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VOL. 14—NO. 37
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1952
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Willowbrook Park Accepted; Name
Committee To Supervise Operation
Council Discusses
New White way For
Business District
The Willowbrook Park commit
tee met with city council Tues
day night at council's regular ses
sion. The body composed ot
^Glarvice Taylor, Mrs. Helen Shealy,
Kenneth Tompkins, Mrs. Bernice
Mack, William Johnson, Mis. El
len Bouknight, and the pastors of
all three churches at Newberry
Mills appeared before the council
tor the purpose of discussing func
tions of this committee.
Councilman Kinard made a mo
tion confirming the appointment
of the committee and giving the
committee full power to make all
rules, regulations and policies.
under which the park will be oper
ated. The motion also included
that the committee would elect its
own chairman and treasurer and
designate which members would
serve two, four and six years.
The names of chairman and com
mitteemen are to be submitted to
the council at a later date.
Councilman Dufford seconded
the motion and it was passed
unanimously.
Following the confirmation and
organization of the park commis
sion. Alderman Forrest Dickert
motioned that the city not accept
Willowbrook park from Newberry
Mills. The park will he deeded to
the city by the mill management.
Mr. Dickert requested that a
suitable resolution lie drawn and
be sent to the mill management
thanking them for their interest in
the park and for turning it over
to the city for recreational pur
poses. Alderman Layton second
ed and the motion passed.
During the session, Mayor Wise
man entertained a motion for the
appointment of a committee for
the purpose of operating the color
ed rest room. Councilman Kin
ard made a motion appointing Dr.
J. E. Grant, chairman. Beulah Mor
ris and Herbert Coleman to serve
on the advisory committee. George-
Martin, a newly-installed member
of the council, seconded and the
motion passed.
Council discussed the parking
meter situation in refrence to
merchants. No action was taken.
A lengthy discussion was held
regarding a new whiteway system
for Newberry’s business district,
but action was deferred.
Councilman C. A. Dufford was
appointed temporary chairman of
the Tree Commission by Mayor
Wiseman.
Mr. Wiseman Adivsed council
of a joint meeting of the New r ber-
ry-Clinton city councils held at
council chambers Wednesday
night to discuss the natural gas
system proposed for the two cities.
Coroner's Jury
Says 'No Blame’
In Train Deaths
No blame was placed upon the
three deaths occuring in Newber
ry county December 16 by a
coroner’s jury last night. The
verdict was “auto-train wreck.”
Sunday morning, December 16th,
Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Shevlin and
Mrs. Shevlin’s sister, Mrs. A.
Rhett Boozer, were en route from
Newberry to Colony Lutheran
Church to attend morning devo
tional services. The car in which
they were riding turned to cross
the Southern Railroad tracks when
the car and train came together.
Mrs. Shevlin and Mrs. Boozer were
killed instantly and Mr. Shevlin
died shortly afterwards at the
local hospital where he was
| brought.
Vet Applicants
For P. 0. Jobs
The United States Civil Service
Commission today announced a
new examination open only to per
sons entitled to veteran preference,
for filling substitute postal trans
portation clerk positions through
out the United States. The pay
is $1.71% an hour.
To qualify, applicants wil be re
quired to pass a written test.
There are no experience require
ments and no age limits. Because
of the arduous duties involved,
only male eligibles will be appoint
ed.
Veterans residing in South Caro
lina must file application with the
U. S. Civil Service Copimission,
Washington 25, D. C., not later
than February 5, 1952.
Applications will be accepted
until further notice from veterans
residing in all other States.
Full information and application
forms may be obtained from the
Commission’s Local Secretary,
Miss Sadie Bowers, located at the
lOdtl Post Off’ nek*
Farm Essay Contest Winners Share
In Prizes And Expense-Paid Trips
One thousand dollars will he
awarded the winner oi the 1952
Essay Contest on the subject of
Conservation Farming for Abun
dant Living.
The contest began on January
1, 1952 and will close on March
2.1, 1952. It is being sponsored by
the National Grange in coopera
tion with the American Plant Food
Council, Inc., Washington. D. C.
Any young man or woman who
will not have reached his or her
21st birthday by March 31. 1952
is eygible.
