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VOL. 17—NO. 47
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1955
+ $2.00 PER YEAR
21 Cases Disposed Of By
Guilty Pleas In Session
The Court of General Sessions,
"which convened here Monday
morning with Judge E. H. Hender
son of Bamberg presiding, had dis
posed of 21 cases by guilty pleas,
and sent one case to a jury at the
time The Sun went to press. The
case of John Edgar Skipper, charg
ed with housebreaking and lar
ceny and receiving stolen goods
went into the second day of trial
Wednesday and went to the jury
shortly after lunch. Skipper was
charged with entering the Prosper
ity Drug Store cn October 25,
1950.
Cases brought before Judge
Henderson by Solicitor William T.
Jones for guilty pleas were as
follows:
James Hair, assault and battery
with intent to kill and carrying
concealed weapons, sentenced to
two years, placed on probation for
two years due to total blindness.
Jno. D. Livingston, involuntary
manslaughter and reckless homi
cide, sentenced to one year.
Clarence Benson, non support,
one year or $1000, sentence sus
pended on payment of $8.00 week
ly to support "wife and childrei*,
placed on probation for five years.
Jurden Werts, assault and bat
tery with intent to kill, sentenced
to three years.
Barto Cooper, housebreaking
with intent to commit larceny,
one year. ^
Jerry Hutchinson, charged with
murder allowed to plead guilty to
manslaughter, fifteen years.
David Jim Rice, violation of li
quor law\ six months or fine of
$100.
Tom Chaplin and Samuel Foster
Chaplin, violation of liquor law;
six months or $100 fine.
Joe Graham, violation of liquor
law, six months.
Hunter Brown Williams, viola
tion of liquor law, six months
Chamber Banquet
Ticket Sale To
Begin On Friday
Fifty members of the Chamber
of Commerce have been named by
the ticket committee to contact
chamber members for the purpose
of selling tickets for the annual
meeting and Ibanquet, at which
Secretary of the Army Robert
Stevens will be speaker, on Thurs
day, April 28th.
The committee, consisting of
Dave Hayes, chairman; G. K. Domi
nick, co-chairman; Keitt Purcell,
A. E. Morehead, Cyril Hutchinson,
Al Rabin and Marion Workman,
lias asked the following to meet
at the Chamber of Commerce of
fice Friday morning at 10:30 to
discuss the ticket sale, which will
begin immediately after the meet
ing:
Thomas J. Brown, Howard Clark,
I. Kaplan, John Swittenberg, Hey
ward Davis, James H. Davis, J.
H. A. Kemper, J. L. Lipscomb, W.
E. Shealy, J. W. Smith, J. M. Hove,
John Clarkson, P. N. Abrams, Dr.
L. E. Brossy, Tom Fellers, James
Fulp, Cyril Hutchinson, Dr. J. N.
Burgess, Lewis Davis, J. N. Beard,
L. L. Brice, Albert Rabin, C. D.
Coleman, William C. Carter;
Also, W. E. Turner, Sr., John
Frazier, Roy Whitaker, Don Rook,
C. L. Summer, Jr., John Lindsay,
M. O. Summer, Raymond Blair,
Louis C. Floyd, Keitt Purcell,
Wayne Martin, G. B. Sessions,
Theo Albrecht, George W. Martin,
Bob Bruner, G. K. Dominick;
Also, Parker Martin, N. R. Mc-
Elveen, Ed Duckworth, H. B. Kirk-
gard, John T. Norris, G. V. Clamp,
S. C. Altman, Mrs. Mary Garden-
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Riley Preston Odom, house
breaking and larceny and receiv
ing stolen goods, eighteen months.
Ranee Neal, non support; one
year or $1000, sentence suspended
on payment of $12.00 weekly for
support of wife and children, pro
bation for five years.
Baby Ruth Caldwell, non sup
port; one year or $1000, sentence
suspended upon payment of $10.00
weekly for support of wife and
children, probation for five years.
James Leroy Singiey, bastardy,
sentenced to make bond and pay
$5.00 weekly for support of child
until child is 16 years old.
Charles Bobb, housebreaking
and larceny, receiving stolen
goods; less than $20.00 in value.
Thirty days or $100 fine.
