at Newberry College, will be the “Guest Preacher” at the October 26, 11:15 a m. services in the Chap el His topic will be "The Pro testant Principle” Dr. Page joined the College faculty in September after serv ing for one year as an instruct or and four years as a teach ing assistant at Duke Univer sity Local teacher wins award Mrs. Janie Lou Whitaker, high school Spanish teacher in the NewberryHigh School, received the Outstanding South Carolina High School Spanish Teacher award Saturday. The presentation was made at Newberry College during the fall meeting of the state chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portu gese. George Crow, Spanish instruc tor at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, received the association’s Cervantes Award for his con tributions to the organization during the year. Three Columbians were elect ed officers for the school year at the meeting: Issac Levy, president, the University of South Carolina; Yolanda Lopez Mesa, vice-president, Allen Un iversity; and Richard Esler, cor responding secretary. Univer sity of South Carolina. Mrs. Brock dies in Clinton Mrs Lucile Bodie Brock, 66, wife of George A Brock, died Friday morning at B a i 1 e y Memorial Hospital in Clinton af ter a short critical illness. Mrs. Brock was born in Sal uda, the daughter of the late Tom M. and Lula Shaw Bodie. She was a member of the Oak land Retirees Club. Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lula Cuthbertson of Newberry; two sisters, Mrs. Elise Burnette and Mrs. L. E. Gatlin, Jr., both of Newberry; and two grand children, Miss Paula Lou Cuth bertson and Van Paul Cuthbert son, both of Newberry. Funeral services were con ducted Saturday at Hunt Mem orial Baptist Church by the Rev. Charles Lucado and the Rev. John Gerald Hipp. Interment was in Rosemont Cemetery. Pitts dies of pistol wound Vernon Pitts, 40, of College Street, was shot and killed at his lakeside home near here about 7 p.m. Saturday, accord ing to Sheriff B. Eugene Shealy. Pitts’ wife, Ms. Joyce Pitts, 35, is in the county jail charged with murder, the sheriff said. He said Mrs. Pitts had been admitted to Newberry County Hospital Saturday night and was treated for shock. The victim was shot once in the chest with a 38 caliber pis tol, the sheriff said. He said an investigation is continuing, and that a date for an inquest has not yet been set. A native of Newberry County, the victim was a son of Hugh and Helen William Pitts of this city. He was a self-employed truck driver. He had served in the U. S. Army and was a mem ber of Trinity Methodist Church. Survivng also in addition to his parents and wife are three daughters, Mrs. James N. Bun- drick, Mrs. Billy Bundrick and Miss Belinda Carol Pitts, of Newberry; two brothers, Mar ion E. Pitts of Newberry and Jimmy Pitts of Chapin; four sisters, Mrs. Louis Martin, Mrs. Vernon Martin, and Mrs. Le- Grande Bouknight of Newberry, and Mrs. Henry Brehmer of Kin- ards; and a grandchild. Funeral services were con ducted at 3 p.m. at Trinity Meth odist Church by Dr. Neil E. Truesdell and Rev. Jim Mishoe. Interment was in Rosement Cemetery. Reflectorized materials can add some wonderful effects to Halloween costumes. For exam ple, they can make your young spook into a skeleton. They will also make him more conspicu ous, more easily seen when crossing a street or walking along a roadway. College plans for homecoming Saturday Fall is in the air as New berry College prepares for its annual Homecoming celebration this weekend. It begins at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursdayl, with the pep rally and bonfire at Setzler Field. But Saturday is the big day for alumni and students with exhibits, class reunions, a bar becue dinner and the football clash between the Newberry In dians and the Mars Hill Lions at 2 p.m. on Setzler Field. During the half-time ceremon ies of the game, the 1969 Home coming Queen will be crowned. The day will end with the Home coming Dance Saturday even ing. Either late Saturday night or early Sunday morning the New berry College students will join the rest of the country in set ting their clocks and watches back one hour as standard time replaces daylight savings time across the nation. Guest speaker at the Sunday morning worship services will be Dr. Allen Page, assistant pro fessor of religion at Newberry College. Services are at 11:15 a.m. or 12:15 p.m. if you for get to set your watch back one hour. ON RIVERS STREET Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Williams have moved to 1903 Rivers St. to make their home. Check the child’s Halloween costume for fire hazards. Many of the flimsy materials used in such costumes are highly flam mable. If in doubt, dip the mat erial in a solution of two quarts of warm water, 7 ounces of bor ax, and 3 ounces of boric acid. Drip dry and iron. CONGRATULATIONS were in order for Mrs. Janie C. Whitaker, Spanish teacher at Newberry High School, when she received an award as the Outstanding High School Teacher of Spanish in South Carolina. The award was given at Newberry College last week during the fall meeting of the state chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portugese. Outgoing presi dent Ricardo Remirez, a faculty member of Wofford Col lege, thanks her for a job well done.