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PAGE 4-The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 4, 1972
Cindy Matthews of Mid-Carolina High School was one of the 225
high school journalists and their faculty advisers from 30 South
Carolina high schools who attended the 10th annual Yearbook
Workshop at Newberry College Saturday.
Miss Richardson
visits Washington
Miss Laura Richardson,
fourth in the nation in the “Abi
lity Counts” contest visited
Capitol Hill in Washington Mon
day.
Miss Richardson visited at
the White House Tuesday on a
special tour arranged by Cong.
William Jennings Bryan Dorn.
She was special guest Mon
day evening at the annual
Washington banquet of the S.
C. State Chamber of Commerce
Laura was accompanied tc
Washington by her parents, Mr
and Mrs. Lawrence Richardson
of Newberry.
The “Ability Counts” contest
is sponsored by the President’s
Commission on Employment of
the Handicapped.
Haltiwanger is
course graduate
Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Md. — Army Private Curtis
E. Haltiwanger, 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George E. Haltiwang
er, Route 1, Newberry, recent
ly completed a 17-week fire
control instrument repair
course at the U.S. Army Ord
nance Center and School, Aber
deen Proving Ground, Md.
The course is designed t<
train students in the inspection,
adjustment and repair of pre
cision sighting and aiming
equipment used on combat wea
pons.
Pvt. Haltiwanger entered the
Army in May 1971 and com
pleted basic training at Ft. Dix,
N. J.
He is a 1970 graduate of New
berry High School.
JOINT MEETING
UDC CHAPTERS
A joint meeting of the Cal
vin Crozier and Drayton Ru
therford Chapters of the Unit
ed Daughters of the Confed
eracy will be held next Wed
nesday afternoon, May 10, at
four o’clock at the monument
to the rear. of the Newberry
Community Hall.
Present at the meeting will
be Mrs. Roy, state president,
S. C. Div., UDC.
Hostesses for the meeting
will be Mesdames Sarah Wal
lace, Jesse Frank Hawkins,
Ben T. Anderson, A. C. Gar-
lington, George N. Martin, R.
F. Sanders, B. A. Buddin, and
V'
Following the meeting or
the square the group will ad
journ to the social hall at Cen
tral Methodist Church for re
freshments.
Attends Florida
sales conference
Ethelene Smith, Newberry re
presentative for Pilot Life In
surance Co., has returned from
a four day stay at the Diplomat
Resort in Hollywood, Florida
where she participated in the
company’s 1972 Sales Confe
rence.
Smith qualified for the con
ference as a result of her sales
and service record during the
past twelve months.
More than 350 Pilot represen-
latives and their spouses parti
cipated in the conference activi
ties along with officials from
Pilot’s home office.
Emory Bowman
retirement set
Emory H. Bowman. Jr., bet
ter known to his friends as
“Zip”, will retire from the U.S.
Postal Service on May 12, 1972
completing a postal career
spanning 48 years and 4
months.
Zip has a long and full postal
career beginning as a substi
tute carrier on January 1, 1924.
He was promoted to regular
carrier July 1, 1926. He intei
rupted his postal service fo
the military on September 26
1942 for service with the 328th
Fighter Sq of the 352nd Fighter
Gp of the U.S. Army Air Force
until honorably discharged on
May 9, 1943. Zips entire postal
career has been served as a
city carrier and for the past
44 years he has served the
same city- route, that being Rt.
5. Based on statistics from city
route inspections, Zip has de
livered over 11,000,000 pieces
of mail and has walked or pe
daled a bicycle 150,000 miles
in the course of serving his
customers. Except for the past
year, he has used very little
sick leave, thus accumulating
some 2800 hours to his credit.
He has served the customers
of his route faithfully and effi
ciently, going beyond normal
requirements to provide them
with the best possible service.
Emory is an avid sports fan,
following especially the game
of baseball, being able to name
and give the records of his
f- 1 ><? ve.ar *
He also has an interest in fa
mily histories, being able to
trace the ancestors of his many
friends and associates. He is
known as a “sharp” dresser,
keeping up with the latest
styles.
He is a member of St. Lukes
Episcopal Church, American
Legion, Air Force Association-
Columbia Chapter, Amity
Lodge No. 87, National Asso
ciation of Letter Carriers and
former President of the Local
Chapter and the Newberry In
dian Club. He is a graduate of
Newberry College, Class of
1926, with an AB Degree. Dur
ing his college and high school
years he participated in all
sports but excelled in baseball.
Zip resides at 1613 Johnstone
Street in Newberry, S. C.
