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You never really appreciate
the flexibility of the human voice
until your wife stops scolding to
answer the phone.
We are fast approaching sum
mer . . . the season when cildren
will slam the doors they left open
all winter.
VOLUME 21—NUMBER 8
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA.THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1955
4 $2.00 PER YEAR
By the way ..
By DORIS A. SANDERS
IT HAS BEEN a long time since
this column has been seen in The
Sunpaper. So long, in fact that
even the name of the writer has
changed, although the writer is
the same person. There is no as
surance that the column will ap
pear regularly in the future, be
cause most of my time is being
demanded by two baby daughters,
it might turn into a column on
Infant Care. However there are
one or two items I wanted to
mention this week.
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There is an old saying that you
can’t believe everything you read.
TO have to admit that it’s true,
w hen it concerns the last few
issues of the Sunpaper. Some of
it has been carelesness on the
reporter’s part; some on the part
of others. A couple of issues ago,
■we were glad to report that Har
ry Moose had been made post
master of Newberry. Seems that it
wasn’t true at all. About 11:30
on pressday morning, Harry had
received a telegram from Strom
Thurmond’s office advising him
that his nomination had been con
firmed by the Senate. About six
o’clock that evening, after the
paper had gone to press and was
in the postoffice, the Senator’s
office sent another telegram—
the first was an error. His nomi
nation had only been received by
the Senate. not confirmed. I
noticed in Saturday’s Greenville
News that it has now been con
firmed, but it might be a good
idea to wait until the official pa
pers come through before we
etart congratulating Harry again!
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246th Band Performs
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On the occasion of Secretary | saxophone; Glenn L. Stewart,
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In the Sunpaper two weeks ago
there was a headline to the ef
fect that Mayor Wiseman was
seeking a third term in the forth
coming elections. Actually; the
Mayor is now serving his third
term and is looking for the
fourth. That was carelessness on
the part of this reporter in as-
_ _ something and not check-
‘ tSe-4t must be that the
city has been operated so effici
ently for the past five and a half
years that it just didn’t seem
that long.
A few weeks ago, someone
mentioned the song “Davy Croc
kett.” When I said that I hadn’t
heard it, I was told not to let
anyone know I hadn’t; that I
would be considered a hermit. I
don’t believe we have quite got
ten to the hermit stage, but I
still haven’t heard the song.
Guess I’ll have to call Jimmy Cog
gins and have him "play it over
WKDK by appointment sol’ll be
sure to hear it. About the only
chance I would have would be
yvhen both babies are asleep—
and who ever heard of getting a
four-monther and a two-year-old
to sleep at the same time?
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STUDENTS OF SPEERS STREET SCHOOL, GRADE 1-A, taught by Mrs. Beale Cromer, are,
left to right, first row: James Thomas Meeks, Larry Stevens, Rita Porter, Edwin Wicker, Randy
Yates, Dianne Moore. Second row: Tommy Spotts, Flub Edwards, Dale Morris, Lenny Mack, Mary
Fulmer Wells. Third row: Bertha Phillips, Claire Whitaker, Mike Perkins, Phyllis Ann Tolbert,
Jerry Kneece. Fourth row: Jimmy Morris, Stanley White, Ann Marshall, David Proctor, Terry Rol
lins. Fifth row: Pope Johnson, Wayne Moates, Martha Jo Rinehart, Sue Jacobs, Dianne Turner,
James Earle Hamm. Sixth row: Betty Jean Brewington, Mary Susan Long,, Bobbie Swindler, Kathy
Wood, Billy Roberts. Seventh row: Miss Patricia Paris, practice teacher, Mike Hite, Larry Mills,
Joyce Tucker, Tommy Longshore and Mrs. Cromer. (Photo by Nichols.)
There have been some doubts
' about the Salk polio vaccine and
many parents have been won
dering about letting their child
ren take it since it seems to have
had bad effects in some parts of
"the country. One mother we.know
was concerned about it and ask
ed her doctor what he thought.
The doctor replied: “Well, I’ll
tell you what I think of it. As
soon as it is available. I’m going
to give it to my children.” That
should be as good an answer as
you would want.
