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CITY SELLS WATER BONDS The City of Newberry has ne gotiated the sale of $1.8 mil lion worth of utility revenue bonds to build a new four-mil lion gallon per day water pro cessing plant at a total cost of $2,081,157. In announcing the sale, City Manager K. W. Riebe said Moh- day that the John Nuveen Co. Inc. of New York is the pur chaser at a negotiated interest rate of 6.149 per cent. The same company wa^ the only bidder when the city open ed bids on the bonds two weeks ago, but the bid was beyond what the city could afford to pay. Riebe said the negotiated figure is now within the city’s ability to pay. “We are now waiting on the Department of Housing and Ur ban Development in Atlanta to approve our contract,” Riebe said. This is expected prior to June 10. Work is set to start on all three divisions of the project within 30 days after contractors have been notified that their bids were accepted. Riebe siad the contractors will be notified prior to the June 10 deadline. “We hope to have the water plant in operation within the next 18 months,” he said. ■s l.J • i. utt Vol. 35—No. 7 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, June 3, 1971 $3 PER YEAR -kv- fZ.-f. ■ * * «• kfor. Hi : wmm Hi NSp m3 *4 m. 1 tk. t w /I®* The City of Newberry has re ceived a Federal Grant of $250,- 000 to aid in construction of the water treatment facility. Councilman C. D. Coleman was notified by Senator Strom Thurmond early yesterday morning that the grant had been enlarged by $200,000. Cole man said “had it not been for the efforts of Sen. Thurmond we would not have been able to get the additional funds. ’ He said with the increased grant it would be possible to go ahead with the plant without having to leave out several important items included in the original plans. Silverstreet pupils have 100% record Fourteen students from Sil verstreet Middle School had per fect attendance for the 1970-71 school session. They were by classes: 5A—Nancy Amick, Janet L. Epting, and Sarah L. Langford. 5B—Jeridine Robinson and Bruce Farrow. 6A—Maxine Bouknight and Robert Gene Sanders, Jr. 6B—Otis Langford and Bar bara J. Brown. 7A—Nancy Lou Robinson and Martha Ann Langford. 7B—Peggy Ann Williams and David Reeder, Jr. Grade 8—Lucretia Brown. m 'M # 1 1 A nurses Station with revolving chart main patient floors in the hospital will file is typical of the compact efficiency have a Nurses station, which will include measures planned for the new Newberry electronic patient monitoring equipment County Memorial Hospital. Each of the and other modern patient care aids. Board lists facilities in proposed new hospital The Newberry County Hos pital Board of Trustees has listed a complete review of fa cilities which would be avail able in the new community hos pital. In a statement today, the board said architectural plans drawn up by the Columbia firm of Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle and Wolff would provide Newberry County residents with the lat est developments in a commu nity medical facility. At the same time, the board said, the plans were drawn with an eye toward the most economical use of materials and manpower. As previously announced, the main building of the hospital would be a five-story facility containing 100 substantially pri vate rooms. FIRST FLOOR — The first floor would house the admini- Stoudemire urges graduates to help make changes needed in government The 125 members of the gra duating class at Newberry Col lege were challenged by Robert Stoudemire to participate in lo cal and state government and to help make the changes which are needed. Stoudemire, who is associate director of the Bureau of Gov ernmental Research and Ser vice and associate professor of political science at the Univer- 1 tv of South Carolina, made h remarks to more than 1,200 p r mis at the College’s Com- mc eement Exercises Sunday, r v. 30. E borating on his theme, he declared, “All of you as young adults can make a substantial contribution through your par ticipation in state and local government processes. 1 am not referring to participation,” he continued, “whereby voting each election day is treated as the eleventh commandment. Certainly voting is important, that is, if you take time to know what you are doing. I am asking you to think, to face issues, to work, to participate, to reflect on change and not be afraid of it. Your help is needed,” he stressed, “if gov- (Continued on Page 8) stration area, including the bu siness office, lobby, admitting office, library and medical re cords room. There would also be a family room and a chapel, and locker rooms for the em ployees. SECOND FLOOR — On the second floor, the Surgical Suite would contain two general ope rating rooms, an orthopedic operating room, recovery room, work and sterilization room, and doctor’s lounge. Also on the second floor would be the O. B. Department, to contain two labor rooms, a delivery room and a nursery. THIRD, FOURTH & FIFTH FLOORS — The third, fourth and fifth floors would contain 30 private rooms each (with private baths) and a nursing station. In addition, the upper floors would have a five-bed intensive care suite and a five- bed cardiac care suite. The lat ter two s peciality treatment areas would be especially va luable additions to medical fa cilities available to Newberry County residents, officials have stated. EMERGENCY - Adjoining the main building would be a one-story building that would house a fully equipped Emer gency Room, an out-patient cli nic and general hospital ser vices such as a pharmacy, ca feteria, and supply room. Entrance to the Emergency Room would be away from the main hospital, to keep confu sion for in-patients to a mini mum, officials said. There would be a separate ambu lance entrance and the Emer gency Room would have its % x A L. L. Baumgartner ’port manager Harold T. Bdenbaugh, Chair man Newberry Airport Com mission, announces a change in the management of the New berry Municipal Airport. As of June 1, L. L. Baum gartner succeeds E. O. Shealy who had become known through out the Southeast for his excel lent work in repairing airplanes. Many military and local pilots credit Mr. Shealy as an out standing flight instructor. The new management will operate under the name of Baum Air Aeronautical Servic es. It will provide all standard services and in the near future it will be able to supply spe cialized services in engine, air craft, and avionics repairs. Flight instruction will be un der high time pilots experienc ed in advanced techniques. Ap plication is being made for a Federal Aviation Agency Ap proved School in order to qua lify for training the new Army Air Force cadets who will en roll at Newberry College this fall. own operating room. Patients treated in the Emergency Room who required further treatment, would be sped to a room in the main building by a special ele vator. OUT-PATIENT - The out patient clinic would have four doctor’s offices, with adjoining examination rooms for each, two treatment rooms, physical and inhalation therapy labora tory and a training classroom. The building would also have a radiology suite and a path ology lab. The operating rooms feature complete climatic control, as do the recovery rooms. The lat est electronic equipment in cludes such new developments as cardiac monitoring systems. (Continued on page 8) / An important part of their business is expected to be re lated to forest management concerned with fire detection and forest disease and insect inspection. Beginning this year the U. S. Forest Service will replace their fire towers with airplanes and, consequently Newberry Municipal Airport will become the center for fo rest fire control. Twenty new open T-Hangers are planned in anticipation of increased flying activity. Two Newberry men who received their bachelor of science degrees during the Commencement Exercises at Newberry College Sunday talked with friends and rela tives before the Services. Stevie Perdue Sligh, holding his son, and Larry Gilliam were among the 125 graduated.