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* Some girls are like paint. Get them stirred up and you can't get them off your hands. Most men need two women in their lives—a secretary to take everything down and a wife to pick everything up. VOLUME 18 ; NUMBER 26 By The Way By DORIS A. SANDERS TRICK OR TREAT! That time of the year is coming around again with Hallowe en fall ing on Monday. October 31. I don’t know when this “trick or treat’’ business started in Newberry. When we were kids. Mother used to wrap a sheet around us and we ^vould go around the neighborhood playing like spooks or something, but to go to someone’s door and beg was something unheard of to us. In fact, the first time I heard of such a custom was when I was living on Long Island and happen ed to be spending a Halloween weekend with friends in New York jCity. The doorbell of my friend’s apartment was kept busy with “trie* or treatsters.” grown-up as well as children. After I came back to Newberry. I found that custom had evidently started here, or maybe it was going on all the time, and I just didn’t know it. Anyway, what reminded me of all of this, is a notice I see on my desk that this year, the children of Newberry are going to share their fun and “treats” with un derprivileged children all over the world. Seems that instead of col lecting candy, apples, gum or whatever you might have to give the tricksters, they will ask for pennies. These will be contributed to the United Nations Childrens’ Fund, to be used to help children in Korea, India, Burma and other members nations of the UN. Chil dren participating in this plan will wear arm bands or will have some type of identification. Among the participating group? this year are the primary, junior and intermediate groups of the Ceetral Methodist Church, and the children of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, also the junior group of Aveleigh Presby terian Church. Any other church group interested in knowing more about this program may obtain in formation by calling 191 or 969. LIBRARY ADDITION The library of Boundary Street School recently received a large collection of books, presented by Miss Blanche Davidson on be half of James and Anita Aull. They were given through the Parent-Teacher Association. The collection includes reference books, encyclopedias, novels, history books, some children’s books. Some of the books had been in the family for over 100 years, and were originally own ed by James Wood Davidson, author, editor and teacher, who wrote the first school history of South Carolina. He lived in New York, Florida, and In Newberry for a number of years, and once taught at his alma mater, the University of South Carolina. NOT FORGOTTEN Whenever I think of Boundary Street School, I remember my many pleasant days there and es pecially the teacher who “took me under her wing” when I mov ed to Newberry and entered the first grade, not knowing anyone at all. I am speaking of Miss Ger trude Reeder, who was principal of Boundary then and first grade teacher. I was especially pleased to have a note from Miss Gertrude the other day and am happy to report to all of her former stu dents and friends that she is get ting along well, and is now living in West Columbia, where she has spent most of her time since re tiring from the Newberry School system. •9 JUSTLY DESERVED An honor justly deserved was bestowed on Mrs. Robert Downs Wright two weeks ago when the 59th Annual Convention of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy convening at Clemson was dedicated to her, “for 54 years of unselfish service to the South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.” PRIVATE PREVIEW I had the privilege Tuesday of seeing a preview showing of a most unusual film, “Day of Tri umph”. The story is the life of Christ; the dialogue in most in stances is direct quotation from the Bible. Beautifully done in color, with actors of great ability, it is a film highly recommended by members of the Newberry Mnisterial Association who had the opportunity of seeing it Tues day. It will be shown at the Wells Theater in November. Watch for other facts about this amazing picture. I’d also like to mention that the Wells will be showing, at the late show Saturday night, October 27, as well as Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, the film which stars the girl from Green- NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1955 + $2.00 PER