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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1953
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Hamby Wins Main Here Saturday;
Jersey Entry Cops Second Place
(By MARION WIGGINS)
The first heat got under way
at 8:15 Saturday night at the
Newberry Fairgrounds Speedway
with J. V. Hamby of Columbia in
21 Jr. winning first place. Second
spot winner was Wally Campbell
of Trenton, N. J. in car No. 81,
followed! by Billy Franklin in car
No. 19,. George Mantoose of Con- v
cord, N. C. in Partains No. 33 and
Crawfish Crider in 16. This was
a photo finish between car No.
33 and No. 16 with these two
cars being the best race of the
heat, even though they were In
fourth and fifth respectively.
The second heat race was John
ny Dever of Columbia at the wheel
of car No. 21 followed by Jimmy
Roland in 1-A, Weldon Adams in
BB, Russ Yoeman in car No. 10
and Pete Hawkins in No. 18. Hawk
ins, driving his own entry, has
certainly had his share of hard
luck this season, but he has a
new car now and is really willing
and trying hard to get a winning
name for himself.
The jalopy race was a thriller
to everyone with car No. 13 driven
by Bobby “Bones" Gilliam and
car No. 7 driven by John Wil
lingham, both of Newberry battl
ing it out for third and fourth
spot. Car No. 1 came in first,
trailed cars No. 12, 13, 7, 7-11
and 17. Three Newberry boys
were in this race, the other being
Cotton Whitmire.
Consolation
A wreck on the back stretch in
the first lap caused the race to
be stopped until the track could
be cleared. When underway
again after about six laps of hard
racing another pile-up occoured on
the back stretch with car No. 13,
driven by Bobby Gilliam of New
berry being included. In one of
the wrecks It looked like 13 was
going backwards faster than he
was forward. Winners in this
race were: Weldon Adams in BB,
Jake Hulsey In 69, Crawfish
Crider, June., Cleveland and Pete
Hawkins.
Fans almost witnessed a fight as
well as a race in the Main Event
of the night. The race was going
fine until Billy Franklin spun out
on the first turn, he waited un
til some of the cars got by and
sped off entering the race again.
He was moving- up fast passing
car after car when he dt>un out
again on the same turn. He
could 'have gotten out of this the
same as before but the starter
didnt know If he could go or not
so rather than take a chance on
anybody getting hurt* on that
turn he gave the red flag and
stopped the race. At this time
J. V. Hamby had a good lead 'and
with only a few laps to go he
didn’t want to start again because
hpw he wouldn’t have the lead
that he was holding. They argur-
ed in front of the stands about
five minutes. Buddy Davenport
called one of the local law officers
over and broke up the crowd so
the race could be resumed. Hamby
came in first place for the first
time in Newberry this season.
Following Hamby * were Wally
Campbell in car No. 81, Jimmy
Roland in 1-A, Johnny Dever in
21, Weldon Adams, Crawfish
Crider and Fuzzy Williams.
Don’t forget, you can see the
Stock Car races every Saturday,
night at the Newberry Fairgrounds
Speedway, sponsored by Promoters
Buddy Davenport and F. J. Bland.
Race time is 8:00 o’clock.
Try For Win Here Saturday
Library Bill
Is Introduced
Senator George D. Aiken (R.-
Vt.) has introduced in the Senate
a bill to promote the further de
velopment of public library ser
vice to the 30 million people now
living in rural area without such
service or with inadequate service.
Approved and supported by the
American Library Association, the
measure, known as the Library
Services Bill, will help States
overcome a national shortage of
library services to the millions of
farm and rural families and others
without access to a Ideal public
library. .
Speaking for himself and his co
sponsors. Senator Aiken declared
“The Library Services Bill, if
enacted into law, would be an im
portant factor in rounding out our
educational program. The com
plex civilization in which we live
today requires that each citizen
be informed of the issues at stake
on the domestic, scene as well as
on the international front. To
provide the 30 million people in
the United States, who do not
have access to adequate library
facilities, with this educational
service would be a noteworthy
contribution to the' welfare of the
farming communities, small towns,
and villages of the nation.”
