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Beautification report made The Newberry County Beauti fication Committee met at 2:15 p.m. on June 1, 1971, at the City Hall Chambers with Mrs. Richard Baker, Chairman, pre siding. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Baker, after which invocation was delivered by Mrs. Roy Anderson. Mrs. Baker recognized Ma yor Clarence Shealy, who gave the welcome, stating how pleas ed and proud the city is of the work the Committee is doing to improve the appearance of the city and county. Also recognized was Mr. C. E. Hendrix, Vice Chairman of the Newberry County Munici pal Association. Mr. Hendrix, on behalf of the Council, also recognized the outstanding work the Beautification Committee has done and offered the ser vices of the Council to help in any way possible. Mrs. Baker announced that Tuffy Millstead’s activities with the Committee would be limited in the future and a motion was made and passed that a note of appreciation for his outstand ing work be sent to Tuffy. Mr. Riebe was asked to handle this. Mrs. Baker then asked for the following reports: City of Newberry—Mr. Ken Riebe reported a trash contain er has been installed on Main Street near the Winn-Dixie Store. From all reports, the “Clean-Up Campaign”, April 12- 17, was most effective. One pro blem encountered was that some trash was piled in some locations where the large trucks could not get to it. The Com mittee suggested a follow-up campaign following the 2-week campaign to clean up trash, etc. that could not be cleaned up during the campaign. Mr. Riebe also reported the skating rink and bandstand at Willow- brook Park has been torn down and grass planted. Extensive work has been done in the Ma rion Davis and Wise Street Parks. The City planted 8 ce dar trees in the Matthews Park area to replace trees which had been taken down. The swim ming pool, etc. at Margaret Hunter Park have been painted and made ready for the sum mer months. The Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity from New berry College was awarded Certificates of Appreciation by City Council for their assistance in this. The city gave financial assistance toward a special clean-up of the Werts Cemetery. The Lower Main Street Park ing Lot was completed this year and the demolition of the Wiseman Hotel and the Baker's Warehouse has been completed. The owners of the stores ad jacent to this future parking lot plan to improve the appe- rance of the rear of their build ings. A house on Milligan Street was demolished and the lot cleared to improve the safety and appearance of the neigh borhood. Mr. Riebe, on behalf of the city, also recognized the out standing work the Committee has done. Mr. Riebe, Mr. Cla rence Shealy, Mrs. Peggy West, Mrs. W. C. Koon, Mrs. Mildred Holliday, Mr. Martyn Cava naugh and Mrs. Richard Ba ker attended the Governor’s Beautification Awards Lunch eon and received the following awards: “County Apperance”, ‘‘City Parks”, “Main Street Appearance”, and “Junk Car Disposal”. Mrs. Baker receiv ed an award as an Individual Chairman from the Governor. Mr. L. B. Bryan’s report indicated 1,342 man hours were spent thus far this year remov- (Continued on Page 8) Newberry County voters Tues day voted by an overwhelming margin in favor of building a new county hospital. Voters were asked whether they favored “the issuance of not exceeding $2,250,000 in bonds by Newberry County for county hospital facilities and the neces sary tax levy?” With 48 of 50 precincts re ed the thirty-seventh President of the Motor Transportation As sociation of South Carolina for 1971-72. Mr. Senn is no stranger to trucking having served on the MTASC Board for many years and chaired some of its impor tant committees. He is Presi dent of Senn Trucking Com pany, Newberry, South Carolina. He is member of the Board of the Common Carrier Confe rence, Irregular Route, Ame rican Trucking Associations, and is Chairman of its Specific Com modity Division. He is a mem ber of the Board of the South Carolina Motor Truck Rate Bu- porting the unofficial vote count was 3,851 for and 627 against. There are about 12,000 register ed voters in the county. Prior to the referendum, the Newberry County Hospital Board of Directors had issued a statement urging passage of the referendum. The statement, released by chairman Tom Buzhardt, said, Angus D. Senn has been nam- reau. As member of the" S.C. Council of Safety Supervisors, his company was named com pany of the year. He is a World War II, 8th Air Force veteran, with com bat service in Europe. He is a member of the Newberry Ame