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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. tttt 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. 49 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1955 4 $2.00 PER YEAR ■- V Rev, Mann Accepts Call To Newberry Episcopal Church The Rev. Gordon H. Mann has accepted the call to St. Luke s Episcopal Church, Newberry. The Rev. Mr. Mann, his wife and young daughter will arrive in Newberry on April 14 and will be in resi dence at the St. Luke s Rectory at 1112 Calhoun street. After a two weeks vacation of moving and getting settled The Rev. Mann will hold his first ser vice on Sunday May 1st at 11.00 o’clock. In this service he will celebrate the Holy Communion. Gordon H. Mann was born in Charleston, May 28, 1928 son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Mann of Charleston. He was educated in the city schools of Charleston, graduated from the College of Charleston with the B. S. degree. While at the College of Charleston he was President of the local chapter of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and was assistant Man ager of the Ravenel Travel Agency in Charleston while in College. He served during the war in the Army Transport Service in the European Theater. He graduated from Vir ginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria Virginia in 1953 with the B. D. degree and was ordained to the diaconate in St. Phillip’s Church, Charleston in June, 1953. He began his ministry in July of 1953 as deacon-in-charge of Christ Church, Denmark, and at St. Al ban’s Church, Blackville, and as Chaplain of Voorhees School and Junior College in Denmark, a negro school operated by the Episcopal Church. The Manns were married in St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church at Charleston on September 29, 1953. Mrs. Mann being the former Caro line Hampton Mullally Ladue of Charleston, daughter of Mrs. Laurence K. Ladue and the late Motorist Mail Box Now On College St Acting Poslmaster Harry E. Moose announces that a new ser vice to the, patrons of the local post office Juts recently been in augurated in the form of a motorist courtesy .mail box which allows patrons to post their let ters without having to dismount from their cars. The box has been installed on the east side of Col lege Street, just to the rear of the post office building and op posite the College Street entrance to the Methodist Church. “This new equipment,” Mr. Moose said, “Should eliminate the need for approximately 50 per cent of the parking which is ne cessary around the post office, particularly in the afternoons.” Since parking space around the post office is presently at a prem ium, Mr. Moose said that the new motorist box was located on Col lege Street, with the cooperation of the City, in order that no exist ing parking spaces should have to the eliminated. Mail will be collected from the box four times daily during regular business days which allows the dispatch of all letters placed in the box on each principal dispatch from the post office. Specific col lection hours are 6:20 a.m., 4:45 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Sun days and holidays the collections are reduced to two a day in order to conform to the reduced train and Highway Post Office services which the city has on those days. The Postmaster urges the pa trons of the local Post Office to use this courtesy box to the fullest extent and he stated, “The people of Newbeerry can use this box with confidence, knowing that mail placed therein will receive the same expeditious dispatch on all the principal mail services leaving the city.” Brig. General Laurence K. Ladue. The Mann’s have one daughter, Caroline Hampton Lowndes, born August 25, 1954. The Rev. Mann was ordained to the priesthood in March 1954 in St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church. He served in the diocese of S. C. as an advisor to the Diocesan Youth Commission, also on the staff of Camp St. Christopher, and as a member of the Board of Trus tees of the Episcopal Church Home for Children at York. The Congregation of St. Luke’s Church rejoices that Rev. Mann will be its first full time resident Minister in its one hundred years of existence. St. Luke’s will celebrate its Cen tennial this fall. Former residents of Newberry and former. Parish ioners of St. Luke’s and other guest? are being invited from all over the country. This celebration will last perhaps for a week with outstanding and important men of the Episcopal Church taking part. The Rev. Mann and his family will be a welcome enrichment to the .religious lifq of Newberry. Council Farm Women Have Spring Meeting The Spring meeting of the County Council of Farm Women will be held Saturday. April 16 at ;!:<'(> p. m. at Mt. Pleasant School with the Mount Pleasant Club serving as hostess. All county chairmen are reminded that it is time for yearly reports to be made. A panel discussion on the Coun cil’s state project, has been plan ned. The Pomaria Glee Club is ex pected to furnish special music. All members of the council are urged to attend the meeting for an afternoon of inspiration and fel lowship. Featured On Homes Tour S.'Ss, * Wm ■Ysy.