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VOLUME 6—NUMBER 31
Published Weekly
NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY MAY 21, 1943
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Visiting Friends
Lieutenant and Mi-s. John Cook
and two small daughters are visiting
friends in the city. Lieutenant Cook
is a chaplain in an army camp in
Mississippi.
Visits Here
Sgt. and Mrs. James C. Foy, of
Brainbridge, Ga., spent last week
with relatives and friends here.
Lieutenant Faysbiger Here
Lieutenant and Mrs. Gerald Pay-
smger returned to Fort Bnaigg, N. C.
Wednesday after spending a few
days leave with Lieutenant Pay-
singer’s grandmother, Mrs. C. T.
Paysinger on Cornelia street.
Rises To PFC
William B. Goggans, .son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Goggans, was pro
moted to the rank of Private First
Class ait Fort Moultrie last week,
just before being transferred to Fort
Benning, Cm. , where he will attend
a school in cooking.
“Buzz” Purcell Enlists For
Pilot Training
Edward B. (Buzz) Purcell, Jr., 17,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Purcell,
1818 Main street, Newberry, has en
listed for Officer Pilot training in
the United States Naval Reserve, ac
cording to an announcement made by
the Nhval Aviation Selection Board
in Aaltnta.
Young Purcell, born in Newberry,
graduated from Newberry high
school and is now a student at the
Citadel. His brother, Keitt Pur
cell, is a private in the United
States Army.
Upon reaching the age of 18, or
shortly thereafter, Purcell will be
called into active duty for training.
After completing all required
courses he will qualify for the navy
“Wings of Gold” and be commission
ed a Flying Officer with the fleet.
Mitchell In North Africa
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mitchell received
a V-Mail letter from their son, Pvt.
Charles Mitchell last Friday morn
ing saying that he had landed in
North Africa and was doing “fine.”
Bouknight Is PFC
James V. Bouknight, whose home
address in 117 York street, Chester
was recently promoted from Private
to Private First class at Fort Han
son, California, where he is attached
to the Medical section of Headquar
ters company. PFC Bouknight, who
entered the army April 23, 1942, is
the son of Mrs. Karon L. Bouknight,
1306 Drayton street, this city.
Visits Mother at Kinards
Technical Sgt. L. J. Erehmer,
Bombing Squadron, Army Air Base,
Casper, Wyoming, has been vsitimg
his mother, Mrs. Janie Brehmer of
Kinards, on a leave of ten days.
Sergeant Brehmer was accompanied
home by Miss Eileen Fuller, erf
Honaker, Virgmia.
Brothers J.u The Service
Friends of Lieut. Thomas W. Keitt
and Corporal B. Harden Keitt, sons
of T. E. Keitt, will be interested to
learn where they are located. Lieut.
Keitt is stationed at Freeport, Texas
with the coast artillery, and Corporal
Keitt is located at Gowen Field,
Boise, Idaho with the Ground Crew,
Aviation.
Visits Parents Here
Sgt. David Senn is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Boaley Senn
in the country.
Volunteers For Tank Corps
Tom Davis, 20-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. E. Davis, arrived in the
city Wednesday to be with his par
ents until June 15, when he will re
port to Fort Knox, Kentucky to at
tend officer’s candidate school. Tom
who finished the Junior year at
Clemson this year, volunteered for
the Army Tank corps.
Volunteers For Air Corps
Walter Summer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. Roy Summer, who volunteer
ed for the Army Air corps about
aix weeks ago, left Wednesday to be
sworn in at the induction station at
Fort Jackson. He will report for
active duty later.
Lieutenant Roy Summer,, also a
son, of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Summer,
has been in the air service a year.
He is stationed at George Field, 111.
Rationing Information
COFFEE—Stamp No. 23 in War
Ration book One good for one pound
of coffee through May 30.
GASOLINE—Coupon No. 5 in “A”
book good for three gallons but must
last through July 21—four months
instead of two, as was formerly the
case.
SHOES.—Stamp No. 17 in War
Ration book One can be used to buy
a pair of rationed shoes thru June
15. Some types of shoes are not
yet rationed.
SUGAR.—Stamp No. 12 in War
Ration book One will be good 1 for
five pounds through May 31. House
wives may now apply at local boards
for supplementary sugar rations for
home canning and preserving. Only
in exceptional cases will the maxi
mum of 25 pounds per person be
allowed.
FOODS.—Stamps G, H and J be
came valid on April 24 and will ex
pire on May 31. Red Stamps E, F,
G, H, J (16 points each) good April
25 will expire May 31.
