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PAOK 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. 0. Thursday, Nov. 12, 1970 Otye Nnubmy £>un 1101 Boyce Street, Newberry, South Carolina 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina "Whatsoever Things'' By DONALD E WILDMON Minister Lee Acres United Methodist Church TUPELO. MISSISSIPPI “1 DIDN’T THINK YOU WOULD’’ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: S3.00 per year in advance; six months, $2 00. this fire, but older members of the congregation list the fol lowing people as the church’s charter members: Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Bobb, Mrs. Minnie Rea- gin, Mrs. Lizzie B. Tolbert, Mrs. Laura Reeves, Mrs. Laura Boozer, Mrs. Lillia Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. John Paysinger, Mr. and Mrs. William Fulmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Buford Waits, Miss Mat- tie Waits, Mrs. Louisa Cromer, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wicker, Mr. and Mrs. Felker, and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Mabry. The second building was e- rected during the summer of 1919 and, with improvements from time to time, served the congregation until the summer of 1956 when it was torn down to make room for the present building. The first service was held in the new church build ing on Sunday, April 14, 1957. Mayer Memorial was in a pa rish arrangement with Silver- street and Summer Memorial Lutheran Churches for a num ber of years. Then Mayer Me morial and Summer Memorial were together until the congre gation formed a parish of its own in 1930. Mayer Memorial has steadily grown through the years. At the end of 1969 the Parish Re gister showed 423 baptised members, and 321 confirmed members. The total budget for the year 1970 is $33,960. All of the church property is debt free. Mayer Memorial has given three of her sons to the Gospel Badge of Distinction It is displayed by many of the finest and most competent insurance men in America. It is evi dence that he is not a captive agent working for one company on a salary but represents many on a comission basis. With a large selection of companies from which to choose he can place your insurance where it is best for you. Take your insurance problems to the agent who displays the Big I. You'll be glad that you did. “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 Letter to Editor I want to thank you and your paper in helping us to present the recent hospital referendum to the public. I feel that many people are responsible for the successful vote that we obtain ed and that your paper played a major role in the successful presentation of the issue. Once again thank you very much. Lawrence A. Richardson Hospital Administrator Mayer Memorial | is 71 years old Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church was organized October 15, 1899 by the Rev. W. K. Sligh, the Rev. M. G. G. Sche rer, and Dr. O. B. Mayer, Jr. The first building was erected in the summer prior to the con gregation’s organization by Dr. O. B. Mayer, Jr. in memory of his father, Dr. 0. B, Mayer, Sr., and it stood on the site of the present building. Rev. Charles H. Armstrong, Ph. D., of Greenford, Ohio be-j came the first pastor on Feb ruary 1, 1900. Rev. Armstrong also served as pastor of the; Beth-Eden and Colony Luthe ran Churches. The first building was destroy ed by fire on Sunday afternoon, January 12, 1919. Records of the first church were destroyed in, Somewhere I came across a story which kinda took me by surprise. It’s the story of a man who was being checked by the Internal Revenue De partment concerning his income tax return. And in that respect he had something in common with many of us. For occasionally our Uncle Sam wants to see the proof that we did what we said we did with our money. It seems as though this particular gentlemen was being asked to produce records which substantiated some of his claims made when he filed his in come tax return. The fellow who was doing the questioning was rather short and rude with the man, and was ac tually treating the man as though he had told a lie about every deduction made on his return. Travel Expenses When questioned about his travel expenses, the gentleman produced re cords which showed that he had spent exactly what he had said he spent. Then the Internal Revenue agent ask ed him to produce the records concern ing his medical expenses. The gentle men reached into his file, pulled out his medical expense statements, and laid them on the table before the agent. Upon dose examination the agent found that the man had had extremely high medical expenses that year due to the illness of his wife. But the re cords were in order and it was evident that he had spent exactly what he had said he had spent on medical expenses. Going on down the line of deduc tions, the agent came upon the gentle man’s gifts to his church. “All right.” said the agent, “let’s see your records on what you say you gave to the church.” The comment was made in a rather derogatory manner and car ried with it a suggestion that it was at this point that the gentleman had lied about his tax deductions. The fellow' again reached down into his file, pulled out his cancelled checks made out to his church, and