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Recycling Day set March 4 The Newberry County Beau tification Committee is sponsor ing a Recycling Day on Satur day, March 4, 1972. It will be held at the parking lot of the old A & P Building on College Street in Newberry from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. All citizens of Newberry Coun ty are urged to participate in helping solve part of our solid waste disposal problems. When we recycle trash, we are con serving our natural resources and also saving valuable land fill space which is also being used up rapidly. Recycling Day is intended to give each citizen of Newberry County the chance to personally do tomething to improve his environment. We will be collecting paper— both newspaper and magazines- and other miscellaneous paper. The newspaper should be bound separately. We will also be col lecting clear and green glass. All glass containers should be rinsed. Volunteer workers will be present to assist with unloading your paper and glass. You will not have to leave your car at the delivery station. Do something now to he 1 p your environment and help us to make Newberry County’s Re cycling Day a huge success. Rev. Fulmer Shealy (276-1971) and Jack Queener, assistant county agent (276-1091), are serving as co-chairmen of Re cycling Day. Mental Health meeting set Dr. Virginia S. Hardie, Coun seling Psychologist, Director Counseling Center, Clemson University, will be guest speak er at a special meeting of the Newberry County Mental Health Association, Tuesday, February 29, 1972. The dutch supper meet ing, which is open to the pu blic, will be at 7:30 P.M. in Kaufmann Hall, Newberry Col lege. All persons interested in attending or wanting additional information should contact Mrs. Mildred Holliday, phone 276- 1091, no later than noon Friday, February 25. Dr. Hardie is well known in the field of Mental Health hav ing served as past secretary and is presently on the Board of Directors and President-elect of the South Carolina Mental Health Association. She has operated her own psychological clinic in New York City and Augusta, Georgia, and has writ ten a book, “Women at Work,” in addition to numerous articles for professional magazines. Dr. Hardie is listed in Who’s Who in American Women and Dic tionary of International Bio graphy. She is a member of the Board of Trustees, Pres byterian College and Vice-pre sident, Piedmont Presbytery, Women of the Church. imetto r C A Box 29^ cherry, 3. 3. Vol. 35—No. 44 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, February 24, 1972 S3.00 PER YEAR Political parties organize Saturday “FREEDOM WEEK” was observed by the Newberry Sertoma Club at its meeting Monday night when placques were presented to principals of the three high schools in the county. Presenting “Freedom Week” placques is Rick Richardson, representing the club to (1 to r) Robert Fulmer, Mid-Carolina, W. P. Mabry, Newberry High, Richardson, and Kenneth Coleman, Whitmire High. The Third week in Feb. is annually designated “Freedom Week” by the Sertomas. (Sunphoto) State meet for egg producers Mr. E. C. Fox, Jr., Chief of the South Carolina Board of Health’s Bureau of Environmen tal Sanitation, has given notice of a meeting for the purpose of hearing industry comments on some proposed poultry farm regulations. This meeting is scheduled for 3:00 P.M., February 24, 1972, at the G.S.T. Peeples Audito rium of the State Board of Health, 2600 Bull Street, Colum bia. These regulations are aimed at caged layer operators and call for some rigid enforcement of certain rules of manure re moval, house construction de tails, and fly control. Also in cluded are requirements for ob taining permits to operate or construct cage houses of any type. Ollie Donkle, associate coun ty Extension agent, says each individual egg producer of New berry County should make every effort to attend this meet ing as it vitally concerns you. Any possible changes in the proposed regulations will be the result of this hearing. Spelling bee is March 16 The Newberry County Spel ling contest for 1972. will be held at Speers Street School on March 16 at 1:30 p.m., ac cording to Hubert M. Beden- baugh, Assistant District Supt. Each school will hold com petition prior to this date and the winner will participate in the county contest. A faculty representative will accompany the contestant from each school to act as a caller for the con test. “Arsenic and Old Lace” be staged this weekend The full cast for the New berry Community Players pro duction of “Arsenic and Old Lace”, scheduled for February 24, 25 and 26 at the Drayton Street Community Center, was announced today by Director Steve McCutchCon. “We have been in production for several weeks and I feel everyone will enjoy this amus ing comedy,” McCutcheon said. “We are particularly pleased to have Fay Gray and Ann Smith portraying the old-fa shioned, charming sisters who delight in serving their famous wine to guests.” A native Newberrian, Mrs. Gray has been actively asso ciated with the Community Players since the organization (Continued on Page 6) Handicapped essay winners are announced Pearce C. Davis, secretary for the Newberry County Com mittee on Employment of the Handicapped today announced winners in this year’s compe tition. Miss Laura Richardson of Newberry High School was win ner of first place; Bob Brown of Newberry High School, se cond, and Miss Nellie Amick of Mid-Carolina High School was judged third place in the annual essay event. Honorable mention went to Cindy Matthews of Mid-Caro lina, Darphus L. Mitchell and Ann McAthany of Newberry High. Prizes of $25, $15 and $10 will be presented the winners in ceremonies at a later time. Prizes have been donated by- Newberry Federal Savings and Prosperity Furniture Company, and The New'berry Sun. Make plans for primaries Newberry County Democrats and Republicans will meet Sa turday to organize for this year’s county, state and national elections. Newberry County Democra tic Chairman C. A. Shealy Jr. has called for organizational meetings in the countys 50 pre cincts for Saturday at 3 p.m. A list of the precinct locations will be found elsewhere in this issue. Mrs. Carolyn Savko, vice chairman for the Newberry County Republican Party has called for precinct meetings on Saturday at the same hour. She pointed out that any voter with a registration certificate is eligible to attend the meet ings. The usual places of vot ing will be the meeting place for organizational meetings. Six county offices will be up for grabs this election year. In the court house offices to be filled are sheriff, treasurer, clerk of court and auditor. On the Newberry County Council, incumbent Ben F. Dawkins will be up for reelection in District 1 and Curtis Shealy’s District 2 office will be open for opposition. This is also the year for elec tion of state officers as well as a presidential election year. Newberry County Senator Ro bert C. Lake and Representative Walter Lake are two of the state officers who will be up for election. At the precinct meetings of ficers will be elected and de legates to the county conven- tons will be nominated. Any other business pertaining to the parties will be conducted at this time. County conventions will be held on Monday, March 6. Re publicans will meet at 10 a.m. in the Community Hall and De mocrats will meet at the same hour in the court room of the county court house. “ARSENIC AND OLD LACE” is the production of the Newberry Community Players to be staged for three performances this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. at the Drayton Street Community Center. The above photo was made during the technical rehearsal Tuesday night showing from left, Orion Perrell, Ann Smith, Dan Neel, Jack Brooks and James Sanders in a scene from the play. The pro duction is under the direction of Steve McCutcheon. (Sunphoto)