Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Must is speaker for Midget boys The Midget Boys Baseball Annual Banquet will be held on Sat. night July 24, at the Speers Street School Dining Room at 7:30 P.M. This is to honor the players, coaches, and sponsors of the Newberry Midget Boys six baseball teams. The family and friends of the players are also invited. Mr. Carl Bust, Executive Di rector of the South Carolina Recreation Commission will be the guest speaker. Bust, a native of Texas at tended North Greenville Jr. Col lege and received a degree in physical education from Fur man University. Be has been athletic director of Victor Mills, Greer, and of the Greenville Parks and Recreation depart ment, and has been director of parks and recreation, City of Greenville. Be has served as president of S.C. Recreation and Parks Society, State director of Dixie Youth Baseball and Commis sioner Palmetto Boys Baseball. Bust was voted one of the outstanding young men in Ame rica, received the Jr. Cham ber of Commerce physical fit ness award. Newberrians on Furman roll Furman University has an nounced the Dean’s List for the final term of the 1970-71 aca demic year. On the list from Newberry are Caroline B. Smth, Chris topher G. Brown, Henry L .Parr, Jr., and Elizabeth Underwood. The Dean’s List is comprised of students who have at least a k, B” average. Vol. 35—No. 13 Newberry, S. C. 20108, Thursday, July 22, 1971 $3 PER YEAR THE STAFF IN THE REGISTRAR’S for the second term of the College’s sum- OFFICE at Newberry College gave guid- mer session. Classes began Thursday, July ance and counsel to students during the 15, and will continue until August 20. registration period Wednesday, July 14, Post office promotes two The promotion of Joseph H. Taylor to the position of As sistant Postmaster and Larry Senn to that of Superintendent of Mails, effective July 10, 1971, was announced today by Post master James W. Counts of the Newberry Post Office. Mr. Taylor, who has been the Superintendent of Mails since March, 1967, has been serving as Acting Assistant Postmaster for the past 11 months. He is a native of New berry and entered the postal service as a substitute carrier on Dec. 1, 1948. In addition to several suggestion awards, he has earned a Superior Perfor mance Award. He has attended m any Supervisor Seminars and several Postal Service Schools to aid him in the per formance of his duties. Mr. Taylor is married to the former Norma Hurt and they are the parents of three chil dren. Donna, Ronnie, and Greg. Be is a veteran of WW 2 and a member of Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church. Mr. Senn, a clerk in the Newr berry office, has been serving as Acting Superintendent of Mails since August, 1970. He entered the postal service as a substi tute clerk in the Railway Pos tal Service in March, 1953. transferring to the Newberry office as a clerk in February 1959. He has earned several Suggestion Awards and the right to be considered for a supervisory position by diligent work and taking and passing the National Supervisory Exa mination. Mr. Senn is married to the former Dorothy Sterling. They are the parents of two children, Larry W. and Marcia. He is a veteran of WW 2 and a mem ber of the First Baptist Church. Bishop Pinckney plans Episcopal Both Mr. Taylor and Mr. Senn were selected for promo tion on the basis of merit by a Supervisory Selection Board composed of supervisors from the Columbia Sectional Center and approved by the Regional Director of the Atlanta Regional Office. Bergen library board The quarterly meeting of the Newberry Saluda Regional Li brary Board of Trustees was held on July 13, at the Whitmire Memorial Library branch. The new slate of officers serving a two-year term are: Earl Ber gen, Chairman; Mrs. Marion Crouch (Saluda County,) Vice- Chairman; Mrs. Vadis Rowe (Saluda County), Secretary, and Mrs. B. A. Fretwell, Treasurer. Items discussed were the leak age in Ihe Whitmire Branch; the new bookmobile, the pro spects of a new library build ing for Saluda County, and the annual report. Board members attending the meeting were Earl Bergen, Rev. Ralph Riddle (Whitmire), J. W. Hipp (Whitmire), James Barnes (Prosperity), Mrs. J. E. Henry Parr, and Mrs. B. A. Fretwell. Members of the New berry County Council were in vited to this meeting, but due to a conflicting meeting, they were unable to attend. In the two counties, 100,891 books were circulated during the fiscal year July 1970-June 1971. This is 10,000 greater than last year’s circulation records. The main Newberry branch cir culated 38,355 volumes, the book- (Continued on Page 8) Symbol indicates facilities for handicapped at Newberry library church visits PROMOTIONS—Joe H. Taylor, left, was promoted to Assistant Postmaster effective July 10. He had been act ing as assistant postmaster for the past 11 months. Larry Senn, right, who has been acting Superintendent of mail, was promoted to that position, also effective July 10. Re cently named postmaster, James W. Counts, congratu lates the Newberry employees on their promotion. (Sunphoto) The Rt. Rev. John Adams Pinckney, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina, will visit St. Luke’s and St. Monica’s Episcopal churches in Newberry on Sun day. Headquartered in Columbia, Bishop Pinckney makes a year ly visit to all parish and mission churches in the diocese. Be sides inspecting church records and meeting with church offi cials, the bishop administers the Order of Confirmation at his annual Vissit. Bishop Pinckney will be the celebrant for the Service of Holy Communion at St. Moni ca’s church at 9:15 a.m. Sun day. At 11 a.m. at St. Luke’s church, he will celebrate the Holy Communion and admini ster the Order of Confirmation to 11 persons, admitting them as communicants of the Pro testant Episcopal Church. St. Luke’s will honor Bishop Pinckney, the new communi cants and their guests at a luncheon in the parish house following the morning church service. The Newberry-Saluda Regio nal Library building on Friend Street in Newberry now dis plays the new international symbol of access for the hand icapped according to Miss Es- tellene P. Walker, State Library librarian. The symbol depicts, in stylized art, a person in a wheel chair. In order to display this sym bol, a building must have cer tain architectural features that expedite its sue by people who are physically handicapped, particularly those confined to wheel chairs. This is a direct result of the State Library’s plan to make library service readily available to handicap ped persons. All public library buildings built since 1968 feature at least one entrance at ground level, 32 inch doorways that open easily, level thresholds, sloping ramps instead of stairs, safe parking close to the build ing, level walks with no curbs at crossways, access for the handicapped to elevators, rest rooms with wide stalls and grab bars, handr’ails on all stair ways extending 18 inches be yond top and bottom steps, non- skid floors, lower water foun tains and public telephones. “Many of these features make facilities easier for all persons to use, regardless of whether or not they happen to be phy sically handicapped,” noted Miss Walker.