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PAGE 6 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Oct. 23, 1969 BY THE WAY (Continued from page 1) —He who blocks cross traffic by pulling into the intersection when traffic ahead makes it impossible for him to clear it. —He who fouls up rush-hour traffic by entering the inter section as the red light is com ing on. —He who seeks to gain 90 seconds or so on the freeway by cutting into the cushion space of successive other drivers. —He who does not know, of does not care, that his bright lights shine into the rear-view mirror of the car he is following and into the eyes of the driver. —He who thinks it’s sport to execute a brush-back maneuver on the driver of a disabled car on the shoulder, who is trying to change a tire. —He who tries to crowd out the driver moving from the ac celeration lane into the travel lane of the freeway. —He who uses two traffic lanes by meandering between the lanes. —He who turns left from a right-hand position and right from a left-hand position. —He who darts from one lane to another without reference to following traffic. —He who parks his car in the middle of two parking spaces. Marriages Robert E. Green II of Kinards and Becky Beach of Newberry were married here on October 10 by Probate Judge Frank Ward. Gary Lee Harmon, Newberry and Carolyn Virginia Ivey of North Augusta were married v in Newberry October 5. RITZ THEATRE THURS., FR1. & SAT. GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS Robert Mitchum George Kennedy M ~MON. & TUBS. Three Into Two Won’t Go Rod Steiger Judy Geeson R WED. & THURS. Sand Pebbles Steve McQueen Richard Attenborough CLOVER LEAF DRIVE-IN FRI. & SAT. GOODBYE COLUMBUS Richard Benjamin Ali MacGraw SUNDAY — FIRST RUN — Assignment K Stephen Boyd Camilla Sparv Always A Color Cartoon The Drive-In Will Be Closed On Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday And Thursday For The Winter Months. Preparations for Veterans Day underway Administrator of Veterans Af fairs Donald E. Johnson today • praised State Chairman Henry J. Field of the President’s Vet erans Day National Committee for his “planning, progress and cooperation” in preparing for the November 11 National ob servance. Administrator Johnson said that the Governors of all fifty states promptly named their State Chairmen for Veterans Day this year “and promptly put them to work”. He said that more than 80,000 school kits with Veterans Day material have been mailed to secondary and elementary school princi pals throughout the country, un der the direction of State chair men, and that re-orders are coming into National Veterans Day headquarters by the thou sands. He said that the flag pamph let, “delineating correct proced ures on how to display the flag on November 11 in honor of America’s veterans struck a res ponsive chord throughout the country.” State Chairmen, educators and service organizations “were res ponsible for 7.8 million school children taking part in Veterans Day ceremonies in 1968,” Mr. Johnson said. “This year we hope to have 10 million participating.” As Chairman of the Presidents Veterans Day National Com mittee, Mr. Johnson is directly responsible for ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery on November 11. He said that he is awaiting word from the White House regarding who will place the national wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns. He said he is hopeful the President will be able to participate. The VA Administrator said that the National ceremony fol lowing the placing of the wreath on the Tomb will include a nat ionally known soloist and a Med al of Honor soldier leading the assembled dignitaries in the Pledge of Allegiance. The Administrator noted that Field has the responsibility of assisting all veteran groups in South Carolina and others in planning observances in honor of the Nation’s veterans. VA will pay expense Up to $250 for the burial ex penses of an eligible deceased veteran will be paid by the Vet erans Administration without re gard to whether the interment is in a national cemetery or a private burial place. J. H. Witherspoon, Adjudica tion Officer, Columbia VA Re gional Office, said today that the allowance is payable only in the case of wartime veter ans, including those who have served after August 4,1964. How ever, peacetime, as well as wartime veterans, are eligible for burial in any national ceme tery that has available space. The only requirement is that their last period of active duty must have ended with an honor able