YEAR Mystery FarmNc^^^iWhos^^^ Elaborate Plans Made For College Homecoming Saturday October 29 “Dutch” Maclean Be Welcomed; Maclean Gymnasium Dedicated MYSTERY FARM No. 8—Can you identify it? If so, call or write to The Newberry Sun, telephon* No. 1. You may be the winner of a free television service 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 31. The names of those who correctly identify the far mwill be placed in a hat and 11 names drawn for winners. Names of all who correctly identify Mystery Farm No. 8 will be listed week’s issue of The Sun. (Zekan Robbins photo.) in next Indian - Quaker Gridiron Battle To Climax Homecoming Festivities week off with the Newberry preparing for After taking a comparative ease, Indians are now their homecoming stand against the Guilford College Quakers. The Indians w r ere idle last week, but practice went on as usual. The in- Indians will be in near top shape for the contest this Saturday. The Quakers dropped their fourth of four starts to Wofford last Saturday by a score of 33-21. Guilford opened their football season later than most other teams, and is yet looking for vic tory No. 1. The Redskins boast of a 3-1-1 over Furman, Wofford and Elon of North Carolina. The only loss was to Catawba and the tie was with Lenoir-Rhyne, both of North Carolina. Leading the Indian offensive at- ta^; Will be wheel and deal spec- ajifit quarterback Danny Brabham. juries are healiqg well and. .., the i, AlkfliAUx- Brabham has been a threat to all opponents this year. His ability to diagnose the defense has been a chief factor in the Red skins’ success. Backs Jimmy Has elden, Grady Ray and Paul Davis will be fielded in Newberry’s top rate backfield. Davis to date has 535 rushing yards to his credit and stands as top rusher in the state. Guilford has met w ith more than record with impressive victories ; their share of homecoming games. This will be the third homecoming contest they have played in this season. Highlights for the Indian home coming will be the return of the athletes who played under Coach Fred “Dutch” MacLean during the years of 1921-1'9S8, and the dedi cation of the - College gymnasidm to Coach MacLean. The campus will be covered with exhibits of the different organiza tions, and the merchants of New berry will have window displays for the occasion. Before the game at 8 p. m. a baton exhibition by National Champion Miss Carolyn Willis will take place. Miss Willis will be accompanied by the Allen dale High School Band. NEC Members Hear Epting Thurmond At Annual Meet By MRS. A. H, COUNTS years; Hugh M. Epting, manager; Progress was the keynote of the G eor g e stone, president; Chalmers fifteenth annual meeting of the secretary and Dave Wald- Newberry Electric Cooperative, rop, treasurer. Inc., held Saturday afternoon in Three new committeemen were the Newberry high school audi- to serve for the next three torium. The 3800 electric consum- y ear8 They are Dave Waldrop, re efs were told that a ten percent elected, and W. E. Epps and C. W. ^eduction in current would be Bedenbaugh rtown on January first of the A the rural elec . coming year, this decrease despite trification wag shown b Bob Ben . the ever increasing cost of ma- n manager of the South Caro , terials, equipment and other es- llna REA |n wh|ch u wa8 Bhown that 93 out of every rural homes now have current. Senator Strom Thurmond wa? He credited the penses. At the present rate it was predicted that the entire indebt edness of the Cooperative would be liquidated within the next fif- 1 teen years, enabling the consum- & uest speaker, ers to be supplied with current at with lighting up the rural rock bottom prices. areas of America and providing “Electricity does more than just: ^ arm families with electrical pow- give rural people light. It has vir-' er and labor-saving devices that tually revolutionized farm life,” ma ^ e ^ more enjoyable and Hugh M. Epting, manager of the comfortable. ’ local Co-op said in his report last The ^ Senator also reviewed the Saturday. He pointed out that ^ major legislative accomplishments within a year a new substation of the first session of the 84th has been built and another is Congress. He placed particular em- scheduied for construction at an phasis on legislation affecting early date. These stations located farming and textile industries, in different areas of the coops He believes that Congress will would give stronger power through act favorably on