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NEWS ITEMS The Sun w. ! concern iii w >00 Send them it. to JOB PRINTING \\> are well eiji'iipi ed to handle ail your printing nei ds. 1’hone No. 1. VOL. 16—NO. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. JUNE L 1TV> 4 $2.00 PER YEAR 78 Newberry High Seniors Receive Diplomas Tuesday By MRS. A. H. COUNTS In graduating exercises at the Newberry High school heid Tues day evening, June Lh Superinten dent .1. Y. Kneeoe presented di plornas to a (lass of Tx graduates composed of Jft hoys and T* girls A number of awards were made to students. The program wa- presented b\ members of the graduating cbiss Tommy Folk spoke on “Athletics! in High School;" Alice ('after on “Education and Experience,” Ken neth Stokes. “The Value of Extra Curricular Activities” .and Molly Fennell, who was president of thej Student Council, spoke on “Our Intellectual Resources” Mary Lee Hutto sang a solo “Without Cod, accompanied by Harriett Hickert. Tire Rev. Herbert L Spell, pastor of Central Methodist church made the invocation. The sermon to the class was de- i livered on Sunday evening by the; Rev. H. M Shull, pastor of Mayer Memorial Lutheran church. His; topic “Rise Lp. () Men of Cod.’’ was a challanee to tin* students i to seek to know Cod through the ; study of His Word in order that they may know the will of Cod The Class play was presented Friday evening. The awards were presented by | Superintendent Kneece assisted hy lowing: The (' I *. Weeks Math ematic prize for the highest record irt Mathematics in tie >chooI course was presented to Thomas Jenkins; Science medal Tommy Folk; Jasper Chapter HA K for the highest yearly average in American History. Emma Minick v. ith honorable mention to John Brown; American Legion Auxili ary, F'-st No 2). a gold medal citizenship award in honor of Hr C. B. Cannon was a warded Tommy Folk The .1. W Earhardt Sports manship) medal. Charles Rister; \ Certificate offered bv the Teach er-, of French tor tin highest grade on tin* National examina tion in each school, Albo Carter; Old Hickory ('.amp No, LCN WOW medal. Bill Tedford; Ex change club Athletic Award-. Molly Fennel! and Frank Bickley; Stu dent Council Medal. Molly Fen nell; The Harry W Dominick Medal for highest record during the high school course, Thomas Jenkins and Harriett Hickert: Hood Citizenship medal offered by tin- National Society of the CAR. Ruth Amis. In the Junior High school. Frincipal R. 11 Reek presented the following a w a r d s : Citizenship medal, to the boy and girl for best (continued on page eight) Two Get Newberry Degrees Summer Session Opens Monday At Newberry College The Summer Session at New- ! berrv College will get under way j on Monday, June Sth. The session will close on August 1st. Registra- | tion will begin at h a m. on Mon- | day morning and continue until ja pm that afternoon. The first 1 chapel assembly will he held at ; 12:0u noon on Monday. June Sth. {it is desirable that till students be | present for this chapel assembly j since important announcements j w ill he made. Regular classes be- I gin at s a m.. Tuesday morning, j June 9th Faculty members will he available for eonsulation all 1 day Monday. Courses will he offered in Bible land Religious education; Coni- i in er ce ; education and Psychology; I economics: Business Administra tion' Knglish; Foreign Languages; History and Political Science; So- : ciolog\ : Mathematics; Music; and Natural Sciences. The courses of fered will he determined hy the number of registrations for a par ticular course. It is important that students register on Mon day, June Mb, so that courses may be organized for scheduling dur ing the summer session. Teachers can take courses to | qualify them for higher certifica tion ratings. Students entering | college as freshmen by attending [three summer sessions and three regular college sessions can gradu ate within three calendar years. Regular college students may en roll for courses to earn additional credits and quality points. Miss Howard Named Aveleig-h Director Of Religious Education Miss Marshall Howard, daugh ter of Attorney and ITrs. A. T. Howard, of Mobile. Ala., arrived in Newberry Tuesday and im mediately began her duties as Id- rector of Religious education at Aveleigh Presbyterian church. .Miss Howard graduated from These Attended Newberry College Fifty Years Ago Campaign Set To Aid Blood Center HOLD FIFTIETH CLASS REUNION—Seven of the remaining 16 members of the class of 1903 of Newberry College gathered for a reunion last Monday at one p.m. at the Community Hall. They are, left to right, J. W. Ballentine, retired school superintendent, St. Andrews; J. H. Shealy, retired school superintendent, Cross Hill; Gilbert P. Voigt, professor of English at Newberry College, Newberry; D. S. Haltiwanger, retired farmer, Irmo; M. E. Abrams, merchant and state senator, Whitmire; L. A. Black, retired merchant. Prosperity; and D. A. Epting, retired pharmacist, Columbia. On the extreme right is Rev. George Meetze, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the incarnation of Columbia and chaplain of the South Carolina Senate, guest at the reunion. (Sun photo by Frank Armfield.) 