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At age 20 we don't care what the world thinks of us; at 30 we begin to worry what it thinks of us; at 50 we find it wasn’t think ing of us at all. What mothers should save for a rainy day is a little patience. VOLUME 18—NUMBER 27 Remember, these trying times will be the “good old days’’ in just a few years. Ambition is nothing more than a tickling around the wishbone. Marriage gives single men a new lease on life—at double the rent. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1955 + $2.00 PER Y'EAR By The Way By DORIS A. SANDERS GOLDEN GLORY By this time, most of the ad jectives I know have been used to describe the Golden Anniversary Banquet of the Civic League last Thursday night at the Community Hall. But I’ll use them again, if necessary, because I do wish that each of you could have seen the beautiful and fitting decorations in the hall. The four ladies of the decorations committee did a won derful job, and it must have been a tedious one, in gilding all the smilax that was used about the hall that night. On the lovely old- fashioned chandelier hanging from the center of the room there were entwined branches of golden smi lax; and sprays of it also were at the base of the golden candelabra on each of the banquet tables. Golden magnolia leaves and smi lax also were used around the 3- tiered Anniversary cake, which was topped with golden numerals indicating the 50th Anniversary. Bronze chrysanthemums and yel low asters used about the hall completed the decorations. Although the banquet lasted longer than I had anticipated it would, it really didn’t seem long. I believe that was because an in teresting program had been ar ranged and no one person held the floor for too long at a time. Bven with a number of politicians holding the floor, there was ho hint of a political speech. And the main speaker of the evening, Dr. James C. Kinard, just can’t be beat. His speeches are never lengthy, and if they were, I don’t believe anyone would notice it be cause they are always so interest ing. Mrs. R. D. Wright did an ex cellent job of presiding and re viewing past accomplishments of the league; and of course “Miss Mamie” Summer was her usual and gracious self in introducing guests, telling of the future work of the league and in the other parts she had on the program as president of the League for the past 21 years. It was a night of golden glory for league members, an enjoyable occasion for those not members of the league. Con gratulations are in order for all who had a part in planning and carrying out the affair! * SOMETHING NICE A reader of this column, who brought something to my atten tion once which she thought was worthy of praise, made the remark “it’s so easy to say something un kind about someone; that when one reserves praise, I like to see credit given where credit is due.’ Well, a few weeks back I had nothing nice to say about radio station WKDK. I was peeved be cause they didn’t carry the entire World’s Series. This week, I’m in a much mellower frame of mind toward the station, and what brings this up is the program one night last week for which Jimmy Coggins donated two hours free time, the program to boost mem bership in the Indian club. This is by no means the only free time which Jimmy has given for public service to the community. I believe that the Federal Com munications Commission requires that each radio station devote a certain amount of time for public service, but I’m sure WKDK goes far beyond what is required. The nice thing about it, too, is that Jimmy not only devotes the radio time, but his own, and is vitally interested in what he is doing. But to get hack to the program the other night, it was a good one, with local talent, some recordings from way back by the College N orchestra, members of the Indian Club' Coach Harvey Kirkland and sotae: members of the football teum taking part. The only sugges tion I would have had was that I believe there would have been mbre response had the program been aired say from 7 a. m. until 9 .ja. m. From eight until ten at night, most people who can afford to' Join the Indian club are look ing at TV; it’s just the poor folks like us who have no TV who heard the program. Bill Smith, presid ent of the club, tells me that they secured a good number of mem berships through