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VOL. 17—NO. 14
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1954
+ $2.00 PER YEAR
Lynch’s Woods Committee
To Hold 1st Meet Friday
Announcement was made by R. R. Bruner, Jr., this week
of committee members who have accepted imitations to
serve on the Lynch’s Woods park development.
Mr. Hruner, < hainnan ol the
Chamber of <'ommerce Lynch s
Woods committee called a tm-et-
inp several weeks atro ot interest
ed citizens at the court house to
determine if suftieient support
could be gained tor the project.
The citizens committee went on
record as favoring restoration and
further development of the wood
ed park and a motion was made
and passed that Mr Hruner selec t
a committee to outline* plans for
the development program.
Those who will serve on the
committee are H. F. Fischer. H.
M. Hentz. J. Have Caldwell. .lames
B. Cartwright, (). M. Cobh. T. B.
Amis. Mrs. l>ewis C. Floyd, Mrs.
Richard H. Baker. Mrs. T. F.
Crooks. Mrs. Oiin Layton.’Mrs. L.
E. Gatlin, and John Billingsley.
Ex officio members are in ad
dition to Mr. Bruner. T. F. (Tincec
Davis and Homer W. Schumpert.
The committee will hold its first
meeting tomorrow (Friday) night
at 7:30 o’clock at the chamber
of commerce offices in the old
court house.
Rouse To Hold
Services At Bush
River Baptist
A series of revival services at
Bush River Baptist Church will
begin Sunday evening. August 8.
and continue through Friday even
ing, August 13. There will be ser
vices each morning at 11 o'clock
and each evening at 8 o’clock, ex
cept the Monday morning service
which will be omitted. The public
is cordially invited to attend. Rev.
J. E. Rouse, Pastor of First Bap
tist Church of Laurens will be the
speaker.
Tots To Teens
Opens Friday
Newberry will have it£ first ex-
delusive childrens shop when the
doors of the Tots To Teens shop
open here tomorrow morning at
nine o’clock.
The business will be operated by
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith. Mrs.
Smith is the former Miss Mary
Johnson, daughter of Mrs. P. D.
Johnson of Newberry and the late
Mr. Johnson.
Tots To Teens Shop is located
at 1214 Main street in the store
building occupied for many years
by Clary Clothing company. The
interior has been done over and
appropriate counters and display
space arranged for the many lines
carried by the new business. The
shop will carry a eomplete line oi
nationally advertised in‘ants wear,
clothes for the voting misses and
little fellows. Among the brand
names to be found at Tots To
Teens will be Mary Jane,
Peaches ’n Cream. Ruth Originals.
-Chips and Twigs. Kaynee. Fsskay
and many others.
A special feature, of the opening
will be free balloons and candy
for the children. Visitors will lx*
Mrs. Bedenbaugh
Died Wednesday;
Rites Incomplete
Mrs. Annie Lafayette Beden-
baimli. S3, died early Wednesday
morning at the Newberry County
Hospital. She had been in declin
ing health but was seriously ill
since Tuesday.
Mr-. Bedenbaugh v as horn and
reared in Athens, (la. and was
the daughter of the late Joseph II.
ami Namy Payne Lafayette. Her
husband William Pierce Beden
baugh died a number of y*-ars ago.
She wa- a member of O’Neal
Street .Methodist Church and a
member of the Pocahontas Lodge
of the Woodmen. She is survived
by one son. Bynum Bedenbaugh.
Newberry; five daughters, Mrs
Josie Schumpert. Williston: Mrs.
Besse Howard. Batesburg; Mrs.
J. C. Neel. Newberry; Mrs. Perry
Wicker. Newberry and Miss Lil
Man Bedenbaugh. Newberry. One
nephew; 27 grandchildren and 38
great grandchildren survive.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete but will he announced
later from the McSwain Funeral
Home.
Guards Complete
Week’s Training
At Camp Stewart
The 228th Anti-Aircraft Artil
lery Group and attached units
from South Carolina commanded
by Colonel Thomas H. Pope of
Newberry have completed one
week of a scheduled fifteen day
training period at Camp Stewart,
Georgia.
Major General James C. Dozier,
Adjutant General of South Caro
lina arrived by plane Friday to
observe results of this training.
