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You don’t have to worry about your station in life . . . there’s al ways somebody who’ll tell you where to get off. A POLITICAL PLUM IS THE RESULT OF CAREFUL GRAFT ING. VOLUME 18.—NUMBER 32. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1955 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By DORIS A. SANDERS RED FEATHER DAY The Big Day for the Community ChesBt Drive is today—Thursday. Canvassers will be covering the city and county in an effort to bring the Chest goal at least to the <top, if not over the top. The goal is $26,00. A little more than $16,000 has been collected. There are many worthy agen cies represented in the Chest. I think any person is more interest ed in the agency and service which affects him more directly and that is one of the reasons 1 so whole heartedly support the blood pro gram of the Red Cross, one of the member agencies. I am one of those individuals with a rare type and had no idea that I would ever need blood; in fact, whem my oldest girl was born, I didn’t even know my blood type. But the emergency suddenly arose and the blood was there at the hospital so that I could be given a transfusion immediately. When the second baby came along, we were prepared ahead of time and knew the blood type, but even so, more blood than the doc tors had anticipated was needed, and again it was there waiting for mo. Although various members of my family have donated enough to take care of the several pints of blood I have used, I expect to repay it personally when and if the bloodmobile ever decides I am not too much of a half pint and v ill take my blood. But even as the blood program cannot continue without blood, it also cannot continue without mo ney for operational purposes. I would urge everyone to help out in this cause by donating to the Community Chest. On April 5, 1953 the thought of ever needing a blood transfusion never occurred to me. On the very next evening, I had been given a pint of blood. The same thing could easily hap pen to you—so keep this in mind when the chest solicitor comes to your door. LIGHTS OUT We brought the babies down town last night to see the Christ mas lights and we were all disap pointed to find that only about half of those strung on the streets were burning. Not even the lights on the beautiful trees at the Community Hall were on. ' Seemed a shame to me, to go to the expense of buying all those lights amd stringing them, not to have them on, so 1 asked Cliff Graham about it. Seems that an electrician in town, who shall be nameless this week, has a contract to see that the lights stay burn ing. I know that they have been out for several nights now; I trust that the electrician will have them burning again in another few days. If not. I’ll let you know more about it next week. The merchants who paid for those decorations aren’t a bit happy about the situa tion. SHRINE BOWL It doesn’t make any difference whether you’ve gotten tickets for the Shrine Bowl game Saturday or not, because there are no reserv ed seats and you take what you get whem you get there. But tickets Mystery Farm No 14 Whose Is It ? Mystery Farm No. T4: Can you identify it. If so, call or write to The Newberry 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, De cember 12. 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. 14 will be listed in next week’s issue of The Sun. (Zekan Robbins photo.) Chest Efforts Be Renewed Today; Goal $9000 Short Today. Thursday, December 8th, lias been set as Red Feather Day —the day when efforts will be made by various clubs and groups in the city and county to collect an additional $9,000 to bring the 1955-56 Community Chest cam paign up to its goal. Home Demonstration club mem bers will canvass the county for contributions today, and member ■> of the American Legion Auxiliary amd the Business and Professional Women’s club will organize to so licit funds in the city residential areas which were not fully cover ed in the previous campaign. A special program will begin over Radio Station WKDK at 1:30 p. m. and will last throughout the afternoon and evening. Officials of the various agencies participat ing in the community chest will take part on the program, as well as members of the local commun ity chest committee, and enter tainment will be f u r n i s h e d throughout the afternoon. Dona tions may be called directly to the radio station. The participating agencies in clude: American Red Cross, Heart Fund, Boy Scouts, Cancer, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, Christ- are still available and l know may be purchased from Bill Smith and perhaps at other places around town. The Newberry Indians will play Lenoir-Rhyne at Carolina stadium and proceeds go to the Shrine Hospital in Greenville. This will be a good game, a good cause, so take it in if you can. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Dec. 4: Sandra Amick. Dec. 9: L. E. Wood, Jr., Doro thy Livingston, Sylvia Smith, Ann Clark, C. H. Eargle, P. H. Moore. Dec. 10: J. C. Neel, Mrs. B. O. Long, Mrs. Pope Wicker, Sr., Adrian M Summer, Mrs. J. A. Bundrick, Virginia H. Anderson. Dec. 11: Mrs. Josie McAlhan- ey, Caroline Cook, Joe Summer, Valerie Stuck, Billy Altman, Mrs. Mary Euia Holloway. Dec. 12: Forrest Lominack, Mrs. Nelson Connelly, Mrs. Fred T. Moon, John Koon, Mrs. Mary Jane Hanna Sproul. Dec. 13: R. E. Green, M. O. Summer, Aliae Jean Riley, James E. Wiseman, Jr., Susan Ward, Mrs. Eva S. Cromer, Har old Epps, Claude E. Dominick. Dec. 14: Mrs. J. R. Wood, C. J. Alexander, Raymond Salter, W S. Hentz. Dec. 15: R. Derrill Smith, Thomas E. Wicker, Mrs. G. W. Shealy, Bobby Wicker, Mrs. C. J. Alexander, Mrs. J. E. Senn, Mrs. R. E. Johnson, Katherine Sease, Frances Bedenbaugh. mas Baskets, Emergency Fund, S. C. Association for .Mental Health, American Social Hygiene Association, National Travelers Aid, USO and Carolinas United. Lester To Head County Easter Seal Campaign Fred V. Lester has been named county chairman for the Easter Seal Drive at the meeting of the Newberry county chapter of the Crippled children's society held on November 30 at the home of Mrs. T. N. Parks. Mrs. J. D. French, 'chainman of the chapter, a*so an nounced the members of the coon mittee who will serve with Mr. Lester as follows: Mr®. F. Scott Elliett, publicity; Mrs. Von Long, chairman of trail ers; Mrs. George Sessions, chair man of 'the lily sale; Mrs. Mered ith Harmon, special events; Mir. Lester, posters and displays, Mrs. T. N. Parks and Mrs. R. W. Ives- ter, ooffee day; Charlie Bowers, auditing; Mrs. I. M. Satterwhite, Jr., special appeal; Mrs. French, mailing; Mrs. W. H. Tedftxrd and Mps. Pope Burford, Jr., coin con- tataers; Mrs. L. G. McCullough, and Mrs. C. M. Smith, letters and stamps. During the business session, Mrs. French announced that two wheel chairs had been purchased. The application for another one was read and approved. The three chairs will cost approximately $460. Mrs C. M. Smith was welcomed as a new member. Membership in the chapter is open to those who desire to participate actively in its full program. Articles concerning some of these agencies will be found else where in this issue. Only one section of the chest drive raised the quota assigned. That was Ward, 6. where dona tions were $482.25. The quota for the ward was $450.00. All other sections either did not mee the quota or have not contributed at all to the campaign. Three Wrecks In City Follow Uneventful S - D Day Friday Mystery Farm Winners Most of the Mystery Farms late ly have been in the Silverstreet area and Silverstreeters have been winning their share of tickets. This week’s winners are Mrs. B. O. Long, a TV service call from George N. Martin Radio & TV, good for labor on one call during the next 90 days; Jerry Havird, who wins a ticket to the Wells theater, and Anne Bowers and Mrs. Harold Pitts, who win tickets to the Ritz Theater. Tickets must be picked up at The Sun office by noon, Decem ber 12th. Smallwood New Masonic Master At the regular monthly comm unication of Amity Lodge No. 87 AFM, held at the Masonic Hall Monday evening, December fifth, H. v Lee Smallwood was elected Worshipful Master for the ensu ing year. Also elected were Geo. W. Heller, Sr., senior Warden; Heyward S. Davis, junior warden, Joseph M. Hove, treasurer, and Prof. F. Scott Elliott, secretary- Other lodge officers for 1956 include Rev. James R. McKittrick, chaplain; B. Meredith Hannon, senior deacon; John M. Davis, junior deacon; Ewell G. Cotney, steward; Ferdinand J. Summer, steward; and James E. ,Nichols, tiler. Community Carol Sing On Dec. 23 A Community Carol Sing will be held on the Square in front of the Community Hall on Friday, December 23 at five o’clock. Mem bers of the Newberry Concert band and the Senior high school band will furnish accompaniment for the singing, 'which will be di rected by Miss Rose Hamm, New berry county Music Supervisor. FamUiaj Christmas hymns and caiohs #?U be sung in an informal 'way, and copies of the wordtf will be available to everyone. The Newberry Music club is sponsoring the revival of this old dustom, and cordially invite in terested people from the entire county to participate In the event of rain, the Carol Sing will not be held Former Resident Be Buried Here Mrs. lone Fant McCaughrin, a former resident of Newberry, died Tuesday morning in Birmingham, Alabama, after several years of declining health. Mrs. McCaughrin was the daugh ter of the late Dr. Samuel F. and Frances Lyles Fant. Her husband, Silas J. MieOaughrin, died in 1927. , Funeral services will be con ducted at 11 o’clock Friday morn ing at the Whitaker Funeral home by the Rev. Neil Trueedale. Inter ment will be in Rosemont ceme tery. S-D Day—Safe Driving Day i Newberry was quiet, without i auto accident, according to P e Chief Colie Dowd, S-D Day di - tor. By S-D plus seven, howe.ar, three acidents had occurred with in the city limits. On Monday afternoon, a school bus from the Silverstreet area, driven by a substitute