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■HMJ f ar; h 1 r>11 in;11 j(' f-: are toda> titi W ;if n I ae '. »* is at nonnallv is ttu used on _'ti ft et :H)i e a wav VOL. 17—NO. 10 Mayer Memorial Church To Hold Annual Outing Sunday NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1954 ^ $2.00 PER YEAR The members of Mayer Me morial Lutheran Church will ob serve their Annual Outing, this coming Sunday, July 11. The order of events for the day will be as follows, with perhaps a, few vari ations: 10:00 a.m. Sunday School in the Church. The congregation •will then go to the Hartford school grounds (free transportation for those not having cars* at 11:30 a. m. worship will be held in the grove. A picnic dinner will be served at 12:30 p.m. An afternoon program with something for all to do will begin at 2:00 p.m. 1 hiring this time favorite hymns will be sung. Bible games and contests will be en gaged in and the choir will render several selections. Numerous com mittees have been at work making preparation for this occasion. All members of the congrega tion, visiting worshippers, former members and friends are cordially invited. Those who plan to attend are reminded to bring their picnic baskets filled with will be provided. cat: A drink Stribble Promoted To Petty Officer The Bureau of Naval Person nel has announced an advance ment in rating to radioman lirst class. USN. for Derrill K. Stribble. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stribble of 161S First street, and husband of the former Miss Eleanor Meeks of 1201 Charles street, while serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier ESS Randolph in the Atlantic Fleet Petty Officer advancements are made on the basis of Navy-Wide competitive written examinations, demonstrated proficiency in per formance of duties, and leadership ability. Greenwood WSCS Fall Seminar Be Held Here The quarterly meeting of the Greenwood District Woman's So ciety of Christian Service Execu tive Board was held July f>, at the home of Mrs. Frank C. DuBose in Laurens. It was opened with a luncheon which was served at 12:20 p.m. to the seventeen mem bers present. Mrs. DuBose was as sisted by Mrs. James E. Kinard of l^uirens. secretary of Missionary Service; Mrs. Lewis Pitts of (Min ton, zone No. 2 leader; and Mrs. Lavinia Cooley of Joanna, secre ts iv of youth work. The business session which tol- lo wed the luncheon was presided over by Mrs. W. C. Holroyd of Greenwood, district president. The new secretaries and zone leaders were given a warm welcome. Ex cellent reports were given by all who were present. The date for the Fall Seminar which is to be held at Central. Newberry, has been set for M'ues- day. September 7th. The secretary ot missionary education, Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, will be in charge of the meeting and Circle No. a of the local church luncheon. The Fall Zone will be held at berry on p.m. Mrs Harriett Dickert On Dean’s List Miss Harriett Dickert. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Y. T. Dickert, Nance street, was one of the 331 students at Mary Washington Col lege of the University of Virginia to receive scholastic recognition for the second semaster, accord ing to a list released by Dean Ed ward Alvery, Jr. Those on the list received a “B” average with no grade below a “C”. Hospital Patients Mrs. J. F. Able and Baby Boy, Saluda. Mrs. Louise Arthur. Palmetto House. Mrs. H. I. Attaway. LPio Poplar St. Mrs. Paul E. Baker. Route 3. Rock Hill. Mrs. O’Dell Barnes ami Baby Girl, Batesburg. Mrs. Alton Berley. Pomaria. Mille'r Bouknight, Route 2, New- Iberry. John Burbage, Route 4. Box 34, Newberry. Miss Nora * Cannon, Route 1, Chapin. Miss Minnie Chapman. Route 1, Little Mountain. Mrs. W. L. Davenport. Jr., and Baby Boy, Route 3. Newberry. Miss Eve L. Lominick, Route 2, I Box 92, Prosperity. Mrs. V(. E. Elmore, 1325 Pel ham St. T* Little Miss Myrtle Ruth Givens, Box 438, Saluda. Mrs. Mattie Glenn, 900 Mamie 6t. G. Hasten. Chappells. C. S. Huffstetler, 69 Glenn 6t. Mrs. Maggie \ Kempson, 1817 Main St. Mrs. Irene Lominick, Route 1, Newberry. Robert P. Luther, Route 1, New berry. v Robert P. Luther, Box 66, Pros perity. Mrs. Sam Marlowe, 1519 Har rington St. Mrs. Harold Oswald and Baby Boy, 1210 Third St. Mrs. James Parr, 1800 Harper 6t. Miss Lucy Speers, 1711 Nance St. Mrs. Jobe Smith, Route 1, New berry. L. A. Wilson. 