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Firemen to
sponsor visit
of bioodmobile
Newberry City and County
Firemen are sponsoring a visit
of the Red Cross bioodmobile
Tuesday, Sept. 28.
The unit will be located at
the Newberry Community Hall
between the hours of 2 and 7
p.m.
Mrs. Hannah Poole, Red Cross
representative, emphasized the
great need for blood contribu
tions from Newberry County.
The quotas have been consis
tently short for a number of
visits. Mrs. Poole said that
many Newberry County people
have had access to the Red
Cross blood supply, and it is
expected that those using blood
should make arrangements to
have the blood replaced in order
that it may be available for
others when the need arises.
Trinity revival
services set
There will be Revival Ser
vices at Trinity United Metho
dist Church on September 26-
30 (Sunday through Thursday)
at 7:30 each evening with the
Reverend J. 0. Gilliam, pastor
of Gramling United Methodist
Church of Gramling, S. C., as
guest evangelist. Rev. Mr. Gil
liam is presently serving as
Conference Chairman of Evan
gelism of the United Methodist
Church. Carman Bouknight will
be leading the singing and Miss
Vicki Hendrix will be at the
organ. Special singing is plan
ned for each night. Some of
your favorites will be sung and
special groups from other areas
have been invited to sing. A
nursery will be provided.
The sermon topics are:
Sunday: “A Church to Meet
The Challenge of Our Space
Age” -
Monday: “Sins of the Elder
Brother and Our Sins”
Tuesday: (Youth Night) “The
Most Thrilling Thing In All
the World”
Wednesday: (Family and Chil
dren’s Night) “Jesus Christ Is
Lord of the Home”
Thursday: “The Complete
Love of God”
Rev. Allen Senn, Pastor of
Trinity Church.
Punt, pass and
kick event set
for Oct. 1
Any boy thru 13 years old
as of Jan. 16, 1972, who wishes
to compete in the local Punt,
Pass and Kick competition may
do so by registering at Speer
St. or D r a y t on St. Centers
by Thur. Sep. 30th.
Local competition will be held
at Oakland Field on Fri. Oct.
1, at 3:30 P.M.
Newberry Recreation Depart
ment is co-sponsoring this event
with Shealy’s Ford Motor Com
pany.
Ceramic ribbon
show scheduled
The Newberry Recreation De
partment is having their second
Annual Ceramic Ribbon Show
September 26th at the Speers St.
Youth Center. The time for the
show will be from 2:00 P.M.
until 5:00 P.M.
Ribbons will be given in all
categories. All entries must be
in by 12 noon September 24th.
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$3 PER YEAR
BRANDIES
New divisions
name chairmen
The faculty of the three new
academic divisions at Newberry
College have elected chairmen
for two-year terms.
The humanities, natural scien
ces, and social sciences divi
sions were created this fall un
der a new structure of faculty
government which also consists
of departments and a faculty
council.
Dennis Sanderson, assistant
professor of speech and drama
tics, will head the humanities
division; Dr. Karlheinz K. Bran-
des, associate professor of
chemistry, the natural sciences
division; and Dr. Robert K.
Carley, associate professor of
political science, the social
sciences division.
The Humanities Division in
cludes the following depart
ments or subject matter fields:
art, English, foreign languages
(French, German, Greek, Spa
nish), music, philosophy, reli
gion, speech and dramatics;
the natural sciences division in
cludes astronomy, biology, che
mistry, geology, mathematics,
physics, and psychology; and
the social sciences division, ae
rospace studies, economics and
business administration, educa
tion, health and physical edu
cation, history, political science
and sociology.
The faculty council which was
also created this fall will serve
as the executive committee of
the faculty. The members of
the Council are Dr. Fredric
B. Irvin, president of the Col
lege, Dr. Conrad B. Park, the
Academic Dean, and two elect
ed members from each division.
Faculty who have been elected
to the Council include Dr. Fran
cis I. Fesperman, head of the
department of religion; Dr. Mil-
ton W. Moore, head of the de
partment of music, humanities
division; N. K. Williamson, pro
fessor of physics, and Blaine
E. Eader, assistant professor
of mathematics, natural scienc
es division; and Dr. James R.
Rinehart, head of the depart
ment of economics and busi
ness administration, and Dr.
John A. Meador, head of the
department of history, social
sciences division.
Many cases on
court calendar
SANDERSON
Reception for
Dr. Irvin to
be held Sunday
The Newberry College fami
ly-staff, faculty, alumni, pa
rents of students, Lutheran lead
ers, students, and friends of
the College—will get an oppor
tunity to meet Dr. and Mrs.
Fredric B. Irvin, the College’s
new president and his wife dur
ing a public reception.
The College’s Board of Trus
tees will host the public recep
tion for the Irvins from 3:00
to 5 p.m. Sunday, September
26, on the campus quadrangle.
Prior to assuming the New
berry presidency, Dr. Irvin was
a foreign service officer of the
United States government for
eleven years serving as Cultu
ral Attache in Berlin and Bonn,
Germany, and in Rawalpindi,
Pakistan, and also as Consul
and Public Affairs Officer in
Hamburg, Germany.
