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Young awarded ?! Vol. 35—No. 11 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, July 8, 1971 POSTAL CHANGEOVER—The United States Postal Service officially assumed responsibility for moving the nation’s mail on July 1. The transition of the old Post Office Department to the new U. S. Postal Service represented the full imple mentation of the Postal Reorganization Act passed by Congress last year. Shown above are a number of the stamp collectors who were on hand to purchase the special souvenir cachet with the new Postal Service 8-cent stamp affixed. Cachet envelopes showing the new U. S. Postal Service seal juxtaposed against the old “Express Rider” along with a postal booklet were distributed free to those re questing them. (Sunphoto) $3 PER YEAR doctorate Rev. Edwin Burnham Young, Jr., of 931 Cornelia Street, New berry, received the Doctor of Religious Education degree June 24, at the Clarksville School of Theology in Tennes see, after completing a 55,000- word thesis and other require ments for graduation. The the sis, containing 24 chapters, is entitled “Christ’s Centrality in the Scripture, and His Emphasis on Spiritual Fruitfulness and Soulwinning, in Comparison with the five Largest Sunday Schools in the United States.” He had done considerable re search also on the ten largest Sunday schools. Dr. Young graduated from Gordon College in 1944 with the degree of B.A. in Th. In 1945 he received the M.A. in Bibli cal Education from Columbia Bible College in Columbia, S.C. Dr. Young is the president of the Southern Gospel Crusade, Inc., and with his family, has had the privilege of bringing Bible programs in many hun dreds of different schools and churches, particularly over South Carolina and Georgia for almost 30 years. The Youngs use filmstrips, flannelgraphs, movies, chalk talks, a ventrilo quist dummy, along with accor- dian and trumpet music in their programs. They have a Scrip ture motto printing ministry, and have done Gospel radio broadcasting in different states, and also in the Caribbean Is lands regularly. Dr. Young attributes the suc cesses in his ministries directly to the Lord’s working in answer to prayers, and especially be cause many faithful friends in this area have prayed for him for almost 30 years now. Last year Dr. Young’s young est daughter, Joy, then a senior in Newberry High School, won all-expense-paid trip to Holland, Italy, Egypt, Palestine, Greece and Austria. Her trip was very interesting, and from the pic tures she took, many were made into a beautiful color filmstrip. On May 31st Dr. Young’s daughter Faith graduated cum laude from Columbia Bible Col lege, as did his son Paul last year. Five of Dr. Young’s chil dren (all adults) are actively serving as Bible teachers and youth evangelists with the South ern Gospel Crusade, Inc. Summer 2nd term July 14 Registration for the second term of Newberry College’s two- part summer school is planned for Wednesday, July 14; classes for the second session begin at 8 a.m. Thursday, July 15, and continue through August 20. Thirty-seven classes will be offered in 18 subject-matter fields, according to Dr. Conrad Park, Academic Dean and the Director of Newberry’s summer school. Sprowles pastor Prosperity Baptist Church Rev. Sprowls and wife, Joyce, son, Jeff and daughter Pam, moves to Prosperity Friday, July 9, 1971. He will reside on Grace Street. He is the pastor of The In dependent Bible Baptist Church here, on the corner of McNary and Church Streets, and has been since April 1970. He is a Preacher graduate of Bob Jones University of Greenville, S. C., and was ordained in 1970. Rev. Sprowls is a former re sident of Claysville, Pa., and a veteran of the Viet Nam War. He is Fundamental, Bible-Be- lieving, and has as his chief purpose in life, the saving of Souls through the preaching of The Word, both in Church, and house to house. St. Luke’s sets Bible school A staff of eight teachers will conduct a Bible school for New berry children, ages three through 10, at St. Luke’s Epis copal church, August 9-13. Classes will be arranged by age groups with two teachers for each: three and four year old children, Mrs. J. E. Wise man, Jr. and Mrs. Ji i Kimmel; five and six year Uds, Mrs. Allen Page and an assistant to be named; seven and eight year olds, Mrs. Elliott D. Thompson and Mrs. Rudolph Caldwell; the nine and 10 year old group, Mrs. Bennie DuBose and Mrs. Foster Farley. Classes will be held four days, beginning Monday, August 9, from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at St. Luke’s parish house on Main street. The fifth day will fea ture a field trip to Camp Gra- vatt, Episcopal summer camp near Aiken. Registration is now underway, with Mrs. Hugh Gault, for the one-week school. Mrs. Gault announced an enrollment to date of 27 children and said that space is still available for additional children in all age groups. St. Luke’s is offering the Bible school without charge to all Newberry children between 3 and 10 years old. Mrs. Gault has urged that interested pa rents register their children as soon as possible by telephon ing her at 276-6682. WWI Auxiliary sets convention in Columbia The Auxiliary of the Vete rans of World War I will hold its Annual Convention July 9 thru 11 at the Wade Hampton Hotel in Columbia. Sixth Region President Ma- daline Sessions of Lansing, (Continued on Page 6) Indian Club gives $15,000 to Newberry The Indian Club, the athletics booster organization at New berry College, presented Dr. A.G.D. Wiles, the College’s pres ident, a check this week to help with Newberry’s program of financial grants for athletes; the Club has given the College a total of $15,000 this year. “This is the largest contri bution we have made,” Harry Hedgepath, executive secretary of the Club. said in presenting the check to Dr. Wiles. “In making this gift available,” he added, “our members recog nize the importance of athle tics to the complete College program.” In looking to the future, Jim mie Coggins, the Club’s presi dent, said, “The Indian Club is dedicating itself during the 1971-72 school year to doubling its gift to the College for fi nancial grants to athletes. This should not only help the athle tic program at Newberry Col lege, but it should also aid the overall program of the Caro- linas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.” Under the rules established by the Conference, members may grant 26 football and nine basketball scholarships to their athletes. Over 500 fans of the College’s football, basketball, and base ball teams were members of the Indian Club in the year ending June 30; the member ship drive for the new school year will begin immediately Hedgepath announced. The Newberry Indians received a boost this week from the Indian Club when the Club completed its contribution to the College for the school year. The gift will be used to help with the College’s program of financial aid to athletes. Making the presentation to Dr. A. G. D. Wiles were, from left, Jimmie Coggins, president of the club; Harry Hedgepath, executive secretary of the Club; and Dr. Wiles.