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li '* ttlt i;' ■: irnc " • . c\ pi C^S ! llfinsci Yt \ i iv i1111 !• !o say. N’OI.l'MK is M Air.KR IS NEWBERRY. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1956 $2.00 PER LEA By The Way M V stek V Farm No 29 Whose Is It ? By Dons A. Sanders NO MORE ROGER It mm 1 ms ;i ^-luim*' that attm' su< h Iouk and (list in^mshod .-*t vita- dining World War 11, t ho arjmy hits soon lit to 'roUiaso HogtM from tho armod foroos. But tirnos luivo a wa\ of ohanging and methods along with thorn, so Rog er is no longer indispensihle. In its place will he Koinoo, tho new designation for "K in the army s phonetic alphabet. 1 think it is still possible that •‘Roger" will he used in t h e sense that it is used h> pilots and others as meaning “1 understand along with the familiar "Wilico", meaning “will c (imply." I can’t visualize a pilot talking to the tower saying "Romeo Wilico.” Only four meml>ers of the old phonetic alphabet used by the armed services survived. They are .Charlie, Mike. Victor and X-ray. In ease you are one of those who keep up with such things, the new phonetic alphalvet is as follows: alfa. bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, golf, hotel, india, juliett. kilo, lima, mike. November. os< ar, pai>a, Quebec, rorneo. Sierra, tan go, uniform, victor, whiskv, xray. yankee and zulu. HAVE ANOTHER CU D ••(’offee Day" will he tomorrow, Friday, in ami around Newberry, the designation meaning (hal (‘ach nickle or dime \ou spend tor a cup of coffee at eating csiahlish ments in Newle rr.v will be donat ed by lie* owners of thoso (*stah lishments to the Crippled child ren’s campaign in Newberry coun ty. Those of you who usually have a cup of coffee, take time, relax and drink two cups. Those who don't, make a special effort t o drink a cup tomorrow at one of the eating places listed below. This is the third and last phase of the campaign to raise money for the Crippled Children’s Soc iety. One phaae was the Easter Seal sale, the second the lily sale held last Saturday. Mrs. Thomas Mi MS MYSTERY FARM No. 29: 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.) ! Advantages Of Watershed Explained To Landowners In a further effort to explain advantages offered by a water shed project, farmers and busi ness men owning property in the proposed Rush River watershed, were shown slide-; and other ma terials at a (meeting at Rush River high school last Thursday night by Brice M. I^athan, area conser vationist of the Anderson Soil Parks and Mrs. R. W. Ivester are Conservation district. co-chairmen of the “Coffee Day” program. The participating establishments are Werts Coffee Shop on College street. Gilder and Weeks, Smith’s Rexall Drugs. Central Drugs, Whit’s Grill. Haile’s Truck Stop. Gilliam’s Drive-In. Plampins Hats. Shell Service Station. Summer’s Drive-In, Kinard’s Lunch Stand. Zesto, Mac’s Sport Shop. Layton’s Lunch Stand. Newberry Drug Co., Prosperity Drug Co. Wallace home and the Wiseman hotel. A GREAT LOSS I wish here to express my sor row on the passing lust week of Mrs. Mary Fulmer Wells. My first recollection of Mrs. Wells goes back to the time when we first came to Newberry and when our favorite pasttime was going to the old Opera House. 1 can still see Mrs. Wells box at the sitting in the top of those difference after channels were cleaned, dams constructed. road hanks treated, gullies stabilized, reforestation and other conserva tion practices put into effect. Pickens watershed is one of 60 pilot projects in the nation, and the only one in South Carolina. Mr. La than also showed by use of two blackboards the problems which are confronted in water shed construction, and the solu tions which have been found to those problems. At the conclusion of his talk, those land-owners present voted the continuance of the study which has been underway for the past month, to draw up plans for the Rush River watershed. In an interview with a Sun re porter. Joe Earle, area conserva tionist of Chester, said that local people will he expected to share in the program on the basis of loss in proportion to benefit. The gov- Sho was then, and throughout her ! eminent, he explained, pays the life, a most friendly and thought- cost of preparation of the plan, till person. One of her friends said but unless the plan when eomplet- "it is too bad that Mrs. Wells