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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.