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VOLUME 18—NUMBER 51
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1956
+ $2.00 PER YEAR
By The Way Mystery Farm No 32 Whose Is It ? NineCase^Set f wo Oistrict School System
In Newberry County Talked
By Doris A. Sander4
UNSUNG HEROES
Sometime around 10 o’clock on
Sunday nipht, the winds which
had been blowing relentlessly foi
several houis toppled a lar^e
tree on Boundary street, felled
it across the street and into the
yard and porch of the Sehumpert
home on the opposite side, break
ing electric and telephone lines.
Homes in that area were without
electric service for almost seven
hours. The people in those homes
weren’t without “service” how
ever, for immediately after the
tree fell, city employees were on
the job in the rain to begin clear
ing the debris. Those who lived
close by told how 1 the workers
labored unceasingly through the
night and into the morning to
restore service at the earliest pos
sible moment, and by daylight be
fore most of the residents in the
area needed their electricity, it
was there for them. I know that
the city employees are expected
jto do such jobs
I when the emerg-
lency arises, but
|I still think that
Jthey should b e
[thanked for the
excellent job and
that we should
be thankful to
have such an ef-
PlPf^ j ficient city a d -
.. _ -p—'" ministration to
Mrs. Sanders .. ,
cope with such
emergencies.
NO QUARTER PINTS
I went through the Bloodrno-
bile “receiving line” Tuesday and
got to the doctor who assured me
they wouldn’t cut my “half-pint
limit” to a quarter pint, because
theydon’t take quarters. Having
received his approval to lose a
half-pint of blood I made my way
on down the line to the nurse who
takes that little gadget and
sticks in your finger—the most
painful part of the whole process
to me. Cornering a drop of what
looked to me to be perfectly
healthy, bright red blood, s h e
dropped it into that blue solution-
whatever it is, and there it re
mained, suspended. It just would
n’t go to the bottom. She tried
again and said “Pm sorry, no half
pint today.” There’ll always be
another time, and inthe meantime
I would like to thank those of you
who heeded my plea and the plea
of others, and saw to it that the
Bioodmobile exceeded the quota
on the Tuesday visit. Someday
you, may be extremely thankful
you donated that pint, or half, as
the case may be.
COURSE NARROWS
The course which patrons of the
Silverstreet school may follow
has narrowed to two paths: to
consolidate with the Newberry
high school or to withdraw from
the county unit system and form
a school district for the Silver-
street area. Factors involved i n
the latter course were fully and
capably explained to a group of
patrons at the public meeting on
Tuesday night byRichard C. Neel,
Jr.,member of the county board
of education. To me it is com
mendable that these people are
evidently willing to “keep the
school at all costs” as they stat
ed at : another public meeting
eome time ago. While I cannot go
along with the idea that the clos
ing of the high school will de-
(Continued on page 5)
MYSTERY FARM No. 32. 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 Ritx or Wells theatres. The owner of the farm may receive the photograph In an
attractive easel by oalling at The Sun office. Calls and letters will be accepted until noon on Mon
day following this publication date. The names of those vtfio 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.)
Henderson Now Commander Of
I07th Battalion. Guard Unit
Major James W. Henderson has
recently taken command of the
107th AAA AW Battalion, South
Carolina National Guard, with
headquarters in Newberry. He
succeeds Lt. Col. Evander R. Mc-
I ver of Dillon, who has retired
from the Guard.
Other changes made in the 107th
Staff as a result of Major Hen-
dersonks promotion as as follows:
Major Hervey M. Blalock, of
Clinton has been elevated to i cooperation with the Newberry
battalion executive officer; Capt. Creamery and the Borden Co.
