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B! I' Never hit a man when he’s down —he might get up again. Willy Bills found out old sol diers don’t just fade away when he tried on his army uniform for the parade. Read where some felfa figured out that the average woman has a vocabulary of orfly 750 words. Seems like its kind of small stock, but then there is a big turnover. Stockings that run are on their last legs. VOLUME NO. 18—NUMBER 24 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 1955 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By DORIS A. SANDERS CAMELLIA SEASON We have a news release from the South Carolina Camellia So ciety, and attached is a note to the editor which states “the article is designed to re-stimulate camel lia enthusiasm . . . which has suf fered a setback due to periods of extremely bad weather during the past spring as well as the previous two or three seasons.”—. Well, I know what they mean, but I wonder if they have much to get disturbed about? After the freezes of last spring, when camel lias and everything else seemed to be gone for good. I along with many others had the same thought —camellias are just too much trouble to bother with, to have them killed when a freeze comes along. However, most of them weren’t killed, just set back, and almost daily I look to see that the few I have are still thriving. The other day I noticed a bush just full of buds and once again I am as enthusiastic as ever to see those buds burst into blossoms. Maybe enthusiasm was lulled for a while, but I expect by the height of the camellia season it will be as high as it has been in the past. I have a little bush about two feet high, a Ville de Nantes, given to me by Judge Marvin Mann, which is struggling now to get over the freeze. I have had It six or seven years—it was only about 8 or 10 inches tall when I got it—and it has blossomed only once. But those beautiful, large white-trimmed red flowers are worth waiting a few years to see. There are no buds on ..it .this year, but perhaps next year there will be and they will make the care and worr yworthwhile. I WILDLIFE ON PARADE 'I didn’t have a chance to see it while I was at the fair grounds the other day, but I am told that the animal exhibit on the midway is something extra special. This Mystery Farm No 6 Whose Is It ? 4*? $? Z ?<%&. MYSTERY FARM NO. 6—Can you identify it? If so, call or write to The Newberry Sun, telephone 1. Yout may be the winner of a free television servioe call by George N. Martin Radio and TV, or a ticket to the Ritz or Wells Theatres. The owner of the farm may receive the photograph of his farm in an attractive easel by calling at the Sun office. Calls and letters will be accepted until noon, October 17. The names of those who correctly identify the farm will be pplaed in a hat and 11 names drawn for winners. Names of all who correctly identify Mystery Farm No. 6 will be listed in next week’s issue of The Sun. For the identity of Mystery FarmNo. 5, see ad sponsored by Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association. (Zekan-Robbins photo.) Council Business Routine; Bond Bids Opened Today Exhibits, Midway, Sunny Skies Attract Crowds To County Fair 'tv i -r r» o i Winners Listed In Many Departments; Thurmond To Be Speaker j n<)wer show , s Success At Co-op Annual Meeting United States Senator Strom ^ which R. C. Hunter of Prosperity, Thurmond will be £uest speaker at the I5th annual meeting of the Newberry Electric cooperative, Inc., which will be held October 22 at the Newberry high school auditorium, beginning at 2:30 p. m, A program of interest and en tertainment has been planned by the program committee and no tices of the meeting are being sent to 3800 members of the Co-op, ac cording to Chalmers Brown, secre tary of the Board. The business part of the meet ing will include reports from the officers and employees who will briefly outline the general pro gress made during the past year and proposed improvements plan ned for the immediate future. The nominating committee, of is chairman, has met and nomi-— 3 nated the following as candidates ! of exhibits _ was b e gjin The Newberry