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PACIFIC FLEET (FHTNC)—Navy Lt. Edward B. Purcell (left)
has his arm examined by Navy Doctor James Barnett upon his re
turn to the attack carrier USS Princeton from an emergency air
strip in Korea. Lt. Purcell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Purcell
of 1818 Main street, Newberry.
‘Buzz’ Purcell Experienced
Close Call In
(Ed. Note—The following story
was released oy the Navy de
partment concerning Navy Lt. E.
B. “Buzz” Purcell. Since this
article w-as released, “Buzz" has
been downed again in Korean
waters as reported in last week’s
issue of this paper. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Purcell
had a letter from him this week
stating that he was not injured
in his latest mishap and was do
ing fine.)
PACIFIC FLEET-(FHTNC) — A
Newberry, S. C., Navy pilot re
cently had a close call with danger
when he found himself in the
midst of a situation that featured
a 1,000 pound bomb, a frozen
throttle, a wounded arm and a
flak-riddled aircraft.
Flying close air support along
the Korean front, his Corsair
fighter-bomber was hit by enemy
gunfire which ripped a 16-inch
hole in his wing section and
traveled on into the cockpit,
wounding the pilot.
Navy Lt. Edward B. Purcell, of
fighter squadron 152, was part of
a four plane strike flying from the
attack carrier USS Princeton
against enemy supply shelter con
centrations. Completing his homb
run, Lt. Purcell felt his plane
shudder and then became aware
of numbness in his left arm. See
ing blood ooze from a hole in his
flight suit, he applied a tourni
quet and then checked his air
craft. He found a large hole in
the left inboard wing, the hy
draulic pressure was gone and
the throttle was frozen.
The rest of the story is told by
his wing man, Navy Lt. (jg) Orin
Joiner of St. Paul, Minn.
“When I saw Lt. Purcell get hit
I followed him down yelling ‘pull
out, pull out.” He was only 200
feet over the water when he heard
me and started climbing back up.
I told him to follow me and I’d
take him to an air base in Korea.
“All he said was, ‘take me to
a field with a hospital.’ Approach
ing a friendly field, Lt. Purcell
made two passes and then started
in for his landing. It wasn't un
til later that I learned he had
put his wheels down manually due
to the damaged hydraulics. His
throttle was frozen so he couldn’t
slow down much, he had that 1,000
pounder sitting under the wing
that he couldn’t get rid of and he
was coming in 100 knots faster
than was safe.
“Just then he cut his switch,
killing the engine, and came in
gliding. All I can say is it was a
fine landing, smack in the center
of the runway. He had trouble
sloping because of his speed,
and his breaks smoked all the way
down the runway.”
Korean Skies
Lt. Purcell is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Purcell of 1018
Main street, Newberry.
College Classes
Plan Reunions
According to Alumni Secretary
P. T. Kelly, ten classes will hold
reunions during the 97th Com
mencement at New'berry College.
The classes holding reunions are:
1898, 1903, 1908, 1913, 1923, 1928,
1933, 1938, 1943, and 1948.
The class of 1898 wull hold its
reunion during the Alumni Lunch
eon on Monday, June 1st. This
is the 55th reunion of the Class of
1898. Seven of the fourteen in this
class survive and all seven will
be in attendance.
Senator Marvin E. Abrams will
be host to the Class of 1903 at a
dinner in the Community Hall on
Monday, June 1st. Doctor Gilbert
P. Voigt is in charge of arrange
ments for the 1903 Class reunion.
The Class of 1908 will hold its
reunion during the Alumni Lunch
eon on Monday, June 1st, in the
College Dining Hall. Doctor Virgil
B. Sease is president of the Class
of 1908.
The Class of 1913 will be en
tertained by Mr. Dave Caldwell at
his home on Saturday, May 30th,
at 6:30 p.m. Miss Sudie Dennis
and Dr. Claude Sease of Newberry
are on the committee on local ar
rangements for this reunion.
Mr. John F. Clarkson is Chair
man of the local committee mak
ing arrangements for the 30th
reunion cf the class of 1923. This
reunion will he held at Hotel
Wiseman on Saturday, May 30th,
at 8 p.m.
The Class of 1928 will hold its
reunion in the College Dining Hall
on Saturday, May 30th, at 8 p.m.
