The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, April 17, 1953, Image 5
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1953
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A British power lawn mower
owner applied for a driving test
before operating it. Does grass
grow in the streets in England?
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A robbed truck driver, blind
folded for hours, traced his rou^e
by sound for police. In this case
the ears have it.
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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.
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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.
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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—?
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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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Farmers Ice & Fuel Co.
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
' City Filling Station
“Next To The Postoffice A Just as Reliable”
Talbert Feed & Seed Co.
Layton Bros. Grocery
FIRESTONE HOME & AUTO
SUPPLIES
Newberry Lumber Co.
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Whitaker Funeral Home