Price ceilings on beef, veal, lamb,
and mutton became effective May
17. Revised price ceilings on all
parts of processed hams became ef
fective May 17.
SERVICE TO RETAILERS—Price
panels are now in operation in most
local rationing boards. Price clerks
are avaiipble to give retail merch
ants individual service on ceiling
price regulations an damendments.
TIRES.—Owners of passenger cars
and commercial vehicles using tires
smaller than 7.50x20 may get their
casings recapped with reclaimed rub
ber came [back without applying to
their rationing board. A driver
with a ration mileage of more than
240 males monthly is entitled, be
ginning May 1, to new Grade I cas
ings when he needs replacements.
Certificates for tires and tubes may
be used at such time as convenient
to the holder.
REV. KARL KINARD AT LITTLE
MOUNTAIN CLOSING
Superintendent Ballentine has an
nounced the closing exercises of the
Little Mountain high school as fol
lows: Commencement sermon to be
delivered by Rev. Karl Kinard, presi
dent of the South Carolina Lutheran
synod, on Sunday evening, May 23.
The graduating exercises on Monday
evening, May 24 with the address by
Rev. B. L. Kilgo, pastor of Main
street Methodist church, Columbia,
S. C. The following are candidates
for state high school diplomas: Nan
nie Lou Cook, Doris Dowd, Barbara
Feagle, John Lindler, Ralph Long,
Pearl Nobles, Ruby Riddle, Louise
Rister, Daniel Sandel, Margaret
Sease, Claudia Shealy, Frank Wright
Shealy, Mertie Shealy, Nettie Shealy,
Ruth Stoudemayer, Ruth Summer,
and Mary Emma White. The salutia-
torian vs Ruth Stoudemayer and the
valedictorian is Frank Wright Shealy.
Mrs. L. C. Derrick, the music
teacher, presented her pupils in a
very credible recitation on the even
ing of May 14.
On account of the tir e and gas sit
uation the closing exerckses have
been curtailed considerably.
WATER YOUR VICTORY GARDEN
Don’t let the Victory garden suf
fer from lack of moisture if there is
any source of water supply available.
If dry weather sets in, it will pay to
water a part of the garden this year
even if the waiter has to be pumped
or carried.
There are thousands of farms in
the state, however, where water in
in quantity for irrigation can be
found at little or no expense and
with very little effort by diverting
small streams with electric or gaso
line engine power. In planning for
irrigation, it is often necessary to
lay out the rows of the garden so as
to distribute the water evenly or
uniformly. If it is not possible to
irrigate the garden in its present
layout, plans should be made for
irrigation in the fall, which often
is the time when gardens need
water most.
RECENT MOVINGS
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Dominick
and family moved Wednesday to the
E. L. Summer home on Johnstone
street, which they recently purchas
ed and remodeled.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Phagan and
family have moved to the George K.
Dominick home on the Out-Off road.
Mr. Phagan is assistant county agent
having taken the place of Sam A.
Williams who entered the service.
Mrs. Bill Goodrich and baby, Em
mett, are visiting relatives in Hen
derson, N. C.
Good Beginning Made
In Collection Of Cans
In the tin can salvage program,
the initial collection from Ward two
last Frday was a truckload 1 of tin
cans. This is a very fine beginning,
and it is hoped tha the collections
from the other wards will be as sat
isfactory. The public is asked to
remember that the collections are
made on Friday, and it is requested
that the supply of cans be placed in
a container on the curb in front of
the house not later than nine in the
morning, as the collection will begin
at that time, and the truck will not
be able to make two trips. The cans
will be emptied from the container
into the truck and the container will
be left for the next supply of cams
saved by the householder. Please
bear in mind the collection dates,
and schedule of collections as fol
lows: Friday, May 21, Ward 1 3; Fri
day, May 28, Wards 4 and 5; Friday
June 4, Ward 1. In other words,
Ward 1 on the first of the month,,
Ward 2 on the second, Ward 3 on
the third, and Wards 4 and 5 on the
fourth. This is a convenient way to
remember the schedule of collection.
At the depots throughout the
county, when a supply of cans has
bean collected, the trucks of the
wholesalers whch visit the depots
will be glad to load the supply on
their trucks and bring them back
to the central storage place at the
Southern Cotton Oil company. This
is a patriotic service on the part of
the wholesalers for which the com
mittee in charge is very grateful.
The committee also appreciates the
fine spirit of cooperation being shown
by practically everyone asked to
help ini this program to conserve our
vital supply of tin, so necessary to
the winning of this war.
