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Shorty Sorrell has become a gentleman farmer—he tips his hat to any tomato. He who raises his head when teeing off will not see anything worth looking at. Windy Watson finished up his long discourse at the last town meeting with, ‘As Lady Godiva said as she finished her ride, Tm drawing near my close.” VOL. 18—NO. 3 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MAY -ifr, 1955 + $2.00 PER YEAR Boundary Street P. T. A. Achievement Reviewed Newberry College Alumni Plan Class Get Together The following is a report by the Boundary Street PTA of activi ties during the past year: The Boundary Street PTA offi cially closed its 1954-1955 year at a meeting of the Executive Com mittee before the joint meeting of Boundary, Junior High, and Speers Street Parent - Teacher Associa tions in the Junior High auditor ium last Thursday evening. During the past year Boundary Street PTA received the following awards from the South Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers: Gold Leaf certificate for meeting certain basic requirements, a 20% and a 50% membership award, a gold seal for the charter, and a ceramic plaque for a 20% increase in membership. The actual in crease was 28%. Although the Association is proud of these many honors, Bowq&ary Street PTA is much happier about its success right here in its <?wn backyard. During the past two years the member ship committee under the ener getic chairmanship of Mrs. O. M. Cobb and with the hard work of many parents and all the teachers, the paid members of Boundary Street PTA grew fom 55 in 1953 to 241 in 1955, an almost unbeliev able increase of 328 per cent. 92 men are paid members, and most of them attended the meetings. Local Dealers Attend State Auto Meeting Myrtle Beach.—Top entertain ment figures from throughout the east will gather at Myrtle Beach next weekend for the all - star showtime presentation of South Carolina’s first automobile show. They will be features of this mass public -par t i cipa tio n pro gram at Myrtle Beach Pavilion that will run for three days, May 21, 22, and 23. Among those attending the con vention from Newberry will be C. M. Smith of the Smith Motor company, Pat Mitchell of Suber Motor company, Whitmire; Mr. and Mrs. N. R. McElveen, McEl- veen Buick cmpany, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hayes, Lincoln and Mercury dealer and Mf. and Mrs. Hersch- el Kemper of Kemper Motor Co. To Attend Garden Club Convention Mrs. Price Padgett will leave by plane Sunday for Chicago where she will attend the convention of the National Council of Garden clubs at the Palmer house. While MRS. M. L. DUCKETT spent there she will also visit her son* 1 several days last week with her Quite a large sum of money was earned by the hallowe’en carnival which Mr. and. Mrs. R R. Bruner promoted and to which hosts of parents and teachers gave their time and efforts. All of this mon ey was spent for the welfare of the children of Boundary Street school. Two hundred and fifty dollars was given to the 10 class rooms, each room receiving $25, and $110 was spent for new books for the library; $150 paid for “Jungle Gyms” and other play ground equipment; $100 was given to Mr. Howard Kirkegard to help pay a small part of his expenses as delegate to the National Con- 1 vention of PTA in Chicago this month; miscellaneous expenses gobbled up very little of the funds and about $200 was carried over to help the 1955-56 Boundary Street PTA to get a good start. Under the direction of Mrsj T. William Hunter and with the help of many talented mothers and | teachers and skilled fathers Boundary Street PTA constructed and entered into the Christmas Parade a float called “Gift of Peace”—a lovely thing graced with the prettiest angels this side of heaven—and won first place amcng the Newberry school floats. Perhaps the most pleasing as pect of the PTA year was the high (Continued on page 5) Vote On Soda! Security Plan Set For Friday State, County and Municipal employees now members of the South Carolina Retirement