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■ 'W yfew ■ n- ?: ] ' J x ■ BY THE WAY... By DORIS ARMFIELD Something qver a year ago, the athletic field at Newberry high school was furnished with lights for night games, and in due time was dedicated as Hedgepath Stadium. Credit for this advance in the sports de partment of the school seems to be due a number of people, including the members of the local American Legion post, the city school officials, and just ordinary citizens of the town, interested in the school. A. W. Murray, chairman of the school board of trustees, and John Lindsay, commander of American Legion Post 24, have reported that the 131 per sons who loaned money for this project are now, after a year of operation, receiving a 20 percent dividend. Although it is impossible to name all of those who helpea to make this achievement a success, I do think they are to be congratulated on their public-mindednesB. To quote Messrs Murray and Lindsay, “Through this medium New berry has been given much fine publicity and has been justly proud of the fact that our fine city boasts of one of the best high school athletic plants in the state. This installation has given, not only the youth of the city but Newberry county as well, the best of facilities for an expression of their phys ical abilities.” A week or so ago 1 made mention of the almost-impos- sible crossword puzzles in the Sunday editions of the New York Times, and “challenged” anyone to prove they could finish one, and finish it cor rectly. Johnny Jones tells me there has been a lot of interest in the Sunday New York Times since that issue of the Sun- paper was published, but thus far I have had only two groups to submit a finished product. The first puzzle was sub mitted by Gene Farr of Little Mountain, a former student of Newberry College, now enroute to the University of Chicago to pursue a study of clinical psychology. The puzzle he brought was the issue of Janu ary 16. He admitted that he didn’t do it alone, but didn’t give the names of his partners. The January 23rd puzzle, worked in its entirety, was brought in by “Ikey” Blalock, Coke Dickert and Marion Bax ter, and I am informed the Sun-editor had his hand in that one. too. However, I am sorry to report that after checking both puzzles against the solu tions, neither was completely accurate. The number of mis takes, averaging about six de finitions out of some 310, was about the same in both puzzles. I don’t think that is at all bad, considering such definitions as “tributary of the Po” and “Fin nish islands in Gulf of Both nia.” So those gentleman head the lijt thus far, until a more accurately solved puzzle comes along. It would seem impossible to let this week go by without some mention of the weather since this week brought the first real winter weather we have had this year. We dash ed around the yard, trying to cover the azaleas and camel lias, but it was futile because the wind would blow off the covers as soon as we put them on. With so many Newberri- ans becoming azalea conscious, and remembering how beauti ful the flowers were in New berry last spring, I certainly hope the sudden freeze won’t prove fatal to the blooms this year, i I hear that “Judge” Lonnie Graham, whose term as magis trate expires in March, is re signing this week to become City Recorder, replacing J. O. Havird, who has been ill for some time. I’m sure that “Uncle Lonnie” will be as fine and fair a recorder as he was a magistrate. PEERLESS HOG FEED — We can supply you with this brand of real good feed—R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc.; Wholesale Grocers; Newberry, S. C. tn AUDITOR'S TAX NOTICE Returns of personal property, new buildings, transfer of real estate, poll and road tax, are to be made at the County Au ditor’s Office beginning: January 1st, 1949 through February 28 th. 1949 All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax; all persons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty outside of incorporated towns are liable to pay com mutation (road) tax of $1.00 All dogs are to be assessed at $1.00 each. All returns are to be made by School Districts. Your fail ure to make return calls for penalty as prescribed by law. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS County Auditor SOME FOLKS ’call ’em hick towns because there’s no place to g-o they shouldn’t. WITH THE SICK Graham Named City Recorder Mrs. H. L. Fellers of Pros perity, who underwent a ma jor operation in the Columbia Hospital last Thursday is re cuperating nicely. The friends of Miss Fannie McCaughrin will be glad to learn that her condition is re ported to be much better. She is recuperating at her home on Glenn street. Mrs. J. W. .Buchanan was ad mitted to the Newberry Hos pital last Friday and under went a major operation Sat urday. Her condition is re ported to be satisfactory, her friends will be glad to learn. Mrs. J. J. Langford, who has been a patient in the Provi dence Hospital in Columbia for the past two weeks, is reported to be improving. Mrs. C. F. Layton, who has been ill at her home oh O’Neal street for the past several weeks, is now improving nice ly and is able to sit up some. Earl- C. Taylor, who under went a major operation in the Veterans’ Hospital in Colum bia Wednesday morning, stood the operation fine, and is doing nicely. Mks. C. A. Kaufmann, who has been confined to her home for the past week is doing fine and expects to be up and about in a day or two. Mrs. Forrest Summer was ad mitted to the Newberry Hospi tal last Monday where she un derwent an operation Tues day. She is doing nicely and expects to return to her home on College street extension this weekend, her many friends will be glad to know. Miss Mattie Adams was ad mitted to the local hospitaL on Monday, January 31, where she will undergo treatment. Friends of Mrs. E. E. Epting will be sorry to learn she is very ill at her home on Main street. Colored Soldier Has Good Record MiSge. Robert Cureton, Negro 5-battle star European combat veteran, first sergeant of Con stabulary’s 12th Truck Com pany, stationed in Stuttgart, Germany, son of Wm. Cureton 816 Hunter street, has reenlis ted in the Army. Cureton has already corrt- pleted seven years in the ser vice, having enlisted at Fort Benning, Ga., in M!ay 1941. several months prior to Pearl Harbor. He received his train ing with the Infantry at Camp Wheeler, Ga., but arrived over seas with the Truck Company, landing in Scotland in March 1944. A part of the first United States Army, was ancored down off the coast of Norman dy three days before D-Day At a recent meeting of the City Council, I^onnie Ml Gra ham was elected City Record er, taking th e place of J. Oliver Havird, who has been ill for the past several months. Mr. Graham, who has served as magistrate in Newberry Dis trict No. 2, for the past four years, has sent in his resigna tion to take effect immediately. He will be sworn in as City Recorder, Saturday at 2 o’clock by Mayor A. P. Salley. Roy D. Stutts, who defeated Mr. Graham in the magistrate’s race last summer, will assume the duties of the magistrate’s office as soon as he is commis sioned by the Governor. Lawyer Frank Jordan has been acting temporary Record er since Mr. Havird’s illness. Patrolmen Move County Deputy L. L. (Slim) Henderson moved his wife and 10-year-old daughter, Margaret Jane, to Newberry this week from Whitmire. They are now making their home on Pope street in the new house recent ly completed by George Robert- Patrolman W. J. Martin and family moved Thursday from the Columbia Highway, to Jones street in the city, where they are now making their home. Marriages James Rikard Kinard, Whit mire, to Johnnie Mae Caudell, Kinards. Lloyd James Walters, Orange burg, to Jacqueline Lowe Brig- man, Orangeburg. Wlalter Dudley Nobles, New berry, to Bertha Irene Banks. Wyman Edward Dominick, Prosperity, to Lucille Amick, Prosperity. Joseph Leonard Smith, Char lotte, N. C., to Dorothy Mabel Adams, Prosperity. Andrew Brown Renwick, Whitmire, to Lessie Jaurline Dickert, Whitmire. Daniel O’Neal Lindler, Cha pin, to Susie Floriede Ringer, Pomaria. and achieved a landing on D-plusI. As first sergeant of the outfit, Cureton participated in the five major European campaigns, Normandy, North ern France, Ardennes, Central Europe, and the Rhineland. He holds battle stars for each of these, as well as the Good Conduct Medal with clasp. Master Sergeant Cureton, whoes home address is now 100 Nichols street, Greenville. He grew up in Newberry and at tended Drayton High School. Local Teacher Highly Praised Miss Lucy W. McCaughrin, beloved teacher^ of the deaf in Columbia for many years, will be honored at a reception given by the Junior League from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday at the Junior League School for Speech Correction. At the re ception a portrait of Miss Mc Caughrin will be placed in the speech school and a num ber of her associates, and