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The Sun can furnish printed and engraved invitations for that Spring Bride. Stop by and see samples of our quality work. News you know may be of inter est to others. Send items and no tices to us. We’ll be glad to pub lish them. VOL. 17—NO. 45 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1955 + $2.00 PER YEAR £11 ppm saSslBagiai^ ■: ■■A' piiii I • (mm Ml m i ■.wav. Wmm sSivir S*Vv.' Bwmm m m (yfy. I MM mm ,S'- ■ 'y^k WmM Winners in the Newberry County “National Employ the Physically Handicapped” essay contest were announced at a meeting of the Civic League held last Thursday evening at the Community Hall. The awards were made by Jim mie Coggins, chairman of the Newberry Mayor's Committee on placement of the physically handicapped. Shown, left to right, first row, are Mildred Long, Silverstreet High School, third place; Susan Ann Mayfield, Newberry High, first place; Mary Jo Griffith, Newberry High, second place; and Roxanne Shealy, Little Mountain High, third place, ^^-—'--jrs of the Mayor's Committee shown with the winners are Jake Wise, Veterans Service Officer; Bin Whelan .... Newberry Observer; Frank Armfield, publisher^ The Newberry Sun; Mayor“ja^^ErWiseman; Dr. Mami S* Summer, counselor for the Employment Service, and Jimmy Coggins of Radio Station WKDK. Absent on account of illness when the picture was made were Pearce Davis, manager of the Newberry Employment Office and Ben Mar- ett, counselor for vocational rehabilitation. (Photo by Nichols.) Last Rites Held At Rosemont For Miss Dominick Funeral services for Miss M. Elizabeth Dominick, former head ot the English Department of New berry High school who died here at her home Saturday were con ducted at 4 o’clock Monday after noon from the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul E. Mon- a roe, Jr., and Dr. R. A. Goodman. Interment followed in Rosemont Cemetery. 'Miss Dominick was among the fifst graduates of Winthrop Col let© » n d a teacher in the schools of the state for many years. She was a daughter of the late Jacob and Georgiana E. Minlck Dom- Mrtick and was born at Peak in wherry County. The family ved to Columbia and later to wherry in 1895. She was a life- g member of the Lutheran «rch of the Redeemer, a mem- of the Daughters of the Am- an Revolution, the Calvin Cro- zidr Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Woman’s Club and the Winthrop Alumnae Association. She is survived by two sisters, MUs Cora Dominick and Mss Mlazie Dominick; two brothers, former congressman from the Third District Fred H. Dominick ami Harry W. Dominick, all of Niffwberry, and two nieces. Miss jro#i Dominick of Waynesboro, and Miss Doris Dominick of Ne*terry. pallbearers were Hal koh«| Sr., Johnnie Jones, P. K. Harmon, Ralph Young, Thomas H. Porte, John Norris, Herman Lang- ford and Louis Floyd. as honorary pallbearers the members of the Newber- mry Club and Dr. Von A. ei Engineers Give Estimates On Reservoir Construction Violators Beware! Police Chief Colie Dowd would like to advise the public that the Police Department has re ceived a current motor vehicle license registration list, and that those persons receiving parking tickets or other summons to ap pear at the police offices will be located by license number If they fail to appear. The chief urges that citizens with such business at police headquarters come in voluntarily so that It will not be necessary to waste time and money chasing down traffic or- dance violators. No Action By Council Until Final Report And Recommendations Made A preliminary report on New berry’s water supply situation, made by Barbour, Keels and Asso- cites, engineers of Columbia, was read to city council at its regular meeting Tuesday night. The re port stated that two suitable sites for water reservoirs had been lo cated, one on Bush River near the present reservoir and another on the Saluda River. Preliminary es timates of construction of a reser voir on the Saluda river with a 16- inch main to the City of Newberry Instructors Are Named For Methodist Training School Preliminary plans for a Chris tian Workers School to be spon sored by the Methodist Churches of the Newberry area have been announced. The first area training school will be held from March 27th through March 31st. with ihe first session beginning on Sunday evening, March 27th. The following courses are to be offered: “Your Home Can Be Essay Contest Prizes Are Handed Winners Thursday Newberry County winners in the "National Employ the Physically Handicapped” essay contest, which is sponsored annually by the Em ployment Service