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VOL. 15—NO. 14
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1952
+ $1.50 PER YEAR
Public Schools
Calendar Given
For Next Term
The following calendar was
approved by the Newberry
County Board of Education on
August 1, 1952:
All schools in the county
will begin the 1952-1953 session
on September 2nd. Pupils who
are entering school for the first
time and did not attend or
register at the Pre-School Clinic
in the spring are requested to
register with their Area Super
intendents or Principals on one
of the following dates, August
27, 28, and 29th. Any pupil who
has moved into the district
since June 1st, is asked to
register and if in high school
to get a schedule card on the
above mentioned lates.
November 27th. and 28th.—
Thanksgiving holidays
December 19th. — Close for
the Christmas holidays
January 5th. 1953—Classes re
sumed after holidays
March 20th.—Meeting of S.C.
E.A.
April 3rd.—Good Friday
May 29th.—1952-1953 Session
ends.
LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST
ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW
MR. AND MRS. CLARENCE
E. GETZ of Lancaster, Penna.,
visited here from August 2nd
through August 6th with Mr. and
Mrs. George E. Stone at their
home near Newberry.
MR. AND MRS. H A. DICK-
ERT of Atlanta, Ga., arrived In
the city Wednesday night to
spend a few days with Mr. Dick-
ert’s mother. Mrs. A. H Dicker!
on Boundary street. Mr. Dick-
ert is director of a French Tex
tile school at Georgia Tech in
Atlanta.
MISS ANN RAY of Atlanta,
Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. Will Hicks
and two children, Neil and John
of Clemson arrived Wednesday
night to spend several days with
Mrs. Hicks’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Hal Kohn. Sr., on Johnstone
Street.
MISS LILLIE NORRIS, who has
been on an extended visit with
relatives in Charlotte, N. C., has
returned to Newberry where she
makes her home v ith her broth
er-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs
Ira Clamp on Calhoun stret.
weekend with Mr. Epps mother,
Mrs. George L. Epps on CalhotiD
street.
Mr. and MRS. FRED H. DOMI
NICK and two daughters, Misses
Joan and Doris Dominick, left
Tuesday morning for a three
weeks’ vacation with relatives in
New Jersey.
DR. AND MRS. ROBERT POOL
of Memph’.s, Tenn., spent last
week with his sisters, Mrs. W.
E. Pelham and Mrs. C. D. Weeks,
on Harrington street.
MR. AND MRS. BEN F. DAW
KINS and Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Dawkins spent last weekend in
Wilmington, N. C., in the home
of the former’s son and daughter-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ben F.
Dawkins, Jr., and family.
MRS. SIDNEY WALDHOUR
and son, Sidney, Jr., of Rincon,
Ga., are spending two weeks with
Mrs. Waldhour’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hayes on Friend St.,
while Mr. Waldhour is attending
National Guard Camp at Camp
McClellan, Ala.
LITTLE PEGGY YOCHEM
BETTER AFTER IU-NESS
Little Peggy Yochem, of Ninety-
Six, granddaughter of J. Frank
Yochem of 1318 Washington St.,
is recuperating at the Self Me
morial hospital in Greenwood
where she was taken on July 25
after suddenly becoming ill.
Peggy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Elvin Yochem, form
erly of Newberry and now living
at Ninety Six. Her parents and
grandfather wish to express their
appreciation for the many kind
wishes of friends for recovery of
the little girl.
HOSPITAL RECEIVES
MAGAZINES
The Newberry County Memorial
Hospital has recently received as
a gift from Central Drug Store
a three years subscription to .fif
teen of the Nation’s leading maga
zines. Also received were hard
back binders for each magazine
and an attractive metal reader’s
rack on which to display the
magazines.
The gift has been placed in
the main lobby and will be used
by the many visitors to the hos
pital as well i s by patients.
CClaude L. Weeks, Hospital
Superintendent, wishes to express
his thanks to the management for
their kindness.
MRS. BIRDIE MARTIN left.
Wednesday to spend a few days
in Columbia with relatives.
DR. AND MRS. FOSTER N.