Gerald O’Quinn has been named The outstanding speakers will
Small Dairymen
To Have Meeting
A meeting for small milk pro
ducers will be held - on Tuesday
night, April 24 at 7:15 in the
county court room, sponsored by
the extension services of New
berry, Saluda and Edgefield, in
Operations and Training officer;
Capt. Andrew H. Gambrell, of
Columbia replaces Capt O’Quinn
as adjutant; Capt Glenn H. Burg-
hardt of Greenwood has been
named Battalion Communications
direct their remarks to the group
of producers in the one to ten
cow category. The speakers will
include R. D. Steer, Clemson col
lege, who will talk on breeding;
Dr. George Hopson of New York,
Officer, and First. Lt. Earl L. | representing the DeLaval Separ-
Gibson of Yemassee, has trans-j a tor company, will discuss proper
ferred from Battery D in Hamp-J milking and care of cows; C. G.
ton to battalion Motor Transpor- Cushman, Clemson, will explain
tation Officer. | silage and feeding; W. E. Schmit
The 107th Battalion was organ-! of the BordenCo. will talk on the
ized in Newberry prior to World | advantage of more production.
War II and was first under the! The meeting will last less than
leadership of Col. Thomas H. three hours. Door prizes wall be
Pope, who is now commander of awarded as follows:
the 228th Group. Men of the 107th
saw extensive service during the
war. The unit was reactivated af
ter the war and now consists of
Headquarters Battery & Battery
C, located in Newberry; Battery
D located in Hampton, and Bat
tery A, located in Greenwood.
Missionaries Be
At Bush River
Dr. and Mrs. S. L, Watson,
missionaries from Brazil, will vis
it Bush RiverBaptist church on
Sunday, April 22 at 11:25 a.m.
and Fairview church at 3:30 p.m.
The Watsons were missionaries in
Brazil for more than 30 years.
DeLaval cow-to-can milker, do
nated by Newberry Creamery and
Edgefield Seed Co.; one 25 pound
can Kaffa, donated by Newberry
Milling and Distributing Com
pany; one bag calf starter, do
nated by Martin Feed & Seed
store; one cow bred, donated by
the Newberry Cooperative Breed
ing Association; two 50 pound
bags cow and freshener feed, do
nated by Spartan Grain and Mill
company. Small milk producers
are urged to attend.
By volume, the four principal
petroleum products account for
six-sevenths of total petroleum
demand.
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l. HOU8EAL NORRIS, ieft and Mrs. Price Padgett, center, get information from R. J. Metts
who visited the Red Cross Bioodmobile Tuesday afternoon to donate a pint of blood. Total col
lected, 108 pinU; total volunteer donors, 118. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.)
Bowers Reelected
Polio Chairman
Charles E. Bowers was re-elect
ed chairman of the Newberry
county Chapter of the National
Foundation of Infantile Paraly-*
sis at a luncheon meeting of the
chapter's executive committee
held at the Wallace home Tues
day. Also re-elected were S. C.
Altman, vice-chairman; James
Clamp, secretary and Miss There
sa Lightsey, treasurer.
Horace B. Ward of Columbia,
State representative of the Nat
ional Foundation, spoke briefly to
the group about the Salk vaccine
program and awarded a Certific
ate of Service to Bobby Under
wood, who was chairman of the
1956 March of Dimes campaign.
Mr. Underwood reported that the
campaign brought in $5546.46.
Mr. Ward stated that the state
drive would amount to about $445,
000 and indications were that the
national quota of over $47,000,000
would be attained.
The treasurer’s report showed
$1843.48 balance for the local
chapter, before the current March
of Dimes funds were added. Miss
Lightsey stated that there was
only one case of polio in the
county in 1955, the victim being
the young son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nat Welch of Whitmire. She ad
ded that insurance had taken care
of costs in that case and the
county chapter had not been call
ed upon for financial assistance.
It was also reported that the child
was improving satisfactorily
A report from the county health
officer. Dr. J.' C. Sease, read by
Miss Lightsey showed that 6510
Salk vaccine shots had been given
in the county since the program
began last year. Dr. Sease’e re
port stated that the vaccine is
now available at the County de
partment of health and urged
that all children between the ages
of 1 through 14 get the shots as
soon as possible. There are 11,-
751 children in the county eli
gible to receive the shots, free of
charge.
