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JOB PRINTING We are well equipped to handle all your printing needs. Phone No. 1. tilt NEWS ITEMS The Sun welcomes news items concerning you and your friends. Send them in to us. VOL. 15—NO. 39 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 50, 1955 $150 PER YEAR STATE HOUSE STEPS Four Georgians Charged With Hardware Entry At Prosperity Jailed Here (By MASON BRUNSON) BUS DRIVERS—MEN OR BOYS? After getting off to a calm and quiet start, the South Carolina Legislature has run into an ex plosive issue whiclu will certainly Lave repercussions throughout the state. It concerns the transportation of our school children and it touches the pocketbooks of everyone, for the state-operated school bus sys tem is financed by the sales tax. which we all pay. The burning question is this: Shall the state continue to hire high school students as bus driv ers, or shall it replace them with adults? The issue has the legislators divided and worried. This early in the session, it is hard to forecast what the Legis lature will do about any particular issue. But we believe that the student drivers will be retained. It took a tragedy to bring the school bus situation to the atten tion of the lawmakers. They had convened their 1953 session in good humor on Tues day, Jan. 13. The following day they heard Gov. James F. Byrnes make his annual address. Then, after puttering about a bit, they went home. Meeting again next Tuesday, they had little to do. But there was tragic news in the papers. Two school buses had collided head-on in the fog near Manning, killing a Negro student driver and one white pupil and injuring 4U others. It was the worst school bus ac cident in the state since the new educational and transportation pro gram was launched in 1951. Du r u la rs w i i' t > r]\ itmaa 1 t ho | by a r ity po 1 ic e n tan for a traffic Ham m Hat <i\\ it ! a • i n i * to I-peril y vi(dat io n. Sand* ; : - hail n o driver’s Sami ;t y niuii I \Y ♦ * r< • a PI* rt'bti id* (l in lie Clse. and the polio* •man. on A inu: nr n>. G a. W p< i ], * “S ( 1 a > t hroua h iu\ est ic ation. disc overed the shot- t In- Ml oris o! ?1 \r \u mi ic. is City ; c 11 n s ; i ml s!nd i s > among other Poli< ♦ * df pa rt itu’i • t i t flit ■ N. \\ berry i things in the car. Do a Iso found (’oun t y Sllf rill's < >! 1 ic • a! id the t igaret t es with a Sou t It Ca rolina Soul I i (’a rol ilia E, 1 \s 1 int’or cement tax sta mp, and tl i e stati ■ law etc D i v i s ioi forcenn ■nt divisiot t was contacted Th p four in vo 1 Y fd wen- Robert to d e 11 ■rmine wh ether any rob Lem; t r Sand PI'S ( )!' t ’ol umbii is. Ga., beries 1 tad been n ‘■ported in South Benn ip Jan 1 os \\ 'hi it a kma James ; (’at olin; i. Official Is of t he SEED Erne st S e i a 1 pr a IK 1 dm iiod 11 " Seig- j contact* d Sheriff Eellers who, to- ler, a ill of Ai JKUst a. < la. T111 c hard- gether with Deput y L. L . Hender- ware s tore Y’as ent< ‘re d fn tm the : son am 1 Carroll I lamm. went to front aceor diiiK t :o a; herif f Tom Americus to pick up th e prison- Felle rs. and thp 1 m rgl ars 1 left by ers. Mr Hamm w; is able to identi- the back, taking with them five or j six shotguns, three .22 caliber j rifles, a case of .410 shotgun shells and some loose shells, and an \ electric iron. The Sheriff’s office notified the state law enforcement division and efforts were made to trace the burglars by way of fingerprints. In the meantime. Robert San ders was stopped in Americus, Ga., fy the guns stolen from his store. Although an iron was among other things found. the , 'e was no special marking to identify it as being the one stolen from Hamm Hardware. Sanders and his three compan ions were returned to Newberry Wednesday night and are now in the county jail awaiting trial at the March term of criminal court. Legion Auxiliary To Celebrate 32nd Anniversary A tea will be held on Thursday, February 5 th. by the American Legion Auxiliary in celebration of the 32nd anniversary of that or ganization. The affair will be at 4: no p in. at the home of Miss Grace Summer on Caldwell street. Department officers and presi dents of patriotic and civic organi- ! zations of Newberry are invited guests for this occasion. Mrs. C. K. Epting, department of South Carolina president, and Mrs. Har ry M. Martin of Dillon, national security chairman, will be speak ers for the afternoon. Mrs. W. Roy Anderson is presi dent of the Newberry American Legion Auxiliary, and Miss Myra Boozer is corresponding secretary. All members of the Auxiliary are urged to attend the tea. The Legislature reacted quickly. The House adopted a resolution by Rep. Earle A. Morris and John T. Gentry of Pickens, calling for ap pointment of a committee of five members to “study the problem of school bus transportation with a view toward its general improve ment and the increasing of the safety of such transportation.’’ Sens. James Hugh McFaddin of Clarendon, Rembert Dennis of Berkeley and William Myrick of Allendale introduced a concurrent resolution in the Senate calling for a probe of the accident and appointment of a joint committee of six legislators to study the “feasibility of discontinuing the use of student bus drivers.’’ The Senate passed this resolu tion and sent it to the House, which also approved it. Meanwhile, Rep. Donald Holand of Kershaw disclosed that he was preparing a bill which would fire the student drivers outright and replace them with adults. More bad news came on the heels of the accident. Sinking Fund Director Sam B. King dis closed that the state was having difficulty persuading insurance companies to carry property dam age and liability insurance on the student-driven buses. The companies said their re luctance was due to the fact that school bus accidents had reached “alarming proportions.” The com pany which had insured the buses cancelled its coverage as of Jan. 15. Another was persuaded to pro vide the insurance, but at a con siderably higher rate. • Even before this was officially disclosed, some legislators had been talking about the school bus situation. They said they had been informed that the student drivers were becoming careless and were having numerous accidents which involved property damage if not injury or loss of life. Gas Line Crew Moves To High Ft. Work is continuing on the natural gas line for Newberry, with construction this week go ing on in the High Point vicin ity.. Pipe for the system is being placed throughout the city and it is expected that the city sys tem will be fully installed by time the transmission pipe is laid from Clinton to Newberry. High Seniors Visit College For Weekend Over one hundred and thirty High School Seniors will visit the campus of Newberry College this weekend. Fnder the sponsor ship of the Boosters’ Club, an or ganization of students interested in the welfare of the college, the three day program has been plan ned for the visiting high school seniors. Advance registrations list high school students coming from the following South Carolina cities and towns: Johnston. Sumter, Leesville, Batesburg, St. Matthews, Charleston, X o r t h Charleston, Navy Yard, Cameron, North Augus ta, Travelers Rest, Whitmire, Cross Hill, Columbia, West Colum bia, Pacolet, Florence, Klloree. Es- till, Greenwood, Summerville, Pick ens Fountain Inn Mullins, Winns- boro, Aiken, Greer, Simpsonville, Iva, St. George, Beaufort, Orange burg Hampton Bath, Pomaria, Saluda and Newberry. Reserva tions have come from Savannah, Augusta and Elberton, Georgia, and Gastonia, North Carolina. College officials expressed ap preciation to many residents in Newberry who have offered to house visitors and students dur ing the three-day “High School Days.” Spelling Bee Set May 2 Actually, however, the record of the student drivers is pretty good. In round figures, according to a rough calculation by the State Educational Finance Commission, an estimated 3.000 buses transport 200,000 school children 150,000 miles each school day. Figuring on a 180-day school year, that would mean that the buses cover 27,000,000 miles in a year. When you consider that 3,000 buses transport 200,000 children that far each year, you wonder that there aren’t more accidents. The student drivers and their stand - by replacements were thoroughly trained and tested by the State Highway Patrol when (continued on page eight) The Seventh Annual State Spell ing Bee was announced Wednes day by the State Department of Education. The Department of Education conducts the State Spelling Bee in cooperation with county superintendents of educa tion. The Bee is sponsored in South Carolina by the Anderson Independent and Daily Mail. “All schools should have select ed the school finalist by March 28 and county contest be completed by April 18,” said J. C. Holler, Di rector of the Division of Instruc tion. The State Spelling Bee, or finals, will be held in Columbia, May 2. The state winner of the Bee is given a week’s trip to Washington, a set .of encyclopedia, and a chance to participate in the National Spelling Bee. All partici pants must not have passed be yond the eighth grade nor reach ed the age of sixteen on or be fore May 21, 1953, which is the date of the National Champion ship Finals. Rules regarding the contest from the county through the state levels will be mailed shortly to the county superintendents of edu cation by Mr. Holler and may be secured by writing to the superin tendent in your county. Army, Air Force Magazine On Hand At Court House The Army and Air Force Maga zine, Life of the Soldier and the Airman, is now available at the local recruiting