The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, August 11, 1955, Image 5
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1955
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE FIVE
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS !
The Mayor and Council of the
<Jity of Newberry, S. C., E. L.
Blackwell, City Manager, will re
ceive sealed bids for the con
struction of Waterworks Improve
ments until 3:00 P. M. E. S. T., on
Wednesday, August 24, 1955, at
the City Hall, Newberry, S. C., at
which time and place all bids will
be publicly opened and read
aloud:
This contract will consist of
the Construction of:
One 3% million gallon per day
raw water pumping station, river
intake, and approximately 48,-
4)00 feet of 16” raw water main
together with all appurtenances.
Also 1896 ft. of 8” water main,
10,940 ft. of 6” water main; 2-8”
valvesi; 17-6” valves; 16 fire hy
drants; and 3347 ft. of 8” sani
tary fewer mains with 17 man
holes and appurtenances.
The contract may be awarded
•on the basis of the lowest bid or
bids on various sections which.
In U^e opinion of the Council, is
to the best interests of the city.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to furnish satisfactory per
formance and payment bond or
bonds.
Proposed forms of contract doc*
nments, including plans and spec
ifications, are on file and may be
examined at the City Hall, New
berry, S. C. or at the office of the
Engineer.
Copies of the documents may be
obtained by depositing Thirty dol
lars (30.00) with the Engineers
for each set of documents so ob
tained. The amount of the deposit
will be refunded to each bona
Qde bidder who returns the plans
and documents in good condition
within $en (10) days after the
•opening of bids.
If additional sets of documents
are required by the bidders, they
shall deposit the same amount for
each such additional set of docu-
ments as above; however, only
$10 of the deposit for each such
additional set of documents will
be refunded to the bidders if doc
uments are returned in good con
dition within ten (10) days after
the opening bf bids.
Subcontractors and material and
equipment suppliers shall purch
ase the plans and specifications
At $15 per set from the Engineers,
no part of which will be refunded.
Deposits for plans and specifi
cations will be in the form of a
•check made payable to B. P. Bar
ber & Associates, Inc.
The Council of the City of New
berry, S. C. reserves the right to
^reject any or all bids and to
waive any informalities in bid-
ding.
A certified check or bank draft
payable to the Clerk and Treas-
'urer of Newberry, S. C. or a sat
isfactory bid bond executed by the
bidder and a surety company, in
&n amount not less than five per
cent (5%) of the bid, shall be
submitted with each bid.
No bid shall be withdrawn for
a period of thirty (30) days sub
sequent to the opening of bids
without the consent of the Coun
cil of the City of Newberry, S. C.
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
CITY OP NEWBERRY, S. C.
J. E. Wiseman, Mayor
E. L. Blackwell, City Mgr.
ENGINEERS:
B. P. Barber & Associates, Inc.
1418 Marion Street,
Columbia, S. C.
TWO GIVE-AWAY TICKETS
By Maxine Aynes Schweiker
tpOR a few moments, the en-
* velope and its contents were
meaningless to him. Two tickets
to the season’s hit show, for this
evening, and a memo from his
boss. ‘‘Dear Adam,” it said, “My
wife’s mother is ill, and we’re
flying home. Hope you can make
use. of these tickets. Maybe one of
the other fellows in the office
would go with you.”
“Sure,” thought Adam, “maybe
one of the fellows . . The note,
written in haste, was rather ob
vious about the appeal of a quiet,
middle-aged man for the pretty,
young girls in the office. “Maybe
one of the fellows . . . who else?”
And Adam glanced moodily out of
the window.
Then he saw her waving at him,
the girl in the parallel wing of the
office building. Often 'they’d make
friendly gestures at each other if
they happened to come to the
window at the same time. She was
his dream girl, and Adam had been
content with her noticing him,
even though fifty fleet dr so of
space separated the two wings,
and their lives.
