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£3 PAGE 6—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Nov. 12, 1970 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Brown of Newberry announce the engagement of their daughter, Carol Elaine, to Dr. Lewis Poterfield, of Kinards, son of Dr. and Mrs. Ira D. Porterfield of Raleigh, N. C. The wedding is planned for January 30, 1971 at New berry Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Students plan Mexican trip A look at the three historical periods of Mexico is on the schedule of Newberry College students who participate in Me xican Safari in January. The course is one of several travel courses that the College will offer during the January Interim period. The short ses sion gives students an opportu nity to travel, to focus upon independent research, or to pur sue contemporary issues that are not easily included in a se mester’s course of study. The 1971 Interim program will be the second one offered by the College. The Mexican tour is under the direction of Dr. Albert Mature, head of the College’s Depart ment of Modern Languages. The tour, which will give the students four hours of college credit, will be divided into three periods: pre-Colombian, colo nial, and the modern or con temporary. The pre-Colombian phase will focus its attention on the Aztec, Mextc, and Zapotec cultures of Central Mexico with visits and on-the-spot lectures at the va rious historical sites. The colonial period will be primarily classroom oriented with lectures by Mexican pro fessors from the University of the Americas in Mexico City and the University of Guana juato. Contemporary and Mo dern Mexico will center in Me xico City with visits to the city’s universities, museums, shrines, and other historic sites. Students will be staying with middle and upper class bilin gual Mexican families during their stay in the capital city. The tour will leave Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 4, and leave Me xico City on Friday, Jan. 29. LIBRARY RECEIVES MAGAZINE GRANT The Newberry Saluda Region al Library will receive $369.77 in grant funds this year to maintain and improve its col lection of magazines, it was an nounced by Miss Estellene P. Walker. South Carolina State Library director. Grants to improve the collec tion of periodicals are made to eligible libraries under the Book Collection and Improvement Project of Title I of the Library Services and Construction Act. The purpose of this project is to improve reference resour ces in public libraries of South Carolina by making available extensive collections of gene ral, specialized, and technical periodicals which are the chief source of current information in many subject fields. Participating libraries choose from a wide range of periodi cals those which best meet the needs of the local community. Grants for the purchase of pe riodicals are based on the popu lation which the library serves. Funds will be spent to continue subscriptions begun under ear lier projects. COMPUTER SHARING BE DISCUSSED The possibilities of arranging a computer “Time-sharing”-pro gram between the state’s col leges and the computer facili ties at the University of South Carolina will be explored at a conference at Newberry Col lege on Saturday, Nov. 14. Dr. Dennis Huthnance, head of the mathematics department at Newberry College, and Dr. William Eccles, acting head of the department of computer science at the University, are planning the agenda for the day long meeting. The heads of the departments of chemistry, education, history, mathematics, and political science of South Carolina col leges have been invited to the meeting. BIRTH OF SON Mr. and Mrs. J. Keister Wil lingham, Jr. of North Augusta announce the birth of an eight pound, seven and one-half ounce son, Eric Creighton, on Novem ber 7, 1970 at St. Joseph Hos pital in Augusta, Georgia. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Setzler; pa ternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Willingham, all of this city. ON HONORS PROGRAM AT WINTHROP Two Newberry County stu dents are among the 153 en- rol’ed in the Honors Program at Winthrop College this semes ter. The program provides su perior students with an oppor tunity to participate in challen ging academic offerings. Those from Newberry in the program are Gay Harmon Ste wart of the city and Anna Wick er of Prosperity. CORRECTION . Last week The Sun erroneous ly printed that Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Kunis were living at 1528 Caldwell St. The Sun is advised that Mr. Kunis is not married, and offers apolo gies for making the error. HOMEAKER CLUB SCHEDULE GIVEN The following schedule for Extension Homemaker clubs in the county is announced by Mrs. Mildred K. Holliday, Ex tension Home Economist. Helena, 2nd Tuesday, 6:00 P M. Little River, 2nd Wednesday, 3:00 P. M. B & S, 2nd Wednesday, 3:30 P. M. Tranwood, 2nd Thursday, 3:00 P. M. Hannah, 2nd Friday, 4:00 P. M. St. Mary, 