Seventeen national organiza
tions have endorsed this legisla
tion. These organizations include
farm, labor, educational, civic and
veteran groups which believe that
the provision of effective library
service for all the people is a na
tional concern, as well as a State
and local concern. Public librar
ies serve school children of all
ages, but even more significantly
they provide for adults the only
free tax-supported opportunity to
continue education * throughout
life. This is the American tradi
tion, and it is so because edu
cation for citizenship and personal
develo- ent is the tradition of
American democracy.
If the Bill passes, South Caro
lina will be eligible for an initial
allotment of $40,000, plus $131,214
on the basis of rural population, or
a total of $171,214, from federal
funds. The money would be spent
to extend and improve public
library service in the State—how
greatly this is needed is indicated
by the total of 488,596 South Caro
linians who still have no public
library service at all. The money
would be spent under the di
rection of the State Library Board
and according to a plan drawn up
by the State Board and the South
Carolina Library Association.
Billy Franklin Takes Columbia
Thriller In Ollie Hawkins* No. 19
(By MARION WIGGINS)
Stock car race fans saw plenty
of spills last Friday night at the
Palmetto Speedway in Columbia.
The man on the water wagon mis-
figured and dropped too much
water on the track (especially on
the first turn) and when those
cars went into the turn it was no
telling how they would come out
on the other side. In fact some
of them didn’t.
Jimmy Roland from Newberry,
who is now well known for his ex
cellent driving all over South and
North Carolina, won the first heat
race of the evening with a good
lead, followed by Wally Camp
bell and Bill Irick. Billy Franklin,
who was in the lead at the begin-
I ning of the race, dropped out
on the last lap wljen he was run
ning in second spot.
The 1951 Sportsman Modified
Champion, from Trenton, N. J.
was at the wheel of Claude Par-
tains No. 33 for the entire race.
Claudes regular driver was rac
ing in N. C. Friday night so he
went to Columbia without a
driver. Campbell’s car wasn’t in
shape to run that night so he
drove No. 33 for Partain. He
really had the job wound up in
the main event but lost a wheel
and was unable to finish the
race. * ^
The second heat race winner
was Crawfish Crider of Abbeville
and taking second place was
Johnny Dever of Columbia. Dever
in car No. 21 was leading the race
hntil the last lap when Crawfish in
No. 16, sped by him to take first
place. They were followed by
Wally Campbell in car No. 33 and
J. V. Hamby in car No. 21 Jr.
The Jaloppy race winner was
John Willinghafh of Newberry
driving a Ford owned by Snel-
groves Garage in West Columbia
followed by Bill Lavenberg of Co
lumbia and Pat Patterson of Cam
den.
More wrecks occured in the
Consolation race than any event
of the evening with cars running
into the rail, skidding around and
bumping into each other after
the race started on the first turn.
This pile-up of about eight cars
almost eliminated every car in
the race, but it started again
with J. V. Hamby finishing first,
followed by June Cleveland, John
ny Chappell and Pete Hawkins,
the last two being from Newber
ry.
The main event winner was
Billy Franklin in car No. 19, fol
lowed by J. V. Hamby, Johnny
Dever, Jimmy Roland and Weldon
Adams.
Tickets are now on sale in New
berry at Central and Smith Drug
Stores for the 200 lap-100 mile
strictly stock car race to be held
at the Palmetto Speedway in Co
lumbia on Saturday, May 9.
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Jimmie Roland and 1-A, a pair well known in Newberry County
and all over the state, will be on hand Saturday night as usual rac
ing hard and fast, in a field of tough competition. Papa Dave Laird,
Jimmie’s Sponsor, said he has 1-A right and ready to go.
932 Main St.
Newberry
Pictured above is Speedy Thompson of Monroe, N. C. and his famed
No. 12. Speedy has been racing in Columbia, Greenwood and New
berry this year besides racing in North Carolina, his home state. He
has appeared only one time in Newberry this season, but according
to Promoter Buddy Davenport, he will be here this Saturday night
to try for first place honors.
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the informal opening of our new
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Newberry Electric
Co-operative
Office
Warehouse
on the Cut-off Highway
WEDNESDAY, May 6; 3 to 5 P.M.
The public is cordially invited to attend the opening
and inspect our modern new facilities to better serve
our patrons of Newberry county and surrounding area