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PAGE 4 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Nov. 20, 1969 ' v : y-y- a ; vaflH ^ Jv - ^ superior students and is taught by outstanding professors in small classes specifically suited to the needs and abilities of the superior students. . yl. / mm .-.jit ptu* ii. WOMf > '3 fw/# / f5tr : r '‘' - pHl " : i 'l, Open House is underway at the new formerly occupied by Bishop’s Skate home of Whitaker Floor Coverings on Arena. (Sunphoto) Main Street Extension in the building Bob Hickman to be speaker Bob Hickman, Director South Carolina Parks, Recreation and Tourism, wik be guest speaker at the mee'.ing of the New berry Civic League to be held in the Community Hall Tuesday afternoon, November 25 at 4 p.m. according to an announce ment by Prof. F. Scott Elliott, Sr, president. Mrs. Richard L. Baker, pro gram chairman and first vice president, will introduce the speaker. The hostesses for the occasion are Mrs. F. Scott El liott, Sr., Mrs. L. Grady Cooper, Mrs. J. D. French and Mrs. Jack 0. Jenkins. Mr. Hickman was born in Cen- terview. Mo. and was educated in the public schools of that state. He attended Southwest Missouri State College for two years, and he completed his col lege education at the Univer sity of Missouri, where he earn ed a Bachelor of Journalism degree. He served in the U. S. Air Force from 1951 to 1955 during which time he was trained as a Russian Language Specialist at Syracuse University and ser ved in a communications squad ron in South Germany. After his discharge from service, he worked for three years as a radio-TV newsman in Louisville, Ky., and Kansas City, Mo. He came to South Carolina in 1960 as news director of WIS-TV in Columbia and was appointed news secretary on the execu tive staff of Gov. Robert E. McNair in 1965. In 1967 he was made director of S. C. Parks, Recreation and Tourism. He is married to the former Ann Ramsey of Missouri, and they have three children. He is a member of the Asbury Mem orial Methodist Church, Rich land Sertoma Club, the Govern or’s Beautification and Commun ity Improvement Board, and Sigma Delta Chi Professional Journalism Society. PROFESSOR JABS WRITES ARTICLE Albert Jabs, dean of students at Newberry College, has writ ten an article, “Coaches: What Are You Doing For Education in South Carolina?” which ap pears in the current issue of the South Carolina Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Jabs, a former high school coach in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, declared in his article that the coach-educator should make a concentrated effort to raise the educational performance of all South Carolinians. “Let us”, he wrote, “apply the same determination that we exercise on the gridiron, basket ball court, or baseball diamond to the staggering problems of education”. Jabs has been on the New berry College faculty since 1968 and assumed his present posi tion in September. “■HP ft'' V?, : - I The protagonist, a nuclear phy sicist, must choose between per sonal insanity or the world mad ness that would ensue should his scientific discoveries be re vealed. Try-outs for the production were held in mid-October with 16 students receiving parts. Tickets for the 8 p.m.pro- duction may be purchased at the door the evening of the per formance. Prices are $1 for adults, 50 cents for students. Newberry College students are admitted free with an identifi cation card. Season tickets for the three productions this year may be purchased for $2 for adults and $1 for students. Dennis Sanderson, assistant professor of speech and dram atics, is the technical director for the production. ALUMNAE ASSISTANT Nan Layton Buddin of New berry has been appointed alum nae asistant at Columbia Col lege. Miss Buddin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Buddin of Newberry is a 1969 graduate of the Methodist - affiliated school. She will assist the alum nae director in representing the college at alumnae meetings. Her duties involve maintenance of addresses of students and graduates enrolled at the col lege; receiving alumnae and visitors; and publishing class news in the alumnae magazine. College play opens tonight “The Physicists” will open the 1969-70 season of the Newberry College Theater November 20, and continue for three nights in the College Theater in the lower level of Wiles Chapel. Dale Willis, assistant profes sor of speech and dramatics and a 1966 graduate of the college, will direct the play by Fried rich Duerrenmatt. Critics have