Sys tem. in Newberry will vote on Friday, May 20 to decide whether or not they also wish to be includ ed in the federal social security program. A majority of eligible voters must cast their ballots in favor of the program before it will be adopted. School teachers who are eligible to vote may vote at the following polling places: Newberry High, Newberry Junior High, Gallman High. Drayton Street, Silverstreet High, Bush River School, Whit mire High, Park Street, Carver Elementary', Pomaria High, Little Mountain High, Prosperity High and Rikard Elementary School. City employees will vote at the city offices and county employees will vote at the office of the sup ervisor in the court house. State . _ employes located in Newberry will sch ° o1 are: Ju " or * ng ' ,Sh ' Ja k Cq " 6 ; line Crooks, Elizabeth Earhardt, k' KB •I:.:;:*: mm ■111 ' Si ilSSf# ML Many alumni of Newberry Col lege wfll be found on the College campus the weekend of June 6th. Besides the official program at the college with its commencement, there will be ten classes holding their class reunions. The Alumni Office, Dean Philip T. Kelly, alumni secretary, has cooperated with the various class chairmen and a gala affair is an ticipated by all former alumni re turning for their reunions. On (Saturday, June 4th, the first of the reunions wHl be held at 7:30 p. m., when the class of 1&40 will meet at the Wallace Home for their 15th Reunion. Hon. ( E. Maxcy Stone, Box 383, Newber ry, is in charge of the arrange ments for this class. At 8 p. m. ,the following classes will gather for their respective re unions: Class of 19i20, at the New berry Hotel, Strother C. Paysinger, chairman, 1524 Johnstone street, Newberry; Class of IS^S, at the Wiseman Hotel, Prof. J. G.‘ Long, chairman, Silverstreet; Class of 193$, Cyril Hutchison, chairman, 801 College street, Newberry, will meet at the Community Hall; Class of 1945, Hon. Walter T. Lake, chairman, Newberry, place not es tablished as yet. The class of 1915, Dr. Thomas F. Suber, chairman. Prosperity, will hold their reunion at the Alumni Luncheon at 12:15, Sunday, June 5th. The class of 1935, Gerald C. Paysinger, chairman, 2010 E. Wells Park Drive, Newberry, will hold their reunion at the Alumni Luncheon at 12:15, Sunday, June 5th. The classes of 1895, 1900 and 1905 will be guests of the Alumni Association at the Alumni Buffet Luncheon on Sunday, June 5th at fo ra number of years. 12:30 until 2:30. The Alumni Luncheon is open to all alumni and friends who plan to attend the Baccalaureate Sermon at 11:00 a. •m. and stay over for the com mencement exercises at 3:30 p. m. Mrs. Sara Wallace, prominent caterer who operates an excellent eating place in Newberry, will be in charge-of tjjj^Psflfet Luncheon under the direction of the Alumni office. Prices for tickets for the luncheon are $1.50 each and may be secured by writing the Alumni Office, Box 371, Newberry. Serv ing will start at 12:30 and continue until 2:30, which will take care of all who plan to enjoy the wonder ful meal being planned. vwXvCs n* v * Officers of the Parent-Teacher Associations of Booiidary, Speers Street and Junior High Schools were installed at a joint meeting of the three groups last Thursday night at the Junior High School auditorium. Mrs. Philip T. Kelly, retiring district PTA president, conducted the installation. The officers to serve for the 1955-56 school year are left to right: Speers Street, Philip Kelly, retiring president and program chairman; Charlie Bowers, president; Mrs. Bob Lister, treasurer; Mrs. Leonard Moore, secretary and Frank Armfield, vice-president; Boundary Street, H. B. Kirke gard, president; R. R. Bruner, Jr. (second from right on back row) vice-president; Mrs. G. L. Summer, Jr., secretary; Mrs. Eugene Shealy, treasurer; Mrs. Kelly. Back row, left to right, Junior High: Mrs. Gladys Carlton, vice-presi dent, Dr. R. E. Livingston, president; Mrs. Kirby Lominack, secretary, Mr. Bruner and Mrs. John William Felker, treasurer. (Photo by Nichols.) f , : State Mental Contest Winners From Newberry Twenty-three county