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Larry Hatchette
fatally stricken
on Saturday
Larry Lanning Hatchette, Sr.,
39, of 2231 Main Street, died
suddenly Saturday afternoon at
the Newberry County Memorial
Hospital.
Vol. 36-No. 16 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, September 21,1972 $3.00 PER YEAR
Newberry College alumni leaders met Saturday, Sept. 16, to make final plans for the alumni participa
tion in the College’s Annual Fund. South Carolina alumni will begin calling on fellow alumni this week
in an effort to raise $70,000 as their contribution to the overall goal of $252,000. From left, D. J.
Haigler, immediate past president of the Alumni Association, Columbia; Dr. Dorothy Brandt, vice pre
sident of the Alumni Association, Clinton; and Murray Davis, president of the Alumni Association, Spar
tanburg.
Center opens for senior citizens
Mr. Hatchette was born in
Spartanburg, the son of W. W.
Hatchette of Spartanburg and
Mrs. Kitty Johnson Sanders of
Spartanburg. He was owner of
Hatchette Office and Supply
Equipment Co. He attended the
Undenominational Faith Church.
He was a member of the Asso
ciation for a Greater Newberry,
the American Legion, and a for
mer member of the Newberry
Rotary Club.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Betty
Harris Hatchette; two sons,
Larry L. Hatchette, Jr. and
Timothy Hatchette, both of New
berry; two daughters, Miss
Cathy Hatchette and Miss Su
san Hatchette, both of New
berry; two brothers, Harold
Hatchette and Bill Hatchette;
three half-brothers, David Hat
chette, Daniel Hatchette and
Bradford Hatchette, all of Spar
tanburg; one half-sister, Mrs.
Mona Knox of Spartanburg.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the
Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev.
John Deniker and Rev. Ray
mond Blubaugh.
Interment was in Newberry
Memorial Gardens.
Academy to hold
parents meeting
The Newberry Academy will
hold regular Parents’ Meeting
Thursday night, Sept. 21, at
8:00. Parents will visit each
classroom and talk with teach
er concerning their child. Pa
rents should avail themselves
of this opportunity and plan to
be present.
WWI veterans
plan picnic
The Veterans of World War
I USA Barracks 3032 of New
berry County and their Auxi
liary will hold their annual pic
nic on Sunday, September 24
at 3:00 P.M. at the American
Legion Home of Post 24 on U.S.
Route 76 next to the Fair
Grounds.
All World War I Veterans
and their families are urged to
bring their picnic baskets.
Dorn be honored
at Fair Grounds
Veterans, their families and
friends of Congressman William
Jennings Bryan Dorn, will meet
in the Newberry American Le
gion House at the Fair grounds
this evening (Thursday) at 6
o’clock to honor the Congress
man of the 3rd Congressional
District.
This event is being planned
and sponsored by state vete
ran’s organization and accord
ing to spokesman, the public
is invited to attend.
Following the reception ho
noring Congressman Dorn, a
barbecue will be provided by
the State Veteran’s organiza
tion’s for all who attend. Con-
stitutents and friends of the Con
gressman will be able to meet
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Mrs. Mavis Riley, Director
for the Newberry County Coun
cil on Aging, announces the
opening of a Senior Citizens
Center at the Recreation De
partment in the old Coca-Cola
building. The center will be
open from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00
P.M. Monday thru Friday and
can be reached at 276-7198. All
Senior Citizens in Newberry
County are urged to visit the
Center and participate in pro
grams and activities planned
for them.
Included in these programs
is a men’s coffee hour on Mon
days from 9:30 to 10:30, crafts
with Paula Hall on Tuesdays
from 10:00 to 11:00, and cera
mics with Esther Davenport on
Fridays from 10:00 to 12:30.
Additionally, a birthday party
is planned for October 27, 1972
for those who have had birth
days during the months of July,
August and September 1972. Al
so scheduled are two trips—one
for Senior Citizens day at the
State Fair on October 18 and
another to Asheville to visit the
Biltmore House and gardens on
October 25, 1972. Further infor
mation regarding these activi
ties can be obtained by calling
Mrs. Riley at the center.
Drive set for
business and
local industry
Last spring when the New
berry College Board of Trus
tees set themselves a goal of
$50,000 for the College’s first
Annual Fund, the 35 men and
women served notice of their
intention to lead the way to
wards the overall goal of $252,-
000.
Although the drive for unre
stricted gifts to the College be
gan with the new fiscal year
on July 1, the soliciting of the
College’s alumni, Newberry bu
sinessmen, and other friends of
the College is officially getting
underway this month.
But the members of the Board
of Trustees did not want to wait
until now to give their gifts
to the College, since July 1,
I hey have given or pledged over
$58,150 or 116 per cent of their
$50,000 goal.
Dr. Fredric B. Irvin, New
berry’s president, praised the
Board and commented, “If the
the alumni and the Newberry
business community come any
where near the standards of
generosity these dedicated trus
tees have set, the first Annual
Fund will be a success.”
Personal contact among the
College’s alumni, who have a
goal of $70,000, began Sept. 18
in most organized alumni areas
and will continue through Oct.
7.
In Newberry County, Jack
Davis, vice president of the
Standard Savings and Loan As
sociation, is . iiairman for Coun
ty business and industry and
professional people with a goal
of $50,000. His team is poised
to begin active solicitation on
Sept. 25.
Other goals set by the Board
are $10,000 for the faculty and
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Guardsmen get schooling
Thurmond dinner plans
J. K. Willingham and Eugene
C. Griffith, co-chairmen of the
Senator Strom Thurmond Ap
preciation Dinner announced to
day that Senator Strom Thur
mond will be in Newberry on
October 16, and will be honored
at a dinner to be given at New
berry High School that night.
Dinner will be served from
six o’clock p.m. to eight o’clock
p.m. by Herman Wise. Speaking
will begin at eight o’clock. This
is a bi-partisan effort to show
the appreciation of Newberry
County to Senator Thurmond for
all the help he has been to the
County in the past.
Music will be provided by the
Cimmarons.
Tickets for the diner are $3.00
each and may be purchased
from Keister Willingham, Eu
gene Griffith, Dave Hayes,
Maxcy Stone, Charlie Altman,
Henry Parr, Joe Smith, Gar
rett Bedenbaugh, Gurnie Stuck,
D. H. Hamm, Sr., J. J. Frier,
Thad McCrackin, Clifford Smith,
Francis Schurry, Ray Nobles,
Olin Berry.
SGT. TOBE SGT. TURNER SP4 LINDLER
Sgt. Howard H. Turner, New
berry, member of Det 1, 30th
MP Co., SP4 James R. Lind-
ler, Chapin, HHC, 2nd Bde, 30th
Inf. Div., and Sgt. Eddie H.
Tobe Jr., Newberry, HHC, 2d
Bde, 30th Inf. Div., are three
of the 80 South Carolina Na
tional Guardsmen selected for
the Noncommissioned Officer
Academy at the Olympia Ar
mory in Columbia.
They began intensive class
room training September 16 for
leadership and supervisory du
ties in their units.
The training at the academy
is conducted one weekend per
m o n th for five consecutive
months. Among the subjects to
be taught are leadership, tac
tics, administration, drill and
command, map reading and
methods of instruction.
Classes of the NCO Academy
are conducted twice annually
and are attended by Guards
men from every National Guard
unit in the state.
Brigadier General Joseph E.
Brown, South Carolina National
Guard Troop Commander, of
Ehrhardt, South Carolina, offi
cially welcomed the students to
the Academy Saturday after
noon.