and the Voca tional Rehabilitation throughout the United States, were announ ced Thursday night at an open meeting of the Newberry Civic League. This meeting was held at the Newberry Community Hall, with many prominent people present from different parts of the cpun- ty. Each of the seven area High Schools had submitted contest es says. Many representatives from these schools were present to hear the announcement of the winners and to receive awards. > County Cancer Quota Fund Set Newberry County’s quota in the 1955 American Cancer Society’s crusade, which will run throughout April, has been set at 93,300, Nat Welch of Whitmire, chairman of the county campaign, announced today. Last year’s local goal was $2,- 900 and $2,907.30 actually was sub scribed. This increase over the 1954 quota reflects the need shown by the whole underlying situation in the war against cancer. It repre- sents Newberry’s share of the in crease in the national goal from $20,000,000 a year ago to $24,000,- 000 for 1955. The 1954 national mark was oversubscribed by $1,- 700,000. This year’s state goal of $250,- 000 represents the largest amount yetj asked for from South Carolina. It was necessitated because of a number of indigent cancer cases in the cancer clinics last year. Visits to the clinics totaled 3,327. This year the American Cancer Society is combining an educa tional program with its fund-rais ing crusade, Mr. Welch pointed out. “Our population is growing old er, people are living longer, and as a result the incidence of can cer cases in tl(e United States is rising,” he explained. “More and (Continued on page 8) First prize, $25.00 savings ac count, donated by Newberry Fed eral Savings and Loan Associa tion, was won by Susan Ann May- field of Newberry High School. Miss Mayfield had submitted for the winning theme “Teen-age Panel Proves a Point”. Second prize of $10.0*0 savings account, also donated by Newber ry Federal Savings and Loan As sociation, was won by Mary Jo Griffith of Newberry High School. Third prize donated by the Ci vic League, $5.00 to each, was won by Roxanne Shealy of Little Mountain High School and Mild red Long of Silverstreet High School. Jimmy Coggins, chairman of Newberry’s Mayor’s Committee on placement of the “Physically Han dicapped” acted as master of cere monies and unade 'the awards. Other members of the committee present were: Mayor Jimmy Wise man, Jake R. Wise, veterans ad ministration; Bill Whelan, editor of Newberry Observer; Prank Armfield, editor of The Newberry Sun and Dr. Mamie S. Summer, counselor for Employment Serv ice. After the meeting. delightful refreshments were served by the Civic League, which organization assists with handicapped work as a community service. Egg Producers Meet March 15 A meeting of poultry and egg producers will be held at David C. Waldrop’s poultry farm at J. Y. Floyd’s home near Trinity Church on Tuesday, March 15 at 2 p. m. County Agent P. B. Ezell has arranged for W. A. Tuten, exten sion marketing specialist, to dis cuss the production care and mar keting of quality eggs. P. H. Good - ing, ~ leader, Poultry Extension work, will explain control of res- pitory disease of poultry. Mr. Waldrop has 3300 cages for laying hens, a practical egg grad ing and storage room and an egg cooling room that aided with high quality for market eggs dur ing hot weather. An egg grading machine will be in operation. Both small and large producers should benefit by attending this field meeting. Co-Chairmen Named For Easter Seal Sale The regular quarterly meeting of the Newberry County Chapter of the Crippled Children’s Society was held on March 2 at the home of Mrs. J. D. French. Mrs. Charlie Bowers was the associate hostess. The chairman, Mrs. I. M. Sat- terwhite, Jr., presided over the meeting. After the reading of the minutes by Mrs. Gurdon Counts, the secretary, Mrs. Satterwhite called for reports. The important item of business was the completion of plans for the Easter Seal Drive which will begin on March 10th and continue until Easter Sunday, April 10th. Charlie Bowers will serve again Columbia Girl Is Injured In Wreck Miss Betty E. Pitts, 20, of Co lumbia was injured . when the automobile she was driving was In collision with another car at the | Insurance Company — of College and Evans Assisting with the flowers were Miss Julia Kibler, Mrs. Bess Bry son, Mrs. Hope Wilson, Miss Su- die Dennis, Mrs. H. O. Swittenberg, Mrs. Otis Whitaker, Mrs. J. V. Kneece, Miss Margaret Paysinger, Mrs. Paul Heisey, Mrs. J. Dudley French, Mrs. N. ‘ E. Truesdale, Mrs. Blanche Felker, Miss Annie Bynum, Mrs. Cannon G. Bleass and