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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS LIBERATION There has been a bit of talk and publicity recently about the Women’s Liberation Movement. Personally I think most of it is a lot of nonsense; the leaders of this movement just want to have their cake and eat it, too. Vol. 34—No. 13 Newberry, S. C., Thursday, July 16, 1970 $3 PER YEAR COUNTY GIRLS WIN—Miss Newberry Cat Shealy. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Shealy of Newberry, and Miss Whitmire Susan Lake, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Kemper Lake of Whitmire, were both talent winners in the Miss South Carolina Reality Pageant held last week end in Greenville. Miss Shealy at right, won the talent sweepstakes award and a scholarship of $300 for her dance number given during the pageant. Miss Lake wigs judged the most talented dancer among non-finalists. (Photo by Bil Armfield). City Council discusses purchase of property I could mention a few women for instance who are sorry that they were “liberated'' enough to serve on juries. Many who have sat day after day in a hot courtroom, bored beyond endur ance with the uninteresting but necessary judicial procedures, would just as soon be unequal to men in that respect. However since these women have organized. 1 have a pro ject for them. Let them start liberating women from the clut ches of the dress designers and manufacturers. Women have always been pawns in the hands of these people, and the time has come to put a stop to it. The new styles being offered for women to wear are outrageous. Drop ping hemlines practically to the ankle is bad enough but the de signs look as though they ori ginated m the wilds of Africa rather than the avenues of Pans. We ought to rebel We should simplv say that we are NOT going to follow the dictates of Paris; that we are determined that hemlines are not going to drop to extremes which are trying to be foisted upon us. But what will we do? We'll follow along, like a nation of sheep. Next year this time, we will probably be wearing those atrocious styles, with hemlines down to the ankle. But 1, for one. intend to hold out until the very last. Will you join me? TAKE OVER The National education Asso ciation (NLA i is at it again. It is saying, m effect, what the loud-mouthed radicals at some colleges around the country have been saying: let the stu dents take over and run the schools A feu weeks ago. an NLA task force on student involve ment issued a paper entitled, Proposed Position Statement on Student Lights and Kespon- Mbihties Among the standards propos ed by the committee A student should be able to stutK anything lie wishes, and n [ho •cliool doom t offer what- eVei .'Ubjcci he wants to study .ncludinu the Art oi Rebellion, 1 assume . then the student mum be able to pursue his tud> independently and the school must provide whatever ,1--.-e-dance tile student considers net t-s'ary Students should have a joint voice with a teacher jn detei minim, a course's purpose, eon- ton! and grading system Students must have the right to privacy m then residence halls, desks and lockers, even m elementary school No recorded data concerning any student should be collected or retained without his knowl edge or consent. In other words, "don’t put those failing grades on my permanent record". Students should have the right to belong to any legal organi zation. 1 wonder if the NEA considers the communistic Stu dents for a Democratic Society as a legal organization 9 Students should establish their own standards of conduct and students and faculty should (Continued on page 6) Democrats and Republicans for council seats The Tuesday noon deadline for candidates to file for city council seats in the September Democratic primary saw four persons seeking three available council seats, and the incum bent mayor unopposed. Piling for renomination were Cecil L. Kinard and L. D. Gard ner. Carman Bouknight, whose term of office is also expiring, is not seeking renomination. Others offering for the three council seats are former mem ber of council, C A Dufford, Sr. and S W iBoi Miller, a former unsuccessful candidate for council. Although Mayor Clarence A. Shealy. .Jr does not have op position m tlie Democratic pri mary. he does not return to of fice without opposition He will have Republican opposition in the General Llection. as will the three successful candidates for Democratic nomination to council seats The Republican party an nounced Tuesday that it has a full slate seeking the available scats, Running for mayor on the G()R ticket will be Theodore E. Mueller, who is connected with Columbia