MARTIN and three children,
Frank, Emily and Kenneth of
New Orleans, La., are expected
to arrive in the city today (Fri
day) to spend several weeks with
Dr. Martin's mother and sister,
Mrs. F. N. Martin and Miss
Cynthia Martin on E. Main street
MR. AND MRS. KIBLER WIL
LIAMSON and small daughter. El
len, of Charleston, are spending
this week with Mrs. Williamson’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Pay-
singer. Mr. Williamson who will
be a member of the Newberry
College faculty this fall, will move
his family to Newberry in Sept
ember to make their home.
MR. AND MRS. W. W. BURR
and son, William, Jr., of Dallas
Texas, will arrive in the city
today (Friday) to spend a couple
of weeks with Mrs. Burr’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clary
on Boundary street.
SALLY MOWER, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Mower of
Columbia, and Frank Thomas
Suber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Suber of Whitmire, are spend
ing this week with their grand
mother, Mrs. Frank Mower on
Johnstone street.
MRS. BENNIE LIVINGSTON
and adopted son, Mike, left the
first of the week for New York
to spend about 10 days vacation
with Mrs. Livingston’s son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Catalano, and family.
WEEKEND AND SUNDAY vis
itors in the home of Mrs. George
W. Senn on Harrington street
were her children and grand
children, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wil
liams of Raleigh, N. C.; Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Senn and three sons,
Dickie, Tommy and David, Clem
son and Mr. and Mrs. James
Senn and two daughters, Susan
and Debbie of Seneca.
MR. AND MRS. SANFORD
EPPS and daughter, Linda, of
Augusta, Ga., spent the past
MR. AND MRS. FRANK ARM-
FIELD and three children, Mary
Ruth, Carol and Steve, returned
to their home on College street
Saturday after a week’s vacation
at Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
MISS ADELAIDE HENRY of
Hickory, N. C. is spending a while
with Miss Verna Kohn on John
stone street. Miss Henry and
Miss Kohn were roommates at
Limestone College. For the past
year. Miss Henry has been at
tending college in Baltimore, Md.
Modern, Diversified Farming Practices
Bring Good Living For Leaphart Family
A combination of cotton, grain
crops, milk cows, forage and pas
ture, plus a few chickens and
hogs and a bountiful year-round
garden makes up the practical
farm plan of Mr. and Mrs. Heber
J. Leaphart of the Stoney Hill
community of Newberry county as
observed by County Agent P. B-
Ezell and M. H. Sutherland, ex
tension agricultural economist.
They report that this medium size
farm of 125 acres is operated by
Mr. and Mrs. Leaphart and one
tenant family. A balanced farm
ing program furnishes three main
sources of cash income that is de
rived from cotton, small grain
and grade “C” milk sales.
Overall management of the
farm is provided by Mr. Leap-
hart with the tenant furnishing
the labor for the row-crops of
cotton, corn and some of the
small grains. Cash expenses for
these crops are shared equally
and the returns are divided on a
60-60 basis. The tenant is also
provided without charge a house
and barn, pasture for a milk
cow, garden plot, and an acre or
so of wheat.
Mr. Leaphart believes in follow-
good farming methods. Care-
attention is given to soil man
agement to prevent erosion. Good
terraces properly maintained, pro
tected water disposal outlets and
strip-cropping are practices that
stand out in his soil conservation
plan. His crops get the same thor-
f i i ough care in land preparation,
planting and cultivating. A trac-
..V tor, which Mr. Leaphart operates
himself, is used for breaking and
harrowing the land in preparation
" for planting. Mules are used by
the tenant for planting and culti-
sting.
Mr. Leaphart still finds crop
f farming profitable. He follows
•1; extension service recommenda
tions all the way through and
gets top yields in his cotton, corn
and grain production. This year,
despite not too good w r eather, he
averaged 46 bushels per acre on
his wheat crop.
