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NEWS ITEMS The Sun welcomes news items concerning you and your friends. Send them in to us. tttt JOB PRINTING We are well equipped to handle all your printing needs. Phone No. 1. VOL. 16—NO. 30. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1953 $2.00 PER YEAR Some Tickets To Be Had For Thursday’s Thriller With Traditional Rival The “Little Three Championship Football Game” at Setzler Field, Newberry Colege, Thursday. No vember 26th at 2 p.m. will see the Presbyterian Blue Hose and the Newberry College Indians fighting for the Little Three Championship in South Carolina. According to Prof. Larry Graves, who is in charge of the tickets for the P. C.-Newberry game, a few tickets are still available on the twenty and ten yard line as of Monday, November L'.'lrd. Tick ets for the bleachers which have been erected in the end zones are now on sale in downtown New berry and at the office of Mr. B. O. Long, Business Manager of New berry College. The bleachers will accommodate approximately 1.000 fans and if you have not secured your reserved ticket prior to the game, tickets will be on sale at the box office at the field on Thanks giving Day. Boy Scout Troop 69 Was Organized 30 Years Ago Boy Scout troop 6b of Newberry will observe its doth Anniversary in the form of a Church service, Sunday night, Nov. 2b at 7:30 in the West Fnd Baptist Church. Three churches of Newberry will join in this service. West End Baptist, Mayer Memorial Lutheran and O’Neal Street Metho dist. Each of their Pastors will have a part in the service. Prof. T. E. “Dude” Epting will birng the message to the scouts and their friends. This troop has a record that causes it to feel proud. The troop was organized in the year 1923 by Prof. Epting, it is very worthy of note that the man chosen as the chairman of the troop com mittee, Mr. Johnnie Wood con tinues in that capacity. He has been a great friend to the boys of Newberry and is well loved by them. Another member of the troop committee, Mr. Bob Davis has served for 2S years. Mrs. Davis has served in many capacities. Mr. Janies Taylor and Mr. Glenn Jones has about 20 years of service to j tin- troop. Other members of the troop inclde. Mr. Jesse Outzs, Mr. I Bob Creekmore, Mr. Ned Daniel sen, Mr. Harold Leopard and Mr. Kenneth Tompkins. Many of these men joined the troop as scouts, j Dewey Kinard the seounmaster has served the troop for 2S years, other troop leaders William John son has served 10 years and Jack Goree 10 years as a scout and assistant scoutmaster. Mr. Wil liam Johnson acts as the explorer 'advisor. The leaders of the troop would like to give a special invitation to all former scouts to attend this service and to rededicate them selves to the Scout Oath. We also invite all scouts of Newberry Dist rict, their parents and friends. The public is most cordially in vited. Victim Of Auto On Blacks Bridge Willie Albert (“Bo Pepe”) Par rott, 21, died Friday night at the Newberry County Memorial Hos pital from injuries he received when he was struck by an automo bile on Black’s bridge. Mr. Parrott was born and rear ed in Saluda County and was the son of John Tillman and Zelma Caughman Parrott. He made his home with his grandfather, Alber Parrott, near Black’s bridge. He was a member of St. Mark’s Luth eran Church. He is survived by his father, John T. Parrott; step-mother, Mrs. Eula Parrott, both of Joanna; two brothers, Cpl. Harold H. Parrott, Stockston, Calif.; Jimmie Parrott, Prosperity; two sisters. Mrs. Hel en McCormick, Aiken; Miss Doro- his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Al- thy Mae Parrott, Prosperity. Also bert Parrott, Prosperity; two uncles, Pete Parrott. Newberry, Curtis Parrott, Saluda, and one aunt, Mrs. D. P. Garner, Bates- burg, survives. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from St. Mark's Lutheran Church with Rev. C. H. Stucke and Rev. J. B. Mitchell conducting the ser vice. Interment followed in St. Mark’s Church cemetery. Final Meeting- Of Brotherhood For ’53 The final meeting of the cur rent year of the Newberry Con ference of the Lutheran Brother hood will be held this coming Sunday. The meeting to be held at the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer, Newberry, S. C., at 3:30 o’clock. The main speaker of the afternoon will be the Rev. Shelton Moose, recently elected Synodical Field Worker of the South Caro lina Lutheran Snyod. The Rev. Moose is the brother of our own Harry Moose of the Newberry post- office