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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN # THURSDAy, DEC. 31, 1953 On Being a Good Neighbor We all pride ourselves on being neighborly. Within the circle of our community, the helping hand is extended to those in distress. But being a good neighbor in just our own community is not enough. There are many mutual problems facing all of us that can be solved only on a national level. Some of these are health and welfare problems that are much better solved voluntarily—through all our own efforts— than by a paternalistic all-embracing government. The scourge of polio is one problem that cannot be solved locally. Victory can be won only if every community voluntarily supports a coordinated national attack against the disease. This requires a national organization to lead the fight. Fortunately we have a battle-tested leader in the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. For 16 years the National Foundation and its county chapters have spear-headed the attack against polio. It is a purely voluntary organi sation financed solely by the March of Dimes. It grew out of the recog nition of millions Of people that polio could be conquered only through an expensive and expansive effort. This is the American way of doing things, as opposed to the totali tarian way in which government does it all and people must simply accept what is done. Some people believe that neighborliness should stop at the borders of their own community. They would have the government take over all large health and welfare programs. We don’t believe these people realize what this kind of government program would involve. As President Eisenhower recently said when talking about voluntary agencies: “The slogan of a true democracy is not—Let the Government do it. The true slogan is—Let’s do it Ourselves.” Robert T. Lansdale, New York State Welfare Commissioner, recently said this: “Without the facilities and services of voluntary agencies, vast sums would have to be spent by the State to build plants and institute programs” and “while public and private agencies complement each other, it is the voluntary groups which have explored, pioneered, and developed techniques of assistance and set the pace for all pro grams. Government and voluntary agencies do not conflict; both have iound a sound basis for their existence in the American social structure.” We think this is sound reasoning. We hope that such voluntary organizations will continue to be an integral part of the American way of life. They provide a bulwark against regimentation and totalitarian tendencies. The 16th March of Dimes is just starting. It may well be the most significant one ever held. The announcement of a new program—POLIO PREVENTION—with a trial vaccine to be tested this year—may mean a grim and expensive battle soon won. Victory seems close, but it can only be reached if we all dig down and give more than ever before. Here is our chance to be good neighbors on a national scale and prove that the spirit of voluntary cooperation is a mighty weapon against disease and disaster. MAYOR McGUP By John Jarvis I'M SORRY I COULDN'T GET HERE IN TIME FOR MY speaking ENGAGEMENT. •] WE GAVE THE MONEY 1 BACK TO THE AUDIENCE AND THfY \A/ENT HOME PERFECTLY SATISFIED/ LAFF OF THE WEEK “I don’t mind sweating it out with you—but I wish.you’d tell me what it is we’re sweating out.” WEEPS AT RED QUIZ . . . Witness wearing hood to conceal identity sobs as he tells congres sional investigation committee in Detroit how Russians massacred 500 Lithuanians in June, 1941. PRETZEL DANCE . . . Mari- beth Hold, who hails from U. S. A., practiced six years learning this acrobatic feat as part of her dance act in Paris, France nightclubs. Have you heard the one about the traveling salesman who bought a Smith-Corona ^ He was delighted .. . period! It’s the perfect typewriter for travel ers. SKYRTTER is baby-weight— only 9 lbs. Fits in a briefcase—is only 3 in. high, 11 in. wide, 12 in. long. Yet it has full-size keyboard and takes full-size stationery. Hurry in for a demonstration! MARKWELL STAPLERS For Every Purpose The Newberry Sun Wm. R. Counts Dies While On Visit To City William Rodney “Billy” Counts, 44, of Orangeburg, died suddenly last Friday afternoon while visit ing on Christmas Day at the home of his brother-in-law, C. Hayne Shealy in Newberry. He apparently was in good health and died shortly after noon. He was born at Prosperity, the son of Mrs. Georgia Schumpert Counts and the late J. Arthur Counts of Prosperity, where he spent his youth before moving to Orangeburg 19 years ago. He was employed at Summers Jewelry Store. He was a member of the Lutheran church in Orangeburg and was also a member of the Elks Lodge* 897, South Carolina Wild life Federation and \Shibboth Lodge Number 28, A. F. M. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs^ Miona Barnes Counts and one daughter, Mary Frances, both of Orange burg, and two sisters, Mrs. B. C. Bedenbaugh qf Prosperity and Mrs. C. E. Bedenbaugh of Easley. Funeral services were conduct ed at 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon from the Dukes-Harley Funeral Home ip Memorial Park there. Active pallbearers were Hayne Shealy, Kermit Gibson, Harry Ward, Bradley Mobley, F. M. Lawson, Ralph Kirkland, L. H. Hope and Alan Johnstone. HOLIDAY NOTICE The following Banks will be CLOSED Friday, January 1st In Observance of % NEW YEAR'S DAY South Carolina National Bank Newberry County Bank NEWBERRY JOANNA r 7%<5 pJSPELLinG Mil BEE By Dorothy Kilian I T WAS about eight o’clock on New Year’s Eve when Jane Walters turned to stare out the kitchen window into the wintry darkness. She didn’t want Don to see the tears in her eyes, but she hadn’t been quick enough. “It’s a raw deal all right, honey,” he said from the chair where he sat with one leg, in a cast, propped up on a stool. I take you away from all your city friends and bring you back to Brantville to live, and then what do I do? Break my stupid leg during our first holidays together and leave you high and dry without an escort for the New Year’s Eve party.” “You couldn’t help it, Don.” She tried to sound bright, but the truth was it did matter. She had found herself more homesick than ever with the coming of the holidays. This little town to which Don had come back as operator of the grain elevator was like a for eign country to her. And, with the furnace acting up, here they were sitting in the kitchen of all places on New Year’s Eve. Jane sighed and turned slowly away from the window. “What kind of a party will Grandma Jen- ner be having?” Don chuckled. “Oh, it’ll be corny, all right—no blaring trum pets. And yet, Janie,” Don leaned forward and went on earnestly, “I really think you’d enjoy these peo ple if you’d, well, kind of let your self go.” “Maybe so, Don. But I just have the feeling that they consider me an outsider. I—did you hear that “It’s a raw deal all right, honey,” he said. scuffling noise? Sounds like some body’s in our back yard.” “Lots of somebodys, I’d say,” 7Jon replied. There was a resounding thump on the back door. Jane opened it and stepped back, bewildered. “Surprise, surprise!” a chorus of voices shouted, as a couple of dozen people trooped in, Grandma Jenner in the lead, swinging a huge granite coffee pot. “You do look floored, my dear,” she said, planting a peck briskly on Jane’s cheek. “Bqt it’s an old custom around here—when you can’t come to a party, the party comes to you. Look at Don there, he doesn’t seem too surprised.” Don grinned. “I was kind of hoping this would happen,” he said. “But Jane hasn’t gotten too well acquainted yet.” “I know,” Grandma said quick ly. “And it’s mostly our fault To tell you the truth, honey,”— she turned to Jane—“We were kind of afraid of you, you seemed sort of distant. But when you phoned that you and Don couldn’t make the party, I heard the trem ble in your voice, I suddenly real ized that you’re just as human as the rest of us. So here we are Now let’s get on with the fun.” It seemed no time at all before Grandma called out, “We’ve just time for a spelling bee before mid night and refreshments. Get your selves lined up folks while I put the coffee on to boil.” The crowd laughingly divided into two lines on either side of the big kitchen. As Jane hesitated, someone pulled her into position. “Speer the words, Mac,” Grand ma said to the school principal. “You’re used to this kind of thing.” Mr. MacRay began giving out words. Amid shouts of praise for the successful spellers and hoots of derision for those who stumbled over a word, the game progressed until only Jane and Mr. Niqhols were left. The caller cleared his throat and, turning towards Jane, pronounced the word, ‘hospitable’. Jane hesitated and looked slow ly around the room. She saw Grandma Jenner hovering over the coffee pot at the stove, Mr. Apple- ton gently adjusting the cushion under Don’s outstretched leg, and Mrs. Ames just coming in from the pantry with a tray of apple pies. “Yes, I can spell ‘hospitable’,” she said. “B-R-A-N-T-V-I-L-L-E.” There was a moment of silence. “Bravo!” several voices called out, and just then the kitchen clock began to strike twelve. “Happy New Year!” Jane echoed with the rest as she looked around at her new friends and finally met the eyes of her beaming husband. It was indeed going to be a good year. It’s about time Nations began shaking hands instead of arms! Mrs. Long-’s Father Dies In Saluda John DeLoache, 63, died sud denly at his home near Saluda Fri day. He was born and reared in Saluda County. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon from Good Hope Baptist Church, where he was a member, by the Rev. James L. Wright. Survivors include seven daugh ters-, Mrs. Elbert Long of New berry, Mrs. Harvey Bledsoe, Mrs. Calhoun Berry of Saluda, Mrs. Salley Lowmax of Union , Mrs. Charles Dalton of Portsmouth, Va., Mrs. Ben Mathews of Arlington, Tenn., and Mrs. Donald Rae Nix of Mills Spring, N. C.; one sis ter, Mrs. Madge Bladon Callison; three brothers, Melvin DeLoache of Greenowod and Milledge De Loache of Saluda; and seven grandchildren. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL Ted Ruff, 22, son of Mrs. Rosa Todd, 2505 Johnstone Street, was recently promoted to corporal while serving with IX Corps in Korea. The corps, one of three in Ko rea, coordinates the intensive post truce training and reconditioning of UN units under its control. Corporal Ruff, a cannoneer in the 937th Field Artillery Battal ion’s Battery C, entered the Army In August 1952 Tarzan Films Scare Russian Pigs, Chicks By RICHARD R. KASISCHIKE MOSCOW — Pravda has blasted Soviet movie distributors for sending out old American pictures featuring Tarzan, whose jungle roars are scaring the chickens and pigs on collective farms. The official newspaper of the Russian Communist par^ demand ed that Soviet peasants, instead of being required to watch “trashy” stuff like Tarzan and American cowboy and pirate films, be ^hown serious films about Russian‘scien tists, doctors, and teachers. “Tarzan travels from village to village, from settlement to settle ment, from town to town on his 1% ton truck.” Pravda said. “His wild shriek is even heard this month in Voronezh (290 miles southeast of Moscow). His visits are planned weeks ahead of time. And when his screams die away, another trashy film will go into the villages where—from the con tinuous screaming and shooting— chiekens are awakened from their sleep and panic is caused among the livestock in the bams and vil lages at night.” (The old Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller, made years Rites Wednesday For Mrs. M. L. Stilton Mrs. Maggie Lena Wicker Sul- ton, 56, wife of S. G. Sulton of Jo anna, died Monday afternoon at Hayes Hospital in Clinton after an illness of three weeks. Mrs. Sulton was born and rear ed in the Bachman Chapel sec tion of Newberry county, a daugh ter of the late Mrs. Jane Banks Wicker. She had made her hqme in Joanna for the past 23 years and was a member of Summer Memorial Lutheran * Church in Newberry. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frank Brannon, Mrs. Joe Robert Koon and Mrs. John Ful mer, all of Joanna; one sister, Mrs. Clara Banks of Enoree; five great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Joanna Methodist Church by the Rev. P. W. Turner and the Rev. Horace J. C. Lindler. Interment was in Rosemont cemetery in Clinton. ago in Hollywood, have been the most popular movies in the Soviet Union for several years. The Rus sians have been forming long lines in front of Moscow theaters to ree the four Tarzan films taken by the Russians as Var booty from Berlin. No fees are paid to the American producers for use of the films. Holiday Notice . , We Will Close ' v W: " C ■ - ;■ X Friday, January 1st New Year’s- Day Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Association We Are Pleased To Announce Our Semi-Annual Dividend Payable As Of December 30, 1953 At Our Current Rate Of 3% Per Annum Each account is insured up to $10,000.00 By the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation Funds received here by January 10, 1954, will Receive earnings from January 1st. THE \ ' ESTATE > BUILDING and LOAN A J ASSOCIATION L'o \ ✓ ^ I i/O&fci teunv inrim- PINCK ABRAM! NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA 1117 BOYCE STREET THE BELFAST BUILDING NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS R. B. BAKER, President J. DAVE CALDWELL, Vice President PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, Secretary-Treasurer LOUIS C. FLOYD R. AUBREY HARLEY THOMAS H. POPE