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JOB PRINTING h a n cl 1 f* all your printing NEWS ITEMS The Sun welcomes news items concerning you and your friends. Send them in to us. VOL. 15—NO. 42 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 19: $2.00 PER YEAR Miss High Misses Special Council Session Called In Peak Fire Loss Criti< Lm against tii N.*n t >nrr> Pin- I >t*part im-nt for fail nr* to go to tin* h<* lp of tin* l> lining town of P* ;tk last Friday aft oi noon was SO St rong t! ilii li la! ’in* •ting of ci v coni 1 (• 11 \v; t s < 11 led S atur- day . ttcrnoi n to di-em s t i 1 * • S it»Ki t ion. J'h • < ' O ’ t T "" i) v * • j ■ *— y ;ir )< <) V •r a story in Tin (i rt * n v 11 ]» N » Yx S Sat unlay niorninc. \\ accordinc to A - -a Inch stated that m iated Press re )!ts. tin 1 Newbeirv Fire liepart [" to send aid fire had broken t h t > < ‘ a a a 1 as ■ Fire Bloodmohile Is Short Of Quota; Donors Named The blood quota for the month of F. hmary fell pints short du’inr the \ i < i t of the Red Gross Iboodincddl*' here last week, ac nil F Monroe, blood program. 11 r> pints v.-erc' the January vi <p MISS DICKERT MISS MOORE MISS KINARD County Seniors Honored In ‘Miss Hi Miss’ Issue Several Newberry County high school seniors will he honored by Winthrop College in the lC,rh an nual Miss Hi Miss edition of its student newspaper. The Johnson lan. The girls were selected on qualities of character, leadership, scholarship and personal attrac tiveness. The Johnsonian will feature 25S North and South Caro lina high school senior girls in its special issue, and Winthrop College will invite them to visit the campus March 13-15 for the fifth annual Miss Hi Miss Week end. Among those chosen from New berry County are Betty Jean Floyd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Floyd, Route 3. Silverstreet high school; Helen Moore, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wyche Moore, Route 1, Prosperity, Prosperity High School; Harriett C. Diekert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Y. T. Diekert of Nance Street, Newber ry high school; and Nora Kathryn Kinard, daughter of Ernest O. Kin- ard of Pomaria, Pomaria high school. department from a resident of Peak, stating that a building had caught lire and requesting that aid be- sent After consulting with Fire Chief Sam Beam. Mr Hazel informed the caller that the local fire trucks would be 1 of no help and would no be <ent The* Colum bia Fire department was then called and sent help to Peak im mediately Although unable to save the* several buildings already burning, the* Columbia department was abb' to keep the* fire* from spreading to the two remaining building- in town and to residenc es. The total damage* estimated was at $75.n00. During the' council mooting. Dire Chief Beam and Mr Hazel stated that they did not "flatly refuse” to send the trucks to Peak; how ever this was followed by a eontri- dictory statement by Mr. Hazel that "I told them the trucks would not In* sent because* I knew it wouldn't help any." Council appointed a committee to further investigate the matter. Ministers To Hear Review By Monroe The Newberry County Minister ial Association will meet Monday. February 23, at Central Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Paul E. Monroe will review the book. "The Witness" by Whittaker Chambers. WORLD PRAYER DAY OBSERVED TODAY Observance* of tin* World Day of Prayer will be* held today at 4: on p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Newberry. -The* Women's Auxili ary of St. Luke's Episcopal Church will have charge of the program, and music will be furnished by the choir of the Baptist Church. This annual observance is scheduled to take place in 144 countries visit of the Blood mo at Newberry College 9th. is a list of the Febru- Rev ' the quota I mrin . a .ta was exceeded by pints. Tin* next bib* will lu on March F< >1 lo win ary donors: James r Abrams. James H. Abrams, Dr H M. Anderson. Mrs. E M Anderson. Miss Eliza Atta- way. James T Attaway, Richard I. Baker. Miss Mary M. Barnette, Hubert Bedenbaugn. Robert Bed- enbaugh. R L Berry. James F Biber. Mrs Elmer Boozer. Henry D Bouknight. Carlton G. Bowers, Jacob A. Bowers. O M. Cobb, O. L. Cook, Jr.. Caroll H Counts. Mrs. Curtis Counts. Also Robert R. Creekmore, Har mon Crocker, Edward L. Cromer, Ned T. Danielsen, Mrs. Betty Dar by, Lewis E. Davis. Mrs. Mary D. Dawkins. James