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Bi VOL. 15—NO. 1 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1952 4 11.50 PER YEAR Committee Arranges Nine Campaign Meetings For Candidates In Primary First In Series Be At Moliohon Saturday, May 17 Nine campaign meetings have been arranged by the Itinerary Committee of. the Newberry Conn ty Democratic organization in order that candidates may seek support for themselves in the first primary, July eighth. The committee, made up of J O. Havird, J. D. Caldwell, ami Chalmers Brown has announced the following places of meetings and dates: Saturday, May 17 — Moliohon Mill park, 6:^0 p.m. Saturday, May 24—Whitmire. Saturday, May 31—Oakland Friday, June 6—Silverstreet. Wednesday, June 11—Pomaria. Saturday, June 21—West End. Friday, June 27—Little Moun tain. Friday, July 4—Jolly Street. Monday, July 7 — Newberry Court House. The executive committees of the above named precincts will fix the hour for the meeting in their communities. These hours will be announced at a later time. County offices to be filled in the primary are auditor, clerk of court, county commissioners, coroner. South Carolina house of reperesentative members, one senator, magistrate at Chappells, Little Mountain, Newberry, Po maria, Prosperity and Whitmire, sheriff, supervisor, superintendent of education, and county treasur er. A solicitor for the eighth judicial circuit will also be voted for in the summer primary. In the solicitor’s race incum bent Hugh Beasley is opposed by C. E. Saint-Amand of Newberry and Wm. T. Jones of Greenwood. Gurdon W. Counts and Walter T. Lake are seeking the office of clerk of court. H. K. Boyd; present clerk, is not offering for reelection. Four candidates are in the running for Commissiener from District No. 1. They '-are Luther B. Bedenbaugh, H. T. Carlisle, T. C. (Ted) McDowell, and Richard L. Sterling. Incum bent Jack Lominick did not offer for reelection. G. Tab Werts, in cumbent, is opposed by Joe Wil son for Commissioner District No. 2. Five men have qualified for the two vacancies in the house '‘of representatives. Three of these, Earl H. Bergen, John S. Huggins, and James N. Parr, are new comers to politics. Robert C. Lake, Jr., of Whitmire, opposed R. D. Coleman, Jr., in the special election last summer. The fifth man in the race is J. Effice Metts. The only magistrates race with opposition is at Little Mountain. Ernest A. Wheeler will oppose Burke M. Wise in that race. Pictured above is President James C. Kinard of Newberry Col lege placing the crown on Miss Doris Dominick, the 1952 May Queen. Others in the picture are, left to right, front row: Miss Katherine Kelly, Flower girl, Miss Margaret Kelly, Train Bearer, Miss Anne Abrams, Train Bearer, Miss Melanie Martin, Flower girl. Back row, left to right: Miss Paula Layne, Maid of Honor, Miss Doris Dominick, May Queen, President Kinard, and Sandy McConnell, Crown Bearer. Girl Scouts Presents Maytime Revue The Newberry Girl Scouts are presenting Mrs. Stokes’ School of Expression in a Maytime Re vue at the High School on Friday night, May 16th at 8 p.m. The proceeds will be used for im provements at the Girl Scout Cabin. Admission 25 and 50c. This program promises to be outstanding entertainment by a group of some of the town’s most attractive and talented children. It will climax their year’s work under the able instruction of their teacher. Lovely costumes and special lighting effects will make the program more enjoyable. Don’t miss it! This group of children has been invited recently to appear over WBTV by Mr. Sam Zurich, TV Director and plans are being formulated now to take advantage of this opportunity. Children's Day Set For Aveleigh Prograi Sunday, May 11, is Children’s Day at the Aveleigh Presbyterian Church, according to the Church School superintendent, John R. Frazier. The children and the young people of the church school will lead the congregation in a service of worship during the regular 11:30 o’clock ser vice. The program is entitled “We Would See Jesus,’’ which portrays the life of Christ in drama and song from his birth through his resurrection. The superintendent will lead the service. Anna Keitt and Vernon Workman will be the narrators. The Carol Choir, under the di rection of Mrs. E. R. McConnell, and the Chancel Choir, under the direction of Miss Mazie Domi nick, will sing. Each department from the kin dergarten through the senior de partments is participating in the program. VISIT IN ASHEVILLE W. O. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Furman Sterling, and I. T. Tim merman spent Sunday in Ashe ville with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Branch (the former Miss Hazle Boyle) and two children, Punch and Judy. VIRGINIANS VISIT HERE FOR MONTH Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Reid of Fredricksburg, Va., arrived in the city last Friday for a months visit in South Carolina. Thev will spend most of the time here with Mrs. Reid’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Brown on Johnstone street. They will also visit their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Man- ley Wright in Asheville, N. C., and Mr. Reid’s brother, Rody Reid and family in Rock Hill. Certificate Is Needed To Vote This Summer To a Wonderful Mother It doesn’t matter what the task She always has the time. When you ask her how she is, She’s always feeling fine. i Her day begins before the dawn And ends long p&st sunset. She’s just as ga^ as she can be. You never hear her fret. t When you were ;small she dried your tears , And kissed a bruise or two. Now you’re fighting far away She has time to|pray for you. There’s a speciah’place in heaven We’ll someday discover, For all the foltofewho answer to The precious name of “Mother.” —Dorothy M. Thompson Canvass Starts Monday To Sign Gas Customers 2,100 Applicants Being Sought By Eastern Star Before June 1 12 Newberr To Get Deg Countians es June 2 The following Newberry County-V*rd Henry Ruff, son of Mr. and seniors are among the candidates' Mrs. D. L. Ruff of Newberry; for degrees at the Commence*;. Clarence A. Shealy, Jr., son of ment Exercises at Newberry Col-1 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Shealy of lege, June 1st and 2nd: Doris; Little Mountain; and, Jacob Eu- Seger Dominick, daughter of Mr.; gene Stockman of Newberry, all and Mrs. Fred OH. Dominick ot candidates for the Bachelor ol Newberry, Bachelor of Arts de gree; and, Arties Benjamin Camp bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B*- be held in the Lutheran Church Campbell of Prosperity; George Robert Davenport, son qf Mr.i and Mrs. George R. Davqpport of Newberry; Billie Elam Foley, daughter of Mr. Roy Elam of-, er, daughter of Mrs. James L^ Counts of Prosperity; Olive Re becca Lindler, daughter ©f Mr, 1 and Mrs. D. E. Lindler of Little Mountain; Vernon Jesse Living ston, son of Mrs. Lucille B. Liv ingston of Newberry; J. C. Nobles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernept L. Nobels of Prosperity; Robert Owens, son of Mrs, All persons desiring to vote in the summer’s primary must have a registration certificate. These may be obtained from the New berry County Registration Board which meets in the Court House the first Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each month, ex cept July. In addition the board will be at the towns of the coun ty on the following days: Tuesday, May 13—Whitmire at City Hall. People of Maybinton please note. Wednesday, May 14 — Silver-J Owens Meeary of Newberry; Ri street at School House. Thursday, May 15—Prosperity at 'Magistrate Office. People of Oneal and Stoney Hill please note. Friday, May 16—Little Moun tain at Dr. Seases Old Office. Saturday, May 17—Pomaria at Kinard Bros. Store. Those who have certificates issued in January 1948 or since that time do not need new certificates. To obtain a certificate a per son must have lived in the State two years, in the county one year and in polling precinct four months. The law also re quires a person must have his tax receipt or read the constitution Science degree. The Baccalaureate service will of the Redeemer on Sunday, June 1st with the Rev. John R. Brok- hoff, D.D. of Atlanta, Ga. preach ing the sermon. On Monday, June 2nd, the graduation exercises will Newberry; Jennylee Counts Fost^ be held in the College Gym at 10:30 a.m. with Doctor Samuei M. Derrick, Head of the Depart ment of Economics and Dean of the School of Business Admini stration of the University of South Carolina, delivering the ad dress to the 1952 graduating class. There are fifty-four candidates for degrees, 45 boys and 9 young wpqibn, in the 1952 ^graduating class. Deed Transfers LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW E. B. “Buzz” Purcell of Dallas, Texas is visiting in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Purcell, Sr., on Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Anderson and son, Eddie, attended the Shoe Show in Atlanta, Ga., Sunday through Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bryan and son, Harry, of Commerce, Ga., were weekend visitors in the home of Mrs. Bryan’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Anderson on Calhoun street. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Dawkins and two sons, Mike and Benjie, of Greenville were weekend visi tors in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lester and Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Dawkins. Mrs. Drayton Nance and two children, Jim and Jon, who have been malting their home with Mr. and Mrs. Drayton Nance, Sr., on Johnstone street for the past ten months, moved to Greenville Mon day to make their home where Lieutenant Nance is stationed at the Donaldson Air Base as a member of the medical corps. Lieutenant Nance, prior to vol unteering for the air corps ten months ago, was a practicing physician at North. Mrs. F. N. Martin, Miss Cynthia Martin, Mr. and Mrs. L. D, Nichols and three children, Sarah Ann, Moriat and Leon, Jr., and Mrs. James Goetha and daugh ter, Lynette, will spend Sunday, Mother’s Day in Cheraw in the home of Mrs. Martin’s other daughter, Mrs. Dwight McAlester and Reverend McAlester, Miss Cynthia Martin will join her brother-in-law and sister, Rev. and Mrs. Dwight McAlester in Cheraw Monday to accompany them to Miami, Florida for a ten- day vacation trip. The Reverend McAlester will attend the Bap tist Convention which will be held in Miami next week. Miss Manning Jacobs, a student nurse at the Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N. C. spent Thurs day night and Friday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Shan non on Calhoun street. Miss Dorothy Dawkins, a stu dent nurse in the General Hos pital in Greenville, is spending a month’s vacation with her par ents, Magistrate and Mrs. Ben F. Dawkins on Nance street. Ben F. Dawkins, Jr., of Wil mington, N. C., spent the weekend here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Dawkins' on Nance street, and with his wife and two children, Sandra and Bobby, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ezell on Brown street. Mrs. Dawkins and two children returned to their home in Wilmington w r ith Mr. Dawkins Sunday afternoon, after spending the past months here with the Ezells. THEY LIVE HERE NOW Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mills and family are now making their home in apartment D-l of the Carol courts apartments on Col lege. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hurt have moved to their new home on Newberry No. 1 R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc., to Eva W. Clamp and James V. Clamp one lot 100’x213’ on 'Mower street, $500. Susie Belle T. Cook to Fannie Tribble, one lot and one build ing, $5.00-, love and affection. (Her interest in Julian Tribble property on Boundary street.) Thomas Lee Tribble to Fannie Tribble, one lot and one building, $5.00, love and affection. (His in terest in Julian Tribble pro perty on Boundary street.) Johnnie Frank Tribble to Fan nie Tribble, one lot and one build ing on Boundary street, $1000. R. B. Baker to Johnnie Frank Tribble, one lot 60’xl77’ and one building, 812 Crosson street, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. R. Derrill Smith and one Son, Inc., to Vera L. Long, one lot 100’x273’ on Mower street, $500. T. H. Julian to E. D. McGraw and Louise J. McGraw, one lot I2’xl82’, $10.00. E. D. McGraw and Louise J. McGraw to Harry W. Dawkins and Katherine D. Dawkins, one lot 12’xl70’, $10.00. Newberry No. 1 Outside The Kendall Company to Arthur Cochcroft and Venira Cochcroft, one lot 100’xl75’ and one lot 100’xl76.5’ on Nanc« street, $600. John Harvey Amick to William H. Barnett, one lot 100’x417’ on Glenn street, $500. Jacob S. Fulmer to Larry C. Fulmer, two lots 100’x250’, $200. Bush River No. 3 Mrs. Cora Lee Boozer to R. E. Green, four acres, $1,000, Leo A. Boozer estate. Whitmire No. 4 Outside T. D. Kinard to Sara E. Kin ard, one lot 225’x500’, $5.00, love and affection. Prosperity No. 7 Levi Hare to D. A. Beden haugh, 40 acres, $1,000. MAJOR BOYD MOVES FAMILY TO NEWBERRY Major King Boyd moved his wife and two children, Jimmy and Hugh King to Newberry last week and they are now living in Apartment E-2 of the Carol courts apartments on College street. Major Boyd will be with his family until June the seventh when he will report to Camp Program Given For Memorial Day Exercises As previously announced Con- iederate Memorial Day exercises will be held this Saturday in Margaret Hunter pa^k, beginning at 11 o’clock, with the following program: 10:30 Newberry Concert Band, Boyd Robertson, Director Scripture and Prayer—Rev. Ed ward Clippard, Rector St. Luke’s Episcopal church. Hymn—How Firm a Founda tion—Audience and Band (The favorite hymn of both Gen. Lee and President Davis). Introduction of speaker — Dr. James C. Kinard, President New berry College Address — Hon. W. J. Bryan