Youth May Win Free Camping Trip
Columbia, June IS.—The Ninth
annual Boys Forestry Camp, spon
sored by the S. C. State Com
mission of Forestry will again be
held at Camp Forest. Cheraw
State Park August 1-6. according
to County Ranger M. E. Wilson,
Route 2, Newberry.
Any hoy between the age of 12
and 15 who is interested in for
estry and would like to attend
this camp should write a letter to
the County Ranger of the county
in which he lives telling ‘Why 1
, Would Like To Attend Forestry
* Camp.” The boy whose letter is
judged best among all that are
: received by the Ranger will be
I selected to go to camp free of any
| expense. All letters must be in the
hands of the County Ranger on
or before Thursday, July 14. The
boy’s letter should be accompani
ed by written consent of his par
ents to attend camp in the event
he is the winner of the contest.
Camp Forest, one of the group
camps at Cheraw State Park, of
fers facflities for all forms of
outdoor study and recreation. An
interesting and instructive week
is being arranged which will cov
er subjects in forest management,
forest fire control, and state park
facilities, as well as a healthful
recreational and athletic program.
Every precaution for health and
safety will be observed and the
entire cost of the camp, including
transportation, will be borne by
the State Commission of Forestry
One of the things I hate most
to see is a roach. And it seems
that no matter what you do in
your home to get rid of them,
they will come back. Since they
can fly, all you have to do is open
the door and you have them back
in the house again. The solution,
it * seems to me, is to rid the
whole town of roaches, just as
the County and Home Demonstra
tion Agents are making an attack
on them in the county. About
the best roach homes we have
seen are the storm sewers, and
drains and water meter boxes,
city property. It would he im
possible to keep them from inside
homes while they are allowed to
breed in such places. I talked the
other day about this matter with
City Manager Ed Blackwell. He
agrees that there is nothing quite
so filthy and annoying and said
that, given authority, he could im
mediately put the machinery in
operation to spray all sources of
roach-breeding on city property.
He emphasized, however, that it
would do little good unless the
public cooperated by eliminating
roach breeding places on its own
property. If the city is willing to
try, I think the public would be.
Mayer Adjutant
Veterans Group
John A. Mayer of Pomaria was
elected adjutant and quartermas
ter of the South Carolina Spanish-
American War Veterans at the
recent convention in Rock Hill. J.
H. Cope of Greenville was named
state commander of the group.
Greenville will be the site of
next year’s convention of the
veterans organization.
Building Permits
June 15: H. S. Elrod, general
repairs to dwelling corner Pope
and Brown streets $30.
June 15: Richard L. Baker, gen
eral repairs to dwelling 1228 Wal
nut street, $50.
June 17: George Rikard. re
pairs to service station on Nance
street $350.
June 17: Ellerbe Sease repairs
to dwelling 1327 Hunt street $180.
June 18: C. W. Jones repairs to
dwelling 615 Caldwell street $75.
Maybe council could get together
in a quick meeting and authorize
action on a program such as this
before the nuisance becomes any
worse.
Inactive Reservists Be
Given M-Day Assignment
A new Emergency Reinforce
ment plan whereby officer and
enlisted personnel released from
active duty with eight-year obli
gations are designated for speci
fic assignments in the event of
mobilization will be initiated in
Continental U. S. Army areas, be
ginning July 1, department of the
Army has announced.
The plan is designed to assure
the prompt filling of recall quotas
during early phases of a mobili
zation, as well as to encourage
voluntary participation in Nation
al guard and Army reserve train
ing programs.
Men selected for emergency re
inforcement designations will be
from among those who are not
participating as members of re
serve component units.
These reservists will be desig
nated for three-year periods as
reinforcements to active Army
units or installations and to Nat
ional guard and Army Reserve
units located as near their homes
as practicable.
However, the reinforcement
designations can be terminated by
men who enlist m the Regular
army or a National guard unit, or
those who volunteer for assign
ment to an Arpiy Reserve unit
with the objective of full time and
active participation.
The plan will not be applied to
obligated reservists who have un
dergone hardships and suffering
in, or as a result of, combat.
The reinforcement designations
are not “assignments” in the or
dinary sense. The men will not
become organic parts of their res
pective organizations, merely be
ing pre-selected for assignments
on or after M-Day when the nnit
and individuals are ordered to ac
tive duty.
