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/ * NEWS ITEMS The Sun welcomes news items concerning you ami your friends. Send them in to us. JOB PRINTING We are well equipped to handle all your printing needs. Phone No 1. \ VOL. 16—NO. 26. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1953 + $2.00 PER YEAR S, C. Lutheran Women To Meet Here For Convention The Women's Missionary So ciety of the Lutheran Synod of South Carolina will meet at Sum mer Memorial Lutheran Church 'jfor a three-day convention begin- ining next Sunday afternoon. \ Following registration of past- o^rs and delegates, the first ses sion will he held at the church at fot'fir o’clock Sunday afternoon. l I tilling this period the assembly wiljl hear an address by Mrs. John B. )Morse, president of the WMS of i‘.he United Lutheran Church in \ Aimpica. The pastor. Rev. Horace J. (*[. Lindler, will offer prayer The/ Newberry College Singers will i also appear on the afternoon and (evening programs. <)n| Sunday afternoon at ti o' clock} the convention delegates and guesjts will be honored at a tea on tine college campus. Suinday evening the delegates will \ gather in the gymnasium at New/berry college at T:M0. At this timf£ Dr. James C. Kinard, presi- i dent of Newberry college, will extcind greeting from the college. An 'address. “Bearing Witness to the ! Truth in Liberia,’’ will be brotight by Miss Dorothea Crei ner, missionary to Liberia. Ie ; or the most part, Monday and Tuesday sessions will be devoted to business items, panel discus sion/s, election of officers. re ports of officers. and various phalses of women’s work. 7'he convention will formally dose with the Tuesday morning period at which time installation of officers will be held. Following the close of the convention, lunch will be served at one p. m. Clubs Join Civic I League In Plans For Annual Tea The annual Christmas Decora tions Tea, sponsored each year by the Newberry Civic League, will be held in the Newbery Community Hall on Dec. 9th and loth. The tea wil open on Wednesday afternoon Dec. 9th, at 3 p.m. and (lose Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. The Civic League will be assist ed by many other clubs and indi viduals who are planning to make the 1953 tea the highlight of the Christmas season. All of tin* gar den clubs of Newberry, the Busi ness and Professional Women’s club, the County Council of Farm Women, the Biographical club of Whitmire. Men’s Carden club of Newberry and many other clubs and individuals will work together to present decorations which will attract and inspire others to make attractive and artistic arrange- mens for the home. Mrs. James F. Wiseman, fine arts chairman of the Civic League, will serve as general chairman, of the 1953 tea with Mrs. Louis Floyd as co-chairman. Mrs. Wise man has served as general chair • man for many years. Many committees are now at 1 work getting everything ready for the anticipated crowd of several thousand men. women and young people who will attend from far and near. The Christmas Decorations Tea is all the more enjoyable because ; of the knowledge that behind its j success are the men and women who unselfishly join hands and 1 use their nimble fingers to share the best of their ideas with others. | Local Board Sets Induction Local Board No. Jti. Selective Service System. Newberry, an nounces that the following men are reporting for Induction into the Army on Thursday. October 15th: Hoyt Ray Herrick. Prosperity j Noland Berton Riser. Little; Mountain. Fred G. Jolla}'. Kinards. James Harold Seibert. Prosper ity. Clyde 'Phams Mize, Newberry. Twenty men are reporting for Pre-Induction Physical Examina tion on October 21st. Memorial Park Be Bulit Here Construction of a new memorial park to be known as the Newberry Memorial Gardens has already be gun according to H. W. Callicuitt, manager. The engineer is Wil liam G. Brown of Concord. N C. The park is located about two miles below Newberry on the Co lumbia - Greenville highway. A fountain is to e located in the front and a chimes tower will be erected in the center according to the manager. There will be a veterans memo rial, a Masonic memorial and a lily pool and sun dial, an open Bible, and azalea gardens. Newberry Moose Meet Tonight Newberry Lodge. Loyal Order of Moose will meet tonight (Thurs day) at 7:30 p.m. at the Y.F.W. Hut. It is expected that a report will be made from the building com mittee at tonight's meeting. All charter applicants an* urged to be present to be obligated and a full attendance is asked. Attends Meet On World Understanding ! Doctor Estelle Hightower. As sociate Professor of History and Political Science at Newberry Col- | lege, attended tin* South Carolina j Conference on World I nderstand- ing held at Columbia College. Octo ber 2nd. This conference is ar ranged by tin 1 Adult Department, State Department of Education, the Extension