Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Personnel Republicans To Organize For First Time In Counts Postmasters, supervisors and other postal personnel will coih vene in Newberry on the niitht of February 23 at 7:30 p. m. at the Community Hall for a District Three meeting of the National Association of Postmasters. Per sonnel from Saluda. Edgefield. | F " lieraI services for George D. Greenwood, McCormick and New L imwn \ former Superintendent of berry counties will gather, joined Educator Of County Dies ago when his novel “Dightwood” 1 was published. It concerned life in the bills of Georgia. A subsequent novel, “River Rogue" was also set in Georgia, near Brunswick. His current play is a study of a snake cult in a remote Tennessee valley. The wife of this famous author is the former Frances Neel. of Newberry, daughter of the late T. M. Neel of the Silverstreet sec tion. Her mother was the former Carrie Tucker of Tennessee. Fran ces is a sister of Collier Neel and a niece of Mrs. Eugene Please. She has a number of other rela tives in the county and visited here during Christinas, after re turning with her husband from a trip abroad. MUSIC AT ITS BEST by Postal Inspectors and District Office personnel from Columbia, according to an announcement made today by Host Postmaster Harry Ef. Moose. Assistant Post master J. J. Chappell and Super intendent of Mails R. C. Odell will also serve on the official host committee. Education of Newberry county were held Monday afternoon at McSwain Funeral home. Dr. P. L. Grier and Rev. J. B. McFerrin officiated and burial followed in the Prosperity cemetery. Mr. Brown died in his sleep at his home in Prosperity on Sun day morning. He received his A.B. degree MYSTERY FARM NO. 23: 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 in an attractive easel by calling at The Sun office. Calls and letters will be accepted until noon on Mon day following this publication date. The names of those who correctly Identify the farm will be placed in a hat and 11 names drawn for winners. All who correctly identify the farm will be listed in next week's issue. (Zekan Robbins photo.) Operatic and clasical music I can enjoy on the few occasions when tlie>e is a little peace and In-. Kill,.:: i G Wheeler, a lead quiet to afford proper concentra- ing expert in the field of dairy tion. There are many beautiful farm management from Michigan concert pieces and many outstand ; State I’niversity. will he the prin ing vocalists. 1 don’t know whore jripal speakt i at a dairy farmer 1 have heard music 1 have enjoy- meeting to b< held at the Newber ed more, though, than 1 did yes-t ry County Court House on Tues- terday when 1 went over to the < day, Fehruaiy US beginning at 1<» Speers Street school In search of. a. tn. and will he concluded at 3 Miss Juanita Hitt. The singing i p. m. with an hour and a half re from the auditorium greeted me ’ cess for lunch. as I got out of my car and I had, Dr. Wheeler was born and rear trouble finding my way to the j ed on a dairy farm in Connecticut, group. It turned out to be the third grade youngsters at Speers, Deirymen To Hear Wheeler Tuesday rehearsing for the part they will take In the Music Festival to be held here in two weeks. Miss Hitt Mrs. Frances Clary, formerly of Newberry, and known to many of you. The article states that "it is the first time such an enterprise has done wonders with those ehil- hi‘ s been undertaken in George- dren and they seemed to thor oughly enjoy the musical educa tion they are getting. When the third graders finished. I stayed around to hear the boys’ group, from the third to fifth grades, practice their festival songs. Then in the afternoon 1 went over to the high school to hear the 80 hoys and girls in that group during a practice session. After hearing these samples of what will take place during the music festival. 1 am anxious to he in attendance when it comes off. - More about this important event will be seen elsewhere in this issue. COOKIE WEEK If you haven’t already done so, be sure to buy some of the Girl Scout cookies which are being sold by the Scouts of Newberry, tile profits from the sale are used locally to provide training and recreational facilities. Besides the cookies are as good as you can buy anywhere and I know you will enjoy them. SCIENCE FAIR I was ’interested to note in the Georgetown Times of February 9 an article about a Science Fair which wgs held February 6-10 in the Witfyah Junior high school. The Fahr consisted of an exhibi tion of 20 projects executed by the 7th ferdde science students of town schools. One hundred and fifty-two students, formed into 20 working groups participated in the project, under the guidance of their instructor. Mrs. Clary.’' The story continued: “Sixteen varied topics are cov ered in the exhibits; namely, elec tricity. water cycle, atomic ener gy, soil erosion, transportation, conservation of soils, fuels, for ests ami wildlife, volcanoes, com position of air. effect of dust mulch on soil. Also ability of var ious kinds of soil to hold water, ova pora tion of salt, models, in cluding boats, planes and cars, caves, destructive distillation of coal, six simple machines, a n d finally, paper making. "In carrying out their ideas, the various groups employed a num her of different methods to erys- talizo their plans. These included art work such as iHisters, model ing clay, paper designs, collecting specimens written reports, news articles, consultations with citi zens outside ot school and re search. "Mrs. Clary states that the pro ject has been most rewarding in making ceitain science lessons more tangible and real and en couraging group cooperation as well as providing pleasure and im proving student attitudes,’’ '!