driver, Hil ton Tribble, turned left in front of a pick-up truck driven by James Lark, colored. Tribble was returning from the highway maintenance having some repairs bus and trat ary street. ISP* tnrfced left Langford street, going to high schdofc according to the re port of the investigating patrol man, turning in front of the pick-, up. The bus was empty except tor the driver, who was not injured. In the pick-up with Lark were two other negro youths, Nathaniel Pope and Johnnie Whitner. AH received bruises and scratches and were admitted to the hospital but discharged a short time later. On Wednesday morning at 6:30 a. m., a Plymouth driven by Chks. R. Daniel of Greenville ran into the embankment at the corner of Glenn *and Adelaide, opposite the Clark Wrecking service. Two passengers in the car were hos pitalized temporarily for cuts and bruises. They were Shirley Lynch of Greenville and Bobby Moore of Travelers Rest. Other occupants of the car, who were shaken up but not injured), were Eddie Lee McDonald and Ann Stokes, both of Greenville. The car belonged to Moore, according to investigat ing officers. All of the occupants (Continued on page 4) Crooks Named President Newberry Exchange Club T. Hugh Crooks was elected president of the Newberry Exchf ange club at the club’s regular meeting and election of officers Tuesday night at the Wiseman hotel. He will be installed at the first meeting in January of the civic organization. Mr. Crooks wil succeed Harold D. Cook, retiring president. Other officers named at the meet were Hary Moose, vice president; Robert O’dell, secretary; Irvine Leslie, treasurer; and Kenneth Tompkins, recording secretary. Four members were 'elected to the Board of Control. Three elect ed for 3-year terms are, Clayton Smith, Roland Hawkins and Os car Stone. Billy Hentz will com plete a one-year term made vac ant by the election of Mr. Crooks to the presidency. Plans were made for a Ladies’ Night at Panorama Lodge next Tuesday night. This will be the last meeting of the current year. Garvice Taylor, vice-president of the club gave a review of the activities of the club during the year. Outstanding among the club’s activities was the sponsor ship of a Little League baseball team the past season. He also amnomnced that the debt on the club’s lake property had just been ; retired. Members have been pay ing a special assessment for a number of years toward ridding the club of this debt. A past-president’s pin was pre sented Exchangite Cook Tuesday night by Garvice Taylor. Mr. Cook accepted the pin with thanks and expresed appreciation for the fine support he had received during his term of office. He said with out this support, the club would not have accomplished the fine work that it had. He urged -mem bers to give the new officers full support, acid plead with them to keep up the good attendance for another year. Charlie Bowers, another past- president was presented a pin Mrs. William E. Senn receives the silver goblet awarded to her husband in the Green Pastures contest at Hartford school last Wednesday. Mr. Senn won the award for the coastal Bermuda grass planted on his farm in the county. With Mrs. Senn, left to right are: District Agent L. B. Massey, who presided; George B. Nutt, director of Clemsoii Extension service; Mrs. Senn; G. E. Hawkins, secretary-treasurer of the S C Farmers Cooperative Educational Assn., who presented the awards to Silver Goblet winners; and Paul B. Ezell, Newberry County Agent. (Sun Photo by Doris A. Sanders ) Thousands Gather To Welcome Santa Claus To Newberry With City’s Largest Parade x■ .y . ■ - •, prize winners for three groups of floats in last Fri days Santa Claus parade in Newberry are shown above, left to right, City Schools, Speers Street; county schools, Little Mountain; club and organization group. Business and Pro fessional Women’s club. Prize for the two school floats was $50 each; for the B&PW float, $25. ■Mj* . , , 1 Second and third place winners in the city and county school group each received $30 and $20 respectively. They were, city, Junior High, Boundary street; county, Bush Riv er, Silverstreet. Honorable mention for club floats went to Harmon-Culbertson School of Dance and Girl Scouts. Judg ing was based upon Christmas appeal, attractiveness, ap propriateness, originality. In the children and pet unit, the $5 first prize went to David Rowe and Steve Rowe, dressed as Davy Crockett, riding.on a pony; second prize, $3 Was awarded to Hayne and Wayne Boozer. Their display was two litters of puppies in a cart. Tommy Bennett won third prize of $2 for his dressed up cocker spaniel. . ■ ? ... fK v iilC : According to L. C. Graham, chamber of Commerce sec- i crow< ^ s attending the par&de have been estimated at 15,000. It was termed the most successful parade New berry has had, despite the threatening skies. Santa Claus and his remdeer made a big hit with the youngsters and adults alike, and several excellent bands furnished appropri ate music for the merry occasion.