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The uorltf i" a look inn u la-'". and gi\e- ha ck to e\or\ man the reflection of his own face, frown on it and it w i 11 in turn look sourl> upon > on ; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion.—’ Thackery. [ Anyone who think" he is in dispensable should stiek his tin- uer into a howl of " ater aa*! then notice the hole it lea\es when he pulls it out. VOLUME 18—NUMBER 52 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1956 + $2.00 PER YEA Mrs. Sanders By The Way By Doris A. Sanders MEMORIES RENEWED Memories of by-ji'one days came to mind last Thursday afternoon as I sat in tin* hijrh school audi- toriuiji and heard the county schools chorus, under the direc tion of Miss Rose Hamm, sine' “Heieh-ho, (ome to the Fair and “Carolina.'’ I can rememlxo so well sinjrine those sonti's, un der Miss Hamm’s leadership when I was a student at Boundary St. School, and I don't believe I have heard that arrangement of ‘Car olina since that time. I have heard the same words sun^ to other music but to me no tune is better than the one by Colcoek, which Miss Hamm teaches her students. The chorus was performing- at the meeting of the Newberry [county E d u c a- tion Association land many favor able comments were heard re garding the abil ity of the group. They looked like a picture there on the stage — and I hoped to have a picture so you could see for yourself but 1 regret to say that my photography failed and the picture turned out to be a blur. Next time I know they are going to perform I’ll try again. In addition to the two songs above they sang “This Is My Father’s World,” “Star S: angled Banner.' “Florian's Song.” ”The Brooklet,” “The Trout,” “Working On The Railroad” and “Jimmy Crack Corn.” If they stage a public per formance at any time, I hope you will make an effort to hear them. I know you will enjoy it. TOEHOLD SAVED There is a little portion of land on Lake Murray named by one of its former owners “Toehold on the Lake.” On Toehold, there is one nice five-room house and two other two-room cottages where folks weary of the city noises go to relax to the chirping of the birds and frogs, if that could be called chirping. The people who own those houses are, naturally, cautious with the use of fire but others who barge into the terri tory uninvited are not so careful and as a result, a woods fire was started a couple of weeks ago. Our ever-alert forestry service discovered the blaze and immed iately dispatched firefighters. Forest Ranger Marvin E. Wilson and others got to the scene dou ble time and soon had the blaze under control. These efficient fire-fighters, who don’t receive much praise, have done an excel lent job in keeping forest fires in Newberry to a minimum. Their services are appreciated by all who own land in the wooded sec-, tions of the county and should be appreciated by all citizens who are directly or indirectly affected by woods fires. You can help them if you watch your campfires, cig arettes and matches while in the woods. WHAT NEXT? There is a song from the fam ous stage play “Oklahoma,” by the name of “Kansas City.” The words of the chorus begin “Every thing’s up to date in Kansas city, they’ve gone about as ‘fur’ as they can gx> . . . ” Well, I think the people up around Clemson way have gone about as ‘fur’ as they can go now because they have started painting lawns, of all things. This information is evidently reliable, because I read it in the weekly column of J. M. Eleazer of Clemson. He said some fellows are developing that idea, after noticing how brown Bermu da and Charleston grass lawns got after frost. They sprayed ^ special sort of green paint on the lawns, and according to Mr. Elea- xer, it works remarkably well. He tells that they tried it up at Clem- son and the spots sprayed have been beautiful all along while the rest of the lawn was a dead brown all winter and from a distance you ^couldn’t tell it from a beau tiful green lawn. Quote Mir. Eleazer: “New things! Tes, they are always coming.” Program Candidate M. Foster Farley, Associate of History at Newberry ss been appointed one of ro candidates in the business Bowship program , of The War- r and Swasey Company, Cleve- _ 0$io, to be held from July i|fcgOugh August 3. The aimoun- ‘ came from the Foundation Economic Education in Irving- ludson, New York. Mystery Farm No 33 Whose Is It ? MYSTERY FARM No. 33. 