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N EWS ITEMS The Sun welcomes news items concerning you and your friend. . Send them in to us. JOB PRINTING We are well equipped to handle all your printing needs. Phone No. 1. VOL. 16—NO. 8 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1953 + $2.00 PER YEAR Hundreds Of Newberrians Get Vacations Over July 4 THIS SCENE FROM “DEEP ROOTS” shows Charles Harrison, a forester, and his wife, Sally, at the close of the story and their return to the mythical Harrison family homestead, where Charles was born. At the outset, the film tells of a new way of life for Judd and Margaret Harrison, Charles' par ents, as Judd became a tree farmer and woodlot owner, when other crops had endangered his livelihood. The house is the old, abandoned structure on the Aunt Nannie Livingston Place or more recently known as the Payne Place in the Bush River section as it appears today. For story purposes, the house was transformed into its original state of about 1918 and is so shown in “Deep Roots.” Farm Women Cited For 1952-53 Work Quota Is Assured For Continuation Of Blood Program Textile Plants To Close Full Week The textile and other manu facturing plants of Newberry will close next w'eek for annual em ployee vacations, and in addition, most workers will come in for one or two weeks vacation with pay. Both Kendall plants, Mollohon and Oakland, will close down at 6 a.m. Saturday, June 27 and go back to work Monday. July <1 beginning wjfh the first shift at 6 a.m. Although all manufactur ing processes in the mills will be shut down, a maintenance crew will be at work making necessary alterations and repairs while the mill is not in operation. Employees who have been con nected with the Kendall mills for at least six months are entitled to vacation pay. Those who have been with the company for five years or more get two weeks pay. Actually the pay is a percentage of wages earned over a year, ending April 1, 1953. Employees with six months’ service receive two per cent of their annual wages, and those with the company over five years will receive four percent of their annual wages. W. H. Tedford, manager at Mollohon, said that between 75 and 80 percent of approximately 575 employees are eligible for the four percent vacation pay. He said the pay would be about ■faU.- 000. D. O. Carpenter is manager of the Oakland plant. New'berry Mills, Inc., will ob serve the same vacation period as the Kendall plants. J. E. Britt, manager, said that his plant will also pay the two percent of annual wages for employee vacations. He stated that since the mil! had been operating less than five years, no employees at the plant would be eligible for the larger percentage of pay, but that next year the plan would cover a large number of employees. Fay at New berry Mills will be about $28,000. Newberry Garment company’s vacation period begins at 11 o’ clock Friday morning and will continue through July 5, with op erations being resumed at 7 a.m on July 6. J. R. Andrews, firm manager, said that the annual employees barbecue dinner will be held at the American Legion hut Friday morning at 11:30. This is an an nual affair, sponsored jointly by the company and employees. Streeters Set For 4th Event July Fourth is drawing near, and as always, Jolly Streeters are making plans for their annual gala celebration of Independence Day. According to spokesman Clar ence A. Metts of Jolly Street, Audley Ward, district agricultural extension agent of Aiken, will be on hand to entertain the gather ing. Mr. Ward is well known throughout the state and is very active in American Legion work. In addition to the speech by Mr. Ward, a number of other in teresting features are being ar ranged. And of course, there will be the annual barbecue for which Jolly Street has always been fam ous. BIRTHS AT HOSPITAL Births at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital for the past week were: Born to Mr. and Mrs. George W. Counts of Aiken, a seven pound son, George Michael on Friday, June 19th. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Simmons, Newberry, a seven pound five ounce daughter, Vic toria Leigh on Friday, June 19th. Born to Mr and Mrs. Edgar David Jones, Prosperity, a seven pound twelve ounce son, Daniel Leslie, on Saturday, June 20th. