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THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1955 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE SEVEN Sheet Metal Contractor—Heating—Air Conditioning Licensed Gas Fitters CAROUNA METAL WORKS College Street Extension A. G. McCaughrin, Pres. & Treas. Phone 115 DRY CLEANING & LAUNDRY We are now featuring style set fin- frnrrru) ish with Sanitone Dry Cleaning. The secret that keeps silk, rayon and cotton dresses crisp, full bodied and like-new longer. Select a Laundry Service to suit your needs. DAMP WASH, FLUFF DRY, THRIFTY BUNDLE or FINISHED BUNDLE. Phone 310 for Prices. The Newberry Steam Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. 934 Main Street. Phone 310 SEW AND F^rSAVE! — WEEKEND SPECIALS — At Carolina Rmnant Shop DAZZLE PRINTS Solid colors 36 inches wide 69 cents per yard Carolina Remnant Shop LOANS FOR HOME FINANCING To Buy * To Build To Repair * To Remodel • To Refinance ''Save IVAere Hundreds Save Millions" The STATE BUILDING and LOAN ASSOCIATION PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, Sec.-7reos. 1117 BOYCE STREET THE BELFAST BUILDING NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROUNA V SEW AND SAVE Mutual Security Bill Passes The Senate has now passed the President’s request for $3.5 bil lion in foreign aid authorizations during the fiscal year 1956 and has sent the bill to the House for further action. The mutual security bill was approved by a vote of 59 to 18. I voted for the final passage, after supporting amendments that would have cut the authorizations by more than a billion dollars. In addition, I favored amendments to convert more of the economic aid grants into loans and anoth er measure to earmark $50 mil lion of the authorizations for distribution of American farm surpluses. Both amendments to . raise the percentage of loans were defeated, but the farm sur plus amendment won approval. Vote To Cut Economic Aid In voting to trim foreign aid spending, I did not vote to cut any direct military assistance. I believe we must provide the nec essary military arms and assist ance to our allies in order to pro vide for the defense of America and the rest of the free world against Communism during the cold war. At the same time, how ever, I favor lending economic aid and not giving it away. That is why I voted to trim economic de velopment funds and to convert more of these authorizations into loans. George, Barkley Defend Bill Senator Walter George of Geor gia, chairman of the Foreign Re lations committee, warned the Senate we would weaken the President’s hand at the forthcom ing Big Four conference if we crippled the aid program. Anoth er veteran legislator, Senator . Al- ben Barkley of entucky also stoutly defended the bill against cutbacks, urging patience until the cold war could be ended. Another fight is scheduled in the Senate when the foreign aid appropriations bill comes up for action. That measure will con tain the funds authorized by the hill passed last Thursday. Segregation Decree Views The U. S. Supreme court has handed down its long-awaited de cree as to when and how to end segregation in our public schools. It has remanded the segregation cases—one involving school dis trict one of Clarendon county— to the Federal district courts for Isn’t it about time you went to PURCELL’S for an auto loan to buy some new screens?” Honestly, there’s no sense in putting off needed repairs when you can just pick up your phone, and then stop for the cash. /Purcells “Your Private Bankers” 1418 Main St. Newberry enforcement of its May 17, 1954 decision “as soon as practicable.” Although the decree of May 31, 1955 did concede that conditions differ in different localities in regard to the problems of Integra tion, there is one point which South Carolinians must n6t for get. The court did not in any way alter its decision of May 17, 1954 in which it declared segre gation unconstitutional. Court Disregarded Constitution The court reached that decision by relying on sociologists and book-writers instead of upon the Constitution of the U. S. and a long series of legal precedents, going back to the Plessy v Fer guson decision in 1896. It gave greater weight to unauthoritative views expressed by unknown in dividuals than it did to the stud ied and time-tested decrees of a long line of distinguished men who served on the Supreme court in vears past. We in South Carolina who be lieve in Constitutional principles should not he deluded into be lieving that the court order is sued May 31 intended to modify last year’s opinion. What the de cree amounts to is implementa tion of the court’s previously stated position. Decree Will Be Contested However, as we consider how to meet and cope with this prob lem, we must not be discouraged. There