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Vol. 35-No. 42 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, February 10, 1972 $3.00 PER YEAR AT CONFERENCE- Mrs. Henry L. Parr, right, and Miss Verna Kohn look over the collection of publication on drugs and drug abuse available at the Newberry-Saluda Regional Library. Mrs. Parr, a member of the library board will attend the First Annual Governor’s Conference on Drug Abuse in Columbia tomorrow. (Sunphoto) Council talks trash, garbage disposal Thurmond be speaker for ROIC service Senator Strom Thurmond will be the principal speaker at the installation ceremony of the Ar nold Air Society at Newberry College at 2:30 p.m. Thursday February 17 in the College’s Wiles Chapel. The Arnold Air Society is a professional and service hono rary of the Air Force ROTC. The Society is made up of ca dets who wish to promote the traditions and the aspirations of the Air Force. The Newberry Squadron of the Air Society is being named in honor of Major William Ren- wick Austin II, a Clemson Air Force ROTC graduate, who has been a prisoner-of-war for over five years. Following Senator Thurmond’s remarks and the formal instal lation of the Arnold Air Society, the Senator and Air Force per sonnel will be honored at a re ception in Smeltzer Hall. The Newberry College Air Force ROTC Squadron was es tablished in September; Major Frederick Current is the com manding officer of the squad ron. Midlands TEC lists countians Nine Newberry County stu dents have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall quart er at Midlands TEC in Colum bia. Dean’s List students achiev ed a 3.0 or higher on the 4.0 grade point ratio. Students from Newberry Coun ty were Robert Lynwood Amick, Roy Mikel Enlow, Randy Lynn Fellers, Paula Gayle Fuller, Kathleen E. Hardin, and James S. Renwick. Also Dana H. Werts and Robert Burns Wessinger. $25,000 given by Brotherhood for ‘: center Newberry College highlighted the opening of its new $650,000 Alumni Music Center Tuesday with a $25,000 grant for the building and a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The 24,000 grant for the Lu theran Brotherhood, a fraternal insurance society, was present ed to Hart Kohn Jr., chairman of the Newberry College Board of Trustees, by Dreng Bjor- naraa. a member of the Board of Directors of the Brother hood. The grant is part of a regular program of assistance to Luthe ran colleges and seminaries conducted by the Brotherhood. The organization also provides scholarship aid to qualified Lu theran students at Lutheran col leges and semanaries. Following the presentation of the grant, College officials ac cepted the keys to the build ing from John Pellett, Jr., pre sident of the Triangle Con struction Company, the general contractor of the unit, and Dr. Milton W. Moore, head of the department of music, cut the ribbon that officially opened the building for classes. The new center consists of four hexagonal sections contain ing a recital hall, a band room, studios, practice rooms, and faculty offices. The building will be formally dedicated during the College’s Homecoming activities on Oc tober 28. Aging meet The annual open meeting of the Newberry County Council on Aging will be held Tuesday, February 15th at 7:30 P.M. in the Newberry Federal Savings and Loan’s Conference Room. Officers for the year will be elected. The public is invited to attend. City Council in regular ses sion Tuesday night spent con siderable time discussing the operation of a sanitary landfill for the county. Mayor C. A. Shealy, Jr., said that he had met with county officials and mayors of other municipalities in the county to formulate plans for the county to handle this problem. At present, the coun ty is furnishing to county resi dents sites for garbage and trash dumping, but it is seen that this practice of open trench dumping will be forbidden. The city went on record Tues day night to enter into an agree ment with the county to furnish this service for a period of one year at a cost to the county of $1,200 per month. After this time it would be the responsi bility of the county to have a sanitary landfill in operation for the entire county. The fol lowing items were stipulated in the proposed contract: 1. The City of Newberry will operate and maintain a Solid Waste Disposal Area as requir ed by state law during a time agreed upon by both govern ments; however this agree ment will not extend beyond July 1, 1973, unless another contract is entered into 90 days prior to the expiration of the original agreement. The City of Newberry will provide this service under the following con ditions: (A) Newberry County shall pay to the City of Newberry $1,200 per month for each month of operation. If less than a full month, the amount shall be prorated. (B.) Newberry County shall provide the City of Newberry backup equipment for the ope ration of the sanitary landfill as required by law. (C.) Newberry County shall provide an operator and equip ment to operate the sanitary landfill if the operation requires over 40 hours per work week. (D.) Newberry County shall provide an operator and equip ment to assist if required in the opening of the trenches and in providing a truck for hauling fill cover. (E.) Newberry County shall furnish a trustee or laborer to assist the operator in policing the area as required by law. (F.) Newberry County shall agree to share equally any ad ditional engineering cost accru ed in establishing the sanitary landfill to specifications esta blished by state law. Criminal court begins Feb. 21 The February term of Gene ral Session (Criminal) Court for Newberry County will con vene Monday, February 21 at 10 a.m. in the county court house. Presiding over the ses sion will be Judge Clarence E. Singletary of Charleston. Members of the Grand Jury will report Monday morning of court week at 9:30 a.m. Petit Jurors will report at the same hour on Tuesday. Holdover Grand Jurors are: Carroll L. Bouknight, Fred K. Moon, Ethel L. Stone, Doris H. Hawkins, Henry L. Hedge- path and William C. Armfield. New members of Grand Jury are: Billye L. West, Terry C. Shav er, Stevie P. Sligh, James L. Amick, Gerald W. Brock. Also Kathren H. Mills, C. J. Meetze, J. Reuben Floyd, John E. Kesler, Ruth W. Davis, Iren C. Livingston. Jr. and Robert S. Wilson. Alternate Grand Jurors drawn are: Margaret H. Cromer, Lewis D. Black and James V. Kinard. Selected to serve as Petit Jurors for the February term are: Oscar V. Harley, Jessie W. Senn, Ned T. Livingston, Ethel R. Murphy, Julia M. Montjoy, William C. Derrick, Geneva H. Halfacre, Doris H. Hamby, Vel- da L. Livingston, and Marcelli Tucker. Also Mary D. Traylor, Bertha K. Dowd, Ruth K. Chapman, Lois M. Lever, Adrain L. Bow ers, Necie Bell Rhodes, Lila P. Martin, Mattie M. Swindler, Bennie S. Derrick, and James T. Lewis. Also Clarence Garmany, Morris P. Johnson, Helen B. Robbins, Helen R. Malone, Ann B. Boozer, Patsy K. Mays, Carroll B. Metts, Frances Da- (Continued on Page 8) PLANT EXPANDS-On February 1, 1972 excavation was started for the construction of a building addition to the Cone Knits plant in Whitmire. The new construction will make available additional warehouse and manufacturing space to relieve present overcrowded conditions and to meet the needs of the future. The new addition is scheduled for completion in July 1972. The Plant Manager, Mr. Robert T. Brown, stated that “this is another indication of the con fidence that Cone Mills Cooperation has in the future of knits and in the performance of the employees of the general Whitmire area. The outstanding performance of Cone Knits employees has permit ted our products to achieve wide acceptance in the market based on fabric quality and performance.” (Continued on Page 8) After the contractors finished their work in the new Alumni Music Center at Newberry College and before classes began on Tuesday, the movers carried pianos, instruments, and other equipment from the old facilities to the practice rooms in the new building.