the Thurmond- out the whole area. These new sta- Eastland bill at the beginning of tions, costing over $100,000, are next session. The bill would spur being erected from funds derived the sale of surplus .cotton on the from the business without having world markets and' at the same to borrow. He also noted other time it would place an import improvements. quota on foreign manufactured Dave Waldrop, treasurer, in his cotton goods being imported in report showed that the sale of the United States, electric current during the past, In closing Senator Thurmond year amounted to $266,247.96 with said ..j know of n<) agency of the expenses totalling $186,161.52. federal government which has le ^P^ ng a n ? t 4 ° f * 86,721 ’ 44 - made a larger contribution to more Those taking part in the pro- people who really deserve such a gram were William Hunter, attor- contribution than ha& 4he~ .REA ney for the local REA for fifteen during the past two decades.” During the half-time at the Newberry College Homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 29 witb Guilford, the College Gymnasium will be formally named the Mac Lean Gymnasium In honor of For mer Coach Fred A. “Dutch” Mac- Lean. The ceremony will be direct ed by President C. A. Kaufmann. MacLean joined the Newberry College staff in 1920 as Head of the Athletics Department. During his days at Ne.vberry College, he made one of the best records in sports ever made by a Newberry student. During his first years at Newberry he finished in the “Mg Four” in football and won the state championship in basketball This he followed by winning the state basketball championship for four consecutive years. The foot ball team finished in the “Big Four” several times. In the (Continued on page 4) Newberry County Jail - u Best In South Carolina >9 Rev. Mann To Be Youth Speaker Rev Gordon H. Mann will de liver the Inspirational address on Sunday afternoon at the Interde nominational Youth Service which is being conducted this fall in the Central Methodist church of Newberry. Mr. Mann is an alum- Donkle Is New Assistant Agent J. O. Donkle of Pauline, Spar tanburg County, has recently been appointed assistant County Agent for Newberry County, and assum ed his duties here on October 1st. Mr. Donkle, who was discharged from the Air Force on August 22, nus of The Citadel, the College of i is a graduate of Clemson College Charleston, and Virginia Theolog- | in the class of 1953 with a degree ical seminary. He is now pastor in animal husbandry. of the St. Luke’s Episcopal church having come to Newberry from Christ’s church, Denmark. Miss'Edna Paysinger, president Mr. Donkle’s services will he available to the farmers of New berry County along with those pf County Agent P. B. Ezell and as- of the Senior Luther league at the sistant County Agent W. A. Ridge- Church of the Redeemer, will pre- way. side at the service which begins —*— at 3 o’clock. Lions To Sponsor Young people, between the ages __ _ „ . of 14 and 23 are urged to attend , iSlOOdmODlIe 1 Tip this service. The meeting is being I The Newberry Lions Club will conducted in the afternoon in or-'sponsor the November 8th visit of der that it will not conflict with ithe Red Cross Bloodmobile to the regular evening youth meet- j Newberry and James Clamp, chair- ings in the various churches. Rev. Herbert L. Spell is chair man of the project, has named team captains to head the drive man of the committee which is for recruiting donors. The cap planning the service. The comm-I tains are Dr. J. C. Atkison, Earl ittee was appointed by the New-lH. Bergen, Pope L. Buford, Wright berry Ministerial association. I (Continued on page 4) ville, Joanne Woodward. “Count Three and Pray.” The world pre miere of this film was held early this, week in Greenville with Miss Woodward on hand for the show ing. OLD ROSE WINNER Congratulations are in order for one flower-lover of Newber ry County with a green thumb, Mrs. Emerson Westwood. She won the coveted sterling silver pitcher awarded for the Old Rose Exhibit at the State Fair Flower Show last week. Her collection included 96 varieties of old roses. The award was presented by S. L. Latimer, Jr., editor and publisher of The Many persons, like Mrs. West- ' wood, have recently become in terested in old roses, because they are easily rooted and are grown from cuttings. Many have been handed down from one generation to the next. Garden clubs have shown increased in terest in the various