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In these days of uncer tainty, the only thing you can count on is your fingers. The most popular labor- saving device for women is still a husband with money. VOL. 15—NO. 4 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1952 + |1.50 PER YEAR Registration Board Office Opens All Week To Issue Voting Permits Newberry county residents who do not have a registration certificate and who desire to vote : n the coming summer pri maries may obtain their certifi cate from the county registra tion board which will meet each day of next week, June 2 through June 7. The office, lo cated on the second floor of the new court house, will be open from 9 o’clock a.m. until 5 p.m. Every voter expecting to cast his ballot in the primary elec tions to be held July 8 and July 22 will be required to have a registration certificate for these elections. Voters who already have cer tificates dated January 1, 1948, or after, are not required to get new certificates. If any voter has lost, destroyed or mislaid his' certificate, he may get a duplicate from the board any day next week. Electors who have moved to this county from another coun ty in the state should get a certificate to vote in Newberry county. Requirements for a cer tificate is that a person must have lived in the state two years, in the county one year, and in the polling precinct four months. The law also requires a person to have his tax receipt or read the constitution. Persons now 20 years of age and who will have reached their 2!st birthday by the time of the General Election, Novem ber 4, 1952, are entitled to regis ter and vote in the summer primaries. Voters who have moved from one precinct to another with in the county, should apply to the board for a certificate of transfer to his precinct. Next week will be the last chance citizens will have to reg ister before the summer pri maries, and residents wishing to vote are urged to call at the board's office sometime next week for their certificates. Members of the registration board are Mrs. Virginia Counts Livingston, Allen N. Crosson, and William C. Scott. Chester Cannon Bible Class To Hold Memorial A memorial service in honor of Clarence C. Hutto and Thomas G. Graham will be broadcast over Radio Station WKDK Sunday morning at 10:30 a m. R. D. Coleman, Jr., teacher of the Chester Cannon Bible Class of Central Methodist church, of which Mr. Hutto and Mr. Gra- haw were members, will be in charge of the services. The Sunday morning memorial service will take the place of the regularly scheduled program of the Glenn Street Baptist church, which time was relinquished in order that this special service could be aired. The Glenn Street church program will be broadcast on June eighth. Ask Audience Aid In Radio Meditation Morning devotional services over Radio Station WKDK June second through June sixth will be conducted by the Rev. T. B Altman, pastor of Bush River Baptist church. Mr. Altman has requested aid from the radio audience in the daily meditations on “The Art of Helping Others,’ - by writing a brief story as to how you were helped or how others were helped, naming the persons, poems, hymns, and habits which helped most. The pastor requests that stories be addressed to him at Route 3. Newberry. Deed Transfers Newberry No. 1 Mrs. Minnie Fellers to James P. Hickson one lot 101’xl89.5’, $200. Newberry No. 1 Outside Idella Rice Robertson, et al to Martha Rice Coleman, one lot 90’x172’ on Newberry-Clinton High way, $5.00, love and affection. Vernon D. Force and Alma T. Force to Grady L. Hughey, one lot 133.2’xl75’ on Main street, $650. H. C. Woodward, Jr., to Robert O Livingston, one lot and one building, 1307 First street, $3800. The Newberry County Board of Education to G. A. Long three acres and one building, $2750. This property is the Kinard colored school in the Hartford community. Sllverstreet No. 2 Gerald W. Scurry to John F. Scurry, 2% acres, $5.00, love and affection. Ellen W. Scurry, et al to Gerald W. Scurry, 4.8 acres, $5.00, love an daffection. Prosperity No. 7 Phoebe S. Singley and Phoebe Callahan to C. Mower Singley, one lot, .18 acre on Main street, $5.00, and partition. Phoebe S. Singley and C. Mower Singley to Phoebe S. Cal lahan, one lot 23’xl00’ on Main street in Prosperity, P. C. Sing- ley, Estate, $5.00. C. Mower Singley and Phoebe S. Callahan to Phoebe S. Singley two lots and two