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t I* ■ i I PAGE 12—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Oct. 22, 1970 March of Dimes chairman named L. Parker Martin, President of the Newberry Jaycees an nounced that the Jaycees will continue to sponsor the March of Dimes Fund Raising Cam paign this year. “The Jaycees have appointed as their fund raising campaign chairman, W. Harold Koon, a 1970 graduate of Newberry Col lege and new member of the Jaycees,” stated Martin. Koon, chairman of the 1971 March of Dimes fund raising campaign departed Wednesday, October 14 for a two-day Pro gram Orientation Meeting spon sored by The National Founda tion-March of Dimes being held in Atlanta, Georgia. The pur pose of the meeting is to high light recent accomplishments and current goals of the Na tional Foundation-M arch of Dimes. RITZ THEATRE WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY ADVENTURERS Charles Aznavour Alan Badel (R) SATURDAY MONDAY and TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB James Stewart Henry Fonda (GP) STARTING OCTOBER 30 FOR TWELVE DAYS PATTON CLOVER LEAF DRIVE-IN FRIDAY and SATURDAY FIRST RUN RUN ANGEL RUN William Smith Valine Starett SUNDAY FIRST RUN MOSQUITO SQUADRON David McCallum Suzanne Neve Always A Color Cartoon The Drive-In Will Be Closed On Monday Tuesday Wed nesday Thursday For The Winter Months. HOSPITAL BOARD . . . (Continued from Page 1) and editorial could have been published for any purpose other- than as a veiled attempt to sabotage the referendum to be voted upon on November 3 1970. We deeply regret the publica tion of this story and editorial and hope that the voters of Newberry County will not be misled. The truth is as follows: “The Newberry County Mem orial Hospital was created by legislative act of the South Carolina General Assembly in 1925. From that date to the present it has operated as a charitable and eleemosynary corporation without significant governmental support and with out governmental control. The Newberry County Memorial Hospital has for the past 45 years made available to the citizens of Newberry County a hospital facility which, for the large portion of the period, was adequate for the needs and bet ter than that operated in most comparable size counties. It has often been stated that Newber ry County operated its hospital at the least cost to the tax payer of any county in South Carolina. Certainly today this statement is true. “The members of the Board of Trustees of the Newberry County Memorial Hospital are interested citizens of Newberry County who give freely of their time and energies to assure the continuation of hospital ser vices to the citizens of the County. Many, many interested citizens have served as Trust ees over the past 45 years with out any compensation at any time and with only the interest of maintaining an adequate hos pital facility as their goal. “During the past fiscal year the total budget for Newberry County Memorial Hospital was shortly under one million dol lars. Of this sum Newberry County contributed $14,116.60 for charity patients. The actual cost for charitable and indigent pat ients during the same fiscal year amounted ot $66,088.01.” REPRESENTS COLLEGE AT INAUGURATION Philip Kelly, Jr., director of alumni affairs at Newberry Col lege, represented the College at Duke University in Durham, N. C. Sunday, Oct. 18, for the in auguration of Terry Sanford as president of the University- Kelly earned his master’s de gree in education and psycho logy from the North Carolina school in 1941. The nation’s farm equipment inventory is valued at over $26 billion, according to the New Holland Division of Sperry Rand. WANT ADS H. Grady Ballard BALLARD for Congress P. O. Box Easley 1970 S. C. 29040 AVON CALLING AVON PRODUCTS is the world’s largest and most re spected cosmetic company. AVON Representatives can take advantage of this fine reputation in successful, profitable businesses of their own. Call collect Mrs. ‘Brand 754-7123 or write 3823 Hum phrey Dr. Columbia. FOR SALE Siegler Oil Heater with fan, G. E. Refrigerator, electric range, color T. V., oval glass china closet cream puff condi tion. Comfortable terms. See us before you buy, sell, or trade anything. J. J. Langford & Son Newberry, S. C. 3tc . 'S-'-S® - -Jr m ^22 • _r,; . I Prior to the turn of the cen tury there was a beautiful grove that almost covered four blocks. These lots bordered on O’Neal Street, Boundary Street and Langford Street. The large pa latial home almost in the cen ter was the home of the late Dr. Gilder (now the residence of Mrs. O. F. Armfield, Sr.); the extra large grove in this spot was known as Leavell’s Grove. This large space was also used for circus show grounds. Since the recent building pro gram this space now has four streets that did not exist at the turn of the century. In this space there are now about forty homes. Leavell’s Grove was once used for an unusual event. In the early part of the summer of 1894 a man by the name of Rev. Pierce ‘Mike’ Kinard of Epworth, S. C. conducted a tent meeting in this grove. The tent was on the O’Neal Street side and at the conclusion of