W. Dickerson, Mrs, Etta Mae Dominick. Mrs. H. A. Dominick. Rufus E. Dominick, John T Drummond. Mrs. Willie Mao Drummond. Phillip A. Duck- <'tt. Edward Duckworth. Elton L. Duffle, Carrol Eargle. W. R. Elrod, Jr. Mrs. E R Fellers, Henry T. Fellers. Also Mrs. Lyon C. Fellers, Dew ey A Floyd. Mrs. Martha N. Folk, Robert T. Fox, W. M. Fennell, Mrs. Sue K. Fulmer. W. F. Fulmer, Her bert Lee Gilliam. Miss Yvonne Goings, Mrs. Brunelle B. Hamm, Miss Janette K. Hamm, Theodore Hargrove, Mrs. Chester Hawkins, Miles C Hawkins, Mrs. Dave Hayes, Elbert L. Hilley, Alvin G. Hipp. M. D. Hoffmeyer, Grady Humphries, Charles (). Inabinet Roy W. Iv.ster, Also Emerson Jones, Johnnie O Jones, Clarence E. Kibler, Earl I> K ibier. Rev. John H. Koch, Eld ridge B. Koon, J. L. Lindler, J. B. Livingston, Burley Long. Henry W Longshore, James M. lyong- shore. Lewis D Martin. James W Meeks. Frank Miller, Rev. Paul E Monroe. A E. Moorehead, Miss Doris E. Moore, Leonard J Moore, (continued on page eight) Cedric Foster, Noted Newsman, To Speak Here Annual C of C Banquet Set April 17th POST OFFICE CLOSED MONDAY In observance of the legal holi j day. George Washington’s birth day on February 22nd, the. Post Office will curtail services on Monday, February 23rd, according to G. K. Dominick, postmaster. The stamp window- will be open between the hours of 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. There will be no rural delivery, but there will be city, parcel post, and post office box delivery. Baptist students from the University of South Carolina and the Baptist Hospital School of Nursing are planning the program for “Applied Christianity Week,” which will be observed at the University February 23-27. Left to right are Martha Kirven of Pinewood; Sam Goforth of Myrtle Beach, William Hall Preston, associate convention-wide Baptist Student secretary and main speaker for the week; and Garnell Ruff and Gloria Steverson, both of Newberry. Red Cross Field Director Writes Of Work On Korean Battlefront Holloway Asks Alderman Post In this issue of The Sun, P. D. Holloway is announcing his candi dacy for election to the office of Alderman, Ward 6, to fill the un expired term of the late J. Lee Boozer. Mr. Holloway, formerly of Sealma, Alabama, has made his home in Newberry for the past nine years. He is owner and manager of the Carolina Electric and Appliance Company on Cald well street. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway have been residing in Ward 6 at 1124 Summer street for the past three years. MOVE TO ATLANTA Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Daw r klns and two children, Mike and Denjy, are moving today from Greenville to Atlanta. Their new address is 805 Hilburn Drive, S.E., Atlanta. Ga. Sease Is Director Equipment Dealers More than 700 members of the Carolina Farm Equipment Deal ers association met in Charlotte last week for their annual con vention which lasted for three days and was climaxed by a ball at the Hotel Charlotte. The As sociation is made up of farm ma chinery dealers of the two states. Greater use of farm machinery w-as forecast by association speak ers but it was agreed that more aggressive selling would be neces sary in the future. J. Elllerbe Sease of this city. Timmons Offers For Alderman T. D. “Tally” Timmons has an nounced as a candidate to fill the vacancy of the late J. Lee Boozer, Alderman of Ward 6. Mr. Timmons has been connect ed with Maxwell Bros. & Lind say for the past three years. Prior to that, he was for fourteen years with the Liberty Life Insurance Company, being local manager of that firm for eleven years. Mr. and Mrs. Timmons, the former Mary Helen Kibler, and their two daughters. Janice, 13 and Ann, 8, reside at 1212 Walnut St. Mr. Timmons states “my sole who handles the Case line, of farm j purpose, if elected, w-ill be to implements was elected a director of the association. Mr. Sease is .one of the outstanding dealers of the state. Outstanding farm experts from Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois addressed the meeting. LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW render the best possible service tow-ard sound city government for the City of Newberry.” MRS. CARROLL DERRICK of Little Mountain .spent last Thurs day in the city on business. MRS. WYMAN SHEALY, JR., of Clinton was a business visitor in Newberrv Tuesday. MR. and MRS. A. W. ALBRIT TON are making their home at 1828 Harrington street in the