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JOB PRINTING We are well eqiuipl 1 ** i to handl' all your printing needs. I’hone N< 1. NEWS ITEMS The Sun welcome s news items < oncernimr you and your friends. Send them in to us. VOL. 15; NO. 41 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1953 + $1.50 PER YEAR Gas Connections To 1600 Homes Begins Next Week; Service Deadline March 15 At the regular meeting of city council Tuesday night, Mayor J. E. Wiseman reported that the Natural (las Author ity was now working in the city and would begin next week making connections to homes. Some Kino applications lor gas are now on file at the city office, and tin* mayor stated that applications will be taken through March 15th. All ap plications received by that time will cost Sl.no when the application is made and $4.00 additional deposit when the meter is installed. Property owners will he con-j w 11 suited, said the mnyor as to where the lines should he put in yards and where the meters are to be placed. The meters will not be installed until the mis is ready to be cut on. Mr. Wiseman stated that July 15th was the deadline for con tractors to have connections made to homes and that about Septem ber 16th was the deadline for com pletion of the transmission line to Newberry. When gas is available, said the mayor, those who made applica-| the graveside in Kinard tion will be given 90 days to de-j j ist church by the Rev cide whether they w r ant meters aU( ] t |if> Rev (). installed. Once installed, the cus- | c 0 at. tomer will be billed at the month ly minimum, $1.50, whether the gas is used or not. Deposits on meters applied for after March 15th will be considerably higher than the $5.00 charge being made until that time. Mayor Wiseman stated that the contractor was under bond to re store all yards, streets and side- Major Much 1\. walks in the original or better been awarded tin condition than when the pipelines i Obbon with mda are laid. Council instructed the city attorney to draw up a reso lution to the ity asking that city council he given the opportunity to state when the contractor has positive ly and completely restored all damages to public and private property and when he may be re leased from bond. KINARD FOUND DEAD IN TRUCK John Kdward Kinard. 45. of the Kpworth section of Greenwood, the son of the late J M ('. and Klizabeth Gallman Kinard of New berry Countv, was found dead las! Friday morning in a truck parked in the yard of his home. .Mr. Kin ard was a farmer and a member of the Kinards Methodist Church Funeral services were conduct ed at d:.'ht Saturday afternoon at Met ho le A. A Jeff- Maj. Boyd Gets Meritorious Service Award Special Election March 17 To Name Ward 6 Alderman Budget And Planning Commmission Approves $500 Donation To Guard March 17th has been set as the date for a special munici pal election for the purpose of naming a successor to the late Councilman J. Lee Boozer. This action was taken by City council at its meeting Tuesday night. Pvt. Charles A. Porter, above right, is one of four members of Company L, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment. 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N. C., practicing skiing at Camp Drum, N. V., where they are participating in Exercise Snow Storm, part of the Army’s winter training program emphasizing the use of special cold weather equipment. Pvt. Porter is an ammunition bearer. His wife Miriam, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Porter, live at 1209 Pope street. Others shown are, left to right, Pfc. Salomon Castor, Riverside, Calif; Pfc. Walter A. Douglas. St. Louis, Mo.; and Pfc. Charles E. Willis, Lubbock, Texas. GIVES GALLON BLOOD; GETS FIRST STAR Mrs. Tillman Wise of Route 2, New berry, donated a pint of blood during the February visit of the! Red Cross Bloodmobile here yes- j terday. The pint completed a gal lon of blood that Mrs. Wise has given and she was awarded a blood donor pin with a gold star, the first such pin to be awarded through the local Red Cross chap ter. Mrs. Hannah Poole, secretary of the local chapter, stated today that other persons in the county had undoubtedly given a gallon of blood by personal contribution at the local hospital, hut that Mrs. Wise is the first to donate that amount through