ed is acceptable to all land-own- rouldn't have lived a little longer ers in the territory, or can he al to see all of tie- beautiful flowers tered to suit them, the watershed in bloom, sle- loved them so." She project will not he undertaken, had a "green thumb" and was al- Local fanm-rs. lie said, will be willing to share her plants expected to do a certain amount The colored slides depicted work done on a pilot watershed in Pickens Soil Conservation dis trict. This is a 12 mile creek watershed, which, as a "pilot”, was more substantially financed by the government than such watersheds as the Rush River project would he. The slides, on two screens sim ultaneously. showed “before” and "after" pictures while work on the Pickens watershed was pro gressing. They demonstrated the wa v t icket i w it h ether- liare i My deepest yvmpatby of t he stairs, goes to those who survive her. la r a; work on their own land, as consci vat ion measures are concerned. The government will pay a certain percent of the pro gram’s cost, depending on the total amount of the program and the benefit which will fee (derived by landowners in the area, who will also be required to (maintain the watershed after the work is done. The program, it was explained would affect Bush River andall of it’s tributaries.Dams would be built. channels improved, rpad banks treated, land stabilization and reforestation measures under taken. E. L. Shull of the Soil Conser vation Service in Columbia is leader of the watershed planning party. The other members of the party are Messrs. Clay,Hammond, Rates and Vaughan, geologist, economist, hydrologist and eng ineer, respectively. Mr. Earle advised that meetings would he held from time to time to advise interested parties of progress on the watershed plan. Newberry County’s Best Spellers wmm ■j&ii #8e msm BKSSK&SS-iSSS Goodman Leaves Recreation Job Gordon Goodman, who has been Newberry's recreation director for the past year, lias submitted his resignation to City Manager Ed Rlackwell to he effective April JOth. Mr. Goodman has accepted a job as recreation director at Greenville, N. C., where he will begin his duties on May 1. In his letter of resignation, dat ed March 27, the director express ed his appreciation to city coun cil, the city recreation commis sion and the people of Newberry for the cooperation given to him during his time as Newberry's recreation director. Mrs. Wells Rites Last Friday Mrs. Mary Fulmer Wells, widow of Henry B. Wells. Sr for many years Chief of tin- Newberry Fir department, died early Thursday morning at her home on Harring ton street. She was 7‘* years of age and had been in failing health for several months. Mrs. Wells passed her whole life in this county, being born in the Pomaria section, the daughter of the late William W. and Alice Ann Epting Fulmer. She had lived most of her life in the city of Newberry and for many years as stated her husbnd in the operation of the Opera House, then later assisted her son in operating the Wells theatre as long as health permitted. Mrs..Wells was a mem ber of the Lutheran church of the Redeemer, the Womans Mission ary Society liadies Aid and other organizations of the church. She was a member of the first garden club organized in Newberry. She is survived by two sons, H. B. Wells, Jr., and W. Fulmer Wells, of Newberry; one sister. Mrs. R. W. Hutchinson, Laurens; four brothers. W. A. Fulmer, R. A. Fulmer. Dr. R. E. Fulmer, all of Colombia; O. F. Fulmer. Savan nah, Georgia; two grandchildren, H. B. Wells III, Newberry; Mrs. A. H. Mencken. Augusta. Ga. Four great-grandchildren and a num her of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Friday afternoon at M o’clock from her late residence with Rev. Paul E. Monroe and Dr. R. A. Goodman conducting the rites. Interment followed in Rosemont cemetery. Active pallbearers w er e Marion l Fulmer. Furman Fulmer. Robert Fulmer. Weight Fulmer. Eugene Fulmer, Rev. Olin Hutchinson. R. W. Hutchinson, Jr., Eddie West- wood, Tom Westwood. Leland Welling, Emerson Westwood, and Pickett Fulmer. Honorary pallbearers were Bill Tqrner. Harry Dominick. Hal K<tan, Dr. James Kinard, H. W. (timpert, Sam Beam, Wright non, T. E. Epting, Chris Kauf man, Otis Whitaker, Dutch Al brecht, Dr. F. N. Martin and Rev. Neil Truesdale. Ritchie Says Consolidation Matter Still Being Discussed At Margaret Hunter Park : ; :vNy Mm (Photo by NtcRofft) Easter Services Planned For Sunrise On Sunday ir 2 William T. Jones of Greenwood, who has announced that he will be a candidate for re-election to the office of Solicitor of the 8th Judicial district. Mr. Jones has held the place for the past four years. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Miss Clary Named Student Officer Miss Susan Clary, rising senior at Furman university, Greenville, was recently elected vice-presid ent of the student body on the university’s woman’s campus. Miss Clary is the laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennette E. Clary of Came ron and granddaughter of Mrs. J. H. Clary of Newberry. The traditional Easter Sunrise service at Margaret Hunter park will begin on Easter morning at 6:12 with Dr. Joseph M. King, professor of religion at Furman university delivering the message. Scripture will be read by tLe Rev. Thomas H. Weeks, prayer offered by the Rev. Gordon H. Mann and the benediction pronounced by the Rev. C. B. Corley. The choir assembled by Mrs. James E. Wiseman will be made up of singers from the various churches in the city and directed by Rev. C. (). i^amoreux. T h e National Guard band will furnish the brasses under the direction of Bob Gilliam. The Newbery high school band, directed by Miss Lorraine Paris, will enter the park at 5:45 and play appropriate music to sound the call for worship. In the event of rain, the ser vices will he held at the high school auditorium. The committee in charge of the Sunrise service has announced that there will be sufficient seat ing capacity for all who attend. The service will be broadcast over WKDK. begin at 6:30 with the Easter message delivered by Rev. Garth L. Hill, pastor of Holy Trinity at Little Mountain. Besides Holy Trinity, churches taking part in the program will include Mount Tabor, Mount Pilgrim, St. Tho mas and St. Peters. The pastors of thecongregations, the Rev. J. S. Wessinger and the Rev. John D. Zeigler, will take part in the service. Choirs from the sponsor ing churches will lead the singing. Mrs. Louise Derrick, organist, is directing the choirs. The services at Prosperity will begin at 6 a.m. Among the Sunrise services to be held in the county are those at Wightman Methodist church in Prosperity and atop the highest peak on Litle Mountain. The Little Mountain service will There will be Easter sunrise ser vices at West End Baptist church conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. Ed Taylor. The text of the ser mon will be “The Meaning of the Resurrection.” Special music will be rendered by the church choir. The service will be held at 6:30 a.m. in the church, followed by Sunday school at 7:30 a.m. The evening worship period will be held at the usual hour. The public is cordially invited to attend the sunrise service. Local 324 To Meet Sunday There will be a meeting of the TWUA CIO-AFT Local Union No. 324 at the Mollohon School Sun day afternoon, April 1 a t 3 p. m. All members are urged to attend. Still untangled is the kn Y problem which lias faced e Newberry County Bo%rd of : .u- eation in its past several u et- ings: to consolidate the agh schools of the county as planned three years ago, or not to consoli date in view r of recent opposition by rural school patrons. The matter was not discussed at the regular meeting of the Board Tuesday night; however, representatives of radio and press were told by the Board's chair man, J. S. Ritchie, that no decis ion had been reached. “We can’t give an answer on consolidation tonight,” said the chairman. “The matter is still under advisement and executive sessions of the board have been held in an effort to reach a solution. I can tell you that when a decision is reached, it will be after the most serious consideration by the Board, and many hours j of lying awake at night trying to decide what is best.” During the short meeting of the Board, a committee representing the teachers of the county ap peared to present three requests for the welfare of the teachers. Members of the committee were 0. E. Hendrix, Mrs. Phil Kelly, and Mrs. Naomi Epting. who hold positions in the Newberry County Education Association as legisla tive chairman, president and teaciier welfare chairman respect ively. The requests were (1) to establish a policy of allowing teachers to accumulate 40 days sick