The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 07, 1972, Image 1
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-
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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.