The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, January 13, 1955, Image 1
“Many bachelors
have no
idea
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what married bliss
is—and
that’s
true of a lot of
married
men,
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too.”
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Another tax bill or two paseed
by Congress and the State Legisla
ture, and it will be unnecessary
for anybody to make a well.
VOL. 17—NO. 37
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY^, 195$
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, IS OUR “MYSTERY FARM” No. 16. It is a New berry County farm as seen from the air. The first person in
who correctly identifies the farm will receive a certificate for one free TV seiwice call from Geo. N. Martin
Radio & TV Service The first person in the county who correctly identifies the photo will receive a one-year subscrip
tion to The Sun In'addition 5 tickets each from The Wells, The Ritz and Clover-Leaf Drive : In Theatres will be given
to five runners-up in the city, and county. For those wishing to write in their guess, five tickets are being reserved
i£or those guessing the correct farm by letter or card. Please call The Sun office, telephone No. 1. No other calls will
count in the game. (Sunphoto by Frank Armfield from Shealy Flying Service plane piloted by Marion Wiggins.)
March Of Dimes
Is Given Boost
The following March of Dimes
Qltanty committeemen have been
named by S. C. Altman, chairman
the Dimes drives for the Jay-
of th<
Prosperity, Walter Hamm, chair
man, C.‘ E. Hendrix, co-chairman
fOr schools; Little Mountain, Mur-
fjy. OojUI^I, chairman, Holland
co-chairman for
schools; Silverstreet, Mrs. Mur-
T$f. Sheppard, chairman. Miss
Ruth .Martin, co - chairman for
fcools; St, Phillips, W. R. Lom-
chairman; Pomaria, H. W.
fck, chairman, R. H. Setz-
co-chairman for schools; Bush
▼Or School, H. M. Kolb; Chap-
a School, Miss Irene Parnell;
tmire, Ernest Jennings, presi
dent of the Whitmire Jaycees,
chairman.
The Dimes drive was given a
boost Tuesday night when city
council authorized the donation
of all dimes placed in parking me
ters during the period January 19-
26 to the Dimes drive. Mr. Altman
urges that N^wberrians use this
method of donating to the drive.
Although the meters are not made
t» take dimes, a dime will usually
give 12 minutes parking time, ac
cording to Mayor Wiseman.
Council Calls Engineers
Solve City’s Water Problem
Request Be Made To Delegation For
+ $2.00 PER YEAR
C OF C Arranges For
Broadcast Of Speech
A rebroadcast of a speech,
“Why I Am An American”, made
by Dr. R. S. C. Young of the Uni
versity of Georgia, at the annual
banquet of the Chamber of Com
merce in Greenwood last week,
may be heard over radio station
WKDK Sunday, January 16, begin
ning at 3:00 p.m. Arrangements
for this broadcast were made by
Richard L. Baker, , president of
the Chamber of Commerce, and
L. C. Graham, secretary, who at
tended the banquet.
Dr. Young, in his address, speaks
dramatically about the privileges
and opportunities of being an Am
erican citizen. He bases this ad
dress on his experience as a poor
immigrant boy who came to Am
erica, and was amazed at the op
portunities for work here.
He emphasizes the comparison
of the opportunities in America
and elsewhere, and talks of his
various experiences after arriving
over here.
Bloodmobile Be At Armory
Tuesday; Donors Needed
There is a highway safety
slogan — “Drive Safely - the Life
you save may be your own.” This
slogan might well be changed to
read “give a pint of blood — the
Civil Court Session On
Jan. 24; Jurors Chosen
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Honorable E- H. Henderson of
Bamberg will preside when the
January term of Common Plea*
court convenes Monday, January
Newberry County
Court House at 10:00 a. m.
Gordon N. Clarkson, secretary
of the Newberry County Bar Asso
ciation, has called a meeting of
the association on Monday, Janu-
1955 in the Probate Court
room-at 11:00 a. m. for the pur
pose -of setting a roster for the
above term.
Following is the list of jurors
dravrn to serve for the civil term:
Newberry: George B. Sessions,
1200 Drayton street; W. R. Reid,
1717 Main street; Nathan Kyzer,
it Nance street extension; Roy Elam,
2805 Fair avenue; William M. Ban-
-nister,f 1000 Mamie street; O. F.
|ifl$£lj£Mdr 021 Jessica avenue; Hu
bert V. Kinard, 1112 Senn street;
W. E. Turner, Main street; Brady
Shealy, 2102 Adelaide street; Paul
Kg^lSVhitaker, Main street; Herschel
A. Kemper, Hunt street; Talmadge
EUteor, Adelaide extension; J. C.
