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Too many people have wish bones foo close to their hats. Wolves are like trains; a girl likes to hear them whistle even if she isn't going anywhere. VOLUME 28 — NUMBER 44. By-The-Way .. . b y doris a. sanders THE TEACHERS In another month of so, the “Know Your Teacher” series for the city schools will be completed, then we’ll go on to Silverstreet and Bush River for a look at the school faculties in those areas. Some of you may wonder why teachers of some of your children have not appeared in this series. When the idea for this feature was originated, it received the full cooperation of the director of schools (who has been kind enough to praise it highly in recent weeks) and from all school ad ministrators. It was, of course, a volunteer thing on the part of teachers. While I’ll admit that it never occurred to me a teacher would object to submitting infor mation for the series, this has happened. So if the teacher you ie looking for hasn’t appeared in the series by time it is completed, it is simply because no information was given to us by that teacher. At this time, I wish to thank those administrators and teachers who have cooperated so wonder fully to make the “Know Your Teacher” feature an interesting one. I have received many com pliments concerning it. Being as closely associated as I am with the teaching profession, I feel qualified to say that teachers aren’t just automatons who stand in a classroom from 8 till 3; they are very human, with the inteiest of not only the school, but the community at heart. They sit for hours at home grading papers and averaging grades and being on the receiving end of sometimes insult ing telephone calls from parents; they teach Sunday School; they visit the sick; they counsel with students; they volunteer for fund raising drives; they work to in crease their proficiency for their positions. You think school teach ing is easy? Just try it for a week —then maybe YOU’D try to do something about helping our teachers get the salary raise they deserve. Most folks in Newberry just don’t realize how lucky we are to have, by and large, a most intel ligent, conscientious and capable faculty in all of our schools. THE BLINKERS It takes a little time to get the “bugs” out of anything new, and this is the case with the blinker light in school zones. One day they blink, one day the ydon’t but soon I’m sure the city will have them all organized and ready to go. When this is done, the city po lice force will be on the job to ticket anyone who goes so much as 20 and 1-2 miles per hour while the blinkers blink. These warning signals are put there to protect YOUR children and YOUR grandchildren, and they are not to be ignored. And this is a good thing. I was conversing with one of my policeman friends the other day, recalling how, some three or four years ago, I begged and pleaded that something be done about the traffic situation at the schools, especially Boundary which seem ed worse than the others. After all my talking, writing, etc., we fin ally got one little sign, barely no ticeable to a motorist about half block from the school. What a change now, with cross ing guards and blinker signals! What’s more, I’m not going to let up on the dogs, either. If con trolling of school traffic can come to pass, so can controlling of dogs who roam and damage ev eryone’s property but their own ers’. SEE THE LIGHT Some folks may have thought during past years I have been talking without reason about the group known as the “National Council of Churches”. Seems that I was just three or four years a- head of time. Nowadays, people seem finally to be getting wise to this socialistic outfit and are ready to do something about it. Many church laymen are fin ally deserting the pastoral lead in some instances because they can see, if their minister cannot, just what a one-world socialistic order the NCC is advocating—and with their church contributions. It has been argued that churches shouldnt’ withdraw from the National Council because they disagree with some of its policies. If those who argue so would only fully investigate the NCC, its background, those who presently run it, the policies it advocates, they SHOULD come to the con clusion that they’d better get out, the quicker the better. But do you know whose fault it is that the NCC goes its merry way, doing and saying as it pleases? Its yours and its mine, because we sit idly by; you con tribute your money (I don’t, nor will I ever contribute to a church which belongs to NCC) to keep it going; you sit by and let the NCC publish literature for your child ren telling them there’s nothing wrong with pre- or extra marital sex relations; you do nothing when the NCC-inspired theology, if it could be called that, is taught to