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PAGE 8—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Nov. 5, 1970 The spirit of Hallowe'en was apparant Ghosts, goblins and witches were on hand from the above photo taken last Saturday to lend the proper atmosphere to the ses- morning at the Newberry-Saluda Regional sion devoted to the telling of ghost stories. Library during the regular story hour. (Sunphoto) BY THE WAY (Continued from Pago 1) ly accompanying desegregation in the South.” Figure that one out, if you will. The Associated Press story went on to explain: ‘‘This is the grouping of pupils accord ing to ability.” Pottinger was quoted as saying that ‘‘ability grouping..appears to be a sig nificant and growing problem in the South and probably in other areas of the country.” We consulted a prominent school official about the mean ing of this latest H. E. W. “guideline”. The official was glad we asked. “The people,” he said, “just don’t understand what is happening. The whole process of learning is being dragged down.” What, then, is the real mean ing of Mr. Pottinger’s “guide line”? To illustrate, let us sup pose that an integrated elemen tary school has three class rooms of second-graders, and that in the three classrooms there is a total of 90 children. Further, let us suppose that of the 90 second-graders, 30 chil dren have a reading ability equivalent to a third-or fourth- grade level; and that another 30 are average, and can read at the second-grade level; and that the remaining 30 are below- average, having a reading abi lity at first-grade level, or lower. What is the logical thing to do, from an instructional stand point? For years on end, school administrators have thought it wise, and fair, to challenge each student to do his best. The brighter students have been gi ven more difficult assignments than others with less ability. The average and below-average students have been challenged correspondingly, but with as signments commensurate with their ability. In that way, the RITZ THEATRE THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT URDAY MONDAY TUES DAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY PATTON George C. Scott Karl Malden TWO SHOWS DAILY 3:00 7:30 3 SHOWS SATURDAY 1:00 4:00 7:00 Adults $2.00 Children $1.00 CLOVER LEAF DRIVE-IN FRIDAY SATURDAY First Run HELL ANGELS 69 Tom Stern Jeremy Slate SUNDAY First Run WOMEN IN LOVE Alan Bates Oliver Reed Always A Color Cartoon The Drive-In Will Be Closed On Monday Tuesday Wed nesday Thursday For The Winter Months. Morison named DPW Director The appointment of David W. Morison as Director of the New berry Office of the Department of Public Welfare has been an nounced by the Newberry Board of Directors. He will replace Mrs. Edna Feagle, whose re tirement from the position was announced last week. Mr. Morrison, now executive secretary of the Newberry Coun ty Development Board, is a na tive of Asheville, N. C. He holds a B. S. degree in Forest Ma nagement from North Carolina State University, and attended graduate school at the Univer sity of Missouri. He has also attended a number of courses in management training. Mr. Morrison served in the armed forces from 1943 to 1946. He worked with the United States Forest Service prior to becoming connected with the De velopment Board. He is married to the former Majorie Force. They have three sons, Kenneth Pruitt, David and Charles. The new appointee has been active in many civic affairs in Newberry. He is a past mem ber of the Jaycees, a member and former president of the Newberry Kiwanis Club. He has served as campaign chairman for the United Fund. He has also been active in Central Unit ed Methodist Church of which he is a member. Mr. Morrison will begin his new duties in February. bright students did not become bored, and the dull students did not become discouraged. But Mr. Pottinger and his Flock of “experts” at H. E. W. have now declared that such treatment of students is unlaw ful. If a student is bright, he must sit around and twiddle his thumbs until the others catch up, if they can and if they will. In other words, the quality of education is being pitched to the lowest existing level. It is discrimination against blacks, according to Mr. Pot tinger, to permit children to ad vance in proficiency to the li mit of their ability to learn. Therefore, the H. E.