County Fair got under way Monday night and in terest accelerated Tuesday a s | The Jersey cattle show was held Tuesday, the Guernsey show Wed- for directorship to be voted on by members at the meeting: l ,1 Zone 1: W. E. Epps, Carl B. nesda y- Setzler; zone 2, R. C. Neel, Jr., In the community exhibits Hart- David C. Waldrop; zone 3, C. W. ford community took first place Bedenbaugh, Ralph Shealy. ] and a prize of $125.00. Diversi- Mr. Brown advised that nomi- fled farming and the part the nations were not limited to those Community center plays in the suggested by the committee, but life of the community was the that nominations would be accept-. focal interest of the exhibit. * “Back To The Soil” was the theme of the Pomaria Home Dom ed from the floor. A number of valuable door prizes have been obtained and will onstration club, winner of second be awarded during the meeting.! prize of $100, Mrs. W. E. Wicker Members must be present to be^is club president. The Higgins eligible to win a prize. The general'public has been ex tended a cordial invitation to at tend this meeting. Business of a routine nature was Connell, voting in the negative, discussed during the short meeting ^ motion passed by council at of city council held Tuesday night J jt s i as j meeting was put intb the at city hall council chambers. Within an hour, members of coun cil had transacted all matters on information comes from. reliable the agenda for the night, and had authority, one who has worked with animals for a number of years. The show, it is said, is well worth the time it takes and the admission is a donation. The animals are exceptionally well- kept for a show of this kind, and both you and the children should enjoy it. MONKEYSH1NES There wasn’t much going on at the fair, at least on the midway on Tuesday afternoon, because most Interest was in the judging of ex hibits at that time. However, at tracting much attention was a pint sized monkey who would clap its hands and tip its cap when given a coin larger than a penny, and enjoying these monkeyshines more than anyone else was another little Connie. I said last week that as we adjourned. form of a resolution and adopted Tuesday night, authorizing the sale of airport property jointly owned by the County and City of Newberry, with all monies receiv- A little discusion centered ed from the sale to be used to pur- around a report of the recreation chase additional airport lands (for commission to council that a group use in extending runways.) The had petitioned the commission to | resolution authorized the mayor furnish football equipment and j to sign the deed transferring the A low bid by Lipscomb Motor Company to furnfsh the Police De partment two Studebaker cars was aocepted. Mayor o Wiseman appointed a committee to prepare for approval of .council a business license dinance for the year 1956 and £o review applications for business licenses. The committee will be composed of E. H. * Layton, chair man; O. F. Armfield, Jr., C. A. Dufford, City Manager Blackwell uniforms for boys who were too property when the sale is com I and City Attorney Harley, large or too heavy to play midget pleted. football. The recreation commiss- j Drainage problems again faced Council was informed of the annual regional meeting of the Chest Drive To Begin Monday With a proclamation by Mayor James E. Wiseman, setting the period October 17 through Nov. 17 as Community Chest weeks for Newberry, the drive to collect funds for the participating agen cies will begin with the advance gift collections on October 17. Red Feather Day has been set for October 25 and at this time a concerted drive will be made to reach every citizen of the county to secure donations for the Red Feather agencies. Participating in the Community Chest this year are American Can cer Society, American Heart Asso ciation. American Red Cross, Boy Scouts. Christmas Baskets, Emer gency Fund, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, Carolinas United, S. C. As sociation for Mental Health, Am erican Social Hygiene Association, National Travelers Aid and USO. Mystery Farm Winners ion advised council they were in council and