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The Sun can furnish printed and engraved invitations for that Spring Bride. Stop by and see sampler of our quality work. L l"l till 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. 46 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1955 O $2.00 PER YEAR ms Rev. Voight Cromer Named As Baccalaureate Speaker Baccalaureate preacher for the I United Evangelical Lutheran Sy- June commencement exercises at nod of North Carolina. Newberry College will be the He is a member of the Board The Rev. Voight Rhodes Cromer, of Social Missions of the United D. D., of Hickory, N. C., according Lutheran Church in America and Chairman of the Department of Inner Missions and a representa tive of the United Lutheran Church to the National Lutheran Council. He has served many times as North Carolina Synod delegate to the Conventions of the United Lutheran Church and recently completed an assignment with a ULC commission to make a study of the doctrine of the ministry. Th$ baccalaureate service will be held in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Newberry on June 9. OFFICERS OF THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF NEWBERRY are shown with the guest speaker at the annual Ladies’ Night held March 15 at the Community Hall. They are* left to right: Frank Russell, vice-president; Robert Odell, secretary; Rev. Neil E. Trues- dale, speaker; Harold Cook, president; Irvine Leslie, treasurer; and Garvice Taylor, cor responding secretary. The program w y as opened by the group singing “God Bless Am erica”, followed by> the Invocation by Dr. R. A. Goodman. Harold O. Cook welcomed those present and introduced the guests. Response was by Mrs. T. P. Crooks. Marion Workman introduced the speaker. Following a turkey dinner, music was furnished by Peggy Shealy, pianist, and Alice Carter, soloist. Blood Testing Program Is Explained To Local Group [ !' Afer. R. W. Ball, Chief of the Venereal Disease Services of the South Carolina State Board of Health, told an audience of sev eral hundred community leaders there was no basis for talk that the venereal disease problem was conquered. The meetiilg was held in the Newberry* County Court house for the purPoy|e of discussing and making: plans for a mam blood testing program, scheduled to be gin in Newberry County Friday, March. 18 and nip through Satur day,^fpril 2. According to Dr. J. C. Se£s<4 Newberry County Health Officer'and director* of the pro- gram,*thb mass blood testing pro gram is To locate and treat per sons infectec^. with syphilis. > Df. Ball said that last year ve nerea! diseases constituted over *ialf 9! all K the communicable di seased respited to the S. C. State Board of Health. Regardless of modern drugs and treatment meth ods syhpilis continues to be a se rious public health problem and is costing the taxpayers of South Carolina^mlllions of dollars each year to ^support the victims of syphilis in state institutions. He explained: that the early symptoms of the disease are so slight they usually go unnoticed until the di sease has advanced to a stage where treatment is not effective. Blood tests will detect the disease in the early stages when treat ment can be successful. • The mass blood testing program Is a service taken to the people and not one the people must come after. Blood testing stations, man ned by trained technicians and jmrses will be located in all parts of the county at hours to meet the convenience of working peo ple. Blood tests will be offered without charge and those found to need treatment may receive it from their private physician or from the health department free. Sease. Other speakers were David Bird, administrator of the project and Dr. Sease. Mr. Bird explain ed that in addition to the public blood testing stations technicians and nurses will visit many plants, industries, and farms to offer free blood tests to the employees. He said any firm with over 16 em ployees desiring this service should"call the mass blood testing headquarters at 1866 and arrange ments would be made. Following Dr. Balls address the meeting was thrown open to ques tions and suggestions. Among those present