Other visiting • dignitaries in
cluded Major General Edgar C.
Erickson. Chief of National Guard
Bureau, Major General Byron L.
Milburn. Special Assistant for Re
serve Forces and Brigadier Gen
eral Ansel B. Godfrey. Division
Artillery Commander of the 51st
1 Mvision.
A parade honoring General
Dozier was held Saturday morning
with all South Carolina units par- |
tieipating.
Weekly Editors |
To Discuss UN
Web "at'v Tom Oh’mnx'r will I
,\ptjn '-o r<-et (MUtiSm - of the
role our nation should play in tlu*
Cnited Nations should Red China |
bo admitted. when WJBF-TV’- |
Sunday editorial feature. “View-
. is teicea-t at 3: 3n p.m. Sun
day. August Mb.
Tom O'Connor, editor of tlx*
Allendale County Citizen, will lx
joined by three area editors in ex
amining the subject of whether or
Pictured above, prior to taking visual meteorological data with the Theodolite, are members of Head
quarters Battery of the 228th Anti-aircraft Artillery Group from Newberry, now training at Camp
Stewart, Ga. The two men with backs to camera are unidentified. The other men left to right are War
rant Officer Richardson F. Sanders, Corporal James A. Lusk, Private James L. Golden, Sergeant Jonas
C. Wessinger, Sergeant William B. Merritt, Jr. and Reginald P. Franklin.
Co-op Holds Annual Meet
Saturday; Name Directors
The Newberry High School auditorium, was filled to near
capacity last Saturday afternoon when members of the
Newberry Electric Cooperative gathered for their annual
meeting. Members heard reports of the operation of the
coop over the past year from Secretary George Stone, Trea
surer D. L. Wedeman, Sr., and Manager Hugh M. Epting.
"but your operation and your fi
nancial statement indicate no
other coop is ’ superior.”
Judge Tysinger recalled that on
a recent trip to Washington, of
hearing persons referred to as “V.
I. P. I.’s’V He said he had heard
of the “Veep” (Vice President
Barkley) but V. I. P. ’s were new
to him. Later he learned V. I. P. ’s
were very important persons and
related he-4w*ei» n^ntOre -V. I. P. ’s
than the nations farmers. He said
15 percent of the country’s popu
lation lived on* farms feeding the
160,000,000 persons as well as sup
plying food for overseas relief. He
said the farmer was indeed a V. 1.
P.
Following Judge Tysinger’s ad
dress Jarvis, nationally-famous
magician of stage and TV enter
tained the audience with tricks of
deception.
During balloting for three new
directors the coop chose Georgx
Stone as Zone 1 director; Harold
Long, Zone 2. and L. Berley Bed
enbaugh, Zone 3.
At the conclusion of the meet-
a better one anywhere. "Some | ing prizes of electrical appliances
jn -1 as 'rood.” he declared, ! were awarded luckv numbers.
Mr. Epting in relating the grow
th and progress of the organiza
tion said that the coop had pur
chased a total of $243,914.31 worth
of power during the year which
was used by coop members. He
warned that many farm homes and
buildings were without adequate
wiring, especially since so many
more appliances had been added
to the lines on numbers of farms.
He pointed out that improper wir-
ing was a hazard to property as
well as electrical equipment. He
urged members to have surveys
made of their systems and where
necessary have adequate wiring
installed.
Judge R. D. Tysinger of Carroll
ton. Ga.; was guest speaker at the
meeting. He declared that he
thought electric coops were the
best thing that ever happened to
the farmer unless it was organiza
tion of soil conservation districts.
He told those present to he proud
of thxir organization and be vigi
lant to protect it. The speaker had
high praise for the Newberry co
op and said he didn't believe there
\va
2 Blood Centers
Get 196 Units
For Bloedmobile
Newberry citizens turned out
241 strong last Thursday after-
npon to contribute blood at two
bfood centers set up for the day
in Newberry. One center was lo
cated at Central Methodist church
for whites and another at the Vin
cent Street recreation center for
Negroes. The quota set for the
Methodist church operation was
100 pints. This was exceeded by
25 units. In addition 20 persons
were rejected for various reasons.
