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PAGE 6—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 9, 1970 Lise Faye Owen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Owen of Newberry, celebrated her 1st birthday Decem ber 31. Maternal grandparent is Mrs. Nina A. Perdue, of Newberry and the late William Perdue, Jr. and patern al grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. W. Kendall Smith of Newberry and the late T. Marvin Owen. Maternal great- grandparent is Mrs. Sallie M. Perdue of Newberry. Pa ternal great-grandparents are Mrs. Pearl Smith of New berry and Mrs. Lonnie Lever of Columbia. Mrs. Owen is the former Miss Nancy Perdue. Civitan Club entertained The Newberry High School Junior Civinette Club entertain ed and honored its founding or ganization, the Newberry Civi tan Club, at a first anniversary banquet and program at the Newberry Civitan Clubhouse on Tuesday evening. The Junior Civinettes began the festivities by singing “Happy Birthday” and by reciting the Civitan Creed. Miss Trudy Force gave the blessing which was followed by the banquet prepared by the Civinettes and by the cutting of the birthday cake. Miss Deane Rodelsperger, program chairman, then pre sented a musical program feat uring the following Civinettes: Interpretive dancing, Misses Paege Randolf and Cile Pur cell; piano music, Miss Mary Martha Avedesian; and singing, Misses Lucette Bernard, Mary Nell Hockett, Bette Moseley, Kathy Moseley, Becky West moreland and Annie Laurie Da vis. At the conclusion of the pro gram, Vice President Bob Wil liams of the Club thanked the Civinettes for their delightful banquet and program, congrat ulated them on their accom plishments during their first year, and wished them success as they go forward. He then called on Civitan F. Scott Elliott Jr., club sergeant-at-arms, to take charge of the drawing for Mr. X, which was won by Civi tan Drayton Minick. The Civitan Clubhouse was decorated with streamers of crepe paper and balloons to create a festive birthday at mosphere, and all present wore red. white and blue Birthday hats in honor of the occasion. Students have holiday Friday Students in the public schools of the county will have a holi day Friday, as the 30,000 mem ber South Carolina Education Association invades the state capital for its annual convention. Headquarters for the army of educators will be the Carolina Coliseum. Meeting under the theme, “Love of Country”, Association members will occupy many of the city’s churches, schools, mo tels, restaurants and theaters during the two-day affair. Pre-convention activities will begin on April 8 with the School Bell Awards Banquet. At this time the SCEA will present awards to members of the Palmetto State mass media who have been judged as making outstanding contributions in the field of education. The largest exhibit of school supplies and equipment in the state will go on display Thursday with 141 firms and colleges pro viding members with the latest in educational material develop ments. Registration times will coincide with exhibit hours on both days of the convention. Par ticipants may register and view the exhibits between the hours of noon and 8 p.m. on Thursday and 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday. During the two-day conference many speakers of both nation al and local prominence will ad dress departmental business meetings on Friday morning. Members will gather on Fri day afternoon at 2:00 for the se cond general session. The Hon. Robert E. McNair and Dr. Cyril B. Busbee will address the as sembly. Dr. John Otts, dean of the school of education at the University of South Carolina will introduce the keynote speaker for the convention, Dr. Kenneth McFarland. An internationally known lecturer and educational consultant, Dr. McFarland has been recognized as the nation’s most eloquent exponent of the American system. He will ad dress the group on “Speak Up for America”, adhering to the public-spirited convention theme. PARTICIPATES IN STUDENT RECITAL Miss Judy Farb, a sophomore music student at Newberry Col lege, will participate in a stu dent recital at 8 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in the Wiles Chapel on the campus. Miss Farb, who plays the piano, is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Farb, 1412 Griffith Park, Newberry. Final play for college theatre One of the most spectacular successful comedies in American stage history, “Barefoot in the Park”, has been selected as the final production this year for the Newberry College Theatre. The play will be staged May 7, 8 and 9 in the Wiles Chapel Theater on the campus. The