Mrs. C. A. Kaufmann. Welborn Promoted By corner streets about 6:30 p. m. Monday. She was admitted to Newberry County Memorial Hospital for treatment, but was later discharg ed. Newberry Policeman George W. Summer and Highway Patrolman D. A. Reighley investigated. They said Robert S. Weeks, Jr., New berry College student, driver of the other car Involved was not in- this year as the Easter Seal Chair- J ure d- They said the Weeks car. man. Those in the county serving as co-chairman are: Prosperity, Mrs. Gurdon Counts; Little Moun tain, Mrs. L. C. Derrick; Pomaria, Mrs Miles Cullum; Whitmire, Ruth Mathis; and Chappells, Miss Lillie Mae Workman. Mrs. P. K. Harmon will serve as chairman of the Easter Lily Sale, with Mrs. J. D. French as her assistant. Mrs. W. H. Tedford and Mrs. Pope Buford, Jr., will be in charge of the coin containers. Mrs. F. Scott Elliott will handle the publicity. Otis Whitaker will be in charge of "coffee Day” which will be ob served on Good Friday, April 8th. Mrs. Satterwhite expressed her appreciation for the service the Mother’s Clubs rendered in ad dressing the envelopes. Girl Scouts are also assisting in the drive. The next meeting will be held on June 1, at the home of Mrs. W r . H. Tedford with Mrs. Pope Buford, Jr., as the co-hostess. Newberry Court Change Proposed A bill to alter slightly the terms of Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions in Newberry County was introduced in the House today by Reps. Earl H. Bergen and T. W. Hunter. Final terms of General Sessions Court would open on the fourth Monday in November instead of the first Monday in December as at present. Court of Common Pleas would open its final terms on the first Monday in December instead of the fourth Monday in Novem ber. All other sessions would be left unchanged by the bill. was struck from the rear. Joe Welborn, who has been as sociated with the Sate Farm Mu tual Insurance Company in New berry for the past two years, has been transfered to Charleston as district manager of the Charleston office, which includes several counties adjacent to Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. Welborn moved to Charleston last Friday to make their home, and are residing in the Riverside Apartments on Deu- roux Drive. School Children May Get Salk Polio Vaccine Soon Detailed plans now are being worked out for the possible ad ministration of polio vaccine to Newberry County children who will be eligible to receive it if it is licensed. Dr. J. C. Sease, health officer, declared today. As was announced February 23, by state health offcials, all first and second grade pupils in public, private and parochial schools in the state and all children who were part of the test groups in the 1954 vaccine field trial but did not receive vaccine at that time, are included in the planned program, he explained. It also will be avail able to others through physicians at the same time. But parents were warned by Dr. Sease not to jump to the conclu sion that the current planning in dicated the vaccine already had been proved effective. “The vaccine which will be fur nished by the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis is the same vaccine that was given to 440,000 children last spring,” . he said. “We do not know yet wheth er it really prevents paralytic po lio. Until April, when we will learn the results of the evaluation study now being conducted at the Uni versity of Michigan, we cannot know if the vaccine is effective.” But we cannot wait until then for planning for the protection of as many of our children as pos sible. Vaccinating large numbers of children is a big and important job, entailing many procedural tasks that can’t be performed over night. If the license is granted in Ap ril, we must be ready to start vae clnating at once, so that, if pos sible, we can finish before our schools close and the polio season starts. We want to give the vac cine early so that many children can be protected before polio ap pears in their communities. This program would not be an other test but the first use of a newly established preventive mea sure. Under the direction of the State Health department, Dr. Sease has been conferring with school auth orities and physicians who have pledged their full cooperation. The polio vaccine will be fur nished from a supply being pur chased by the National Foundation with March of Dimes funds. It will be made available by the National Foundation without charge for the product to State Health officers for use in the above groups, if lie ensed by the Federal Government “Vaccine would be given by the Health