Paul Graham, drunk driving,
second offense; one year or $1,-
000, suspended after service of
four months or payment of $250,
probation for five years.
James Cook, Jr., drunk driving,
second offense; one year or $1,-
000, suspended after service of
four months or payment of $250
fine; probation for five years.
George Carl Trefsgar, drunk
driving, second offense; one year
or $1,000. sentence suspended upon
service of four months or payment
of $250, probation for five years.
James Allen Austin, charged
with murder, allowed to plead
guilty to manslaughter, fifteen
years.
Carlton Ruff, drunk driving,
second offense, one year or $1000
fine, sentence suspended on pay
ment of $250 or service of four
months; probation for five years.
Palmer Hyman, housebreaking,
larceny and receiving stolen
goods, eighteen months.
Final Plans Set For
Training School
Plans are all set for the opening
of the first Newberry Area Meth
odist Leadership School on Sun
day evening at Central Methodist
Church. A cordial invitation is ex
tended not only to the Methodist
people in the area, but to any
others who wish to enjoy these
courses of study and inspiration.
The courses are of a general na
ture and may be of help to all who
are interested in church work and
spiritual growth.
Dr. B. M. White of Richmond,
Va. will teach the course, “Read
ing and Understanding the Bible.’’
“Achieving a Christian Home” will
be taught by Dr. C. C. Norton. Dr.
Norton holds a B. S. degree from
Millsaps College. M. A. degree
from Emery University, Ph. D.
from the University of North
Carolina, and LL.D. from Wofford
College. He has served as Dean
and Professor in Alexander Col
lege, the University of North
Carolina and Wofford College. He
is the author of three books and
many articles and lesson series
for the Board of Education for the
Methodist Church. He has been a
teacher in standard Training
Schools in South Carolina and
other states since 1928.
Rev. Lupo will teach the
course, “Christian Beliefs” for
those in the age group from 15 to
23 years and Mrs. S. D. Newell
the course, “Teaching Children.”
Mrs. Newell is the wife of Rev. S.
D. Newell, pastor of St. Marks
Church in Sumter. She has had
wide experience in children’s work
having taught in all types of
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Preparations for the April 13th Home and Garden Tour have been under the leader
ship of the ladies shown above. They are, seated, Mrs. B. A. Fretwell, transportation
and tickets; Mrs. LeRoy Anderson, posters; Mrs. Charles R. Wilsky, publicity; Mrs. T.
H. Pope, Jr., flowers; standing, Mrs. Houseal Norris, hostess; Mrs. Butler Holmes, re
freshments; Mrs. John Goggans, special exhibit; and Mrs. E. G. Able, chairman of tour.
Absent when the picture was made was Mrs. R. W. Kirkland, co-chairman of the re
freshment committee. (Sunphoto.)
R. M. Lominack
Rites Saturday
Robert Meredith Lominack, 66,
prominent citizen and merchant |
of Newberry, died early last Fri
day at Newberry County Memorial
Hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Lominack was born in New
berry, the son of the late William
Henry and Rhoda Ann Reighley
Lominack. He was president of j
Lominack Hardware, Inc. He was
Easter Lily Sale To Aid
Crippled Begins April 1
Mrs. P. K. Harmon, county-wide
chairman of the Easter Lily sale
has announced that the Brownie
Scouts will begin selling lilies In
the residential section at the city
on April 1. ’ Other groups of the
Girl Scouts in the city as well ns
in the county will sell lilies on
Saturday, April 2.
These lilies are a symbol of
Mrs. Sease Rites
Held At Rosemont
Mrs. Annie Lucille Smith Sease,
58, wife of Jimmy Sease, died early
Monday morning at the New
berry County Memorial Hospital
after a critical illness of several
weeks.
Mrs. Sease was born in Newber-
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Methodist churches throughout the
state.
“It is the plan of the churches
to repeat this training enterprise
each year and we are particularly
interested in making this first
school a fine success, Rev. Herbert
L. Spell, pastor of the host church
said yesterday.
a member of the Board of direc
tors of the Newberry Branch of
the South Carolina National Bank
and was a member and trustee of
Central Methodist Church. He
was also a member of Amity
Lodge 87, AFM, and w T as a Shrin-
er.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ouida Summer Lominack; one son,
Edward Kirby; three brothers,
Forrest, W. Henry and Frazier,
all of Newberry; six sisters, Mrs.