department. Under the leadership of. Mr. James Brown, (president, the business of the Conference will be held. On the agenda for the after noon is the election of new officers for the 1954 session. Prof. Phil Kelly, of the College staff, will be in charge of the devotions for the afternoon. A large group of Lutheran men from the surrounding Lutheran churches are expected to be In attendance during the final session of the year. Morris Dies Of Heart Seizure Claude V. Morris, 63, died sud denly early Saturday morning at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Mr. Morris was born in New berry and was the son of the late Ed Y. and Trannie Kinard Morris. He attended the Newberry City Schools. He had been a conductor on the railroad for a number of years and later ticket agent in Newberry. He had been a local merchant for the past eighteen years. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeem er. v He is survived by one brother, Ed K. Morris, of Miami. Fla., and a number of cousins. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul E. Monroe, Jr., and the Rev. J. B. Harmon. Interment was at Rosemont cemetery. Active pallbearers were Gerald Paysinger. Roy Dominick, Jim mie Sease. Sam Beam. Joe Morris, W. W. Bennett. Tom Longshore, and Leland Wilson. Serving as honorary pallbear ers were Marvin Summer, Eugene Blease, Joe Roberts, John Norris, George Rikard, Pope Wicker, Dr. Bailey McCullough, Dr. Elbert Dickert. R. M. Lominack, Adrian Summer, J. H. Jackson, T. Roy Summer, Jr., and Harry Domi nick. Assisting with the flowers were Mrs. Clara Wertz, Mrs. Sam Beam, Mrs. Sara Jackson, Miss Elsie Gilliam. Mrs. Claude Mize, Mrs. Jimmie Sease. Mrs. J. E. Hazel and Miss Pauline Singley. Three Report For Military Service Reporting for induction on Tues day, December 1st: William Cecil Ammons, Jr., North Augusta. James Robert Bishop, Jr., New berry. Clarence Anderson Chick (Col.), New r berry. LANDER STUDENTS JOIN SCEA & NEA Sylvia Boozer and Graph Du- Bose of Newberry and Helen How ell of Whitmire are among the 53 members of the Future Teachers of America Club at Lander College to join the South Carolina Educa tion and the National Education Association. 100 Parents See | School First Hand The Speers Street Parent Teach- , er Association held its second reg ular meeting Thursday. November 19 at S o'clock with approximately I ir*n members present. The at tendance pfize went to Miss Rosa- hell Thompson’s class. Mrs. Ernest Oxner gave the de votional using Thanksgiving as a theme. Mrs. Phillip Kelly, program ; chairman introduced Prof. Ed Beck who showed a film entitled, i “The Bible on the Table,” the ! program topic for the month of November being-Better Homes. Better Schools, Better Commun ities through religious education. After the showing of the film, Mrs. (Gladys Carlton discussed the film j and stressed the importance of | having a alter in every home. The | program was followed by a period ! of silent prayer and closed with j Elizabeth Setzler. a third grade I pupil, singing The Ivord’s Prayer. Mrs. Lewis Lipscomb, president presided at the business session which followed the program. Chair men of the various committiees I were called upon for reports. It was reported that during Nation- j al Education Week 103 parents 1 (S9 mothers and 14 fathers) visit ed the school. A report was also made that the school of the fourth and fifth grades have had their eyes tested. Gratitude was ex pressed to the Lions club for use of the eye testing machine which they have recently purchased for this purpose. The children of the third grade have had their ears checked. The meeting closed with the P. T. A. prayer. To Richmond, Va. For Bank Seminar Dr. John A. Aman, Professor of Commerce at Newberry College, will attend the banking seminar sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in Richmond, Va. on December 9th through the 12th. Twenty-three colleges and universities will have representa tives at the seminar. The Fifth Federal Reserve District, of which the bank in Richmond is head, in cludes five states and the District of Columbia. The program as planned will in clude discussions centering around such topics as federal reserve or ganization, activities of the fed eral reserve banks, policies of in dividual banks and of the Federal Reserve System, reserve require ments for member banks, and controlling the volume of bank especially the various methods of ciedit outstanding and the formu lation of federal reserve credit policy. Representatives from the col