Me Cullough house. Penalty Goes On City Taxes Soon A penalty of 10 per cent will be added to city taxes not paid on the last day of this month, accord ing to City Treasurer Wallace. Likewise a penalty of five per cent will he added to all business licenses not paid by that date. University Students Practice Teaching Elizabeth Lewis and Phyllis Wise, both of Newberry County, are taking practice teaching at the University of South Carolina as a part af their program to qualify for teaching in the second ary schools of South Carolina. Miss Lewis of Whitmire is teaching English in one of the high schools of Columbia, and Miss Wise of Prosperity is teach ing science in the same school. NEW CHAPEL CHURCH BEING REMODELED The New- Chapel Methodist Church w-ill worship with the Bethel church at Silverstreet un til further notice, according to R. P. Boulware, while the Methodist church is undergoing renovation. One of the principal services of the Ainerii an Red Cross is the work which is done among service men overseas. Following are ex cerpts from a letter received by the Newberry County Red Cross Chapter, telling of some of the work done in Korea The letter is from the office of the Red Cross Field Director, 279th Infantry Regiment, APO 86: “Our part, of course, is to as sist the members of the Aimed Forces with their welfare and moral problems. No doubt by now your Chapter has found that in order to get a health and welfare report on a man over here, it will take a minimum of three weeks and sometimes a month. That isn’t all due to the mail, but is due to the rugged terrain and the dif- ficuRy our Field Directors have in traveling and locating the ser vicemen. It may seem hard for you to understand, but there are no paved roads in Korea. Our Field Directors average about 1000 miles a month, at an average speed of from 5 to 15 miles an hour. Many times they have time to see only one man a day due to roads and distances. When they return at night after having driven sometimes 70 or 80 miles to ser vice one request, most of them have to type their own letters at night, many times by candle light and in sub-zero weather. The next day this is repeated. This i together with the possibility of being shelled by enemy artillery is not pleasant. With all these handi caps, we still feel it is our duty to drive to the lines or wherever a soldier may be when they have a birth or death message for him • These messages are delivered in (person, with very few exceptions. These exceptions are only when it would endanger lives of others for us to make a trip to the front * We are proud of our record and | want you to know that we have tried to represent our organization in a most commendable way. There are a few things which we here feel would be most helpful Birth announcements which come by wire through National are one of the greatest morale factors which we have. You see, there is j no commercial facility in Korea for sending or receiving such mes sages and consequently a man is j quite worried w hen he knows he is to become a father. He in- stictively turns to American Red Cross to get through a message to find out how- his wife is getting along. Overseas telephones are nonexistent in Korea, with the exception of one place which, for the most part, is not accessible to the soldiers under two days travel time by train and jeep. Therefore, it is seldom that this facility can be used. “All of us take our hats off to these American Red Cross girls who are in the army hospitals. Some of them are very close to the front, bringing their cheer and smiles to those who have suffered most in this war. Their cheer has brought happiness to those men who are fighting. They are grand—never complaining of hard ship or inconvenience.” The letter continues. “We know that without help of the American people ... it would not be pos sible for us to carry on the work here. Tell your volunteers that the donation of their time and talents is the foundation of our organization. Without your help, it is impossible for us to function. It is indeed becoming more and more known as Your Red Cross because these boys are beginning to feel, as everyone in the States hould feel, that it belongs to tlm people of the United States. Since if belongs to each of us, there is a responsibility for each of us to carry.” MISS TOMMIE JOHNSON, member of the Greenwood City | School faculty, spent the weekend MRS. SARAH BOLAND