For the purpose of the contest,
the 4S states have been divided in
to six regions and winners of each
region will compete for the six
national awards.
The following awards are otic-r
ed :
National Awards: First $1,-
000.On cash; Second $500.00 cash;
Third --- $400.00 cash; Fourth,
fifth, sixth—$300.00 cash.
State Awards: First—$10o.00
cash; Second—$50.00 cash; Third
—$25.00 cash.
The six national winners will
receive an all-expenses-paid trip
to attend the annual session of the
National Grange in November
1952.
Essays must he submitted to the
nearest Grange by March 31.
Length of paper shall not he
more than SOu words. Typewrit
ten, double-spaced essays are pre
ferable, otherwise the papers must
he written legibly in ink.
To identify your essay, you must
show on the first page: (1) your
name and address and date of
birth; (2) “Conservation Farming
and Abundant Living” and (3)
“Sponsored by The National
Grange and American Plant Food
Council.”
The kind of essay you prepare
on “Conservation Farming for
Abundant Living” is entirely up to
you, but it is suggested that
special consideration be given td
the practical application of the
subject to the soils of your com
munity, present and future. You
may use illustrations and principl
es based upon data from text
books, bulletins, interviews and
personal experience, but proper
credit should he given data obtain
ed from published sources.
If you are a student, your teach
er may accept your essay for
school credit in various courses,
such as Agriculture, English and
Civics.
All entries will be judged by
well qualified leaders in the field
of agriculture and points will he
scored as follows—1. Practical ap
plication on subject matter, 4U
points; 2. Effectiveness of
presentation, 30 points; 3. Origi
nality of presentation, 2o points;
4. Spelling, punctuation and gram
matical correctness, 10 points.
Helpful literature may he had
for the asking from the Soil Con
servation Service, Room 204, in
the new Agricultural Building.
Record 16 Deeds
With Auditor
Sixteen deed transfers were re
corded in the office of Pinckney
N. Abrams, Auditor, the past week
in the amount of $5,677. The deeds
recorded were:
Newberry No. 1
L. A. Savage to Harrington
Heights Development Corporation,
two lots. Lots Nos. 7 and 9 of
Plat “Harrington Heights”, ex
change of lots, $5.00.
Harrington Heights Develop
ment Corporation to L. x\. Savage,
two lots. IxOts Nos. 2 and 4 of Plat
“Harrington Heights,” exchange of
lots, $5.00
W. E. Son and Edna B. Son to
Maxie Spicer, 21 acres, $1235.
Silverstreet No. 2
Annie L. Watkins to A. W. Mar
tin, 48.5 acres, 5.00 love and af
fection.
Helen B. Weir to M. S. Bailey
and Son, Bankers, Inc., 22.55 acres,
$5.00 and other considerations,
Bush River No. 3
P. S. Bailey to H. D. Payne, 260
acres (His one-half interest in this
tract) $1.00 and exchange of pro
perty.
Whitmire No. 4
Newberry Federal Savings and
Loan Association to W. R. Smith,
one lot. 46’x200’ and one building,
on Duckett street, $1700.
The Pentcostal Holiness Church
of Whitmire, S. C.. to Mrs. Kath
erine W. Martin, one lot and one
building, $2500.
Whitmire No. 1 Outside
R. Aubrey Harley to Bonnie
Cathcart, 4 acres $100.
Pomaria No. 5
Henry M. Hentz to William S.
Hentz 237.26 acres, $5.00 love and
affection. (Also tract in No. 7),
(Eloise Wedeman Place).
Perry O. Wicker to Earl P.
Wicker 44 acres $5.00 love and
affection.
(continued on page eight)
George T. Stone, 77,
Native Of Newberry,
Last Ries Monday
George T. Stone, 77, of Piedmont
Highway, Greenville, died Sunday
afternoon at 1:50 o’clock in a
Travelers Rest Hospital following
10 days of illness. He had been in
declining health for a number of
years.
Mr. Stone was a native of New
berry County, a son of the late
Henry and Martha Livingston
Stone.
For many years Mr. Stone was
identified w ith the textile industry.
He moved to Greenville six years
ago from Newberry.
