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FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1953 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE FIVE % R>- Tractor Mishaps Take Heavy Toll Tractor accidents are increasing with the increased number and use of tractors on farms, accord ing to County Agent Paul Ezell. He says the National Safety Coun cil estimates that there are from 600 to 700 accidental fatalities and 20,000 to 30,000 nonfatal injuries with tractors annually. He points out that, according to information from the council, tractors seem to be involved in about one-third of the nonfatal machinery accidents and over one-half of all the fatal mishaps with machinery. At least one- third of all tractor accidents oc cur on the highway. The average cost of nonfatal machinery ac cidents is about $60 for medical expenses and 20 days lost time. Overturning accounts for more than half of all the tractor ac cident fatalities. Losing control of the tractor due to excessive speed is the principal reason for side tips. Forcing tractors out of ditches, or from other locations, where the rear wheels tend to become “anchored” accounts for jnost of the backward tipping casualties. Traffic collisions, under-age op erators, extra riders, children playing around tractors, falls, get ting “run oyer” or “crushed be tween” and unguarded power take-offs also take a large portion of the victims each year. Collision with stationary objects, fires, im proper cranking, lightning, etc., are some of the many other causes that show up in the records. Furniture Refinishing School Set At Mt. Bethel Garmany Tuesday According to an announcement from the County Home Demon stration Agents office, a Furni ture Refinishing School will be held on Tuesday, April 21st at 10:00 a.m. at Mt. Bethel Garmany School house. Miss Ruby Craven, Home Management Specialist, will be on hand to conduct the school. Good solid furniture is never to old to be refinished. Many times old furniture will look like new after the old finish has been re moved and a new one added. If possible bring with you a piece of furniture to be refinished —Furniture of solid woods are more satisfactory for refinishing. Plywoods may sometimes be re finished once, if special care is taken, but you run the risk of the veneer being too thin for sand ing and the glue giving away. Besides the piece of furniture bring with you, putty knives or scrapers, fine steel wool, old rags and papers, commercial varnish remover, old brushes and sand paper 0, 00 and 000. Paints for finishes will be on hand. Miss Carven is an authority on furniture and refinishing. It is hoped that many will take advant age of this opportunity. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend. The school will last until well into the afternoon. Those at tending might pack a finger lunch. State Spelling Bee Set May 2 Officials for the State Spelling Bee, to be held May 2 in Colum bia, were announced Monday, by the State Department of Educa tion, under whose direction the Bee is held. Pronouncers fpr the spelling match will be Mrs. Claude Neuf- fer, professor of English at the University of South Carolina, and Mr. Mackie Quave r staff an nouncer at radio station WIS. Act ing as judges will be Doctor John Welsh, also professor of English at the University, and Mr. Edwin F. Averyt, president of Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Com pany in Columbia- The Bee will be held in the audi torium of Hand Junior High school in Columbia,, with lunch being served the contestants and their sponsors in the school cafe teria at approximately 1 o’clock. First prize in the contest will be a one week’s trip to Washing ton, D. C., an opportunity to com pete in the National Spelling Bee, and a set of encyclopedias. Second prize is a trans-oceanic portable radio, and third prize is an unabridged dictionary. Epch contestant will receive an award. Contestants in the county contests; last are the champion counties participated. State Bee t year 43 spellers of J. C. Holler, director of the di vision of instruction. State Depart ment of Education, is in charge of the Bee, which is sponsored in South Carolina by the ^Vnderson. Daliy Mail and Independent news papers. MRS. HARMON IMPROVING Mrs. T. S. Harmon, who has been ill for five weeks at her home on Adelaide street, after having a wisdom tooth extracted, returned to Greenwood Tuesday of this week for further treatment. She is now at her home and get ting along much better, her many friends wil be pleased to learn. ONE BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED DURING WEEK O^Iv one building permit was issued during the past week by Building inspector Sam A. Beam and that was to M. E. Shealy for jrpneral repairs and to add one room to dwelling, 822 Glenn St. for the amount of $1000. •,3m ’^K’thc. i' mSTARS know your State diar[i()ion Country Mild weather and superb soil conditions make South Carolina a natural winter home for train ing turf champions. Advantages of tracks at Columbia, Camden, Aiken and other centers are re flected in the winning/ecords of many thoroughbreds at race tracks from coast to coast. In the training state of thor oughbreds, South Carolina, the United States Brewers Founda tion Division Office works con stantly to encourage mainte nance of wholesome conditions wherever beer and ale are sold. As in other states, the program calls for close cooperation be tween law-enforcement officers and beer licensees throughout South Carolina. Beer belongs ... enjoy it. United States Brewers Foundation South Carolina Div., Columbia, S.C. The beverage of moderation By LYN CONNELLY