Hedgepath joins
forest service
vice president, Tim Parkman,
Newberry junior; secretary,
Ken Paul, Newberry junior;
treasurer, Ronnie Lancaster,
Inman junior; and chaplain
Robin Duncan, Newberry fresh
man.
Parkman is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Parkman, 2611
Myrtle St., Newberry; Paul is
the son of Mrs. E. M. Paul,
Newberry; and Duncan is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Duncan, Sr., 1413 Mower St.,
Newberry.
Halfacre is
postal retiree
George E. Halfacre, Rural
Carrier for Route 1, Newberry,
retired from the U.S. Postal
Service on April 28, 1972, com
pleting a postal career span
ning 42 years and 3 months.
Personnel changes in the S.C.
State Commission of Forestry
were recently announced by
District Forester Legare M.
Duke.
Marion Felker, Warden for
the Pomaria area, has recent
ly resigned and has been re
placed by Tommy L. Hedge-
path.
Warden Hedgepath will work
directly under the supervision
of Newberry County Ranger
Alfred Dorroh. His duties will
include fire suppression and
fire prevention work in the
county. Warden Hedgepath has
been trained to operate the
John Deere crawler tractor and
fire plow and to assist land-
owners in the suppression of
wild forest fires.
Warden Hedgepath and his
his wife, the former Shelby
Jean Dowd of Little Mountain,
and their three children live
on Harrington St. Extension.
Hedgepeth hopes to get to know
the people of Newberry Coun
ty better and urges its citizens
to call Silverstreet Fire Totver,
telephone 276-1730, in case of
a wild fire or to notify the
tower of any burning that they
may be doing around their
homes and farms.
Tau Kappa has
new officers
Newberry College’s colony of
Tau Kappa Epsilon national so
cial fraternity has elected of
ficers for 1972-73.
They are, president, Gene
Hawkins, Greer sophomore;
George has had a long and
full postal career beginning as
a substitute clerk on February
1, 1930, being appointed by
former Postmaster P. E. Scott.
He was promoted to regular
clerk June 1, 1938 as General
Delivery and Window Clerk. He
interrupted his postal service
for duty in the U.S. Navy from
October 23, 1942 to December
17, 1945, serving in the mail
section. He was honorably dis
charged as a First Class Petty
Officer. He returned to the pos
tal service in January 1945 and
served in a clerical capacity un
til his transfer to R-l on Au
gust 30, 1954.
He has served the customers
of R-l faithfully and diligently,
going beyond his normal re
quirements to provide them
with the best possible service.
He stated upon his retirement,
‘that it had been a pleasure
serving his customers on R-l
and without their cooperation
and understanding, his task
would have been more difficult.’
To them he wishes to say
“Thank you for your many
kindnesses.”
Mr. Halfacre is a graduate
of Newberry College, Class of
1931, with an AB Degree. He is
a member of Clayton Memorial
Universalist Church, a former
member of the American Le
gion and the Rural Letter Car
riers Association. He is mar
ried to the former Helen Ren-
wick and they reside at 1125
Douglas St., Newberry, S. C.
Ashley selected
South personality
Dr. Franklin B. Ashley, chair
man of the English Department
of the University of South Caro-
Campus, has been selected to
appear on the 1972 edition of
Personalities of the South,
which is a publication honoring
young men from the Southern
states.
Those selected for this honor
were judged on the basis of
achievement in their careers as
well as service and contribu
tion to the community as a
whole. A biographical sketch of
Dr. Ashley is included in the
book.
Formerly a professor at The
Citadel, Dr. Ashley served this
year as one of eight poets-in-
residence in the Poets-in-the-
Schools program sponsored by
the South Carolina Arts Com
mission. The anthology Measure
Me, Sky which was compiled
of poems written by students
from schools participating in
the Poets - in - the - Schools
program, includes three of
Dr. Ashley’s poems.
Two of the professor’s ori
ginal plays, “The Amber Key
hole” and “Midnight Ride” will
be performed by the Workshop
Theater of Columbia opening
May 16 and running for 12
nights.
Dr. Ashley also organized a
literary festival held at Aiken
which featured poet James
Dickey among others in a three
day meeting of students and
writers. A magazine published
at Davidson College, “Miscel
lany”, has announced that one
of his short stories has receiv
ed honorable mention in a re
cent short story contest.
SPIRAL STAIRCASE-Above is a scene from “The Spiral Staircase”, a production of the Newberry
Community Players, taken during rehearsal Tuesday night. Mrs. Ray Long, (Mrs. Warren), a patient in
the play is being consulted by James Sanders (Dr. Parry) and Mary Linda Sanders (Helen). The play will
be staged at Drayton Street Community Center tonight, Friday and Saturday at 8:15 p.m.
(Sunphoto by David Reames)