Dorn, Congressman 3rd District of South Carolina “God Bless America”—Audience and Band Taps. Snould it rain the exercises will be held in the high school audi torium. No more beautiful place can be found than Margaret Hun ter park at this season. The Daughters of the Confederacy are hoping for a pleasant day, with a large audience to join in the exercises and to hear an inform ing address by a very forceful speaker. Movie Support Player In City Recently The picture, “The Sleeping City,” to be shown at the Drive- in-Theatre Thursday and Friday, May 15-16 was taken in and around the Belvue Hospital in New York City. One of the actors is Richard Taber, who Wag reeiht ly in Newberry when he attended the wedding of Pete Davis, broth er of T. E. Davivs and Mrs. Sarah Wallace. Mr. Taylor, who is an elevator operator in the picture, won the 1951 Academy Award as the best supporting actor. Stoneman, San Francisco, Calif., for duty in the Far East. Mrs. Boyd and children, will re main here for the present. TAX COLLECTIONS TOTAL $325,510.46 A total of $325,510.46 in cpun- ty taxes had been collected by Treasurer J. Ray Dawkins when taxes went into execution April 15. This sum represented 94.32% of the amount on the books in the treasurer’s office. The per centage of collections is about the same as in the last four years, Treasurer Dawkins stat ed. All unpaid taxes were turn ed over to Tabor L. (Hill, de linquent tax collector after ' April 15. A seven per cent penalty has been added to the $19,518.42 to be collected by his office. Resident’s Grandson Friend Of Royalty The following article is taken from the Greenville News: So far as is known, the only person from Greenville to make friends with Queen Juliana of the Netherlands during her visit to the United States is Ed Toohey Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Toohey of Greenville. Since last October eu has been manager of the Cloister garage at Sea Inland, Ga. When Queen Ju liana and her husband, Prince Bernhard, arrived shortly before Easter at Sea Island, Ed was ask ed to be responsible for all tours of the royal couple during their visit and drive the Cadillac put at the disposal ot the Queen. But it turned out that Prince Bernhard liked to drive, so Ed with the Prince under the whee and the Queen in the middle. Ac cording to Ed, the royal two were really enjoyable company, al though the Queen did leave him a little confused as to the proper manner of address. She told him not to call her “Your royal highness,” as she considered that too formal. Ed Toohey is the grandson of Mrs. J. Y. McFall of Newberry and Greenville. Keisler, Sease To Receive Honor Awards At 96th Commencement Glenn street which they recently completed. They formerly lived on Player street. Mrs. Bessie B. Brown and Mr. Brown are now making their home in the Hurt house on Player street, which they pur chased recently. Newberry College will award two honorary degrees at Its ninety-sixth Commencement on June 2nd. The Doctor of Divin ity degree will be awarded to The Rev. James Albert Keisler, Jr. of Charleston. The Doctor of Science degree will be award ed to Doctor Virgil Bernard Sease of Wilmington, Delaware. The R4v. James Albert Keisler, Jr., is a native of Lexington County and graduated from New berry College in 1932 with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He re ceived his B.D. degree from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in 1935 and has done graduate work at Chicago Luther an Seminary. He has served pastorates at Pomaria, Toms Brook, Va., Radford, Va., West Columbia, and is at present the pastor of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Charleston. During his ministry he has served on many important conference and | DOCTOR VIRGIL B. SEASE synodical committees. In his pastorates he has been the lead er in building two new churches, two educational buildings, and one parsonage. The Reverend Keisler is at present a member of the Board of Trustees of New berry College. He is married to the former Violet Kathleen Huff man and they have one daughter, Katherine Dianne, ten years old. Doctor Virgil B. Sease was born near Leesville, and graduated from Newberry College in 1908 with the Bachelor of Arts degree. At Newberry College he won the Freshman Medal, the Sophomore Greek (Medal, the Senior Essay Medal, the U. D. C. Essay Medal and was active in many of the student organizations, especially the debating societies. After graduation from college, he served as principal of Little Mountain High School, and then in 1911 he returned to Newberry College as a member of the faculty in the Preparatory