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VOL. 15—NO. 23.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1952
+ $1.50 PER YEAR
SURVEY CALLS FOR 1.5 MILLION SCHOOL PROGRAM
Campaign For Community
Chest Fund Begins Monday
Council To Sell $300,000
In Bonds For Improvements
Advance Drive
Is Underway
The main drive of the Com
munity Chest campaign for New
berry County will begin Monday.
October 13th, with volunteer
workers making the rounds of
both business and residential sec
tions to accept donations.
The advance gift drive began
last Monday, October 6th, but a
report on the success of this phase
of the drive will not be received
until this w'eekend.
Workers for the business dis
trict will meet at the Hotel Wise
man Monday afternoon at 3:30 to
receive material and instructions.
These workers, and the territory
they cover are shown below:
Main street—both sides, from
W. H. Davis & Son to Coates St.:
Heyard Davis and Lewis Davis.
South Side of Main Street—from
Belk store to Gilder & Weeks, also
Friend street, from Edens store to
Caldwell street: Preston McAl-
haney and Dr. J. N. Burgess.
South Side of Main Street—from
McCrory’s to Hutchinson’s grocery
store: Sanford Robinson and W.
R. Hoover.
Both Sides Main Street—from
Newberry drug store to railroad,
also Friend street, from Caldwell
to railroad: J. B. Berley and Jack
Hove.
Boyce Street—McKibben from
Boyce to Harrington; Harrington
from Laird’s to Caldwell street;
Nance street from Boyce to Mor
ris’ store: Marion Workman and
George S. Dominick.
College Street — from Friend
street to Coca Cola company, to
Caldwell from Johnson-McCrackin
to Mrs. J. W. White: Caldwell,
Dee Summer and P. D. Holloway;
College, Mary Gardenhire and Le
roy Wilson.
North Side of Main—Buzhardt
Furniture Co. to Verna & Hal
Kohn’s; Thompson street to Mar
tin street and Martin street from
Thompson to Jr. High school: Je
ter Young and Adam Dyskin.
City Employees — Colie Dowd
and Bryan Livingston.
County Employees—P. N. Ab
rams and Ray Dawkins.
Federal Employees—Margie Da
vis and Florence Addison, Ag.
Bldg.
General Contractors and Build
ers Supplies — Cyril Hutchinson
and Ed Cannon.
Public Schools—J. V. Kneece
and R. E. Beck.
College—T. E. Epting.
Hospital and Nurses—Mrs. Jas.
Brown.
Newberry Garment Co.—J. R.
Andrews.
Newberry Mfg. Co.—Mrs. Vir
ginia Graddick.
Mrs. Sadie Crooks and Miss
Margaret Paysinger are co-chair
men of the women’s division which
will work the residential section
•f the city.
Ward 1—Captains, Mrs. Ray
Nobles, Mrs. Otis Whitaker; work
ers, Mrs. I. M. Satterwhite, Sr.,
Mrs. L. S. Wilson, Miss Sudie
Dennis, Mrs. E. G. Cope, Mrs.
Burly Fretwell, Mrs. E. L. Middle-
swart, Mrs. John Billingsley, Mrs.
F. G. Hartley, Mrs. Chester Haw
kins, Mrs. R. G. Lister, Mrs. Ir
vin Satterwhite, Jr., Mrs. Johnnie
Wertz, Mrs. Jerome Harmon, Mrs.
Jake Sons, Mrs. James Abrams,
Mrs. Miller Wessinger, Mrs. Guy
Whitener, Jr., and Mrs. Buddy
Sligh.
Ward 2—Captains, Mrs. Gurnie
Summer, Mrs. A. H. Counts; work
ers, Mrs. Seth Meek, Mrs. T. E.
Setzler, Mrs. W. M. Fennell, Mrs.
V. W. Rinehardt, Mrs. S. L. Hun
ter, Mrs. Price Padgett, Miss
Claire Sligh, Mrs. J. W. Earhardt,
Mrs. R. H. Monts, Mrs. James
Smith, Jr., Mrs. Chris Kaufmann,
Mrs. W. A. Mason, Jr., Mrs. D. W.
A. Nevilie, Mrs. John Lindsay,
Mrs. Leon Nichols, Mrs. Hubert
Scarborough, Mrs. F. A. Truett,
Mrs. E. L. Blackwell, Mrs. Ray
mond Blair, Mrs. Bill Blalock, Mrs.