Division. University of South Carolina, and the Op portunity School. The Clifford T. Smith family, of Bush River, was one of nine families designated as a Master Farm Family. Shown above in the presentation ceremonies are (left to right, rear) Linda Smith, Mr. Smith, Sylvia and Mrs. Smith; D. W. Watkins, of the Clemson College Extension Service, co-sponsor of the award: and William C. LaRue, associate editor of The Progressive Farmer, also a co-sponsor of the award. The youngest member of the Smith family, Mary Helen, is standing in front of her father. — (Photo by Bonner Kidd, Greenville). Smiths Are Master Farmers The top honor in recognizing farm families in America. The Master Farm Award, was present ed to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford T. Smith and family Wednesday evening at their home in the Bush River community. The award, a plaque, sponsored by the Progressive Farmer and Clemson College Agricultural Ex tension Service for notable achi evement in farming, homemaking and citizenship, was presented by William C. LaRue, associate editbr not only a top honor to the family of tin* Progressive Farmer. “It is receiving the award,’’ Mr. LaRue said. “But to all who have had a part in the program and to the community. He said that the Pro gressive Farmer cooperating with other farm papers and agencies conceived the idea of the award twenty five years ago to honor those farm families who deserve it for improving their farms, stand ards of living and for their acts which mark them as good citizens in the community. Tin* yard stick used to measure the standard by which the Master Farm Family is I judged is a verv rigid one Mr. La- ! Rue said it goes all the way across the top of the scoreboard. I >. W. Watkins director of the Extension Service at Clemson College said that they have never been disappointed in their selec tion for when a farmer and his fa mi I v become a Master Farm Familv they remain so and con tinue the good example in the community. “They have accepted the great responsibility that goes with the award as a challenge to make the best better and to keep on keeping on. I wish that we had more of them,” Mr. Watkins said. The Rush River Community is fortunate in now having two Mast er Farm Families. The other is the I. M. Smith, Jr., family, brother of Clifford T. Smith, who received the coveted award several years ago. Others on the program were Miss Juanita Neely, State Home Demonstration Agent, who spoke on the three great things neces sary in building a good home, love faith and peace. W. T. Morgan of Clemson College and L. B. Mas sey, District agent, also made short talks. Miss Margie Davis, Newberry county home demon stration agent recognized all of the social guests. Prayer was of fered by the Rev. T B. Altman, Pastor of Bush River Baptist church and the program was pre sided over by Paul B. Ezell. New berry County Farm Agent. Around th'-ee hundred and fifty friends and relatives from throughout the state attended the oeassion and offered congratulations to the Smith family. This is not the first honor that has been awarded the Clifford T. Smith family. They received the Balanced Farm Award in 1951, Merchants Plan Tourist Clinic The Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday morning and approved plans for a Tourist Promotion Clinic in Newberry. Plans call for the clinic to be held two days, November 2nd and 3rd, with two sessions daily. The first period ■will be from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. and the second from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Mrs. Nell Flynn of the Distribu tive Education department of the University of South Carolina will conduct the clinic. Air view of Joanna Cotton Mills Co., Joanna, S. C., where an “Open House” event will be held for the public on Wednesday, Oct. 21st, with conducted tours of the Mill and exhibits of end products. The Plant’s management and 1800 employees will be hosts for the occasion. Shown here in addition to the Mill building are Joanna Memorial Hospital, extreme lower left, the Club House, left center, and the Joanna Apartments, lower right. V Joanna To Hold Open House JETS MONDAY NIGHT he Ladies Auxiliary to Liv- iton-Wise Post 596S. Veterans Foreign Wars, will hold then Uar monthly meeting Monday, aber 12th., at S p.m. at the t Home. All members are ;d to be present. Joanna Cotton Mills Company, Joanna, S. C., America’s largest manufactilrer of fabiics for window shades, and one of South Carolina’s leading textile mills, an nounces an Open House Event, in cluding conducted tours of the mill and a drive through the Jo anna Community, to be held from 9:Oh a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Wednes day. October 21st. Announcement of Joanna’s Open House Event is made today by Walter Regnery. Executive Officer of Joanna Cotton Mills Company, and Vice-President of the parent Joanna Western