Department this spring only to those eligible children whose parents sign forms request ing it,” Dr. Sease added. “It is a completely voluntary program. The forms will be distributed through the schools soon. We should like to know as soon as possible how many eligible chil dren we must provide k for, if the vaccination program is carried out. If the vaccine is not licensed, there will be no program.” Cherokee Rose And Weed Control Will Be Discussed Here A meeting of all landowners in terested in the control of Chero kee roses will be held on Thursday afternoon, March 17 at 2:30 on the farm of Jack Hughes in the Hartford community. Observations will be made of 24 experimental control plots that were sprayed with various control chemicals during 1954. County Agqnt P. B. Ezell has arranged for Dr. W. B. Albert, Clemson College Botany depart ment, and W. C. Nettles, extension entomologist, will lead a discus sion of rose and weed control. The Clemson College Experiment Station and extension service are cooperating in the continuation of rose control during 1955. This meeting will be held in Mr. Hughes’ pasture near Leon C. Dennis’ dairy. It is suggested that those attending meet at Mr. Den is’ dairy. WAC Band To Be Here Wednesday WAC CENTER, Fort McClellan, Ala.—The famous WAC Band will make a concert appearance in Newberry oh Wednesday, March 16 at Newberry High School at 1:00 p. m. Newberry is one of the cities in Third Army Area be ing visited by the unique unit from The Women’s Army Corps Center, Fort McClellan. The only WAC band in the Army will present over an hour’s pro gram of familiar music. The con cert is open to the public without charge, and visitors are cordially invited. As a concert unit the 59 piece WAC band has gained national recognition. It last appeared in Third Army in the fall of 1952. Al together it has made concert tours of five Army areas. This unit was the first WAC band to march iq an inaugural pa rade when they played in Presi dent Eisenhower’s inaugural cere monies. They appeared in Wash ington again last summer in a con cert at the Capitol Plaza. The band, under the direction of First Lieutenant Alive V. Peters of Coal Grove, Ohio, is a versatile unit. Its members can turn from concert music to dance rhythms. One of the features of the pro gram at the coming concert will be numbers by the 16 piece dance band. This group is much sought after to play for dances at the the service clubs on Fort McClel lan. The dance band Is led by Ser geant First Class Marjorie Kim- mell who plays first cornet. A graduate of the Navy Music School in Washington, D. €., Sgt. Kimmell has been playing with the WAC band since 1950. Radio and television are no strangers to the WAC musicians. They had their national radio de but in 1951 and since then tfave appeared frequently on both radio and television. Christian, ” taught by Dr. C. C. Norton, professor of Sociology at Wofford College, Spartanburg. This course is designed for the young adults; “Christian Beliefs”, for young people 15 through 23 years of age, taught by Rev. C. J. Lupo, Jr., of Mount Pleasant; “Teaching Children”, taught by Mrs. S. D. Newell, Sumter, resign ed for those who work with chil dren and for parents; “How <to Read and Study the Bible,” taught by R. M. White'of Richmond, Virginia. The instructors who have been obtained for the training school are outstanding leaders in their reepective fields. The general courses on the Christian Home and the Bible will be in the form of locSures and- the public cordially invited to attend as well as the general membership of the participating churches. The participating churches are: Epting Memorial, Rev. Ed Brad- ham, pastor; Lewis Chapel, Rev. R. A. Hughes, pastor; O’Neal Street, Rev. John Davenport, pas tor; Wightman and Zion churches, Rev. Ray Hook, pastor; Ebeneser, Trinity, Lebanon, New Chapel and Bethel, Rev. R. M. DuBose, pas tor; Central Methodist, Rev. Her bert L. Spell, pastor. Further details about the school will be announced in next week's issue of The Sun. I show the cost would be approxi mately $462,000. An approximate cost of $350,000 was given for a reservoir on Bush River which would furnish three million gal lons of water a day for 11 days if no rain fell during that period of time. The longest recorded dry season in Newberry was 47 days. The engineers found the present filter plant to be ample to produco over twice the capacity it is now operating. A final report and recommenda tion of the engineers will he pre sented to Council for action in the near future. The second committee appointed by Mayor Wiseman to make rec ommendations for handling out-of- town calls by the Fire Department made its report. Chairxnab Frank Armfield gave the following rec ommendations of the committee, which were accepted by council: 1. That the fire department be authorized to make calls within a five mile radius of the City of Newberry. 