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Social Workers Conference J. E. Smith, Sr. Be Held Here On Thursday Dies Thursday; i i r'. j ^ w ’ | field, Director. \ v est-('entr;il Re^ ! ional Conference of the South | Carolina Conference of Social | f Work, announces the Seventeenth J N Annual Conference on Thursday, ’ April 30. at the Central Methodist ; \ church. Newberry. ; ], The theme of the conference | i will he “Rrevention with .Juvenile Protection -Juvenile Delinquent y | s is Costly.” i , Registration will commence at ' nine-thirty o'clock in the morn- j < ing'. The opening session will he i ( at ten-fifteen. i <• Those who would likt 1 to attend j Incheon, please make your reset - j 1\ vations ($1.75) with Mrs. Kdna Feagle. County Department of) Ure< tor. Mdgefield 1 : on Ltim he!. n : ( ’om munity 1 a 11: pn-s idiiur. Mr Hi mici i■ Saw - < ■ r, I Mrer tor, 1- Idge fit ■1(1 “Ale ohol a ml A1 (•( i ho lies. ” The l * * v c n ■mi Neil E 1 'ru< j s dal i Ave- *i.L r h 1 ’ n ■: - b y t p r ian (* hu Pell N e w (MTV. L!: i *> < i A1 :"! erm m DM Si 1 s s ion ; 1 Te idins M r.-. H orai ■ i * S; l W V i rr. Di fetor . Ed ImAml (1 ”.M . ■ n t a 1 Hea 1th a in i the 11 u n ■ ] li.” The Rev er Mill d Y Tl ward ’lippard, St. Dukes Kinscopal hurch. Xewherr.w "Mental Health and the School". Irs. Kdward 1 I Useussion. Adjournment ; Jobe K. Smith. Sr., 52. died early iTliursday morning at the Xewber- i ry ('ounty Memorial Hospital after ! an illness of six weeks, and criti- i cal illness of one week. Mr. Smith was the son of the j late John Sidney and Kitty Mae j Franklin Smith. He was horn and i reared in the Maybinton secton j of tlie county, and spent most of | !iis life in Newberry county. At jthe time of his death he resided j near Newberry on the Whitmire [highway. He was employed as j maintenance supervisor at the j New berry Steam Laundry and Dry I Cleaning Co. at the time of his j death. Public Welfare. Newberry. not later than Saturday, April 25th. The public is invited to attend this conference. The program is as follows: 10:00—Organ Selections, Mrs. J. E. Wiseman 10:15—Opening Session Presiding—Mrs. Horace Sawyer, Regional Director, Edgefield Invocation The Reverend H. L. Spell, Central Methodist church, Newberry Allegiance to the flag Boy Scouts of Newberry Message of welcome—Mayor J. E. Wiseman 10:35 PANEL: “Prevention with Juvenile Protection — Delinquency is Costly;’’ chairman. Professor Thomas E. Epting, Newberry col lege “The Contribution of the Mid century White House Conference Follow-Up Groups— In South Caro lina Through the Citizens Com mittee on Children and Youth,” Miss Lucia Murchison, Secretary Juvenile Delinquency and Com munity Agencies,” Miss Mary B. Calvert, School of Social Work, University of South Carolina RECESS—10 Minutes “The Juvenile Court’s Place in a Community Service Program,” Senator George F. Callison, Green wood County “Training School Standards — Suggested by the Juvenile De linquency Project,” Mrs. Jacquelyn R. Kelly, Department of Public Welfare, Anderson. “Needed in Each Community Team Work in Planning Welfare Services for Children,” Dr. May- belle Coleman, Lander college, Greenwood. Discussion 12:15—A Message from the Op portunity School 12:20—Business Session Plans Student Loan Fund Theta Sigma Eta. the ministerial group of students on the campus of Newberry college, recently ap proved a plan to establish a stu dent loan fund in memory of Mar vin Shealy. The loan fund will be known as the Marvin Shealy Memorial Ixmn Fund. Charles Easley, President of Theta Sigma Eta, and Jim Auli. chairman of the committee on the Marvin Shealy Memorial Fund stateu that funds for this me morial would be solicited from campus organizations, the student body and faculty, alumni of Theta Sigma Eta. all alumni who were students when Marvin Shealy was at Newberry college and from friends of Marvin and friends of the college. Students will make application to a special commit tee composed of the president of the college, the dean of men, the dean of women, the business mana ger of the college, president of the student body, vice president of the student