leges and universrties will attend a meeting of the Board of Direct ors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and also a dinner with an outstanding speaker. CITY RELEASES DA TA ON PA VING PROGRAM The Stoney Hill School will broadcast the program over the local station Friday, Nov. 27th. from 9: la to 9:30 a.m.m The streets listed immediately below are classed by the city as new streets and all have been re cently paved, the city paying half and abutting property owners paying one-fourth each side of street. Cost of paving to the pro perty owners runs from 42c per foot to $2.35 per foot. Amelia Street, Johnstone Street to Clarkson Ave. Clarkson Ave., Amelia to Glenn Streets. Boundary Street, Higgins to Gor don Streets. West Calhoun Circle, Boundary to Johnstone Streets. Grace Street, Milligan to Pearl Streets. Charles Street, Clara to Daisy Streets. Daisy Street, Charles to Ola Streets. Ola Street, Clara to Wardlaw Streets. Victory Street. Main to Harring ton Streets. McHardy Street, Mower to Glenn Streets. Henry Ave., Pope to Reid Streets. Wells Park Drive, Pope Street to Henry Ave. Widen Crosson Street, from Cook’s warehouse to Hiller Street. Speers Street, from Nance Street to approximately 400’ w T est. The following wdll be paved if finances permit: Rodelsperger Street, Hiller and Academy Streets. Floyd Street, Hiller and Drayton Streets. Green Street, Hiller and Acade my Streets. Hiller Street. Crosson and Rodelsperger Streets. Academy Street, Crosson and R,odelsperger Streets. Daisy Street, Ola and Drayton Streets. Lee Street, between Glenn Street and City Limits. f Montgomery Street, between Player Street and City Limits. Tarrant Street, Boundary and Main Streets. Cheek Street. College and Lind say Streets. Purcell Street, Caldwell and Nance Streets. Cornelia Street, from Nance Street to Moon Street. Garlington Street, College to Kibler Streets. Kibler Street, Speers to Chap man Streets. Poplar Street, Drayton to Crom er Streets. Proposed resurfacing: (in ex tended contract) Harper Street, Hunt to Calhoun Streets. Martin Street, McMorris to Lindsay Streets. Crenshaw Street. Harrington to Main Streets. Cheatham Street, Main to John stone Streets. Amelia Street, Main to John stone Streets. Walnut Street, Harper to Main Streets. Calhoun Street, Harrington to College Streets. Chapman Street. College to Nance Streets. Cline railroad Street, Nance Street to Reid Street, Nance Street to end of existing paving. Pearl Street, Grave to Caldwell Streets. Pope Terrace, Chapman to Speers Streets. Caldwell Street, Speers to Hat ton Streets. The following streets have been re-topped with asphalt under the paving program from proceeds of the recent bond issue: Washington Street, Caldwell and Grace Streets. Jefferson Street, Caldwell and Berry Streets. Grace Street, Milligan and Silas Streets. Hunt Street, Main and John stone Streets. Douglas Street, Main and John stone Streets. Jones Street, Harper and Main Streets. Summer Street, Johnstone and Harrington Streets. Glenn Street, McHardy and Evans Street. Evans Street, Glenn and Luther Streets. Ola Street, Daisy and Clara Streets. Charles Street, Clara and O’Neal Streets. Crosson Street, leveling at cul vert. Academy St., Crosson and Wright Streets. Senn Street, Cromer and O’Neal Streets. Langford Street, Cromer and O’ Neal Streets. Langford Street, Cromer and O’ Neal Streets. Davis Street, Cromer and Main Streets. Cromer Street, Drayton and Charles Streets. Soon To Mail Out Christmas Checks The two local banks, the New berry County Bank and the South Carolina National Bank have (dosed their 1953 Christmas Sav ings clubs and are now ready to mail checks to thousands of per sons who participated in the club. Joe M. Roberts, executive vice- president of the Newberry County Bank announces the figure for the 1952-53 Christmas Club to be nearly two hundred thousand dol lars. Mr. Roberts also said that the checks will be put in the mail Friday of this week and each per son who participated in the Christ mas Savings Club for the past year will receive his or her check soon. John T. Norris, Manager of the South Carolina National Bank, said that his checks were ready and waiting to be put in the mail to be delivered on Tuesday, De cember 1st to the thousands of persons who took part in the easy way to save for Christmas. Both Mr. Roberts and Mr. Norris praised the many thrifty persons who joined the club, and would like to invite new members to join this “family” of thrifty people, and of course they are looking for all their regular mem bers to start their 1954 Christmas Savings Club on Tuesday, De cember 1st. Juvenile Delinquency And The Schools As Seen By Supervisor of Schools Drayton Drayton Drayton and and Main Street, Charles Streets. 