Mills Company of Chicago. Completion of a program of modernization, and the installa tion of new machinery and equip ment involving an outlav of several million dollars provided the occasion for inviting the pub lic to visit the plant, according to Mr. Regnery. A committee on arrangements for the October 21st event, as an nounced by Mr. Regnery, is head ed by J. R. Hal t. Asst. Treas.. and is composed of J. L. Delany, Supt.; W. K. Waits. Asst. Supt.; L. A. Crawford. Asst. Supt.; Miss Thel ma Waller, Educational Director; Miss Kitty Mae Moseley, Hospital Administrator: Carl Frantzen, Master Mechanic; James P. Sloan, Personnel Mgr.; J. S. Bolick, Res. Engineer; Mrs. Edna R. Foy, Secretary to the Vice Pres.; J. I. Moore. Athletic Director; Floyd Pitts. Law Enforcement Officer; and G. N. Foy. Asst. Supt., Clinton School District. In addition, more than 100 members of the office and plant staff will act as guides and hostesses for the occasion. Tours of the mill, Joanna Hos pital, Joanna Club House will be gin with assignment of groups to guides at a special Registration Building at 9:00 a.m., and will continue until 6:00 p.m. Every stage of the mill’s operation, from opening of cotton bales through carding, spinning, weaving, and preparing cloth for shipment will be shown the visitors. In the Joanna Club House, at the tour’s end, guests will be served light refreshments, and will see an in teresting display of such end products as window shades, drap- (continued on page eight) presented by Clemson College and the Newberry County Agricultural Committee. Mr. Smith was state winner in a field of 330 contest ants in the Green Pasture Contest in 1952. The award, a check of $650 was presented in special ex ercises following an all day tour over the Smith Farm in May of this year. The family is composed of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and three daugh ters, Sylvia, 16 and an eleventh grade student in the Bush River High school, Linda, 12, also a stu dent and Mary Helen, 5. They live in a large two story white frame house, modern in every re- sj^ct, which is surrounded by lovely trees, lawn and flowers. It is the hub of activities of the 1.- 125 acre farm. To the rear are the huge dairy barns and silos and then as far as the eye can see is a well laid out pattern of beauti ful rolling fields, pastures with grazing cattle and woodland. Mr. Smith nas neen a leader in forage crops and pasture manage ment since 1932 and because of his outstanding system his farm has been used for several years for county, state and national tours. His farm is also noted for its fine herd of registered Jerseys being recognized as one of the best herds in the Southeast. Bulls from his herd are being used by Clemson College as test studs. One of the chief sources of income is from milk. He has a herd of 128 mature animals and around 60 young animals and about the same number of beef type cattle. Since it requires a large amount of feed for the animals, Mr. Smith has developed 200 acres of per manent improved pasture and around 125 acres of permanent winter pasture and also has large acreage planted in annual summer grazing and winter grazing on which he uses a system of graz ing rotation that furnished abun dant tender food for his herd dur ing the year. The silos which have a total capacity of 700 tons are filled with fall grain and grasses. He produces all of the feed for his animals except protien supple ment. Mr. Smith also plants clover, fescue, lespedeza and small grain, corn, etc. for grazing and seed. He also plants around 60 acres of cot ton. The farm is worked entirely by machinery. There are three large fishponds two are stocked with fish and used also to furnish water for the cat tle. One large pond built this year under the supervision of the soil conservation service, is being used for swiming and recreation. The family is well supplied with vegetables from a large garden The surplus vegetables and fruits are canned or frozen for future use. Several young beefs are butchered during the year to keep the deep freeze well supplied along with poultry and other meat pro duced on the farm. Mrs. Smith has found that the school cannery has been a tremendous help when large quanities are canned. Mr. and Mrs^Smith are active in the community and in the BuHi [ River Baptist church which is the oldest Baptist church in Newber ry county being over one hundred years old. Mrs. Smith, past chair- continued on page four) Community Chest Campaign For $8,965 Begins Monday Dr. Kinard’s Mother Dies At Orangeburg Mrs. Rena Campsen Kinard, 76. of Denmark, mother of Noo berry College President James C. Kin ard. died at the Orangeburg Reg ional ho-pital. Tin-sday night af ter an illness of two weeks. Air.'. Kinard. a member of Christ Episcopal church, was an active n>omher*of the U. D. C. for many .'