The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 07, 1943, Image 1
VOLUME 6—NUMBER 29. Published Weekly NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY MAY 7, 1943
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Stationed at Camp Grant
Pvt. Irvin Satterwhite, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Irvin M. Satterwhite, 2005
College street, who reported for
duty on April 17 is now stationed at
Camp Gcant, Illinois.
Brothers Report
Pvts. Billy and Laurence Chap
man, brothers and sons of Solicitor
and Mrs. B. V. Chapman were called
to report for duty on April 17. Billy,
the elder, is stationed at Fort Mc
Clelland, Alabama, and Laurence is
stationed at Greensboro, N. C.
Visiting Parents
Ensign and Mrs. Thomas Blair
Boozer, Jr., of Florida are spending
a 15-day leave with Ensign Boozer’s
•parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Boozer,
at Silverstreet.
Arrives In England
Mrs. Jack Workman received a
cable from her husband, Lieutenant
Workman last Thursday stating that
he had arrived in England and was
all right Lieutenant Workman is
Flight Commander of a crew of
three Flying Fortresses. He is the
grandson of Judge and Mrs. Eugene
S. Blease.
Stationed In Virginia
Scouts After Scrap
Scouts in Newberry, Prosperity,
and Whitmire have joined in launsh-
ing a county-wide scrap drive.
Each troop of Scouts would like to
attend camp this summer. This en
tails some expense.
The Scouts also enjoy rendering a
public service. By putting on a
scrap iron drive they accomplish
two objectives, help to raise funds to
attend camp, and at the same time
render a public and patriotic ser
vice.
In their plans for this scrap iron
campaign the city has been divided
into sections and each troop assigned
definite territory. Each troop will
make it’s own plans for collection
in their respective territories, very
probably a house-to-house canvas.
The Prosperity and Whitmire
Scouts will each arrange a campaign
in their communities.
This i s a very worthy and com
mendable undertaking by the Scouts
and deserves the full cooperation of
the public. This is only one of the
many services which the Scouts are
continually rendering. This is one
of th e opportunities the public has
to show its appreciation for their
services.
Let’s help the boys collect enough
scrap to attend camp.
There will be further annouhce-
ments of this drive from time to
time.—L. C. Graham, co-chairman of
Salvage committee.
Pvts. Thomas B. McCrackin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thad McCrackin.
and Strother Paysinger, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. C. Paysinger, Sr., are
stationed at Fort Eustis, Virginia
where they will receive their basic
training in anti-aircraft. Both boys
attended the Citadel, and were in
ducted at Fort Jackson April 3.
Hack Mims Is First
Friends of Hack Mims will be in
terested to learn that on April 24
he received his commission as first
lieutenant at Fort Bliss, El Paso,
Texas. Lieutenant Mims is the son
of Mrs. J. W. Mims of this city.
Transferred To Denver
Lieut. Jack Morris, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Morris, of this city,
has been transferred from El Paso,
Texas to Denver, Colorado, where
he will receive advanced training in
navigation.
Returns To Camp Cook
Pvt. H. D. Dawkins returned to
Camp Cook, California today after
spending a week’s furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Daw
kins at Prosperity, and other rela
tives in the county.
Visiting Parents
Cpl. John W. (Nick) Robertson
left Wednesday for Jefferson Bar
racks, Mo., where he will be station
ed, after spending a seven-day fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Robertson.
Captain Keisler Here
Captain E. B. Keisler, chaplain at
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia is
spending a seven-day leave with his
family in the city.
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
SUNDAY, MAY NINTH
As previously announced, Memor
ial Day observance will be on Sun
day, May 9th instead of May 10th.
On that afternoon at 6 o’clock sim
ple exercises will be held at the
Confederate monument, the Girl
Scouts arranging for the decoration,
but all children of the community are
asked to come and bring flowers.
On Sunday afternoon, too, Boy
Scouts will place Confederate flags
on thb graves of Confederate veter
ans.
Rev. H. C. Ritter has been invited
to give the Memorial Day sermon.
The high school glee club will “ren
der special music, apd three crosses
of Military Service will be bestowed.
It is hoped that pins from the Nat
ional Honor Society for some New
berry county mothers will arrive in
time for bestowal at these exercises
which will be held in Central church
at the regular evening preaching
hour.
It seems very fitting that children
and young people should have an ac
tive part in this Confederate Memor
ial day observance.
