The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, June 24, 1971, Image 1
3rd ANNUAL
ROSE SHOW
JUNE 26,27
The Newberry County Rose
Society will sponsor the third
annual June Rose Show to be
held at the Newberry Federal
Savings and Loan Association
on June 26 and June 27. The
show will be open to all rose
growers in South Carolina and
in neighboring states.
Since South Carolina rose
shows are usually held in May
or early fall, the Newberry Rose
Society Show is unique in this
area. The blooms will be judged
by the rules and regulations of
the American Rose Society.
The schedule includes a di
vision for Newberry County
roses alone. Those growers who
wish to enter this section
would compete only against oth
er Newberry County growers.
They may also enter their ros
es in the other categories if
they desire to do so.
Rose growers are urged to
make their plans to enter their
blooms. Additional information
may be obtained from Mrs. L.
Hart Jordan, President of the
Newberry County Rose Society
and General Chairman of the
Show; and Mr. Gallic Boyd
Parr and Mrs. J. Emmett Ni
chols, Co-Chairmen. Others in
clude local American Rose So
ciety Consulting Rosarians—Mr.
C. B. Parr, Mr. W. W. Cone,
Mrs. John Earle Smith, Sr.,
and Dr. Charles G. Jeremias.
Dr. Jeremias also serves as
the Carolina District Director
of the American Rose Society.
A. H. (Box) Counts
dies in Columbia
Arthur Henry Counts of 1704
Evans St. died Sunday in a Co
lumbia hospital after a linger
ing illness.
Born in Little Mountain, son
of the late Walter Phillip and
Elizabeth Lake Counts, he was
a retired employe of the Inter
nal Revenue Service of Green
ville with service of 17 years.
He was formerly a co-owner
of The Newberry Observer and
a Newberry correspondent for
The State and The Greenville
News for many years. He was
a member of Lutheran Church
of the Redeemer and a gra
duate of Newberry College,
c!..ss of 1912.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ruby Zeigler Counts; and a
daughter, Miss Betty Jo Counts
of Newberry and Augusta.
Funeral services were at 3:30
p.m. Monday at Whitaker Fune
ral Home by Dr. H. A. McCul
lough. Burial was in Newberry
Memorial Gardens.
Episcopal church
plans bihle school
A one-week Bible school for
Newberry children, ages three
through 10, is being planned at
St. Luke’s Episcopal church.
The school will be in session
Monday, August 9, through
Friday, August 13. Classes will
meet at St. Luke’s parish house
from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Classes will be arranged into
four age groups with teachers
for each. A special feature one
day will be a field trip to Camp
Gravatt near Aiken.
Children from all churches in
Newberry are eligible to attend
St. Luke’s Bible school which
is offered free of charge. Ear
ly registration is urged so that
the study materials may be or
dered.
Parents may register their
children with Mrs. Hugh Gault
at telephone number 276-6682.
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PUTT-PUTT COURSE—Construction is berry Recreation Department will be open-
practically complete at the Putt-Putt Golf ed to the public on Saturday of this week,
course adjacent to Margaret Hunter park (Sunphoto)
on Nance Street. The facility of the New-
Players hold
tryouts June 30
The Newberry Community
Players will hold tryouts Wed
nesday, June 30, at the Dray
ton Street Community Center,
beginning at 8 o’clock p.m.
If the auditioneers desire,
they may bring their own ma
terial, such as a poem or read
ing, to present. The Players
will also have material avail
able at the center to be used
in the auditions.
The Players plan to give two
30 minute performances, involv
ing short skits and readings.
One program will be geared for
children and presented at the
six summer recreation sites for
the children and their parents.
The other program will be pre
sented at the nursing homes in
the area.
All performances will be giv
en free of charge.
The Players have expressed
hope that a large crowd will
turn out for the 8 o’clock try
outs, Wednesday, June 30.
Ellerbe named
manager for
Prosperity plant
Richard H. Ellerbe has been
promoted to manager of Col
lins & Aikman’s hosiery plant
at Prosperity. He replaces John
M. Wallace, who has resigned.
The announcement was made
by D. Frank Welch, general
manufacturing manager for the
company’s Anderson Hosiery Di
vision, to whom Mr. Ellerbe
reports.
