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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS BETTER LATE This is a little late for a re view of the . Newberry High School Senior Class play, but better late than never. It is really a shame that the audience was so limited because one wouldn’t believe what a fine acting job was done by those members of the senior class unless one had seen the play. The play was a hill-billy co medy and was directed by two faculty members, Mrs. William son and Mr. Koon. There were so many outstanding individual performances that it would be difficult to pick a “star” from among the cast. All of them deserved the rousing curtain call which they received and this brings me to the main rea son for wanting to mention the play, other than to congratu late the cast and the directors. The play was presented twice, on Thursday and Friday nights. We went to see it on Friday night, and perhaps 80 percent of the audience was composed of high school students. Their behavior was marvelous. There was not a single incident a- mong the student-audience to mar the evening; no outburst, no demonstrations—j ust silence to be able to hear the lines, and hearty outbursts of laugh ter when the occasion warrant ed. And the thing about it is that this was just a good, clean, hill-billy play; nothing even suggestive of being sexy or ob scene. I had about come to the conclusion that teen-agers didn’t enjoy anything unless it was rated *“X”. My faith has been restored, thanks to the senior play cast and the direc tors. STILL RAGING The “battle of probation” is still going on up in Laurens County. Several weeks ago there was quoted in this column some remarks made by Joe Holland, chairman of the Laurens County Council, concerning the number of criminals turned loose on so ciety by Judge George Bell Timmerman, who happened to be presiding in Laurens gene ral sessions court that week. The following week, Judge Timmerman was back on the bench in Laurens and took is sue with the newspaper story, claiming in part that those placed on probation were just youngsters who deserved anoth er chance. At the same court session, Judge Timmerman suspended sentences of defendants pleading guilty to carrying a pistol un lawfully, burning a building, malicious injury to real pro perty, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, another burning a building, dis posing of property under lien, violation of the drug law. One defendant charged with mali cious injury to real property was sentenced to the Youthful Offenders Division. The previous week, of a to tal of 92 defendants, 69 had sentences suspended and were placed on probation. Ten of the 92 were sentenced to serve time; three others received sus pended sentences and the other ten could either pay a fine or serve time. I think that every judge in South Carolina should be re quired to read a book entitled, Delinquency Can Be Stopped, and to put into practice methods outlined therein for dealing with juvenile delinquents. The (Continued on Page 6) Vol. 34—No. 51 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, April 8,1971 $3 PER YEAR PORTRAIT HUNG—Mrs. James D. the hall near the entrance of the County Brown presents a portrait of her late hus- School Administrative building. It will be band to Ralph Watkins, Director of New- flanked by the American and State flags, berry County Schools. Mr. Brown was Mr. Brown died August 18, 1970. County Superintendent of Education from (Sunphoto) 1947 to 1969. The portrait will hang in Cantata Friday at Aveleigh Aveleigh Presbyterian Church Choir will be joined by mem bers of other church choirs of Newberry in a performance of the sacred cantata, The Se ven Last Words of Christ by Theodore Dubois. The service will begin at 8 p.m. The public is cordially in vited to attend. Soloists will be Anne Roddey, soprano; Ollie Moye, tenor; Keitt Purcell and Dan Traylor, baritones. Other singers include Mrs. John Wagner, Mrs. Clarence Kinard, Mrs. Dick Kenan, Mrs. Leon Nichols, Mrs. P. K. Har mon, Mrs. J. K. Inman, Miss Susan Kinard, Miss Cile Pur cell, Miss Eleanor Blumberg, Mrs. E. M. Anderson, Sr., Mrs. Lonnie Kinard, Miss Conii Sanders, J. D. French, Reve rend Charles Gahagen, Dr. E. M. Anderson, Jr., Luther Long and C. M. Smith. Organist-Director is Mary Eli zabeth Fowler. The minister, The Reverend Neil E. Truesdell, D. D., will preside. Good Friday services at St. Luke’s Puritan club offers first aid program A program on First Aid spon sored by the Pomaria Ruritan Club will be held on April 17th between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. at Pomaria Elementary School. The Program will be conducted by the 108th Committee Group (U. S. Army Reserve) from Co lumbia. The Group is command ed by Col. Clifford G. Day. The program will consist of the following: 1st Hr. — Artificial Respira tion: A. Mouth to mouth; B. Mouth to nose (Infants); C. Chest Pressure Arm Lift Me thod. 2nd Hr. — Fractures and Splinting: A. Simple Fractures, B. Compound Fractures. Poisonous Snakes — A. Poi sonous Snakes indigenous to the area; and B. Snake bite treatment. The program will be a lec ture and demonstration method. The children will be invited to participate. The public is invit ed. Additional information con cerning the program can be ob tained from Alvin Hentz, 276- 4887. Easter break April 9-12 Administrative offices at New berry College will be closed Friday-Monday (April 9-12) for the annual spring recess. Students will receive an ex tra two days of vacation. Their spring break begins after they finish classes on Wednesday, April 7; they will return to the classroom on the following Wed nesday, April 14. Good Friday services have been set for this year at St. Luke’s Epsicopal Church. The program will begin at noon and will continue until 1:35 p.m. Ministers and laymen from the city and county will take part in the services. The choir will be composed of two members from each of the downtown church choirs. There will be five segments of worship with a leader and speaker for each. The schedule is: 12.00-12:15-Leader, Ed Can non; Speaker, Rev. James H. Martin; 12:20-12:35—Leader, Eu gene S. Schumpert; Speaker, Rev. Don Funderburk; 12:40- 12:55—Leader, Gordon N. Clark son; Speaker, Rev. A. A. Aber- Smith; Speaker, Rev. Alan Sell- man; and 1:20-1:35—Leader, Prof. Y. E. Epting; Speaker, Rev. Ralph Rhyne. Meeting set for retarded There will be a meeting of the Newberry County Associa tion for Retarded Children on Monday night at Spears Street School at 8 o’clock. This is also the Annual Mem bership Drive Month. The dues are $3.00 for a single membership, or $5.00 for a fa mily. The students at Mollohon Spe cial School will render a pro gram at this time. Wins state award Karol Kunkle, a fifth grade student at the Newberry Aca demy was awarded first place in the state contest sponsored by the American Heritage Com mittee of the South Carolina Society Daughters of the Ame rican Revolution. The prize was awarded to the fifth grade stu dent submitting the best piece of original art featuring the American flag. There were 23 entries from DAR chapters in the state. This art project was sponsored by the S. C. DAR to promote American Heritage within our state. Karol is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pres ton Kunkle. Miss Juanita Hitt, state chairman of American Heritage, S. C. DAR, presented the check to Karol. nathy; 1.00-1:15—Leader, C. M. GIRL STATERS—Representing Newber ry County High Schools at Girls State to be held at Capstone House in Columbia June 7-13 are: back row, left to right, Mrs. Frank Martin, president American Legion Auxiliary, Trudy Baker and Tricia Lake, Whitmire High School, and Mrs. Price K. Harmon who will serve at Girls Sta Senior Counselor; front row: Joni and Mary Lynn Lake, Mid-Carolina School, and Jeanne Underwood and Mathis, Newberry High School. State is sponsored by the America gion Auxiliary. (Sunp