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.) Cancer Society To Decide Whether To Continue In Community Chest Mrs. Harold Bowel's was named Newberry County Campaign Di- reetor for the County Cancer So ciety at a meeting of the Bviard of directors held Tuesday in the conference room of the Health department. Presiding at the meeting was the Society Presid ent, Dr. B. M. Montgomery. Other officers elected were Mrs. B. O. Long of Silverstreet, second vice-president and Dr. J. C. Sease chairman of the Medical Advis ory committee. Mrs. Parnell Ringer, County Commander, bold the group that the Cancer Society faces the de cision as to whether to withdraw from the Community chest and to conduct an independent drive, “The Chest has not met its quota for the past two years,” she said, “and this year we are only receiv ing from the chest 65 per cent of the quota, or $2600 of the $4000 asked.” She explained that under the rules of the American Cancer Society, if a chapter participated in a community chest, it could not also make an independent fund drive, although it could make a membership drive, charging $1 for each membership. “It may be necessary to do this,” Mrs. Ring er added. “Last year, we had to borrow money from Richland county to meet expenses in this county. This year the amount w r e have is even smaller than last year.” The members present authoriz ed Mrs. Ringer, together with two other members of the board, Mrs. Gordon Blackwell and Mrs. Bowers, to make the decision as to whether to withdraw from the Community Chest and whether to conduct a membership drive. Dr. Montgomery briefly ad dressed the group concerning can cer and the efforts of medical science to combat the dread dis ease. “There are two things doc tors always hear about cancer,” he said. “Those are “cancer is in curable” and “don’t cut it.” “While it js true that most forms of cancer are incurable,” he said, “we can keep a person with cancer comfortable for a longer period of time than with many diseases considered less serious.” He told of the progress being made in helping victims of blood cancer, leukemia. “Although no cure has been found for leuk- mia, the lives N of those who suf fer with this type cancer have been prolonged for a number of years. Not many years ago acute leukemia was almost always fat al within a year’s time.” Dr. Montgomery cited examples of research by medical men who have developed cures for so-called incurable diseases in time past., He told of the work done in the discovery of insulin for the treat ment of diabetes and , that after years of research, it was discov ered overnight that by removal of enzymes from the pancreas and by thus isolating the insulin, diabetes could be effectively treated. “Thousands of people are alive now because of the work done by two men on insulin,” he said. “This sort of thing could happen at any time in the- research to combat cancer.” In commenting on the second oft-heard expression, “don’t cut me,” he emphasized that there is no truth to the fact that remov ing cancer will hasten its growth. “It is just a question of whether you want a surgeon to remove a part of the body affected by can cer, or whether you want the can cer to do it.” Officers and members of the Board of Directors of the New berry Cancer Society in addition to those mentioned above, are Dr. Montgomery, president; Miss Theresa Lightsey, vice president; Mrs. Gordon D. Blackwell, secre tary; Mrs. Herbert Lominick, treasurer; members of the Board, Mrs. George E. Young, and Mrs. T. J .Abrams, Whitmire; Mrs. .B. O. Long and Mrs Harold Bowers, Silverstreet; Mrs. Robert Pugh, Prosperity; Mrs. R. T. Feagle, Little Mountain; Miss Lillie Mae Workman, Chappells; Mrs. H. W. Lominick and Mrs. W. C. Koon, Pomaria; Dr. Montgomery, Mrs. Odell Wilson, Miss Lightsey, Mrs. Blackwell, Philip Kelly, Dr. Sease Mrs. F. L. Cox, Dr. Mamie Sum mer and Mrs. David Ringer, all of Newberry. The County Commander is Mrs. David Ringer; Philip Kelly is the chairman of By-laws; members of the publicity committee are J. W. Earhardt, Mrs. Doris A. Sanders and Jimmy Coggins; members of the education com mittee are Mrs. Robert Feagle and Mrs. Ed Freeman; service chairman is Mrs. Odell Wilson. Juries Decide On Trial Cases In Civil Court Three cases had been completed and one was being tried in Com mon Pleas court at the time The Sun went to press Wednesday. One further case was to be tried Wednesday afternoon, two on the docket were continued and one was settled. Judge Henry Johnson of Allen dale presided at the civil court during which the jury trials took place on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. In the case of L. C. Caldwell plaintiff, versus one 1955 Ford Sedan, defendant, the jury decid ed in favor of the plaintiff and awarded him $800. The second case heard was that of W. E. Harrell, plaintiff versus National Security Corporation and G. Herman Wise, defendants, the verdict being in favor of the defendants. On Tuesday afternoon a jury was called to hear the trial of J. L. Gilstrap and W. T. Senn, plain tiffs, versus Ruth Erskine and Annie Belle Whitfield and B. L. Saxon, defendants. The trial con tinued until Wednesday morning at which time the jury found in favor of the defendants. Being tried at press time was the case of John L. Player plain tiff, versus J. F. Coates, defend ant. Settled by consent of attorneys was the case of I. T. Timmerman, [plaintiff, versus J. H. Bowers, de fendant. Continued until next term of court are two cases: Universal