<■ received his H.S. and M.S. do- grees from the University of Con necticut and his i’h.D. degree from Harvard University. He has had wide experience in conducting dairy farm management studies and was leader of the New Eng land Dairy Farm Management Project at Harvard University for eight years. He is co-author of a book that was recently published based on the farm studies at Har vard. He served for one year as consultant to the Department of Agriculture of Scotland at Edin burgh. County Agent P. B. Ezell says that the morning program will be gin with a lecture by Dr. Wheeler entitled ’Planning for Successful Dairying.” A tentative outline of the topics to be discussed follows: A. Some findings from the New England Dairy Farm Management Project: 1. Substantial gains are possible (examples). 2. Changes need to fit individual farm situation. 3. The general pattern of chan ges planned and adopted. B. Patterns for successful dairy farm organization (with exam ples and a few color slides from New England. Michigan and Scot land). C. Developing successful dairy farm business: 1. Planning and budgeting methods. 2. Specific problems and how to approach them. Following this lecture, there will he a panel discussion of the above subjects as they apply to South Carolina conditions. The panel will he composed of certain dairy farmers and members of the staff of the Clemson College Dairy Department. After lunch. Dr. Wheeler will give a second lecture on the sub ject “Reorganizing a Dairy Farm Business.” Topics to be stressed are,outlined as follows: A. Possibilities in some com bination of changes in feed pro duction and utilization, herd size, and related management practices on a selected dairy farm. B. Consideration of additional individual adjustments, such as: Raising vs. buying replace ments. Seasonality of production. Installing a bulk tank. Green chopping vs. grazing. A panel discussion of the sub ject matter covered by Dr. Wheel er in his afternoon lecture will conclude the meeting. All dairy farmers, milk distribu tors. fieldmen, and others interest ed in dairying are cordially in vited to attend this meeting. Quarterly meetings of postal I from Kr8kine colleffe and his M A - personnel are held in each con-1 from the University of South Car- gressional district for the purpose ° ,ina - Mr - Brown was a farmel of fellowship and resolving com- superintendent of the Prosperity Clyde Goodman, son of Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert Goodman of Kanna polis, N. C.. spent a weekend re cently on the College Campus with his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Goodman and attended high school weekend at Newberry Col lege. mon postal problems. District Three is divided into two dist ricts due to the distance covered by the full district and the portion of the district which will meet here is composed of five counties. Joining the district postmasters and supervisors will be Postal In spector R. L. Thompson of Colum bia, Chapter President of the South Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Postmas ters Mrs. Dollie M. Carr of Jo anna and Chapter Secretary-treas urer L. Cecil Davis of George town. District Manager for the St’ate, J. A. Watts will be on hand or a representative of his office will attend. A panel discussion on postal problems will be moderated by the host postmaster with Inspector Thompson and a representative of the Post Office department serv ing as panelists. schools and an elder of the As- hop ciat sociate Reformed Presbyterian church of Prosperity. He had been with the South Carolina Department of Education for the past 40 years. Mr. Brown was born and rear ed at Prosperity, a son of the late George D. and Nancy Mosley Brown. He had made his home in Greenville and Prosperity. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Neel Brown: one sister Miss Clara Brown; one brother, \V. H. Brown, both of Prosperity. Honorary pallbearers were the staff of the Department of Educa tion, E. S. Blease, Dr. J. I. Bed- enhaugh. Dr. I* P. Hollis. Dr. J. C. Kinard, Dr. B. M. Montgomery ami A. P. Thigh. Former Pastor To Speak Here Dr. Marshall H. Dendy, Execu te Secretary of the Board ot Education for the Presbyterian church will deliver the morning sermon at the Aveleigh Presby terian church on Sunday, Febru ary 26 at 11 o’clock. Dr. Dendy is a former pastor of Aveleigh. Sunday marks the beginning of the \^eek of Prayer and Self de nial for World Missions in the Presbyterian church and Dr. Den dy will speak on this subject at the morning service. The public is cordially invited to attend. District Garden Clubs Meet Here The council of Newberry garden clubs will be host to the E. Pied mont district of the Garden club of S.