for mer pupils and various civic leaders have been invited to do her honor. Mrs. William L. Otis, presi dent of the Columbia league, said yesterday, “The Junior League fully recognizes the part Miss McCaughrin played in the establishment of the Junior League School of Speech Correction. She was the first to call to our atten tion the needs of the pre-school deaf child who had never learned to talk, and without her inspiration and leadership we might never have assumed the responsibility of providing this service.” IlMiss McCaughrin began her outstanding work with the deaf and deafened in Columbia when she organized a lip-read ing class for ten members in 1934. From this class the first such service to be offered in this community grew the in terest in work with the hard of hearing which led to the establishment of the Columbia Society for the Hard of Hear ing (now thp Columbia Hear ing Society). This society, founded under the leadership of M5ss McCaughrin, became a member of the Columbia Com munity Chest in 1929. During its early years Miss McCaugh rin served as executive secre tary and teacher. Later, when Miss Bess Ferguson became ex ecutive secretary of the society, Miss McCaughrin organized her own school for speech reading, where she gave private in struction, and continued on the staff of the society as an instructor of lip-reading. Dur ing the years she was in Col umbia she also trained teachers in lip-reading in the summer schools of George Peabody Col lege, Winthrop College and the University of South Carolina. Before beginning her work in Columbia Miss Lucy had great deal of experience. After becoming hard of hearing dur ing her girlhood she studied at the Muller-Walle school in Boston and the Kinzee school of speech reading in Phila delphia. She afterwards taught in the Kinzee school and in Savannah, Ga.. Louisville. Ky., Cleveland, Ohio, Charlotte, N. C., and Augusta, Ga., before coming to Columbia, While in Cleveland she helped Mrs. James R. Garfield establish the Personal Items Miss Virginia Neville, a stu dent at Erskine College, Due Wlest, spent the past weekend here with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. A. Neville on Calhoun street. David Neville, a student at P. C., Clinton, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. A. Neville on Calhoun street. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Glenn and two children. Dallas and Elaine of Greenwood, and Mr. and Mrs. James Clary and daughter, Betsy of Greenville, were visitors Sunday in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mirs. M. W. Clary on Boundary street i Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Allan and family moved Tuesday from Fair street to Georgia, and the hodse they formerly lived in has been rented by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bullock. Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Har mon and son, Kenneth, moved Tuesday into the Wiseman Apartments on Calhoun street, formerly occupied by the Lewis Lipscombs. Miss Lula Mlae Vaughn, who underwent an operation on her feet in the Columbia Hospital about a month ago, returned to her position at the Fashion Monday, after an absence of five weeks. Miss Jessie Ray of Green wood, spent the weekend here in the home of Mrs. Maude G. Ross and Miss Elsie Gilliam on Drayton street. Miss Ruth Mathis. Child Welfare Worekr, with the De partment of Public Welfare, un derwent a major operation in the Columbia Hospital on Wed nesday, January 26. She is re ported to be doing nicely and expects to return to her home in Whitmire this weekend. " Dr. and Mrs. James Martin of Columbia, were weekend visitors in the home of Dr. Martin’s mother, Mrs. F. N. Martin on Main street. Miss' Evelyn Ranger of Mar ion was a recent visitor in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Clamp on Boundary street. Mr. and Mrs. Duward Fellers, Miss Parnell Fellers and David Ringer were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Thornton in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Setzler and son. Tommy, and Mrs. Annie Spearman, spent the past weekend in Charlotte, N. C. with Mrs. Oscar Hill, Sr., and Mrs. Maurice Wilson. Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb spent the weekend in Charleston with her son E. M. (Buddy) Lip scomb, Jr., who is a student at the Citadel. M(rs. Harry Miley, a member of the Walterboro school facul ty, spent the weekend here with her sister, MTs. O. K. Brown on Calhoun street. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ruff and two children. Lane and Lile, and E. M. Lane of Rock Hill, spent the weekend in the home of their mother, Mrs. E. M. Lane on Calhoun street. Mrs. James Smith and Mrs. Gertrude H. Copeland were business visitors in Columbia last Thursday. Mr... J. H. Ruff spent Sun day in Winnsboro in the home of her mother, Mrs. Julia S. Long. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Shealy and daughter, Mabel, were Sun day visitors in the home of Mr. Shealy’s brother, Herman Shealy and family in Union. Mrs. Kate Stone & Mr. and Mrs. Colie Stone and family of the St. Phillips community, were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Stone on Fair Avenue. Mrs. Fletcher Spigner, who spoke at the Methodist Church Sunday morning on the “Work of the Women in the Church” was entertained Sunday in the home of Mirs. J. W. White on Caldwell street. Mrs. Tabor L. Hill and Mrs. T. N. Parks left last Thursday for a trip to Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Hill visited her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Tabor L. Hill, Jr., and Mrs. Parks. They returned to New berry Monday. Sunday dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Halfacre and family in the Tranwood community where Mr. and Mrs. David Senn, Mrs. D. S. Halfacre and two chil dren, Waldo and Elsie, Mr. and Mrs. Carter Abrams, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Halfacre and son, Perry, and Rev. E. L. Halfacre. Business visitors in the city over the wekend and the first of this week include Mrs. Keis ter Wheeler and Mrs. Dan Hamm of Prosperity; Mrs. Jake Long of the county; Miss Sel ma Basha and MS-s. Haskell Adams of Chappells; M!rs. Ho race Shealy, Prosperity; Mrs. George Harmon, Prosperity; Mrs. Sam Young and daugh ter, Mrs. John Gray, Whitmire. Mrs. Cecil Fellers and daugh ters, Miss Parnell Fellers and Mrs. Russell Addy, spent Wed nesday afternoon in Columbia where they visited Mrs. H. L. Fellers, who is a patient in the Columbia Hospital. Mrs. B. L. Kinard has re turned to the home of her daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin O. Summer on Mayer avenue, after spending two weeks in Winnsboro in the home of her other daughter, Mrs. Joe Kirkpatrick and fam ily. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Hassell and son, Jimmy of Columbia, spent several days the first of the week in the home of Mrs. Hassell’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Senn on Harper street. Miss Elizabeth White, super intendent of nurses and the Nursing school at the Char lotte Memorial Hospital in Charlotte, N. C., and Miss Bur ton, one of the supervisors in the hospital, were recent visi tors in the home of Miss Whit’s mother, Mrs. J. W. White on Caldwell street. Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Byrd and three children, Robert, Richard and Albert, were Sun- u VOL. 11—NO. 38 + NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1949 + $1.50 PER YEAR ’ — V Price Attending Officers School Major C. T. Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Price, 1934 Nance street, is one of the 12 South Carolinians enrolled at the current class in the Air Tactical School of the Air Uni versity at Tyndall Air Force Base at Panama City, Florida, where he will receive a four- month special course. The Air Tactical School, com manded by Brig. Gen. K. K. Lacey, is the basic school of the Air University. Here se lected officers, carefully^ chosen learn fundamentals required of all Air Force officers, the in tensively broad academic course including instruction in Lead ership, Administration, Public Speaking, Military Management and a multitude ,of other sub jects with which the Squadron Commander and his staff offi cers must be familiar in the modem Air Force. Upon completion of the four month course student officers return to their home bases from which, after a period of ser vice, many of them will be selected to attend other ad vanced schools in the Air Uni versity system, such as Spe cial Staff schools at Craig Field. Selma, Alabama, the Air Command and staff school and the Air War College at Air Un iversity headquarters, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama. Sherrill Heads Cross Campaign A meeting was held in the Red Cross room in the Court House Tuesday afternoon to formulate plans for the Red Cross fund drive which will get underway about the first of March. Rev. Paul Sherrill, who