'Main Street, Charles Streets. Wright Street, Senn and end of paving. Pauline Street, O’Neal and Boundary Streets. Power House Alley, Nance and garage. St. 52 Enjoy Dinner At Aveleigh The Neil Truesdale Class of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church had their annual .Thanksgiving dinner in the assembly room of the church on last Thursday evening. There were fifty-two present to enjoy the meal and fellowship. This class is made up of the young married couples of the church. There were five guests attending. Mr. Truesdale, class teacher, gave an inspirational talk on Thanks- ^ giving. Miss Marshall Howard, di- police courts, and reformation, rector of Religious Education, was in charge of the entertainment. 3 Months Infant Dies Suddenly Helen Josephine Hite, 3-month- old daughter of Pfc. and Mrs. Phillip B. Hite, died suddenly early Saturday morning. She is survived by her parents. Pfc. Phillip B. and Elizabeth Watts Hite, and one sister, Phylis Ann Watts of Newberry. Also her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Watts of Newberry and Mr. and Mrs. Hite of Prosperity. A num ber of uncles and aunts survive. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at 3 o’clock from the McSwain Funeral Home with Dr. Thomas W. Suber conducting the service. Interment followed in St. Luke’s Lutheran Church cemetery. Uncle Sam Needs A Sign Painter The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open ings for the position of SIGN PAINTER and REFRIGERATION MECHANIC. These are to be fill ed at Charleston Transportation Depot located at North Charleston, S. C. The rate of pay for these posit ions is $1.68 to $1.95 per hour. The department specifies that only men will be considered for these positions. Father information may be ob tained at the postoffice. Newberry S. C. by asking for Announcement numbers 5-44-3(53) and 5-44-4(53). PROF. P. There is much written and talk ed today about Juvenile Delin quency. In many of the more populated centers throughout the country there is a definite in crease in the number of delin quents above the normal increase in population. A Juvenile Delinquent is de fined as a youth under age 18 who has been found guilty of an of fense as stated in law. There are many more youth in every com munity who are equally delinquent but who have never been reported or apprehended. Actually, it is not so important to know how r many delinquents there are in a given community, state, or the nation as it is to have good facilities and programs to control, or better yet to pre vent delinquency. It is the consensus of opinion of practically all people who have studied and given much thought to this problem that it is not so much Juvenile delinquency as it is adult delinquency. Research shows that family con ditions other than broken homes may be associated with delin quency. If family discipline is er ratic, extremely lax, or extreme ly strict, or if the youth does not have satisfying relationships with in the family circle, then he may become delinquent. Next after the home, the school plays a vital role in the lives of boys and girls. Those connected with the schools realize that “the way to deal with juvenile delin quency is to prevent it and up root the weed of wrong attitude and action before the community is forced to step in with its laws. DRAYTON RUTHERFORD CHAPTER TO MEET DEC. 1 Drayton Rutherford Chapter, EDC will meet Tuesday afternoon, December 1st. at 3:30 o’clock in the home of Mrs. Richard Baker with Mrs. Cannon Blease as as sociate hostess> Returns To Home In Europe After Visiting In This County Miss Anna Lisa Holopainen, In ternational Farm Youth Exchange Student and former 4-H club mem ber from Finland, left New-berry County Monday morning enroute to her homeland. During the past week she lived with two farm fam ilies in the county, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Boozer of the Stoney Hill sec tion and Mr. and Mrs. Dove P. Connelly of the O’Neal section. She has been in the United States 6 months living with farm families, studying and observing the American way of living. She was at first in North Dakota and for the past 10 weeks in South Carolina. Anna’s family background is similar to Newberry County’s peo ple. She is Lutheran and her father is Manager of a