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Citing date for homestead exemption near Mrs. Jeanette K. Hamm, Newberry County Auditor, re minded all Newberry County residents who are eligible for homestead tax exemption that the deadline for filing their ap plications is May 1. MRS. HAMM, stressed the fact that applicants must come to the office to fill out a simple form. These forms cannot be mailed, she said, and appli cants must file for the exemp tion every year. The new law was passed by the 1971 General Assembly. It provides for exemption of the first $5,000 of the fair market value of the dwelling of an own er who has reached the age of 65 by Dec. 31 of this past year. The exemption applies to coun ty, school and special assess ment real estate property tax es. APPLICANTS, Mrs. Hamm emphasized, must have resided in South Carolina for at least one year before applying for the exemption. The exemption also applies to all who have life estate as well, according to notification, from the State Attorney Gene ral, Mrs. Hamm said. Vol. 35-No. 52 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, April 20, 1972 $3.00 PER YEAR Bowers elected bank cashier Election of David W. Bowers as cashier has been announc ed by The Bank of Commerce, headquartered in Prosperity and with offices in Chapin and Irmo. Bowers assumes the cashier responsibilities formerly held by his father, Jacob A. Bowers, who continues as president of the bank. Young Bowers, a native of Prosperity, is a 1970 graduate of Newberry College. He has been associated with the bank for approximately four years in part and full time duties. Bowers is financial secretary and Sunday school teacher at the Grace Lutheran Church, Prosperity. He is married to the former Deena Dawkins, of Prosperity, and they have one son. LITTLE MISS NEWBERRY-In conjunction with the Miss Newberry pageant last Saturday night. Little Miss Newberry, Miss Julia Melinda Hamm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hamm, Rt. 4, was se lected. Miss LaSandra Dorn Amick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Amick, Rt. 4, was runner-up. At right is Miss Amy Diane Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore, Prosperity, second runner-up. (Sunphoto) City council discusses water charies City Council in regular meet ing Tuesday night authorized the purchase of a new pack er truck at a cost of $19,230.00. The expenditure was not in the 1971-72 budget and will be in cluded in the next budget. The truck chassis low bid went to Shealy Motor Co. at a cost of $11,350, and the body was pur chased from G&W Equipment Co. at a cost of $7,880. City Manager K. W. Riebe stated that the two trucks now being used have served the city well, but have gotten to the age that constant maintenance is requir ed to keep them operating. Second reading was held for MISS NEWBERRY-Miss Lala Fish, a student at Newberry College, was selected Miss Newberry at the annual Jaycee beauty pageant held at Newberry High School auditorium last Saturday night. At her left is Miss Cindy Matthews, second runner-up, and at right, Miss Virgil Stoudemire, first runner-up. Miss Fish also captured the talent and congeniality trophies. She will represent Newberry at the annual Miss South Carolina pageant. (Sunphoto) an ordinance pertaining to fire arms in the city. It was passed. The sale of water to Saluda from the new $1.8 million plant adjacent to the Saluda River was discussed again at the meeting. Harold Wrenn, engi neer with B. P. Barber and Associates, was on hand to dis cuss the matter with council. He said that he had made studies relative to the sale of water to Saluda, and found that it will cost the City of Newberry approximately 22 1 / a cents per 100 cubic feet to pro duce finished water. He point ed out that this is more than some customers in the city are now being charged. He recom mended that a complete study be made of water rates. Wrenn stated that if Newberry and Saluda used the amount of wa ter anticipated, the unit cost would be reduced to about 20 cents per 100 cu. ft. Plans are in the making to meet with a delegation from Saluda to dis cuss the proposed rate. At the meeting it was also revealed that the Newberry County Water and Sewer Au thority has also asked the city for a wholesale water rate. This was delayed pending further study and the points where the authority will tap onto the city mains. Council accepted the state ments of Mr. Wrenn as infor mation. In other business council en tered into an agreement with the CN&L Railroad to install a water main under the rail road. Appointed Dr. Robert K. Car- ley, Mrs. Emmett Nichols and Ernest Brooks to the City of Newberry Housing Board of Ad justors and Appeals. Adopted are resolution oppos ing Duke Power Company’s proposed rate increase and a- long with other Piedmont muni cipalities, engaged the Services of Tally, Tally and Bouknight of Fayetteville, N. C., attor neys, to represent the city in the hearings before the Fede ral Power Commission. Councilman C. D. Coleman asked what had been done by the Carolina Cable Co. to im prove the service. Mr. Riebe stated that an engineer for the company had been in Newberry and work is progressing on the problems. Riebe said he expects a written report soon as to the work done. Mayor Shealy read a letter from a resident of Green Street deploring the conditions at Wil- lowbrook Park. The writer was in agreement with statements made at a recent council meet ing by Dewey Kinard of the West End community. Defense minister of Germany to receive degree Helmut Schmidt, the Minister of Defense for the Federal Re public of Germany (West Ger many) will deliver an address at an 8 p.m. academic convo cation at Newberry College on Monday, April 24, in the. Col lege’s Wiles Chapel. Following his address, the College will award Schmidt an honorary Doctor of Laws de gree. Minister of Defense since Oc tober 22, 1969, the German lead er has been active in West German politics since 1949 when he served in the Ham burg Office of Transport. He was elected to the German Fe deral Parliament (Bundestag) from Hamburg as a member of the German Social-Democra tic Party (SPD) in 1953 and retired in 1962. After he step ped down from the Bundestag, he was Secretary of the Inte rior for the Hamburg Govern ment until 1965. From 1965 un til his appointment as Defense Minister by West Germany’s Chancellor Willy Brandt, Schmidt was active in the SPD party. In discussing German secu rity he recently stated, “the German Federal Government is pursuing three objectives: firstly, to maintain in coopera tion with its partners, a stable balance of military power in Europe; secondly to contribute to the consolidation of peace in Europe by endeavouring to over- some the existing antagonism between East and West; third ly, to endeavour to achieve a limitation and control of arms and force levels. These objec tives continue to the content of our security policy.” Schmidt will be in this coun try from April 24-26 to confer with officials of the United States government. Stars of I WONDER take a final galnce through the music before one of the many presentations of it across the United States. Shown above, left to right, are: Frank Dillard, the atheistic professor who tries to destroy the beliefs of the Bible; Mike Davis, guitarist and choir president; and Peggy Mahan, Miss Spartanburg, who plays the doubter. The folk musical will be presented in the Newberry High School auditorium on April 30 at 3:30 p.m.