In all cases the designations
will be limited so as not to cause
any unit or installation to exceed
115 per cent of its authorized
strength plus emergency reinfor
cements.
Obligated reservists who have
had prior National guard or army
reserve service will generally be
designated to National guard or
Army Reserve units, respectively,
Department of the Army said.
of the Army Stevens’ visit to
Newberry a couple of months ago
an army band from Fort Jackson
was on hand to greet him. A few
weeks later, the 246th Army band,
South Carolina National guard,
layed a concert on the Court
duse squares. Someone who
eard both concerts later remark
ed that the Fort Jackson band
couldn’t begin to compare with
the 246th—and that is the repu
tation the 246th Army Band un
der the direction of Chief War
rant Officer Charlie Pruitt, has
gained.
'? The 246th Army Band was
organized in February 1947 at
‘Greenwood under the leadership
Of CWO Ben M. Hughes of that
^pity. It was relocated in Newberry
October 14, 1948 and Mr. Pru-
took over as band director on
ober 14, 1950. Authorized a
ength of one chief warrant of-
er and 28 enlisted men, it
cks only two men being up to
trength. Evidence, that the men
Of the 246th enjoy their work
^rith< the National Guard unit is
» 98.1 percent attendance at
trills during the year 1054, and
the fact that two men will receive
16-year medals and one a ten-
tear medal at Camp Stewart this
Bummer for that many year’s
Service with the South Carolina
Rational guard. Receiving the 15-
year medals will be SFC Glenn L.
Itewart and Sgt. Rufus H. Suit.
e ten-year medal will go to Sgt.
arold J. Leopard. Two members
the band have previously re
ceived ten-year medals.
I Although originally attached to
the 107th AAA Battalion, the
246th Band was later attached to
e 228th AAA group when its
dquarters was moved to New
berry in 1952. It accompanies the
128th Group on convoy to Camp
Itewart and trains with the group
ere each year. One qf the du-
*>f the bang la .UL^reet visit
ing “VJPS”—Very Important Per
sons—who come to Camp Stewart
during the summer encampment
on inspection tours.
The band plays ‘ wherever the
Adjutant General orders.” Among
the events at which it performed
last year were the Sesquicenten-
nial celebration at Gaffney and
the “Miss Universe” parade in
Greenwood. A 14-piece dance band
composed of members of the 246th
and called the “Colonels” plays ’
for dances. During camp last sum
mer, it played^ for dances at the
Officers club, non-commissioned
officers club and at service clubs
for the enlisted men. The band
plays several concerts a year on
the public square in Newberry,
and takes part in special celebra
tions.
Members of the Band drill each
Sunday afternoon from 2 until 4.
During each year, the members
must qualify on small arms firing
on the U. S. .30 calibre carbine
M-l.
Payroll for the 246th Band in
1954 amounted to $8,377.40.
Members of the band, their du
ties, the instrument they play and
former service, if any, are as fol
lows:
Chief Warrant Officer Charles
P. Pruitt, band director, Air
Force; MjSgt. Louis O’Neal Clamp
Assistant Band Director, trumpet.
Sergeants First Class: Gene
Shealy, supply sergeant, baritone
first sargeant, trumpet.
Sergeants: Willie Robert Gil
liam, drums, army; Harold J.
Leopard, Assistant supply ser
geant, troipbone; Herman A. Leo
pard, baritone. Air Force; Rufus
H. Suit, French horn and piano,
army.
Corporals: John M. Davis, trom
bone; Bobby A .Gilliam, saxa-
phone; Herbert L. Gilliam, French
horn; Jack O. Goree, clarinet,
clerk; Ernest C. Kibler, clarinet;
Cecil F. Leopard, flute and pic
colo, Navy; James B. Leopard,
Clarinet; Walter A. Leopard,
trombone; Charles N. Martin,
bass drum; Toni N. McCullough,
clarinet; William H. Nobles, Jr.,
snare drum; Horace M. Ward,
bass; Ray Doug Ward, ten sax
ophone; Jim P. Williamson, clar
inet; Marion L. Williamson, trom
bone. f
Private First Class: Ralph C.
