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Demo chiirman visits Newberry Don Fowler, Chairman of the Democratic Party of South Car olina, visited Newberry County yesterday to talk with local party and governmental leaders about the 1972 political year. The visit to Newberry was part of an extensive organiza tional effort being undertaken Jjy the State Democratic Party in preperation for the 1972 elections. In discussing the vi sit, Fowler stated, “Some of us are prone to think and talk ex clusively about next y e a r’s presidential and senatorial rac es, but we must remember that all 124 members of the South Carolina House of Representa tives, all 46 members of the State Senate, about 2-3 of our court house officials, as well as all 6 members of Congress will be up for reelection. In t h es e offices v/e find the strength and quality of our South Carolina government. We intend to do everything possible to insure democratic vicotry a- cross the board in 1972.” Fowler began visiting coun ties in September of 1971 and by February of this year will have visited every county in the state urging Democrats to start now in their organizational efforts. U'4 U ' i. un Vol. 35—No. 37 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, January 6, 1972 $3.00 PER YEAR Paul B. Ezell, retired agent, i* i i ■ i Paul B. Ezell of 2109 Brown Street died early Monday morn ing at the Columbia Hospital in Columbia after several weeks of critical illness. His wife, Mrs. Helen Johnson Ezell, died De cember 18, 1971 Born in Spartanburg County, Mr. Ezell had made his home in Newberry for a number of years and was a retired county agent, and had served as New berry County agent for a long number of years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and was active in church and civic work as long as his health permitted. Surviving are one son, Ernest J. Ezell, Spartanburg; one daughter, Mrs. Ben Dawkins, Columbia; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were Wed nesday at 11 a.m. at First Bap tist Church, Newberry, with bu rial at 1 p.m. in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spar tanburg. Kenan appointed public defender • Richard M. Kenan has been appointed Public Defender for Newberry County effective Ja nuary 15, 1972. Kenan has re cently opened his office for the practice of law. The law office is located at 1207 McKibben Street in Newberry. Mr. Kenan succeeds R. A. (Continued on Page 6) ss > 1-?-«. * m l k ifpPiL j*. I •s*:' 11 iS " • /■ ■ <0% MWi’ COLLEGE CALENDAR Property given to Nev krr Pa' Robert R. Bruner, vice president and general manager of the Columbia Coca Cola Bottling Company, presented to Dr. Fredric B. Irvin, president of Newberry College, the deed to the Coca Cola Bottling Company property at 1508 College St. From left, Dr. John F. Clarkson, college trustee, Mr. Bruner, Dr. Irvin, and Mrs. Clem I. Youmans, college trustee. Social seminar be Saturday Contemporary social issues and how the Church can meet them will be the topic of a fo rum at Newberry College Sa turday, Jan. 8. The Seminar was scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4, but was postponed be cause of the December snow storm. The day-long session is one of over 50 that have been con ducted on the campuses of Lu theran colleges and seminaries this year and sponsored by the Continuing Forum on Church and Society of the Lutheran Council. Representatives from the three major Lutheran Church bodies (Lutheran Church in America, American Luthe ran Church, and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) are on the Lutheran Council. The purpose of the regional conference at Newberry and the other conferences is to pro vide opportunities for persons from a wide variety of back grounds, interests, and concerns to explore the struggle among conflicting values in today’s so ciety and the challenge these pose to social systems. Delegates to the Newberry College conference include po litical scientists, sociologists, and theologians at Benedict College, Columbia College, the Lutheran Southern Theological Seminary, Presbyterian College, the University of South Caro lina, and the Newberry College, and clergymen, journalists, jud ges, social workers from throughout South Carolina and Newberry College students. The planning committee of the Newberry conference is headed by the Rev. Harry Weber, the College’s chaplain. He is assist ed by Dr. Francis Fesperman, head of the department of re ligion and philosophy; Dp. Da vid Thomas, head of the de partment of sociology; and Dr. Allen Page The holiday season is over and the activities at Newberry College are resuming. A forum on Contemporary Social Issues and the Church sponsored jointly by Newberry College and the Lutheran Coun cil is planned for Saturday, Jan. 8. The day-long session will provide opportunities for per sons from a wide variety of backgrounds, interests, and con cerns to explore the struggle among conflicting values in to days society and the challenges these pose to social systems. Chaplain Harry Weber will de liver the message at the 11:15 a.m. services Sunday, Jan. 9, in the Wiles Chapel. The Rev. Delano Ricard, pas tor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Pomaria, will speak at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12 at the College’s weekly Cha pel programs for the College family; they are being held in the evening during the Col lege’s January Interim session. Coach Nield Gordons’ basket ball squad has two away games and one home game during the week ending Jan. 13. The team travels to Due West on Thurs day, Jan. 6, to meet the Er- skine Flying Fleet and to Flo rence to play the Francis Ma rion Patriots on Monday, Jan. 10. The home game is slated for Saturday Jan. 8 against Con ference foe Guilford College Quakers. !l • I -Sr -Sr « Y Third class postage upped Beginners golf session offered A six-session course in Golf for Beginners will be offered during the month of January as the second in the 1971-72 series of classes sponsored by the Faculty Women’s Club of Newberry College. Teaching the course will be Harvey Kirkland, associate pro fessor of physical education at Newberry College. Lessons will center around developing the swing (grip, address, stance, and posture). The class will meet in MacLean Gymnasium at the College. The meeting time for classes will be determined later, ac cording to preferences express ed by those taking the course. Participants will not be re quired to furnish tiieir own golf equipment but may bring their own clubs if they wish. There will be a $5.00 registration fee for the course. Anyone wishing to register for this course is asked to call one of the following members of the Adult Evening Class com mittee: Mrs. James Cummings, 276-5820; Mrs. James Abrams, 276-4879; or Mrs. Finis John- 27G-3475 The Columbia Coca Cola Bot tling Comparv has given to New berry College the property at 1508 College St., that was used as the bottling plant of the form er Newberry Coca Cola Bot tling Company. Mr. Robert R. Bruner, vice president and general manager of the company, presented the deed to the property to Dr. Fre dric B. Irvin, president of the college, on December 29. In at tendance for the presentation were Dr. John F. Clarkson and Mrs. Clem I. Youmans of Newberry, trustees of the Col lege. In receiving the gift for the College, Dr. Irvin comment ed, “I am grateful for the gene rosity of the Columbia Coca Cola Bottling Company. This is another instance of the loyal ty of the people of Newberry and former Newberrians to the College. Tax booklets available at post office A booklet that gives informa tion on how to fill out Federal tax returns will be sold at the post office in Newberry, Post master James W. Counts an nounced today. “Your Federal Income Tax” was written by the Internal Re venue Service and contains many examples to illustrate how the tax law applies to actual situations. A specific feature of the booklet is the sample, filled- in return, Form 1040, keyed to pages where explanations can be found for each entry on the return. The 160-page booklet is on (Continued on Paqe 6) The U .S. Postal Service an nounced in the Federal Regist- Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC), his wife Nancy, and their er of December 24, 1971, that daughter Nancy Moore, are greeted by the President during a recent a new schedule of third-class holi<Ly visit to the White House. The photograph was taken in (Continued on Page 6) t h e President’s Oval Office.