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Approach railroad cross ings cautiously — because if it’s a tie you die. When you make up your mind that the world is all wrong, it’s time that you have your mind examined. VOL. 15—NO. 3 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 19*2 + f 1.50 rJ£K IJEAK Directed Tours Of New Hospital Slated May 30 Plans for the Newberry Coun- j ty Memorial Hospital Open-House program to be held next Friday, May 30, have been announced by Claude L. Weeks, hospital super intendent. The public is cordiaUy invited to visit the hospital on this day from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Visitors will be taken on directed tours of the hospital in small groups of ten or twelve persons. Hospital personnel will s^rve as guides for the tours and will be prepared to explain the work of the various departments and the property and equipment used within the departments. The delivery room will be set up for a delivery; the minor op erating room will be set-up for a tonsillectomy; and the major operating room will be set-up for an appendectomy. Equipment and supplies used in each operation will be on display. The newly purchased Telex Hospital Radios equipped with pillow speakers will also be on display. All departments of the hospital and the County Health Depart ment will be open to the white public. One exception being that children twelve years of age and under will not be permitted to visit in the area of the Nursery. The colored annex and the emergency room will be open to the colored visitors. Refreshments will be served to all visitors to the hospital on this day. The Medical Auxiliary wull be in charge of serving. Sher bert for the punch will be donated by the drug stores of Newberry. The Newberry Garden Clubs Council will decorate the hospital with flowers for the occasion. Make plans now to ,^ee your hospital from the inside, the building w'hich is said by many to be the most important building in the community. Prosperity High Final Exercises Begin Sunday The commencement exercises of the Prosperity High School will begin with the commencement sermon, Sunday evening. May 25, at S o’clock in the high school auditorium. Dr. Thomas F. Sub- er, pastor of St. Lukes Lutheran Church, will preach the sermon. The class exercises will be given Monday evening, May 26. at 8:15 in the form of a play, “Southern Rosary.” Graduating exercises wull be held Tuesday evening with Dr. James C. Kinard, president of Newberry College, delivering the address to the class. The members of the graduating class are: Dewey Adams Vernie Amick Peggy Joyce Brown Larry Connelly Robert Cook Larry Cotney Carolyn Fulmer Glenn L. Hamm Dorothy Faye Hawkins Joan Hawkins Anne Hendrix Larry Hunter Dorothy Boozer Jones Ruth Kelly John David Lake Dorothy Leaphart Waddy Nichols Clara Pugh Bobby Shealy Faye Shealy Una Summers Patty Wise Roy Wise 4-H Clubs Raise $1,000 To Improve Summer Camps Newberry county 4-H clubs, as sisted by the home demonstration clubs, have raised their $1,000 quota of the $50,000 4-H Camp Improvement fund. Newberry was the eighth county in the state to pay out in full. In the mail box improvement project, sponsored by the Agri cultural Committee of the Cham ber of Commerce, 300 mail box name plates were sold by 4-H club members. Leading the sale of these name plates and winning free trips to the regular 4-H sum mer camp were Janice Longshore, Silverstreet club, 11; Jerry Sat- terwhite, Bush River club, 12; and Wade Pitts, Silverstreet club, 27. In the paper subscription con test 203 subscriptions were sold by 4-H club members. Larry Metts, of Little Mountain club, sold 23 subscriptions to lead this contest and win a free trip to camp. Individual club winners who won 4-H tee shirts were Frank Gilbert, Chapppells club; Loxie Bowers, Silverstreet club; Ann Workman, Bush River club; Christine Crumpton, St. Philips club; Larry Metts, Little Moun tain club; Joe Boozer, Stoney Hill club; Gene Counts, O’Neall club; Shelba Jean Kinard, Pros perity Senior club; Jean Amick, Prosperity Junior club; Eleanor Potts, Pomaria Senior club; Cecil Fulmer, Pomaria Junior club; Peggy Bouknight, Junior High 6th Grade club; and Ansel Ridgeway, Junior High 7th Grade club. The $50,000 will be used to im prove the two 4-H club camps. Camp Long is in Aiken County and Camp Bob Cooper is on the Santee back water in Clarendon county. Each summer between 5,000 and 6,000 South Carolina 4-H Club members spend a week at one of these camps. WSCS Members Attend Greenville Meeting May 15-16 Seven members of the WSCS of Central Methodist Church attend ed the annual Wow’an’s Society cf Christian Service Conference in Greenville on May 15 and 16. Among those attending were Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Miss Lucy Epps, Mrs. L. G. McCullough. Mrs. T. P. Crooks, Mrs. Forrest Lominack, Mrs. W. A. Ridgeway and Mrs. H. M. Hentz. HOME FROM THE WARS . . . This scene took place aboard the U.8.S. Wisconsin, the navy’s