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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.
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