Pope Connelly, and Mrs. Duncan
Johnson, Jr.
Ward 3—Captain, Miss Violet
Browning; workers, Mrs. Reyburn
Lominack, Mrs. Richard Lomin-
ick, Mrs. Howard Clark, Mrs. For
rest Lominack, Mrs. Cyril Hutch
inson, Mrs. Burton Willingham.
Mrs. Waldo Huffman, and Mrs. N.
E. Darby.
Ward 4—Captain, Mrs. James
Clamp; workers, Mrs. Charlie
Boyd, Co-Capt., Mrs. John Swit-
tenburg, Mrs. Griffin Langford,
Mrs. Edward Duckworth, Mrs. W.
J. Lindermann, Miss Evelyn Burns
and Mrs. Beaman Mills.
Ward 6—Captains, Mrs. Frank
Shealy, Mrs. James Taylor; work
ers, Mrs. Roy Creekmore, Mrs.
Hubert Kinard, Miss Betty Lou
Danielson, and Miss Joan Bobb.
The Mayor and all members of i
council were present at the regu
lar monthly meeting of city coun
cil which was held on Wednesday
night of this week, rather than on
the usual second Tuesday of the
month.
Council voted to sell the recent
ly authorized $300,000 bonds in a
single issue and according to the
mayor, the bonds will be adver
tised and the sale made to the
most favorable bidder.
Council called for ordinances to
be drawn for consideration at the
next meeting. One ordinance would
control the installation of air con
ditioning units in Newberry; the
other would control the loading
and unloading of trailer trucks in
the city.
The mayor appointed a commit
tee composed of R. B. Baker,
chairman, J. D. Caldwell, J. T.
Norris, T. E. Davis and J. K. Wil
lingham to decide the advisability
of purchasing property owned by
'J. W. Schumpert adjacent to a
water tank and to appraise the
property and make a report to
council.
A proposal by Duke Power com
pany concerning the improvement
of the electrical distribution sys
tem at Mollohon was rejected by
council, which plans to make
other arrangements for the need
ed improvements.
Council accepted the low bid of
Johnson Hagood Clary for police
and fireman uniforms. The bid
was $13d5.
IN NEW YORK
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vigodsky
are spending this week in New
York where they are buying win
ter merchandise for The Fashion.
IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Miss Lula Mae Vaughn of Pros
perity who was admitted to the
Newberry Memorial Hospital on
Tuesday, September 30, still re
mains very ill, her many friends
will regret to learn.
BIRTHDAYS
Oct. 11: Mrs. Frederick Gardi
ner, D. D. Darby, Nance Green,
Mrs. Kate Miller, Forrest Booz
er and Mrs. A. H. Dickert.
Oct. 12: Mrs. W. J. Switten-
burg, Mrs. James R. Andrews,
Elbert C. Long, J. E. Wiseman,
Sr., Anita Faye Killian, Mrs.
Carl Shealy, Marguerite Webb
and Paul H. Long.
Oct. 13: Steve Griffith, Doro
thy Kyzer, Mrs. K. L. Martin,
Marion Spearman, Mrs. Lila
Duckett, Virgil W. Rhinehart,
Judy Rinehart, Karen Stewart
and Kate Dickert.
Oct. 14: David Lee Cartner,
Mrs. Franklin Armfield, Mrs.
Arthur Welling and twin sister,
Mrs. Oscar Riddle, Henry Liv
ingston, Jr., Mrs. O. Hentz and
Miss Bessie Thrift.
Oct. 15: Larry Luther Chap
man, Mrs. John T. Norris, Mae
Lathrop, Mrs. William K. Lath-
rop, Tobie Enlow, Mrs. Henry
Livingston, Everette Graham
and J. O. Koon.
Oct. 16: Pete Coleman, Mrs.
James S. Watters, R. H. Wright,
J. Frank Wilson, James Darby,
Betty Ruth Perry, Guy V.
Whitener, Jr., Billy Lominick,
George Ray Richardson and Jim
mie Brown.
Oct. 17: Buford Cromer, Char
lotte, N. C., Barbara Helen You-
mans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
M. I. Youmans, Keith Green,
Dorothy L. Senn and A. C. Domi
nick.
Ward 6—Captains. Mrs. W. H.
Davis, Mrs. Frazier Lominack,
Mrs. W. C. Corter; workers, Mrs.
Ralph Blackwell, Mrs. Pope Bu
ford, Jr., Mrs. James Counts, Mrs.