Features Advertising Co., plain tiff, versus William T, Prince, do ing business as Prince Radio and Electric company, defendant; and Credit Industrial Co., plaintiff, versus Senn-Bozard Concrete Co., defendant. Citizens Urged To Think Over Withdrawal Petitic n Past Presidents, Speaker To Receive State Essay Contest Award On Monday Miss Elizabeth Earhardt, a senior at Newberry high school and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Earhardt, will be awarded a $50 prize for winning first place in the State “National Employ The Physically Handicapped” es say contest, at the Newberry high school auditorium Monday morn ing, April 30 at 10 o’clock. The presentation will be made by Dill Beckman of Columbia, chief o f vocational rehabilitation Services in South Carolina, and chairman of the Governor’s committee on physically handicapped. Miss Earhardt’s essay “Inde pendence For The Handicapped Through Employment” took first place among the 47 entires i n Newberry county. Second prize in the State went to Julie Ann High tower of Saluda. Expected to be present at the ceremony Monday morning, in addition to Mr. Beckman are Miss Katherine Lewis, state director of special services to the physic ally handicapped, representing the South Carolina Employment Service, and members of the local committee, James Coggins, chair man; Jake’Wise, James Abrams, of Whitmire, Frank Armfield, Ben R. Marrett, Mrs. Roy Ander son, Sr., Dr. Mamie Summer and James E. Wiseman. The public is invited to be present at the high school Mon day morning when the award to Miss Earhardt is made. Whitmire Merchant Passes Suddenly ^ftli B. Farah, Whitmire merch ant died suddenly Monday night at his home on N. Main street. He was born in Beruit, Syria and had lived in Whitmire for the past 28 years. Mr. Farah was a veteran of World War I and was a charter member of American Legion post Number 70 of Whitmire of which he was a past Commander. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Helen Grant Farah, one daughter, Miss Kitcy Farah, of Whitmire, one son Eli G. Farah of the U. S. Navy and one bro ther, George B .Farah of Jones- ville, also three nephews and sev en nieces. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday afternoon, April 25 at 4:30 from the late home by Father Gerald Ernst. Interment followed in the Whitmire ceme tery. Because of its lighter frame, a tank truck made of oil - based plastic % can carry 2500 to 6000 pounds more cargo than a con ventional truck. W. H. TEDFORD, left, receives the Past President’s plaque from Richard L. Baker, whom he succeeded, at the Chamber of Com merce banquet last Thursday night at the Newberry College din ing hall. Looking on is B. M. Edwards of Columbia, chairman of the Board of the South Carolina National Bank, who was speaker at the annual affair. (Sunphoto.) Whitmire Youth Wins 1st Place Science Award David Yount who recently was awarded “Honorable Mention” in the 15th Annual National Science Talent Search conducted by Science Clubs of America for the Westinghouse Science Scholar ships, was notified last week that he was first place winner in the Science Talent Search for South I Carolina. He and his sponsoring teacher, Jerry Riberts, received invita tions to attend the 29th Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science on Saturday, April 14, to receive his award and to bring a copy of his win ning paper to read at the meet ing. David entered his paper and his. exhibits on “Crystals,” which included microscopic photographs which he had made of crystals County Teachers Elect Officers N. F. Robinson, superintendent of Whitmire Area schools, was elected president of the Newberry County Education Association at the meeting held Thursday of last week at Newberry high school He succeeds Mrs. Margaret Kelly. Other officers for the ensuing year are Mrs. Marie S. Huggins of Pomaria, vice-president; Miss Lillie Mae Workman, teacher at Silverstreet, secretary, and Jas. D. Brown, county superintendent of education, treasurer. < and a device for growing large crystals, in the Central South Carolina Science Fair, held at Columbia College, Columbia, on Friday and Saturday, April 14 and 15. He has been notified that he was first place winner of the boys and has been awarded a certificate of merit, a medal, and an all-expense paid trip to the National Science Fair, to be held in Oklahoma City, Okla., May 10 through the 12. Red Cross Worker Will Leave Today For Far East Service ‘MISS ELIZABETTH EARHARDT, shown above receiving the a- ward for winning the County essay contest on “Employ the Physi cally Handicapped,” will receive first award for winning the state contest at ceremonies to be held at the High School Monday morn ing. With Miss Earhardt above are Jimmy Coggins, chairman of the local NEPH committee, and Dr. Mamie Summer, member of the committee. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) One of Newberry’s most widely traveled citizens is Miss Martha Vance Ellesor, daughter of Mrs. P. G. Ellesor and the late Dr. El lesor, who is leaving today for another trip to the Far East, af ter spending four weeks here with her mother. Miss Ellesor has been connect ed with the American Red Cross since 1935 apd her new assign ment will take her on her 3rd trip to the far East. She will fly today to San Francisco and from there to the American Red Cross head quarters in the Pacific Area f° r assignment. She will be assistant field director for the Red Cross at one of the military installa tions located either in Japan, Ko rea, Okinawa or the Philippines. She has previously served in Ja pan and the Philippines. Her cur rent tour of overseas duty will be for two years. During her Red Cross career, Miss Ellesor has served in the Eastern United states area with the Norfolk, Va. chapter; at Na tional Headquarters in Washing ton, D. C. and in both the Euro pean and Eastern theaters of operations. Since her return from her lat- (Continued on page 5) ?• . Sr'. ■■■ 1 MISS MARTHA VANCE ELLESOR and Her mother, Mrs. Ellesor, discuss plans for Miss Ellesor*s next trip to the Far East She leaves by plane today for a two-year tour of doty with £h» Red Cross at a military station somewhere hi the Far Eaat I (In an effort to more i ly familiarize our read ;th | the school situation t. out the county, as it is rela the present withdrawal pro of the Silverstreet School ea, a brief history of the con> ..dation program is given in the follow ing stoiy which leads up to ac tion taken at the Newberry coun ty Board of Education meeting- last Friday night.—Ed.) Five/years ago, the newly ap pointed County Board of Educa- , tion worked for months to divide the county into seven school areas in a manner that would be practi- j cal for operating grammer and j high schools for both races. The areas were Newberry, Silver- street, Bush River, Whitmire, Prosperity, Little Mountain, and Pomaria. ' The following year, the State Finance commission made a rul ing that building funds would not be allocated to build new high schools unless there was a stud ent potential of 250. This was followed by a ruling issued from the State Department of Educa tion that no high school would be accredited unless State require ments for the number of teachers were met. Only one of the seven county districts, Newberry, could meet all of the accreditation re quirements for both races, and the County Board consolidated the seven districts into one, known as the Newberry School District. It was decided to build a negro high school in Newberry since no other district could qualify under the building and accreditation rulings. At the same time, in order to meet the same rulings for white schools plans were fhade by unanimous approval of the Board to build an addition to Newberry high school ta> accommodate high school stu dents from the Bush River and rstreet areas; to. make cer- improvements in Whitmire high school, which had sufficient student potential to qualify for building funds and accreditation, and to build one high school in the lower part of the county to accommodate students fr ~n Pros perity, Pomaria and Litt Moun tain. These are the plans ' the Board has been woi the past three years. © the lower county high school has been delayed bec-r ' ' of inability to agree on a • : • expected* the ne> ready for use in school year. Plans were for Bush R - "• and Silverstreet high schools * ’ se at the end of the current , jn and for students of the t 'our grades to be brought tc ‘ 7ew- berry in September. Several months ago, Bus 1 . River patrons requested the Board to continue operation of that high school. This was followed by a similar request from Silverstreet. The plans of the Board were thus upset and no definite decision has been announced as to the future | of the schools. At a public meeting at Silver- stree last weqk, patnons were told they would be <abl6 to form a sep arate school district provided they were willing to support the school white and negro. They were told this would cost an additional (Continued on page 5) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS April 27: Gregory Pearce Dod- kin, Leroy Shealy Adams. April 28: Butch Culclasure, Jes sie Harold Hendrix, Jr., T. K. Shell. April 29: Ann Bowers, Mrs. Ru by Eveyln Reaves, C. E. Han cock, Mrs. J. C. Nichols. April 30: Mi's. Beale H. Cro- Frederick Gardiner, Mrs. ichard L. McWhirter, > Gerald [^Taylor, Ray Nobles, F. L. Millar. ” May 1: William NeviUe, Susan Blalock, Bill Blalock, Juanita La- throp, Jean Walker, Mrs. Eddie D. Richardson, Albert Covington, Hr*.* Clarence B. Wood, W. H. Caldwell. > Y May 2: R. P. Fair, Mrs. Epeie Buzhardt, Emile Saint-Amand, [Jim Paul Sherrill, Billy Martin, S—. Downs Wright, Robt. Wayne Lathrop, John S. Hazel, J.‘ Alvin Kinard. May 3: J. Ralph Williams, Bob by Long, Bevrny Bedenbaugh, Jr., William H. Rfoger, " Ruff, Marion Gilliam, and Ringer. which ’• for ig of owever, it is hool will be the 1957-58