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Cslvin Crozier
to award 22
Military crosses
Calvin Crozier Chapter, Unit
ed Daughters of the Confede
racy, has applied for 22 Cross
es of Military Service to be
awarded at an impressive ce
remony in the Wiles Chapel,
Newberry College, on Tuesday
evening, May 2, at 7:30 P.M.
Veterans receiving the distin
guished UDC Cross of Military
Service must have served in
World War I, World War II,
in Korea during the Korean
Conflict, or in Vietnam during
the Vietnam Conflict. The vete
ran must also be a lineal des
cendant of a Confederate sold
ier.
Friends and families of the
Drayton Rutherford and William
Lester Chapters are cordially
invited to attend the ceremony
in Wiles Chapel and also to a
social hour in Smeltzer Hill
immediately following the cere
mony.
Calvin Crozier Chapter will
be accepting applications for
awarding crosses at a cere
mony in November. Anyone in
terested in applying may con
tact Miss Juanita Hitt, tel. no.
276-1188, Mrs. 0. 0. Copeland,
tel. no. 276-2085, or Mrs. John
L. Epps, tel. no. 276-4304, for
further information.
The following veterans have
completed applications for the
ceremony on May 2.
Posthumous awards will be
received by the families of the
deceased veterans.
1. Benjamin Thomas Ander
son, Jr., World War II, lineal
descendant of Patrick Henry
Anderson, his grandmother, who
was one of the eleven brothers
who served the Confederacy.
The applicants mother, Mrs. Lo-
rena P i c k e 11 Anderson will
receive the cross to her son’s
memory. She is a member of
Calvin Crozier Chapter.
2. Robert Harold Anderson,
Jr., Pvt., Marine Corps, World
War II, lineal descendant of
Patrick Henry Anderson, his
grandfather, who was one of
eleven brothers who served the
Confederacy. Mrs. R. H. Ander
son will receive her son’s cross.
3. Walter Darby Henson, Sea
man First Class, U.S. Navy,
World War II, lineal descendant
of William Walker Willingham
was wounded at Second Manas-
Mrs. Louise Darby Henson
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Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, April 27, 1972
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James Riddle, Jr., Mauldin senior, (left) president of the Newberry College Student Government Asso
ciation, and Dr. Conrad B. Park, academic dean at the College (third from left) present Dr. Fredric B.
Irvin, Newberry College’s president, to A. Hart Kohn, Jr., the president of the College’s Board of Trus
tees, to be formally installed as the College’s 12th president during the College’s Inauguration Convoca
tion on April 21.
sas.
Sawyer will receive the cross
to her son’s memory. She is a
member of Calvin Crozier Chap
ter and is a resident of Colum
bia, S. C.
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May Day at
college Sunday
Judy Shealy, a Newberry Col
lege senior, will continue a
37-year old tradition on Sunday,
April 30, when she is crown
ed the 1972 May Queen at 2:30
p.m. in MacLean Gymnasium.
Jan Cromer, Newberry senior,
will serve as the Maid of Honor
for Miss Shealy in the tradi
tional colorful ceremony.
The 1972 May Festival will
be an all-day affair beginning
with the morning worship ser
vices in the Wiles Chapel at
11:15; the Rev. Eugene L. Ept-
ing, Jr., pastor of St. John
Lutheran Church of Rincon, Ga.
and an alumnus of Newberry,
will preach the sermon.
Following the worship ser
vices, the May Festival will be
come an all-College picnic on
the campus quadrangle.
Bank Week be
observed here
Mayor Clarence A. Shealy,
Jr. has proclaimed May 7-13
Bank Week in the City of New
berry to correspond with the
statewide Bank Week in South
Carolina which was declared by
Governor John C. West on
March 6.
In making the proclamation,
Mayor Shealy stated that “these
institutions provide a full and
complete service to all our ci
tizens, . .” and we recognize
wholesome development of all
our community, which involve
ment makes our city a better
place to live and enriches the
lives of all our citizens.”
Area banks will join scores
of others throughout South Caro
lina in this major effort to im
prove communications with the
public. Bank Week in South
Carolina is sponsored by the
South Carolina Bankers Asso
ciation, and its 96 member
banks with more than 500 bank
ing offices. Explaining the pur
pose of the event, R. M. Laf-
fitte, president of the associa
tion, noted that the purely com
mercial role of banks is well
understood, but less is known
of the part they play in the
economic development of the
state and its communities. Also,
banks and bankers render ser
vices outside the realm of rou
tine savings, checking, and lend
ing functions, said Mr. Laffitte,
who is president of the Ex
change Bank in Estill.
Mr. William D. Kilber, Jr.,
who is coordinator for New
berry County and Assistant Vice
President, The South Carolina
National Bank, Newberry, said
“We also hope to use this oc
casion to take a good look at
STUDENT AWARD-Boy and Girl of the month were named last ways we can help tackle some
week at Newberry High School and were awarded placques by Bill of today’s pressing problems in
Smith, right, president of the Exchange Club of Newberry, sponsors our community.” During Bank
of the program. Recipients were, at left, Phillip R. Baker, son of Mr. Week, several area bankers
and Mrs. Wm. R. Baker and Pamela Jean Harvey, daughter of Mr. will be available to speak be-
and Mrs. R. E. Harvey. (Sunphoto) fore civic and service clubs.
Cancer drive
ends Friday
Mrs. Ann Smith, Newberry
Cancer Chairman, states that
all Cancer contributions are to
be brought, to Dr. Van Ander
son's office on Calhoun St. in
Newberry, Friday, April 28th,
beginning at 5 p.m.
Anyone wishing to contribute
money for any person or Can
cer benefit throughout the year
should contact Mrs. Russell Ad-
dy, Rt. 1, Wilson Rd., Newberry.
Money can be contributed at
anytime of the year for the
purpose of helping to conquer
cancer.
Purcell speaker
at Civic League
Keitt Purcell, president of the
Association for Greater New
berry, was the speaker at a
meeting of Newberry Civic
League held Tuesday afternoon,
April 25.
Prof. F. Scott Elliott, Sr.,
president, presided, and he call
ed on Mrs. Richard L. Baker,
vice president, to read the Club
Collect as an invocation. Mrs.
C. M. Smith, program chair
man, instroduced the speaker.
Purcell spoke on “The Pre
sent and Future Plans for Down
town Newberry.” He said that
Jack Raffield is chairman of
the committee for beautification
of the plaza in front of the
Community Hall. The improve
ments being made there are
being financed by a loan of
$20,000 from South Carolina Na
tional Bank. It is planned that
this loan will be paid back by
contributions as follows: City
of Newberry, $8,000, Newberry
County, $6,000, Association for
Greater Newberry, $2,000, New
berry Civic League, $1,000, and
others, $3,000.
He said that phase one is ex
pected to be completed by June
15. Phase two consisting of
work, tree wells, and plant
ings will probably go into next
year, and phase three will be
up to Newberrians as to what
they want to do.
He added that the things of
top priority are the following:
to try to create a modified
mall down Main Street, to beau
tify the parking lots, to carry
out a more attractive type of
lighting system, to carry for
ward the Nance Street project,
and to get store owners in down
town Newberry to make the
fronts of their buildings more
attractive.
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BANK WEEK-Mayor Clarence A. Shealy aids in “making it hap
pen” as he signs proclamation declaring Bank Week in Newberry,
May 7-13. The observance will be statewide with federally as well
as state chartered banks included. At left Shealy holds one of the
hangers that will be displayed during the week. SCN representative
William D. (Bill) Kibler looks on approvingly. (Sunphoto)