A local committee is in charge of
plans for the reunion. This class
has 63 living graduates and a
large attendance is expected.
The Class of 1933 will hold its
twentieth reunion at the Com
munity Hall on Saturday, May
30th, at 8 p.m. with an attendance
of over 100 expected. Mr. P. T.
Kelly of the Class of 1933 is in
charge of local arrangements.
The Cla^s of 1938 will hold its
reunion at the Wallace Home on
Saturday, May 30th at 8 p.m. Mr.
Asbury Bedenbaugh and Miss
Margaret Paysinger are in charge
of local arrangements.
The Class of 1943 will hold its
reunion on Saturday, May 30th,
at 8 p.m. in the Education Build
ing of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church on Main
street in New’berry. Mr. Lewis
Fleniken of Lake City is presi
dent of this class. The commit-
NATURAL GAS MADE AVAILABLE TO NEWBERRIANS—Mayor Jimmie Wiseman turns the valve
at the substation on College street extension which made natural gas available in Newberry for the
first time. Present at the ceremonies were George W. Martin, Ernest H. Layton, Newberry city
counciImen and members of the Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas authority; Mayor Wiseman, secretary to
the authority; Mayor Joe P. Terry of Clinton, authority chairman; W. H. DuBose, authority superin
tendent, and C. K. Stafford, engineer, representing the Goodwin Engineering Co., of Birmingham,
Ala. (Photo by Nichols Studio.)
Fund Shortage Hampers Red Cross Work
Kohlbecker Is
Named Director
Of Recreation
Charles 11. Kohlbecker of Hick-
ory. X C. has been appointed city
recreation director according to
Mrs. Albert McCaughrin. chairman
of the Newberry Recreation Com
mission. Mr. Kohlbecker has
held the position of assistant t Q c-
reation director at Hickory, un
til his acceptance of the directors
job bene He will begin his duties
with the city on Monday morn-
i ng.
He is a graduate of North Caro
lina State College, having majored
in recreation and physical edu-
eation.
Mr and Mrs. Kohlbecker and
two children are now residing in
Hickory but will move to Newber
ry as soon as housing is available.
Blood Be Restricted
To Emergency Use
According to a letter from the
American Red Cross regional of
fice in Columbia, blood collected
through mobile units would be
available for emergency uses only.
The letter stated that due to
inadequate blood collections since
May 1, use would be restricted to
emergencies, and no blood would
be available for gtorage purposes.
The region office said that this
condition would continue as long
as chapters failed to meet quotas.
Pete Plampin Is
1st Gas Customer
Last Friday morning Mayor
James E. Wiseman turned the out
side valve at Pete Plampin’s drive-
in on College street extension,
thus making Plampin’s the first
place in Newberry county to use
natural gas.
It was brought out during the
discussion of the cutover that
this was not the only first for
Pete. He also operated the first
drive-in in Newberry county hav
ing opened for business in 1930.
tee for local arrangements is as
follows: Mrs. Ralph B. Baker. Mrs.
Larry Graves, Mrs. Elbert Dickert
and Mrs. Ben Dawkins, Jr.
The Class of 1948 will hold its
reunion during the Alumni Lunch
eon on Monday, June 1st, in the
College Boarding Hall.
Reservations for all reunions
may be made through the office of
the Alumni Secretary, Mr. P. T.
Kelly.
On Monday. June 1st, following
the Graduating Exercises, a drop-
in will be held for all alumn 1 and
friends of the college in Smeltzer
Hall. Alumni and friends are
cordially invited to attend this
informal get-together.
At 1:30 in the College Dining
Hall the annual Alumni Luncheon
will be held and the Newberry
College Alumni Association invites
all alumni and friends to make
plans to attend this luncheon.
Tickets f.-m the luncheon may be
secured from the Alumni office.
Box 371. Newberry, S. C.. or call
Mr. P. T. Kelly, Alumni Secre
tary. Telephone 330-J, Newber
ry.
A board of directors meeting of
the Newberry County Chapter of
the Red Cross was held last Fri
day morning in the chapter’s of
fice in the court house to work
out an operating budget for the
fiscal year beginning July 1.
It was brought out that the
chapter was some $2,500 short of
the $9,919 quota set for the coun
ty. In addition it was stated that
some of this money had already
been used since the chapter has
been without funds since March
1.
