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That’s all a teacher can hope for unless be happen* to get a Ph.D. in which case his salary will go up the great amount of around $7 a month. Isn’t that magnanimous of your state and county ? As one teacher said, “I just don’t belie ve the county is that poor”. It seems that eith er the county is that poor or else is that miserly. Pei •son a 1 1 ’y, 1 think if people in the euunty realize how tie Teachers lit- are Mrs. Sanders paid and what a shortage of funds there is for instructional mater ials in the school, they would go along with an increase of four or five mills to help along the sit uation. County delegations in the past four years, however, have refused to heed requests of the County Board of Education for more money. Members of t h e Board realize the seriousness of the problem and they know r the time is coming when it will be al most impossible to secure the nec essary number of teachers. EASTER BEAUTY I had occasion to go thru Col umbia last weekend, and I don’t believe the flowers could have been more beautiful for Easter Day than if it had been possible to order them arranged just so. Pink and white dogwood and aza leas of almost every color were in full bloom. The dogwood trees are just covered with flowers this year, as are the azalea bushes. In one or two places I noticed where the cold had ruined a few early blossoms, but for the most part those were gone and more bloss oms had opened up to take their place. Flower lovers in these parts have gone in for azaleas in such a big way that it almost isn’t nec essary to go to the Charleston gardens any more to see the mag nificent beauty of a good season for azaleas. And by the time you are reading this, I expect they will be in full bloom in Newberry if this warm weather keeps up. In one thing, I believe, Newberry excels. I didn’t see in Columbia the many red bud trees that are now in bloom and make such a beautiful scene to those traveling the streets of our fair city. NO SMALL TYPES I stopped by the postoffice for the mail the other morning, and saw one of the rural carriers load ing boxes of baby chicks in his car for delivery. Being a little cur ious I went over and examined them, and I can assure you there were no small type leghorns in cluded in those orders! There were a certain number of heavy breeds, but no small type leg horns. Naturally, I can’t guaran tee what breed or sex they were, but, etc, etc, etc. FYI FYI, in the newspaper business is an abbreviation meaning “For Your Information.” So, FYI, in the event you are not one of those who are so fortunate as to be able to listen to Radio Station WKDK, you would be unable to appreciate the foregoing paragraph. Eac h day, at least 10 or 15 times, there is a commercial urging you to buy your baby chicks now, etc, etc. with all of the information above included in the commercial. The commercial is given by tape re cording so there is never the slightest variation in the tone of voice from one time to the next. I can understand why it was tap ed; I’m sure after a week or so of repeating that thing so many times each day the announcer would never be able to get thru it. While on the subject of WKDK I have another thing or two to say about that station. This time I am not going to be too angry with my friends out there about cutting out one program to air (Continued on page 4) MYSTERY FARM NO. 30. 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.) Watershed Will Benefit Urban As Well As Rural Landowners The South Carolina Jersey Cat the club is holding an annual reg istered Jersey Heifer Sale at the Newberry County Fair Grounds on April 6. This sale will begin at 1 p.m. Twenty-seven select heif ers have been consigned by South Canoina breeders. Four Newberry county breeders have consigned 10 heifers. The Newberry County 4-H Club Council will sell sand wiches and drinks at a booth. W. E. Senn, president of the County Jersey Club, extends a cordial in vitation for the public to attend this sale. Litterbug Play On WFBC-TV Lions And Ladies Are Told College Centennial Plans The Litterbug playlet, written during Newberry’s Clean-up week by Roman Kolodij, a student at Newberry high school, will b e presented on WFBC-TV on Mon day, April 9 at 1 p.m. on the Alice Wyman program. Miss Wyman will also interview Mrs. Richard L. ’Baker, Roadside development Chairman of the South Carolina Garden clubs, Roman Kolodij, the author of the play and Connie Sheely, committee chairman. It is hoped that Mrs. P. D. Meadors, of Greenville, president of the Garden club of South Carolina, <’luh Ladie’s night Tuesday at 8 will he able to participate on the P- ni - I' - -V I ruett, Lion president prog'ram. served as toastmaster. Rev. Gor- Mrs. Baker’s remarks will con- don H. Mann, rector of St. Luke’s corn primarily what the Garden Episcopal church pronounced the I Club of South Carolina is doing invocation AMONG THOSE ENJOYING LIONS LADIES NIGHT Tuesday were Mrs. O. M. Mullinax and Mr. Mullinax, governor of Lions District 32-C, of Gaffney; Mrs. C. A. Kaufmann and College President Kaufmann, who was guest speaker, Mrs. F. A. Truett and Dr. Truett, Lion president. