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UF reaches 84% of goal The 1971 Newberry County United Fund has received pledg es or cash for $37,280 or 84 percent of its $44,358 goal, ac cording to figures released by Byron Boyce, president of the Board of Directors for the Unit ed Fund. Of the nine Divisions in the Fund, only the Commercial Di vision headed by Bobby Sum mer met its 1971 quota although three other Divisions (Indus trial, Public Employees, and Eastern Newberry County) sur passed what they gave in 1970. “Although the $37,280 that has been pledged or collected is about $7,000 shy of what we wanted,’ Boyce said, “this year’s amount is the second highest that has been given to the Newberry County Unit ed Fund; in 1970 a record of $38,297 was received.” Boyce expressed gratification to many of the industries in Newberry for their contribu- butions; he stated that 100 per cent of the Newberry Mills em ployees gave and the employee contributions of the Mollohon Plant of Kendall Mills and the corporate and the employee gifts of Central Soya were con siderably higher this year. But he pointed out the pledg es from the public education, professional and Western New berry County Divisions were well below what they gave in 1970. “Naturally we are disappoint ed that we didn’t reach our goal,” Boyce added, “we will now be forced to make some adjustments in the amount of money we can give to the 18 agencies who are members of our United Fund.” He urged all persons who have not' yet been contacted and all volunteers who have not turned in their final report to contact the United Fund Of fice in Newberry’s Community Hall as soon as possible. Thieves enter W. [.Turner’s A thief or thieves entered the W. E. Turner Jewelry store sometime during the early hours Wednesday morning and took an undetermined amount of merchandise from the store. Entrance was gained through the front door where a glass pane was broken. City police and SLED officers arc investi gating the breakin. Singers Christmas concert Dec. 12 The Christmas season at New berry College will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday, December 12, when the Newberry College Singers present their annual Christmas Concert in the Wiles Chapel on the College campus. The 65-voice choral group under the direction of Dr. Mil- ton W. Moore will sing the tra ditional Christmas carols and songs as well as some sacred music of the season that is not so well known. Soloists for the Christmas concert include three sopranos: Shelby Fulmer, Newberry se nior; Michelle Herbin, St. Pe tersburg, Fla. sophomore; and Susan Little, Cayce junior. The brass choir under the direction of Charles Pruitt, as sociate professor of music, will also participate in the Christ mas program; Darr Wise, as sociate professor of music, is the accompanist. Vol. 35—No. 32 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, December/, 1971 $3 PER YEAR The Newberry College Singers will pre sent the annual Christmas Concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, December 12, in the Wiles Chapel on the campus. Reviewing some of the music for the concert are, from left, Shelby Fulmer, Newberry senior; Michelle Herbin, St. Petersburg, Fla. sophomore; Mike Sease, Columbia senior; and Susan Little, Cayce junior. Teachers to get pay increase Ralph E. Watkins, director of Newberry County School, an nounced yesterday that he had been notified by the State De partment of Education that the $300 pay increase for teachers voted by the legislature had been made available. The por tion that would ordinarily have been paid at the beginning of the year was frozen by Ml act by President Nixon. Only the portion not affected by the freeze will be paid at this time and will be allotted on a per- teaching-day basis. The amount involved in the pay is $204.12. It was not known whether the remainder of the $300 would be paid at a later time. Forestry board has new members A recent meeting of the New berry County Forestry Board introduced new members to their duties. New members pre sent were Harold Bowers, Billy Hentz and W. C. Pack. J. W. Henderson, Chairman of the Board, presided and out lined the duties and responsi bilities of the board. The New berry County Forestry Board is an organization composed of five members recommended by the County Delegation to di rect and aid the