DAVID S. CRAFT
David S. Craft, 63, died early Sat
urday morning at the county hospital
following a brief illness.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
two children, Alice G. and Emiline
Craft, of Newberry. Also three
brothers, Martin, George B., and
John L. Craft.
Rationing Information
Coffee
Stamp No. 23 in War Ration book
1 good for one pound of coffee until
midnight May 30.
Foods
Blue stamps in War Ration book
2 good thru May to purchase pro
cessed foods, commercially canned,
bottled, and frozen frui.s fruits and
vegetables, including juices.
Meats
Red SUmps E and F in War Ra
tion book 2 good this week to pur
chase meats, fats, oils, cheese and
canned fish, (poultry, game, and
fresh fish not rationed.
Gasoline
Coupon 5 in A book good for three
gallons to last through July 21
four months instead of two as form
erly.
Shoes
SUmp No. 17 in War Ration book
1 can be used to buy a pair of slices
through June 15. Some types of
shoes are not rationed.
Sugar
SUmp No. 12 will be good for
five pounds of sugar thru May 31.
Tires
Owners of passenger ears and
commercial vehicles using tires
smaller than 7.5dx20 may get their
casings recapped with reclaimed
rubber camelback without applying
to thir local war price and rationing
boards for certificates. A driver
with a mileage ration of more than
240 miles monthly now can have
new Grade II casings when he needs
replacements. A motorist with mile
age rations between 560 and 1000
miles monthly can now get Grade I
tires when he needs replacements.
Certificates for tires and tubes may
be used at any time convenient to
the holder.
General Instructions
You are asked to bring all neces
sary records when applying for ra
tions, tire inspection certificates, ra
tion books and motor vehicle regis
tration card in the case of gas or
tires: stubs for fuel oil coupons in
applying for more fuel oil, and war
ration book 1 in seeking additional
shoes.
Location of Board
The rationing board is located on
Boyce street in the Bowers’ Insur
ance building. Hours are 9 A. M. to
3:30 daily and 9 A. M., to 1 on Sat
urdays. .
Sugar For Canning
Sugar for canning is available
when needed.
JAS. T. LIVINGSTON
James T. Livingston. 80, died evr-
ly Saturday at his home near Pros
perity.
He is survived by his wife, Ennn
Shealy Livingston and the iollowin?
children: Mrs. C. B. Schnirpert, Mrs.
R. II Long, J. O. and L. V. Livings
ton, all of Prosperity; J. B. Livings
ton, Newberry, and Mrs. Lizzie
Stone of Chester.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon from St. Paul’s church by
Rev. J. E. Ruff, assisted by Rev. V.
L. Fulmer. Burial was in the church
cemetery. t
Point Values Lower*
Washington, May 1.—Dried or de
hydrated soups come off the ration
list, most fruit and tomato juices get
lower point values and several other
changes in processed fruit vegetable
rationing went into effect Sunday
morning.
The changes were announced to
night by the office of price adminis
tration. Removal of dry soups from
the ration list was decided on so late
that OPA already had distributed
sample charts showing a one point
per package value for dry soups in
packages up to four ounces. These
will have to be corrected by store
keepers.
Authorities acted from alarm over
reports that wholesale stocks of dry
soups had increased 80 per cent in
March, due to a spurt in production,
and much of the stock was in danger
of spoiling due to warm weather. In
the fall, thes e soups are expected to
be rationed again.
The cuts in juice .points, also due
to slow sales, affect all popular fruit
juices and tomato juices, exsept pine
apple juice, which went up from 13 to
17 points on the popular No. 2 1-2
size can. Other can sizes of pine-
i.pple juice remained the same.
Graipe juice came down from 4 to
2 points for a pint and from 8 to 3
for a quart. Grapefruit and other
citrus juices were trimmed in the
No. 2 can size from 4 to 3 points,
and the 46 ounce can from 9 to 4
points. Tomato juice was reduced
in the No. 2 can size from 12 to 6
points and in the 46 ounce can from
22 to 11 points. In connection with
vegetable juices. OPA removed ra
tioning from all types except to
mato juice and vegetables combina
tions containing 70 per cent or
more tomato juice. This freed car
rot, sauerkraut, beet and similar
juices.
Among canned fruits, reductions
were made on certain size cans of
apples, berries, cherries, peaches,
pears, plums and prunes. Increases
hit certain sizes of canned apricots,
frujt cocktail or salad, and. pinr
apple.
