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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, March 18, 1971—PAGE 3
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY—Local Exchange Club Presi
dent F. P. .Bradfield, left, and District Pres. Gordon Les
lie, right, hold cake denoting the 60th birthday of the
National Exchange Club and the 25th anniversary of the
local body. Cutting the cake is Mrs. Lillie Goree, as Mrs.
Bradfield looks on. (Sunphoto)
WITH MEN IN
The SERVICES
SAN ANTONIO—Airman Wen
dell G.. Shealy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fritz Shealy of Rt. 1,
Little Mountain, has completed
basic training at Lackland AFB,
Tex. He has been assigned to
Keesler AFB, Miss., for train
ing in the communications field.
Airman Shealy, a 1963 graduate
of Mid-Carolina High School,
Prosperity, received his B. A.
degree from Clemson University
in 1967. His wife is the former
Linda M. Holcombe of 118 Pre
vast St., Anderson.
Indian-Terriers
nine meet here
Coach Horace Turbeville will
open his eleventh season at the
helm of the Indian Baseball
squad as his team will enter
tain the Wofford Terriers at
Newberry Wednesday afternoon,
March 17.
Turbeville is relying on the
pitching and hitting of sopho
more, A1 Lewis, who not only
pitched a 4-4 season last year,
but led the team in hitting with
a .400 batting average. The In
dians split with the Terriers
last season winning the first
encounter 5-4 and dropping the
next meeting 3-4.
Friday, the Indians travel to
take on the Gamecocks of Caro
ACHIEVEMENT WINNER—Lindel Hawkins, right,
of Newberry County won fifth place in the 1971 4-H
Guernsey Achievement contest. Marvin Hamm, Newber
ry, President of the S. C. Guernsey Cattle Club is making
the presentation.
IS RECOGNIZED—Alice Lathrop, right, Newberry
County, won honorable mention in the 1971 4-H Guern
sey Achievement Contest. Marvin Hamm makes the pre
sentation. The awards were presented at a dinner at
Hyer’s House Cafeteria, State Fair Grounds, Columbia.
Associate County Agent Ollie Donkle accompanied the
Newberry delegation.
lina. The Indians have fared
well against the Gamecocks in
previous seasons, but they face
a real test against such hitters
as Butch Anderson, the senior
shortstop, who has a career
average of .293 and Buddy Cald
well, their first baseman, who
blasted five homeruns last sea
son and made only one error
on the bag.
W. C. Armfield
has new rank
VIETNAM—William C. (Billy)
Armfield, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Armfield, Sr., of
Whitmire, recently was promot
ed to Staff Sergeant while serv
ing with the U. S. Air Force
at Da Nang, Vietnam.
Sgt. Armfield graduated from
Whitmire High School in 1966
and attended Newberry College
prior to his enlistment in the
Air Force in January of 1968.
Prior to his assignment in Viet
nam last July Sgt. Armfield
completed a 19 month tour of
duty in Okinawa.
Nettsrs look
for 2nd win
The Newberry College Ten
nis team, off on the right foot
for the new season will face
Anderson Jr. College today in
Anderson to try to make it two
in a row.
Friday afternoon, the Indians
journeyed to Greenwood, where
they soundly defeated Lander
6-3. In the singles competition
only one match was dropped.
Jeff Young was defeated by
Lander’s number one Lee Wil
liams, 6-1, 6-3. In other singles
competition, Newberry’s Kirk
Pearson, Ray Bell, Gregg Ha
milton, Chris Bovken. and How
dy Hayes all emerged with vic
tories.
In doubles competition New
berry split two of three. The
team of Young and Pearson
and Bridges and Norwood were
drooped, but Bell and Hamilton
took their match after a diffi
cult second set 6-1 and 11-9.
The next home game for the
team will be Friday, March 19,
at 1:30 p.m. against the Guil
ford Quakers.
Rusty McKibben, Newberry College senior from Ches
ter, took first place honors in the College’s recent Talent
Show for his impersonation of author Mark Twain. The
Show was sponsored by the junior class.
In These Changing Times
Jn the past 50 years, we have been through three wars,
quite a number of recessions and depressions, and
intervening periods of peace and prosperity. Through
it all the people who owned their homes have always
come out ahead. Why? Because your home is the
greatest investment on earth.
You, too, can own your home if you will let us help
you. It's just like paying rent, but you get the credit
instead of the land lord.