That was as far as his thoughts
went. Adam’s life hadn’t led him
to believe in the necessity for
happy endings. For years there’d
been an invalid father. Later, the
tidy sum left to Adam made little
difference in his life, for he found
security in the familiar sameness
of each day. Even the bigger,
nicer apartment he could have had
would still be lonely. Actually, the
brightest spot in his life was this
friendly, pretty girl across the
way. Adam watched her as often
as he dared. It was amazing, he
thought, how much you could
know about /a girl without even
knowing her name.
She was well-liked, he felt sure.
for he saw many of her co-workers
stop at her desk. She’d take off
those cute hom-rimmed glasses
she affected, and talk animatedly
to them. She always wore a bright
dress on a rainy day. To Adam,
that meant consideration for
others. She liked to read, he knew, ^
for often she’d spend her noon
hour with sandwiches, thermos,
and a book. To Adam, she was
perfection itself. And that anyone
so attractive would bother to wave
and smile occasionally at him was
a source of comfort.
Why not, he thought recklessly?
Why not go over and give the
tickets to her? And without wait
ing for caution to slow his steps he
hurried to her wing of the building,
to her office, to her desk. It was
still early, and only a few workers
were there.
It would be so simple. He’d just
say. “Could you use these?" and
then he’d leave. She was bending
over, searching for something in
a bottom drawer of her desk.
Hearing footsteps, she stood up.
Smiling as she recognized him,
she turned on her bright desk
light and took off the hom-rimmed
glasses. Adam noted hurriedly that
the rims were blue, like the hya
cinth knit dress she wore.
"I have these two tickets," said
Adam, and then a slow, warm
surprise began to spread through
his veins. She was just as lovely
as he’d imagined. That and more.
For her soft brown eyes were set
in a network of tiny lacey lines,
and her light hair was threaded
heavily with gray.
Adam took a deep breath and
started over. With a confidence he
hadn’t known before, he asked,
“Would you like to see a good show
tonight? With me?"
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By LYN CONNELLY
««npHE Frankie Lalne Show," a
new hour-long variety pro
gram starring Columbia Records’
singing star Frankie Laine, and
featuring top-name guest artists,
made its debut on Wednesday, July
20, as the eight-week summer re
placement for "Arthur Godfrey
and His Friends" on television . . .
Ibis program is Frankie’s initial
live television series, although the
singer has appeared frequently as
a guest star on the nation’s major
network programs . . . Laine has
ranked as a leading popular vocal
ist for the past half-decade, and
is known throughout the world via
recordings, television, radio and
night club and theatre engage
ments.
Frankie made his first appear
ance as a singer at the age of 15
in Chicago’s Merry Garden Ball
room . . . Among his most popular
records are “Mule Train,” “That’s
My Desire," “That Lucky Old
Sim," “I Believe" and “Jezebel,"
all of which topped the million
mark in sales, quite an impressive
feat for a singer . . . His most
recent Columbia release pairs the
tender ballad, “My Little One”
with the fast-moving novelty, “The
Humming Bird.”
PLATTER CHATTER
COLUMBIAGot Mitchell. .
fellow with a lot of talent, has an
other good one going in “Too Late"
backed by "Let Us lie Sweethearts
Over Again" . . . Xavier Cugat and
Merv Griffin combine talents to
continue the Cha-Cha erase in
“That’s Hot-Cha-Cha With Me!"
We prefer the lilting "Sweet and
Gentle" on the reverse side and we
expect it to head 1 the Hit Parade
very soon . . . Johnnie Ray’s latest
is "Song of the Dreamer" backed
by "I’ve Got So Many Million
Years."
TO AUTOMOBILE DEALERS—
NOTICE FOR BID
Notice is. hereby given that bids
will be accepted by the American
Legion Fair Committee for one
1955 model automobile 2-door,
standard, to be given away at the
1955 Newberry County Fair.
Bids will be opened at 12 o'clock
noon, Tuesday, August 16th at
the American Legion Home, at the
fair grounds. j
For further information contact
Frank Sutrtom, Mgr.
