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Newbeny,
In And Around Newberry County
Blood Pressure
Screening
Tho American Red Croes will
offu a free walk-in blood
pressure acreening clinic on
'Iunday. July 20, from 10 a.m.
to noon at Eckerd Drug Store,
1816 WileonRd,, Newberry.
Blood pTeaeun acreening
aeaiata in identifying penona
with elevated blood pTeHure
readings eo that these 1pereona
may be refened
to their
physicians for treatment.
For more infonnotion, contact
the Red Cro11 Newberry
Service Center at 276-1263.
Festival of Flowers
The prestigious
Loan
Collection of the Profeaaional
Photogmphen of America wi1J
be on diaplay at the Greenwood
Civic Center on July 14 - 16.
It ia aponeored by the SC
Festival of Flower"I.The Loan
Collection is a serlea of topacoring photograph• chosen
rom the Profeuionnl Photographer ■ of America annual
International Print Competition.
The photos represent the beat
of professionoJ photography in
portrait, commercial, induatrial , wedWngand unclassified
(.cenict) work.
Also at the Civic Center ie the
SC Fe ■ tival of Flowere
Craftemen'• Fair featuring
craftamen from aa far away a.a
Huntaville, Ala. In addition to
craftsmen
who regularly
exhibit at the festival, twentyfive ortiaan, who have never
participated in the event before
al10 will exhibit.
All exhibitor• participate in a
Bett of Show award competition in four categories. Roger
Wohlford of Lander College
will bo the officiatingjudge.
The houra for the crafta fair
and the photography exhibit
nre 1 to 8 p.m. July 14, 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m. July 16, and 1 to 6
p.m. July 16. Admission to the
crafts fair i ■ $1 per adult,
Hnior citizen, 76 centl and 60
cente for children under 12.
Leatherman said the tnelc
force ta the first comprehensive
health care review or this
nature ever to be undertaken
in South Co.rolina.It will bring
together a cro11 section of
people within the atate,
including
health
can
provider■, doctors, bu1ine ■ a•
men and con1umeTe.
They will e<udy tho health
care delivery ayetem and
examine co1te before recommendation, will be made. 'The
ta1k force will report lta
finding• by October 80 of thl•
year.
DSS Office Move
The atate officeof the Dep;.rt,.
ment of Social Servtcea
recently moved lta ■ elf•
1ufficiency
and
pubHc
a11i1tance operation, to 3160
Hord.enSt., Columbia.
The aelf 1ufficlency opera•
tion ■• compoaed of child
support enfoTCementand work
support ■ ervlce ■ program•,
previou1ly were located on
Crirvai1Street.
Columbia-based child support
enforcement regionol officee
alto have moved to the new
Harden Street location, near
Richland Memorial Hoapitel.
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USC Giving Is Up
Private giving to the University of South Carolina 1y1tem
exceeded $22.5 million in 198889, up 12.7 percent over the
previous year.
Dr. Jomes H. Rex, USC' ■
■ enior vice•pre ■ ident for
development
and alumni
relations, ■ aid thot USC's
increue in private support ia
more than triple the national
average for public institutions
of higher education.
A survey released by the
Council for Aid to Education
reported an increa ■ e of 3.1
percent in privat.e gUU to the
public in1titution1 of higher
education,
while private
schools 1howed a 7.1 percent
.,,. drop in 1988.
Pre-Teen Petite
Miu National Pre.'ThenPetite
ia conductJng a statewide
,earch for a young lady to
represent South Carolina in a
national
program. It i•
affiliated
with the Mi ■ a
National Pre-Teen, which
recogniu•
the beat of
America'• youth by awarding
ca ■ h 1cholanhip1,
saving ■
bond, and other prize ■.
Lut year, the award.a t.otalled
more than $160,000. The
competition i ■ for girl• egu
five through eight.
The winner will be judged on
penonatity, poiae/ personality
and a one-on-one interview
with each of the judge ■. 'Thlent
i• optional.
For more infonnation, contact
Jeanna Wallin at 813-3694283. The. deadline
for
application, i1 August 16.
USC-Union Courses
USC-Union will offer two new
course,
in history
and
geography this year.
Dr. Allan Charles again will
offer hie Hi1tory of South
Carolina, with a focus on
Union County; and Greg
Lo.byak will offer for the first
time in Union, Geography of
North America.