office in the New- t berry Courthouse. According to Master Sergeant Eric Bruton, this magazine is a publication issued monthly as a source of informa tion for educational institutions, libraries, civic and fraternal or ganizations, editors and others in terested in maintaining high stan dards for men and women who serve in the Army and Air Force. The January issue, which is now available at no cost, contains in teresting articles on Bomber Teamwork, The New Space Suit, Weathermen, Harbor Patrol Work performed by Army men, and the signal achievement of the soldiers at Camp Gordon. There is also an article on the off-duty activities of the soldiers, Airmen. WAC’s and WAF’s around the world. To get on the mailing list of this magazine, contact Sergeant Bruton at the Courthouse. There is no subscription charge. H. D. Leaders Be Instructed On Family Life Dr. Lydia Ann Lynde, exten sion specialist in Parent and Fam ily Life Education, U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. will be in Newberry County on Tuesday, February 3rd. She will work with local Leaders from Home Demonstration Clubs on a special family project which has to do with “Developing a Whole some Personality.” The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Agricultural Building at 10:00 A.M. In the afternoon she will visit Bush River Home Demonstration Club to give a demonstration on “Developing a Wholesome Personality.” Dr. Lynde says, “The great w’orld wide problem today is that of human relations. We have not yet learned to live happily to gether—individuals \ythin the fam- Burns & Summer To Hold Formal Opening Today Burns and Summer will hold its formal opening today. Located at 1515 Martin St., across from the Agriculture Building, the business is operated by C. Sam Burns and Claude Summer. The personnel include Mr. Burns, with 14 years of experience in floor covering work; Claude Summer, who trained at the fac tory of Armstrong Cork Company at Lancaster, Pennsylvannia; Charles D. White, who will be in charge of laundering; Roy Kaiser, a Korean war veteran who is mechanic’s helper; and H. G. and Gene Sowell, painters and special ty men in floor sanding and finish ing. Mr. Burns announced today that a total of eleven prizes will be given away. These prizes are list ed in an advertisement appearing in this paper. The grand award will he a nationally advertised “Necchi” sewing machine. Regis tration will take place Friday, January 30th, with the free prizes being given at 8:00 o’clock at night. Burns and Summer specializes in floor and wall covering, floor sanding and finishing, launder ing and repair of Venetian blinds, and also insulating and weather stripping. They are dealers for Necchi sewing machines, Ventu- Lite Venetian blinds of all colors, and Air-O-Blinds and awnings. They feature free parking and give free estimates and sugges tions. A cordial invitation to the pub lic is issued by this firm on the oc casion of its grand opening today. Chest Drive Final Figure Short Of Goal The Community Chest Drive for 1953, held in the fall of 1952. fell $4,098.39 short of the goal, accord ing to figures released this week by the chamber of commerce. The budget established for 1953 j was $13,227.50. Total amount rais- | ed was $9,129.11. According to community chest officials, the amount raised combined with the amount on hand from preceding years will make possible the pay ment of 90% of the goal for each agency participating in the Com munity Chest. Statistics show that 71% of the persons donating to the Commun ity Chest donated less than $5.00. The total number of contributors was 1432. Of this number, two percent gave between $100 and $200; seven percent gave $100; 7.5 percent gave between $25 and $99; 9.6 percent donated between $10 and $24; 11 percent gave between $5.00 and $9.00, and 71 percent gave less than $5.00. Of the total raised, $3,875 w r as contributed by 118 business firing. Safety Education Program Held For Student Drivers Locations Marked For New Whiteway Specific locations for the new whiteway system in the busi ness district have been mark ed, and it is expected that erec tion of the foundations will be gin next week, according to City Manager Ed Blackwell. This construction has been held up pending shipment of steel poles for the system. Mr. Blackwell stated that plans are being made to take down the old lighting system in the very near future. School Officials Report Few Complaints On Drivers In County Luther Aull Gets Highest Scout Award J. Luther Aull, Scout leader of Troop 80, was the recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, highest hon or bestowed on an adult Scouter. The presentation was made at the 32nd annual meeting of the Georgia-Carolina Boy Scout Coun cil at Gregg Civic Center in Gran- iteville. Mr. Aull has