action was or will be favor of the request but would taken to correct conditions south like more time to consider the of Speers street between College possibility of financing such a pro- and Caldwell; between O’Neal and Wright streets near O’Neal Meth odist church; between Harrington ject before making any recommen dations to city col acil. Council ac cepted this report as information, South Carolina Municipal Associa tion at Anderson on Oct. 26. The purchase of land to obtain topsoil was authorized by council. The mayor reminded council of a special meeting to be held on street and Scott’s creek, east of Thursday (today) to receive bids with one member, Councilman Me- Glenn street. for purchase of revenue bonds. Feature Editor Miss Harriett Dickert of New r - berry is feature editor of the Gar net and Black, University of South Carolina Yearbook. Editor Mary Wise Rixey of Arlington, Va., an nounced today. before. She drove those little cars around that track as though they wouldn’t stay on the platform without her, and getting her off monkey, named the Merry-go-Round was possible only by a promise that she could ride the live ponies. She was dis appointed, though, because the and before they finished we had to leave. I’m sure all parents of young sters Will agree that the most fun is watching the children have fun. grow older we don’t seem to en joy the fair as much; I’ll have to j P° niea w ® re ^ ® atin ^ take that back because I believe I saw and enjoyed more through my daughter’s eyes on her first trip to the big show than I ever have J Home Demonstration Club of Sa luda county, Mrs. A. W, Minchew, president, was awarded third place and a prize of $86. The exhibits showed the growth of the com* munity in the period of 1945-56. In the Junior Homemaker divis ion, Prosperity High school JHA took first prize, Bush River, sec ond, and Silverstreet, third. The J Prosperity Future Farmers of Am- Winner# in the identification of ;erlca exhlb|t wa8 a , go awart6d a last week’s Mystery Farm were: j B(uo p|bb#n ^ TV Service call, given by George, ^ em|re fa|r w , th the elhlb . N. Martin Radio and TV, Miss |tg ln aU departnMmtg are of ex . Louise Buzhardt; one ticket ■ to „ „ d „ , Wells Theatre, Mrs. Claude Les- 1 ^ J V ter, Mrs. W. C. Hughes, Mrs. Mar garet Neel, Beth Boulware, Jer ome Havird; one ticket to Ritz theatre, Luther Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Edna Feagle, Miss Elizabeth Sease Mrs. Harold Pitts, Mrs. Ray Daw kins. Tickets for there winners must be* picked up at the Sun office by 12 o’clock noon October 17. Thea tre tickets will be good for one show during the wek of October 17. The TV service call, which in cludes the cost of labor only, is good for 90 days from Oct. 17. Sneers Street PTA To Meet Tonight The Speers Street Parent-Tea chers Association will meet to night, Thursday, at 8 p. m. at the school auditorium. All members are urged to attend. Members of executive commit tees are asked to meet at 7:30. In the Jersey cattle sbow on Tuesday, a Jersey cow owned by J. L. Koon was named Grand Champion of the fair, and the Grand Champion bull was ownod by W. E. Senn. The junior cham pion cow of the junior Jersey de partment was owned by Mike Epps. R. D. Steer of the extension department of Clemson college did the judging. The Newberry Council of Gar den clubs flower show and also the open flower show is proving to be one of the big attractions in the main building. Judging and awarding of prizes took place on Tuesday afternoon. Tbe Junior Garden. ( club sponsored by the Garden Study club, received aj special award for its unusual ex hibits on “Keep South Carolina Beautiful”. Two electrified ferris wheels with tiny flower arrange ments and a roadside park feat ures the exhibits with special Y. Mace Cannon Rites Wednesday Yancey Mace Cannon, 77, died Monday night at his home on Vincent street following a long ill ness. Mr. Cannon was born in the Mt. Pleasant section of this county, a son of the late George and Miner va Cannon. Prior to his retirement he was employed by Newberry Lumber company for a number of years and was amember of Mount Pleasant Methodist