YOUR children in YOUR church supported colleges; you think it quite proper, apparently, because you do nothing about it when YOUR church supported college faculties welcome communist speakers to campuses, giving YOUR children doses of commun ism without combatting the god less ideology with sound advice about the REAL meaning of com munism. At least the Methodists in this state seem to be getting riled up about the NCC. An Associated Press report from the meeting of a Methodist fact-finding confer ence in Columbia last week brought to the surface a few of the objec tions to the NCC. The fact-finding committee heard from a number of people, among them Dr. Augusta E. Willis of Charleston who left with the committee a sheaf of copies of ex cerpts from books she said were listed as recommended reading by the NCC. “These passages are so dirty I do not care to read them to you” she said. Backi«g her up was Dr. Clay W. Elliott of Char- eston, who said some of the lit erature recommended for reading was “sa filthy, I couldn’t read it to you if I had it with me.” He went on to tell the committee ! that some of the people in his I Methodist area are taking their { children out of Sunday Schools and some of the teachers are leav ing because of the NCC-prepared or influenced material. Maybe you’d like a little more information about some of the NCC associates. On February 23, 1953 the “De partment of Church and Economic Life” of the NCC brought for- ward a report “Basic Christian Principles and Assumptions for Economic Life.” On April 24, 1953, the National Lay Committee of NCC termed the report Social istic and Communistic. Contrary to Lay recommendations, the Gen eral Board of NCC on September 15, 1954 by a vote of 77 to 4 ap proved the report. Within one month after the Gen eral Board’s approval, Walter Reuther (who has had very high praise for the Soviet Union) pre sented in person a check for $200,000 to the NCC with the spe cific request that it be used to further the work of the Depart ment of Church and Economic Life which prepared the report mentioned above. Then it turns out that Walter Reuther is a member of the Department’s pol icy making General Committee, while his brother, Victor is its vice chairman. Walter Reuther, serving in of ficial capacity on the National Council of Churches, stated in De troit in August 1964 that he has no present Church affiliation. Af ter returning from his romance with communism in Russia in 1936 he was asked, after addressing the Young Socialist League in Flint, Michigan, “do you believe ini Religion and God or in science as a religion?” His answer was, “We do not believe in God, but man is God.” This is the kind of person who helps make up the organization which YOL T support with money you TI NK is being used for worthwhile, Christian purposes, when actually much of it is used to promote the kind of govern ment programs you voted against in last fall’s Presidential election. Cancer Crusade Plans Are Made The Newberry County Unit of the American Cancer Society met last week to make plans for the Cancer Crusade in April. The Crusade is being promoted by the Newberry Business and Professional Women’s Club and the Newberry County Home Dem onstration Council. The B&PW will be in charge of the Crusade in the City and the HDC will cover the county area. The Crusade will be held the last Friday in April. The Cancer Society is a national organization and is not included in the United Fund. NEWBERRY, S. C. 29108 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1965 ♦ $2.00 Per Year Prof. F. Scott Elliott, president of the Civic League, crowned the Queen at the conclusion of the Valentine Queen contest, sponsored by the League, at the high school Saturday night. From left are Miss Bertha Phillips, first runner-up; Prof. Elliott; Miss Martha Jean Smith, Miss Valentine; Miss Patricia Shealy, second runner-up and Miss Joyce Eargle, retiring Valentine Queen. The finalists are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Smith Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Olin Shealy. They were selected from among 64 beautiful young ladies from throughout the county. (Sunphoto) On City Council In Hartsville Dr. Joe McCullough was re cently elected to city council of Hartsville, leading the ticket of eight candidates with 968 votes to 797 for the first runner-up. Dr. McCullough, son of Mrs. L. G. McCullough of Newberry, is a new-comer to Hartsville politi cal circles. The week following his election to Council, The Hartsville Messen ger carried a picture of Dr. Mc Cullough in which he is receiving congratulations on being elected chairman of the Merchants Divis ion of the Chamber of Commerce. Excerpts from the story in the Hartsville newspaper follow: “Last week was the Week That Was for Dr. Joe