Balancing the row crops are
grassland crops and pasture to
support the livestock consisting
of some 10 head of dairy animals,
2 hogs, 30 hens and 2 mules. Les-
pedeza follows all grain crops and
is used for forage and soil im
provement. Heavy seedings of
oats and rye grass are made to
provide grazing for the milk cows
and young heifers. Some crop
land and summer pastures have
been converted to permanent
winter pasture seeded to fescue
and ladino and more is planned
to be seeded this fall.
Summer pastures consisting of
mixtures of bermuda, dallas grass,
hop clover and lespedeza provide
ample summer grazing. A live
stream flanked with large shade
trees flows through the pastures
providing ample fresh water and
shade for the cattle during the
hot summer months.
Land not suited to crops and
pastures is in timber. Mr. Leap
hart believes in good timber mana
gement and fire protection. The
farm timber land supplied lumber
to build the home and farm build
ings and enough lumber was sold
to pay the other costs connected
with the construction.
Mr. Leaphart states he has
been farming for 36 years. His
first year was a failure because
of drought, however, this did
not deter him from his decision
to farm. He considers 1941 his
worst year when another crop
failure and a large hospital bill
almost bankrupted him. It was
then that he decided a farmer
needed diversified sources of in
come spread over the year, if
possible. The establishing of a
grade “C” milk route in the
Stoney Hill community in the
early 40’s made this possible!
Mr. Leaphart sells milk from four
cows which gives him an income
of $75.00 to $100.00 a month.
However, he still continues with
his other farming operations on
about the same scale.
An important phase of the Leap
hart farm operation is their live-
at-home program. Plenty of milk,
butter, eggs, meat and vegetables
are grown for home use. Mrs.
Leaphart keeps a well-stocked
pantry of home-canned foods for
her own needs and always has
enough to divide with her daugh
ter’s family, Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Amick, who live in Saluda.
The Leapharts have an at
tractive farm home equipped with
electricity, running water, and
many other modern conveniences.
Mrs. Leaphart’s health does not
permit her to work full time,
however, with the modern ap
pliances which include an electric
water heater, electric stove,
washing machine and refrigerator
she is able to run the home
without help. Formerly, when
her health was good, Mrs. Leap
hart took an active part in
looking after the farm. This was
necessary as Mr. Leaphart was
away a great deal in connection
with the various agricultural pro
grams being administered in the
county.
Mr. Leaphart’s interest in pro
gressive agriculture and his will
ingness to serve has meant that
he has devoted much time and
effort to promoting the work of
agricultural agencies operating In
the county. He has been an
active member of County Agri
cultural Committee and the Farm
Bureau since it was organized in
(continued on page eight)
Brother Of R. P.
Fair Is Buried
At Rosemont
Funeral services for William
Young Fair, 72, were conducted
at 2 p.m. Sunday from his home
114 Wilderness Lane, in Green
ville, by Dr. Charles N. Nabers,
after which the body was brought
to Newberry for committal ser
vices in Rosemont cemetery.
Dr. Nabors and the Rev. Paul
Grier of Newberry had charge of
the committal service.
Mr. Fair had been in declining
health for the past three months,
and died at his home Saturday ab
5:30 a.m. He was a son of the
#
late William Young and Mary
(Nance) Fair, prominent resident#
of Newberry in their day.
For a number of years before
locating in Greenville 10 years
ago, he lived in Memphis, TennI
Until recently he was a meat
and sea food broker in Greenville;
Mr. Fair attended Newberry
College, later continuing his stud?
ies at The Citadel. )
He was a member of the First
Presbyterian church in Greenville,
His wife, Mrs. Kute Putnam
Calhoun Fair, survives him, with
one daughter, Mrs. Mitchell Rob
inson, Jackson, Miss., and one
step-daughter, Mrs. Julia Kirt-
land Bush, New Milford, N. J. A
step-son, the late Ens. Calhoun
Kirtland, was killed in service
during World War II.
Mr. Fair is also survived by
two brothers, R. P. Fair, Newber
ry, and James Rutherford Fair,
Little Rock, Ark.; one sister, Mrs.
Walter Richardson, Memphis,
Tenn., and two grandchildren.
