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■* ■ V*. / t Some of the things you have learned by experience are things you should never have learned at all. Many a woman thinks she bought a gown for a ridiculous price when in reality she bought it for an absurd figure. VOLUME 18— NO. 28. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1955 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By DORIS A. SANDERS CRACK BAND In the Columbia State Wednes day morning and in Saturday’s Augusta Herald, was a picture of the Denmark high school band, which will host to the Lo wer State Band rally to be held at 3 p.m. November 13 at the Denmark high school athletic field, and which will feature Carolyn Wil lis, “Miss Majorette of 1955.” The leader of this excellent hand is Bobby Gilliam, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Gilliam of Newberry. The Denmark band will also be featured in the Christmas parade at Augusta, Ga. on November 22. Bobby also leads the Blackville High School band. CATCH THAT THIEF! Danny Brabham, “football hero” of Newberry College, and two other students at Newberry Col lege, Paul Cone and Herbert Dun ning, were heroes on the streets of Newberry when they chased and caught a thief who snatched the purse of Mrs. Eddie Rodelsperger from the office of Dr. F. A. Truett, where she works as dental techni cian. I asked Iris how it all hap pened. She said that she and Dr. Truett were in one of the small er rooms with a patient when they heard a noise at the desk. She looked cut to see what it was and as she did, she saw a man leaving through the door by the desk, and noticed that her pocketbook was open. A quick search revealed that her billfold was gone, so she fol lowed the man down the steps and called to Gene Gary who operates the elevator to stop the man at the first floor. The man left the building, however, followed close by Iris and Gary. Joining the chase after they left the building were the three boys from the col lege, who eventually caught up with the thief near Lake’s Ma chine shop. While they were chas ing him, they noticed that he threw the purse on top of a shed. After they caught him—and Dan ny gives Paul Cone the credit for doing the catching, one of them climbed up and recovered Iris’ purse, also her sunglasses w'hich ahe hadn’t noticed were missing, while the other two held the man. When the man finally admitted to Iris that he had stolen the purse, and she recovered it, she told him she didn’t care to press charges, and just as she was about to leave, the police, who had been notified, came up and took over the thief and his asso ciate, and carried them tc jail. One of them, Archie Roberts, Jr., bias been released on $500 bond. The other, Barney Knight is still in the County jail. Both are charged with housebreaking and grand larceny. FUTURE PROMISING The future of the Newberry Col lege football Indians, which up until last week had looked a little gloomy to me, due to the gradua tion of most of the first string next June, looks much more prom ising to those who witnessed Sat urday’s game at The Citadel. • Those who have attended the Newberry games this year have seen little action on the part of substitutes because it always seemed necessary to keep the first string in th& game to stay ahead of the opponent. There are times, especially in that Catawba game, when I thought that a few fresh substitutes, green though they may be, might have done a little better thaai those poor boys who had been playing almost 60 minutes on that hot night and were so weary they could hardly get back to the line from the huddle. However, I’m sure Coach Kirkland knows more about it than the stadium coaches. But to get back to the subject, near the end of The Citadel game, I saw a fresh red jersey on the field—Number 46. Ixjoking at the program, I found the name of the sub was Bobby Rowe, freshman, Georgetown. Well, he might have played before, but certainly not much. 1 hadn’t noticed that he had been sent in either of the games which have been played in Newberry so I began to wonder if Coach was getting desperate. Af ter watching that boy during the few minutes he played, I wonder ed why he wasn’t sent in the game sooner. He’s a wbiz, and with 'someone like that to take the place of Grady Ray, who has really shone in the Indian line-up this year as well as the past three p >. jnpsrn. I don’t have quite as gloomy an attitude as I did about next | year. There Was another lad in the game whom 1 don’t rernem- | her having seen before. I believe is tw***** : is Charpia, or something he that. He picked a pass out (Continued on page 