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PAGE 6 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Nov. 20, 1969 “Now on Your Right Is ” Gordon C. Henry, left, Director of Public Relations at Newberry College, tells a group of jun ior high school students and adults from Sumter when they visited the College cam pus last weekend. The College guests are all members of St. James Lutheran Church in Sumter. The Rev. D. Murray Shull is the pastor of the church. Wins national UDC contests At the General Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Birmingham on November 11, Miss Juanita Hitt, a member of Calvin Crozier Chapter, South Carolina Division was the recipient of two out standing essay prizes. Miss Desiree L. Franklin of New York offered through the Historian General four cash prizes totaling $140 for the best essays on “The Causes Res ponsible for Secession, and the Actions of President Lincoln Which Brought on the War Be tween the States.’' The first four prizes were $50, $40, $30 and $20, respectively. Miss Hitt was awarded first place for her es say on this subject. The topic of Miss Hitt’s other winning essay is “Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard”. This is the third straight year that Miss Hitt has won first place on national essay entries. This is an unus ual record of achievement, ac cording to Mrs. W. O. Gordon, Historian General, of Memphis, Tenn. There are entries from across the nation in these essay contests. There are as many as 40 and 50 papers entered on each subject. Miss Hitt did research for the papers at Wessels Library, New berry College, the University ol S. C. Library, Columbia, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Confederate Mu seum, Richmond, Va., and the Library of Congress, Washing ton, D. C. The source of much information was gleaned from the following books and papers: “South Carolina Secedes” by May and Faunt; “The Public Addresses” of the Hon. Jas. F. Byrnes: “South Carolina Speaks” by John A. May, and “South Carolina and the Nat ion” by Alan Johnstone. A rath er unique source of information was a “South Carolina History” which belonged to Miss Hitt’s father. The book was written in 1869. It was studied by Miss Hitt’s father at the Reederville School in 1889. The book, auth ored by James Wood Davidson, A. M. is 100 years old and the title is, “School History of South Carolina”. The covers for the essays were original designs drawn by Miss Hitt. The cover for the “Secession” essay was a sketch of the First Baptist Church in Columbia when the first seces sion meeting took place. The cover design for the “Beaure gard” essay was a sketch of the Confederate Battle Flag design ed by Gen. Beauregard. The back cover of each essay car ried a sketch of Fort Sumter. Miss Hitt brings honor to the South Carolina Division, UDC, for the awards she has won in national competition. She has been invited by several South Carolina chapters and clubs to read the prize winning essays. Since Miss Hitt’s retirement in May as Music Supervisor in the Newberry Schools, she has devoted much time to historical writings. She will soon com plete a biography of her grand father, “Newton Thomas Hogg”, a History of the Hogg Family, and a cookbook of family re cipes. ATTEND MEETING N GREENWOOD Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Sr., Miss Sara Folk and Miss Hattie Belle Lester attended the Epsi lon chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma at Holiday Inn, Green wood on November 15. Mis Vio let Lester, a member of the Tau Chapter in North Carolina, accompanied them. A program on “A Look At Ourselves and Others” was in troduced by Mrs. Elliott, vice- president. Miss Letitia Frank of Ware Shoals was moderator of a panel on the subject, in which Mexico and Kenya, Africa were used as models. POST OFFICE CLOSES TURKEY DAY The Newberry post office will be closed November 27 in ob servance of Thanksgiving Day. There will be no delivery of mail by city or rural carriers nor will there be any window service. Regular lock box ser vice will be maintained and Special Delivery service will be provided. Holiday schedules for the collection, receipt and dis patch of mails will be observed. Five and six cent stamps are available from the stamp mach ine in the