2123 Brown St. COLORED PATIENTS Maggie Frye, 724 Hunt Ext. Rosa Lee Hair, Route 2, Pros perity. Cora Ixmg. Route 1. Silverstreet. Tilton Pitts, Route 1. Mount- Tille. Mary Thompson. 911 Booker St. w ill serve the No. 2 meeting Ebenezer. New- Septemuher 14, at 7:30 Horace Cromer, zone leader, will have charge of the program. This year all district officers and (peretaries are being urged to attend the school of missions to be held at Columbia College, Aug. 16-20. A district team wthich will be headed by the secretary of missionary education, Mrs. Elliott, will be sent by the executive Ix^ard. Each local WSCS is urged to send a representative. The next quarterly meeting of the Executive Board will be held in Newberry at the home of Mrs. T. P. Crooks on October 6. Those from Newberry who at tended the Laurens meeting were: Mrs. L. G. McCullough, secretary of status of women; Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, secretary of missionary education, Mrs. T. P. Crooks, sec retary of literature and publica tions and Mrs. Horace Cromer, Air Force Now Handling Own Recruiting Job Tlic Air Force recruitment pro- gram was separated from the I S. Army recruiting service on July 1. The change came about when Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson signed an order directing the Air Force to assume operation- ;ri control of its recruiting. A study showed that under the joint recruiting system it was dif ficult for the Air Force to adequately supervise and control recruiters to achieve procurement goals. Air Force recruiting stations are now set up throughout the state. The local office will be on the 2nd. floor of the county court house. Recruiters will he in Newberry each Monday and Wednesday from 9:2n a.m to 2:2h p.m. Dockery Rites At Whitmire Today At 4 Paul Victor Dockery. 76. died Wednesday morning at his home on Route 1, Whitmire, after a ling ering illness. Mr. Dockery was horn in Madi son County, the son of the late George and Caroline Duffie Dock ery. In 19**6 he moved to South Carolina and had lived in Whit mire for the past thirty-five years where he operated the Dockery Grocery store. He was a member of the Baptist Church in North Carolina. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dessie Rector Dockery of Whitmire; one daughter. Mrs. W. W. Woods of Whitmire; two broth ers, Alfred Dockery of Green ville and Monroe Dockery of Whit mire: two sisters, Mrs. J. E. Camp bell and Mrs. Kate Ramsey, both of Greenville; two granddaugh ters; five great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephew s. Funeral services • ill be con ducted at 4 o’clock today (Thurs day* at the First Baptist Church in "Whitmire by the Rev. J. R. Mc- Kittrick. the Rev. Paul Bulleington and Rev. Earl Alexander. Inter ment will be in Whitmire ceme tery. * The body will be at the late residence until the hour of ser vice. zone leader. Former Newberrian On Dairy Commission I Clarence Senn of York, former Newberrian. was elected to the position ot Commission Vice-Chair man of the South Carolina Dairy Commission at a meeting of the Commission held in Columbia on Thursday. July 1. 1954. Mr. Senn, who is a milk dis tributor representative on the Commission, succeeds Tatum Zeig- ler, Orangeburg, whose term of service on the Commission, ex pired on July 1st. Rogers Reid, milk producer from Richburg, wms elected Chairman of the Commission. He succeeds F. S. Hanckel of Charleston, whose term also expired the first of the month. Hester Corporal In 24th Infantry Charles Hester, son of Mrs. Lil lie Mae Hester. Route 1, Kin ard s, was recently promoted to corporal while serving with the 24th Infantry Division in Korea. The “Victory” division first landed in Korea in July of 1950 and spent 19 months in combat before going to Japan for security duty. It returned to the peninsula shortly before the cease-fire. Corporal Hester, a driver in Bat tery B of the 789th Field Artillery Battalion, entered the Army in January of 1953 and arrived in Korea the following July. $10,800 Tod Pay For City Planner The United States Civil Service Commission has announced ex aminations for City Planner, pay- j ing $4.2**5 to ; i year, and Foreign Language Information i Specialist, paying $4.2*15 to $7.