Gilliam, snare drum; Clyde E.
Hopper, bass horn; Melvin D.
Price, trumpet; Pvt. Robert E.
Bouknight, trumpe£.
Registration Board
Be Open On July 5
The Newberry County
Board of Registration will
be open on Tuesday, July
5th instead of July 4th
which is a holiday. Any
person wishing- to get a
registration certificate in
order to vote in the city
election is asked to apply
at that time at the Board’s
office on the second floor
of the County Court house.
Those who have lost certi
ficates, or wha have chang
ed precincts may be issued
new, certificates by the
Board. .
31 Guilty Pleas
In Court Monday
Terry Improving
In Tennessee
James L. Terry, who was ser
iously injured in an automobile
wreck near Newport, Tenn. last
Saturday afternoon, was reported
to be improving Wednesday at the
Mims Clinic in Newport. Mr. Ter
ry suffered a broken veterbrae
and lost complete use of his arms
and legs temporarily. According
to information received from Mrs.
Terry, he has regained use of one
arm and leg and expects to re
gain full uSe of his limbs in the
near future. Doctors attending
Mr. Terry said that he could not
be moved for two weeks.
Mr. Terry was injured and his
son, Jimmy suffered bruises and
scratches when they were en
route to Knoxville. Tenn. where
Mrs. Terry had been visiting her
parents since the previous Wed
nesday. The Terrys were driving
down a wet and slippery moun
tainside behind a gravel truck.
The car was said to have gone
out of control when it hit gravel
on the wet road and wetit on a
narrow shoulder then down the
side of the* mountain, overturning
several times before it came to
rest. »
Mr. Terry is with the Railway
Express Agency in Newberry.
Thirty-one defendants entered
guilty pleas and received senten
ces during the first day of crim
inal court which convened at the
court house Monday morning with
Honorable Steve C. Griffith on the
bench. Twelve cases were con
tinued until next term of coiirt,
four were placed cn the contin
gent docket and four nol pressed.
The trial of Ernest Bishop for
the murder of Milton Cannon on
March 7,. 1954 began Tuesday
morning and had not been com-
ress time.
pleted at prej
The following cases were die-
posed of:
Carl Oi^sns Smith; Charles M.
Hardin, George E. Wheeler, Vic
tor Ray' Smith, Roy F. Chappell,
drunken driving, second offense,
sentenced one year or $1000, up
on service of three months or
payment of $250, balance suspen
ded and placed on probation for
two years.
Tillman , Lester Starnes, drunk
en driving, second offense, one
year or $100*0; sentence suspended
and placed on probation for two
years.
Mar£ Prances Pitts, violation of
liquor law, one year, on payment
of $100, balanced suspended and
placed on probation for three
years.
Thelona Tobe, violation of the
liquor laws, 18 months, after ser
vice of four months, placed on
probation; J. C. Dominick, operat--
ing nuisance, 18 months, upon
service of four months placed on
probation for ^hree years; James
Arthur Cook, assault and battery
with intent to killl, plea of guilty
to simple assault, 3d days suspen
ded during good behavior.
Rudolpft Run ter, assault and
battery of a high and aggravated
nature, ocqjLyqar, after service of
three months ,or payment of $306
placed on ‘p&batiofc two iyeaVa;
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$106T ^
Maybin, committing an affray, ’8
months and placed on probation
two years; Julius Smith and Isiah
Graham, committing an affray, six
months* probation for two years;
Will Cole, junior and Lomas Gill-
man, Committing an affray, six
months, probation two years.
Willie Maybin, housebreaking
and larceny, eight months; Jimmy
George, Edward E. Roach and
James Connor, larceny and rece
iving stolen good?, pled guilty to
malicious mischief, given three
months, suspended, probation for
two years.
William Byrd, V. W. Sinclair,
Herbert Griffin, Etholia Qraham,
Clarence Davenport, Sylvester
Shelton, Eugene Harmon, non-sup
port, given various sentences with
amounts to pay for the support of
their dependents each week.
Reubin Singley^' bastardy, sen
tenced to pay $5 a week to sup
port of his child; Gus Gary, bas
tardy, < sentenced to pay $6 a week
to the support of his child.