M. W. Workman, Mrs. Henry Lom
inack, Mrs. Dave Hayes. Mrs. A.
E. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. J. K. Wil
lingham, Mrs. Frazier Lominack.
Mrs. W. H. Davis, Mrs. W. E. Tur
ner, Sr., Mrs. Claude Ringer, Mrs.
Nancy Copeland, Mrs. Metis Fant,
Mrs. Ned Purcell, Mrs. E. L. Hart,
Mrs. J. Walker Schumpert, Mrs.
White Fant, Mrs. C. E. Saint-
Amand, Mrs. E. B. Clippard, Mrs.
Hunter Browm, Mrs. J. D. Rook,
Mrs. Fred Hayes, Mrs. Lonnie
Sheely, Mrs. G. K. Dominick.
Cut-Off—Captains, Mrs. David
Ringer, Mrs. Russell Addy; work
ers, Mrs. E. O. Shealy, Mrs. E. E.
Bollinger, Mrs. J. B. West, Mrs.
Joe McLeod, Mrs. J. B. Berley,
Mrs. Thelma Brock, and Mrs. Mal
colm Kibler.
TEACHERS HOLD
FIRST MEETING
The first meeting of the New
berry County Teacher’s Associa
tion will be held Friday, October
10,1952, 3:15 P.M. at Drayton
Street High School. Mr. P. K.
Harmon, the Director of Educa
tion of Newberry County, will
be guest speaker.
Personal Items
Of Interest
MR. AND MRS. TOM WICKER
and daughter, Susan of Oak Ridge,
Tenn., are spending this week
with Mr. Wicker’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Wicker on Lang
ford street.
MR. AND MRS. T. E. DAVIS
plan to leave next Tuesday for
Stamford, Conn., where they will
spend a couple of weeks with
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Gates Beckwith and son,
Tom.
MR. AND MRS. JEFF SIKES of
Columbia, were Sunday visitors in
the home of Mrs. Sikes’ parents.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Goggans in
the Hartford community.
MR. AND MRS. JAMES SENN
and two daughters, Susan and De
borah of Seneca, were Sunday
visitors in the home of Mr. Senn’s
mother, Mrs. George W. Senn on
Harrington street.
MISS JOANNE HALFACRE, a
freshman at Columbia college,
Columbia, spent the past weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Halfacre on Harper street.
MR. AND MRS. CLAUDE BUZ
HARDT of Rockingham, N. C.,
spent the weekend with Mr. Buz-
hardt’s mother, Mrs. Epsie Buz
hardt on Boundary street.
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT
JOHNSON and daughter, Bobbie
of Bristol, Tenn., spent the week
end with Mr. Johnson’s mother,
Mrs. Rosa Johnson in the Tran
wood community.
JOHN ROSS of Charlotte, N. C.,
spent the past weekend with hh
mother, Mrs. Maude G. Ross and
other relatives on Drayton street
MISS MARY WHEELER, who
is connected with the Department
of Public Welfare in Greenwood,
spent Tuesday night with her sis
ter, Mrs. Metis Fant.
NEWBERRY AUXILIARY
DISTRICT MEET HOSTESS
The Auxiliary to Livingston-
Wise Post 5968, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, will be hostess to
the District 3 Auxiliary, Depart
ment of South Carolina, Sunday
afternoon, October 12th, at 2:30 p.
m at the V.F.W. Home.
Miss Corneila Sherad of Ander
son, district president, will pre
side. The district is composed of
auxliaries in Newberry, Anderson
and Abbeville.
Members of the local auxiliary
are urged to be present.
On his recent birthday, Donald E.
Ward, seaman, USN, was pre
sented with a decorated cake to
help celebrate the occasion. The
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ward
of 1310 Drayton st., Newberry, 8. C.,
Ward is serving aboard the am-
phious force flagship USS Mount
McKinley in the Par East.
(Official U.S. Navy Photograph—1090464)
Richard L. Baker, chairman, and Keitt Purcell, co-chair
man of the Community Chest Campaign for Newberry,
which will begin on a city-wide basis Monday morning.
Club Discusses
Local Flower Show
The regular monthly meeting of
the Town and Country Garden club
was held Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. T. C. Tindall and Mrs.
Josie P. McAlhany at the home of
the former on" Boundary street.
The meeting was opened with
the Lord’s Prayer. Mrs. Clayton
Smith president, presided. Among
the busines matters discussed was
the forthcoming Flower Show
scheduled to be held in January
under the auspices of the Garden
clubs of Newberry.