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Rubie Bouknight, Jr., Route 4, Saluda, a seven pound five ounce son, Rubie Anthony on Monday, June 22nd. POLICEMAN MACK RETURNS TO HOSPITAL Policeman John Lee Mack re turned to the Baptist Hospital in Columbia last Sunday where he is receiving treatment. Mr. Mack came home last Wednesday, but reentered the hospital for further treatment. He expects to be a patient there for about three weeks. Store Closings Set For July 4 Newberry stores and business establishments will be closed Sat urday, July 4;h. This action lias been recommended by the Mer chant's Committee of the Cham ber of Commerce following a poll of members. With few exceptions, stores of Newberry will observe the closing. Following an annual custom, the dry cleaners and laundries will (lose down operations this Satur day night, June 27 and will be closed all next week, reopening Monday morning, July. €. Also closing for the entire week will be the Newberry Beauty shop and the Ritz Beauty shop. Employees of all three textile mills and the Newberry Garment company will close for the week to give employees annual vaea- t ions. ‘Rural Church Of Year’ Named Clem son,—Greenville Presbyter ian Church, Shoals Junction com munity. Greenwood county, has been named “Rural Church of The Year" in South Carolina in the Town and Country Church De velopment Program. Nine other rural churches of the state will re ceive cash awards and honorable- mention certificates in this pro- gram. As first-place winner in the state, the Greenville church will receive $500 and will be eligible for consideration in the selection of the “Rural Church of The South.” The winner of the south ern award will receive an addi tional $500. Named to receive “Certificates of Recognition” and awards of $100 each are the following churches: Boiling Springs Bap tist Church, Spartanburg county; Friendship Presbyterian Church, Laurens county; Pine Grove Methodist Church, Darlington county; and Pond Branch Metho dist Church, Lexington county. Churches selected to receive “Cer tificates of Achievement” but no cash awards are: Cedar Grove Lutheran Church. Lexington coun ty; Gramling Methodist Church, Spartanburg county; Harmony Methodist Church, Edgefield coun ty; Mt. Vernon Methodist Church, York county; and Zion Methodist Church, Newberry county. Hospital Patients Little Miss Judy Carolyn Abbott. Route 3. Prosperity. Carl Baker, 1124 Sinclair St., Whitmire. Mrs. Rubie Bouknight and Baby Boy, Route 1, Newberry. Willie C. Bishop. Route 1, Kin- ards. Russell M. Bolton, 2903 Fair Avenue. Mrs. Lomas Buzhardt, Route 1, Newberry. Master Rickey Chapman, Route 3, Newberry. Little Miss Debra Caldwell, Lit tle Mountain. Mrs. W. E. Elmore, 1325 Pelham St. John F. Griffith, Route 5, Sa luda. Mrs. Myra Gilliam, 1425 Cole man Ave., Whitmire. Mrs. T. B. Harmon, Prosperity. Mrs. Eugene Hunter, Route 2, Prosperity. David Laird, 2010 Adelaide St. Mrs. Mae Ledbetter, 515 Bound ary St. William Leitzsey, Route 1, New berry. Mrs. Floree Marlowe, 1321 Cald well St. J. B. Morris, 110 Caldwell St. Baby Charles V. Moss, Route 2, Whitmire. H. T. Oxner, Route 1, Kinards. Mrs. Callie Quattlebaum, Route 3, Prosperity. Miss Martha Shealy, 514 Green St. Mrs. H. B. Sinclair, 602 Evans St., Whitmire. J. S. J. Suber, Route 2, Pomaria. Mrs. B. J. Thomasson, 1409 First St. Miss Sunie Wicker, Route 1, Kinards. L. A. Wilson. 2123 Brown St. Newberry County Council of Farm Women were among the 16 Carolina county councils of farm women to be awarded blue rib bons for outstanding work during 1952-1953. The awards were announced at Winthrop College. Thursday, June 18th at ine closing session of the 33rd annual convention of the State Council of Farm Women. In the blue ribbon group were Chesterfield, Laurens, Newberry and Orangeburg, previous winners of the Gee Book Shelf and there fore were ineligible to receive it again, and these counties were awarded purple ribbons for the T. S. Humphries Died Suddenly Monday Night Thomas Smith Humphries, 77, died suddenly Monday at his home on Cline street. Born in Union county, he was the son of the late Absolum and Victoria Humphries. He was an agent for the Virginia Life Insur ance Company in New’berry Coun ty for 35 years and retired in 1941. He was a member of Central Methodist church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. An nie Lee Humphries; twm sons, Thomas S. Jr., New Kensington, Pa.; and Wilbur, Saluda; four daughters, Mrs. W. M. Cox, Green ville; Mrs. Charlie Gordon, Cayce; Mrs. Ralph E. Cooper, Columbia; and Mrs. George Rodelsperger, Newberry; one sister, Mrs. Lettie Lawson, Union, and six grandchil dren. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Whit aker Funeral Home by the Rev. Herbert Spell, assisted by the Rev. C. S. Floyd of Saluda. Burial followed in Rosemont cemetery. Active pallbearers were Doyle Long, Eugene Derrick, Ray Nobles, James Dennis, Johnny DeHart, Otis Whitaker, Ralph Wliitaker, and Garner Nobles. Serving as honorary pallbearers were H. T. Long, R. Derrill Smith, J. H. Baxter, H. E. Corley, W. M. Lee, Henry Swindler, George Rikard, J. J. Hitt, Ralph Williams, J. L. Long, Dr. E. H. Moore, Charlie A. Force, Sr., Olin In- abinet, Paul Whitaker, H. D. Whitaker, H. D. Wherry, Dan Dick- ert, Fred Pitts, W. E. Turner, Sr., and R. E. Gee. ATTENDING SHOWING IN CHARLOTTE, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. T. Roy Summer, Jr., and daughter, Betsy, spent Tuesday in Charlotte, N. C. where Mr. Summer attended the Mac Showing of mens’ wearing apparel, w T hich was held at the new Radio Center there. Mr. Summer also purchased merchandise of T. Roy Summer’s clothing store here. exceptional work accomplished during the year. Thomas J. Hamilton of The New York Times, was guest speak er at the annual Council of Farm Women at Winthrop College last week. He was introduced by Mrs. Gordon Blackwell, president of the State Council of Farm Women. Those taking part on the pro gram for the week w r ere: Mrs. M. T. Cullum of Pomaria, who gave a report on the Family Project con ducted in Newberry County, Mrs. B. O. Long of Silverstreet, ac companist for the State Council Chorus and members of the New berry County Chorus which in cludes: Mrs. J. H. Bow r ers, Jr., M rs. Harold Bowers, Mrs. Richard Bowers Serving: With 4th Infantry BUTZBACH, GERMANY — Pvt. Freddie L. Bowers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bowers, Route 2, Prosperity, is serving with the Army’s 4th Infantry Division in Germany. He is an ammunition bearer for a 75 mm recoiless rifle team in the 8th Regiment’s Company M. The first combat infantry di vision to be sent from the U.S. to bolster NATO forces in West ern Europe. The 4th is receiving extensive field training in the southern part of Europe. Hipp Family Reunion The annual reunion of the famil ies of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Hipp wil be held on July fourth at the Margaret Hunter park in Newberry. All descendants are urged to attend, and bring well-filed pic nic basskets and tea. Neel, Jr., Mrs. Guy Long, Mrs. M. T. Cullum, Mrs. M. B. Crooks, Mrs. Jerome Havird, Mrs. E. K. Counts, Mrs. J. H. Long, Mrs. W. C. Koon, Mrs. Ray Suber, Miss Betty Rae Suber and Miss Faye Blair under the direction of Mrs. B. O. Long. Those attending for the entire week were: Mrs. Newton Dickert, Mrs. William Pitts, Mrs. Ellen Abrams, Miss Ruth Martin, Mrs. Harold Bowers, Mrs. Richard (Neel. Jr., Mrs. Homer Epting, Mrs. W. C. Koon, Mrs. Wilbur Epps, Mrs. Marvin Holsonback, Mrs. John Boozer, Mrs. W. C. Hughes, Mrs. Earl McCullough and the Asst. Home Dem. Agent, Mrs. Barbara G. Brown. Beckham Assisting St. Luke’s Priest William A. Beckham, a student at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Va., has been assigned by the Rt. Rev. John J. Gravatt, bishop of the diocese of Upper South Carolina, to work at St. Luke’s Episcopal church and at the chapel of St. Luke Physician, during the summer months. Mr. Beckham will be working under the supervision of the Rev. Edwin B. Clippard, priest in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Beckham and their two boys will reside at Carol Court apartment during their stay in Newberry. POMARIA CIRCLE TO SERVE BARBECUE Circle No. 2 of St Pauls Luther an Church, Pomaria, will serve a chicken barbecue at Margaret Hunter Park on Sunday, June 27 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Fire Destroys Smith Heating Co. Tuesday The Newberry Fire Department w r as called out Tuesday afternoon about three o’clock when an