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Newberry road hearing slated A public hearing concerning the proposed improvement of a section of S. C. Route 219 at Newberry and the construction of the Newberry By-Pass on a new location will be conducted by the State Highway Depart ment at 10 a.m. Thursday, Ja nuary 20, at the Newberry Coun ty Courthouse. • Proposed improvements to Rt. 219 consist of widening and reconstruction to mult i-lane standards along the existing alignment of the section to the route extending from a point approximately 0.2 mile east of the U.S. Route By-Pass to Ki- nard Street in Newberry, in cluding improvements to the in tersection with the U.S. 76 By- Pass. The proposed by-pass con struction will extend from S.C. Route 121 easterly to the U.S. 76 By-Pass. The relocated fa cility; as proposed will be constructed as a two-lane road way with right-of-way acquisi tion sufficient to permit future multi-laning. All persons attending the hear ing will have an opportunity to be heard with reference to the social, economic and envi ronmental effects of the pro jects on the community. Ten tative schedules for right-of- way acquisition and construc tion will be discussed, as will relocation assistance programs for displaced persons and busi nesses. Maps, drawings, environmen tal statements and other data pertaining to the projects will be available for public inspec tion and copying at the State Highway Department in Colum bia. Scudder Wiles Chapel speaker Dr. Ida B. Scudder, a retired medical missionary to the Chris tian Medical College and Hos pital in Vellore, South India, will speak at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, January 23, in the Wiles Chapel on the Newberry College cam pus. Her appearance in Newberry is one of twelve Dr. Scudder is making in South Carolina be tween January 16 and January 30. The Newberry District of the Lutheran Church Women is sponsoring her lecture in New berry. She will be honored at a re ception in Smeltzer Hall on the College campus following her lecture. The veteran woman doctor went to Vellore, India, as a (Continued on Page 8) Vol. 35—No. 39 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, January 20, 1972 $3.00 PER YEAR Whitaker and retire from S. S. Board Two members of the Selective Service Local Board for New berry County, Otis L. Whitaker and C. A. Dufford, Sr., retired from that position on December 31, 1971. A recent amendment to the Military Selective Service Act precludes an individual from serving on a local board for more than 20 years or after reaching age 65. Mr. Whitaker was recommended for local board membership by the then Governor Strom Thurmond and was appointed to the Newberry County Local Board on August 20, 1948, by President Truman. Mr. Dufford was recommended by Governor Russell and ap pointed to the Local Board on SERVICE AWARDS-Otis Whitaker, center, and C. A. Dufford, Sr., right, were recognized recently September 20, 1963, by Presi- for the many years they have served the Newberry Selective Service Board. Certificates were presented dent Kennedy, by Maj. Albert T. Crow, administrative officer of S. C. Selective Service in behalf of Col. Donald H. In recognition of Mr. Whita- Collins, State Director. Mr. Whitaker had served as board member for 23 years and Mr. Dufford for ker’s twenty-three years and eight. (Sunphoto) , Mr. Dufford’s eight years of : service to the nation and com munity, they were presented with retirement pins and Cer tificates of Appreciation by Ma jor Albert B. Crow, Administra tive Officer of S. C. Selective Service in behalf of Colonel Do nald H. Collins, State Director of Selective Service, at the local board office on January 13, 1972. Major Crow, in presenting the Certificates of Appreciation on behalf of President Nixon, Go vernor West, and Dr. Tarr, Director of Selective Service, praised both men for their self less contribution to the Selec tive Service System. Mr. Whi taker was cited for his valua ble leadership which had con tributed so greatly to a success ful local board operation in Newberry County. Those also present on this oc casion were Mr. P. E. Rine hart, newly elected chairman of the local board, Mrs. Otis L. Whitaker, Mrs. Janet M. Kinard Area Substitute Clerk, and Mrs. Lynne O. Grant, Executive Se cretary of the Local Board. Lake Is Hejaz Potentate Robert C. Lake Jr. was elect ed Potentate of Hejaz Shrine Temple at the annual business meeting held in Greenville, last night. He is an attorney and cattle farmer and makes his home in Whitmire. He serves Laurens, Newberry and Union Counties as State Senator. Potentate Lake has served on the Divan of Hejaz Temple since being elected to the of fice of Oriental Guide in 1968. He was initiated into the Shrine at a ceremonial in Newberry when Dr. John F. Clarkson of that city served the temple as Potentate. He has been most active in the Shrine Clubs of Laurens, Newberry and Union. Lake’s Masonic a ffiliations include membership in Rose- boro Lodge No. 195 at Whit mire, and he is a member of both the Scottish Rite and York FURTHER TRAINING-Mrs. Frank Culclasure and Philip Bouk- night were presented certificates by Mayor C. A. Shealy, Jr. at the Rite of Freemasonry. Hejaz Shrine Temple is re cognized nationwide as the fast est growing and most outstand ing temple in North America. The Temple has been most ac tive in its support of the crip pled childrens hospitals and Burns Institutes, which are sup ported totally by the efforts of the Shriners in North America. In the year 1971, under the Leadership of Potentate John P. Ashmore, Jr., Hejaz Temple contributed in excess of $156,- 000 to the Hospital program. The new Potentate is mar ried to the former Carolyn Young Gray and they have three children, Linda Lake, a graduate of Columbia College who is now working on her masters degree at the Univer sity of South Carolina; Robert C. Lake III, who is in the eighth grade and Samuel Young Lake, who is in the seventh grade. Potentate Lake’s hobbies are golfing, hunting and fishing and is a dedicated person to his County Democratic Convention for many years. Potentate Lake’s acceptance speech outlined his program as one of “Involvement and Participation of all Shriners, their wives and children in 1972”. He further outlines as his goal during 1972 the raising of $200,000 for the shrine hospi tal program; the donating of over 2,500 pints of blood to the Bums Institutes, and a program of shrine picnics and parades to be held in the smaller coun ties where it is impossible to hold a ceremonial. Potentate Lake appointed a committee to sponsor automo bile races throughout Hejaz ju risdiction to raise money for the hospital program. The goals, programs and ideas as outlined by Potentate Lake are aggressive and ambitious. STUDENTS OF THE MONTH—Miss Mary Martha Avedisiari and Charles A. Park were recognized at Newberry High School “Stu dents of the Month” for December in chapel exercises last week. family, church and commu regular meeting of city council last Tuesday night. Mrs. Culclasure nity. He has served as President i^T n g“; h rpr«emTtionrwIs“w;7mon C^WTheT^chaTgeThTb had completed a course m Fundamentals m Government Account- of the Newberry County Deve- of Newberry sponsors of the "Boy and Girt of the Month ” Miss mg at the University of South Carohna, wh.le Officer Boukn.ght lopment Board, Deacon of the Avedisian ^ the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Avedisian of New- was certified by the South Carohna Law Enforcement Division to Whitmire Presbyterian Church ^ and is a seni ,7 Charies is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Conrad B. perform alcohol breath tests. (Sunphoto) and President of the Newberry Park He is a i M a s e n j 0 r at Newberry High. (Sunphoto)