*sYs\y». r.-sssss mmzm- •sss v.-. .VA-.V.V Sx.Nv- iPiiliMii illiii WMti i i iJ.ll i n li Throwaway Mail Goes Out On April First On March 31, the mailing of third class mail addressed “Postal Patron, Ivocal” and delivered to each residence served by a city delivery carrier, was discontinued by the Post Office Department. This type of mail has long been permissable for delivery to patrons on rural routes and that method of delivery is being continued, however, city carriers will no longer be allowed to deliver such mail to patrons served by them. Advertisers are advised, how ever, that mail may be delivered to city patrons without addressing the patron by name but by ad dressing the letters to “Occupant” followed by the street and number of the patron. The rate of postage on mail addressed “Occupant” re mains the same as that of the former type of address. Pledges Exceed Campaign Total The half million dollar goal set for the Newberry College Pre- Centennial Building and Endow ment Fund Campaign has been exceeded, according to an an nouncement from Doctor H. Odelle Harman, General Chairman of the Campaign. Lutheran churches in South Carolina, Georgia, and Ala bama, alumni, faculty and students of the college, and the city of Newberry have pledged a total of $513,794. The money will be used to con struct a new dormitory for men, increase the endowment fund, and make needed improvemente on the buildings and grounds. C. A. Kauf- mann, Acting President, comment ed: “This momentous victory for Newberry College is a first step in the program of progress as she enters her second century in Christian Higher Education.’ Many churches have not yet filed their final reports. Lutherans in Florida are expecting to begin their campaign in May to secure $75,000. When all the reports are in, the total may exceed the $600,- 000 mark. General Chairman Harman said that the success of the campaign was due to the hard work mad sacrificial giving of Xutberasy* id the supporting synods, alumni, the faculty and students of the Col lege, and the people of the city of Newberry. Scout Troop To Sponsor Supper There will be a bar-be-cue chicken supper at the Girl Scout Cabin on Wednesday, April 20 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. This is sponsored by Girl Scout Troop 18. Plan a family outing and take the family out for supper. Price of tickets, $1.25 for adults and 75c for children. The ’cue will be pre pared by Tally Timmons and Lar ry Bouknight. To have tickets de livered by a Girl Scout, call Mrs. John T. Norris, Phone 121 or Mrs. M. L. Youmans, Phone 975. J " ••• ONE OF NEWBERRY’S MOST MODERN HOMES is that of Dr. and Mrs. B. Ml Montgomery on Mower street. It will be one of the homes featured in the Home and Gar den Tour to be held on Wednesday, April 13. National Guard To Take Part lu National Alert Donations Accepted For Cancer Drive The Cancer Drive began the 1st of April, as Newberry County and city went in as Community Chest, which included Cancer, Heart, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Christmas Baskets, and USO, we made only one can vas, and plan to do so again this fall. But if anyone would like to contribute to Cancer Drive now, it we be accepted. Please take your donation to Mrs. David Ring er at Carpenter’s Dept Store In Newberry. If you live in Whitmire please give or send it to Mrs. Nat Welch, as she is the chair man for Whitmire. Thank you. MRS. W. C. KOON, County Cancer Chairman All National Guard units of South Carolina, both Ground and Air, will participate In “Operation Minuteman” sometime in the near future, It was announced today by Governor George Bell Timmer man, Jr. The Governor’s action followed a nationwide announce ment by the Department of De fense in which it was stated the Operation would be a test alert of all Guard units in the United States.' Governor Timmerman added that the citizens of Sooth Carolina are proud of their National Guard aadff * J fully appreciate the contribution