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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 13, 1971—PAGE 3 the principal component of 4th class mail. However, initial in creases will be made in the “book rate” which is classified as fourth class. The new temporary rates also make changes in other postage rate categories and special ser vice fees, such as special deli very and registered mail. When the domestic changes go into effect, there will be con forming increases in letter rates to Canada and Mexico. TOUR DAIRY FARM—Shown above are some of the 40 women from Newberry clubs and organizations who toured Bel- Ivy Farms last Thursday morning. The tour sponsored by the Newberry County Farm Bureau and the S. C. Farm Bureau Forty women enjoy tour of dairy farm Indians play in tourney The Newberry College base ball team after completing the most successful season in re cent years (14-6) will have its biggest test against the unde feated, as of April 22. in dis trict play, Appalachian Moun taineers. The game will get und erway at 8 p.m. at Braves Le- Dairy Division, allowed the visitors to see P " rk , in Greenwood toni g ht fn 6 T' 6 °f mi ‘ k P/ t odu . c ‘ io " on South Carolina State will face an up-to-date dairy farm. After the tour Western Caro|ina in the eveni the guests were entertained at a luncheon on Thursd at 5:00 ^ at Newberry Inn. (Sunphoto) winner of that coniest will meet the winner of the Newberry- Appalachian game Friday at 5:00 for the District champion ship. The consolation game will be played at 8:00 in the double elimination tourney. Coach Horace Turbeville and his Indians have been working extra hard for the contest. The team will be relying on the hit ting of A1 Lewis, Johnny Har bin and Wayne Morrell, all members of the “400” club. Harbin, the shortstop leads the district in hitting with six home runs and 29 RBI’s. He is pre sently 26th in the national NA- IA stats in hitting. Lewis, on the other hand, is number 15 with a .456 average. Turbeville will probably start his ace right-hander, John Brown, who in his freshman season won six games and drop ped only one for the Indians. Brown retired 47 batters on strikes and allowed only 12 earned runs for a 2.44 ERA. The task won’t be easy, but for Coach Turbeville, he is sat isfied he has the material to make a contest of it. been named to the Carolinas tions—provided Congress appro- Conference’s All-Academic Bas- priates the necessary funds to ketball team. ease the transition to full rates. The 11 players, all letter win- No changes are made in the ners, were announced by Nield rates for parcel post, which is Gordon, Newberry coach and chairman of the selection com- mittee. All of the players eam- FT. LEE, VA. — Specialist Four Dana H. Werts, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Werts, Route 2, recently completed an eight-week Petroleum Storage Specialist course at the U. S. Army Quartermaster School. Ft. Lee, Va. He received instruction in the receipt, storage, issue, shipping and distribution of petroleum products used by the Army. Spec. Werts is a 1970 gra duate of Newberry High School. Forty women representing f d „ letters during the past sea ' various clubs and organizations son. of Newberry County saw for themselves today how the milk they purchase is produced. The group assembled at the Newberry County Farm Bureau Their grade point averages range from 3.0 to 3.75 out of a possible 4.0. Gordon said the unusually high percentage of players with 3.0 or better aver- building at 10 a.m. last Thurs- a g es i was f the reas « n for ‘ hc day and were welcomed by selectlon o[ more P la y e f? tl ’ an Mrs. Hazel Pitts, Chairman of us ^ a ‘- Newberry County Farm Bur- , Am0 " g ^ ele „ ve " are ' w0 eau's Women's Committee. Af- f™m Newberry College Tom- ter a short orientation, the tour my Meadows wlth a 3 75 GPR and Gary Pittman with a 3.0 GPR. Postal increase effective May 16 proceeded to “Bel-Ivy Farms, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Pitts. “These ladies were impressed by the care and precision which goes into producing quality milk for them,” said Mrs. Pitts, “and were amazed by the regal treatment given the cows.’ officer in Charge James W. The tour of the farm was Counts said today that in _ conducted by Harold Pitts. Mr. creases j n mos t postage rates Pitts explained that standards w jji t a ^ e e ff ec t May 16 as the of sanitation are high in South new United States Postal Ser- Carohna for dairy farms and v j ce begins its task of achiev- are rigidly enforced by the j n g se if sufficiency as required State Health Department. He by the Postal Reorganization gave a very detailed explana- ^ ct tion of his operation and the Mr Counts noted that gencral ladies were astonished by the p 0S tage rates have not been in- enormous capital required to cre ased since 1967 when Con- fmance a dairy farm. gress passed what was to be- Automation is a by-word on corne it s final legislative act this farm, and the women were j n ^is respect told that 155 cows could be Mr. Counts explained that the handled m this operation by only new increases—authorized on a three men. This includes the temporary basis until the newly growing and harvesting of most crea ted Postal Rate Commission of the feed for the animals and can ma k e recommendations to - the production of other crops ^e Governors of the Postal Ser- as welll. v j ce on permanent changes— Walter Bell, Dairy Coordina- w j [ jj ra j se fj rs ^ c i ass letter rates iir, South Carolina Farm Bur- f rom 5 to 8 cents an ounce and cau, was on hand to answer a i r mail letter rates from 10 to 11 technical questions and to ex- ce nts an ounce. Post cards will plain the marketing of Grade “A” milk in South Carolina. After visiting the farm, the group returned to the Newberry Inn for lunch and a slide pre- , , . *u u sentation further explaining the nir production of milk, the process- go from 5 to 6 cents each and airmail post cards will go from 8 to 9 cents each. The increases will be borne in dividuals, the QIC pointed out, since about 75 percent of first ing and marketing. The presen- c|ass and airma ^ * from com . tation was made by Roy Bry- mercial mail er S . ant, Assistant Director of Com- j n add jtion to increases in mumcations, S. C. Farm Bur- fi rs t-class rates, second and ea f JJ; third class will also go up on The tour was sponsored by May 16. However, the full in- the Newberry County Farm creases proposed by the Postal Bureau and the South Carolina service will not be put into ef- Farm Bureau Dairy Division. f ect on a temporary basis, in second and third class, since ALL-ACADEMIC the postal reform legislation con- BASKETBALL TEAM templates that such increases Eleven players—including 9 be phased over 5 years—or 10 regular season starters—h a v e years for non-profit organiza- m SMtNGl Iafety OUR SAVINGS INSURED THIS IS AN to consult us for your home loan needs. Whether you wish to purchase, build, refinance, repair or improve your home, we can save you money as we have thousands of others. 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