high school students were listed as winners in the State Mental contests held in Columbia on April 23. Those list ed as winners were contestants scoring in the top 18 to 20 per cent of those taking the tests. Winners from Newberry High vote in their respective offices. The polls will be open from 9:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m. In-law and daughter, Mrs. David Lazar. Mr. and daughter, Mrs. W. J. Metzger and son, William, in Savannah, Ga. Johnny Epps, Mary Ann Watkins, Carol Setzler,; senior english: Mavis Berley, Mary Jo Griffith, Russell Harley, Helen Ringer; jun ior algebra, Ann Cannon, John Chappell, Patsy Frick and Har- riette Morehead; senior algebra, Mavis Berley, Jacqueline Crooks, la. 'mmmm :Jill •isilltx m Wm v ' ■ 1 >. ■ 5 : 1I11U < ^ ^ i. III I*® ;ffc : i -’v:: x-iv: '■ '' 1*1 ji * s* .i |i ImM I iiVti ilfex. Illlllp3ip& ? •||x5X || Ilf;:: Xv'XXX’ X'v xs iS; S:X■ s : SxSwf-ssaS? lip * HP* . till Poppy Day Saturday l(>n Saturday, May 28, public will be asked to wear • a litle red poppy. The day will be Poppy Day, when, once each year, Americans pay tri bute, by wearing their me morial flower, the poppy, to those who gave their lives in America’s service during the World Wars. Contributions for the flower wifi be used to aid the wars’ livirtg victims. The poppy oomes from the fields of France and Belgium where the churning tide of war obliterated all touches of beauty except its red blooms. The poppies worn on Poppy Day are made in hospitals and workrooms where war’s suf fering still is going on. The Poppy Sale in Newberry is sponsored by the Auxiliary to American Legion Post No. 24, Mrs. R. E. Hanna, chair man. Mrs. Hanna urges every one to buy and wear a Poppy Saturday. Inquest An inquest into the cause of death of Mrs. Mary Helen Wehunt Turner, will be held Friday night, May 20 at 8:00 p. m. at the New berry County Court House, accord ing to Coroner George R. Summer. Mrs. Turner died from wounds received at her home near Kinards two weeks ago. Her husband, Billy H. Turner, is being held without bond in the Newberry County Jail charged with murder. The warrant was signed by Sheriff Tom Fel lers. Keith Aull, vice-chairman of the Governor’s Committee on Employ the Physically Handicapped program, presents a Certificate of Merit to Mary Jo Griffith, a senior at Newberry High School, whose essay on the subject of the Physically handicapped won third place in the state contest. Looking on are, left to right, Dick Lane, publicity di rector, Miss Katherine Lewis, training instructor, both with the Empoyment Security Commission; A. B. Fennell, Veterans representative of the Department of Labor; Miss Griffith, Dr. Mamie Summer, president of the Civic League; Mr. Aull; Ben Marrett of the Employment Security Commission, Columbia, and Pearce Davis, manager of the lo cal employment office. (Sunphoto.) Observance Of Armed Forces Day Saturday Armed Forces Day will be ob served in Newberry on Saturday afternoon with a display of equip ment from the local National Guard uqits on the old Court House Square from 2:00 until 5:00 p. m. Local guardsmen will set up ra dar equipment, 2 1-2 ton trucks, jeenjs, and M-16 half tracks com plete with machine guns. Weather balloons will be sent up with equipment used by the Meteoro logical section of the 228th Group of the Guard. There will also be a display of small weapons and equipment in the window of Ver na and Hal Kohn’s. The public is invited to Open House at the Armory on Sunday afternoon. May 22 between the hours of 2:00 and 5:00 when Head quarters Battery and C Battery of the 107th AAA Battalion will be in training. Elizabeth Earhardt, Edna Pay singer and Kenneth Suit. Other county winners are: Nan cy Carol Jordan, Whitmire, junior english; Beverly Claire Williams, Whitmire, biology; Allard Trib ble Douglas, Whitmire, plane geo metry Lucy Frances Lorick and Eleanor Hentz Riser, senior eng- lish. Two'County Men In Wofford Society teen juniors, all outstanding ROTC students, have been initiated into Wofford College’s chapter of Scab bard and