3rd Monday, 3:00 P. M. Jolly Street, 3rd Monday, 3:30 P. M. Bush River, 3rd Tuesday, 3:00 P. M. Elisha, 3rd Wednesday, 3:00 P. M. Mt. Hebron, 4th Monday, 3:30 P. M. Silverstreet, 4th Monday, 3:30 P. M. Belmont, 4th Tuesday, 3:30 P. M. Pomaria, 4th Wednesday, 3:30 P. M. Little Mountain, 4th Thurs day, 3:30 P. M. Any group that would like to organize a club in their commu nity should contact the Exten sion Home Economist office in the Agriculture Building. LOWER COUNTY DAY AT COLLEGE Residents of lower County and Chapin will have their turn Sa turday, November 14, to watch the Newberry College Indians in action, when the College ho nors the area residents at the Ncwberry-Samford football clash. Merchants who are selling tic kets for the game include the Piggly Wiggly Store in Pros perity and the Red and White and the Midway Building and Supply Stores in Chapin. “If the tickets are purchased before noon of the day of the game,” FredHerren, New berry’s head football coach said, ‘they may be bought for only $1.50 instead of the regular price of $3.50. The reduced tic ket price is part of the ‘Special Nights’ project that the College has had during the 1970 football season to honor area residents end employees of some of New berry’s industrial firms.” The Newberry-Samford game is the last home contest of the 11-game season for the Indians. Kick-off time is 2 p.m. Legislation helps veterans A major piece of legislation designed to assist millions of veierans to get homes of their own was signed into law Octo ber 23 by President Nixon, ac cording to John I. Findley, Loan Guaranty Officer, VA Regional Office, Columbia. One provision wipes out an ending date for GI loan bene fits for all veterans who ser ved after January 31, 1955, and also restores these benefits in definitely to 8.9 million Korean Conflict and World War II ser vicemen who did not use them earlier. Another provision offers a ve teran for the first time a pro gram of loans for mobile home purchasers—up to $10,000 for a mobile home alone; up to $17,500 if he gets a lot to place it on. A third authorizes VA to make direct loans in any part of the country to certain seriously dis abled veterans who are entitled to specially constructed hous ing. Findley also called attention to provisions of the new law which: Eliminates a VA funding fee of .5 per cent on guaranteed and direct home loans to ve terans who served after Jan uary 31, 1955. Authorizes VA to guarantee loans to refinance existing mort gage loans or other liens on homes owned and occupied by veterans, and allows borrowers to pay lenders any required dis counts. The guaranty may be for 60 per cent of the loan, or $12,500, whichever is less. Authorizes VA to guarantee 60 per cent, or up to $12,500 of loans for veterans to pur chase family units in condomi nium projects insured by the Federal Housing Agency. Eliminates January 31, 1975, as the terminal date for VA’s direct loan program. Photo display at Newberry Federal S & L Newberry was recently photo graphed in depth by Ken Stur geon, Staff Photographer for WIS Television in Columbia, and the 16 inch by 20 inch en largements of his superb photos are on display in the lobby of Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association on College Street. The “Pictoral Profile” of the Newberry community is basically a study of people, and from most accounts, photogra pher Sturgeon included most of the areas of interest in his pic tures. This public relations effort of WIS—TV is an expression of its appreciation of the Newberry community, and is the third in a series of photo essays to be conducted throughout the state by the television station. Oiher towns to be featured as Newberry have been Camden and Florence, and next in line is the city of Orangeburg. School children, merchants, public officials and private ci tizens, the Newberry High School Band (and, yes, Miss ' Paris) and many, many other people are the stars of “New berry, a Pictoral Profile”. The display is scheduled to run at Newberry Federal but if interest in the photographs is extensive enough, the dis play will be continued on Sa turday and perhaps next week. COMMUNITY PLAYERS TO HOLD MEETING The Newberry Community Players will hold a call meet ing on Sunday, November 15, at 4 p.m. at Drayton Street Community Center for all com mittee members. Those who have offered to work on the following activities are urged to be present: Programs, Pub licity, Tickets, Costumes, Make up, Properties, and Sets. Everyone is invited to take part in this December product ion of Winnie-the-Pooh. Help is needed to make this group a success. A chorus from Newberry Academy, Inc. gave a program of Tricentennial songs at the meeting of the American Legion Aux iliary last week. From left are Robin Wick er, Catherine Baker, Johnette Jacobs, Mary Ann Davis, Beverly McLeod, Peggy Cromer, Kathy Riggin, Theresa Davis, Mrs. Harry Epting, music director and Renee Wicker. (Sunphoto by Steve Armfield)