We reserve the right to reject
any and all bids. 15-ltCn
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4-H Members at Bob Cooper Camp
PRIZE PET . . . Little ZeQe Ol
sen, 3, wan honors for having
biggest dog at Minneapolis an
nual North Commons picnic.
The bakers of Bruges, Belgium
prepare loaves each day for the
town swans. City firemen pedal
around and feed the birds, which
bear the city’s mark on their beaks
Traffic sign near a school in an
Ohio town: "Use your eyes, save
the pupils!"
The total number of victims ol
arthritis and related rheumatic dis
eases Is greater than the combined
populations of Chicago and Los An
golas and the sufferers sustain 4
personal wage loss of an estimated
$IH billion a year.
In 1M6 there was less than 10(1
pounds ct tbs rare metal titanium,
a vital ingredient of jet aircraft
Now on* company alone is erecting
a $32,000,006 plant to produce 7,500
tons of ft a year.
It would take 5,778 candles a
month—about half a ton of them—
to furnish toe light that a modern"
home gets by electricity.
Because of variations in toe In
tensity of toe earth’s gravitational
field, a man who weighs 200 pounds
at file Equator weighs 201 pounds
on Ellesmere, Canada’s northern
most island.
HALF FISH? . . . Lyn Elliott
queen of 7to annual Miami Beach
fishing tourney (July 2 to Labor
Day), tests her tackle while clad
in mermaid garb.
BUSH RIVER BAPTIST
REVIVAL SERVICES
Bush River Baptist Church will
hold its annual eeries of revival
services August 14-19. Dr. Paul
Wheeler, pastor of Park Street
Baptist Church, Columbia, and
Rev. Paul Ifuliimgton, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, Whit
mire, will be the visiting speaker
and song leader, respectively.
Services will begin each evening
at 8:0>0 and there will be morning
sdrvicee at 11:00 Tuesday through
Friday. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
HAS OPERATION
David Ringer, who underwent
surgery in the Providence hospi
tal in Columbia Tuesday morning,
is reported to have stood the op
eration fine ‘ and is now getting
along nicely.
CARTER WILSON
REUNION SET
The Carter Wilson reunion will
be held at Mt. Bethel Germany
school house next Sunday, August
14. All descendants are invited.
ABURNING
QUESTION
Forest fires each jc*r continue to bum
more than 30 miltiofi acres of timberland
area larger than the State of Indiana.
More than 90 pciccnt of these fires are
Today more than two dozen states ate
cooperating in a national forest fire pre- *
mention campaign called KEEP AMERICA *
GREEN. It’s your duty, as a good citizen,
to join in this program by being careful
* with fire when you are in forest areas.
Champion Paper and
Fibre Co.
A group of 83 4-H club mem
bers attended Gamp Bob Cooper
last week near Summer ton. The
leaders with this organization
were Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Halfacre,
Homer Sc bumper t, Miss Barbara
Ann Wise and Miles Cullum, Rob
bie Ruff and Palmer Shealy as
junior leaders, along with Mrs.
Margie D. Freeman, county home
agent, W. A. Ridgeway, asst,
comity agent and Mrs. Margret
Coleman, asst home agent.
- During the week the girls ait-
tended the following demonstra
tions:
Home Canning—taught how to
can green beans.
Water Safety—learned safety
rules while hi swimming.
Highway Safety—taught ways
of safety .while driving on the
highways. A film was also shown
during this demonstration.
Watch Your Manners—A discus
sion on ways of Improving your
manners was given by Mrs. Free
man and Mrs. Coleman.
Let’s Cook A Meal—taught how
to carry the responsibility of pre
paring and cooking a meal.
1 Music and Recreation for Olube
—•ideas on leading games and mu
sic tor a group.
