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VOL 17—NO. 34
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1954
+ $2.00 PER YEAR
Sun To Publish
Babson Forecast
The Newberry Sun will publish
Babson’s Business and Financial
Forecast for 1955 on December 30,
1954. A careful checking of the
Babson predictions made in the
forecast for 1954 upholds the re
markable average of the past years
by being 86 per cent correct.
American business has no more
inspiring personality than Roger
W. Babson, internationally-known
business commentator and invest
ment adviser. An outstanding fea
ture of his philosophy has been
his life-long insistence on the im
portance of religion in business.
Born and reared in an old-fash
ioned atmosphere of hard work
and hustle on a farm in Glouces
ter, Mr. Babson went to the Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology.
Upon graduating, he turned instin
ctively to financial and business
activities.
His exertions, however, under
mined his health; he contracted
tuberculosis and he was sent west
“as good as dead!” It was while
he was convalescing from this
malady that he worked out some
of the possibilities and problems
of business forecasting. His week
ly reviews are used by over 400
newspapers and his financial re
ports by 20,000 corporations and
estates. His research work is car
ried on by a large staff of work
ers.
Mr. Babson founded Babson In
stitute for Men; and, in coopera
tion with Mrs. Babson, developed
Webber college for women, both
nationally known institutions. Here
young men and w’omen can con
centrate on the fundamentals of
business administration. Later, he
founded a Midwestern Institute
of Business Administration, locat
ed in Eureka, Kansas, center of
the United States. He has been ac
tive also in the establishment of
another medium of service to the
public, the Gravity Research Foun
dation, located at New Boston,
New Hampshire.
Mr. Babson has probably done
more than any other man to cre
ate among his millions of news
paper readers an interest in sim
ple business problems, and to in
still a broader vision in business
men, enabling them to meet the
up and downs of the business
cycle.
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Cancelations Are Heavy
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The Newberry Post Office hit its peak in cancellations
Monday, and business was expected to taper off for the re
mainder of the week, according to Acting Postmaster Harry
E. Moose. Cancellations, which normally average between
six and seven thousand pieces a day, numbered 37,000 Mon
day and although this was lower than the peak day last
year, when cancellations numbered over 40,000’, the cancel
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PERSONAL
MENTION
Mrs. O. B. Cannon is spending
the Christmas holidays with her
son, Olin Cannon and family in
Georgia.
Miss Sadie Bowers is planning
to spend a few days during the
holidays with her sister, Mrs. Jno.
Glenn in Savannah, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Brice Waters, of
Rock Hill are expected to spend
the Christmas holidays here in
the home of Mrs. Water’s brother-
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. Bryson, on Harrington street.
Lamar Neville, a student at the
Union Theological seminary, in
Richmond, Virginia, and William
Neville, a senior at P. C. in Clinton
have arrived in the city to spend
the Christmas holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. A.
Neville and brother, David Nev
ille on Calhoun street.
Mr. and Mrs. Ford Kurtz arriv
ed the first of the week to spend
this week and Christmas with Mrs.
Kurtz’ mother, Mrs. J. W. Chap
pell and brother Jack and family
on East Main street. The Kurtzes
plan to spend several days in Flor
ida before returning to their home
on Long Island, New York.
Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Dukelberger,
retired missionaries from India,
returned last week to their home
in Gettysburg, Pa., after visiting
several days with friends in New
berry.
Miss Virginia Sullivan of Lau
rens, a member of the Bennetts-
ville school faculty, spent the past
weekend in the home of her niece
Mrs. Oswald Copeland and family
on Main street.
Mrs. Tom P. Johnson, Miss Tom
mie Johnson and Miss Eleanor
Watkins are spending the Christ
mas holidays in Miami, Florida.
Miss Marshall Howard, director
of Religious Education at Aveleigh
Presbyterian church left today
(Thursday) to spend the holidays
at her home in Mobile, Ala.
Miss Theresa Lightsey is leav
ing today to spend the holidays in
Brunson with relatives.