<*4** a year, for positions in Washing ton. D. C.. and nearby area. To qualify for City Planner, ap plicants must have had appropriate college education, or experience in city or regional planning. For Foreign Language Information Specialist, applicants must have had responsible professional for eign language experience in writ ing. editing, or radio production, which has shown a sound know ledge of current international af fairs. Further information and appli cation forms may be obtained from the Commission’s Examiner in' ] charge, Mr. James W. Counts, lo cated at local postoffice, New r ber- ry. S. C., or from the V. S. Civil Service Commission. Washington 25. D. C. For City Planner posi tions, applications must be filed with the Commission’s office in Washington. and for Foreign Language Information Specialist positions, with the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, United States Information Agency, 1778 Pennsylvania A.ve., N. W„ Wash ington 25, D. C. Applications will he accepted for fcoth positions un til further notice. Cub Scout Picnic At Mollohon Park The Cub Scout Pack No. 66 will have its family picnic; on Wed nesday. July 14th at Mollohon Park. The picnic will start at 5:30. Each family is asked to bring a well-filled picnic basket and also paper plates and forks. Drinks will be furnished. Mrs. Kirkegard Dies In Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kirkegard were called to Ansonic, Connecti cut. last Friday. June 25. because of the sudden death of Mr. Kirke gard’s mother. Mrs. Kirkegard passed away at her home early Friday morning. She is survived by her husband, Jens Kirkegard. one daughter, Jenny of'Ansonia: two sons, Hen- ry of New York City, and Hoxvard Kirkegard of Newberry; also three grandchildren. These South Carolina 4-H club delegates had active parts in carry ing out the camp program at the National 4-H camp in Washington, D. C. June 16-23. They are, left to right, Le Von Dyches, Blackville; Mrs. Elizabeth D. Boykin, H. D. agent* Moncks Corner; Mary Vir ginia Beatty, Pineville; R. H. Sams, Asst. County Agent, Barnwell; Georgia Taylor, Asst. State Girls 4-H club agent, Rock Hill; Diane Elizabeth Boland, Pomaria; Leon O. Clayton, State Boys 4-H club agent, Clemson; and John Parris, Campobello. 10 Countians On Honor List At Newberry The Newberry College Honor List for the second semester was released this week by James C. Abrams, registrar. ' Thirty-six stu dents are listed for this honor, achieved when a student has at tained a scholastic average of 2.6, ratio of honor points to semester hour credits. The list includes 14 seniors, 6 juniors, 6 sophomores, and 10 freshmen. Those from the Newberry area are: Angus E. Dickert, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dickert, Newberry; Bar bara Frankie Jove, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Joye, New berry; Emory A. Magbee, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Magbee, Sr., Newberry: E. Harvey Dickert, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dickert. New- herry; Forrest C. Hentz. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hentz, Po maria: Sara Bee Lominick, daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. J. Richard Lominick. Newberry; Faye Eliza beth Shealy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Shealy, Newberry; Ralph G. Higgins, Jr., Newberry; Nora Kathryn Kinard. daughter of Mrs. Ernest O. Kinard, Pomaria; and Mary Carlene Shealy, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Shealy of Little Mountain. Letter Contest For Boys Camp Ends July 15 Boys in South Carolina who are interested in attending the S. C. State Commission of Forestry Boy’s Forestry Camp for a week at Cheraw State Park can still make application by writing a letter to the county ranger of the county in which they live on the subject “Why I Would Like To Attend Forestry Camp.” The boy writing the best letter from each county will be selected to attend. Boys must be between the age of twelve and fifteen to be eligible to attend camp. These letters should be in the hands