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The Newberry Sun Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 21, 1970—PAGE 7 THE FIRST 1970 NEWBERRIAN, the student yearbook at Newberry College, was presented to Billy Koch, New berry junior, president of the Student Government Asso ciation by Eleanor Burnette, Newberry senior and editor of this year's book. Koch is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Koch, Jr., 1307 Drayton Street, and Miss Burnette is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Burnette, 2130 Mower Street, Newberry. Margaret Paysinger, the fac ulty advisor of the Newberrian is in the background. It didn’t take long after the official opening of Lynch’s Woods to the public for vandals to find their way in. The photo above shows the results. No arrests have been made but county officials are following clues which may lead to the identity and arrest of the responsible individuals. (Sunphoto) Three members of family die in May Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Koon were con ducted Sunday at St. Paul Luth eran Church by Rev. Harold Fuller and Rev. J. L. Drafts. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Eusebius Hollan Koon, 88, died at his residence Saturday morning after a lingering ill ness. He was bom in this coun ty, the son of the late Wallace P. and Rebecca Cromer Koon. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, the Golden Age Group, and Woodmen of the World, and was a retired farmer. Mrs. Koon, the former Lula Mae Bowers. 83, died Thurs day afternoon at her residence after a lingering illness. She was born in this county, the daughter of the late George and Frances Warner Bowers. She was a member of St.Paul Luth eran Church,the Golden Age Group and LCW, Group 1. Mr and Mrs. Koon are sur vived by two sons, Lolan L. Koon and Eric C. Koon, both of Pcmaria; one daughter, Mrs. Robert L. Long of Pomaria. Eldredge (Doc) Koon, a son, died May 7, 1970. Eleven grand children and five great-grand children also survive. Mr. Koon is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Julia Werts of Prosperity. Mrs. Koon is also survived by one brother, G. Lester Bow ers of Prosperity. W. C. BOYD DIES AT NURSING HOME Winsor Charlie Boyd, 85, died Thursday morning at the Jesse Frank Hawkins Nursing Home after a lingering illness. He was a native of Georgia and had been employed in Spar tanburg before his retirement. Among his survivors is a granddaughter, Mrs. J. P. Wick er of this county. Funeral services were con ducted Friday at Whitaker Fun eral Home by the Rev. William Bell. Interment was in Baxter Cemetery. COUNTY NATIVE DIES IN GREENWOOD Mrs. Lillie Mae Griffin, 68, widow of S. Blair Griffin, of Anderson, died in Greenwood Thursday. She was born in Newberry County, daughter of the late Pierce Butler and lola Alewine Banks. She was a member of Central Presbyterian Church. Surviving are two sons, two sisters and six grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday at Anderson. Burial was in Old Silver Brook Ceme tery. Edgar B. Waites dies suddenfy Edgar Brady Waites, 63, of Route 1, Pomaria, died sudden ly Sunday afternoon at New berry Memorial Hospital. Mr. Waites was bom in Pros perity, the son of the late Brady Edker and Lena Dominick Waites. He was employed with Newberry County as a guard and was a member of Enoree Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Mae Livingston Waites; four sons, Bennett Waites of Newberry and Ken neth, Willie and Ted Waites, all of Pomaria; four daughters, Mrs. Harold Lake of Newberry and Mrs. Albert Long, Mrs. Lindsay Livingston and Mrs. Carroll Leitzsey, all of Pomar ia; one brother, Jacob Waites of Pomaria, one sister, Mrs. Daniel Graham of Pomaria and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted Tuesday at Enoree Bap tist Church by the Rev. Wilkes Skinner and the Rev. Albert Cox. Interment was in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. NEWBERRY NATIVE DIES IN FLORIDA Henry Edward Digby, 76, of St. Petersburg Fla., died last week in a Florida hospital. He was the son of the late Thomas Jasper and Victoria Cash Dig by of Newberry. Graveside services were held in Rosemont Cemetery in New berry Thursday. Mrs. Lake dies of attack Mrs. Julia Blair Lake, 71, widow of the late A. B. Lake of Silverstreet, died suddenly Sunday afternoon en route to the Newberry Memorial Hospi tal after suffering a heart at tack at her home in Silverstreet. Mrs. Lake was born and reared in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late J. C. and Nancy Dominick Blair. She had made her home in Ridgeway and Newberry for a number of years. For the past seven years she was house mother for Newberry College and formerly was house mother for Epworth Orphanage. She was a member of New Chapel Methodist Church. Surviving are two sons, A. B. Lake, Jr., Lincolnton, Ga. and R. B. Lake, Ridgeway; one daughter, Mrs. Merle Frick of Blythewood; two brothers, J.E. Blair, Spartanburg and J. L. Blair, Newberry; four sisters, Mrs. R. H. Wiggins, Timmons- ville, Mrs. M. O. Youmans of Columbia, Mrs. B. F. Long of Newberry and Mrs. Grady Force of Silverstreet; seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from New Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. H. J. Harmon and Rev. John P. Griffith conducting. In terment followed in the Silver- street Cemetery. Calhoun Harman died last week J. Calhoun Harman, 75, for merly of Newberry, died Mon day of last week in a Charlotte hospital after a short critical illness. Mr. Harman was born in Sal uda County, the son of the late J. “Callie” and Elizabeth Bal- lentine Harman. He is survived by his widow, Eloise Reeder Harman of Char lotte, N. C.; two