C. A. Kaufmann said that a pub
lic meeting has been called for
Tuesday night at the court house,
in the hope that some solution
may be found to the problem. He
said that unless more funds were
forthcoming the blood program
would have to be dropped.
Mrs. Hannah R. Pool, executive
secretary of the county chapter,
said that only 50.2 percent of the
funds raised remained in the
county, the balance going to Na
tional Red Cross.
She said "our share of the local
collection amounts to $3,729.10;
however, at the beginning of the
new fiscal year, July 1, of this
amount, only $2,788.42 will be
available. The difference will
have been used between March 1
of this year and June 30, for
which period no funds remained
from the 1952-53 operating bud
get.”
Mr. Kaufmann said that due to
a shortage of funds, a tentative
budget has been set up with $2,-
480 appropriated for services to
servicemen of Newberry county,
leaving a balance of only ISO'S.42.
He said there was no hope cf con
tinuing the blood program with
this amount since it took about
-$2,220 for this work. He continued
-that unless more funds were made
available by July 1, the program
would definitely have to be cur
tailed.
After the public meeting Tues
day night, a final decision will be
made on the operating budget for
next year, and the advisability
of remaining in the blood pro
gram.
At the Tuesday night meeting
a new board of directors and new
officers will be elected.
Those who wish to contribute
additional funds to the campaign
are asked to send or bring them to
J. Ray Dawkins, campaign treasur
er, at the county court house.
Army Calls 10
For Induction
The following ten men have
been ordered to report for induc
tion into the U.S. Army by local
Board No. 36, Newberry County,
on Thursday, June 4th:
William Shealy Sandel, Little
Mountain.
James Clyde Bouknight (Col.),
Rt 4, Newberry.
Dewey Gerald Golden, 1908
Rivers St.
John Andrew Willingham, East
Main St.
James Arthur Reed, Whitmire.
Richard Lee Clark. Clinton.
Corrie Lee Martin (Col.), Po-
maria.
Walter Coleman Garnett, Rt. 3,
Newberry.
Ulysses Thacker (Col.), Whit
mire.
Henry Richard Metts, Little
Mountain.
George F. Arrowood, Whitmire,
is reporting as a Volunteer.
Twenty men have been ordered
to report for pre-induction physi
cal examination on June 9th.
Pre-Organization
Meet Set Monday
For Moose Lodge
A pre-organization meeting of
the Newberry Lodge, Loyal Order
of Moose will be tfeld in the court
room at Newberry court house
next Monday evening, June first,
at eight p.m., according to W. R.
Kerr, membership director, of
Spartanburg.
The Loyal Order of Moose is
described as a civic, fraternal, so
cial and beneficiary organization
with over one and a quarter mil
lion members in the United States,
Canada. England, Scotland, Ire
land, Wales and Alaska.
Mr. Kerr has asked that all per
sons who have made application
be present Monday night and to
bring prospective members. It
is necessary that 100 make ap
plication before the lodge can be
instituted here.
Seniors To Present
Class Play Tonight
The Senior class of Newberry
High School will present its an
nual play Friday night. May 29, at
eight o’clock in the school audi
torium. The play is a mystery-
comedy in three acts entitled “The
Wailing Shadow’s.”
The cast will include the fol
lowing members of the senior
class: Molly Fennell, Harriett
Dickert, Peggy Sue Price, Alice
Carter, Marcia Haile, Marion Hof-
fmeyer, Louis Sheely, Tony
Chapman, Bobby Chandler, David
Bishop, Kenneth Stokes, and Jim
my Britt.
Miss Myra Boozer and Miss
Margaret Paysinger are directing
the play. They will be assisted
backstage by Tommy Folk and
Frances Ann Sligh.
Sun To Come Day Sooner
Beginning with the next issue, The Sun will be
published one day earlier than usual. At present the
paper is printed on Thursday afternoon and distribut
ed in the city and on rural routes Friday morning.
Hereafter, the paper will be printed on Wednesday
afternoon, and be distributed through the mail Thurs
day morning.
The publisher, after giving considerable thought to
the change, believes that the earlier publication day
will be of benefit both to readers and advertisers.
Of course this will necessitate news and advertis
ing copy to be in a day earlier, but at the same time,
your local paper will be coming to you earlier and the
news will be fresher.