•ears and served as registrar sev eral } t a >■. Survivors include one daughter. Airs. Annie K. Steadman, with whom she made her home; her son. Dr. Kinard; one brother, F. if. Campsen of Bremerton, Wash., and four grandchildren, Mary Steadman of Shelby, N. C.; Jim my Steadman, a student at the University of South Carolina; James E. Kinard, assistant dean of Hampden Sidney College, Hampden Sidney, Ya., and Frank E. Kinard of Aiken. Funeral services were conduct ed from the home at Denmark at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning and eommital services followed in Rosemont cemetery. Public Invited To Hear Authority On Mental Health Rev. Obert Kempson will be the meeting of Newberry Civic League, guest speaker at the October which will be held in the Com munity Hall on Tuesday night, Oc tober 27th, at 7:30 p.m. He will speak on the subject, “What is Wrong With Family Life Today?" Rev. Kempson is an authority on mental health. His message should be of great interest to all clubs who can arrange to hear him. The Civic League extends an in vitation to the general public to be present for this most important meeting. Clubs, parent - teacher groups and all parents should be present. Methodist Youth Plan Institute The Newberry Methodist M.Y.F. sub-district wil hold a Faith In stitute on October 14th and 15th at 7:30 o’clock at Central Metho dist Church. The Reverend Claude Evans, editor of Southern Methodist Ad vocate, and Mr. Leo Rippy, direct or of youth work for South Caro lina Conference Methodist Board of Education, both of Columbia, will be the main speaker. Miss Myra Davis, M.Y.F. sub district president will preside and the Reverend Ray Hook, pastor of Whiteman and Zion Methodist churches in Prosperity, sub-district advisor is also helping with the plans. Detailed plans for the Institute were made at Central, October 5th. by the sub-district council. A cordial invitation is extend- ed to all the youth of Newberry and Newberry county to attend this institute. Police Handle 37 Cases In Sept. According to the monthly ar rest report from Chief of Police Colie Dow r d, intoxication continues to head the list of law violation in Newberry. During September 11 cases were made for this of fense. Next in order were four cases made for persons driving without a license. Other violations included: as sault 1, running red light 1, fail ure to yield right-of-way 1, run ning stop, signs, 2, operating motor vehicle without proper muffler 3, speeding 1, driving under suspen sion 2, illegal whiskey 1, resisting arrest 1, disorderly conduct 3, as sault and battery 2, unlawful weapons 2, reckless driving 1, and driving intoxicated, 1. Flora Speaker Boundary P.T.A. Dr. A. Cline Flora, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Na tional Education Association, will address the Boundary St. Parent- Teachers Association on Thursday evening at 8 p.m. in the schol auditorium. Ilis topic will be “Moral and Spiritual Values in the Community.” The program committee, headed by Gerald C. Paysinger, considers this a real privilege for members and friends of the association. Dr. Flora is in ereat demand throughout the southeast and is a • nationally known educator. He has been active iti education al circles throughout the state, and was superintendent of the city schools of Columbia, S. C. from 1928 to 1951. Since 1948 he has been chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Educa tion Association. His active in terest in Boy Scout work, the Y.M.C.A., Community' Chest, City Planning groups, as well as his professional training as teacher, principal, and superintendent, makes him particularly capable of presenting the topic for the evening. At the close of the meeting, a social hour will be enjoyed. Carolina FFA Leave Sunday For Kansas Meeting More than 250 South Carolina Future Farmers, teachers and of ficials will board a special charter ed train in Columbia Sunday, October 11, for Kansas City, Mo„ to attend the 25th silver anniver sary convention of the Future Farmers of America. Five streamlined chair cars, a pullman and a baggage car will make up the special train to carry South Carolina’s delegation to the convention site. This year’s group will be the largest delegation South Carolina has sent to the National FFA convention. The special train has been un officially designated the “Jimmy Willis” special in honor of Jimmy Willis of Clio, who is the Nation al Student Secretary of the Future Farmers of America.' Jimmy will be one of the six national officers presiding at the Silver Aniversary convention. Highlighting the national con- I vention this year wil be an ad dress by President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the final session on Thursday night, October 15. A1 J so appearing on the program dur ing the week will be the Honor able Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education and Wel fare, Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture; and