were Mayor James E. Wiseman, several physicians, nurses, midwives, and ministers, maany school teachers, business men and farmers. Prosperity Youth Wins Essay Contest Reginald Bedenbaugh, age 17, of Prosperity wa« winner of the essay contest sponsored in the county by the Auxiliary to the Vet erans of Foreign Wars. Students in several schools in the county par ticipated in this annual contest. The subject of the winning es say was “What Civil Defense Means to Me.” The winner Is a student at Prosperity High School and is tho son of Mrs. H. K. Bed enbaugh of McNary Street, Pros perity. Mrs. Ora Lee Gilliam is presi dent of the VFW Auxiliary, and Mrs. Maxcy Stone is chairman of the essay committee. to announcement by Acting Presi dent C. A. Kaufmann. Since 1949, Dr. Cromer has been president of Lenoir Rhyne College. He was graduated by that insti tution with the A. B. degree in 1925. Two years later he received the M. A. from the University of South Carolina. In 1928 ho com pleted his studies at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia with the degree of Bach elor of Divinity. The following year the S. T. M. degree was con ferred upon him by the Hartford Seminary Foundation. He has done additional graduate study at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Dr. Cromer has served pastor ates in Summerville and Lincoln- ton, Concord, and Hickory, N. C. He has served as President of the Bloodmobile To Be At College The March visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile to Newberry will be held Thursday, March 24, at Newberry College, according to Claude Weeks, county chairman of the blood program in Newberry. The hours are from 10 a. m. until 3 p. m., and the quota Is 126 pints. The students and faculty of the college will furnish a portion of this quota but no other organiza tion has been made to secure don ors for this visit and ’the public is urged to voluntarily visit the bloodmobile to help meet the quota. On the last visit to the city of Newberry, donations fell far short of the quota, but the defi ciency wa** made up on a subse quent visk at the bloodmobile to j&tle Mountain. It is urged Mr. Weeks that the public coop erate to keel) up the quota for this county. The Bloodmobile will be at the College Gymnasium. Kick-Off Supper For Methodist Training School A kick-off supper meeting of some 50 key workers, including ministers, church-school superin tendents and heads of divisions of church schools has been held at Central Methodist church as a part of the promotion of the New berry Area Training School to be held March 27-31. Leaders are now engaged in en listing parents, teachers and mem bers of individual congregations through personal contacts. Post ers, advance literature and de scriptive materials are being used for this work. The school this year has a strong faculty and the general courses on the “Study of the Bible” and the “Christian Home” will be of great interest to the churches and the communities at Legion Birthday Will Be Celebrated By Local Post Local Legionnaires are planning ing the month of March, 1919, ac- a gay celebration of the 36th an niversary of the birth of the American Legion, which occurs in March of this year. A birthday party has been scheduled by Post 24, The Ameri can Legion, Newberry, for 7:30 p.m., March 22nd, according to Louis C. Floyd, Local Post Com mander, at the Legion Hut. The local event will be part of a coast-to-Coast chain of post celebrations. The American Legion has 17,200 Posts, most of which are making elaborate plans for celebrating the Organization’s 1955 birthday. All Newberry legion naires are asked to be present for this party. Supper will be serv ed Immediately after a short pro gram. The American Legion was found ed at a caucus of delegates from the 1st AEF in Paris, France, dur- cording to Commander Floyd. It is the only i American Veterans’ Organization founded overseas by fighting men and women. It in cludes today eligible veterans of World War 1, World War 11 and of the Korean War. As part of a nationwide birth day program, the local post is intensifying its 1955 membership activity. The American Legion is now riding the greatest