the program, though, and I am happy to hear it. It is a good organization; it means a good football team, which in turn means a packed stadium such as was seen at the game when Newberry defeated Guilford Satur day night. ON VOUR ACCOUNT TCiat, they tell me, is the name of a television program which comes on CBS sometime during the afternoon. Not having the (Continued on page 4) Mystery Farm No 9 Whose Is It ? MYSTERY FARM No. 9—-Can you identify it? If so, call or w!rite to The Newber ry Sun, telephone 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, November The names of those who correctly identify the farm will be placed in a hat and 11 names drawn for winners. Names of all who correctly identify Mystery Farm No. 9 will be listed in next week’s issue of The Sun. (Zekan Robbins photo.) League Golden Anniversary Banquet Is Gala Occasion (Ey Mrs. A. H. Counts) The Newberry Civic League ob served its Golden Anniversary on Thursday evening in the Commun ity Hall with a banquet attended by 200 members, friends and spec ial guests. The occasion provided an opportunity to review the his tory of the past life of the league and to mention future plans. Mrs. Robert Downs Wright, the Civic league’s only charter mem ber still active, presided. Imme diately following a turkey supper Dr. Mamie S. Summer, the or ganization’s president for the past 21 years, cut the first slice of the three-tiered Anniversary cake iced in white with gold dec orations and served to Mrs. Wright, an honored guest. Dr. Summer said that the gold dec oration of the cake represented the golden years of service, the white represented sincerety in planning projects and the flowers in the decorations implied aesth etic beauty created by the Civic league. The cake w r as then re moved to be cut and served wuth orange and pineapple ice cream as the refreshment course. Greetings were brought by U. S. Senator Strom Thurmond who spoke of Newberry as a city with splendid industry, a good public sschool system, a fine college in Newberry college and the New berry Civic league, one of_ the most active that he knew of. Congressman J. Bryan Dorn congratulated the Civic , }£&gue for transforming the old court room into an attractive hall and dedicating it to community serv ice. He also commended them for using native trees and shrubs in their city beautification program, saying they were carrying on the tradition of those who established Magnolia Gardens and other na tive places of beauty. Mayor James E. Wiseman told (Continued on page 8) Tuesday General Election Date <A General election has been scheduled for Newberry Tuesday, November 8th, for the purpose of lecting a mayor and six alder- en. Those named in a previous rimary include Cecil Kinard, for mayor; Frank Armfield, Ward 1; C. A. Dufford, Sr., Ward 2; Stro ther D. Paysinger, Ward 3; Er nest Layton, Ward 4; C. E. Mer chant, Ward 5, and Dwight Jones, Ward 6. Voting Will take place at the following places: Ward $ No.' 2, Scout Hall, School House, C. A. Shealy, J. H. Martin, Frank Yochem, managers. Ward '5: Next to Corley’s Bar ber Shop, Mrs. Lillie Goree, Mrs. Irene Jones, Mrs. Gladys Shealy, Managers. Ward 2, New Court House, Mrs. C^ril Hutchinson, Coke Dickert, Tom Wicker, Mrs. Tom Wicker, managers. r All who voted in the summer primary at West End, Ward 5 and at Mollohon, Ward 3 No. 2 will vote in this General election at the same precincts. Voters from all other boxes will vote at the new court house. Polls will open at 8 a. m. and will remain open until 4 p. m. A county registration certificate is a requirement for voting. Chest Fund Is Far Below Goal Collections and reports for the Community Chest are lagging far behind according to L. C. Grah am, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. To date, only $8000 has been collected of the more than $26,000 goal. Most of the money collected is from advance gifts, with a few reports in from the business sec tion and residential sections. Sec retary Graham urged that all worWfcrs complete their canvass- ingrand report to the Chamber offices at the earliest possible time. Inquest Set An inquest into the cause of the death of Mrs. Bernice Hunter, who died several weeks ago from gunshot wounds received at Sin clair’s landing, will be held to night. Thursday, at 8 p. m. in the county court house, according to George