Among vegetables, decreases were
ordered on certain sizes of catsup,
canned carrots, leafy greens, sauer
kraut, spinach, but hightr points
were assigned “vacuum packed corn’’
(not ordinarily canned corn), and
tomato paste. Canned corn on the
cob was taken off the ration list,
and also freed were canned green
turtle soup, clam juice, clam broth
and clam juice cocktail, all formerly
on the canned soup list.
The new values will be applicable
to G, H and J blue coupons in ration
book No. 2, which are good until the
end of May. Officials said they ex
pect no further revisions in point
values until then.
New values for red stamps on
meat also go into effect Sunday.
They generally increase by a point
per pound the coupon cost of round
steak and center pork chops, leave
most other steaks and roasts un
changed, and make one point per
pound reductions for spareribs,
brains, tongues and most other va
riety meats.
LUTHERAN WORLD ACTION
Lutheran World Action is an ef
fort on the part of the United Luth
eran church in America, along with
other Lutheran bodies to help “heal
a broken world.” It is a call, an
appeal of the United Lutheran
church to its constituency for $1,-
000,000 to aid in giving our young
men and women in the service of
our country spiritual care, with tbe
hope that those v/ho return may
come back to us as strong or strong
er spiritually than when they left us.
It is also an effort to aid the
thousands of Lutherans who have
moved into defense centers to con
tinue to receive the Gospel while
away from their home churches by
ministers who are sent to them.
It is further an effort to give,
where possible, what assistance we
can to those of our young men who
are prisoners of war. This aid is
being given through the YMCA.
Yet further it is an effort to cpn-
tinue aid to Lutheran missions thru-
out the world, whose financial sup
port has been in part or completely
cut off by war conditions.
That all the information possible
may be given to the Lutherans of
the Newberry conference concerning
this appeal the Lutheran Pastor’s
association of the Conference, includ
ing some congregations outside the
conference, chose a committee to
arrange a schedule for the exchange
of pulpits on the second and third
Sundays in May for the presentation
I of this cause.
$668,203.60 TOTAL
IN WAR BOND DRIVE
The drive in Newberry county for
the sale of $400,000 in War Bonds,
exceeded this quota by $268,000, or
more than 50 per cent. The cam
paign on th e final two days of the
drive netted about $118,000, insuring
for Newberry a medium bomber to
bear the name “Spirit of Newberry.”
Ned Purcell, chairman of the drive
is highly gratified over the results.
“Everyone cooperated heartily . and
energetically’’ Mr. Purcell said “and
I want to use this means of thanking
all who had even a small part in the
drive” he continued. “It was thru
the cooperation of every individual
and not necessarily the leaders which
made the campaign such a big suc
cess, although I am fully aware of
the sacrifice of time the communitty
leaders gave this job.”
It is assumed that officials of the
drive will be notified when the big
bomber will be officially named for
Newberry county.
Following is a list of the quotas
assigned and amounts raised. The
first figure is tbe quota, the second
amount actually raised:
Whitmire $30,000—$148,099.00
Prosperity $8,000—$10,118.75.
Little Mountain $5,000—$9,500
Chappells $5,000—$10,143.75.
Pomaria $5,000—$9,125.00.
Silverstreet $2,500—$3,375.
American Legion $5,000—$8,800.00.
American Legion Auxiliary $5,-
000—$6,875.46.
Civic League S5.000—$27,220.65.
Business & Professional Women’s
club $5,000—12,793.7!?.
Junior Chamber of Commerce $5,-
0001—$6,200.00
Lion’s club $5,000—$10,302.50.
Kiwanis club $5.000—$10,182.00.
Rotary club $5,000—$12,082.20.
Mollohon Mill Payroll deduction,
$3,303.60; Oakland Mill Payroll de
duction $4,025.00; Newberry Mill
Payroll deduction $3,712.50.
Newberry high school Beta club,
$823.80.
THEY LIVE HERE NOW
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Brown are
making their home in the O. B. May
er apartments in Main street. They
are new residents here.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Whitener are
living in the Taylor apartment on
Mayer avenue. They are new resi
dents.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Bigby have
moved from Glenn street to 1546
Martin street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Smith are
domiciled at 1214 Walnut street.
They formerly lived at 1546 Martin.
Mrs. Cora, Bledsoe has moved from
Summer street to 806 Crosson street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lipscomb are
making their home at 941 Cornelia
street, having moved from Nancf
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Taylor are
living at 1313 Nance street.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Denton are
makin their home at 1128 Walnut
street in the Holmes apartments.
