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Dev. Board sets annual meeting The Newberry County Deve lopment Board will hold its An nual Meeting on Monday at 8:00 P.M. at the Newberry Inn Restaurant. All members have been invited to attend and bring guests if they so desire. Howard R. Folkman, Mana ger, Manpower Resources with the State Development Board will be the keynote speaker, his topic being, “Manpower— Its Role in Newberry County’s Future!” As a participant in several hundred plant start-ups, Mr. Folkman has frequently lectur ed on manpower and human resource development and as sisted many industrial develop ment groups. He has served as a consultant to business and industry as well as to several states in numerous studies on human and economic needs and assisted such firms as Ling- Temco-Vought, The 0 z a r k a Commission, and United Dyna mics, Inc. with vocational skills studies and literacy programs. A manpower rripdei design ed by Mr. Folkman has re ceived widespread publicity. The model, designed for indus trial development purposes, identifies sources of recruitable manpower for business and in dustry. A short business meeting will be held immediately after the meeting where changes in By- Laws and Constitution will be offered and seven “Directors at Large” will be elected. Alewine is new DRW director Mr. John T. Norris, Chair man of the Board, has announc ed that Jimmy H. Alewine of the Newberry County Welfare Office has been appointed Di rector of the local Department of Public Welfare. Mrs. Edna H. Feagle held this position un til her recent retirement. Mr. Alewine has been a caseworker in the Department of Public Welfare in Newberry County since September 1904. He has worked in all phases cf the office, including public assistance, nursing home place ment and food stamp program, as well as the service program for children and adult clients. Mr. Alewine graduated from Newberry . College in May of 1963. He taught school in Flo rence and worked with the S C. Highway Department in Co lumbia, before beginning his work at the Newberry County Department of Public Welfare in September 1964. He is Past President of the Newberry Coun ty Chapter of the State Em ployees’ Association, past mem ber of the O.E.O. Board, mem ber of the S. C. Forum of So cial Work, and has completed Southeastern School of Alcoho lic Studies at the University of Georgia, as well as taking Advanced Social Work Courses at the University of N. C. in (Continued on page 8) Vol. 35—No. 3 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, May 6, 1971 $3 PER YEAR Architects rendering of proposed new Newberry Coun ty Memorial Hospital shown above will have beds for 115 patients. In addition to normal facilities the hospital will feature a cardiac unit, and intensive care unit. The sin gle story annex (at right in the picture) will house facili ties for out-patient treatment. Estimated construction cost is four and one-half million dollars. Citizens will be asked to vote a two and one-quarter million bond issue on June 15 to build the medical facility. New 4.5 million hospital proposed Newberry County voters are being asked to approve the construction of a new hospital facility here in a spe cial referendum called for Tuesday, June 15. The referendum specifically asks for the approval of a bond issue of up to two and a quarter million dollars to be used for the construction of a totally new hospital cen ter. Board Chairman Tom Buzhardt announced the refer endum at a special press conference this week and un- Reception to honor Wiles’ The Newberry College com munity will honor Dr. and Mrs. A.G.D. Wiles at a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Au gust 29, in Kaufmann Hall Din ing Room. Dr. Wiles will retire as the College’s eleventh president three days later on Wednesday, September 1; he has been the College’s Chief Executive since September 1. 1960. A steering committee com posed of representatives from the official college family and the City of Newberry is mak ing plans for the reception and will issue formal invitations in June. Members of the Committee are A. Hart Kohn, Jr., chair man of the Board of Trustees; D. J. Haigler, president of the Alumni Association; Mrs. Ge rald Paysinger, president of the Newberry College Women’s Lea gue; N. Kibler Williamson, pro fessor of physics and mathema tics; Phillip T. Kelly, director of alumni affairs; Jim Riddle, president of the Student Govern ment Association; Vernon Po well, director of the College’s Food Service; and Dr. John Clarkson, representing the City of Newberry. Kindergarten set for Speers St. A public school kindergarten with limited enrollment is be ing planned for Speers Street School beginning in September, according to Ralph E. Watkins, Director of County Schools. Children who will be five years old on, or before, November 1. 1971, may be considered for enrollment Parents in New berry County who are interest ed in enrolling a child should contact Mr. R. E. Beck, prin cipal, at Speers Street School and register their child imme diately. Since enrollment must be limited, registration does not guarantee enrollment, but re gistration is needed for plan ning purposes, Mr. Watkins said. Pony League ball scheduled The Recreation Dept, will start Pony League Baseball on Mon. May 10, at 4:00 P.M. at Oakland Field. At this time we only have one coach for four teams in the league. We are asking for voluntary coaches. These teams will play two games per week. If you feel you can help with these young men, please call the Recreation Dept. 276-4856, or be at Oak- veiled plans and a rendering for the proposed new hospi tal. “A major step in the future of Newberry County” as the way Buzhardt described the importance of the refer endum. The new hospital will provide 100 beds and the latest in modern health-care facilities. Newberry County voters approved an increase in the county’s bonded indebtedness last November for the purpose of building a new hospital. This bond issue vote June 15 is now described by officials as the major step in bringing the hospital to fulfillment. The new hospital will be located on a site of land lo cated and fronting on Kinard Street and immediately behind Bi-Lo Shopping Center. Access will be immediate ly available to such site from Kinard Street and from both sides of the Center. In all, there is a possibility of five access roads. The property presently has sewer lines, and is on city water. In his official statement, Buzhardt said: “The citizens of Newberry County presented their hospital’s board of directors with a mandate on November 3rd of last year. The wording may have been to simply change one word in our county constitution and to allow our bonded indebtedness to increase from eight per cent to 30 per cent but the meaning was much greater. The people of Newberry County saw the need for a new hospital and they demanded action. An overwhelming majority of three to one voted “yes” to the understood question “should we, your board of directors, take the first step in acquiring this much needed facility?” Mr. Buzhardt said, “the last six-months have indeed been busy ones. I personally did not know all the many questions that arise when a new hospital is being plan ned. Many acres are still under consideration. However, the site has been selected, and I am most proud to pre sent rendering of your proposed new Newberry County Memorial Hospital. I am sure you will join with me in saluting the architectural firm of Lyles, Bisset, Carlisle and Wolff for a most professional job well done. “I would like to emphasize one thing rather strongly today. According to our state’s election laws, to be eligi ble to vote, a person must be registered at least one month prior to election. Over 12,000 of our citizens are now registered, but this is not the grand total eligible. Finally, everyone we have spoken to concerning the elec tion plans an affirmative vote, but we will all be work ing extra hard this month to be sure everyone Is fully in formed as to all the facets of the new hospital. As was the case in November, a special speaker’s bureau will be active throughout the county prior to election and a brochure outlining plans for the new Newberry County Memorial Hospital will be mailed to the county’s voters in early June.”