SCIENTISTS SEE 100,000-MILE
TIRE AFTER WAR
Ithaca, N. Y., May 15.—Dr. W. C.
Geer, Ithaca scientist and former
vice president of the B. F. Goodrich
company, predicts that after the. war
100,000-mile automobile tires will be
produced from synthetic materials.
Speaking to Cornell university
engineering seniors recently, Dr.
Geer declared the synthetic product,
compared with rubber, is superior in
resistance to oils and sunlight, and
that many types are more resistant
to abrasion.
Natural rubber, he said, tops
synthetic grades now known, in abil
ity to rebound 1 , in resisting heat
buildup, and in combatting low tem
perature. The ability to resist heat
was cited as especially important in
severe - service, such as required of
tires for jeeps, to prevent blowouts.
For small tires on popular oars, how
ever, the all-synthetic product would
would be successful.
Dr. Geer, who developed “deicers”
for planes and the special cut-resist
ing cover for golf balls, said motor
ists need not expect to get freedom
of purchase for tires before 1946
unless Japan is beaten or the wild
rubber program developes beyond
expectations. He added that the
Japanese control 15-16ths of the
world’s crude rubber supply.
No one knows what will happen
after the war. Dr. Geer said.
“Will Japan destroy the rubber
trees?” There are nine million un
der cultivation, and ostensibly all
could not be destroyed, but planta
tions could be damaged, he added,
saying it would have an effect on
our tire and 1 synthetic programs. It
takes seven years from planting to
bearing time for rubber trees, he
said.
The engineers were urged to watch
butadiene, which produces buna S
rubber when combined with styrene.
A thousand synthetic rubbers can
be produced from butadiene, devel
oped from petroleum as a base, Dr.
Geer said. He also discussed two
other synthetic products, butyl, also
from a petroleum base, and neoprene,
a duPoint product, and pointed out it
is possible to make synthetic rubber
from alcohol, which can be treated
to form butadiene. He described
butadiene as the parent substance
chemical of 99 per cent of the nat
ural and synthetic rubber tonnage.
KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN
CHURCH
SUMMER MEMORIAL:— Sunday
10:30 A. M., Preaching Services;
11:30 A. M., Sunday school, Mr. M.
E. Shealy, Supt.; 12:30 P. M. Senkr
Luther league; 6 P. M., Intermediate
league.
BETHANY:—Sunday 10:30 A. M.,
Sunday school, Mr. E. B. H:te, Supt.;
11:30 Preaching services.
Visitors are invited to attend all
services.
White Inductees Sent
To Jsckson Wednesday
Price Padgett i
Paul Alan Holm
Eddie Reeves
Olin Marcellus Watkins
Jesse Corder
William Davis Cheatham
Rufus Herman Boozer
Elliott Lydiay Hamviltan
Marion Colie Erskine
Alden Neal Mims
Malcolm Leroy Moore
James Lamar Cumbee
Connie Lee Brock
Herman Luther Nobles
William Otto Green
Ben Frank Poole
Rufus Henry Harmon
Marion Davis Franklin
Ralph James Kirby
William Aaron Connor
Samuel Pope Shannon
Benjamihe Thomas Anderson, Jr.
Benjamin Franklin Williams
Marion Woodrow Alewine
William Thomas Baker
Henry Irwin Attaway
William Richard Smith
Ezra Carlisle Rinehart
Boyce William Corder
Alvin Ezell Livingsiton
Jacob Worth Keller, Jr.
Robert McMeekin
Charles William Price
Charlie Rufus Hendrix
Andrew Daniel Corley
Theron Bobo Jennings
Martin Vanburen Mars
Siron Wilber Miller
Dock Leonard Boyter
John Swittemberg, Jr.
Joe Willie Lathrop
Preston Buford Long
Clarence Odell Lever
John William Minor
Edwin Clarence Adams
Colie Eugene Smith
'■ Young Lewis Prince
Lester Melvin Quattlebaum
Carol Ringer •Graham
■ James Richard Kitchens
Henry Boyd Cousins
Tommie Walker Rampley
Andrew Eugene Cordle
Elbert William Strickland
^ Thiomais Earle Digby . ., y
Michael Lawson Youmans
Obie Jason Stewart
Warren Odell Mills
George Edward Turner
Henry Hubert Snipes
Thomas Benjamin Grant. Jr.
Ray James Nichols
James Eugene Reed
Chester Arthur Tankersley
James Madison Longshore
Otis Thompson 'King
James Roland Swygert, Jr.
John Harold Stone
Myron Joel Rones
Elijah Washington Harrison, Jr.
