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PAGE 6-The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, March 30,1972
RlDGEVILLE-Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McDaniel Smoak announce the
engagement of their daughter. Miss Lucinda Ruth Smoak, and Mich
ael Reeves Harmon of Newberry and Rocky Mount, N. C., son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Harmon of Newberry. Miss Smoak is a junior at
the Baptist College, where Harmon graduated. He is employed by
Burlington Industries. The wedding is planned for June in Ridgeville
Baptist Church.
lake Murray
bridge slated
The State Highway Depart
ment has awarded a contract
for constructing a bridge over
Camping Creek at Lake Mur
ray and paving approaches to
the bridge from Lexington and
Newberry counties.
Under the $366,207 contract,
Inland Bridge Co. Inc. of Chest
er will construct the 470-foot
reinforced concrete and struc
tural steel bridge and will sur
face 1.1 miles on secondary
roads S-231 in Lexington Coun
ty and S-15 and S-571 in New
berry County.
The Chester firm received tht
contract after submitting tht
lowest of three bids. Work k
under way and is expected to
take approximately 250 work
ing days. Under good conditions,
about 20 wosking days usually
are expected per month.
arrived for duty at Griffiss
AFB, N. Y.
Sergeant Comingore is a ma
nagement analysis technician
with a unit of the Air Force
Communications Service which
provides global communications
and air traffic control for the
USAF. He previously served at
Ching Chaun Kang AB, Taiwan.
Music festival
begins March 26
The Newberry College De
partment of Music will present
a Spring Festival of Music* as
part of the College’s activities
leading to the inauguration of
Dr. Fredric B. Irvin as twelftl
president of the College on Apri
21.
Karl Kinard, Jr., assistant
professor of music, will present
an organ recital at 8 p.m. Mon
day, April 10 followed by a se
nior piano recital by Jim Butt,
Lone Star, S. C., at 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 13.
The following week the De
partment of Music will present
four programs. The Newberry
College Singers under the di
rection of Dr. Milton W. Moore
will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday,
April 16.
The Madrigalians, a student
choral group, and a Woodwind
Quintet will give concerts at
3 p.m. Monday, April 17.
Mike Grant, Gaffney, S. C.,
a senior organ student will pre
sent his recital at 8 p.m. Tues
day, April 18. The final con
cert in the Festival of Music,
will be a clarinet recital by
Dr. John Wagner, associate
professor of music at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 19.
All of the concerts are sche
duled for the Wiles Chapel.
Students get
fraternity bids
nior; William McCrackin, New
berry freshman; and Van Mat
thews, Little Mountain fresh
man, were the only new pledges
taken in by Theta Chi during
spring rush.
Andrew Boone, Chapin fresh
man has pledged Tau Kappa
Epsilon.
TKE also extended. bids to
Ken Stapinski, Wallington, N.J.
freshman; Gene DeLoache, Co
lumbia freshman; Stan Elrod.
Whitmire freshman; John Har
den, Pickens senior; Steve Hob
son, Bethesda, Md., junior; and
Stan Watts, Blacksburg fresh
man.
Jimmy Greene, Thomson, Ga.
sophomore, accepted a bid from
Alpha Tau Omega social fra
ternity.
Lake is the son of Joe Lake,
Route 3, Prosperity; McCrack
in is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. McCrackin, Jr., Route 3,
Newberry; and Matthews is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Mat
thews, Little Mountain.
Boone is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gaines O. Boone, Chapin.
College women
cites success
The Newberry College Wo
men’s League completed its
most successful year in its 29
year history in 1971 by raising
nearly 5,650 for the College, ac
cording to Mrs. Gerald Pay-
singer of Newberry, the imme
diate past president of the or
ganization.
The League has been respon
sible for several needed pro
jects which were not and could
not be provided in the College’s
annual budget. The 1970 and
1971 project of the League was
the remodeling and the rede
corating the student dining room
in Kaufmann Hall.
The treasurer’s report for 1971
indicated that the members of
the South Carlina Synod of the
Lutheran Church in America
contributed $3,993.29; the South
eastern Synod, $914,96; the Flo
rida Synod, $617.85; and the pa
rents of students from other
areas, $118.00 for a total of
$5,644.10.
Mrs. A. Hart Kohn, Jr., of
Columbia is the 1972 president;
Mrs. Harrison Jenkins, Colum
bia, the vice-president; Mrs.
William Link of Prosperity, the
secretary; and Mrs. J. T.
Brittingham, West Columbia,
treasurer. Keywomen for the
three Synods are Mrs. Cla
rence Walck, Newberry, South
Carolina Synod; Mrs. Clarence
A. Bridgers, Jr., Savannah, Ga.
Southeastern Synod; and Mrs.
Richard Hollinger, Clearwater,
Fla,. Florida Synod.
Alumni offer
scholarship
The deadline for applying for
the $1,000 alumni scholarship
for an incoming freshman at
Newberry College is May 1,
according to Phil Kelly, direc
tor of Alumni Affairs for the
College.