Blade, national honorary military society. Among the new members are Sammy Maw of Newberry and Don Reeder of Whitmire. Local Delegates Attend Greenwood WSCS Conference There were 737 women present at the South Carolina Conference meeting of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service, of which Mrs. F. Scott Elliott is president-elect The conference was held in Green wood May 12 and 13. An inspiring program was ably carried out un der the direction of the preeident, Mrs. Niles Clark of Waterloo. The St. John Church of Rock Hill issued an invitation for the 1955-1956 meeting. This was gra ciously accepted. Among those attending the Greenwood meeting from Newiber- ry were (Mrs. Elliott; Mrs. L. G. McCullough, district officer and the delegate from Central (Method ist Church; Mrs. L. E. Gatlin, re tiring district officer; Mrs. James Taylor, delegate from O’Neal; Mrs. Ed Bradham, delegate from Epting; and Mrs. Horace Cromer, Zone 3 leader. MOSELY Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Mosely, Jr. of Charlotte Court House, Va., an nounce the .birth of a daughter, Katherine Hove, born on Wednes day, April 20. The (Moselys have another daughter, Bette Lynn, about three years old. Mrs. J. M. Hove, who has been on a visit with the Moselys in Virginia, returned to her home on Chapman street Thursday night. desirable that We devote one day each year to a public expression of respect for men and women who demonstrat'* their patriotic devo tion to the Nation by service in the Armed Forces of the United States; and WHEREAS the third Saturday in May has been designated by the President of the United States for the observance of Armed Forces Day: NOW, THEREORE, I, J. E. Wiseman, Mayor of the City of Newberry, do hereby proclaim that Saturday, May 21, 1955, shall be recognized throughout this city as Armed Forces Day. I invite all groups of patriotic citizens, including veterans’, wo men’s, fraternal, educational, re ligious, commercial, labor, and in dustrial organizations, to parties pate actively in the Armed Forces Day program in their communities, to the end that we may join in honoring the Armed Forces and in emphasizing the direct relationship of each citizen to the Nation’s con tinuing effort for peace through the power of a united people. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of Newberry to Jbe affixed, this 21st day of May, 1955. J. E. WISEMAN, Mayor, Commencement |Goff Appointed Set At Pomaria t Commencement exercises t^t Pomaria school will begin on Sun day, May 22, at 8 o’clock. At this time, Rev. Miles T. Cullum will deliver the Baccalaureate Serm on to tin graduating class. Rev. C. L. Richardson will serve as Uturglet for tbi f occasion. On Thursday evening. May 26, 8 o’clock, the .seniors will present their class night and graduation program. The program will be in two parts: ' Part I—Command Performance. li lomas. The Valedictory and Salutatory will be given by Harriette Grah am and Jessie Livingston, res pec tively. James D. Brown, County Super intendent of Education, will de liver State High School diplomas to 20 seniors. Those receiving diplomas are: Walter Britton, Betty© Cald well, David Cromer, Miles Cull- um, Josephine Doolittle, Estelle Gilliam, Geneve Graham, Harriet te Graham, Bobby I card, Imogen© Livingston, Jessie L i vi n g s t o n, Margaret Dare Lominick, Howard Earl Meetze, Jewel Moates, Mil dred Ruflf, Patricia Shealy, Ger tie© Smith, Raymond Smith, Mar garet Waites and Pauline Wicker. The public is most cordially In vited to attend these exercises. Superintendent Bush River Area Arthur L. Goff, of Saluda, has been appointed area superintend ent of the Bush River area schoolsr according to an announcement made this week by the county sup erintendent of education. He re places Hugh M. Kolb wboshae re signed after holding that position for a number of years. Mr. Goff has been area superin tendent of the Ridge Spring-Mo- netta area schools in Saluda Coun ty prior to accepting his new posi tion^ He ir* fcnUhitte of Clemson €o*2ec» lit the churn of 1949 