Those elected to run the chap
ter for the following year were:
Executive committee: Dr. Harriet
Pinner, Ralph Setzler, Francis
Scurry, John Grady Long, Ernest
Jennings, Jack Hardin, Dr. C. K.
Wheeler, Ray Shealy, Rev. Garth
Hill of the county; Wayne Mar
tin, E. B. Purcell, Roger Sim
mons, Bobby Underwood, E. F.
McCutcheon, Meredith Harmon,
and Preston McAlhaney of the
city.
Medical Advisory: Dr. Kemper
Lake, chairman; Dr. C. A. Duf-
ford, Jr., Dr. J. C. Sease.
Educational: P. K. Harmon.
Women’s Division: Mrs. Myra
Addy, chairman; Mrs. Sarah
Crooks, Mrs. Fitzgerald Ruther
ford.
Publicity: Frank Armfield,
chairman; Ollie Moye.
For Civil Court
Nine cases have been set to be
tried in the Court of Common
Pleas which convenes on Monday
morning, April 23 with Judge
Henry Johnson of Allendale pre
siding.
The roster as set by Gordon
Clarkson, secretary of the New
berry Bar Association, is as fol
lows:
Monday: L. C. Caldwell versus
1955 Ford Sedan; Charles Cromer
versus L. Bates Boland; W. E.
Harrell versus National Security
corporation and G. Herman Wise.
Tuesday: J. L. Gilstrap and W
T. Senn versus Ruth Erskine and
Annie Belle Whitfiled; John L.
Player versus J. F Coates; New
Era Advertising company versus
J. O. Hawkins; Universal Feat
ures Advertising Company versus
William T. Prince, doing business
as Prince Radio and Electric Co.;
Credit Industrial Co. versus Senn-
Bozard Concrete Works; I. T.
Timmerman versus J^ H. Bowers,
Merchants Give
For Ball Field
Contributions to the Little Boys
Baseball field behind Boundary
Street School, a project which has
been undertaken by several busi
nessmen in the community, have
been coming in at a gratifying
rate, according to Don Rook, one
of those interested in the project.
There are still a number of soli
citors who have not turned over
their collections to Keitt Purcell,
treasurer of the fund, says Mr.
Rook, and since the committee
does not want to delay the project
he urges that collectors finish
the job in order to get the field
ready for the first game on Mon
day, May 7.
Among the contributors to
date are: Purcells, South Caro
lina National Bank, Federal Sav
ings and Loan, John R. Frazier,
H. M. Hentz, Sr., Mollohon Mills,
Buzhardt Furniture Company and
NeWberry County Bank, $25.00
each; C. D. Coleman, $20.00; State
Buildingand Loan Assn., $12.50;
Court House officials, $17.00;
Pope and Sehumpert, Newberry
Mills, H. C. Timmerman, Lee Fi
nance, Local Finance, Globe Fi
nance, Wallace Finance, City Fi
nance, Belk Finance, Maxwell
Bros. & Lindsay, Prosperity Fur
niture Co., G. B. Summer & Sons,
and Jimmy Wiseman, $16.00 each;
Aubrey Harley, Eugene Blease,
Claude Bouknight, Newberry
Steam Laundry, Odorless Clean
ers, T & C Cleaners, Carpenters,
B. C. Moore & Son, Belk-Beard
Co., Carters Flower Shop, Owen
Holmes, W. E. Turner, Jevcelers,
Ritz Theatre, Wells Theatre, $5.00
each; Herman Langford, Myrtle
Florist, Square Grocery, Fennell’s
Jewelers, Hamilton’s Jewelers,
$2.00each; J. S. Hutchinson, $2.50;
Also, D. R. Son, Roland Felker,
$1.50 each; B. V. Chapman, Joe
Boland, Roy Felker, H. E. Cor
ley, Ed Adams, Charlie Brooks,
Main Street Flower Shop, Rogers
Jewelry Store, $1.00 each; C. D.
