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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, July 9, 1970—PAGE 7 G. R. Nichols service Sunday George Robert Nichols, 60, died Friday at Newberry Mem orial Hospital after a short crit ical illness. Mr. Nichols was born in this county, the son of the late Willie E. Nichols and the late Mrs. Lillie H. Nichols Heller. He was a retired lumberman and was a member of Colony Lutheran Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eugenia Kinard Nichols, one daughter, Mrs. Anna N. Shealy of Newberry; two broth ers, Herman W. Nichols,New berry and Olin Nichols, Colum bia; one sister, Mrs. Daisy Stanton of Hopkins, and one grandchild. Funeral services were con ducted at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. J. Virgil Long. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gar dens. Tribe football tickets on sale Season football tickets for the six-game home schedule of the Newberry College Indians went on sale Wednesday, July 1 to Indian Club members. Alumni and the general pub lic will have their opportunity to obtain the tickets in August. The Indian Club is made up of boosters of all Newberry Col lege athletics. Money contribut ed to the College from the In dian Club goes directly to the scholarship fund to aid athletes attending the college. Adult season tickets for the six home games are $18, ac cording to Harry Hedgepath, secretary to the Indian Club, while season tickets for child ren are $4 and for students $10. “Individual game tickets will not be sold until August,” Hedgepath said. “They will sell for $3.50 for adults and $2 for children.” Tickets may be obtained by contacting Hedgepath at the football ticket office in Wright Building on the campus. The Indians will play an 11- game schedule this fall, the first since 1962, according to Fred Herren, head football men tor. The squad will open the 1970 season against Emory and Hen ry, Emory, Virginia, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 12 on Setzler Field. The Virginia school has been absent from the Newberry College football schedule since 1938. The only newcomer to the Indian slate, Samford University of Birming ham, Ala., will close out the home season Saturday, Novem ber 14. The Bulldogs from Ala bama replace Western Carolina University of Cullowhee, N.C. on the Indians 1970 schedule. The Carolina squad has been on the schedule since 1960. In addition to the opening and the closing home games other games to be played on the home field include Gardner Webb on Sept. 19; Lenoir Rhyne, Oct. 3; Wofford, Oct. 17; and Guilford, Oct. 31. Games to be played away include Catawba, Sept. 26; Con cord, Oct. 10; Mars Hill, Oct. 24; Elon, Nov. 7 and Presby terian, Nov. 26. All home games will be at 7:30 p.m. except the Guilford and the Samford games which will be at 2 p.m. Guilford will be Homecoming Date, and Sam ford will be played on the date Newberry College takes part in the county’s Tricentennial ob servance. AT OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL LUNCHEON Prof, and Mrs. F. Scott El liott, Sr. and F. Scott Elliott, Jr. attended the Alumni Lunch eon and the 48th commence ment at the South Carolina Op portunity School in West Col umbia on June 27. There were 132 guests present. Mr. Elliott, Jr. is a member of the Alumni Association, hav ing attended the school for four years. Dr. Marc C. Weersing, presi dent of Presbyterian College, gave the address at the grad uation exercises in which 84 men and women received dip lomas. Dr. Wil Lou Gray, a pioneer in education, founded the school in 1921. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Part ridge are now residing at 1226% Calhoun Street in an apartment in the home of Mrs. A. T. Neely. BankAmenca Service Corp . 1970 "Servicemarks owned and licensed by BankAmenca Corp stay a little longer