McCullough! “The Hartsville druggist, a na tive of Newberry, who came to Hartsville in 1947 was, on Tues day elected by fellow citizens to a seat on City Council in the muni cipal election. On Friday, he was elected to chairmanship of the Merchants Division of the Cham ber of Commerce by fellow mer chants. “The new chairman of the Mer chants Division is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Pharmacy and a grad uate of the Navy School of Medi cine and Pharmacy. He is a veter an of World War II. “Dr. McCullough is active in the civic and religious life of the com munity. He is a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign W’ars. the Hartsville Lions Club, Moose Lodge 1770 and Legion of the Moose, a mem ber of the Masonic Lodge and Shrine Club. He is a charter member of St. Lukes Methodist Church, where he is chairman of the board of trustees and a mem ber of the official board. “He is a past president of Pee Dee Pharmaceutical Association, past vice president of S. C. Phar maceutical Association, and a member of American Pharmaceu tical Association. He is a past chairman of the Darlington Coun ty Society for Crippled Children. “Dr. McCullough is married to the former Rosa Jordan of Spar tanburg and they have two sons, Joe Jr., and Jordan.” Mr. and Mrs. Billy Morris are residing at 1209 Graham street, in the garage apartment of Mrs. Tom Graham. State Jersey Cattle Club To Meet Here Jersey breeders and dairy farm- trs from over the entire state will convene in Newberry on Febru ary 19 for the annual meeting of the South Carolina Jersey Cattle Club. Clifford T. Smith, president, promises an outstanding program and urges dairy farmers to attend. Program speakers include: Dr. Carl E. Boyd, director, Clemson Livestock and Poultry Health Laboratory; W. L. Aber- natny Jr., Executive Secretary, S. C. Dairy Association; Ed Baskin, manager, Sumter Dairies; Charlie Hunter, manager, Harvey B. Hunter Dairies of Charlotte, N. C. and Ed Crotty, field representa tive of the American Jersey Cat tle club. Highlighting the program will be Ihe keynote speaker W. Stan ley Finch, director of Public Re lations and Sales Training for Texize Chemicals of Greenville. This speaker’s dynamic appeal has endeared him to audiences thru- out the country. He is widely sought as a public speaker and makes many appearances each year before trade and professional groups, colleges and university groups, civic organizations and sales executive clubs. Serving as toast master for the luncheon program will be Dr. Willis King, head of Clemson’s Dairy Department. Musical en tertainment wall be provided by “The Ivory Keys,” well-known musicians from Saluda. Production awards to Jersey breeders and Junior Awards to 4-H and FFA club members will be presented. “This well rounded program should be of interest to everyone engaged in or associated with the dairy industry,” concluded Presi dent Smith. The program begins at 10:00 A. M. at Community Hall, Friday, February 19. POST OFFICE TO CLOSE MONDAY Monday, February 22nd, George Washington’s birthday anniver sary, is a legal holiday and will be observed as such by the New berry Post Office, according to Harry Moose, postmaster. There will be neither city nor rural deliveries and no window service. Mail will be worked to post office boxes, and outgoing mail will be dispatched with the local post office’s usual efficiency. IN SILVERSTREET Miss Pearle Hamm, who recent ly underwent surgery in the Co lumbia hospital, is now recuperat ing at the home of her sister, Miss Rose Hamm at Silverstreet. IN COLUMBIA Mrs. T. E. Davis fell at her home on Caldwell street last Fri day afternoon. She was taken to a Columbia hospital where she underwent surgery to correct a broken hip. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Jones have moved to 118 Glenn street to make their home. Aveleigh Church Dedicate Organ An organ dedication and recital will be held at Aveleigh Presby terian church Sunday afternoon at 4:30. The service will be conducted by Rev. Neil E. Truesdell, D.D., pas tor of the church, and Miss Eliza- eth Fowler, M.R.E., M.M., .A.G.O. church organist, will present the recital. , The instrument to be dedicated is a two manual pipe organ built by Paul Fritzche of Bethlehem, Penna. and installed in the sanc tuary of Aveleigh during October of the past year. The recital will be devoted to music of Johann Sebastian Bach, acknowledged by many as the greatest musician of all time, un surpassed in the realm of sacred music and in organ literature. The organ committee consists of J. D. French, Keitt Purcell, Lu ther Long, and Mrs. Leon Nichols. The public is cordially invited to attend the Sunday dedication service and the recital. Tickets To Be Sold Next Week Two performances of “The Wizard of Oz” by the Greenwood