of Do-I with her mother, Mrs. T. P. John- maria, was a business visitor in son on Calhoun street. Newberrv Saturday. * | DR. AND MRS. E. H. MOORE. MR. AND MRS. JOE WEBSTER Mrs - J - s - Matters and three chil- of Florence, were business visitors ! (lren * Eaurie. Bunny and Sally, of Atlanta, Ga., have returned from a delightful trip through Florida. MRS. A. T. NEELY, assistant hostess at Joynes Hall, Winthrop College, spent last Wednesday and Thursday at her home on Calhoun street. MRS. T. A. SCARBOROUGH is expected to return to her home on Calhoun Street Sunday after spending three weeks in Orlando, Fla. with her daughter, Mrs. Pal mer Pillians. MRS. WATTERS and children were joined in Newberry by Mr. Watters and spent the w-eekend with Mrs. Watters’ parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore in the Mt. Bethel Garmany Community. MRS. C. L. PLESS of Cleveland, Ga., and O. W. Wilson of Union, were we.ekend visitors in the home of their mother, Mrs. L. W. Wil son and Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Burns on Cline street. MISS MARY LOUISE LOMIN- ICK, a student at Converse Col lege, Spartanburg, spent the past weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lominack on Hunt street. MR. AND MRS. WILSON CLARY and children, Billy, Len and Carol of Greenville, and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Clary and two children, Owen, Jr., and Don, of Columbia, spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Clary on Boundary street. MR. AND MRS. SLOAN CHAP MAN returned to their home on College street last week after . everal w eek’s vacation in Floriua. Mr. Chapman who has been ill for several months, has been out and back at his oLice in the Exchange Kinard at her home on College j Bank Building since returning street. from Florida. in Newberry last Saturday. MRS. W. E. BROWN of Joanna, spent Saturday in the city on b usiness. MRS. ROBERT HOUSEAL of Columbia, spent Tuesday and Tuesday night with Mrs. E. A. Carpenter. MISS GUSSIE SLIGH, a mem ber of the Greenwood school fac ulty, spent the past weekend at her home on College street. MISS DORIS SCHUMPERT, a meiiiber of the Florence city school faculty, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Schumpert on Boundary street. MISS MARGARET ANN HUNT ER, a student at Coker College, Hartsville, spent the past weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter on Walnut street. MISS LELIA NORRIS, a mem ber of the Columbia city schools faculty, spent the weekend with her sisters, Misses Carrie and Ola Norris on Boundary street. PVT. MACK FENNELL, station ed at Fort Jackson, spent the past weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fennell on Harper street. MISS THERESA LIGHTSEY and Miss Susanne Starling spent the weekend in Spartanburg with Miss Starling’s mother, Mrs. Rob ert Starling. MR. AND MRS. FRANK KIN ARD of Chappel Hill, N. C„ and Jim Kinard of Charlottesville, Va., spent several days last week with their parents. Dr. Janies C. Kin ard, who is a patient in the New berry Memorial Hospital, and Mrs. Issues Hotel Repair Permit Only one building permit was issued during the past week and that was on February 17 to George B. Summer estate for repairs to Newberry Hotel on Caldwell street for the sum ol $3,000. PUBLIC INVITED TO HEAR REV. BENNETT Rev. William R. Bennett will preach at Clayton Memorial Uni- versalist Church Sunday, Febru ary 22. at 11:00 o’clock. His sub ject will be “George Washington at Valley Forge- or A Grain of Mustard Seed.” The public is invited to attend the services. Firemen Answer Three Alarms The Fire Department has answered three alarms so far this month. On February 3, they were called to Gladys Layton’s home on Silas street when an oil stove caught fire; on February 6th, they again answered an alarm at the home of Roscoe Graham on Evans street, to extinguish a wood box which caught fire from an over heated coal stove. On Wednes day, February 18, the department brought under control a grass fire at the home of Maggie Whit- ner on the cut-off at the Billy Matthews place. Mrs. Richard Baker Takes Part In 25th Anniversary Event Students; alumni, academic as sociates and friends of Anderson College gathered there Saturday morning for the 25th Anniversary Convqcation honoring Annie Dove Denmark, president of the col lege for the past 25 years. The oc casion also marked the 42nd year of the school. Forty womery