Mrs. E. E. Westwood gave an
account of the South Carolina
Society state meeting held here
recently.
A social hour was enjoyed at
the close of the meeting.
UNDERGOES SURGERY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ringer and
son, Douglas, of Florence spcnY
the weekend with Mr. Ringer’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Ring
er on Chapman street, prior to
Carl entering the General Hospital
in Greenville on Tuesday of this
week he underwent surgery. Mrs.
Ringer is spending this week in
Newberry and in Greenville with
her husband. Douglas is staying
with his grandparents while his
father is a patient in the hospital.
MISS MERCHANT PATIENT
Miss Lois Merchant, Route 4,
Newberry, was admitted to the
Newberry Memorial Hospital Mon
day, October 6th where she Is
receiving treatment. She is re
ported to be responding to the
treatments, her many friends will
be glad to learn.
WITH THE SICK
Mrs. Annie Fay Black and baby
girl, Rt. 4. Newberry.
JVIrs. Frances N. Blair, Rt. 4,
Newberry.
Mrs. Nellie Bowick, 97 Player
street.
^rs. Kathryn Cannon. Chapin.
' Mrs. Lucy Elmore, 1325 Pelham
street.
.Mrs. Cornelia Floyd, Silver-
s|j?eet.
'Mrs. Lucy Graham and baby
girl, Rt. 1, Pomaria.
Mrs. Elizaeth C. Handy, 1615
College street.
jNDllie K. Huffsteller, Chapin,
f Baby Girl Lindler, daughter of
E. Lindler, Rt. 1, Prosperity.
„* Mrs. Margaret Livingston and
{ by girl, Ridge Spring.
Miss Lois Merchant, Rt. 4, New-
rry.
■■ Baby Boy Nicholson, son of
James Nicholson, Rt. 2, Newberry.
Mrs. Cailie Quattlebaum, Rt. 3,
Prosperity.
Mrs. Gus Singjey and baby
girl, Prosperity.
Miss Lula Mae Vaughn, Pros
perity.
Mrs. Ella Mae Werts, Silver-
street.
Sam C. Young, Whitmire.
UNDERGOES TONSILECTOMY
Boyd Campbell of Spartanburg,
who underwent a tonsoleetomy in
the Newberry Memorial Hospital
Iasi Tuesday, is now recuperating
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and JVIrs. S. C. Campbell on Har
rington street. Mr. Campbell ex
pects to return to his home in
Spartanburg in a few days.
Final Rites For
Dr. Hugh Senn
Held Wednesday
Dr. Hugh B. Senn, 64. well
known physician of Newberry,
died Monday night at Providence
Hospital in Columbia after an
illness of several months. He had
just returned from New York,
where he had undergone treat
ment.
He was born and reared in New
berry County the son of the late
Dr. William D. and Mrs. Hennie
Boozer Senn. He was a graduate
of Newberry College in the class
of 1908 and the Medical College of
Charleston, class of 1913.
Upon completion of his studies,
he practiced medicine at Silver-
street and Cross Hill and later be
came a member of the South Caro
lina State Board of Health. He
served with the State Board of
Health and County Health Officer
of Newberry and Beaufort coun
ties. He was also a member of
the Georgia State Board of Health
and served two years at Millen,
Ga.
Returning to Newberry in 1937
where he resumed his practice, he
was past president of the New
berry County Medical Association
and was an Elder of Aveleigh Pres
byterian Church. He was a char
ter member of the Mens Garden
Club of Newberry.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Mecia Timmerman; two
daughters, Mrs. J. W. Hassell,
Mrs. W. M. Corbett, both of Ca
lumbia; one sister, Miss Lucy
Senn, Newberry; one brother,
Thornwell, Seneca; and five
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Ave
leigh Presbyterian Church by the
Rev. ,Ne*l E. Truesdale and the
Rev. Francis Mayes. Burial was
in Rosemont Cemetery.
MRS. ALAN JOHNSTONE
VISITING DAUGHTER
Mrs. Alan Johnstone of Wash
ington, D. C., arrived by plane in
Columbia last Friday for a visit
with relatives in South Carolina
and Georgia. She is now visit
ing her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Paysinger and
family at 1523 Boundary street.
After two week’s visit here, Mrs.
Johnstone will spend a couple of
weeks with her sister, Mrs. G.