These demonstrations were
very interesting and profitable to
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The boys demonstrations were:
Safety in Handling Firearms—
were shown the correct way to
use fire arms. This will help us
a great deal when we use our
guns at home.
Concrete Mixing—this was a
very interesting demonstration
where they showed us the beet
and most economical way to use
concrete.
Tractor Driving—we were shown
how to drive and care for tractors
correctly.
Everyone learned a lot and had
a wonderful time. We are aM
looking forward to going next
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EUGENIA JOYCE COLEMAN
Mr. and Mrs. John P. (Betty
Jean Cromer) Coleoqan of Btotob,
announce the birth of a seven
pound 13 ouhCe daughter, Eugenia
Joyce born at the Newberry Coun
ty Memorial Hospital on Thurs
day, August fourth. ^
KAREN DALE HENDRIX
Mr. and Mrs. Henry David
(Mary KDatherine Harmon) Hend
rix, '337 Player street are the
proud parents of a seven pound
eight ounce daughter, Karen Dale,
born on Saturday, August 6th at
the local hospital.
LUTHER HOMER LONG
Mr. and Mrs. Homer F. (Nancy
Marjorie Nichols) Long, Route 3,
announce the arrival of a six
pound 13 ounce son, Luther Ho
mer, who arrived at the Newber
ry Memorial Hospital on Sunday,
August 7th. ,
WALTER BRUCE WALLACE
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bruce Wal
lace are receiving congratulations
upon the arrival off a son, Walter
Bruce, Jr., born at the Newberry
Memorial Hospital on Monday,
August 8th. Bruce and hki mother
are reported to be doing nicely
and expect to return to their
home, 1101 Fair street in a few
days. • • ' - •’ .i
WAYNE GENE BROWN •
Mr. and <Mrs. Gordon Brown,
1603 Johnstone street announce
the birth off a son, Wayne Gene,
bom on Sunday, August 7th at
AUGUST 11-17
The Margaret Hunter Swimm
ing pool is open each day from
9-12 am., 3-6 p.m. and from 7-9
p.m. for ay to nggrafiAll the above
hours are subject to change de-
; pending upon the weather.
All city playgrounds at West
End. Marion Davis, Main Street,
and MoHohon are open each day
from 9-12 ajn. and 3-5 p.m. and
each Saturday morning from 9 tp
12. The parents are urged to let
their children attend the play
grounds.
The tennis courts are open each
day and evening until 10 p.m. A|I
lights must be out by 10 p. m.
and no Sunday playing please. )
Thursday: 7 church softbaHHf-
Eptlng Memorial vs O’Neal.
8:30 church softball —^ Mayor
us Oakland.
Friday: 7 i church softball-
West End Bapt. vs First Baptiat-
Glann. 8-11 teen-age nRe at th#
1 Youth center. 8:30 church soft-
ball—Smyrna vs Hartford.
Saturday: 8-11 teem age nite at
Youth center. J
Sunday: 2 to 6 Margaret Hunter
Swimming pool open.
Monday: 7 church. * softball
Lutheran Redeemer vs Central.
8:30 church softball—'Hartford vs
St. Philip*- Beth Eden.
Tuesday: 7 church softball —
West End. Baptist vs O’Neal. 8:30)
church saftbaU-v-Oakland vs Smy-
Wednesday: 7 church softball 1 -—
Mayer vs Epting-Snmmer.
8:30 church softball—First Bap.
Glenn vs SHverstfeeh
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the local Hospital. Mi*. Brown is
manager of the Professional Drug
Store on Hunt street.
WANDA DIANE SUBER
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Suber,
Route 2, Pomaria, are the proud
parents of a daughter, Wanda
Diane, born at the local hospital
on Monday, August 8th.
KEITH 8ETZLER HARRIS
Mjr. and Mrs. Alva S. Harris,
Route 1, Fomtaria announce the
birth off a spn, Keith Setzler, who
arrived at the Newberry Memor
ial hospital on Monday, Aug. 8.