body, and president of Theta Sigma Eta. Marvin Shealy graduated from Newberry College in 1951. He entered the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in the fall of 1951 and died in December of 1951. He w’as the son of the Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Shealy of Leesville. REVEREND TRUESDALE IMPROVING AT HOME Rev. N. E. Truesdale who has been ill for the past couple of weeks with a virus infection, is reported to be some better, al though he is still confined to his bed at his home on Calhoun street. Funeral services will he con- dueted today (Friday) at 3:30 p. m. at the Pentecostal Holiness church i” Whitmire by the Rev. B. R. Nichols, the Rev. Zeb D. Smith and the Rev. (). E. Taylor. Interment will be in Springdale cemetery at Newberry. Survivors include his wife Mrs. Alice Freeman Smith; three sons, Job* 1 E Jr., John, and Clyde Eu gene. all of Newberry; one broth er, Olin Smith, Newberry; also his stepmother, Mrs. Delia Smith of Clinton; a half-sister, Mrs. Vic Mattox, Clinton; a half-brother, Ervin L. Smith, Jacksonville, Fla.; and two grandchildren. The body will be at McSwain Funeral home until late Thursday afternoon, after which it will be at the residence on the Whitmire highway until the hour of service. Active pallbearers are Harry Bedenbaugh, Everette Bedenbaugh, Harold Corley, Freeman Evans, Edward Thomasson, Richard Hen drix, Mike Youmans. and F. J. Harmon. Serving as honorary escort will be Walter Joyce, Dave Hayes, Clem Youmans, Wesley White, Olin Franklin. Ned Purcell, James Phibbs, Alfred Phibbs, Otis Puck ett, Melford Nichols, James Caba- niss, Ralph Perdue, William Cromer, Henry Cromer, Curtis Dickert, Sam Shannon, Roland Hawkins, Carl Taylor, Carroll Baxter, Pete Plampin, C. E. Saint- Amand, E. W. Yates, Dr. B. M. Montgomery, Dr. V. A. Long, and Wesley White. McSwain Funeral Home in charge. VACATIONING IN N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Kemper and daughter, Sinclair, left Sunday for New York w'here they will spend ten days on a vacation trip. Miss Kohn Will Reign Over May Day Festival At College Next Saturday Miss Verna S. Kohn of Newber ry will be crowned “Queen of the May” on Saturday, May 2nd, on the campus of Newberry college. The program will begin at 5 p.m. President James C. Kinard will crown Miss Kohn “May Queen of 1953.” Miss Betty Jean Adams of Sa luda w r ill be the queen’s Maid of Honor. The May Day procession will begin with the heralds. Misses Allene and Erlene Shealy, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Shealy of Little Mountain, an nouncing the coronation ceremon ies. Garland girls for the May Day fete are: Misses Theo Macmurphy, Imogene Counts, Bonnelle Graham, Ernestine Livingston, Patricia Anne Price, Anne Marie Suber, Winona Mills, Vera Thompson, Rosemary Chinners, Mary Ethel Hutto, Patricia Janie Paris, Mary Frances Long, Mary Eugenia Mar tin, Myra Davis, Betty Lee Pevey, Mary Sease Ruff, Anna Mabel Rogers, Sara Bee Lominick, Anna U. Hungerpiller, and, Mrs. Eleanor B. Beard. Attendants selected by the classes are: Seniors—Misses JoAn McNeill, Mary Ellen Rawl, Peggy Peele, Martha Lominick; Juniors—Misses Joan Claire Booz er, Faith Bunger, Elizabeth M. Floyd, Sara Anne Matthews; Sophomores — Misses Virginia Kloeppel, Betty Maude Setzler, Billie Joan Spigner, Mary Leslie MacNeal; Freshmen — Misses Phyllis, Jane Spencer, Jimmie Ruff, Grace Lotz, Martha Eliza beth Frick; Business Students— Mises Barbara Counts, Elizabeth Jean Cromer, Joan Franklin and Emma Jo McDougal. The crown bearer will be Master Robert Graves, son of Prof, and Mrs. Larry Graves. The flower girls will be Misses Melanie Mar tin, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. Taylor Martin; Katherine Kelly, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. P. T. Kelly; Marcia Kirkland, daugh ter of Coach and Mrs. Harvey Kirkland; Eleanor Burnette, daughter of Coach and Mrs. E. W. Burnette; and Ellen Williamson, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. Kibler W’illiamson. The train bearers will be Miss Anne Abrams, daugh ter of Prof, and Mrs. James C. Abrams, and Miss Margaret