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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, July 2, 1970 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year in advance. Six Months $2.00. School Board has meeting Newberry County Board of Education voted Tuesday night to award a contract totaling $10,831 to George A. Creed and Sons, Inc. of Columbia to car pet and correct floor problems at Whitmire High School. The board also voted to con tract with Virgil Hawkins of Little Mountain to paint the in terior of Mollohon Special Edu cation classes at a cost of $1,385. In other business, the board approved a request for lunch room equipment in the amount of $461 for Mid-Carolina High School. The Board announced changes in the attendance boundary line in the Bush River area in ord er to relieve overcrowded con ditions at the Bush River school. All students on both sides of S. C. Highway 58 (Belfast Road) between S. C. Highway 276 and the river (Bush Riven will be assigned to Silverstreet and Reuben Elementary schools. This area includes students liv ing on S. C. Highway 388, S. C. Highway 343 and S. C. High way 48. JOLLY STREET SOFTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS As the Jolly Street Softball League enters the latter part of its season, the standings are as follows: Girls: Colony, 8 won, 2 lost; Bachman Chapel, 6 won, 4 lost; St. Paul’s, 3 won, 7 lost; St. Luke’s, 3 won, 7 lost. Boys: Faith, 8 won, 3 lost, St. Luke’s, 8 won, 3 lost; Bach man Chapel, 6 won, 5 lost; St. Paul’s, 4 won, 7 lost; Colony, 2 won, 10 lost. Announcements FOR MAYOR I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-nomination to the office of Mayor of the City of Newberry in the September 8th Democratic Primary, and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. CLARENCE A. SHEALY, JR. FOR CITY COUNCIL 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for re-nomination to the office of City Councilman, City of Newberry, in the Sep- tember 8th Democratic Prim ary. and pledge myself to abide bv the results of the Primary. CECIL E. KINARD Standard S&L pays dividend over million On June 30th, Standard Sav ings and Loan Association paid out to savers in Newberry, Col umbia and Orangeburg over $1,000,000 in quarterly dividends Members of the Newberry Academy Chorus who performed last wekend in Charleston at the State meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary were, front row, from left, Peggy Cromer, Teresa Davis, Joyce Sorrow; back row, Johnette Jacobs, Kathy Riggin, Robin Wicker, Renee Wicker and Catherine Baker. With them is Mrs. Harry Epting, music teacher at the Academy, who accompanied the group during their performance in Charleston. (Sunphoto) according to Newberry Board Chairman Ralph B. Baker. De clared by Standard’s Directors, the $1,065,000 has been earned by over 26,000 passbook and certificate accounts. The second quarter of 1970 was the first full quarter for earnings on the higher yielding passbook and certificate ac counts. Standard now offers six savings plans, all in passbook form, earning various annual rates of interest from four and three-quarters to seven and one-half percent. Standard Sav ings has more savings on depos it than any other savings and loan in South Carolina. On June 1, John P. (Jack) Davis was named vice president and Newberry office manager for Standard Savings, joining Mrs. Doris S. Setzler who is assistant secretary and treasur er. “Even though we are in a national period of tight money, Standard Savings in Newberry has a good supply of mortgage money available for prospect ive home building, buying or remodeling,” according to Dav is. T Insurance for YOUR CAR HOME POSSESSIONS LIABILITY TRAVEL Call Us! "YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS" 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 Epting Memorial Church was organized by Rev. G. E. Ed wards in 1903. At the same time, Sunday School was or ganized by James F. Epting, whose picture hangs in the ves tibule of the church today. The congregation worshipped in a schoolhouse in Mollohon mill village until the Mollohon Mill Company erected a church building on Glenn Street, in which the Baptist and the Meth odist congregations worshipped until the year 1926. During the pastorate of Rev. B. H. Harvey, a brick building was erected by the combined efforts of the Methodist congre gation and the Mollohon Mill Company on Milligan Street, which is the home of the Epting Memorial Methodist Church in honor of James F. Epting, who passed away before the church was completed. There were thirty-five mem bers who constituted the church when it was organized. Today we have a total of three hundred sixty-nine members. For a number of years this church was connected with the O’Neal Street Methodist Church and it was served during that time by the following pastors: G. E. Edwards, J. H. Graves, J. B. Kilgore, J. T. Miller. W.C. Kelly, A. M. Gardner, D. P. Boyd, Gobe Smith and B. L. Knight. At the conference of 1917, Epting Memorial Church and the church at Oakland became a two-point charge and Rev. W. R. Bouknight, who was then serving as pastor of Newberry Circuit, served these churches for one year. In 1918, Rev. S. C. Dunlap was appointed pastor of the Mollohon and Oakland church es and served one year; he was followed by A. E. Smith, Paul Kinnett, J. T. Lawrence, B. H. Harvey, B. B. Black. S. W. White, W. H. Lewis, W. Glenn Smith, R. W. Wilkes, O. H. Hat- chette, B. H. Harvey, W. B. Brockwell and C. O. Dorn. In 1953 Epting M e m o r i a 1 Church became a station ap pointment, and the following pastors were sent to serve one church: E. R. Bradham, Jr., B. B. Blakeney, M. B. Lee and D. F. Funderburk. In 1956, when Rev. E. R. Brad- ham was pastor, an educational building was added to the church to provide space; the pastor’s study, a kitchen, fellow ship hall and nine classrooms for the church school. Epting has organized two cir cles of the Women’s Society of Christian Service, eleven Sun day School classes and a nur sery for worship services. We have had several wonderful peo ple to serve as organist for the church during this period. We have Mrs. Katherine McEntire as organist at present. In 1968, because of the action of the Uniting Conference, Ep ting Memorial Methodist Church became Epting Memor ial United Methodist Church. Members of the church have worked hard to make Epting Memorial United Methodist Church what it is today.