H OLLYWOOD has the uneasy feeling that television is in trouble . Reports persist that “I Love Lucy” will be seeking a new sponsor at the end of the year, despite the fact that the show is No. 1 in the country and has had a fantastic amount of publicity . . Sponsors of other big time shows also are rumored to be pulling out of TV and the story is the same video costs have gone up; sales have not . . Advertisers know millions of people are watch ing their shows and their sales messages but they also know their products are not moving off shelves in ratio to the money being spent on television. The TV webs are going to have to prove they can boost sales or the country soon will have to go to “pay-as-you-watch” television We still feel, however, that appre ciative viewers will back a good product and should the sponsor of ”1 Love Lucy” actually drop this fine show, they will soon see how fast their sales will drop also . . Undoubtedly thera won’t be any trouble getting Lucy a new sponsor for if this program is allowed to die then television itself might just as well fold up. PLATTER CHATTER COLUMBIA: — Frankie Laine’s finest effort to date, and he has had some excellent waxings, is the beautiful and inspirational ”1 Be lieve” . . . This should be a big seller and Frankie’s rendition is tops . . . The flip side has a swift change of pace in “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” which would be a hit itself it not backed by “I Believe” . . . Rosemary Clooney’s latest is “What Would You Do” backed by “I Laughed Until 1 Cried,” a torch? ballad that this gal does so well. Sarah Vaughan’s best record in recent years is the beautiful ”A Lover’s Quarrel,” a very unique song that has hit possibilities Reverse has “I Confess” Champ Butler’s latest is ”Kaw- Liga,” written by the late Hank Williams who also penned “Cold, Cold Heart." “Jambalaya,” and “Your Cheatin' Heart” . Flip has “Fit As a Fiddle.” FIGHTS POLIO . . . Tests on 161 humans with new polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas E. Salk of U. of Pittsburgh, give hope for control of acourge. Before the average South Caro lina car is scrapped, it will have consumed 8,000 gallons of gasoline and run up $720.00 in- gasoline taxes. Going over the $2 billion mark for the first time, gasoline and other automotive taxes collected in 1952 by the federal government totaled $2,100,066,269. Constitutional amendments ear marking gasoline taxes and motor vehicle registration fees for high way purposes have now been adopted in 24 states. JAMES BURNS RETURNS HOME FROM HOSPITAL James L. Burns, who underwent a major operation in the Provi dence Hospital in Columbia about three weeks ago, returned to his home on Boundary street Sunday. He is now recuperating nicely and is able to be up and about his home part of the day. Gasoline and other motor ve hicle taxes were the biggest mon ey raisers for South Carolina in fiscal year 1952, totaling 28.6 per cent of all state tax revenue. STRICTLY FRESH A N Army officer was court- martialed for taking short cuts through red tape. Thev probably made him sew back together again. * * * A speeding train split a mc..- ey-filled express sack and spilt money for 180 miles across Illi nois. Sounds like a lot of on the line. * * * A British power lawn mower owner applied for a driving test before operating it. Does grass grow in the streets in England? * * * A robbed truck driver, blind folded for hours, traced his rou^e by sound for police. In this case the ears have it. * * « A scientist reports radio waves are being used to kill insects. We wonder if they use soap operas or commercials—or both. DOG LOVES CHICKS . . . “Tootsie,” 10-yesr-old Pomeranian owned by Mrs. Charles Wilcox of Angeles, prefers oempany of young chicks to puppies; but older chickens must be replaced with a ly-hatched foster children. -rr T — . ’cl 1 wmi i ' ^ M * m imm "Wm mm Lv- ’ /A** ; ^ V • ■ ■ ‘ V-,. ' ' "God: Give me strength to smile... Smile, and hold back your tears: she must not see them. Smile ...that she may sense no echo of the voice you heard this morning — the surgeons voice, gentle and hopeless. “I’m sorry. I’m afraid we’re too late.” “Too late..Cancer, the most terrible scourge of all, last year killed 70,000 Americans who would have lived if treated in time. Few indeed are the Americans whose lives will never be shad owed by this monstrous and implacable enemy. It may be you. Your wife, your parents. Your, children... “Too late...’ 9 The bitter, pitiful truth is that we Americans — the most generous people on earth—have not yet con tributed adequately to the war against cancer. And some are paying immeasur ably in agony and grief, because there is not enough money. .'••••• i Is there hope—? Hope of a final, certain cure for cancer—? Yes, there is hope. Night and day our medical laboratories are forging the swords of knowledge. But not as fast as we all wish and pray they were—there is not enough money... Far from enough! Last year, the Ameri can Cancer Society was able to allocate only $4,100,000 for cancer research—less than three cents per person! Yet, as things stand today, 22 million Americans will die of cancer—for cancer strikes one out of five. How long can we remain so indif ferent to this monstrous thing—how many lives can we afford to throw aWay—? ,. • • Wqn’t you please contribute—now, before you forget again? Please let your contribu tion be as large as your faith, and as heart felt as your prayer... that, working together^ we can lift this sorrow not only from our own time and nation, but from all the ages of man to come... 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