The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, April 20, 1972, Image 1
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.