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National Cotton Week May 9 - 14 Buy COTTON Goods National Cotton Week May 9 - 14 Buy COTTON Goods VOLUME 18—NO. 2 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1955 r 4 $2.00 PER YEAR Joan Clark Is Crowned May Queen At College Ceremony fc.' 4y'>/%%vy. • • •. .v t.'.' r 'SsSSf .•-y> ■r y^': X ■ V • : . •. High School To Graduate 92 Students On May 31st Ninety-two members of the Se- j Also, Frances Lever, Margie Lav- i mmm ■ mm A ^ jfjsgi8}&0 WW; Wmk ' W'- ¥# ww'' '% ■M'S: *>'&■•** • .. ■ ........ . ... . . .. .. nior class of Newberry High School will receive diplomas at the graduation exercises to be held at 8:15 p. m. at the high school auditorium on Tuesday, May 31st. Senior speakers for the occasion will be Edwin Stokes, Robert Tee- eniar, and George Willis. On Sunday night. May 28 at 8:00 p. m„ Dr. P. L. Grier, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presby terian Church, will deliver the commencement sermon. The senior class play, “Don’t Take My Penny,” is scheduled for Friday night. May 27th at 8:00 p. m. Members of the graduating class are: Girls: Barbara Amick, Willie Mae Attaway, Mavis Berley, Joyce Betchman, Edna Bodie, Frances Boozer, Ella Rae Bouknight, Dd- lie Cassidy, Marian Clamp, Eliza beth Coats, Betty Corley, Side lie Crooks, Billie Jean DeLoache, Ju dith Edwards, Elden Fuller, Aud rey Gatlin, Jacqueline Goldsmith, Joyce Graham, Mary Jo Griffith, ingston, Miriam Longshore, Elea- nor Martin, Lugenia Martin, Eliza beth Morris, Bobbie Nichols, Sa rah Ann Nichols, Joyce Outz, Jim mie Nell Hendrix, Mary Boyd Ox- ner, Molly Partridge, Eleanor Ridgeway, Doris Riley, Lauris Ri ley, Jeanette Rinehart, Betty Rin- Helen Ringer, Katheryn y, Jean Spotts, Virginia mas, Mary Frances Waters, Willingham, and Joan Wood. / Boys: Dan Beaty, Lester Lee Bedenbaugh, Frederic Bobb, Rob ert Bouknight, Fred Clary, Robert Crouch, Bobby Dalton, Belton Den ials, Reginald Franklin, Ralph Gil liam, Bobby Hamilton, Gary Lee Harmon, Billy Ray Hester, Eddie Hopper, Charles Huggin, George Huggin, Jr., Sammy Laird, Johnny Lee, Walter Leopard, Charles Le ver, Bobby Lindley, Kerry Ly- brand, Elmer Mayer, Jimmy May er, Thomas McDonald. Also, Larry Monts, Edward Mor ris, George Oxner, Melvin Price, Steve Rinehart, Walker Schum- pert, Leon Singleton, Edwin L e t i t i a Haltiwanger, Rachel Stokes, Coyt Suber, Kenneth Suit, X-V- > • iimhh H i ll MpHi |r*i w WMFJr m S::;,v.rW Hamm, Jacqueline Harrelson, Mar garet Land Keitt, Claudette Kneece, Nathaline Knight, Shirley Lee; Jimmy Terry, Robert Teseniar, Perry Threi® JUywond Williams, George Willis, " fedolph Wilson and Donald Young. Engineers Begin Work On Saluda * Water Supply At the regular monthly meeting of city council 'Tuesday night. Mayor James E. Wiseman report ed that field work on the raw .SBKKfrX-kV.£»>:•.• • mmm - ' - :>.>•■ y. yAA'S/s," •••• Z,\ 'v ? ' Wm y " ■>: .¥ : x' x'. ; - i# WMwMBi, i . , m Wmsm! WmMM. The annual meeting of the New berry County £hapte» of the In fantile paralysis society will be held Thursday, May 12 at four water supply for the city by the -o’clock jn the court room of the engineers is progressing nicely Newberry County Court House, and that plans and specifications ^ ^This meeting will be for the will be prepared as directed by, Rurpose of electing officers for Council. A survey crew, year and for various reports by Mr. Dunham, has been on the from the committees. . Also, the Job for the past four weeks. The j treasurer will make the annual re- Mayor also notified Council thatJPOft of activities of the chapter, the Governor had signed^ksf^WP ^flRforace Ward, sta te represents- passed by the legislature author- tivsi, will be present and will make izing the city of Newberry to ob- some special citations. A repre- tain water from the Saluda River, sentative of the County Health De- and expressed thanks to members partment is expected to make a of the county delegation. Senator report on the Salk vaccine. Marvin Abrams and Representa- * It is hoped that a large crowd tives Hunter and Bergen for their j will attend this meeting and that efforts and cooperation in obtain- all organizations will send a rep- 41 m | - '&> yjc''- ; £ ^0. w w- f. > t •’ssSSSSs.’ ■ yyy.y.y/yyy'.y'- • w/y/yy™ y : W- A %Jw ^ A* wmm ; m y m&. Mm mm. mm iP^ w mAtwA ® m < / M wMBm' ■.ymyy: yyyyyy "s/f '/ I WWmmiMMy ,-y/yysy■sy-s.’yyyyjoyy'' {Yssyvysy<j&>yy'vssssyvsy.y •••• • •• ■ '■&wi yyyiyyy,/'-/, ', * ■X-X .XX; ing passage of the bill. On the subject of water, the city manager reported improve ment of water services on Daisy, Charles, Wright afu! Main streets and stated that improvements would also be made on Jones street between l^fain and Harper. Mayor Wiseman gave a welcome report to heat-sufferers; that the swimming pool and bath houses at Margaret Hunter Park had been repaired and the pool would be i opened for the season in the near future. 4 Mrs. Winifred Culclasure was appointed by council as supervisor of the referendum to be held May 20, 1955 to decide if state, county and municipal employees will be in the Social Security program. City Manager Ed Blackwell ex plained that the city would incur no additional cost if employees voted to be included in Social Se curity benefits, and that the em ployees would have an additional one percent deducted from their gross income. Council adopted a resolution ap proving plans and: authorizing Mayor Wiseman to write the South Carolina Highway Department, ac cepting the plans for paving Coates street at Boundary Street School, and resurfacing certain other streets in the highway sys tem, listed elsewhere in this issue. resentative. The meeting is open to -the public at large. Church, last et, was not Contracts for ft new Nftgx* ele- dents dt those two ftTM* in *!l» mentary school and ft cafetorium first, through eighth grades. The at F*ark Street School in Whitmire were awarded Tuesday, according to James D. Brown, county super intendent of education. A one-story brick school build ing, housing 16 classrooms, a kitchen and cafetorium-auditorium he buRt by C. G. Shockley of ftt ft post of U79,76c£00. ft Shockley bid was the low of nine bids received. * W. E. Baker hnd Son of Whit mire received the contract for the improvement to Park Street white elementary school in Whitmire. The one story brick structure will be built adjacent to the present building, and will contain . x fljrs. Joan Spigner Clark was crowned Queen of the May at Newberry College by Act ing President C. A. Kaufmann during the May Day program honoring the Queen and mothers of Newberry College students Saturday afternoon on the College campus. Shown above are the garland girls, the Queen’s attendants, the queen and her train hearers, and Queen Clark with her Maid of Honor, Betty Maude Setzler; Crown Bear- rjRalph Summer; Flower Girls Eleanor Burnette and Ellen Williamson, and Train Bear- Anne Abrams, Margaret Kelly, Katherine Kelly, Marcia Kirkland and Carol Sue gfruenther. At far leeft is Phil T. Kelly, dean of men at Newberry College. (Sunphotos.) Turner Inquest Not Scheduled An inquest had not been set to day in the death of Mrs. Mary Helen Wehunt Turner, 23, who died Saturday after being found critically wounded Friday morning by her 3-vear old daughter, Coro ner George Summer said today. Billy H. Turner, 31, husband of the slain woman, was charged with murder yesterday in connec tion with her death. The warrant was signed by Sheriff Tom Fel lers. Coroner Summer said a defi nite date for the inquest had not been set pending further investiga tion Turner is being held in the Newberry County jail. Mrs. Turner /was found critically wounded early Friday by Cynthia, 3, who went to a neighbor’s house and said she “couldn’t wake mom my.” Silverstreet Will Graduate Nine Students Commencement exercises for Silverstreet High School will be held May 27, at 8:00 at Silver- street. Dr. Mark F. Hawthorne will deliver the principal address. Valedictorian of the class of 1955 will be Mae Ola Duckett and salutatorian will be Betty Jo Gil bert. Presentation of diplomas to nine graduates will be by P. K. Harmon, director of county schools. A baccalaureate service will be held May 