Ail«S?ItU v ICtrS the Guard ban made and continue. p or Miss Berrie to make to the defense of Ameri ca- v L • ' ‘’g'-ikb. ^ i “I have- tflrected *fa*or Jas. C. Dozier, State Adjutant General, to cooperate fully in this nationwide test,’ the Governor said. “This test alert will give the citizens an opportunity to see just how rapidly the Army and Air National Guard units could be mobilized to help in any local, state or national emergency.” “I want to emphasize that “Operation Minuteman” is a pre planned test alert and should be no cause for alarm to our citi zens,” Governor Timmerman' ad ded. Ea§ter Egg Hunt At Park This Saturday An Easter Egg Hunt will be held at Margaret Hunter Park (Pool area) on Sarturday afternoon, Ap ril 9 at 3:30 p. m. All children of Veterans are invited to attend. Each child is asked to bring three dyed Easter eggs. This event is sponsored by Newberry Post No. 24, American Legion and Auxiliary. Postal Receipts Are Higher This Quarter Postal receipts for the month of March have shown an 11 per cent increase over the same month last year with total receipts amounting to $7177.73. This was increase of $72? 01 over the month of March 1954. For the first quarter of the year 1955, receipts at the local post office amounted to $18,880.93 for a dollar increase over the first quarter of 1954 of $1,294.16. This figure represents and overall increase for the year of 7.3 per cent. Girl Scouts Return From Florida Trip Eighteen members of Girl Scout Troop No. 4 returned Sunday after a four day trip to Florida and Georgia. They were chaperoned by Mrs. Dan Chandler, leader, Mrs. Mary Rossiter, Mrs. Charles Bo wers, the bus driver,. Mr. Homer Schumpert and Charlie Bowers. Among the places visited were St. Augustine, Marine Land, Day tona Beach, Ocala, Silver Springs, Hinesville, Ga., and Savannah, Ga. Tl^e Scouts making the trip were Cherry Chandler, Beth Atchison, Ann Bowers, Linda Cannon, Max ine Brigman, Diane Davis, Gayle Davis, Diana Hunter, Sue Ellen Hipp, Sally Lister, Margaret Ma son, Pam Phillips, Donna Porter, Donna Rook, Jean Rossiter, Judy Sligh, Rita Wilson and Betty J. AJBPiyj; tfre relatives and friends lof town attending the funeral services on March 26 for Miss Florence Berrie were: Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Berrie, Bayside, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Berrie, Aiken, Mrs. Isabelle Hoyt and son. Gene, Jacksonville, Fla.; Col and Mrs. I. W. Partin and Mrs. C. B. Payne, Orlando, Fla.; Paul Den ning, and Mr. and Mrs. John Wal ter Denning, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. David Denning, Mor ristown, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Billy Denning, New Orleans, La.; Mr. and Mrs. William Berrie, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Berrie, Miss Willa Berrie, Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Ber rie, Miss Mattie Burckhalter, Miss Helen Smith and Mrs. Fannie White, all of Aiken; Miss Duffie Hughes, Greenville, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Finley, Mountville. ATTEND SCHOOL EXECUTIVES MEET P. K. Harmon, director of New berry County Public Schools, and R. C4 Lake, Whitmire area school superintendent, are in Cleveland, Ohio this week attending the meet ing of the American Association of School Administrators. They will return to Newberry this weekend. UDC Chapter Plans Numerous Activities Members of the Drayton Ruther ford Chapter, U.D.C., gathered at the home of Mrs. Richard Baker on Tuesday afternoon for the April meeting. Mrs. Cannon Blease was associate hostess. David Parr and John Chappell, Jr., members of the Eloise Welch Wright chapter, who had been in vited to have a part on the his torical program were also pres^ ent. The chapter made tentative plans for the observance of Memo rial Day, and the president ap pointed the following committees to serve: monument, Mesdames Fellers, Whseman and Carpenter; cemetery, Mesdames Ralph Baker and Shealy. Mesdames Youmans, Boyd and Miss Cromer were added to the Memorial Program commit tee of which Mrs. Griffith is chair man. Some future projects of the chapter include attendance at the Ridge District meeting in Clinton on April 23; a cake sale in May; the sale of Confederate flags by the members of the Children’^ chapter to raise their quota of $100 for bronze doors for the Head quarters building in Richmond. The public is asked to aid the boys and girls by wearing a flag. During the historical period, David Parr, program chairman for the “Palmetto” section of the Children’s chapter, gave an outline of the subjects to be used at