Serving as active pallbearers
from Newberry were A. C. Gar-
lington, Albert McCaughrin, Dr.
Young M. Brown, Patrick Scott,
James Renwick, and Homer W.
Schumpert.
Purcell Property
Sold; Brings
Nearly $50,000
At a public auction sale held
at the Newberry County court
house Monday morning, three
tracts of real estate of the late
Mrs. Lavinia Rook Purcell were
offered for sale, and were bid
in by E. B. Purcell and Mrs. C.
K Browm, son and daughter of
the late Mrs. Purcell.
Mr. Purcell bid on tw-o store
buildings, now occupied by Lomi-
nick’s Drug store and the Good
year Store on Main street, and
purchased them for $18,000 each.
The Purcell home at 1817 Main
street, was bid in by Mrs. C. K.
Brown for $10,000.
A piece of property in School
District 2, containing 55.7 acres
was also offered for sale and was
bid on by J. O. and H. W. Har
mon for $2,700.
A second tract of land in
School District 2, containing six
acres was bid in by Willie John
son for $200. Both pieces of
property in School District 2 were
offered for sale pursant to the
decree of the Court of Common
Please in the case of Susannah
Wise, et al, Plantiff, vs. Evans
Floyd, et al Defendant.
The third sale was of the
estate of Mrs. Ella C. Rikard, de
ceased, containing twenty acres
and two buildings located on
Highway No. 76 near Plampin’s
filling station on the cut-off, was
bid in by T. H. Pope attorney,
for $10,000.
ROBERTS BE HEARD
ON BUSINESS VIEWPOINT
Joe Roberts, manager of the
Nsfwberry County Bank, will join
Jimmy Coggins on the “Business
Viewpoint” program to be heard
over Radio Station WKDK Fri
day (tonight) at 7:15 p.m.
This weeks subject of discus
sion will be “National Defense.”
Ride No. 7 of the current
series of tours throughout New
berry county is outlined below.
Chamber of Commerce Secre
tary Cliff Graham reported
Tuesday of this week that he
had made the ride which cov
ers about 21 miles in approxi
mately one hour's time. •
Mr. Graham said that in ad
dition to the places mentioned
in the tour guide, there were
many others worthy of men
tion, but that the absence of
names on mall boxes made it
almost impossible to identify
the farms. He said a check of
mail boxes on the trip showed
17 with uniform name plates,
15 with other names, and a
total of 82 boxes with no identi
fication. The uniform name
plates were sold some time ago
by 4-H club members. Mr. Gra
ham stated that these name
plates could still be had by con
tacting the county agent.
He said further, in outlining
the county tours, that every
effort was being made to cover
the county with a minimum of
overlapping. The secretary sug
gested that those who were un
able to make the tours at the
time they appeared in the
paper, that the route be clipped
out and saved in order that the
tour might be made at a later
time.
Ride No. 7 is as follows:
Go out Harrington St. Just
beyond the hospital on the left
you will notice on the farm
of T. O. Stewart, pecan orchard;
turn left on dirt road and go
by fish pond, and pasture and
see registered Guernlsy cattle,
dairy etc. On the right you
will notice Harrington Heights,
a new housing development on
which a number of new homes
are being erected for sale.
Turn right at cut-off and pro
ceed to the next paved cross
roads. Turn left on State High
way 34, notice the general farm
crops of Will Matthews on the
right. A short distance, take
the left hand fork and proceed
on the Mt. Bethel Garmany
Road. You will notice the home
of Van Price and general farm
crops. A little further along you
will come to Fairhaven—F. J.
Kenneriy home — general farm
crops. A little further along on
the right you will, notice the
home and farm of S. W. Brown,
Jr. who is specializing in beef
cattle and grazing.
A little further along on the
right you will notice the land
of Eilerbe Sease — beef cattle,
hogs. A little further on the
home and farm of Mrs. B. B.
Lietzey, on the left. Next you
will come to the home and farm
of Robert Sease with cattle,
hogs and general farm crops.
Then on pass Mt. Bethel Gar-
many School on the left, also
Lebannon Methodist Church.