Department. From 1916 to 1917 he was a fellow at John Hopkins receiving the Ph.D. degree from that institution in 1917. At Johns Hopkins he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Gamma Alpha. Doctor Sease joined the E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. in 1917 as a research chemist at the Experimental Station near Wilmington, Del. In 1925 he be came Director of Research for the DuPont-Pathe Manufacturing Corp. at Parlin, N. J. From 1942 to 1947 he was technical ad viser and consultant becoming Director of the Development Sec tion of DuPont’s Photo Products Department in 1947. He is the author of many scientific papers and the assignee of a number of patents. Doctor Sease has been promi nent In church activities as well as community organizations. He has served as president of the Church Council of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Wilmington, Del., Chairman of the Lutheran Layman’s Movement in Wilming ton, on the Finance Committee of the Wilmington Area Council of Churches, a Board Director of the Wilmington YMCA, on thq, Board of Education of the United Lutheran Church in America and is now a member of the Executive Board of the United Lutheran Church in America. His wife is the former Rosalyn Summer of Newberry County and is a graduate of Newberry Col lege. In 1938 Newberry College honored Mrs. Sease with the Doc tor of Literature degree. They have one son, Doctor John W. Sease, who is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Wesleyan Uni versity, Middleton, Conn. A concentrated drive to sign up at least 2,100 customers foj natural gas will begin Monday morning in the city. This num ber of applications will " have to be on hand before actual con struction work can be started on the system. Representatives from the Eastern Star will make t)ie canvass. A It was pointed out that the fee to sign up to use gas will be $1.00 when application is made This fee will provide for the gas connection to be brought to the consumer’s home. When actual use of the gas is desired an &d ditional fee of $4.00 will be charged folk installation of meter and as a deposit. When service is discontinued, the deposit will be returned to the customer, or credited on his bill. The Clinton - Newberry Gas Authority urged that anyone (to* siring gas service sign up before the June first deadline. Under the plan the initial system will bb paid for mainly by the 'gas author ity since all engineering and con struction work can be planned hch fore the system is installed. Afbar June first, applicants will hare to pay approximately $100.00 to get gas service. Appearing on page three o$ this newspaper will be found an advertisement by the gas author ity explaining the setup of the system, minimum monthly cost for service, approximate costs for heating, cooking and water heat ing using natural gas. Tables will be found giving comparisons in cost of natural gas with other fuels, and other facts pertinent to the installation and use of natural gas. construct a line from a point near Fountain Inn to serve Clinton, Joanna and Newbeny. The cities of Clinton and Newber ry will be joint owners of thf^ transmission lines and distribu tion systems in the two towns a#’ well as in Joanna. Gas revenue bonds, amounting to $2,900,000 will be sold to finance the project. Revenue from the operation of the system will be used to retire the in debtedness. Mayor James E. Wiseman said Thursday morning that construc tion work is slated to begin June 15. The contract calls for the system to be completed within one year from that date. He said that engineers expected to have some gas in the city during the month of November,- but no defi nite assurance has been made that they would. Joe P. Terry of Clinton is chair man of the gas authority, and Newberry members are Mayor Wiseman, secretary, and George M. Martin and J. Lee Boozer, all city council members. WITH THE SICK REV. JAMES A. KEISLER Master Heyward Banks, 1724 Harper St. | Little Miss Mary Nell Banka, 1724 Harper St. Mrs. Josie Black and Baby Boy, Route 2, Prosperity. Donald B. Boling, Box 303, Whitmire. * Mrs. itlay Bouknight, 2805 Hunt Ave. Mrs. Narvis Coon, 2555 Pike Circle. Mrs. Faye Coward, Route 1, Chappells. Mrs. Henry Elrod, 821 Pope St Mrs. F. C. Fallow and Baby Boy, Route 3, Bush River Rd. Mrs. Alma Force, 717 Wright St. Master Steven Lee Johnson, (continued on page eight) BIRTHDAYS % Mrs. W. C. Armfieid, May 10; Mrs. H. T. Wike and Carol Ann Baxter, May 11; Lottie Boland, May 12; Mrs. Leila B. Williams and ,D. J. Williams, May 13; Mre. Floy Hancock and Alfreida Hipp, May 14; Miss Pearl Amick, May 16th.