and received his Mafter of Education degree from the University of South Carolina in 1964. Mr. Goff is married and is a member of the Methodist Church. He and Mrs. Goff are expected to arrive in Newberry by July first when he will begin his new duties here. They will live in the super intendent’s home adjacent to the Bush Fiver school. Sunday Rites For • John Haltiwanger John Adams Haltiwanger, 80, year-old Chapin farmer, died at his home early last Satuoday fol lowing an extended illness. He was a member of the Mt. Horeb Lutheran church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ernest C. Shealy of Chapin; three sons, Clarence of Columbia; Carol of Chapin; and Claude, of Camden; two brothers, Charles of Lexington; and J. Olander, of Chapin; two sisters, Mrs. Holley Shealy and Mrs. J. B. Addy, both of Little Mountain; 15 grandchild ren and great-grand children. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon from Mt. Horeb church and interment was in the Cumalander cemetery. MINOR SURGERY Mrs. Forest Lominack was ad mitted to the Newberry County Memorial hospital Monday night where she underwent minor sur gery Tuesday morning. She is re covering nicely and expects to re turn to her home on Glenn street in a few days. A. P. Parrott Is District Commander A. P. “Pete’ Parrott was elected Commander of the 6th District of|* the American Legion at a meeting hold Monday night. May 11. Mr. Parrott has been commander of American Legion Post- 24 and has held tk number of other offices in the local organization. . - Methodist Women * At Edgefield Meet Attending the Officers’ Training Day of Zone No. 4 on May 17 at Edgefield Methodist Church, Edge field were Mrs. L. E. Gatlin, secre tary of Christian Social Reiatiom and Local Activities; Mrs. F. Scot Elliott, Secretary of Missionary Education; and Mrs. L. G. McCul lough, secretary of Status of We men, of the Greenwood Distric Woman’s Society of Christiai Service. District officers conduct ed training classes in their specia phases of work. Mrs. J. L. Burns is recuperatin hjt the Newberry county Memorie hospital where she underwent a: appendix operatioq Saturday nigh She expects to return to her horn on Boundary street in a few dayi (The birthday list for last week wae inadvertently omitted. 'It is given below.) t May 18: Mrs. Leila B. Wil liams, D. J. Williams, Mrs. Lois W. Huckaby, Mrs. Pressley N. Boozer, May 14: Mrs. Floy Hancock, Alfreida Hipp, E. C. Rinehart, Clifford Smith, Connie King, Harry Hughes, Phyllle Boozer, Carol Ann Waters, Patricia Shealy, Kirk Beckwith, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Gates (Mary Ann Davis) Beokwith. May 15: Mrs. Frank Lominack, Jr., John Wilson, Toby Willie, Doris St. John, Charles Senn, Sarah Scarborough. May 16: Miss Pearl Amick, Mrs. J. W. garner, Martha Dip- ner, J. Fred Epting, Jr., Mrs. H. L. Boulware. May 17: Ralph Lee Wilbanks, Jr., Bonnie Boland, Linda Allen Martin, Jerry Alewine, Gertrude B. Force, Mrs. Forrest Boozer, Jewel Connelly, R. E. “Bobby’’ Hanna, Jr., Eleanor Amick, Mrs. Hack Wallace. May 18: Mrs. Olgie Shealy, Mrs. Jackson W. Taylor, Bruce GREETINGS ' Vv* • ’ ' f •. Lipscomb, David L, West. May 19: Charles Smith, Mrs, J. E, Stephens, Steve Price, Ralph E. Rowe, Jr., Rev. G. H, Hodges, Mrs. Olin Berry, Mrs, Leslie Wood, Lee Mayer. May 20: James I. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. George T. Davenport, Mrs, Forrest Lominack. May 21: Franpes Swittenburg, Sadie Crooks. May 22: Mrs. R. W. Culbert son, Mrs. C. B. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. W. H. Shannon, Sr., Mark Hughes. May 23: James Smith, Jr., Mrs. Johnson Hagood Clary, Mrs. Mary Lee Hutto Darby, Gerry Dominick, Mrs. J. T. Am ick, Bobby Hanna III. May 24: Mrs. James Leavell, Mrs. Floyd Bradley, Leroy Wil son, Mrs. Claude Buzhardt, J. P, Boozer, Mrs. C. L. Perkins. May 25: David Williams, Ruth Jackson Amis, John F. Clark son, J. P. Fellers, Jr., Mrs. Nora Davis, Frank Kolb* William WII- son, Mrs. J. T. McCrackin, Mac Ashbaugh. May 26: Mrs. Delia Koon, Billy Tedford, Carolyn E. Duckett,