alarm was sent in from the Smith Heating company mn First street, near Oakland mi^The blaze was well under way when the depart ment arrived, and since the build ing was of frame construction, there was little firemen could do to control it. A 1947 Mercury convertible, owned by Mrs. Smith's son, Har old, parked in front of the one story building was also destroy ed. Mr. Smith estimated the loss of equipment and supplies at $6,- 000. There was no insurance. Origin of the fire which began at the back of the building, is i not known and had gained head way when discovered by Mrs. Harold Smith, who was in the of fice located at the front of the building. The building was own ed by Ha! Kohn. Sr. Harry Griffin, Pomaria Native Killed In Korea News has been received in Po maria and Newberry of the death of Lt. Harry Griffin on June 16 from w r ounds received in action in Korea. Lt. Griffin, a company of ficer in the 180th Infantry Regi ment o*' the 45th Infantry Division, had only recently arrived in Ko rea. He entered the army in September 1951 and received his basic training at Camp Rucker, Alabama before going overseas. Lt. Griffin w r as born and reared in the Pomaria section of the county and was the son of Oral T. and Mrs. Gladys Richardson Grif fin of Pomaria. A number of relatives survive. Further airangements will be announced from McSwain Funeral Home. Spider Bite Is Fatal To Mace Hart A. F. Mace Hart, *78, died late Monday at his home in the St. Luke section of Newberry County. He had been seriously ill since last Friday when he was bitten by a black widow’ spider. He had been in declining health for several years. He was born and reared in the Good Hope section of Saluda Coun ty but had made his home in New berry County for a number of years. He was twice married, first to Miss Lizzie Caldwell and second to Miss Katie Enlow, who survives him. He is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday at 4 p.m. from the graveside in St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Cemetery by Dr. Thomas W. Suber. Former Resident Dies In Columbia Capt. Paul Bishop McConville, 74, of 839 Kawana road, Columbia, died at the Providence Hospital at 8:10 Sunday morning. He had been in declining health for ten years but seriously ill only tw r o w’eeks. Captain McConville was born in Steubenville, Ohio, September 24, 1878, a son of the late Daniel and Emily Hensley McConville. He moved to Washington as a child and spent most of his life there. He served in World War I and re tired from ordnance as a captain. He spent some years in Florida but for the past ten years had Tnade his nome in Columbia. He was a resident of Newberry for several years at one time and wms a member of the Aveleigh Presbyterian church while here. Capt. McConville had been con nected with the legal department of the United States government for a number of years. He wms a past commander of the Stephen M. Gladwin Post No. 40 of the American Legion in Fort Pierce,’ Fla. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church in Co lumbia. He is survived by his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Carl Nunnel- ly of Fayetteville, N. C.; one brother, Arthur H. McConville, Washington, D. C.; two grand daughters, Susan Carol Nunnelly and Paula Louise Nunnelly. Clayton Memorial Services On Sujiday Clayton Memorial Church an nounces services Sunday at 11, and Sunday school at 10 a. m. Mr. Wm. R. Bennett will be present. There also may be visitors of stu dents who are spending some time here among Universalist churches. Also it was announced that next Sunday would be Homecom ing Sunday when all would eat together in the shade. Friends may join us in the basket dinner service, Mr. Bennett said. Building Permits Building permits Issued during the past week. June 22: I. Schissell, general re pairs to store building on Main street, $1000. June 22: J. L. Long, general re pairs to dwelling, 926 Cline street, $500. June 23: Mrs. T. P. Johnson, general repairs to dwelling on Calhoun street, $300. Jkine 24: Henry Davis, general repairs to dwelling, 821 Cromer street, $100. WSCS CIRCLE MEETS Circle No. 5 of the WSCS of Central Methodist Church will meet Friday morning, June 26, at 10:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. A. E. Morehead