The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 17, 1953, Image 5
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1953
PAGE FIVF
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Caldwell St. Newberry
THE NEWBERRY SUN
Newberry POWs Story One
Of Brutality And Death
By MRS. A. H. COUNTS
Speers St. P.T.A.
Met Thursday
About 125 mothers, fathers and
teachers of Speers Street elemen
tary students gathered at the
school last Thursday evening for
the first meeting of the Speers
Street Parent-Teacher associa
tion.
Immediately preceeding the
meeting, parents held a get-
acquainted period in individual
classrooms with teachers of their
pupils. Following this, those pre
sent went to the auditorium- for
the regular session.
Mrs. Lewis Lipscomb, P.T.A.
president, called the meeting to
order and the program was open
ed with the singing of “America,
the Beautiful,” led by Mrs. Fur
man Sterling, city school music
teacher. Mrs. Ernest L. Oxner,
spiritual education c h a ir m a n,
brought the devotion. i
After the roll call, reports were
heard from various committee
chairmen. Mrs. Kirby Lominack,
chairman of the membership com
mittee reported that 175 member
ships had been secured in the 3-
day member campaign.
After several items of business
were discussed, the president gave
a report of her trip to the Na
tional Convention which was held
in Oklahoma City, Okla., May 18-
20. '
County Farm Women
Attend Council Meet
Twenty-seven Newberry County
Council of Farm Women attended
the annual Fall Council Meeting at
Clemson College Saturday, Sept
ember 12th. The meeting was held
in the Main Building auditorium
and Mrs. Robert C. Wasson, Dist
rict Director of Laurens, presided.
The program included special
music by the District Chorus un
der the direction of Mrs. B. O.
Long of Newberry. Those singing
in the chorus from Newberry
were: Mrs. M. T. Cullum of Po-
maria, Mrs. J. H. Bowers, Jr. of
Silverstreet and Mrs. M. B. Crooks
of St. Phillips. Reports from the
International and National meet
ing were heard.
Dr. Aron Rutledge, Director of
Personal Guidance of Furman
University was the main speaker.
He spoke to the group on “The
New Family” which was centered
around Democ r acy. He very ably
brought out the fact that Demo
cratic Living b‘ gins in the home
in family contacts. The point that
we need people who can do own
thinking was stressed. In de
veloping character he said tem-
tations should be looked upon as
a challenge rather than pitfalls.
In closing he stressed the im
portance of church in good family
living.
Four hundred and sixteen coun
cil members and 32 guests regis
tered. Everyone enjoyed a delight
ful luncheon in the College Din
ing Room.
RETURN FROM
LAKE JUNALUSKA
Misses Sadie Bowers and Rosa
lind E. Werts returned to Newber
ry last Wednesday from a visit
with Miss Carrie Kilgore at the
Kilgore Cottage “Tip Top” at Lake
Junaluska. They enjoyed trips to
Craggy Gardens, the Great Smok
ies, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Mt.
Mitchell and other places of in
terest while away. They also at
tended the famous Historical Play
“Unto These Hills.”
ENTERS FRESHMAN CLASS
AT THE CITADEL
George Lipscomb, son of Mrs. E.
M. Lipscomb, Sr. and C. C. Hutto,
Jr., son of Mrs. C. C. Hutto left
Sunday for Charleston where they
entered the Freshman class at
The Citadel Monday. They were
accompained to Charleston by Mrs.
Hutto, who remained for a few
days visit with relatives.
UNDERGOES TONSILECTOMY
Jean Copeland, four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oswald
Copeland underwent a tonsilecto-
my in the Newberry Memorial Hos
pital Tuesday morning. She is now
doing fine and recuperating at her
home on E. Main street.
J. H. CLARY, SR., SERIOUSLY
ILL IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
The many friends of J. H. Clary,
Sr., will be sorry to learn that he
suffered another heart attack,
about 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon
at his home on Boundary street.
He was admitted to the local hos
pital where his condition is re
ported to be critical.
PATIENTS AT THE ANN JONES
REST HOME ON HUNT ST.
Mrs. T. H. Pope, Sr., is now a
patient at the Ann Jones Rest
Home on Hunt Street, where she
is recuperating nicely.
Mrs. Pope was transfered from
the Columbia Hospital to New
berry last Sunday, where she had
been a patient since breaking her
left ankle about two weeks ago.
Mrs. Curtis Stout of Spartan
burg is also a patient at the Ann
Jones Rest Home on Hunt St.
Thirty months of horror in a
Communist prison camp are gone
for Cpl. Edward D. Nunnery of
Newberry,, they will probably re
main alive in his mind for a life
time.
After those long days of march
ing, eating foul food, drinking un
sanitary water and living in al
most unbearable conditions, he’s
at home once more with his par
ents and family, living a normal
life again.
His story, like many other re
turned POW’s, is what the Reds
wouldn’t have you believe—a story
of brutality and death.
