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Gala Centennial Celebration Here T: a and t!'it■ nd - id New : ■ ■ ra;. < 11 n 11■ h nl iht 1 • ■ a : p. r-iMit i cad) ing ! * 1 1 al.iv (dis(‘pvaiiri■ ot ' aUi; mi nia i. licaimi in.y t'didim ju. u!u*n I >r. S.diatdMT, dr-. a a.-, r.'uat ion. w ill do a; v■ : sa rv scnnon. K i l-d i n :na* ah' d" idem 1 1 :a ■ 11 Hie la I tiook a i vina a aa n i/.a lion a* 11 n* si ■ ik ilit* 11 i a h • \l, M I n u a id * u h lion i\. i i a d (' 11 a : ( M't i ( K. I ‘r Wa vm Mi i d i * *n'.'Hi' At Amfico Club On Ga. Beach director- include t ell o n 111 o s 1 n a t ! l e n o a I'' the ('eni in u n it v (' e 11) 11 o u i n a men. .aether with oraanizat ion t In .1. \' Knee lU 11. Hrune'- .1: Rotary Workman. Kxeiianae; Mi Tedford. inemher-at larm .Mason. Scouts; James manufacturers; <1. Waym Jaycees; Rev. R K Monroi isterial; Mrs. r F. R. ('rooks. dilative 1. i o t m : Marion W. 11 W A K111 p. Martin, m in- *u ion We vac vann I I >( w ho Rite 11 by Mr 'id he, , 11 >l't >' - five \ e wbe :u 1 uesd.i y inorniiic fot it ion at tin- Amfico mil Reach. Ga.. a- m owe,-. Jr., and Kou R re j d'e - id 11 the Allan Insurance ('ompan v Amfico ('lull Tn the l R o wa if Thi.- aia n - Auxiliary and W. I- These, elected e the IhaJ Rea nl. Kiwanis. | duh. ! The Janu Turner. Jr., firemen, together with those peciaily to serve durina campaign, have all ac- isuran ■ i > am ; i- tin have I Will) M leell on1 pa !M Kloyi hth titi a 11 e S t M u 111 a Sa van OWllei hiel pie New if till \\ Lt * copied the posts of responsibility to which they had tieen elected, and have agreed to concert tlit*ir efforts to attain the l!n>h (piota. Whitmire Man Is Crash Victim din John Turner Gray. Tt-year-old wholesale furniture salesman of Whitmire, was found dead under the steering wheel of his overturn ed car on Highway 7J. in Sand Creek, about l:Jn a.m. Tuesday morning. I^aurens County Sheritf W A. j Lowery said that Gray was ap- j parently drivtny toward Clinton i when he lost control of the Ib.k'i i Buick on a ctirve. went over the embankment and turned over ini the creek on the left side of the highway. Joe Nelson, a Charlotte. N C ; truck driver, reported the wreekl to officers. Sheriff Lowery said the truck driver told him In* i saw tlie liuhts of tin* wrecked ear! in the creek, lie went down to investigate. In* said, hut went on | to Clinton to make a he found he could li alone. Gray was pulled from sheriff said. week a Then son. K Atkisot momi \\ i 1 son Billie Carti I *. ('oleman. Jr.. i ton. J. L. Reach Louis (' Rloyd, Au hre\- (1 a rleI ) liam G. Hunter. Also Waldo ('. Johnson. Jr.. II. 1! John Lindsav. (leoian Alhri-eht. LeRo\ Ander- M Anderson. Hr. Jas G < lordon Black well Ray Blair. A J. Ri>wors. Jr . G. Brown. J H. Galdwell. H. Glaiy. Jr. R. Boyce Goving- R G Floyd. LeRoy Gross. L. Haves. Wil- enmn | S I * !' ’ ( i i the spirit u i a 1 med.- . 1 : t :; e mem b * rs of H"t h *hem. St. Mil « ) i 11 * b u i! 11 ran ihurehes ;<•> 1 i ■ .- a w tlie m od of t .he !a •id* n * - (>: the "village” of \ . \\ he own r i \ fo! a <■ bur eh of their IF ' 1 H : k ♦ • U n the villagi * l.uther- alts. v. !m iuu 1 tlni: first offiria 1 me. t in u in w hat is now the "Old ('mint' {'mi ri Hoi’se " On July in. 1 n the organization of the r !l U : eh < onert 'gation was com plot - "d wit] h 21 eh alter membi ■rs. ThVy ( hose the na me "Luther Chapel" for tli. dr rhu rch. and obtained a State i alia n er in Decembe •r. 1S 5 4. The following were cha rt er mem he rs of I mther Chapi id: J. L. Anil ; Matt liia s Barre. w he Jane Her!> Barre. and daught er Mary Jane Baire: Mrs. Hers illia F Cline; William Walter Houseal jam! wife Hlizabeth Barre Houseal; j Nathan A. Hunter; Mrs. Susan Kinard; J. L. Morgan, his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan, and wife Harriet Morgan; Jacob K. Schum- pert ami wife Harriet Schumpert; nttman. P 1 t. K i rkeya r<l. ; W Martin, i 'had A1 hen McGaugh t in. Graekin. Jr.. Rat R. Mitchell "Ruddv" Morehead. 1 .