Kelly, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. P. T. Kelly. Students dancing in the May pole dance are: Misses Dorothy Brandt, Benny Ixm Carlton, Billie Griggs, Gladys B. Long, Katherine Ann Martin, Sara Frances Mc Dowell, Peggy Miniek. and Mar garet Ann Spotts. Patrick H. Dennis will be “Jack o’ the Green.” The program will be entitled “Hail! the Queen of the May.” A quartet composed of Miss Mari anna Bunger, Miss Mamie Bishop, Mr. Dwight Roberts and Mr. James R. Connelly will sing the Alma Mater. The faculty members and stu- May Queen MISS KOHN dents in charge of the May Day program are: general director, Mrs. Paul H. Heisey; court and at tendants, Miss Hattie Belle Lester; garland girls and wreath drill, Mrs. Heisey; making of wreaths, Miss Mazie Dominick and Miss Carolyn Cromer; May pole dance. Dr. Wilda Lea Montgomery and Miss Eunice Hiers; May pole, Mrs. Fred Dominick; throne, Vliss Doris Brubaker and Dr. Estelle High tower; Music, faculty members in the music department. The New berry High school band, under the direction of Miss Lorraine Paris, will furnish music for the pro gram. James Wehle wil be ac companist for the wreath drill and the May pole dance. Following the May Day program a reception will be given by the Newberry C o 1 le g e Women’s League. This will be held on the Smeltzer Hall terrace. The public is cordially invited to attend all the May Day festivit ies. Attendant MISS ADAMS Pictured above left to right, Mrs. Martha Thomas Fitzgerald, Richland County member of S. C. Legis lature, R. StedmJm Sloan, Director, State Veterans Bureau, Judges for V. F. W. Community Service Proj ects, and W. Buford Worthy, Junior Vice-Commander S. C. Dept., who are looking over V. F. W. Commu nity Service Scrapbooks and Reports submitted by 73 posts and 46 auxiliaries in South Carolina. Over 550 separate projects were sponsored by V. F. W. units located in over 60 cities and towns in S. C. Ap proximately $20,000 in cash was donated for deserving projects, over $100,000 was raised thru V. F. W leadership for charities and one post was given special recognition for putting across an $800,000 bond issue to build a new county hospital (Henry Cauthen, Managing Editor, Columbia Record and one of the Judges was absent when the picture was made).—Photo by Barnsdale LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW Chamber Installs Officers At Meet Mrs. Rosa Thomas, Newberry Native, Dies In Georgia Mrs. Rose Franklin Thomas, native of the Mt. Bethel-Garmany section of Newberry county, died April 15 in the county hospital at Toccoa, Georgia. Mrs. Thomas, w r ho was born and reared in the county, wms the daughter of the late John and Mary Margaret Franklin. She mar ried Paul B. Thomas and moved to Toccoa more than 45 years ago. She is survived by three daugh ters and one son, all of Toccoa. Two sisters, Mrs. Dosha Bouk- night and Mrs. Nannie Mae Wood, and one brother. Will Franklin, live in Newberry. Funeral services were conduct ed in Toccoa Friday at 11 o’clock. Interment was in the family plot. Mrs. Thomas was a faithful member of the Methodist church, and she had a host of friends in Newberry who were saddended to hear of her death. Summer Honored At The Citadel Colonel T. W. Hornsby, Pro fessor of Air Science and Tac tics at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, has recently announced the selection of cadet Robert Earl Summer, Jr., to be an Air Force Distinguished Military Student. Cadet Summer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Summer of 2002 McCaughrin Avenue. The Air Force Distinguished Military Student Aw r ard is given to men in the Air Force R.O.T.C. unit who have proved themselves outstanding in their military, academic, and leadership grades. Cadets so distinguished are eligi ble for regular commissions in the Air Force. Cadet Summer holds the rank of cadet first lieutenant in the corps of cadets, and he is attached to the Third Group Staff. He is majoring in Business Administra tion. ATTEND AFM MEET Treasurer J. Ray Dawkins at tended the Grand Lodge meeting of the AFM of South Carolina in Greenville Thursday. J. T. McCrackin, Jr. has an nounced