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VOL. 15—NO. 34. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY DECEMBER 26, 1952 4 $150 PER YEAR New Faces Slated For County Jobs Clerk Retires From Long Term A few new faces will be in evi dence at the Newberry County Court House the first of the year, when public officials, elected in the November 4th general elec tion, will take office. On permanent assignment there for the next four years will be Charles E. Bowers, who replaces retiring clerk of court, Dr. Hugh K. Boyd. The late Gurdon W. Counts of Prosperity was nominat ed to fill this office in the July 8 primary, but died a week before the General Election. Mr. Bowers was elected by a write-in vote over several other candidates. Assisting Mr. Bowers will be Mrs. Mildred Harmon, who has worked part-time for several years in the office of the county super visor. Ted C. McDowell will be filling the vacancy left by Jack Dominick as Commissioner of District No. 1. Mr. Dominick did not offer for re- election. G. Tab Werts remains as Commissioner of District No. 2, having defeated Joe Wilson in the July primary. Newberry will be represented by two new members in the General Assembly, replacing R. D. Cole man, who did not offer for re-elec tion, and Walter T. Dake, who was defeated in his try for Clerk of Court. Earl H. Bergen was nominated in the first primary on July 8th, and John S. Huggins was nominated in the second pri mary over Robert C. Dake, Jr. of Whitmire. W. E. Spearman Sr. was return ed as magistrate at Chappells and Burke Wise as magistrate at Bit- tie Mountain. Other magistrates who had no opposition were Ben Dawkins, Newberry; W. D. Bind- ler, Whitmire; Claud Wilson, Pros perity, and W. D. Hatton, Pomaria. Other county officials who were returned without opposition were Tom M. Fellers, sheriff; Pinckney N. Abrams, auditor; J. Ray Daw kins, treasurer; James D. Brown, superintendent of education; S. W. Shealy, supervisor; George R. Summer, coroner, and Marvin E. Abrams, state senator. William T. Jones of Greenwood, will become a familiar figure around the court room during the next four years. He replaces Hugh Beasley, also of Greenwood, as so licitor for the Eighth Judicial Circuit. Lt. Mountain Man Returns From Korea •PACIFIC FDEET—Scheduled to arrive in the United States aboard the attack transport USS Moun trail, in time for the Christmas holidays, is John D. Boland, boatswain’s mate third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt C. Bo land of Dittle Mountain, S. C. The Mountrail left San Diego, Calif, in May for the Koreap com bat zone and has operated in trans portation and amphibious training of United Nation forces. While in the Far East, the Moun trail furnished the initial assault boat waves in Operation Dure, the mock amphibious landing held pear Wonsan, North Korea in Oct ober. Mayor And Town Council Elected At Prosperity 1). 11. Hamm. Sr. was elected without opposition to the office of mayor of Prosperity in an election held last Tuesday. He succeeds Dr. C. K. Wheeler, who did not offer for re-election. J. A. Williams was elected a new member of council to re place Mr. Hamm. Other council- men returned without opposition were A. R. Chappell, Everette Kibler and Olin Epting. Mrs. Lelia Wicker. Passes Sunday Near Little Mountain Mrs. Deila Agnes Sligh Wicker, 72, died Sunday morning at her home near Dittle Mountain. She had been in ill health for several years. Mrs. Wicker was born and rear ed in the Pomaria section of this countv and was the daughter of the late John and Mrs. Elizabeth Setzler Sligh. For a number of years she had made her home near Dittle Mountain. She was a member of St. Paul’s Dutheran Church and also a member of the Woman's Missionary Society. She is survived by her husband, B. Sligh Wicker, and one sister, Mrs. G. W. Seybt, of Pomaria. Funeral services were held Mon day at 3 p.m. from St. Paul’s Duth eran church, conducted by the Rev. J. D. Drafts and the Rev. D. M. Shull. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers w r ere G. T. Waites, Billy Seybt, Olin Setzler, J. W. Taylor, John David Singley and J. D. Crooks. Hospital Patients W. B. Boinest, Route 3, Pros perity. John Caldwell, Route 1, Whit mire. David Cannon, Chapin. Henry T. Cannon, 1407 Bound ary St. Mrs. Myra Cannon, 1407 Bound ary St. George Childers, Joanna. Mrs. W. E. Elmore, 1325 Pelham St. Mrs. Rosa Enlow, Route 1, Pros perity. Claude Kyzer, 2S11 Clyde Ave. Baby Alice Eindler, Dittle Moun tain. Mrs. Hazel Bominack, Route 2, Newberry. J. H. Dong, Silverstreet. O. E. Minick, Route 3, Newber ry. Calvin Monts, Silverstreet. Claude Monroe, 1308 Calhoun St. Matter Dannie Moore, Route 3, Newberry. Master George Pitts, Silver- street. Mrs. Callie Quattlebaum, Route 3, Prosperity. Angus Senn, Silverstreet. Mrs. Dora Smith, Route 3, New berry. Miss Margaret Speak, 1804 Main St. The English language is spok en by more than 270 million peo ple. South Carolinians For Eisenhower Arrange For Inaugural Excursion The Inauguration Committee at Eisenhower Headquarters in Co lumbia has arranged excursion facilities for all persons in South Carolina desiring to be in Wash ington on January 20, 1953 to view the parftie at the inauguration of President-elect Dwight D. Eisen hower, according to Seth A. Meek, county chairman. A float representing South Caro lina’s participation will be an in teresting feature of the parade. The fare for the Washington ex cursion will be $22.02 round trip and will provide reclining chairs. The Palmland, on the Seaboard Airline Railroad, will leave Colum bia at 3.30 Monday afternoon, Janu ary 19. On return trip, the Palm- iand will leave Washington at 1:10 Wednesday morming, January 21 arriving in Columbia at 12:50 that afternoon. Request for reserva tions should be sent immediately with check or money order en closed, to Eisenhower Headquart ers, 1224% Washington Street, Co lumbia. The deadline is January 10. For grandstand tickets, individu als should write Inaugural Com mittee Ticket Office, 812 Connecti cut Ave. NW, Washington, D. C. and enclose money order or certi fied check. Seats are on sale in Washington December 20th at three, four, five and six dollars per seat. There will be no refund on tickets delivered. If order can not be filled, money will be re funded. The Inaugural Commit tee reserves the right to fill orders with less expensive seats and to refund the difference. Make checks or money orders payable to the Inaugural Committee of 1953. PT '•'•"x' yr?r.-r. : r ,.v. 'y A : + l xA #■-<. .... .v-.vv^^ ?:<•> ! Three Die Over Weekend In Auto Crashes, Gunplay UTILE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW Response Good For Souvenir Plates Members of Drayton Rutherford chapter are most appreciative of the response by the citizens in the purchase of the souvenir plates. Sales have been made in Colum bia, Union and other towns. Friends here have sent the plates to former Newberrians as Christ mas gifts making a welcome mes sage from the old home town. The largest single sale was twelve plates, and the thanks of the chap ter go especially to this generous citizen. There are still a few plates at each of the following places: Mrs. Charles Boyd on McKibben St., Mrs. Ralph Baker, Main St., Mrs. R. D. Wright, Harrington St., and at Ralph Baker’s office on Boyce street. CODDECTOR—The only fellow rho will stick to a man when he asn’t got a cent. BIRTHDAYS Dec. 27: J. H. Bedenbaugh, Linda Jane Dominick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Lomlnlck, Berlin Stuck, Mrs. David Ringer, Mrs. Ferd Summer, Larry Mc Cullough, Ronald Chapman, Mable Darby, Louise Sessions, Mrs. G. B. Sessions and Mrs. A. J. Wilson. Dec. 28: Mrs. James Smith, Jr., Mrs. Elbert Dickert, Lisa Lominack, Fay Murray, Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Mrs. Oscar May er, Brenda Summer and Dale Eargle. Dec. 29: Mrs. Dave L. Hayes, Frank Stewart and Mrs. J. Al vin Kinard. Dec. 30: Brother Filliam, Jacqueline Crooks, Carolyn Bo land, Mrs. V. V. Pearsall, Mrs. Virginia S. Senn and Mrs. H. O. Stone. Dec. 31: Mrs. Nat Gist, Mrs. G. V. Clamp, F. B. Dawkins, Mrs. Ella H. Beam, Miss Emily Boozer, Mrs. Eddie O. Graham and Sue Stone. Jan. 1: John Harrison Rag land, Buddy Lipscomb, Mrs. G. W. Kinard, Larry Young, Grace Reddick Joye and Rachel Werts. Jan. 2: Mary Fulmer Wells, Ben Pressley Stewart, Jr., Mrs. Mamie Smith and David Stone. Prosperity Stores Observe Holidays Thursday, Friday The merchants of Prosperity will be closed Thursday and Fri day, December 25th and 26th, in observance of the Christmas holi days. POST-CHRISTMAS SERVICE A post-Christmas service will be held Sunday, December 28th, at Clayton Memorial Church at 11:00 a.m .with the sermon “What has Become of Christmas?” be ing preached by Rev. Bennett. Visitors are welcomed. Rites Thursday For Fellers Child Gail Fellers, two-year-old daugh ter of M-Sgt. and Mrs. H. Ralph Fellers, died last Wednesday night in Clinton. Funeral services were conduct ed Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at the grave-side in Rosemont Cemetery by the Rev. Paul E. Monroe. Surviving are her parents; one sister Rachel Fellers, all of Fori Benning, Ga.; her grandparents, Mrs. Mamie C. Fellers and Mr. and Mrs. Claude E. Sheely, all of Newberry. MRS. T. A. SCARBOROUGH and Miss Ethel Jones left Monday morning to spend the Christmas holidays with their sister, Mrs. J. C. Brogdon at Brogdons. MISS THERESA DIGHTSEY left Saturday to spend Christmas week at her home in Brunson. MISS SUSANNE STARLING, who attends Newberry College and lives with her aunt, Miss Theresa Lightsey, is spending her vaca tion with her mother, Mrs. Robert Starling in Spartanburg. LT. JANET GARLAND of Fort Lee, Va., is spending a furlough with her mother, Mrs. W. C. Schenck. LAMAR NEVILLE, a student at Clemson College and William Nev ille, a student at Presbyterian Col lege, are spending their vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. A. Neville. MISS HARRIET REID and Miss Faye Murray, students at Con verse College, are home with their parents for the holidays. MRS. A. T. NEELY and grand daughter, Peggy Senn of Rock Hill, arrived in Newberry Satur day for several days’ visit. They returned to Rock Hill Tuesday and will spend Christmas with Mrs. Neely’s daughter, Mrs. Clarence Senn and family. REV. AND MRS. NEIL TRUES- DALE and family will leave on Christmas morning to spend sev eral days In Bethune. MR. AND MRS. J. W. TAYLOR are spending the Christmas holi days with her parents in Gastonia, N. C. COMMANDER AND MRS. DOWNS WRIGHT arrived here by auto from Carmel, California last weekend. He has just complet ed the year’s course in the Line School of the Navy Postgraduate School at Monterey, Calif., and they are going from here to his new assignment at the Patuxent River Naval Base, Maryland. MR. AND MRS. T. E. DAVIS left last Saturday for Stanford, Conn., to spend the Christmas and New Year’s holidays with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Gates Beckwith, and grand son Tommy Beckwith. MISS BETTY JO COUNTS, a member of the faculty of Savan nah Elementary Schools, is spend ing the Christmas holidays in New berry with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Counts. LT. AND MRS. ALFRED W. RINGER of Fort Monmouth, N. J., arrived in the city Saturday to spend a 15-day leave with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rin ger on Chapman street, and with Mrs. E. C. Paysinger on Boundary street extension. MRS. TOM GRAHAM will spend Christmas Day in Columbia with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weber. MR. AND MRS. J. H. RUFF and daughter, Mrs. Julia R. Smith will spend Friday in Clinton with Mrs. Ruff’s nephew, Julian Bolick and Mrs. Bolick. MR. AND. MRS. HARRY CULr CLASURE and two children, Jack ie and Jerry of Ware Shoals, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gaines of Elberton, Ga., Mrs. O. L. Hill, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Hill, Jr. of Char lotte, N. C. will be guests during the Christmas holidays in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Setzler on College St. MR. AND MRS. HOWARD FEL LERS and two children, Sandra and Dianne of Norfolk, Virginia, arrived today (Wednesday) to spend the Christmas holidays with Mr. Feller’s mother, Mrs. Cecil Fellers, and Mr. and Mrs. David Ringer on the cut-off. MRS. E. A. CARPENTER . will join her sister, Miss Alta Cun ningham in Greer, her brother, Dr. G. L. Cunningham of Cincinnati, who is visiting Miss Cunningham in Greer, also Mr. and Mrs. Frsftik Cunningham of Winston Salem, N. C. Christmas Day for a week’s tour of Florida and Cuba. Robber Takes $30 In Drug Store Entry The Central Drug Store, owned by Dr. I. M. Satterwhite was brok en into Saturday night and ap proximately $30 stolen. The safe was not broken into. The money was taken from the cash register. Entrance to the store was made through a rear door, which was broken and the iron bar holding it, was removed. Attends Christmas SCFWC Luncheon Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Northern