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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 30, 1970
Two Newberry area Guardsmen were among the 61
graduates of the South Carolina National Guard’s Non
Commissioned Officer Academy in Columbia, Sunday.
Receiving diplomas from Briadier General Robert L.
McCrady, the assistant S. C. Adjutant General, are Ser
geant Ronald T. Mills, left, and Staff Sergeant George C.
Force, Jr., right.
Women voters
league to
be discussed
A group of Newberry women
who wish to organize a local
chapter of the League of Wom
en Voters invites all interested
women in Newberry County to
a pre-organizational meeting at
the Bankers Trust building on
College Street on Friday, May
1 at 10 a.m. The League of
Women Voters is a non-partisan
organization whose concern is
that all citizens become inform
ed and active participants in
their democratic form of govern
ment. The League never sup
ports or opposes a candidate
or a party, but rather studies
issues relating to government
at all levels.
The activities of the League
are two-fold: Voter Service,
which includes campaigns to en
courage voting and publication
of information about all candi
dates and their platforms, and
League Program, which is the
study of governmental problems
and issues at the local, state,
and national levels. Since 1956
Leagues all over the United
States have been active in the
fight to clean up the water sup
ply, long before the recent con
cern over pollution arose. In
South Carolina Leagues have
been concerned with improving
education and housing and up
dating registration and election
laws.
There arc at present 6 leagues
in South Carolina: in Green
ville, Columbia, Charleston, Ai
ken, Clemson and Sumter. The
organization of a new league
in Florence has begun recently.
There are 1,275 local Leagues
in America with 157,000 mem
bers.
Mrs. Robert Moxon, League
state organizer has visited New
berry and has encouraged the
Newberry County women to
form a league. She feels that
communities with Leagues are
more unified and that citizens
become better informed and
more involved in solving the
problems of government.
The League of Women Voters
believes in representative gov
ernment and the individual lib
erties established in the United
States Constitution and that
democratic government depends
upon the informed and active
participation of its citizens.
If there is enough interest
shown at the pre-organizational
meeting on May 1, an organi
zational meeting will be held
on May 19 at 7:45 p.m. If fur
ther information is desired it
may be obtained from a mem
ber of the preliminary commit
tee: Mrs. R. A. Hightower, Mrs.
F D. Thompson, Mrs. W. R.
Edwards, Mrs. Allen F. Page,
or Mrs. James Hill.
WITH MEN IN
The SERVICES
WICHITA FALLS - Airman
Anthony E. Martin, son of Mrs.
Annie F. Martin of 1609 Moon
Street has graduated at Shep
pard AFB, Tex. from the U. S.
Air Force aircraft mechanics
course.
The airman, now trained to
maintain and service reciproca
ting engine aircraft and air
craft systems, is being assigned
to Shaw AFB for duty with the
Tactical Air Command which
provides combat air support for
U. S. ground forces.
Airman Martin is a 1967 grad
uate of Gallman High School.
His wife, Judith, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Alex
ander of 701 James Street.
VIETNAM - Sgt. First Class
Jack A. Goff, son of Mrs. Em
ma H. Goff, Route 1, recently
received the Army Commend
ation Medal during recent cere
monies near Can Tho, Viet
nam.
Sgt. Goff received the award
for meritorious service as air
operations sergeant and first
sergeant of Company A of the
10th Psychological Operations
Battalion.
MOREHEAD CITY — Mar
ine Private First Class James
F. Merchant, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. Merchant, Jr., Route
1, Kinards, is serving with the
First Battalion, Eighth Marine
Regiment with the U. S. Sixth
Fleet amphibious forces in the
Mediterranean.
He will participate in am
phibious exercises with United
States and NATO units.
PANAMA CITY - U. S. Air
Force Major Thomas B. Brad
ley, son of Mrs. Estelle Brad
ley of 503 Floyd St. has ar
rived for duty at Tyndall Air
Force Base, Florida.
Major Bradley, a manpower
management staff officer, is
assigned to a unit of the Aero
space Defense Command which
protects the U. S. against hos
tile aircraft and missiles. He
previously served at Ent AFB,
Colorado.
The major, a 1950 graduate of
Newberry High School, earned
his B. S. degree from Clemson
University where he was com
missioned through the Air Force
Reserve Officers Training pro
gram. He also holds an M. S.
degree from Georgia Institute
of Technology. Major Bradley
holds an aeronautical rating of
senior pilot and has served in
Vietnam.
His wife, Betty, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom brig-
man of Route 1.
Mental Health
needs are noted
The following article has been
submitted in connection with
Mental Health Week, which will
be observed next month:
“The mentally ill is one, if
not the most, neglected peoples
of our State. How long has it
been since you visited one of
the institutions where our men
tally ill are hospitalized, or are
you one of the people who look
down their nose at these pat
ients? Do you think this cannot
happen to me or anyone in my
family? Do we look with scorn
at our neighbors who are hos
pitalized with TB, cancer, or
such? Of course not, so get
interested in the hospitalized
mentally ill and learn about
the small things that can be.
done to make them more com
fortable and happy.
