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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1953
Newberry Bora
Multimillionaire
Dies In Texas
R. A. Welch, a Newberrian who
moved to Texas in his teens and
became a multimillionaire, was
buried in Houston, Texas on Mon
day, December 29th. He would
have been 81 years old on Febru
ary 15, 1953.
Mr. Welch was a son of the
late Mary Carwile Gary and Alex
C. Welch of Newberry and was
born in 1872. He went to Texas
In 1887 and was a pioneer resi
dent of Houston. It was said by
associates that he made the trip
to Texas on borrowed money. His
first job was as a railroad clerk.
After that he worked for several
banks. The aged bachelor died
in Houston on Saturday, Decem
ber 27, in a hospital where he had
been a patient more than a year.
The Houston Post said esti
mates of Welch’s worth ran as
high as $250,000,000. He was
chairman of the board of Mound
Co. and Federal Royalty Co., oil
and sulphur rolalty companies. He
also held large interests in oil
companies and banks.
Survivors include a sister. Miss
Linda Welch and a first cousin,
Mrt* J. C. Copeland, both of
whom live at 2324 Lee street, Co
lumbia; also Mrs. R. D. Wright
and Miss Crozier Welch, both first
cousins, of Newberry. The late
John Goggans of Newberry and
James Goggans of Columbia were
also first cousins of Mr. Welch.
L C. Son, 53,
Died Tuesday
Funeral services for Little Clif
ton Son, 53, who died Tuesday
at the Baptist Hospital, were held
at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon
from Mount Hermon Lutheran
church, conducted by the Rev. C.
E- Seastrunk, pastor. Burial follow
ed in the church yard.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Bertie Wilson Son; two sis
ters, Mrs. Lucius Frick, Prosper
ity, and Mrs. Horace Amick,
Donalds; three brothers, T. S. Son,
Lexington; D. R. Son, Newberry,
and E. N* Son, Little Mountain,
and several nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers were nep
hews, Charles Senn, Eston Senn,
Curtis Wilson, Lewis Dowd, J. C.
Son and Claude Son.
OSWALD COPELAND
IN VET. HOSPITAL
Oswald Copeland was admitted
to the Veterans Hospital in Colum
bia, Tuesday where he is receiving
treatment, and probably will un
dergo surgery.
Bunts Fatal To
Jasper Swindler
Jasper Wister Swindler, 94, died
late Tuesday at Newbery County
Memorial Hospital from burns re
ceived Monday.
Mr. Swindler was born in Sa
luda County, the son of the late
Wister and Angelina * Franklin
Swindler. He had lived in New
berry a number of years and had
operated a merchantile business
for 50 years. He retired from
this business four years ago. He
Avas a member of Trinity Metho
dist Church. His wife, Mrs. Sarah
Evelyn Quinn Swindler, died hi
1938.
Surviving are two sons, James
L. Swindler, Greenville, and Henry
W. Swindler, Newberry; two
daughters, Mrs. Leone P. Harmon
Kinards, and Mrs. Alice Cheek,
Florence; one step-daughter. Miss
Addie Simpson, Newberry; one
sister, Mrs. Lizzie Lake, Silver-
street; nine grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at M*-
Swain Funeral Home by the Rev.
N. E. Truesdale and the Rev. S.
T. Lipsey. Burial was in Rosemont
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jake Son,
Butch Brennon, J. D. Berley, John
Clarkson, Keister Willingham and
Mike Youmans.
Mrs, Fudge Dies
At Daughter’s Home
Mrs. Lizzie White Fudge, 84,
died early Tuesday morning of
last week at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Paul H. Shull. She
had been ill for the past three
weeks.
Mrs. Fudge was born and rear
ed in Chester County, the daugh
ter of the late James and Mrs.
Sara Hamilton White. She had
spent the greater part of her life
in the Edgemore section of Chest
er county and was a member of
Edgemore ARP church. Mrs.
Fudge was a member of the Ladies
Missionary Society. Her husband
John Harvey Fudge, died a num
ber of years ago.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday at 11 a.m. at the
ARP church in Edgemore by Dr.
R. A. Lummus and the Rev. Roger
Echols. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are three sons, Clyde
of Edgemore, Brice and Joe, both
of Columbia; three daughters, Mrs.