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) , Newberry College Dining Hall years, and Wright Cannon; 21 was filled to capacity for LionsJ year award, D. O. Carpenter. Special vocal and instrumental music was rendered by students of Newberry college. The speaker for the evening, C. A. Kaufmann, president of New- Foilowing a delicious I berry college, was introduced by in Road side development, and; turkey dinner, Dr Truett welcom- “The profiosed Bush River wa tershed project will benefit not only those persons who own land, or live on Bush River,” it was pointed out. yesterday by E. L. Shull, leader of the watershed planning party, “hut will benefit many persons in urban areas as w r ell.” A good illustration of this fact was demonstrated at one of the 50 or more proposed dam sites in the watershed area. This par ticular site is on the farm of T. O. Stewart near the intersection of Hunt and Harrington streets and the dam would he built at the point where the north and south branches of Scotts Creek converge. Locating possible dam sites on Bush River and its tri butaries is just one of the many jobs being undertaken by the sur vey party, and flood control struc tures, the term soil conservation Tech nicians use to mean <i lam s are just one o f th e measure s u nder- t;ik< ■n in a wat orshed pro, ject. suhl M r. Shull. PI Ians l'o r ' t h e Bush Ri vel Wa ters hod, \v) i i c h extends fr um rn n - ton, whore Bus h River r; i.-es near Thu rnweil < >r phanage, to the imvt 1 r part of Ne wherry Go unty, will he in the making fo r se veral mon ths; th en il f the proje et i: s ap- stressing the Litterbug campaign. Those who will appear in the play are Anna Coe Keitt, Edna Pay- singer, Mary Louise Dickert and Lorreta Werts. Mrs. Clifford Smith will accompany the group to Greenville. Here April 17 The second trip of the year to Neyrberry of the Red Cross Blood mobile will be on Tuesday, April 17th between the hours of 2 and 8 p. m. The location will be the social hall of Central Methodist CJhurch. The quota is 100 pints. Each person who is able to do ed the group and introduction of club guests was made by P. K. Harmon, Lion secretary. Tom M. Fellers, Lion Vice president, in troduced members’ guests. Greetings were brought by O. M. Mullinax of Gaffney, Gover nor of Lion district 32-C, who al so awarded 10, 15, 20 and 25-year awards to Lion members. Those receiving 10 year awards were Dr. J. N. Burgess, E. O. Cannon, Howard Clark, Doug Hornsby, James Lipscomb, Frank Lominack Jr., George Stone, H. B. Wilson, G. Herman Wise; 15 year awards, R. E. Blair, E. S. Blease (honor ary), Richard C. Floyd, P. B. Mit- so is asked to contribute on thre hel| w E Turner; 20 year trip of the Bloodmobile by Claude £wards , Davc H ayes, who missed Weeks, county chairman of the| on|v fjve meetin(re duri the 20 Red Cross Blood Program. Louis C. Floyd. Prof. Kaufmann spoke briefly of the church related college, say ing “if the Christian churches are to keep their colleges, they will have to stand behind them and pay for them, put them more sol idly in the budget.” He stated that Newberry college has been serving the church and commun ity for 100 years, through de pression, wars and catastrophe. In telling of the advances made by the college, he noted that it was during the administration of Dr. James C. Kinard, the only living ex-president, that the college be came fully accredited. He told of the new Wessels library, for which the Wessels family donated $45,000 and of the new men’s dor mitory; of the repairs and paint ONE OF THE PROPOSED dam sites selected by the survey party for the Bush River watershed project is on the land of T. O. Stew art where the north and south branches of Scotts Creek converge. The dam, if built, will be located on the creek at the far right of the picture. Looking over the area which would be consumed by the permanent pond are, left to right, T. B. (Dad) Amis, soil conserva tion technician, T. O. Stewart, and E. L. Shull of the Soil Conser vation Service in Columbia, leader of the survey party. (Sunphoto b> Doris A. Sunders.) proved by the people in the area affected, the program will take five years for completion. During this five year period, dams will be constructed, farmers will la- urged to initiate the best possible conservation measures on their in dividual -farms, gullies and eroded hillsides will be repaired, road- banks will he planted with vege tation to prevent erosion, river and creek channels will be widen ed, drainage improved, channel obstructions cleared. To locate possible dam sites, the survey party takes two over lapping aerial photographs of the watershed area. The pictures are studied through a stereoscope to give a third dimension effect so that hills and valleys may be seen in their proper proportions. After the sites are located, by photo graph, it is then for the planning ; party to determine w T hether the benefits of locating a dam at those sites would exceed the dam age now being caused by floods, erosion, etc. The proposed site on the T. O. Stewart farm, which is only a short distance from the point where the creek rises near the cut-off, will prove of value to city dwellers by controlling floods