the Bloodmobile in Newberry. Boyd. Jr. has commendation pendant for meritorious service iff Korea, for his service as Battalion Kxecutive Natural Gas Author-| Cfticer and as Battalion Com mander. The citation from Headquarter^, 45th lulfantry Division, states in part: “Major Boyd performed his highly responsible tasks with ad mirable success. Conscientious and well versed in military strat egy, he applied himself complete ly to his important obligations as a con.hat leader, with strict at tention to the most minute details. By carefully integrating the func tion of each of his men of his command. Major Boyd was able to offer the best in tactical support for the mission of the entire unit. Possessing keen analytical powers and superior judgment, he provid ed his battalion with superior bat tle plans, and his strategy was car ried forward with a minimum of delay and confusion. Through personal warmth, understanding any loyalty to duty. Major Boyd was a source of inspiration to both officers and enlisted men alike. This record reflects high credit on himself and the military serv ice.'' Major Boyd is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Boyd of New berry County. His wife and two children are residing in Newberry while Major Boyd is in Korea. A graduate of The Citadel. Ma jor Boyd entered the service dur ing World War II and was a Ger man prisoner of war. He remain ed in the regular army after the war and has advanced to the rank of Maj- . Mrs. Boyd received a call from her husband in Japan last week end. He had just arrived there from Korea wdiere he was on the battlefront for seven months. Rites Wednesday For Mrs. Moore Mrs. Hattie Waites Moore, wid ow of Wilbur J. Moore, died at -Jo anna Memorial Hospital Monday night She had been in ill health several years, critically ill a short time. Funeral services were held from Joanna Baptist Church at 3:30 p. m. last Wednesday with the Rev. James B. Mitchell offi ciating. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery at Clinton. She was a native of Newberry county but had made her home in Joanna for 27 years. She was a member of Joanna Baptist church. Surviving are one son, K. E. Moore, one daughter, Mrs. Marion Boyce, both of Joanna; two grand sons, two brothers, L. S. Waites. Asheville, N. C., and W. C. Waites, Greenville; and one sister, Mrs. Carl Bell, Laurens. BUSINESS VISITORS Among the business visitors in Newberry last week and this week were Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Mc- Conville, Columbia; Mrs. Elmo Su- ber, Whitmire; Mrs. Geo. Young, Mrs. Harry Buzhardt and Mrs. Otis Suber, Whitmire; Mrs. R. W. Houseal, Columbia; Mrs. C. M. Smith of Kinards; Mrs. Norman Floyd, Joanna; Mrs. E. E. Childs, Aiken, and Mrs. Clifford Smith, Kinards. Dr. Kinard Said Convalescing From Auto Injuries ; Dr. James C. Kinard, president. ! of Newberry College, who was struck by a car Monday night while crossing the street from his home to the college campus. I was reported this mornnig to be resting eonifortabiy at the New- > berry County Memorial Hospital. The car which struck Dr. Kinard was driven by Gian Coppock, who | was not held in connection with the accident. j , >r. Kinard received a com- | pound fracture of the right leg be low the knee and multiple abras- i ions and contusions. During the convalescing of Dr. Kinard. the Administrative Com mittee of the college will direct I the college business. Dr. R. A. Goodman is chairman of the administrative committee. Prof. James G. Park is a member | and C. A. Kaufmann is secretary of the committee. City-Wide Religious Survey Set By Churches Sunday Afternoon Dr. Heisey Writes In Lutheran Mag. Doctor Paul H. Heisey, Associ- I ate Professor of Bible at Newber ry College, contributed an article, “Marks of Religious Immaturity’’ ! which appears in the February is sue of the PARISH SCHOOL, which is the Sunday School Teach- ! ers’ magazine of Hie United Luth- i eran Church in America. Dr Heisey is a frequent contri- [ butor to many of the Lutheran ! publications. A city-wide religious survey will he made on Sunday afternoon, February 15. with the various churches in Newberry participat ing. The purpose of the survey is to determine what persons are not members of any church in the community and those whose mem- berships