Annie G. Shull, Newberry, Mrs.
Eula Thomas, Lake City, Mrs.
Mary Reese, Columbia; one broth
er, Jim White, Lexington; 20
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
NEW PREMIUM
SINCLAIR
OPALINE
, REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. 1
MOTOR OIL
YEAR-END SALE ! !
Everything Reduced Severely
Verna & Hal Kohn
ALL THIS WEEK
Mrs. Mary Folk
Died At Home
Last Friday
Mrs. Mary Dickert Folk 77, wid
ow of Thomas Walton Folk, died
early Friday morning of last week
at her home, Route 1, Newberry.
She had been in ill health for
several years but seriously ill the
last month.
She lived her entire life in the
Mt. Bethel Garmany section of
Newberry County, the daughter of
the late Melvin L. Dickert and
Mrs. Elizabeth Livingston Dick
ert. She was a very active mem
ber of the Colony Lutheran Church
and the Women’s Missionary So
ciety. Her son, John Walter Folk,
died in 1952. Her husband died in
1950.
Mrs. Folk .is survived by two
sons, Tommie M. and Luther H.
both of Newberry; one daughter,
Mrs. Trannie F. Leitsey of New
berry; 15 grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 11 o’clock Saturday morn
ing from the McSwain Funeral
Home by her pastor, the Rev. C.
J. Rice. Interment followed in
Rosemont Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Charlie
Lominick, W. Ray Feagle, John T.
Norris, Felix B. Greene, Jr., S. W.
Brown, Jr., Barney Leitzsey,
James D. Brown, and Heyward
Sease.
Rites Wednesday
For Mrs. Williams
Mrs. Leila Fulmer Williams, 69,
wife of Quince Williams, died
Monday night night of last week
at her home, 715 Floyd street in
Newberry after six months de
clining health and four weeks
critical illness.
Mrs. Williams was born and
reared in the Beth Eden section of
Newberry County, a daughter of
the late James Gilliam and Mary
Nesley Fulmer. She had spent
most of her life in the West End
community of Newberry, where
she was a member of Mayer Me
morial Lutherah Church.
Surviving are her husband; two
daughters, Miss Pauline Williams
and Mrs. Irene Betty, both of
Newberry; one sister, Mrs. George
Carter, Newberry and one grand
daughter.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the
McSwain Funeral Home by the
Rev. D. M. Shull, the Rev. J. W.
Tomlinson and the Rev. Mr. Tay
lor. Burial was in Springdale
cemetery.
Dies In Chesterfield
Mrs. Alice Odelka ' White, 62,
mother of Mrs. Charles Kirkley of
this city, died Wednesday at her
home near Chesterfield, S. C. She
had been ill for several months.
Funeral services were conduct
ed last Friday afternoon from
Westfield church near Chester
field.
HOLIDAYS WITH MOTHER
Private First Class James L.
Dawkins, formerly stationed at
Camp McCord Air Base in Wash
ington, is spending a 45 day leave
with his mother, Mrs. J. H.
Dawkins in Prosperity. He will
leave on Sunday, January 4, for
New Jersey, where he will receive
orders for overseas duty.
Newberry
Drive-In
Theatre
Phon©—1533 - J
• THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
In
Comm’ Round
The Mountain
Co-starring—Dorothy Shay
For Fun and Cash Too, Play
“WAHOO” Every Friday Nlte!
SATURDAY
Heart Of The
Rockies
Starring
Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards and
Gordon Jones
SUNDAY A MONDAY
The African
Queen
Starring
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hep
burn
(In Breathtaking Technicolor)
The Mightiest Adventure Ever!
For Lots of Fun and CASH TOO,
Play WAHOO Every Friday!!
Always A Color Cartoon
Services Held
Friday For 2nd
Wreck Victim
Miss Vera Faye Nunnery, 1L
died Wednesday of last week at
the Columbia Hospital, second
victim in an automobile accident
Sunday night December 21, near
Newberry.
The automobile in which she
riding left the highway on a curve
and three other ypung people were
and crashed into a tree. Miss
Mae Dawkins, 17, was killed in
stantly and the other occupants
of the car were critically injured.
