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v: • i • : v .is .ia ,il a > ; i« < i; i u a !',t. r :■<' ;»!' a iii! live!' sav.- it tic \v»iuI<! mat If i 1 who'd i f ’i VOLrMK Hi —vrMltJKR 1 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, IHURSDAY, MAY 1956 4. $2.00 PER YEA By The Way Mystery Farm No 34 Whose Is It ? By Doris A. Sanders BRAY K l ADIFA Tilt' t h ! •'•« ' a <! e ■ - 'ah’ ! , :; o d : ht “Lst!!i■ Q nee!..- (•"!:? rst at Newbrrry high s c ni > (d last 1- ' iday aftcinofin had r<> be brave to on - dertakv Mirh ... t a -1- . K veryone with whom I t; d Red sa ui i w ould - n't have had that ii iii fi >r uny- thing'” 1 can a-.sur* you it was a mo.-t difficu it und'-rtakit ie . I'v e nevri seen s< ► rnan\ cut e little dressed-up girl s and those if! the audience were com tiietely capti- vated bv each of them. I t’n ink the judfres did an excellent j<»l* I can speak ;is a parent who had a little pirl in the toddler contest who didn’t “win, place or show.” |In fact, she didn’t know that ehere was such a thinp- as “win- niyitt,’ 1 ’ l>ul - I would he w 1111 n c to het that she had more f u n t h a n anybody ] walkintt ac i os V /.> j that S t ci U’ i * * Most M rs. Sanders the pa rent s proh iably felt a s one mot hi ■r 1 talki t‘d to iieloiu • the contest. She said “1 certain 1V W on't be d i - • app< unteii if my iittlc ■ euri do e.-n’t win alter seeing all o f t hose i •can- t i f u 1 i hi id re?;." 1 ciidn 't get t< t s ( •»• tie night <• o n t c > -1 fo r tie " Mb-- Jut: i 11! Now ben \ " id ;t I nil stan d the night j U (i 1 fes had i 11 s •. as <i iifficult a j«. d> as those ii i t.uc aft ei rnoom For . t j on Weii do he. ! wool d like to ronu 1 atulate Mr-. Clift ’nd Smith. Mrs. S. P. H an !- and Mrs. Geora e Hr ocke-tibn mg w m > chose the thre* alter mud. winn ers, ami .M rs. J li! ia V e s.- 11 i ger. .Mrs. Eliza irwt.h Smith * (. i . Pros per it y ah<! Tom A brtim - of Whit :mire. who were the night judg es. I am ah m ha ppy to 1 ea rn that Miss Juan ita Hitt and her high school Gle e e 1 u b plan to make this an a annua! affair. for the children enj oy it and gain Conservation Week Highlight Will Be Forestry Tour Tod / Changes Made At!|/' llers ?° “ ead vr i « Prosperity Group Kendall Plants MYSTKRY l'\RM No. ( an you identify ii? 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. Ail who correctly identify the farm will be listed m next week's issue. (Zekan Robbins photo.) Newberry College May Queen Be Crowned S a tu rc lay At Park Several changes in the person nel of the Kendall company in this area have taken place as the result of the purchase of the Julia Cade mills in Albertville, Alaba ma by Kendall. L H. Jordan, who has been the manag-er of Addison plant of the company at Edgefield for the past ten years, has been trans ferred to Albertville as manager of the Julia Cade plant. He and his wife, the former Miss Mary Alice Mitchell of Newberry, will move there this month to make their home. Mr. Jordan was over seer of carding for three years at the Mollohon plant lie to re going to Edgefield. Replacing Mr. Jordan at Edge- field will he Joe N. Jenkins who has been superintendent of the Kendall plant at Peizer. Mr. Jen kins is a Newberrian, and was assistant manager at the Mollo hon plant before going to Pelzer. Paul Ryder who has been em ployed a s overseer of carding' at the Oakland plant, was transfer red on April as assistant man ager of the Pelzer plant. Taking his place at Oakland is M. L. Rob- Lyon (’. Fellers was elected nrosidont of the Prosperity Cham ber of Commerce for the 1956-57 year at a meting held Thursday night at the Bank of Commerce. He succeeds Earl J. Redenbaugh. Other officers elected are J. Wal ter Ham, vice president; Mrs. Jennie M. Counts, secretary and Ralph B. Black, treasurer. Among the business discussed was the softball teams in the Prosperity league. Those partiei- Graee Lutheran church Methodist, Saint Lukes Macedonia Lutheran, Methodist. The first be played Thursday .