Mr. Stone w as a member of Dun
can Methodist Church and of the
Woodmen of the World.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Clara Hall Stone; one daughter,
Mrs. Charles L. Tidwell, Green
ville; one son, George H. Stone,
Augusta, Ga.; two brothers, Levi
Stone, Newberry and Dan Stone,
Ballentine, and seven grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from the chapel at Jones Mortuary
by the Rev. Welborne Summers
and the Rev. A. Howard Wilson.
Interment was in Woodlawn Me
morial Park in Greenville.
David M. Shaver, 54,
Former Newberrian,
Services Tuesday
Funeral services for David Mel
vin Shaver, 54, who died Sunday
in Columbia was conducted Tues
day at 11 o’clock at Little River
Dominick Presbyterian Church by
the Rev. S. T. Lipsey. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
He was a former weaver in the
Newberry Textile Mills and waa
horn in Airdell, N. C.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Effie Crocker: two
sons, James Ernest and Thomas
Jerry; five daughters, Dot, Edna,
Daisy, Marie Gladys, Elliott Ge-
nerva and Kathekene Shaver,
Newberry; three half-brothers and
two half-sisters.
HERE IT IS 1952
and
WE’RE STILL IN DEBT
We’ll be in debt the rest of our lives, and let’s hope
we leave our children in debt (to us), too. No, I’m not
talking about bank notes or Treasurey Bonds, or even
the bills we hope to pay by the Tenth of January. The
truly big debts we owe can’t ever be paid off . . . we
just have to try to keep up the interest payments!
If we had to list our “accounts payable,” it would
be almost an endless task. An “I O U” to Job for his
lesson in patience. A teifrific bill from Michelangelo.
Heavy obligations to Chopin and Bach. How could we
settle with Abe Lincoln for his integrity or Will
Rogers for his human warmth? We even owe Judas
and Hitler and their spiritual cousins a great deal be
cause they demonstrated what not to do! The daily
sacrifice of the Nuns, and the Nurses and the Doctors
deserve a payment in selflessness that few of us can
meet. Smiles and cheery. Hello’s we get on the street
every day are enough to keep our bank account com
pletely overdrawn!
No, we couldn’t possibly pay back what we owe
people. The old creators. The new creators. The
Statesmen. The Prophets. Our mothers and fathers.
The folks who share our joys and our burdens; our
friends. Our wives and husbands. And, besides peo
ple, we are indebted to our dogs and cats and horses
for their love and companionship.
Thank God we owe these things. And may He
guide us in our attempt to make speedy payment with
our generosity, our kindness, our helpfulness and our
love for each other.
Sam Sullivan, Laredo, Texas
Newberry, Clinton Heads
Talk Gas System Details
Significance Of Social Security
Benefts Shown By Field Manager
Fitzgerald Jones
Promoted To Sgt
At German Base
The United States Air Force
today announced that Fitzgerald
Jones, son of Mr. Dwight W. Jones,
900 Glenn street, Newberry, has
been promoted to the grade of
sergeant.
Prior to his entry into the ser
vice in March, 1951, Sgt. Jones at
tended Newberry college and was
employed by Verna and Hal Kohn.
He arrived in the European Com
mand in September, 1951.
Sgt. Jones is presetly assigned
to the 36th Medical Group, 36th
Fighter-Bomber Wing, widely rec
ognized as one of the outstanding;
units of the European defense
team and constantly striving to
further their reputation as “Guard
ians of the European Frontier.”
Chief Dowd, Hitt
Enter 21st Year
With Department
On Tuesday, January 1, 1952,
Chief of Police Colie Dowd and
his 15 patrolmen, together round
ed out 148 years of service with
the city of Newberry, with senior
ity going to Chief Dowd and
Policeman J. J. Hitt. Both officers
have served the city for 20 years.
Chief Dowd has been Chief of
Police for the past 12 years, with
the exception 6f six months when
he was acting Chief.
Officer Hitt has been on his
“beat” for the past 20 years, or
until he was made Radio Operator
in the office of Police Headquart
ers a few months ago.
Chief Dowd told this reporter
that when he began his duties at
Chief of Police in December 1939,
79 arrests were made for various
violations during that month
against 60 for the month of De
cember 1951, and that liquor was
the cause of most violations then
as it is today. He also stated that
he thought “people were getting
better all the time.”