of the coun ty ranger by July 15, so prompt entry is necessary. Camp will be held from August 2 to August 7. The hoy that is selected from each county will be transported to and from camp with the whole week's trip abso lutely free of charge. All forms of outdoor study and recreation will he available dining the week. A well-planned program of in struction in forest management, forest fire control, and state park facilities will he given by trained foresters. Healthful, recreational and athletic activities will round out each camper’s day. Every pre caution of health and safety will be observed and the entire cost of the camp including transporta tion will he borne by the State Commission of Forestry. Ernest Kinard Rites Conducted Ernest O. Kinard/ Pomaria businessman, died Wednesday of last week at Memorial Medical Center in New York City. He had been in ill health for several months and had entered the center two weeks ago for treatment. ' *Born and reared at Pomaria, he was the son of the late James Thaddeus and Maggie Louvinia Glymph Kinard. He received his education at Pomaria Schools and Newberry College. For 30 years he was engaged in the general mercantile and pulp wood business with his brother who operated the firm of Kinard Bros. Mr. Kinard was a member of St. Pauls Luther an Church and served on the coun cil for many years. He was a form er trustee of Pomaria Schools. Twice married, his first wife was Miss Carrie Delle Huffman, who died a number of years ago. He was next married to the form er Miss Lera Bowers, who sur vives. Also surviving are three chil dren. Miss Nora Kathryn Kinard by his first marriage. James O. Kinard and Frances Kay Kinard by his second marriage; three sisters. Mrs. H. W. Hentz, Mrs. H. \Y. Lominick, both of Pomaria; Mrs. Roy E. Hewey, Spartanburg; and two brothers, J. Alvin, Po maria; and T. G. Clover. Funeral services were conduct ed at 4 P.M. Saturday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church by the Rev. J. L. Drafts. Burial was in the family plot of the church ceme tery. TVA Nitrate Now Available The Newberry County Agricul tural Committee has an allotment of 40 tons Ammonium Nitrate for July shipment supplied by the Tennessee Valley Authority that has not been taken up for applica tion to permanent pastures and srazing crops. Any Newberry County farmer interested in ob taining this material should con tact the County Agents Office dur ing the next ten days. Beard’s Father Dies In Avondale, N. C. Funeral services for James Lee Beard, 67, father of James L. Beard, who died at his home in Avondale, N. C., was held at the Avondale Baptist Church Monday afternoon of last week. Interment was in the FTast View cemetery of Newton. N. C. Mr. Beard was a native of New ton. N. C., and at one time resid ed in Newberry for several years where he was employed by Kend all Company. Makes Hike Near Fontinental Divide Pvt. Clarence Glenn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Glenn. Silverstreet. ; recently completed a five-day 119- mile foot and motor march from Camp Carson to Camp Hale. Colo., with Company G of the 61st Regi mental Combat Team. The trip to the highest Army post in the U. S. was climaxed by a gruelling hike over the 13,190- ! foot Mosquito Pass near the Con tinental Divide. # Private Glenn, a rifleman, en tered the Army in August of 1953 and completed basic training at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Highway Engineer Talks Roadside Development At Committee Meeting District directors and commit- * tee sub-chairmen of the roadside development? program of the State Garden club and other invited guests gathered at the home of Mrs. Richard L. Baker on July first for a business and luncheon meeting. Mrs. Baker is chairman of roadside development of the state organization. Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Clem I. Youmans, East Pied mont district subchairman were hostesses to the group. An informal meeting was held prior to the luncheon at which time W. K. Buckham, maintenance engineer, State Highway Depart ment, addressed the group. He told of the department’s interest in the roadside program and what was being done to aid the project. He explained how the committee could assist the department in making South Carolina a more at tractive place in which to live and travel. He complimented Mrs. Baker and her committee for the fine work and pledged support of the highway department in beauti- fying the roadside and making it safe. At the meeting Mrs. Baker an nounced the awards that will be made for 1954-55 as follows: $50 Roadside Parkway offered by Garden Club of South Carolina. $50 Best Model Mile, offered by State Chamber of Commerce. $50 War Bond, offered by Trans portation Assn., Inc. $10 to Junior or Senior high school boy or girl for best article on “Don’t Be a Lltterbug,” offered by Mrs. P. D. Meadors, president of State Garden Club. $25 Best Cleanup Campaign re port, offered by Mrs. Clem You- m a n s, subcommittee chairman Roadside Development, East Pied mont Dist. The Baker Home was beautiful and lovely with arrangements of mixed summer flowers. The lunch eon was served buffet style from the beautiful appointed dining room table with Mrs. Cannon Blease assisting the hostessess. Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Youman. The guests were seated at tables in the litrary, living room and side porch. Attending the meeting and luncheon were District Director and Sub Chairman of roadside development. Mrs. A. H. Huckle, Rock Hill; Mrs. Herman L. Mazur- sky and Mrs. J. H. Manning, Barn well; Mrs. J. G. Stevens and Mrs. Homer Dantzler, Moncks Corner; Mrs. Leon Harris, Anderson; Mrs. M. H. Maner, Columbia; Mrs. P. D. Meadors, State President of Gar den Clubs of South Carolina, Greenvill^; Mrs. Thomas Edwards and Mrs. W. L. Ivie, Greenville; Mrs. Horace C. Brenson and Mrs. Dewey Johnson 3rd vice president, Greenwood; Mrs. J. A. Cathcart and Mrs. Irvine Belser, co-chair man of the Symposium. Mrs. Gary Paschal. Blue Star Route, 'Colum bia. Newberrians attending; Mrs. Roy Anderson, president of coun cil; two past presidents, Mrs. T. P. Crooks and Miss Grace Summer; Mrs. Price Padgett, Newberry Gar den Club president and Mrs. Seth Meek and Mrs. James A. Burton, Jr., Project Committee. Meet To Di$cass Park Development Action aimed toward the restoration of Lynch’s Woods Park, wili be climaxed tomorrow night (Friday) with a meeting of representatives of at least 75 county organiza tions at the county court house at 8 o’clock. Interest in the project was reawakened back in May when Richard L. Baker, president of the Chamber of Commerce,* called together a committee to investigate the possibilities of restoring Lynch’s Woods to its original beauty and possible further development. R I> 1 .1 Since that time the Chamber of . r. Luther Last Rites To Be Held Today Robert (Bob) Pinkney Luther, 79, died Wednesday morning at the Newberry County Memorial Hos pital. He had been in declining health for many years but had been critically ill for the past two days. Mr. Luther was born in Prosper ity, the son of the late R. L. and Elizabeth Stone Luther. Before his 'woods committee of the chamber, rftirement, due to ill health, he was an insurance adjuster for the Hartford Insurance Company. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. He is survived by one sister, VIrs. Kate Bearden of Spartan burg; one brother, J. D. Luther of Prosperity; four nieces and two "ephews. Funeral services will he con ducted today (Thursday) at 5:00 p. m. from the residence of his broth er, J. D. Luther, in Prosperity by the s Rev. Ben M. Clark. Interment will be in Prosperity cemetery. The body will remain at the Whitaker Funeral Home until 11 o’clock Thursday morning when it will be taken to the home of his brother. Vaughn Training At Cadet’Dick Vaughn, Jr., 21 year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Vaughn, Kinards, arrived at the Ordance Reserve Officer’s Train ing Corps Summer Camp at Aber deen Proving Grounds, Md., on June 28th. A student at Olemson College,- Cadet Vaughn is one of more than 1,100 college students who ^111 participate in the six-week Sum mer Camp program. Designed to technically train future Army officers for the Or dance Corps, the ROTC Summer Camp at Aberdeen stresses com bat readiness throughout the course. The summer camp is part of a year-round program of training which future Army officers receive while in school. During