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PAGE EIGHT THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1966 COUNTY BOARD . . . (Continued from page 1) that operating surplus couldn't be ur.ed to go with funds which can be obtained from the educational finance commission this year to make necessary improvements and raise taxes next year when the surplus is gone..” To Administration No. 1. That the Board stream line the administration of the public schools of Newberry and advise the people of the county as to who is responsible for what phase of school activities so that any complaints may be made to the proper administrative official. No. 2. That adequate provision be made for the maintenance o f school properties in this county and that a maintenance crew be considered for the purpose of con tinuously making necessary min or repairs to school buildings and properay. Mr. Pope stated that the com mittee looking over the schools found window panes broken in all of the bathrooms and that most janitors were unable to replace them. He recommended a crew of ' one or two men to go from school to school to make such repairs. No. 3. That the Board an nounce its plans as to the further elimination of sub-standard high schools. “I realize” said the spokesman, “that some people will immedia tely say there are no sub-stand ard high schools, , that all of them are on the accredited list.” He went on to explain that Silver- street, Bush River and Pomaria have limited accreditation only. “It seems to us, the group for which I speak, that the time has come to eliminate three other high schools and let’s have three good high schools in this county.” No. 4. That the teachers o f Newberry county be given the opportunity to participate in se lecting the curricula taught i n *.he various schools. “We understand from some of the older teachers, experienced and may I say some of the bet ter teachers of this county, they are not consulted on recommenda tions of the subjects that should be taught in our high school sys tem ... we believe the teachers should be given the opportunity to make their contributions t o our educational system by being permitted to say what they think should be taught.” No. 6. That the County Board provide for the payment of school teachers in twelve equal monthly installments. “That may seem a small point to you,” said Mr. Pope “but . . . these teachers requested to be paid each of 12 months, we be lieve they are not only entitled to it, but that there is absolutely no reason' not to pay them one time each month for 12 months. They stay on a budget and oper ate within that budget. We have heard it is a good bit of trouble making up the checks. To us that is not an adequate answer.” No. 6. That a survey be made of the lunch room facilities in the various schools of the county and that a policy be established look ing towards uniformity in con nection with lunches served i n public schools in respect to (a) cleanliness, (b) preparation, (c) purchase of food and (d) cost to the pupil and accountability there for. In explaining this point Mr. Pope said “It may well be there is a god reason why a child at Newberry high school should pay $1.50 for lunch annd a child at Boundary, Speers and Junior high only $1 a week for lunch. If that reason exists, then that would go a long way towards ans wering the last part of that rec ommendation, but we do find there is no real standard in treat ing the lunchrooms.” He went on to point out that the criticism was not against Mrs. McCullough, the school lunch supervisor, since “we understand she . . . spends most of the time in administra tive details.” He recommended that the facilities of the State Department of Education be util ized “to have someone go over the schools and show the people liow to keep them clean and pre pare the food.” No. 7. That quarterly reports be published in at least one of the county newspapers as to all moneys spent for public educa tion in Newberry county. “We believe,’ ’he said, “a great deal of criticism leveled at the school system probably would be abated if you publish what you pay Mr. Harmon, Mr. Brown, Beck Hendrix and everyone else in a supervisory capacity. We realize that any citizen who wanted to could go to the Clerk of Court’s office and get the audit and after digging around could get part of that information.” No. 8. That a plan be effected to equalize the teacher load in the schools of the county. “Quite frankly,” said the speak er, “After talking to Mr. Beck this afternoon, I believe the teacher load in the City of Newberry has been equalized to a large extent .... whether that is true in the remainder of the county I don’t know. He seems to have done a pretty good job on allocating here.” No. 9. That the pupils of the county be encouraged to use the rental book system. “This has alarmed a good many parents in the county,” said Mr* Pope. “We know they’ve got an option—that some use it if they want to. We also know that at some of the schools in the county, a large percentage of thechildren use rental text books. We believe in the city there should be an active campaign to erase from the minds of thepupils any stigma about using rental books. We ought to encourage them to use them.” Two recommendations of the citizens groups were not included on the printed list. They were, as given by Mr. Pope: 1. We believe that the present rigid system of requiring a pupil to go 11 or 12 years thru schools is wrong. "We think that an ex ceptionally bright student should be permitted to skip a grade if it is warranted.” 