creamery. He collects milk from about 600 members of a coop. For these rea sons she said she felt so much at home here. She is twenty-five years of age and has completed her college work at the University of Helsinki. She speaks fluently four langu ages, German, English, Swedish and Finnish. In describing her homeland government, she said, it was simi lar to our having a president and parliament which is made up of six parties. Elections are held every six years. In telling about the religious life of her people she said 96% Finns were Lutherans. This being true the Lutheran Church is the State Religion, and that they en joy absolute freedom of worship. She was surprised to find so many small churches especially rural ones in America. The churches of Finland are quiet large, her own having a seating capacity of 2,000, with three full time ministers em ployed. Religious education is part of every one public school life after they become 10 years of age. Sunday schools are for children only from 5 years to 10 years. Only 1% Finnish people do not belong to a church. All boys and girls of Finland cannot get a high school educa tion, Anna brough out, because they must pay tuition and for the most part live away from home during this time. Boys and girls also spend more time studying than they do here in America be cause they average 10 subjects per year each. In describing their mode of travel she said only the very wealthy people own cars. They cost from $5,000 to $10,000 and are American made mostly. Most peo ple use buses, bicycles, horses or ski. Finland is a country with a rugged climate the average low temperature being 21 degrees while the average high is 70 de grees. The winters last from five to six months. They enjoy twilight during the summer nights. Being primarily an agriculture country, lumbering is the chief industry—Anna said they shipped much wood and paper products to America. The agricultural pro* ducts are chiefly rye, barley, oats, potatoes and hay. She said that the farms there w’ere not nearly so large and as well mechanized as they are here. The average one is about 17 acres. In the last census only 15,- 000 had tractors and 500 had com bines. There are around 300,000 farms in Finland. In discussing her impressions of this country she said she had many# many friends here and everyone had been so wonderful to her and she would take noth ing for her trip and visit here. The only thing she disliked about Americans.we eat too much and too often. Describing the Finnish eating habits she said they only ate twice a day—breakfast at 11:00 and din ner at 5:00. When they arise in the morning they eat only coffee and sweet rolls not ham, eggs and grits. Turnips and corn are for the cattle she laughingly said. Then quickly she added I have learned to enjoy your chicken, corn on the cob, squash, okra, pies and cakes. When asked what she would like to take back with her she said, “A modern American kitchen for my mother.” The average home has only lights, maybe a radio and iron. Anna’s folks have installed running water and elec tric stove since she has been in America. After a short visit with rela tives she has never seen in New Jersey, and examinations in Wash ington, she will sail for Finland. After enjoying Christmas with her family, she will return to the University of Helsinki This is the task of every teach er, and a ^coinnitunUy-vide pro gram to combat juvenile delin quency can be measured by the extent to which every teacher is aware of the problem and is seek ing to understand it and to do something about it.” This, no doubt, is the sentiment of most teachers as expressed in a recent article in the NEA Journal. Most of the delinquents come from those youth who have stopped school or who play hook ey. The high number of drop-outs show that youth are often attract- K. HARMON ed more by non-school interests than “they are by school programs and opportunities. This problem of school adjustment and guidance needs attention in many com munities. A few schools have demonstrat ed that substantial progress can be made in reducing such a school- connected offense as truancy. One researcher has found that 95 per cent of delinquents were truants, but that only 11 percent of non delinquents played hookey. In order for the schools to do a much more effective job in com batting juvenile delinquency, more specialized personnel is needed to care for the problems that have been encountered. To obtain such personnel will cost money which must be provided. Locally, the