Holsonback, Jr., 1404 Second
street
"if Newberry RFD: Grady F. Price,
4; Jno. W. Hamm, Rt. 4;
pj|j§hrank Summer, Rt. 2; , C, M^. Sat*
?^®rwbite, Rt. 3; V. E. Miller, Rt.
S; Moses Ruff, Rt. 3.
teSljfromaria: W. C. Koon, N. C.
Wicker, Raymond E. Ringer.
^HypCttiverstlreet: Robert’ L. Dorroh.
Whitmire: Earl Prince, 200
'Washington street; Beattie ‘ L.
'Scott, Fred L. Cooper, 10® Main
Street; J. Hi Simpson, Jr., Carson
Pridemore. . ^
jiff Prosperity: Robert H. Beden-
baugh. Forest K Shealy, T. L.
»Boinest, Herman N. Taylor, Lon
nie R.' Amick, Joe N. Wilson,
ft Chappells: Gettis Coats.
Little Mountain: G. Ervin Chap-
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>ORTS SUMMER
IMPROVED
Ipprles in ladies’ cotton dresses
are greatly improved this year
over previous years, according to
Mrs. B. A. Carpenter, who return-
Monday after a week’s buying
to New York. Mrs. Carpenter
cottons will be more beauti-
Mm*Srauner than they have
been in, many years.
En route from New York to her
g§§7 Newberry, Mrs. Carpen
ter stopped in Baltimore to spend
weekend with her son, Forrest
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MRS. S. C. BRYAN,
Mrs. J. C. Golding and
. Jones and son, Terry,
wood, were visitors Sun-
Pjjpijiwune of Mr. and Mrs.
nd Felker on Harper street.
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Farnsworth Assigned
NG Advisory Group
Major Russell T. Farnsworth,
native of Emporia, Va., has been
assigned to the National Guard
Advi&ory Group at Newberry as
army advisor to the 107th AAA
AW Battalion, according to an
announcement made by officials of
the South Carolina Military Dist
rict.
A veteran of over 12 years of
military service. Major Farns
worth entered the army June 10,
1942 at Fort Lee, Va.
Major Farnsworth has arrived
in Newberry to assume his new
duties. He and Mrs. Farnsworth,
the former Miss Mary H. Couch of
Galax, Va., are living at 909 Mc-
Kibben street.
'Other members of the National
Guard Advisor Group are Lt. Col.
John F. Keenan, M/Sgt. Marion H.
Hart and Sgt. 1/c Alfred Ellisor,
who are connected with the 228th
Group, and M/Sgt. Edward Mar
shall who serves with Major
Farnsworth and the 107th.
Mrs. Coleman Named
Assistant HD Agent
Mrs. Margaret Rhody Coleman
of Saluda, will succeed Mrs. Bar
bara G. Brown who resigned re
cently as assistant home demon
stration agent in Newberry Coun
ty, according to Miss Gertrude
Lanham, district home demonstra
tion agent.
Mrs. Coleman graduated from
Erskine College, Due West, with a
Bachelor of Science degree in
Home Economics. She has served
as assistant home demonstration
agent in Aiken County and as
county home demonstration agent
in Saluda County.
Mrs. Coleman’s office is in the
county Agricultural Building on
Martin street with Mrs. Margie D.
Freeman, county home demonstra
tion agent. She began her duties
here on January 10.
At Hawaii Station
BARBER’S POINT, Hawaii (FH
TNG)—At the U. S. Naval Air Sta
tion here for duty is Donald L.
Davis, seaman, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Drayton W. Davis of 2043
Montgomery street.
Before entering the Navy in
July of 1954, he was graduated
from Newberry High School.
The air station supports all Na
val air operations in this area.
During the Korean conflict, it
serviced fleet and transport squad
rons supplying the UN forces with
air cargoes and replacement per
sonnel.
Building Demolition Recalh Memories
By RUTH D. SANDERS
If buldings could talk, one that
has just been demolished would
probably have had many interest
ing stories to tell. For the past 45
years, this building has served as
a residence at 1519 FTiend street.
Prior to the time it was moved
there by the late Mr. Bud Kinard,
it was the depot for the Columbia,
Newberry and Laurens Railway.
It is likely that many interesting
episodes transpired within its
walls while it stood by the rail
road tracks on Main street.