Then come to the farm and
home of Chalmers Brown with
cattle, hogs and general farm
ing and a beautiful field of
alfalfa by the side of the road.
Next the Frank Lominack
farm with general farm crops
and fish pond. Also, George
Lominack’s with general farm
crops. A little further along
you will come to Horace
Cromer’s farm with chickens
and general farm crops; the
Price home and farm on the
left. A little further along you
come to Harold Epps on the
left and the home and farm of
Furman and Wilbur Epps on
the right with registered Jersey
cattle and general farm crops.
At the junction of this road
and U.S. 76 you will see the
Royal Blue Granite Co. with
monuments etc.
Turn right on U.S. 176 on
the right you will notice the
Chris Ruff place of general
farm crops. Proceed on down
this road and you will pass the
Enoree Baptist Church and the
Tom Keitt home place. Turn
right at the cross roads then
you will pass the farm of W. A.
Pitts—registered Jersey cattle
and general farm crops, also
the W. D. Kibler place with
apple and peach orchard.
Next you will come to the H.
H. Brown—Glen Echo Farm—
with registered Guernsey. A lit
tle further algng you will come
to the farms of T. M. and T. W.
Folk with general farm crops.
A little further along you come
to the farm of G. N. Long with
general farm crops; then to the
Houseal Norris home and farm
of general farm crops; then to
the County Home and farm.
Just past this on the left the
Alec Savage farm. On the right
the Marvin Mayer place with
general farm crops. A little fur
ther, on the left, you come to
“Pine Hill,” the home of J. D.
Caldwell. You will notice sever
al nice homes, also the fartn
and pasture of Hal Kohn, Sr.
also a small furniture dimen
sion plant before you get back
to the cut-off. Proceed on back
to the city.
Petition Asking Bond Issue
Goes To Council Saturday
Sheely-Shealy
Familys Plan
Anniversary
The annual Sheely-Shealy re
union will be held Sunday, August
17 at the old Shealy Homestead,
Pine Ridge, five miles south of
Chapin. This reunion is for all
Sheely-Shealy’s and their rela
tives, so please make plans now
to attend. The committee has
planned a very interresting pro
gram as follows:
Invocation—Pastor.
Address of Welcome — Mr.
Charles R. Shealy of Leesville.
Introduction of Speaker and
Remarks—Mr. Curtis Shealy of
Columbia.
Address—Mr. J. B. Robison, Di
rector of State School Book Com
mission of Columbia.
Quartettes and singing with the
246th Army Band furnishing music
throughout the day.
Election of officers and Busi
ness.
Lunch.
Ice cold lemonade and water
in huge barrells will be furnished.
This reunion is a joyful gather
ing of all the Sheely-Shealy clan
and this year we are celebrating
the 200th anniversary of the fam
ily. Remember the date August
17 and let’s pack a big picnic
basket and join all our friends
and relatives at this beautiful
grove so we can make this the
biggest and happiest reunion
we’ve ever held.
VISIT RELATIVES
IN ANDERSON
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Halfacre,
Mrs. G. Y. Taylor and two chil
dren. Barbara and William Edwin,
spent Sunday in Anderson HHtS
the Halfacre’s son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James
Hayes and their two children,
Anne and Jimmy. Jimmy is re
covering from a broken leg su
stained in a fall recently. Anne
Hayes returned to Newberry with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Halfacre, to spend a week. Their
grandson, Harman Lee Shealy of
Union is also visiting with them
this week.
4-H Winners
At Camp Long
Dist. Round-Up
Eleven boys and girls attended
the Piedmont District Round Up
at Camp Long near Aiken, July
28 and 29. They competed with
boys and girls from 14 other
counties in the district.
They 'participated in the f|pl-
lowing contest and received these
awards: Paul Richardson, leader
ship and talent show. Red Award;
Charles Teague, Dairy Production,
White Award group and tractor
operator; Blue Award group (and
will represent this district at
Farmers’ Week at Clemson); Ber
nard Hendrix, Field Crops, White
Award; Billy Lathrop, Poultry
Production, White Award; Joe
Dowd, Tractor Maintenance &
Tractor Operator, White Award;
Keith Johnson and Ross Sessoms,
Talent Show (winners will be
announced later).