“L realize,” said the Chief,
“there is not much difference in
the number of arrests made in ’39
and ’51, but then in 1939 Newber
ry’s population was much smaller
than it is today.”
The other officers in point of
service are: John B. Shealy, who
has served 18 years; H. P. Frank
lin, 17; J. C. Hipp, 13; V. L. Huf-
fstetler, 13; J. L. Mack, 12; O. L.
Willingham, 11; T. E. Schumpert,
5; J. H. Wood, 5; and T. L. Sease,
W. B. Duncan, C. J. Taylor and
Eugene Shealy, one year each. F.
E. Culclasure has been on the
force 10 months ,and the newest
member of the force is B. Cock
rell who has served for two
months.
Registration
Board Meets
January 7-9
The Newberry County Board of
Registration will be open January
7, 8 and 9 at the County Court
House, second floor, to issue coun
ty registration certificates to those
eligible and have not already se
cured a certificate since January
1948.
Persons who have moved from
their precincts since obtaining
their last certificate may also hslve
them recertified during those days.
Citizens who have already re
ceived a registration certificate!
since January, 1948, do not need
a new one, as they all expire in
1958, according to the present
state election law.
The board will also be open the
first Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday of each month until further
notice, W. C. Scott, chairman, an
nounces.
State B&L Holds
Annual Meeting
Of Stockholders
The annual meeting of stock
holders of The State Building and
Loan association was held Mon
day, January 7 at the association’s
offices in the Belfast building.
It was brought out during the
session that resources of the as
sociation had grown to $500,421.
since its organization in 1947. This
is an increase of $142,481 over the
total of 1950.
All officers of the body were re
elected for u one-year term at
Monday’s meeting. Ralph B.
Baker, president, Dr. R. H. Senn,
vice president, and Louis C. Floyd,
secretary-treasurer.
The stockholders also named J.
Dave Caldwell as vice president
at the meeting.
RETURNS TO STATES
Garrett D. Arthur, engineman,
first class, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. C. Arthur of 408 Green
street. Newberry, recently return
ed to the United States aboard the
destroyer USS Boyd.
The Boyd has spent the past six
months operating with Task
Force 77 in the Korean area. The
task force was engaged in provid
ing air cover and close air sup
port for UN troops in Eastern Ko
rea, bombarding Communists lines
of communications and patrolling
the seas off Northern Korea,
BIRTHS
The following seven births re
ported at the Newberry Memorial
Hospital since Friday, January 4,
are:
Born to Mrs. D. W. Holsenback,
Newberry, a daughter on Friday,
January 4th.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. D. M.
Dowd of Newberry, a son on Fri
day, January 4th.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Elli
son of Whitmire, a daughter, on
January 4th.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Ept-
inng of Newberry, a daughter, on
Saturday, January 5th.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Bannister of Newberry, a son on
Monday, January 7th.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Mor
ris of Saluda, a son, on Sunday,
January 6th.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tar-
ber, of Newberry, a son, on Mon
day, January 7th.
Mrs. Wilson, 78,
Passes Monday
Of Long Illness
Mrs. Daisy Ellen Timmerman
Wilson, 78, wife of William Oscar
Wilson, died early Monday morn
ing at the Newberry County Me
morial Hospital after a lingering
illness.
She was born in Edgfeield coun
ty. She was the daughter of the
late Anne Harling Timmerman
Aitqu- and Tarrance Timmerman,
pioneer settlers of Edgefield coun
ty. She spent her early life and
girlhood in Edgefield county and
later moved to Piedmont in Green
ville county, where she was mar
ried to Mr. Wilson on June 20,
1894. Soon after they moved td
Newberry, where they have since
made their home. Mrs. Wilson was
a member of the First Baptist
church of Newberry. *
Survivors include her husband;
one daughter, Mrs. Edith Wilson
Sterling; one brother, Isaiah Tar
rance Timmerman, all of Newber
ry; one niece, Mrs. Hazel Boyle
Branch of Asheville, N. C., who
made her home with the Wilsons
during her early life; and numer
ous nieces and nephews through
out the state.