2. “The last recommendations, for schools that are large enough, such as in the city of Newberry, that the pupils be given intellig ence tests and placed in sections according to ability ... at the present time in the schools of S. Carolina exceptionally bright pupils and exceptionally slow pu pils are not getting a fair break. Everything has been pointed to the mediocre pupil.” At the conclusion of his recom mendations, the speaker said: “1 want to thank you very much for giving us this opportunity to come here and give you a frank ver sion of our views. I realize we are asking a great deal here . . . they are, I hope, thought-provoking recommendations. I hope after the Board has considered those mat ters, you will hold another meet ing and let us know what your plans are and how you react to those verious recommedations we have made.” Chairman Ritchie, who had an nounced at the beginning of the meeting that no business would be transacted during the session, stated that the Board appreciated the recommendations and . com ments. “I think you probably had the County Board to write these recommendations,” he said. “Most of these items we have been dis cussing continually at every meet ing.” With reference to the recom mendation concerning the build ing program, Mr. Ritchie stated that P. K. Harmon, director of the county schools, would give a statement of “money that has been spent on our building pro grams, white and colored, money that has ben allotted for buildings approved, .money that has been received and set aside and build ings that have not been approv ed.” With reference to teacher pay, the chairman stated that “we paid them on a ten month basis and then we paid them in 12 equal payments. Now these have been requested from the teachers. At their request, they were given the 10th, 11th and 12th payments at one time.” W T hen questioned as to wheth er supervisory personnel received pay in 12 installments, James D. Brown, county superintendent of education, explained that they did •because their work started each year in July and they work .thru the year. “We can’t very well start off with the teachers in July” he said. “If we knew none would drop out, that would be a different proposition.” As to the surplus mentioned in recommendation No. 4, Mr. Rit chie stated “that so-called surplus is a deficit by time we get into the school year in September and October and cannot be used for a building fund. It is earmarked for operation of schools.” The chairman asked to hear from delegations from other areas. Clifford Smith, of Bush River, spoke concerning the clo sing of Bush River high school and the transportation problem in volved. “Silverstreet and Bush River have had their schools so long they hate to lose them,” Mr. Smith said . . . “the thing that concerns me, even if you take our schools over is the transportation prob lem. At the far end of the district the small child in the first and second grade would have to get up before day and get on that bus and come to Bush River now and then the same bus that brings the elementary children in will have to pick up the high school children and bring them to New berry.” “To me,” he continued, “it is really cruel to ask first and second graders to get up in the morning by electric lights and when they get back home it won’t be long before time to turn on the electric lights again.” In answer to this, Mr. Ritchie said “Mr. Smith, that is one of the biggest problems facing this coun ty board, and I think all county boards have at this time, and I feel the State, as they become more experienced in furnishing transportation, will realize the importance of getting those small children to and from school.” Olin Lominick of Pomaria ex pressed the same concern in that area of the county. After some discussion concerning transporta tion to the new high school for the Little Motmtain-Poroaria-Pros- perity section “when it is built and wherever it is located,” Tom my Crooks of Pomaria asked the status of the new high school. “We have allotted $330j000 for that school” Chairman Ritchie told him, “if you will agree on a location the architect is ready to start on the plans. That is one of the important things before us and has been before us for three years ... we have tried our best to find a location suit able to the three communities . . if anyone can help us to get these three communities together, we would be thankful.” Mr. Crooks’ reply was that “it seems like we have two interest ed parties agreed to come to the backyard but they want it under the front steps.” Someone in the audience asked why the matter couldn’t be put