Ringer, C. J. Zozel, Donald Wayne
Chavis, 50c each.
Outstanding Game
Be Played Here
Newberry will see its first “big
time” softball game this Satur
day night, April 21 at 7:30 spon
sored by the Newberry Jaycees.
A double-header will be played
between the Champion YMCA of
Canton, N. C. and the Columbia
“Jqts” (formerly All Stars) of
Columbia. Proceeds of the game
will go to building fund for a boy
scout cabin for Troop 222, which
is sponsored by the Jaycees.
The Canton team won the
Southern Regional Crown last
; year, and has been N. C. State
! champion six times since 1949.
The Columbia team has been the
South Carolina champions for the
past several years; traveled over
5000 miles last year, split four
games with Canton last year and
boasts seven standout players.
This will be the first time for
this calibre softball to be played
I in Newberry. The game will be
at the Speers Street school field.
Admission charge will be 50c
J with children under 15 years of
| age being admitted free.
Reedy Rive r Group
Meet At West End
The Reedy River Baptist Asso
ciation will hold its Spring rally
and vacation Bible school con
ference at West End Baptist
church on Tuesday, April 24 at
7:30 p.m. The program will be
featured by conferences and in
spirational talks, including an ad
dress by Dr. J. H.Simpson, pres
ident of the Baptist State Con
vention.
The public is cordially invited
and a full attendance is urged.
Greenville Firm
Gets Road Work
A contract for thegrading and
bituminous surfacing of 11.534
miles of secondary roads in New
berry County has been awarded
by the State Highway Depart
ment to Ballenger Paving com
pany of Greenville.
The contract was announced in
a letter of award from Chief
Highway Commissioner Claude R.
McMillan April 13. It was based
on a low bid of $106,593.34 sub
mitted by the Greenville firm
when bids for the work were pub
licly opened in Columbia March
13.
Included in the project are the
grading and surfacing of 3.678
miles on Roads S-28 and S-55
from Road S-45 easterly and
southerly to S. C. Route 34; of
1.874 miles on Road S-342 from
Road S-56 northeasterly to U. S.
Route 76 at Jalapa; of 1.776 miles
on Road S-278 from oad S-276
southeasterly to Road S-49 north
of Silverstreet; of 1.881 miles on
Road S-505 from S. C. Route 219
east of Newberry northerly to S.
C. Route 34; and of 2,325 miles on
Roads S-386, S-381 and S-383, be
ing streets adjacent to the City
of Newberry.
A petition is being circu’
in the Silverstreet school
l
Fred J. Weir, Jr., commander
of headquarters battery, 228th
AAA Group, South Carolina Na
tional Guard, has recently been
promoted to the rank of caiptain.
Chief Warrant Officer Lee Small
wood also recently attained that
rank with the 228th group. He is
assistant group supply officer
and has held the rank of warrant
officer, junior grade.
a
which, if signed by a majorr, of
the freeholders, would give ap
proval to the withdrawal of tnat
area from the Newberry county
School District and to its opera
tion as a separate unit.
This action came as a result of
a public meeting held Tuesday
night at Silverstreet high school.
R. C. Neel, Jr., County Board of
Education member from the Sil
verstreet area, presided and told
the patrons they had two alterna
tives: one, to close the high school
and consolidate with Newberry;
or, secondly, to withdraw from the
county system and maintain their
own schools, white and negro.
An increased tax levy of almost
21 mills would be necessary if the
latter course is to b« followed,
Mr. Neel told the group. Opera
tion expense would require 17.8
mills and a bond levy to renovate
the old classroom building would
necessitate about a three mill levy
for 20 years. The present tax levy
of 26 mills would bring the total
to 63.8. It was pointed out that in
the city of Newberry, the total
city and county tax is 82 mills and
the cost to Silverstreet to operate
its own schools would still be al
most 20 mills less than the total
tax paid in the city.
The petition being circulated
was signed by approximately 75
freeholders at the meeting. It re
quests the County Board to take
steps necessary for Silverstreet
to begin functioning as a separ
ate district for the school year
1956-57.