‘L at 7 p.m. between pa ting are Wightman Lutheran, and Zion game will night, May Supervisors Tell Accomplishm j In Conservation During Past Y ar Zion and St. Lukes. This will be fallowed by a game between j ’ ace and Wig htman. Two games will be played each Thursday night at the hall park. Admission charges of 10c and 25c will be A forestry tour on Thursday, the awarding of essa' prizes on Friday will highlight tb« activi ties of Newberry County Soil Conservation Week in Newberry. April 30-May 6. The tour will fea ture the best forest management practices, topped off with a bar becue turkey hash dinner served by T ran wood Home Demonstra tion club, and an address by B. M. Edwards, of Columbia, chairman of the Board of the South Caro lina National hank. During the chapei program at Newberry high school on Friday, prizes for winning essays on soil conservation will he awarded. The students of the tenth grade bi ology class, taught by Mrs. Julia B. Irons, recently took a field trip to see conservation practices Newberry’s Little Queens inson, who has boon oversoer carding at Paw Crook plant the company, near Charlotte, C. valuable experience from partie- ' ipating. CONSERVATION WEEK I would like to call your at tention to the fact that this is Soli Conservation week in Now herry county, and to urge you to read the news stories and adver tisements in this issue, from which you will receivo much in formation concerning the work of the Newberry County Soil Con-j servation district. It is, only in the past few years that very muc h publicity has been given to soil conservation work hereabouts and then perhaps much of the empha sis has been on experts from out of town who visit hero occasion ally and call atention to work being done. The greatest amount of credit should bo given totho'se who are perhaps most often ov- | eriooked ; the two “work unit! 1 conservationists,” T. B. (Dad)! Amis and Elmer Epting and the supervisors of the Newberry SC District, J. T. McCrackin Jr., C. j L. Lester, George E. Young, (’. T. Smith and D. A. Bedenbaugh. It was with a great deal of re gret that I learned of Dad Amis’ suffering what doctors termed a mild heart attack Monday after noon. “Dad” is engaged in so many activities and stays “on the go” so much, and especially in the past couple of weeks, helping to plan for the observance of Soil Conversation week, perhaps this is nature’s way of telling him to do a little conserving of his own (Co’.tinued on page 5 ) Plan" a* *• mv.nng completion fur tile annual May Da\ program held by Newberry roiiege. The fest ivii ic-s wiii be- hc-ai on May 5 in Margaret Hunter park, begin ning at 5 p.m. President C. A. Kaufmann will crown Mary Sabonsky of Char leston as Queen. Julia Mont.- of Newberry will serve a< Maid of Honor. Othe»' personnel in the Qm't-nV court will include: Doro thy Amick of Baiientrii' and Jet- tie Rawl of CilbeM as herald's; Ellen Williamson, (linger Kirk land. Kilci Kirkland. Rita Bur nett''. and Deborah Ann Bowels, ail of Newberry, as flower girls. lalpli Summer of Newberry as Memorial Program At Junior High Sponsoring arrangements for the observance of Confederate historical days are alternated by the Calvin Cfozier and Drayton Rutherford chapters UDC, and this year Drayton Rutherford with Mrs. S. C. Griffith, chair man, in cooperation with the leaders of the younger children in the children’s chapter, has ar ranged a (program which will be given entirely by the children. This will be in the auditorium of Junior high school on the morning of Thursday, May 10, beginning promptly at 10:15. As is customary the Confeder ate monument will be decorated, and boys from the high school group of the Eloise Welch Wright chapter, Children of The Confed eracy, will be asked to place Con federate flags on the graves of Confederate ^Veterans. Members of this chapter -will offer small flags for sale thereby giving every wearer an opportunity to do honor to his Confederate an cestry; and, at the same time, help the treasury of the children’s chapter. ( row n Bearer and Carol S u e Guenther, i''i< anor Burnette, and Katherine Kelly all of Newberry as train bearer^. 'Hie flower dame wki be under tile direction of Maria Paulson of S 1 . Pete! .