leave; (2) to increase county supplement paid teachers; and (3) to amend the retirement pol icy to allow certain teachers to become eligible for social secur ity benefits. The delegates urged the Board to consider the 40-day sick leavo program, stating that the request was being made to county Boards throughout the state to establish a state-wide policy. They empha sized that few teachers use the maximum of seven days they are now allowed annually and the op inion that no teachers would take advantage of the cumulative leave, but that it would be a morale fac tor for the teachers to know they would have something to fall back on in the event of a serious illness. The Board- later decided to survey other counties in the State an<i determine the general policy. Such a survey made a year ago revealed that or.Iy four coun ties provided a cumulative sick leave, those for only 3o days, ac cording to P. K. Harmon, director of county schools. Mr. Hendrix, spokesman for ' e delegation, asked that the te er county supplement which now l v- ^rages 13 to 14 per cent of ; ate aid, be increased to 20 per ent of the State aid. This would mean an average increase of $15 a month to teachers holding A and B Certificates, he said. Expressing regret that the General Assembly did not increase teachers’ State aid this year, the speaker said, “there are some teachers who do not receive the mimimum wage rate of $1 an hour.” The Board did not discuss this request, stat ing that it was futile to do so when no funds were available at this time to increase the supple ment. The third request asked that teachers who have, or soon will reach the retirement age of 65 be permitted to teach until they have sufficient “quarters” under soccial security to • receive benefits when they retire. Mr. Harmon stated (Continued on page 5) William Roblnaon, sixth grade student at Whitmire is presented the first place award of $5 in the New berry County Spelling Bee held last Saturday at the High School auditorium. Making the presentation is County Superintendent of Education James D. Brown. William also received the right to represent tho county in the State contest to be held April 21 at Columbia College. Charlsie Counts, left above, won second place, $3, and Faith Young, second from right, received the third place award $2. Charlsie la an 8th grade student at Pomaria, Faith an 8th grade student at Silverstreet. On the extreme right Is Mias Clifford Coleman, chairman of the county Spelling Bee committee. Other entrants were Sara Evans, 7th grade, Bush River; Sue Ellen Hipp, 6th grade, Newberry Junior high and Andrea Shealy, 7th grade, Little Mountain. Judges were Rev. Paul Monroe, Jr., Rev. C. O. Lamoreux, and Rev E. L. Alexander. Callers were Mrs. Josephine Layton, Mrs. Janie Lou Whitaker and Miss Margaret Paysinger. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) ter Lovett, Hedy P. Clark, Eddie Long, Deleal Boinest, Neel Boo zer, Gettls L. Coates. March 31: Mrs. James Smith, Sr., Johnny Billingsley, Rupert Edward Hodges, Jr., Mary Susan Long, Mrs. Anna Counts, George Ray Lathrop, Larry Boam. April 1: Jake Wise, Mrs. Bertha D. Boylston, Mrs. C. E. Saint- Amand, Otis L. Whitaker, Mrs. A. E. ; Hazel. April 2: Fred Hayes, Oliver Cromer, Mrs. Sam J. Shannon. April 3: Mary Ruth Armlield, Mrs. J. B. Hanmon. — April 4: C. T. Summer, W. H. Dickert, Miss Rebecca Lominick, Mrs. Herman Halfacre, J. H. Cook, James Edward Plampin, Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, Anne Bruner, Miss Myra Hardy. April 5: Mrs. Arthur Dwyer, A. C. Ward, John Francis Scurry, Jackie Goodman, Mrs. L. A. Black. j" Gentlemen Of The Newberry County Grand Jury MEMBERS OF THE NEWBERRY COUNTY GRAND JURY for thl. year .re shown in the court convened last Monday morning. They are front row, left to right, W. M. Buford, Kirby Lomln^k, O. C. Dominick, Te^ritl Wes- smger, Clifton Hattaway, George K. Dominick, foreman; J. H. Cook,_Louie Spearman, F. L. Graham and Clyde McCarlev second row L E. Chandler, T. P, McCullough, James E. Nichols, J. Dave Caldwell, Ray A. Martin, Robert Byrd, W. B. Hite, Sheely Settler, Curtia Hipp and Eugene Piester. Absent when the picture was made was Harold Long. Messrs Buford. Lomlnack, and Chandler transferred to the petit jury and will not serve on the grand jury thia year. Sunphoto by Doris A. Sandora.) were alternates, later .y*i| ;.v