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BY THE WAY Yol. 34—No. 12 Newberry, S. C. 29108. July 9. 1970 $3 PER YEAR BEVY OF BEAUTIES—Newberry County is well represented at the Miss South Carolina Beauty Pageant in Green ville this week. Shown in swim suits at Furman University are from left, Pat Shealy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Shealy, “Miss Newberry”; Brantlee Price, daughter of Col. and Mrs. J. R. Price. “Miss South Carolina”; and Susan Lake, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Kemper D. Lake, “Miss Whitmire”. Queen Brantlee will rule over the ceremonies, while Pat and Susan display their talent and charm for the judges. (Photo by Bill Armfield) By DORIS A. SANDERS The dawn of the first morning of official summer seemed al most an anti-climax to the pre ceding string of sweltering days that dried and scorched the earth, making hopeful cloud- watchers of us all. The feeble rasp of crickets in the far corn er of the yard was scarcely more than a passing attempt to do the minimum expected of them. A squirrel trapezed from one pecan tree to another, scampering down to the ground and up upon a birdbath for first a drink, then a comical mom ent of splashing. In other years, even such an almost oppressively-hot scenario would have been viewed as na ture's restful reminder that pleasant days were upon us. But no more. Too many years have streamed by in which sum mer has been identified with insanities of violence—a night mare aftermath of springtime anger and disruption and des truction On television, a review of the news of the past few weeks-- a tandem sequence of mob scenes; protestors, mostly young people, lifting placards reading, "Down with The Establishment.’ Down'.' Down with what? Who has defined "The Establish ment'' which these young peo ple, hardly more than children, have been incited to condemn? They profess to want to destroy it whatever it is Do they really? One cannot read their minds, but it is presumed that they do not wish a vacuum. If they should succeed in bringing down what they call "The Establish ment", then surely they must have in mind a replacement. There will always be an "es tablishment" of one sort or an other There is one in Moscow, and one in Hanoi, and one in Peking. Even in the jungles of Africa there is one—except there, it is called survival of the fittest. One ponders this youthful fan aticism with doing away with "The Establishment" Do they really mean it'.' Have they contemplated an alternative'.’ Have they, m fact, counted their blessings'.’ "The Establishment" m Am- ( nca sweeps the broad spect rum of human progress. It is the Bill of Rights It is the high est standard of living the world has ever known. It is more automobiles, more food, more clothing, better housing, higher incomes, greater freedom, broader opportunity than can be found anywhere else on the globe Bring this down'.’ Can the youthful protestors be ser ious'.’ The Establishment" is a creation of sweat and sacrifice by generations who dared to dream of a better world and then went to work to build it It is industrial strength; it is farmers who toil to produce the food which the protestors eat, it is businessmen who take the risks, who buy and sell and provide jobs and incomes; it is the working taxpayer who fur nishes the money to build and maintain the campuses where most of this hostility towards "The Establishment" was con ceived and encouraged. Who can assess the dimen sions of “The Establishment It is Bunker Hill and Iwo Jima; it is Neil Armstrong on the moon. It is one lonely man in the White House and more than 500 in the Congress. It is a jet plane in the sky, a freight train (Continued on page 8) Auxiliary wins citations at convention The American Legion Auxi liary Department of South Caro lina met recently at the Erancis Marion Hotel in Charleston. Newberry Cmt 24 was repre sented by Mrs. W. Roy Ander son. Mrs Harry D. Epting. Mrs. P K Harmon, and Mrs. Bennie B Sprouse. Mrs Harmon, as Department Music Chairman, not only had charge of all music for the Auxi liary Convention, but also fur nished the music for the Ameri can Legion Co-Getters Lunch eon. She received an invitation from the Department President for the Eifth Grade Newberry Academy Girls Chorus to smg at the Convention and l nit 21 .sponsored their trip Mrs. Epting directed the Girls Chorus m a number of patriotic and popular selections on Sat urday morning of the Cotiven Lon. Mrs. Bennie B Sprouse was elected to serve as Department Chaplain for the year 1970-71 Unit 24 received two Cita tions, one from National and one from the Department The National Citation for Mer itorious Service to the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary reads as follows: "This is to certify that New berry County Unit 24 Depart ment of South Carolina merits special commendation and re cognition for service in carry ing forward the National Pro gram by January 31. 1970 of the American Legion Auxiliary by enrolling a 1970 Membership equal to and exceeding the membership goal by the De partment." It was signed by program begins third year The U. S. Department of Agri culture’s Eood Stamp Program for low-income families began its third year of operation in Newberry County on July 1st Since the U. S Department of Agriculture’s Eood S t a m p Program for low-income famil ies began in July 1968. 290 Newberry County families have taken advantage of its services. Department of Public Welfare records show that during its first two years some 700 mem bers of these Newberry County families received $253,516 m l SDA Eood Coupons. The needy families spent $99,528.50 of their own money and received an ad ditional $153,987 50 in free or bonus coupons to help them buy more and better food at an\ of the 65 retail grocery Gores m Newberry County au thorized to accept food coupons. The USDA Eood and Nutrition Seruee points out that during the 24 months period ended June 30 the Eood Stamp Program resulted in more than $153,000 in increased food sales in New berry County. Marcello Davidson, National President. The Unit 24 Press Scrapbook, compiled by Mrs. Sprouse, re ceived a Special Trophy Cita tion for Publicity, "The J. Lyles Glenn Award' given for the best all round Scrap Book. The per manent award, a Silver Loving Cup, is on display at the De partment Headquarters in Col umbia, where it will be suit ably engraved with Unit 24 atL winner for 1969 and 1970, as Mrs. M. E. Bowler’s Press Scrap Book took this same Special Trophy in 1969. AT INSTITUTE IN OAK RIDGE Dr. Karlheinz K. Brandes, as sociate professor of chemistry at Newberry College, will at tend a two-week institute in August on Environmental As sessment at Oak Ridge, Term. The institute is sponsored jointly by the Special Training Division of Oak Ridge Associat ed Universities and the United States Atomic Energy Commis sion. Topics under discussion will include the sources of pollutants and their distribution and move ment, their effect on man, ani mals, and the environment, and their detection and measure ment. camp at college The relative quiet of the New berry College campus in July will explode into a beehive of activity when about 400 junior and senior high cheerleaders in vade the campus the last two weeks this month for two ses sions of intensive training in the art of cheerleading. The week-long training ses sion for young cheerleaders at Newberry College is one of 41 being sponsored this summei by the American Cheerleaders Association <A(’A> on college campuses through the coun try. In addition the ACA also operates nine one-week session^ at the organization’s headquart ers in Leesburg, Ela. The two Newberry tranine sessions for cheerleaders will be held from July 19 to July 24 and from July 26 to July 31 During their week-long train ing camp the girls will not only learn to yell effectively, but they will undergo classroom training in crowd psychology, pep rally organization, histors of cheerleading, and faculty- student relations. Although the cheerleading camp is being held on the New berry College campus, it is und er the auspices of the ACA. and its founder-director. Bill Horan. This is the third year tha.t Newberry College has hosted one of the summer cheerleading camps. STATE EMPLOYEES NAME OFFICERS The Newberry County Chap ter of the South Carolina State Employees held its annual meet ing on June 30 at the Newbenw County Department of Publn Welfare. New officers were el ected as follows: Melton Wall. President. Bill Lawrence. Vice-President; and Mrs. Erances McCullough, Se cretary-treasurer. SURPRISE IS SHOWN ON MISS LESTER’S PAGE as she finds a check which was hidden in one of the pieces of lugrg-ag-e she received. Miss Lester plans to do a considerable amount of traveling during her retirement.