District Director and Epsilon Sig ma Omicrpn Chairman of the South Carolina Federation of Wo men’s Clubs, attended the Christ mas Luncheon of the Spartanburg Women’s Club of December 18th at the Trinity Methodist Church. Red Cross To Abandon Blood Program In County If Quotas Continue To Go Lacking By MRS. A. H. COUNTS The Board of Directors of the Newberry County Chapter of the American Red Cross at a meeting Monday decided that the Red Cross Blood Program in Newber ry county sponsored by the local chapter for the collecting of blood for defense and home needs will have to be discontinued unless citizens of this county rally to the cause. The Red Cross Blood Program has operated nearly two years in Newberry County and during that time the quota has always run short and has therefore run the operating expense up to such an extent that the Chapter will be unable to continue participating unless the blood is produced. The only way for it to be produced is for the citizens of this county to give it. It can’t be manufactured. The blood has been collected here at the Armory and at Whit mire. Following each collection by the Red Cross from the state head quarters in Columbia with local people assisting, the blood was taken immediately in refrigerated containers to Columbia to be dis tributed whole or in its derivatives to the armed forces or other na tional needs. On several ocassions the need was so great that the blood was shipped directly from. the armory here to Korea. Each time part of the blood was ear marked for Newberry county. This blood or its derivative is available to every person in the county. This means also that a person no matter where he might happen to be in the United States when his need arises the blood will be supplied there free of charge because the Newberry County American Red Cross Chap ter is participating in the Blood Program and this guarantees the blood for him. Isn’t it a wonderful thing to know that blood is yours free when the need arises? There is no demand that blood used in a trans fusion be replaced by the recipient. However anyone receiving it would surely want to see that the blood bank did not run 'dry, but to see that the blood supply in this county would be maintain ed that others may also receive it. It is the hope of the Red Cross that the recipient would consider “replenishment” of this life-saving blood as a moral obligation to the community and would make a blood donation when able to do so or encourage relatives or friends to do so for him. There are people in this coun ty who have stated that they are alive today because of this blood made available to them through the Newberry Red Cross Chapter’s participation in the Blood Pro gram. Take for instance the man who received many transfusions who says he is alive because of blood transfusions; or the young woman who needed a certain type of blood and the call was made to headquarters in Columbia for that special rare type in the late hours of the night and how highway patrolmen in relays got the life saving blood here to the Newber ry County Memorial Hospital in a very short time. There are many, many others. Today it has been found that procesed blood known as “Gamma Globulin” will prevent paralysis in polio. Isn’t it pitiful to see children and grown ups crippled with paralysis. The children strick en with polio in the future may be treated with Gamma Globulin and the crippling paralysis prevented. Thanks are certainly due those who did their part in contributing blood to the Bloodmobile when it made visits to this county, some of them gave their blood many times. Blood is still needed for defense. Remember the young Korean vet eran, Marine Sgt. Robert Sidney Kennemore, formerly of Green ville, who lost his arms and legs in Korea and who was recently presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Tru man? This hero asked that blood donor program be mentioned in I any story about him. . This is what he said: “There are still kids over there who are getting killed—still people needing blood. The only people who can manufacture it are the people. I understand that 70 per cent of all blood used by the armed forces is donated by the armed forces themselves. Person ally I don’t think it is right to ask a man to give his life for his country and his blood too,” the former marine indignantly