buildings on Main street (Joe Mayer property), P. C. Singley, Estate, $5.00, and partition. Six Newberry County Girls Selected To Attend Legion Auxiliary Pro jet Six girls from Newberry coun ty have been selected to attend the Girls State program which will be held at the University of South Carolina in Columbia Horn Tuesday, June 3, through Sun day, June 8th. The girls chosen are: Molly Fennell and Hariett Dickert, New berry; Nora Kathryn Kinard, Po- maria; Polly Rankin Suber and Patricia Clara Kelly, Whitmire; and Dorothy Nell George of Pros perity. The Girls State is a program of the American Legion Auxiliary, designed for training high school girls in practical Americanism, and is one of the most vital pro jects sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary. It provides citizenship training through actual perform ance of the duties of a citizen. The slogan. “A Girls State in H\ eiy State,” has been a winner. Girls State are now T well estab lished in every state. The girls attending have returned each year to their high schools filled with enthusiam for and enriched in understanding of American’s democracy by their active par ticipation as officers or gpod citizens of a Girls State. It is a great honor and a privil ege to attend Girls State, and the above six are being sent by the Civic League of Newberry, Lions Club of Whitmire and Kinard Brothers of Pomaria, in coopera tion with the American Legion Auxiliary of Newberry. Mrs. T. P. Crooks, unit presi dent, and Mrs. C. A. Dufford, chairman of the local unit of Girls State, have spent much time by helping to select girls by standards of leq^lm'ship. char acter, courage, honesty, scholar ship and cooperativeness. A gold en opportunity lies waiting at Girls State for the young ladies where they will enjoy an in structive w T eek of living Ameri canism; where they will gain knowledge of their responsibilit ies as citizens. Changes Noted In Bush River Baptist Hours Rev. T. B. Altman, pastor of Bush River Baptist church, has called attention of the public to the change in hours of services of his church for this Sunday only. Sunday school will be held at 10 a.m. The hour for the Train ing Union will be 8 o’clock p.m. There will be no morning worship service because of the baccalaureate service at Bush River high school on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. The Rev. James Mitchell of the Joanna Baptist church will deliver the sermon to the graduating class. Mail Delivery Be Stopped For Memorial Day In observance of National Me morial Day today (Friday) var ious federal offices and agencies will he closed for the holiday. There will be no mail delivery in the city or on rural routes, but Postmaster G. K. Dominick said that stamp windows would be open for one-half hour from 8:4b to 9:15 a.m. He added that in coming mail w T ould he put up in boxes and outgoing mail and parcels would be dispatched. Both Newberry County Bank and the New'berry branch of the S. C. National hank will also be closed today, as will the Newber ry Federal Savings and Loan As sociation office. Permits Issued For Repair Work Building Inspector Sam Beam issued five building and repair permits since last week. All permits were for general repairs to dw-ellings. They are: May 23—G. W. Boland, add one room and general repairs to dwelling, 513 Wright St., $1,506. May 23—Addie Kinard, gen eral repairs to dwelling, 953 Gild er St., $100. May 23—I Kaplan, general re pairs to dw r elling, Johnstone St., $500. May 24—Albert Jones, Jr., re pairs to garage on Reid St., $35. May 27—Mrs. Margaret Wil liams, general repairs to dwelling, 2112 Osborne St., $500. Vacations Begin For City Police Beginning Sunday, June 1, city policemen will begin taking va cations. From each of the three shifts to take vacations first will he H. B. Franklin, Boyd Duncan and Claude Hipp. These men will have two weeks off and will report back for duty on Monday, June 16th. Fairfield Manager Goes To Canton W. E. Wheeler, who has been manager of the Fairfield Forest Products Company here for the past four years, was recently transfered to Canton, N. C., near Ashville, where he will be con nected with the wood procure ment department of the Ch^inpiQn Paper and Fiber company; 4 Mr. Wheeler with his wife and two children, Ann, five years of age and Vickie, three, moved to Ashville Thursday of this week where they will make their home. They are residing at 