. Also, Diane Boland, Leadership,
Red Award; Good Grooming, Blue
Award. Nora Kathryn Kinard,
Dress Revue, Blue Award. Will
represent the district at State
Achievement in October. Mary
Dove Boozer, Exterior Beautifi
cation, Red Award. Jewel Con
nelly, Canning, Blue Award. Mary
Dove Boozer and Jewel Connelly,
Team Demonstration, Blue award.
Carolyn Crooks, Achievement,
Blue Award.
Accompanying the group Were
W. A. Ridgeway, assistant coun
ty agent, Miss Barbara Gray, as
sistant home demonstration agent
and Miss Margie Davis, home
demonstration agent.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
ARREST DRUNKARDS
Fourteen persons were arrest
ed by the Sheriff’s office and
placed in the county jail over
the past weekend, charged with
drinking and driving under the
influence of intoxicants and other
petty crimes, according to
Sheriff Tom Fellers.*
REGISTRATION
OFFICE OPEN
TO GIVE SLIPS
The Registration office located
on the second floor of the Court
House will be open to issue Regis
tration Certificates for the Gen
eral Election to be held in Novem
ber, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
daily until Friday, August 15th.
The 1948 Registration Certifi
cate is valid for ten years. If you
have lost of misplaced it you
can get a duplicate one while the
office is open.
Remember if you want to vote
in the November General Election
you must have a Registration
Certificate.
Football Ducats
Being Offered
Season tickets for the 1952
football games of the Newberry
College Indians are being offered
now to all alumni. Letters have
been mailed to some 2,000 alumni
in this area with a ticket reser
vation form.
Professor S. Taylor Martin,
Chairman of the Committee on
Athletics, stated that again New
berry College is making this offer
to all alumni and friends who
may wish to purchase a book of
season tickets to all home foot
ball games at a slight reduction
before the tickets are offered to
the general public. There will
be three home games this fall:
Sept. 13th, Shaw Ai* Field (at
night); OcL 18th, Wofford Col
lege (at night); Nov. 1st, Lenoir
Rhyne College (at night), Home
coming game. A book of season
tickets will sell for $6.46, a sav-
'feUL- -Yfce pticBt <ef in
dividual tickets will be $2.00 for
Shaw Field game; $2.40 for the
Wofford game; and $2.06 for
the Lenoir Rhyne game. After
Sept. 1st, you may order tickets
for individual games at the prices
quoted above. - All orders for sea
son tickets will be filled prior
to Sept. 1st. All mail orders for
advance tickets will close on
Sept. 10th.
Alumni and friends are urged
to onfer all tickets at an early
date. Address all orders for
tickets to S. T. Martin, Chairman
Faculty Committee on Athletics,
Newberry College, Newberry, S.
C.
College Students
Urged To Apply
For Admission
It is important that all new
students planning to enter New
berry College in September file
applications for admission at once,
according to information from
the college yesterday. Blanks may
be found in the catalogs or ad
ditional copies may be secured
from the College. Upon request
they will be mailed to prospec
tive students, officials said;
Freshman Orientation Week be
gins Monday, September 8th, and
continues through the 10th. All
Freshmen are required to at
tend. Regular classes for all
students begin on Friday the 12th.
Newberry School
Attendance Good
The attendance of white school
children in the county was 91
percent for the school year 1961-
62, and 77 percent for Negro
children for the same period, ac
cording to Mrs. Julia R. Smith,
Newberry County Attendance
Teacher.
There were *,135 white and
3,247 colored children, maing a
total of 7,382 school children in
the county.
Newberry county is one of the
six counties in the state to have
an average of 90 percent at
tendance for the past school
year, with the highest percent
age, 94, being in Fairfield Coun
ty.
MRS. T. P. JOHNSON and
daughter, Miss Tommie Johnson
are spending this week in Lan
caster with Mrs. Johnson’s sister,
Mrs. Carl Bennett and family.
