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BY THE WAY
By DORIS A. SANDERS
BACK AGAIN
The old familiar subject of
urban renewal is back again
and I must say that I didn’t
know it was to come up for a
vote in the General Election of
November 3. It does not con
cern Newberry County; in this
instance it is Richland County
which is seeking power of emi
nent domain to condemn pri
vate property for private use.
In order to be approved, it
must be voted upon favorably
not only by citizens of Richland
County, but a majority of the
votes cast throughout the state
must be favorable before the
amendment can be adopted.
I am just as firmly against
urban renewal now as I was
a few years back when City
Manager Ken Riebe and I were
going round and round about
this thing. It is just opening
wider the ever-widening crack
in the door for government to
take over control of personal
property and personal rights.
The amendment is Local A-
mendment No. 2 Many people,
who know nothing about the
amendments, simply mark
“yes" on their ballot. In this
particular instance, may I urge
that you vote a very clear and
decisive NO to Local Amend
ment No. 2 While this affects
only Richland County, as I said,
next time it wall no doubt be
Newberry County and even if
it isn’t, Newberry taxpayers will
be helping pay, through federal
taxes, for urban renewal pro
jects in Columbia.
Please make a special note
to vote against Local Constitu
tional Amendment No. 2. You’ll
be doing yourself a favor.
MUST DISAGREE
I must disagree with the
members of City Council who
criticized the polin' department
for using unidentified cars equip
ped with radar, to spot speed
ing vehicles
The speed limit signs are put
on the streets for a purpose;
the law states that a driver
must observe the limits or he
is violating the law.. Why. then,
should a speeding motorist be
given any considerationIf he
violates the law, he deserves
to be caught, and to be caught
by any method the police can
dream up
1 don't know where the epi
sode took place but 1 would
guess probably it was on Boun
clary Street Many of sou arc
having experience now with
Boundan Street traffic th.it you
haven’t had m the past, because
of your children going to Gall-
man Junior High. You parents
who have children riding bikes
or walking to that school should
call the police department and
praise the officers for taking
steps to insure your children’s
safety
I cannot understand why some
members of council take the
stand they do on this matter
Any driver who sees a police
car is going to slow down if
he is speeding -but that police
car can’t stay there forever and
the speeders will resume their
pace when the official car is
not in sight.
For once, let’s commend our
police department for doing its
duty, rather than condemning
it for trying to save lives.
WORK GOING ON
Although you haven’t heard
too much about it yet, there is
a lot of work going on behind
the scenes in preparation for
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The Newberry County Tricentennial
Commission met Monday night to discuss
plans for Newberry’s observance the week
of November 8-14. Shown admiring the
brochure concerning the county’s obser
vance are, from left, Mrs. Price J. Pad
gett, Gordon Henry, Mrs. Aubrey Harley,
Martyn Cavanaugh, acting chairman of
the Commission, and Mrs. Jane Floyd.
(Sunphoto)
Commissioners
meet Tuesday
The Newberry County Board
">f Commissioners in a brief
meeting Tuesday morning voted
to paint the hallway in the main
floor of the courthouse.
"It is in terrible condition.’’
Supervisor H B. Hendrix said.
He noted that the Tricentennial
would be observed in the county
m a few weeks, and anticipated
that there would be a number
of visitors to the eourthouse.
“People congregate in the
hall, stand against the wall and
put their feet on the wall,” Mr.
Hendrix said. “I don't know how
we can keep it clean.”
Commissioner Curtis Shealy
suggested that it be painted
with a type paint which would
be washable. He made the mo
tion to go ahead wr. ’he paint
ing It was seconded by Com-
missioiu t Hawkins and passed
unanimously
The only other item of any
importance on the agenda con-
cerned the ambulances to be
purchased The County plans to
purchase two ambulances with
the aid of a federal grant. Price
of the ambulances was set at
$8,000 each The Board unani
mously voted to add what
ever amount was necessary to
get one “nice” ambulance, ra
ther than the van type which
is available for $8,000.
The Supervisor read a letter
from the chairman of the
County Council of Richland
County concerning an urban re
newal amendment which is up
for vote in the November 3 Ge
neral Election.