Jonathan Dozier
Thomas Harold Cromer
Donald Calhoun Vaughn
Byrl Edward Smith
Clarage Walter Summer
John Haskell Crumpton
Wade Hampton Davis
Floyd Connie Fulmer
Jimmie Sease Milstead
Ernest Festus Bennett
Willie Fred Fulmer
Branan Ira Yarbrough
John Calvin Lindler
Harvey Lee Mills
James Henry Phibbs, Jr.
Rufus Lonzo Griffin
Boyd Windsor Sanford
Willie Eugene Creps
Gordon Stuart Leslie
Ralph Duane Davis
Herman Osborne Berry
Herman Mower Fulmer
JaJmes Everett Craddock
Frank Kelly Jones, Jr.
Harris Oliver McConnell
Nathan William Kinard
James Brown Peery
James Everett Graddick
Edward Nix
Laurence Edward Connelly
James Earl Stevens
Harry Samuel Young
Charles Cleveland Harrison
James Edward Frier (transfer.)
Ohas.' Esibus Fulmer (transfer.)
Homer Wilson Amick (transfer.)
HD CLUB MEETS MONDAY
The Mt. Bethel-Garmany Home
Demonstration club will meet at the
school house Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock. All ladies of the community
ore invited to come as Miss Counts
will demonstrate canning.
Mrs. Furman Reagin, Ptest.
Mrs. Claude Price, Sec.
MRS. SUMMER ON LEAVE
Mrs. J. H. Summer has been given
a three months leave of absence as
personnel director of the NY A in
this area because of an acute eye
infection. R. V. Christie, South
Carolina NYA director has appoint
ed Mrs. Mittie Y. Summer to be act
ing personnel director during the ab
sence of Mrs. J. H. Summer.
Filipinos Train Hardest
Camp Beale, Marysville, Californ
ia, May 15.—The United States ar
my's hardest working bunch of po
tential Jap fighters is now training
here—striving to live up to their
regimental motto of “Laging Una”
which, translated from their native
Tagalog dialect, means, “Always
First.”
They are merftbers of the First
Filipino regiment, formed almost a
year ago at Fort Ord, California and
sent up here on the edge of the Sac
ramento valley for training.
Training constantly to absorb and
utilize new techniques learned by U.
S. armed forces in combat, tjie Fili
pinos are termed by officers as the
hardest working troops in the army.
“They never know when to quit,”
one officer said. “When the 5 o’clock
whistle blows other troops have a
tendency to drop everything for the
day. Not these boys, though. They
spend their evenings in study, and
work just as hard during their
hourly ten-minute rest periods as
they do during the rest of the hour.”
The Filipinos take more pride in
their uniform than do most troops,
it seems. A visitor to their barracks
is impressed by the spotlessness of
their clothing and its knife edge
creases.
Nhturally very self-reliant, they
fit right in with the army’s training
program for infantry troops, which
places a premium on men who can
work singly or in small groups.
The men aue training for combat
work at the present time, with par
ticular emphasis being placed on
jungle tactics and close in fighting.
They are eager to get into combat,
as proven by an incident which oc
curred shortly after the regiment
war formed.
The men underwent a short in
doctrination period, and then were
issued a few rounds of rifle ammu
nition which they fired in order to
familiarize themselves 1 with their
weapons. Unaware, at that time, of
army channels, most of them there
sent letters to President Roosevelt,
telling him they had been in the army
and had fired ther weapons, so
please was it not possible for them
to be sent to a cambat zone immed
iately ?
A small percentage of the regi
ment’s officers are Filipinos, and
some of them have seen service in
the Philippines as recently as the
fight put up on Bataan by American
and Filipino forces.
On the non-military side, the Fili-
ipinos have set a record unequaled
by other groups in the army.
Well over $20,000,000 worth of
government insurance has been pur
chased by members of the regiment.
Contributions to the recent Red
Cross drive by members of the Regi
ment set a new high record for do
nations by members of a single reg
iment.
Members of the First—well over
90 per cent of them—are represented
still in the Philippines by relatives,
which may explain the record they
have set up during their training
period here and which they are sure
will continue when they get into
active combat.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dowd,
route one, Newbeiry, a son, James
Wayne, Sunday, May 16.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Heath, 812 Crosson street, Newberry,
a son, Wednesday, May 12.
Other patients include Mrs. J. O.
Dunston, Newberry; Mrs. C. W.