If one could go back to that C.
N. & L. station 52 years ago, the
date July 4, 1903, there one would
see a young couple, nervously sit
ting and waiting for a long three
hours. The couple had just come
in on the C.N.&L. from Goldville
—now Joanna. They were waiting
for a hack to carry them to the
place where they were to be mar
ried.
Martha Irene Cole was only 15
years of age. Her fiance, Ernest L.
Boozer, was 22. This couple was
determined to get married. They
Mental Health Expert
Speaks Here Tonight
Newberry County parents as
well as members of the local
Speers Street P. T. A. will have
an opportunity this week of hear
ing one of the outstanding psy
chiatrists in. the state of South
Carolina.
Dr. Joe E. Freed, M. D., of the
South Carolina State Hospital, Co--
lumbia, has been secured as the
main speaker of the evening at
the regular monthly meeting
the Speers Street P. T. A. to be
held on Thursday night, January
13 at 8:00 p. m. in the school aud
itorium.
Dr. Freed is an authority in the
field of mental health and has
chosen as his subject of discus
sion; “The Child”. His talk will be,
centered around the theme “Bet
ter Homes, Better Schools, Better
Community through Mental
Health”.
Dr. Freed is no stranger to the
people of Newberry County. His
father, the late Dr. C. A. Freed
was a former pastor of the LAither-
an Church of the Redeemer and
president of the Southern Luther
an Theological Seminary in Co
lumbia. Dr. Freed is a graduate of
Newberry College, class of 1933,
with high academic honors. He is
married to the former Miss Kath
erine Werts of Prosperity, also a
graduate of Newberry College,
class of 1934.
A short business session will be
held beginning at 8:00 p. m. un
der the president, Dean Philip T.
Kelly. Mrs. Ed Cannon, Charac
ter and Spiritual Education chair
man, will be in charge of the de
votions.
had been “courting” for more than
a year, but because of her extreme
youth, Martha’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Cole of Laurens
County, refused to give their co:
sent. Martha and Ernest were de
termined, however, and made their
plans to elope. They took their
vows that evening—“till death do
us part”—and kept them for 28
years, until Mr. Boozer’s death 24
years ago.
In recalling that day 52 years
ago, l^rs. Boozer said “Father was
having a barbecue that day at
Goldville and I was helping with
the serving. It was near the C.N.&
L. depot and Ernest and I had
planned to get on the train that
came through about two o’clock.
Ernest’s brother helped me on the
train at the front and Ernest got
on the last car. Someone saw me
on the train and asked where I
was going. I told them a group of
us were going to ride to Kinards
and walk back.”
They didn’t get off at Kinards,
but came on to Newberry where
they spent three hours in the de
pot waiting for a hack. Hacks
were hard to get since it was July
4th, and also Saturday. When they
finally were able to get transpor
tation, abput 6:00 p. m., they went
to the home of the late Dr. Thomas
Smyrna Presbyterian Church,
those who were present for
Ip wedding were Mrs. Ida Clamp,
najwh<4 recently celebrated her 90th
«*TlMrthday. TO«lT«rBary; her hus
band, now deceased; Raymond
Longshore and Mrs. Sara Boozer.
During their married life, Mr.
and Mrs. Boozer became the par
ents of seven children. One, Vin-
nie Mae, died when she was elev
en months old. Five of the remain
ing six live in Newberry County
with their families: Mrs. Maude
Waters, Ligon W„ Chevis, Charles
and Mrs. Martha Abrams. Another
daughter, Mrs. N. C. (Sara) Kidd,
lives in West Enterprise, Miss.
Mrs. Boozer has 14 grandchildren
and one great-grandchcild.
For many years, Mrs. Boozer
has been a member of Aveleigh
Presbyterian Church. Prior to
moving her letter to Aveleigh, she
belonged to Smyrna Presbyterian
Church, which she joined with her
husband. During her childhood,
however, tfhe attended the Meth
odist Church and has been attend
ing Sunday School for the past 62
years. She recalls tl^at her first
Sunday School teacher was the
late Miss Mandy Moates of Mount-
ville.
Mrs. Boozer is still a faithful
member of AVeleigh Church, tak-
Boozer in the Smyrna Community j ing part in all services and church
by |
Rev. R. C. Ligon; then pastor of, so.
and there they were married by f meetings when she is able to do
life you save may be your own.”
