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Dewey Kinard overwhelms Demo opponent In a city Democratic primary Tuesday, Dewey Kinard with 481 votes defeated George Adams Jr., with 119 votes, to win no mination for a city council seat. Kinard will join Claude Par- tain' and “Tuffy” Millstead as Democratic candidates for three council seats in the October 31 city general election. Partain, an incumbent, and M i 11 s t e a d, a newcomer, an nounced his candidacy prior to the original July 31 filing dead line, and were declared as no minees by the executive com mittee of the Democratic party. Since only two candidates had filed, the executive commit tee extended the deadline for filing to Aug. 15, and Adams and Kinard filed during that time. All three candidates will face Republican opposition in the general election. The Republi can candidates are incumbent Preston McAlhany, I. D. “Rusty” Wilson and Ronnie Hightower. Hightower has said he is a stand-in candidate at present. Precinct Adams Kinard Ward 1, Box 1 1. 17 58 Ward 1, Box 2 __ 8 28 Ward 2 36 50 Ward 3, Box 1 _ . 8 19 Ward 3, Box 2 — 10 59 Ward 4, Box 1 3 13 Ward 4, Box 2 17 29 Ward 5 18 157 Ward 6 11 68 t. _______ TOTALS 128 481 Vol. 36-No. 14 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, September 7,1972 $3.00 PER YEAR 4-H Poultry Show and sale at Fairgrounds The Newberry County 4-H Poultry Show and Sale will be this coming Saturday—Septem ber 9—at 9:30 A.M.—at the Newberry County Fairgrounds. After the judging we will seat at auction 70 Harco Rhode Is land red pullets. These pullets are vaccinated and some are beginning to lay. Buyers are asked to bring coops to carry their purchases home. CONSTITUTION WEEK—Members of Jasper Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution were on hand at Mayor C. A. Shealy’s office to see him sign a proclamation declaring the week of Sept. 17-23 National Constitution Week. Witnessing the singing are from left, Mrs. P. M. Nichols, Regent; Miss Hattie Belle Lester, Vice Regent; and Miss Violet Lester, chairman for the week. ' session slated; ‘ named Culdasure is Postmaster at Silverstreet Frank Culclasure, who has been acting as a officer-in- charge at the Silverstreet post office for some time has been appointed postmaster according to an announcement by Regio nal Postmaster General Carl C. Ulsaker. Culclasure entered the postal service in 1950 as a railway mail clerk and transferred to the Newberry Post Office in 1953. He was a window clerk at Newberry until Feb. 1, 1972 when he was assigned as offi- cer-in-c h a r g e at Silverstreet upon the retirement of Mrs. Ollie Nichols. His appointment as postmaster was effective September first. Culclasure holds the B.S. de gree from Newberry College and served in the U.S. Navy three years during World War II. He is married to the former Miss Winifred Ammons of New berry. They have one son, F. E. “Butch” Culclasure. The September term of Gene ral Session (Criminal) Court has been set for the week of Sept. 18th for Newberry County with Judge Wade S. Weather ford of Gaffney presiding. Members of the Grand Jury are to report to the court room on Monday, Sept. 18 at 9:30 a.m. Petit Jurors report on Tuesday at 9:30. Jurors drawn for the crimi nal session include: Ruth F. Bouknight, Claude E. Aull, Daisy B. Ruff, Mary L. Riser, Mattie K. Longshore, Gerald B. Taylor, Evelyn K. Lake, Andrew J. Pugh, Major Burton, Robert M. Duckett, Hi, M. Lester Dominick, and James A. Brown. Also James L. Fulmer, T. H. Shealy, Ruth S. Bradley, Mar garet O. Roller, Alvin E. Chap man, Bobby S. Williams, Wil liam Earl Sanders, Beatrice Williams, Ralph G. Boozer, Lal- hage F. Eargle, Harold J. Leo pard, Joan M. Morris. Also Louis E. Cromer, Linda S. Wicker, Rachel S. Counts, Norah G. Allen, James H. Sei bert, Ferris E. Cooper, John F. McCarley, Jr., Patricia L. Harmon. Louis Ray Wicker, Claude Wicker, Terry M. Chapman, Robert M. Long, Joseph A. Walker, Jr., Elizabeth B. Cart er, Henry T. Werts, and Belle B. Morris. Called meet for Exceptional child A special call meeting of the Newberry County Association for Exceptional Children, will be held Monday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at Mollohon School. All parents and friends of chil- cjren in Special Education Classes in Newberry County are urged to attend this im portant meeting. Skydivers to open Newberry home season “Look, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s the game ball!” will be the cry of Newberry Col- ege’s sports fans as they watch Ihe game ball for Saturday night’s game (Sept. 9) against Emory & Henry carried into Setzler Field by a team of sky- divers. The ball carriers will begin their descent to Setzler Field about 7:15 p.m. at a height of about 8,000 feet; they will free fall for approximately 6,000 ft. before they open their para chutes and float down the final 2,000 feet to the waiting ball players, officials, and football Ians. The skydiving team from Den- (Continued on Page 6) COLLECTING STATION-The city of Newberry has set up a permanent receiving station for paper and glass for recycling at the Newberry Recreation building on College Street (old Coca-Cola Bottling Co.). Areas have been provided for clear galss, green glass, and paper storage. The facilities are located at the rear of the building and access is by the drive as the side of the building. Shown attaching a sign on one of the trailers is Jack Queener at left and Ralph Ringer as City Manager Ken Riebe looks on. (Sunphoto) Hugh Wessinger, right, manager of the Kendall Company Cotton Department located in Newberry, presented Dr. Fredric B. Irvin, president of Newberry College, with a check for ten scholarships for Newberry County students attending the College. The scholarships are given annually to the College by the Kendall Comapny Founda tion.