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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S C., Thursday, October 15, 1970—PAGE 9 The Mid Carolina High' School Marching Band performs in concert formation during competition in the third an nual Furman University-sponsored High School March ing Band contest Saturday in Sirrine Stadium. Sixteen bands representing all four state classifications vied for trophies in the day-long competition. Dan Ellis, director of bands at Furman, supervised the contest. Mid Carolina High participated in the AA division. (Photo by Richard L. Whaley) Hospital vote is explained by chairman On November 3, residents of Newberry County will have the opportunity to take an impor tant step toward the beginning of a new hospital by voting for a word change in the 1895 con stitution. * Tom Buzhardt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Newberry County Memorial Hospital, stressed that the vote in November does not obligate the county for the expenditures of any funds and it does not call for a tax increase. “All the vote does is to increase the bonded indebtedness from 8 per cent to 30 per cent,” Buzhardt pointed out, “and before any funds could be spent on con struction at the hospital, we would have to submit the ques tion to the voters for their ap proval or rejection in a com pletely separate vote.” “Increasing the bonded in debtedness only allows us to begin drawing up plans for ei ther a new hospital or renova tion at the old hospital,” said Buzhardt, “and it means con ceivably that we could present such plans to the voters of New berry by next fall.” “Nothing can be done with out this essential first step in planning,” Buzhardt added, “therefore, we feel that a posi tive vote on the word change in November would save at least three years in the reali zation of our hospital improve ment.” Buzhardt pointed out that a word change in the constitution can come only at general elec tion time, therefore, if this bond ed indebtedness increase were defeated this year, it would be two years before the next gene ral election and another year after that before any plans could be presented to the pu blic. “We feel the urgency of our needs is so great,” said Buz hardt, “that we have formed a speakers bureau of our citi zens who will discuss, the in adequacies of our present hos pital to any group of people whether they be members of a civic club, garden club, neigh borhood organization or local business.” This speakers bureau will show a slide-tape presentation of the hospital and will answer any questions that might deve lop over the next few weeks. Any group of persons can sche dule a speaker for their club by calling Dave Morrison at the Newberry County Develop ment Board or L. A. Richard son, Administrator of the hos pital. The hospital was originally constructed in 1925 with addi tions being constructed in 1950 and 1962, however the need for rooms and beds is still about 30 short of current needs. “On the average, at least one- third of the year, beds and pa tients have to be placed in hall ways of the County Hospital, making for traffic congestion in the halls as well as unsanitary conditions for the patient,” ac cording to Buzhardt. Recent studies of the hospi tal show that “none of the build ings at the medical facility are structurally designed to support additional floors.” In addition, the central part of the hospi tal, which is also the original building, is totally susceptible to fire and should be replaced. “Only 18 patients in the hos pital have adjoining toilets and baths,” said Buzhardt, “and everyone knows that the best patient care requires at least one toilet for each patient room. “In one wing of the hospital,” he stated, “there is only one bath tub to bathe a maximum of 18 patients each day.” “The traffic pattern within the hospital is probably one of the most desperate inadequa cies in the whole system,” said Buzhardt, “because the pu blic, patients, newborn babies, emergency cases, essential la boratory traffic, X-ray traffic, doctors, and food traffic must all use the same hallway, the same elevator, and at the same time. Dr. George E. Meetze, Presi dent of the Division said, “To day is too late for yesterday’s tragedy. What about tomor row?” The Chaplain of the South Carolina Senate stated that the American Cancer So ciety is in emergency work when cancer kills four times the number who die in traffic accidents. He told the 200 dele gates to the conference that there will be 6,500 new cases in South Carolina this year, but that