He is no newcomer to teach
ing and college administration,
having begun his academic ca
reer as a Special Teacher of
English and German in the
schools of Puerto Rico during
the thirties. He served as the
twelfth president of Thiel Col
lege, Greenville, Pa., from 1952-
60 and as Professor of English
and Vice-President of the And
hra Christian College, Guntur
India, from 1947-52. Both Thiel
and Andhra Christian College,
like Newberry, are institutions
supported by the Lutheran
Church in America. Dr. Irvin
has also had experience in pu
blic institutions.
General Sessions Court opened
here Monday with a docket
crowded with 121 cases. Judge
E. Harry Agnew of Anderson
is presiding.
The court got off to a speedy
start, disposing of around 30
cases. The following guilty pleas
were heard Monday and sen
tences passed:
Driving while under the in
fluence of Intoxicants—Marion
Edward Culley, Elmuria Brown,
Thomas Holloway Marks, Er
nest McFall, John Odell Suber,
R. C. Brown, Eddie Henry Sig
ner, Ira Boozer, Robert James
Lee Bowers, Richard E. Addi
son, and Phelmo Tobe, each
sentenced to one year or $1,000,
suspended, three months or $300
and probation for t h r e e years;
Nick Gordon Ayers, J. B.
Summers, and Thomas Wesley
Gordon, each sentenced to three
years, suspended, one year, and
probation three years, Eugene
Johnson, one year.
Non-support—Robert Gallman,
one year, suspended, probation
five years, on condition that he
pay $7 per week; James T.
Amick, one year, suspended,
probation five years, and pay
$35 weekly; Marion Stoudemire,
one year, suspended, probation
five years, and pay $30 week
ly; Willie M. Gallman, one
year, suspended, probation five
years, and pay $20 weekly;
W. C. Hawkins, one year, sus
pended, probation five years,
and pay $15 weekly; Jarvis
Corley, one year, suspended,
probation five years, and pay
$20 weekly.
Larceny—Mark Anthony Tay
lor, Robert Weldon Phillips and
William Edward Mundy, two
counts each, each sentenced to
two years, suspended, proba
tion three years.
Assault and battery of a high
and aggravated nature—Archie
Summer, six months, suspend
ed, probation one year.
Involuntary manslaughter and
reckless homicide — Eugene
Johnson, five years, suspended,
three years, and probation three
years.
Assault and battery with in
tent to kill,—William Mathis,
two years, suspended, proba
tion two years, and pay $10
weekly until hospital bill is paid.
Carrying a pistol unlawfully—
Walter Wise, age 65, 60 days
or $100.
Failing to stop for a law en
forcement vehicle—Wayne Alex
ander Mattox—three months or
$500, suspended, 30 days or $200,
probation five years.
On Tuesday Kenneth Lee Gray
changed his plea to guilty on
a charge of resisting an officer
after state’s evidence had been
presented in his trial in Gene
ral Sessions Court here Tues
day.
Gray had first pleaded inno
cent to the charges which were
brought in connection with an
incident on July 8 near Pros
perity. Gray was alleged to
have hit and kicked Highway
Patrolman B. J. Christley.
Judge Agnew sentenced Gray
to six years, suspended, three
years, and probation three
years.
The following guilty pleas
were heard and sentences pass
ed:
Ronnie Payne, larceny, 30
days; Richard Hyler, house
breaking and larceny, 18
months, suspended, probation
three years; Charlie Austin,
housebreaking and larceny, 18
months, suspended, probation
three years.
Peter Kinard, housebreaking
and larceny, 18 months, and
carrying a pistol unlawfully,
one year consecutive; Stevie-
Fletcher Chaplin, carrying a
pistol unlawfully, 60 days or
$100: Joseph C. Pitts, Charles
W. Coates, Joseph Marion Hart
line and Jerry Cleveland South,
night hunting, 30 days or $100,
Pitts, Coates and Hartline, 30
days or $50.
Lonnie Lee Griffin, driving
while under suspension, 60 days,
and driving while under the in
fluence of intoxicants, one year;
Arthur Miller, contributing to
the delinquency of a minor, six
months; and Robert Lee Hunt
er, non-support, one year, sus
pended, probation five years,
and pay $20 weekly.
James Pruitt and Donnie
Owens, housebreaking and lar
ceny, two years, suspended,
nine months, and probation
three years; Joe Nathan Wise,
non-support, one year, suspend
ed, probation five years, and
pay $10 weekly.
Arthur Miller, resisting an of
ficer six months; David Mill
er, violation of section 16-232,
nine months, suspended, 45
days, and probation one year;
Donnie Knight, housebreaking
and larceny, two counts, and
larceny, sentenced to the Youth
ful offenders division for a pe
riod from one to six years.
Donnie Knight, excaping pu
blic works and attempting or
breaking into a motor vehicle,
three years, suspended, proba
tion three years, sentence to
begin upon his release from the
youthful offenders division.
Larry Gibbes, housebreaking
and larceny, two counts, and
larceny, sentenced to the youth
ful offenders division for a pe
riod of from one to six years.
Larry Gibbes, excaping pu
blic works and attempting to
break into a motor vehicle,
three years, suspended, proba
tion three years, to begin upon
his release from the youthful
offenders division.
Ricky Gaffney, housebreak
ing and larceny and an addi
tional count of larceny, sentenc
ed to the youthful offenders di- *
vision for a period from one to
six years and upon his release
to three years, suspended, pro
bation three years.