- €. In Na*berry on Wednes day, February 29. Mrs. A. W. Ruckle, Rock Hill, is district director, and will pre side. Mrs. W. Roy Anderson is president of the Council of New berry Garden clubs. The business session will be held in the auditorium of Central Meth odist church. Registration will begin at 9:46 a. m. and the meet ing will convene at 10:30. The luncheon will be served in the social hall of the church at 12:30. “Judge” Lonnie Graham Passes Lonnie Monroe Graham, record vv for the City of Newberry, died Sunday at Newberry county Me morial hospital at the age of 77. from injuries received in an auto mobile accident last Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Graham waf re- tur^ng from a hunting trip %hen the up truck he was driving left the highway near Hartford school and overturned, pinning him beneath and causing internal injuries. For the past six years, Mr. Graham has served in the capacity of city recorder and before that time was city magistrate for some years. Before entering pol itics, he operated a furniture store for forty years. He was a member of Central Methodist church and was well- known throughout the city and county. Mr. Graham was the son of the late David and -Mollie Ropp Gra ham of Newberry county and had lived in the city of Newberry for the past 50 years. Surviving are his wife, M r s . Margaret Higgins Graham; three sons, L. Clifton. Frank D. both of Newberry and Marion W. of De troit, Mich; one daughter, Mrs. R., S. Long of High Point, N. C.; one brother, Bowman of Whitmire and four great grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning from the Whitaker Funeral home by Rev. Herbert Spell. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery. The honorary escort consisted of Mayor Cecil Kinard and the City Council, City Police, Sheriffs force, E. L. Blackwell, R. L. Hutchinson, H. S. Langford, Qua rry Pelmet, If. O. Summer, C. M. Smith, Ralph Baker, Dr. Ralph Baker, Ben Dawkins, Tom Chal mers, W. H. Tedford, Eugene S. Blease, Henry Holloway, B. B. Livingston and B. V. Chapman. ATTEND FUNEftAL IN NEW JERSEY Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Nicosia left Tuesday for Bloomfield, New^ Jer sey to attend the funeral of Mr. Nicosia’s father, Frank Nicosia on Wednesday. For the first time in histor * far as can be learned, the Ku liean party will organize in N berry on the 'grass roots 1< 1” with a precinct meeting of ‘ho Newberry Republican club lining called Saturday. February ath at 3:30 p.m. at the Wiseman hotel. In 1952. a group of citizens from Newberry organized to support the independent “Eisenhower for President” movement This group was not affiliated with the Repub lican party of South Carolina. Of ficers of the group at that time were SL A. Brooks, chairman, R. B. Baker, Ed. Blackwell, Mrs. Nancy Copeland and 6. F. Arm- field, Sr. A few months ago, the indepen dent "Eisenhower” forces and the dfficials of the Republican party in the state merged and elected new officers. David Dows of Greenwood and Aiken was elect ed state chairman with Ernest Brooks of Newberry serving as State Treasurer. Althouh a suit has been brought against the Dows group, the courts have given permission for the party to organ ize according to law, pending out come of the legal action. County officers and delegates to a county convention, the date to beannounced later, will be el ected at the precinct meeting on The various Democratic clubs in the county have also scheduled precinct meetings to be held on Saturday afternoon or niht. Each of th© clubs will organize, elect officers and name a deleate to the county convention which will be held on Monday, March 6 at 11 a. m. in the county court room. Delegates to the county conven tion will elect officers and appoint delegates to the State Conven tion. Newberry county is entitled to send six delegates to the state convention with a fun vote each, or 12 delegates with one- half vote, according to B. V. Chap man, chairman of the Newberry County Democratic Executive committee. x Notice of some precinct meet- ins will be found elseyhere in this issue. I In the teed service personnel training school being held st the court house Tuesday, Wad Thyraday of thla week are M. Q. Roberts, ssnltsrlsn with the Newberry County Health i; eh the lift; Andrew Peeples, sanitation consultant with the State Board of Health who leo- baotariology at the Tuesday eeeelon, end E. T. Ammons, also of the State Board, who pre-j Ing tha aohaal, Mr. Ammons Is holding a black woods light used In e phorsphoreacent 1 to thaw how gorma art transmitted. (Sunphoto by Doria A. Sanders.) Music Festival For Newberry Schools To Conducted By’ Outstanding Educator The first music clinic and fes tival ever to be held in Newberry will begin at the Newberry high school auditorium on Wednesday, March 7, conducted by Dr. Harry