lived in Johnston for a number of years and is a na tive of Newberry. He is editor of the local newspaper and has been leader of the local Scout troop for d period of years. He is active in civic affairs, sec retary of the Lions club, a mem ber of Johnston Memorial Post, American Legion, and a member of the Junior Chamber of Com merce. A member of St. John’s Lutheran church, Mr. Aull has served on the church council and is at present a member of the committee on “Worship in Church Music.” ily- the family with its neighbors —neighborhoods within the com munity—the state and nation. No wonder that nations find it dif ficult to work together for peace. It is only the wholesome nature personality that can work success fully with others. This brings the world problems into our homes for it is in the home that person alities develop.” Dr. Lynde will give the group recent basic information regard ing human growth and personality development. Each club is urged to have rep resentatives present at the morn ing meeting at 10:00 o'clock at the Agricultural Building in New berry and the afternoon meeting to be held at Bush River Church in the Fellowship Room at 2:00 p.m. MRS. SMITH UNDERGOES SURGERY IN COLUMBIA Mrs. R. Derrill Smith, who was admitted to the Providence hospit al in Columbia last Friday, under went a major operation there Mon day morning of this week. She is reported to have stood the ordeal fine, and is now getting along nice ly. Many Favorable Comments Heard On New Map Since the publishing of the new city map the Chamber of Com merce has received requests from all over the state and many out of the state for copies of this map. Following are some excerpts from letters from people who received copies of the map. “I think its a fine job, contains lots of valuable information and you are to be congratulated upon getting this out.” “It is one of the finest maps of its type that I have had the pleasure of seeing. It is interest ing and the information that it contains is well presented. Please send us some additional copies.” “I wish to heartily congratulate you upon your new city map of Newberry. I find the street sec tion easy to read and information concerning points of interest in the community well presented.” “Congratulations upon your new map and information about the “City of Friendly Folks.” Its the nicest thing that I have ever seen. Where did you get it done? I want to have one made just like it. Its a good job and just the thing a town needs.” “This is to thank you for send ing us your map and folder on Newberry and to congratulate you on an excellent job. The infor mation contained in it is full, interesting and well presented. This is certainly a step in the right direction.” “Thanks very much for the swell map of Newberry. Its the best map of its kind that I have ever seen. This is the most com plete city map that I have ever seen. It contains so much valua ble information. Those who have one should certainly preserve it.” (continued on page eight) Rites Conducted For Mrs. Suber Mrs. Edna Leitzsey Suber, 63, of the Broad River section died Sun day in the Newberry County Me morial Hospital after a brief ill- nes. She was a daughter of the late Jacob and Minnie Ridlehoover Leitzsey, and spent her entire life in Newberry County. She was a member of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, the Ladies’ Aid Society and of the Women's Missionary Society. Surviving are her husband, Wil lie Jacob Suber; two sons, Willie J. Suber, Jr., and Thomas Otto Su ber of Pomaria; five daughters, Mrs. T. C. Smith and Mrs. Harvey Berley, Pomaria, Mrs. A. P. Long, Prosperity, Mrs. Matheldie Suber, Columbia, and Miss Marie Suber, Newberry College; five brothers, Otto Leitzsey, Greer, and Thomas H. Heber, William and David Leitzsey, Pomaria; two sisters, Miss Eunice Leitzsey and Mrs. Al berta Suber, Pomaria, and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held Mon day at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Lu theran church conducted by the Rev. M. T. Cullum. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers xvere the fol lowing nephews: Claude Suber, J. C. Suber, Duane Suber, Grady Leitzsey, I^ay Leitzsey, Hugh Leitzsey. Bruner To Lead ’53 Community Chest For City R. R. Bruner, Jr., has been named president of the Commun ity Chest campaign for 1953, ac cording to an announcement made this week by L. C. Graham, secre tary of the Chamber of Com merce. L. C. Floyd was elected vice-president, and Wayne Mar tin, secretary and treasurer. Newly elected directors, whose terms will expire December 31, 1955, are: Margaret Paysinger, B. & P. W. Club; Mrs. T. P C.rooks, American Legion Auxiliary; J. N. Beard. Kiwanis, and W. E. Turn er, Jr., fireman. Directors whose term will ex pire December 31, 1954 are: W. A. Mason, Scouts; James