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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 1, 1971—PAGE 5 Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Kinard of 702 Wright Street were ho nored by their children at their 50th wedding anniversary re ception Sunday afternoon March 21 at O’Neal Street United Meth odist Church. The couple was married March 16, 1921 in the O’Neal Street Methodist Parsonage by the late Rev. W. F. Gault. Mrs. Kinard is the former Lillie Mae Chaney, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathan GA Fellowship meets at Aveleigh The Golden Age Fellowship was entertained Wednesday af ternoon March 17 by the ladies of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church. Mrs. J. D. French led in a beautiful and appropriate devo tional. Mrs. F. G. Hartley, Vice President, conducted the busi ness session. It was announced that Mrs. James Smith. Sr. celebrates her birthday on the 31st of this month. Mrs. L. G. McCullough gave a beautiful memorial for Mrs. Hassis S. Sligh. A copy of which was placed in the mi nutes and a copy sent to the family. The recreational period was led by Mrs. French, Mrs. Ri chard Kenan, and Mrs. Luther Long and enjoyed by all pre sent. Following the benediction, de licious refreshments on the St. Patrick’s Day theme were serv ed to the 25 members and the 3 guests present. Weather calls sports events Snow and cold weather have forced the postponement or can cellation of four of the first seven baseball games on the Newberry College sports calen dar. A single game with Baptist College scheduled for March 25 and a double header with Mars Hill on March 26, will be re scheduled at the earliest con venient date according to base- Chaney. Mr. Kinard is the son of the late Mr., and Mrs. G. W. Kinard. Mr. and Mrs. Kinard are the parents of four children, Cla rence Edward Kinard of St. Helens, Oregon, Mrs. Leonard D. (Carolyn) Williams and Char les Ernest Kinard and a son Nathan William Kinard who died in the service of his coun try shortly after World War II, they have 5 grandchildren. ball coach Horace Turbeville. The game with the University of South Carolina planned for March 19, will probably not be played because of schedule con flicts between the two schools. The Indians have a 2-1 record for the games the squad has been able to play; they defeat ed Wofford 19-9 and Catawba 8-1 and lost to Wofford 2-4. Regularly scheduled games this week include a contest a- gainst Augusta at Newberry on Monday, March 29, and three road games against Baptist Col lege on March 31, Pfeiffer Col lege, April 2, and Catawba Col lege, April 3. James C. Epting dies in N. C. James Claude Epting, 67, of Hamlet, N. C., died Tuesday. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 4 fvm. in St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hamlet, with burial in Richmond County Memorial Park. Rev. Paul Hampshire and Rev. Billy Ri vers officiated. Mr. Epting was a retired dis trict freight sales manager for the Seaboard Coastline Rail road. He was born in Little Mountain, a son of Jacob C. and Mrs. Annie Rivers Epting. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Gladys Arrington Epting; two daughters, Miss Ann Epting of the home and Mrs. William E. Horteycutt of Winston-Salem, N. C. ; two brothers, Ralph E. Ep ting of Little Mountain and El mer Epting of Newberry; a sis ter, Mrs. J. W. Mayer of New berry; and three grandchildren. Mrs. Cook, 40, rites Wednesday Mrs. Doris Wilson Cook, 40, of Route 3, Prosperity, died early Tuesday morning at her home after a short illness. She was born and reared near Prosperity and was the daugh ter of Mrs. Lillie Mae Dominick Wilson and the late Joe N. Wil son. Mrs. Cook was formerly manager of Diana Shop and at the time of her death she was employed by C. W. Anderson Co., Division of Collins Aikman Co. She was a member of Bach man Chapel Lutheran Church and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star No. 77, Pros perity. Surviving are her husband, D. Wyman Cook, Prosperity; one son, Dee Cook, Prosperity; her mother, Mrs. Joe N. Wil son, Prosperity; two sisters, Mrs. Doyle Galiman, Newberry and Mrs. Eldred Amick, Pros perity; and several uncles and aunts. Funeral was held Wednesday at 4 p.m. from Bachman Cha pel Lutheran Church with Rev. William H. Link and Rev. L. Grady Cooper conducting the service. Burial was in the church cemetery. Carol Beavers, a Newberry College sophomore from Columbia, is the first coed to apply for the newly formed Air Force ROIC Unit at Newberry. Miss Beavers will be required to pass a mental and physical examination and attend a six-week summer camp before she will become a cadet in the two-year volunteer program. After gradua tion from college, ROTC cadets receive commissions as second lieutenants in the Air Force and serve four years, six years if they receive additional training as navigators or pilots. Explaining the program to Miss Beavers is Ma jor Frederick Current, the commanding officer of the Newberry ROTC Unit that will be formally activated in September. Miss Beavers is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Beavers, 1030 Greenridge Lane, Columbia. SPRING SNOW—Snow came late and as a shock to many New’berrians last Thursday afternoon. The flakes started falling about ten o’clock in the morning and continued through the day and early evening. This w r as followed by freezing rain. The huge flakes pictured above helped to make a record of over 6", a record for this time of year. (Sunphoto by Biff Riebe) $11.50 • WHITE PATENT Andersons Shoe Store