F. Clausson, Sr., in Augusta, Ga.
Mis. Johnstone will return to
Newberry for a short visit be
fore returning to her home in
Washington.
County-Wide Tourist Clinic Set
In Newberry Monday And Tuesday
A large number of employees
who deal directly with tourists
are expected to attend the Tourist
Courtesy Clinic being held in
Newberry next Monday and Tues
day, Oct. 13 and 14, according to
Mayor James E. Wiseman, chair
man of the tourist committee of
the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Wiseman said his group has
contracted restaurants, retail
stores, hotels, motor courts, filling
stations, and others. All these
firms have expressed a keen in
terest in the cqjirtesy clinic and
plan to ask their employees to at
tend.
The clinics will be held in two
sessions starting at 9:30 a.m. and
ending at 11:30 a.m. at the Wells
Theatre in the city.
Feature of the clinic will be the
presentation of movies designed to
show the attractions of the state
to travelers and to demonstrate
the value of courteous treatment
in dealing with tourists.
Among the movies to be shown
will be the film, “South Carolina,’’
which has been widely acclaimed
throughout the state and nation.
The film is approximately 30 min
utes long. Another will be the
movie, “By Jupiter,” which has
been widely shown throughout
the United States.
The clinic is designed to help
New r berry build up its income from
the tourist business, Mr. Wise
man said.
“Few people realize just how
far the tourist dollar goes. Actual
ly, everybody in the community
benefits when more tourist dollars
come in,” he declared.
Reliable estimates show that
the tourist spends his money as
follows: 25% in retail stores, 17
% for lodging, 22% in restaurants,
12% in gas stations, 9% for
amusements, 7% for transporta
tion, and 8% in miser’laneous
ways.
This proves, Mr. Wiseman point
ed out, that many different groups
stand to benefit from the tourist
dollar, which stays in the com
munity and circulates eventually
through every cash register in
town.
The importance of the tourist
courtesy clinic to Newberry Coun
ty is therefore very great, he
added.
Officials of the State Chamber
of Commerce and the S. C. Re
search, Planning and Development
Board will be present for the
clinic, and will distribute some of
their literature to those attend
ing. These publications will in
clude the State Chamber’s new ac
commodations and tour guide, and
the Research Board’s new color
booklet on South Carolina attrac
tions.
Charlotte Doctor,
Newberry Native,
Passes Monday
Dr. James Gilliam Johnston,
long a prominent Charlotte physi
cian, died at his home in Char
lotte, N. C., Monday.
Dr. Johnston was born in New
berry county, April 17, 1872.
He attended the schools of New
berry county, and later won a state
scholarship to The Citadel in
Charleston, graduating in 1894.
In 1896, he entered the Vander
bilt medical school, graduating in
1899 and beginning a practice in
Lowreys. A short time later h^
moved to Chester, where he en
gaged in general practice for 15
years. He moved to Charlotte in
1015 and had practiced there since.
He was a member of the Meck
lenburg County Medical Associa
tion, the Tri-State Medical Associ
ation, the Southern Medical As
sociation, the American College of
Surgeons, the American Academy
of Ophthalmology, the American
Medical Association and the Amer
ican Congres of Ophthalmology.
He was a 33rd degree Mason,
Burial Services
Here Sunday For
John W. Crooks
John William Crooks, 64, form
erly of Newberry, died suddenly
Thursday night at Mountain Rest,
Tenn. He had been in declining
health for several years.
He was born and reared near
Pomaria in Newberry county, a
son of the late John J. and Minnie
Rebecca Hatton Crooks. For
many years he farmed in the coun
ty. Several years ago he moved
to Newberry, where he was a
member of Bethany Lutheran
church. He was a veteran of
World War I.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Clara Cromer Crooks; one
son, W. Otis Crooks of Williams-
ton; and one daughter, Miss Re
becca Marie Crooks of Columbia;
three sisters, Mrs. Annie Senn of
Pomaria, Mrs. Murdge Boozer of
Newberry and Mrs. Carrie Rank
in of Columbia; four brothers, H.
G. and Dr. J. H. Crooks of Green
ville, R. H. Crooks of Sea Island,
Ga., and T. L. Crooks of Pomaria.
Two grandchildren and a number
of nieces and nephews also sur
vive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 3:30 Sunday afternoon from
the McSwain Funeral Home by
the Rev. J. C. Lindler and the
Rev. Paul E. Monroe. Inter
ment followed in Newberry.