daughters, Mrs. Francis (Margaret) Hayes of Charlotte and Mrs. Henry M. (Carolyn) Young of Clinton; one brother, Willie L. Harman of Saluda. Three grandsons and one granddaughter also survive. Funeral services were held Tuesday in McEwen Funeral Home, with burial in Charlotte Memorial Gardens. MRS. GILBERT DIES IN LAURENS Mrs. Inez Harris Gilbert, 59, of Laurens, wife of J. Roy Gil bert, died Sunday. Among her survivors is a daughter, Mrs. Betty Traylor; a sister, Mrs. Maudie Mae Ear- wood, both of Newberry; two brothers, Gardner Harris of Ki- nards and Sam Harris of Chap pells. HOSPITAL PATIENTS Mrs. Susanne Alewine and Baby Girl, City Miss Evelyn Austin, City Mrs. Dorothy Bodie, City Charles Caldwell, Pomaria Mrs. Brenda Chappell, Pomaria Mrs. Martha Connelly, City Willie Curry, Pomaria James Davis, City Mrs. Frances Douglas, Joanna Haskel Floyd, City J. Guy Floyd, City William Floyd, Silverstreet Mrs. Mae Fowler, Pomaria Clifton Free, City Mrs. Ellen Gary, City Mrs. Hazel Gilfillan, City Benjamin Hall, Prosperity Mrs. Johnnie Hemker, City John Wesley Henderson, City Mrs. Willie Mae Hentz, City Bluford Hunter, City Mrs. Inez Jones, City Mrs. Annie Kinard, City Mrs. Daisy Kinard, City Mrs. Nellie Koon, Chapin Ernest Layton, City Irvin Leslie, City Ollie Lever, City Nathaniel Lindler, Prosperity Mrs. Norman Long, Prosperity Adger Longshore, City Mrs. Evelyn Mangum, Blair Mrs. Betty Mills, City Fletcher Rinehart, City Henry Holland Ruff, City Mrs. Nell Ruff, City Mrs. Wilhelmenia Ruff, City Little Cristrea Sanders, City Harvey O. Shealy, Clinton James Sligh, City Mrs. Dorothy Stephen, Prosper ity Lewis Robert Suber, Whitmire Mrs. Rebecca Sutton, City Pinkney Teague City Mrs. Mattie Thompson, City J. Howard Turner, City Mrs. Mary Washington, City George T. Werts, Prosperity Mrs. Elizabeth Wicker, City George Bartow Wicker, City Mrs. Alberta Williams, City Virgil Williamson, Pomaria Mrs. Eunice Wilson, City Miss Margie Ann Wright, City ENROLMENT AT ACADEMY IS UP Under the direction of Mrs. May T. Epting the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grades presented a tri centennial program at Newberry Academy chapel exercises last Friday morning. The students sang songs written for the tri- centennial by Mrs. Nelle Mc- Master Sprott. The participants gave some facts on the obser vance. The audience joined in singing “Sandlappers”, “Caro lina Sunshine”, and “Stand Tall for South Carolina”. President James C. Kinard, who is chair man of the county Tricentennial Commission, gave a brief out line for the plans in progress for the observance in Newberry County the week of November 8th. Last week the students con tributed over $500 to the Build ing Fund in honor of their teach ers. The 7th grade donated $80 made from rummage sales. The enrolment figure for next session has now reached 211, an increase of 21 percent over that of the current session. Dr. Kinard is to make the address at Founder’s Day of the Gaffney Day School on May 22 and the following Friday, the commencement address for the Wade Hampton Academy, Orangeburg. LEGION AUXILIARY BACKS PRESIDENT Mrs. S. F. Sherard, Jr., De partment president of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary, announc es that the 7000 plus members in South Carolina have gone on record as backing President Nixon and his Asian Policy. Telegrams have been sent to Senators Thurmond and Holl- ings and all six Congressmen urging their support of the Pres ident and the troops in Viet nam and to vote down any at tempts to impede the President in his actions. “In such critical times,” the Auxiliary said, “our Nation’s President must have a free hand in actions as Commander-in- Chief to take steps to protect our troops.” Both National or ganizations, the American Leg ion and the Auxiliary, are solid ly behind this giant effort to back the President and they urge that all citizens wire or write their Senators and Con gressmen. City Building Permits Construction and repair per mits issued by the City last week showed a value of $54.- 453. They were issued to: Dr. Montgomery, repairs, Coates St.; Diana Shop, repairs. 1308 Main St.; J. P. Cleveland, addition, 828 Floyd St.; Tom Long, erect building, Bachman St.; C. L. Kinard, erect build ing, 2104 Bachman St.; A1 Rab in’s, repairs, Main St.; Style- Mart Homes, erect dwelling, Holloway St.; Also, A. V. Manley, repairs. 600 Wright St.; Miss Sadie Bow ers, repairs, 2003 Harrington St., Mrs. T. E. Davis, repairs, 725 Caldwell St.; Cannon-Taylor Co. erect dental building, Kinard St.; and J.C. Dominick, repairs 213 Caldwell St. Letter To Editor In behalf of the folk at Leban on, I would like to express our appreciation for the publicity you gave us during our recent week of evangelistic services. These services were held April 19-24 with Rev. David Temple ton as guest preacher. On Sunday evening there were 150 persons present in the sanc tuary, and a total of over 500 persons were counted for the six services. You helped us in this and we want to thank you for your services. I hasten to add tiiat the fig ures given above are a minor evaluation of the worth of these services. The real results will be showing up for some time to come. H. J. HARMON, JR. NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING We, the undersigned Jury Commissioners of Newberry County, shall on Wednesday, June 3, 1970 at 9 o’clock A.M. in the office of the Clerk of Court, openly and publicly, draw the names of Forty (40) men and women to serve as Jurors for the Court of Common Pleas (Civil) which will convene in the Newberry County Court house on Monday, June 15, 1970. MILDRED R. HARMON, Clerk of Court JEANETTE K. HAMM, Auditor J. RAY DAWKINS, Treasurer Newberry, S. C. May 20, 1970