22, at Silverstreet with Rev. James B. Mitchell speaking to the graduates. The class will hear talks by Rev. C. E. Lindler, Rev. R. M. Du- Bose, P. H. Harris, Rev. S. T. Lip sey, and Dr. Thomas F. Suber at the graduation ceremonies. Those who will receive diplomas are: Barney Carlton Bickley, Jim mie Wayne Bowers, Gerald Allen Dominick, Alfred Dorroh, Mae Ola Duckett, Betty Jo Gilbert, Fronie lola Hendrix, Richard Clark Neel HI, and Betty Rae Suber. On Thursday morning. May 26, the eighth grade promotion exer cises will be held in the school auditorium. The guest speaker will be Rev. C. E. Lindler, pastor of Silverstreet Lutheran Church. The ^Chevrolet and Studebaker s section of Wright and Charles street back df O'Neal Street Friday afternoon about 2:15. who was driving , _ injured. Sedley Senn, driver of the Stodefteker, *hd James Kyzer, Mpsmen&er in the Senn car were carried to the local hospital for treatment. Kyzer was released the same afternoon and Senn remained at the hospital overnight for treatment. Collier Neel, Jr., also a passengeer in the Senn car, was not injured. (Sunphoto.) Memorial Day Program At Central Church An innovation this year in the observance of Memorial Day was for the members of the Elofee Welch Wright chapter, Children of the Confederacy, to give the pro gram. The service was held' at the Central Methodist Church on Sun day night. May 8th at 8:00 p. m.,j with Linda Cannon presiding. Tak ing part on the program were Dick Briggs and Collier Neel, Jr., color bearers; invocation by Rev. Her bert L. Spell; welcome by Char lie Harley; history of the Eloise Weldh Wright Chapter by Betty. Boyd; poem, Children federacy, |>y by the tfhHdren d acy Choir with Barbara Youmans as soloist. A talk, “Memorial Day” was given by John Chappell. Ushers were David Parr, Charlie Boyd, Von Long, Billy Mason, Hu bert Setzler, Jr., Bill Shealy and Tommy Lynch. Distributing pro grams were Ann Bowers, Sue Lay- ton, Henry Baker Summer, Tommy Pope, Neal Dickert, Ray Lominack, Bill Lominack, Pope Buford and Charlie Epps. Mrs. S. C. Griffith served as chairman of the Memorial Day Committee in Drayton Rutherford Chapter, U.D.C. »•> v.' The two tween and will accommodate Negro eta- 664,356. be located about Silverstreet, be and Bush and cafetorium, which will also be used for an auditor ium . wiieh ; needed. The submitted the lowest of four bids. >2 Jaycees Elect S. C. Altman S. C. Altman was elected presi dent of the Newberry Jr. Chamber of Commerce at the meeting held last Thursday night at the Hotel Wiseman. He succeeds Preston McAlhaney. Other officers elected for the ensuing year are: Ray Miller, 1st vice president; Bobby Underwood, 2nd vice president; Ferd Bummer, secretary and John Davis, treas urer. The Board of Directors is composed of Meredith Harmon, Robert Schumpert, James Parr, Fred Lester and Heyward Davis. County Teacher Is Initiated Into Honorary Society Miss Sarah Folk, member of the Silverstreet School faculty, along with two other teachers of this area, were initiated into Delta Kappa Gamma, national honor society for teachers, in ceremon ies held recently in the radio room of the Ware Shoals Inn at Ware Shoals. Mrs. Frank Mitchell of Oamak Elementary s$iool, Ware Shoals, Mrs. B. N. Truluck, of Ridge Springs and Miss Folk were the initiates into the Epsilon chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. Miss Sal- lie Lee Cromer was sponsor for Miss Folk. Mrs. Katherine 'Maultsby, chair? man of the initiation committee, presented the candidates for in itiation and Miss Letitia Frank, president, Mrs. Emmie Walton, secretary and Miss Sarah Cox, re cording secretary, carried out the ceremony of induction. MOitary Rites For CPO Dajvid Minick / The body of CPO ttevid Minick, USN, arrived here Tuesday morn-' ing accompanied by Robert- W. Brojrn, ,DSN V . / } Chief Minick drowned April 24 in Y&cht Harbor,’ Honolulu. Navy officials dkid he was drowned when he slipped! and fell, striking his head on hie yacht as he went into the water. Mr* Minick was born and rear ed in this county, near Prosperity, a son of Maggie Cook Minick and the late Amon Minick. He was a member of Colony Lutheran ^hurch. Surviving besides his mother, are four brothers and five sisters. / Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Colony Lutheran church Iby Rev. Thomas H. Weeks and Rev Bennie Beden baugh. Burial was in fire church cemetery with full military hon ors conducted by a unit from the South Carolina Military district. *: No cases of polio have been re ported in Newberry County to the Health Department since the be ginning of the Salk vaccine pro gram,; according to !rft statement made this week by Dr.