on (Continued on page 4) P. K. HARMON, secretary of the Lions Club, congratulates D. O. Carpenter who received a 25- year membership award at the Ladies Night banquet Tuesday night. Dave Hayes, right, and Wright Cannon, left, received 20-year membership awards. Just behind Mr. Hayes is Gordon Mann, rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, who delivered the invocation at the dinner. (Sun photo by Doris A. Sanders.) Highway Marker Shows First Site Of Lutheran Theological Seminary A site of historical interest in Newberry county and especially to those of the Lutheran faith, has been appropriately designated by a roadside marker. The location is on the Pomaria-Whitmire road near the town of Pomaria and is the old home of Col. John Eigle- berger, w'here, 125 years ago, the Lutheran Synod of South Caroli na and adjacent states began their institutions of higher learning. The following history of the beginning of the Lutheran Theo logical Seminary was written by Mrs. J. L. Drafts for The Sun: “On February 17, 1956, a road side marker was erected which calls attention to a place of his torical significance in Newberry county. It was approved by the South Carolina Archives depart ment of which Dr. J. H. Easter- by is director. This is one of the many recent projects of the Lu theran Seminary Auxiliary. One-hundred twenty-five years ago, the Lutheran Synod of South Carolina and adjacent states be gan their institutions of higher learning in the home of Col. John Eigleberger. A few years prior to that event Rev. John Bachman stood before a meeting of the Lutheran Synod at Charleston and made a thun dering appeal for a theological seminary and classical academy. He urged “Let us make this sub ject the object of our reflection, our reading, and our prayers.” The group eagerly adopted his plan and provision for raising funds for this cause was started. Two years later, in 1830, the Synod met in St. Paul’s Lutheran church near Fomaria and it was at this meeting that the Seminary was born. Those attending pray ed and planned until late in the night. After sessions, many of them remained a long time under the hickory trees where their horses trampled their hooves deep into the sod. Those pioneer Lutherans were so determined to start their in- continued on page 4) work that had been done to old buildings on the campus, and of other work and furnishings which have been recently added to the college’s assets. Looking into the future, he told the group that needs of the college include new housing for girls, which would cost $225,000 and a student union building located at the present site of Carnegie hall, which has been condemned, at a cost of $175, 000. Applications have been made to the Federal government for loans for this construction, the speaker added. Mr. Kaufmann said the school also needed a new music building and a chapel which woud cost approximately $300,000. Already contracted for are steel bleachers on the west side of the flootball stadium which will seat as many persons as can now be accommodated on both sides o f the field. This is to be ready for use for the coming football sea son, he announced, and told those present “you will probably be con tacted to help on that.” Telling of the Centennial cele bration plans for the college, he said that the Rogers Producing company , which .presented v ' w- berry’s Sesqui-Centennial ceiebra- tion in the late 30s ha.: been se cured to arrange th college cen tennial celebration which will be gin in August of this year and end with commencement June of 1957. A pageant will be i: ■> j in the spring, and it is expecte at 300 to 400 local citizens will ar- ticipate. Following Mr. Kaufmann’- .alk favors were presented to the la dies and the evening concluded with the group singing of “Good Night Ladies.” At tl\e beginn ing of the evening, carnation cor sages were given to each of the ladies. • if** , 4* ••• .<*•?'';' ••^••i?* I'i' " Mi THIS IS THE HISTORICAL MARKER which indicates the loca tion of the beginning of the Lutheran Theological Seminary. It is located near Pomaria on the Whitmire highway. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) Open House Sunday At New Dormitory Open House at the new men’s dormitory at Newberry college will be held Sunday afternoon, April 8, beginning at 3 p.m. ac cording to C. A. Kaufmann, col lege president. The new dormitory is a modem fireproof structure with housing for 150 men. The building was constructed with funds contribut ed to the college during the pre centennials building and endow ment fund campaign. The building is at the corner ol Luther and Evans streets. The public is cordially invited to at tend the open house. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS April 6: Phillip Plampin, Mrs. Jasper Amick, Constance Arm- field Sanders. April 7: Mrs. E. E. Stuck, Mrs, John (Emma Riser Nance Thom as, Mrs. Wava Billingsley, W. F, Smith, Bobby Bruner. April 8: Mrs. Ellisor Adams Mrs. Lewis Ammons, Robert D, Coleman III. April 10: Mrs. Meredith Harm on, Mrs. V. W. Rinehart, Brooks Workman, James Burns. April 11: O. F. Armfield, Sr. April 12: Ralph Haile, Fred Davia Riley, Mrs. S. L. Shealy, Jr., Richard L. Baker.