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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS SORRY ABOUT THAT I really had no intention of giving our Senior U. S. Sena tor a new name in last week’s Sunpaper. Before the ink was dry on the issue, my attention was called to the fact that in the story about the Mid-Caro lina Electric Cooperative get ting a loan from REA, the Sen ator was referred to as Strom Thursday. I could give you all sorts of excuses as to how this hap pened but it just boils down to the matter of my not catching the error when the proofs were read. So, my apologies to the Sen ator—but I'm sure every one was aware that it WAS Sen. Thurmond who made the an nouncement. BIT IRRITATED Jimmy Coggins got a bit ir ritated last Friday morning as people kept calling the radio station to ask about whether school would be in session. I can't blame him for being a little unhappy about those call ers who admitted they didn't even have the radio tuned in to hear the reports Before the morning was over, however, I was a little irritated, too- with Jimmy Coggins! Jimmy was very sure, early Friday morning, that there was not a possibility of any bad road conditions developing as a result of a “few” (as he said) snowflakes. “There's no reason to call off school,” he told sev eral persons who called in. Well, I took his word for it— but at the last minute I de cided it might be best to “chauf feur” that morning and not take a chance on having the car 'snowed in” after sitting in the open at the high school all day. I want to inform Mr. Coggins that it took me 45 minutes to make the trip which wouldn't have been much over a mile. At the time he was saying on the air that there was nothing to be concerned about, I was struggling to keep the car from sliding into a utility pole or another car. With the help of a kind policeman, 1 managed to avoid hitting a police patrol car which, Mr. Coggins, had become stuck on the icy street. 1 nursed the car up N a n c e, Chapman, College and Bound ary. and managed to get home with noting w'orse than a case of shattered nerves. You had better believe, how ever, that next time 1 won t take Jimmy’s word for the weather conditions and I just might venture to guess that lat er in the morning, he was think ing the same thing INSANE TALK No one around these parts is likely to soon forget that it was the Senator from Indiana one Birch Bayh, who was respon sible for denying Judge Clem ent llaynsworth a seat on the F S Supreme Court The Senator certainly isn't held in very high esteem by South Carolinians, now comes evidence that the feeling about the man is shared in other parts of the country An editorial to this effect was published in The Portsmouth (Ohio) Times and reprinted in the Jan 27 issue of The Green ville News I think you will find it interesting “The raving of C S. Sen. Birch Bayh. Indiana Democrat, at a recent fund raising dinner m Columbus (Ohio) was typi- (Continued on page 8) Vol. 33—No. 41. Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, January 29, 1970 $3 PER YEAR College hires security man CHAMPION CEDAR—Newberry claims the largest Cedrus Deodora in South Carolina. The tree was planted in 1920 in the front yard at the home of Miss Grace Sum mer, 737 Caldwell Street. Two trees were planted, male and female. The male is the Champion, according- to the District Forester’s office. The tree stands 72 feet tall, measures 8 feet, 7 inches around tin* trunk and spreads its limbs outward for 52 feet. Growing under the female tree there are approximately 1000 seedlings. The trees have two different species of burrs, both if which are very attractive. (Sunphoto) Major Huston E. Robison, U. S. Army retired, has been named to the new position of Director of Security at New berry College bv President A.GD. Wiles. In his assignment, which he will assume February 1, Major Robison will have the respon sibility of establishing and im plementing regulations for the security of the students, facul ty and staff of the College and personal property. He wall also maintain liaison between the College and the city, county and stale law en forcement officers and the New berry Fire Department. “Although a Security Officer will be new for Newberry Col lege,” Dr Wiles said in an nouncing the post, "practically all other colleges in the nation have long had a security offi cer on campus.” Major Robison brings w r i t h him a long record of security work: he has served as mili tary police officer and most re cently has been on the Univer sity of South Carolina police force. He was appointed Police and Security at the University in 1964. Major Robison is house hunt ing and will move his family here as soon as possible. They are presently living in Cayce. Aiken begins Tricentennial South Carolina’s Tricentennial celebration, officially scheduled to open April 14 at Charleston, will get an early send-off with a special February 12-15 pro gram in Aiken, once renowned winter resort, now probably bet ter known as headquarters for the Atomic Energy Commiss ion’s 18-year-old Savannah Riv er Plant. The Savannah River, which has