can be no doubt that every effort to force upon us the decree of a court which depended on the personal • views of sociologists in stead of well-established Consti tutional principles will he con-' tested every step of the way. As a representative of the people of South Carolina, I shall continue fight for Constitutional govern ment and the rights of the states to control their own internal af fairs. Action Requested on Court Bill My bill to limit jurisdiction in school cases to federal district courts would prevent appeals to higher courts. This bill, is now pending before the Senate Judic iary committee. In a letter to the committee chairman. I have ask ed for prompt and favorable ac tion and have offered to testify or do anything possible to expe dite early action. Mrs. Crooks Is WSCS President (Delayed) The final meeting of the year of the Woman’s Society of Christ ian Service of Central Methodist Church was held on Monday eve ning, May 16. The devotional thought was presented by Mrs. P. E. Way. “This Is My Task” was sung beautifully as a duet by Mrs. P. K. Harmon and Mrs. Herbert L. Spell with Mrs. J. E. Wiseman as the accompanist. Mrs. L. G. McCullough brought to the Society highlights of the WSCS conference meeting which she had attended recently as its delegate. She said that this meet-* ing had the largest attendance in its history and was said to have been one of the best. Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Central’s WSCS president, installed the of ficers of the Wesleyan Service Guild in a most impressive serv ice. The officers of the WSCS were installed at a Sunday night service several weeks ago. Excellent reports were given by the treasurer, officers, secretaries of the various phases of work and ” by Circle leaders. Circle No. 5 with Mrs. S. C. Griffith as its represen-1 tative presented a copy of The Interpreters Bible to the church library in honor of Mrs. C. I. You- mans, its chairman. Circle No. 1 with Miss Lucy Epps as represen tative presented another copy of the Bible in honor of Mrs. Forrest Lominack, its leader. The Wesleyan Service Guild members were welcomed as spec ial guests and were highly com mended for their splendid report and various contributions to the life of the church. Mrs. F. G. Hart ley is the president. The retiring president, Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, was given a vote of thanks for her efficient leader ship during the past four years Mrs. T. P. Crooks is the new presi dent. At the conclusion of the business session, the Rev. Herbert L. Spell closed the meeting with prayer. A social half-hour was enjoyed by the large number present. Mrs. Hugh Foster and her committee served delicious refreshments. Newberry’s First Guard Unit Had Overseas Duty Name Plates Adorn 720 Rural Homes The Newberry County 4-H Club Council is making progress with the sale of mail box name plates. The continuation of this program is one of the services in the 4-H Club Council Plan of Work. Dur ing the year 108 name plates were sold by 4-H club memhere. The leader in sales is Miss Sue Corley of the Junior High School at New berry who has placed orders for 37 plates. Miss Barbara Sligh of the Newberry High school is sec ond with 16 signs sold. Aftas Judy Halfacre of the Prosperity Junior 4-H club has sold 14 signs. This makes a total of 720 uniform mail box name plates placed in the county since the program began in 1952. County Agent P. B. Ezell said that local newspapers, the Agri culture Committee of the Cham ber of Commerce and the radio have rendered valuable service in advancing this program. Anyone wishing to place orders for mail box name plates may do so by depositing $1 with 4-H club members or placing their order at the County or Home Agent’s office in the Agricultural building. 1 REMEMBER BY THE OLD TIMERS CAMERA QUEEN . . . Cathy Stanley, 18, of Union City, N. J., shows form which won her title of Miss New Jersey Press Pho tographer Queen in Newark test. No. 2Z4S la cat In sties IS, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Sisc IS: Dress and Bolero. 