S.C. State Com mission of Forestry in forest fire control and management programs in Newberry County. These members serve without pay. J. W. Dickert, a newly ap pointed member, was not pre sent. Other persons attending were Newberry District Fores ter L. M. Duke, Newberry Coun ty Ranger Alfred Dorroh and Wardens Marion Felker, Guy Long and Odell Ruff. Top interceptor for Redskins David Sanders led the In dians in pass interceptions during the football season; he made 10 of the 41 ball thefts. The number of inter ceptions established a natio nal record for the NAIA and and NCAA schools. Library grant for ecology editions The S.C. State Library has issued to Newberry County and Saluda County grants of $250 each for the purchase of en vironmental education books. Feeling the need to offer read ing materials readily available to the public on such topics as pollution, ecology and con servation, the S. C. State Li brary has compiled a list of books which each library will hold permanently. The librarian hopes that the reading public will make use of these mate rials and try to fight our pro blems. Cromer elected to RPC board Mr. W. D. “Bill” Cromer of Route 1, Newberry, has been elected to the Board of Direc tors of Palmetto Production Credit Association at its recent stockholders’ meeting, accord ing to Dick Suggs, general ma nager. Mr. Cromer, along with his son Charles, operates a large dairy farm of approxi mately 100 dairy cows. Suggs states that the association is fortunate to have a man of Mr. Cromer’s agricultural know ledge and background serving on the PCA board. The asso ciation’s Board of Directors is its governing body and sets the guidelines and policies of the association. Other directors be sides Crorr^r are: S. F. She- rard, Sr., president, Calhoun Falls; Hugh B. Workman, vice president, Clinton; David C. Waldrop, Newberry; P. F. Beck, Williston; J. Watson Wright, Johnston; K. W. Mit chell, Saluda; and Julian T. Burton, Laurens. Almost 300 people consisting of stockholders and special guests attended the meeting at the American Legion Home in Greenwood. Jasper chapter meets Friday Jasper Chapter, DAR, will meet Friday, December 10th, at 4 p.m. at the home of Miss Juanita Hitt on Nance St. As sociate hostesses will be Mrs. E. B. Hume, Mrs. James C. Kinard, Miss Violet Lester, Miss Hattie Belle Lester, Miss Mar garet Paysinger and Mrs. W. F. Bowler. Mrs. Harry Epting will present a Christmas pro gram and Mrs. W. M. Garling- ton will give the President Ge neral’s message. Amity Lodge elects slate At a regular monthly com munication held December 6, Amity Lodge No. 87 A.F.M. elected the following officers to lead the lodge during 1972: Hugh H. Connelly, Worshipful Master; Olin Eugene Wicker, Senior Warden; William E. Le- Valley, Junior Warden; James D Perry, Treasurer; and Prof. F. Scott Elliott, Sr., Secretary. The following officers were also appointed to serve the lodge during 1972: Gilbert F. Cromer, Chaplain; Terry C. Shaver, Senior Deacon; Alva E. Werts, Junior Deacon; Jerry O. Martin, Steward; Shealy Counts, Steward; and James Harry Longshore, Tiler. Immediately following their election and appointment, these officers were duly installed, and they will take over the duties of their new positions on St. John’s Day, Dec. 27. English friar in 2-day mission for Episcopalians Brother Robert S.S.F., an English Friar, will join the congregations of St. Luke’s and St. Monica's December 11-14 for a two-day mission and other activities in the community. He is a Friar of the Society of Saint Francis, a Franciscan Order in the Anglican Church. An Englishman, educated at Corpus Christi College, Cam bridge, and Cuddesdon Theolo gical College, Oxford, Brother Robert served for ten years as a parish priest in the dio cese of Durham, in the indus trial North-East of England. In 1964 Brother Robert re signed his parish in order to test his vocation with the So ciety of Saint Francis. His work in England as a Friar includ ed conducting retreats, paro chial missions, high school pro grams, and work in prisons and reformatories. In 1967 he was transferred to the American Province of the Society, where his princi ple work was that of Novice Director at Little Portion Fria ry, Mount Sinai, Long Island, New York. Since coming to the United States he has made a number of tours, giving mis- (Continued on Page 6)