to a vote. Mr. Ritchie explained that several things had to be ta ken into consideration, that a survey had to be made and the State Finance commission had to approve it before the school could be built. The gentleman suggested that several locations be selected, then let tbe public vote. “It might be worth considering,” Mr. Ritch ie said. John Huggins, an attoney from Pomaria and former member of the county delegation, asked if it were not true that a sight had been selected and the State Fin ance commission had refused to approve the building on that site.” The chairman replied that this was true and that among reasons given by the Commission for the refusal was that there was no po lice or fire protection of any kind, that it made it difficult for teachers to get to and from the school, particularly substitutes. Olin Lominick expressed the op inion that insurance rates could be obtained for a school in the county almost as reasonably as for one in the city. With reference to the recom- merfdation for a maintenance crew for the schools, Mr. Ritchie stated that the county board* had discussed such a crew and at the time it was discussed it was thought unwise. “Since that time, however,” he said “we have a number of new school buildings completed and hope to have oth ers. It is certainly a recommenda tion well worth our consideration. Mr. Harmon gave figures on the building program as follows: White school buildings complet ed, $503,686.54; Negro „ school buildings, completed, $1,098,859.29 approved projects under construc tion, $152,270; approved projects, White, Silverstreet and Bush Riv er elementary, $168,170; alloca tions for future proposed projects by the county board, $667,420 for white, $160,000 negro; grand to tal, $2,773,426.85. Total spent and allocated for white schools, $1,- 491,546.54; for negro schools $1,- 258,859.29; for administrative of fice building, $23,024.02. On the proposed future projects funds are available, according to Mr. Harmon for the consolidated high school for the Little Moun- tain-Pomaria-Prosperity areas and for the addition and renovation of Drayton street elementary, the two projects totaling $440,420. For the remainder of the projects, the Board only receives from the State Finance Commission an nually five per cent of its allot ments for buildings, and the pro jects will not be completed until 1960. These include renovations at Pomaria school and equipment, Prosperity school and equipment, Boundary street, Speers street, Junior high and Newberry high for rewiring the old building. None of these schools is sched uled for new buildings. Mr. Harmon explained that if the citizens of the county w'anted the school improvements made immediately, it would be necess ary to sell bonds for that purpose. A $400,000 bond issue would be re quired to do the work already scheduled, he explained, and this amount would be repaid by allot ments from the State Finance commission within four years, al though It would be necessary to levy millage for the four years in order to sell bonds. If new build ings were desired for Boundary street and Speers street elemen tary schools, aditional long-term bonds amounting to $200,000 would have to be sold. Mr. Har mon urged the public to vote for the bond issue in order that the schools could be brought up to approved standards without wait ing until 1960. In explaining the deplorable con dition of the negro schools in the county, the school director told of one school, operating in the county this year, that was i n “worse condition than the school I went to as a boy 54 years ago.” Answering a question concern ing the Silverstreet school, Mr. Harmon said that the contract for that elementary school would be awarded on February 15 and that work would begin immediately. He said the insurance commision- ers had wanted Mr. Brown t o cancel the insurance on the pres ent Silverstreet building, that they believed it was the worst building in the county, with a large crack in the front of the brick structure. “He believed that it was in danger of blowing down but Mr. (R.C.) Neel said it was practically the same way when he attended school there 30 years ago. When asked by Mr. Pope if the Board had considered recommend ing to the county delegation that a half-million bond issue be float ed to go ahead with the schocl construction, to be repaid by al lotments from the Finance Com mission, Mr. Ritchie replied “The Board had discussed it on numer ous occasions. We are under the impression that we cannot sell bonds on the strength of the Fi nance Commission allotment, be cause that is subject to change.” Mr. Pope stated “the people of Newberry want these schools and we are willing to pay for these schools.” Chairman Ritchie said “I don’t know anything the Board would like better than to have the money available.” Mr. Pope re plied, “The people of Newberry wouldn’t like anything better than to send our children to decent schools. We are willing to vote the bonds, I believe.” At this point, Mrs. Marie S. Hug gins of Pomaria made the follow ing statement: “I have no doubt that every body