Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Me! a < iub meiii her s t<> at tend tin- Slate e-on vent urn in (’oln ti! hi a t h i s weekend Most Schools Undecided By County Boarc Staver Inquest Friday Night Is Lengthy One Homemakers Of Board Asked to Continue Bush Riv Tomorrow Named Indebtedness Is Discusst Ihoty ('roeker 'oii'^irrow iia\e met! Six witnesses Coroner Georce u t're ea!led b \ *. Sttmmer to tes t ' mi tiv women eompetit ive of thi.‘ eit v examination ! M rs. Sanders , i t !Id i •- V i the bask.ti 01 11 u a n t e - and ( ] i j ] u a 11 V < bh‘ ’ ? «i > K - •*. ae) p ! In* I oat Imrs S f flu ^ . y end. Tin s i s tie* o u! \ ' re w a i ( ; , ' l K no w o! !f I.i! ha s b. . •: ot!( red the St Ii dent s i >! b ig b s < ho lasta- *-t andin: g. a! id I think tl n o i amity i- to hi * eon g ra t ulatel! t (»r i: s rent I'osit y and t he mert ha n T s ; hanked for their do ■ nation- t o tb.* i an WILLING SPONSORS I don t usually ha ve muel i to say in this i-olumn a bout t he \ ar iot.s bu sim >sses of the c ity h il t 1 have notie ed in ti me s past that certain m ien hart!s are always ready a ind eager to spon SO!’ pro- 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 ir a r at and 11 names drawn for winners. All who correctly identify the farm will be listed Robbins Mayor Councilmen, Give Manager Approval; Resignation Withdrawn With con:idem Kirmrd am . il. I M. resmna t ion Nt.-os berry jeots which are designed to fur ther civic and school projects ac tivities. I would like especially to call the attention of our readers the ads which may he seen in this isstte of the Sunpaper congratu lating the Music Department of the City Schools on the Spring Music Festival. The firms spons oring these congratulatory ads, are Purcells. South Carolina Nat ional Bank. Shealy Motor Com pany, Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Asociation. Whitaker Funeral Home. Murray Lumber Company. Maxwell Bros and Limi- say and Senns Cash Grocery. WEATHER TALK Everybody else talks about tin' weather so I’ll do the same. I was thinking you might in* in terested in how much rain we’ve had recently, but this is such a beautiful sunshiny day that it’s a shame to mention that subject whii It has been discussed for the past month. 1 believe I’ll start out by telling you that the tempera ture in Pirdi hasn't dropinnl as low as it had in 1 bdd at this time. On February 13 o! last year, the mercury dropped to 13 degrees. In two da\s in J;inuar> of this year, tin* i»th and the lath, a low of Iti was recorded. And be lieve it or not. on February ISth the temperature got as high as 77 degrees. In ease you don’t re member, hist year’s high was PS on July 3rd. }.\ M a> i>r < ecu r.. member ' e! eit y conn - Mlaekweil withdrew Ins a- city manager of which he had ha tided to the Mayor <m Friday afternoon The withdraw.*. I action took place at a special meeting of eouneil i called Saturday afternoon at Too o'clock The mayor and oum il ! unanimously approved a motion I asking the manager to reconsider | his resignation. giving him j "unanimous vote ot approval." A further motion. carried unani mously provided that neither tin* mayor nor an> member of eoun eil should go to the heads ot any of the city's departments with any complaints: that such com plaints should lie handled through tut* city manager, who was iu- istructed to follow poll* ies set by I eouneil and to refer any complaint i not covered by p o 111 \ to e O U! 1 c i 1. i At ike out set o' the !! I the mayor i \idaim*d ' nc! i called c o u m ! 1 11 > g e 11 o * i to i or t he resiv rat ion ha mb’d - b\ A! t . 1 ’ktt K well at 1 : f > ! on ’Wo da> - Ln.~! t ear, on r • o. wo had -’IT on nos. 1 would iikt- to rxpres- taaUKs to ,la< k Siiealy a’ the wait !' tie tration plant for furntsliiug all this information, wiitcii I pas- on to v o u. \ lets evening. Mi . Kinard and e;i< b memiter of council express ed individually the thought that tie city manager had done, and i- doing, an excellent job and that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain a city man ager of the same calibre for the salary presently being paid. The Mayor, speaking of the resigna tion. said "1 told him I really re gretted it." To Mr. Blackwell he sat,| "1 want all the members of eoum il to know 1 have worked with you and will