church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lois Gilliam Cannon; one son, Yancey E. Cannon; four daugh ters. Mrs. H. F. Mills, Mrs. D. I. Hendrix, Mrs. J.C.Nichols and Mrs. T. S. Nichols, all of Newberry; 11 grandchildren, four great grand children, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 3 p. m. at Whitaker Funeral home by Rev. Thomas E. Suber, the Rev. T. E. Derrick, and the Rev. Herbert L. Spell. Burial followed in Rosemont cemetery. Active pallbearers w«re Byrum Lawsen, Clarence Stevens, Augh- try Stokes, John William Smith, J. T. Miller and Robert Glymph. Assisting with tne flowers were Mrs. J.' T. Miller, Mrs. Robert Glymph, Mrs. William Dehihns, Mrs. Raymond Ruff, Mrs. Nora Mills, Miss Bertha Nichols, Mrs. Dewey Adams, Mrs. Billy Stokes and Mrs. Kennett Jeter. Sfe m FOR THE FIRST TIME, the Junior Homemaker Associations of the county schools entered exhibits at the Newberry County Fair. Members of the JHA are the girls of the home economics depart ments of the individual schools. Taking first place among the en tries this year was the Prosperity JHA, shown above, with the theme “Stepping Stones to Happier Homes.” (Sunphoto by Doris Sanders.) MOLLOHON LOCAL MEETING There will be a meeting of Lo cal Union No. 324 Sunday after noon, October 16 in the Mollohon school building. A committee will be elected at this time to repre sent the local union at the wage conference to be held at Char lotte November 13. All members are urged to attend. Visitors are welcome. Men Of Mars Give Help During Hurricanes, Station Although Newberry is many miles away from the disaster areas recently pounded by three hurricanes, some members of the Newberry National Guard played a part in rendering assistance to the stricken areas. And they did it right here in Newberry. The guardsmen were members of the radio section of Headquarters and Headquarters battery, 228th AAA Group ,and they freely contributed of their time to stand by at MARS —’the radio station at the armory. MARS, these men explain means Military Affiliate Radio System. Responsible for the station at the armory are Lt. Bill Neel, asistant communicatinons officer of the 228th Group, and Warrant Officer Richard Earl Addison, Group radio Warrant officer. The other mem bers of the radio section are SFC Robert Shealy, Sgt. Donald E. Harmon, Cpl. John B. West, Cpl. Russell S. Moore, Pfc. Frederick E. Lusk and Pvt Eddie Lominick. Lumber, sheetrock and some wiring for the MARS station were furnished from National Guard funds. Other materials were do nated by, and all of the work to build the radio room was done, by the radio section. Lt. Neel and WO Addison have purchased much of the equipment used; some of It Is National Guard Issue. On the panel of the station is a Variable Frequency Oscillator, two transmitters, two receivers and a speaker. Besides this equipment, the radio section has two other receivers and transmitters which are mounted on jeeps and used in field work. The radio room has been paint ed a pleasing shade of green and the panel is of stained plywood. On the door is painted the MARS Set Up For Service And Training emblem. The radio operators receive and send messages either by voice or with Morse code key.’ With the key, the local station has been able to contact such foreign coun tries as Belgium, Switzerland, Al aska, England, Cuba and Argen tina. Most of the 48 states have been contacted by voice. Lt. Neel and Mr. Addison hope to be able to contact overseas points by voice as soon as a “beam” has been erected. A 50 foot pole has already been placed behind the armory and the reception from overseas is expected to be better when the aluminum tubing beam is placed atop the polo. The members of the 228th radio section stood by at the MARS station for about 20 hours during each of the three hurricanes of this summer, transmitting mes sages as directed by the MARS net control center. Besides this emergency service, for which they receive no- pay, they each spend about six hours a week at the station, aside from their regular National Guard training on each Thursday night. The license for the MARS sta tion was issued in March 1955, as well as the