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Changes made for 1172-73 term at Newberry Several new administrative appointments at Newberry Col lege for the 1972-73 school year have been made by President Fredric B. Irvin. Mrs. James H. Wilson will join the administrative staff on July 15 as Dean of Students; she replaces Lyle Brown who has been the Dean of Students during the past year. Mrs. Wilson is no newcomer to the College staff; she was an assistant professor of his tory during the 1969-70 school year. Her husband, Dr. James Wilson, is an associate profes sor of history on the faculty. She earned her bachelor’s de gree in history at Southeast Missouri State College and her master’s degree in history at the University of Missouri. She has also taught at Bemidji (Minn.) State College and did student personnel work at Chris tian College in Columbia, Mo. Mrs. Wilson will direct the staff of those dealing with stu dent personnel work including the Dean of Men, the assis tant deans, the residence hall and fraternity housing direc tors and the resident nurse. Mrs. Betty Gordon of Colum bia will assume her duties as the College nurse on June 15. Mrs. Wilson’s office will work closely with the College’s gui dance center directed by John Whitacre, assistant professor of education, and with Chaplian Harry Weber. In other appointments, in the MRS. WILSON Student Personnel field, Dr. Ir vin announced that Mrs. Sadie Crooks will act as the Assis tant to the Dean of Students and Resident Director of Smelt- zer Hall, freshman women’s dormitory. Mrs. Crooks has been the Acting Dean of Wo men since 1970. Steve Robertson will become the Dean of Men and Harold Wheeler the Assistant Dean of Men in the new administra tive structure. The two will con tinue to serve as assistant foot ball coaches on the Intercol legiate Athletics staff. Robertson, a 1956 graduate of Newberry, returned to the cam pus in 1968 as line coach after coaching at Eau Claire High School in Columbia. Wheeler also joined the coaching staff in 1968; he has been an aide at the University of Georgia. In his new assignment as As sistant Dean of Men, Wheeler will assume responsibility for parking and traffic control and for weekend activities. In other administrative chan ges, baseball coach and assis tant football coach Horace Tur- beville will assist in the De partment of Planning and De velopment. E. W. Burnette, associate pro fessor of physical education, will become the Student Finan- (Continued on Page 6) Vol. 36—No. 1 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, June 8,1972 $3.00 PER YEAR RECEIVE TRIBUTE-Mrs. E. G. (Diddie) Able, seated at left, and James E. Wiseman, seated right, were recipients of appreciation placques given last week by the Newberry Community Hall Commission. The placques with a color photograph of Newberry Community Hall are inscribed “For long and dedicated service as a charter member of the Newberry Community Hall Commission.” Other commission members on hand for the presentation were, standing, from left, Mrs. Carabelle West Youmans, Mrs. Sadie L. Crooks, Louis C. Floyd, Mrs. Benetta Buzhardt Rook, and Dudley French. (Sunphoto) Sen. Lake seeks reelection Robert C. Lake, Jr., attor ney of Whitmire announced his candidacy for South Carolina Senate in District Number 5— Seat Number 2, which includes Cherokee, Newberry, Saluda and Union Counties. Lake made the following statement: T hereby announce myself a candidate in the Democratic Party Primary Election for the South Carolina Senate, in Dis trict Number Five (5), Seat Number Two (2), which in cludes Cherokee, Newberry, Sa luda and Union Counties. “Having lived my entire life in the Town of Whitmire, which is the geographic center of the Fifth Senatorial District, and having practiced law in all four counties over the past twenty- five years, I have come to know many people in all four coun ties. “Before entering the State Senate in 1968, I served as County Attorney for Newberry County for 8 years represent ing all branches of County Gov ernment and have a back ground of County Government and Finance. Sen. Lake is 46 years of age, having been born in Whitmire, December 27, 1925. His parents are Robert C. Lake, Sr., who retired as Superintendent of the Whitmire Public Schools after serving for 30 years. His moth er was Susan Howze Lake who died in 1955. The Senator mar ried the former Carolyn Young and they have three children, Sarah Linda Lake, who is a graduate student at the Univer sity of South Carolina; Robert C. Lake, III, who is fourteen years old and Samuel Young Lake who is thirteen years old. Bob has two brothers, Dr. Kemper D. Lake of Whitmire and Dr. John H. Lake of Ware Shoals. Lake was educated in the pu blic schools of Whitmire, and graduated from the University of South Carolina Law School with an LLB degree in 1949. At the University, he was pre sident of Pi Kappa Phi Fra ternity and a member of Blue Key, National Honor Frater nity, a member of the U.S.C. Debating team and the Law Federation. Lake has practiced law since his graduation from Law School in 1949. For two years he was associated in the practice of law with R. Aubrey Harley in Newberry and since that time he has been in private practice in Whitmire. Bob was elected County Attorney in 1960 and has served in that capacity since that time, representing all branches and agencies of the Newberry County Govern ment. He is interested in agri culture and has operated a cat tle farm in Laurens County (Continued on Page 6) Raffield sees growth period for this area Upon being named president of the Newberry County Dev elopment board recently, W. J. (Jack) Raffield said “Newberry County is poised for a period of increased growth. Our county is receiving favorable conside ration from many firms and individuals who realize the va lue of our people, responsive city and county governments, climate and location.” Raffied continued, “within this climate of prosperous change the Newberry County Development Board must as sume its responsibility as the leader in selecting the direc tion of the county’s growth to assure balanced results that will benefit the majority of the citizens of the county. To achieve this goal, the Board ernestly solicits the support and councel of the people of New berry County.” In addition to the usual in dustrial growth and develop ment of Newberry, the develop ment board has endorsed a “Total Development Program” for the county. Areas of study are transportation, tourist pro motion, improvements in the agricultural program, educa tion, recreation, cultural oppor tunities with particular empha sis on drama and library fa cilities, working towards the reality of a new hospital, beau tification and an active “Youth Committee”, and close associa tion with city and county gov ernments. Raffield said “The officer directors for the coming year are being challenged to seek out the best for Newberry Coun ty and as president I sincerely hope the board will hear from interested citizens with regards to their needs and wishes.” AUXILIARY PRESIDENT-Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, left, past president of the S. C. Dept, of the Aux iliary, installs Mrs. Bennie P. Sprouse as new president of the Legion Post 24 auxiliary. At right, Mrs. Frank Martin, outgoing president, offers congratulations. (Sunphoto)