representing each of the graduating classes of the school, placed roses in a bouquet on the stage, representing their “love and devotion to Dr. Den mark and Anderson College.” Chosen to represent.her class was Mrs. Richard L. Baker of New berry, who took part in the cere mony. Greetings and honors were pre sented to the state’s only woman college president by a number of outstanding educational, business and religious leaders. Newbery College was represent ed by Dr. Paul H. Heisey, who attended in the place of Dr. James Kinard. Also attending the ser vices from New'berry were Mrs. Paul H. Heisey and Mrs. Cannon Blease, mother of Mrs. Baker. Dr. Denmark, who is retiring this year, will be replaced by Dr Elmer Francis Haight. Cedric Foster, well known news commentator and analyst, has been secured as speaker for the annual Chamber of Commerce ban quet to be held here on Friday, April 17th. This information was released today by H. A. Kemper, Jimmie Coggins and R. R. Bruner, Jr., members of the committee designated to secure a speaker for the occasion. Mr. Foster broadcasts over a na tionwide Mutual Broadcasting System network each Monday through Friday. His fifteen-min ute news and commentary pro gram is carried over WKDK at 1:00 p.m. During his visit here, his network program will originate from the WKDK studio. Mr. Foster is a Bostonian, whose love of the South brings him to this section often on visits. He is no stranger to Newberry, having visited here twice in the past. On his first visit, he spoktf to a combined meeting of civic clubs. Several years ago, he spoke to the students of Newberry Col lege and later to a luncheon gath ering at the American Legion Hut. Ha was well received in Newber ry and many who have heard him speak in personnal appearances, as well as on the radio, are look ing forward to his visit. Further plans for the banquet will be made when a special com mittee meets Monday, February 23 at 10:30 a.m. at the Chamber of Commerce. The committee is headed up by Jimmie Coggins, John Norris and J. Ralph Black- well. Letters are being .sent to all chamber members giving de tails of the plans made thus for. At present, tickets for the ban quet will be limited to two for each membership. The committee states that the early sale of tick ets is made necessary because of the limited capacity for accomo dating a large crowd. Although a decision as to where the banquet is to be held will depend on the number of tickets sold, under con sideration are the Armory building and the Newberry College Dining Hall, where the annual banquets have been held for the past few years. The program committee for the banquet includes J. A. Kemper, G. C. Paysinger and Dr. E. M. An derson. Serving on the banquet committee are R. R. Bruner, L. C. Floyd, J. E. Wiseman and A. E. Morehead. Henry Lominack underwent an operation in the Baptist Hospital, Columbia, Tuesday afternoon, and then was brought back to the Newberry Memorial Hospital. He is reported to have stood the op erations fine and is now getting along nicely. Inquest Tonight For Victim Of Accident An inquest into the death of Gerald L. Huffstetler will be held tonight (Friday) at 8:00 p.m. at the Newberry County Court House by George R. Summer, Coroner. The deceased was a member of the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Donaldson Air Force Base in Greenville. His home was in Chap in. He was fatally injured in an automobile accident on December 22, 1952. Left to right: Seated—Miss Virginia Gaston, Chester, and Miss Jane Meriwether, Paragould, Ark. Standing—Miss Sarah Ruth Doyle, Georgetown; Miss Fay Murray, Newberry, and Miss Mary Drake, Charleston. BIRTHDAYS Feb. 21: Mrs. Henry Cousins, Wilson Leitzsey. Feb. 22: Mrs. C. A. Calcote, Mary Ruth Walton. Feb. 23: Claude Sanders, Mrs. Ralph W. Connelly, Mrs. Luther Hamm, Lawrence E. Connelly, Sanford V. Epps, Ann Wheeler, Mrs. Harry Kyzer, John Miller, Martha Kyzer. Feb. 24: R. A. Feagle, Dorothy Koon, Mrs. W. L. Shipman, “Rey” Lominack, Essie Cook, Mrs. Tompsia Summers, Mrs. Kirksey Koon, W. R. Lominick, William Grady Bedenbaugh, Lar ry Swygert. Feb. 25: John C. Adams, Rob ert Davenport, Mrs. Ruth Wood, Willia Ann Berley, Carol E. Ept- ing, Peggy Berley, Marion Long. Feb. 26: Mrs. G. W. Senn, Peg gie Andrews, Mrs. Mildred Harp er, Mrs. Hal Kohn, Jr., Carol Senn, Charles Epps, Lowell Boozer. Feb. 27: Frances Hayes, H. D. Whitaker. Anne Wheeler, Mrs. Clara Ward.