Robert Wilson, professor of music education, Teachers’ college, Col umbia university. Arrangements for the event have been made by Miss Juanita Hitt, director ot music in Newberry city .ech All schools in the county been invited to take part in the festjiyab but no county school had given, notice - of intention to par Qcipate this week. The singing . groups which will participate, In the festival? have all ‘been trained ‘by’ Miss Hitt as part of the musical education of city school studente. Clinics will be conducted by Dr. Wilson on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the Elementary Festival to be held Thursday night, March 8 at S p. m. and the high school fee rival to take place Friday night, March 9 at 8 p. m. each at the high school. Participating In the elementary group will be the third gradere from all city schools, Boundary, Speerf, West End, Mollohon and Oakland; fourth gradere of the city schools end fifth gradere of the same schools; the boys choir, consisting of students from tha third through fifth grades of the Boundary St Speers street schools and the sixth and MYsath grade* at Junior high; also the girl'a glee club from Junior high. A special violin performance will be given by little Mtae Cynthia Lake of Silverstreet, student of Mias Lorraine Paris, and dance num* here will be presented by etudenta from the Harmon - Culbertson school of dance. The High School Festival will be composed of performances by chorus and Mrs. Molts; William director at -Greenwood schools;' the 100 voice high school chorus; the girl’s glee club; the boy’s glee club; the 8th grade chorhs, the girls sextet, and the high school band under the direction of Miss Paris. The chorus will sing two num bers acompanied by the band. The festival will be divided into three divisions, Opera, Ballet and Mus ical comedy. The operatic division will fea ture the Soldier’s Chorus; the musical comedy portion will con sist of selections from the Witard of Ox; and Miss Clajra E. Stokes will be the star in the ballet per formance in Strauss’ ,'‘Southern Roses \ . In speaking ot the clinic and festival, Miss» Hit pointed out that the event this year will take the place of haying students entered in the State festival held at Win- throp each year. “In this way,” she said, “all of the children re ceive the benefit of the rtaining, and not just the select groups who are sent to Winthrop each year.” She stated that Dr. Wilson has Judged the Winthrop state feat!- ▼*1 for the past sight years and la much in demand as a Judge aud conductor throughout the nation and abroad. Each participating group will he given a festival rating by Dr. Wilson, according to the national standards of Judging. A large crowd la expected at each of the festivals. Among the special guests expected are Mrs. Ed. Gavin, president of the S. C. Music Education Assn., Mrs. Val- rle Lide Evans, director of music at Lreher high school, Columbia; Mlsa Hariett Cleveland, supervis or of music for Columbia city schools; Leonard Molts, director of the Columbia Apollo male H. Jordan, director of music. Sum. ter schools; Miss Bonnelle Cro mer. of Newberry, director o f music at Palmetto high school at Pelzer-Williamson; Miss Mary J. Goanell, director of music at Fair- forest; Jim Hoitt, bend and choral Mrs. Rosalie Stribling, director of music at Connie Maxwell child ren’s h6tae, Greenwood; Harrison Elliott, editor of the South Caro lina. Musician, Inman; and Mar ion McGill, director of music in Grenville county and city schools. RusmII WillBe College Speaker Dr. Donald S. Russell. President of the University of South Caro lina, will be the r Mmercement speaker at Newberry College at the close of the ninety-ninth ses sion, according to an announce ment by Preajdent C. A. K ?- mann. The announcement included the name of Dr. Ch.. E. Frits of Atlanta, President of the Georgia-Alabama Synod of the United Lutheran Church, as the Baccalaureate preacher. The graduation exercises will be held on Sunday, June 3, with the baccalaureate service at 11:00 a. m. and the commencement ex ercises at 3:30 p. m. PUNCTUALITY IS THE ART OF BEING NO LATER THAI* ANYBODY ELSE. .• »i — ' ' ■Feb. 24: R. A. Feagle, Dorothy ilToon, Mrs. W. L. Shipman, “Rey” Lominaek, Essie Cook, Mrs. Kirk-’ ■sey Koon, Mrs. Tompsie Sum- J mers, W. R. Lominlck, William ■Grady Bedenbaugh, Larry Swy- gart, Natalie Staler, A. L. Goff. Feb. 26: John C. Adams, Robert | (Davenport, Mrs. Ruth Wood. Wll- t iia Ann Berley. Carol E. Bpting, ■ Peggy Berley. Marlon Long, Mrs. S. L. (Elizabeth Hayes Waldhour, Is. L. Waldhour. ■Feb. 20: Mrs. G. W. Senn. Peg- ■ Andrews, Mrs. Mildred Har- | Mrs. Hal Kohn, Jr., Carol [Sapp, Charlee Senn, Lowell Boo- | Claudette Kneece, Elisabeth |E*b» H. D. Whitaker, Fran- ■Hayea. Anne Wheeler, Mrs. I Ward. Elisabeth Settler, ^ease W. Senn. ■ 28: Walter Wallace. Mrs. I Elmore, Dr. Dray ton [Mrs. Mary Amick. I ■ Jr., Tochie LongTn I Harrietts Ann Henorlxl™ [»; P. ifttu Wat. Jr. ■ m vM RflMBBL-- - It I Dr. Harry Robert | be held at Newberry high ttn. I R. LoSkto 1 mm - '■ * mm ■aCiia , ;V- iSSJpja liM jS tfjlllji -v - »«sla I