Mrs. A. T. Neely plans to spend
the holidays with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Senn and family.
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With A Genuine appreciation of our
pleasant associations during- the past
year, we extend to you our best wishes
for an Old-fashioned Merry Christ
mas and a New Year of Happiness and
Prosperity.
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Councilmen Hear Report
Of Conservation Engineer
Methods for storing an adequate water supply for New
berry in case of a drought were discussed at the meeting of
City Council last Wednesday night, December 15, when
members of Council heard the report and recommendations
of E. L. Shull, engineer for the Soil Conservation Service,
and T. B. Amis, of the local Soil Conservation Service office.
Mr. Shull, in response to a
request from City council, survey
ed possible dam and reservoir
sites suitable for storing water
for the city’s use during the dry
seasons. He outlined nine possi
ble sites, recommending one In
particular on Little Beaverdam
creek, the capacity of which would
be 186 million gallons, or about a
six months supply of water for
Newberry. He stated that the
complete cost of construction, in
cluding clearing, construction of
the dam and emergency spillway,
but exclusive of the cost of the
land, would be approximately $17
600.
Mr. Shull stated that he did
not make a survey to determine
the cost of increasing the capac
ity of the present reservoir on
Bush river. On request of Council
he said he would make such a sur
vey. No decision was reached con
cerning construction of a new res
ervoir, pending Mr. Shull’s report
on the possibility of increasing
the present reservoir to an ade
quate capacity to meet emergen
cies.
Before the council meeting was
adjourned, a motion was passed
to have City Attorney Harley draw
up a Resolution thanking Messrs.
Shull and Amis for their interest
and cooperation with the city in
this matter.
Also appearing before Council
was Fire Chief Sam Beam, who
told Council that he would like to
have a set policy for answering
calls to fires outside the city lim
its. Chief Beam stated that 16
of the 74 alarms answered this
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year were in rural areas, and that
the department was able to help
in a few cases, while in other
cases the lack of a water supply
made the department helpless and
tied up equipment which might be
needed in the city.
The Chief said that if rural
calls were to be answered, it
would be necessary for the de
partment to have more equipment
in order not to place the city in
jeopardy while firefighters were
on rural calls.
As the result of a motion pass
ed by Council, Mayor Wiseman ap
pointed a committee to work with
Chief Beam and set a policy for
answering out of tow r n calls. Coun
cilman P. D. Holloway was nam
ed chairman of the committee.
Serving with him will be Council-
men Ed McConnell and C. A. Duf-
ford.
After final passage of the busi
ness license ordinance for 1955,
the council meeting w'as adjourn
ed.
MR. AND MRS. Me BETH
SPROUSE, and tw r o sons, Kerry
and Randy of Knoxville, Tenn. will
arrive today to spend the Christ
mas holidays and New’ Year with
Mrs. Sprouse’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin O. Summer on Har-
per street.
Stores Be Open
On Next Monday
The majority of Newberry
merchants will take only Sat
urday, Christmas Day as a holi
day this year, and will be open,
for business as usual on Monday,
December 27th. This was the re
commendation of the Merchant's
Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, according to L. C.
Graham, secretary.
Offices of the court house,
building and loan associations
and banks will be closed on
Monday as well as Saturday.
All places of business in Pros
perity will also be closed on Sat
urday and Monday.
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Miss Smith Wins
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State Contest
Miss Sylvia Smith has been
named state winner of an essay
contest sponsored by the Spen
cer Chemical Company for the
National Association of Soil Con
servation Districts. The an
nouncement was made Monday
by George H. Davis of Green
wood, Chairman of the State
Soil Conservation District Su
pervisors.
Miss Smith’s prize-winning es
say was entitled “Water Prob
lems in My Soil Conservation
District and On My Farm." Her
entry will be judged along with
those from other areals, and
winner in the area will recalve
$200 in cash plus a certificate.
The prize winning essay for the
area will be submitted for judg
ing in the national contest, where
the first prize will be $1000 and
a certificate and an all-expense
paid trip to the 9th Annual Con
vention of the National Associa
tion of Soil Conservation Dist
ricts at San Diego, Calif., Feb
ruary 1-5th.
