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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS AFTERMATH There was some dismay, in the beginning, that Newberry County's observance of the Tn- centennial of South Carolina was to come so late in the year. As it turned out. however, with the possible exception of a week in the Spring when aza leas would be at their peak, last week was ideal for the ce lebration. The weather u is a little moist at time' hut for the most part Mother Nature cooperated beautifully. Wednes day of last week was one of the most beautiful day- 1 can remember But first thing fir i main of you have had kind ’.surds to say about our Tneentenmal edi tion. As was mentioned prior to the publication ot that issue The Whitmire Nesss. '1 he Pros perity Citizen and The Sun com bined forces to produce the Tricentennial supplement, ulueh was the same m all three of the newspapers Major > avdit for the supplement must go to Bill Armfield. publisher ot the Citizen and Tht New We think he did a fine |ob m putting the issue together As tor others who contributed, let me u-e the words that Bill used m last week’s lirst section ot 1 he Whit mire News “We would like to thank everyone who helped m an\ way to make this Trieetiteiimnl Edition possible First ot all we express our appreciation to all of our advertisers tor with out their support this issue would not have been tinancialiy possible. To tin* man> churehes throughout the county who sub mitted histories and photos, we say ■ thanks. We also express our appreciation to the mem bers of the County Tricentennial Commission for their help “No edition of this kind would have been complete without old photos of the early years We appreciate 1 all who submitted photos. Because ot lack ot space, some were not used We’re sorry that we could not run them all but do appreciate sincerely your submitted them to us. “Last but not least. 1 would like to thank the stabs ot the Whitmire News, New ben \ Sun. Prosperity Citizen and Clinton Chronicle for the mam hours of overtime the\ worked to prepare and print this special edition ’ Now back to the eurnt itsoit although 1 ha\en't talked with any of the people who were ill charge of various activities, from all I hoar each and eveiw portion of the observance was an outstanding sucee from the Sunday worship service at Wiles Chapel to the eoheiu- ion of the antique show and s, t |e Many persons enjoyed tour ing the four industries which held open house last Monda\ Perhaps one of the least attend ed, but most highly praised of the events was the concert gt ven at Wiles Chapel Tuesday night by the Newberry College Concert Band under the direc tion of Prof Charles Pruitt, with Dr. Jack Pruitt as guest conductor. One person who attended the concert remarked, T ve been to a lot of band concerts, but this if the first time that band music really made my spine tingle!” We appreciate the part that Charlie Pruitt and his band had in the Tricentennial obser- (Continued on Pago 8) $3 PER YEAR V<d. •'> 1 N<>. bl Newberry, S. ('. 20108, Thursday, November 19, 1970 RECEIVE R ‘ E ” Past President Iluldiny the elub banner t<» whieh the 1970 \nilrew Sheah id’ the Exchange Club of numbers will be affixed are elub president , ' .1 ! 1 . V.. ... I). .* IA !> I).. . IP: .1 I . .. 1 l 1 . i T).. 1 ...4 / 1 .. New berm removes numerals from East National President Robert (Hobby) Scar borough, left, denoting - the sixth year the elub turn received the Excellence award. ’. P. Pradfield and State President Coi tion 1 .eslie, standing- at right. (Snnphoto) Exchange Club making plans for Dec. 1 parade Santa will have lots of help when he arrives m Newberry nil Tuesday December first at tour o'clock Parade chairman Spot' Coats announced today that television personality Joe i’mner or as he's better known to the pre teen group. "Mr Kirozil ' of W1S TV. channel leu, ( ofumbia w ill be