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PAGE 8—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, October 1 1970 COUNTY PROPERTY VALUES (Continued from page 1) that the Monday meeting was to take further action if the Commissioners felt it advisable. He read a letter from J. As- bury Bedenbaugh, Chairman, and Frank M. Senn, Secretary, of the Newberry County Plan ning Board. The letter conveyed the following resolution passed by the Planning Board on Au gust 31: “It is the feeling of the New berry County Planning Board that the construction of the pro posed parking lot adjacent to the Newberry County Court house would be mutually bene ficial to both the city and the county. It is the recommenda tion of this board that the two parties involved institute nego tiations to attempt to resolve their differences in hopes that this parking facility could be constructed to the benefit of both the county and the city.” Mr. Hendrix said that other members cf the Planning Board are Elmer Epting, Francis Set- zler, Dr. Johnny Roche, Gurnie Stuck, Ralph Boazman, Gordon Clarkson and Herschel Kemper. After reading the Resolu tion, t h e supervisor said, “I don’t know how you feel about it, but this Planning Board has been working in the County for three years or longer. I have a lot of respect for its opinion RITZ THURSDAY FRIDAY and SATURDAY CRY BLOOD APACHE Dan Kemp Jody McCrea (R) MONDAY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MACHINE GIN McCAIN John Cassavetes Britt Ekland (GP) ' CLOVER LEAF DRIVE-IN FRIDAY and SATURDAY CACTUS FLOWER Walter Matthau Goldie Hawn SUNDAY THE DOWNHILL RACER Robert Redford Camilla Spalv Always A Color Cartoon The Drive-In W’ill Be Closed On Monday Tuesday Wed nesday Thursday For The Winter Months. and judgment.” He said that the Planning Board represents all sections of the county, and “They have given a lot of their time without compensation for the betterment of Newberry County.” After discussion in executive session, Commissioner Dawkins made the following motion: “I move that the City of New berry be given permission to extend the fence now located between the Courthouse and the Baker warehouse, to College Street. The land between the fence, the Baker warehouse, and the Wiseman Hotel is to be used as a parking lot. The County of Newberry is to re tain parking spaces for citi zens that have business to trans act at the Courthouse.. These spaces are to be the ones that are currently being used and are not to be metered. The ba lance of said lot, excluding the above mentioned spaces, is to be leased to the City of New berry to be developed and main tained by the City as public parking lot. “I further move that the de tails of said lease be negotiated by the County Board of Com missioners and the City Offi cials.” In refusing to second the mo tion, Commissioner Shealy said, “..there are two strong sides about the program. Unfortu nately it is our duty to have to make a decision. Since I have already made one decision, I will stick to it. If I second this, I feel that I should continue to be a part of it, so I won’t second the motion.” Mr. Hendrix said that under terms of the lease, when nego tiated, the county will retain seven or eight unmetered park ing spaces. These will be in cluded in the total parking lot project and the city will be re imbursed by the county for the expense of paving. The Supervisor read a letter from the S. C. State Board of Health advising that the coun ty’s application for funds for “emergency medical services” had been granted in the amount of $23,000. The sum is to be used for purchase of ambu lances and equipment and pay ment of personnel in the am bulance service. The Supervisor also read a letter from the Commissioners of Election concerning the num ber of voting booths required by law in each precinct. At the recommendation of Mr. Hen drix, the Board agreed to have Olin Lominick check the num ber of booths on hand and to take action later if more are needed. WANT ADS H. Grady Ballard BALLARD for Congress P. 0. Box Easley 1970 S. C 29040 HELP WANTED 6 Sales Men and Women wanted Weekdays 5:30 to 8:30. National company. Will hire people who work during days. Contact Bob Smith 276-2343. Itp IMAGINE A NEW YEAR WITH NO BILLS! Selling for Christmas now— beautifully designed and packaged AVON products. Call collect Mrs. Brand 754- 7123 or write 3823 Humphrey Dr. Columbia. 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. College man enjoys teaching in Far East . Teaching in Japan, Korea, and Okinawa and touring Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Tai wan and Thailand occupied Dr. John Meador’s time during his leave of absence from New berry College last year. The head of the College’s His tory Department taught history and political science to United States Servicemen and their de pendents and toured the Orient under the auspices of the Uni versity of Maryland’s Far East ern Division. Dr. Meador joined the Newberry College staff in 1966. Of the three countries in which Dr. Meador taught, he enjoyed most his sojourn in Ja pan and taught two of his four two-month terms there. He al so spent a month vacation there in the late spring. He cited two reasons for Ja pan’s being his favorite nation: First, Japan has more of the material comforts that make a Westerner feel at home, and second, “I found the Japanese to be the friendliest of the peo ples I visited.” Countering the popular belief that Japan is the most Western of the Oriental countries, Dr. Meador said that his observa tions seemed to indicate that, ‘The Japanese are Westerni zed in a superficial way; they have Western clothes machines and TV sets, but fundamentally, they are the least Westernized of the Orientals.” He continued, “Their perso nal character is inflexible. West ern values seem to have less of an impact in Japan, and I found that Christianity has made less progress there.” Another reason for Dr. Mea dor’s feeling that the Japanese people are not Westernized was their very Eastern sense of hu mor. He said that he could un derstand the humor of other Orientals more easily than Ja panese humor. Although Dr. Meador stayed on military bases and taught no Orientals, he was able to meet natives of the countries in which he stayed. One Japa nese student took him to Wase- da University near downtown Tokyo. “I don’t know whether or not Waseda is typical of all Japanese universities, but I found that its campus was not spacious. The buildings w ere nice and similar to American college buildings, but they were crammed close together,” he commented. Discussing the language bar rier, Dr. Meador remarked, T know no Oriental language, but I found that English is the clo sest thing to a universal lan guage the Far East has. Where we haven’t been, the English have, and something