EXCHANGITES ENJOY LADIES’ NIGHT—Members of the Exchange Club of Newberry, their wives
and special guests, enjoyed the annual Ladies’ Night recently at the Community Hall. During the pro
gram a musical program was given by the Capital Life Quartet and Adrian Hall, soloist. Lester Bates
of Columbia was guest speaker on the occasion.
82 Are Candidates
For High Diplomas
POST OFFICE TO
CLOSE SATURDAY
In observance of Memorial
Day, Saturday, May 30, there
will be no city or rural deliver
ies from the Newberry post of
fice on that day.
Postmaster George K. Domi
nick stated that a skeleton crew
would be on hand to handle and
put up incoming mail in boxes
and to dispatch outgoing mail
and parcels.
The stamp window will be
open between the hours of eight
and ten a.m. for convenience of
patrons.
Gas Service Is
Made Available
By MRS. A. H. COUNTS
Natural gas became a reality to
Newberry residents when Mayor
James E. Wiseman turned on the
large valve at the substation near
the city at 10 o’clock last Friday.
A few minutes later P. C. Plam
pin’s service station was cut in be
coming the first user among the
1,450 who have already signed for
aas.
This was the climax in the final
stages of the $2,900,000 gas line
project of the cities of Newberry
and Clinton to make natural gaa
available to their citizens, follow
ing the culmination of three years
effort. Clinton’s Mayor Terry
turned on their gas in a special
ceremony two weeks ago at Clin
ton.
Mayor Wiseman said that the
gas will be cut in as quickly as
possible for users where the sys
tem has already been completed
All other main work in the in*
tallation of the system will be
completed as per schedule around
July 15 with the total users rough
ly estimated around 2,500 at that
time. 1
Revenue bonds were sold by the
two cities to finance the project
and the go-ahead signal was given
when Clinton’s Mayor J. P. Terry
and James E. Wiseman, Newber
ry’s mayor signed the bonds in
New York on June 17, 1952, and
the contract was released to the
Goodwin Engineer’s Inc., of Birm
ingham, Ala. C. K. Stafford has
served as the engineer in charge.
W. H. DuBose has recently as
sumed duties as superintendent of
the authority with residence in
Clinton.
The gas project, under the title,
Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Au
thority, is headed by a seven-man
control board composed of the
two mayors and two members of
.each from their respective city
councils and a member at large.
Each city maintains its own gas
system under the set-up. Members
of the board are Mayor Terry,
chairman; Walter Regnery of Jo
anna, member-at-large, is vice
chairman and Mayor Wiseman,
secretary. The Clinton city coun
cil is represented by Hugh C.
Ray and William M. McMillian:
Newberry’s council members of
the board are Ernest H. I>ayton
and George W. Martin.
The system travels along a
length of 55 miles of transmission
pipes beginning at Fountain Inn.
It serves Clinton and Joanna
along the route and ends its
course at Newberry, 3. small dist
ance, some of the observers
mentioned this morning, in
comparison to the long pipe line
that extends from Texas here
which they termed “miraculous.”
Miss Nancy Padgett
Receives Award At
Northwestern Univ.
At the recent May Day celebra
tion at Northwestern University,
Evanston, 111., Miss Nancy Weeks
Padgett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Price J. Padgett, received the
award given annually to the senior
woman student who is most dis
tinguished in scholarship in the
social sciences. These include eco
nomics, history, political science,
psychology and sociology. Miss
Padgett is majoring in economics.
She was also initiated last week
into Eta Sigma Phi, classical
language society.
Miss Padgett will arrive in
Newberry June the seventh, and
will return to Northwestern after
a visit with her parents *here to
complete her college work during
the summer session.
Senior Play Be
Staged Tonight
The graduation exercises of the
Newherry High School will begin
Sunday, May 31, at 8 p.m. with the
sermon to the graduating class by
the Rev. D. M. Shull, pastor of
Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church
of Newberry, in the high school
auditorium.
The graduating exercises will be
held Tuesday, June 2, at 8:1,5
p.m. The program will be pre
sented by members of the class.
Those taking part and their sub
jects will be: Molly Fennell, “Our
Intellectual Resources;” Tommy
Folk, ‘Athletics in high school;”
Alice Carter, “Education and Ex
perience” and Kenneth Stokes
“The Value of Extracurricular Ac
tivities.”
