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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
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Vol. 34—No. 51 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, April 8,1971
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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