Jones, 1417 Silas street, Newberry;
Mrs. Ross E. Burton, route one,
Whitmire; Riley Foster, 14 year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Foster,
Whitmire; R. L. Hunter, , 915 Mc-
Kibben street, Newberry; Mrs. Cai-o-
line Bums, Helena; Miss Kate Gary.
Newberry; Mrs. I. Schissell. 2012
Main street; Newberry; D. C. Cot-
ney, 1104 College street, Newberry;
James F. Stewart, Whitmire, and
Mrs. Martha Koon, route one, New
berry.
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN PARISH
Bachman Chaipel: Pleaching serv
ices at four o’clodk; message by the
Rev. W. D. Haltiwanger of Prosper
ity in interest of “Lutheran World
Action”; Sunday school at 3:00. Prof.
J. C. Metis, superintendent-
Sunday school offering will go to
“Lutheran World Action.”
St. Philips: Preaching services at
11 o’clock; message by Rev. W. D.
Haltiwanger; Sunday school at 10,
B. C. Banks, Supt-
All members are urged tb attend.
Miss Virginia Hayes, of Lander
college spent the weekend and part
of this week with her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Tom Hayes.
DOWN MEMORY
LANE
20 YEARS AGO
Mrs. George W. Summer, Mrs. C.
R. Wise and Carrol Summer motored
to Columbia Tuesday, accompanying
Mr. George W. Summer who went on
to Richmond, Va., on a business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hatton and
family, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Hatton’s sister, Mrs. Will Fellers of
Prosperity.—-Pomaria News item.
World’s greatest aircraft under
■onstruction for United States in
Zeppelin plant is expected to fly from
Berlin to New York in 60 hours,
Fredrichshafen dispatch says.
London gets unofficial reports
that Greeks and Turks will renew
warfare as result of reparations dis
pute at Lusanne.
The United States has every as
surance of abiding peace so far as
‘our relations with other peoples
are concerned’’ Secretary Hughes
isserts at natonal conference of
social workers in Washington.
Presbyterian pre-convention indi
cations at Indianapolis are that pro
posed discipline for Dr. Hairy Emer
son Fosdick will result in mild re
proof and warning to Presbyteries
that all pulpit expressions must con
form to the church’s confession of
faith.
President Harding may be asked to
seek an understanding with nations
whose ships f-arry liquor as crew
rations, Washington advices cay.
Automatically controlled lights on
the principle of automobile tail
lights, are being tried out on Detroit
street cars to signal to following ve
hicles.
Mr. Frank Cunningham of Wins
ton-Salem, N. C., spent the weekend
with his sister, Mrs. E. A. Carpen
ter in Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kinard and
Miss Rook Kinard and Ella Bow
man motored to Greenville Sunday
where they were joined by Misses
Margaret and Elizabeth Knard; from
there they went on to Henderson
ville, N. C. .
Mr. Paul Anderson, Jr., who has
been clerking for R. H. Anderson,
left Sunday for Greenwood where
he will be in business with his father
Mr. P. E. Anderson.
Miss Lois Fant of Columbia spent
Sunday in Newberry with Miss Anne
O. Ruff and Miss Lenore Broadus.
Mrs. Herbert Griffin, formerly
Miss Margaret Neel, and two Child
ren of Columbia are visiting rela
tives in the city.
CHAMBRAYS LEAD FASHION
FIELD FOR SUMMERTIME
New York.—Cotton chambrays are
pacing the pre-summer field of wo
man’s fashions fancy. Simply made
and serviceable, both the one-piece
of coat type and the two-piece suit
styles are getting the greatest num
ber of calls as American women of
wartime 1943 prepare their summer
ward robes.
Further reflecting the wartime
spirit, top-notch fashion forecasters
foresee a strong demand for work
dresses whiCh can double for sports
wear, instead of heavy buying of
strictly siport styles. Most popular
in this particular field will be cotton
denims which will do for Victory
gardening as well as for wear at pic
nics and playtime.
Designers also are placing heavy
stress on shorts, anticipating that
American women will spend a lot
more time out of doors this summer.
One of their most popular produc
tions is a sturdy, stylish, seersucker
set which will be the answer for the
housewife who takes to bicycling for
her neighborhood shopping trips.
For women working in business
offices, simple cotton suits are go
ing to be best for summer, but the
frills won’t be lacking. Instead, the
best dressed woman will depend upon
pleated of ruffled blouses to add! the
final touches to their workaday cos
tumes.
In the realm of cost* and rain
coats for Spring and Summer days,
cotton gabardine and poplin, as us
ual, lead the fashion field. The de
mand for raincoats shows the trench
style the big favorite with all wo
men, whether in the volunteer serv
ices or not.