“Mental Health Week is in
May. If any Church, school or
civic group, including men’s
groups, would be interested in
volunteering time, or one of the
new programs, such as Adopt-
A-Ward, they may contact the
chairman of the Volunteer Ser
vices Committee in Newberry,
Ronnie A. Hightower; Mrs. Cleo
R. Goodwin, ACSW Coordinat
or of Volunteer Services at the
S. C. State Hospital, or Rev.
Cecil Camlin, Executive Direct
or, S. C. Mental Health Asso
ciation, 1823 Gadsden Street,
Columbia.
“Of approximately 90 wards,
only about 80 need adopting.
“Small things mean a lot, too.
Small permanent flower ar
rangements for the tables in
the dining rooms mean much to
the patients. Sometimes they
like them so much, someone
will carry them to their room.
But what difference do a few
Hewers make if someone really
likes them? Bingo prizes, such
as deodorant, after shave lot
ion, pipes, tobacco, dolls, head-
bands, checkers, jigsaw puz
zles, coloring books and cray
ons, paint by number sets and
current issues of magazines are
welcome.
“One group in Newberry coun
ty, the B&S Extension Home
makers Club, has been sharing
Christmas with the patients by
donating gifts for Operation
Santa Claus for the last two
years. On Wednesday, April 8,
the members of this group and
two guests went on a guided
tour of the hospital grounds and
buildings. They visited the Cha
pel, several wards, dining room,
the William S. Hall Psychiatric
Institute. Mrs. Goodwin point
ed out different buildings as
they rode alone. The James F.
Byrnes Medical Center, the cot
tages and the building for vet
erans were some of the most
interesting. The brick used in
the veneer of the Chapel was
once the wall around the hospi
tal grounds. Another very in
teresting building was the cloth
ing store. A need is great for
large sizes in womens garments
16 and larger, in good repair
and clean. Also mens clothes
in all sizes are needed badly.
“Church, school, civic groups
are needed to visit regularly
in assigned areas to bring fel
lowship, refreshments and en
tertainment to patients. There
is a need for more visiting. It
would be possible for a staff
member to visit the club for
one of its meetings to give fur
ther interpretation concerning
volunteer services and contri
butions. Volunteers themselves
derive reward and satisfaction
through services rendered.”
UDC CHAPTER TO
HAVE SERVICE
Calvin Crozier Chapter of the
UDC will meet Tuesday May
5 at 4 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Charles Owens, 1707 Clarkson
Ave. Hostesses will be Mrs. J.L.
Feagle, Mrs. Clem Youmans,
Mrs. O. O. Copeland, Mrs. W.
Roy Anderson and Mrs. B. F.
Hawkins. Program leaders will
be chapter members who will
give information on Confederate
Memorial Day and outstanding
monuments to the Confederate
Dead.
Members are asked to meet
at the Calvin Crozier Monument
in Rosemont Cemetery for a
brief Memorial service at 3:45,
prior to the regular meeting.
HORSE RIDERS
PLAN TRIP
The Buncombe Trail Riding
Club invites horseback riders
to participate in an over-night
ride on the Buncombe Trail,
through the Sumter National
Forest on Saturday and Sun
day, May 9 and 10. This his
toric trail through the Sumter
National Forest has recently
been opened by the U. S. For
estry Service.
The 45-mile ride will leave at
9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 9
and ride to the Brick House
Campground for a steak supper
and overnight camp-out.
Additional information may be
obtained from Gerald Johnson,
697-6207; Jane Hightower, 276-
4475 or Maree Thomas, 276-
1594.
Reservations must be made
by Saturday, May 2.
RETIREES PLAN
TRIP TO GARDENS
All members or prospective
members of the Oakland Re
tirees Club who plan to go to
the Charleston area gardens on
May 7 are asked to notify, by
mail, A. B. Stribble at 1618 First
Street no later than Saturday,
May 3. This information is need
ed so that transportation can
be planned.
The group will meet as plan
ned at Lewis Methodist Church
on May 7 not later than 9 a.m.
APPOINTED TO
WEST POINT
Congressman Bryan Dorn has
appointed James A. Butler, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Butler
of 1318 Silas Street to the United
States Military Academy at
West Point, New York.
Butler will graduate from
Newberry High School in May
and will begin his studies at
West Point in June.
“Jimmy is a fine young man,”
Dorn said, “and I am proud to
appoint him to West Point.”
County Building
Permits
Joe and Linda Kunkle, Route
2, Prosperity, seven room brick
veneer dwelling, $15,000.
Henry Barnett, Newberry add
room to dwelling, $6,000.
Carroll Dale Eargle and Doris
Christine Hamby of Newberry
were married here on April 4.
Walter H. Keith, Sr. of Col
umbia and Mary M. Courtney
of Newberry were married in
Newberry on April 3.
Robert E. Mitchell of New
berry and Kathryn Jean Shaw
of Sumter were married at
Sumter on April 10.
The City Of Newberry
NATURAL GAS DEPARTMENT
is now installing the following year ’round gas appli
ances LABOR free: Ranges, water heaters, clothes
dryers, refrigerators, outside lights, grills, incinerators,
and air-conditioners. This will continue through
September 15.
SEE OR PHONE US RIGHT AWAY!
CITY OF NEWBERRY
Phone 276-2616 Boyce St. Newberry, S. C.
In the City Hall