member ship crest in all its history. Na tional Commander Seaborn Collins has called on all American Legion Posts to push the 1955 enrollment over the 3,000,000 mark in March. The Local Post’s quota for 1954- 1955 is 408 members. Those legionnaires who have not as yet paid their dues are asked to do so immediately in order that we may do our part in reaching the national quota. Police Department Has Active Month Forty-four arrests were made by the hfewberry Police Department during the month of February. The breakdown is as follows: Army Secretary Stevens To Be C of C Banquet Speaker Annual Meeting And Banquet Will Be Held Here On Thursday, April 28 Mrs. McCaughrin Will Be P. T. A. Speaker The regular meeting of the Jun ior High Parent-Teacher Associa tion this (Thursday) evening will feature a program prepared by the recreation committee compos ed of Mrs. John Felker, chairman, and Mrs. Leon Nichols, Mrs. Al bert McCaughrin, Ed Beck, and A. W. Watkins. A discussion on the topic, “The Relationship of Home and School to the Recreational Program of the Community”, will be led by Mrs. McCaughrin, who is a member of the City Recrea tion Committee. Mrs. Felker and Mrs. Nichols will direct several games, and group singing will be led by Mrs. Herbert Spell. A Hobby Show, featuring hob bies, collections, etc., in various stages of development, will be viewed by pupils of the school during school hours on Thursday, Intoxication, sixteen; petit lar ceny, three, selling without 11-1 when parents are cordially invit- cense,, one; running stop sign, I ed to visit the staff and teachers, four; begging, one; failing to J The exhibit will be opened again at 6:30 Thursday and remain open yield right of way, three; driving too fast for conditions, two; leav ing scene of accident, two; no drivers license, two; creating dis- turbanfee, five; driving car intoxi cated, three; possession of unlaw ful weapon, one; and disturbing church fervices, one. throughout the evening. Persons who do not dismantle their exhi bits that night may secure them between 9 and 10 o’clock on Friday morning. The meeting of the PTA will be held at 7:45. Mayor Proclaims April 4-9 ‘Cfeon-Up Week’ In City Mayor James E. Wiseman has officially proclaimed the week of April j#th through April 9th as Clean-Up Week” In Newberry. In coot will ocfeasi n with the Chamber of i, Newberrians in general in the observance of this Civic and Service clubs Tfettce* to join In ; the effort to get the city sparkling during this week, especially in view of three important events which will bring many out-of-town visitors to Newberry during the month of April: the Home and Garden Tour, sponsored by the Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on April 13th; the Spring Flower Show sponsored by the Council of Garden Clubs on April 26th and the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet on April 28th. The plans of the Chamber of Commerce for the Clean-Up Week are to have every business, every home, every yard and every vacant lot cleaned up. The Mayor says: “I heartily urge all Civic and Service Clubs and the people in general to cooperate and join in on this program to the fullest ex tent. “In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the official seal of the City of Newberry, this 16th day of March, 1955. JAMES E. WISEMAN, Mayor City of Newberry Baptist Group Names Mrs. Smith President The Woman”s Missionary Union Auxiliary to the Baptist State Con vention Tuesday elected Mrs. John Ear! Smith of Kinarde as president’ '' '' ^ Meeting at the First Baptist Church, of which the Rev. C. O. Lamoreux is pastor, the group ac cepted an invitation to hold the next annual meeting in the First Baptist Church of Laurens. “The Uplifted Christ” was the theme of all talks and business conferences on the program. “That Christ Be Lifted Up—We Serve” was the topic of the five associational presidents of the western region, Mrs. D. C. Tal bert, Abbeville; Mrs. Frank Tim merman, Edgefield; Miss Alleene Franks, Laurens; Mrs. D. w Satterfield, Reedy River, and Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, Ridge. Prayer for the work was offer ed by the Rev. D. W. Satterfield