the winter months the Cadets participate in an extensive program of drill and military science as part of their regular academic schedule. Watermelon Slicing- Af Youth Center There will be a watermelon slic ing at the Youth Center on Satur-" day night, July 10, at 8:00 p.m. All the young people of New berry County are invited and everything is free. Come and have a wonderful time. * Commerce has attempted to con tact all civic and service organiza tions in the city and county with a request that they be represent ed at a meeting to be held at a la ter time. To- date committees have been set up by 75 organiza tions. The joint meet tomorrow night is designed to acquaint all those interested in the develop ment program. The session will be in the form of a panel discussion, according to Cliff Graham, executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Bob Bruner, chairman of the Lynch’s will act as moderator. Items to be diseased at the meeting according to the agenda prepared by the committee are: “What and Where is Lynch’s Woods?” “Why Develop It?” “How Should it be Developed?” “How Should it be Financed?” “General Discussion.” The last item listed is a def inite plan of action. Present plans call for the formation of a county wide executive committee to work with the p*rk commission. The committee will also be charged With drawing up a master plan for developmentNand instituting action on the park program. Members _of the park commis sion include T. E. Davis, chair man, Homer W. Schumpert, James JJ. Wisemans Chalmers Brown, and ‘Jesse Frank Those on the chamber’s park committee are Mr. Bruner, Chair man, James Clamp, Henry Hentz, Hugh Epting, Homer W. Schum pert, S. W. Shealy, L. F. Fischer, and J. Dave Caldwell. Present plans call for unified ef fort between the park commission and the committee to be named tomorrow night to accomplish the restoration and development of the park. All interested persons are in vited to attend the meeting. NEWBERRIAN’S FATHER PASSES AWAY IN PICKENS James R. Porter, 86, father of A. O. Porter of Newberry, died at 1 a.m. Monday at a Pickens Hos pital after four months declining health and three weeks serious illness. Funeral services were conducted at Mt. View Baptist Church Tues day afternoon. lames D. Brown Home From Hospital James D. Brown, Supt. of Edu cation, who underwent surgery in the Columbia Hospital about three weeks ago, returned to his home on Main street, where he is now recuperating nicely. To Undergo Surgery Today Mrs. H. T. Wlke was admitted to the NeWberry Memorial Hos pital Wednesday afternoon where she was scheduled to undergo a major operation this morning (Thursday). TO TOUR NEW YORK Mrs. Lucile Foster, Mrs. John Norris and daughter, Elizabeth, Mrs. Arthur McCarrell and daugh ter, Margaret, Mrs. Reyburn Lominack and daughter, Lisa will leave Sunday on a few days tour of New York. MISS HORNSBY ABOUT SAME AT REST HOME Miss Jessie Hornsby remains critically ill at the Anne Jones Rest Home on Hunt street, where she has been a patient for the past several weeks. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS July 9: Frank Sanders, “Rusty” Wilson, L. Pope Wick er, Jr., Ronnie Michael Beden- baugh, George W. Martin, Lang H. Ammons, Miriam Jollay, J. H. Cooke, Jr., and Mrs. D. R. Son. July 10: Mrs. Bill (Evelyn Leaved) Davis, Sara Ann Nich ols, George W. Summer and Louis Brossy, Jr. July 11: Alan Johnstone, Beth Long, Mrs. Jessie Dawkins, Mrs. F. A. Longshore, Doris Marie Sheeley, Ralph E. Epting and G. Long. July 12: Tabor L. Hill, Mrs. E. W. Yates, Sr., ^3uddy Waldrop, Wayne C. Spearman and F. R. Higgins. July 13: Elbert H. Aull f Marcia Todd, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. M. W. Todd, Emory Hayes Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Bennio Livingston, Mrs. C. H. Cannon and Aubrey Wicker. July 14: Holland Sligh, Tom Summer, Mrs. Ralph Baker, Norman Martin, Jaunita Felker, Miss Erin Taylor, H. E. Thomas, Martha Lominick, M?rs. C. I. Holloway, Mrs. W. R. Bouknight, Max McKittrick and Dr. S. L. Hunter. July 15: R. C. Floyd, Capt. Jim Todd, Carolyn Murry, Mrs. John H. Ruff, Jackson W. Taylor, Jr., Wally Lewis, Carrie Wightman, Mrs. W. H. Tedford, Louise Hey ward Dodkin and Sue Senn. < 1