will head the 1949 Red Cross fund campaign in Newberry, pie- ______ _ sided over the meeting and had ' 'excellent training 'and *4 ipagped out plans .for the_driye. :t*. Sherrill announced that this year’s goal has been set at $6,000.65. This figure is $2,000 less than last year’s totaL Names of persons who will assist in th e drive will be an nounced. soon. Lake Erie school of speech reading. She also attended Western Reserve University and studied the Newer method in' speech reading for children. Perhaps Miss Lucy’s most outstanding work in Columbia was done with children—both the deaf and the deafened. Her personality endears her to all children and her achievements in the teaching of speech to children who were deaf from birth or were deafened in in fancy have been remarkable. Ih the work with pre-school children it is essential to have the full cooperation of parents and a number of mothers in Columbia were trained by Miss Lucy to carry on lip-reading and speech training with their children. Some of these chil dren learned enough speech to attend the public schools. Miss McCaughrin was not content with the splendid ser vice she was rendering as a teacher of lip-reading. She was always conscious of the un met needs in the community and gave of her time and influ ence to develop new services. She, along with others interest ed in the hard of hearing, worked earnestly for years to have a program of audiometric testing set up in the public schools of the city and the state. The program of • lip- reading, initiated in the Col umbia schools this year, grew out of the repeated efforts of Miss McCaughrin to have such a service set up. In 1947, when Miss Lucy knew that she would not be able to continue her teaching in Columbia much longer because of her health, she was greatly concerned over the fact that no other facilities would be available for the training of the pre-school deaf children in the community. She brought, this problem to members of the Junior League and the interest that was aroused then was one of the factors that led to the es tablishment of the Junior League School of Speech Cor rection. Miss McCaughrin is now re tired and living in her native town of Newberry. Her warm personality, her patience and her pupils, her humility in the face of all her accomplishments and her persistence in seeing day dinner guests in the home j that provision was made for of Mr. Byrd’s sister, Mrs. Wil-1 the deaf and hard of hearing liam H. Franklin and family j child will not be forgotten.— on route 1, Newberry. I The State, January 30, REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Newberry B. Osborne Long to Thomas Hair and Viola Hair, two lots, $100. Beaman L. Mills to J. Forrest Lominack, one lot and one building on Glenn street. Helen B. Wleir to R: B. Baker one lot an McKibben street, $1000. William B. Duncan to Mattie B. Duncan, one lot and one building, 1313 Jefferson street, $5.00 love and affection. Dead Fall B. Osborne Long to Avie Longshore and Frances Long shore, 43 acres $500. Prosperity Town of Prosperity to D. H. Hamm, Sr., and Mbrray Lum ber Company, one lot, $5.00. O'Keall Maxcey C. Bedenbaugh to J. L. Jones, Greenville, one acre, $500. Thomas B. Stockman to Fair- field Forest Products Company, Inc, 150 acres, $4200. St. Phillips Luther Stroud and Martha Stroud to Prosperity Lumber Company, Inc., 44.95 acres, $1600. Helena William Edward Cassady to D. R. Price, 13.5 acres, $1100 and other considerations.. Farrence Legrand Fowler and Herbert Clifton Timmerman, 3.73 acres, $200. Wheeland Kate Cannon Lindler to Coley B. Todd, 125 acres, $450. Smyrna Essie E. Shealy to James H. Shealy, 103.49 acres, $1.00 and other considerations. Burton ^ Robert L. Dorroh to Griff O. Dorroh, 85 acres, $5.00 love and affection. Beth Eden T. E. Fowler to W. P. Ers kine, 6 acres, $120. MELODY CLUB MEMBERS ATTEND OPERA A group from the Melody Club of the Newberry High School attended the Opera La- Traviata which was presented at the Township Auditorium in Columbia Wednesday eve ning. PVT. BOSTAIN QUALIFIES AS EXPERT SHOT . Pvt. Norman E. Bostain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Addison Bos tain of Chapin, a former stu dent of Newberry College, was on of the top shooters of his platoon, firing expert with a score of 226, at Parris Island. He will receive a $5-per-month increase in pay. Private fiostain is a brother of Addison Bostain, Jr., mana ger of the local S. C. Employ ment office on Cgldwell street. NEW WASH ON THE LINE Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Domi nick, baby boy, January 5. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Coleman, baby boy, January 6. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Richard son, baby bhy, January 7. Mir. and Mrs. L. B. Shealy, baby girl, January 8. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Kyzer, baby boy. January 9. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Cameron, baby boy, January 8. (Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Cousins, baby girl, January 9. Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Sease, baby boy, January 10. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Thompson baby girl, January 12. Mr. and Mirs. J. E. Seibert, baby boy, January 14. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Frick, baby boy, January 16. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bannis ter. baby boy, January 17. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shannon, baby boy, January IB. Mrs. and Mrs. James Brown, baby boy, January 18. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Nobles, baby boy, January 20. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Black, baby boy, January 21. 'Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ful ler, baby boy, January 30. Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Beden baugh, baby boy. January 31. Mtr. and Mrs. J. F. Gilfillan, baby boy, January 27. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Adams, baby girl, anuary 6. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rinehart, baby girl, January 31. Great Damage la Fire At Pomaria Fire destroyed two buildings at Pomaria shortly after 12 o’clock Monday night. On e of the buildings housed the postoffice, and the other was occupied by Elbert Dowd, who operated a pool room and cold drink stand in the front, and John A Cromer, who ran a liquor store in the rear of the building. The plate glass windows in an electric appliance store across the street ope-ated by D. L. Wedeman, Jr., were broken from the heat. Mrs. Mattie Hentz Graham, who had been postmistress for over 30 years, suffered a heart attack after viewing the fire and died from the shock. Most of the mail was remov ed from the building before the fire completely destroyed it. Investigation into the cause of the fire was made by Sheriff Tom M. Fellers, and Deputies Neel and Quattle- baum. Valentine Dance At Legion Hut A Queen of Hearts will be selected and crowned at the Valentine dance which will be held at the Legion Hut Wed nesday, February 9th from 8:30 until 11:30 td raise money for the Youth Center building fund. Bill Blalock and his quin tette will furnish the music for the dance free of charge. The Hut is also being donated free for the evening. Tickets for the dance can be purchased at any of the drug stores ir. the city. Dies Suddenly Mrs. Mattie Hentz Graham, 65, widow of the late James L. Graham, died suddenly early Tuesday morning in Pomaria Mks. Graham was postmistress and at the time of sudden at tack, was viewing a fire which was destroying the postoffice and an adjoining building. She was a daughter of the late W. A. and Mirs. Lena Abrams Itentz and was born and reared in the St. Matthews section of Newberry County, but had spent her entire mar ried life in Pomaria, where her husband served as post master for 24 years, after which she served for the past 23 years. She was a charter member of the Pomaria Lutheran Church, and a life member of the Mis sionary Society of the church. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at the Pomaria Luther an Church with her pastor, the Rev. M. T. Cullum, con ducting the service. Interment followed in Rosemont ceme tery in Newberry. She is survived by two chil dren, Ames Graham and Mrs. Eric Long, of Pomaria; three grandchildren, and the follow ing brothers and sisters: J. B. and W. S. Hentz, of Pomaria; George . D., Julius J. and Hugh W. Hentz, all of Pomaria; Mrs. Amelia Shannon and Mrs. J. L. Dickert, both of Newberry. Pallbearers will be the neph ews and nieces will serve as flower attendants. The hon orary escort will be composed of- the entire assemblage pres ent. PVT. ROBINSON QUALIFIES Pvt. Franklin Robinson, Jr., son of Mr. and (Mrs. F. T. Rob- insonj of Chapin, a former stu dent of Newberry college, is among many South Carolina Marines who recently qualified at Parris Island as rifle marks* men, sharpshooter and experts