newest bat tleship, at Norfolk, Va., as Rear Admiral H. R. Thnrber addressed his crew on the ship’s return from a five-month tour of duty in the Far East. The ship supported U.N. action in Korea with her guns and re ceived a direct hit. Degrees For 140 Candidates Set At Hejaz Meet Reminiscent of the early years of Hejaz Temple will be the large class of candidates for the Shrine Degree in the Spring Ceremonial to be held in Newberry, June 4- 5th. Approximately 140 candidates will be on hand to brighten the scene as they struggle across the hot sands of the desert toward the coveted red fez of the Shrine. From all corners of the realm of Hejaz Temple the Nobility will convene in Newberry for the Spring Ceremonial, the home town of Potentate John F. Clark son. Temple officials and Newber ry Shriners have completed plans to make this even an outstanding point in the history of Hejaz. A new item in the ceremonial agenda is the invitation to Master Masons in the Hejaz territory to attend the Wednesday night, June 4th, program. Closing Plans Outlined For Pomaria Graduates Commencement Exercises At Bush River School To Be Held June 3 NEWBERRIANS ATTENDING GOLF TOURNAMENT Those from Newberry who are attending the State amateur golf tournament at Myrtle Beach which is being played at the Dunes Golf Club, Wednesday through Sunday of this week are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roberts, H. G. Scarborough, Bill Blalock, Walter Wallace, R. Aubrey Harley, Wal do Huffman and George K. Domi- nick. The Baccalaureate Sermon for Pomaria High School will be de livered in the school auditorium on Sunday evening, June 1, at 8:00 o’clock. The Rev. Dr. Wynne C. Boleik, Pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Co lumbia, will be the speaker. On Monday evening, June 2, at 8:00 o’clock, the Senior Class will present “The Open Road,” a Gypsy Harvest Festival. The program will consist of two acts. In Act 1, scene 1, the Romany Gypsies review with Old Madre, their Alma Mater, the last iour camping grounds in the school land. In scene 2, the Romanies present their Harvest Festival in honor of Queen Veni and her fair daughter, Princess Senior. In Act II, the Seniors will re ceive their high school diplomas. Mr. James D. Brown, county sup erintendent of education, will present the diplomas. The Salutatory and Valeditory will be given by Carolyn Crooks and Jimmie Ruff, respectively. Other speakers on the program will be: Frances Livingston, his torian; Sylvia Shell, poet; O’Merle Gilliam, prophet; and Jill Setzer testator. Class mascots are Cindy Stone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Stone of Newberry and Ronnie Cromer, son of Mr. and Mrs. W Roy Cromer, of Pomaria. Candidates for diplomas are: Carolyn Crooks O’Merle Gilliam Alvin Hentz Leon Koon Frances “Livingston Janelle Livingston Joan Lominick Jimmie Ruff Mary Sease Ruff Jill Setzler Mary Evelyn Shealy Sylvia Shell Betty Stone Hayne Stuck Marion Stuck Caroline Wicker The public is most cordially invited to attend both of these exercises. Commencement exercises for Bush River High School will be held June 3, at 8:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Profes sor Haynie G. Prince, Dean of Students Presbyterian College, will deliver the principal address. Valedictorian of the class of 1952 will be Miss Jewel Cromer and salutatorian will be Miss Sun- ie Wicker. Diplomas wil be pre sented to the 15 graduates by Mr. James D. Brown, County Super intendent of Education. A baccalaureate service wiy be held Sunday, June 1, at 11:00 A.M.' with Rev. James B. Mitchell, Pastor of Joanna Baptist Church, speaking to the graduates. Senior Class Day exercises will be held on Friday evening, May 30, at 8:00 P.M. with members of the class presenting a pro gram in the form of a playlet. Those who are scheduled to re ceive diplomas are: Bill Braswell Joan Bridges Jewel Campbell Jewel Cromer Patsy Crowder Waters Duffle Jeanette Evans Henry Longshore Horace Longshore Sara Penland Donald Ramage Charles Riddle Doris Shaver Martha Nell Shealy Sunle Wicker. New Mentor Little Interest Is Shown In First Campaign Meet Candidates At Whitmire On Saturday College Commencement Program To Begin May 31 With Class Reunions Pictured is Harvey B. Kirk land of Summerville, who will assume the position of Director of Athletics at Newberry Col lege during the summer. He succeeds “Tuck” McConnell, who resigned the position at Newberry in the early spring. Kirkland is a graduate of New berry College and was an out standing athlete during his col lege .career. He played both football and baseball for “The Indians.” REV. HODGES SPENDING WEEK’S VACATION IN FLA. Rev. G. H. Hodges and friends are spending this week in Florida on a short vacation trip. MRS. TODD IMPROVED Friends of Mrs. M. W. Todd, Jr. (Jean Todd) are glad to learn she is recovering satisfactorily from a second attack of pneu monia. She has been at the Francis E. Warren A.F.B. hospital, Cheyemre, Wyo. The Commencement Program at