figured prominently in the nation’s history since as early as 1540 when Hernando de Soto paid it a visit at nearby Silver Bluff, will be the background for an original play entitled, Drums Along the Savannah”. This costume drama, written by Mrs M D McDowell, chair man of the Aiken County Tn centennial Committee's school sub-committee, will cover the history of the middle Savannah river area from DeSoto to the present day. Other events on the three-day program will he the official opening of a new Aiken County museum in the old county jail, a Tricentennial parade to be staged by the Junior Chamber of Commerce the first evening, an Aiken Pony Club benefit show with a special Tricenten nial trophy, Tricentennial polo match on historic Whitney field, a schedule of private home tours sponsored by the Aiken Business and Professional Wom en's Club with a number of the old winter residences on the itinerary and an old-time reli gious sing-out Board re-elects Ed Young as chairman Ed Young ivt ii - n i o - chairman of the New in •:} County Board of Eum ation at the Board's regular month!,, meeting Tuesda) night Memhem of the hoar a re-elected Di John Roche Whitmi re as \ ico cii aim ian The hoard voted to i 'o;cm 11; date ;< ill oui wtandirn 'ulidll;,. funds. tut a hr it: abou t $ !2 1 non into a counts 'wide fu ml Monts will no longc a be ,i e v i > ’ not! o individi ,ial sc hooB The hoard \ oted t . < . / v pern about $3,000 for thi • pi jit hast of a w alk in freezer for Bound arv St reet 1' dement; irv School The state is expected to finance 75 percent of the purchase cost estimated at over $9,000 UNITED FUND BOARD TO MEET The Board of Directors of the Newbem County United Fund will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, February 10 at 7 30 p m in the Community Room of the Newberry Federal Sav ings N Loan Association Now officers and board mem- J J. McAlister dies at home ink;, T McAlister died Mon- u.i> ns ruing at his residence, 1122 Hunt Street, after a -hurt critical illness M; McAlister was born in Wcodudf the sun of Mrs Nora A .i.m r McAlister of Greenville ,>ii ! tm iate Tom MeAlister. c a... u salesman for Rob- - ■ ’ New .md l Ned ('ars. I le w,r. a member of St Mark’s 1 . 11 Ml H l> ( I; UI oil ■m\i\!ng also are his wife, M. Kv a Hai ns McAlister; a daughter Miss Pamela McAh- ct o! Washington, D C , two m ether Jame.s and Horace \1< Muter of Greenville; and a .aster, Mrs Lois Roberts of i d'eenville Luneral services were held Wednesday morning at St. Mark Catholic Church Burial was in RuAemont Cemetery in Clinton. Mr and Mrs. L Douglas Keel are making their home at 1502 Glenn Street. hers will he elected at the time. The public is cordially invited to attend thi., meeting, accord ing to D. B. Brittain, president of the County United Fund. Prevention of crime week proclaimed PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, NOW is the time to RPIACT to crime in our streets and to continue to RE ACT against crime until it has been banished from our cities; and WHEREAS, to REACT is to protect the rights, security and property of our citizens from those who perpetrate criminal acts; and WHEREAS, to REACT is to demonstrate respect for and co operation with our law enforce ment agencies and to protect our neighbors, our fellowman, from the ravages of crime, be it physical or mental injury or even death; and WHEREAS. Exchange Clubs throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, guided by The National Exchange Club, have adopted the theme REACT as a means to get ALL of our citizens involved to rid our streets of this most terrible of menaces during this, their 23rd consecutive year as sponsors of National C r i m e Prevention Week, NOW, THEREFORE as May or of the City of Newberry, I W hereby proclaim that Nat ional Crime Prevention Week shall be observed February 8 through 14, 1970 in our City, and 1 urge that the spirit of this week be continued through out the year I appeal to all citizens to REACT against crime. report suspected or actual criminal activities, and pledge total cooperation and support of law enforcement. Clarence A Shealy, Jr. Mayor of Newberry Poll results be made known The “Gallup Poll” came to Newberry this month when 29 Newberry College students poll ed a random sample of New berry residents to get their views on a variety of contem porary subjects The collegians are doing the political science research as a part of the requirements in one of the College’s Interim courses. The students prepared the questionnaire and then had per sonal interviews with the 351 Newberry residents in their random sample. They are now in the process of coding and analyzing the data—with the help of a computer. They plan to publish the results of the survey at the conclusion of the course. The questions, all of which were written by the students in the class, ranged from such a wide range of subjects as the Newberrians’ feelings on the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights question, the national level to the quality of education in this state and the effectiveness of the food stamp program in South Carolina.