SCPA elects new officers

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Morrey Thomas, publisher of the News and Press in Darlington, has been elected president of the South Carolina Press Association. Thomas succeeds Jack Osteen, publisher of The Sumter Item.

Other officers elected were: Judi Mundy Burns, publisher of the Index-Journal in Greenwood, as daily newspaper vice president; Ellen Priest, president and publisher of The Star in North Augusta and the Aiken Standard as weekly newspaper vice president; and Mike Smith, executive editor of the Herald-Journal in Spartanburg, as treasurer.

Elected to two-year terms on the SCPA Executive Committee were: P.J. Browning, president and publisher of The Post and Courier in Charleston; Braden Bunch, senior news editor of The Sumter Item; and John Huff Jr., editor in chief of the Independent Mail in Anderson.

Re-elected for continuing terms on the SCPA executive committee were: Barbara Ball, publisher of The Voice of Blythewood and Fairfield County; Dan Cook, editor of the Free Times in Columbia; and Jane Pigg, publisher of The Link in Cheraw.

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