At the Vincent Street center a
quota of 50 was set with 71 units
beta# collected. Here 25 were re-
jfci’ed for- various reasons.
Mihe. R. E. Livingston, Jr.,
served as chairman for the Meth
odist church - center, sponsored by
the Newberry County Medical So
ciety Auxiliary. Dr. J. E. Grant
was in charge of the operation at
Vincent street.
Mrs. Nancy Copeland served as
service group chairman and was
assisted by 30 volunteer workers.
A complete list of workers and
donors will he carried in the next
issue of The Sun.
asked to register for valuable i not the Cnited States should with
prizes to be given away in con- j draw from the F.N
nection with
new shop.
the opening of the munist China gains
the world group.
in case com-
adniission to
County Community Chest
Created At Recent Meeting
Directors of the Newberry Community Chest with invited
members of the County Council of Farm Women met re
cently in the offices of the chamber of commerce to discuss
the possibility of extending the Newberry Community Chest
drive into a countywide campaign.
Louis ('. Flovd. chairman of
the community chest presided over
the meeting and pointed out that
since in each community the same
canvassers made appeals for a
number of causes, it w r ould be
much less work on these vclun-
cover all charity and service
agencies.
Since the County Council of
Farm Women is a large organiza
tion in the county and has suc
cessfully conducted the Cancer ef
fort, exceeding the quota for two
years, it was decided this group
would he asked to spearhead the
county division of the united ap
peal.
The, plan would also include a
division with campaign managers
at Whitmire and Prosperity.
Fnder the new setup the New’-
berry County Community Chest
will this year operate as a single
unit with directors from the
above-mentioned divisions making
up the countywide organization.
Carter-Wilson
Reunion Sunday
The Carter-Wilson Reunion will
be held at Mt. Bethel Garmany
on Sunday. August 8th, at the
old homestead. All decendants are
invited to attend and bring a pic
nic lunch and tea.
Wells Takes Job
As Instructor Of
State Firemen
Burton Wells. Jr., this week as
sumed duties of a new position
with th<* S. C. State Fireman’s as
sociation and the State Depart
ment of Education. He has been
appointed itinerant fireman’s in
structor for the state.
Mr. Wells, who has been prom
inently identified with firefight
ing in South Carolina and Georgia,
began his first class of instruc
tion for volunteer firemen Monday
He will conduct classes for both
volunteer and paid departments
throughout the state.
The state organization approved
the training at the last state meet
ing.
Mr. Wells has been residing in
the county for the past several
months engaged in farming, and
will continue to make Newberry
his headquarters.
Judge R. D. Tysinger, left, as he addressed approximately 600 members of Newberry Electric Coopera
tive in the Newberry high school auditorium last Saturday afternoon. He told the assemblage they
should be proud of their cooperative, and the theme of his speech was the farmer as a “V.LP.” (Very
Important Person). He declared that this was certainly true and a fact for which the farmer should be
proud. He pointed out that only 15 percent of the nation’s population were farmers and in addition to
feeding over 160 million in this country much food raised by United States farmers went for overseas
relief.
At right, Jarvis, well-known magician, performed his guillotine trick for the enjoyment of the coop
audiance. Standing at left is Bob Tysinger. son of Jjdne Tysinger locking on as Jarvis prepares to “be
head” his assistant. (Sunphoto fcy Frank Arml eld.)
ONE REPAIR PERMIT
ISSUED DURING WEEK
One building permit was issued
during the past week and that was
on Tuesday, August 3, to Claud
Thrift for general repairs to dwell
ing. 620 Cromer street for the
imount of $700.
Mrs. Wilson Brown
Will Tour Europe
Mrs. Wilson Brown will leave
Newberry Friday for Fre.dricks-
burg, Va., to join her sister, Mrs.
Cecil Reid for a six week’s tour
of eight countries in Europe. They
will be joined in New York on
August 10. by Mrs. Reid’s daugh
ter, Mrs. Manley Wright of Ashe
ville. N. C., who wll accompany
them on the trip to Europe. The
party will leave New York on Aug.
11 and will land in France. They
will sail from England on their
return trip home.
