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Vol. 35-No. 56 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, May 18, 1972 $3.00 PER YEAR Following the annual meeting of the Newberry College Board of Trustees on May 10 and 11, the officers met with Dr. Fredric B. Irvin, the College’s president, to discuss the day’s proceedings. From left, the Rev. Garth Lee Hill, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Lexington, secretary; A. Hart Kohn, Jr., Colum bia businessman, chairman; Thomas H. Pope, Newberry attorney, vice chairman; Dr. Irvin; and B. O. Long, treasurer of the College and of the Board. Long will retire in August. (. 1 High school, college graduation set BY THE WAY BY DORIS A. SANDERS COTTON WEEK May is a month of many ob servances, among them National Cotton Week. This is one which perhaps doesn’t get a lot of publicity, but in our area it should. Although cotton fields are but few in this area, cotton still re mains the hub of our economic well-being in Newberry County, for it provides employment for many hundreds of our county residents. Too seldom do we pause to remember about the importance of cotton. Not only does it pro vide employment, but the city and county, the schools and all residents benefit from taxes paid by the Kendall Company, Newberry Mills, Inc., the J. P. Stevens Co., and the smaller manufacturers of cotton pro ducts. National Cotton Week gives us a good opportunity to express our appreciation for these fine industries which have been the backbone of our economy for many years. You can support this industry by buying cotton goods at every opportunity, and by looking for name brands pro duced by our local manufactur ers. Support our local textile in dustry—buy more cotton! AT IT AGAIN Everytime something like the attempted assassination of Gov ernor George Wallace occurs, the hue and cry is raised that anti-gun legislation should be passed. What this would mean, ultimately is that law abiding citizens would have no means to protect themselves while crime rates continue to soar. As for those who would use fire-arms for criminal purposes they could certainly obtain them. Attempts to enforce anti-gun legislation would be as futile as were attempts to enforce prohibition. If a person wanted a drink during those days he found it. If a person wants a gun, he’s going to find it some way. It is up to us to oppose any effort on the part of the Con gress to deprive decent citizens the means of self-protection. Watch for such a measure and if it does come before the Con gress write to your Congress man and Senators expressing your opposition. NOT THE SAME Things just aren’t the same around our neighborhood since May 12. The reason for the difference is that our long-time faithful mail carrier retired on that date. Emory “Zip” Bowman has been delivering mail to our house for the past 15 years, since we moved back to this part of town which his route covered. Although Zip took a day off now and then, the times were few that he didn’t make the appointed rounds. As the saying goes, neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow etc. deterred him. Zip provided sort of an extra service for his patrons. During all the years, he carried all of his first class mail throughout his route rather than picking it up at relay boxes. A fami liar sight on Boundary Street, and other streets on his route, was the stopping of Zip by some of his patrons to collect (Continued on Page 8) Finals will begin at New berry High School with the Commencement Sermon in the auditorium Sunday, May 21 at 8 p.m. The Rev. J. Anderson Bass, Jr., pastor of First Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon to the graduating class. Also taking part on the program will be Rev. William M. McDonald, pastor of Miller Chapel A.M.E. Church. The Newberry High School Double Sextette will sing “The Lord’s Prayer.” On Tuesday night at 8:15, graduation exercises will be held at Hedgepath Stadium. Se nior speakers will be Frank Addy, Earline Henderson and Randy Harmon. Graduation at Mid-Carolina will be on Tuesday, May 23rd aslo at 8 p.m. in the gymto- rium. Speakers will be Debbie Bedenbaugh and Rick Foster, who hold high academic stand ing, and Ricky Buzhardt, presi dent of the student body. Poppy days set Poppy Day in Newberry will be observed on May 26-27 ac cording to Mrs. W. Roy An derson, chairman of Poppy Day for the American Legion Auxiliary which sponsors the event each year locally. Poppies which will be distri- bated throughout the city on this date have been fashioned by disabled veterans who re ceive payment for their work. Auxiliary members provide all materials to veterans for mak ing the poppies, free of charge. All other work done in connec tion with the event is on a volunteer basis. Thousands of the blossoms are distributed here each year, Mrs. Ander son said. Contributions received by vo lunteers who offer poppies to passersby on street, corners will be used exclusively for veteran rehabilitation and child welfare work, Mrs. Anderson empha sized. Most of the funds donat ed remain here. Rev. G. Alvin Fulmer, pastor will deliver the commencement sermon on Sunday at 8 p.m. in the gymtorium. Names of candidates for di plomas at both schools will be seen elsewhere in this issue. Approximately 130 seniors at Newberry College are candi dates for either the bachelor of arts or the bachelor of science degrees at the College’s annual Commencement on Sun day, May 28. Robert J. Marshall, president of the Lutheran Church in Ame rica, will deliver the Commence ment address at 5:30 p.m. in Wiles Chapel; earlier in the day at 11 a.m., Dr. H. George Anderson, president of the Lu theran Theological Southern Se minary at Columbia, will de liver the Baccalaureate sermon in the Chapel to the candidates for graduation. At the Commencement exer cises Dr. Marshall will receive the honorary doctor of litera ture degree. Others who will receive honorary degrees in clude Charles H. Carlisle, vice president for business and fi nance at Erskine College, Due West, S. C., doctor of laws; and Charles S. Rowland, a re tired businessman from Cam den, S. C., doctor of commer cial science. Sandwiched between the Bac calaureate and Commencement Services, seniors and their pa rents and friends will be guests at the President’s Reception in the home of President and Mrs. Fredric B. Irvin. Returning alumni who gra duated in 1922 or before will be honored at the Golden An niversary Luncheon sponsored by the College’s Alumni Asso ciation. Resident judge hears pleas during court Honorable Francis Nicholson, resident Judge of the 8th Judi cial Circuit, presiding over the current term of Court of Gene ral Sessions in Newberry, spent Monday and Tuesday hearing guilty pleas. Court continued on Wednes day with a large number of cases still on the docket to be disposed of. Guilty pleas heard and sen tences passed during the first two days of court included: Driving under the influence— Floyd Ballew, James M. Bat- tee, and George Henry Wil liams III, one year or $1,000, suspended, two months or $250; James Lester Boozer, two years or $2,000, suspended, six months or $500, probation two years; Garnett Moseley Ginn, two counts, two years or $2,000, suspended, six months or $500, probation 18 months; Wayne C. Phillips, one year or $1,000, suspended, three months or $250; William Felix Graham, two years or $2,000, suspended, six months or $600, probation 18 months. Driving while under suspen sion—Wayne C. Phillips, 45 days or $150. Assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature—Bar bara Wadsworth, six months, suspended, probation one year; William E. Woods, one year, suspended, probation two years or until he pays restitution. Housebreaking and larceny— Randy Boland, probation three years. Possession of burglary tools and attempted housebreaking— Gary Collier, three years, sus pended, probation three years. Failure to stop for a law en forcement vehicle—James P. Tidwell, three months. (Continued on Page 8) Workmen developing the Plaza in front of the Community Hall uncovered an old mileage placque which designated the center of the city of Newberry and gave mileages to Columbia and other points. Now mounted on a granite stone, the placque is being lowered into position in the left photo. At right. Jack Raffield, chairman of the Plaza Redevelopment project, takes a look at the historical marker. (Sunphoto)