Arthur Sum merfield, Postmaster General, j The delegation this year will be made up of contest winners and their agriculture teachers, chapter and federation representatives and several prominent laymen from over the state. The South Carolina delegation is scheduled to arrive in Kansas City Monday afternoon, October 12. While in Kansas City the group will be housed at the Town House hotel. A Community Chest campaign to raise $8,965 for the support of e. ..eneies will get underway Monday morning. Included in this united appeal are funds for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Heart Cam paign. Salvation Army. Christmas Baskets, U.S.O., Cancer and Emer gency Fund. Mayor James E. Wiseman has proclaimed the month of October as local “Community Chest Weeks.” Although the whole month is des ignated for the drive, chest work ers hope to wind-up in about a week. Chamber of Commerce ‘Secre tary Cliff Graham said that no solicitation permits, would be given during the month. The Chamber has followed this policy in previous years. The advance drive will start Monday under the direction of Chairman Waldo C. Huffman. He will meet with his committee Monday morning at 10 o’clock in the chamber of commerce offices and volunteers under him will be assigned territory for solicitation. Mrs. Edna H. Feagle, who is in charge of the Wards and Suburbs division, will meet with her work ers at the county court house next Tuesday evening at 7:45 p.m. to map plans for the house to house canvass. This phase of the effort will begin Wednesday morning. Serving with her are: Ward 1, Mrs. Joe Roberts and Mrs. Ralph Whitaker, co-chairmen; Ward 2. Mrs. Seth Meek, chairman; Ward 3, Mrs. Howard Clark, chairman; Ward 4, Mrs. F. R. Fellers, chair man; Ward 5, Mrs. Robert Creek- more, chairman; Ward 6, Mrs. R. R. Bruner, Jr. and Mrs. R. E. Livingston, co-chairmen; cut-off, north, Mrs. Rose Wilson, chair man; cut-off, south, Mrs. H. M. Hentz, chairman; and Colored, Ida P. Hare. Chairman for the Oakland division was not available at press time Wednesday. The Field Division, under the direction of J. W. Earhardt will meet Thursday morning at 9:30 at the chamber of commerce, and workers will go out immediately following the meeting. MRS. FRED P. RODELSPERGER UNDERGOES APPENDECTOMY Mrs. Fred P. Rodelsperger. who underwent an appendectomy in the Newberry County Memorial Hos pital Tuesday night, is report I to have stood the operation fin and is now getting along nicely. ANDRAL PARIS. JR. UNDERGOES APPENDECTOMY Andral Faris, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Faris, 1408 Wheeler street, underwent an appendecto my in the Newberry Memorial Hospital Tuesday night. Mr. Faris is a member of the freshman class at the University of South Carolina. SILVERSTREET SCHOOL SPONSOR CONTEST The Junior Class of Silverstreet High school is sponsoring a Miss Popularity Contest in the school. The winner will be announced and given a prize on Thursday, Octo ber 15. The following girls are candidates: 8th Grade, Dolly Pitts and La- vonne Garnett; 9th Grade, Myrtle Pitts, and Becky Dickert; 10th Grade, Mildred Long and Winnie Davenport; 11th Grade, Mae Ola Duckett and Betty Rae Suber; 12th Grade, Mary Watkins and Joan Davenport. Clean-Up Campaign The Civic League is launching a most active Clean-Up drive for the city of Newberry. Everybody is urged to clean-up, paint-up, and fix-up! All vacant lots should be clean ed now as fme prevention. Let us ail celebrate Fire Prevention Week by cleaning up all weeds and trash and rubbish on our property. More members—men and wo men—are needed to help carry on the community service program of the league. Call Mrs. Mary Ruff, membership chairman, about your membership. BIRTHDAYS Oct. 9: Smiley Porter, Frank Wilson, Jr., L. E. Wood, Shirley Koon, David Senn, Mildred Werts, Guy V. Whitener, Sr., G. B. Sessions, Mrs. George P. Boozer and Alliene Dickert. Oct. 10: Mrs. R. G. Wallace, Cleave Stoudemirt, Mrs. J. D. Wicker, Mrs. W. L. Buzhardt, George Moore, Mrs. Ralph C. Johnson, Mrs. Nellie Coates Davis and Mrs. Sims W. Brown. Oct. 11: Mrs. Fredrick Gardi ner, D. D. Darby, Nancy Green, Mrs. Kate Miller, Forrest Boozer and Mrs. A. H. Dickert. Oct. 12: Mrs. W. J. Switten- burg, Mrs. James R. Andrews, Elbert C. Long, J. E. Wiseman, Sr., Anita Faye Killian, Mrs. Carl Shealy, Marguerite Webb and Paul H. Long. Oct. 13: Steve Griffith, Doro thy Kyzer, Mrs. K. L. Martin, Marion Spearman, Mrs. Lila Dickert, Virginia W. Rinehart. Judy Rinehart, Karen Stewart. Jake Dickert and W. H. Ash- baugh. Oct. 14: David Lee Cartner, Mrs. Franklin Armfieldi, Mrsi Arthur Welling and twin sister, Mrs.. Oscar Riddle, Henry Liv ingston, Jr., Mrs. O. Hentz. Miss Bessie Thrift and Mrs. W. K. Swygert. Oct. 15: Larry Luther Chap man, Mrs. John T. Norris, Mae Lathrop, Mrs. William K.*Lath- rop, Tobie Enlow, Mrs. Henry Livingston, Everette Graham and J. O. Koon.