have not yet been trans ferred to local churches. It will give each church a chance to make new contacts. The project is being initiated by Central Methodist Church with Cliff Graham and Holland Silffh as co-chairmen and Mrs. F. Scott El liott serving as chairman of pub licity. The areas and captains are as follows; VYard 1; Central Methodist Church: George \V. Martin, Prof. F. Scott Elliott, Joe M. Roberts, J. M. Hove, Hugh Crooks and Mere dith Harmon; cut-off, Mrs. T. P. Crooks; Helena, W. A. Attaway. Ward 2: Lutheran Church of the Redeemer: B. P. Ringer, chair man and Tommie Setzler and Ful mer Wells, co-captains. Ward 3: The Episcopal Church: Houseal Norris, Chairman, Ward 4: First Baptist Church: Felix Greene and Larry Graves, co-captains. Ward 6: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and Aveleigh Presbyterian Church: J. W. Ring er, Jr. and C. E. Bowers, co-cap tains for the A.R.P. Church; D. W. A. Neville, chairman and Henry Longshore, captain, Aveleigh Church. Survey cards are to be given out at church services on Sunday morning and are to he tilled out and left on the door for the work ers to pick up on Sunday after noon. All captains, chairmen and workers are to report to their re spective churches at 2:30 Sunday afternoon for further instruction and materials. Cards are to he re turned to the captains by 5:30 and a complete report is to be fnade to Cliff Graham by 6:00 o’clock of the same day. In a little more than 50 years taxes have multidlied 120 times. LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW Guin Writes In S. C. Law Quarterly The current issue of the South Carolina Law Quarterly, distribut ed this wrnek, includes a case note written by Jesse J. Guin of New berry, a senior in the University of South Carolina Law School. The article concerning insurance is entitled, “Is the Korean Action a War?” The Law Quarterly is published jointly by the South Carolina Bar Association and the faculty students of the University South Carolina Law School. and of THE MANY FRIENDS of Mrs. Willie Mae Long, will be sorry to learn that she was confined to her home on College street Extension last week with influenza. MRS. T. L. GRIER and daugh ter, Laura, of Sanford, Florida, spent several days last week with Mrs. Grier’s mother, Mrs. Walt Davis and family on Hunt street. They left Friday for Allendale to spend a few days with her brother- in-law and sister, Rev. and Mrs. W. T. King and family before re turning to their home in Sanford. MR. AND MRS. DAVID RING ER, Mrs. Cecil Fellers and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Addy, were Sun day guests in the home of Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Emory in Waterloo. MR. AND MRS. J. H. RUFF and daughter, Mrs. Julia R. Smith, spent Sunday in Winmsboro with Mrs. Ruff’s sisters, Mrs. Eloise Morris and Mrs. Ray Hall. MRS. CHARLIE RUFF spent the weekend in Winnsboro with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. MacFie and family. MR. AND MRS. S. C. CAMP BELL spent Sunday in Spartan burg with their son and daughter- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Camp bell and family. MR. AND MRS. GRADY SMART of Charleston arrived Tuesday to visit Mrs. Smart’s mother, Mrs. J. H. Willingham, who is ill with influenza. MR. AND MRS. JEFF SIKES of Columbia, and Mr .and Mrs. Grady Goggans of Aiken, were weekend visitors in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Goggans in the Hartford commun ity. MRS. J. D. WICKER of Aiken spent Sunday and Monday at her home here on Caldwell street. MR. AND MRS. W. W. (BILLY) PARR have moved from the Carol Court apartments on College street to 1603 Johnstone street in Apart ment F of the Carpenter apart ment?. MRS. AGNES CROOKS is now living at 1915 Luther street in the new home she recently purchased. MRS. LEE MORGAN of Orange burg spent last weekend with her sisters, Misses Carrie and Ola Nor ris on Boundary street. DANIEL EDWARD STONE Probate Judge and Mrs. Maxcy Stone announce the arrival of a seven pound fourteen ounce son, Daniel Edward, born early Thurs day morning in the Newberry Me morial Hospital. Mrs Stone and infant son, Dan ny, are getting along nicely and expect to return to their home on Summer street soon. The Stones have two other chil dren, Karen, four and Mary