P. Fulp, manufacturers; G. W’ayne Martin, Jaycees and Rev. P. E. Monroe, Jr., ministerial association. Serving their last year, with terms to expire December 31, 1953, are: J. V. Kneece; R. R. Bruner, Jr., Rotary; Marion Work man, Exchange; Mrs. W T . H. Ted- ford and L. C. Floyd, director at large. A youthful group of school bus drivers from throughout Newberry county met in the court room of the Newberry county court house Thursday morning of this week to participate in a program of safety education. Presiding over the meeting was P. K. Harmon, superintendent of Newberry County Schools. Princi pal speaker was Corporal C. H. Bailey of Columbia, a South Caro lina highway patrolman connected with the safety education division of the state highway department. Also taking part in the discussions were Superintendent of Education James D. Brown, Patrolman D. E. Abrams, D. A. Reighley and Bill Martin, George Huggins of the state highway maintenance shop, superintendents of several schools and some of the student drivers. Mr. Harmon stated that this program which was planned to stress upon student drivers their responsibilities was not an after- math of the tragic bus accident w r hich occurred in Clarendon coun ty recently, but that arrangements had been made prior to that time for such a program in Newberry county. can understand how those people in Clarendon felt, because you had one of the worse bus tragedies in the state to occur here in Newber ry county.” Great stress was placed on prop er signalling by school bus drivers. Cpl. Bailey pointed out the impos sibility of a car, traveling behind a school bus, to stop unless suffi cient time was allowed after the signal was given. “You have one of the most prec ious cargoes anyone could carry,” said Cpl. Bailey. “We know we have good drivers. When we are following one of the buses, we can tell immediately when the driver knows we are following. He be comes a perfect driver.” Supt. of Education James Brown stated that he believed the chief thing involved in driving was the attitude of the driver, and that “in most, the attitude is as it should be.” C. E. Hendrix, superintendent of the Prosperity area, stated he had only two complaints during the school year and they were for fast driving. Hugh Kolb of the Bush River area stated that he had had no complaints this year Mr. Harmon turned the program jjut that he felt that sometimes over to Patrolman Abrams, who I the young driver’s foot got heavy George Scruggs’ Brother Dies At Charlotte Home Seth W. Scruggs of Charlotte, brother of George Scruggs of New berry, died suddenly at his home on Tuesday afternoon. He was 53 years of age. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon in Charlotte. In addition to George Scruggs, Mr. Scruggs is survived by his wife, one son and two daughters, all of Charlotte, several broth ers and sisters, nieces and ne phews. Mr. George Scruggs returned to Newberry last night after attend ing the funeral services in Char lotte. told the drivers that “some of the boys (drivers) had soured on the school bus program, and the pro gram has soured in the eyes of the public.” He stated that the meet ing was being held to “enlighten and remind you of your responsi bilities for safety.” He introduced Corporal Bailey, a specialist in the safety education division of the highway department. Corporal Bailey told the drivers that “this meeting is intended to remind you that you are more or less on the spot.” Stating that there are those who would remove students from the bus driver’s jobs and replace them with adults, he said “we still think the job is for teen-agers and we still have con fidence in you.” The speaker told of a conversa tion he had with a representative of the insurance firm which, prior to January 15th, carried insurance on all South Caolina school buses. He was told, he stated, that there had been about 320 accidents since this school year started and that the insurance company had paid claims in 250 to 280 of the ac cidents. The representative further stated that when that many “min or” accidents occurred, statistics showed that soon a major accident would occur. The company cancel led its insurance of the school buses on January 15th, and some five days later the tragedy of the school bus collision in Clarendon county occurred, killing two school students. Mr. Bailey told the group “you LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW 1 Acre Pines Burned In Jan. Only one woods fire has oc curred to date during the month of January in Newberry County, according to Forestryman Marvin Wilson. This fire was on the lands of A. M. Summer, and evi dence indicated that it was caus ed by someone trying to smoke an animal out of a hollow tree. The fire spread and burned an acre of young pines. Due to