of Newberry. Mrs. Ruth Provence, state exe cutive secretary of Greenville, spoke on “That Christ Be Lifted Up—We Work Together”. She also discussed the by-laws. Devotional thoughts, “The Mean ing of the Cross,” were given by Mrs. McCuen Thomason. Mrs. D. W. Satterfield, Newberry brought greetings for the host association Secretary of Army Robert T. Stevens has been secured as speaker for the Annual Meeting and Banquet of the New berry Chamber of Commerce, whi^h will be held on Thurs day, April 28, according to an announcement made today by Richard L. Baker, president of the Chamber. Mr. Stevens, who was appointed Dr. Boyd Jacobs Rites Wednesday Dr. T. Boyd Jacobs, retired vet erinarian, di^d . early Tuesday morning at his. home, 1700 Nance street. He had been in declinipg health for 12 years but his deg^h came suddenly. Dr. Jacobs was born in Npw- berry County Jp 1885, son of the late Walter gnd Hassle b$ver Jacobs. In 1910 he was married to Miss Pauline Perry and had made his home in Newberry the greater part of his life. He was a graduate of Clemson College in the Class of 1906, and graduated from Ohio State University in 1914 with a degree in veterinary medicine. Upon returning to New berry he practiced veterinary medicine for more than 35 years but was forced to retire about 12 years ago on account of his health. He was a member of the Luth eran Church of the/ Redeemer; a liff, member of Amity Lodge, AFM; a Shriner, and a veteran of Worm Vfr*r I. He is survive^ by bia wMe^Mre. Pauline Perry Jacobs; .hia step mother, Mrs. Anna BldiaerJa cobs# Newberry; one : brother# Dr. O'Neal Jacobs, St. ' Petersburg, Fig.; one sifter, Mwh Annie Ja : cobs . Leaman, Columbia; three half-sisters and by President Eisenhower as Sec retary of the Army, is a member of the family which controls the Stevens textile interests A num ber of Stevens factories are locat ed in South Carolina, one of them being the Aragon-Baldwin plant at Whitmire. Since his appointment to his present office with the admini stration, Mr. Stevens has boon the cen:er of a number, of .controver sies, one of which was the much- publicized Army-McCarthy row ’ last year. He is much hi- demand as a public speaker apd ^his ap pears ncce in Newberry will be an outstanding event. Further plans for the annual banquet are incomplete, according to Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce L. C. Graham. However, the following committees have been named by v President Baker to complete the banquet arrange ments: Ticket committee: Dave Hayes, chairman; G. K. Dominick, co- chairman, Keitt Purcell, A. E. v Morehead, Cyril Hutchinson, A1 Rabin and Marion Workman. * Program committee: W. H. Ted- Jord, chairman; Jimmy Coggins, R. R. Bruner, Jr., H. A. Kemper. Banquet Committee: G. C. Paysinger, chairman; W. C.. Huff- mah, John CR. Frasier, L. C. Floyd, and Ed Cannon. N. C.; Mrs. Charlton Durant, Man ning; Mrs*, let, N, Cl, and John; G* W^ a&d Albert Jacobs, Newberry. Funeral services were' conduct ed Wednesday at 2 p. m. at Mc- Swain Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul E. Monroe.* Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were R. C. Hunter, C. T. Summer, John T. Norris, Hal Kohn, Hugh Crooks, Johnny Werts, W. E. Monts and B. V. Chapman. and the Rev. J. Ed. Taylor of Newberry, offered prayer as the meeting recessed for lunch, serv ed by the Women’s Missionary Un ion of the host church. Following lunch Mrs. Leon Holley of Aiken read the scripture. New officers installed by Mrs. D. C. Bomar included Mi's. Smith, Mrs. Adrian M. Summer of New berry, secretary, and Mrs. I. M. Smith of Kinards, treasurer. Miss Edith Stokely of Birming ham, Ala., secretary of the divi sion of community misisons, was the guest speaker for the after noon. Dr. Ball was introduced by Dr. large. " ? ■*!]§ : m ■ fc . v ^ 7 rJB j, ^ .-7Y ELECTED OFFICERS of the Chamber of Com merce, who will take over at the Annual Banquet on April 28i are, left to right: A. E. Morehead, fi*st vice-president; W. H! Tedford, president; George K. Dominick, treasurer; -and John T. Norris, second vice-president. If?