Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1953 THE NEWBERRY SUN ,/tniwuneiiM, WICKER RADIO AND TELEVISION SERVICE has moved to 1103 Harrington Street across from the Fire Department Radio and Television Repairs on all makes and models. Pick-up and delivery service Wicker Radio & Television Service 1103 Harrington St. Newberry, S. C. Mrs. Wessinger Rites Tuesday Mrs. Lizzie Miller Wessinger, 86, widow of the late J. E. Wes singer, died early Monday morning at the home of her son, J. B. Wessinger, in the Jalapa section of the county. She had been in de- clining health for the#fast several years. Mrs. Wessinger was born and reared near Little Mountain and was the daughter of the late J. Bennett and Mrs. Mary Counts Wessinger. For a number of years she had made her home in New berry. She was a devoted member of St. James Lutheran church and was active in all church work as long as her health permitted. Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon from the McSwain Funeral Home with Rev. W. D. Haltiwanger and Rev. Paul . Monroe conducting the ser vice. Interment followed in Rose- mont cemetery. ' She is survived by three sons, J. Ben Wessinger, J. Olin Wessinger, J. Miller Wessinger, all of Newber ry; four daughters, Mrs. Oscar Mayer, Kinards; Mrs. Sidney J. Mayer, Greenville; Mrs. W. E. The South Carolina National Bank Condensed Statement of Condition December 31, 1952 RESOURCES Cash and Due from Banks $ 60,718;430.78 U. S. Government Bonds 83,441,421.47 State and Municipal Bonds 1,154,562.01 Federal Land Bank Bonds and Fed. Int. Credit Bank Debs. 940,000.00 Federal Reserve Bank Stock 180,000.00 Loans and Discounts —. 60,623,771.39 Banking Houses (13) 1,158,257.00 Furniture and Fixtures 267,827.03 Other Assets 131,713.04 Social Security Payments Add To Buying Power Many people are still unaware of the extent to which social security payments affect the com munity, declares Miss Martha Pressly, manager of the Green wood office of the Social Security Administration. As old-age and survivors insur ance enters its seventeenth year of operation. Miss Pressly says, over five million people are re ceiving $200 million in insurance payments each month. The total paid in 1953 to those retired work ers, their families, and to de pendent purvivors of deceased workers, their families, and to de pendent survivors of deceased workers who were insured will be more than $2% billion. In the past sixteen years, Miss Pressly believes, American famil ies have built up more protection under Federal old-age and sur vivors insurance than ' they gen erally realize. For example, 80% of all jobs in the country are covered by the program, and 62 million persons are now insured for benefits on the basis of their employment in covered work. Twenty-three mil lion of these are presently insur ed. -Four out of five mothers and children in the United States are protected under the Federal pro gram in case of death of the fam ily breadwinner. The total face value of the life insurance protec tion underwritten by the system is over $275 billion. Miss Pressly points out that the program comes home to Newberry in the form of added purchasing power where it is needed most. Most of the wage earners, their employers, and self-employed peo ple here pay social security taxes regularly, which buys insurance for them. But right now regular cash payments are going into the homes of people who have retired and to homes where the wage earner has died to replace income which has been lost. ‘High Noon’ Plays Newberry Drive-In Sunday & Monday People have become accustom ed by habit to looking for some thing different in the films of Stanley Kramer. The producer of “Champion,” “Home of the Brave,” “The Men” and “Cyrano de Ber gerac” is justly famous—inside and out of the movie industry—as a man who takes a fresh approach. His admirers will not be disap pointed when they see Kramer’s new film,- “High Noon,” which opens Sunday at the Newberry Drive-In Theatre, through United Artists release. “High Noon” is a western, but with a difference—quite a few dif ferences, as a matter of fact. An hour and a half of unrelieved su spense, “High Noon” was directed by Fred Zinnemann, .with an in triguing musical score written and directed by Dimitri Tiomkin, and stars Gary Cooper as the marshal of a frontier town of the old west. The large supporting cast include such players as Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney, Henry Morgan, Ian MacDonald, Eve McVeagh, Lee Van Cleef and many others. Sharp-eyed observers might note, when seeing “High Noon," which is based on John W. Cunningham’s short story “The Tin Star,” that all the action in the film takes place in eighty-five minutes—ex actly the running time of the pic ture itself. The device, an innova tion in movies, was devised for and has the effect of heightening suspense to an almost unbear able pitch. The plot of the picture covers the tense eighty-five minu tes during which Cooper, as a mar shal, a man too proud to run, tries to round up a posse to deal with four armed desperadoes. He fails in his purpose, and ten min utes before the hour and a half is up—ten minutes before the su spense-packed, gripping climax— he walks out into the silent street of the town to meet the gunmen single-handed. Bickley, ^endleton; and Mrs. Her man Hollingsworth of Chappells. Also two brothers, Andrew Miller and Ira Miller, both of Newber ry; two sisters, Mrs. Charlie