5) Mystery Farm No 10 Whose Is It ? Campaign Fund Below Quota With the date scheduled to end the Community Chest campaign already past, only a little more than half of the $26,052.40 quota has been reported, according to L. C. Graham, of the chamber of commerce. Of the divisions which have been reported, only one met or exceed ed Its quota; that was Ward 6 in the residential division, with Mrs. William Buford as chairman. The quota for the ward was $450, the amount collected $464. ; v OthOr divisions, showing Quotas and ^tmmiats turned in by the chairmen, are as follows: Advance gifts, $l0,000-$7,347; business section, $3500-2581.34; Ward 1, $225-38; Ward 2, $400-$2; Ward 3, $250-$121; Ward 4, $200 $48. Industrial division, $3000-$886.71 (from Oakland mill.) County, worked through Home Demonstration clubs: Mt. Pleasant, $250-$124.65; Tran- wood, $100-$75; 'Friendly, $250.00- $84.50; Mt. Bethel-Garmany, $250- $36.05; Vkughnville, $225-$155.80; New Hope Zion, $200-$36; Pomaria $325-$111.35; Silverstreet, $400- $51; Smyrna, $300-$176; O’Neal, $300-$172.25. McBride To Be Speaker At NEPH Luncheon Tuesday City Council Has Shortest Session On Record Tuesday MYSTERY FARM No. 10—Can you identify it? If so, call or write 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 . rp of the farm may receive the photograph of his farm in an attractive easel by calling V/liriStlII3.S 1 03 at The Sun office. Calls and letters will be accepted until noon, November 14. The names _ _ _ of those who correctlv identify the farm will be placed in a hat and 11 names drawn for pir|||o I JflfJfiKTA/’Pi v winners. Names of all who correctly identify Mystery Farm No. 10 will be listed in next * week's issue of The Sun. (Zekan Robbins photo.) Inquest Jury Finds No Foul Play In Death Of Mrs. Bernice Hunter A Coroner’s jury Thursday night in finding that Mrs. Bernice Mor ris Hunter came to her death as a result, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, verified the findings of Coroner George R. Summer and members of the sheriff’s force, all of whom have been investigating the case since the 31-year-old wo man was admitted to the Newber ry Memorial hospital, shot thru the lower chest, on September 4. She died on September 26. As each of iefhshrte As each of the sheriff’s depu ties testified at the inquest, they found nothing in their investiga tion to reveal that anyone other than Mrs. Hunter was responsible for the shooting. According to Coroner Summer, however, rum ors persisted that there was foul play involved in the fatal shoot ing, and to settle the question legally, the coroner impaneled jury and called an inquest so that all facts in the case could be pub licly aired. George D. Way served as foreman of the jury. At the conclusion of testimony of eight witnesses, called by the coroner, Solicitor William Jones, who assisted in the inquest, re quested anyone in the audience who had any information that would shed light on the case to come forward, be placed under oath an<l give such information. There was no response from the large crowd which had gathered in the county court room. Witnesses summoned by the coroner were Sidney Hunter, hus band of the deceased; Pearlie Boozer and Marjorie Kinard, sis ters of the deceased; Clarence Kinard, who was near the scene of the shooting at Sinclair’s land ing; and Sheriff Deputies L. L. Henderson, Hugh Shannon, J. C. Neel and A. T. Henderson. Solicitor Jones warned Hunter and the other witnesses that they did not have to testify; that any thing they said might be used a- gainst them in the event the case came to court, and that their tes timony must be free and volun tary. Each witness agreed to tes tify under these conditions. Hunter, Mrs. Boozer and Mrs. Kinard all testified as to events of the day leading up to the shoot ing. They all told that they had been riding around that day, that some had been drinking whiskey, others beer. Mrs. Kinard had left the store, where the shooting took place, just before it happened. Mrs. Boozer was asleep in a booth. The only other occupants of the store were Mr. and Mrs. Hunter. Hunter testified that they were “fixing to close up” ami as he was about to unplug the juke box he heard the shot, heard the ri fle fall. He went to his wife, he said, who was standing behind the counter holding her stomach, and saying “I shot myself.” Mrs. Booz er and Mrs. Kinard testified that they saw her later In the hospital send she told each of them she shot herself, and asked “why did I do it?” Neither of the sisters nor the husband could give any rea son why Mrs. Hunter would have wanted to kill herself. One of the sisters