Mr. Ellerbe is a graduate of
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
He joined Collins & Aikman’s
Industrial Engineering depart
ment in 1962 as a trainee, later
serving as a plant IE with the
Automotive Division. In Decem
ber 1969 he was named divisio
nal industrial engineer for the
hosiery division.
His wife is the former Mary
Drugan of Huntington, West
Virginia. They have three chil
dren and reside in Clinton.
Carl Amick Jr.
gets Air medal
VIETNAM - Army Chief
Warrant Officer Carl L. Amick
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
L. Amick, 1811 McHardy St.,
Newberry, recently received the
Air Medal in Vietnam.
CWO Amick earned the award
for meritorious service while
participating in aerial flight in
support of ground operations in
Vietnam.
He is an aviator with the 335th
Assault Helicopter Company
near Dong Tam.
Deadline set
for scholarship
The deadline for applying for
the $1,000 scholarship for an in
coming freshman at Newberry
College has been set for July
15, according to Phil Kelly,
director of Alumni Affairs for
the College.
The scholarship, established
by the Alumni Association in
1970, is given on the basis of
financial need, academic record
and the worthiness of the re
cipient; it is renewable each
year.
“As additional funds become
available,” Kelly said, “another
scholarship will be given to a
freshman for the 1972-1973 and
the 1973-1974 school years so
that eventually there will be
four Alumni Scholarship stu
dents enrolled at the same
time.”
Applicants for the scholarship
must be accepted for admission
to Newberry College when they
apply. Necessary forms for the
$1,000 scholarship may be ob
tained by writing to either the
Director of Alumni Affairs or
the Office of Admissions at New
berry College.
This year’s scholarship reci
pient, Charles W. Easley, Jr.,
of Kings Mountain, N. C., will
have his award renewed for
his sophomore year.
0. W. Holmes
News was received today of
the death of Oliver W. Holmes
of Fayetteville, N. C., husband
of Sarah Fant Holmes, formerly
a Newberry resident.
Newberry twirler
in Who’s Who
Newberry College’s baton
twirler during the 1970 football
season, Gail McGarrigan from
Haddonfield, N. J. is featured
in the 1971 edition of “Who’s
Who in Baton Twirling.”
Before she enrolled at New
berry College while she was
still a high school student, Miss
McGarrigan was a twirler for
the Philadelphia Eagles of the
National Football League in
J96fi and 1969.
Riebe completes
CG training
United States , Coast Guard
Hospitalman Kenneth C. Riebe,
son of Mr. and Mrs. K. W.
Riebe, completed a 15 week
training course March 4 from
Naval Hospital Corps School at
the Great Lakes Naval Train
ing Center, Great Lakes, Illi
nois. Riebe was an Educatio
nal Petty Officer during his
training period and graduated
with distinction. Riebe also
completed an 8 week Clinical
Experience Course at the United
States Coast Guard Academy
Hospital, New London, Connecti
cut. He is now stationed at Fort
Macon, North Carolina for 18
months duty.
His wife, Barbara, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ander
son, has been residing with him.
Plumblee gets
$300 scholarship
Thomas W. Plumblee of New
berry Rt. 3, a junior at Clem-
son University, is recipient of
a $300 Cotton Producer’s Asso
ciation scholarship for the 1971-
72 academic year.
Plumblee is among 145 stu
dents who will receive scholar
ships at Clemson next year.
An agricultural engineering
major, he is the son of Mrs.
Ruby L. Plumblee of Newberry
and is a 1968 graduate of New
berry High School.
Plumblee is president-elect of
the Clemson Student Branch of
the American Society of Agri
cultural Engineers.
He has a cumulative acade
mic grade-point ratio of 3.2 out
of a possible 4.0 (all A’s).
BOY and GIRL OF THE YEAR—Debbie Coggins, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coggins of Newberry, left, and
David Reames, son of Mrs. David Reames, right, were
chosen Boy and Girl of the Year at the regular meeting
of the Exchange Club of Newberry Tuesday night. The
winners are chosen from students at Newberry High
School who were selected during the school year as Boy
and Girl of the Month. Donnie Layton, center, is chair
man of the Exchange Club project.
(Sunphoto by Gordon Leslie)