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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, January 21, 1971
Five soloists of the Newberry College Singers will lead
the 70-voice choral group in their mid-winter tour of 16
high schools and Lutheran churches in five states. The
South Carolina musicians will leave Newberry Saturday,
Jan. 30, and return on Monday, Feb. 8. Soloists are, from
left, back row: Susan Little, Cayce, S. C., soprano; John
Drafts, Batesburg, S. C., baritone; Marjorie Fritz, Colum
bia, S. C., contralto. Front row: Shelby Fulmer, Newber
ry, S. C., soprano; and Deborah Bentley, Huntsville, Ala
bama, soprano.
No tax payment
no car license
On February 1, the South
Carolina Highway Department
will begin implementing a re
cently enacted law which states
that the Department cannot is
sue vehicle license plates to
any motor vehicle owner until
the owner presents a statement
from the treasurer of the county
in which he resides certifying
that all vehicle taxes owed by
him have been paid.
The law, aimed at assisting
county treasurers in collecting
personal property taxes due
from all citizens of the indi
vidual counties, places the re
sponsibility on the vehicle own
er to furnish proof that he is
not delinquent in tax payment
before he can be issued vehi
cle licenses.
The Department regularly is
sues between 25 and 30,000 ve
hicle licenses monthly, except
during the license renewal pe
riod beginning in September.
Emphasizing that the law pro
vides for no exceptions, E. R.
Austin, Jr., Director of the De
partment’s Motor Vehicle Di
vision said, ‘‘no license plate
can be issued by the Highway
Department unless the applica
tion for registration is support
ed by a statement signed by
the county treasurer on the ap
proved form that there are no
vehicle property taxes outstand
ing in the name as shown on
the vehicle registration applica
tion from the county in which
the applicant certifies as being
his or her bona fide county of
residence.”
YOUR SOCIAL
SECURITY
“My New Year’s resolution
is to help people in Newberry
County become more aware of
their protection under Social Se
curity”, said Mr. H. M. Spiller,
Field Representative of the
Greenwood Social Security Of
fice.
He added. “It is very impor
tant for people to know how
much work they need under
social security to qualify for re
tirement or disability benefits,
how much they can receive each
month, and which members of
their family are eligible for
cash benefits if the bread win
ner retires, becomes disabled
or dies.”
Pamphlets entitled, “Your So
cial Security” are available at
the Greenwood Office. The a-
bove questions and many other
timely questions are answered
in this attractive and easy to
read 47-page pamphlet. Mr.
Spiller has secured an adequate
supply of these pamphlets and
would like each family in New
berry County to have one. The
pamphlets are free.
Social Security benefits in the
amount of $429,800.00 monthly
are being paid to 5,310 residents
of Newberry County. These fi
gures were released today by
J. C. Bagwell, District Mana
ger, Greenwood, S. C. Social
Security Office. They represent
the situation as of June 30, 1970,
Bagwell stated.
This is an increase of 58
persons, and an increase of
$31,900.00 a month over that of
early last year.
Of the Social Security bene
ficiaries living in Newberry
County, 3,130 are retired work
ers and their dependents. A-
nother 1,172 are getting bene
fits as survivors of workers who
died, and 672 are getting bene
fits as disabled workers or de
pendents of disabled workers.
In addition to those drawing
monthly benefits, there are 336
persons in the County past age
65 who are not eligible for
monthly benefits but are quali
fied for Medicare.
DRUNK DRIVER
CONVICTIONS DOUBLED
Convictions for driving under
the influence of intoxicants dur
ing the last 11 months of 1970
rose 108 per cent over the same
period for 1969, according to
the South Carolina Highway De
partment.
The big increase, attributed
by traffic law enforcement of
ficials, in large, to the state’s
Implied Consent law, is based
on cases made by state high
way patrolmen. The patrol re
ports 7,688 convictions from
February 1, when the implied
consent law became effective,
through December 31. For the
identical 11-month period in 1969
the total was 3,691.
The Implied Consent law, in
essence, says that when any
one obtains a South Carolina
driver’s license he “implies con
sent” to take a chemical test
for intoxication when called
upon by a proper authority to
do so.
Traffic law enforcement offi
cials have hailed the “implied
consent” law as the most effec
tive tool, to date, in curbing
the drinking driver.
Heart Attack in 1968;
In 1971, a Champion!
r-HEALTH & SAFETY
Mainly for Mothers
ly Carol Hart
SHOOTING ONE for the
Heart Fund is Dave Stall- -
worth, a star of the world-
champion New York Knick
erbockers and an outstanding
example of personal triumph
over the challenge of heart
disease. He asks your sup
port of the Heart Fund Cam
paign, conducted nationally
throughout February.
SALESMAN
To solicit discounts and accounts
receivables. Nat’l. organization.
Leads furnished. Age no ob
ject. Must be good closer. Good
earnings. Write Local Box No.
