The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 01, 1971, Image 1
Vol. 35—No. 10
Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, July 1, 1971
THE
STAR SPAivJLED
BANNER
Our national anti, m was
written by F' ict Scott
Key in 1814. He had vit
nessed the bombardment
of Fort McHenry through
out the night with anxiety
and when he saw the Am
erican flag still flying over
the fortress in the dawn,
he expressed his feelings
in stiiring words that will
live in American histoi/.
"...O’er the land
of the free
and the home
of the brave!”
Since the days of our struggle
for freedom, "Old Glory"
has been a symbol to Amer
icans—a symbol of unity and
independence. Let s keep the
principles upon which this
nation was founded before
us all . . . by flying our flag
oudly on the Fourth.
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Shopping center sets organization
W. W. Hursey is
V manager
W. W. “Bill” Hursey was
named Tuesday as Newberry
County’s first county manager.
The announcement was made
during a meeting of county
council. Carman Bouknight,
council chairman, said that
Hursey, 50, of Newberry, was
chosen unanimously by the
council.
Hursey has been plant mana
ger for the Kendall Co. at Mol-
lohon here for the past s i x
years. He is married, and the
father of two children.
During his time in military
service, Hursey served as a
post engineer at Fort Jackson.
He was responsible for the
maintenance and upkeep of
some 2,500 buildings, and for
supervision of carpentry, elec
trical work, plumbing, and wa
ter and sewage plants. He has
supervised men and women and
has worked under strict bud
gets, Bouknight said.
Hursey is a member of the
Lions Club, vice chairman of
the board of directors of Beck
man Health Center, commis
sioner of Federal Housing Com
mittee of Newberry County,
member of Newberry Shrine
Club, member of the Newberry
Country Club, and a member
of the First Baptist Church.
He studied two years at Wof
ford College and continued
studies in civil engineering at
Ohio State University.
Hursey said in accepting the
post, “I would like to take this
opportunity to thank you for
the vote of confidence you have
placed upon me in appointing
me as county manager. I con
sider it both an honor and a
privilege to be able to work
for the county council in serving
the good folk of Newberry Coun
ty-
“I realize that this job is a
first in Newberry County. I con
sider this appointment to have
a double significance in that
I am the first county manager
to serve under Newberry’s new
system of county government,”
he said.
In other business, the council
set tax millage for the county
for 1971-72 at 73 mills, as com
pared to 69 mills last year.
The additional four mills repre
sents an increase requested by
the Newberry County Board of
Education for school operations.
The school board is authorized
by law to add four mills an
nually. The board did not ask
for an increase last year.
Other tax millage remained
the same as last year—12 and
a half mills for the county’s
operating budget, two mills for
bonds, one mill for hospital,
two mills for ambulance. The
school millage this year is 55
and a half mills.
County Auditor Mrs. Jeanette
Hamm said total assessed va
luation for the county is about
$14,900,000. One mill of tax will
bring in around $15,000, some
$900 more than last year.
Council opened bids on county
equipment—including a steam
engine and two police cars. The
council accepted a bid of $429.69
from Samuel T. Boozer of
Cayce for the steam engine.
Curtis Woosley’s bid of $200 for
a 1968 Chevrolet used by the
sheriff’s department was ac
cepted.
Council voted to pay $588 as
the counties dues for member
ship in the S.C. Association of
Counties for a year. No action
was taken regarding a tree be
side the courthouse. It was
thought the tree might have to
be cut to make room for a
sidewalk, but council was in
formed that the walk would not
come as close to the tree as
had been thought.
An organizational meeting of
the Newberry Shopping Center
Merchant’s Association was held
Tuesday, with representatives
of the stores and the developers
of the Shopping Center present.
Officers and Board of Direc
tors were elected to serve and
guide the organization from the
opening through the calendar
year, 1971.
The new Newberry merchants
were welcomed by Mayor C.