22 School Road. R. D. Coleman has been elevat ed to manager of the local office. Whitmire Meet Attendance Fair An estimated 250 persons gath ered at the tennis courts in Whitmire Saturday night to hear campaign speeches by candidates for contested political offices in Newberry, County and for the office of solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, composed of New berry, Laurens, Greenwood and Abbeville Counties. Hampered by light rain and the threat of a downpour, most of the candidates used far less than their allotted time to tell of their qualifications for the offices sought. Senator Marvin Abrams of Whitmire presided over the meet ing and introduced the speakers in the absence of B. V. Chapman, chairman of the County Demo cratic Executive Committee. Seeking two vacancies in the State House of Representatives were James N. Parr, Earl H. Ber gen, John S. Huggins, Robert C. Lake, Jr., and J. Effis Metts, all of whom were present and spoke briefly. Next to take the platform were candidates for the office of Com missioner. District Number 1: Richard L. Sterling. Luther Bed- enbaugh, H. T. Carlisle and Ted McDowell. Walter T. T>ake. Jr., and Gor don Counts, aspirants to the of fice of Clerk of Court, did not apeak. The meeting ended with the speeches of Hugh Beasley, incum bent, William T. Jones and C. E. Saint-Amand, candidates for so licitor, Eighth Judicial Circuit. The Messrs Beasley, Jones and Saint-Amand used their allotted ten minutes, with the former re counting his success as Solicitor for the past several terms and the two latter pointing out their qualifications for the job. The candidates will next he heard at Silverstreet on Friday June 6, with other meetings to follow at: Pomaria, June 11 West End, June 21 Little Mountain, June 27 Jolly Street, July 4, and Newberry Court House, July Shriners Of Hejaz Temple Gather Here Wednesday 7. 2 County Students Get Erskine Degrees Miss Beth Pugh of Prosperity and Joseph Franklin Beard of Newberry, were among the 59 members of the 1952 graduating class at Erskine College, Due West. Miss Pugh was • also aw-arded the Mary Louise Bible Medal. This medal is given by Mr. Strike leather in memory of his wife to the young woman most proficient in Bible study. NEVILLS VACATIONING IN CAPE COD, MASS. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. A. Neville and three sons, Lamar, William and Lieutenant David Neville, re cently stationed at Camp Gor don, Augusta, Ga., who is spend ing a 30-day leave with his par ents prior to leaving for duty in Japan, left early Thursday morn ing for a two week’s vacation trip to Cape Cod, Mass., and other places of interest. Calvin Crozier UDC Meeting Postponed The June meeting Oi Calvin Crozier Chapter, U.D.C., will be postponed one week, due to the conflict with High School com mencement. Date and place of meeting will be announced later. Mrs. A. T. Neely, Pres. Mrs. S. A. Meek, Secty. Maxcy Stone Elected Quartermaster- Adjutant S. C. V.F.W. Department E. Maxcy Stone, probate judge of Newberry county, was elected quartermaster - adjutant of the South Carolina Department, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, at the organizations 17th annual encamp ment in Columbia last weekend. He had served two previous terms as quartermaster and one as adju tant. The two positions are com bined this year. Wm. C. Armfield, w T ho was re cently elected commander of the 3rd V.F.W. district, was recong- nized and installed with other officers elected by the depart ment. Roger L. Simmons of New'berry, formerly of the Greer post, was awarded first prize of $75 in the public relation officer’s scrap book contest. He was presented a certificate of service by Earl H. Bergen, commander of the local post, for outstanding work done in public relations. The auxiliary came in for rec ognition at the state meeting wTth a certificate of merit for outstand ing w'ork done in the past year. Mrs. E. M. Stone, accepted the award for the New’berry organi zation. Robert P. Griffin of Florence, was elected state commander, succeeding James R. Mann of Greenville. He is a veteran of World War II, and holds' a num ber of military decorations. Members of Livingston - Wise Post 5968 attending the encamp ment w’ere: George Ownes, Hubert Mills, Oscar Zobel, Ralph Con nelly, Bobby Underwood, Lee Chamber Committee Works Out Budget Members of the finance com mittee of the Chamber of Com merce met in the chamber’s of fices Thursday, May 29. At that time John T. Norris, chairman and members of the finance group worked out the organization’s budget for the coming year. Smallwood, Joe Youroski, Ernest Taylor, David Jenkins, and Messrs Stone, Bergen, Armfield, and Simmons. Attending auxiliary meetings held at the same time as the en campment w’ere Mrs. E. M. Stone. Mrs. Ruby " Trice, Mrs. Roger Simmons and Mrs. Joe Youroski. 