The wild Turkey is our largest
game bird.
MRS. ORA LEE GILLIAM, left, was installed as president of the
Auxiliary to Livingston-Wise Post 5968, Veterans of Foreign Ware,
at the VFW hut Monday ‘night. Mrs. Ruby Trice, center, a past
president and district president-elect, officiated at the installation
service. Also present at the meeting was Mrs. Marguerite Gray of
Anderson, district VFW Auxiliary president. (Sunphoto by Doris
A. Sanders.)
Polio Chapter Elects Officers
HORACE B. WARD of Columbia, state representative of the National Fundation for Infantile Para
lysis, presents a Certificate of Service to Bobby Underwood, chairman of the 1956 March of Dimes.
With them are officers who were elected at a luncheon meeting Tuesday to serve the Newberry
County chapter for the ensuing year. Left to right, they are Mr. Underwood, James Clamp, secre
tary; Mr. Ward, Miss Theresa Lightsey, treasurer, Charles E. Bowers, county chairman, and S. C.
Altman, vice chairman. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Saniers.)
Quota Exceeded
For Bioodmobile
Appreciation was expressed to
day by Claude L. Weeks, chair
man of the Newberry county blood
donor program to the 108 per
sons who gave blood and to the
ten who volunteered and we re
jected when the Red Cross Biood
mobile was in Newberry Tues
day. The quota for the visit had
been set at 100 pints.
Especial thanks were ex -nded
by Mr. Weeks to the 26 nors
sent from Battery C, 107t' Bat
talion of the Newberry N r >nal
Guard; to a number of dor> >rs re
cruited by Newbery college; to
Mrs. W. H. Ted-:» L chairman,
and 30 other \v i workers;
to the radio and ik ^papers for
publicity given the visit ard to
the Central Methodist chu. h for
use of its facilities.
A list of donors will be g;
next week’s issue of The Su
Mr. Weeks stated that th*
visit of the bioodmobile vvl
on June 12.
Volunteer workers for the Tues
day visit were: Miss Theresa
Lightsey, Mrs. Jeter Young, Mrs.
Mecie Senn, Mrs. Bill Wright,
Mrs. Roy Summer, Mrs. Roy An
derson, Mrs. Tom Parks, Miss Ola
Norris, Mrs. Hugh Foster, Mrs.
William Buford, Mrs. Dorothy
Price, Mrs. Price Padgett, Mrs.
Houseal Norris, Mrs. Tom Fellers,
Mrs. Eloise Dennis.
Also: Mrs. Janie Davis Warren,
Mrs. Charles Dukes, Mrs. P. K.
Harmon, Mrs. W. O. Miller, Mrs.
Mayme Fellers, Mrs. W. F- Part
ridge, Mrs. Gordon Clarkson, Mrs.
Von Long, Mrs. Pope Buford, Jr.,
Mrs. W. H. Tedford, Miss Grace
Summer, Mrs. Hannah Pool, Mrs,
Cyril Hutchinson, Mrs. Fred
Hayes, Mrs. Bob Bruner, Mrs.
Butler Holmes.
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More than one billion dc
were spent in 1954 in expl<
for new oil fields.
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
April 20: Elizabeth Hargrove,
Arthur George Dwyer, Linda
Driggers, Jack Timmerman.
April 21: Perry O. Wicker,
Betty Bowers, Mickey Chapr
man, Fred James Harmon.
April 22: Henry T. Fellers,
Mrs. George Stephens, Mrs.
George S. Minick, Mrs. Joseph
L. Tolbert, Mrs. Frank Mills,
A. O. Livingston.
April 23: Margaret Elizabeth
Leavell.
April 24: Gloria Cleo Hawk
ins, J. Ray Dawkins, Frank Cul-
clasure, Hendrix Monts.
April 25: Mrs. Wilton Todd,
Fred Gilbert.
April 26: Mrs. William Mi
lam.