-,W. guide line demands that the bright WANT ADS CHRISTMAS IS A TIME OF JOY AND BILLS Accentuate the joys, elimi nate the bills by becoming an AVON Representative in your neighborhood. Call col lect, Mrs. Brand 754-7123 or write 3823 Humphrey Dr. Columbia. HELP WANTED—for mobile home manufacturing plant. Rough and finished carpenters, plumbers, electricians, sheet metal workers, material hand lers, etc. Apply at Lexington Homes Inc., Chapin, South Car olina 2tc Hearing set on improvements to College Street Proposed improvements to College Street (U. S. Route 76 Business) in Newberry will be the subject of a Highway De partment public hearing Decem ber 1, at 10:30 a.m. in the New berry County Courthouse. Interested persons are invi ted to attend the hearing, said Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N. Pearman, to hear the details of the proposed project explained and to express their views on the social, environmen tal and economic effects it will have on the community. The project would extend from Harrington Street to Evans St., a distance of about 0.6 mile. The improvement would en tail widening the arterial faci lity to three travel lanes along the existing alignment of Col lege Street. Mr. Pearman said tentative schedules for right of way ac quisition and construction will be discussed at the December 1 hearing, as well as relocation assistance programs available for persons whose homes or bu sinesses would be displaced by the project. Related maps, drawings, sket ches and other data pertinent to the proposed improvement are available for public inspec tion and copying at the Highway Department administration building on Senate Street in Co lumbia. Overseas mail deadlines given The following deadlines have been designated for mailing Christmas parcels and greeting cards for Armed Forces Over seas: Parcels: Surface Mail, Nov. 7; SAM (Space Available Mail), Nov. 21; PAL (Parcel Airlift) Nov. 28; Airmail, Dec. 12. Greeting Cards: Surface Mail, Nov. 12; Air Mail, Dec. 12. child be held back to the level of the group with the least abi lity. Oh, yes. This “guideline” is just on* of many being prepared for distribution by H. E. W. The manual of new guidelines hasn’t yet been published be cause there are so many other similar “discriminations” which H. E. W. intends to forbid. Do you see, now, who’s run ning your schools? Fund Campaign report given The Newberry County United Fund Board of Directors held its regular October meeting on the morning of the 27th. The vice-chairman of the 1970 cam paign, Richard L. Britt, report ed that even though the cam paign has just begun, it is ap proaching 45 per cent of the goal of $30,000.00 The largest portion of this money is in the form of pledges from the indus trial division. Twenty plants in the area have not reported at all. J. Hilton Parsons, Jr., presi dent of the United Fund Appeal, stressed that if everyone in the County supports the Appeal Drive in the same fashion as the industrial division there will be an excellent campaign. Par sons also offered congratulations to the Southwest Forest Pro ducts Corporation, Whitener Lumber Co. Division, and to Newberry Mills for the tremen dous effort by their employees. “This could very well be the last year of the Newberry Coun ty United Fund unless we reach our goal by 100 per cent. New berry County citizens must sup port themselves through our Ap peal Drive,” Parsons said. “Dick” Britt also informed the directors that the residential division and the outlying dis tricts would be contacted be ginning November 2nd. AVELEIGH CIRCLES MEET NEXT WEEK Circle No. 1 of Aveleigh Pres byterian Church will meet Tues day at 10 a.m. with Mrs. Cleo Schumpert. The other circles will meet Monday as follows: No. 2, 4 p.m. with Mrs. A. T. Neely; No. 3, 4 p.m. with Mrs. Joe Keitt; No. 4, 8 p.m. with Mrs. William Lawrence; No. 5, 8 p.m. with Mrs. Joe Trefsgar. NAMED DIRECTOR Philip T. Kelly, Jr., Alumni Secretary and former dean of men at Newberry College, was recently elected to serve a two- year term on the Board of Di rectors of the Easter Seal So ciety for Crippled Children and Adults of South Carolina, Inc. Mr. Kelly is current chair man of the Newberry County Easter Seal Committee. NOTICE The November meeting of City Council will be held on Monday, November 9, 1970, beginning at 7:30 P.M., in City Hall, Newberry, S. C. The newly elected members of City Council will be sworn in at this meeting. NOTICE OF SECOND READING Notice is hereby given that City Council will hold Second Reading on the following ordinance at a meeting of City Council to be held in Council Room, City Hall, Newberry, S. C., on November 9, 1970, beginning at 7:30 p.m. An ordinance providing for the purchase of 1.47 acres of land in the County of Newberry from James P. Livingston. Mayor & City Council