rican Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Active in civic affairs, he is a member of the Lions Club, Moose Club, a Mason and Shrin- er. He is a member of the Tri nity United Methodist Church of Newberry. He has three children. Adams listed with honorees Roosevelt Adams of Newberry is among 81 students who made the Dean’s List for the second semester of the 1970-71 acade mic year at S.C. State College. There were 232 others who made the honor roll at S.C. State. to new “It is inevitable that we must one day take this step to provide for the pressing health care needs of the people in New berry County. To delay will only cost the taxpayers more mo ney.” Buzhardt noted that hospital construction costs are rising at the rate of 10 percent a year. He said, “we hope to build Walterboro grid star signs grant A star football and baseball player from Walterboro—Arnold Zipperer, III—has signed an athletics grant-in-aid at New berry College for the 1971-72 school year. Zipperer lettered in football for three years and was Walter boro High School’s co-captain and the All-Conference tight end during the 1970 season. When he was a senior, he received a sportsmanship and the Uni versity of South Carolina Game cock Alumni trophies. On the baseball diamond the young athlete also lettered for three years. During the recent 1971 high school season, he pitched and won seven games and lost one. He also pitched for the Walter boro American Legion squad for three seasons and for the Pal metto Boys League for two sea sons including the State Cham pionship in 1967. Zipperer also played varsity high school basketball for two years. A 1971 Walterboro High School graduate, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Zipperer, Jr. hospital a hospital that will cost about $4.5 million, including the $2,250- 000 from the bond referendum plus matching grants.” “We are convinced that the only way Newberry County will attract new doctors — not only specialists but general practi tioners — is to build an ade quate facility in which they can practice their skills. Failure to do this will result in serious doctor shortages and medical deficiencies.” The board noted that the pre sent hospital “runs the risk of loss of accreditation and reduc tion of clinic status.” Tuesday’s special referen dum was called for in April of this year when the county dele gation introduced a bill in the legislature providing for a spe cial referendum on a bond is sue for the purposes of build ing a new hospital. The 115-bed, five story facility is expected to cost about four and a half million dollars, with 50 per cent of the cost to be financed with matching federal funds. Plans call for the hospital to be located on a site fronting on Kinard Street, immediately behind Bi-Lo Shopping Center. The facility is to include a com plete intensive care unit. Only four of the fifty boxes carried against the issuance of hospital bonds. They were Do minick, Midway, Oneal No. 1 and Wheeland. Tabulation by precinct is shown below: For Against Ward 1 _ 257 11 Ward 2 _ __ 411 24 Ward 3, No. 1 157 4 Ward 3, No. 2 __ 237 33 Ward 4 No. 1_ 68 5 Ward 4, No. 2 139 11 Ward 5 196 23 Ward 6 __ 351 22 Airport __ 61 5 Bush River _ 29 8 Central . 22 (5 Chappells ___ 9 14 Dominick 9 6 Fairview __ 59 14 Garmaniy __ 84 12 Hartford 66 3 Helena . 44 7 Jalapa . - 93 7 Johnstone _ . _ 52 18 Jolly Street __ __ 27 16 Kinaids 18 5 Little Mountain _ 97 17 Long Lane Beth Eden — 40 14 Longshore — 57 12 Maybinton 30 14 Midway _ 23 26 Mt. Bethel 24 1 Mt. Pleasant __ 41 8 Mulberry _ 39 8 Oakland 186 14 Oneal No. 1 __ __ 4 8 Oneal No. 2 __ 53 2 Peak 31 15 Pomaria 75 20 Prosperity No. 1_ 140 21 Prosperity No. 2. 118 10 Saluda No. 7 _ __ 19 1 Silverstreet __ 71 3 Stoney Hill __ 51 30 St. Paul . 21 7 St. Phillips ... 88 5 Trinity 26 11 Union _ 25 3 Utopia 14 6 Vaughnville __ 7 3 Walton 28 5 Wheeland __ 19 32 Whitmire No. 1_ 73 36 Whitmire No. 2_ 47 26 Zion 22 15 TOTAL 3851 627 ROSE MONTH—Officials of the Newberry County Rose Society witnesses Mayor C. A. Shealy, Jr., signing a proclamation des ignating June as Rose Month in Newberry. From left are Mrs. A1 Busby, publicity chairman; Mrs. Hart Jordan, president of Newberry County Rose Society and chair man of the Rose Show; Mrs. Emmett Ni chols, co-chairman; and Dr. Charles Jer- emias, Carolina District Director of the American Rose Sociey: Absent was C. B. Parr, also co-chairman of the show. In connection with Rose Month the Newberry group will hold a show June 26 and 27 at Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Asso ciation building on College St. (Sunphoto) Senn heads S. C. truckers group