Little Theatre will be sponsored in Newberry on March 13 by the Boundary street and Speers street Parent-Teacher Associations. Hours of the performances will be 3.30 and 7:30 p.m. at the New berry High school auditorium. Ticketst for the play will be available to school children, their parents and friends throughout Newberry county next week. Re maining tickets will be placed on sale to the public at places to be published next week. J >ector of the “Wizard of Oz' ..s Donald McKeller of Green wood, who states that the seven teen children in the cast are look ing forward to presenting the play for residents of Nevjberry county. The group presented the production last weekend in Abbe ville where it was received with enthusiasm by adults and children alike. According to L. Hart Jordan and Dr. James Rinehart, presidents of Boundary and Speers street PTA’s, respectively, project chairmen for the jointly-sponsored production are Mrs. R. F. Sanders for Bound ary and Mrs. J. A. Underwood for Speers. Profit from the production will be shared by the PTA’s and will be used principally for purchase of library books. Newberry county residents are urged to take advantage of the opportunity to see this “live” pro duction. ON DEAN’S LIST AT FURMAN UNIV. Newberry county students among the 154 at Furman Univer sity who were named to the Dean’s List for the first semester of 1964-65 were Nita Bell Baker, sophomore of Whitmire, Sara K. Lister, senior and Donna Rook, junior of Newberry. Mrs C7 I ID City’s clerk and treasurei City Council Tuesday night ac cepted Mrs. Winifred Culclasure’s request that she be relieved of du ties as city clerk and treasurer, and appointed a committee con sisting of Councilman Gerald Tay lor, chairman, and Councilman Jack Senn to work with city audi tor Summer and city attorney ney Aubrey Harley in setting up qualifications and making recom mendations for the position and the person to fill the position. Mrs. Culclasure was highly commended for her past perform ance in the job, and asked by coun cil to reconsider her decision, which she said she could not do. She was appointed city clerk and treasurer a year ago, when Clar ence Wallace retired from that position. Mrs. Culclasure gave as her reason for asking to be relieved of the duties her limited training in the field of accounting and the heavy financial responsibility in volved in the position. She asked that she be retained as a city employee in some other position. She has worked for the city for 17 years. In commenting on Mrs. Culclasure’s efficiency and ability, one councilman said “if she can’t do the job, it would seem that some changes need to be made in the requirements of the job.” Full council echoed this sentiment in its recommendation that a committee be appointed to look into the position and see if the workload is too great for one person. Council joined other organiza tions in an effort to secure the old post office building to house the Newberry-Saluda Regional Library. Noting in a resolution that the city has cooperated with Newber ry and §aluda couptie^ to provide “resources for cultural and edu cational development through a central public library” and that the present facilities of the libra ry have become inadequate for the minimum needs of the citizens, the city pledged its support and ef forts to the acquisition of the old post office building and lot for use of the library, appointed the mayor, city manager and attorney to act as a delegation for the city in this effort to seek a conference with other interested persons “for the purpose of cooi-dinating plans for the acquisition of this proper ty.” Council accepted the low bids for a truck and derrick'to be used by the utility department. The total bid was $16,489.45. Low bidder on the truck chassis with cab was Shealy Motor Company, $3,961.46; on the corner mount derrick and related equipment, Baker Equip ment Company, $12,527.89. Two other bids were received on the chassis and on the derrick. Council authorized City Manager Riebe to advise Jahies t>. Brown, superintendent of education, by letter, that the city did not think it advisable to accept the back drive behind Speers Street school as a city street, but that the city would cooperate in whatever way possible to assist in grading and top-soiling the area. He was also to advise Mr. Brown that the mat ter of paving sidewalks on Dray ton Street near Drayton street school would be discussed with the State Highway department, the city planning commission and the county delegation at a meeting on February 24. Mr. Riebe noted that the portion of Drayton street in question is controlled by the A “Certificate of Appreciation” was presented to City Policeman John Mack by the Newberry Exchange Chib at its Tuesday night meeting. The award was made in