amateur license. MARS call letters are AAAWEB; ama teur call letters are K4IWB3B. Two of the radio* men also hold ama teur licenses, SFC Shealy and Sgt. Harmon. It is hoped by the radio officers (Continued on page 4) warnings, “Don’t Be a Litterbug.” Winners in the Newberry Coun cil of Garden clubs fall flower show included: Dried arrangements: Mrs. E. E. Westwood, Mrs. J. N. Burgess and Mrs. Fred C. Gilbert. Mass Line Arrangements: Mrs. Ira Cousins, MYs. Price Padgett, and Mrs. J. L, Feagle. Mass Arrangements: Mrs. E. E. Westwood, Mrs. J. L. Feagle and Mrs. Derrill Smith. Roses: Mrs. I. M. Satterwhite, Sr., Mrs. Chester Hawkins, and Mrs. Cyril Hutchinson. Fruit: Mrs. Leland Wilson, Mrs. Daisy Denning and Mrs. Roy Anderson. The open flower show was also outstanding with a number Of ar rangements winning awards. Among the first-place awards in general 4-H exhibit were: Three pints vegetables, cotton school dress, Susan Crooks; three pints fruit, Brenda Kay KunkJe; container of flowers suitable for table, 4-H scrap book, tea apron, handmade place mats,, handmade luncheon cloth, handmade towels, Peggy Berley; work apron, Elma Jean Piester; handmade worked buttonhole, handmade pillow case, Joy Hunter; handmade vanity sets or scarf, Jane Bedenbaugh, —.Junior 4-H first place winners: three pints vegetables, Linda Stuck; container of flowers suit able for table, handmade towels, Beverly Lake; equipped sewing box, Elizabeth Long; cotton school dress, handmade vanity set, Judy Bedenbaugh; peasant apron, Bren da Graham; gathered skirt, Peggy . h^dmade pillow cases, handmade place mats, Bon nie Boland; handmade luncheon cloths, Ann Derrick. Canned foods department: ap ples, tomatoes, Jo Ann Hipp; blackberries, okra, turnip greens, grape jelly, Mrs. W. H. Davis; pears, pumpkin, Miss Clara Brown; beets, Helen Robertson; carrots, squash, string beans, mix ed pickle, Mrs. H. W. Lominick; sauerkraut, Mrs. Thomas Beden baugh; corn, Mrs. G. L. Halfacre; tpmato juice, soup mixt ire, beef, chicken, fig preserve 1 - apple jel ly, blackberry jelly. lum jelly, beet pickle, Mrs. H. T. Carlisle; melon, Mrs. Thomas Harmon; cu cumber, Wilma Boozer; green to mato, Jane Bedenbaugh. Winning first in the various di visions of the Jersey dairy catt!« department were W. E. Senn, Jim my Koon, J. L. Koon, ’ Fred Ful mer, Judy Halfacre, Billy Cald well, Wingard Price, Mike Epps, Robert M. Ruff, James Dominick. (Continued on page 4) Lt. Bill Neel and Warrant Officer Richard Earl Addison are shown at the panel of MARS, Military Affiliate Radio System, at the National Guard Armory in Newberry. On ’the panel are two transjnitters, two receivers, frequency meter and loudspeaker. On the side wall are shown a number of cards from amateur radio operations contacted by the MARS station. See story about MARS in this issue of The Sun. (Sunphoto by Doris Sanders.) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Oct. 14: David Lee Cartner, Mrs. O. F. Armfield, Jr., Mrs. Arthur Welling and twin sister, Mrs. Os car Riddle, Henry Livingston, Jr., Mrs. O. Hentz, Miss Bessie Thrift, Mrs. W. K. Swygert, Mrs. Wofford Cooper. Oct. 15: Larry Luther Chapman, Mrs. John T. Norris, Mae Lathrop, Mrs. William K. Lathrop, Tobie Enlow, Mrs. Henry Livingston, Brerette Graham, J. O. Koon, Mrs. R. A. Goodman, Laddie Hamm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Hamm. Oct 16: Pete Coleman, Mrs. Jas. S. Watters, J. Frank Wilson, Jas. Darby, Betty Ruth Perry, Guy V. Whitener, Jr., Billy Dominick, G. Ray Richardson, Jimmie Brown, Pope Johnson, D. J. Taylor, Shir ley Dillashaw. Oct. 17: Buford Cromer, Barba ra Helen Yonmans, Mrs. M. I. Youmans, Keith Green, Dorothy L. Senn, A C. Dominick, Linda Davis. Oct. 18: Callie Boyd Parr, Mrs. H. C. Swittenberg, C. F. Sterling, Danny Leland Hiller, Harry E. Bedenbaugh, Frank S. Thomasson, Shelbie Jean Richardson, R. E. Reece. Oct. 19: Tom Dorrity, Mrs. R. G. Carroll, John S. Glymph, Mrs. J. R. Cromer. Oct. 20: Kerry Bowers, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bowers, James Connelly, Fronle Hendrix, Mrs. George F. Ruff, Brooks Mills, Ray Darby, L. H. Sease, Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Jr.