the thoughtfulness and co-operation of landowners and tenants in helping to prevent wood fires, the loss in acreage has been small, said Mr. Wilson. W. C. WALLACE, city clerk and treasurer, returned to his job Thursday after being confined to his home a week by illness. MRS. E. A. CARPENTER, Mrs. Tom Graham and Mrs. F. B. Daw kins returned to Newberry Sun day afternoon after spending a week in New York where Mrs. Carpenter went to buy spring mer chandise for Carpenter’s store. MRS. W. J. LINDERMANN and daughter, Sally, who have been making their home here with Mrs. Lindermann’s mother, Mrs. Sarah Wallace for the past two years, will move to Greenville next Fri day where they will make their home in the McDaniel Heights apartments. Mr. Lindermann is a civil engineer with the McPherson Company in Greenville. He has been commuting to Newberry since his wife and daughter have been here. MR. AND MRS. DON ROOK are attending the furniture market in High Point, N. C. this week. DEE SUMMER, accompanied by his brother, James Summer of Sa luda and J. B. Fellers of Camden are spending this week at High Point. N. C. where they attended the furniture market. SUPERVISOR S. W. SHEALY returned to his home in Prosperity Wednesday from the Providence Hospital in Columbia where he was a patient for several weeks. MRS. O. R. SUMMER is spend ing this week in Augusta, Ga., with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Summer and family. MRS. LEROY GROSS and daughter, Linda Lee of Asheville, N. C. are spending this week with Mrs. Gross’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vigodsky on Walnut street. MRS. L. W. WILSON and two daughters, Miss Sara Wilson and Mrs. Bennie Burns spent Sunday in Lexington with Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Wilson and family. F. M. SCHUMPERT was admit ted to the Newberry County Me morial hospital last Thursday where he is receiving treatment. MISS DORIS SCHUMPERT, a member of the Florence City school faculty spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Schumpert on Boundary street on the accelerator and that they should be cautioned about this. R. C. Lake of Whitmire said “I think the youngsters have made adjustments very well. With the attitude they must get and the ad justments they must make, they have done surprisingly well.” Mr. Lake stated that he, too, thought fast driving was about the worst compaint. Superintendent Long of Silver- street asked for explanation of what the driver should do in case of accident. This was fully given by the patrolmen present. J. V. Kneece and Ed Beck of the Newberry City schools stated that they have had no major com plaints this year. Mr. Beck sug gested that in the city, arrange ments be made to load and unload students on the school side of the street. “It will mean no more than going around the block in some cases, and would reduce chances of accidents.” Prof. Schumpert of Drayton Street school stated that some drivers are failing to stop at rail road crossings. The drivers were warned that failure to stop at crossings was a violation of the law. It was also stressed that driv ers found guilty of any law in fraction while driving school buses would pay their own fines. Six school bus accidents have occurred in Newberry county since the beginning of the school year. All have been minor. A num ber of driving permits have been revoked. The program ended with the showing of a film, “Traffic With The Devil,”» which stressed the attitude desired in school bus drivers. BIRTHDAYS BAKERS ATTEND MEET IN KANSAS Dr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Baker spent last week in Kansas City, Kansas, where he attended a meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Baker has the honor of being a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. Jan. 31: John T. Norris, Hou»- eal Norris, Robert Ezell Daw kins, John Jordan McCullough, Kenneth Shealy, Mrs. A. C. Ward, Jessie Lewis, Mary Lane Williams, Kaye Rinehart, Mrs. B. V. Chapman and Mrs. H. J. Looney. Feb. 1: Mrs. Hugh K. Boyd, Eugene Griffith, Mary Sidelle Crooks, Diane Wright, Peggy Ann Pitts, Ralph Bedenbaugh and Mary Ann Moore. Feb. 2: R. C. Williams, Peggy Sue Price, Seth Meek, R. C. Neel, Jr., and Carolyn Eleazer. Feb. 3: Bernard Hawkins, Mrs. T. J. Harmon, ^rs. Frank Sligh, Mary Etta Coppock, and Clem I. Youmans. Feb. 4: A. H. Counts, Mrs. Henry T. Fellers, Miss Anna Hiller, Sherrill Jean Humphries, Mrs. Horace T. Boozer, John L. Lindler, Jr., and Kay Nichols. Feb. 5: Annie Enlow, Mrs. Harold Aull, A. T. Livingston, Tommie Longshore, W. B. Tim merman, Loretta Werts, Mrs. Frank Graham, Jacqueline Counts, Margaret Hawkins, Mrs. Duffie Freeman, Mrs. W. A. Webb, and Jeff Waldrop. Feb. 6: Gene Hendrix, Mrs. C. W. Bowers, Mrs. Julian B. Harman, .Bessie Bradley and Pat Thompson.