4 yds. 30-lii. No. 474 Malti-eolor pussy-cat transfers Include 4 heads. In red and prey for coveralls, play salts, 12 smaller kitten (lt^ inches) for nse on bibs, pajamas. No embroidery needed. Send 30£ fer EACH dress pattern, 25< for each Needlework pattern, to AU DREY LANE BUREAU. Box 3«0. Madi son Sqnare Station, New Vork 10, N. V. Then new SPRING-SUMMER FASH ION BOOK, with seeres ef additional styles, 2fid extra; Needlework Galdo 26* extra. From Mrs. Edward Koch, Ft. Recovery, Ohio: I remember when ( was small no one had any cover ing on their kitchen floor and they had to be scrubbed every day. Li noleum had not been made until years later. We had no granite- wear either, all the cooking had to be done in heavy iron pots and skillets. My mother had a brass kettle that used to go the rounds of the neighborhood at preserving time and it had to be kept bright. In order to do this, we had to get a soft brick and pulverize it and that is what we scoured the kettle with, as well as our steel knives and forks that we used every day. A few years later we were over joyed to get coffee already roasted, in one pound packages. I remem ber the color of the packages and the names; oae kind was "Lion” and the other was “Arbuckle.” We children always liked the "Lion” because there was always a picture in each package. • • • GOES TO HOT SPOT . . . G. Frederick Reinhardt, new U. S. ambassador to Viet Nam, re places Gen. J. Lawton Collins, who was recalled to Washington. Sooth Dakota: I remember on the traffic lanes 80 years ago there was a sign: "$5.00 fine for riding or driving over this bridge faster than a walk." How many Old Timers can re member such a sign hanging on either end of a wagon bridge cross ing a river or creek in the horse and buggy days—before cars were even thought of. I’ve seen many of them. • • • (Scad eoatrlhatlaaa to tots ealsma to Tha OM Timer, Cammamity Praaa Serv- tee. v>»*fcfey4..*a»4*«hv.* Battery C, 107th Anti-aircraft Artillery, Automatic Weapons Bat talion, was the first National Guard unit established at New berry. It was for Battery C that the armory was contsructed in Newberry, and when it was acti vated on December 10, 1940 as a unit of the 107th Separate Bat talion, Coast Artillery (AA), it was commanded by Thomas H. Pope, then a captain. It is, presently commanded by Captain James C. Lester who was with the battery when it was call ed to active duty on February 10, 1941. The only other man still in the unit who was with Battery C when it was activated is MSgt. George R.- Owens, who received the Soldier’s medal and the Sil ver star for gallantry in action during World War II. As a unit of the 107th Battalion, Battery C was inducted into fed^ eral service on February 10, 1941, and went to Camp Stewart, Ga. The unit participated in maneu vers in North Carolina during the fall of 1941 and was ready for combat when war was declared on December 9, 1941. On June 10, 1942 C Battery, went along when the Battalion was ordered to Bayonne, New Jer sey, where it participated in the defenses of the New York Metro politan area until August 6, 1942 when it sailed to England. After training there, it was sent to N. Africa, landing in Mers-el-Kebir on December 5, 1942, and was im mediately assigned the task of defending Tafaraoui Air Base near Oran. It was sent to Algiers where Battery C helped in the defense of Maison Blanche airfield and on Christmas day of 1942, the Battalion engaged the enemy air craft for the first time. During the next: two months it sustained numerous air raids. Battery C went in Felbruary of 1943 to Tunisia and fought there with the 34th Division until the end of the Tunisian campaign. At the end of this campaign. Battery C was sent back to Oran to pre pare for the Sicilian invasion and was attached to'the Second arm ored division. On June *18, 1943 Tom Pope—by this time promoted to Major—was given command of the Battalion, which landed at Gela, Sicily on July 10 and was attached to the 9th infantry div^ ision. With this division. Battery C and 'the remainder of the Bat talion took part in the victorious campaign of Sicily and acquitted itself well. It later defended Bor- izzo and Milo airports at Trapani, then was moved to Palermo and used in, the defense of that port. In February 1944, it returned to North America where it was at tached to the 85th Infantry divis ion for amphibious training. In June 1944, Battery C was with the Battalion when it sailed for Italy. An advanced detachment landed in Southern France on D day with the 45th division while the Battalion itself remained near Naples under orders to go to Sou thern France a few days later. When the German air force fail ed to materialize on D day, the orders sending the Battalion to France were canceled. The Bat talion was inactivated on Decem ber 5, 1944 and the personnel utilized as general replacements in other branches of service. On February 10, 19t. / the 107th was reactivated under the com mand of Lt. Col. Pope and on March 3, 1947, Battery C was again in Newberry. Battery C is presently authoriz ed seven officers and 120 enlisted men. Its actual strength is -six officers and 121 enlisted men. All officers and 18 enlisted men have had prior service. The officers, their present duties and former branch of service are: Captain Lester, commanding officer, army; 1st Lt. William M. Minick, pla toon leader, army; 1st Lt. Frank Getting ready to fire the 40 millimeter anti-aircraft gun at the Camp Stewart, Georgia, firing range Is a gun -crew