Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS 00000000<XK>00<X>0000000 A TRIBUTE I wish that each of you who has any interest at all in mu sic, or in young people, could have been at Furman Univer sity Sunday to hear the All- State bands in concert. No one could tell you how excellent these performances are. You just wouldn’t believe that three groups with 125 young people in each, could come together on a Friday af ternoon, practice together Fri day and Saturday, and play the kind of music the bands played Sunday afternoon. They work hard during those practice ses sions, but they love it! As the band parents and the band directors know, the se cret of the success is hard work not only during the weekend clinic, but for long months and years before. These 375 musi cians are chosen from well o- ver a thousand who audition each year. To prepare for the audition each of the musicians must learn over 100 musical terms; they must know all of their scales because they don’t know which scale they will be asked to play; they must play a solo from memory; and they must sight read music they have ne ver seen before. Without proper training and hours of practice, these young people would never make it to the All-State bands. Being a member of any of the three bands is a high point of ac hievement for the band students. I would like to congratulate all of the young people through out the state, and their band directors; and especially Miss Lorraine Paris and the mem bers of the Newberry High School Band who participated in the concerts Sunday: Claire Avedisian, Senior All-State; Donna Shealy, Conii Sanders and Danny Hazel, Senior All- State Clinic Band; and Steve Bradley, Junior All-State. These young people bring credit to their school and their commu nity by their outstanding accom plishments. A SHORT LEAVE I will be away from The Sun office for the next few weeks and I haven’t managed to come up with a guest columnist. May I invite you to help me? Many of you, from time to time, ask why I don’t write about one thing or another. I think it would be refreshing to get some views about current affairs, local, state, national, in ternational, or outer-space, from some of our readers. If you feel so inclined, drop a letter in the mail to The Sun office. Our only request is that it be signed, that it not contain any personal attacks and that it not be slanderous or obscene! Aveleigh circles The Circles of Aveleigh Pres byterian Church will meet as follows: Circle 1-Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 10:00 A.M. with Mrs. Carter Abrams. Circle 2-Monday, Feb. 8 at 4:00 P.M. with Mrs. G. H. Con nelly. Circle 3-Monday, Feb. 8 at 4:00 P.M. with Mrs. Rhett Fra zier. Circle 4-Monday, Feb. 8 at 8:00 P.M. with Mrs. E.M. At chison. Circle 5-Monday, Feb. 8 at 8:00 P.M. with Mrs. John F. Scurry, Jr. Winners in the Newberry County Beau tification Essay and Poster Contest were awarded prizes Monday afternoon when they gathered at the auditorium of the ag riculture building. First place winners, front row r , left to right are: Andrew Smith, essay; Karol Kunkle, poster and Lisa Counts, poster; 2nd row (2nd place) Haskell Walker, essay; Jimmy Lever, pos ter and Barry Richardson, poster; third row (3rd place) James Renwick, essay; Joyce Moore, poster, and Charlotte Walck, poster. (Sunphoto by Martin Armfield) JOE M. ROBERTS RETIRES FRIDAY Joe M. Roberts, senior vice president of Bankers Trust, will retire on February 5 after a career in the banking indus try stretching over forty-six years. He will continue as a member of the bank advisory board. His association with banking began when he worked at C&S National Bank in Atlanta prior to graduation from Georgia Tech. He joined the FDIC in 1934. Son of one of the original twelve Federal Deposit Insu rance Corporation supervising examiners, Roberts’ first as signment with the FDIC was that of assistant examiner in Atlanta. Twelve years later, after fill ing a number of examining po sitions in several cities of the Southeast, he came to Newberry in 1946 as one of the organi zers of Newberry County Bank. Here, he served as cashier, executive vice president a.iet (Continued on page 6) Programs slated for National crime prevention A number of activities have been scheduled for “Crime Pre vention Week”, sponsored by the Exchange Club of New berry. The observance got un derway Tuesday night when James M. Kirby, FBI agent of Columbia, was guest speak er at the regular meeting of the Exchange Club. Other law enforcement officers were guests of the club and were recog nized for outstanding work in crime detection and prevention. An essay contest, sponsored by the Newberry County Law Enforcement Officers Associa tion and the City of Newberry, will be held for students for Newberry High School, Mid- Carolina High School and Whit mire High School. First place winner will receive a $25.00 Sav ings bond. A $10 cash award will go to the second place winner. The essay theme will be “Crime Prevention and Law Enforcement.” Sunday, Feb. 7, has been designated Crime Prevention Sunday. All pastores through out the county have been con tacted and asked that special mention of the subject be made on that day. Monday is designated School Day at which time crime pre vention literature will be given to students at Newberry High, Gallman Junior High and Mid- Carolina High School. Also FBI Agent Charles Lober will ad dress students and teachers of (Continued on page 6) Post Office be closed Monday The Newberry post office will be closed Monday February 15, in observance of George Wash ington’s Birthday. There will be no window ser vice nor delivery of mail by city or rural carriers. Lockbox service, special delivery s e r- vice and collection service will be provided on regular holiday schedules. Holiday schedules for receipt and dispatch of mail will be observed. Five and six cent stamps are available from the stamp machine located in the lobby of the post office, ac cording to Joe H. Taylor, Act ing Assistant Postmaster. Players seek talent for play Auditions will be held at Drayton St. Youth Center start ing at 3:00 p.m. and continu ing thru the afternoon on Sun day Feb. 7 for Newberry Com munity Players second produc tion of the season. The play will be an adult comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, “The Man Who Came to Dinner’. The play requires 15 men and nine women. Anyone over six teen yrs. of age is invited to try out for this play. Nancy Connelly, director of this play, also has invited per sons interested in set construc tion, costumes, make-up and other aspects of production to attend tryouts Sunday. Jurors named for Feb. term The following jurors were drawn to serve on the grand jury for the year 1971. They will report for duty on Mon day, February 15th, 1971, at 9:30 A.M. Also, included here with is the petit jury drawn for the February term of Ge neral sessions court. They will report for duty on February 16th, Tuesday, 1971, at 9:30 o’clock A.M. Judge George Bell Timmerman, Jr. of Batesburg, S.C., will preside. HOLDOVERS: Raymond L. Hawkins, M. Herman Morris, Rayford Gaffney, Herbert S. Fulmer Jr., Furman Long and lola L. Clark. NEW: William E. Long, Car- roll L. Bouknight, Viola W. An derson, William C. Armfield, Ethel L. Stone, Fred K. Moon, Paul M. Werts, Doris H. Haw kins, James W. Abrams, Henry L. Hedgepath, David L. Long and Myrtle Brown. ALTERNATES: Wilbur S. Shealy, Harold O. Cook and J. Ray Holliday. PETIT JURORS: Gordon Mor ris, Thomas G. Sanford, Jean W. Simmons, Vera M. Young, Stanley C. Sheeley, Herman G. Coats, Robert D. Hawkins, Sr., Furman Counts, Jr., Billy Mc- Cutcheon, W. Larry Cromer, Paul E. Stapleton, Hubert Gra ham, Bunyan A. Cumalander, Aileen G. Floyd, James B. Boo zer, Lewis E. Chapman, Hazel (Continued on page 6) GOING UP! Perched high above the city square a work man makes his way to the top of the flag pole. A brisk wind was no help to the workman who was climbing the pole to attach a new rope for hoisting the American flag. (Sunphoto)