Newberry College will begin Sat urday evening, May 31st, with class reunions. Classes to hold reunions on Saturday are: the Class of 1932 will hold its re union in the Community Hall at 7:30 p.m., Mr. Seth Price of West Columbia being in charge of ar rangements; the Class of 1937 will hold its reunion at 8:00 p.m. at the Wallace House with Mr. Clifford Morgan of Orangeburg in charge of arrangements; and, the Class of 1942 will hold its reunion at Hotel Wiseman at 8:00 p.m., Mr. Pete Berry of Blackville in charge of arrangements. On Mon day, June 2nd, at 1:30 p.m. at the annual college luncheon, the fol lowing classes will have special tables arranged for their class re unions: the class of 1907 with Dr. Mamie Summer in charge of ar rangements, and the Class of 1912 with Doctor Arthur L. Gunter and Doctor H. S. Petrea in charge of arrangements. Sunday, June 1st, the bacca- luureate service will be held in The Lutheran Church of the Re deemer, Newberry, with the Rev. John R. Brokhoff of Atlanta, Ga., preaching the sermon to the 1952 graduating class. Sunday after noon from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., President and Mrs. James C. Kin ard will be at home to the mem bers of the graduating class and their families. Sunday evening at 8:30 p.m. in Holland Hall the New berry College Singers will pre sent their annual concert. Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. in the College Gymnasium the graduating exercises will be held with the address to the graduates by Doctor Samuel M. Derrick, Dean of the School of Business Administration, Univer s i t y of South Carolina. Honors, medals and awards will be announced by President James C. Kinard. Two honorary degree will be award ed, the Doctor of Divinity to the Rev. James A. Keisler, Jr. of Charleston, and the Doctor of Science to Doctor Virgil B. Sease of Wilmington, Delaware. On Monday, June 2nd from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., the Alumni Association of the college, Mr. P. T. Kelly, Secretary, will hold a drop-in in Smeltzer Hall for all visiting alumni and friends of the college. At 1:30 p.m. in the col lege Dining Hall the annual Col lege Luncheon will be held. Tick ets to the luncheon may be se cured from Alumni Secretary P. T. K§lly, Box 371, Newberry, S. C. Plates will be $1.25 each. Reservations should be made early for the luncheon. Mitchell Ruff Said Improving From Injuries Mitchell Ruff, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. “Bunk” Ruff, re ceived six broken ribs and fractured skull last Friday after noon when he was hit by a car driven byb Mrs. Young Hamm of Newberry. The accident occured about 5 o’clock, when Mitchell darted across Main street near the Wells Theatre, from a car parked by the side of the old court house. He was rushed to the Newberry Memorial Hospital where he is still a patient, but reported to be getting along fine. Clinic For Pre-School Children Tuesday At Bush River School Staff members of the New berry County Health department will conduct a pre-school clinic at Bush River school on Tuesday, May 27 at 10 a.m. Children enrolling in the first grade next year will be given physical examinations and vac cinations as required by law. Parents who plan to enter chil dren in school are urged to have them present for the clinic. Saturday Is Poppy Day Saturday, May 24 has been de signated American Legion Poppy : - S'j 't - D»y 4n Newberry. Proceeds from the sale of the poppies made by disabled erans will go to carry on work in veteran’s hospitals throughout the country. The sale this year is being sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary. Girl Scouts and Brownie Scouts will assist in the sale. Everyone is urged to w'ear poppy Saturday. The second in a series of cam paign meetings preceding thi July eighth primary will be held on the tennis court in Whitmir Saturday night at 7:30. A chicken barbecue meeting last Saturday night at the Mol lohon park was the lead-off meet ing on the itinerary. Only a small number of persons were on hand to hear candidates state their qualifications and ask for sup port in the coming election. Candidates for Commissioner District No. 1, House of Rep resentatives and Solicitor were the only ones to address the gath ering presided over by B. V. Chapman, county Demcoratic chairman. Short talks were made by Luther Bedenbaugh, Ted Mc Dowell, and Richard Sterling for Commissioner. H. T. Carlisle, the other candidate, was not present. Earl Bergen led off the talks for house candidates. He was followed by Robert C. Lake, Jr., of Whitwire, John S. Huggins, At-, torney at Newberry, J. Effice Metts, and finally, James N. Parr, Newberry attorney. Two of the candidates for 9® licitor, Hugh Beasley, incumbent, and C. E. Saint-Amand, law part ner of Judge Eugene S. Blease, made brief speeches. William T. Jones, the third candidate, of Greenwood, did not attend the meeting. Following the meeting Satur day night in Whitmire, other stops in the series include meet ings