-, -if* ; . - • * Former Resident Dies In Smyrna The many friends of Miss Anna E. Whiteside, who lived in New berry for about twenty years, will be saddened to learn of her death at her home in Smyrna Tuesday afternoon. Miss Whiteside had a number of relatives in Newberry and many friends. She lived for a number of years with the family of the late Robert L. Epting and later with Mrs. Mary» West and Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Youmans. She returned to her home in Smyrna several years ago. Miss Whiteside was 82 at the time of her death. She was strick en suddenly Monday afternoon and died Tuesday afternoon at her home. She was a daughter of the late R. W. Whiteside of Smyrna and Mary Sehumpert Whiteside of Newberry. She is survived by one brother, W. W. Whiteside of Smyrna, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Thursday (today) at 11:00 a.m. from the Smyrna ARP Church by the Rev. Jack Heinsolm pastor. CORRECTION, PLEASE In last week’s issue of The Sun it w r as stated that Nat Welch of Whitmire was county chairman of the Cancer Fund campaign. This information was sent to the Sun from Campaign Headquarters in Columbia, and was in error. Mrs. W. C. Koon is county chairman of the drive, and Mrs. Nat Welch is chairman for the Whitmire area. WSCS MEETS MONDAY IN CHURCH PARLOR The Woman’s Society of Christ ian Service of Central Methodist Church will meet in the church parlor on Monday, March 21st at 4 p. m. All members are urged to attend. ATTEND MOTOR CYCLE RACES IN FLORIDA Among those who attended the Motor Cycle Races held at Day tona Beach, Florida, Saturday and Sunday were: Marion J. Wiggins, Bill Attaway, Marion Baxter, Mr. and Mrs. Joebe Smith, Jr., and daughter, Anne, Olin “Boots” Franklin, Derrill Matthews, Roy Franklin, Frank Bartley, all of Newberry, Louella Rawls, Whit mire and Roy “Red” Kyzer of Columbia. MR. AND MRS. J. D. FRENCH were crowned ‘‘King and Queen of Girl Scouting” in Newberry at a Juliette Lowe program presented by the Girl Scout council Monday night at 7:00 p. m. at the high school gymnasium. Each of the Scout troops in Newber ry presented a program during the evening and refreshments were served to those present by the Council. Shown above with Mr. and Mrs. French are crownbearers Su san Frazier and Ellie Felker and Mary Jo Griffith and Sidelle Crooks, who crowned the king and queen. (Sunphoto.) Mrs. Burley Fretwell has been named chairman of tickets and transportation tor the second an nual home and garden tour to be (Conducted by. the St. Luke's Epis copal Church Woman’s Auxiliary on April 13. Members of her committee are : Mrs.- Roy Andersqn, Mrs. S. D. Paysinger, Mrs. Mary Salley and Mrs. W. E. Sipple. This tour is open to the public and will be conducted both morn ing and afternoon. The morning tour will begin at 10:30 a. m. and the afternoon tour at 2 p. m. Those who wish to make the iour are asked to meet at ; the St. * Luke’s Episcopal church at the corner of Main and Calhoun streets. Homes to he featured * will be announced in this paper at a la ter date. The price of the tickets will be $1.00. ' BIRTHDAY GREETINGS March 18—Mrs. McBeth (Pau line Summer) Sprouse, Mrs. Rey*_ bum Lominack, Elgin Gene Sheppard, Judy King, Betty Maude Setzler, Clifford Shealy, Tom Beckwith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gates (Mary Ann Davis) Beckwith. March 18—Raymond Blair, Jim Purcell, Earl Hayes, Tony Bowers, Pressley N. Boozer, Jr., Eugene Brossy. March 2<*—-Harry Dominick, D. W. A. Neville, William Hargis, C. W. Bowers, Mrs. E. B. Setzler, J. C. “Fox” Boozer, Mrs. Pope L. Buford, Jr., Eleanor Ridge way, Mrs. W. W. Watkins, and Mrs. Marvin W. Long. March 21—Dan Bradley, Har vey Richardson, Wade Pitts, Barbara Davis. March 22—Betty Ann Clary, Daniel Hugh McHargue, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. (Con stance Arn^field) McHargue; Mrs. Hal, Kohn, 8K, Mrs. J. C. Atkison, Mrs. Sydney (Betty Baker) Carter, Norma Ruff, Mrs. John Lindler, Jr., A. A. Cleland, Mrs. Ellen Maddox, Paula Mon roe. March 23—Mrs. Frank Mower, Mrs. L. D. Nichols, Joyce Chap man, Larry Danielson, Linda Waldrop, Mrs. J. W. “Bill” Smith and Luther B. Bedenbaugh. March 24—Mrs. Fred Richard son, Mrs. Jeff Waldrop, Richard Perkins, Hayne Shealy. ’V mi ,\v;