The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, August 20, 1970, Image 1
Vol. :U—No. 18.
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Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday. August 20, 1970
by the way O. F. Armfield, Sr., founder
Q f i‘( ie Sun, rites Monday
FINAL REPORT
As most of you know. Dad
died Saturday at Self Memorial
Hospital in (Sreenwood
He had had an almost mira
culous recovery from the pneu
monia which had made him so
critically ill last week but un
fortunately. the disease of the
eirculaton .•■yMcm with which
he was afflicted could strike any
part ot his body at any time
This happened on Friday night
and again on Saturday morning,
and he died peacefully at 2:25
p m.
One seek consolation at a
time like this, and it comes in
many wavs
Dad always had a dread of
becoming old and senile, of los
ing his mental ability From
the onset of his illness last sum
mer. although he lost most of
his vision, he was never bed
ridden. He came to the office
every day until the day he went
to the hospital And at the end,
his mind was just as alert as it
had ever been.
We are consoled by the fact
that for th< last eleven days of
his life, tie had the finest in
medical and hospital care that
could be offered The concern
of the doctors and hospital staff
who attended him was almost
unbelievable, and this family
will always have an admiration
and affection for the doctors,
nurses, aides and orderlies who
were so good to Dad at Self
1 lospital
Our most especial apprecia
tion is for Dr ivalph F Baker,
who went far beyond the call
of duty in ins a.-siOanee to 1 fad
and to u.s
it w ould take several columns
to cite the names of all who
have consoled in during Dad s
illness and after his death Dur
sincere gratitude goes to each
of you
We have suffered a great
loss, but wt are thankful for
the main years we had togeth
er He was truly a wonderful
husband, father and friend
OPEN HOUSE AT
SCHOOLS SUNDAY
The Newberry Count) Board
of Education and the school ad
ministration cordially invite
the public to attend open house
at all schools m Newberry coun
ty, with the exception of Whit
mire High School and Little
Mountain Elementary School,
between the hours of 2 p m and
4 p m. Sunday, August 23.
James D. Brown
dies Tuesday
James David Brown, retired
Superintendent of Education of
Newberry County, died late
Tuesday night at Columbia Hos
pital after a short, critical ill
ness.
He was born and reared in
the Long Lane Beth Eden sect
ion of the county, son of the
late Horace Brown and the late
Mrs. Lilv May Caldwell Brown
Folk.
Mr. Brown Attended the
schools of the county and was
graduated from Newberry Col
lege. He spent his entire life
in the field of education serv
ing a> teacher and as princi
pal. He was elected County Su
perintendent of Education in
1 ( .)48, and held that position until
his retirement m 1%!).
Ih 1 was a member of Beth
Eden Lutheran Church and he
served Ins chur h m many cap
aeitie> on the local, district and
state level He was also active
m a number of civic, service,
and charitable organizations. He
was a veteran of World War II,
and a member of the American
Legion Post 24
Sur'ivmg are ins wife, Mrs
Lelia T Brown, one stepdaugh
ter. Mrs Virginia Shipman of
Dyersburg, Term , one brother,
Hamilton Folk of Newberry,
three sisters, Miss Sarah Folk
and Miss Lillie Mae Folk of
Newberry and Mrs. Olin Lomi-
nick. Sr of Pomaria, and three
grandchildren
Funeral services will be held
this (Thursday) afternoon at
four o’clock at Whitaker Funer
al Home, conducted by the Rev.
Paul Hatch. Interment will fol
low in Rosemont Cemetery.
(Mto Franklin Armfield, Sr.,
founder and retired editor and
publisher of The Newberry Sun,
died Saturday afternoon at Self
Memorial Hospital in Creen-
wood.
He was born m Lancaster
Count), tlm son of the late Dr.
William Cameron and Mollie
Snipes Armfield He began Ins
newspaper career m Maxton,
North Carolina, and was con
nected with the Clark Publish
ing Company of Charlotte, N.C.,
before moving to South Caro
lina
Ho moved to Saluda m 1022.
and published the Saluda Stan
dard and the Johnston Herald
before moving to Newberry in
1028. He published the Newberry
Herald and News for a num
ber of years, and m 1037 found
ed The Newberry Sun.
He was married to Mrs. Ruth
Thrower Armfield who survives;
also surviving are two sons,
O. F. Armfield. Jr., of New
berry and William C. Armfield
of Whitmire; two daughters,
Mrs. I) Hugh Mcllargue of
Statesville, N. C. and Mrs. Fras
ier Sanders of Newberry, one
brother, Wade C. Armfield of
Brevard. N. C\; one sister, Mrs.
Joe A. Privette of Hamlet, N.C.;
twelve grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 11 a m. Monday at
his residence, 021 Jessica Ave.,
by the Rev. Dr Neil E. Trues-
dell and the Rev. Ralph E.
Rhyne. Interment was in New
berry Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers were Biff
Kiebe, Benny Dillard, S t e v e
Armfield, Danny Mcllargue,
James Abrams and Gerald Tay
lor
Leon Nichols’
brother dies
G E. "Nick” Nichols, 88, of
Clinton, died Tuesday.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Alva Wilson Nichols; a daugh
ter, Mrs Amelia Richardson of
Clemson; a son, James Henry
Nichols of Kansas City, Mo.;
three brothers, Henry O. Nich
ols of Chester, J. Horace Nich
ols of Greenwood and Leon D.
Nichols of Newberry; and two
grandchildren.
P'uneral services were held
Wednesday at Gray Funeral
Home. Burial was in Rosemont
Cemetery. Clinton.
Honorary escort consisted of
Dr. R ilph P. Baker, Keister
Willingham, John Clarkson, Ful
mer Wells, Ned Purcell, Thom
as H. Pope, Cyril Hutchinson,
Dr James C. Kinard, Preston
McAlhany and James M. Smith.
Thirty seniors
to complete
college careers
Thirty seniors at Newberry
College expect to complete their
college careers at. the College’s
summer graduating exercises.
3:30 p.m. Friday August 21.
Dr. Francis I. Fesperman, as
sociate professor of religion at
Newberry, will address the sen
iors on “Realistic Living” in
the afternoon ceremonies in the
A.G.D. Wiles Chapel.
He will urge the graduates to
select one of the world’s great
problems and to give their time
and talents to helping solve it
and remind them that effective
living requires self-discipline.
Dr. Fesperman has been a
member of the College staff
since 1957. A native of Draper,
N. C , he is a graduate of Lenoir
Rhyne College. Hickory, N. C.
and received his doctor of philo
sophy degree from Vanderbilt
Cniversity, Nashville, Tenn. He
completed his theological train
ing at Lutheran Theological
Southern Seminary in Columbia
and the Chicago Theological
Seminary.
Candidates for degrees from
Newberry County include Thom
as C. Dillard, Sheryl Mishoe,
James Sanders, Frank William
son, Donald Seymour, Kenneth
Ray Waites and Steve Edward
Waites.