Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Medical Aux. to host state prexy Mrs. Julius Ray Ivester, state president, Woman’s Auxiliary to the South Carolina Medical Association, will be guest of the Newberry Medical Auxi liary next Monday at the home of Mrs. Von A. Long. Her message to the local body will be on the theme for the year, “Let’s Health Edu cate South Carolina.’’ Mrs. Ivester is the former Mary Elizabeth Elrod of Wal- halla. She attended the schools of Walhalla and grew up with a love for the mountains of S. C. She is a graduate of Winthrop College with a major in che mistry. Her husband is chief of anesthesia at Roper Hospi tal, Charleston where they have lived for 23 years. She has served in many po sitions on the Board of Char leston County Medical Auxiliary including president in 1964-65, varied positions on state Me dical Auxiliary Board, historian, convention chairman, district council and vice president. She is active in Lutheran Church Women and is a mem ber of St. Matthew Lutheran Church. Her interests included fa mily affairs, medical health to the community, sewing, garden ing, reading and children, be ing the mother of four children, ages 10 to 25 years. NEW COUNCILMEN-R. Aubrey Harley, right, city attorney, administers the oath of office to three recently elected members to Newberry City Council From left, are Calvin T. (Tuffy) Millstead, Dewey Kinard and Claude W. Partain. Millstead and Kinard are serving their first term on council while Partain won re-election on the City General Election Oct. 30. They were installed and held their first session Monday evening in council chambers. (Sunphoto) New city council installed Honey grant of $2,500 received Newberry College has receiv ed a grant of $2,500 from the William E. Honey, Foundation Inc., of Atlanta, Ga. The grant to the College’s Annual Fund is unrestricted. The William E. Honey Foun dation, incorporated in 1960, was set up with broad pur poses although its grants are chiefly to local causes. All contributors to the New- A new city council for New berry was installed last Mon day night with two newcomers taking places on the city body. Old council disposed of a couple of items before relin quishing their duties. Construction of a sewer line at Rosalyn St. and Armfield Ave., was approved at a cost of $27,239.50. Outgoing city councilman C. D. (Pete) Coleman, again at tempted to have council pass a resolution reducing the city millage by 5 mils since the city would share in approxi mately $150,000 federal revenue Postal service be suspended Joe H. Taylor, assistant post master, Newberry, has announc ed the local postoffice will cose Thanksgiving Day. He said “no service whatso ever” will be provided on this day. sharing money. However, Coun cilman L. D. Gardner offered a tabling motion, which killed the proposal. Several members of council said the additional money was needed for capital improvements that had been deferred for a number of years. This would up the old coun cil business and city attorney R. Aubrey Harley administered the oath of office to the mem bers who were elected in the General Election Oct. 31. Tak ing the oath were newcomers C. T. (Tuffy) Millstead and Dewey Kinard, along with in cumbent councilman Claude W. Partain. Mayor C. A. Shealy made ap pointments to the budget and license committees. Councilman Cecil E. Kinard was elected mayor protempore by council. In other business council heard first reading of an or dinance to annex approximate ly 80 acres into the city limits. The property is adjacent to Highway 75 and Wise Street. Voted to purchase electri cal lines from Newberry Elec tric Cooperative serving the Saluda River pumping station and new filter plant at a cost of $2,316.75. Zaire missionary speaks Sunday at Aveleigh Dr. V. Birch Rambo works in a bush hospital in Bulape, in the Republic of Zaire. At times, he is the only physician to serve the 130-bed hospital, four rural dispensaries (which he reaches by air) and 250 tuberculosis patients. He will be here on Sunday, November 19 to discuss his work in Zaire, which he de scribes as a “struggling new nation needing Jesus Christ and His love, healing and integrity as much as ever.” Dr. Rambo will address a meeting of the adult classes of Aveleigh Pres byterian Church School at 10 a.m. This will be broadcast on WKDK. Then at Aveleigh Pres byterian at 11 a.m. he will bring the message at the regular morning worship service. Born in India to a mission ary couple, he received his high school diploma in India at Kodiakanal School. However, he came to the United States for his college and medical work. He was graduated from Be thany college “summa cum laude,” attended the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania for his M.D. and completed five years of resi dency in general surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Before going in to the field of 1964, Dr. Rambo was a surgeon at the Cannon Memorial Hospital in Banner Elk, North Carolina. He attend ed the University of Pennsyl vania Graduate School of Me dicine and is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. His responsibilities in Zaire also include work in the well baby clinics, serving as an eld- (Continued on Page 6) Court term is set Judge Wade S. Weatherford Jr. of Gaffney, will preside over the November term of Gene ral Session (criminal) Court to convene at the county court house, Monday, November 27. Members of the Grand Jury will report Monday at 9:30 a.m. and petit jurors on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 9:30 a.m. Petit jurors drawn for the term are: Nancy S. Graham, Beattie L. Scott, Julia K. Ruff, Horace M. Werts, Imogene C. Smith, James L. Hendrix, Katherine H. McLeod, Grace K. Frick, Tina D. Rhodes, Jessie T. Coop er, Sylvia D. Williams, Howard D. Phillips, G. Tony Frady, Willene W. Stone, Victor Ray Smith, Jr., Mary B. Newton. Also, Henry E. Toland, Woo drow E. Ringer, J. Harvey Berley, Andrew Glymph, H. A. Turner, Ira H. Kinard, Janis L. Berley, Nicodemus Edgins, Ralph O. Bannister, Charles R. Hartman, Della M. Bobb, Tho mas E. Richardson, Rosalyn G. Riddle, J. B. Gowan, Gloria Ann Black, Jonell Wise; Also, Betty L. Bouknight, John L. Page, Margaret B. Cromer, Miles E. Watson, Wil liam C. Dorroh, Ralph D. Grif fith, Berley L. Miller, and C. Walter Summer. COVETED RECOGNITION-The Exchange Club of Newberry was presented with its eight “Big E” award of the National Exchange Club last Friday night, when the state organization held a mini-conven tion in Newberry. Presenting the award is Ed Guenther of Charleston, second from right, past state president. Receiving the award was Charles W. (Bill) Smith, immediate past president of the local club. At left is national representative of Exchange John Nasits, the keynote speaker on Friday evening at the national guard armory when Exchangites, wives and guests were present. At right is Robert G. Scarbo rough, past national Exchange president of Charleston. (Sunphoto)