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BY THE WAY Newberry’s Tricentennial activities to begin Sunday Democrat slate sweeps county By DORIS A. SANDERS THE BIG WEEK Next week is the "Big Week’ for Newberry County, the ob servance of the South Carolina Tricentennial. Planning for the events of the week has been going on for over a year. The County Com mission started its planning un der the leadership of the late Dr James C. Kimrd Martin Cavanaugh has ably taken over the reins of the committee and has worked with William Cart er, Owen Holmes, Keitt Purcell, C. M. Smith, Mrs. Aubrey Har ley and Mrs. Price J. Padgett in planning the many attrac tions for your enjoyment. Many other division chairmen have also put in much time and effort to make the week an enjoyable one. We hope we will have many visitors from out of town, but remember that these activities are also planned for you- -so take advantage of the opportu nity and try to attend as many of the functions as possible. You will find it well worth the time and the small amount of mono) involved REMEMBER WHEN? Remember way back when the National Education Asso ciation was lobbying for federal aid to education? The NKA was constantly assuring people that • federal aid doesn't mean fe deral control Somehow, we don't seem to hear that "no federal control line from the NEA any more. We all know that the federal bureaucracy has just about ta ken complete control, and it has by no means given up the desire to take control of what little choice is left to local school administrators. This was pointed out in the October 16th "Viewpoint" by Jesse Helms, telecast over WRAP TV in Raleigh, N. C By Jesse Helms Anyone yet harboring a lin gering hope that the federal government is not planning a complete takeover of the public schools is invited to take 1 note of a little announcement out of Washington recently that was given only obscure coverage in the news As so often happens, the Washington reporters were un able to fathom the bureaucra- t c gobbledygook. so the signi ficance of the announcement was lost It happened on Octo ber 1. to be exact, and the man doing the double-talking m this instance was one J. Stanley Pottinger. the bureaucrat who came to Raleigh some months ago to twist the arms of the local school board. Mr Pottinger seldom says clearly what he means in the kind of language that can be understood Certainly he did not, on October 1, when he disclosed that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare is draft ing another "guideline ' calcu lated to destroy further what ever remains of quality and ef fectiveness in public education. Mr Pottinger, as we say, didn't make clear what he w : as talking about, so the signifi cance of his announcement floated off virtually unnoticed into the stratosphere. The Wash ington reporters, as so often happens, simply relayed Mr Pottinger’s jargon, and let it go at that. The Associated Press, for ex ample, simply reported that H. E. W. is "drafting a pro hibition against one form of in school discrimination reported- (Continued on Page 8) Sunday will mark the begin ning of Newberry County's ob servance of the 300th anniver sary of South Carolina Religious Heritage Day will be celebrated at all churches of the county during regular service hours At 11:00 a m , there will be a dedication of historical marker at St John's Lutheran Church Another m ker will be dedi eated at 1 p at Rush Rwer Baptist Church On Sunday evening at 7 30 there will be a Tricentennial Worship Service at A (L D Wiles Chapel on the Newberry College Campus. Rev J Ander son Bass is chairman of the committee making plans for the service.. He announced that a 60-member youth choir will sing during the service Monday, Industry way, four industrial plants in the county wih open their doors to the pu blic Open house will be held at the following places: Southwest Eorest Industries (Whitener Lumber Co.), High way 121. from 9 to 10:30 am.; Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company. 10:30 am. to 12:30 pm . Owens-Illnois, Inc., Hwy. 121 Bypass, 1:30-3 pin.; and Cone Knit Mills, Highway 121 near Whitmire, 3-4:30 p.m. (iuided tours will be conduct ed through each of the facili ties. refreshments will be serv ed and souvenirs given All lo cal persons and Tricentcnnial visitors are welcomed Because uf State Law. children under age 16 will not be permitted to tour the plants. Historical Sites will take the place of prominence on Tues day of Tricentcnnial Week At 3 p m , a histon marker will be dedicated at me Rock House on Count> Highway 42, five miles south of Newberry The speaker will be Bill Carter Thomas H. Pope will be speak er for dedication of historical marker at the Old Courthouse i Community Hall» at 4 p.m , a marker will be nlaeed at the i ()pera 1 louse at 4 30 p m. w ith Nett Pureo’l speaking At 3 [i m on Tuesday there will be a Tricentennial Band Concert by the Newberry Col lege Concert Band, directed by Charles Pruitt, at Wiles Chapel. Tours of Newberry County historical homes and buildings are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. Tour tickets will be available at the Community Hall for $2 50 for one day or $4 00 for both days for each person. The sites listed do not need to be visited in the order shown. They will be open from 10 a m to 4 p.m. on the tour days Coffee and refreshments will be served in the Commu nity Hall Wednesday tours include: Old Court House, Opera House, Cald- well-Wright House, Caldwell- Higgins House. Coateswood. St Luke's Episcopal Church, Jas per Hall, Mollihon House, Jacob Summer House and Bush River Baptist Church. Box lunches may be purchas ed Wednesday at the Commu nity Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m for $1.25. They will be prepar ed by the Women's Auxiliary of Newberry Academy., 'Die list of sites on the Thurs day tour are Old Court House and Opera House, (iildercrest, Carter and Holmes Orchids. Rock House. Timberhouse, Ebe- ne/.er Methodist Church St Luke's Episcopal Church. Henry Summer House. John Adam Summer House and St John’s Lutheran Church Luneheon will be available at Si Luke's Parish House. 