Newberry Life And Health
Merged With Calhoun Firm
Peterson New
Faculty Member
Jack Lee Peterson will be on
the faculty of Newberry College in
September a«tjakssomajlk Professor
of Music. This announcement was
made this weelc by' 6. Af Kamf-
mann. Acting President of New
berry College.
Mr. Peterson has the Bachelor
of Music and the Master of Music
degrees from the Cincinnati Con
servatory of Music. Cincinnati,
Ohio. Since September 1953 he has
been Assistant in Theory at the
Cincinnati Conservatory. He has
been accompanist for many artists
in the Cincinnati area and lias
JACK PETERSON
give a number of piano recitals.
Mr. Peterson is an accomplished
pianist and also plays the pipe or
gan. He is now serving as organist
at the Northside Methodist dmreh
in Cincinnati. Mr. Peterson ap
peared as soloist with the Cleve
land Symphony and the Canton,
Ohio, Symphony Orchestras for
four years.
Mr. Peterson is a veteran ahd
served in the United States Army
"or three years. He is a native of
Dayton, Ohio, and is single. He re
places Richard Hobart in the
Music Department of the college.
| The Insurance in force of the Newberry Life and Health
, Insurance Company has been merged with the insurance in
force of the Calhoun Life Insurance Company, according # to
an announcement made today by Robert H. Lovvorn, C. L.
U., president of Calhoun Life Insurance Company and John
F. Clarkson, president of Newberry Life and Health In
surance Company of Newberry. These two companies have
both been operated with the purpose of insuring the lives
of South Carolinians in home owned companies and invest
ing the policy reserves and other assets in home owned busi
nesses.
Mr. Clarkson stated today that
he had a number of offers.for con
solidation and merger of the New
berry Life and Health Insurance
Company, hut he selected Cal
houn Life because he believed
they had the same philosophy of
doing business that he had had
over the past years. Also the mer
ger was completed with the un
derstanding that the present
agency pet'gonnel of the Newber
ry Life and Health would continue
in their same capacities with Cal
houn Life, continuing to give the
fine high type service that they
had given in the past and that the
Calhoun Life management would
back them up in this respect.
A. P. Farris, who has been
Superintendent of the (Combination
division of the Newberry Life and
Health for the past nine years,
will continue in the same capacity
with Calhoun Life, moving his of
fice to Columbia in the near
future. Mr. Farris has had many
years of experience in this field
and is considered an authority on
combination life insurance, acci
dent and health and hospitaliza
tion plans. He has written a num
ber of articles for publication in
this field and is very well regard
ed ttyftmrbout the industry for
his abiiltyL 4 ^
Mr. Lovvorn, President of Cal
houn Life Insurance Company, a
company which was c)
January 1854 wfeich has
pbenomefia! progress in the
nary field over the past months,
has had a like experience In the
ordinary Jfield, having served in
Elliott To Preach
At Epting Memorial
Prof. F. Scott Elliott, of the
English department of Newberry
College will deliver the sermon at
F ]»t i n g Memorial Methodist
Church at the morning worship
hour. Sunday. August S. His topic
will he “Sources of Spiritual
Power."
Walker Serving
With 1st Cavalry
Sergeant First Class Porter
Walker, whose wife, Mildred, lives
at 307 Duckett street, Whitmire, is
now serving with the 1st Cavalry
Division in Japan.
I
Mn the Far Bast since World War
II, the 1st Cavalry was rushed to
Korea during the early months of
the fighting and saw hq^vy action
before • returning to Japan late in
1951 for security duty.
Sergeant Walker, who served
in the Pacific theatre during
World War II and in the Korean
conflict, holds the Silver Star and
the Bronze Star Medal.
ifumerous capacities in that field.
He has been President of the
State and Local Life Underwriter
Associations. He is now President
of the General Agents and Mana
gers Association of Columbia, has
served on numerous National Life
Insurance Committees, lias com
pleted the training courses of the
Life Underwriter Training Coun
cil and the American College of
Life Underwriters, having been
granted the designation of C. L.
U., which means Chartered Life
Underwriter.
J. P. Moon of Newberry,
for many years Secretary of the
Newberry Chamber of Com niece
and for the past fifteen years as
sociated with Newberry Life &
Health Insurance Company as
State Manager of the Hospitaliza
tion Division, will continue In the
same capacity with Calhoun Life
Insurance Company.