-eon I r Me- A. R Nich- loltn C. Schumpert and wife M inerva E. Schumpert: M rs Amanda Stockman; David We its and wifi Sarah Worts; Miss Eliza bet h Whitman and Eliza Jane t hi tint t. A ritiz it of Newberry, Nathan A. 1! a n ti r. donated the church ids. S. (’. Rays Rope. A1 Rabin, borough. Homer I In hert Set zler. 1 ! R A Tnmtt. W Hartw \’im)dsk>u W Yates. R 1. Williamson am! t .ncer. Thus 11, Hurbert Sear- W Sch-n tn pert. eorge St one. I >r. R. Turner. Sr.. Joe \'idogsk\'. R. 't'oumans. N K. 111v \- Whitener. lot. located on Boundary Street, near the terminus of M(Kihln*n Street. The corner stone was laid for Luther Chapel on August 10. 1 s.Vl. and the dedication services followed on Hecemher In. Is.14. report when * of no help dead when he was the wrecked car. the He reportedly had a College Freshmen Should Enroll Now For Fall Semester A. 11 local hiuh seho, d c : adua 'e.- wlto plan to entei New berry <'ol- 1 ee thi< session .ire urged to noti fv tin eo] :eC e t ion should hi that tin* ('oile e III'; this W e made thi- re ran send Newberry Moose To Meet Tonight The secular semi-monthly meet- imr of Newberry Lodge. Loyal Order of Mon-e will he held to- tiicht (’['hur.-da> ) at S i>.m. at the V V W Home. Lodee Governor G(>orge W. Mar tin has urged all members to he present since plans will he dis- eu'-'i-d for a lodge home. Corporal Edward D. Nunnery (center) of Newberry is surrounded by a delegation of Newberry friends and relatives Sunday when he arrived at Columbia airport after beiiiR held as a prisoner of war for 20 months. His mother, Mrs. Janie Nunnery, is standing' in front of f he corporal. The welcoming delegation, including persons from as far away as Charleston, was estimated at between 150 and 200 persons. (U.S. Army photo by Nebbia). CpI. Nunnery, Returned POW To Be Honored At Banquet Saturday Night () crushed chest and wounds of the head, neck and body. A nativeiof Cross Hill in Laur ens County, he was a son of W. G. and Pauline Turner Gray. He served in the Army in World V ar II and was a member of Whitmire Methodist Church. C. It. Suber Men's Bible Class and the Metho dist Men's Club. Surviving are his wife, the form er Miss Carolyn Young, a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Young; one daughter. Sara Linda Gray; and one brother. William G.. Cross Hill. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at Whitmire Methodist Church by Dr. R. N T . Dubose and the Rev. C. L. Moody Jr. Burial was in Whitmire Cemetery. Pallbearers were James Pin son, Clayborn Hipp. Alec McCau ley, Charles Hardin. Shannon Suber. Sack Suber. Earl Gilliam and Robert Cochran. A Pl'li week to each applicant important materials on the orientation program. regis tration. and general information.! ^i HoiTK? YFW Auxiliary Meets Monday All freshmen must attend the Oi imitation Program which beirins i '! on Monday mornitm. Sept ember i it *- 14th. ! da' Colleye officials are anxious toj the assist all local high school grndu- 111 ates with their plans to entm Newberrv Colleue next week. V R.W. .Auxiliary will hold ■ular monthly meeting- Mon- niuht. Sept. Post Home, •d to he pres 14th. at S p.m. at All members are *nt as final plans for Chicken Barbecue on Wednes day. Sept. Pith will he made. Corporal Rionel Nunnery, son of I (Mrs. Janie Nnnnerv and Newber- I ry's only Korean prisoner of war. I'cturm d home Sunday afternoon ft om Korea w here he w as a pri soner of the* North Korean Reds I for over Ju months. lie arrived by plane from San Francisco at i the ('olun.bia A irport wh* re a j hit delegation of family and | friends from Newberry and else-j where in the* state* were on hand to gieet hint. Corporal Nunnery was released by the Communists on August la during the prisoner exchange identified as “Operation Big Switch.” He landed at San Fran cisco hist Saturday aboard the troopship Marine Adder. Rians were in the making for greeting the repatriated prisoner, hut the timetable went haywire , when it was learned that Nunnery in Jones Brothers Buy Verna & Hal Kohn Announcement was made this week of the change in ownership of the Verna and Hal Kohn florist and gift business. The new owners are Fitzgerald and Emerson Jones, of Newberry. Emerson Jones speaking for the new management, said that the business would continue f o be op erated under the same name and (continued on page eight) Annual Co-op Meet Sept. 19 George E. Stone. Secretary of tin* Board of the Newberry Elec tric Cooperative. Inc. states that he has officially notified the 3.