A. Shealy, Jr.
The Newberry Shopping Cen
ter Merchant’s Association, Inc.
is the coordinating organization
for the merchants in the Shop
ping Center and is responsible
for the promotion and advertis
ing activity for the new shop
ping development.
The retail development is lo
cated on Wilson Road (U. S.
76 By-Pass) between S. C. 34
and the Winnsboro Road and
S. C. 219 (Main Street).
A grand opening was tena-
tively planned at today’s meet
ing, the details of this will be
announced later. The new shop
ping complex will include 90,-
530 square feet of building area
with parking for over 660 cars
and with a total of at least 14
business establishments.
Tenants already announced
for the shopping complex in-
elude Edward’s Department
Store, containing 40,500 square
feet of building space; a huge
A & P Supermarket, contain
ing 16,980 square feet of build
ing space; Sentry Drugs, con
taining 5,000 square feet; the
Hub Theatre, containing 4,000
square feet; a professional dry
cleaners and self-service coin
laundry, containing 4,200 square
feet; The Wig Shop containing
1,000 square feet and a separate
building housing a Bar-B-Q Pit
restaurant and an additional
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P. 0. to observe
holiday hours
The Newberry Post Office will
be closed Monday July 5, 1971
in observance of Independence
Day. No window service will
be provided and there will be
no delivery of mail by city or
rural carrier.
Regular holiday lockbox ser
vice will be provided and holi
day schedules for delivery of
special deliveries will be ob
served.
Holiday schedules for the col
lection of mail and for the re
ceipt and dispatch of mail will
be maintained.
CIVIL DEFENSE
ALERT WEDNESDAY
The quarterly Civil Defense
alert to test equipment will be
held next Wednesday at 1
p.m., according to Dave Mori-
son, director of Civil Defense.
Business and
' / set
holiday hours
Most Newberry businesses
will observe the 4th of July
holiday on next Monday. A num
ber of them as well as industrial
plants will close for the week
in order that employees may
have their annual vacation.
Kendall company plants will
observe the holiday schedule as
follows:
Oakland plant: Close 6 p.m.
Saturday, July 3 and resume
operations July 12 at 6 a.m.
Mollohon Plant: Close 6 a.m.
July 3 and resume operations
at 6 a.m. Monday, July 12.
Both plants will give vacation
pay to all eligible employees.
Newberry Mills, Inc. will
cease operation at midnight
Saturday, July 3 and resume
production at 8 a.m. July 12.
Employees there will also re
ceive vacation pay.
Employees of Black Rock
Manufacturing Corp. will re
ceive longer vacation time. Ope
ration there will shut down af
ter July 2nd and will resume
on July 19. Eligible employees
will receive 2 weeks pay.
Ocoma Foods and C-P Corp. of
Shakespeare Co. will close only
for the Monday holiday.
Prosperity Manufacturing Co.
will close from July 2nd to
July 12. Eligible employees
there will receive vacation pay.
Old School Manufacturing Co.
will close after scheduled hours
on Thursday, July 1 and reopen
July 12. The plant will also pay
vacations for eligible emplo
yees.
Collins and Aikmen plant near
Prosperity will close from mid
night July 2 to midnight July
11.
Andrew Shealy
graduate of
FBI academy
U.S. Representative, William
Jennings Bryan Dorn, Demo
crat of South Carolina attend
ed graduation exercises Wed
nesday morning of the 87th ses
sion of the FBI National Aca
demy at FBI National Head
quarters in Washington, D.C.
Andrew Shealy of the New
berry Police Department was
the only South Carolina gra
duate in ceremonies when Pres
ident Nixon, Attorney General
John Mitchell and FBI Direc
tor J. E. Hoover spoke.
Participants in the program
were from virtually every state
in the union and foreign coun
tries.
Congressman Dorn praised
Shealy on the succesful com
pletion of his attendance at the
FBI Academy, a three month
program in which students in
crease their proficiency in their
respective professional law en
forcement field. Congressman
Dorn said, “This is a high ho
nor for Mr. Shealy personally
for the Newberry Police De
partment and for our state.”