KINARD-SCHUMPERT
Miss Janie Kinard and W. Elisha
Schumpert were married at the resi
dence of the officiating minister, the
Rev. J. B. Harman on May 1.
Mrs. Schumpert is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Kinard of
Little Mountain and has been living
in Newberry for some years. Mr.
Schumpert was formerly of the St.
Luke section of the county but has
been a resident of Newberry for
many years.
MISS HAYES MAY DAY
ATTENDANT
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hayes, Mrs.
Fred Hayes, and daughter Elizabeth,
and Miss Virginia Graham, attended
the May Day exercises which was
held at Lander college, Greenwood,
Monday.
Miss Virginia Hayes, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hayes, was one of
the attendants for tbe senior class.
MRS. M. F. CROMER DIES
..Mrs. Millie Frances Adams Cro
mer, 82, died at her home on Wright
street here early Sunday morning,
following an illness of several years.
She was the widow of George B.
Cromer.
She was reared in Newberry coun
ty and spent her long life here.
Mrs. Cromer is survived by the
following children: Lawrence J.
Cromer, J. Forest Cromer, Rufus E.
Cromer, Miss Lula Cromer, Mrs.
Anne Boland, all of Newberry; Mrs.
Bessie Wicker, of Pomaria; Mrs.
Bertha Bowers, of Prosperity, and
Mrs. Alice Enlow, of Union.
Campaign For Cans
Because of the critical shortage of
tin the government is instituting a
tin can salvage program. Commit
tees to handle this program in New
berry county are being organized and
a campaign being worked out. In
next week’s paper detailed announce
ment will be made. The city and
county are being divided into dis
tricts and organizations set up in
each district.
A method of collection for the city
and county is being worked out. and
will be announced, together with the
committees in charge of the various
districts. The public is asked to
watch the local papers for informa
tion relative to the manner of pro-
paring the tin cans for collection
and the method in which such col
lection will be made.
From time to time important in
formation will be carried in the local
papers relative to the developments
in this program. The county com
mittees will receive information di
rect from state headquarters. If any
fail to receive this information please
report the fact to the Chamber of
Commerce. Because of the urgent
need for tin, it is felt that this pro
gram will meet with a hearty re
sponse from the people of the county.
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MEN TO BE CALLED IN JUNE
Local Selective Service boards an
nounced this morning that quotas for
men to be inducted in the month of
June will be 249, the highest of any
month yet. Board 58 will send 121
White men on June 1, and 85 negroes
on June 21st. Board 59 vrill send 6
white men on June 1 and 37 negroes
June 18.
BLACKOUT HERE THIS—
THURSDAY—NIGHT
J. Keister Willingham, chairman
of the County Council for Defense,
announces that a blackout has been
ordered for this area this (Thursday)
night, beginning about 9:50 and con
tinuing until 10:30. Air raid war
dens are asked to assemble at their
posts at 9:20 in order to be prepared
for action when the first warning
signal is issued.
KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN
PARISH
Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor
Summer Memorial: Sunday 10:30
A. M., Morning worship. Sermon by
Dr. R. A. Goodman; 11:30 A. M.
Sunday school, Mr. M. E. Shealy,
Superintendent; 12:30 P. M., Senior
Luther League; 6 P. M., Intermed
iate Luther League; Tuesday at 4
P. M., Women’s Missionary Society
meeting.
Bethany: Sunday 10:30 A. M„
Sunday school, Mr. E. B. Hite, Sup
erintendent; 11:30 A. M., Morning
worship. Sermon by Rev. R. A.
Goodman; Wednesday 4 P. M., W. M.
Society meeting at parsonage.
Dr. R. A. Goodman- will preach at
Summer Memorial Lutheran church
next Sunday morning at 10:30 and
at Bethany Lutheran church at 11:30
o’clock. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all to hear Dr. Goodman.
PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Force, of Sa
luda county, announce the birth of
a daughter, Jo Nell, at the county
hospital. May 3.
Other patients at the hospital in
clude: Mrs. Mary Clamp, Montgom
ery street, Newberry; Amos Shealy,
621 Davis street, Newberry; Edwin
Reames, 808 James street, Newberry;
Mrs. Agnes Broadway, technician at
the hospital; Mrs. Robert Berry,
Whitmire, and D. C. Driggers, Mol
lohon, Newberry.
ARE YOU LUCKY???
Mrs. Bill Smith and Mrs. T. P.
Johnson wer e the persons described
in the Sun last week.