the meetings for the coming year. One feature of each protram is an im portant battle in the War between the States: The first. Fort Sum ter, had been assigned to John Chappell who gave in an admirable way the record of the fort from its construction to its final surrender through the four years of fighting. During the social hour, while homemade pound cake and char lotte russe were enjoyed, records from “The Confederacy” were played. The May meeting will be with Mesdames Setzler, Wright and Lominack. Former Mayor Prosperity Dies Thomas Andrew Dominick, 81, a former mayor and retired -mer chant of Prosperity, died Thursday night at the Newberry County Me morial Hospital after a short ill ness. He was a former member of the House of Representatives from Newberry County, and was form erly superintendent of the Sunday School of ' Whiteman Methodist Church of which he was a mem ber. He was born in Newberry Coun ty, the son of the late John W. and Nancy Stillwell Dominick. He was married three times, first to Miss Annie Sue Earhardt and following her death was mar ried to Mrs. Alice Bowers Mitchell, who died in 1913. '’His third mar riage was to Miss Lillie Warner, who survives, with two sons and two daughters, H. G. Dominick of Greenville, J. Webster Dominick of upper Darby, Pa., Mrs. Tom Vaughn of Kingstree, Tenn., and Mrs. Bernice D. Bjonerud of Wash- (Continued on page 8) Chamber’s Annual Banquet To Be At Newberry College ‘Coffee Day’ Be Observed Friday “Coffee Day” for crippled chil dren will be held in Newberry and throughout South Carolina on Good Friday, April 8. This project is being sponsored for the third consecutive year by the Restau rant Association according to Mrs. I. M. Satterwhite, Jr., chairman of the Crippled Childrens Society of Newberry County. Those participating in Coffee Day are as follows: Central Drug, Gilder and Weeks, Lominicks, Drug,, Newberry Drug, Profession-’j dminfir haI1 ’ al Drug, and Smith's Drug; the Newberry and Wiseman Hotels; and the restaurants. Coffee Shop, Whit’s Lunch, Willie’s Drive-In, Summer’s Drive-In, Pete Pla^n- pin’s, and Hale’s Sinclair Station. Mrs. Satterwhite stated that this is another instance of volunteers lending a helping hand to crippled children. The Restaurant Associa tion has helped by donating the funds derived from coffee sales on this special day which has been set aside by a proclamation issued Mayor Wiseman. ( Otia WUitaker, who is serving** p Stevens Company;/an4 rep- this year as-chairman of Coffee resentatives of radio <and press. Day says “your reward for this outstanding work will be in the satisfaction of shaving made a wor thy contribution to th* conserva tion of human life by giving new hope and opportunity to hundreds of crippled’ Children. Legion Auxiliary Meeting Thursday The American Legion Auxiliary, Newberry-Unit Nuc 24 will hold The Annual Meeting and, Ban quet of the Newberry Chamber of Commerce, at which Secretary cf the Army Robert Stevens is to bo guest speaker, will be held at the Newberry College Dining Hall on April 28 at 8:00 p. m. The decision to have the baftquet at the College Dining Hall rather than at the armory was made at a meeting of * the ticket committee Tuesday af ternoon, according to Secretary L. C. Graham, who stated that the acoustics and arrangements for serving are more satisfactory at the Collegajfcnct&t the armory. A decision waS^wBdo'^o limit the sale of tickets to 300, the number which can be accomodated at the Invitations were sent j/esterday to a number of special guests, ac cording to Mr. Graham. Among those invited are Senator and Mrs. Strom Thurmond and Representa tive and Mrs. Bryan Dorn, Who are expected to attend; Governor and Mrs. George Bell Timmerman and Ex-Governor and Mrs. James S. Byrnes, who have stated that they' will be unable to attend; also members of the Newberry County delegation, the presidents and sec retaries of chambers of commerce in nearby cities; members of the Plans for the meeting program are expected to be announced in the near future. ; the home of 18#5 Main 1 at 4 >ly meeting , at C. l^Yecmank on Thursday, John C. Culler, Jr. assumed his duties as Supervisor of the Farm ers) Hpme Administration pi., New berry County on April 4. ‘ Mr. Culler- was bofirand reaed bn a farm in: and received; Seth Meek, Mrs. Kate .