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be in Newberry on Tuesday, Jan
uary 18, at the National Guard
Armory. This visit is sponsored by
the National Guard and all mem
bers of the guard who are physi
cally able to do so are expected
to contribute a pint of blood. There
will not be enough guardsmen to
meet the quota of 150 pints, and
all citizens of Newbeyry are asked
to join in the blood program by
donating a pint of blood. The
hours for the Bloodmobile next
Tuesday are from 3:00 until 8:00
p.m.
The last visit or the Bloodmobile
to Newberry was pn July 29th,
when 125 pints were collected. In
November, residents of Whitrpire
donated 133 pints, making a six
months total of 258 pints given
in Newberry county.
During these six months, 163
pints have been sent to the New
berry County Memorial Hospital
to be used for citizens of the
county needing blood. This is only
a part of the blod used by county
citizens, however, for Newberry
must also furnish blood for its
residents who are hospitalized
elsewhere. Many additional pints
have been sent for use by New-
berrians in Hospitals throughout
the state. Among the hospitals re
ceiving blood for Newberry patents
are University Hospital in Augus
ta, Greenville General, Spartan
burg General, Orangeburg Region
al, Self Memorial in Greenwood,
York County Hospital in ; Rock
Hill, Union County Hospital, and
Providence, Columbia, Baptist and
the Veterans Hospital in Colum
bia.
Claude Weeks, superintendent
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Boozer shown in front of partially wrecked building. See story
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An engineering firm from Co
lumbia, Barbour, Keels and Asso
ciates, will be called into Newber
ry immediately to make additional
surveys of available locations for
water storage for the city, and to
make recommendations to city
council as to the most feasible
method for storing water,
action was decided on at th
lar monthly meeting of
which was held Tuesday nigftt'at
City Hall. ft \
Several locations for dam sites
had been previously suggested in a
preliminary sdfrey made by the
Soil Conservatiam Service. . How
ever, the closest of these to the
present reservoir, at Bush River
was several miles distant, accord
ing to Mayor Wiseman, and a
drawback recognised by the Con
servation service was the fact that
nothing would keep intermediary
land* owners from drawing out the
water released from a reservoir
for their own irrigation purposes
before it could get to the present
reservoir duHng dry weather. The
engineering firm will look im,o all
possible phases of the water stor
age problem and' make recommen
dations \ as to the most practical
and economical, together ‘ with
plans and specifications for the
dam, pumping station, pipe line
and spillways.
The following resolution was ap
proved by council:
Whereas, an acute water short
age arose' Ifcjj^gft^rry and 'in the
vicinity of Sq^jiinx'y..,1$ <kpm-
mer and fall 4^1954, a|j|ft
Whereas, tfcfj^fjggs' 'Council of
Newberry deemed it advisable to
make certain preliminary surveys
for the protection of the water
supply IpppJII* oC N*vrt*rry,
WHEREAS, Messrs. E. L. Shull
and T. B. Amis of the U. S. Soil
Conservation Service rendered
valuable services to the City of
Newberry in the City Council’s ef
forts to protect the water supply
for the City of Newberry, and did
so voluntarily and without charge,
now /
Be It Resolved, that the City
Council of Newberry, South Caro
lina, in council assembled,. hereby
expresses its appreciation and (he
appreciation of the citizens of
Newberry, South Carolna, for the
services so rendered as aforesaid.
Let a copy of this Resolution be
entered in the minutes of this
meeting and a copy of this Resolu
tion be sent to Mr. E. L. Shull
and to Mr. T. B. Amis, and let a
copy be sent to each of the news
papers in the County of Newber-
ry.
P. D. Holloway, 'chairman of a
committee appointed by Mayor
Wiseman to work with Fire Chief
Sam Beam .to set a policy for
handling fire calls outside the city
limits, reported that due to the
Christmas rush, his committee had
not h«d time to make specific
recommendations. He' stated that
the cqagqpityiy , ^
recommendations ready for the
next meeting of city council. .
Mayor Wiseman, expressed
thanks to the citizens of Newber
ry for their cooperation during tjie
past year in the following man
ner: “In behalf of the City Coun
cil and all city employees, I
would like to take this opportun
ity to extend their sincere appre
ciation to the people of Newberry
for their whole-hearted coopera
tion in the operation of the City
for jhe year 1954.** The mayor-es
pecially stressed the cooperation
of the people in conserving Water
last summer when an appeal was
made.
r Council approved installation of
storm drainage facilities north of
Harrington street at an estimated
cost, of $1200 and on Hunt street
at the Newberry County Hospital
[at an estimated cost of $1200; also
the installation, in cooperation
with the South Carolina Highway
Department, of necessary storm
drain to alleviate drainage de-
ficiences south of Evans street at
foe Crooks home provided it is
agreeable with the property own
ers to install the pipe on private
property. The estimated cost of
foe latter work was $550.