in this auditorium under stands all of the propositions and sees the wisdom of Mr. Pope’s mo tion that we go ahead and issue the bonds now. We all know there are no more loyal men in the county than these. They have a thankless job and we often crit icize them without thinking what they have done. It seems to me the problem we have here to night is to have every person in this building go out into the coun ty and make all of the people of the county understand just as we do here. Now, we can’t get those bonds until the people in the county want them. That is our job here and it isn’t that these peo ple here, thedelegation can’t do it and the members of the county board can’t do it, but you and I can. Let’s tell other people of the county. They will isten to you and me. If we go out and tell the peo ple what has happened here to night a lot of them were interest ed tmd would have come themsel ves but if we could get this infor mation to all the people of the county, I believe all. the needs of our children would be met. I know at Pomaria we need something right now. We don’t have enough school rooms. We have to shunt one class around from room t o rootn. We begin feeding the child ren at 19:30 in order to get ’round. We are slighting our children and they are the foremost thing to all our hearts. When it is a matter of money, I don’t believe there is anybody in the county who would not be willing to do it if they un derstood. The county board can’t do it without the money. They can’t allocate it if they don’t have it.” In reply to a question by Rep resentative William T. Hunter to hear from the teachers ' of the county, Mrs. Margaret Kelly said “I would like to say that t h e county teachers heartily endorse recommendations made to you to night and we hope when ail of our buildings are taken care of you won’t forget the school teachers. We would like the share a little along the way.” J. W. (Bill) Smith expressed the opinion “I don’t think the people of Newberry county would mind voting the bonds if they are as sured that after the money was repaid, the extra millage you put on would come off.” Mr. Ritchie replied that it was his under standing that such a levy would be earmarked for bonds and after the bonds were retired, the mill age could not be used for othet purposes. In a discussion as to which school should have priority in the building program, Mrs. Albert McCaughrin said “I would like to invite you to visit Boundary and then you will understand what Tom (Pope) is talking about. It is dangerous to go in that front door, up those high steps.” Jake Bowers of Prosperity countered with “If they will visit the ele mentary school at Prosperity and Boundary street is worse than ours, we will say give them their school first.” Answering a question relating to future school needs, Mr. Har mon stated that there are about 800 .less students in the schools this year than 25 years ago, and that there are about 100 less this year than last year. “It is hard to know what the future needs will be,” he stated, going on to ex plain that extensive surveys show ed that Gallman high school would be adequate, but in its second year it is already crowded because high school enrollment increased sharply, while grammar school en rollment declined. When asked by someone in the audience why “a certain school” (West End elementary) was not used for the students at Bound ary, the chairman answered "1 Deed Transfers Newberry No. 1 J. D. Caldwell to W. I. Helmen- nia Ruff, one lot on Wise street. $5 and other valuable considera tions. J. EM Taylor to Caper A. Berry and Frances D. Berry, one lot and one building, 418 Glenn street. $850 and other valuable consider ations. Newberry 1 (Outside) O. F. Armfield, Sr. to Earl R. Lockaby, one lot and one build ing on Rosalyn Drive, Crestwood, $5 and other valuable considera tions. T. E. Fowler to Luther . Fow ler, one acre and one building, $5 and other valuable considerations (formerly Queen property.) Y .? ^ WIOF f$’0!W r 0 , j m: By FRANKLIN J. MElNE Editor, The American Peoples Encyclopedia IT MUST be that babies are * smarter than we think. The first word the average baby speaks, that obviously has reference t< some specific object or situation, usually occurs at ten or elever months. After actual talking gets well under way, the vocabulary may increase rather rapidly, 50C or 600 words a year; as many as 1,000 or more with alert children. By the time the child is six years old he is likely to have a vocabu lary of 2,500 or 3,000 words. It Clarence B. DeHart to B. A. | h a g been pointed out that the word Fretwell 27.5 acres $1600. George W. Martin to Hubert Snipes, two lots $1200. Silverstreet No. 2 James F. Sanders to O. L. Wicker, one lot, 1-2 acre $100. Louis D. Martin to James H. Martin, 43 acres, $10 and other valuable considerations. Whitmire No. 4 J. P. Stevens and Company to Sallie Rice, one lot on unnamed street, $50. Pomaria No. ^5 Hunter H. Brown to Thomas L. Crooks, Sr., seven acres $5 and other valuable considerations. Herman L. Crooks to H. M. Hentz and W. S. Hentz, 199.27 acres and one building $14,945.25 Prosperity No. 7 Claude Wilson to Vones H. Shea- ley and Nance L. Shealy, one lot $400. BOOKMOBILE Thursday, February 16th: Oakland Mill—Mrs. J. I. Ringer. Oakland Mill — Mrs. Reeder Brooks. Box Factory—Causes’ store. Gary Community—Mrs. A. P. Ramage. Bush River Community — Mrs. Willie Singley. Bush River Community Lamar King. Bush River School. Tranwood Community - Rosa Johnson. Friday, February 17th: West End school. Speers Street school. Queen’s community — Fowler’s store. \ Long Lane community—Mr. Ben Caldwell’s. Whitmire library. Mrs. Mrs. Building Permits Feb. 3: Ernest Martin, add two rooms to store building on Cald well street, $1,000. Feb. 4: W. El Turner, repairs to dwelling on Main street, $3, 000. Feb. 6: Mrs. Jean Todd, repairs to store building on Main street, $100. “mama,” with varying inflections, may mean “mama give me,” “mama look,” or “there is ma ma.” Such a single word sentence is called a “rheme.* Man outdoes the sea animal, whether it be a tuna or green crab, in its ability to adapt to tempera ture. Most sea animals can tolerate only a small range in tempera ture. Only those relatively few \ KVl: n sea animals that can tolerate tem perature changes of 10 degrees Fahrenheit can remain in temper ate zones. All others must mi grate or die. Man can withstand temperatures which range from 136 degrees above to 90 degrees below zero. CLASSIFIED® * A ADS 1 PLUMBING AND DOORS (used) Built-in and Leg Tubs, Sinks 24”. 30”, 42”, 52”, 60” long. Hanging and Pedestal Lavoratories. Really fine plumbing and doors. NOAH’S ARK, Abbeville, S. C. 39-8tc SPRINGDALE CEMETERY Coop, offers some desirable burial lots for sale. Easy payments, no inb erest charge. See us at once for appointment. R. Derrill Smith. Phone 88 or 338, Newberry, S. C. » 37-4tc think we discussed that, as you know, at quite some length.” (Eds. Note: West Find School was scheduled to be closed last year, but on petition of the pat rons, was kept open for another year.) Before the meeting closed, Mr. Ritchie asked for “any criticism of what we have been doing. The only way we can get it ourselves,’ he said, “is from you.' We can hear we have had certain critic ism, but I haven’t heard what it is. I will mention, and I want to put a little blame on the news papers, when we first organized the county unit, the newspapers came by quite frequently to get news of our meetings, then for some reason, I don*t know whe ther it was our fault or their fault, news didn’t get to the news papers. W© feel we would have been better off, had more been published about what was hap pening.” Called on by the chairman for any remarks, Senator .Marvin E. Abrams said “I am delighted to be here and se© the keen interest you are manifesting in the New berry county educational prob lems. I pledge you my support in any way I can to further the ends of the county. I do want to thank Mr. Pope for the recommenda tions you have given the delega tion. I assure you they will be given due consideration. After some discussion as to the merits of the 12th grade in the school system, the meeting ad journed. Following the public meeting, Chairman Ritchie called the board Into special executive session. Newspaper reporters were not al lowed to attend but the board re vealed later that the only action taken at the meeting was that the board agreed to borrow $3000 from the county treasurer to lend the Newberry high school for “extra-curricula activities,” the money to be repaid by the high school or subtracted from a pro posed budget for that purpose next year. The money will be us ed to purchase uniforms for the high school band, which will par ticipate in the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington in April. I AM READY TO ASSIST YOU with the filing of your Federal and State Income Tax returns. Am in the same office which is located upstairs at 1101% Cald well Street Entrance is be tween Turner’s Jewelry Sftore and Dr. Long’s office. MRS. A. H. COUNTS. Office phone 934, home, 1709-J. 37-tfc DOGS AND CATS boarded, wash ing, de-fleaing and de-worming delma Kennerley, Pinehaven Kennels. Newberrv. Phone 1235-W or 1149. 23-tfc ROLL TOWELS — Tissuee, Roll paper, paper bags, twine, dnst- down, 100 lb sack salt Poultry feeds, Pigeon feeds, candies, gum, cigars and cigarettes. R. DERR ILL SMITH & SO^ T , Wholesale Grocers, Newberry. 86-4tc DEEP FREEZE Supplies, plastic Bags, roll paper, also Picnic sup plies, Plates, Spoons, Forks, nap kins, drinking cups. R. DERRILL SMITH & SON, Wholesale Groc ers, Newberry. 3$4tc The Maytag Appliance Company of Jacksonville, Florida has an op ening for a sales representative in the Newberry area. The position to be filled offers opportunities with a good future and advance ment. Accepted applicants will be trained by experienced Maytag personnel. Applicants desiring an interview contact Mr. Mitchell at Whits Motor Court evenings after 7. o’clock or call for an appoint ment during week of January 1€ through 20. ELECTRIC MOTORS New-Used-Rebuilt Bought-Sold-Exchanged We repair all types Satisfaction Guaranteed Mann Electric Repair Co. 2329 Main St., Colunibia, S. C. WHITAKER FUNERAL HOME AMBULANCE PHONE 270 oooooooooooooooooooooooo -INc. siE TAX FACTS N — How lo Save on Youi tncome lax (This is one of a series of articles on federal ® filing. The articles are based on information provided American institute of Accountants and the South (aroltnu Society of Certified Public Accountants.) The e*e of April !