Contthued cases were: Thomas
Milton ‘Nichols, drunken driving,
third offense; George W. Fields,
involuntary manslaughter, reck
less homicide; Taft Thomas, as
sault and battery with, intent to
kill and carrying concealed wea
pons; Thomas B. Wise, involun
tary manslaughter and reckless
homicide; Joseph Marion Waters,
non support; A. L. Foy, John H.
Schumpert, Cleo Miller and C;:rl
Haskin, drunken driving, second
offense; Billy H. Turner, murder;
Hope Walker, housebreaking and
larceny; Carroll Williams, bastar
dy. Placed on contingent docket:
Marshall Berry, obtaining goods
by false pretense; Eugene Davis,
alias Eugene Rutherford, house
breaking, larceny and receiving
stolen goods; Gregg Edward
Counts, drunken driving, second
offense; Willie Cole, Jr., burglary.
The following cases were uol
pressed: Leon Terry, Lewis Hill,
junior, James Rain and Charles
Branks, house breaking, larceny
and receiving stolen goods.
Newbeiry Whiner
Safety Citation
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The town of Newberry won a
special citation for having no
pedestrian deaths or injuries dur
ing 1954 in the American Auto
mobile association’s Idftt National
Pedestrian Protection Contest the
South Carolina highway depart
ment has been informed.
Chief Highway Commissioner,
C. R. McMillan was a ‘ member of
the board of judges which assem
bled recently in Washington to
judge this sixteenth national ped-
estrain safety contest. South
Carolina was one of the seven
states. in the nation to be recog
nized for outstanding leadership
in pedestrian protection.
New Regulation
ats
A new law regarding the use
of. boats for hire on public reser**
will go into effect July first,
ig to A. ’ A- Richardson.
Ikw rtah^iteiollows
require ene life
for every occupant of boats oper a
ated for hire on public reservoirs,
except Clark’s * Hill; to require
the inspection of all boats offer
ed for hire; to authorize wardens
to order into shore all boats con
sidered unsafe; overloaded or be
ing operated in a manner danger
ous to the occupants or others.
Baker Patient At
Columbia Hospital
Richard L. Baker is a patient at
the Columbia Hospital where he
underwent major surgery Tuesday
afternoon of this week. He was
reported to be doing as well as
could be expected Wednesday
morning.
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MEMBERS OF THE 246TH ARMY BAND, South Carolina National Guard, helped roll out the wel
come mat for Major General John C. Henagan when he visited Camp Stewart during the summer
training of the Newberry guard units.
There will be a meeting of T.
W.IX.A Local Union No. 324 at
Mollohon Sunday afternoon June
36, at 3:00 p. m. in the school
building. All members are es
pecially urged to attend. Visitors
are welcome.
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
June 24: Susan Lipscomb,
Mildred Glymph, Mrs. Wiiliam
R. Buford, Clarence Kinard, Jr.,
“Skipper” Hunter, Jimmy
Touchberry, grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. John T. Cromer.
June 25: Mrs. H. B. Wells,
Oswald Copeland, Elizabeth G.
Norris, Jimmy Counts, Bobby
Jollay, W. T. Vanderford.
June 26: A. E. Hazel, Robert
Luther Shealy, Mrs. Frank
Stevens, Jr., Mrs. Ralph P. Ba
ker, Bruice Lipscomb.
June 27: Elsie Long, Mrs.
Euston Richardson, June Wal
ton.
June 28: Mrs. Douglas Horns
by, Jr., Olin Layton, Mrs. T.
Roy Summer, Sr., Lonnie Gil
liam, Mrs. R. M. Lominack, Mrs.
C. C. Hutto, Kenneth Ross Har
mon, Frances Derrick, Tommy
Ann Werta, Mrs. H. D. Hollings
worth, Harriett Ann Senn, Ed
die Blackwell.
June 29: Miss Annie Abrams,
Eve Welling, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Arthur Welling, Mrs.
Ralph Wilbanks, Pauline Wick
er, Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Duck
ett, J. E. Kinard.
June 30: Mrs. Kirby Lomin
ack, John L. Epps, Jr., Mrs.
Ethel Swygert, Mary S. Wat
kins. Mike Wiggers, Edwin
Nichols, D. R. Son.
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