The senior play, “The Wailing
Shadows” will be presented to
night at 8 p.m.
The candidates for graduation
include 42 girls and 40 boys. They
are: Ruth Jackson Amis, Martha
Ann Bouknight, Betty Ann Brig-
man, Dolly Yvonne Caldwell, Ros-
ann Carlton, Margaret Alice Car
ter, Peggy Ann Cockrell, Juanita
Corley, Barbara Jean Darby, Bar
bara Joann DeYoung, Harriett
Caroline Dickert, Jo Anne Ennis.
Edna Marvoureen Farmer,
Molly Regina Fennell, Mary Bonita
franklin, Marcia Haile, May Por
ter Hart, Elizabeth Warren Hol-
sonback, Mary Lee Hutto, Ella
Rae Kyzer, Dorothy Margaret
Laird, Nancy Fern Lewis, Jewell
Elizabeth McCarty, Regenia Ophe
lia Miller, Virginia Clara O^pierv
Patsy Mattiebell Padgett, Sylvia
Faye Pitts, Peggy Sue Price,
Sarah Alice Rikard, Mary Sue
Ruff, Peggy Ann Shealy, Willie
Mae Shealy, Frances Ann Sligh,
Ruth Ophelia Smith, Kitty Mae
Suit, Susan Summer, Millie De
borah Taylor, Faye Rebecca Werts,
Dorothy Sue Williams, Faye Du
Bose, Ann Mills and June Olivia
Moore.
Also George Ray Arthur, Gerald
McMaster Baker, Joe Norman
Beck, Robert Wayne Berry, David
W T ayne Bishop, James Elliott Britt,
John Robert Chandler, Tonv Cal
vin Chapman, Charles Dar*’’! Chap
pell, Dawkins Wilfred Dennis, An-
dral Pinckney Faris, Jr., Richard
Earl Fellers, Tommy Milton Folk,
Jr., Bobby Ray Hamby, Hollis Har
mon, Jimmy Lee Harmon, Larry
Edward Harmon, Marion D. Hoff-
meyer, Jr., Thomas Edward Jen
kins, Haskel O’Neal Koon, Gerald
Lee Long, Ernest Guy Longshore,
James Albert Lusk, Willie Vernon
Matthews, James '‘Robert Merch
ant, Maxcy Joe Milligan, Ralph
Carson Neal, John Matthew Ochil
tree, Murray Lee Rikard, Jimmy
Ray Rinehart, Charles Rister, Wal
lace Bernard Ruff, Ray Everette
Sanders, Roy Gilbert Schumpert,
Bobby Glynn Shealy, Wyman Les
ter Shealy, Louis Augustus Sheely,
Ernest Lee Stallings, James Ken
neth Stokes and Charles William
Wesson.
BIRTHDAYS
May 30: J. T. Dennis, Mrs.
James Smith, W,. O. Wilson,
Mrs. Ruth Longshore, Mrs. F. B.
Dawkins, Linda Cole, Mrs. Ray
Nobles, Jack Lominick, Mike
Wiggers and Danny Wiggers.
May 31: John G. Goggins, Jr. f
Susan Nichols, Dr. J. C. Atkin
son, Mack Cobb, and Harriett
Schumpert.
June 1: Mrs. C. J. McWhirter,
Drayton Wicker, Mrs. J. E.
Crooks, Faye Hughes, Anne
Walton and Mrs. J. C. Counts.
June 2: M. W. Clary, Mrs.
Walter Hiller, Neel Long, Dolly
Senn, Ann Senn and Mrs. Daisy
Lee Graham.
June 3: Mrs. Mae A. Aulf,
Arthur Jacob, Mrs. Lois Mer
chant, Edwin Stokes, Jr., F. M.
Baxter, Mrs. Melvin Hancock,
Dr. P. E. Way, Mary B. Burns,
Jerry Havird, Frank Stevens, Jr.,
Mrs. Jason Ringer and Mrs. T.
Roy Summer, Jr.
June
4: Shirley
Lathrop,
Bar-
nette
Boland
and
Mrs. Jessie
Outz.
June
5: B.
Y.
Abrams,
Mrs.
Deleal
Boinest
and Donna
Ann
Lathrop.