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BY THE WAY
Vol. 34—No. 9 Newberry, S. C. 29108, June 18. 1970 $3 PER YEAR
By DORIS A. SANDERS
WE'RE MOVING!
For more years than we care
to remember, a newspaper has
been published at 1218 College
Street, Newberry. Before the
Armfield clan ever arrived on
the local scene, the late Col.
Elbert H. Aull was publishing
the twice-a-week Newberry Her
ald and News at this location.
Since that time, the building has
seen the continued publication
of the Herald and News; then
the Newberry Daily Herald,
(it will probably be a surprise
to some of you to know that we
once DID have a daily news
paper in Newberry;) then the
Newberry Sun.
But some old buildings have
a way of losing their usefulness,
and the time will probably not
be too far distant when the old
hotel building in which The Sun
is housed will no longer be a
part of the scene in the city.
So, anticipating doom for the
building which has sheltered us
for so many years, we are pick
ing up the traces and moving
on to a new location It's at the
corner of Boyce and Nance, the
former location of Whitaker
Floor Coverings, just across
from the historic Opera House.
When we have a chance to look
out of the window the view will
be decidedly improved: but we
will certainly miss the proxi
mity of our courthouse and
other friends.
We expect to be open for bus
iness Friday. The last issue of
The Sunpaper m the old build
ing was put to bed Wednesday
afternoon and Thursday (today)
will be devoted to moving the
heavy equipment. I am assum
ing our telephone number will
remain the same—Southern Bell
is pretty good about things like
that
We look forward to having
you visit us in our new loca
tion. We won't be hard to find!
DAIRY MONTH
In tins issue you will find
spocial stories and advertise
ments relating to June Dairy
Month I hope you will take par
ticular note of them, because
rhe dairy business is a big in
dustry m this county.
1 didn't follow the campaigns
m the recent State Democratic
Primary very closely, but 1
uas told that the upping of milk
prices by the State Dairy Com
mission had been used as a pol
itical football
We all hate to pay higher
prices for ever)thing, but how
can we expect the price of
everything else to go up includ
ing labor, and have milk prices
remain the same'’ This is un
reasonable. and whichever poli
tician suggested that dairy far
mers should not be given re
lief must not have been doing
much shopping recently
A few weeks ago. I picked up
a can of the brand of coffee
1 always use the price had
been hiked 40 cents on the pack
age since the previous time I
had bought it This may be a
rather drastic example, but any
one who has bought groceries,
or anything else in the past
year, must admit that a two-
cents a quart increase in the
price of milk is probably be-
ow the increase in cost of most
items which they regularly buy.
If our dairy farmers aver
aged their income according to
the number of hours they work,
they would probably find that
they could make more per hour
at one of our industrial plants.
But dairy farming is just not a
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Miss Lester to
retire from
college staff
Hattie Belle Lester, dean of
women at Newberry College
since 1938, will retire July 1, ac
cording to Dr. A.G.D. Wiles,
president of the College. The
veteran dean joined the College
staff in 1936 as assistant dean
and assumed her present posi
tion two years later.
"Miss Lester is a remarkable
woman," Dr. Wiles said in an
nouncing her retirement. “She
has been a moving spirit in the
growth and development of the
College and has given gener
ously of her talents not only to
Newberry College but to the
church. We will all miss her
generosity and wisdom, and
most notably the hundreds of
young women students to whom
she has acted as mother over
the past 32 years. ”
In 1968 the National Associa
tion of Women Deans and Coun
selors honored Miss Lester at
its convention. The citation pre
sented to her read in part:
"Her dignity and poise, her ded
ication to her work, her grac
iousness. her character have all
set an outstanding example to
the girls she has led, as well
as to her colleagues m the South
Carolina Association of Women
Deans and Counselors in which
she has been the senior mem
ber tor a number of years. It
is a privilege to honor this
Christian gentlewoman for her
years of service "
She was honored again at the
College’s Commencement m
May when she was presented
with the Algernon Sydney Sulli
van Award as a "loyal friend
of the College"
A native of Prosperity, she
attended Wmthrop College in
Hock Hill and taught in the
state’s elementary schools in
Hartsville and Newberry and
Anderson College from 1921 un
til she joined the College staff
in 1936.
Miss Lester is a member of
several professional service or
ganizations including the Ameri
can Association for Higher Ed
ucation, the National and South
Carolina Associations of Women
Deans and Counselors, the Uni
ted Daughters of the Confeder
acy, Daughters of the American
Revolution, the Newberry Civic
League, Delta Kappa Gamma
sorority, and the Women of the
Lutheran Church.
Dairy Month
being observed
during June
The Month of June heralds
both the beginning of a long,
hot summer and the start of
June Dairy Month. They com
plement each other since tasty,
tempting dairy products fur
nish welcomed refreshments on
sultry summer days.
June has been celebrated as
Dairy Month since 1939 when a
national campaign was based
on promoting dairy products,
which were in plentiful supply
at that time.
"Our modern, efficient dairy
industry now offers us these
healthy food products the year
around," said South Carolina
Commissioner of Agriculture
William L. Harrelson. "The ded
icated dairy farmers of our
state and nation are on the job
seven days a week to bring milk
and other dairy products to our
table at the highest level of
freshness."
The South Carolina dairy in
dustry is a valuable part of the
agri-business industry in the
Palmetto State, providing both
food and jobs for citizens of
the State.
"Dairy foods are among the
most versatile and varied that
we have," stressed Commission
er Harrelson. “Milk, of course,
is number one. Ice cream is
high in popularity as well as
butter and the different kinds
of cheese. Dairy foods have an
unlimited usage for our daily
eating enjoyment.