The corporal’s forced marches
would certainly rival that of the
Americans at B?.taan and Corregi-
dor during World War II.
The Newberry corporal’s first
march was for three months dur
ing which time the prisoners cov
ered approximately 1,000 miles.
Only 200 of <he 800 prisoners re
mained when the §roup reached
their destination, the others hav
ing fallen e.i route, the corporal
said. A second march was ordered
when the POW’s were transferred
to another camp, Cpl. Nunnery
said. That one lasted six months.
The ex-POW stated that when
the \ men in his troop were at
tacked he and another soldier
managed to escape when they
were surrounded. Several days
later he and his companion came
upon a wounded soldier, a colonel,
who said he would see that they
were rewarded if they would help
him. Cpl. Nunnery and his com
panion told the officer they did not
want any reward, but would help
him because they loved him. Later
the three joined a group of about
100 Americans in a valley. Im
mediately they were surrounded
by the enemy. All were killed ex
cept eight. His companion was
killed and Cpl. Nunnery does not
know what happened to the of
ficer.
En route to prison the men slept
on the ground without blankets or
anything to protect them from the
cold.. There was very little food
and what they got was poor. The
men were weak from the lack of
food which caused many of them
to become blind.
Cpl. Nunnery said that one
night he went blind so his buddy
said, “Nunnery, put your hand on
my shoulder and J will lead you.”
Realizing that his buddy was al
so very weak he placed his hand
lightly on his shoulder. After, a
number of hours marching his
sight returned and he struggled
on in the weary line of marching
men.
Cpl. Nunnery's weight went
down to 109 pounds from the pris
on diet of soy beans and sorghum
seed, served twice a day. He said
the Reds promised the prisoners
a meal of chicken and other food
and when they finally got it a
month or so later in small serv
ings, the men were too weak to
eat it.
The camp and its surroundings
were very unsanitary.
The corporal’s physical condi
tion has improved since his re
lease and he has regained much
of his lost weight.
He said prisoners went many
months in camp without a comb.
Finally they were issued one comb
for every ten men. The men had
only one suit of clothing during
the. entire winter.
It was extremely cold and pris
oners slept on the floor. Some of
the men, he said, cut down trees
and made a bed with boughts and
brush. There was no medical at
tention scarcely for the sick and
wounded. Evervone was given a
little white pil 1 for' his ailments.
He said men died by the hundreds
ATTEND STATE DISTRICT
MEET OF DRW
Mrs. Edna H. Feagle, director of
the local office of the Department
of Public Welfare, attended the
State District Meting of the De
partment of Public Welfare, which
was held at Clemson College, Mon
day through Wednesday of this
week.
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES
Candidates for the office of
magistrate at Whitmire, Magis
terial District No. One, are here
by notified that they must file
their pledge with B. V. Chapman,
chairman of Newberry County
Democratic Executive Committe,
on or before Saturday, September
26, at twelve o’clock noon, the
final time for filing such pledges.
The date of election has been set
for Tuesday, October 6, 1953 from
the hours of 8 a.m. to. 6 p.m.
B. V. CHAPMAN, Chairman.
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The Big Three of the last war
are being whittled down faster
than the Big Four of World War
I, and strangely, the oldest of the
Big Three is the only one alive
today.
there. Often the Communists came
in and rem »ved a man from a
camp withou. an explanation.
When the POV/’s were informed
that they wi re to be released, the
Communists issued soap, tooth
paste and other things, Cpl. Nun
nery said. He said the prisoners
were so outdone over this sudden
splurt of hospitality after the long
miserable months that as soon as
the truck taking the men from
prison passed the first MP that
they immediately threw the gifts
out. In fact he said the men re
moved all of their top clothing and
threw them away and arrived at
Freedom Village in their under
wear.
Cpl. Nunnery is enjoying the
good food his mother is prepar
ing for him each day and also
seeing familiar scenes. While in
prison he said he dreamed about
Main St. in Newberry many times.
During his stay in prison five
members of Cpl. Nunnery’s family
died, but his family did not men
tion it in their letters. As soon
as his mother greeted him at the
Columbia airport upon his arrival
she told him of the death of his
19-year-old sister, Vera, on Christ
mas Eve of 1952 from injuries in
an automobile wreck. Then after
his arrival home he was told of
the passing of two uncles and an
aunt and his grandmother.
Cpl. Nunnery, the only prisoner
of the Korean War from Newberry
County, and 19 World War II
POW’s were honored at a banquet
here Saturday night at the Com
munity Hall by service clubs of
the city.
Deed Transfers
Newberry No. 1 Outside
Mrs. Essie S. Taylor to Alvin H.
Dallas and Lucy C. Dallas seven
and one-half acres (Finkenstadt
property), $7500. •
The Kendall Company to Os
borne S. Padgett one lot 80’ on
Rivers street x 183.34’ (0.34 acres)
$250.
