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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
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