that the week of May 10- 17 will be observed in Newberry county as “Soil Conservation Dist rict Week.” This district is co operating with many of the 44 other SCD’s in South Carolina in this observance. Mr. McCrackin, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the New berry SCD, says this observance was decided on at- the annual meeting of the S. C. Association of SCD Supervisors held at Myrtle Beach in January. “Never have the people of a free country faced a greater chal lenge to their resourcefulness and ability than the challenge of soil and water conservation,” he said. He describes it this way. “Eros- MRS. H. C. TOUCHBERRY and tw’o children, Jimmie and John Cleveland have returned to their home in Summerton after spend ing a w'eek here with Mrs. Touch- berry’fe parents, Mil and Mrs. John T. Cromer on Kinard street. MR. AND MRS. CLAUDE SUM MER were dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold '(Martha Cromer) Gooding in Co lumbia, Friday night. MR. AND MRS. WALLACE DAWKINS and two children, Mike and Benjy, of Atlanta, Ga., spent several days last week with their in the Hartford community, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lester Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Dawkins on Nance street. SUNDAY DINNER GUESTS in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Addy on the cut-off w r ere: Mrs. Cecil Fellers, Mr. and Mrs. David Ringer and Miss Betty Sue Con nelly of Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Connelly, Miss Ophelia Connelly, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Con nelly and daughter. Jewel, Mrs. Mary C. Long, Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Fellers and son, Rhett and Mrs. Thompsie Summers of Prosperity. Also Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Connelly and son, Alfred, near Batesburg, G. S. Wingard, Columbia and Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Connelly and daughter, Kay, of Aiken. MRS. R. L. LONGSHORE of Clinton was a Sunday visitor in the home of her mother, Mrs. J. T. Pitts and family on James street. MRS. JOHN GOGGANS return ed to her home on Caldwell street last week after spending six weeks in Mateo, California with her son and daughter-in-law', Dr. and Mrs. Walter Goggans and tw r o children, Martha Ellen and John Carwile, John Carwile was born on April 15th. MRS. DRAYTON NANCE and two sons, Jim and Jon of Denmark, spent from Wednesday until Sat urday of last week w r ith Mr. and Mrs. Drayton Nance, Sr., on John stone street. ion has a chain of reactions. Soil washes off a field and finally piles up in a reservoir behind a man made dam. A gully creeps up the slope without regard to fences, property lines, county lines, or state lines. Water rushed off over- grazed pastures to flood land and towns below.” ‘The only American answer to these problems,” Mr. McCrackin says, “is for people to cooperate in their solution. The machinery for such cooperation is a Soil Con servation District.” “Out of experience, the Soil Conservation District idea was born. The men most concerned with conservation realized that as long as land w r as used by free people, the people themselves must organize to use it safely and per manently. They understood that, MR. AND MRS. JOHN THOIVfrAS of Aiken, were Sunday visitors in the home of Mrs. Thomas’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Drayton Nance, Sr., on Johnstone street. MRS. A. C. TIMMS, Mrs. Ray Hall and Mrs. Eloise Morris of Winnsboro, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim McDuffie and daughter, Dell of Gainsville, Ga., were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ruff on Glenn street. % MR. AND MRS. D. H. HALL have moved to Apartment 3-2 of the Carol Courts Apartments on College street. John J. Sites Dies Near Chapin John J. Sites, 83, died early last Thursday afternoon at his home near Chapin following a two weeks illness. He was born and reared in the Spring Hill section of Lexington county. He was a son of the late Henry W. and Mary Black Sites. For a number of years he had made his home near Chapin. He was a member of St. Jacob’s Wateree church. His