Eargle, Pomaria, and Mrs. Guy Fochee, Augusta, Ga. Thirteen grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren survive. Grandsons served as active pall bearers and granddaughters as flower attendants. Newberry Man With 1st Calvary Army Pvt. Robert L. Williams, son of Samuel Williams, 706 Wise St., Newberry, is now serving in Japan with the 1st Cavalry Di vision. A truck driver in his unit, Wil liams entered the Army in April 1951 and served for 14 months in Korea. He holds the UN and Korean Service Ribbons. Tim Holt Plays Western At Wells Friday, Saturday Trickery in the forced sale of cattle ranges that was prevalent in the early west forms the basis of the thrilling action in “Target,” RKO Radio’s suspenseful western starring Tim Holt playing Friday . and Saturday**#* the Wells Theaterj* Tim and Richard Martin, again as his happy-go-lucky Irish-Amer- ican sidekick, Chito, help a cour ageous girl who is serving as a town Marshal in place of her sick father. The boys step in and up set -the scheme of a band of crooks who are tricking ranchers out of their lands and in a climactic pitched gun battle, round up the vicious group. Linda Douglas plays the feminine lead with Walt er Reed, Harry Harvey, John Ham ilton and Lane Bradford also in the cast. Directed by Stuart Gil more, Norman Houston wrote the original story. PAGE FIVE mm nn ■ § Bradley New Director Employment Service E. H. Bradley has been appoint ed State Director of the Employ ment Service Division of the S. C. Employment Security Commis^ sion, A. J. Hatfield, Chairman of the Commission, has announced. The appointment is effective Janu ary 1, 1953. Mr. Bradley has served as Merit System Supervisor of the Em ployment Security Commission since January 1, 1941. In this position he supervised merit sys tem examinatiqns and certified available applicants for appoint ment to positions in both the Un employment Compensation Divi sion and the State Employment Service. Prior to this he was Superintendent of the Due West High School for 17 years. A native of Bradley in Abbeville County, Mr. Bradley received his bachelor of arts degree from Erskine College and took post graduate work at the University of Georgia. He is a World War I veteran and an officer in the Due West A. R. P. Church. As State Director, Mr. Bradley will be in charge of the 29 local Employment Service offices locat ed throughout the state. In addition to Mr. Hatfield, the Commission is headed by Ed. H. Tatum of McColl and Rob’t S. Gal loway, Sr., of Due West. They were elected by the General As sembly last January and took of fice July 1, 1962. New Chevy Be Displayed Here Today Record breaking crowds are ex pected to throng Chevrolet dealer showrooms this weekend for the £963 passenger car and truck models. Scheduled for public display for the first time on Friday, Janu ary 9, the new line embraces the most far-reaching improvements in Chevrolet history. W. E. Fish, general sales mana ger of the company, bases a fore cast of a record turnout on three significant factors. “First, reports of Chevrolet de velopment work around Detroit have kindled more interest than in any previous model,” said Fish. “Secondly, dealers are expending more money and effort to make the event a success. “A third reason for anticipating large crowds is that dealers are extending their introductory per iod over two days. Traditionally, Chevrolet has displayed new mod els on Saturday. By unveiling the 1953 cars Friday, dealers will have two days to be hosts to the pub] before the Sunday closing. Silverstreet Native Dies In Florida City News has been received in New berry of the death of Mrs. Hamm McElroy Dec. 22 at he home in Oxford, Fla. She wi native of Silverstreet, the dai ter of Mrs. Drayton L. Hamm the late Mr. Hamm of Silv€ She graduated from Silver High School and attended N| ry College one year. She took nurses training at Me er Hospital in Asheville, N. < Survivorsr include her hi W. R. McElroy of Oxford; daughters, Mrs. John H. Charlotte, N. C., and Mrs. Glover of Oxford; one son, U.S. Navey. Also her mother the following brothers a: ters: George and Richard of Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. L. Hamm of Hagerstown, Md., H. Hamm of Charlotte; Hamm, Stone Harbor, N.J.; Hamm of Silverstreet; Hamm of Charleston Pearle Hamm of three half brothers, Silverstreet; Ben ry and Ernest Hamm, Funeral service and burial place Wednesday, Dec. 24, at ford. ■ ■■■■ 1 ■■ ■—■ I $208,615,982.72 LIABILITIES Capital—Common $ 2,500,000.00 Surplus 3,800,000.00 Undivided Profits 1,137,214.48 Reserve—Dividend Payable January 2, 1953 187,500.00 Reserve—Under Section 23K (Int. Rev. Code) 950,000.00 Reserve—^Federal Income and Excess Profits Tax 1,466,994.52 Reserve—Other 31,994.16 Deposits jaASlJX 198,642,279.56 1208,615,982.72 Offices At Anderson Fort Jackson Newberry Belton Georgetown Pickens Charleston Greenville St. Matthews Cheraw Jackson Seneca Columbia Leesville Shaw Air Force Base Dillon Naval Base Sumter Florence AT BERGEN’S IN NEWBERRY!! B0YS , SPORT SHIRTS WERE NOW $1.95 $1.39 $2.95 $1.99 $3.95 $2,79 All Men’s Colored DRESS SHIRTS WERE $3.95 NOW $2.50 Regular $3.95 Men’s PAJAMAS NOW $2.95 REGULAR 92.95 LOAFER SOCKS NOW $U5 All Men’s SWEATERS 25% OFF Boys’ Winter PANTS 1-3 OFF • MEN’S CORDUROY PANTS 1-3 OFF 1 BOYS’and MEN’S JACKETS 1-3 OFF ONE GROUP OF MEN'S SPORT SHIRTS VALUES UP TO $5.95—NOW ONLY $2.95 EACH Bergen Clothing Co. 1202 Caldwell St Phone 509 Newberry, S. C. I