Miss Nunnery was the daugh
ter of Mrs. Janie R. Nunnerly and
the late Ernest L. Nunnery of
Newberry. She had attended the
Newberry High School and at the
time of her death was employed
by the Newberry Garment Com
pany.
Survivors include her mother;
two brothers, Ernest L., Jr., of
Newberry and Edward Donel Nun
nery, a prisoner of war in North
Korea; one sister, Mrs. Alvin Jack-
son of Newberry, and her ma
ternal grandmother, Mrs. Re
becca Rickard.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 11 o’clock Friday morning
from Bachman Chapel Lutheran
Church, of which she was a mem
ber, by the Rev. J. L. Drafts. Bur
ial followed in the church ceme
tery.
Active pallbearers were: Asher
Kinard, Ray Kinard, Roy Wil
liams, Wyman Williams Grady
Kinard and W. B. Rikard.
WBTV To Utilize
Maximum TV Power
As a result of the authorization
from the Federal Communications
Commission on December 19,
Charles H. Crutchfield, executive
vice president of the Jefferson
Standard Broadcasting Company
and general manager of the com
pany’s television station WBTV,
Charlotte, N. C., announces that
installation will begin immediate
ly on the station’s new 100,000
watt transmission equipment. Th»
conversion will take from 30 to
45 days.
The transmitter facilities now
ual signal of 16,300 watts, effective
in use by WBTV produce a vis-
radiated power, and an audio sig
nal of 8,200 watts. Along with
the increase of visual power to
100,000 wstts, the WBTV audio
power will go to 60,00(1 watts in
accordance with the construction
permit issued to the station by
the FCC.
When the power boost js com
pleted WBTV will be one of the
nation’s first television stations
to go to the maximum television
power allowed by the FCC, said
Mr. Crutchfield.
Installation of the transmitter
facilities will provide an increase
in the station’s effective .ess in
fringe areas, as well as those
axeas in which topography and
obstructions hinder television re
ception.
CHAPMANS TO SPEND
VACATION IN FLORIDA
Sloan Chapman, who has been
recuperating at his home for the
past several months, and Mrs.
Chapman will leave Monday for
Orlando, Fla. where they will
spend several weeks.
BUILDING PERMITS
Dec. 24, a building permit was
issued to L. C. Lively for one
12x12 foot wood frame shed on
Berry street for the sum of $100.
On the 29th, Frank A. Russell was
issued a permit for one four room
wood frame dwelling, brick veneer
and garage on Glenn street for
$8500.
Clover Leaf
Drive-In
Theatre
FRIDAY
Jumping Jacks
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona
Freeman
Added Color Cartoon—Two Mouse-
keteers
SATURDAY
My Friend Flicka
(In Technicolor)
Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster,
Rita Johnson
Added Color Cartoon—Fair Haired
Hare
SUNDAY
My Gal Sal
Rita Hayworth Victor Mature
Added Color Cartoon—Duck Soup
To Nuts
Notice
Beginning January 5th we will
close Monday through Thursday
until further notice.
WSCS Circles
Meet Monday
The circles of the Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service of Cen
tral Methodist Church will meet
Monday, January 5th, as follows:
Circle No. 1—Mrs. M. L. You
mans, 1241 Crenshaw St., 8 p.m.
Mrs. John W. Schumpert, associ
ate hostess.
Circle No. 2—Mrs. George K.
Dominick, 1617 Johnstone St., 4
p.m. Mrs. Herman Thomas, as
sociate hostess.
Circle No. 3—Mrs. James E.
Wiseman, Hotel Wiseman, 4 p.m.
Circle No. 4 (Julia White)—Mrs.
Y. T. Dickert, 2307 Nance St., 8
p.m.
Circle No. 5—Mrs. Steve C. Grif
fith, 1734 Johnstone St., 4 p.m.
Circle No. 6—Mrs. J. R. Boozer,
1827 Harrington St., 8 p.m. Mrs.
Fitzue Dawkins, associate hostess.
Circle No. 7 (Louise Best)—Mrs.
W. H. Carter, 1109 Amelia St., 4
p.m. Mrs. S. T. West, associate
hostess.
WELLS
Theatre
FRIDAY A SATURDAY
Rex Allen
in “The Last Musketeer”
Added—RADAR MEN FROM THE
MOON and WALT DISNEY Com
edy
MONDAY A TUESDAY
Also Late Show 10:30 Sat. Nlte.