on Henry Avenue. $40 Is Needed To Put Drive Over $2000 Goal At noon Wednesday. Co-Chair man Herschel Kemper reported to this paper that to the mentioned hour, $1,938.96 had been received by Treasurer J. Ray Dawkins of the $2,000 sought for the continu ation of the Red Cross blood pro gram for Newberry county. The effort, described as a “one day whirlwind campaign” was con ducted last Friday, principally in the business district of Newber ry, but facilities were provided in order that others might have a part in the drive. , The solicitation was made by Girl Scouts of Newberry following publicity by radio, newspaper, and literature distributed personally by Boy Scouts of the city the day before. Co-Chairmen Kemper and George K. Dominick were high in their praise for the work done by volunteer workers, especially the Girl Scouts and Mrs. E. B. Purcell who was in charge of a car equip ped with loudspeakers, which tour ed Newberry and surrounding communities throughout the day. Helping with the sound car were Mrs. W. H. Tedford, Mrs. J. M. Poole, Mrs. LeRoy Anderson and Mrs. Oswald Copeland. These la dies stressed the need for continu ation of the program, telling how the blood is used in life saving and in polio work. Drive chairmen declared that even though the Girl Scouts did a remarkable job of solicitation within the city, they are sure thore are those who have not made contributions. They are urg ed to donate and send money di rectly to J. Ray Dawkins, county treasurer, or be taken to him at the court house. • Mr. Kemper said that he felt the remaining $40.00 would be forthcoming, and that the blood program would be continued for the benefit of citizens of Newber ry county. He repeated that all money raised in this effort would be used in the blood program, since the campaign was organized specifically for that purpose. MR. SHEALY RETURNS HOME FROM HOSPITAL Lewis Shealy, who was admit ted to the Baptist Hospital in Co lumbia last Friday for treatment, returned to his home on the cut off Tuesday afternoon. He is re ported to be now recuperating nicely. BIRTHDAYS June 26: Mrs. Ralph P. (Eliza beth Renwick) Baker. June 27: Elsie Long, Mr*. Euston Richardson and June Walton. June 28: Mrs. Douglas Horns by, Jr., Olin Layton, Mrs. T. Roy Summer, Lonnie Gilliam, Mrs. Robert M. Lominack, Mrs. C. C. Hutto, Kenneth Ross Har- mon* Frances Derrick, Tommy Ann Werts, Mrs. H. D. Hollings worth and Harriett Ann Senn. June 29: Miss Annie Abrams, Eve Welling, Mrs. Ralph Wil banks, Pauline Wicker and Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Duckett. June 30: Mrs. Kirby Lomi nack, John L. Epps, Jr., Mrs. Ethel Swygert, Mary 8. Wat kins, Mike Wiggers and Edwin Nichols. July 1: Miss Ruby Dennis, Sims Tompkins, Mrs. Milton Moore, Bobby Harmon, James Nance Parr, Emily Moore, Mr*. Ervin D. Richardson, Mrs. W. B. Boinest, Jr., Mrs. Clifford Smith, Patsy Ruth Senn, Lucille Long and Grace O. Hazel. July 2: John A. Peterson, 1 Thomas Morris, Sam P. Shan non, Mrs. Walter Davis, Allan Dominick and Wilbur J. Ringer. July 3: Frank E. Jordan, Jr., Billie T. Parr, Walter Baker Summer, Mrs. Jake Boozer, A. B. Lake and Curtis Doolittle. July 4: Mrs. F. J. Weir, Joe Chappells, Susan Boland, James Oscar Quattlebaum, J. H. Long, Elliott Mayer, Mrs. J. H. Boozer | and Sallie Abrams.* FARM GRpUPS RECEIVE AWARDS—Sixteen county councils o# farm women in South Carolina were named blue ribbon winners for outstanding work accomplished during 1952-53. The awards were announced at the annual convention of the State Council of Farm Women at Winthrop College. Representattives of the blue ribbon counties are pictured, left to right: Front row—Mrs. Gordon Goodwin, Colleton County; Mrs. John L. Fridy, Fairfield; Mrs. C. W. Nuite, Sumter, the highest scoring county and winner also of the Gee Book Shelf; Mrs. B. F. Richbourg, Clarendon; and Mrs. Wade Langston, Florence. Second row—Mrs. Ed Rivers, Chesterfield; Mrs. E. P. Gulledge, Greenwood; Mrs. R. A. Newsom, Lee; Mrs. Cora Brodie, Aiken; Mrs. L. N. Cook, Laurens; Mrs. J. A. Riley, Richland. Back row—Mrs. Lamar Porter, Ojangeburg; Mrs. A. W. Ayers, Calhoun; Mrs. Truman Johnson, Pickens; Miss Myrtie Martin, Lex ington; and Mrs. W. C. Hughes, Newberry. Mr. Smith came here about four months ago from Spartanburg.