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VOLUME 18—NO. 2
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1955
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Joan Clark Is Crowned May
Queen At College Ceremony
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92 Students On May 31st
Ninety-two members of the Se- j Also, Frances Lever, Margie Lav-
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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,
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Jimmy Terry, Robert Teseniar,
Perry Threi® JUywond Williams,
George Willis, " fedolph Wilson
and Donald Young.
Engineers Begin
Work On Saluda
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Water Supply
At the regular monthly meeting
of city council 'Tuesday night.
Mayor James E. Wiseman report
ed that field work on the raw
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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-
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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.
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tween
and will accommodate Negro eta- 664,356.
be located about
Silverstreet, be
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and cafetorium, which
will also be used for an auditor
ium . wiieh ; needed. The
submitted the lowest of four bids.
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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 ■
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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.
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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.
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