Miss Smith, who is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford T.
Smith, of Kinards Rt. 1, slso re
cently tied for third place in the
Voice of Democracy contest
held in South Carolina.
LT. COL. AND MRS. JAMES
GLYMPH and son, James, Jr., of
Washington, D. C., spent from
Sunday until Wednesday with Col.
Glymph’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Glymph on Caldwell street.
They left Wednesday for Missis
sippi to spend the Christmas holi
days with Mrs. Glymph's relatives.
i Postmaster Moose said he ex
pected business to be slack from
now until Christmas, however, and
that the total Christmas business
of the post office would probably
be about the same as last year.
Assistant Postmaster Jack Chap
pell stated that in response to the
pleas of the Post Office, the peo
ple of Newberry had cooperated
by mailing early and that the post
office had been able to keep up
with deliveries by employing only
six additional helpers. Christmas
cards and packages began coming
to the post office on December 8th,
Mr. Chappell said, and mailings
have been evenly spread out over
the period since.
December 24 has been declared
a legal holiday by order of the
President, but Mr. Moose stated
that the post office Would observe
customary hours except for the
finance department, which would
be open from 8:00 a. m. until 12:00
noon. Christmas packages arriv
ing too late for delivery by the
24th will be delivered on Christ
mas Day.
The post office will he closed
all day Christmas and New Year
Day. December 31, New Year
Eve, has also been declared a
half-holiday by executive order of
the President and hours for the
local post office on that day will
be announced in the next issue of
The Sun.
Fire Chief Sam Beam and Ed Hazel are s hown looking* over the contents of one of
the bags of food which they packed for distribution this week to the needy of the
county. This particular bag is ror a family of four., (Sunphoto by Frank'Armfield.)
102 Needy Families Will
Receive Christmas Food
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MISS FAYE DAVIS underwent
minor surgery at the Newberry
Memorial Hospital Wednesday
morning. She expects to return to
her home on Hunt street by Fri
day.
MR. AND MRS. JOE MIGHTON
of Wilmington, N. C., and Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Peterson of Spartan
burg are expected to spend Christ
mas holidays in Newberry in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fil Bowler
on Glenn street.
JAMES E. KINARD of Hamp-
den-Sydney College, Hampden -
Sydney. Va., is spending Christ
mas holidays with his parents. Dr.
and Mrs. James C. Kinard on Col
lege street.
MISS MOLLY FENNELL, a stu
dent at Mars Hill College, N. C.,
is spending the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Fennell on Harper street.
MRS. BEALE CROMER and
Miss Carolyn Cromer left last Sun
day for New York to spend the
Christmas holidays with Mrs.
Cromer’s son-in-law and daugh
ter, Prof, and Mrs. Milton Moore
and two sons. Bill and George.
Three Identify Last
Week’s Mystery Farm
Last week’s “Mystery Farm,"
number 13 in a series, has been
identified by three persons as
the Eugene Perlster farm. All
three guesses were from the
county.
Mrs. Aubrey Davis of Route 4
was the first to correctly identify
the farm and she will receive a
one year’s subscription to i*he
Sun. Receiving a free ticket to
either the Wells, Ritz or Clover-
Leaf Drlve-ln Theatre will be
Mrs. George Stone, Route 1, and
David Luther Ruff, Route 2.
Library Be Closed
For Yule Holidays
The Newberry-Saluda Regional
Library announces that no Story
Hour will be held during the
Christmas holidays. The Story
Hour for children will be^ contin
ued at the public Library Monday
afternoon, January 10, 1955 from
4 to 5 o’clock with Miss ftjary
Timberlake, Newberry College li
brarian in charge.
The Library will be closed for
Christmas holidays from Decem
ber 22 through December 26.