Hal Kohn to Hayes Alston one
lot 151'x321.4\ $450.
Sarah H. Coggans to Perateum
Products Corporation, one lot 200
x450’x626\ $500.
Whitmire No. 4
James Gilliam, Curtis Hamilton
and R. V. Rhodes, trustees to Will
McMillian, one lot to Primitive
Baptist Church of Whitmire, 50’x
200’ on Railroad Avenue, $7500.
Whitmire No. 4 Outside
Clyde Jordan to James N. Jack-
son, one lot 229’x350’ on Whit-
mire-Goldville Highway, $1000.
Prosperity No. 7
Ranson S. Bush and Alice Bush
to Fairfield Forrest Products Com
pany, 58.8 acres, $1800.
Ray Connelly to Vera Sligh
Richardson, one lot (outside of
town), $400.
NOTICE OF ELECTON
. Notice is hereby given that a
municipal primary will be held
on Tuesday, September 29, 1953
for the purpose of nominating the
following officers to serve the city
of Newberry:
Mayor, Alderman Ward 1,
Alderman Ward 2, Alderman Ward
3, Alderman Ward 4, Alderman
Ward 5. Alderman Ward 6.
The polls will open at 8 a.m.
and remain open until 4 p.m. A
County Registration Certificate
is a requirement for voting but
if you have misplaced your Certi
ficate you may present yourself
at your polling place and cast
a ballot if the managers are
satisfied as to your identity.
The following have been select
ed to act as managers of election
for the various wards:
Ward 1—Pete Driggers, Marion
Baxter, H. D. Whitaker. Voting at
City Hall.
Ward 2—Mrs. W. Roy Ander
son, Coke Dickert, Mrs. W. F.
Partridge. Voting at Smith
Motor Co.
Ward 3 No. 1—Mrs. Cyril
Hutchinson, Mrs. Maude Eskridge,
Mrs. Tom Summer. Voting at
Clamps Clothing Co.
Ward 3 No. 2—C. A. Shealy,
Rev. Lindler, J. H. Martin. Voting
at Scout Hall, School House.
Ward 4 No. 1—Mrs. Tom Wick
er, Mrs.) Ethel Fellers, Miss Clara
Bowers. Voting at Old Court
House.
Ward 4 No. 2—Tom P. Wicker,
Mrs. John Senn, Miss Minnie
Havird. Voting behind Laytons
store.
Ward 5—‘Mrs. Lillie Goree, Mrs.
Irene Jones, Mrs. Gladys Shealy.
Voting next to Corley’s Barber
Shop.
Ward 6—Mrs. Oswald Copeland,
Mrs. Metts Fant, Sr., Mrs. W. O.
Miller. Voting at* W. H. Davis
& Son Automotive Company, East
Main street. Voting is city-wide
for all candidates.
SAM A. COOK. Chairman.
O. F. ARM FELD, Secretary.
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By LYN CONNELLY
C'OURTEEN year - old Jimmy
^ Boyd’s latest record is a song of
tils own composition. “Mississippi
Waltz" Consider the plight of
Vic Damone. as outlined in Vari
ety: “He’U never put on the need
ed added weight Metro * ordered
doing six shows a day at the New
York Paramount and being booked
solid through August” This
must be real hard for Vic to take
At the rate he’s been going since
the arrryr released him he won’t
have to worry whether he ever
gains the weight his movie studio
requires of him.
Singer Jack Smith is doing a
non-singing summer replacement
TV show Gordon MacRae has
started a new film at Warners
His last, with Doris Day, left much
to be desired . It also left him
and Doris feuding about petty
things, according to stage onlook
ers "I first choose a title.”
Cole Porter says in explaining how
he writes a song, “then plot out a
Tidlody. which I sing over and over
o myself The lyrics come to
ne and I set down the words that
it the rhythms ”
'LATTER (JHaTTER
CAPITOL: Garry Wells does a
ine job on “Borrowed Time” with
Time Changes Everythihg” on
he back . . . Frank Sinatra’s latest
> “Anytime—Anywhere,” a title
. hich describes his flaring temper
■eautifully . . . Reverse has the
itie song from' “From Here to
eternity” ... Les Baxter keeps
urning out excellent platters with
‘Tropicana” . . . “Julie” backs it
. . Popular Ray Anthony does a
lush Instrumental rendition of that
old favorite, “Dancing in the Dark”
. . “Dragnet” is on the flip side.
Still on Capitol, Molly Bee does
’God Bless Us All” with feeling
. . Flip side has "This Is My Dog”
. . “Out of My Mind” is the title
of “Jimmy Work’s latest ... He
composed it as well as the reverse
song, “Crazy Moon” . . . Merle
Travis, another versatile vocalist-
composer. does “Dance of the Gold
en Rod” backed by ‘Re-Enlist
ment Blues.”
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