The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 22, 1970, Image 1
BY THE WAY
By DORIS A. SANDERS
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\ ( ,i. :’,4—No.
Now S. ('. 29108, Thursday. October 22, 1970
Mr>. I). Alan Reiyhley, Si’, was present
ed a platiue by the Newberry County Law
Knforcement Officei's Association at a re
cent meeting, in appreciation of her late
husband’s many years service on the
South Carolina Highway Patrol. Makiny
the presentation is Syt. W. K. Hamilton
of the Highway Patrol. Standing beside
Mrs. Keighley is her son, Sammie, a hipfh-
way patrolman stationed in (Greenwood;
at nyht is Sheriff Euyene Shealy, presi
dent of the Association.
(Sunphoto by Steve Armfield)
Mayor, three councilmen
to be chosen Tuesday
$3 PER YEAR
HOSPITAL ISSUE
The City General Election will
be next Tuesday, and the fol
lowing Tuesday. November 3.
will be the day for the county
and state general election.
One of the issues to be de
cided on November 3rd is the
so-called "hospital issue"
Anyone who has been a pa
tient. or has visited a patient
at Newberry Memorial Hospi
tal in the past few years, knows
that conditions are terrible at
our hospital.
The issue to be voter 1 on No
vember .3rd is NOT a bond is
sue. It is merely a matter of
raising the limit of bonded in
debtedness of the county so
that, if the voters later decide
to undertake construction of a
hospital, sufficient bonds '"ould
be sold to finance the venture
Newberry is badly in need of
a new hospital, just as ii is
badly in need of additional doc
tors One thought is. Why
build a new hospital when we
don't have doctors to staff iC".
but this is countered with. “We
aren t going to get any more
doctors until we have a decent
hospital"
I don t know whether a new
hospital will bring in new doc
tors or not. but it is a shame
that Newbernans must go to
Greenwood. Columbia Green-
wile or Charleston if they have
anything more than an ordi
nary-type illness, or if they re
quire anything more than ordi
nary type surgery The few doc
tors we have are certainly ca
pable. but they do not have
the tools with which to work.
I feel that we should vote
favorably on the referendum
November 3rd then we'll see
what the Board of Directors of
the hospital como up with in
the way of suggestions for new
hospital facilities.
Remember that by voting
yes" on this issue, you are
NOT voting to sell bonds or
raise taxes Another vote will
be necessary before that can
be done
TR1CEN ISSUE
The Sun. The Whitmire News
and the Prosperity* Citizen will
publish a combined Tricenlen-
mal Issue, celebrating the New
berry County observance of die
300th anniversary of South Caro
lina in early November
Tins special issue will eon
lam histones of churches of
the county as well as many
>iihei early e\enO Most chur
ches flaw submitted histones
,and pictures for publication
Tho.-e which have not are re
quoted to please submit this
inform,tiion to u> no iatei than
( (ehiber 2o
Al'O contained ;n the r sue
Will tie old plot ill ex o! inbTeM
We w. in Id appreciub y our going
through your scrapbooks and
picking ■ ui any picture- of
groups meetings anything of
general interest and allowing
us to use them m the issue.
The pictures will be carefully
handled and returned to you
Please identify the pictures and
put your name and address on
the back so hey can be re
turned
We would appreciate any
other information you have
which you think would be of
general interest, concerning e-
vents of by-gone days.
Your cooperation in helping
us to make this special issue
a real keep-sake will be ap
preciated
<)n Tuesday, October 27. vo
ters will make a choice be
tween Republican and Democra
tic candidates for mayor of the
Citv of Newberry and three
members of City Council.
The polls will be open from
8 a m until 7 p m . and pro
spective voters must present a
valid registration certificate to
be eligible to vote
Voting places are a- follows
Ward 1 No 1. City Hall,
Ward 1. No 2 Community
Building on First ‘''wo. Ward
2 Smith Motor Cm y Ward
8 V i Boundary Stre< t School.
W ai U 3 No 2 Mullnhon School.
W ard i No 1 »'Id < ’ourthou.-e
t 'ommunity Hall 1 W ard 4 No
2 l nion Hall on 1 tray ton Street.
Ward f>. Scout Cabin. Willow
brook Park and Ward tl Whi
takei Floor Cow ring
Seeking re election a- Mayor
n tti* incumbent. Democrat
< lareru e A Shealy dr , wIp
ha- >er\ed for a number of
year.- a- mayor and a- a mem
ber o! Council He is opposed
by Republican liersehel A
Kemper
Democrats hoping to retain
their seats on Council are Ce
ell F Kinard and F 1).. Gard
ner. dr The third seat up for
election is now filled by Carmen
Bouknight. who is not seeking
the job C A. Dufford, Sr a
former member of oouncil. is
the third man on the Democrat
slate.