Threo other new course■ are
in the general •r•••
of
peychology
and
human
services.
The schedule of cour■ e ■ for
the fall eemeater at USC-Union
hae been printed and i•
available from the Admis■ion
Office, Coureea carrying full
college credit are available
both morning• and evening•
from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m.
Several courees nre offered
through telecommunication,,
either through closed-circuit
Miss Columbia
televi1ion on cnmpua or on
Northeast
videotape delivered to the
'The Mill Columbia Northeast 1tudent'1 home. For more
Scholarehip Pageant Com• information, coJlUSC-Union.
mittee and the Columbia Moll
Merchants
Auociotion
announce the 12th annual
Miu
Columbia. Northeast
Science Grant
Scholanhlp Pageant.
WoffordCollege,Spartanburg,
It will be held on October 27 hoe received a National
and 28 o.t Center Court, ScJence Foundation grant of
Columbia Mall. ♦ lt is a Mi11 $42,636 to be uaed for
South Carolina and Mi11 expanding it• program of
America Preliminary and i1 molecular and ceUular biology.
open to any qua1ified younr
The grant wUl be matched
woman in the 1tate.
with a 1imilar inve,tment from
Competition• include per- the college operating budget. It
1onal interview, 1wim1uit, will be uaed to purchaH two
to.lent the evening gown. centrifuges and o!her eq~ip•
ha h..t.w••n
THE NEWRERRY OR!'IERVER
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*Pruitt Guard
Briefly
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S, C., Frldlly,July
(Continued From Pace 1)
what I wne unveiling."
Tho olgn thot Pruitt unveiled
SAY• that the new music center ts
dediceted in hie honor. The
dedication for the new facility of
the 246th SCANG Band in
Columbia woe held on June U.
Pruitt, the retired band
profeesor Emeritus at Newberry
College, eerved •• commanding
officer of the Guard Band for 34
years.
"In my years with the bond, I
had worked with a lot of Guard
people throughout the atate;'
many of whom attended the
dedication, Pruitt eaid. "I've
known (1tate Acijutant General)
Eston Marchant for year."
In addition to the outside sign
that Pruitt unveiled, the Guard
had a plaque placed in1ide the
mu1ic center in hie honor. It
reads:
Pruitt Holl
Thi• facility i• d,dlcat.d lo
CW4 Charles P. Pruitt
Bandmaster of the 246th Army
Band, 1950-1984,whose life and
work bu been a model of
deWcatedservice to the ideal, of
excellencewithJn the South
Carolina Notional GuaTd.
A reepe,ctedleader and velued
friend, he ha■ enriched the live• of
all who served with him.
14June, 1989
Pruitt retired from Newberry
College 1aet year after teaching
part-time. He wu honored during
a reunion and retirement party
that coincidedwith graduation.
"A lot of the joz.z:1tudents were
there, some from the ·so·a;· Pruitt
aaid. "They all played with tho
Jazz.Band."
The college aJeoha■• dedicated a
• room in the Alumni Mulic Center
in honor of Pruitt.
• Vic MacDonald
Dr. Mills Appreciation Banquet Committee
The Appreciation CommlttN that o,canlred the Dr. MID•AppreclltJonBanquet are pictured above. They
solicited fund• for • echolanhlp to be Mt up at the Medk:11 Unlv.ntty of South Cerotln1 and ■ re pl■nnlnc to
build a park In Pro.pertly to btl ■r hi• nan-., Pictured abova ue: (•ated, W'tl J. Walter Hamm; Mr. and MN.
W.L MIi.. ; and Jeanett• Hamm. (Standlnc,.. ft) J■ mn c. MIiie; F. I. "Stitch" MIia, Jr.; Oacu Lovelace. D. K.
Hamm,Jr.; Atfen Stuck and Moni1Kurt1t.
-ObHrverphoto by MarilynJ. Donnetty
*Dr. Mills Honor
(Continued From Pace 1)
1aid. "Youall have done more for
said. He would be sitting there
with hie date, 1tudying. He me than I have ever done for you."
Banquet.
Dr. Oscar Lovelacetold everyone
"Les and I roomed from our carried hi, text book■ everywhere
of the perpetunl 1chol8J"lhipfund
freshman year on,• Dr. Chieholm he went."