Funeral services were . aid at
the Whitaker Funeral Home Tues
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, con
ducted by the Rev. C. O. Lam-
oreux. The Rev. T. E. Robinett of
Red Bank Baptist church assisted.
NO TRUMAN DONKEY
The following clipping was
taken from the Pacific edition of
the Stars & Stripes by Sgt.
Thomas McCrackin, who is now
stationed in Hokiddo, Japan and
sent to his mother, Mrs. J. T<
McCrackin:
CHEAP DONKEY
“ Newberry, S. C. (UP)—The
first Christmas item Mrs. J. H.
Summer wants to take back on
the traditional Dec. 26, “Ex
change” day is a live donkey.
“The only wav she could secure
the beast for a living manger
scene was to buy it.
“She will be the market for a
purchaser the day after Christ
mas.”
Mrs. Summer also tells us that
she received a letter a day or two
ago from someone advising her 1
to give the donkey to Truman.,
But Mrs. Summer seems to re
sent that and thinks it is a re
flection on her Dorcas.
Farmer’s Income
Tax Publication
At Co. Agents
Clemson, Jan. 7—Farmers who
are required to file a Federal In
come Tax Return will be interest
ed to learn that a new publica
tion, Farmer’s 1951 Income Tax, is
available for this purpose. This
publication was prepared by a Sub
committee of the Southern Ex-<
tension Farm Management Com
mittee in which twelve Southern
states cooperated in publishing the
information, and is available for
free distribution through the of
fices of county agents and Negro)
agricultural agents. ^
Dr. M. C. Rochester, leader,
Clemson Agricultural Economics
Extension Work, says that this
publication will provide informar
tion as to both the cash and ac
crual basis lor income-tax report
ing and the forms to be used.
Changes in the Revenue Act of
1951 regarding sales of livestock
are included in this publication.
Among the other important
items treated in this publication
are: What constitutes farm in-*
come and allowable farm expens
es; ways of handling sales of capi
tal assets, sales of farm property
and development costs, together
with the methods of handling net
operating losses for the farm.
Farmers Vho are subject to the
payment of Federal Income Taxes
are reminded that they should file
their return and pay the tax on or
before January 31. 1952 or file an
estimate of their tax and pay the
amount by January 15, 1952 and
then file their return and pay any
balance due by March 15, 1952 if
their business year starts on Janu
ary 1.
BUILDING PERMITS
Only three building and repair
permits were issued during the
past week to the following:
Jan. 3, E. B. Purcell for repairs
to dwelling on Main street, $300.
Jan. 3, Miss Theresa Leitzsey,
repairs to dwelling on Main street,
$525.
Jan. 4, Mrs. Joe Feagle for re
pairs to dwelling on Langford
street, $350.
ANNOUNCES BIRTH OF
A DAUGHTER
A baby gin weighing 8 lbs., was
born on December 24th to Mrs.
Dorothy N. Davis, wife of James
L. Davis, aviation chief machin
ist’s mate, USN, at the U. S. Naval
Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla.
Davis, who is serving at the U.
S. Naval Air Technical Training
Center, U. S. Naval Air Station,
Jacksonville, is the son of Mrs.
Sarah Davis, 619 Cromer street,
Newberry. Mrs. Davis, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
A Baker of 106 Washington
street, Clinton .
The baby, named Elizabeth
Vance, is the second child for the!
Davis’, who are residing at 1120
Cumerland Road, Jacksonville.
JUDGE BLEASE ILL
Judge Eugene S. Blease who
was taken ill in his office in the
Exchange bank building Tuesday,
is still confined to his bed at his
home on Boundary street, but is
doing nicely.
Robert H. Tinsley
Passes Saturday
After Long Illness
Rqbert Henry Tinsley, 71, died
Saturday night at his residence on
the Clinton Highway near Whit
mire after a long illness.
He was born and reared in Hen
derson County, N. C., the son of
the late H. W. and Lettie Burnett
Tinsley but had made his home
in Whitmire for a number of years.