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Over 106 bags of food have been
prepared by personnel of Newber
ry .Fire department and are being
distributed to tbe underprivileged
cf^wberry Co^ty' t$* week r ac
Members of the Fire Department
have been busy for the past week
packing the bags and delivery by
volunteer firemen and the De
partment of Public Welfare began
Tuesday afternoon. • , *
The amount of tho food in tbe
bag varies according to the num
ber of persons In the family. Bags
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Mystery Farm No. 14
In Next Week’s Sun
The picture of Mystery Farm
No. 14 and a number of other
regular features of The Sun are
not being published in this
Christmas issue. These features
will be resumed in next week’s
Sunpaper. The names of winners
of last week’s Mystery Farm
contest will be found else
where in this issue.
lunty
cording to
son and for families containing as
many as 13 members. The food
consists of sugar, coffee, flour,
grits, lard, fatback, noodles, peas,
cheese, apples, oranges, tanger
ines and candy.
This is a Community Chest serv
ice, and $400 was appropriated for
the project this year. Chief Beam
stated today that the total amount
expended would probably run a
little more than $400.
Begun by the Masonic Lodge of
Newberry about ten ’’ears ago,
the “Christmas Cheer Hub” was
later taken over completely by the
Fire Department with the backing
of the Lodge and donations of
clothes and toys as well as food
were received by the Department
for distribution. The “club” later
joined the commnnity chest but
has remained under the admini
stration of the Fire Department.
Most of. the" names of those to
receive the bags are furnished by
the Department of Public Welfare.
MR. AND MRS. TOMMY MC-
CRACKIN and daughter, Margaret
Lee of Fayette, Alabama, spent
the weekend with Mr. MeCrackin’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mc-
Crackin on College street.
MRS. M. B. SESSIONS left yes
terday for Danville, Ky. to spend
two weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
Buddy Lipscomb, Mr. Lipscomb
and their daughter.
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Two scenes from one of the busiest places in Newberry the first of the week, the Newberry Post Office. The pic
ture on the left shows J. F. Gilfillan and Burley Long sorting Christmas packages for delivery; on the right is James
Counts, busy cancelling some of the thousands of Christmas cards which were handled by the post office during
the weeks preceding Christmas. (Sunphotos by Frank Armfield.)
'BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
Dec. 25—P. D. Johnson, Jiv
Mrs. T.. B. Jacobs, Mrs. Ernest
Bennett, Roscoe Coppock, Fred
rick Hodges Dodkin, Mrs. R. C.
Hunter, Frank 8enn, Thomas
Shaver, Mrs. J. W. Timmerman,
Misa Verna Lane.
Dec. 26—Mrs. Griffin Coleman,
Bill Moore, son of Prof, and Mrs.
Milton Moore, Y. T. Dickert,
Harold L. Pitts, J. R. Beden-
baugh.
Dec. 27—J. H. Bedenbaugh,
Linda ’Jane Lominick, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Lominick,
Berlin Stuck, Mrs. David Ring
er, Mrs. Fred Summer, Larry
McCullough, Ronald Chapman,
Berley Shealy, Mable Darby,
Louise Sessions, Mrs. G. B. Ses
sions, Mrs. A. J. Wilson.
Dec. 28—Mrs. James Smith,
Jr., Mrs. Elbert Dickert, Lisa
Lominick, Fay Murray, fflrs. F.
Scott Elliott, Mrs. Oscar Mayer,
Brenda Summer, Dale Eargle,
Gates Beckwith.
Dec. 29—Mrs. Dave L. Hayes,
Mrs. Frank Stewart, Mrs. J. Al
vin Kinard, David Langford,
Margaret Watkins.
Dec. 30—Brother Gilliam, Jac
queline Crooks, Carolyn Boland,
Mrs. V. V. Pearsall, Mrs. Vir
ginia S. Senn, Mrs. H. O. Stone.
Dec. 31—Mrs. Nat Gist, Mrs.
G. V. Clamp, F. B. Dawkins, Mrs.
Elia H. Beam, Mies Emily Booz
er, Mrs. Eddie O. Graham, Sue
Stone, Mac Brooke.
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