Alonzo Dickert, Mrs. Frank De-
Vore and Mrs. Florie Pugh, all of
Newberry; Mrs. Heber Leaphardt,
Prosperity; Mrs. Fred B. Gnann,
Clyo, Ga., and Mrs. Novice Domi
nick, Chappells; four grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were conducted
at 4:30 p. m. Saturday at Whit
aker Funeral Home by the Rev.
Herbert Spell. Burial followed in
Rosemont Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Joe
Keitt, E. B. Purcell, John T. Nor
ris, Jr., George K. Dominick, J. K.
Willingham and Dave Hayes.
Serving as honorary pallbearers
were Pinckney Abrams, Gordon
Clarkson, T. Roy Summer, Sr.,
Roy Anderson, Gene Spearman, A.
F. Bush, Pat Scott, William R. Bu
ford, Richard L. Baker, John F.
Clarkson, Wright Cannon, Edward
Duckworth, S. C. Griffith, P. K.
Harmon, J. W. Henderson, Dr.
Reybupn Lominack, A. W, Mur
ray, W. F. Smith, W. H. Tedford,
Claude Weeks, Clem Youmans, J.
M. Hove and F. Scott Elliott.
Assisting with the flowers were
Mrs. Gordon Clarkson, Mrs. Bob
by Underwood, Mrs. Elliott Daw
kins, Mrs. Houseal Jay and Miss
Ann Lominack.
Among those from ouLof-town
attending the services were , Mr.
and Mrs. Danny Paysinger of
Charleston; Mrs. McBeth Sprouse
of Knoxville, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Shirley, Greensboro, N. C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kirkpatrick,
(Continued on page eight)
_ * „ . .. . „, r ry County and was the daughter of
the annual fijnd-raisin* San y Gilliam Smith and the
the Crippled Children's, Society
and appeal to the heart in the
same way as do the colorful Eas
ter seals which were mailed out
to Newberrians on March 19. Each
contribution will aid some crip
pled child or adult to assume a
rightful place in society. By
‘crippled” is meant not only those
who are unable to walk, but those
with many other kinds of disab
ling handicaps. All citizens of
Newberry County will be able to
give the crippled child a new
lease on life by cooperating in the
Easter lily sale.-
Mrs. J. D. French is co-chairman
of the lily sale and urges that
the crippled children be given a
chance through this means.
Junior High PTA
Elects Officers
Dr. R. E. Livingston was elect
ed president of the Junior High
School Parent-Teachers Associa
tion at the meeting held at the
school last Thursday night. He
succeeds James Cartwright. Other
officers elected for the ensuing
year were Mrs. Vernon Carlton,
vice-president; Mrs. John Felker,
secretary and Mrs. Kirby Lomin
ack, treasurer.
Mrs. John Lide, chairman of the
Spiritual Education Committee, led
the devotions,- using as her
theme, “Parents as Shepherds.” A
talk on “Everyday Recreation”
was given by Mrs. Albert Mc-
Caughrin. This was followed by a
discussion led by Mrs. McCaugh-
rin concerning recreational oppor
tunities in the community.
Contests were led by Mrs. John
Felker and Mrs. Leon Nichols, and
those present enjoyed group sing
ing led by Mrs. Herbert L. Spell,
Mrs. Kirby Lominack and Mrs.
Albert McCaughrin.
The highlight of the evening was
a hobby display, featuring 55 hob
by exhibits of Junior High stu
dents and their parents. A hobby
book table was arranged by Mrs.
Joella Neel, manager of the New
berry-Saluda Regional Library.
The display was set us in the li
brary and was viewed by the
students Thursday morning. It
was also open to the publier Thurs
day night at the PTA meeting.
The program was arranged by
the recreation committee compos
ed of Mrs. John Felker, chairman;
Mrs. Leon Nichols, Mrs. Albert
McCaughrin, R. E. Beck and A. W.
Watkins.
Cookies and cokes were served
during the social hour.
l&te Mark Jenkins Smith. She ^rai
a member of Central Methodist
Church, the Wesleyan Service
Guild, and the Lucy Epps Bible
Class.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by her mother, Mrs. Sally
Gilliam Smith of Newberry; one
son, James Smith Sease of Colum
bia; one daughter, Mrs. E. Ver
non Ragsdale of Columbia; one
brother, John William Smith of
Pomaria; two sisters, Mrs. Ray
mond Ruff of Pomaria and Mrs.
