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Vol. 34—No. 3 Newberry. S. C. 39108. Thursdav. May 7. 1970 $3 PER YEAR The Trumpet Trio, composed of, from left, Foster Bus by. Robert Raffield and Carl Setzler, will be featured during the Spring concert of the Newberry Hiy r h School Band Friday night at 8 p.m. in Newberry High School auditorium. BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS BACK TO WORK Congressman John H Dent of Pennsylania may have startled some of his colleagues in the House of Representatives the other day when he suggested the possibility that nearly half of the people in the country are. directly or indirectly, "living off the government' Census tabu lations may supply more pre cise information on the subject within the next tew months. In the meantime, it is alarming enough to contemplate Cong ressman Dent's disclosure that at least 4t> million Americans are presently drawing regular checks from the government. That includes nine million gov ernment employees It includes the growing hordes of people who are not working—who, in stead, are drawing welfare. It includes retired persons on Soc ial Security. It does not include members of the armed forces. When one considers the wives, husbands and children of the 46 million receiving government checks, the estimate does not seem at all unreasonable that approximately half of the popu lation of the country may be living off the other half. Which brings up the question of inflation, and why it is cost ing so much to live these days, wh> prices for food, clothing, housing, and almost all other goods and services, have been .skyroeketmg It requires no learned student of economics to sec the answer Too few people are engaged m productive work and too many are unwilling to work at all The American econ omy is being strangled by arti ficial, unrealistic and unwork able social theories America, which once boasted an incredible production capa city. is rapidb pricing itself out of trie market To put it bluntly, the republic has been busily discarding its free enterprise system in order to embrace so cialism Politicians have encour aged idleness by establishing governmental programs which make it unnecessary for irres ponsible able-bodied men to work in order to live. Congress raises taxes.then raises the sal aries of its own members by 41 percent That set off a new round ot demands for higher .'.ages with no increase in pro duction Yet some continue to wonder why prices are rising, and why inflation is engulfing the nation The country seems fascinated with the idea of a free rule. Wfiiie we sit idie other nations are stepping up production and shipping goods into this eountrx at astonishing rates i ine thud o! the shoes worn by American-' arc manufactured . .is -ras 4c percent of the sCW- i: lw uiueniue- are foreign made In January and 1 'bruarv of *nis .ear, 11ai automobile pro duction declined by 14 percent .and imparts of foreign cars, in leased b\ 17 percent Last \ t ar percent of our textiles came from other countries Imports of pianos have in creased te five times the mini her in latih. while American pro duction lias declined Ac arc i ven importing an astonishing amount of food. In January- February. more than half of the tomatoes consumed by America were shipped in from Mexico— there are no longer enough workers willing to work to grow and harvest our needs m the Fnited States More than 50 per cent of our fish consumption is imported. (Continued on page 8) College Calendar Three major events are on Thursday's calendar at Newber ry College to begin the activities for the week from May 7 to May 14. Thomas Crowson. professor of history and government at Wm- throp College in Rock Hill, will present the third lecture in the College's Tricentennial His tory Series at 9:25 a m in the Wiles Chapel. He will speak on the "Holt 1 of Religion in South Carolina history". Folowing his speech, student leaders will be recognized for their scholarship and participa tion in extra-curricular activit ies at the annual Awards Day Assembly. The curtain will go up at 8 p m Thursday in the Chapel Theatre for the production of Neil Simon's comedy. "Bare foot m the Park". Directed by Dennis Sanderson, assistant pro- fusser of speech and dramatics, the pla\ will continue through Saturday evening. Tickets may be purchased at the door before each performance Also on Thursday, the Col leges Board of Trustees will eonduet its annual business meeting and elect offieers for the coming \ear High school mu.'ioian.