TO SERVE ON
ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Charles Jeremias, head
of the department of chemistry
at Newberry College, has been
chosen to serve a one year
term as an honorary member
of the Editorial Advisory Board
of the American Biographical
Institute.
Council accepts
county’s terms
for land strip
City Council voted Tuesday
night to accept the proposal
made by the Newberry County
Board of Commissioners for
leasing a strip of land adja
cent to the Courthouse.
The Commissioners offered to
lease the land for five years,
with an option to renew the
lease for another five years.
The land in question was needed
for the proposed parking lot at
the site of the Wiseman Hotel
and Baker Warehouse between
College and Lindsay streets.
Eight spaces of the parking
lot would be left for use of
persons doing business at the
courthouse and would not be
metered. There would be a time
limit on parking in these areas.
City Manager K. W. Riebe said
that he had offered city ser
vices to help police these spaces
but no decision has been made.
It was pointed out that jurors
would not be required to pay
for parking in the metered
spaces.
Council heard a first reading
on a proposal to purchase 1.5
acres of land for $3,000 for con
struction of a water tank on
the property of James R. Li
vingston. This would be a part
of the new water treatment
plant to be placed at the Saluda
river. Questioned about a start
ing date for construction of the
plant, the city manager said
that up until three months ago,
it was an “unthinkable” situa
tion.
Council accepted a low bid
of $12,677 from Ballenger Con
struction Company of Spartan
burg for installing electrical
equipment at Wise Street Park.
Council was told that work on
this park, and Marion Davis
must be completed by January
1 in order for the city to ob
tain matching federal funds.
NAMED OFFICER
SPANISH TEACHERS
Dr. Albert P. Mature, head
of the department of Modern
Languages at Newberry Col
lege, was elected vice-president
of the South Carolina Chapter
of the American Association of
Teachers of Spanish and Por
tugese for the 1970-71 school
year at the group’s annual
meeting last week.
A lengthy discussion was held
on the suggestion by the city
manager to discontinue giving
examinations for tradesmen
working in the city, and to have
persons take the examinations
administered by the State or
by the South Carolina Munici
pal Association. This request by
the City Manager was brought
about because of criticism le
veled at the city recently con
cerning the examination.
Council decided to think the
matter over until the November
meeting.
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United Fund
breakfast held
for volunteers
Monday, October 12th, the
Newberry County United Fund
Drive for 1970-71 officially got
underway. James F. Coggins,
this year’s chairman, officiated
at a rally breakfast held at the
Newberry Inn for all of the
volunteer captains and lieute
nants who will shoulder the load
of the Appeal Drive.
Mr. Coggins, in his opening
remarks, asked each of the cap
tains to urge their helpers to
do better than average-explain
ing that “average” for the past
United Fund Drives has been
less than the goals set and has
not met the needs of Newberry
County. He also stated that un
less the goal of $30,000.00 is
reached the Newberry County
United Fund would in all pro
bability be disbanded. When
this happens all of us in the
County will be besieged by nu
merous drives, and it easier to
give just once rather than so
many times, he said.
Coggins also praised the com
panies which have this year
consented to offer a payroll de
duction plan to their employees.
The companies providing this
service are as follows:
Southwest Forest Products
(Whitener Lumber Co. Div.),
Central Soya, Choice Quality
Mills, Newberry Mills, Ocoma
Foods, Old School Manufactur
ing Company.
Two companies which already
have had a payroll deduction
plan are Owens Illinois and C-
P Corporation.
Coggins explained his cam
paign is broken into two groups
headed by Vice-Chairman Ri
chard L. Britt, Manager of the
Newberry Southern Bell Office
and Vice-Chairman William D.
Kibler of the South Carolina
National Bank.
Mr. Britt will captain the
commercial division, industrial
division, special projects and
outlying districts. Mr. Kibler
will captain the financial divi
sion, professional division, Pu-
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Republican candidates for local office were on hand for
the opening of Newberry County Republican Headquar
ters Monday morning. Among them were, from left,
Herschel Kemper, candidate for Mayor; L. Hart Jordan,
candidate for County Commissioner; I. D. (Rusty) Wil
son, candidate for city council; and Ronnie Hightower,
candidate for State House of Representatives.
(Sunphoto)