William Dehihns of Newberry,
and two grandchildren, James
Smith Sease, Jr., and Edward Ver
non Ragsdale, Jr., both of Colum
bia.
Funeral services were conducted
at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon
at the Whitaker Funeral Home by
the Rev. Herbert Spell, the Rev.
Neil E. Truesdale and the Rev. C.
O. Lamoreux. Interment followed
in Rosemont Cemetery.
Active- pallbears were William
Smith, Ray Ruff, Billy Shannon,
John Earl Cromer, W. J. Davis
and Anderson Morris.
Serving as honorary pallbearers
were the members of the Newber
ry Fire Department and Dr. Von
Long.
Homes Listed For
April 13th Tour
The general chairman of the
committee arranging for the sec
ond annual homes and garden tour
for Newberry v announces that
through the courtesy of the own
ers, five lovely homes and gar
dens will be included in the tour
planned for Wednesday, April 13.
Each of the five homes open to
the public is different m architec
ture, interior^ decoration and fur
niture, and should appeal to all
tastes.
Homes to|be featured are “Tim-
berhouse'Y fhe early South Caro
lina plantation home of Mr. and
Emerson Westwood; the
Georgian type home of Mrs. Er
nest Carpenter; the Victorian
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ruth
erford; Dr. and Mrs. B. M. Mont
gomery’s modern home, and the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Moon
with its lovely garden.
There will be two tours, start
ing from St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church at the corner of Main and
Calhoun streets. The morning
tour will begin at 10:30 a. m. and
the afternoon tour at 2:00 p. m.
The last home visited will be
that of Mrs. Carpenter where cof
fee will be served in the morning
and an informal tea in the after
noon.
An antique collection on loan
for the event will be exhibited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ruther
ford. Featured will be antique ail?
ver, glass, china, linen, brass and
copper. '
Tickets priced at $1.00 each
will be placed on advance sale
strategic places In the city.
Council Approves Recommendation
Of Engineers At Special Meet Monday
At a special meeting: held Monday afternoon of this^
week, city council unanimously approved the engineers'
recommendation for a project on the Saluda River to fur
nish an additional and separate water supply for the city
of Newberry.
Mayor Wiseman called the spec
ial meeting of Council to hear the
report of Barbour, Keels and As
sociates for additional water facili
ties for the city.
The report was presented with
detailed information of additional
water supply from Bush River at
an estimated cost of $362,000, by
damming off Bush River with a
storage capacity of 177 million
gallons of water. The report for a
separate water supply from Sa
luda River, which would furnish
three million gallons per day, was
West End Baptist
Church Revival
To Begin Monday
The West End Baptist Church
will be engaged in Revival services
beginning March 28 and contin
uing through April 3. This revival
is in cooperation with the Southern
Baptist Evangelistic Crusade that
will be in progress throughout the
Southern Baptist Convention. The
rs. Crooks Elected
President Of WSCS
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At the regular meeting of the
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service of Central Methodist
Church, held on March 21 in the
church parlor, officers for the new
year were elected. These were as
follows: President, Mrs. T. P.
Crooks; vice-president, Mrs. W. H.
Tedford; recording secretary, Mrs.
William Buford; promotion secre
tary, Mrs. Forrest Lominack;
treasurer, Miss Martha Bouknight,
and local treasurer, Mrs. Hugh
Foster.
Others elected to serve as sec
retaries are: Missionary Educa
tion, Mrs. Edward Duckworth;
Spiritual Life, Mrs. F. Scott El
liott; Christian Social Relations
and Local Church Activities, Miss
Dorothy Buzhardt; Status of Wo
men, Mrs. E. A. Shinn; Student
Work, Mrs. P. M. Dennis; Youth
Work, Mrs. S. C. Griffith; Chil
dren’s Work, Mrs. L. G. McCul
lough; Supply Work, Mrs. R. M.
Lominack; Literature and Publica
tions, Mrs. William Hentz; and
Publicity, Mrs. Paul Whitaker.