this meeting there were thir teen persons that banded them selves together and petitioned the Presiding Elder, a Rev. Harmon of the Cokesbury Dis trict to grant them the privi lege of organizing a Methodist Church. The petition was granted and a minister by the name of Rev. S. A. Nettles was assigned as the first pastor. The first place of worship was a little one- room school house that stood where the new educational building now stands. At that time, Central Metho dist Church was known as the First Methodist Church and the new church was known for a short while as the Second Methodist Church. First Metho dist was in watch care for the new church for a period of time. The thirteen charter mem bers were Miss Louise Lyles, Miss Minnie Lyles, Miss Hattie Vaughn, Miss Ophelia Vaughn, Mrs. Frank Hampton Jones, Mrs. Minnie Jones, Mrs. Nettie Jones, Mrs. Sarah Jane Davis, Mrs. Martha Isabella Thornton, Mr. Judge Rice Thornton, Mr. John Henry Chappell, Mrs. Mary Prince Chappell, Mr. Frank Baxter. The present membership now exceeds 400. Ministers who have served O’Neal Street Methodist Church include Rev. S. A. Nettles, Rev. W. B. Verdin, Rev. John W. Speak, who built the first church; Rev. B. D. Lucas, who later went as a missionary to China; Rev. E. T. Adams, a direct relation of a former U. S. President; Rev. G. E. Ed wards, Rev. John Henry Graves (the church just re cently torn down was built dur ing the time Rev. Graves ser ved. He also received the honor of having a street named for him. The street was later chan ged to Charles Street); Rev. J. B. Kilgore, Rev. John T. Miller, Rev. Will C. Kelly, Rev. A. M. Gardner, Rev. Gobe Smith, Rev. Ben L. Knight, Rev. R. F. Cogbum, Rev. W. F. Gault, Rev. R. O. Webb, Rev. J. E. Brown, Rev. M. A. Cleckley, Rev. J. E. Merchant, Rev. M. M. Brooks, Rev. N. K. Polk, Rev. C. F. DuBose, Rev. J. W. Tomlinson, Rev- John W. Davenport, Rev. Paul Petty, Rev. M. B. Fryga, Rev. Hoyt Graham, and the present pas tor, Rev. Elbert Johnson. The church was known as O’Neal Street Methodist Church, South, until 1939 when it became united and was then known as O’Neal Street Methodist Church. In 1968 and today it is known as O’Neal Street United Metho dist Church. The church has gone through phases of remodeling and add ing Sunday School rooms, the most extensive being when Rev. W. F. Gault was pastor, later when Rev. M. M. Brooks was pastor. Mrs. Brock, 73, dies Thursday Mrs. Gertrude Craine Brock, 73, widow of George Eugene Brock, died Thursday morning at the Newberry County Memo rial Hospital after a lingering illness. Mrs. Brock was born in Char lotte, N. C., the daughter of the late William and Bertha McCall Craine. She was a re tired employee of the J. P. Stevens Co., Whitmire Plant. She is survived by five sons, Leroy Brock and J. B. Brock, both of Newberry, William D. Brock of Columbia, Harold Brock of Whitmire, and Luther Brock of Charleston Heights; two daughters, Mrs. Pete Ro- ton and Mrs. Harold Leavell, both of Newberry; four half- brothers, four half-sisters, 15 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Charles Clinton and Rev. Wilkes Skinner. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. ? SalKgi O’Neal Street has many re cords of service to its credit. Under Pastor Gobe Smith the first Boy Scout troop in New berry was organized in 1913. The church has sent seven mi nisters out into the ministry; three ladies have become wives of ministers. Two of its mem bers have served the City of Newberry as mayor and four have served as aldermen. The church has always been well known as having an out standing choir and had the first electric organ to come to New berry County. The church also has had a very outstanding Wo men Society of Christian Ser vice and a Methodist Men’s Club. It has for many years had great interest in its youth programs. Today it has three-fourths of a block on O’Neal Street with its new parsonage, new educa tional building and just recently a new sanctuary. Each build ing is modern in every respect with modern heating and air conditioning. James L Beard dies suddenly James Larkin Beard, 46, died suddenly at his home on Adelaide Street Sunday. Mr. Beard was born in Knox ville, Tenn., the son of Mrs. Bertha Taylor Beard of Gasto nia, N. C., and the late James Lee Beard. He was an employee at the Mollohon Plant of the Kendall Company. He was a member of Summer Memorial Lutheran Church, taught Sunday School for many years and was a Charter Member of the Moose Club. He was a veteran of World War II. Besides his mother, he is sur vived by his wife, Mrs. Emmie Harmon Beard; two sons, Don Steven Beard and Larry James Beard, both of Newberry; one daughter, Mrs. Robin Foy of Newberry; four brothers, Ralph Beard and Evert Beard, both of Gastonia, N. C., Leonard Beard of Richmond, Va., and Grady Beard of Newberry; three sisters, Mrs. Jack Link < of Newton, N. C., Mrs. Edwin Hames of Cliffside, N. C., and Mrs. Thomas Bickertt of Los Angeles, Calif.; and five grand children. Funeral services were con ducted at 4 p.m. Monday at Summer Memorial Lutheran Church by Rev. J. Pierce Evans. Interment was in New berry Memorial Gardens.