63 Diplomas Awarded At Newberry College 97th Commencement Monday the Assuniblv Training School at : Kiilirnond. Ya.. on May Ik. She will mnko her homo with Mrs. Hugh M. Foster on Johnstone st reef. Avelpigh has been without a RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREES—Rev. Henry V. Kahlenberg, left, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Dr. Arthur W. Fisher, vice president of Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, N. C.. received honorary degrees Monday at Newberry College final ex ercises. Rev. Kahlenberg was awarded the Doctor of Divinity de gree and Mr. Fisher, the Doctor of Commercial Science. Dr. R. A. Goodman, secretary to the college faculty, read the citations and President James C. Kinard bestowed the hoods. (Sun photo by Frank Armfield.) ( Keep Climbing Ladder’ Is Advice To College Grads religious education director since the resignation several weeks ago of Miss Anne Kelly. A church school will begin Mon day under the direction of Miss Howard. County-Wide 4-H Rally Set 13th A county-wide 4-H rally will be held at Margaret Hunter park June Ft. The boys and girls will gather at 2:9. o for a swimming period, and at 4 o'clock the group w ill assemble for a program. At this time a review of the 4-H council's work for the past year will be uiven and a report from the dist rict council meeting held recently at. Camp Long. Another feature of the program will he a dress revue and plans c.ill for an individual demonstra tion. This will probably he on foods. At r> p.m a picnic supper will he served at the park. Parents of the 4-H'ers are special invited guests at the rally. Andrew Pugh of Prosperity is president of the Newberry' County LIT council. By MRS. A. H. COUNTS “Educated For What?” was the theme of the baccalaureate sermon delivered Sunday morning in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer to the graduating class of Newber ry College by the Rev. Henry V. Kahlenberg. pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peters burg, Fla. “I would be less than a man if I tried to paint a glowing picture of the future and put each of you in it as a crowning success, im plying that your college degree is a guaranteed passport to ad vancement, economic security and a fat salary. All you need do is keep on climbing the ladder,” the Re'W. Mr. Kahlenberg told the graduates. “Important as economic security is, that isn't why you have studied in this school of higher learning for four years. What 1 would like to have you see is that the world is in a pretty precarious condition. It is shaky. The 20th century has put the human race on trial for its life. The next decade is going to need the best minds, the highest character. the most intelligent good will, and the greatest Christ ian faith to save civilization from disintegrating into a shamble. That’s where you come in. You have been educated to contribute a mind, a voice, a heart and a hand to heal the world's sore spot,” the Florida minister said. “You graduates hold the key to what kind of a world we shall have in this final half of the 20th cen tury. Educated for what? “For one thing, you are educat ed to think and for another thing, you have been educated to work. Work is needed not only for the construction of a building or a sermon, but it is needed for any thing worthwhile in life,” he con tinued. “You have been taught that God’s Son. the Savior, is the hub of life. You have been taught to believe that the main things in life are spiritual. Surely in this momentous hour on the clock of history, we need a great com pany of young people whose con victions about Jesus Christ are solid,” he concluded. Drayton Rutherford To Hold Memorial For Mrs. G. G. Sale As previously announced the June meeting of Drayton Rutherford Chapter will be on the afternoon of the ninth, at 4 o’clock in Wil- lowhrook clubhouse with Miss Evelyn Burns as hostess. Instead of the ritual a sei vice will be held in memory of Mrs. G. G. Sale, a longtime loyal member of the chapter. Members are reminded to bring in their records of Confederate women so that the chapter may have a goodly number to send to the Division Historian. Also a reminder that all dues for the state and general U.D.C. must be sent in by July 1. Please cet annual dues to Mrs. Charles Boyd before that date. Election of officers is one of the important matters for this meeting. Mrs. Hunter Brown has the pa per for the historical hour. Every member is asked to make a special effort to attend this the last meeting before October. The ninety-seventh commence ment program of Newberry col lege ended Monday morning with the graduating exercises in the college gymnasium. Sixty-three young men and women received earned degrees in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Sciences; twelve students in business ad ministration received certificates; honorary degrees were conferred on a minister and a businessman; and medals and awards went to six students. The doctor of Divinity degree was conferred by Newberry Col lege President Dr. James O'. Kin ard upon the Rev. Henry V Kahlenberg of St. Petersburg Florida, and the Doctor of Com mereial Sciences upon Arthur W Fisher of