recognition of Mr. Mack’s 25 years of service to the city and was part of the Club’s National Crime Prevention Week observance. Also guests of the _lub, and recog nized for their work, were Chief Colie Dowd, Policeman George Summer and S. C. Highway Patrolman Bobby Gene Chrisley. Lt. Frank Faulk of the State Law Enforcement Division, polygraph operator for SLED, was guest speaker. From left in the picture are H. C. Smith, chairman of Crime Prevention Week; Mr. Mack and Mr. Faulk. Gordon Leslie Jr«, is president of the Club. (Sun- photo) Highway Department. Council authorized expenditure of $534 for a census of the newly- annexed Oakland and Wise Street areas, and approved the expendi ture of $190 for a right-of-way for tank site construction. The original right of way obtained was not wide enough to accommodate equipment being taken to the con struction scene and the city was infringing on the property of J. Marshall Clinton, from whom the additonal right of way was pur chased. Accepting a recommendation of the Electrical Board of Examin ers, council revised the Electrical code to provide that certified elec tricians, as well as “licensed” el ectricians, could serve on the Elec trical Board of Examiners. This provides that a certified electri cian who does not hold a license would be able to serve on the board. City Manager Riebe read the recommendations of the City Planning Commission relative to zoning of newly annexed areas. With small exceptions, the areas were placed in residential zones. Council authorized advertisement for first reading at the next regu lar council meeting. The city manager notified coun cil of a letter from Shawnee Manufacturing Company express ing appreciation to the city for supplying additional parking space for Shawnee employees and for providing a loading zone for the company. It requested the council explore the possibility of making Lindsay street one-way since load ing and unloading at the ware house is causing a “bottleneck” in the traffic along this street. Mr. Riebe said the original master traffic plan for the city had Lindsay set up as one-way going toward Main. He further stated that when the two parking lots on Friend street are complet ed, it may be necessary to make Coates street one-way and asked that council withhold action until he could make further recommen dations. B. Eugene (Gene) Shealy and Ben Dawkins congratulate each other on assuming their new positions in Newberry County Mon day. Mr. Dawkins entered office as Commissioned District No. 1 af ter serving many years as Newberry Magistrate. Mr. Shealy replac ed Mr. Dawkins in the Magistrate’s office. (Sunphoto) Folk Seeks To Muzzle Dogs A law aimed at muzzling vicious dogs in Newberry County was proposed Tuesday in the State House of Representatives. State Rep. D. P. (Jabbo) Folk of Newberry said the measure was prompted by instances where vicious dogs have attacked peo ple. One such case, he said, was a small child whose scalp was torn away by a large dog. The child is recovering, Folk said. Folk’s measure would make it unlawful to own or keep a vicious dog within the confines of the county unless the animal is se curely muzzled or confined on the owner’s private premises. A vicious dog was defined as “any dog evidencing characteris tics usually associated with a dog abnormally inclined to attack or to attempt to attack other animals or persons without provocation by such animal or person. Violation of the act would sub ject the offender to a $50 fine or 30 days in jail in the discretion of the court. A similar act is in effect in Beaufort County. HAS SURGERY Mrs. George R. Summer, who underwent surgery at Newberry County Memorial Hospital Friday, is getting along nicely. 7; Feb 21: Mrs. Rath Davis, Wil son Leitzsey, Ralph Summer, Jesse Ousts. Feb. 22: Mary Ruth Walton, Susanne McElveetv, Mrs. J. V. Lomax, Cathy Bennett. Feb. 23 :Mrs. Ralph W. Connel ly, Laurence JL Connelly, Mrs. Luther Hamm, Sanford Y. Epps, Anna Wheeler, Mrs. Harry Ky- ’, John Miller, Martin Kyzer. eb. 24: R. A. Feagle, Dorothy Koon, Rey Lominack, Essie Cook, Mrs .Tompale Summers, Mrs. Kirksey Koon, W. R. Lom- nick, William Grady Beden- baugh, Larry Swygert, Natalie Setzler, A. L. Goff, Julia Mae Koon, Margaret H. Lovell, Jim my Underwood. Feb. 25: John C. Adams, Rob ert Davenport, Mrs. Ruth Wood, Willie Ann Berley. Carol EL Epting, Peggy Berley, Marion Long, Mrs. S. L. Waldhour, S. L. Waldhour, J. J. Hughes, Wil lie Lee Ringer, Sandra Petty, Joey Gray. Feb. 26: Mrs. G. W. Senn, Peggie Andrews, Mrs. Mildred Harper, Mrs. Hal Kohn Jr., Carol Senn, Charles Senn, Low ell Boozer, Elizabeth Langford, Ed Cannon. Feb. 27: Frances Hayes, Anne Wheeler, Mrs. (Sara Ward, Eli zabeth Setzler, Mrs. Jesse W. Senn, Mrs. Julia Faye McSwain, Willie Jones, Ranee Miller, Sar ah Franklin.