^ The city attorney was directed
by* council to draw up a resolution
to be submitted to the State High
way Department to erect proper
signs at foe new by-pass, showing
foe by-pasg, to be a truck route.
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Mayor Wiseman stated that most
of the trucks ,are using the by-pass
but some are still coming through
Newberry.
City Attorney Harley was also
directed to draw an ordinance for '
the approval of council to adopt
the 1954 National Plumbing Code
with all revisions and amend*
ments as the code to be used by
plumbers in the City of Newberry.
The last city plumbing code was
udopte^^$a;u|Rt|';; ■
. 'Mayor Wiseman
meeting of foe mayors o
municipalities in the. county
foe Newberry '
to request that municipalities par
ticipate in the fond allotted foe
county from the gasoline tax. JA
motion was passed by council
anfoofixfog the Mayer to write. a
letter to senator Abrams, as chair-
of the Newberry County Delega
tion, requesting that 33 % percent
oLthe funds allotted to ’Nwii|§H T y
County be divided among the mu
nicipalities based upon the popu
lation, and that a copy of this
letter be sent to each member of T
thedelegation and to each munici
pality in foe county.
- The letter Ira* follows; ^ ftl&jjj
Dear- .Senator: .. ftft'. ftfl§!
* It Has come to our, attention fopSif
many cities ahd towns in South ft
Carolina are participating In foe.JP
gasoline tax 1 which is levied on
the sales of gasoline in South
Carolina for the benefit of the
various counties.. According to our
information Newberry County dur*
ing ^ the fiscal year ending J
3Q. 1954 received from this tax
sum of $102,897.89. All of
members ofi then City
Newberry believe
porated cities "||di^o
berry County should
in this fund. It is believed that
incorporated cities and ’ towns li
Newberry Comity should partici
pate in this fund according to foe
population of the various incor
porated cities and towns. Further
more, it is the thought of foe City
Cbuncil of Newherry that fop!
should be on an annual basis so:
that each municipality, could look
forward with certainty to ’reeeivfip!
its share of this gasoline tax wlg[^h
is each year sent by the Highway
Department to the County Trea
surer. After much discussion, foe
City Council of Newberry believes
that a fair, just and equitable dis
tribution of the amount so received
each year would be for the County
Treasurer to distribute 33%. per-*
cent of the amount received from
the Highway Department to foe
various incorporated cities and j
towns in Newberry County based
on the population of foe said city
pr town.
According to our information foe
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Jan. 14—Paul B. Ezell, Mabie
Hiller, Mrs. James Brown, Rich
ard I. McWhirter, Mra v Donald
White, Frances E. Sima, Joseph
W. Hipp, Nathline Knight.
Jan* 15—Mrs. Edna H. Feagie,
Edna Hite P. Ringer, Mrs. C. A.
Felker, Ann Workman, T. D.
Pitta, Je H Kirkaey Koon.
Jan. 14—Beverly Clarkson,
James Montgomery Smith ML
W. M. Buford, Jr. \
) Jan. 17—Mrs. E. L. Hart, Wil
bur Lopg, Mrs. Alfred Ringer,
Mrs. J. F. Lominack, Susan
Crooks, Albert Long , Martha
McCullough, Mrs. W. M. Buford,
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Jan. 18—Mrs. Steve C. Grif
fith, Mrs. L. G. McCutloughr
William Henry Shannon, Jr.,
Alice Bedenbaugh, Becky Dick
er!. •. *
Jan. 19—Lonnie Clifton Gra
ham, Mrs. H. H. Abrams, CapL
Gerald 0*Quinn, Gaynelle Har
mon Stewart, Diane Boland, Btf-
ford Connelly, B. H. Hamm,' Mrs.
James Abrams, Cheryl Reeves.
Jan. 20—Charlie Bowers, John
Donald Rook, Donna Betts Nlch-
old, Mrs. O. H. Lane, Elizabeth
R. Boylston, Luqenia Martin, J.
T. vtptgbn. * ft;
(Note: The birthday of Mrs.
P. D. Holloway was mistakenly
shown last week as January 8.
Mrs. Holloway's birthday Is. in