- 70h members living in Newberry, Laurens, Fairfield and Lexington Counties, that the 13th Annual Membership Meeting will he held Saturday. September 111. 11)53 at the Newberry High School at 2:30 P.M. Mr. Stone says that mem ber interest in the Annual Meet ing seems to he greater than usual. He expressed the opinion that a very large number would he present when the meeting is called to order. Tin* program committee has put forth special effort to make this the best meeting in tit of the Cooperative. The Moss Family from Greenville, which has become cpiito renowned for its wholesome entertainment. h a s been engaged to put on a perform ance that lias been enthusiastical ly received by large* audiences throughout the state*. Mr. Clvde T. Ellis. Executive Manager the National Rural Electrifica tion Association, Washington, D. (A, has also been engaged to ad dress the meeting. Mr. Ellis is na tionally known for his interest in rural electrics and is unusually well informed on the subject. His address should he most informa tive. The business part of the meet ing will include reports from the various officers and employees outlining the progress made by the Cooperative during the past year. Also three directors will he elected to serve for a three year term. Mr. Stone stated that a nomi- hLiory | mating committee headed by Carl H. Epting of Pomaria met at the Cooperative’s office on August 15, B)53 and nominated the following members as candidates to he voted on at the Annual Meeting: ZONE 1 J. B. Kinard and David L. Ruff ZONE 11 W. L. Singlev and of j Joint Earl Smith ZONE III—Hubert Bedenbaugh and Ralph Shealy. Any other member of the Co operative may be nominated from the floor at the meeting. Mr. Stone says that he would like to emphasize to the public that the Newberry Electric Co operative is a strictly local owned and managed enter rise. Its goal is to bring electric energy to every rural home that desires it and at the lowest possible cost consistent to good business management. The Cooperative belongs to the members it serves. Each member has a financial interest in the Co operative which he fs anxious to protect. He, therefore, realizes it is his duty to see that capable, upright men are chosen for Direct ors. The Directors make the policies and are the custodians of the business. Mr. Stone would like to extend a cordial invitation to the public to attend, this meeting. would hi* processed und hack Newberry before plans could he com plet ed. However, a !)atU|Uet honoring the former pG-oie r and all Newberry county prisoners of the last war. will he Gaged this Saturday night at seven o'clock in the community hall. Thirteen veteran. civic and fraternal organizations are par ticipating in the event. They arc American Legion Rost No. 24. Livinuston-Wise Rost 5!it;!s. Vet erans of Foreign Wars. American Legion Auxiliary. Y.F.W. Auxili ary. Lions Club. Kiwanis Club. Exchange Club. Rotary Club. Business and Professional Wo mens Club, Civic League, Newber ry Lodge 171S. Loyal Order of Moose. Newberry Chamber Commerce ami Newberry Junior Chamber of Commerce. Tentative plans call for about » 200 guests to he on hand to wel come Cpl. Nunnery and other form er prisoners. Senator Marvin L. Abrams and Mayor J. L. Wiseman will welcome the POWs on behalf of the county and city. Jimmie Coggins, president of the Cham ber of Commerce will extend wel come from the civic and service organizations. A citation will be presented Cpl. Nunnery from the V.F.W. by Com mander Bobby Underw'ood. Robert Simmons will make the presenta tion of special gifts from the par ticipating organizations. Prior to the banquet the New berry Concert Band will give a concert at the community hall from 6:30 to 7 p.m. A police escort will bring Cpl. Nunnery to the community hall for the program. Since his arrival at home