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THE NEWBERRY SUN
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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
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NEW YEAR'S DAY
South Carolina National Bank
Newberry County Bank
NEWBERRY JOANNA
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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
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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.
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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