testified that Mrs. Hunter said “I didn’t know it was loaded.” Deputies Henderson and Shan non both were told by Mrs. Hun ter that she shot herself. Depu ties J. C. Neel and A. T. Hender son, in an effort to get a death bed statement separately asked Mrs. Hunter if she thought she was going to live. She told both that she did think she would live, aind told Deputy Neel she shot herself. A deathbed state ment may only be used In court if the person making the state ment feels that he or she is going to die, and so states. Deputy L. L. Henderson showed the jurors how it would be possi ble for Mrs. Hunter to shoot her self with a .22 rifle. He explained that the bullet had ecatered her body about four inches below the center of her breast arid followed a downward course, coming out of the back. Powder burns were evident on the front wound and through the body, according to Dr. Ralph B. Baker under whose care Mrs. Hunter was placed. After hearing testimony for one and ono-half hours, the jury returned the verdict “We find that Bernice Hunter came to her death as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.” * Mayor Proclaims S-D Day, Dowd Appointed Director Pledging the full support of the city government, Mayor J. E. Wiseman today asked every resi dent of Newberry to join in mak ing a success of the nation’s sec ond annual “S-D Day”—Safe Driv ing Day, Thursday, December 1. Mayor Wiseman announced his appointment of Police Chief Colie Dowd as S-D Day director for Newberry. The program has the endorse ment of President Eisenhower, Governor George Bell Timmerman, and every other governor in the country. It is sponsored by the President’s Committee for Traffic Safety in cooperation with scores of national organizations. The goal this year will be to cut down on traffic accidents, not only on S-D Day itself, but for the 21 day period beginning Novem ber 21, “S-D minus 10” and con tinuing through December 11 “S-D plus 10.’ A proclamation has been issued by the Mayor, as follows: WHEREAS the appalling acci dent rate on public highways is a matter of immediate and serious concern to ajl citizens; and WHEREAS nearly 200 national organizations have joined with the President’s committee for Traffic Safety in sponsoring the second nation-wide “S-D—S a f e Driving Day—Thursday, December 1; and WHEREAS it has been demon strated that highway acidents can be reduced when motorists and pedestrians practice safe driving and safe walking; WHEREAS the purpose of Safe- Driving Day is to demonstrate the necessity for year-round public support of sound, proven, year- round traffic safety programs; NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of the City of Newberry, I desig nate the first day of December, 1955 as “S-D Day”—Safe Driving Day and urge all citizens to prac tice safe driving, not only on that day—in daylight, dusk and dark ness—but every day the year round, starting today. Mystery Farm Winners Mystery Farm No. 8, which ap peared in the October 27 issue of The Sun, has been identified as the farm of R. E. Neel, Route 3, Newberry. Winning a TV service call for identifying the farm i s Mrs. Harold Pitts. Jimmy Long shore and Ace Watkins also cor rectly identified the farm. Mr. Ixmgshore will receive a ticket ti the Wells Theatre, Mr. Watkins to the Ritz. The TV Service call card and the theatre tickets must be picked up at The Sun office by noon, November 14. Mystery Farm No. 9 has also been identified and its identity will be found in the Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Ad else where in this isue. Winner of the TV service call for Mystery Farm No. 9 is Mrs. Allen Dominick. Winners of a ticket to the Ritz Theatre are Ruby Shealy, Kathryn Dawkins, Corbett Gibson, Mrs. Maude Waters, and Mrs. Ira Gib son. Winning a ticket to the Wells Theatre are Mrs. Willie Mae Long, Tommy Hollins, Mrs. J. B. Mor ris, Mrs. Louis Nichols and Miss Ann Bowers. Others who correct ly identified the farm were Mrs. Jerome Havird and Pierce Davis. These tickets must also be pick ed up by noon, November 14th at The Sun office. P. 0. Closes There will be no mail delivery on Friday, November 11, ex cept for special delivery mail, acording to Postmaster Harry Moose. This Is In observance of the legal holiday. Plans are under way for the annual Christmas Decoration Tea, sponsored by the Civic League of Newberry, with the Garden clubs, the Business and Professional Wo men’s club, County Council of Farm Women and the Whitmire Biographical club, asisting. The Tea will begin Wednesday, December 7, at 3 p. m. and will continue through Thursday night, December 8, according to