continue to work with you. If I hadn't thought i could work with you, I wouldn’t have run for the job. 1 sincerely appreciate your withdrawing your resig nat ion.” (inly other item of business to come before eouneil was that of admission of Grestwood into the cit> limits. Gouncil certified to the Doard of Elections a petition b>r annexation ami requested the Hoard to hold an election and cer- t ify tin* results back to council in i dec -hat the property may be ■hid.M in the city limits if the , ; • ;\ ora hie. Crippled Children Society Meeting The Newberry County Crippled Children’s Society will meet Wed nesday. March 7 at 3:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. F. K. Harmon with Mrs. L. G. McCullough as associate hostess. All membeTs are urged to attend. tify at an inquest in the cause ot death of Mrs. Lucie Staver. who was fatally injured in an auto mobile collision on Sunday night, February 12. The inquest was held Friday night at the Gourt house. Testifying were K. J. Lomax. a t passenger in The ear which Mrs. Staver was driving; Boyce Ster ling. an employee of Whitaker Funeral home, who established the fact that Mrs. Staver’s body was removed from the driver’s seat of the car after the accident; W. D. Reardon, who told that Mrs. Sta ver was driving the car when it left his place of business in New berry short while before the ac cident: Roosevelt Leake colored, driver of the other car involved in the collision, and Patrolman D. A. Reighley and D. E. Abrams. Lomax was the first to take I the stand He testified that Mrs. | Staver was driving his da ugh- Her's car. a Pcni maroon Ford and I they were making "pretty good time." Later, in response to a question by a juror, he estimated the speed to be about 4a or 50 miles an hour. He sai<j that while they were traveling from New berry in the direction of Chap pells, he dozed off to sleep and ‘‘we got right on the automobile before I ever glanced up and seen it.” He testified that the collision knocked him "cold” and the next thing he knew he was outside the car wiping blood out of his face. He said that he had only known Mrs. Staver since the first of the year and had never known her to (Continued on page 5) Four Republican Clubs Organize — i i have earned the honor of repre- -cti'ing their high schools in the stalewide judging for $1500 and Four Republican precincts in $500 scholarships, it was announc Newberry county were organized ed today by General Mills, spon Saturday afternoon when regular sor of the home appreciation pro- meetings of both Democratic and gram. A quarter million young Republican clubs were held thru women throughout the nation out the county. The four precincts participated. elected officers and appointed dfd- The local school winners are: legates to the county convention, Patsy Oxner of the Bush River j which will be held Monday, March school. 5 at 9:30 a.m. at the Hotel Wise- Mary Louise Piekert of New- man. In each precinct, the presi- berry high school. j dent of the club will be a delegate Each deinon.Mrated her home-Lo the county convention, making knowledge and aptitude by- Precincts organized were, in the receiving the highest score for city. Ward 3 No. 1, Ernest A. her school in a written examina- Brooks, president; Ward 4. No. 2. lion which was given graduating I p. F. Armfield. Sr. president, senior girls in 10.222 of the na- Tlie future i ,i i St!\ erst r» el still uneei tam. one half hour I the uIg 11 -. : and Rush PR after a three il i-cu-.-don Tue -T night by Board of taken bv members of the ( on * ' " Education. 'Flu* action the Board in the past, t ion’s public, private and paro chial high schooh-!. Her test pa tter will he entered in competi tion with 192 -ehool winners in this state. Kinard Appointed Defense Chairman Major General James (\ Dozier. State Director of Civil Defense, announces the appointment of C. E. Kinard to be Chairman of the Newberry City Civil Defense Council to succeed J. E. Wiseman, who resigned in January. Mr. Kinard. present Mayor of Newberry, has served on the Newberry City Council for four teen years and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. and Mrs .Kinard and their two children live at 702 Wright street in Newberry. R. F Bethel presi- In the county, Helena, Sanders, president; Mount Gannanv. R. B. Kennerley \ dent. Delegates to the State conven lion will be elected on March 5, New Directors New directors of the Chamber of Commerce who have been el ected by vote of the members to serve for two years beginning on April L 1956 are R. R. Bruner, Jr. P. D. Johnson. N. R. McElveen, Thomas H. Pope, Frank Smith, and T. Roy Summer, Jr. These new* directors and the six carried over from the past will meet soon and elect officers for the coming year. Plans are now being made by the chamber for the annual ban quet to be held sometime ne,ar the first of April. Programs For Music Festivals Are Given; Dr. Harry Robert Wilson To Be Director Hartford Club Names Officers T\. !! art :<u d Di mot ra i: i ' ■ • <; ' ; . ♦ * ' o i 11 > \\ ’ * 1 u o 1 i 11 1 ,;. .. . .,: • at r in* i * < , in- t i*’« 1 *l ua rv ’-■>: s'* - Khun. 11 1 - Shea ty ■. -M. ut, .1. 1*'. 1 law kins Mrs. J. F. Hawkins; * i \. i ,uninit t ceina n, C. L. q, :• _ .,*,. . J. A. Amick. B. Gimm m* E. Ward and < 'art <*r. im-eting ; viee- secre* execu* Lester; C. Nich* W. C DR. RICHARD G. WHEELER, an expert in the field of dairy management from Mich igan State University, was the principal speaker at a dairy farm meeting held Tuesday in the county court room. The room was filled to capacity for the occasion. Dr. Wheel er is shown above, third from left. Fourth from left is County Agent P. B. Ezell. Others who took part in the discussions following Dr. Wheeler’s lectures were, left to right, W. L. Abernathy of Chester, executive secretary, S. C. Dairy Association, C. P. Butler, Clemson, Dr. Wheeler, Mr. Ezell, Prof. J. P. LeMaster, Clemson, and C. G. Cushman of the Clemson dairy department, who was moderator for the panel. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) Plans have been completed tor the First Spring Music Festival presented by the Music Depart ment of the City Schools, to be held Thursday and Friday nights. March 8th and 9th. The program for the elementary school festival Thursday night has been announced as follows; j i The National Anthem and ; America the Beautiful by the j combined elementary c horus, Ev- j angeline Lide, aceordianist; Group 1. by the third grade chorus of Boundary. Mollohon and Speers Street schools. "When Moses 1 Smote the Water", "Barkalinga Wahtermillion”, "The Land ot 'he Dutch. Dutch. Dutch”, “The, Little Dustman", "Sweet and Low." A Dutch folk dance will be presented by Gail Setzler, Janice Stone, Jimmy Clamp and Barry Shealy. Group 2. by fourth grade chorus of Boundary. Speers, Oakland, Mollohon and West End schools, "Faith of Our Fathers”, “The Fairy Crew”, “One More River to Cross”, and "Frog Went A Cour tin’.” The latter will feature Rus sell Culbertson, Laura Summer, Danny Chandler, Nancy Paysing- er, Cheryl Hawkins, Bobby Oxnei and Tim Owens. Group 3, fifth grade choruses ol Speers and Boundary street schools, “Bells Above the Chapel,” “Handkerchief Dance,” “Chumb- ard.” Featured in a Czech dance will be Elizabeth. Setzler, Sonia Kolodij, Mac Dawkins and Bruce Lipscomb. Little Miss Cynthia Lake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Lake of Siiverstreet, will render a violin solo, “The Gypsy Violin.” She is a student of Miss Lorraine Paris. Group 4, Junior High School Girls Glee Club, “Mary an’ Mar tha,” “All Through the Night,” with Marcia Todd, soloist; “Gen* tie Jesus, Meek and Mild,” “Slum ber Song,” Donnie Rook, soloist; “The Ash Grove," with auto-harps by Ann Beck, Diane Hunter and Anne Abrams; orchestra bells, Linda Cannon; Violin Solo, “The Merry Widow Waltz,” Cynthia Lake. Group 5, elementary School Boys Choir, “Come Let Us To The Bagpipe’s Sound,” “Soft Music Enchanting.” “Home o n Range.” “Who Would Like Play in the Orchestra?” Accompanists for the elemen tary group will be Mrs. Aubrey Harley and Miss Juanita Hitt. The high school festival pro gram on Friday night follows: “Born to Be Free,” and “Your Land and My Land” by Newberry i High School Band and Chorus. Group 1, Girls Glee Club. “Song of Marie Antionette," The Kerry | l Dance," "Waters Ripple a n d , Flow." I Group 2. Boys Glee Club. "Praise Ye The Lord," "The Drinking \ Song" i from Student Prim e i "Poor Wayt'arin’ Stranger.” Eddie Anderson, soloist, Ann Beck, Di anne Hunter. Ann Abrams, auto- harpets; "Climbin’ Up the Moun tain." Group 3, The Mixed Chorus, "Charlottown," "Sing and Re