438. 39-3tp
CONTROLLING OUR ENVIRONMENT
It seems that almost every day new products appear on the super
market shelves to clean drains better, relieve headaches more effec
tively, polish furniture brighter, bleach clothes whiter or kill more
household bugs. These and many other new products will necessarily
have some effect on our constantly changing environment.
It is up to the “men in white
jackets” — scientists, engineers
and environmental control offi
cials — to determine that new
products can be used by the pub
lic without damaging the air we
breathe, the water we drink or
the land we enjoy. But it is up
to every housewife who brings
these products home from the
supermarket to protect the fam
ily’s health by treating them with
intelligence and handling them
with care.
No small child can be expected
to observe a warning printed on
the label of a medicine bottle or
can of cleanser. Even adults
jeopardize the safety of their
home environment by ignoring
instructions, and so accidental
poisonings are a major problem.
The Council On Family Health,
sponsored by the manufacturers
of medicines as a public service,
has these suggestions for keeping
the home safe:
—Always keep potentially hazar
dous substances out of the sight
and reach of children.
—Always read labels on contain
ers, especially before taking or
administering medicines.
—Never tell a child that medicine
is “like candy.” The lesson may
come back to haunt you.
—Keep a safe, neat medicine
cabinet with clean, easy-to-read
labels and discard out-of-date
medicines before they become
a hazard.
A family had no direct control
over the air or water that enters
the home. But it can control the
way in which products are used
and stored around the house. Pro
tect your family by guarding
against accidents in the home
environment.
'Handicaps ’ Can Be Conquered
Says Golf Champ Arnold Palmer
By ARNOLD PALMER
Honorary National Chairman
The National Foundation-
March of Dimes
Wouldn’t it be great if
medical science could be as
successful in wiping out .
birth defects as it was witkr
polio!
I have joined forces with
the March of Dimes in the
campaign to do this because
I know of the good these
people have done and the
worthiness of their pro
grams to help children born
with defects.
I have seen my father, who
was afflicted with polio at a
very young age, live a com
pletely normal life without
encountering any real setbacks.
He is still hard at work,
though in his mid-60s, and still
plays a pretty good game of
golf.
A lot of children born with
defects can overcome their
handicaps and lead something
close to a normal life if given
the proper help. That is cer
tainly one goal. But the mental
part of being healthy is as im
portant as the physical part,
and it was that part that im
pressed me about Marty Mim
Mack, the national poster child
for the March of Dimes.
. Living With Handicaps
Marty and I met when we
worked together shooting a
DETERMINATION is what it takes
vent birth defects, says golf great
Chairman for the March of Dimes.
Marty seems to have ac
cepted with very little diffi
culty the fact that he is crip
pled and will be handicapped
for the rest of his life. The first
thing for a person with a
to overcome handicaps and pre-
Arnold Palmer, Honorary National
film for the 1971 March of l 1 v f r ! c ^) ca P ^ 0 ,^° U 1S . rec °gnize
Dimes campaign drive. There ^ ac | an< ^ goes with it
is quite a bit of difference be- make the very best of it.
tween my father and Marty. Marty has done this totally.
Marty’s handicap is far more viakine Those Putts
serious. He was born without taking those Putts
arms and with a hip defect In fact, he seems to recog-
that made his left leg three nize and accept his situation
inches shorter than his right. much better than people who
In my father’s case, polio become handicapped later in
left him with a limp but no life. One thing that is involved
other severe physical handicap, is the way people react to
He reacted normally, I think, someone who is handicapped,
to the fact that he would have Adverse reactions could easily
to live with his handicap and get a youngster like Marty
decided to make every effort, down a bit and perhaps lead
physically and mentally, to him to put up a barrier be-
overcome it. He has done so tween himself and others. I
and I feel that taking this at
titude at the start made it a
lot easier for him.
don’t believe Marty has done
this.
When we worked together
This will be a lot harder making the film, I saw in
for Marty, particularly as he Marty a determination to do
grows older. So far, in the all that he was asked to do. He
short time that I have known was determined to make those
him, he seems to be able to putts. It’s something a good
handle his problems pretty golfer must have—determina-
well, which is a good sign for tion to play to the very best of
the future. his ability. You can’t take a
half-hearted, disinterested at
titude onto a golf course and
play up to your ability.
I think that those of us who
are trying to help Marty and
other children handicapped by
birth defects must anticipate
that these young people are
bound to have some difficulties
in adjusting to their prede
termined roles in life. Yet, at
the same time. I don’t think
that these people want pity.
They want to build up con
fidence that they can help
themselves to some degree, as
much as is physically possible.
It is the same with a golfer.
You show me a golfer who is
a winner and I’ll show you a
person who feels in his mind
that he can make the difficult
shots, cope with the pressures
of the competition and defeat
the course or the opponent.
That’s how we have to feel
about birth defects. Everybody
in America and the world
should be concerned with and
support the efforts of the
March of Dimes and its thou
sands of volunteer workers.
You never know when the dis
eases and other causes of birth
defects might strike home.