City Tax Load
Not Be Upped
A petition requesting the City
Council of the City of Newberry
to order an election for the pur*
pose of submitting to the quali
fied electors the question of
whether the city council should
be empowered to issue and sell
general obligation bonds of the
City of Newberry will be present
ed formally to members of coun
cil at a special meeting to be held
in the City Hall Saturday, August
16, at 9 a. m. It is expected that
the date of election will be set
at that time.
According to the Notice of Fil
ing of Petition, if the election is
held, the vote will be cast for or
against the total sum of $300,000
for permanent improvements, but
the petition is broken down in
various amounts as follows:
Improvements to streets and
sidewalks, $170,600; extension and
improvement of sewerage system,
$40,000; extension and improve
ment of electrical distribution sys
tem, $40,000; park improvements,
including recreational centers,
$10,000; garbage disposal facili
ties, $20,000; garage building to
house municipal automotive and
other | equipment, $16,000; and
construction of public rest rooms,
$4,000.
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Although some of these im
provements have already been
made, they were made from cur
rent funds, , according to City
Manager Blackwell, and it will be
necessary to replace the funds
for use in current expenditures.
When questioned concerning
the possibility or necessity for
raising city taxes in order to pay *
off the general obligation boiidai/#
Mayor James E. Wiseman
that because of other bonds
rdttred, it would not be
to raise the millage in order*
pay off the $300,000 general obB-
gation bond if it is voted.
Mr. Blackwell called attention
to the fact that the citizens of
Columbia, by an overwhelming
majority, voted August 5th for a
$2,363,000 bond issue for perma
nent improvements. He pointed
out that the citizens of Newberry
began a campaign for permanent
improvements before the Colttm^
bians, but they got ahead of New^*
berry by ocmpleting their petition
and having an election ordered in
less time.
All persons holdng registration
certificates for voting in general
elections will be (lualified to vote
on the bond issue.
MRS. WALLACE TO ATTEND
INSTALLATION SERVICES
Mrs. Sarah D. Wallace left to
day (Friday) for Blackey, Ky., to
attend the Installation service of
her son. Rev. Cam D. Wallace,
who will also be ordained into
the ministry in the First Presby
terian church in Blackey, Sunday.
Mrs. Wallace, who will be accom
panied to Kentucky by Luther
Aull, of Johnston, will return to
Newberry Monday.
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BIRTHDAYS
Aug. 9—James S. Price, Mrs.
O. D. Glenn, Anne Cook, Rs^s
Brooks, Karen Boozer, daupMar
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Boozer,
Alice Julia Youmana, Mrs. Got
tis L. Coats, Anne Graham,' Doris
Ann Parks and Mrs. J. H. Bowers,
Sr.
Aug. 10 — Katherine Rebecca
Trueadale, Tommy Chappells, Joe
Roberta, Sr., Mrs. Dove P. Coo-
nelly, Sue Harmon and Mrs. Doris
Brooks.
Aug. 11—Leonide Reagin, Mrs.
Jeff Suber, Ned Daneilson, JaneJi#
Livingston, Peggy Bowers, Nlm
Ann Sheppard and Lu Ellen Ne*l.
Aug. IS—Mrs. Sadie T. West,
J. J. Boazman and Clarence Kin
ard.
Aug. 13—Micky Jenkins, ton of
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Jenkins,
Rosalind Werts, Tom 1^. Wicker,
David Waldrop, R. C. Hunter, Mrs.
F. C. Hentz, Alfredla Livingston ;
and Barbara Amick (Amtekt
Camp). Vljjll
Aug. 14—“Tip” Hargrove, Mrs..
P. C. Plampln, Mrs. Clay BaUen-
tine and Carroll Looney.
Aug. 16—Mrs. James Mill* Mias
Sadie Bowers, Mrs. William
Partridge, Mary Lane Chapmaei,
daughter of Mr. and Mr*< fif,
H. Chapman, Mrs. Ruth w.isaifr.
and Ann Leopard.
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