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PAGE 8—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 30, 1970 Pope to speak at testimonial dinner May 11 Newberry attorney Thomas H. Pope will be principal speak er at the Robert McC. Figg, Jr. Testimonial dinner set for May 11 at the Carolina Coli seum. Pope, a law graduate of the University of South Carolina, and 1949-50 speaker of the S. C. House of Representatives, will lead several hundred friends and associates in honoring the dean of the USC School of Law. The event, sponsored by the South Carolina State Bar, the South Carolina Bar Association and the USC Student Bar Asso ciation will recognize Dr. Figg’s service and contributions to the Law School the University, the bench and the bar. Tickets to the testimonial are $25 per person. Net proceeds will be used to establish a re volving loan fund for students in the law school. This is a fund RITZ THEATRE THURSDAY and FRIDAY A MAN CALLED HORSE Richard Harris Dame Judith Anderson (GP) SATURDAY MONDAY and TUESDAY WEDNESDAY BOB CAROL TED AND ALICE Natalie Wood Robert Culp THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT URDAY MONDAY TUES DAY and WEDNESDAY IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS Maurice Chevalier Hayley Mills (G) CLOVER LEAF DRIVE-IN FRIDAY and SATURDAY EL DORADO John Wayne Robert Mitchum SUNDAY SAILOR BEWARE Jerry Lewis Always A Color Cartoon The Drive-In Will Be Closed On Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday And Thursday For The Winter Months. Mule drawn wagons are coming back in- berry recently was just a rehearsal for to style with so many counties featuring Newberry’s Tricentennial celebration in them in Tricentennial parades. Perhaps November. (Sunphoto by Steve Armfield) the above scene on College Street in New- that Dean Figg considers to be of paramount importance to the school. Members of the bar, the bench and their wives may obtain tick ets by writing: Robert McC. Figg, Jr. Testimonial, Box 4800, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208. Date for listing in the program the names of those attending the banquet has been extended to Monday, May 4. Gedney M. Howe, Jr., of Charleston, will be toastmaster for the event. Attorneys from the state’s 8th Judicial Circuit assisting in ob taining subscriptions for the tes timonial are J. E. McDonald and W. H. Nicholson, Jr. of Greenwood and Robert D. Schumpert of Newberry. SAM displayed at college SAM is coming to Newberry College and will be on display from April 30 to May 9 on the second floor of Holland Hall. More correctly known as the Student Art Mobile, SAM is a fundamental art teaching aid for the purpose of familiarizing students and the general public with materials, tools, techni ques employed by artists in the area of painting, ceramics, printmaking, and sculpture. Each unit of the exhibition was conceived to be a work of art. The purpose of SAM, accord ing to Corrie McCallum, in- tructor in art at Newberry Col lege are three-fold: —to provide a learning ex perience for youths and adults in the four art areas; —to offer art students an in- depth understanding of the bas ic materials, tools, and techni ques employed by artists and the interrelationships of the four areas; —and to stimulate interest in the “hows” and “whys” of the making of art objects such as paintings, prints, ceramics and sculpture. Each unit of the exhibit which has been developed by Green ville County Art Museum is con- WANT ADS AVON CALLING Your AVON Representative is a member of the world’s most successful and respected group of part-time independent bus iness women. To investigate an opportunity to share in an out standing earnings opportunity call collect Mrs. Brand, 754-7123 or write 3823 Humphrey Dr. Columbia. 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The copy, labels, and audio mater ials have been kept to a mini mum with the maximum em phasis on the visual appeal of the design, the employment of innovative techniques and vis ual communication. The exhibit will be open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Service held for I. M. Mills Funeral services for Irvin Maxcy Mills, who died Tuesday of last week at Newberry Mem orial Hospital, were conducted Thursday afternoon at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church by Rev. J. Hilton Roof. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Mills was bom in this county, son of the late Jacob and Elizabeth Hawkins Mills. He was a retired farmer and painter and a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church. His wife, Mrs. Vinnie Mae Taylor Mills died in 1965. He is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. J. Monroe Dominick of Prosperity; two grandchild ren, Jacob Dominick of New berry and Mrs. Charles Shealy of Prosperity, and six great- grandchildren. Mrs. Eargle, 66, rites Saturday Mrs. Myrtle Sligh Eargle, 66, died early Thursday afternoon at the Newberry Memorial Hos pital after a short illness. Born and reared in this coun ty, she was the daughter of the late Lambert O. and Carrie Reighley Sligh. She had made her home in the Bethlehem sect ion of the county for a number of years prior to moving to New berry. She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Surviving are her husband, James Ben Eargle, Newberry; one daughter, Mrs. John E. Madden, Greenville;one broth er, David M. Sligh, Duncan; one sister, Mrs. Harry Thomas, Fairfax; two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held Saturday morning from the Mc- Swain Funeral Home with Rev. Charles J. Shealy and Rev. A. Boyd Turner conducting. Com mittal services were in Wood- lawn Memorial Park in Green ville. Mrs. Ballentine dies Thursday Mrs. Bertha Shealy Ballentine 81, of Columbia died Thursday in Lowman Home. She was the widow of John William Ballentine and was born in Little Mountain, daugh ter of the late John Anderson and Happy Rachel Boland She aly. She was a member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church Women. Surviving are three sons, J.F. Ballentine of Atlanta, A. W. Bal lentine of Wilmington, Del. and R. A. Ballentine of Columbia; four sisters, Mrs. Jacob Long and Mrs. H. C. Clark of Little Mountain, Mrs. W. C. Koon of Chapin and Mrs. G. E. Lever of Columbia; and a brother, M. C. Shealy of Columbia. Funeral services were held Saturday in her church. E. D. Kingsmore services held Elton David Kingsmore, 28, of Route 4, died Monday morning at the Newberry County Hos pital. Mr. Kingsmore was born in Newberry County, the son of Dewey David Kingsmore and Virginia Martin Kingsmore of Pomaria. He was owner of Kingsmore Heating and Cooling and was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Claudette Lester Kingsmore; two sons, David Claude and Rex Albert Kingsmore; two daugh ters, Miss Pamela Marie and Miss Tina Lynell Kingsmore, all of the home; one brother, Anthony Dale Kingsmore of Pomaria; three sisters, Mrs. John Price and Miss Elizabeth Ann Kingsmore, both of Pom aria and Mrs. Glenn Huffstetler of Columbia; and his grand mother, Mrs. Phrone Martin of Chapin. Funeral services were held Final rites for Ernest Martin George Ernest Martin, 63, of 1817 College Street, died early Monday morning at the New berry County Memorial Hospi tal after a short critical illness. Mr. Martin was a native of Newberry, son of Mrs. Lizzie King Martin and the late George W. Martin. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Adelphian Sunday School Class and Amity Lodge No. 87. He was a retired sales man and a veteran of World War II. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jeanette Nimmons Martin; two brothers, Walter L. Martin of Laurens and Robert Ansel Mar tin of Newberry; four sisters, Mrs. Naomi Tollison and Mrs. Arthur McLeod, both of San Diego, Calif., Mrs. William Le- Valley and Mrs. George T. Smith, both of Newberry. Funeral services were con ducted at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. J. Anderson Bass. Inter ment was in Newberry Mem orial Gardens with Masonic Rites. Active pallbearers were Doug las Holliday, B. Rudolph Nim mons, Harry Holliday, Dwight Wayne Martin, Jerry Martin, and Richard Ansel Martin. Serving as honorary pallbear ers were members of the Adel phian Sunday School Class of First Baptist Church. LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET THURSDAY The American Legion Auxi liary will meet Thursday, May 7 at the home of Mrs. Olin Wessinger. Associate hostesses will be Mrs. Estelle Taylor, Mrs. Forrest Miller and Mrs. Homer Long. Wednesday at 4 p.m. at St. Paul Lutneran Church. Burial followed in the church ceme tery. ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF 1206 Lindsay Street Repair service on Small Appliances and Office Machines. Also, Locksmithing. ,