•ef\ Mrs. c. CL ^ Blehse and Chris Kaufmann. Mrs. Wilbur Boozer, Child Wel fare chairman and Mrs. Henry Fellers, Pan American chairman will be in charge of the program. Mrs. Cecil Morris, Department Child Welfare chairman from Greenville, S. C. Will be the guest speaker. Calendar Society To Meet On April 11th The Calendar Society of Cen tral Methodist Church will meet Monday afternoon, April 11 at four o’clock at the home of Mrs. Hugh Foster on Johnstone street. Pitts-Cumbee Mrs. Madison Pitts of Newberry announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Sylvia Faye Pitts, to Luria Erastus Cumbee, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Luria Erastus Cumbee of Aiken. The bride-elect resides in Newberry with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Calhoun Duncan. The wed ding is to take place in June. ed to serve his country 4n the Armed Forces and saw* action in the European Theater for a period of 16 ’ months—8 months of which was spent in a German Prisoner of War Camp. He was discharged with the rank of Captain in 1945. Since that time, Mr. Culler has had varied experiences in the Ag ricultural field with the Veterans Administration and the Fanners Home Administration, having serv- ed with the Farmers Home Ad ministration in Lee and Orange burg Counties. Mr. Culler is being transferred to Newberry from Orangeburg County, where both he and Mrs. Culler were very actively engage in church, community, and civic activities. Mrs. Culler has served for two years as District Gover nor of the Young Adults of the Methodist Conference and Mr. Culler, at the time of his transfer was Scoutmaster in his community and a trustee of the Limestone Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Culler, with their two children. Jack and Dixie, are living at 1907 Harper street. Architect Drawing Of Men’s Dormitory mm mm Plans are underway for a new dormitory for men at Newberry College. The building will be con structed with funds raised in the recent campaign from which a to tal of upwards of $600,000 will be realized for the College. On April 12, the Executive Com mittee of the Board of Trustees, the Buildings and Grounds Com mittee, and the Finance Committee of the College will meet in New berry to open bids and award the contract. Construction of the modern, fire proof dormitory will begin at an early date. Acting President C. A. Kaufmann expects it to be ready for use at the beginning of the fall semester. Rites For Sister Of Local Attorney Mrs. J. Hal Connor, Jr., 31, the former Martha Ayer (“Marty”) Harley and wife of Hal Connor, Jr., of Winter Haven, Fla., died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at her home in Winter Haven. Mrs. Connor was born at Barn well,, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Harley and granddaughter of the late Sheriff and Mrs. J. B. Morris. She atended the Univer sity of South Carolina where she was a member of Alpha Delta PI sorority. In addition to her husband and parents, she is survived by one son. Jack, 6, and one daughter, Kathy, 3: one sister, Mrs. John Dunbar of Columbia, and one bro ther, R. Aubrey Harley, of New berry. Funeral services were held Fri day evening in Winter Haven and committal services were conducted at 3:30 Saturday afternoon in the First Baptist Cemetery at Barn well by the Rev. M. B. Webb, as sisted by the Rev. Joseph Scruggs. Dorn Sets Record In etting- Bill Passed Representative William Jen- ings Bryan Dorn is believed to ve set an all-time record this week for getting a Bill through £he House of Representatives. The will Iran introduced * about ‘ two weeks ago. At the first meeting of the Public Works Committee of the House, Congressman Dorh ap peared before the sub-committee. The bill passed the sub-committee and then passed the Ini) Commit tee and passed the House of Re presentatives all in the same day. “TIMBERHOUSE,” the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson E. Westwood, shown on the left above, and the Victorian home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rutherford on Collegfe street will be seen by those making the Home and Garden Tour next Wednesday, sponsored by the Woman’s Auxiliary of the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Two tours will be held on April 13, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Other homes on view will be those of Dr. and Mrs. B. M. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Moon, and Mrs. Ernest Carpenter. April 8:—Mrs. Ellisor Adams, Mrs. Lewis Ammons, Robert D. . • Coleman, >111. ! ^ , April 10:—Mrs. Meredith Har mon, Mrs. V. W. Rinehart, J. Brooks Workman. April 11:—O. F. Armfield, Sr. April 12:—Ralph Haile, Fred David Riley, Mrs. S. L. Shealy, Jr., Richard L. Baker. April 13:—Miss Evelyn Bums, George Heller, Mrs. Sims Tomp- Kins. April 14:—*-Keitt Purcell, Billy Lominack, Mary Ann Addy. ■♦SI % mm ‘JfAP!