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Beautification meet Tuesday The Newberry County Beau tification Committee will hold an open meeting at City Coun cil chambers next Tuesday af ternoon at 2:15 p.m. Mrs. Ferguson dies suddenly Mrs. Hattie Monts Ferguson, 77, died suddenly Sunday morn ing while visiting her brother in Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Ferguson was bom in Carnsville, Georgia, the daugh ter of the late J. C. and Flo rence McWhorter Miller. She was a graduate of Georgia State College for Women, Millegcville, Georgia, and taught school for a number of years. She was the former owner and operator of the Main Street Flower Shop. She was a member of Ave- leigh Presbyterian Church, of the Woman’s Club, of the His torical Society, and a charter member of the Green Thumb Garden Club. She was twice married, her first husband being the late Wil bur Edward Monts, and from this union she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Neel Griffin of Blackville and Mrs. T. E. Barker of Orangeburg. Her second husband was the late J. Preston Ferguson. Also surviving are two bro thers, Dr. P. D. Miller and Dr. Hoyt Miller, both of Atlanta, Georgia; two sisters, Mrs. G. C. Hayes of Anderson and Miss Louise Miller of Atlanta, Geor gia; and three grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted, at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Aveleigh Presbyterian Church by Dr. Neil Truesdell and Dr. Henry A. McCullough. Inter ment was in Rosemont Ceme tery. Margery Fritz sings in Neb. ■f v Margery Fritz, a Newberry College junior from Columbia, represented the College at a Sacred Music Seminar sponsor ed by the Lutheran Brother hood at Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska. The highlight of the annual seminar was the choral con cert presented by the delegates at the closing session on Sun day. The choir was made up of one singer from each college or seminary supported by the Lutheran Church in America, the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and other Lutheran bo dies. Miss Fritz, a music major, sings alto in the College Sing ers; she is also active in the Kappa Delta sorority and the Young Republicans. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fritz, 4504 Reamer, Colum bia. Vol. 35—No. 26 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, Oct. 21,1971 $3 PER YEAR EDUCATION WEEK—The week of Oct. 24-30 has been officially designated Ameri can Education Week by Mayor Clarence A. Shealy, Jr. as he signs a proclamation for the City of Newberry. Looking on at left is Mrs. Daisy B. Gibbs, Chairman, Public Relation Committee of the Newberry County Education Association, and at right, Mrs. Sallie Dorroh, president of the county organization. (Sunphoto) United Fund is in campaign The 1971 Campaign of the Newberry County United Fund officially got underway Monday with a breakfast for campaign workers. Following the morning meal, workers received their material to call on all Newberry Coun- tians in an effort to raise $44,- 358 for the 18 participating a- gencies in the Drive. Byron Boyce, president of the County United Fund Board of Directors, announced the quo tas for the nine divisions in this year’s drive for funds. The In dustrial Division topped the list with a goal of $22,690—over half of the County goal. The quotas for the other divisions, according to Boyce are, Com mercial, $4760; Special Projects, $4090; Professional, $3360; Fi nancial, $2490; Public Emplo yees, $2267; Public Employees, $1780; Rural Eastern Newberry County, $1150; and Rural West ern Newberry County, $505. Division Chairmen will re port the progress of the 1971 campaign at a series of three meetings on Oct. 23, Oct. 27, and the final day of the cam paign, Nov. 1. Set Back season begins at center Set Back will start at the Speers St. Youth Center Thurs day night Oct. 21 at 7:00 P.M. There will be no charge for this activity. Mr. Bob Creekmore and Mr. “Chick” Bridges were the champs last year, and they will be back this year to defend their titles in the Annual Set Back Tournament. For further information con cerning set back, call the Re creation Department at 276-4856. visit schools Oct 24 to 30 Schools have become great machines, sorting and labeling those who presumably will be winners or losers as adults. Noting this major problem, local principals and teachers are calling upon you as local citizens to help schools bridge the gap between the “winners” and “losers” by visiting your schools and taking part in Ame rican Education Week activities from October 24 to 30. The right to learn, it has been noted, includes the right to know what is to be learned and the right to learn the ways of knowing. But that basic right has been denied 'a many due to prejudices and an often mindless adherence to unpro ductive educational concepts and practices. In the latter situation, even so-called winners can become losers. Scoring the denial of diver sity which is said to be the cause of many of the problems in the schools today, educators point out that “we cannot edu cate our children by demand ing they subjugate their wills so we may improve their minds. Instead, the educational pro cess should offer a child the whole world as a classroom without limitations on age or time. The gap between promise and performance must be eli minated. Rather than search for bet ter values, we should concen trate on being faithful to those we already have. MEETING CANCELLED The Newberry County Muni cipal Association meeting sche duled for Monday, Oct. 25 has been cancelled and reschedul ed for November 15, according to a spokesman for the asso ciation. Dorn speaker for Legion post meet Congressman William J. Br yan Dorn has been secured as speaker for the Veterans Day program at American Legion Post 24. The meeting will be held at the Newberry Fair grounds. Carroll E. Looney, Command er of the post urged members to hear Cong. Dorn and remind ed that membership dues are payable now. He said the post was in good standing with de partment headquarters and “we want to maintain our record.” Homecoming set at Newberry It’s the “Time to remember time” at Newberry College as alumni and students are getting ready for the 1971 Homecom ing celebration on Oct. 23. Preliminary planning has been going on for several weeks by the College’s Alumni and the Student Government Associa tions, but the season surfaced this week as the students elect ed a Homecoming Queen and her court of four senior coeds, Candidates for the 1971 Queen are Jan Cromer, Newberry; Ca role Hutchinson, Camden; Judy Shealy, Leesville; Judy Wise, Newberry; and Becky Zeigler, Chapin. The Queen’s identity will be announced at the half time of the afternoon Newberry- Mars Hill football game. Alumni will be in the spot light as they return to the cam pus “for their time to remem ber’’. The Alumni Association will present awards to the “Most Outstanding Alumnus” and the “Most Outstanding Non-Alumnus during the Association’s annual business meeting at 11:30 a.m. in the Wiles Chapel. Although all alumni will be welcome on their day, particu lar attention will be focused on the 800 alumni of the classes of 1926, 1931, 1936, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1961, and 1966. The Newberry College Indians will entertain the Mars Hill Col lege Lions from Mars Hill, N.C. in a 2 p.m. football clash on Setzler Field. The day’s activities will close with the annual Homecoming Dance at 9 p.m. Five senior women at Newberry College are candi dates to reign as the 1971 Homecoming Queen on Satur day, October 23. The student body will elect one of the five to serve as Queen; the other four will be in her Court. The Queen will be crowned during the half-time ceremonies of the Newberry-Mars Hill football game. The candidates are, from left, Carole Hutchinson, Cam den ; Judy Shealy, Leesville; Judy Wise, Newberry; Becky Ziegler, Chapin; and Jan Cromer, Newberry.