Dr. Chionolmoaid Dr. Millauood set up at the Mec:UcalUnivere1ty
1aid. "At one point, we ehored a
room in a funeral home and drove to hove a map of freckle ■ around of South Carolina in honor of Dr.
Milli. Donations have already
ambulance■ at night. Sometimee, hie fac:e,but "1t,methinghappened
we'd take the hunt and go to to them. He nlao had a Phl Beta been received, but anyone who
wouldlike to give, still can.
KeppoKey.
parties in it."
"Dr. Mm, wrote a letter on my
Edna Mille, 1i1teTof Dr. Mill,,
Mayor Hamm said he wu at the
Citadel when Dr. Mill• wu at the aent a letter to be read by her 10n, behnlf lo help me get hero," Dr.
Mackey Bedenboughsthat stated: Lovelace toid. "I have IOfflebold
Medical Univenity.
"When I would get liberty and go "When you needed R little money, footsteps to follow."
Plane have been made to build a
into town on the week-end, you worked hard to get it, Lu .
When you -were in high school, fitneu traiVpork in the triangle
sometime ■ I would run into Le,
(Dr. Mille) o.t a drug ,tore," Hamm you worked at a drug ■ tore to area of Prosperity in front of
learn about. medicinea. Although Wightman United Methodist
I am five yeare younger tho.n you, Church, acroas the railroad
1 look up you in every way... I track ■, between Main Street and
admired you aa you grew up."
Highway 76.
Jomeo N.lills,brother to Dr. Milla,
(Continued From Paco 1)
"We will hove a fitneee trail,
1aid he r..nme to Prot:perit)'to live stationary exerciee equipment, a
included u an exhibit in the board members' lego.1action.
County Coundl and the Authority attempted to reach a compromiee, with hia brother.
children'• ploy af'eo and a nature
when Hamm told the Council that the Authority would aue the County
"We liv,edin a one bedroom,two area," Dr. Lovelace nid. ·we
to clarify the new law·• meaning, by re-appointing Hamm, Bu1by, bed roo·m up1Wn in the clinic," want a Claas A fadlity for a Cla11
Boland and Spark,, ae well ae Rudy Barne■, to the Authority board and Mill• 1nid. "I wa, with you on Aman."
adding new momben Long and Cromer.
your w,,dding night and we went
Donation, are ■ till being
But last month, the Authority board voted t.o retoin Leo Hill, a to wo,·k the next morning. You accepted for the acholanhip fund
Greenville att.omey, to ropreaent it in court oction designed to clear up have been o big influence in my and the park by contacting any
the con1titutionality of the law which changea the board-appointment life. 1,have one eon who lign1 hia committee member.
Member■ of the Appreciation
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my broth er, w. Committee are: Ronnie Cromer;
i::r~e~
board members Hamm and"Buaby, re1pectively.
Dr. Mill took the opportunity to Jeanette Hamm; D.H. Hamm, Jr.;
. Hamm ID.idyeaterdoy that the action ogoin,t Cromer, Long and Gov. 1ay "thank you" to all the people J. Welter Hamm: Morria Kurlat;
Campbell wu recommended by the attorney. 'TheAuthority'• board met wh•.>were there.
O.CarLovelace;Jame■ C. Milli;
"l've enjoyed every moment of F. S. "Butch" Mills, Jr.; and Arlen
in executivo ■ e ■ sion with Cromer to explain the legal action to him
before it went public.
m:1 work and have lot.aof friends Stuck.
Long alto ha.a attended Authority board meeting• in anticipation of o,, you con see tonight," Dr. MiUa
being formally appointed to the board, but he wu not at yeeterday'a ______________________
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*Water Board Suit
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L~M'in~~ltD.?.e
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mH!!~ B::ff !!'r~!!'r~~~%1!~~~; ;~ °!'i:nl~gal action aek, for a '.l'wo Burned By Stepping On Lighter Fluid
temporary injunction again1t making Cromer·• and Long'•
A Penn1ylvania boy and a two fire ■ in the area becau ■ e a
appointmenta final. He ,aid there would be a hearing on the injunction Newberry
man were burned
call came in which ■aid 10meone
reque ■t, but no date ho.ebeen eat.
yesterday when they etepped on a al10 wa1 burned on Calhoun
He eaid that the legal action is "nothing peraonal" o.gain1tCromer and
of lighter fluid ueed to Street. Firemen uaed a hand
Long but Ja necell881)'to have a court clarify the confuaionof having two bottle
boards .. one 1itting under provision■ of a law recognized by the FmHA ignite debris Jn a wooded area of extingui1her at the fire .cene, the
the city.
chlefl8id.
and another 1itting under provi1ion1 of a new law of "doubtful
Saye wa■ treated and releued at
Newberry Fire Chief Lewi• Lee
1
conetitutionality."