comedy, which ran on Broadway for 1,532 perform ances from the fall of 1963 until late 1967, is a charade about a pair of newlyweds. “Barefoot in the Park” was written by Neil Simon, the playwright who has been acclaimed as the wittiest writer of comedy since the time of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Other hits to Simon’s cred it include “Come Blow Your Horn”, “Little Me”, “The Odd Couple”, “Sweet Charity”, and “The Star Spangled Girl”. Ila Anderson, Atlantic Beach, Fla., plays the role of the young bride’s mother; Susan Garret, Pickens freshman, and Dan San- berg, Aiken freshmen, the bride and groom; Steve McCutcheon, Newberry senior, an aging up stairs neighbor; Allen Witt, Lake City, Fla.freshmen, and Roger Jones, Chester junior, complete the cast presently rehearing un der the direction of Dennis San derson, assistant professor of speech and dramatics. Dale Willis, assistant profes sor of speech and dramatics, is designing the set for the bleak apartment that the scatterbrain ed bride has leased for a first home, a garret that leaks snow through its skylight and has a radiator that fails to produce much heat. Dreher park plans outlined A preview of the plans for Dreher Island State Park, Lake Murray, was presented to local office holders of surrounding communities Monday in a spec ial meeting on the island. Plans for the undeveloped park were discussed by Bob Hickman, ex ecutive director of the S. C. Department of Parks, Recreat ion and Tourism. Special activities for the pre view included a boat tour from 3-8 p.m., a social hour and a barbecue supper. The preview was sponsored by the Newberry County Development Board. The 345-acre island is being made available for park use by South Carolina Electric and Gas Company on a long-term lease for $1 a year. The island is on the northern side of the lake and is in the extreme south eastern comer of Newberry County. The property for the park, which actually consists of a large island and two smaller ones, has a shore line of more than 12 miles. Access to the island park will be by causeway. Preliminary plans include a major structure containing a change house, pav ilion, recreation area, traffic control center, concession oper ations, observation tower and offices, with nearby swimming beach area and a marine oper ation with docks. “But let me emphasize that our plans may be altered as we go,” Hickman said. “These are the facilities we envision for the park now.’ A 50-unit camping facility would be provided with grills, running water, electricity, sew age disposal and comfort stat ions. More campsites may be added in the future. Picnic areas along the shore line would contain rest stations, picnic facilities, drinking water, an organized sports area, and a playground. Floating docks would be provided in each pic nic area. Also included in the prelimi nary plans is a stadium with reviewing and judging stands for water sports. Special dock ing and services would be es tablished to meet the needs of boat racers. Four water taxis which are designed to transport 50 pass engers would offer water ap proach to the various areas of interest. Other facilities proposed for the park are two community buildings for small group or ganized indoor activities on a year round basis, 15 arrps o f NEWBERRY COLLEGE STUDENTS along with ev erybody in the United States are being counted this month for the 1970 census. Dormitory students filled out the census forms in the Kaufmann Hall Lounge on Wed nesday, April 2. Ruth Epting, Charleston freshman, makes a final check to make sure her form is filled out correctly. parking on the first island and water and sewage treatment plants and underground wiring. Wallace Brock, retired Army captain from Georgia, has been secured as Superintendent for Dreher Island State Park. MISS ARNOLD ON DEAN'S LIST Miss Barbara S. Arnold of Pomaria was one of 184 stu dents at Midlands TEC to be listed on the Dean’s list at the end of the Winter Quarter, Re gistrar Jim Southern announc ed today. The list of those who achieved a “B” or better average included students from 14 counties of South Carolina and one from out of state, he said. Marriages Gerald Wayne Farr, Little Mountain, and Elizabeth Cora Smith, Newberry, were married in Prosperity on March 10. Heyward Charlie Kinard and Sara Margaret Scarborough of Newberry were married here on March 28. Roger C. Sprawls of New berry and Jacqueline R. Goff, Saluda were married in New berry on March 27. Vernon Lee Koon, Jr. and Gloria Maxine Hilley of New berry were married here on March 28. POETIQUE $300 Wedding Ring $39.75 Finlandia $350 Special ^ carat Turner & Taylor JEWELERS