when they fired for record on the rifle range. They enlisted in November and December, 1948, for a period of three years and are currently undergoing recruit training with Platoons 258 and 259 there at the Ma rine Corps recruit depot. Mt. Bethel-Garmany H. D. Club will meet at the school house Tuesday, February 8th, at 3 o’clock. You are asked to bring your Council dues at this meeting. Hostesses will be Mrs. S. D. Price and Mrs. Mary Epting. To Washington , Mrs. Ben Spotts and two children, Susan and Bfen, Jr., left Newberry Wednesday for Washington, D. C., to join Mr. Spotts where they will make their home. Mr. Spotts, who has accepted a position in Washington, assumed his new duties there last week. 'K-J CHARGES CITY WANTS MONEY In view of the coming elec tion on February 15, 1949, at which time the people of New berry will vote on the ques tion of placing the Water, Elec tric & Sewer departments un der the City Council, instead of the Commissioners of Pub lic Works, we believe some facts on the question should be presented. We cannot in telligently vote unless- we ; un derstand the situation and know the facts. As you know a Revenue Bond issue was recently pass ed which will enable the Com missioners of Public Works to extend sanitary sewerage sys tem, enlarge present ' water plant and construct a sewage treatment plant. Your Com mission has outlined a plan whereby all citizens of dew berry will have sewerage,' water & electricity available to his home or business. Plans are now being developed to im prove the electric system, pro vide adequate street lighting and install another elevated tank to replace old standpipe. We realize that all this is nec essary if Newberry is to Con tinue to grow and develop. It is also necessary to prevent disease. All moneys that your Commission will net for the next 4 to 5 years is needed to retire Revenue Bonds and pro vide other improvements. Wte have been approached by certain members of City Council and asked to assume > payment of some old outstand ing water and sewer bonds. Your Commission advised Council that they would gladly take over these bonds, provided that the City would pay a fair rental value for services the Commissioners now provides to the City free of charge. (These services are Free Street Lights, Fire-hydrants, Free Water & electricity to all departments, parks and playgrounds. Free up-keep of traffic signals and fire alarm system, and free plumbing & electrical insp<s tions). We also thfnk that the Commission took over tL_ bonds, the tax should be taken ’ off. This was turned down. The free services rendered by the Commissioners to the City is more than the City is pay ing on. these old bonds. There is but one reason that you have been asked to vote this change and that reason is—MIONEY. The Mayor needs money to run the City govern ment and thinks that Water & Light money could be divert ed for other City purposes. Your Commission thinks that all money of this department should be used for improve ments in service and extension of services just as fast as pos sible. If water and light mon ey is used for other purposes it will wreck our outlined im provement program. We are interested in this, not only as members of your Commission, but al§p as private citizens and urge the voters to back up our improvement program. COMMISSIPNERS OF PUBLIC WORKS Dr. H. B. Senn, Chm. ,0 CIRCLES TO MEET MONDAY The Circles of the Woman’s £ aciety of Christian Service of Central Methodist Church will meet Monday, February, as follows: Circle No. 1—Mrs. P. B. Ezell 7:30 p.m. Circle No. B^-Mrs. R. M. Lominack, 4:00 p.m. No. 3—Mrs. H." C. Cannon, 4:00 p.m. \ No. 4—Mrs. Mike Youmstfis, 7:30 p.m. Louise Sgst—Mrs. O. M. Cobb WAC RECRUITER TO VISIT NEWBERRY Pfc. Elizabeth S. Hicks, WAC Recruiter, of the Columbia Main Station Recruiting Office will be at the Newberry Re cruiting Station^ 1221 Nance street, the 8th and 9th of Feb ruary, for the purpose of tak ing applications for WAC and WAIF enlistments, according to announcement by M - S g t. Blankenship, commanding the Newberry Recruiting Station. Happy Birthday! Anne Enlow. Mrs. Harold Aull, A. T. (Mike) Livingston and Tommy Longshore, son of Mr .and Mrs. T. E. Longshore, February 5; Gene Hendrix, Mrs. C. W. Bowers, Mrs. Julian B. Harman and Bessie Bradley. February 6; Mac Calcote, Feb ruary 7; Dorothy French, Feb ruary 8; Sarah Wherry, Febru ary 9; Miss Mattie Adams and Mrs. J. W. Smith. February 10; and Vernon Boozer, February 11.