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Ga.-Pacific site chosen Georgia-Pacific Corp. has an nounced the purchase of appro ximately 200 acres here on which the company plans to locate a modern chipping head- rig sawmill. Preparation of the site, which is located two miles south of Prosperity on U.S. Highway 76, has already begun and construc tion will begin immediately. The new sawmill will be serv ed by both the Seaboard Coast Line (C.N.&L.) and Southern railways, and Interstate High way 26 which is only three miles to the southwest. Construction plans were an nounced by G-P in January and the new sawmill is expected to go on line early in 1973. The 36 million bd. ft. annual capacity sawmill will employ approximately 100 persons with an additional 75 to 100 employed by supporting logging operations which will generate a $1 mil lion annual payroll. Eason is new County Agent Henry Eason, who last week began his duties as county agent in Newberry County, is a native of Sumter. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Eason, he was born and reared on a farm. He graduat ed from Edmunds High in Sum ter and in 1951 graduated from Clemson University with a de gree in animal husbandry. After graduating from col lege, Eason was herdsman at Caimwood Farm in Byrn Athyn, Pa., and later was manager of Cornwell Farm at Forestville, Va. In 1956 he returned to South Carolina as assistant county agent in Laurens County and remained in that position until July of 1967 when he trans ferred to Chester as an area agent in livestock doing edu cation livestock work in the four county area of York, Lan caster, Fairfield and Chester counties. He is married to the form er Miss Frances Rickmond of Asheville, N. C., and they have three children, Linda, a rising senior at Winthrop College; Bob 16; and Joe, nine. They are members of Bethel Methodist Church, where Eason is a member of the Official Board, president of the Pete Wylie Sunday School Class and a member of the church choir. He also is a Mason. He is a member of the South Carolina County Agents Asso ciation. The Easons will locate in Newberry at the end of the current school term. Vol. 35-No. 50 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, April 6, 1972 $3.00 PER YEAR SPEAKER—William J. Haile, Jr., center, of Columbia, was speaker for the regular meeting of the Exchange Club Tuesday night. Haile has been active in work of the Cancer Society since 1966 having been successfully cured of cancer himself. At right, club president Wm. Smith presents Haile a Certificate of Appreciation for his activities, and at left is Jerry Ayers, staffer of the American Cancer Society. (Sunphoto) AT EXCHANGE CLUB . . . Cancer victim is speaker Judy Shealy will reign Judy Shealy, Leesville senior at Newberry College, will reign over this year’s May Day fes tivities at the College. Jan Cro mer, Newberry senior, will serve as Maid of Honor for the annual springtime event. Senior attendants in the Queen’s court are Carole Hutch inson, Camden, S. C.; Judy Wise, Newberry; and Manning Odom, Jacksonville, Fla. These five coeds were elect ed to the May Court in student body balloting March 21 and 28. The remaining class repre sentatives will be chosen im mediately after Easter vaca tion, according to Sadie Crooks, acting dean of women and or ganizer for the May Day ac tivities. William J. Haile, Jr., retired paper company executive of Co lumbia, was guest speaker for the Exchange Club of Newberry Tuesday night. Haile, a native of Union, in his remarks, stressed the mes sage of early detection as the best hope for cancer cure. In the past four years he has traveled to 41 of the state’s 46 counties with his message. His audiences range from youths to adults and has addressed in ex cess of 50,000 persons. Haile has spoken in buildings ranging from country clubs to sawmills. In all cases, his mes sage has been one of hope, stressing the high cure rate in cancer when the disease is de tected and treated in its early stages. He knows the value of early detection, because it saved his life from cancer. He State bond sales over 2 million Joe M. Roberts, County Sav ings Bonds Chairman, today re ports that Newberry County’s February sales of Series E and H Savings Bonds were $14,560. Combined sales of E and H Bonds for February in the state were $2,927,740, reports Mr. Ro bert G. Clawson, State Chair man of the U.S. Savings Bonds Committee. In the Nation, February sales of E and H Bonds totalled $537 million, a 24 percent in crease over sales in February of 1971, further reports Mr. Clawson. had cancer of the larynx, but is alive and well today because he went to his doctor in time. Haile has been active in the American Cancer Society since 1966 having held numerous of fices with the society. Because of his hard work and long hours in the society, the American Cancer Society awarded him the coveted National Divisional Award, the highest award given to any person working with the society on the state level. The presentation was made by Go vernor John West in January. Haile is a native of Union. He graduated from The Citadel and in 1944 founded the Pal metto Paper Co. in Columbia and later merged it with Dil lard Paper Co. He remained as President of the Columbia Division until his retirement in 1968. He is an active Mason of the 33rd degree. Scheduled for April 30, the spring celebration will be an all-day affair. “We’re going to make it a family day with a special morning service in Wiles Chapel, dinner on the grounds, and the ceremony starting at 2:30 p.m.,” said Mrs. Crooks. Miss Cromer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cromer, 1922 Harper St., Newberry. Miss Wise is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wise, Route 3, Newberry. rfcv rl* 'i r " ass,st ? nt Professor of music at Newberry College, at 8:30 p.m. Mo day, April ! 0 in Wiles Chapel is the second program in the College’s Spring Festival of Music Kinard w cnnSZ, e ' gh r “ H be,S | ran k g "' 8 f r D om P|; ce f by Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn to tl contemporary Gordon Jacobs and Peter Hurford.