Active pallbearers were: Gary
Lee Ringer, T. Ed Senn, Louie
Senn, Jim Wheeler, Hugh Crooks,
Edwin Adams, John Earl Cromer.
Nieces served as flower attend
ants.
County Split Into
7 Areas; 1 Negro
High Plant Shown
Recommendations for the re-vamping of Newberry’s
school system were released here Monday morning by P. K.
Harmon, Director of the Newberry county public schools.
There are 80 pages in the book outlining the many changes
and giving exhaustive statistics of trends in enrollment and
detailed breakdowns of the school picture of the entire coun
ty. The survey divides the county into seven areas: Newber
ry, Silverstreet, Bush River, Whitmire, Pomaria, Little
Mountain and Prosperity.
In capsule form the recommendations for each area fol
lows:
There is to be but one negro high school and that at
Newberry. The three white high schools will be at New
berry, Whitmire, and in Prosperity-Pomaria-Little Moun
tain section.
Newberry Area
Sum of $76,336.00 for remodeling, repainting, etc. of high
school building; abandonment of Junior high gymnasium
and Oakland school. New building for Boundary Street !
(same location) to house 400 students and razing of old
building; Speer street continued with repairs and additions;
continue Mollohon for a time; West End to be continued for
a time without repairs. ‘"■v
Drayton street (colored) to be continued as elementary
school and a new high school built in Newberry for high
school students from all parts of the county; abandon Helena
when Drayton is completed; abandon Mt. Bethel Garmany
as soon as practicable.
Whitmire Area y
Expansion of present high school plant and new gym
nasium containing 6500 square feet. (Long Lane was aband
oned in 1950 and children sent to Whitmire.)
Carver (colored) be abandoned and new building erected
to house grades 1 to 8 inclusive.
Pomaria Area
Continue Pomaria as elementarly school. High school
pupils to go to new school ip Prosperity-Pomaria-LittW
Mbtmtsin arear'' : ''
New elementary school in Pomaria for students of Keitt-
Pleasant Hill, Broad River, Leitzsey, Hope and Mt. Hebron,
these buildings being of little worth.
Bush River Area
Continue present school as an elementary one, the high
school pupils going to Newberry and Whitmire.
Bush River (colored) to be continued for a time without
repairs. Other colored schools in this vicinity have been
abandoned already and the students sent to Jalapa.
Little Mountain Area
New part of building to be continued as elementary school
and old part salvaged. High school pupils to be sent to high
school proposed for this area.
The three colored schools in this area to be abandoned as
soon as practicable and children sent to a central school
in the Little Mountain-Prosperity area or to the old O’Neal
school building.
Prosperity Area
Present plant to be maintained as elementary school.
High school students to be sent to high school proposed for
this area (exact location of which has not been determined.)
Stony Hill to be continued until such time as students may bo
transferred to Prosperity.
Recommendation that all negro schools in this area be
grouped and sent to a proposed central school—the old O’
Neal building or a new plant.
Silverstreet Area «
Abandon high school building and convert gymnasium in
to elementary school. High School pupils to be sent to
Newberry.
Continue Chappells school for a time but spend no money
on repairs.
Abandon Elisha, Dan Watkins, Belmont, Mudlick, and
Vaughnyille colored schools and house these students in a
new plant to be built at the intersection of highways 48 and
58 in the Silverstreet community.
Financial
The following is a breakdown of money on hand pr al
located and the purposes for which it will be spent;
Current Funds;
1950- 1951 A.D.A. 6252 at $15.00..__$93,780.00
1951- 1952 A.D.A. 6280 at $15.00.... 94,200.00
Total Current Funds $ 187,980.00
Entitlement to Advance:
1951-1952 A.D.A. 6280 at $225.00 1,413,000.00
Total Current Funds and Entitlement $1,600,980.00
The following projects are recommended for Newberry
County in the approximate order of priorities as listed b^
low:
Facilities for Negro Children
New High School near Drayton Street Elemen
tary in Newberry
Estimated Cost $247,880.00
New Elementary School near Pomaria
Estimated Cost 120,640.00 ?
Bush River-Silverstreet Areas—New Elementary
School />
Estimated Cost $125,780.00
Little Mountain-Prosperity Area—New Elemen
tary School
Estimated Cost $100,780.00
New Elementary School in Whitmire
Estimated Cost $ 98,180.00
Repairs to present Drayton Street Building in
Newberry ‘ J-U.
Estimated Cost - $ 10,000.001
(eontiniMd on page eight)