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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS GOOD IDEA I notice that J. Ray Dawkins, treasurer of Newberry County, is urging citizens to call the County Commissioners relative to the parking lot situation ad jacent to the county courthouse I think this is a good idea. You might tell the Commis sioners that the property in question, a 23-foot strip on the side of the courthouse belongs to the people of the city as well as to the people of the county Those who live inside the city limits pay exactly the same county tax as those outside There seems to be a reluctance on the part of the county to give or lease the property to the “city”. What the Commis sioners would be doing if they go along with the proposition, is giving the property to the majority of the taxpayers—and 1 mig't add. voters—of the county. You might tell the Commis sioners that while they have removed all parking of court house officials from the side of the courthouse and have desig nated that space as “30 minute p iking for courthouse busi ness", it is unfair for the ma jority of the taxpayers, who do not have business at the courthouse, to pay free parking for the ones who do In addi tion to that, it won’t be long before those spaces are filled with cars of people who have no intention of going to the courthouse, but who find it a convenient place to leave their car while they go up to Main Street. You might tell the Commis sioners that work is underway on the new shopping center on Bypass 76. Someone remarked that after the shopping center is built, we probably won’t need more parking space in town. You can believe one thing: that unless some parking space IS provided for those of us who would like to shop downtown, all trade will surely go to the shopping center and downtown Newberry will be completely dead. You might remind the Com missioners that city officials have, from the very beginning of their planning for this pro ject, made known their intent to cooperate with county offi cials in providing parking space without charge for jurors and others having business with the court during court sessions, thus the Commissioners can have no argument on that point. And then you might ask the Commissioners What is the real reason you are so reluctant to give up this little strip of land which at pre sent is doing practically no one am good and which could he used to benefit all citizens of the cit\ and county'''' MAJORITY SPEAKS The followung are observa tions by Jesse Helms, WRAL TV, on the speech recently made by President Nixon at Kansas State Cniversity BY JESSE HELMS If hope springs eternal as it must, and as it does-then the country's fervent hope just now surely must be that President Nixon will correctly assess the real meaning of his gratifying experience at Kansas State Uni versity a few days ago. The thunderous ovations given him by the young people should not be viewed by the President as either a personal triumph (Continued on Page 7) Vol. 34—No. 23 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, September 24, 1970 $3 PER YEAR October 5 is County Fair Opening Date Buildings and grounds are be ing readied for the 1970 New- berry-Saluda County Fair which will be held at the local fair grounds October 5th through 12th The fair is sponsored by the American Legion Post 24 of Newberry and clubs of Saluda County. A P Parrott is fair manager. The official opening of the fair will be at 6 p.m on October f>th. with Blue Ribbon Shows on the midway Judging of exhibits and the awarding of prizes totaling ap proximately $5,000 will begin Tuesday morning. The flower show will be open to the public at 2 p m and the midway at traction will open at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday are seh ml days, when all school ch dren will he admitted free with the proper ticket. The midway will open at 1 p.m. on each of these days, and will open ai 6 p.m on Friday. Saturday is the grand finale with a children’s matinee from 1 until 6 p.m. All children 12 years or younger will be ad mit ed free during those hours. David L Laird dies Monday David Lee Laird, 58, died Monday morning at the New berry County Memorial Hospi tal after a lingering illness. Mr. Laird was born in Lex ington County, the son of the late William and Doshia Peele Laird He was owner and ope rator of the Laird's Radiator Service. He was a member of St. Luke's Fpiscopal Church and had served on the Vestry He had been in the Newberry Fire Department for 20 years and had served as Assistant Chief and Chief He was a member of Amity Lodge No 87, A F M . Secretary Recorder of the New- herry York Rite, and a Hejaz Shnner He is survived by his wife, Mrs Brunell Carter Laird, two sons, David Lee Laird Jr of Columbia and George William Laird of Newberry, two daugh ters, Mrs. Dorothy L. Kopczy- naski of Santa Clara. Calif, and Miss Mary I^aird of Newport, R 1 two brothers, Melton Laird of Swansea and Woodrow Laird of Augusta, Ga., one sis ter. Mrs Nealie Craft of Cayee; and two grandchildren Funeral services were con ducted at 5 p m Tuesday at St Luke’s Episcopal Church by Rev Frederick C. Byrd. Burial was m Newberry Memorial Gar dens with full Masonic Rites. There will be a reception in honor of Lt Gov. John West at the Community Hall between 4 and 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday). All citizens of Newberry County are invited to drop by and meet the Democratic candidate for Governor. Federal aid given to help achieve unitary system The Newberry County School Administrators in Atlantic City Public hearing set on road improvement The State Highway Depart ment announced today that it will conduct a public hearing at 10:30 am., October 14, in the courtroom of the Newberry Courthouse on proposed im provements to S. C. Route 395. Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N Pearman said all in terested persons are invited to attend the hearing and express their views on the planned im provements, particularly as they relate to the social, economic and environmental effects. The proposed project entails upgrading S. C Route 395 from Boundary Street in Newberry southerly to the Saluda County line at the Saluda River, a dis tance of 10.4 miles. Mr. Pearman said engineer ing personnel will Ne at the hearing to explain the project and to answer questions. Ten tative schedules for right of way acquisition and construction will be discussed as well as reloca tion assistance programs avail able for persons whose homes or businesses might be displac ed by the improvement. Related maps, drawdngs, sket ches and other data pertinent to the project are available for public inspection and copying in the State Highway Depart ment administration building on Senate Street in Columbia. Catawba opens pulpwood yard Catawba Timber Company is now purchasing pulpwood at their wood yard located appro ximately 2 miles north west of Newberry on a 5 acre site along the CN & L railroad. They are buying pulpwood grown on private and Forest Service lands near Newberry. Catawba will purchase appro ximately 600 cords of pulp wood each week at this yard Catawba Timber Company is the Woods Organization for Bo- waters Carolina Corporation at Catawba. South Carolina. Along with Bowaters large pulp mill at Catawba they also have mills producing coated paper and newsprint at the Catawba site. Catawba Timber Company has a District office at Clinton, which is responsible for six other pulpwood yards in the north west piedmont of South Carolina. Pat Summer is the yard manager for the new in stallation at Newberry. Catawba Timber Company will buy their wood from pulp wood suppliers. Some of these suppliers are J. R. Frazier, Inc., Dicker! Brothers and H. M. Hentz & Son. District has received $20,000 of a $77,714 federal emergency grant to assist in the expense of establishing a unitary school system, according to Ralph Wat kins, superintendent of county schools. Watkins told the county board of education at its Tuesday night meeting that $57,000 of the grant was budgeted to hire 25 teachers’ aides in the county’s elementary schools; $17,000 was for the purchase and location of a duplex build ing for M i d-C a r o 1 i n a High School, and $3,000 is for instruc tional programs. The contract for the duplex building was awarded to Alumi num Construction Company, at a cost of $14,275. The company said the building will be de livered within six weeks. Wat kins said the building can be transferred to another school when planned construction is completed at Mid-Carolina. The board authorized the superintendent to provide a va cant room at Prosperity Ele mentary School to be used as an Office of Economic Oppor tunity day care center, pro vided the room is available and the school principal approves. James Holmes of the Midland Community Actions agency said the OEO has approved $19,500 for the center. He said his or ganization had anticipated using facilities at Whitmire, but could not obtain them. He said the day care center could serve about 30 children between the ages of three and five, and the Department of Agriculture would provide funds for meals through the school lunch program. The Board discussed storage room facilities for athletic equip ment at Whitmire High School, and instructed Gerald Mount, school financial officer, to get approximate figures on con struction of a building and also to investigate the feasibility of using the room underneath the high school gym for this pur pose. The board authorized bulldoz ing of portions of Gallman school yard and installation of lights on one side of the build ing An engineer has been em ployed by the Board to study the septic tank situation at Sil- verstreet school The engineer will make recommendations to the board when his study is completed. James S. (Steve) McCutcheon was employed by the Board for the remainder of the school year to teach mathematics at Bush River School. He replaces Mrs. William T. King, who will move to Greer where her hus band Rev. King, has accepted a pastorate. Plans were discussed for send ing a representative of the Board to the meeting of the American Association of School next February. The Board decided to hire an architect to study and make re commendations as to what to do about the ceiling at Gallman Junior High gymtorium. The acoustical tile needed when the room is used as an auditorium is being destroyed by basket balls and volley balls used dur : ing physical education classes. Jones & Fellers Architects of Columbia was the firm chosen to make the study. Hospital issue vote be taken November 3 Voters will decide in the Nov. 3 general election whether to allow Newberry County to in crease its bonded indebtedness for the purpose of building a new county hospital. If the proposal to amend the Constitution to allow an in crease in bonded indebtedness passes, the next step will be to plan a facility and to estimate what the cost will be Rep. Wal ter Lake said. If the voters favor the amend ment, Lake said, the people will be asked to vote on a specific bond issue, after the costs have been determined. “We expect federal assistance on this,” he said. Lake said the hospital board, which is independent of tne county government, has taken an option on land behind the Newberry Bi-Lo Shopping Plaza on which a new hospital would be located. He said that the present fac ility is below standard and does not measure up so that federal assistance can be obtained for improvements or additions. The present hospital is about 50 years old. If the county de cides to construct a new hospi- t.d, the present building might be converted into a rest home, Lake said. Record number new students A record number of new stu dents have registered at New berry College for the fall se mester, according to Registrar James Abrams. A total of 531 men and 274 women have enrolled at the Lutheran college for a final fi gure of 805 students; the new student enrollment is 277 com pared to 269 in the fall of 1969. The College enrollment has been leveling between 800 and 850 students since it first cross ed the 800 mark in 1965. Newberry continues to draw most of its support from South Carolina and the Southeast al though an increasing number of students are from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.