Rob bins, two and one-half years old. Coleman Buys Guernsey Sire (’. G. Coleman, Chappells, has just purchased the young Guern sey sire. Pleasant View Mark Master, from W. W. Alman, Jones- ville. S. C. This richly bred young bull is out of t lie good cow, Farragut’s ! Ace’s Primrose, tfiat has once i been classified Very Good for type and has a production record of 16,773 pounds of milk and 742 pounds of butterfat made as a sev en yearold. He is sired by Quail Roost Landmark. Edgar Hart Rites Held Yesterday Edgar Legrone Hart, 59, died Tuesday night at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born at Edgefield, the son of the late James E. Hart and Mrs. Zilla Lagrone Hart of Palat- ka, Florida. Mr. Hart had been a traveling salesman for the Colgate-Palm- olive-Peet Company for over 24 years. He was a member of the State Pharmaceutical Association and Travelingman’s Auxiliary and had been a past president of the Travelingmen’s Auxiliary. He was a Shriner of the York Rite and was a member of the Elks Club in Greenville. He was a member of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church. He is survived oy his widow, Mrs. Anna Coe Keitt Hart; his mother; two daughters, Mrs. M. Whitfield Cheatham, Jr. of Colum bia, and Miss May Porter Hart of Newberry; one brother, James E. Hart, Jr., and one sister, Mrs. Steve Scurry, both of Palatka, Florida. Funeral services were conduct ed yesterday afternoon at three- thirty o'clock from the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev.’ Neil E. Truesdale. Interment was in Rose mont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Pinck ney N. Abrams, Dr. Irwin Satter- white, E. W. Yates. Pete Coleman, Dave Hayes, Billy Laval, John T. Norris, Jr., and Keitt Purcell. Serving as honorary escort were E. H. Hemmle, Dr. M. W. Cheatham, Sr., Dr. Arthur Welling, Dr. E. G. Able, Dr. Young M. Brown. Jimmy Wiseman, T. Roy Summer, Jake Wise, Tom Pope, W. R. Reid, Prof. S. Taylor Mar tin, and members of the State Pharmaceutical Association and Travelingmen’s Auxiliary. Plant Insects And Diseases Subject For Meet Tuesday A meeting will he held at the Newberry County Court room on Tuesday. February 17th at 2:00 I). m. in an effort to give dealers of fumicides and insecticides, and users a clear understanding of control measures that science has discovered, according to an an nouncement made by County Agent Paul B. Ezell. Plant insects and diseases both old and new present problems in the production of virtually all crops in Newberry County vege table and flower gardens, said Mr. Ezell, continuing “the purchase and proper use of effective pack aged fumicides and insecticides is of major importance.” Mr. Ezell has arranged for W. C. Nettles, leader. Extension Ento mology and Plant Disease Work, Clemson College and Dr. M. D. Farrar, head of Entomology De partment. of Clemson College to lead a discussion of packaged fu micides and insecticides at this meeting. Taxes now take one out of every three dollars you earn. Sears Manager Takes Nassau Trip Mrs. Mary Gardenhire is spend ing this week in Nassau in the Ba hama Islands. She left by plane from Columbia and made the en tire trip to Nassau by plane. Mrs. Gardenhire, manager of Sears, Roebuck Catalog Sales store here, was awarded the trip by Sears for winning the 11th per iod contest which was put on in her group district for a four weeks’ period prior to the Christ mas season. Benefit Golf Match Slated An exhibition golf match will he held at the Newberry Country Club Sunday, February 22nd, at 2:3u p. m. for the benefit of the Newberry Crippled Children's So ciety. Participating in the match will be P. J. Boatwright of Aiken, formerly of Spartanburg, and Charles Dudley of Greenville who will oppose Hubert (Rock) Scar borough. club champion and Wal ter Wallace, one of the club’s top flight golfers. The match is sponsored by the Golf Association of the Newberry Country Club and the public is in vited to attend for a nominal fee. All proceeds will go to the Crip pled Children’s Society. The four participants enthusias tically offered their time and tal ents to “play that others might walk”. Messrs. Wallace and Scarbor ough need no introduction to the people of Newberry. Both Dudley and Boatwright have played in the IT. S. Amateur Golf