Cpl. Nunnery has been guest at the regular meeting of the American Legion, and will visit with the Moose lodge tonight at their regu lar session. Next Thursday night, a special program will be held for Cpl. Nun nery at the V.F.W. Home when a certificate of recognition will he presented the returnee. Tickrts -ah* to tin may he tii ipating o hai o the banquet are on public generally. They from any of the par- tuizarioijs. Since only a limited number of persons can he a< comodated at the community hall, the tickets were distributed between the organizations for sale to members and others. Police Make 52 Arrests In Aug. Records in the office of Chief of Police Colie Dowd show that the police department made .52 arrests during the month of Aug. As is usually the case, most of the arrests were made for intoxica tion. of which there were If) hist month. Cases made for other violations were: no driver’s license 9. no muffler 3. carrying an unlawful weapon 2. reckless driving 2. driv ing intoxicated 5, creating a dis- turbance 1. petty larceny 1, driving too fast for conditions 1, failing to vield right of way 1, speeding 3, running stop sign 4. and truck parking in truck zone without per mit 1. B And P W Meet At Greenwood business and Professional Wo men’s clubs of District Three, which includes Laurens and Clin ton. and District Four including Newberry, Aiken. Saluda and Whitmire, are invited to attend a meeting in Greenwood on Tues day night. Sept. 15, which will be conducted by Miss Beatrice Ann Patterson, national field director of the B. and P. W. Federation. The supper meeting will he held at the Oregon hotel at seven o’clock and representatives from all clubs in the two district are expected. As national field director, Miss Patterson works with the federa tion's national membership chair man on membership promotion. She navels throughout the coun try visiting state federations and local chibs to assist in the devel opment of methods of membership stabilization and expansion, and to interpret the national B. and P. W. federation's program and policies. Among the state and district B. and P. W. leaders who will at tend the Greenwood meeting next week are Mrs. Almeda Ballard of Pickens, upper area director; Miss Evelyn Burnett of Green wood. membership chairman of District Three; Mrs. Hedy Clark, Newberry, membership chairman of District Four. Miss Estelle Wheeler is president of the Greenwood club which is sponsor ing the meeting. Calendar Society Will Meet Monday The Calendar Society of Central Methodist church w il meet Mon day. Sept. 14 at 4 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Mike Youmans. Council Okays Street Improvement Projects At Special Meet Thursday Mayor James E. Wiseman call ed a special meeting of city coun cil last Thursday night for mem bers to look over State Highway ^(Department plans for paving and resurfacing seven sections of streets within the (-operate limits of the city. All tin* streets ap proved have been taken into the State Highway system, and all cost of improvement will he borne by the department. Those streets approved are: Kinard Street, from the end of the existing pavement to Harper St reet; Harper Street, from Hunt to Kinard Streets; Berry Street, from Milligan to Jefferson Streets; North Glenn Street, from Evans Street to Mower Street Exten sion ; Milligan Street, from Caldwell to Drayton Streets; North Drayton Street, from Wardlaw Street to the existing paving, and South Drayton Street. from Scott’s Creek Bridge to the junc tion of Caldwell Street. Councilman George W. .Martin made a motion to approve the plans and to authorize Mayor Wiseman to execute the neces sary papers and send them to Highway Department Engineers in order that the work may he start ed at once. The motion was sec onded by Alderman Ernest H. Layton and unanimously carried. Citv Manager Blackwell told members present that some sur- tacing work had already been done on O’Neal street from McKibben to Tarrant; Shelly street from Fair to Pope, and on McHardy street. Henry avenue and Wells Park drive. These projects w r ere approved at a previous