- J. C. Sease, county health officer. Over 1800 doses of vaccine were given toy the Health Department to first and second grade, children on the first round of schools in the county. Thp second shots were; scheduled to ’be - given two weeks later, but only the pupils of Little Mountain school received t^e second shot before the supply of vaccine was cut off. These shots were administered on May 2nd. ’ The vaccine program will con tinue as soon . as the vaccine is again available, according to Dr. Sease. s ■ - — x*- V A. Most Peach Trees Freeze Public Invited To ' , ; Reception . The congregation of St. Lake’s Episcopal Church invites the peo ple of Newtoerry to an informal ne* ceptton, honoring the Rev. I and Mrs. Gordon H. Mann, on Tuesday evening. May 17, from seven till nine o’clock at the Community Hall. :"v-- • Bowers Wins Right To Enter Audition Six singers from five Southern States have won the right to en ter final audition for New Orleans’ experimental Opera Theatre of America. The six Southern regio nal winners will compete in New Orleans May 21 against New York regional winners. Prizes are roles in a series of operas conducted by Renato Cellini, director of the New Orleans Opera. Cellini said the Southern final ist include Jordan V. Bowers, of Newberry, baritone. The New York finalists, to be selected after auditions in Car negie Hall May 11-14, include 78 applicants from the East, Mid west, Canada and Berne, Switzer land. ANDERSONS ATTEND FALL SHOE SHOWING Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Anderson and son, Eddie attended the fall Shoe Show in Atlanta, Ga., Sun day through Tuesday of this week. Mr. Anderson purchased his fall selection of shoes for the Ander son Shoe Store. LOMINICK CLAN GATHERS About 30 children, grandchild ren and great-grand children of Mrs. A. E. Lominick gathered at her home in Pomaria for Mothers day at which time they enjoyed a picnic dinner on the lawn of the Lominick home. UNDERGOES MINOR SURGERY Bruce Kinard, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ki nard, who underwent a tonsillec tomy in the Prosperity Clinic last Friday, returned to his home on Jessica avenue Saturday and is recovering nicely. t ■ The prospects for complete re covery of mature bearing peach tree* in South Carolina from the cold damage of March 13 appears to be favorable a® of thin date/ The damaged layer of nap. wood (brown layer) that was noted im mediately after the freeze in be ing covered nicely with / a new layer of sap wood, and If this con tinues it is felt that enough new conductive system will be present toi take care of the needs of the trees later in the summer when It gets hot and dry. Only a few mature trees have been noted In had shape and dy ing, and these were confined! al most solely to improperly' hared for" orchards. However,* ‘ there in some winter injury noted In some of the better orchards, but this Is no more than average and la not nearly as much as in .some years when no unprecedented cold wea ther damaged the trees. A very high percent of the young trees In the Piedmont have recovered from cold damage and are now growing nicely. This in cludes trees just recently set It appears now that the average dam age in the Piedmont will run 10 to 15 percent overall with some young plantings showing no more dead trees than would normally be expected, while some plantings * show as many as 25 percent. There were a few one-year-old trees that suffered rather severe damage and in some orchards as many as 15 percent are dying. *