Tournament, both of them won the state championship and the Biltmore in vitation. Dudley is a winner of the North-South tournament; Boat wright is a winner in Hampton County; the Watermelon champ ionship and the Aiken Country Club championship. This golf match is one way in which volunteers are helping with the 20th annual Easter Seal cam paign. However, more volunteers are needed, according to James Connelly, campaign chairman for Newberry County. ‘Many import ant. tasks connected with the campaign, which begins March 5, must he completed before that date,” he stated, as he urged vol unteers to contact Mrs. C. A. Duf- ford, 1900 College street, tele phone 420. Mrs. Dufford is chair man of volunteers for the 1953 campaign. Final Concert Series Next Saturday Night Morley and Gearhart, duo-pian ists, will be presented as the third and last of the Newberry Commun ity Concert Association series for this year. The performance will be OUT OF HOSPITAL Grover Todd, who was a patient in the Newberry County Memorial Hospital for about a week suf fering with pneumonia, returned to his home on Johnstone street last Saturday, where he is recup erating nicely. His sister, Miss Minnie Todd, who has been ill with flu, is also reported to be do ing fine at this time. at tne Newoerry High School audi torium Saturday, February 21, at 8:00 p. m. Virginia Morley and Livingston Gearhart have been heard in New York’s Town Hall, in concerts sponsored by the League of Com posers and the Philharmonic Sym phony League, and in annual con cert tours from coast to coast. For nine years they have been featured on Fred Waring’s popu lar radio and television shows for which Gearhart, also a composer, has created many highly distinct ive arrangements. Candidates for the vacancy must be qualified electors, and residents of Ward 6. Candidates may qualify to have their names enter ed on the ballot by contacting the City Clerk and Treasurer, C. W. Wallace, between the dates Feb ruary 17th and 12:00 noon on March 7th. The only requirement for vot ing in the March 17th election will be a general election registration certificate. The Newberry County Board of Registration will be open at the county court house on March 2, 3 and 4 and those who do not have certificates may re ceive them at that time and be qualified to vote in the special election. Inasmuch as this is a general electios, the candidate with a simple majority will be elected. The polls will be open in all city precincts from 8:00 a. m. until 4:00 p. m. GUARD BILLS PAID The Budget and Planning com mittee of council reported to the full council that it had examined hills presented by officials of the National Guard armory, and found that the armory owed a little in excess of $500 for maintenance and upkeep of the building. On recommendation by the committee, council voted to appropriate $500 to the armory for payment of these hills. It was made clear by coun cil that no obligation was made for future donations to the arm ory. BROADCAST SESSIONS Jimmy Coggins, owner and man ager of Radio Station WKDK, ap peared before council and offered the services of WKDK for broad casting the regular meetings of council as a public service to the citizens of Newberry. Mr. Coggins said, “We feel it would be of great value as a public service and would do much to get the people interested in their city govern ment.” Mayor Wiseman and members of council expressed their approval and commended Mr. Coggins for making radio time available for this purpose. It was decided that the meetings would be broadcast, beginning with the regular meeting on March 10th. Mayor Wiseman reported on the progress being made by the Natural Gas Authority. Details will be seen elsewhere in this is sue. COMMITTEEMAN ASKED Dr. J. E. Grant, spokesman for the committee appointed by city council to supervise the colored rest room in Newberry, asked council to replace a member of that committee who had recently moved from Newberry. He also asked that the wages of the at tendant at the rest room be restor ed to $15.00 per week. Mayor Wiseman explained that the city was paying rent, water, lights and heat for the rest room and that the county had agreed to pay the salary for the attendant. The ap- Medical Auxiliary To Hold Open House For Students In an effort to