"We in the South Carolina
Department of Agriculture are
proud to work with the dairy
industry in this sP'te for the
health and well-being of our cit
izens. We fully realize," he con
cluded, "The importance of this
segment of our society
In Newberry, according to
County Agent A1 Busby, Grade
"A ' Dairies have decreased
from 91 m 1958 to o3 m 1970.
But. he said, such drastic de
elme does not accurately retlect
the dollar impact ot danw iarin
mg m Newborr) Count)
Income from dairy farming
has tripled during this brie!
span of twelve years and now
totals over three million dollars
annually
Newbcrr) Count) Dair\ form
ers account for approximateiv
ten percent of all milk produced
m South Carolina Newberry
produced milk supplies the milk
markets of the cities ot < ireen-
vilie, Columbia and Florence in
this state, and Charlotte, N ( .
According to Mr Busby, ris
ing production c o s t s have
squeezed profit margins a n d
have forced many small dairy
farmers out of business. While
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She is past president of the
South Carolina Association of
Women Deans and Counselors
and the current president of the
William Lester chapter of the
UDC in Prosperity.
A retirement dinner is being
planned in her honor Thursday,
July 2 in the College’s dining
room in Kaufmann Hall.
Council adopts
new budget
City council Tuesday night
approved on final reading the
$2.1 million budget for the 1970-
71 fiscal year which begins
July 1.
City Manager K. W. Riebe
said that the city will end the
current year "in the black" be
cause the city met or exceeded
estimated revenues in general
government and utilities.
He said no tax increase is
necessary, and that the city has
programmed a four percent in
crease for electric energy costs
to avoid an increase in rates
to customers if power com
panies are granted an. increase.
But, he said, if the power com
panies succeed m obtaining an
increase of more than four per
cent, "We may be forced to re
view the aspects of an increase.’
He said the new budget does
not provide funds for across-the-
board pay increases for city
employees, but the money is
budgeted for promotions and in
centive pay increases.
Republicans to
honor
public defender
At the recent meeting held
Thursday of the Newberry coun
ty Young Republicans, plans
were released to sponsor a
county-wide Youth Rally for
Newberry County Public Defen
der Ronnie Hightower
Mr. Hightower is presently
associated with a local law of
fice while serving as Public De
fender. Hightower is a graduate
of the University of South Car
olina Law School Hi 1 is a very
active m youth activities at the
college level, while serving as
a professor of Business Law at
Newberry College he doubles
a- an advisor to Alpha Tau
('mega Social and Service frat
ernity
The Rally honoring Hightower
will be held at Lake Murray at
the home of Miss Mildred Sub
er executive committee mem
ber Irom Whitmire, near Wil
son'- Landing Thunday. June
18 heginning with a cook-out at
7 pm
For further information re
garding the rally, contact 276-
1517 or 276-5676
EVENTS CALENDAR
NOW AVAILABLE
A calendar of events to be
held m South Carolina during
the last half of 1970 is now
available free of charge
The calendar lists 310 events,
plus 31 events that are held on
a continuing basis throughout
the year. Activities included in
the calendar range from stock
car races to concerts and festi
vals. Many of the events are
being held as part of the
state’s Tricentennial Observance
that is now underway.
A copy of the calenoar of
events may be obtained by writ
ing Travel Division, 1970 Events
P. O. Box 1358, Columbia, S. C.
20202.
County winner
Final quarterly
beauty award
Greenville, Georgetown and
Newberry Counties are first
place winners in the final quart
erly awards competition of the
Governor's Beautification and
Community Improvement pro
gram. This will be the last pre
sentation of quarterly awards
in this program. The Board is
discontinuing quarterly presen
tations to concentrate on com
petition for yearly awards pre
sented in the spring at the Gov
ernor's Conference on Beautifi
cation.
The three counties won their
awards for their accomplish
ments during the first quarter
of 1970. Plaques will be pre
sented by the program spon
sors. The contest places each
county in one of three categor
ies according to population.
The Newberry Fire Depart
ment was rated 15th nationally
against all competition in the
1969 annual Fire Prevention con
test They rank second national
ly in their population group and
first in South Carolina. The fire
department works closely with
beautification committees in
beautification and clean-up ef
forts.
I i • i
as park month
The following Proclamation
has been signed by Mayor Clar
ence A. Shealy, Jr.:
WHEREAS, Conservation of
our natural resources and beau
tification of our countryside
have become major concerns of
our society, and,
WHEREAS, Most Americans
today have more free time than
any people since the beginning
of history, and,
WHEREAS, The South Caro
lina Recreation Commission has
designated June as the month
m which to call attention to the
need for conservation, beautifi
cation, and recreation.
NOW, THEREFORE. I. Clar
ence A. Shealy, Jr, Mayor of
Newberry, do hereby urge all
residents of Newberry to ob
serve June as Recreation and
Park Month, participating in
community's creative and mean
ingful recreation programs and
conserve its natural resources.
SEE PEACOCKS
Hal Kohn’s Nursery on High
way 76 By-Pass just north of
the REA building, invites the
public to visit the 44 peafowls
on Sunday, Father's Day, June
21st.
Many of the handsome pea
cocks are now' in full feather
and are doing some beautiful
strutting; they are very much
worth seeing, says Mr. Kohn.
No admission will be charged.
Mr. Kohn says, “Just bring the
family to see a wonderful sight,
one of Nature’s greatest. Early
morning from 9 on, the strutting
begins and continues until dusk.
Three picnic tables are avail
able.”