Kannapolis, N. C. Doctor George I). Grice, presi dent of the College of Charleston made the address to the gradu ating class. The full text of his address is printed on page 6 of this issue. The speaker was introduced by Dr Gilbert Voigt, head of the col lege English department. The Rev. Paul H. Heisey gave the in vocation and the Newberry College Singers rendered the procession al, recessional and other musical selections. Doctor Kinard presented the fol lowing medals and awards: In memory of Doctor George B. Cromer, the American Legion Auxiliary of I’ost 24, Newberry, of fers a gold medal to that member of the Senior class who through out the college course, in the judgment of the Faculty, lias best typified qualities of citizenship as exemplified in the life of Doctor Cromer. This medal was award ed to James Stroud Anil of Green wood, with honorable mention of Miss Bonnelle Ethel Graham of Pomaria. ”'be \Y. L. Laval Trophy, pro vided annually by the r!a<s <>( 1947. is awarded to that member of the Senior cla>s who is judg ed by faculty representatives to be outstanding in athletic- achievi merit, scholarship, character a’.d lender-hip. This award wa- pre sented to Murray Lamar Davis of Orangeburg. For meritorious service a- Chairman of the Women's Conn cil a key was awarded to Mi-s Bonnelle Ethel Graham of Po maria. The Summerland College Schol arship of $100.00 is given annual ly by The Reverend Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Monroe, Hickory, N. C., in honor of the many fine young wo men with whom they worked while he was president of Summerland College. Bateshurg-Eeesville. 1913- 24. If is awarded to that girl student who. in the judgment of the Faculty, ranks highest in scholarship and citizenship in her Freshman year in Newberry Col lege. Miss Martha Elizabeth Frick of Greenwood, won thi- seholarship. In 1951 Peter R. Wright. M.D.. of Augusta, Ga., set up a trust, the income from which is award ed each year as the Julie Bred enherg Wright Memorial Scholar ship. The award is made to the student who appears to be pos sessed of the requisite character, intelligence. initiative. ambition and energy to contribute in a significant way after leaving col lege to the life of his or her com mutiny, state and nation. Miss Susnnno Elbert of South Jack sonville. Fla., was the winner of this award. The Lutheran Brotherhood In- Durance Society of Minneapolis. Minn., offers a $200.(10 Scholarship HD Agent Taking Summer Course Miss Margie Davis, Newberry county home demonstration agent, left yesterday for Madison, Wis consin where she will attend a 3- week summer session at the University of Wisconsin. She will take special courses in 4- H club work and program plan ning. County and home agents from all over the nation will attend the special course. During Miss Davis’ absence Mrs. Barbara G. Brown will be in '•barge of home demonstration work in the county. Miss Davis will return to Newberry the last of the month. Stores To Observe July 4th C losing A poll taken by the chamber of commerce of merchants in Newberry indicates a majority of business houses are in favor of closing Saturday. July 4th in observance of Independence Day Merchants also expressed a desire to close on Labor Day, and to observe Wednesday after noon closing during these two weeks, according to M. O. Sum mer, chairman of the Merchants Committee. to that .runior Lutheran student j who in the opinion of the college Committee, deserves such recogni tion. taking into consideration the religious leadership of the stu dent, his scholastic standing and other qualities as the committee may determine. This Scholarship Award was won hy James R Connelly. Jr. of Sumter. President Kinard in addressing the graduating class very briefly, urged them to call upon their Alma Mater to serve them and stressed also their responsibility to represent the College worthily, j Said he, “People will evaluate j this College hy you.” Dr. Kinard urged the graduates 1 to maintain their love and en- [ thusiasm for their college. He ! docla’Td. “A strong body of loyal j and devoted graduates can he the i most valuable asset of this institu- | t ion.” P-esid'Tit Kinard went on to Isay: “During the years you have s pen t here you have seen some I splendid improvements on this I campus. There are going to be i more of them. It is our constant ('continued on page eight) Maxwell Assisting Aveleigh Pastor Sidney Maxwell, who has just completed his second year at Co lumbia Theological Seminary, De catur, Ga., is assisting Rev. Neil E. Truesdale, pastor of Aveleigh Presbyterian church, again this year for the second summer. He has filled the pulpit for several weeks during Mr. Truesdale’s ill ness. Mr. Maxwell has been awarded a fellowship to the Waldesean Theological Seminary in Rome. Italy, and will leave at the end of the summer for a year’s study. Mr. Maxwell is attending the pre-assembly conference on evan gelism in Montreat, N. C. this week. CHIEF URGES DOGS BE CONFINED j With summer well on the way and vacation-time for the young sters of Newberry already here, Chief of Police Colie Dowd has asked that owners of dogs please keep them confined. The chief said that with so many children outdoors during this season, they should be pro tected from animals which could attack them and cause serious in jury. RECENT MOV1NGS Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brown will move to Apartment D of the Carpenter’s apartments on John- sdone street soon. They will oc cupy the apartment which is being vacated by Mrs. H. K. Boyd and children, who are leaving for Ko rea to join Major Byod. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bozard have moved from the Carol Courts Apartments on College street to 921-A Jessiee Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Wiggins will move this weekend from the Carol Courts Apartments on Col lege street to 923 Jessica Avenue, in the house recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Armfield and family, who have moved to Whit mire to make their home. Mr. Armfield is owner and publisher of the Whitmire News. Minimum Of $2,500 Needed Friday, June 19, has been set as the “Blood Program Campaign Day” in Newberry County, and ef forts will be made to raise $2500 in order to continue the blood bank program for the county. The decision to take this action was made following discussion at a public meeting Tuesday night at the Newberry County Court House. The meeting was called by C. A. Kaufmann, chairman of the board of directors of the New berry County Chapter, American Red Cross. Failing to meet its countywide quota during the March Red Cross Fund Campaign, the Newberry chapter of the Red Cross was unable to pay its pro rata share for the operation of the Blood Center. Of the $9,919 quota set for the county, only $7,432 was col lected. The additional amount re quired in order for Newberry to cooperate in the blood program was not secured and unless action is taken to raise this amount be fore July 1st, citizens of the coun ty will not have the advantage of having blood always on hand at the local hospital. Mr. Beerburg, from the Red Cross area office in Columbia, was at the meeting to answer ques tions concerning the costs of the blood program, and the necessity for each of the 19 counties par ticipating to pay its pro-rata share of the nost. Mr. Beerburg stressed the fact that the Red Cross does not sell blood and that the $165,000 needed to run (continued on page eight) Plans Set For Moose Lodge Here About 25 interested men met Monday night in the court room at Newberry court house to formu late plans for initiation of a lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose in Newberry. W. D. Kerr, membership di rector, of Spartanburg, was present at the meeting and explained de tails of the organization and work being done by Moose chapters over the country. Mr. Kerr said that another meet ing would be called in Hie near future at which time he hoped to have sound movies of Moose- heart. child city supported by the Moose and Moosehaven, home for the aged near Jacksonville, Fla. Pool Opens For 1953 Season Following Extensive Repairs And Cleaning Wesleyan Guild Holds 1st Meet The first regular meeting of the Wesleyan Service Guild of Cen tral Methodist church will be held Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at the church. The guild was organized at a meeting held May 5. Officers of the new group are Mrs. F. G. Hartley, president; Mrs. I.. W. Bedenbaugh, vice president; Mrs. George Rodelsperger, record ing secretary; Mrs. F. J. Harmon, promotion secretary; Mrs. W. F. Smith, treasurer; and Mrs. L. G. McCullough, coordinator. MARGARET HUNTER POOL IN OPERATION—After extensive renovation, the pool at Margaret Hunter park was opened Monday morn ing of this week. Considerable work has been done on the bath house, the filter plant has been overhauled and the pool sand-blasted and painted. Mrs. Albert McCaughrin, chairman of the Newberry Recreation Committee announced that Miss Sallie Lee Cromer would have charge of the office, and swimming hours would be 9 a.m. to 12 noon; 2 to 6 p.m.; and 7 to 10 p.m. Life guards on duty are Margaret Ann Hunter and Gene Griffith, qualified senior life saver. Jimmie Wiseman, Jr., will leave Monday for Brevard, N. C. to attend a ten-day training course at the National Aquatic school and upon his return will instruct in water safety and first aid at the pool. Mrs. McCaughrin also announced that the pool would be open from 3 to 6 p.m. cn Sundays. (Sun photo by Frank Armfield.) BIRTHDAYS June 3: Prof. W. E. Monts. June 6: Frank Graham, Faye Leopard, Suzannah Force, Carl Long, Jo Aan Richardson, W. W. Walker and Jannie Kunkle. June 7: Agnes Carol Armfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank lin Armfield), and Ida S. Sum mer. June 8: Joe Roberts, Jr., Paul Ballentine Long, Mrs. L. H. Beam and Mrs. Claude Price. June 9: E. B. Purcell, Sr., Miss Fannie Mae Carwile, Mrs. J. L. Burns, Delora Fant, H. W. Dip- ner, Sr., and I. Q. Watkins. June 10: Dr. Arthur Welling, Cecil Williams, Johnnie Long, James H. Davis, Warren Pence, Connie Clark, Violet Browning and Brenda K. Merchant. June 11: Mrs. W. C. Eliza beth Harmon) Tarrer, D. O. Carpenter, Mrs. David Senn, Carol Deanne Clary, R. J. Metts, Guy Graham, Gilder Neel, Jr. and Evelyn Huffman. June 12: Charlie Senn, Frank Stevens, III, and Eleanor Potts.