varities of old roses and that interest is be ing expressed at the Old Rose Exhibit with increasing number of entries each year. ON PRESS DAY Following the general pattern set by offspring of newspaper folks, young James Martin Arm- field made his appearance on the scene last pressday, Wednesday, Draft Deferment Tests Be Given College students interested in taking the Selective Service Col lege Qualification Test have until midnight, Tuesday, November 1 to submit application, it was an nounced today by James C. Ah rams, test supervisor. The test center in this area is Newberry College. eqt joj Xiddu o^ eiqiStp eq oj test, scheduled to be given tb col lege students throughout the Unit ed States, November 17, a student must intend to request deferment as a student, be satisfactorily pur suing a full-time course of in struction, and must not have pre viously taken the test. Qualified students interested in taking this test to qualify for possible draft deferment in order to continue their college education, are urged to get their applications at any Selective Service Local Board before the November 1 deadline. \ Berley Shealy, jailor at the Newberry county jail, has every reason to take pride in the insti tution which has been placed un der his" care. The Newberry coun ty jail is “spick and span” and as shiny'as a new penny. Mr. Shealy said that years ago, there were signs on the highway leading into Newberry with the legend, “City of Friendly Folks—Best Jail In South Carolina.” He thinks the slogan is still accurate, and any one Inspecting the premises would be inclined to agree with him. The jail has recently received a new coat- of paint from top to bottom. The entrance rooms, halls, stairways are painted brown to about four feet from the floor; from there to the top, and on the ceilings, the paint is cream.All of the portions of the jail containing the cells are painted gray, floors, ceilings, walls and even the bars, which one usually imagines to be black. The inmates, if any, keep the cells clean; the oth^r portions of the jail are cleaned by Mr. Shealy and jail trusties. On the lower floor of the build ing are cells for Negro women and white women. Each cell has toilet facilities and a lavatory and in each section there is a tub with hot and cold water available. Also on the lower floor are cells for white men, the only difference be tween the two divisions being that the men’s section contains a shower rather than a tub. Upstairs there are more cells for white men and cells for Ne gro men. Downstairs, there is a padded cell. This room Is about five by ten feet in size and thick padding covers the room completely ex cept for the door, from which the padding was once torn by a vio lent prisoner. Mr. Shealy said they 1 ' had occasion not long ago to use the padded cell for a fe male prisoner who became too un ruly to handle otherwise. , There are living quarters for the jailor, and Mr. Shealy spends 24 hours a day at the jail. He is there at practically all times ex cept for about 12 hovi^ on Sun day, when he is relieved by assist ant jailor Henry Langford. At present there are only eight prisoners incarcerated at the local jail; on Sunday morning there were 23. Thus far during the month of October, Mr. Shealy has booked 63 prisoners. The most he has ever had during a one month period was 104. He stated that his inmates will run anywhere from 50 to 100 a month. Two separate prisoner books are kept by the jailor, one for county prisoners and one for fed eral prisoners confined at the lo cal jail. Each prisoner is finger- (Continued on page 4) State newspaper, in memory of 'October 19th at 5:32 p. m. He did William Elliott, former pub lisher and president of The State, an eminent lawyer and a great lover of roses. Of the 96 varieties shown by Mrs. Westwood, she grew all but about 20 herself, and most of her collection has been accumu lated in the past five years. give his father time to “put the paper to bed” before calling him to the hospital. Martin checked in at seven pounds, six ounces. His mother is the former Agnes Tem pleton, his daddy publisher of the Sunpaper. The young man has two sisters, Mary Ruth, and Carol, and a brother, Steve. PTA Group Nears Gold Leaf Award Much interest has been created by the announcement last week at the regular meeting of the Jr. Hi PTA that the organization needs only 60 additional members to achieve one-hundred percent enrollment. If these memberships