Republicans hoping to take
possession of the three council
seats are Ira Dunn (Rusty)
Wilson, B Bernard Nichols and
Roy Rodrguez.
The mayor and three mem
bers elected Tuesday will serve
a four-year term.
The remaining members of
Council. C 1> Coleman. Pres
ton McAlhany and Claude Par-
tain are completing two years
of a four-year term
Homecoming
plans made
It's the "time to remember
time at Newberry College as
students and alumni are get
ting ready for the 1970 Home
coming celebration October 31.
Preliminary planning h a s
been going on tor several weeks
by the Alumni Association, but
tlie .-(asoti surfaced this week
a- -tudents began the process
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time to remember The Alumni
A.-soeiation will present awards
to the ' Most (lutstanding Alum
nus" and tfie "Most Outstanding
Non-Alumnus m a special ce
remony m the A. G. I). Wiles
Chapel
Although all alumni will be
welcome on the day. particular
.attention will be focused on the
classes of 1925. 1930. 1931, 1935,
1940, 1945, 1950. 1955, 1960, and
1965.
The Newberry College Indians
will entertain the Guilford Col
lege Quakers in a 2 p.m. football
contest on Setzler Field.
The day's activities wall close
with the annual Homecoming
Dance
Book features
Newberry man
A new book features the
World War II experiences of
William L. Donald of New
berry. The book is “Typhoon
of Steel, the Battle for Oki
nawa " Published by Harper
and Row of New York, it goes
on sale this week in bookstores
throughout the country.
During the 1945 battle for
Okinawa Donald served as a
crewman on the FSS Laffey.
a destroyer assigned to the dan
gerous mission of act mg as .a
radar picket to warn of the ap
proach of Kamikazes, Japanese
suicide planes, to the Okinawa
beachhead (>n April 16 the Laf
fey encountered forty Kami
kazes Donald and his ship-
ma'es -hot down twenty two in
a morning long action, break
ing the mam strength of the
third genera 1 suicide attack
aimed at Okinawa. Five enemy
pilots managed to hit the ship,
badly damaging it, but Donald
and other crewmen overcame
fires, flooding, and other da
mage to bring the Laffey to
a safe anchorage.
“Typhoon of Steel", which de
votes a chapter to the Laffey's
ordeal, is the first book on
the Okinawa battle intended es
pecially for the general reader.
Author James H. Belote heads
the history department at Prin-
cipia College, Elsah. Illinois.
His brother and co-author, Wil
liam M. Belote, is a professor
of history at the U. S. Naval
Academy, Annapolis. Both are
World War II veterans.
Hospital Board
makes stateemnt
on referendum
The statement printed below
was released Wednesday by the
N e w b e r r y County Hospital
Board of Trustees. Members of
the Board are Thomas Buz-
hardt, Chairman; Gerald C
Paysinger, A F. (Buddy) More-
head, Waldo Huffman, Robert
D. Schumpert, all of Newberry;
Jake Bowers of Prosperity and
Jim Abrams of Whitmire.
“On Tuesday, October 20,
1970, a special meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the New
berry County Memorial Hospital
was held at the call of Chair
man Tom Buzhardt. The pur
pose of the meeting was for
the Board to discuss one of the
lead stories and editorials ap
pearing in the issue of The
Newberry Observer dated Oct
ober 20, 1970. In the opinion of
the Board, both the news story
and editorial by innuendoes and
insinuations would tend to mis
lead the readers of such paper
and the voters of Newberry
County. At its meeting the Hos
pital Board unanimously voted
to issue this news release in
answer to the news story and
editorial.
"In the spring of this year,
when it became apparent to the
Board of Trustees that the faci
lity was no longer adequate to
meet the needs of the citizens,
a meeting was held by the
Board of Trustees with the
Newberry Legislative Delegat
ion, County Board of Commis
sioners and Newberry appoint
ees to the Midlands Planning
Council. In addition to the above
named persons, present were
representatives of the F. S
Government who handle federal
funds for the construction of
hospitals. Also present at the
meeting was the managing edi
tor of The Newberry Observer.
"At this meeting the Hospital
Board advised the delegation
and Board of Commissioners
that they realized the need for
a nett and more adequate fac
ility. as well as their inabihtv
to provide the same, and were
calling upon the delegation to
introduce the necessary legis
lation to present before the citi
zens of Newberry County the
question of increasing the bond
ed indebtedness for hospital
purposes
'The Board further advised
the delegation and Commission
ers that they were aware of the
fact that when a bond issue
was passed and county funds
were used in building a new
facility that the present facility
and operation of the hospital
should be turned over to New
berry County since Newberry
County funds would be involved
Legislation should be enacted
to accomplish this change in
control.
“Since this information has
been available to The Newberry
Observer, or should have been
available through its manag
ing editor, for many months, it
is inconceivable to this Board
that the misleading news story
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