1aid today
that
Gregory
the Newberry County Memonal
If the injunction i, gro.nt.ed,the Authority board then will have to, Dominick,
18, who wa ■ visiting Hoepital. Lee said the Saye■ '"hod
decide what other legal oction to Utke'to clarify its 1tatu1.
hi• father for the 1ummer at 1243 a lot to do with" Dominkk not
In other action at ye1terday'1 mee~ng, the Authority board:
Calhoun Street, and 'lbm Saye, of being burned anymore badly than
• approved a Water Study prepareG by Wilbur Smith Associate, which 1337 Garden Circle Drive, were hewu.
ahow, that in the long-term it would be the leut expensive of thrr11e burned at 1:23 p.m. yeeterday.
Dominick wu transferred from
oh:emativee for the Authority to build a water treatment plant on LeJte
Lee aaid that Dominick and a Newberry Memorial to the
Murray 01 a primary source of wnter. The 1tudy aaye that the one
cousin were burning debri1 at a Humana Ho1pito.lbum center 1n
million gallon, per day lake treatment plant could produce water for wooded area. o.croee from the Augusta. A spoke ■man said he
$1.48 a gallon, compared to $2.14 a gallon to buy the water from an Sayee' houee on Gorden Circle waa in fOOrcondition with aecond
expanded Cit.y of Newberry treatment plant and $2.10 a gaUon to Drive and were u1ing a p1a,tic degree bum• on lix percent of h11
con1truct a treatment plant on the Saluda River. The Authorit.,1 will bottle of lighter fluid to ignite the body and wu undergoing surgery
thi1 morning.
1ubmit the report to Central Midlonda Regional Planning Council u an fire.
When the fire got higher than
• Vic MacDonald
update to the 1986 county-wide Water Study.
they
wanted.
the
boys
stepped
on
• hoard that the nlocation of itl Hnea on Highway 76 ~u b,Jien 75.
the blaze to extinguish it. Lee■aid
FloridaExplored
percent completed by contractor Lloyd Brigman.
that Dominick 1tepped on the
On Aug. 1, 15391 Hernando de
• heard that the Authority has added 1everal project■ t.oth• C"OUnty'1ploetic bottle and lighter fluid
Soto, under a grant from the SpanEconomic Priority Li1t de1lgned to qualify job-related pTo,1,,,ct■ for 1quirted onto hi• leg.
lsb
crown, began exploraUon of
federal EconomicDevelopment Admini■tration grant•.
Mr. and Mn. Saye were on their
Florida north of Tampa Bay.
• agreed to eend a water meter at the home of Scott Wi1htirt under carport and ,aw the boy running
with hi• clothe• on fire. Lee 18.ld
construction in Woodland Acrea to a Sumtn firm for te1tlng art.r
No Bob•
966,960 gallon, of water laat month ran through the meter. Authority the Sayea put the fir• out and
On Aug. I, 1659,Wllllam Prynne.
manager Arnold IJngle ■aid he believes a con1truction CJ't.tW cut the helped <heboy.
Then, Saye ■aw another ■ mall Enghsb Pwitan member of Par•
water line at Wi1hart'1 hou ■e and the water ran underground for ■ome
liament.
started a crusade aa:umt
time. Lingle said the Authority'• office "flagged"a bJUfor ,:t.,404 before fire ot the ■cene and 1tomped on
women's bobbedbalr.
it wa■i mailed to Wi1hart. The board will decide later on h,lw to adju1t it. Lee said the boy• apparently
had
covered
the
plo.etic
bottle
with
the wawr co1t.
QUffD DI..
• authorized Linrle to proceed with adaptlni • Navy aur-plu• truclt to debris and Saye al ■o 1t.epped on
Queen Anne died on Aue. 1, 1714,
the bottle, 1preading the fire to
heul the Authority'• backhoe for• coet not to exceed $9,601),.
~d , was, succeeded by__Geor1e
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