• will see a mad scramble In many households to put together the necessary facts and figures for the federal income tax returns due on that date. (April 15 falls on a Sunday this year, making April 16 the deadline.) The last minute rush produces not only long lines at Internal Revenue Service offices, but also many careless mistakes by tax payers. Most of the errors are very sim ple. Fbr example, about one million returns are filed every year with mgnatures missing. (This includes joint Returns with only one signa ture and individual returns with no signature at all.) Little slips in arithmetic last year resulted in overpayments by tax payers of $18,000,000. Taxpayers got back these overpayments eventually, after the government discovered the mistakes, but the taxpayer cannot rely on the government to save him fror' -<11 his errors. 1 mistakes of arithmetic favor ing the taxpayer were even larger— perhaps not entirely by coincidence. .411 returns are ^becked, and when an underpayment Is discovered the government not only collects the difference, but also charges interest Opportunities Overlooked Apart from obvious mistakes, many taxpayers overlook opportuni ties to claim exemptions and deduc tions, and other ways to reduce their tax. In order to help you avoid such pitfalls, this newspaper is publish ing a series of articles prepared with the help of the national and state organizations of certified pub lic accountants. These articles — if you save them and use them along with the official instructions that come with your tax forms — may save you money. Your first step is to consider whether you should file at ell, and then what kind of a return to file. For income tax purposes you are not required to file a return if your gross income in 1955 was less than $600, or If you are 65 or older and had less than $1,200 gross Income. But if you had income frocr, self- employment of $400 or more, the return must be filed for social security tax purposes. Don’t forget that tax on salary or wages may have been withheld dur ing the year by your employer, even If your income was less than $600, and the only way to get it back la to file a tax return. Advantage of Joint Retmms A common mistake is the filing of s separate return by a wife who had a small incoms. It the wife fllea a separate return, she is not per mitted to file another return jointly with her husband, nor Is her hus band allowed to claim an exemption for the wife on his separate return. Most married couples will save money by filing a joint return, aa this “splits” their income to pot them in the same bracket as though each of them had received half the total income. There are unusual cases, howsvur, such as those involving capital losses, in which separate returns might result In a saving. If this la a possibility, it is best to fignre both jointly and separately before decid ing which way to file. The instructions that come with your tax forms give further infor mation. Help is also available from the Internal Revenue Service, which urges you to consult a properly qualified advisor if you need outside assistance. Next article t Save Money wills the Right Form. •%/VERSt^i r ONWARD. God and Mi| Coun+rM PH BOV SCOUTS or AMERICA Hi LAW MEN — Sheriff Fat Garrett (James Craig) and deputy (Jim Davis) on the trail of Billy the Kid, in a scene from “Last of the Desperados/* which opens at the.... ........ Theatre. Besides Craig and Davis, picture stars Barton MacLane and Margia Dean. V This an' That Otto Graham, who came out of retirement to quarterback the Cleveland Browns during the past season and earned the title of “Professional Athlete ef the year” In the nationwide poll, la the first footballer to win that honor. In 1954, Graham was nmnerup to Willie Maya of the New York Giants baseball team. For his work in, leading the Browns to the 1955 National Football League title, Ot to also was picked (for the sixth time) to the Associated Press* all- pro team, was voted the plaque ef merit by the Sports Broadcasters Association, and named to foot ball’s hall of fame. Quite a year for the S4-year-old veteran . . Hie National Football League hopes to have fewer Injuries next year because of a new rule voted unanimously at Its recent annual meeting. Henceforth, when a ball carrier Is grounded as a result of bodily contact, the ball immedi ately becomes dead. The ball car rier can still fight his way free of tacklers, but if any part of his body except hands or feet touch the ground the play ends. mMi -nr I BOXING REFORMER . . . Juli us Helfand, New York Athletic Commission chairman, ordered New York Boxing Guild to dis band, freeing fighters from mo nopolistic control. Helfand hopes to improve boxing by reviving small fight clubs.