at the following places at times to be announced by local executive committeemen: f a Important Meeting Set For Sunday At Clayton Memorial Walten Halfacre, chairman of Clayton Memorial Methodist church, announces an important meeting for members of the church on Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. All members of the congregation are urged to be present. Mr. Halfacre said that plans will be proposed that will be of interest to everyone. The Rev. William R. Bennett, of Canon, Ga., pastor of the church, will deliver the sermon Sunday afternoon on the topic “Putting New Meaning In Life.” June 21—West End *4:; June 27—Little Mountain July 4—Jolly Street, and July 7—Newberry, at court house. Brokhoff And Derrick Make Commencement Addresses At 96 th Newberry College Finals ‘OPERATION’ SHOP WINDOW . . . Student nurses and doctors go through motions of a surgical operation in a London shop window to demonstrato functions of a hospital. The ninety-sixth Commencement ment Program at Newberry Col lege will open with the Bacca- luureate Service on Sunday, June 1st at 11:30 a.m. The services will be held in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, with the Rev. John R. Brokhoff, D.D. preaching the sermon. Doctor Brokhoff is pastor of the Luther an Church of the Redeemer in Atlanta, Ga. On Monday morn ing in the College gymnasium at 10:30 a.m. the graduating ex-’ ercises will be held with Doctor Samuel M. Derrick, Dean of the School of Business Administra tion of the University of South Carolina, makiug the address to the 1952 graduates. In the gradu ating class are 45 men and 9 wo men, a total of 54 candidates for degrees. Doctor Brokhoff is a graduate of Muhlenberg College. He earn ed his B.D. degree from Mt. Airy Lutheran Seminary and his M.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1951 his alma mater, Muhlenberg, conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. He served pastorates in Richmond, Marion, and Roanoke, Virginia prior to becoming the pastor of the larg est Lutheran Church in Atlanta, Ga. in 1945. Doctor Brokhoff has traveled in Germany, Switzerland, Frances, and England. He has been active in the promotion of the Protestant Radio Center in Atlanta, Ga. and has served on its Board of Trustees. His ser vice has been valuable on many of the Boads and Committees of REV. JOHN R. BROKHOFF, D.D, DR. 8. M. DERRICK the Lutheran Chjirch in the At lanta area and "the Georgia-Ala- bama Lutheran Synod. Since 1950 he has served as Professor of Homiletics at Emory Univer sity, Atlanta. Doctor Derrick is a graduate of Newberry College. He received his M.A. degree from the Uni versity of South Carolina and his Ph.D. degree from the University of North Carolina. At present he is Dean of the School of Busi ness Administration, Professor of Economics, and Head of the De partment of Economics at the University of South Carolina. Doctor Derrick has been promi nently identified with research work with the South Carolina Tax Commission, South Carolina Un employment Commission, and other legislative committees ap pointed to make special studies on economics in South Carolina. He is the author of “Centennial History of South Carolina Rail roads.” He has written num bers of bulletins on taxes and economic problems in South Carolina. Doctor Derrick is a j native of Chapin. ' Ames T. Dicker! Suffers Stroke; Dies Tuesday Ames T. Dickert, 86, of Fair Ave. died Tuesday afternoon at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He suffered a stroke Saturday and had been critical since that time. Mr. Dickert was born and rear ed in the Stoney Hill section of Newberry County, the son of the late Orlanda A. and Frances Mil ler Dickert. He lived in that section, where he operated a farm until 25 years ago when he moved to Newberry, where he worked at Oakland Mill of the Kendall Com pany. He retired 12 years ago. Mr. Dickert was a former mem ber of Bethel Baptist Church, but at the time of his death he was a member of the Hunt Memorial Baptist Church, where he waa a former member of the church choir. He was married to Mrs. Mary Merchant Long Dickert, who died in 1941. He is survived by one step-son, Norman J. Long, Prosperity; one step-daughter, Mrs. Lula Running, Clinton, and one adopted son, Ro land S. Merchant, Prosperity; seven nieces, six nephews and nine step-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 4 p.m. * at Bethel Baptist Church by the Rer. Alvin F. Boone. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Mrs. James Lesvetf, Mrs. Floyd ftmdlsy, LeRoy wu»©n and Mrs. Claude Buzhardt, May 24; David WHHams. May 25; Mrs. Della Koon, M«y at; Harry H. Hedge- path, and It W. Culbertson, May 27; Buss PuroolL Mrs. Vsrona Dominick, Mrs. T. H. Longshore, Carol Kohn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn, Jr., Mre. J. W. Hicks, and Martin Mills, May 28; J. T. Dennis, Mrs. Jamas Smith, W. O. Wilson, Mrs. Ruth Lang* shore, Mrs. F, B. Dawkins and Linda Cole, May 30th. Ruth Jackson Amis, May