Burton E. Moore is Consult
ing Actuary for both companies
and will continue in that ca
pacity for the combined operation,
which is to be known henceforth
as Calhoun Life Insurance Com
pany.
Calhoun Life has recently
moved Into a new Home Office
building at 5206 Trenholm Rogd,
Colombia, South Carolina. This
building ia modem, air conditioned
and i(ery attractive and has been
by U&daands of South
fans- since the completion
of the building the latter part of
In a statement today Mr. Lov
vorn said 'Tt is-a >great pleasure
to assume ihe responsibility for’
the ftewberry Life and Health In
surance Company’s policyholders
and I assure all of them, as well
as the policyholders of Calhoun
Life Insurance Company, and any
future purchasers of insurance
from this combined company, that
we will continue to give a very
high type service. Claims will be
paid promptly and everyone will
be treated fairly and squarely in
every respect. We will c ntinue to
invest our funds in safe, sound,
high class South Carolina invest
ments for the benefit of the pub
lic at large. Our 55 stockholders
are all men of high caliber and
of good reputation in South Caro
lina. We are proud to have the op
portunity of serving the twenty-
five thousand policyholders of
Newberry Life and Health Insur
ance Company.”
Newberry Life agents continuing
with the Calhoun Life Insurance
Company in the Newberry area
are C. Hayne Shealy. Manager,
George Lomlnick, Thomas Half
acre, T. H. Willingham, and G. F.
Nobles.
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
Mollohon Local
Meeting Sunday
There will he a regular meet
ing of Mollohon T.W.U.A. Local
Union No. 324 Sunday afternoon
August Sth at 3:00 p.m. at the
Mollohon School. All members are
• r ped to attend. Visitors are wel
; •me.
The above cars involved in a head-in collision early last Friday
morning about a mile and one-half below Newberry on the Prosper
ity road resulted in the death of one person and serious injuries
to another. John A. Williams of Newberry, who received severe in
juries died at a Columbia hospital Saturday night. James S. Wheel
er, driver of the other vehicle was transferred from Newbery County
Memorial Hospital to the Veterans Hospital.
An automobile driven by Robert L. Bennett was also involved in
the accident and was damaged slightly. Mr. Bennett was not injured.
Witnesses said Mr. Wheeler’s car ran into the back of the car
driven by Bennett, striking his left rear fender and glancing into
the path of Mr. Williams who was en route to his work at the bomb
plant near Aiken. Wheeler and Bennett were both traveling toward
Newfcer-y. fSimphoto by Frank Armfield)
Aug. 6: Mrs. Wyche Dickert,
Mrs. Hugh Senn.. Mrs. Harry W.
Shealy, Mrs. D. F. Senn, Mrs.
Roy Singley, Mrs. Mack Amick
and Mrs. Malcom Amick, Sr.
Aug. 7: J. W. Swindler, Mrs.
H. W. Swindler, Jim Wheeler
and Mrs. Ben Stewart.
Aug. 8: Mrs. Olin Lominhck,
Jean Sullivan Copeland, Mrs.
Oswald Copeland, James P. Fulk,
Mrs. Leland Boozer, Bill Hughes,
Mrs, Eula Hendrix and William
Pitts.
Aug. 9: Mrs. James S. Price
and twin sister, Mrs. O. D.
Glenn, Reggie Brooks, Karen
Boozer, Wilbur Boozer, Alice
Julia Youmans, Mrs. Gettis L.
Coats, Anne Graham and Doris
Ann Parks.
Aug. 10: Katherine Rebecca
Truesdale, Tommy Chappells,
Joe Roberts, Sr., Mrs. Dove P.
Connelly, Sue Harmon, Mrs.
Doris Brooks, N. C. Shaver and
Jessie Dandy.
Aug. 11: Leonide Reagin, Mrs.
Jeff Suber, Ned Daneilson, Jan-
elle Livingston, Peggy Bowers,
Nina Ann Sheppard and Lu El
len Neel.
Aug. 12: Mrs. Sallie T. West,
J. J. Boazman, Clarence Kin-
ard and Mrs. Gordon Leslie.