Products (Shakes peare ) Corporation. Seeking council seats will be R M. Rodriguez, industrial en gineer with Owens-Illinois; Mrs. Paul (Carolyn) Savko, a mem ber of the music department faculty at Newberry Collee, and Mrs. II. B. (Marion Jones) Wil son, a retired public school teacher. NEW ADDRESS Mr. and Mrs. William McFall are making their home at 1605 Milligan Street. Recreation day activities listed Alvin Mitchell will be at Mc- Swain St and Vincent Street Centers while Kenny Pruitt will be at West End and Mollohon starting the events for the an nual Recreation Day. As in the past there will be plenty of fun and activity for the young and the young in heart. Among the activities for the day will be Hula Hoop, Lrisbee, Horse Shoe, and AAU Physical Litness contest also there will be free swimming in the evening ana free snow balls all day. To cap off a day of excitement in the evening there will be two church league games to be played at the Speer Street Ball Lield. Be sure to go to the above parks m your area and sign up (Ccntinued on page 6) City council Tuesday night authorized City Manager K. W. Riebe to execute an option with R. B. Baker and E. A. Brooks for purchase of property be tween College and Lindsay Streets for a proposed parking lot. The Brooks property is the Wiseman Hotel building, which is being offered to Council for $45,000. The Baker property is a warehouse on Lindsay Street, to the rear of the Wiseman Ho tel, being offered to the city for $30,000. The options are for six months each at a cost of $50. City Manager Riebe stated that details for financing pur chase of the property have not yet been worked out, but that a recommendation will be sub mitted to council at its next meeting. In tine with this action, May or Clarence A. Shealy read a petition from businessmen in the area, requesting that a beautified parking lot be estab lished in this location. Among those signing the petition were W. F. Lominack, Jr.. E. B. Purcell, William Buford, T. L. Hicks, J. W. Earhardt, Tom Brown, Anderson Shoe Store, S. M Price, I. M. Satterwhite, W. J. Raffield, C. T. Summer, Inc., J. H. Clary, Earl H. Ber- gen, IT B. Hendrix, Chapman- Hawkins, Keitt Purcell, Lewis Shealy, Black’s Radio & TV, Hamilton Jewelers, Turner & Taylor, Frank Smith, Henry Barnette, Dr. F. A. Truett, James Nance Parr, R. Aubrey Harley and C. M. Smith. Council also authorized the city manager to negotiate with Newberry County for a strip of land 23 feet wide adjacent to this property, so that the space would provide for 78 parking spaces which, according to the city manager, would be neces sary to make the project fi nancially feasible. Council passed, unanimously on second reading, two ordin ances pertaining to beer and wine. One would require that establishments selling these beverages cease to do so from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m. weekdays, and from 12 midnight Saturday until 5:00 a.m. Monday morn ing. The other would provide that no beer and wine may be consumed in the city except at establishments selling the bev erages, and on private proper ty- City Finance Director Thom as Buzhardt reported that the general operations fund ended the year $27,000-odd in the black, although it had been an ticipated that $90,000 would have to be borrowed to meet budgeted expenses. Included in the budget was a fire truck costing approximately $35,000 which was not delivered during the fiscal year. Had that ar rived, Mr. Buzhardt said, the City would have had to borrow only about $8,000. He also reported that the op erations and maintenance sec tion of the City ended the year with a balance of over $33,000, compared to some $13,000 bal ance last year. Council set the date for the City General Election as Tues day, October 27th, and Mayor Clarence A. Shealy appointed as election commissioners, A. P. Parrott, Bob Harvey, and O. F. Armfield, Jr. At the beginning of the meet ing, Mayor Shealy presented certificates from the South Carolina Law Enforcemtn Di vision Police Academy to three city policemen: to Patrick C. Williams and Steven E. Bass for completion of a basic law enforcement course, and to John E. Campbell for comple tion of a fingerprint identifica tion course. i i i % OFFICERS GET CERTIFICATES—Three Newberry city policemen were presented (certificates by Mayor Clarence A. Shealy, Jr. at council meeting Tuesday night. From left Mayor Shealy hands certificate to Patrick C. Williams and Steven E. Bass for completion of basic law enforc ment course; John E. Campbell was r cognized for completion of a course in fi: gerprint identification. All courses we: provided at the South Carolina Polh Academy. (Sunphott