The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 20, 1972, Image 1
Two announce
for City Council
on Demo, ticket
Newberry City Democrats met
in convention Thursday night in
council chambers to set up ma
chinery for the coming city De
mocratic primary.
The convention set Septem
ber fifth as the date for the
primary and in the event of a
run off, it would be held on
September 19th.
Incumbent city councilman
Claude Partain and former city
employee Calvin (Tuffy) Mill-
stead have announced for coun
cil seats. Candidates may qua
lify until noon Monday, July
31th with A. P. (Pete) Parrott,
party secretary.
Two other seats for couicil
are to be filled in the forth
coming election. Republican in
cumbents C. D. (Pete) Cole
man and Preston McAlhany
now hold these seats. McAlhany
told The Sun Saturday morn
ing he plans to offer for re-
election. Coleman could not be
reached but he has indicated
he will not be up for reelection.
The Republican convention
has not been scheduled, but
plans are for it to be held at
an early date.
Retreat planned
at Camp Kinard
Newberry College administra
tors and alumni leaders are
planning a week-end retreat on
July 21 and 22 at Camp Kinard
to discuss alumni participation
in the College’s 1972-73 Annual
Fund that formally begins in
September, according to D. J.
Haigler, Columbia, president
of the Newberry College Alum
ni Association.
During the two-day session
the alumni will participate in
sessions led by Dr. Fredric B.
Irvin, president of the College;
Phil Kelly, director of alumni
affairs; and William Canine,
associate director of develop
ment.
Three alumni—Clara Shealy
Irick, Vance; Dr. Dorothy
Brandt, Clinton; and Dr. Frank
Kinard, Columbia—will also
serve as leaders for a review
of the book “To Turn the Tide,”
by Paul C. Reinert, president
of St. Louis University, which
analyzes the fiscal problems
facing private education.
Camp Kinard, a church camp
supported by the South Carolina
Synod of the Lutheran Church
in America, is located near
Leesville.
State free of
traffic deaths
for three days
For three consecutive days,
there have been no traffic fa
talities reported to the State
Highway Department, according
to the department’s traffic re
cords office.
July 10, 11, and 12 were traf
fic death free, the longest such
period since July 1970. During
that year, July 21, 22, and 23
had no fatal traffic collisions.
During this three-day period
the 1972 overall traffic death
toll inched closer to the 1971
total. Through midnight July 9,
this year’s total was 25 more
than for the same period last
year. Through midnight of the
12th, that plus total had dropped
to 13.
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Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, July 20, 1972
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EAGLE AWARD-Scout Clark I. Abrams, member of Boy Scout Troop 66, was presented the Eagle
award at the regular meeting of the Newberry Lions Club Tuesday evening. Clark is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carter Abrams, 732 Amelia St. Witnessing the presentation from left are, J. B. Gowan, Lion Club
president-elect; Mr. Abrams, Clark, Mrs. Abrams, and R. Wright Cannon, member of the Troop com
mittee. (Sunphoto by Martin Armfield)
Reservations for
dinner open
Reservations are still avail
able for the retirement dinner
on Wednesday, July 19, honor
ing B. O. Long, who will retire
on August 31 as the Vice-Pre
sident for Financial Affairs and
Business Management at New
berry College.
The public dinner and recep
tion for the retiring college ad
ministrator and his wif is sche
duled for 8 p.m., July 19, in the
Kaufmann Hall Dining Room
on the College campus, accord
ing to Phil Kelly, chairman
of the planning committee for
the event.
A 1922 graduate of Newberry,
Long joined the College staff
in 1940 as the business manager
and treasurer; in 1959 he was
promoted to vice president.
Tickets may be purchased or
reservations made by contact
ing Kelly at Newberry College.
Contracts for road, street
t . . . , . being sought
resurfacing in county let
The State Highway Depart
ment has awarded a $257,734
contract for work on several
roads in and around Nev/berry
and for road work in Whitmire.
Davis Moragne Construction
Co. Inc. of Columbia was award
ed the contract on the basis of
the firm’s low bid. A total of
five and half miles of roads is
included in the contract.
The contract calls for grad
ing, drainage and bituminous
surfacing of four tenths of a
mile on Road S-578 on the south
side of Whitmire. The road con
nects with the end of Gary St.
The following work will be
done in and around Newberry;
a tenth of a mile of Osborne
Street between Pope Street and
Fair Street will be resurfaced;
a tenth of a mile of Road S-
610 (Oak St.) just north of New
berry from U. S. 76 to Tember
Lane Road will be improved;
two tenths of a mile of Road
S-613 (Clarendon Rd.) northeast
of Newberry will be improved
from Airport Road to Pine Cir
cle; two miles of Road S-611,
about four and a half miles
from Newberry, will be resur
faced from S. C. 34 to S. C.
219; and on the east side of
Newberry, a tenth of a mile
of the drive at St. Phillips Lu
theran Church (Road S-607) will
be improved.
Also in Newberry, small sec
tions of the following streets
and roads, totaling two and four
tenths miles, will be resurfaced:
Speers Street between Nance
Street and Moon Street; Fair
and Vincent Street; Leland St
between Baxter Street and Reid
Street; Miller Street at Fair
Street; Epting Street between
Cline Street and Fair Street;
Mamie Street between Epting
Street and Vincent Street; Bouk-
night Street between Glen St.
and McGravy Street; McIntosh
Street between Winnsboro Road
and Myrtle Street; Bay Street
between McIntosh Street and
U. S. 76; Dave Drive and Myrtle
Street between Bay Street and
Harrington Street; Eleanor St.
between Hunt Street and Wise
Street; Springhill Drive just to
the east of S. C. 121; Turner
Street between Main Street and
Johnstone Street; Garden Circle
Drive just off Lindsay Street;
Mayes Street between Glenn
Street and Mower Street; and
Gallman School Drive between
Brantley Street and McSwain
Street.
Also under this same contract
about a tenth of a mile of Senn
Street between Main Street and
Oneal Street will be resurfaced
and equipped with concrete
curbs, gutters and sidewalks.
John H. Lumpkin, chairman
of the board of South Carolina
National Corporation, and Wil
liam E. Martin, president of
The Bank of Berkeley, announc
ed today an agreement in prin
ciple to merge The Bank of
Berkeley into the South Caro
lina National Bank.
The agreement is subject to
the approval by the stockhold
ers of both banks, as well as
the Comptroller of the Cur
rency, U. S. Treasury Depart
ment.
DRIVE-IN-Mayor Curtis Shealy, of Chapin, and little Miss Jenni Leaphart do the ribbon cutting honors
for new drive-in facilities for The Bank of Commerce, Chapin, while Dr. Ronald L. Crawford, Jr., local
pharmacist, aboard his three-wheel bicycle, arrives to make the first deposit. Also participating are bank
president, Jacob A. Bowers, left, and William H. Leaphart, Jr., vice president, Jenni’s father. Mayor
Shealy praised the bank, headquartered in Prosperity, for its two major expansions since opening in
Chapin 11 years ago. The bank recently announced new offices in Irmo.