96tli College Finals Monday The 96th Commencement Pro gram begins Sunday at Newberry College. The baccalaureate ser vice is to be held at 11:30 A.M. in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer with The Rev. John R. Brokhoff, D.D. of Atlanta, Ga. preaching the sermon to the 1952 graduates' The Rev. Paul E. Monroe, Jr., pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeem er and the Rev. Royail A. Yount, President of the Florida Synod will serve as liturgists. Sunday from 4:30 to 5:30 P.M., President and Mrs. James C. Kin- (continued on page eight) Law Department Receives Safety Council Award Hanging on the wall in head quarters of the City Police De partment is a certificate recently awarded the department by the National Safety Council of which the department is justly proud. It reads: “National Traffic Safety Coun cil Honor Roll for 1951, Newber ry South Carolina, in recogni tion of it’s accomplishment in completing the year without a fatal motor vehicle traffic acci dent within the city municipal limits. Presented by National Safety Council.” The award is made to towns ranging in population from 5000 to 10,000 which did not have a fatal vehicle accident during the year of 1951. Hejaz Potentate JOHN F. CLARKSON Public Invited To Open House Tour Of Hospital A large number of visitors are expected to visit the local hos pital today (Friday) for the open house program between the hours from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The eleven o'clock hour has been set for the convenience of the mill workers and others who work the afternoon shift. All visitors will be asked to register as they enter the hos pital. White guest are asked to enter the building at the main entrance. Colored guest are ask ed to enter through the colored entrance. Following registration, visitors will be taken on directed tours of the hospital by hospital personnel who will explain, the functions of the various depart ments and the equipment used within the departments. The guides will also explain the num erous displays which will be dem onstrated throughout the hospital. The hospital administration re quests that visitors refrain from going into patients rooms on this day. The activities of the day will be rather tiring for the pati ents and this request is made so that the patients will receive as much rest and have as much quietness as possible. “Visit the hospital on this day; come back and visit the patients on another day,” officials urged. Visitors are also asked not to park in the front driveway. Use the driveway as a driveway but not as a parkway. Parking facil ities will be available in the hos pital parking lot adjoining the hosptal. The colored parkway is located behind the hospital. The Medical Auxiliary will serve refreshments to all visitors to the hospital on this day. .The entire Hospital Staff and several community groups have cooperat ed to present an interesting pro gram and a large turn-out is an ticipated. Mothers Of Men In Service Given Recording Time Local Radio Station To Cut Army Record Joe Morris, program director of Station WKDK, announced today that he will do a program for the Armed Forces Radio Service on or about June 12. This program “Way Back Home,” will be used on all AFRS Stations around the globe. Mr. Morris states that he is very anxious to get at least 3 mothers who have sons serving in overseas commands to appear on the program. It will give them an opportunity of talking to their sons since all servicemen will be notified in advance of broadcast date. All mothers in terested in appearing on the' pro gram should get in touch with Joe Morris at once. ♦ Elaborate Ceremonial Plans Made The Shriners of Hejaz Temple and the members of the Newberry Shrine Club are planning one of the most elaborate ceremonials in the history of Hejaz Temple. The Newberry Shrine Club, under the leadership of Noble Pinckney N. Abrams, President, has had 24 committees, with a member ship of 135 Shriners working