council meeting. The property owners on these streets and the city will share the hill for this w*ork. Following council meeting, the budget committee met in coun cil chambers to continue work al ready started on the 1953-54 city budget. It will be submitted to council at the next regular meet ing for approval. The regular meeting of city council usually held the second Tuesday of each month has been postponed until September 15. Boundary PTA Holds 1st Meet Tonight At 8 The Boundary St. Parent Teach er Association will hold its first meeting of the year in the audi torium of the school at 8 p.m. on Thursday. September 10th. Ac cording to Gerald Paysinger, chair man of the program committee, the meeting will include a short “sing”, led by the music commit tee composed of Don Rook. Mrs. Elbert Dickert, and Mrs. H. L. Spell, followed by a devotional period led by a local minister. A (continued on page eight) Judge Bellinger Will Preside September term sinus court will county court hoasi of General Ses- ene at the * Monday. Sept. 21. Judge G. Human Bellinger of Columbia will preside over the session. Members of the Grand Jury 'nave been requested to report at 9:30 a. m. Monday. Sept. 2L Petit Jurors were drawn at the office of Clerk of Court Charles E. Bowers yesti fdav morning. They will report on Tuesday morning. Sept. 22. at 9:20 a.m. Those drawn to -<"ve during this term of criminal court are: Leroy Anderson. .Rimes E. Britt. Jesse B. Martin. Orin A. Amick. G. Wayne Martin. George P. Lester. J. Frank Mills, (Harrimrton St. Ext.) Leland S Wilson. John B. Lindsay. J. D. Rook. Charles A. Force, Oscar Doyle Long, Vernon F. Shealy. Sam A. Cook. Joby J. Betchman, Wilbur Chapman, H. B. Wells. Ill, till of Newberry. J. W. Boland. Cut Off Route' 1. New berry. W. C. Carter. Route t. Newber ry. Raymond L. Koon. Route 3. Newberry. Alvin G. Hipp. Route berry. C. F. Kinard. Route berry. Russell C. Addy. Route berry. Eugene Newberry. Marvin Newberry. 1. V. Bishop, Route 1. Carroll H Counts. Prosperity. Gary L. Dominick, Route 2. Pros perity. P. W. Stockman, Route 1. Pros perity. / Clarence A. Counts Route 3, Prosperity. Carroll C. Hamm. Prosperity. Grady B. Wicker, Little Moun tain. W. M. Chapman. Little Moun tain. T. H. Shealy, Pomaria. W. D. Summer. Pomaria. James A. Senn. Route 1, Silver- street (Longshore). L. Piester. L. Longshore. 4. New- 2. N e w - 1. New- Route 2, Route 4, Kinards. Route 3. Garment Company Employees Vote Employees of the Ne" ' *rry Garment company at a special election last Wednesday afternoon. Sept. 2. voted 152 to 54 to affili ate with the Amalgated Clothing Worker’s Lnion of the CIO. A representative of the ACWO- CIO said that certification wil he made in the near future. Employees of one other manu facturing plant in Newberry, the Mollohon Manufacturing company, is affiliated with the textile work ers union of the CIO. Employees of Newberry Mills. Inc., and Oak land Mills, division of the Kendall company, are associated with the American .Federation of Labor. BIRTHDAYS ~ Sept. 12: Kejster Willingham. Mrs. O. O. Copeland, Margie Davis, Mrs. Cleo Morris, Mrs. Leane Thrift, Thomas Bradley, Mrs. Raymond B. Nichols, Aud rey S. Senn, Jason Ringer and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith. Sept. 13: Mrs. J. T. Dennis, Elsie Dickert, Mrs. R. J. Metts (Prosperity) and Daree Abrams. Sept. 14: Grady Boozer, Mrs. D. A. Livingston, Miss Mazie Dominjck, Anna Coe Keitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Keitt, Mrs. John F. Scurry, Frances Neel and Mrs. Luther Bedenbaugh. Sept. 15: Mrs. Lelia Reese, T. H, Neel, Mrs. W. E. Spearman, Gene Abrams, G. Howard Moore, Louis C. Floyd and Donna Drig gers. Sept. 16: Mrs. E. O. Shealy, Jane Patrick, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Louis Patrick, Frank “Buddy” Sligh and C. B. Half acre. Sept. 17: Wilton Todd, Mrs. George P. Hill, Ernest Clary, R. R. Bruner, Jr., Harriett Dick ert, Tommy Kinard, Eddie O. Graham, Jesse W. Senn, Janice Halfacre and Mrs. N. C. Shaver. Sept. 18: Blanche Salter, An sel L. Wood, Tommie Pitts, Tommy Kinard, Andrea Rae Ringer and Hugh Bedenbaugh.