Dr. Ma mie S. Summer, president of the League. The tea offers many suggestions for inside and outside Christmas season decorations, and has be come an outstanding affair, at tracting visitors from all parts of the state. About 4000 persons at tended the tea last year. SHEVLIN HOME BRINGS $9100 The Shevlin estate on Glenn street was sold at public auction on the court house steps on Mon day, November 7. The Shevlin home was purchased by Chevis I. Boozer for the sum of $9100, ac cording to Auctioneer Lonnie M. Graham. City council broke a time rec ord for a regular meeting Tues day night, when all business to be brought before the city fathers was completed aind council had ad journed .wjfchipf *0 minutes. Rapidly disposed of were the ftbtlowing Items: Reading of minutes of regular meeting and two special meetings; Perusal of treasurer’s report; Notification that storm drain pipe had been installed between Harrington street and S c o 11 s creek near Glenn street. Meeting called to order b y Ernest Layton of the Business Li cense committee on November 17 at 7:30 to formulate plans for a business license ordinance for the calendar year 1956. Other commit tee members are Councilmen Arm- field and Dufford, City Manager Blackwell and City Attorney Har ley. Heard a report from City Man ager Blackkrwell that the loss in curred in the recent fire at the old city barn was complete loss of the barn, and two garbage trucks, one 1941 and one 1946 model; damage, now being re paired. to auto patrol and loader, sprinkler truck and street depart ment tools. Total estimated loss, $5000. Accepted low’ bid of Smith Mo tor company, $4,781.58 for two trucks to replace the two destroy ed by the fire. Authorized City Manager Black- well to receive bids and award a contract to the low bidder for trie construction of an equipment shed and tool house to comply with plan submitted—The new shed will be at the site of the destroyed barn. Approved the appointment of Police Chief Colie Dowd as Safe- Driving Day Director. Heard a report from Mayor Wise man that water distribution sys tem extension was 95 per cent complete; sanitary sewer exten sion system extension was 90 per cent complete, that construction of the water transmission main will begin in December. City Manager Blackwell was authorized to make reservations City General Voters numbering 106 went to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the city general election All nominees of the summer primary for city offices were elected. They are, Mayor Cecil Kinard, and six Aldermen: Ward 1. Frank Arm- field; Ward 2, C. A. Dufford, Sr., Ward 3, S. D. Paysilnger; Ward 4, Ernest Layton; Ward 5, Cecil Merchant; Ward 6, D W. Jones. Only four write-in votes were cast, two each for Jimmie Wise man, who was defeated for mayor in tjhe summer primary and J. Ed. McConnell, defeated incumbent alderman in Ward 3. First Member Of 2-Gallon Club Mrs. Tillman Wise gave her 16th pint of blood when the Red i Gross Bloodmobile visited Newberry on Monday ot this week, and became the first Newberry county member of the Two-gallon club. Although the donations fell short of the 100-pint quota, 77 persons donated blood and five were rejected. This trip of the Bloodmobile was sponsored by the Lions club of Newberry. There will not be another visit of the Bloodmobile to Newberry until sometime next year, accord ing to Claude Weeks, chairman of the Red Cross Blood program. for transportation and • hotel ac commodations for the Mayor, City Manager, City Atorney and Mem bers of Council who wished to at tend the American Municipal meeting to be held in Miami on November 26, lasting until Decem ber 3rd. ' x ™ ESE THRBE YOUNGSTERS represent the beginning of a small-fry orchestra for Silverstreet School. Left to right they are Dixie Livingston, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Press Livingston, Jerry Havird, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Havird and ’judv Walton, daughter of Mrs. Ruth Walton. These young members of the Silverstreet Ele mentary school as well as others, have been instructed by Mrs. B. O. Long public school music teacher in the Silverstreet area, and performed at the Parent-Teacher As sociation meeting last Wednesday night. With Judy and Dixie on the saxaphone and Jerry on the alto sax, they played “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”, “Jingle Bells” and “Brahms Lullaby”. Mrs. Long classes the instruction in these instruments as “pre-band.” The voung- sters learn to play by numbers, the numbers later transferred to notes when they are more familiar with the music. The small sized instruments