lobby of the post office. At College A nineteenth century silver- plated ice-pitcher has been add ed to the Newberry College col lection of items associated with the early years of the College. This type of ice-pitcher with a porcelain lining was popular between 1860-1900 for serving drinking water at the family dinner table. A patent was granted in 1859 to James Stimp- son for his “patent porcelain lining, which is enameled on hard metal and can not be cracked or broken by rough usage”. The pitcher will be displayed in Wessels Library on the New berry College campus. It was presented to Newberry College in memory of Anna Cole man Floyd, who was born in Newberry in 1862 and died in 1914, by her children: Ada Cole man Whitmire Grant, Ports mouth, Va.; Aileen Whitmire McLean, Portsmouth, Va.; B.A. Whitmire, Hendersonville, N.C.; R. S. Whitmire, Hendersonville, N. C.; and the late W. P. Whit mire, Jr., Tuscon, Arizona. MILITARY CADET IS PROMOTED Michael W. Satterwhite of this city has been promoted to the rank of cadet 2nd lieutenant in the George Military College cad et battalion. Satterwhite, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Satterwhite of New berry, is serving as executive officer of Company C. Georgia Military College of Milledgeville is one of the nine essentially military junior col leges in the nation. Its aca demic program, college and pre paratory school, is conducted in a military environment. T e military being a way of student life, a form of student govern ment. HOSPITAL PATIENTS Bradley, Ben, City Buford, Mrs. Clara R., City Cromer, Mrs. Lurine, Whitmire Crooks, Ray, Pomaria Dennis, Mrs. Reba Shealy, City Eichelberger, Mrs. Alberta, Sil- verstreet Eigner, Will, Pomaria Farrow, John Henry, City Fowler, Mrs. May W., City Frye, William I., City Fulmer, Mrs. Elizabeth C., Lees- ville Hardy, John, Pomaria Hawkins, Willie, City Hunter, Blueford, City Hyler, Mrs. Jennie, City Kibler, Mrs. Marine, Prosperity Kinard, Mrs. Annie S., City King, Leland E., City Lominick, Mrs. Jettie, Pomaria Mayer, Oscar Lee, City Pruitt, Mrs. Minnie M., City Reed, Samuel F., City Reid, Newton Lance, City Rinehart, Leroy B., City Ringer, Jacob G., Pomaria Shealy, Aaron Reid, Chapin Shealy, Mrs. Ethel H., Prosper ity Sligh, Frank H., City Tinsley, Ernest A., City Van deLuyster, Mrs Helen, City Vaughn, Mrs. Maude D., City Weaks, Mrs. Minnie, Pomaria Werts, George T., Prosperity Young, Mrs. Gladys, City Brooks, Mrs. Ruby P., City Evans, Mrs. Mildred, Prosper ity Glenn, Miss Alma C., City Griffin, Mrs. Gertrude M., City Davis, James, Kinards Hardy, Mrs. Frances M., Pros perity Lake, Lewis R., City Livingston, Aryan T., City Schumpert, Mrs. Mary T., City Williams, Mrs. Daisy S. and Baby Boy, Prosperity Holiday hours recommended The Retail Committee of the Association for a Greater New berry recommends the follow ing holiday business hours and closings: 1. Remain open until 9 P.M. on Fridays, December 5, 12, 19. 2. Remain open daily until 6 P1M., except on Fridays, be ginning Monday, December 15. 3. Christmas Eve hours left to the individual merchant. 4. Close Christmas Day, De cember 25. 5. Close New Year Day, Jan uary 1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Nov. 23: Russell Aubrey Har ley, C. L. Dowd, Mrs. H. G. Wike, Dave Waldrop, Mrs. H.T. Carlisle. Nov. 24: Joy Hunter, Margar et Shealy, Mrs. R. C. Carlisle. Nov. 25: Jimmy Clamp, Mrs. A. W. Murray, Pope L. Buford, Jr., Alan Senn, W. D. Kinney. Nov. 26, Robert Smith, James R. Williams, Scrappy Wherry, Jimmie Harmon, Richard Har mon, Mrs. Selma B. Price. Nov. 27: Frank Armfield, Mrs. R. L. Lewis, G. S. Parnell, Jeanette Waldrop, Mrs. Ralph Setzler, Fred V. Lester, Cheryl Anne Hentz. Nov. 28: J. W. Longshore, Ce cil Ringer, Jane Paysinger, Joe H. Welbom, Robert T. Stutts. Nov. 29: Mrs. William R. Brooks, Molly Partridge, Mary Riley, Earl Bergen, J. L. Counts Mrs. L. W. Bedenbaugh, W. H. Shannon, Wilmer M. Hite, Billy Davis. The Newberry College Woodwind Ensemble, directed by Prof. Charles P. Pruitt (back to camera) entertained guests at the American Legion Veterans banquet No vember 11. (Sunphoto) A few of the members and guests are seen at the serving table during the Veterans Day banquet given by the American Legion at the Newberry Armory last Tues day night. (Sunphoto)