can be obtained by Dec. 1, the Jr. Hi PTA will be awarded the Gold Leaf Award, which is a coveted honor. The membership committee is justly proud of the 223 parents and teachers now enrolled, and is eager to secure the cooperation of every student and parent in reaching the goal of complete en rollment during the next month. Membership dues are held at a minimum, and the money derived is spent entirely for the good of the children. During the past two years, excellent cooperation be tween school and home has been the result of programs, fellowship, and discussions sponsored by the organization. It will be a big day in Newberry on Saturday, October 29. That day has been set aside for the annual homecoming for tht alum ni of Newberry college. Indica tions are that it will be a day long to be remembered by the friends and alumni of Newberry college who visit the college cam pus. Reports from the alumni office of the college indicsfcHl full program, has be4WMBi*4«’ ready for - the day. During the morning of October 29, the students will be busy getting their Homiecoming exhibits ready for judging at 2 P. M. Each year this phase of Home coming has brought many favor able comments from the many alumni and friends who return to the “college on the hill.” Approxi mately 20 college organizations will have exhibits on the campus. In cooperation with the Merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce, many of the stores in the city will have suitable win dow displays for the event. A beautiful silver trophy Is awarded each year by the alumni office to the store having the best window exhibit. For the past two years, Belk-Beard has won first place. Beginning at 5 P. M. and run ning until 7 P.M. the annual home coming buffet supper will be serv ed. Mrs. Sara Wallace, well-known caterer, will be in charge of the meals. Tickets at $1.25 each may' be secured from alumni secretary Phil, Kelly of the college. * At 7 P. M. until 7:30 P. M. the Allendale-Fairfax band will give pre-game music. The band is un der the direction of Prof O'Neal Clamp, j*, Newberry graduate. M. until ~M«to«ff at 8 P. M. the assembly will have the opportunity of seeing a Nat ional Baton Twirler in action. In cooperation with the local V. F. W. Miss Carolyn Willis, Chesterfield, will give a baton exhibition. This young lady has brought fame to the state of South Carolina and has been most gracious in giving of her time at various events. Newberry college is fortunate in being able to obtain Miss Willh . Kick-off time Is set for 8 P. M. with the homecoming game be tween that splert !•: i team of Coach Kirkland, the 55 Indians, and the Guilford Quakers. The Indians have a 3-1-1 record to date and will be giving their all or the homecoming alumni to malia it even better. During the half-time, Presid at C. A. Kaufmann will make a faw appropriate remarks for the ded ication of the McLean gymnasium, so named in honor of the former Coach Fred (Dutch) MacLean who served as head coach at Newberry from 1921 to 1938. Special letters have been sent by the alumni of fice to all former athletes under Coach MacLean to be present on October 29 to help honor this fine Christian gentleman. Immediately following the dedi cation, the Homecoming Queen of 1955 will be crowned by President Kaufmann. This affair is sponsor ed by the college newspaper, The Indian, Miss MHldred Goddard of St. Matthews, editor, and the (Continued on page 4) JAILOR BERLEY SHEALY, shown at the entrance of Newberry County Jail, where he has served as jailor for seven years. (Sunphoto by Doris Sanders.) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS &ct. 28: Mrs. Maude Sanders, M. P. Davis, Rev. J. B. Harman, Bobby Schumpert, Betty Joyce Turner, Dan Lewis, Bonnie King, Martha Sue Fant, Mrs. Myra Cannon, Miss Cora Dominick. Oct. 29: Mrs. Welch Wilbur, Rickey Perry, Charles H. Boyd III, Wayne Sheppard, George Heller, Harold O. Cook.- Oct. 30: Miss Dollie Mae 8enn, C. Hugh Shelley, H. M. Harman. Oct. 31: Mrs. W. S. Waters, f Mrs. D. V. Knight, Mrs. M. I. Youmans, E. W. Yates, Sr., Mrs. C. W. Bedenbaugh, Nancy Lou Long. , Nov. 1: Wyche Dickert, Bran- nan Yarbrough, Louise Cobb, Jerald Smith, Mrs. Meryl Glymph, .Mrs. Dorothy Son Pyle. Nov. 2: Mrs. L. G. Eckridge, Mrs. Julia R. Smith, Mrs. Fran ces Lindemann, * Lennis Hove, Mrs. I. H. Wilson, John W. Waldrop, Lula Mae Martin, Lo retta Derrick, Harry Stone, Sr^’ A. T. Neely, Jr., F. A. Boland. Nov. 3: Bobby Ruff.