are made of a light metal and different instruments have various ranges of notes and tones. The children who are interested in learning to play the instruments brought nickels, pennies and dimes to purchase one; persons interested in the musical education of the children <surmhV*l other instruments for their use. PP 60 “We hope,” said Mrs. Long, “that many of the children will receive one of the instruments for Christmas. Our goal is to have an orchestra ready to nerform hv closing of school next year.” y tne The instruments range in price from $4.00 to $15.00, and available are trumnets Trombine, saxaphone, tuba, glockenspiel, guiter, ukulele, and others. They are manul factored by Emenee Industries, New York 10, and may be ordered direct from thTfar tory or purchased locally. (Sunphotoby Doris Sanders.) - William W. McBride, man’', r of the Veterans Admtnistrai n Regional office in Columbia, v ill be guest speaker at a luncht on to be held Tuesday, November 15 at 1:00 p. m. at the Newberry Community Hall. “Placement of the physically handicapped” will be the subject of the luncheon program, which will be sponsored by the Newberry Employfnent Service, Vocational Rehabilitation, American Legion and Auxiliary, Veterans of * Foreign Wars and Auxiliary and the Civic League" of Newberry. ' " Jimmy Ooggins ,chairman • of the local committee, will preside at the luncheon. Greetings will'be brought by Keith R. Auil, execu tive secretary of the Soqi$h Caro lina Employment Security Com mission, and Dill an. chief of vocational rehaMIltatto© services in South Carolina, co- chairmen of the Governor’s Com mittee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped. About 176 persons are -expected to be present, including represen tatives from each of the seven high schools in Newberry Countyt superintendents and english teach ers, employers and other especial ly invited guests. The students will hear about “’Independence for the Handicap ped Through Employment,” the subject of this, year’s NEPH es say contest. Purcells has offered a first prize of $25 to the high schobl student winning first place in the county contest ,as outlined by the President’s Committee on Placement of the Handicapped. There will also be a second prize of $10 arid a third prize of $5. The prize for the state winner is $50 and $1000 will be awarded the national winner. A turkey dinner will be served the guests present The Civic League, American Legion and Auxiliary, VFW and Auxiliary will sponsor the dinner. Other members of the county committee, in addition to Chair man Coggins, are Dr. Mamie S. Summer, Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, Jake Wise, James E. Wiseman, Bill Whelan and Frank Armfleld, Jr. , On Wednesday, November 9th, Dr. Summer, Messrs. Wiseman, Wise, Coggins and Pierce Da "is, manager of the local employment office attended a meeting con cerning the import" of serv ices to the physically handicapped at the assembly room of the S. C. Employment Security Commission in Columbia. Speaker at the orca- sion was Major General Melvi* t. Maas, United States Marine C<. 3 retired, who is chairman of t e President’s Committee on Employ ment of the Physically Handicap ped. General Maas, himself han dicapped by a wartime accident in which he lost his eyesight, is said to be a dynamic speaker, and members of the local committee were fortunate in having an oppor tunity to hear him at the meet ing of county committees Wednes day. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS > Nov. 11: S. D. (Bozo) Paysinger, Mrs. C. S. Glymph, Betty Kyzer, Billy Dipner, Pamella Senn, Jim Waldrop. Nov. 12: Linda Shipman, Joe Lovelace, Mrs. W. T. Henderson, Mrs. James N. Parr. Nov 13: Dr. Robert Houseal, J. M. Wilson, Mrs. John Charlie Davis, Mrs. Paul H. Shull. Mrs. Mazie Neel Boozer, Sylvia Dowd, Brenda Bowers. Nov. 14: ‘Will Waters, George Stephens, Brenda Salley Truett, Tommy Crooks, Jr., Mrs. Harold Bowers, Mrs. Joe Dominick, F. C. Merchant, Lynn Buford, Bonnette Atkinson, Mrs. D. J. Icard, Sr. Nov. 15: J. O. Havird, A/ H. Mencken, Mrs. Dot Abrams Mar tin, Larry Sheafly, Mary Boyd Ox- ner, Donald Long, Jimmy Wicker, Mrs. T. D. Pitts, Mrs. W. C. Koon. Nov 16: Mrs D. J. Williams, Mrs Irma H. Perry, Mrs. Pope L. Bu ford, Sr., Donald Young, Tina Rae Darby, Mrs. T. M. Sanders, Leila Norris, J. R. Cromer. Nov. 17: Mrs. P. E. Way, Mrs. Mary Livingston, Bobby Morris, Jackson W. Taylor, Paul H. Shull, Stanley Shealy, Jimmy Zobel, £ Maxcy Stone, Dianne Davis. MRS. R. D. WRIGHT left 1 Thursday by plane from Chari for San Antonio, Texas, to a the general convention of th Daughters of the Confederacy.