He was twice married, first to
Mrs. Mary Madgeline Lynch whd
died in 1938. From this union he
is survived by two sons, Alvin
Tinsley of Kinards and Clyde
Tinsley of Greenwood: three
daughters, Mrs. Colie Glenn and
Mrs. Earl Whitmire of Whitmire
and Mrs. Leo Price of Gastonia.
He was later married to Mrs.
Mary Emma Chapman who sur
vives with one son, Paul Edward
Tinsley of Whitmire and one
daughter, Mrs. James E. Harris of
Whitmire.
Also surviving are three sisters,
Mrs. Maggie Moreland and Mrs.
Nancy Brown of Clinton and Mrs.
Gertrude Ellis of Birmingham,
Ala.; three brothers, E. A. Tin
sley of Joanna and S. C. and J. L.
Tinsley, of Newberry, and 12
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conductr
ed Monday at 3 p.m. from the
Wesleyan Methodist Church by the
Rev. A. L. Vess and the W. Sj
Allred. Interment followed in the
Beth Eden Lutheran Cemetery
near Newberry.
A young man walked into a so
cial security field office recently
and said: “I’ve just started to
work for myself and I want to get
straight on my rights and obliga
tions under old-age and survivors
insurance.”
It wasn’t necessary for the field
manager to start from scratch and
explain the fundamentals of the
insurance program under Federal
social security. This man whs
not confusing it with employment
security, old-age assistance, and
other phases of the social security
law. He had been employed in
industry; he had a social security
account card.
The conversation developed
some interesting facts. His father
had been a plant Toreman, fmd his
job was brought under social se
curity when the original law went
into effect in 1937. At the timh
of his sudden death in the forties,
he was fully insured. By careful
management of the family’s
meager savings, plus the monthly
survivors’ benefit payments, the
widow had been able to keep the
son in school. He finished his vo
cational school training. He took
a job, and then &© married. Now
he had started his own business,
and so is one of more than 4 mil
lion self-employed who are for
the first time coming under social
security.
“If anything happens to me, I
want my wife and kid to get the
same break that Mom and I did.”
They will.
This particular interview was
of unusual significance to the field
office manager; it is of special
significance to all of us. It is an
outstanding example of a genera
tion protected by old-age and sur
vivors insurance building social
security protection for the next
generation. It illustrates how,
after 15 years of operation—a brief
decade and a half—this Federal
insurance system is safeguarding
the average American family. It
is proof that social security has
come of age.
In January 1937 when the pro
gram was inaugurated it was
frankly an innovation and an ex
periment. It was, however, tha
outgrowth of changes in American
life and past experiences in fight
ing insecurity. It broke new
ground to serve old needs. For
several years, its progress was
necessarily slow, and its impact on
family economy was limited. Bene
ficiaries added to the rolls did
not average over a quarter of a
million persons yearly; coverage
was restricted to persons employ
ed in commerce and industry.
Fifteen years, and the several
amendments to the original act,
have changed the picture. The
widow and the son in our story
are numbered among the three out
of every four mothers and chil
dren who now have this life in
surance protection. Moreover, not
only jobs in commerce and in
dustry, but most other kinds of
(continued on page eight)
Joint Meet
Names Gas
Authority
City councils of Newberry and
Clinton met here Wednesday night
in a lengthly session that con
cluded at 12:30 a.m., to discuss
the advisability and feasibility of
bringing natural gas to the two
cities.
Present at the meeting wene
representatives from Goodwin
Engineering Co., of Montgomery,
Ala., who were retained sometime
ago by the city to do preliminary
survey work relative to installar
tion of a gas system. Also at
tending the joint caucus were rep
resentatives from the contractors
of the distribution and the supply
systems.
Contractors stated at the meet
ing that pipe was available for im
mediate construction work.
Gas revenue bonds to finance
the system will be issued. It was
made clear that property owners
would not be responsible in any
way for the indebtedness of the
project.
Agents for R. S. Dickson and
Co. of Charlotte and Robinson-
Humphries Co., of Columbia and
Atlanta, both bonding companies,
were on hand to explain the details
of financing the project. Cost of
building the complete system, in
cluding distribution systems in
both cities, wil be $2,400,000.