laid those on the table. Checks Examined One by one, adding them as he went, the agent examined the checks. Up on adding the total amount, the agent found that the gentleman had given to the penny that which he had said he had given. Half apologizing and half angry because he had not found an error, the agent explained: “I had to check your records. I didn’t be lieve you had given that much to your church. That’s more than ten per cent of your total income. Lot’s of folks say they give a lot to the church but when an examination is made it’s a whole lot less. I just didn’t believe you hao given that much to your church,” the agent concluded. “I didn’t think you would,” was the gentleman’s only reply. The agent didn’t know ex actly what he meant by it, but let it slide. The following Sunday, that tax a- gent felt a need to attend church. He didn’t attend much but felt, since he was in trying period of problems, that he would give it a try. As the of fering plate passed, he dropped in a dollar bill. As he did, he saw a check in the plate written by the man he had questioned just that week. Looking up, he saw the gentleman sitting in the pew in front of him. Looking back down at the offering plate again, he saw his dollar beside the man’s check. Sudden ly the full impact of the gentleman’s closing statement dawned on him. “I didn’t think you would.” We have a terrible tendency to judge others by our own stinginess.— FIVE STAR ministry. They are the late Rev. Louis E. Bouknight, the Rev. D. Murray Shull, Jr. who ser ved several years as a mis sionary to Liberia and is now pastor of St. James Lutheran Church in Sumter, S. C., and the Rev. George T. Willis who is pastor of Faith Lutheran Church, John’s Island, S. C. The congregation is also help ing to support the Rev. and Mrs. Donald R. Poole. Jr., missionaries in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. In addition to the regular Worship Services, Mayer Me morial serves its members through Sunday School Church School, Weekday Church School, and Vacation Church School. The Lutheran Church Women and the Lutheran Church Men are very active in strengthen ing the work of the church. Mayer Memorial is very proud of the fact that the presidents of the Lutheran Church Women and the Lutheran Church Men of the S. C. Synod are both members of the home church. Mrs. John H. Koch, Jr. serves as president of the Synodical Lutheran Church Women and Mr. J. Howard Cook, Jr. serves as president of the Synodical Lutheran Church Men. Mayer Memorial has a fine group of young people who make up its Youth Group. Both the young and old have participated in the inter-church sports activities in Newberry County through the years and many trophies have been accu mulated. A monthly church pa per, The Mayer Memorial Mes senger, is prepared by a volun teer staff. The Rev.. John H. Koch, Jr. is the present pastor of Mayer Memorial. He became pastor of Mayer Memorial on September 1, 1967. Officers and staff of the congregation include the following: Mr. Harold O. Cook, Vice-Chairman of the church council; Mr. Robert Coats, Se cretary; Mrs. A. 0. Living ston, Jr., Financial Secretary; Mr. Charles W. Morris, Trea surer; Mr. 0. L. Cook, Jr., Improvement Fund Treasurer; Mrs. Lin Slaton, Parish Regis ter Recorder; Dr. Milton W. Moore, Head of the Music De partment of Newberry College, serves as director of both the young and chancel choirs; Mrs. Hubert Kinard, organist; Mr. A. 0. Livingston, Jr., Sunday School Superintendent; Mrs. Gary Rister, president of Lu theran Church Women; Mr. Clyde L. Amick, president of Lutheran Church Men; and Miss Arlene Livingston, president of the Youth Group. COLLEGE CALENDAR Newberry College is helping Newberry County celebrate the State’s Tricentennial this week. Events still remaining on the Tricentennial schedule include three performances of “Oedipus the King,” by the Department of Speech and Dramatics in the Wiles Chapel Theatre. Curtain time for the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances is 8 p.m. Also on Thursday, C. M. Smith, president of the New berry County Historical Society, will talk to the student body on the Tricentennial at the 10:50 a.m. assembly program in the Wiles Chapel. A plaque designating New berry College as an historical site will be unveiled at 11 a.m. in ceremonies in front of Smel- tzer Hall. The Indians close out their 1970 home football season at 2 p.m. on Setzler Field against the Samford University Bull dogs of Birmingham, Ala. Residents of lower Newberry County and the Chapin area will be honored at the football game; this is the last of the games this season that the College has recognized employees of some of Newberry County’s industries and residents in Newberry and Saluda counties. NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING We, the undersigned Jury Commissioners of Newberry County, shall on Wednesday, November 25, 1970 at 9 o’clock A. M. in the office of the Clerk of Court, openly and publicly, draw the names of Forty (40) men and women to serve as Jurors for the Court of Common Pleas (Civil) which will con vene in the Newberry County Courthouse on Monday, Decem ber 7, 1970. Mildred R. Harmon CLERK OF COURT Jeanette K. Hamm AUDITOR J. Ray Dawkins TREASURER. Newberry, S. C. November 11, 1970.