discharge, Witherspoon re ported. Administered by the Depart ment of the Army, the benefits include grave site and actual interment in the national ceme tery, including opening, closing, and marking the grave. The Army also furnishes a headstone or grave market for deceased veterans buried in un marked private plots. Information and assistance on filing for these Army-adminis tered benefits will be furnished by any VA office. Claims for the burial allow ance may be filed with the VA within two years after the vet erans burial or cremation. The claim may be filed by the undertaker, if he has not been paid, or by the party who paid the undertaker, the VA ex plained. Unsafe tire law to be enforced The South Carolina Highway Patrol will step up its enforce ment of the state’s “unsafe tire” statute as a means of combat ting highway fatalities caused by slick tires. Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N. Pear man said today he has directed the Patrol to be “especially alert” for vehicles that have slick tires and to make cases against their owners. Highway Department’s spec ial investigating teams have gathered a “growing amount of data that shows slick tires are at fault in a significant num ber of our highway fatalities,” Mr. Pearman said. In 57 investigations of fatal ities by the special teams, 20 out of 83 vehicles had at least one slick tire, and tires were regarded as the primary cause of the accident. Four vehicles had blowouts just prior to the fatal collision. Eight of the 20 vehicles had valid motor vehicle inspection stickers. “Slick tires CAN kill,” Mr. Pearman said, “and this is a message we will make to South Carolina motorists in every pos sible way. We will use educa tional and informational tech niques, of course, but enforce ment of the unsafe tire law will be our main weapon, where ne cessary, to reduce accidents that are tire-related.” Enforcement of the unsafe tire law, which provides that every vehicle using South Caro lina’s highways must have tires in a “safe operating condition” will be a supplement to the tire inspection of the motor vehicle inspection program. “Our going to this additional step to combat a condition that apparently is a most important factor in our high fatality rate does not imply in any way a lessening of our belief that the motor vehicle inspection law is doing a good job, tires includ ed,” Mr. Pearman said. “However, a vehicle can pass inspection with the minimum of tread and still within a short time have tires in an unsafe condition. Frankly, I feel that one thirty-second inch of tread may be too low and that at some time in the future we may have to raise this minimum in our inspection.” Patrol Col. P. Frank Thomp son has advised his Patrol cap tains to have their men carry out a “fair, consistent and strict” enforcement of the un safe tire law. “Patrolmen will, at all times, be alert to the possibility that a vehicle they observe on the highway, or which they stop for some other violation, may have tires that violate the law. “I have told them to look for bald tires—the obviously slick tires—rather than to make any kind of measurement. If they find a tire with no tread, or worse, with cord showing, they will take the proper course of action, which is to make a case against the operator.” Where they find tires that are bordering on being unsafe, but still have a tread, patrolmen will remind the operator that his tire or tires are approach ing the danger zone. State Medical Auxiliary head visits here Mrs. Davis D. Moise of Sum ter visited with the Women’s Auxiliary to the Newberry Coun ty Medical Society on Monday, October 20 at the home of Mrs. V. W. Rinehart. Following a short business meeting, Mrs. Moise spoke to the members present using the state auxiliary theme for the year, “Health— A Family Affair” as the topic for her talk. The health of a family, she said, begins with the youngest member in a thorough immun ization program. As the child becomes an adol escent, he must be reached with educational materials alerting him to the dangers of the new adventures he is so eager to try in the adult world—cigar ettes, alcohol, fast cars, etc. This can be done through the distribution of pamphlets and brochures through school lib raries and the use of films. An 18 year old entering col lege and hesitant about the route he will take might remember auxiliary-distributed literature, posters and films on smoking, drug abuse and alcohol. Later, as an adult who “chose real living over the kicks in college”, he will recall the information on seat