The two councils decided to cre
ate a gas authority composed of
the mayors and two council mem
bers from each city and one disixt-
terested party, to be chosen by
the authority. The commission
will control all necessary work
on the system and be responsible
to the councils of the cities. A S
special act of the general ass
will be necessary before the
authority has power to act.
^ Contractors stated, att
ing Wednesday night that
construction could get undi
within one year. %
Present plans call for the joint
ownership by Newberry and Clin
ton of the complete system. Re
tirement of gas revenue gas bonds
would be on a probation basis.
Mayor Wiseman said yesterday
morning that anyone wishing in
formation on any phase of the pro
ject could get full details by con
tacting either him or City Mana
ger E. L. Blackwell. He stated
'engineers indicated that. natural v
gas would . be 25 to 40 percent
cheaper than coal or oil.
CROOKS MOVING TO
POPE HOME
Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Crooks are
moving this week to the Pope
home - on College street, which
they recently purchased. They
have occupied the I. H. Hunt home
on Calhoun street.
Collection Of
’51 Taxes Said
86 Pc. Complete
County Treasurer J. Ray Dawk
ins said this week that a little
over 86% of 1951 county taxes
have been paid to his office. This
percentage represents $295,736.60.
A total of $343,731.22 in taxes were
turned over to the treasurer for
collection. The balan^ of 1951
taxes due as Of December 31,
amounted to $47,995*62.
Effective January second, a one
percent penalty went on all un
paid county taxes.
A. E. Morehead
Appointed Gulf
Oil Distributor
A. E. (Buddy) Morehead, form
erly connected with Lipscomb
Motor Company, was appointed
Gulf Distributor effective January
1. The Gulf distributorship was
formerly handled by John Epps.
Mr. Morehead came to Newber
ry from Columbia four years ago
to be associated with the Lips
comb firm.' He said this week
that he has severed connections
with the automobile agency.
Buddy is married to the former
Miss Nelle Lipscomb of Newberry.
They, with their two children, Har-
riette, age 11 and Gene, age 5,
reside on Henry street..
At present Mr. Morehead is
president of the Newberry Lions
club, and is active in civic and
community affairs.
AVELEIGH CIRCLES MEET
The Circle of Aveleigh Presby
terian Church will meet Monday,
January 14, 1961 as follows:
Circle I—Mrs. Hugh Senn, 4 o’
clock.
Circle II—Mrs. Bill Martin, 4 o’-
clock. m
Circle III—Mrs. E. R. McCon
nell, 8 o’clock.
Circle IV—Mrs. Oxner, 8 o’clock.
N. Copeland, Sec.
T. Truesdale, Pres.
MRS. DAWKINS RETURNS
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. Ben F. Dawkins returned
to her home on Nance street last
Wednesday afternoon from the
Newberry Memorial Hospital, and
is now doing nicely and able to be
up and about her borne most of
the time.
lyirs. Dawkins was a patient in
the General Hospital in Greenville
two weeks prior to being transfer-
ed to the local hospital, .where shd
was a patient about ten days.
DR. AND MRS. BTBER
MOVE TO HENRY ST.
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Biber are
now making their' home in the
Charles Porter home, 2324 Henry
Avemr.
Dr. Biber has opened an office
for the practice of Optometry in
the Exchange Bank Building. *
BIRTHDAYS
Edgar L. Hiller, Mrs. Mary
Parks, Sr., Mrs. J. E. Stokes, Mary
Willis, Jan. 12; Steve North, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Rex (Dot Ruff)
North, Jr., and Mrs. Andrena
Oswald, Jan. 13; Paul B. Ezell,
Mabel Hiller, Mrs. James Brown,
Richard I. McWhirter, Mrs. Donald
White, Frances E. Sima and
Joseph W. Hipp, Jan. 14; Mrs.
Edna Hite Paysinger and Mrs. O.
A. Felker, Jan. 15; Beverly CKerfc»
son, Jan. 16; Wilbur Long, Mrs.
E. L. Hart, Mrs. Alfred Ril
(Mary Paysinger), and Mre. J.
Lominlck (Boundary SL), Jan.
Mrs. Steve Griffith, Mr% L.
McCullough and WHIism
Shannon, Jr., Jan. 18th.
James Montgomery’ Smith,
eon of Mr. and Mra. James
Jan. is. I
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