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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, August 5, 1971—PAGE 5 VA campaign set for Vietnam men As part of its continuing ef fort to find jobs for veterans of Vietnam the Veterans Admi nistration Regional Office in Columbia, has kicked off a new campaign to help employers de velop on-the-job training oppor tunities. Stanley Zuk, Director, said special help will be made available to small businessmen who lack resources to develop training programs. At the same time, Zuk called for an end to “the nonsense that veterans of Vietnam are a bunch of drug addicts. Some employers are shunning vete rans because they have heard so much about addiction but the fact is,” Zuk said, “less than one percent of the 5 mil lion veterans of Vietnam now in civilian life has ever used hard narcotocs. Actual predis charge testing,” he said, “is revealing that heroin use ir. Vietnam is far lower than ori ginal estimates.” The VA official urged per sonnel officers and businessmen throughout South Carolina to contact his office by phone or letter for help in setting up on- the-job veterans training pro grams. On an approved VA training program, Zuk explain ed, employers may pay new veteran trainees as little as one-half journeyman’s wages. As the trainee develops skills and increases his value, the sa lary paid by the employer goes up. “We are not appealing to em ployer’s patriotism, although it is true all of us owe these young men an unpayable debt,” Zuk said. “Self interest should motivate him to train and hire veterans. To cite another fact, only one out of three men con sidered for military service is found eligible. The young men we are asking him to put to work are the cream of Ame rica’s manhood.” Whitacre takes special duty shipman William E. Whitacre, son of Retired Navy Command er and Mrs. John A. Whitacre of 1924 Nance St., Newberry, is one of 600 midshipmen tak ing part in a special eight- week summer training program aboard U.S. Second Fleet ships operating in Northern Europe. His special summer training is designed to give him prac tical shipboard experience re lating directly to regular class es in Naval Command and ma nagement. He is a 1970 graduate of New berry High School. Gov. West salutes water industry The residents of the State of South Carolina are dependent for health, comfort and standard of living upon an abundant sup ply of safe, high quality water. It is important that the people of this State be aware of the outstanding progress which has been made by the water utilities which have been serving them faithfully, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. With its record of outstanding achievement, the water indus try is now facing new chal lenges posed by growing popu lation, urbanization, and pollu tion. The American Water Works Association, which is dedicated to improving water service to the public, has asked that the week of August 8-August 14 be set aside as a period during which special attention will be focused on the water utilities so that people will be made aware of the need for Action Now so these utilities may con tinue to serve us in the future as well as they have in the past. I urge all South Carolinians to join with me in paying spe cial recognition and tribute to members of the water industry during that week and to re member their outstanding con tributions each week of the year. John C. West Governor Mrs. E. W. Hamm rites Wednesday Mrs. Molie Victoria Whitman Hamm, 92, widow of Mr. Er nest W. Hamm, died suddenly Tuesday morning at her home, Rt. 2, Prosperity. Mrs. Hamm was bom and reared in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late Allen and Josephine McCullough Whitman. She had made her home with her sister, Mrs. Clif ford C. Boozer, for a number of years and was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Clifford C. Boozer, Pros perity and Mrs. M. S. Taylor, Lowman Home, White Rock; also a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from St. Luke’s Luthe ran Church with Rev. J. Hil ton Roof conducting the serivce. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Eargle dies in Lexington Mrs. Daisy B. Eargle, 61, of Leesville, died Wednesday in a Lexington nursing home after several weeks’ illness. Mrs. Eargle was born in Sa luda County, a daughter of the late John A. and Isabelle Ox- ner Bedenbaugh, and was a member of Cedar Grove Luthe ran Church. Funeral services were held Friday at 4 p.m. in Cedar Grove Lutheran Church, con ducted by the Rev. Miles T. Cullum. Surviving are her husband, Gordon Eargle; two daughters, Mrs. Iris E. Gunter of Lees ville and Mrs. Clifford Keis- ler of Gilbert; two sisters, Mrs. Susie Shealy of Prosperity and Mrs. W. P. Eargle of Leesville; and four brothers, Virgil, El liott, Arthur C. and Purvis H. Bedenbaugh Sr. of Leesville. Wm. D. Weeks dies at Chapin William Dean Weeks, 70, died Thursday in his home at Chapin. Mr. Weeks, a retired Civil Service employee, was born in Hollandale, Miss, and for the past six years had made his home in Chapin with his niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs- Herschel A. Murray. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Julian P. Yates of Mem phis, Tenn. and Mrs. Mercer D. Jones of New Orleans. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Greenville, Miss. NOTICE OF SECOND READING Notice is hereby given that City Council will hold Second Readings on the following ordinances at a meeting of City Council to be held in Council Room, City Hall, Newberry, S. C., on August 10, 1971, be ginning at 7:30 P. M. An ordinance to annex three acres of land lo cated on Kinard Street and owned by the New berry Convalescent Center, Inc. into the City Limits of the City of Newberry. An ordinance to permit the showing of motion pictures rated G, GP, and M between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 12:00 midnight on Sundays. Mayor & City Council r opportymty for moving up to Chrysler couldn't be better. ROYAL Clearance Priced! This is the lowest-priced Chrysler. Yet you get the same big Chrysler room and ride. Only now, during our clearance, prices are even lower, making it even easier for you to take that big step up to a big car. NEWPORT Clearance Priced! If you’ve always wanted a big, luxury car but thought you couldn’t afford it, think again. Now during our clear ance time, we’ve got big, luxurious Chrysler Newports at low, low clear ance prices. NEW YORKER Clearance Priced! Rich and elegant.That’s the best way to describe the luxurious Chrysler New Yorker. 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