Baptist Conven
made up of over 30,000 Baptist
churches and over 7,800,000 mem
bers. ^ ;
Rev. Jesse King, Jr., Pastor of
Whitehead’s Grove Baptist Church,
Smithfield, Virginia, will be the
visiting Evangelist. Rev. King is
a native of Kingsport, Tennessee,
and a graduate of Carson Newman
College, Jefferson City, Tenn. Al
so,. Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.
Rev. J. Ed. Taylor, Pastor of
West End Baptist Church, invites*
the public to attend. Services will
begin each night at 7:30 p.m.
There will be choruses for the
children, also plenty of good old-
time singing, as well as special
music each nigbt.
estimated to cost $473,000. This
would require the installation of
a 16 inch water main from Saluda
River to tfrip raw water reservoir
at the water plant.
Barbour-Keeis firmly recom
mended the installation of the Sa
luda River project for a separate
water supply, and the maintaining
of the present facilities on Bush'
River, w r hich would give the city a
four million gallon a day supply.
On this recosimendation, and after
much deliberation and discussion
of the favorable points of each
project, council approved the Sa
luda project and unanimously
authorized the engineers to pro
ceed with preparation of plans and
specifications, to put the project
in line for' city council’s final ap
proval and for the taking of bids
from contractors qualified for this
type of work. The project may be
rejected at any stage by council
until the contracts are finally let.
The pumping station for the Sa
luda River water supply would be
at Higgins Bridge on Highway 19,
about eight and one half miles
from Newberry.
After final approval is gained
for the project, engineers estimate
it will require some six to eight
months to have the new plant in
operation.
The engineers also recommend
ed an increase in the capacity of
the filter plant at Newberry. Al
though the present filter plant will
handle 2 million gallons of water
Jper day, over one million gallons
are used, by tbe city and in the
event any industry using a large
amount of. water should be locat
ed in Newberry, additional facili
ties would be needed. No actiop
was taken by council on this rec
ommendation.
Council authorized City Attor
ney Aubrey Harley to take what
ever steps were necessary to pre
pare for financing the project by
the sale of bonds and to advise
council of the action, taken.
Among those attending the 1
meeting in addition to Mayor
Wiseman and the conneilmen,
were City Attorney Ha r »ey, G. H.
Connelly, superintendent of utili
ties for the city; Gerald O. Shealy,
filter plant manager; Homer W.
Schumpert, former superintendent
of the Commission of Public
Works.
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SOME OF THE STUDENTS of Junior High School are shown looking at the hobby
exhibit at the school library last Thursday morning. The display was arranged by the
children with the help of Supt. R. E. Beck. There were 55 hobby exhibits. The display
was also open on Thursday night for those attending the PTA meeting to see. Another
picture of the exhibits may be seen elsewhere in this issue. (Sunphoto.)
Reminder
The Bloodmobile is at the
Nawberry College Gymnasium
today (Thursday) between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m.
This will be the last visit to
the City until after the new
fiscal year which begins on
July 1st. Please give!
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
March 25: Rev. M. L. Kester,
Nancy Stone, Lt. Howard N.
Parks, David H. Long, Mrs. Hel
en B. Folk, Mrs. Boyd Living
ston, Jeanette Rinehart, Marcue
Hendrix, Janice Ringer, Myrle
Hanna.
March 26: Caroline Pool, Mrs.
E. L. Blackwell.
March 27: Mr{. M. D. Lam
beth, Thomas Hugh Crooks,
Marvin Abrams, Jr., Phillip
Earl Cromer, Mrs. George R.
Summer.
March 28: H. O. Newman,
Elizabeth Ann Ruff, Sylvia
Shell, H. T. Lake, Johnnie S.
Harmon, Horace Cromer, Ralph
f-liggine.
March 29: Mrs. Forster
Smith, Norma Wessinger, Miss
Pauline Williams, James D.
Perry, Tommie Long, Robert
Clayton Smith, Jr.
March 30: William Milam,
Walter Lovett, Hedy P. Clark,
Eddie Long, Deleal Boinest,
Neel Boozer, Gettis L. Coatee.
March 31: Mrs. James Smith,
Sr., Johnny Billingsley, Rupert
Edward Hodges, Jr., Mary Susan
Long, Mrs. Anna Counts, George
Ray Lathrop, Larry Beam.
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