2. That if, in the opinion of the 'Fire Chief, the department could be ot help to persons beyond this distance, he be allowed to make calls of this nature. 3. That a charge of $100.00 be made for Jll out-of-town calls made by the department, the mo ney to be divided equally between the Fireman’s Fund and the City of Newberry to be put in a special *—-* *— equipment. fund for fire coop- in as- Mrs. Livingston, 95, Services Are Sunday Mrs. Alice R. Livingston, 95, died early Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. A. Wilson on Brown Street. She had been in ill health for 15 years. Her husband, Andrew J. Living ston, died 58 years ago. Mrs. Liv ingston was born and reared in Newberry County, daughter of the late Andre J. and Nancy Beard Sligh. She was one of the oldest residents of Newberry County and the oldest member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. She had spent her entire life # in the county and for 16 years she had made her home with Mrs. Wilson. Mrs./ Livingston is survived by three sons, Jeff, O. S., Arthur J. Livingston, Prosperity; four daughters, Mrs. L. A. Wilson and Mrs. Nellie Livingston, Newberry; Mrs. M. L. Kibler, Aiken; Mrs. J. A. Kinard, Sr., Prosperity; 27 grandchildren, 37 great-grand-chil dren and two great-great-grand children. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday at 4 p. m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church by the Rev. J. L. Drafts and the Rev. P. E. Mon roe, Jr. Burial followed In the church cemetery. Active pallbearers included the following grandsons: Leland Wil son, Hayne Kinard, Ralph Kinard, Paul Livingston, Jeff Livingston, and Wyman Livingston. Members of the St. Paul’s Luth eran Church Council served as the honorary escort and the following granddaughters served as flower attendants: Betty Ann Ruff, Ed na Shealy, Eugenia Nichols, Ber tha Dowd, Mildred Aull, Linwald McCullough, Nora Alice Howell, Rebecca Leaphart, Nancy Shealy, Caroline Butler, and Judy Living ston. Calendar Society Meeting Monday The Calendar Society of Central Methodist Church will meet Mon day afternoon, March 14, at the social hall of the church. of fire when additioi sistance is needed. Mr. Armfield described “out-of- town” calls as all calls beyond the city limits. Fire Chief Sam Beam, who was present at the meeting, thanked the committee for the re port and council for its action. On previous instruction of Coun cil, an ordinance had been pre pared by City Attorney Aubrey Harley and was read, regulating and granting of plumbers licenses, establishing a ‘Plumber’s Examin ing Board, fixing bond for plum bers, fixing standards and pro viding penalties for. "Violation of this ordinance. Council decided to have all licensed plumbers meet with a committee appointed by the Mayor, consisting of Councilman McConnell and Layton, City Mana ger Blackwell and Plumbing In spector Connelly, for the purpose of studying the ordinance and making recommendations to coun cil. The meeting will be held on March 28 at 7:30 p. m. A letter from State Highway Commissioner R. A. Harley, con cerning the paving of a sidewalk on Adelaide street, was read. Mr. Harley stated that the Highway Department would require a 60- foot right-of-way, thirty feet on each si<Jo of the centerline of the highway, before they could begin such construction. Mayor Wise- . (Continued on page 8) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS March ' 11 — Mrs. Woodrow Ringer, Mrs. Ryan Graham, Eli zabeth Pinner Koon, Harriett Graham, Donald Bowers, Lor raine Lominick, Bennie Burns, Mr*. Boyce Covington* Eliza beth Timmerman and Mrs. Hayne Shealy. March 12—Col. Harry Buz- hardt, Sam Johnson, J. M. Hove, Mrs. Clyde Tindall, Ruth Hey ward Hodges, Mrs. Ralph E. Epting, Donnie Stewart, Donnie Vanderford, Mrs. J. E. Ringer, Katherine Lominick, Edwin O. Lake and Dr. Louis Bressy. March 13—Joseph L. Keitt, Jr., Marsha Lominack and Lena Senn Webb. March 14—T. M. Padgett and Parker Martin. March 15—Patricia Jones, Mrs. George W. Heller, Jr., and Wof ford Cooper. March 16—Mrs. Barbara Ab rams Counts, Donna Pugh Con- ’nelly, Karen Stone, Mre. Buck Wicker. P. N. Boozer, Kay Stockman, Mrs. P. C. Workman, and Maj. R. T. Farnsworth. March 17—Mrs. Frank Wilton, Robert W. Houseal, Jr., Mrs. Sallie Pope Williams and H. J. Touchberry.