joice." “Peace Must Come Like A Troubadour,” “(Jive Me Your Tir ed. Your Poor.” Group 4, Eighth grade chorus. "Love Divine,” "Evening Prayer” (from Hansel and Gretel). “Chia- panicas." By the High School Band, “Fill mores Triumphal March.” “The Little' Rhapsody in Blue.” “Em blem of Unity.” Following intermission, the fol lowing three divisions will be heard: Opera “Come Ye Maidens” (Tschaikowsky) by the Sextette, “Soldier’s Chorus” from “Faust” by the mixed chorus. Ballet. "Roses from the South” (Strauss) by the Girls Glee Club, Clara Elwell Stokes, ballet solo- continued on page 5) '•'tetp LITTLE MISS CYNTHIA LAKE, 3rd grade student at Siiverstreet elementary school and a violin student of Miss Lorraine Paris, will be featured in the Elemen tary Music Festival at Newber ry high school Thursday night, March 8 at 8:00 p. m. MISS CLARA ELWELL STOKES wiirperfornTa' Ballet solo at the High School Music Festival next Friday night, March 9 at 8:00 p. m. at the high school auditorium. (Photo by Nichols.) which provided that both schools would he closed for the 1956-1957 school session, was partially res cinded pending turther investiga tion by members of the Board. A delegation representing Bush River and Siiverstreet communi ties'. with Rev. S. T. Lipsey as spokesman, appeared before the Boajal to petition that Bush River i school be allowed to remain open j to “prove that we can have a (good school." A 13-page statement was read by Rev. Lipsey in sup port of the request by the Bush River citizens. It was pointed out that members of the Advisory Board of Siiverstreet had not been consulted an<} only a portion of the Siiverstreet patrons had been contacted regarding transferring Siiverstreet high school students to Bush River. The idea advanced by the group was that while the Board should not order consolida tion of the two schools, it should close the Siiverstreet high school and give the high school students there the option of going to Biish River. C. T. Smith, chairman of the Bush River Advisory Board em phasized the points made by Rev. Lipsey. especially the one con cerning transportation of stu dents. Under the present set-up, he said, all students would travel on buses to Bush River then the high school students would b e transported to Newberry. The same would be true after school, in some cases involving 10 or 11 hours a day by some students on the buses. The further argument was that although the State Finance Com mission and the State Board of Education had said that no new school could be built or accredit ed unless there was a student po tential of 250, the delegation pointed to numerous instanc - of new buildings and accreditation without limitation to s hoots hav ing few more and " -ome cases less, than 100 -De n,-. Rev. Lipsey si.,i hat 474 pa trons and residents of the Bush River area had signed a ;> *Gtion to keep the school there an., .t he felt 100 per cent coop, . i would be obtained from at o that portion of Siiverstreet ,m the town to the Bush River ...ea. He stated that only in a rural community can a child be "de veloped in his own environment, with a program worked out for rural areas, giving the child the opportunity of full participation in all school programs, “which would not be possible if the stu dents were to come to Newberry, high school. Mr. Smith also stated that Chap pells was in favor of the proposal and Hiat prior commitments kept the delegation from Chappells (Continued on pape 5) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS March 2: David 5tone. Margie Ingram, Grady Force, Ralph G. Higgins. March 3: James Ralph Williams junior, Wilbur Boozer, Mrs. F. A. Truett, Janice Carolyn Boozer, Jerome Havird, Evelyn Neel Long Marcia Ross. March 4; Ralph Connelly, Cros by Lewis, Ralph Lancaster Phil Brooks, Mrs. Hendrix Monts. March 5: Miss Ruby Kinard, Mrs. Earl Roland, Mary Ann Con nelly, Mrs. Everette Graham, Mrs. Ethel Murphy, Cornelia Nally, Mrs. E. E. Hite. March 6: Hugh Connelly, Mrs. Charlie Bradley, David Richard son, Mrs. P. G. Ellisor. March 7: Mrs. J. M. Hove, Jos eph L. Tolbert Miss Carolyn Kin ard, Lynda Ann Waldrop, Ula Jollay, George P. Boozer, Mrs. W. D. Montgomery, Mrs. EUerbe Mil ler. March 8; J. P. Moon, T. S. Har mon, Ace W. Watkins, Mrs. Harry Stone, Mrs. Glenn L. Hamm, Mrs. Katherine Neel Long, L. A. Black.