wife, Mrs. Susan Eleazer Sites, died about five years ago. Surviving are two sons, Charles Roscoe, Little Mountain; and Frank N.. Chapin; three daughters, Mrs. Oscar Shealy, Ardell Shealy and Miss Myra Sites, all of Chap in; one sister, Mrs. Susie Lindler, Chapin; 23 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Friday at 4 p.m. at the resi dence by the Rev. Grady Cooper and the Rev. J. K. Webb. Burial was in White Rock cemetery. $7,332.72 Reported In Red Cross Drive According to figures released by J. Ray Dawkins, treasurer of the Newberry County Red Cross Fund drive, $7,332.72 had been turned over to him as of Thursday morn ing. The quota for the campaign was $9,919. though the soil of America is of concern to all Americans, the users of the land themselves would have to shoulder a heavy part of the burden,” he said. Soil Conservation Service tech nicians have helped prepare 1,383 soil and water conservation plans as of December 31, 1952 for farm ers cooperating with the Newber ry County Soil Conservation Dist rict. This indicates that farmers are aroused about soil and water conservation and are doing some thing about it. There are now about 25,000,000 people on farms in America. The total population is about 158,000,- 000. So we see there are about six people off the farm for each one on the farm but all depend on the soil for food, shelter, and clothing. “Since so much of our land is Carol Setzler Wins County Spelling Bee Carol Setzler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Setzler, and stu dent in the seventh grhde at Newberry Junior High school, was first place winner in the Newber ry county spelling contest. The bee was held Saturday, April 18, at Newberry High school. Second place went to Beverly Williams, eighth grade, Whitmire, and third place, Bobby Davenport, seventh grade, Silverstreet. Other contestants were Faye Morris, Stoney Hill, and Miriam Shealy of St. Phillip’s. Judges for the contest were Rev. T. B. Altman of Bush River, chairman. Rev. E. B. Clippard, Newberry, and Rev. C. L. Richard son, St. Phillip’s. Prizes were awarded the win ners by the Newberry County Teachers association. Miss Setzler will go to Columbia on May second to compete in the state spelling contest. The first place winner in that contest will be given a trip to Washington, D. C., to compete in the National Spelling Bee. Three Woods Fires Reported Last Week Last week, there were three woods fires in Newberry county, according to a report by County Ranger M. E. Wilson. One was on the lands of D. A. Beden baugh, burning 9 acres of wood land, this fire started near a path which seemed to have been caused by smokers. On the lands of Ira Kinard, G. K. Dominick and Lex ington Power Co. approximately 15 acres of young pines were burned. The cause was unknown, but it appeared to have been caused by a fisherman’s warming fire. Another fire broke out on the lands of Dr. J. E. Grant, which was caused by burning grass in a cultivated field. By not having a properly made fireline this fire spread, burning 6 acres of young trees. Burton Wells At Atlanta Depot H. B. Wells, Jr., native of New berry, and until recently was in charge of fire protection at the Savannah River project, has been named fire chief at the Atlanta Ordnance depot. Mr. and Mrs. Wells are now residing in At lanta. The following write-up, in part, was taken from the Atlanta Depot publication: “ . . . Chief Wells has 33 years of fire fighting service to his credit. He served as assistant fire chief at Fort Jackson, South Caro lina, and in August 1941 organized the fire department at Camp Gor don, Georgia, serving there as fire chief until December 1951 when he left to go to the DuPont Com pany Savannah River Project, in charge of Fire Protection. He served there until his transfer to the Depot.” MRS. RODELSPERGER BETTER Mrs. Fred Rodelsperger, who was admitted to the Newberry Memorial Hospital last Saturday for treatment for a virus condi tion, is reported to be doing nice ly. in the hands of individual owners, where it should be, and since there is only about 16 percent of our population on the land we can say that never before in the his tory of this country has so much been entrusted to so few by so many,” said Mr. McCrackin. Since all depend on the land, soil and water conservation is everybody’s business. “School teachers, civic groups, business people, preachers, youth groups and other in Newberry County Soil Conservation District recognize this and all are joining hands to make the week of May 10-17 outstanding in emphasis of soil and water conservation and its benefits to people, communities, business, general welfare, and national security,” according to Mr. McCrackin. 