claimed that the play is “An intellectual fantasy, airing contemporary problems in a vein of disillusioned tragic- comedy.” The play deals with the pro blems of humanity misusing scientific knowledge in order to create weapons of destruction. COUNTY STUDENTS IN HONORS PROGRAM Two Clemson University stu dents from the county are parti cipating in the university’s Hon or Program during the first semester of the 1969-70 academ ic year. Miss Beverly Jo Jackson, an English major, and Albert A. Ramage III, a physics major, are enrolled in the Honors Pro gram. The program, instituted in 1962, is especially designed for Mrs. Schriver club speaker The Jasper Chapter of the Daughters of the American Re volution met at the home of Miss Juanita Hitt on November 14. Other hostesses were Mrs. E. B. Hume, Mrs. R. E. Hanna, Mrs. P. M. Nichols and Mrs. E. E. Epting. Upon the arrival of the members, the hostesses served delicious refreshments from an attractive tea table carrying out the Thanksgiving motif. Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, the re gent, presided. Miss Rose Hamm and Mrs. Mary Frances Finney conducted the opening service. After this Mrs. James C. Kin- ard read the President Gener al’s Letter in which the mem bers were urged to be thankful for their heritage. Mrs. P. K. Harmon gave some extracts from the National De fense News. One was on “Not Okinawa Too” and another was on the “Russian Ships in the Gulf of Mexico”. Mrs. P. M. Nichols, program chairman, introduced Mrs. A.B. Schriver as speaker on the top ic, “Southern Colonial Cookery”. Mrs. Schriver summariz ed briefly some of the hard ships of the early colonists and told how they gradually learned to live in the new country. She said that small farms became the pattern in New England, while in the South there develop ed the plantation life. She en livened her talk by describing kitchens of the period and read ing some recipes from “Miss Leslie’s Cookery Book” pub lished in 1866. The members showed their appreciation by their keen interest in the mat erial presented. During the business session, Mrs. P. K. Harmon, chairman of the DAR Good Citizens, said that the following had been chosen: Nancy Floyd, Newber ry High; Judy Pinner, Mid-Car olina; and Barbara Ann Green, Whitmire High. Miss Margaret Pay singer, the chairman of American History Month announced that the sub ject for the essay contest this year is “The Declaration of Independence and Its Signers”. At the end of the business, Miss Rose Hamm, Chaplain, closed with a DAR prayer. Criminal co”rt jurors named The November term of Gen eral Sessions Court will convene here on November 24 at ten a.m. with Judge William L. Rhodes, Jr. of Hampton, pre siding. Members of the Grand Jury will report for duty at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Novem ber 24. Members of the Petit Jury, listed below will report on Tuesday, November 25 at 9:30 a.m. Petit Jurors: Booker T. W. Turner, Edgar A. Shinn, Thomas R. Langford, Carl Elmore, Gladys B. Long, Harvey E. Shealy, Adrian M. Summer, Jr., Hugh H. Turner, George E. Stephens, Syble P. Meeks, James W. Henderson, Claude Norris, Juanita B. Hel ler, Alfred R. Culbreth, Harold R. Coats, Heyward G. Shealy, Joe Bates Ruff, Herbert S. Ful mer, Jr., Ray A. Martin, Mollie D. Graham, James W. Kesler, Jeannine B. Bedenbaugh, Lila Mae Hurt, JoeUa S. Neel; Also, Walter Kiker, Annie Mar ie J. Gill, Marjorie M. Sims, Everette M. Longshore, Char lie Y. Chalmers, Berly A. Fret- well, Joseph P. Hill, Essie G. Suit, Trent P. Coleman, Henry D. Senn, Ordie R. Campbell, Waneta W. DeFreest, John F. Scurry, Sr., William F. Smith, Ephriam G. Cope, Colie S. Metts. Transferred from other terms of Court to serve on the petit jury in November: Henry D. Hendrix, Otto F. Armfield, Jr., James Virgil Kin- ard, Elizabeth A. Shannon Lom- inick. City Building Permits Mrs. A. W. Murray, repairs, 2203 Johnstone St.; Cyril Hutch inson, repairs, 1504 Nance St.; Charles Leopard, addition, 324 O’Neal St.; John W. Summers, repairs, 216 Cannon St.; Mr. Albrecht, repairs, 1915 John stone St. Value shown on permits is sued by the city last week was $3,300. VIETNAM — Army Private First Class Kenneth A. Harmon, 21, son of Mrs. Bessie T. Har mon, 2014 1-2 Montgomery St., was assigned to the 520th Trans portation Battalion in Vietnam October 6 as a repair parts spec ialist. J *s IN* your \ A large variety of floor other household items are coverings and the new home of Whitaker Floor Cover- on display at ings on Main Street Extension. (Sunphoto)