belt safety as he reads of a family like his own injured in an automobile accident. “It is our responsibility to work to make better health for all people in our community,” she said. Following this the members and their guest enjoyed a most delicious luncheon prepared by the hostesses, Mrs. Rinehart, Mrs. Ralph P. Baker and Mrs. James A. Underwood, Jr. Mrs. Kemper Lake of Whitmire, who is president of the local auxi liary, presided over the meet ing. UDC CHAPTER HAS MEETING The Drayton Rutherford Chap ter of the U.D.C. met in the home of Mrs. W. E. Shealy with Mrs. A: J. Briggs as associate hostess. Mrs. R. B. Baker, president, presided over the meeting. Mrs. Shealy conducted the opening Ritual, the Pledge and Salute to the Flags. Mrs. E. E. Westwood gave an interesting talk on Rose Hill, the home of Governor Gist. Mrs. Baker reminded mem bers that Newberry Commem orative plates are still avail able. Anyone who would like to buy one is asked to contact Mrs. R. P. Baker or Mrs. Leon Nichols. The chapter approved send ing gifts to the men in service who were members of the Child ren of the Confederacy. Mrs. Walter Summer and Mrs. T. H. Pope will be in charge of send ing these. Mrs. R. P. Baker reported that the Children of the Con federacy, led by Miss Juanita Hitt, Miss Sallie Lee Cromer and Mrs. Frasier Sanders, will give the program at the joint meeting of the U.D.C. chapters in January. Mrs. J. J. Chappell showed a picture of the U.D.C. pin and stated she would order them for any member who wished them. Mrs. W. E. Shealy read cor respondence of the destruction of Hurricane Camille. The let ter stated that funds were need ed to repair damage done to Beauvoir—one time home of Jefferson Davis. Mrs. Shealy closed the meet ing with prayer. Seal campaign gets underway The 1969 Christmas Seal cam paign got underway for the Tu berculosis and Health Associa tion of Area Six Wednesday af ternoon, October 15 as eight vol unteers gathered in the Friend ship room of Laurens Federal Savings and Loan building to send out appeal letters to 2400 firms,clubs, and organizations in the seven county area of Abbeville, Edgefield, Green wood, Laurens, McCormick, Sa luda and Newberry counties. Businesses were reminded in the appeal letter that by sup porting the Christmas Seal pro grams against emphysema, tub erculosis, asthma, air pollution and smoking, a firm’s gift be comes a vital force for good health. Those volunteers participating in this initial stuffing were Mrs. W. T. Pace, Mrs. J. C. Bolt, and Mrs. Everette Martin of Gray Court, and Mrs. Doug Power, Mrs. Robert Freeman, Cliff Rowland and Mrs. Bill Jennings all of Laurens. College queen to be named Five Newberry College senior coeds will meet their fellow stu dents on the ballot Thursday; one will be elected 1969 Home coming Queen, the other four will be her attendants. The winner will be crowned at the half-time ceremonies of the Newberry College-Mars Hill College football game at Setz- ler Field. The candidates, selected by students in an earlier election last week, are Gamer Able, Ridgeville; Lesley Laudig, Sum merville; Gail Lightsey, Alex andria, Va.; Lynne Mayes, New berry; and Carolyn Saine, Col umbia. The Homecoming Queen con test is sponsored by The In dian, the college’s student news paper. VISITED HERE Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McAdams of Kosciusko, Miss., have been visiting in the home of Prof, and Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Sr. and F. Scott Elliott, Jr. Mrs. McAdams and Mrs. Elliott are first cousins. Mr. McAdams’ an cestors moved from Newberry County to Attala County, Miss, about 1818. He did work on the family history while in New berry. There is a town in Attala County named for his family. NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims against the estate of Benjamin T. Vaughn, deceased, are here by notified to file the same, duly verified with the under signed, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. Elizabeth L. Vaughn 1309 Washington St. Newberry, S. C, 29108 Executrix October 9, 1969 016-3tc Painting—Repairs—Additions Large and Small Jobs. 25 years experience. Call Collect, 279-6733. R. D. Scoggins, 1302 Georgia Ave., North Augusta, S. C. 10-9—4tp FOR SALE — Lovely large 4- poster bedroom suite, 4 pcs, beautiful walnut. New and used TV’s, beautiful quilts, heaters, wood, coal and gas. Just arrived lovely stylish living room suites. Roll around freezers. Comfort able terms. See us before you buy, sell or trade anything. J. J. Langford & Son, New berry, S. C.