This week descriptions are of two
girls seen Wednesday afternoon in
their offices on Main street. One was
wearing an orchid sweater, grey
skirt and tan sandles. She has dark
hair, grey eyes and wears glasses.
The other was wearing a grey wool
skirt, grey silk crepe blouse and
buff oxfords. She has brown hair
and brown eyes and wears glasses.
If either of these descriptions fits
you come to the Sun office and get
your ticket for the Monday or Tues
day show at the WELLS Theatre.
Miss Nancy Laws, of Laurens,
was a weekend visitor in the home of
Mrs. O. O. Copeland on Main street.
Mrs. Charlie Ruff and Mrs. Mazie
Abrams spent Sunday in Columbia
with friends.
DOWN MEMORY
LANE
20 YEARS AGO
Mrs. J. M. Sease, Miss Elocrta
Sease and Dr. J. C. Seise spent last
Wednesday afternoon in the canitol
city.—Little Mountain it'-rr.
G. B. Sac nur & Sons large furni
ture sto.e nas been wonccrfully im
proved in appearance by the work
done on it. When one stands on
Gilder & Weeks’ corner and looks
westward' he is inclined to think he
is in some metropolis—the new Com
mercial bank building on one corner
and this store just opposite makes a
fine showing. If the property own
ers on Caldwell street would reno
vate the stores in front o# the old
court house, “the old home town”
would be in a “new world” indeed.
The more they inquire into the
House of David the more horrible
conditions show up. It is surprising
what people will do in the name of
religion.
Misses Lilli e Mae Workman and
Brooks, of Chappells, are spending
the weekend with Mrs. Henry Boozer
in Main street.
Misses Sara Caldwell, Lila Johns
tone and Mrs. Claude Sligh motored
to Columbia to hear Galli-Curci.
Mrs. J. W. M. Simmons has re
turned from an extended visit with
relatives in Baltimore, Md., and
Augusta, Ga., and Columbia.
Cotton was quoted in Newberry
Monday at 24 l-2c and cotton seed
at 75c.
SNAKE MAN USES GUN POW
DER FOR WOUNDS
Ocala, Florida.—A young Filipi
no, employed here in a snake insti
tute, tells he dramatic story of be
ing bitten by an 18 foot king cobra
and blasting the venom out of ija ;
leg with gun-powder from a high-
power cartridge.
The man John A. Royola, has
been bitten three times by cobras,
but declared he was more interested
than ever in capturing the deadly
reptiles. He said the 18 foot snake
which bit him had previously killed
eight men.
“The snake was in a warehouse,”
Royola explained. “We went in
there at night and burned rags to
bring the snake out of the building.
He came out, hissing, his hood rais
ed about two feet in the air. I flash
ed my spotlight into his eyes, blind
ing him, carefully approached, and
grabbed him back of the head.
He wriggled in my grasp,” Roy
ola continued, “ and got about 18
inches of his length free. Then he
struck me on the leg.
“I could see black blood moving
upward as I whipped off my belt
and tightened it above tbe knee for
a tourniquet. I slashed into the
fang marks, poured into the wound
the gun powder from a high power
cartridge and touched a match to it.
“The explosion made quite a
wound but it saved my life,” he ad
ded seriously. He said the two
other cobra bites he had suffered
were treated in the same manner.
Royola, scarcely more than five
feet tall, started his hobby at the age
of 12, when he was given a black-
hooded cobra for a pet. His “hobby”
has since turned into his business.
He was hired »by the Rockefeller
foundation when he was fourteen to
help their expeditions capture cobras.
He also did the same work later for
the Philippine bureau of forestry.
Royola is playing his part in the
war effort by bringing back snake
venom which is precious in the
treatment of many diseases and more
valuable in wartime than before.
NEGRO SELECTEES ACCEPTED
The following negro inducteer were
accepted at the induction center in
Columbia April 27:
James Williams—army.
James Paul Thompson—army.
Elick Harris, Jr.—army.
Herman Wicker, Jr.—army.
Willie Cureton, Jr.—army.
Willie Jeter.—Marines.
Colie L. Jones army.
David Earl Cofield.—army.
Murtnell Pinkins Sligh.—army.
Clarence Hunter held over.)
Board 59
Nathaniel Goree, Albert Luther
Sims. Marion Sims, Horace San
ders, Morris Gary, Buddie Son Elli
son, Jimmie Louis Dawkins, Walter
Lee Baxter, Mack Thomas, Henry
Wilson.