said. Do you want the blood program to continue hefe in Newberry county? If so let your Red Cross Chapter know about it right away. Call the Red Cross Chapter at 78 in the court house or contact some member of the board or the committee composed of the follow ing and tell them you want to support the cause by giving your blood. Here is the list of the Blood Re cruitment Committee: Mrs. Alvin Kinard, Pomaria; Rev. Grady Coop er, Little Mountain, Mrs. Dan Hamm, Jr., Prosperity;' Mrs. An gus Senn, Silverstreet; Mrs. Lyon Fellers, Prosperity; Rev. Thomas Suber, Prosperity; Dr. Ralph Baker, Newberry; Roy Elam, Oak land; Mrs. Elsie Creekmore, New berry and J. E. McConnell, New berry. Mr. Homer Schumpert is chair man of this committee and Mrs. Von Long, co-chairman. Three Remain In Hospital Violence flared in Newberry over the weekend, resulting in two fatalities from automobile accidents and one fatality from shotgun blast. The victims of these tragedies were Miss Lou Frances Dawkins and Cpl. Gerald L. Huffstetler who received fatal injuries in two sep arate automobile accidents, and B. C. “Buck” Caldwell, colored, who was allegedly shot following an agrument. William Kinard, also colored, is being held at the New berry County Jail in connection with the shooting. The accident in which Miss Dawkins was killed occured on the Hartford Road about four miles from Newberry. Riding in the same car, which apparently went out of control on a curve, left the road and hit a tree, were Drayton Cook of Prosperity; Miss Vera Nunnery of Newberry and Miss Mildred Farmer of Joanna. The three survivors were treated at Newberry County Hospital then transferred to Columbia Hospital where their condition is described as being fair. x The wreck in which Cpl. Huff stetler was fatally wounded oc curred after the car In which he and David Cannon of Chapin were riding, hit a hog about midnight on Highway 76, approximately one mile south of Kinards. The two men abandoned their car,, ap parently uninjured and began walking along the road. They were picked up by George Childers,. 42 of Joanna, whet was drtvllifc; & 1950 Ford, according to Sheriff Tom Fellers. The car in which the three men were riding apparently went out / of control and overturned. All three were hospitalized and Cpl. Huffstetler soon died as a result of the injuries. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 11:00 o’clock for Miss Dawkins from the Mayer Memorial Lutheran church, of which she was a member. The services were conducted by Rev. D. M. Shull, and interment fal lowed in Springdale cemetery. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Dawkins and was an employee of Joanna Mills at Joanna. She is survived by her parents ancU the following brothers and sisters: James and Ernest Daw kins, Newberry; Raymond Daw kins, Joanna; Al/C Kenneth Daw kins, Fort Bragg, N. C.; Barbara Dawkins, Mary Helen Dawkins and Mrs. Doris Mills, Newberry. Active pallbearers wer^ L. EL Prater, J. P. Schumpert, Frazier Taylor, Richard Hiller, James Kyzer, Whitey Oxner, Bill Deas. Cpl. Huffstetler, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Adger Leroy Huffstetler of Chapin, was born and reared in Lexington county. He was a vet eran of the Korean war and was home on leave from Donaldson Air Force Base where he was stat ioned at the time of the fatal acci dent. He was a member of the regular Army, attached to the 46th Signal Construction Company of the Air Force. He was a member of the St. Peter’s Pineywoods church. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 from Pineywoods church with Rev. J. D. Zeigler and Rev. J. S. Wess- inger in charge. Interment follow ed In the church cemetery with military rites conducted by a de tachment from Donaldson Air Force Base. He is survived by his parents, and the following brothers and sisters: K. C. Huffstetler, Elloree; Carroll Huffstetler, Alvin Huff stetler, Chapin; Mrs. Floyd Lake, Little Mountain; Mrs. S. E. Stoude- mire and Mrs. Vera Flinn, Chapin. STORES OBSERVE 2-DAY CLOSING A large majority of the New berry merchants will be closed on Thursday and Friday in ob servance of the Christmas season, a cording to L. C. Graham, secretary of the Chamber of Com merce. The Sun office will be closed on • Thursday, Friday and Saturday and will be open for bneiMM* Monday ttonilatt^XMeeaibar 2ft, «t 8:00 o’clock.