more than 800 people can be saved if the volunteers of the ACS are diligent and effec tive in their work. The banquet speaker was Dr. A. H. Letton of Atlanta who is the President-Elect of the Na tional Organization of the Ame rican Cancer Society. He spoke of the advances and the urgency of research and the diversion of funds to go into the solution of the great problem. He told of the motivation of the ACS volunteer and said, “When you save a life, it may not be in the paper, but it will be in THE BOOK”. During the 1969-70 year the Newberry County Unit reached 116 percent of its Education- Fund Raising goal. Seventeen Cancer films were shown, giv ing Newberry 170 percent of goal, and 17 Newberry County residents received assistance from the Cancer Society. Republican Headquarters open Monday Monday, October 12 officially marked the opening of Repu blican Party Headquarters in Newberry County for the Wat son Campaign and other GOP hopefuls. County Chairman, W. Harold Koon, addressed a group of sup porters and said, “John West has not faced the issues and more recently has been trying to get the liberal bloc vote which he led in ’68 for Hubert Humphrey, by labeling the Wat son Campaign racist. “Immediately after President Lyndon Baines Johnson made his surprising announcement that he would not seek re-elec tion, Lt. Governor John C. West gave a resounding endorsement to then Vice-President Hubert Horatio Humphrey as a succes sor. THE STATE newspaper in Columbia in its April 1, 1968 issue, quoted West: ‘This (the President’s decision) presents an interesting situation. I don’t mind saying I’m for Hubert Humphrey. I have felt for some time that he is the most capable man in the party. I will support him enthusiastically as the man best qualified, to do the job.’ “Joining West in a ringing endorsement of Humphrey was Matthew J. Perry, a Columbia Negro attorney, involved in the NAACP. Other Democrats, including Governor McNair and state party officials reserved comment on who should suc ceed Johnson,” Koon said. “Remember,” he continued, “West promoted the election of Humphrey while Humphrey campaigned across the country villifying the South in general and S. C. in particular because it was Sen. Strom Thurmond who had a great hand in Nixon successfully winning the nomi nation at the 1968 National GOP Convention. “Humphrey was well assured that no matter how vile his anti-South remarks were, he had a loyal and dedicated sup porter in S. C. by the name of John C. West, who held the bloc vote in the bag along with about 8 per cent of the white votes to give Humphrey less than 23 per cent of the votes cast in Newberry County. “Albert Watson is the Con servative candidate and repre sents the majority of South Car olinians political thinking and should be elected governor. A vote for West, to me, would be like a vote for Humphrey,” Koon concluded. * The Newberry Kiwanis Club’s famous annual Pancake Sup per will be held prior to the Batesburg - Leesville vs New berry High School Bulldogs game. The Pancake Supper will be served in the Speers Street School Cafeteria, Friday Octo ber 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. All you can eat for $1.50. Tickets may be purchased in advance from any member of the Newberry Kiwanis Club, or they may be purchased at the door. The proceeds from the New berry Kiwanis Club’s Pancake Supper go into a scholarship fund used to provide annually a scholarship to some New berry County freshman student attending Newberry College. Get your tickets now, enjoy a delicious supper and help a very worthy cause, Friday October 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. at the Speers Street School Cafe teria. Cancer Society active in 1970 The annual meeting of Ame rican Cancer Society was held in Charleston on Sept. 25th-26th. Voters of District Two ELECT W. Hunter Caldwell Board of Education November 3, 1970 15 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. JACOB PINCKNEY HAWKINS Republican Candidate For County Council Dist. 2 For a candidate to ask for Your Vote, or just be a good fella is not enough. There are many issues in election 1970. We would like to discuss some of these with you. Each day except Sundays. Beginning, Oct. 22-Nov. 2, 1970 at 12:30 P.M. on Radio Station WKMG 1 5 2 0 K.C. Repeats: Mornings at 8:05 A.M. on Oct. 22, 24, 26, 28, and 30th. Afternoons at 4:55 P.M. on Oct. 23, 27, 29, 31st and Nov. 2nd. We would be honored if you could listen. Your Support Will Be Appreciated Ad. Paid For By Friends of Candidate. R. L. Hawkins, Chr.