featured will S iiiia m llus year's pa redo Tot i- well known to S11u f li ( a: nil! n toloVI: -loll view er- lie l - e hiof annoiincer at W IST\ a 111 lion nan lor the ( k (11 V 111 IIIUIIL prog!o' a Today in (Mi M m a - -1■ t’n on the '(ini' ( 1 , in: h 1 \ep< i! and is rho i 1 jig c! t fn HI -anti- o t oimtral Sulll !! ( ip i! t u i v ouue- tors m the t xtii : i jsi ' v jiujuilar afternoon i hi it! IV’ pn >: ram ' Mr fxno /It ' I 1 i.e pP r ram' popularitv 1- evitit ’ H n( j hv !ho fact that If is V Uf aai V liooKt si --olid Uil'n':. h 1 ! p ivnianuit ■r of 1970 and 1 ‘ n i ih t Nowht ‘taw Busr lie-- l ■ : ’ : Uj U 1 ::t v ha- re-ponsed Wi:l In Ihi- V O il'- p irade, ae enpiii’iL: ! 11 Fxehange Club > pnk n' I' i e n . \mirew Shealy, m ehai'en nl i ill imereial floats, re- ported the h illow mg firms will he di-pi av mg floats m this years panuie The Citv of New berry, (lenma Foods , IF'lk Beard Com- panv. Banker s Trust, Newberry ('ollege Blat 'k Pock Manufae- turmg Company, Bergens, Stan dard Savings and Iman Asso ciation. C P Corporation, B C Moores, Owens-Illinois and Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association Everette Sum mer, in charge of non-commer cial floats, reported that Baily Memorial Hospital of Clinton, Whitten Village, Newberry Skat- (Continued on Pago I) Post Office be closed Thursday The Newberry Post Office will lie closed Thursday November 2th m observance of Thanksgi ving Day There will be no window ser vice rmr delivery of mail by cit\ or rural earner Holiday lock box service will be pro vided 1 lohdav schedules for the collection, receipt and dispatch of mail- will be ob-erved Five and ,-i\ cent .Damps are avail able 11 11 m tin Damp machine Hi .the lohln of the post office Park president academic deans Dr. Conrad B. Park, acade mic dean at Newberry College, was elected president of the Academic Deans of Lutheran Colleges at their annual meet ing in Minneapolis this week. The deans of the Jf) Lutheran colleges supported by the Lu theran Church in America, A- menean Lutheran Church, and the Lutheran Chureh-Missouri Synod attended the convention. Dr Park has been tlio aca demic dean at Newberry Col lege since he joined the staff m hCiti Council accepts resignation of Judge Wiseman A letter of resignation from City Recorder J E. Wiseman was read to members of coun cil at a called meeting Tuesday morning. Mr. Wiseman served in the capacity of recorder for over 12 years and had also served flu 1 city as mayor. Appointed at the meeting was Elliot D 1 Duhy i Thomp-on to fill the position vacated by Wise man Mr Thomp-on is an at torney associated with the law t.rm ot Pope and Si humpert 11* w ill serve for a P rm of two year- alter which time he will he eligible for reappoint merit. Member.- of eminml expressed appreciation to Wiseman for the faithtul and out-tanding servlet he has performed for the city Mr Wiseman recently retired a- owner and m uianer ot Wise man Hotel which he had opera ted since 1F27 lh i also operated tlie bus station adjoining the hotel tor a number of years. * * ■ ■ convenes Monday November term of the Court of (leneral Sessions will con vene Monday with Honorable Francis B. Nicholson, resident judge of the Eighth Judicial Cir cuit. presiding. (irand jurors will report Mon day at 9:30 The following petit jurors will report Tuesday at 9 30: .James B. Price, Jane S. Rag land. Annas Long. I Allen Do minick, James A Brown. Bit- tie D Hawkins. Dorothy P. Ro bertson, Stanley 11. Pominack, Edwin T Craham, Jr.. Broa- dus T. Lipscomb. Everette L. Price. Sr. Harold F Boland. (Continued on page 8) Three generations receive membership cards during ceremonies at the American Legion Veterans Day Banquet last Wed nesday. From left Kenneth Harmon re ceives his card from Dept. Commander John L. Ferguson, his father, B. Meredith Harmon and Mr. Harmon’s father, Price K. Harmon, hold their 1970-71 cards. (Sunphoto)