500 Hear Noted News Authority Last Friday night Chamber of Commerce members, t’.ieir wives and special guests, numbering ap proximately 500. packed the New berry National Guard Armory for the annual chamber of commerce meeting and banquet, and to hear an address by the world-famous newsman and radio commentator, Cedric Poster, of Boston, Mass. The subject of Mr. Foster’s ad dress was the threat of Commun ism to the free world. During the course of his talk, he covered, with graphic illustrations, the methods developed by the Com munist leaders to gain world con quest, and declared that they were dedicated to this end, and would use any methods in attempting this conquest. He gave several ex amples of the strategy used by the Russians to gain their objec tives. During the business session of the meeting, the new board of directors was installed. H v A. Kemper, retiring president of the chamber, was presented a plaque by Gerald C. Paysinger, for his services to the organization over the past year. Retiring President Kemper gave certificates of service to five re tiring directors. They are Dr. E- M. Anderson, Ralph B. Baker, J. Ralph Blackwell, Louis C. Floyd and J. E. Wiseman. Mr. Kemper then introduced the newly-elected president, James F. Coggins. Mr. Coggins in turn, introduced the new members of the board of directors. They are Richard L. Baker, Jame'- E. Britt, Edward O- Cannon, Dave L. Hayes, Waldo C. Huffman, and Marion Workman. Mr. Baker was unable to attend due to an injury received in a f»U at his home. Holdover members who will work with the new members of the board of directors are, R. R- Bruner, Jr., A. E. Morehead, Allen W. Murray, John T. Norris and Gerald C. Paysinger. Among out-of-town guests at the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Strom Thurmond of Aiken, of ficials of Chambers of Commerce at Batesburg - Leesville, Green wood, Greenville, and a delegation of school children from Green wood. Law Officers Take v Still On Enoree Law officers confiscated a 50 gallon still and destroyed 30 gal lons of mash early Thursday morning when they made d raid near Henderson’s Ferry on Enoree river. No one was at the still when the officers reached the scene. Taking part in the raid were E. M. Suber, state law enforcement officer of Columbia, Col. Roy L. Cecil, alcoholics tax officer of the U. S. Treasury department of Greenwood, 'and local deputy sheriffs J. C. Neel and Slim Hend erson. MR. RUTHERFORD BACK ON JOB Fitzgerald Rutherford, who was taken ill at the Annual Chamber of Commerce banquet last Friday night, is reported to be getting along fine and was able to return to his position in the office of Mollohon mill Monday morning. POPE CONNELLY IMPROVING Pope Connelly, who has been a patient in the Veteran’s Hospital in Columbia for the past two weeks, is reported to be getting along nicely and expects to re turn to his home on Caldwell St. in a couple of weeks. BIRTHDAYS April 25: Mrs. Wilton Todd and Fred Gilbert. April 26: Mrs. William Milam. April 2/: Gregory Pearce Dod- kin and LeRoy Shealy Adams. April 28: Butch Culclasure, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cul clasure, O’Neal street. April 29: Ann Bowers, Mrs. Ruby Evelyn Reaves, C. E. Han cock and Mrs. J. C. Nichols. April 30: Mrs. Beale H. Crom er, Fredrick Gardiner, Mrs. Richard I. McWhirter, Gerald Taylor, Ray Nobles and F. L. Miller. May 1: William Neville, Sus an Blalock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blalock, Juanita Lath- rop, Jean Walker and Mrs. Eddie D. Richardson. Soil Conservation Week Is May 10-17