As brutally outspoken as the
words this betrayed husband hurls
at his wife!
Clash By Night
with Barbara Stanwyck, Paul
Douglas, Robert Ryan and Marilyn
Monroe
Added—COLOR CARTOON
WEDNESDAY A THURSDAY
Love, Laughs and Learning on the
Loose!
The Fabulous
Senorita
with Estelita, Robert Clarke,
Nestor Paiva and Marvin Kaplan
Added—MEET MR. RHYTHEM—
JPRANKIE LAINE
j
Children—12c Adults—40c
RITZ
. Theatre
FRIDAY A SATURDAY
Richard Conte, Viveca Lindfors,
Barbara Britton
The Raiders
(In Technicolor)
Two Cartoons—The Fox and The
Rabbit and Pill Peddlers
MONDAY & TUESDAY
Dan Dailey, Diana Lynn, Hugh O’
Brian, Carole Mathews, «Scat
Man” Crothers, Chet Allen
Meet Me At
The Fair
(In Technicolor)
M.G’.M. News & Short
WEDNESDAY A THURSDAY
Ann Baxter, Macdonald Carey,
Cecil Kellaway
My Wife’s Best
Friend
Fox News & Short
WANT ADS
PECANS—PECANS—PECANS—Be
sure to get our prices before
you sell your PECANS—We are
buying every day—any amount
—any kind — highest market
prices—R Derrill Smith and Son
Inc., Wholesale Grocers, New
berry, S. C. 35-2tc.
WANTED TO BUY—Iron, Metal,
Batteries, Radiators and Rags.
W. H. Sterling, 1708 Vincent
street. Phone 731-W 28-tfc
SEPTIC TANK REPAIRS — or
cleaning. Inspection free on
cess pools. No hidden charges.
Rates reduced to 4c per gal
lon. You know immediately the
cost. Full guarantee on all work
and will stand Board of Health
inspection. Tom Brigman, phone
1297-W, Newberry or write. 27tfc
NOTICE—Hunting, fishing or tres
passing in any manner Is
strictly forbidden on the lands oi
the undersigned.
W. D. (BILL) HATTON. 7-15tp.
FREEZER PAPER— Plastic Bags
—Oaken buckets—Tape—Twine
—Glass Freezer Jars — every
thing for the Freezer—R. Derrill
Smith and Son Inc., Wholesale
Grocers, Newberry, S. C. 35-2tc
The State
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Building and Loan
Association
Statement of Condition
I
as of
December 31, 1952
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ASSETS
FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS $587,008.29
227 Well Secured Newberry Loans being Retired in
Monthly Payments. First Mortgage Loans Only, the
Unpaid Balances of which now Average $2586 per
loan.
LOANS ON PASSBOOKS 17,214.86
These Loans are Secured by Saving and Investment
Share Accounts of the Association.
MISCELLANEOUS ASSETS 11,715.89
This Item Consists' of Stock of the Federal Home Loan
Bank, Furniture and Fixtures Owned by the Associa-
ion, and Certain Expenses prepaid.
CASH ON HAND AND IN BANKS 85,644.74
This is the Association’s Working Funds.
$701,583.78
LIABILITIES
SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT SHARE
ACCOUNTS $658,742.34
Funds Paid into the Association for Savings and In
vestment.
ADVANCES FROM FEDERAL HOME
LOAN BANK ,15,000.00
Funds Made Available to the Association through
Membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
LOANS-IN-PROCESS 8,528.87
Undrawn Balances of New Building Loans.
RESERVES AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS 19,312.57
This Amount has been set Aside for Contingencies
after Payment of Dividends.
$701,583.78
HOME LOANS
INSURED SAVINGS
Each saving’ and investment share account insured up
to $10,000.00 by the Federal Savings And Loan In
surance Corporation, Washington, D. C.
3% annual dividends paid on member share accounts
since organization in 1947.
Funds received here for savings and investment on or
before the 10th of each month will receive earnings
from the first of that month.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
R. B. BAKER, President J. DAVE CALDWELL, Vice Presdent
LOUIS C. FLOYD, Secretary-Treasurer
THOMAS H. POPE GUY V. WHITENER R. AUBREY HARLEY