all Eng lish-speaking peoples seem to have in common is that they refuse to learn any other lan guages. Others must adapt to them.” He added that he thought from six to eight years of English are required in most Japanese schools and that a speaking- knowledge of English seems to be a necessity for Japanese businessmen. Of course not everyone spoke English, but Dr. Meador said that no matter where he was, he could usually find someone who did. Though Dr. Meador found Ja panese food “different,” he re marked, “Of course there was the inevitable rice and sukiyaki, which most Americans think of as a typical Japanese dish, is actually a luxury because it is made with beef.” He explained that though they are beginning to eat more meat, fish is still much more prevalent. Meat is scarce in Japan because of the small amount of farmland. ‘Ja pan has approximately 100,000,000 people living in area the size of California,” he ad ded. In discussing food prices, Dr. Meador said, “I understand that there are some places that really soak Westerners. I never ate in any though. They were designed to attract tourists and were colorful. I preferred to go where the Japnaese ate, how ever.” The rate of exchange in the Japanese money system is 360 yen to the American dollar. He had considered renting a room or apartment during his second term in Japan but did not be cause of the high rents. Dr. Meador taught two-month win ter term in South Korea. He was a little surprised at the backwardness of this country and said, “It was a bigger shock to go from Japan to Korea than from the United States to Ja pan.” In many areas of Korea Dr. Meador found ‘drabness of dress and squalor,” but he said that these conditions do not greatly bother the Koreans. “They are not depressed and are confident that they are mak ing progress.” From evidence observed, he felt “Korea is building and pro gressing.” Discussing the ever present threat of Communist North Ko rea to the South Koreans, Dr. Meador remarked, “Probably the biggest fact of life in Korea is the army. It affects social life, economics, and education.” Another two-month term Dr. Meador spent in Okinawa. He commented on American mili tary domination of Okinawa, saying, “Being in Okinawa is much like being in the United States. They were even on the American dollar while I was there, but they are now switch ing to their own monetary sy stem.” Dr. Meador did most of his traveling within a country by train. He evaluated them as “100 per cent better than Ame rican. The Japanese trains are very crowded but are punctual, cheap, and go everywhere. In Korea the trains are good, but not so extensive.” Talking about other modes of travel, he stated, “I refused to drive. My personal opinion is that Orientals are the worst dri vers in the world.” Meador ad ded, however, that he did on occasion ride with Easterners or other Americans. In summarizing, Dr. Meador commented, “I feel that I got more out of last year than any thing I have ever done.” Poster contest M | Junior High and High School students in Abbeville, Edge- field, Greenwood, Laurens, Mc Cormick, Newberry, and Salu da Counties are invited to par ticipate in an Air Pollution pos ter contest sponsored by the Tuberculosis and Health Asso ciation of Area Six which serves these seven counties. Principals in the seven county area have been mailed appli cation blanks which may be used by participating students. The rules of the contest are: 1. Students of Senior High Schools are eligible. 2. An entry shall consist of a poster, 18”x24”, all art work to be original. Cut-outs and photographs not authorized as part of the art work. 3. The poster should depict what clean air means, what air pollution can do, or causes of Letter to Editor Dear Sir: Dr. Inez Clark Eddings offers the men and women of South Carolina a singular opportunity to show that a well qualified woman can be elected to a high office in this state. Running for the office of State Superintendent of Educa tion, Dr. Eddings comes equip ped with the highest creden tials in the two areas that count. First, she has worked in edu cation all her life except for the time she was studying to improve her background. She has worked successfully as a classroom teacher, a principal, and a supervisor and as Rich land County Superintendent of Education. Second, Dr. Eddings has put in many years of hard work in earning, first, her bach elor’s degree, next, her mas ter’s degree, and, finally, her doctor’s degree. This last, in cidentally, is a doctorate in phi losophy, the highest degree that can be earned in the aca demic world. Surely Dr. Eddings does not conform to the popular concept of a leader of the Women’s Li beration Movement, but she is a woman whose abilities merit the support of all South Caro linians, both men and women, in her race for the office of State Superintendent of Educa tion. Sincerely, Margery P. Williamson UDC CHAPTER MEETING SET Drayton Rutherford Chapter, U. D. C. will hold its October meeting on Tuesday, the 6th at 4 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Elmer Shealy. Associate hos tess will be Mrs. A. J. Briggs. * * * 4 5 6 7 8 air pollution. The poster may use one or all features and may be titled. 4. The poster will be signed on the reverse side with name, name of school, school grade, and school address. 5. Originality, accuracy and evidence of understanding the subject matter will be the basis of evalution. Getting across is the important factor. 6. Submit your entry blank to your school Principal by Oc tober 1, 1970 and your poster by October 19, 1970. 7. The decisions of the judges are final. 8. The posters will not be re turned and the South Carolina Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association reserves the right for publication with the artist by-line. Prizes will be a $25 Savings Bond (1st place) and a $10 Gift certificate (2nd place) to the winners in the seven county area. Winners of this local con test will be entered in the state contest where they can go on to win a $50 savings bond (1st place) or a $25 Savings Bond (2nd place) and will attend the statewide luncheon Forum on ‘Clean Air” to be held at the Sheraton Inn in Columbia on October 27, 1970. Students in these counties are urged to contact their Princi pals and get an application blank, fill it out and mail it, and begin work on their poster. This is a subject all young peo ple should be vitally interested in since it is becoming more of a health problem in this area each year. Judges for the contest will be selected from the 7 county area and will be announced at a later date. For further information con tact the office of the Tuber culosis and Health Association of Area Six—Room 204, Lau rens Federal Building—201 West Main Street—Laurens, South Carolina (Telephone 984-7211).