R. Summer, coroner. Weatherman Explains Instruments And Methods Many Newberrians tune in their local radio station around seven o’clock in the morning to hear the announcer say “the low tempera ture in Newberry last night was 26, the temperature at 7 o’clock, 27” or whatever the figures might be. This is a public service of fered by the radio station, hut the man who furnishes the informa tion for the radio station to give to the public is Gerald O. “Jack” Shealy, official United States Weather Bureau Observer. All of that long title doesn’t mean that Mr. Shealy is paid for his services by the U. S. Weather Bureau or anyone else, for he isn’t. He just does it for the convenience of the Weather Bureau, the radio station the newspapers, tand any others who call on him for weather data. Mr. Shealy’s real job is manager of Newberry’s Water Filtration plant, and it is at this location that his weather instruments are kept. Located on the edge of the wat er plant grounds just a few feet from Nance street are the instru ments used in recording tempera tures and rainfall in * Newberry. The small louvered cabinet which stands about four feet from the ground houses the minimum and maximum thermometers, from which these two readings are tak en each day at 6 p. m. for the U. S. Weather Bureau, at 7 a. m. for the radio station. There is a roof on the little cab inet, but the four sides are louv ered in order that air may circu late freely around the thermome ters, which are never exposed to direct sunlight. The “minimum” thermometer uses alcohol to push a small piece of red steel as the temperature drops. The steel remains at the lowest temperature to which it. is pushed during a 24 hour period, thereby enabling the weather ob server to detect the mimimum temperature for the 24 hour per iod. There is no instrument on this thermometer for recording the time the temperature hit the low mark. This thermometer is also used for “present” readings at anytime of day or night. The maximum reading of the |24 hour period is obtained from ano ther thermometer, which is set at a slight angle in the little house, and uses mercury to denote the temperature. Just as in any ther mometer the mercury rises with the temperature; the difference is, however, that the mercury doesn’t go down with the temper ature, but remains at the high point for a 24 hour period, so the observer can obtain the maximum reading. The barometer is also kept in the thermometer house. Mr. Shealy keeps a log of daily readings for local information and also a separate set of readings for the government. The government readings are sent on a monthly report to Chattanooga, Tenn. The “rain bucket” sitting be side the cabinet housing the ther mometers is about eight inches in diameter. The top portion of the barrel is made in the shape of a funnel and the rain caught in the funnel-shaped top goes into a two inch tube, calibrated to meas ure rainfall down to as low a reading as 1-100 of an inch. The water in the tube is measured by a ruler which is graded to 1-100 of an inch and will measure 2.30 inches, although the calibrated tube holds only 2 inches of water. When the rainfall is more than two inches, the overflow goes into the larger can. The water in the calibrated tube is emptied, the overflow poured into the tube then measured to get the total rainfall for a 24-hour period. Another instrument, located on (Continued on page 4) GERALD O. “JACK” SHEALY, manager of the Newberry Water Filtration Plant and official weather observer, shows the little cabinet which houses the thermometers and barometer from which he secures official government readings on Newberry’s temperatures. (Sunphotoby Doris Sanders.) MacLean Gymnasium Dedicated; Homecoming Queen Is Crowned ♦m mm m & THE) PLAQUE showing the of&ci^ligme of the gymnasium »t Newbehy College as the MacLean Gymnasium was unveiled Saturday night during halftime at the foot ball gaihe by Capt. Teddy MacLean, son of Fred D. “Dutch” MacLean, for whom the gym was named. College President C. A. Kaufmann extends welcome to “Dutch”'while Teddy looks on. Inscribed on the plaque is “Newberry College in recognition of the long and effective service of Fred Douglas MacLean Class of 1915 as director of athletics 1921-1938 names this building The MacLean Gymnasium. 