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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, October 1, 1970—PAGE 5( Larry Wicker, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wicker of Route 3, receives the award for “Best in .Show” and “Grand Champion” in the 4-H Pullet Show last Satur day. Assistant County Agent Ollie Donkle makes the award. Larry is a member of Bush River 4-H Club. (Sunphoto) Indians to face Lenoir Rhyne Bears Saturday composed of four paper mills, twenty box plants, two plywood plants, four fiber can plants and owns, leases, or has cutting rights to 1.4 million acres of timberland. S. E. Wilson rites Monday Samuel Ernest Wilson, 67, of 1307 Second Street, died Satur day afternoon at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital after several years of declining health. Bom and reared in Spartan burg County, he was a son of the late William Franklin and Lizzi° Meddlin Wilson. He had n.adc his heme in Newberry for a number of years and was a retired employee of Kendall Mills. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Brewington Wilson, New berry; four sons, William Wil son and Ernest Wilson, both of Gastonia, N. C.; Samuel C. Wilson, Newberry; and Tommy Wilson, Nashville, Tenn.; a stepson, Jame' A. Cisson, Sum ter; one daughter, Mrs. Paul Jones, Newberry; one brother, Buddy Wilson, Anderson; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Lynn, Rock Hill and Mrs. Lillie Furr, Shel by, N. C.; an 16 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday from McSwain Fun3ral Home with Rev. R. J. Roberts conducting the ser vice. Burial followed in Rose- mont Cemetery. R. C. Thrift dies Monday R. Claude Thrift, 64, died Monday morning at the Bap tist Hospital in Columbia. Mr. Thrift was bom in New berry, the son of the late George Washington Thrift and Mrs. Mary Dora Rankin Thrift Morse. Before his retirement, he was Newberry County Jailer and was a member of O’Neal Street Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Johnnie Bledsoe Thrift; two daughters, Mrs. Allen Li vingston and Mrs. Billy Smith, all of Newberry; one brother, Charlie Thrift of Columbia; one sister, Mrs. J. H. Cook Sr. of Newberry, one half-sister, Mrs. Lizzie Shealy of Newberry; two step-sisters, Mrs. Pet Mc Carty of Ward and Mrs. Mattie Eidson of Saluda; and four grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted at 5 p.m. Wednesday at O’Neal Street Methodist Church by Rev. Elbert Johnson and Rev. Ralph E. Rhyne. Inter ment was in Newberry Memo rial Gardens. Voters of District Two ELECT W. Hunter Caldwell Board of Education November 3, 1970 16 years experience on School Board 16 years work with Boy Scouts Member of Holy Trinity Luth eran Church, Little Mountain Member of the Church Council Married, four children My life’s ambition is to help our youth in every way pos sible. Newberry Mills and Owens- Illinois employees will have their turn Saturday night as Newberry College continues its “Special Night” programs at the home football games. Em ployees and their families of the two local firms will be able to purchase tickets for $1.50 for the Newberry-Lenoir Rhyne football game Saturday, Oct. 3. The tickets may be purchased from the employers before noon Saturday. The 500 employees of New berry Mills and 120 of Owens- Illinois are the third group to participate in the S p e c i a 1 Nights. Saluda County residents will be honored at the Wofford game, Oct. 17, and residents of Lower Newberry County at the Samford game Nov. 14. Earlier in the football season employees of Kendall Company and resi dents of Whitmire were honored. Newberry Mills, an indepen dently-owned textile plant, was acquired by the present mana gement in 1949; the firm has been in Newberry since the 1880’s when the physical faci lities were constructed. The lo cal textile manufacturer produ ces print cloth and yarn at the plant on Newberry’s west side. Owens-Illinois is one of New berry’s newer manufacturing fa cilities; the building was con structed in 1965 to produce all types of corrugated boxes for industry. The company’s primary ma chine at the Newberry plant is longer than a football field. Within one year it produces, in terms of length, approximately 10,800 miles of corrugated board. The local plant is part of the Forest Products Division of Owens-Illinois. The division is Announcements FOR COUNCILMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of councilman and pledge myself to abide the results of the general election. CECIL E. KINARD FOR COUNCILMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of councilman and pledge myself to abide the results of the general election. L. D. GARDNER, JR. A good American stays a good American a lot longer. 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