-' will be uh campus Saturdav tor the an nual Stage Band Clinic Four profosionai bandsmen will in struct the visiting .'indents on band techniques The Woodwind Quintet will present a concert at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday May 12 m the Chapel. The recital was originally sched uled for April 28 but was post poned because of the illness of one of the members of the group SAM. the Student Art Mobile on loan from the Greenville County Art Museum, will re main on display in the lobby of the Science and Mathematics Building through Saturday. A student recital is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday evening, May 14 in the Chapel. Local nurses at convention Fifty nurses from South Caro lina are participating in the bi ennial convention of the Ameri can Nurses' Association being held m Miami May 3-9. South Carolina's 12 voting del egates to the National Associa tion policy making body will dis cuss and help make decisions as to ANA position on a national health insurance program, the organization's top priorities for the next two years ana nursing's responsibility to help develop an improved delivery system for health care semes. Among those reprsentmg the state m the House of Delegates are Miss Clara Bouknight and Miss Cora Marie Nelson of Newberry. ATTEND SCHOOL Rostmster Harry F. Moose announced that he will attend a training school of the Post Office Department for the next 90 days, and that Assistant Post master James W Counts will he in charge of the local post office during this period Criminal court scheduled Lor May 18th The May term of General Sessions (GriminaD Court will convene Monday, May 18 at 10 a.m. with Honorable Francis B. Nicholson of Greenwood presid ing. The Grand Jury will re port on Monday at 9:30 and members of the Petit Jury, list ed below, will report on Tues day. May 19 at 9:30: Mary A. Poole, Elley Daven port, Ralph E Minick, Ralph C. Shealy, Sr , Albert P Mature, James C. Mills. Ruby B. Mills, Paul L Hawkins. Ben C. Wick er. William H. Crews. Paul J. Kumfelt. Houseal C Richard son, Bobby R. Nichols, Jonas I. Long, Jr , George Julian Beden- haugli, Ernestine S Counts. Ray A Martin. Edith B Hendrix, Albert Rabin. Alberta S Reeder; Also. William IF Kitchen. I lav- id C Waldrop. Thurman F Ad ams. James 11 Berry. Walter W Senn. Eleanor M Lawson, A L Ruff, John R. Sligh. Wood- row W Edwards, Faye 1). Tay lor. Ralph IF Wicker. Leroy Caltnes, Lorain IF Bedenbaugh. Jr . Margaret R. Blalock, Forest L Powell, Glenn L Fellers, Sar ah L. Kinard. Belton W. Dennis. Willie F Lester and Benjamin J Gill MISS NEWTON IS PRESENTED KEY Miss Anne Newton, a senior at Columbia College, was pre sented the National Key Award for the Gin Beta Phi scientific fraternity. The award was pre sented to Miss Newton at the annual Chi Beta Phi convention held at Columbia College. Each of the 25-30 chapters throughout the nation selected their outstanding member. At the convention a committee was appointed to study each chap ter's nomination. The award was presented to Miss Newton at the banquet closing the con vention. Miss Newton is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. D W Newton of Newberry Friday concert to honor band parents Tribute will be paid to par ents of Newberry High School Band members at the band’s annual Spring Concert Friday night at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. In addition to honoring those who have served as president of the Band Parents Associa tion, the program is also being given in appreciation to the many Newberrians who have supported band fund-raising pro jects over the years. These peo ple are especially invited to at tend the concert, according to Miss Lorraine Paris, director, who said there would be no ad mission charge. Maurice M Moseley is presi dent of the Band Parents As sociation for the current year In addition to Mr Moseley, the past presidents who will he lion ored art 1 : E E Epting, E () Cannon. James Abrams, How ard Turner, Marvin Rucker n M Cobb. R G Lister, E. M Anderson, John L. Epps (de ceased). Frank Armfield, Frank Gillillan, Gordon Leslie, Charles Sligh and Harry Avedisian. The program will feature pat riot ie and religious numbers as well as music from West Side Story, Richard Rodgers melod ies, and other concert selections. Featured soloists will he Rick Nelson and the Trumpet Trio, composed of Foster Bushy, Rob ert Raffield and Carl Setzler Following the concert, those in attendance are invited to a reception in the school cafeteria Officers of the hand are Rick Nelson and Debbie Sligh, co- captains; Sandy Fretwell, lieu tenant; Benny Bartley, first ser- eant; Charles Setzler. sergeant Claire Avedisian. Betty Chand- er, Susan Davis, Debbie Den- me, Robert Raffield, Conn San ders, Carl Setzler and Donna Shealy, corporal Band members who will grad uate this year are Karen Atki- son, Benny Bartley, Randy Ber ry, Dennis Bright, Foster Bus hy, Susan Davis, Debbie Den- nie, Denny Fargle, Sandy Fret- well, Rick Nelson, Robert Raf field, Carl Setzler. Charles Setz ler and Debbie Sligh. SUMMERLAND REUNION SET Spring time is the traditional reunion time for college alumni across the country The alumnae of Summerland College will con tinue this tradition by having their annual reunion on Satur day. May 16 at Newberry Col lege. Summerland was established in 1912 in Leesville by the Luth erans of South Carolina; it was merged with Newberry College in 1931. Mrs. Waldo C. Huffman of Newberry heads the Summer- land Alumnae Association and is making arrangements for the annual meeting which will in clude a business session, a "chitchat” hour, and a noon luncheon. Registration will be from 10:30—11:00 a.m. in Smelt- zer Hall. A TOAST! Ila Anderson, Atlantic Beach, Fla. sopho more, and Steve McCutcheon, Newberry senior, propose a toast in one of the scenes from “Barefoot in the Park,” which will open 8 p. m. Thursday, May 7, in the A.G.D. Wiles Chapel Little Theatre on the Newberry Colleg’e campus. The comedy by Neil Simon will also be performed Friday ant Saturday nights.