for the past 6 weeks. The first activity on the pro gram starts on Wednesday night at 8 o’clock at the Newberry High School football stadium when for the first time in the history of South Carolina a “Masonic Night” celebration will be staged. Poten tate John F. Clarkson has is sued an invitation to all Master Masons and their wives to attend this program. . A one and one- half hour program will be staged by radio and television stars, to gether with a concert by the He jaz Temple band which should be one of the high-lights of the program. From all indications, approximately four or five thou sand Shriners and Masons will attend this program. Poteptate John F. Clarkson Is sued an invitation to the public to attend the gigantic Shrine parade on Thursday, June 6, com mencing at 12 o’clock. The parade will be headed by the cars carrying the dignitaries of Hejaz Temple. Participating in the parade will be the 45 piece Hejaz Temple Band, and the 46 piece Hejaz Temple Patrol. For the past two or three years the Shriners of Greenwood have de veloped one of the finest Oriental Banda which will be at their tan strength and parading in. Ihair new uniforms. Ten Shrine Club*' from the upper part of South Carolina will enter some of the craziest cars and unusual con traptions heretofore seen. To fcll- max the parade will be the long line of 141 candidates treking their weary way toward tha hot sands of the desert. The parade is expected to extend approxi mately one mile, and will cover the whole of Main Street. The Chamber of Commerce of New berry has estimated that ap- < proximately 12,000 people will wit ness the parade. Potentate John F. Clarkson has extended an invitation to the pub lic to also witness the Hej&s Temple Band, and the Oriental Band, and the Patrol Drill at the Newberry College football stadi um commencing at 3 o’cock. It is hoped that the people of Newberry and surrounding coun ties will avail themselves of the chance to see this colorful parade starting at 12 o’clock and the band concerts and drill at the College starting at 3 o’clock. The Masonic Night Program to be staged by Hejaz Temple at the Newberry High School baseball stadium Wednesday night, June 4, 1952, will bring to Newberry an array of radio and television stars seldom offered to the public. On the left in the above group of stars is Rex Ramer, International Entertainer. From London, Punch says: "A one-man band named Rex Ramer, who does everything with his voice and a microphone, and who, when he is not singing alto or bass, is quite like ly to become a trumpet or cello.” From Chicago: “In the vaudeville show Rex Ramer, a London, England, import from ^the Paladium, was a standout with a wonderfully good musical novelty act in which he used his voice to imitate many instruments.” From New Zeland: “Cleverest of the comedy items was Rex Ramer’s remarkable vocal imitations of musical instruments, and best of all was his rendition of two numbers made famous by Spike Jones and His City Slickers, “Cocktails for Two,” and “Chloe.” The crowd could not hear enough of him. » In the center, Lott and Joe Anders are classed as an acrobatic, juggling act without superiors. The Newberry audience will no doubt be thrilled by this splendid act which has many television fans. On the right is Professor Backwards. Jimmy Edmondson, new radio comedian known as Professor Backwards, who confuses the NBC listening public on Saturday nights. Life magazine has recently had a full-page spread on the remarkable performance of Jim my Edmondson (Professor Backwards) and the Newberry audience is eagerly awaiting his appearance. Firemen Answer 2 Alarms After * 44-Day Pause The fire department was called on for the first time in 44 -days last Thursday, May 22, to put out a grease fire on a cook stov* at the hdme of Hubert Coleman on Vincent street. Little damage was reported as a result of the blaze. On Tuesday of this week, the department was called out again to a grass fire at the rear of Carol Court apartments on Col lege street The grass fire was brought under control in short order. It is not known how the grass was ignited. BIRTHDAYS John C. Coggans, Jr., and 8u* an Nichols, May 31; Mrs. C. J. McWhirter, June 1; M. W. Clary and Mrs. Walter Hiller, June 2; Mrs. Mae A. Aull, Arthur Jaeob f Mrs. Lois Merchant (Newberry route 4), Edwin Stokes, Jr. t F. M. Baxter and Mrs. Melvin Han cock, June 3; B. Y. Abrams, June 5th.