10!() Mam Street, from 11 am to 2 p m Tickets will be $1.50 per plate Completing Thursday's acti vities will he the production of "Oedipus Rex" by the New berry College Department of Speech and Dramatics, in Wiles C h a p e 1 Theatre. Admission will be $1.00. The play will also be produced on Eriday and Sa turday nights. Friday will be Merchant’s Day. with window displays of historic items to be featured at businesses through the coun ty Saturday will be Newberry College Day There will be de dication of historical marker in front of Smeltzer Hall, oldest building on the College campus, at 11 a m. . this will be followed by groundbreaking ceremonies for the new music building, and guided tours of the campus At 2 p m. there will be a football game between Newberry College and Samford Lniver- sity. at Setzler Eieid. Lrida\. Saturday and Sunday will also feature the Hobby and Antique Show and Sale at the Newberry National Guard Ar mory Admission is $1.00 Hours are Friday. 1 10 p.m . Saturday, 1 la m 10 p m . Sunday, 1-6 p.m. The Civitan Club will place Amei ic m Flags at businesses m downtown Newberry during the Tricentcnnial celebration. Further information concern ing the buildings on tour will be found elsewhere in this is sue. POST OFFICE BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY The Newberry Post Office will be closed Wednesday November 11, in observance of Veteran’s Day There will be no window ser vice nor delivery of mail by city or rural carrier. Holiday lock box service will be provi ded Holiday schedules for col lection, receipt and dispatch of mails will be observed. Five and six cent stamps are available from the stamp machine in the lobby of the post office. Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn led the Newberry County vote m Tuesday’s Gene ral Election Dorn defeated Re publican candidate Grady Bal lard 6071 to 1721 m final unof ficial returns Voting in favor of the hospi tal referendum was better than 3 to 1 in favor of allowing the legislature to increase the bond ed indebtedness for construc tion of a new hospital. Before bonds can be sold for a new' hospital another election must be held to authorize sale of the bonds Albert Watson, candidate for Governor, was the only Repu blican to carry the county. He failed in the statewide vote to Democrat Lt Gov. John C. West. Walter T. Lake, incumbent G R i Bob i Hawkins has been promoted to the Manager ot Kendall's Mollohon Plant in Neyvberry. replacing W. H. Tedford. who retired recently, according to a recent announce ment by George McQuilkin 3rd, Vice President and Divisional Manager of Kendall's Textile Di vision. Hawkins is a native of New berry, attended Newberry High School, and was graduated In 1952 from Clemson College with a B S Degree in Textiles. He joined Kendall at the Mol lohon Plant in 1955 as an Assis tant t Kerseer m the Carding Democrat member of the House of Representative from New berry County, defeated Repu blican Ronnie Hightoyver 5095 to 2732 For County Council Dist. 1 Carman Bouknight and C. E Hendrix were winners yvith 2509 and 2524 votes respectively. Re publicans William (). O’Dell re ceived 1334 and L Hart Jordan received 1398 votes. In the District 2 contest De mocrat John H. Schumpert over came his Republican opposi tion yvith a 2015 to 1468 vote. W E Taylor, Jr., Democrat had no opposition with the ex ception of a few write-in votes tor School Board No. 1. In the School Board race in District No. 2, W. Hunter Caldwell, in cumbent Democrat, defeated write-in candidate Heyward A- mick 2253 to 949. Department. He bas had nume rous assignments, including se veral in the Divisional Head quarters in Charlotte. Prior to his return to Newberry as Su perintendent of the Mol’ohon Plant in mid 1969, he was Su perintendent of one of the com pany's two operations in Al bertville, Alabama. Hawkins served in the U. S. Marine Corps from 1943-46 and in the Marine Reserves from 1946-49. From 1949-1958, he ser ved in the C. S. Air Force Reserves.. He is married to the former Caroline Huffman and they are the parents of three sons, Bob, Bruce, and Bill They reside at 1200 Fair Street in Newberry. Replacing Hawkins as Super intendent of Mollohon is George O. Porter. Porter came to this position from the Company’s Apparel Plant in Pelzer, S. C where he had served three and one-half years as Overseer of Weaving. Prior to having joined Kendall at Pelzer, he had held many supervisory positions in the textile industry. Porter is originally from Greenwood, S. C. and is married to the former Louise Neal. They are the parents of two grown sons, one living in Charlotte, N. C. and the other in Green wood. The Porters reside at 2040 Mower Street in Newberry. Hawkins promoted to Mollohon plant manager