1955.” (Sunphoto by Doris Sanders.) NEWBERY COLLEGE PRESIDENT C. A. KAUFMANN places the crown on the head of the Homecoming Queen, Miss Julia Monts, during halftime ceremonies at the Newberry-Guilford Homecoming game Saturday night at Setzler Field. The Queen’s, at tendants are, left to right, Mary Sabonsky, Anne Houck, Ralph Baker Summer, son of Prof, and Mrs. Walter Summer, crown-bearer, and Miss Nancy Stephens. Miss Monts is the daughter of Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Monts. (Sunphotoby Doris Sanders.) Newberry college Saturday night dedicated its new gymnas ium to a man who brought fame an honor to Newberry College by playing and coaching on the football field, baseball diamond and basketball court. In halftime ceremonies of the Newberry-Guilford game, Presi dent Chris A. Kaufmann noted the 18 years service of Fred D. MacLean, who during bis career at Newberry produced champion ship teams and trained many men who later became outstanding in coaching and as athletic direct ors. The plaque, which will he plac ed over the arch just inside the left entrance to MacLean gymnas ium, was unveiled during the ceremonies by Capt. Teddy Mac- Lean, son of Coach and Mrs. Mac- Lean. Also during halftime, Miss Julia Monts, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Monts, was crowned Home coming Queen by President Kauf mann. Coach MacLean in accepting the honor, said:. “I want you to know in your hearts what I feel in mine. I do want to thank the faculty and the Board of Trustees of Newberry College for honoring me in this way. and I would like to add that I hope both the building and I last a long time.” Many congratulatory telegrams were received by Coach MacLean, among them, one from his home town, Youngstown, Ohio, from the Youngstown Indian club. The mes sage stated, “It will always be an honor for Newberry athletes to play in a building bearing the name of the greatest Indian of them all. Women’s To Continue Work At College Completing improvements at Newberry college’s Smeltzer Hall is the project which has been un dertaken for the ensuing year by the Newberry College W o m e n's League, which held its annual meeting Tuesday morning in Smeltzer hall on the college cam pus. Preceding the official meeting at 11 a. m., a brief coffee hour was held. Following the meeting, a luncheon was served in the col lege boarding hall. The League has accomplished many wonderful projects for the college. Chief among them has been the complete re-furnishing of new equipment in all rooms of Derrick hall, one of the men’s dormitories; the furnishing of new carpeting and furnishings in Smeltzer hall, the girl’s dormitory and several improvements in Hol land hall. Re-elected president of the league was Mrs. Charles E. Seas trunk of West Columbia. Other officers are Mrs. J. y. Long of Columbia, vice president; Mrs. Thurmond Dreher of Columbia, re cording secretary, and Mrs. O. R. Summer, Jr., of Hartwell, Georgia, treasurer. Mrs. Paul E. Monroe had charge of the devotions, and greetings were brought by President C. A. Kaufmann, who expressed his ap preciation to the League’s mem bers for the services they have rendered to the college. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Nov. 4: Mrs. J. C. Harmon, -Mrs. Mazie Abrams, June Rob erts, J. C. Doolittle, Candace Graham Ruff, Jimmy Longshore, Mrs. Lula E. Hitt. Nov. 5: Floyd Amick, T. S. Ri ley, Judy Shealy, Vonnie G. Chapman, W. B. Boinest, Jr., Ry an Graham, Mrs. Alice Shealy, Mrs. Carl Setzler. Nov. 6: Mrs. James C. Kinard, Dr. J. K. Wicker, Miss _ Mary Wheeler, James Mills, Mrs. Wil bur Boozer, Jimmie Glymph, Jr., son of Col. and Mrs. Jdmes Glymph, Larry Cromer, J.. .Fos ter Senn. Nov. 7: Mrs. O. F. Armfield, Sr., L. M. Graham, Mildred Ruff, J T. Bouknight, David Rin ger, Mrs. M. P. Connelly, Jon Dickert. Nov. 8: Mrs. Jack Chappell, Mrs. McHardy Mower, Tommy Chappells, Barbara Gilstrap, Carrie Norris, Mary Eva Doo little, Hugh Ballentine, Mrs. George W. Summer, B. A. Fret- well, Mrs. H. J. Toucfiberry. Nov. 9: Mrs Henry Soyrcll, R. G. Ringer, Hal Kohn, Jr., K. L. Martin, Bill Long, Peggy Koon, Mrs. Pauline Lathrop, Mrs. Bessie Nichols Lake. Nov. 10: Mrs. Chris Kauf mann, Mrs. C. A. Matthews, Luther Aull, Luther Hamm, Mrsu W. B. Timmerman, Henry Nick^ ols, Shelby Jean Neel, George R. Summer, G. M. Neel. If there were more self-starters the hose wouldn’t have to be a crank.