point out the importance of nursing as a ca reer, the members of the Auxiliary to the Newberry County Medical Society will hold open house at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital today (Friday) from 3:30 until 5:00 p. m., for city and coun ty high school students who are interested in nursing as a profes sion. Members of the nursing staff of the hospital will conduct a tour of the hospital during the after noon. propriation by the county since August has been $12.50 per week. Mayor Wiseman informed Dr. Grant that members of the county delegation would be contacted in an effort to have the attendant’s salary increased to $15.00 per week. Dr. Grant was asked to submit three recommendations to the city manager for another member of the committee. Dr. Grant also men tioned several places in the city where street lights were needed, and was asked to turn in a list of all addresses and efforts would be made to furnish necessary lighting. Harold Cook appeared before council to present a plan for group life and hospitalization insurance fur city employees, in which both city and employees would partici pate. The Mayor appointed Coun- cilmen Layton and Dickert to in vestigate the desirability of such insurance and to report back to council. ASK DELEGATION HELP A report was made of a joint meeting held on February second of the city council and the county delegation. Also present at the meeting was Hon. R. Aubrey Har ley, highway commissioner for this district. City Manager Blackwell stated that the county delegation was asked to consider the following: 1. Taking over additional city streets by the State Highway De partment; 2. Resurfacing and paving of certain streets under the State - Highway System; 3 Improvement to Adelaide street and widening sidewalks; also on Boundary street from I>angford street to the city limits; 4 Construct sidewalks dn East Main street; 5. Transfer some streets now in the highway system back to the city in exchange for some streets not in the system, to facilitate movement of traffic on the high way streets. The county delegation promised to see “what could be done.” NEW WHITEWAY Mr. Blackwell told council that all of the old stret lights in the business section are in the pro cess of being removed and that the contractor started Tuesday to place foundations for the new whiteway system. It was originally estimated that the system would be complete within about two weeks after work was begun. All necessary materials are now on hand to finish the work, according to the city manager. Council authorized the city manager lo enter into a contract not to exceed $6,200, for the pur pose of installing a storm drain at Main street in the vicinity of the Ritz theater and Kemper Chevro let company. Councilmen Dufford and Martin v;ere named to work with the city manager on this pro ject. * Council adjourned at 10:00 p.m. 2 Building Permits Two building permits were is sued during the past week to E. J. Williams to add two rooms to dwelling on Gilder street for the sum of $600, and to J. L. Long for repairs to store at 1012 Main street, for $20.00. BIRTH OF A DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Harold Phillips announce the birth of a daughter, Born in the Newberry Memorial Hospital Tuesday, February 10th. Mrs. Phillips is the former Elizabeth Blalock, daughter of Mrs. J. D. Wicker. BIRTHDAYS Feb. 14: Agnes and Salley Gayle, granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. Hack Wallace, Mable Shealy, Mary Moffatt Patrick, great granddaughter of Mrs. H. L. Parr, Julia Williams, Thressa Waldrop, Oscar Jolley and Mrs. Henry Wasson. Feb. 15: Dr. F. O. Lamoreux, Ralph Black, Miss Lucy Mc- Caughrin, Mrs. Warren Abrams, F. W. Pitts, Miss Kate Porter, Helen Singley and Bill Boozer. Feb. 16: C. A. Kaufmann, James L. Lipscomb, Mrs. Cecil E. Kinard and Bessie Kelly. Feb. 17: Mrs. Walter Lovett, Mrs. Marvin O. Summer, Mrs. J. N. Ruff, Mildred Senn, Mrs. Clarence Waldrop, Ralph Wick er, Dawn Frick and Mrs. Henry Nichols. Feb. 18: Miss Leona Shealy and P. G. Blount. Feb. 19: Jim Feagle, W. R. Feagle, Mrs. Emma Longshore, Mrs. L. W. Wilson, Charles Kin ard, Mrs. Eva McKissick, Mrs. S. E. Longshore and James D. Crooks. Feb. 20: Fred H. Dominick, T. Clyde Tindall, Mrs. C. F. Thompson and Henry E. Mills.