The scholarship established
by the Alumni Association in
1970, is given on the basis of
financial need, academic re
cord, and the worthiness of the
recipient; it is renewable each
year.
“As additional funds become
available,” Kelly said, “another
scholarship will be given to a
freshman for the 1973-1974
school year so that eventually
there will be four Alumni Scho
lars enrolled at the same time.”
Applicants for the scholarship
must be accepted for admission
to Newberry College for the
term beginning in September
when they apply. Necessary
forms for the $1,000 scholar
ship may be obtained by writ
ing to either the Director of
Alumni Affairs or the Director
of Admissions at Newberry Col
lege.
This year two students are
enrolled as Alumni Scholars
according, to Kelly; they are
Charles W. Easley, Jr., Kings
Mountain, N. C. sophomore,
and Debbie Ann Reichart, Bran-
denton, Fla. freshman.
SCN earnings
increase 11 %
South Carolina National Bank
today reported 1971 earnings
after securities gains of $7,676,-
000, an increase of 11.34 per
cent from $6,894,000 in 1970.
Earnings per share after se
curities transactions were $4.70
compared with $4.22 the pre
vious year.
Income before securities trans
actions was slightly ahead of
1970 at $6,971,000 compared with
$6,929,000 a year earlier. Earn
ings per share before securities
gains were $4.27, compared with
$4.24.
Interest on deposits for 1971
was $7,797,000, compared with
$6,247,000 in 1970- a 24.81 per
cent increase.
Total resources at the end of
1971 were $746,529,000, up 15.20
percent from $648,025,000 at the
end of 1970. Total deposits were
up 12.18 percent at $604,943,000,
compared with $539,244,000. To
tal loans were $370,024,000, up
13.91 percent from $324,825,000.
Foundation
gift is $3,000
The Joanna Foundation of
Joanna, has presented a gift
of $3,000 to Newberry College
in memory of the late Walter
Regnery of Newberry.
The new gift will be added to
the $10,000 the Foundation gave
the College in 1969 to establish
the Walter Regnery Memorial
Scholarships. Income from the
endowed fund is awarded each
year as scholarship aid to qua
lified South Carolina students
preferably from Newberry and
Laurens Counties.
At officer school
FT. BENNING, Ga. - Army
Second Lieutenant Cato E.
Coleman Jr., 22, whose parents
live at 2013 Benedict St., New
berry, recently completed a
nine-week infantry officer ba
sic course at the U.S. Army
Infantry School, Ft. Benning,
Ga.
He received instruction in
leadership, personnel, intelle-
gence map and airphoto read
ing, operations, logistics, tacti
cal communications and equip
ment, and weapons. This train
ing is designed to prepare stu
dents for the duties and respon
sibilities of a company grade
officer.
Lt. Coleman is a 1967 gra
duate of Gallman High School.
He received his commission
through the Reserve Officers
Training Corps Program at
South Carolina State College,
Orangeburg, where he received
his B.S. degree in 1971.
Christie Lynn Hall, daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. William
H. Hall, II of Madison, Vir
ginia will celebrate her fir*t
birthday on April 1st. Chris
tie's mother is the former
Helen Derrick, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mayes W. Der
rick of Newberry. Paternal
grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Hall of West
Chester, Pennsylvania.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Creasy
of Atlanta, Georgia are the pa
rents of twin daughters, Eliza
beth Sloan and Erin Ruth, born
Thursday, March 23rd in At
lanta. Mrs. Creasy is the form
er Elizabeth Laurie Watters,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph S. Watters (Mary Eliza
beth Moore) of Newberry.
Many drivers
permits issued
During the first two months
of 1972, nearly 113,000 persons
applied for South Carolina driv
ers licenses, according to the
State Highway Department.
Of 112,720 applications, 37-
065 were rejected and 85,655
approved. These figures include
beginners permits, restricted
licenses, regular renewals and
permit renewals.
Lack of knowledge of the
“Rules of the Road” was the
largest single reason for failure
to pass the driver examination,
with 6,337 falling into this cate
gory. Inability to properly
identify road signs caused 3,498
persons to fail the driver test.
Failure to pass the “behind the
wheel” driving test brought
test failure for 3,123 applicants.
Opening For Business
On
Thursday, March 30th
Shannon’s Hobby
& Repair Shop
At
1401 MAIN STREET
Games - Hobby Equipment - Toys
Stereos, Radios, Tape Decks and Tape Re
corders and small Electrical Appliances Re
paired.
COME SEE US!
Comingore on
duty in N. Y.
ROME, N.Y. — Technical
Sergeant Alfred B. Comingore,
whose wife, Barbara, is the
daughter of Roland Felker of
2201 Harper St., Newberry, has
Four Newberry area students
at Newberry College have ac
cepted bids from the New
berry chapter of Theta Chi na
tional social fraetrnity and the
Newberry Tau Kappa Epsilon
colony.
Steffen Lake, Prosperity, ju