of Battery C, composed of, left to right, Sgt. Thurman H. Smith, SFC Thomas B. Harmon, CpI. John B. Smith, Pfc. Clarence D. Pitts, Sgt. Johnny J. Stribble, CpI. William P. Senn and CpI. Curtis M. Amicpc*—Nat ional Guard photo. Shown below la one of the targets at which the 40 MM gun ia fired, the “R-CAT”, radar controlled aerial target. When hit by one of the guns, this miniature pilotless plane releases a parachute which brings It safely back to earth without damage to the engine. (Photo by Robert Llndler. S. Thomasson, navy; 2nd Lt: Emerson D. Jones, assistant platoon leader, army; 2nd Lt. Robert C. Underwood, platoon leader, navy; and War rant Officer James D. Perry, unit administrator, army* The men of Battery C. train in several phases of work: head quarters administration, mess, communications, maintenance and supply, inaddition to their prin cipal job of firing the Mg guns. The Battery is composed of a headquarters platoon and two weapons platoons, the latter two platoons each having four .40 millimeter guns and four half tracks. each mounted with four .50 calibre machine guns. Mem bers of the Battery must also qualify with small arms, and they recently went on a weekend biv ouac to Fort Jackson for that pur pose. Battery C has received trophies for having the best attendance record in the battalion each year since 1950. Its 1954 record was 100 per cent attendance for of ficers, 99.4 per cent for enlisted men. It has also been the recruit ing champion of the battalion since September 1953, with a full quota of men at practically all times. In Federal inspections held since the Battery was reactivated it has received two “satisfactory” ratings, in 1947 and 1948; three “excellent” ratings, in 1949, 1952 and 1954; and three “superior” ratings, 1950, 1951 and 1953. The 1954 payroll for meq of Battery C was $26,072.07. Members of Battery C are ready for action. When the alert was sounded recently for “Operation Minuteman” the places designat ed to be “defended” by. Battery C wore being protected with guns aud crews within tjeenty minutes after the Battery received official notification of the alert. All offi cers and three-fourths of the en listed men had reported within 45 minutds. Keeping the records of the Battery straight, on a full time basis is James D. Perry. Army advisors to the Battery are Maj. Russell T. Farnsworth and M|Sgt. Edward Marshall. In addition to the officers list ed above, the personnel of Bat tery C follows: Master Sergeant: James L. Mil ler, George R. Owens, and James W. Swygert. Sergeant First Class: Carroll L. Bouknight, Virgil C. Bouknight, Howard D. Gray, Charles L. Ham by, .Thomas B. Harmon, Benja min T. Mills, Jr., Marvin O. San ders, Claude Wicker. R. Bouknight, Vernon JL Bund- rick, Harold R. Coates, Willi am R. Dickert, Willie B. Fur, George C. Force, Jr., Claude O. Graddiok, Bobby R. Hamby, William P. Kun- kle, John A. Leopard, Carl E. Liv ingston, John R. Sligh, Thurman H: Smith, Johnnie X Stribble, Furman C. Wloker. Corporal: Curtis M. Amick, George H. E. Attaway, Charlie G. Bouknight, Harold J. Bouknight, Ira 7. Bouknight, John D. Bow ers, Jacob H. Bowles, Jr., William B. Branton, Bichard A. Clopton, John F. Derrick, Frank T. Farr, Jack E. Farr, George G. Felker, Vernon D. Force, Sr., Charles A. Frick, Jessie F. Hiller, Edgar D. Jones, David P. Kinard, Thomas R. Langford; a \ Also, Donald Layton Donald L. Longshore, Thomas E. Mor ris, Bobby L. . Rtts, Clarence D. Pitts, (Meredith C. Reighley, Ez ra C. Rinehart, George F. Scar borough, John R. Seim, William P. Senn, Lionel Slaton; Ray W. Sligh, John B. Sligh, John B. Smith, Joseph K. White, Milford D. Wicker, Bennie L. Williams, Billy R. Willingham. Private First Class: Ronald W. Beck, Bobby F. Bedenbaugh, William A. Benton, Curtis L*. Bowers, James L. Dominick, Sidney L. Koon, Jr., John F. Lindler, Robert L. Lindler, Bob by G. Livingston, Gerald L*. Long, Willie V. Matthews, Joe R. Mill er, Wiss W. Moates, Donald E. Morris, John W. Pitts, James R. Sanders, Luther M. Slice, Olin D. White. Private: James O. Adams, Hervey G. Amick, John G. Bed- enbaugh, Frederick A. Bobb, Millard E. Clemmer, Jr., Robert L. Cockrell, Donald T. Cromer, David L. Crumpton, Robert E. Dalton, Harold E. Dehart, Clar ence W. Dickert, Rufus Duffle, Harold B. Folk, Harold E. Frick, James M. Gresham, Milton L. Haitiwanger* Robert D. Hamil ton, Wylie R. Hembree, Olin Hendrix; Also, Willie H. Hendrix, Hen ry A. Hester, Vernon R. Hunter, George E. Kunkle, Jacob E. Lin dler, Calvin F. Livingston, Daw- id C. Livingston, Johnnie P. Mitchell, Berley E. Morris, Jas. M. Pitts, Clarence A. Stribble, David H. Traylor, George T. Willis, John K. Wilson, Jerry L. Wofford, Johnny C. Bedenbaugh, Franklin D. Cromer, Veight W. Dominick, Bobby G. Lester, Charles P. Teague. Subscribe to The Sun