city has begun a recreational program which if worked in cooperation with the public school program will mean much in preventing juvenile de linquency. All groups should give serious consideration and study to this program and strive to make it work. In the social studies groups in both the elementary and high schools there should be a unit of thorough study on juvenile de linquency, its cause, how it af fects the pupil, community, etc. The study should include visits to court in session, talks with police men and others who come in con tact with delinquents. There is an increased belief that there should be an independent juvenile court for each county in the state to handle the young of fenders. Only five of the 46 counties have such a court. Only two counties in the state have sep arate juvenile detention facilities. While there are no adequate fig ures available, it is altogether too likely from isolated reports which were obtained by those making a study of such in South Carolina that considerable numbers of juveniles are detained in jails of the common lock-up variety. School authorities wish to en courage public support of other community agencies which will, with all working cooperatively, do something to help solve the many problems of Juvenile De linquency. Former Oakland Boy Is Successful In Ministry (From The Monroe, N. C. Enquirer) Resignation of Dr. Walter E. Sanders as pastor of Wingate Bap tist church was accepted in a call conference of the church on Sunday, to take effect on* Decem ber 6th. He has accepted the call to the pastorate of the Rosewell Street Baptist church in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. and Mrs. Sanders came to Wingate in October 1949 from Eli zabethtown, Kentucky, where he served as pastor during his study at Southern Baptist Seminary at Louisville, Ky. Dr. Sanders re ceived his masters and doctors de grees ifrom Southern Seminary and Mrs. Sanders studied at W.M. U. Training School, which is now 7 known as Garver School of Mis sions and Social Work at Louis ville. Dr. Sanders is a native of New berry, where he graduated at New berry College and Mrs. Sanders is a native of Elizabethtown, Ky. During Dr. Sanders’ pastorate at Wingate he has led the church membership forward in the devel opment of the members to an in crease in Sunday school, with the grading of the adult department, (the other departments had been graded); an increase of several times the membership and attend ance in Training Union with a graded B.T.U.; an increase in Wo man’s Missionary Union member ship; the organization of a fine ministry to the • young people by having a bi-monthly Youth Fel lowship meeting after the Sun day evening services and the doubling of the number of those who tithe in the church. There has been a steady’ in crease in church membership through professions of faith and transfer in church membership and there has been a large number of young people who have accepted the call to the ministry and to full-time Christian service. Three members of the church have been ordained to the ministry. These are: Leonard Hendricks who is now serving a church at Simp- sonville, while he is in school at Fruman University; Forrest Le 1 grand who is now serving the Hail Gold Mine church at Kershaw, and Joe Larrimore, who is now serving Grace Baptist church in Somerville, Mass., and completing his work at Andover-Newton Sem inary. The amounts in gifts has in creased from 1949 when the total gifts reported was $7,889.00 to more than $32,000.00 with the clos ing of the 1953 church year. About $20,000.00 of this amount for this year went to the renovation and redecoration of the church sanctu ary, the educational part of the building has also had many im provements and the outside of the building has been painted, an out side church bulletin with auto matic spot light, built. Dr. Sanders has been much in demand as a speaker and teacher for many occasions and his leader ship ability has been recognized as he has served as Regional Training Union Director, as chair man- of the Union Baptist Associa tion Pastor’s Conference, as sec retary of the Union County Min isterial Association, moderator of the Union Baptist Association and teacher of the course on Marriage and the Home at Wingate Junior College. Dr. and Mrs. Sanders have been a part of all church and community activities and have endeared them selves to a host of friends who regret their decision to go into another field of service but pray God’s richest blessings upon them. At Vi;