-bui'g. Florid;;, and Betty Rader of ( ofumiaia. The May Pole dance will he directed by Betsy Brandt of l )st<'rburg» Pa. and Sylvia Metz of We>t C‘dum- bia. The Queen’s attendants and garland girls will tie representa tives of the freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior classes and the business -students. Miss Hattie Belle Lester, dean of women, is chairman of the faculty committee for the May Day program. A meeting of the Newberry col lege Women’s League will be held at 3:30 p.m. just prior to the May Day program. After the festivi ties the Women’s League will have a reception in the park. Leland Summer Rites On Sunday Summer, Newberry, Friday, April 27 at the New- MISS SABONSKY MISS MONTS Merchants To Pay Schools A Visit An “Ldiumtion-Business” Day will be held in Newberry next Wednesday. May 9, sponsored by the Chamber of (Ytmmerce. Plans for the day ale being worked out by H. B. Kirkegard, chairman of the chamber's education commit tee and P. K. Harmon, member of the committee and director of county schools. The purpose of the E-B Day is to give merchants who participat ed in Business-Education Day in April a chance to visit the schools and see how they operate. On Business-Education day, teachers from the city schools visited var ious business establishments in town for the same purpose. Presented In Recitals Tentative plans call for those participating to convene at the Education building on Martin St. at 9:15 and hear an explanation of the financial and administra tive program of the schools. They will then visit the elementary and high schools in the city and will have lunch at the Newberry high school cafeteria. Supt J.V. Kneece of the high school and Ed Beck, superintendent of the elementary schools, together with the facul ties of the city schools will co operate with the chamber in its program to “educate the mer chants.“ Rites Saturday For W. F. Ruff Pictured above are three music majors at Newberry col lege to be heard in recital on Friday evening, May 4, begin ning at 8:30 in Holland Hall on the College campus. From left to right they are Byron Richardson of Newberry, Nancy Stephens of Orlando, Florida, and Johnny Lee of Newberry. Funeral services for William F. Ruff, 78, retired farmer, who died late Thursday night at his home after eight years of de clining health and two week’s serious illness, were held Satur day from Whitman Methodist church. Officiating were Rev. Ray P. Hook, Rev. Herbert L. Sipell, and Rev. Rex V. Martin. Burial was in Newberry Memorial gar dens. Mr. Ruff was born in the Pros perity section where he spent his entire life. He was the son of the late Isadore and Emma Cromer Ruff. He had been a member of Whitman Methodist church longer than any other. His wife, the for mer Miss Elizabeth Stockman, died in 1922. He is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Elbert S. Shealy, and Misses Bertha and Myrtle Ruff, all of Newberry; six sons, Isa dore Ruff of Prosperity, Raymond Marvin, Harold and Julian Ruff all of Newberry and Virgil Ruff of Modesto, 111.; three sisters, Mrs. W. H. Livingston of Jackson ville, Florida, Mrs. A. M„ Brown of Columbia and Mrs. Charles Tuecek of Dallas, Texas; one bro ther, Julian Ruff of Jacksonville, Florida and eight grandchildren. George Leland hong resident of on berry County Memorial hospital where he had been a patient for three weeks. He had been ill for the past two years. Funeral services were conduct ed on Sunday afternoon from the Whitaker Funeral home by Rev. Paul Monroe and Dr. R. A. Good man. Interment followed in Rose- mont cemetery. Nephews a n d grandsons served as pallbearers. Mr. Summer was horn Novem ber 16, 1882. the son of John Har rison and Huldah Cromer Sum mer. He wes graduated from New berry college, from which he al so received a Master of Arts de gree. He was a No a graduate of Draughon’s Business college, in Nashville, Tenn. and received the degree of Dr. of Literature from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Summer was an accountant and genealogist, and was a pro lific writer of historical and gen ealogical sketches, which were later consolidated in his book* “Newberry County, S. C. Histori cal and Genealogical.” The hook was published in 1950, along with “Folklore,” which contains val uable data of early settlements (Continued on page 5 ) Winners in the four “Little Queens” contests last Friday at the high school auditorium were, left to right, Trudy Todd, “Toddler Queen,” Jo Tyson, “Lovely Little Lady,” Jan Moose, “Little Miss Newberry” and behind the three little queens is “Miss Junior Newberry,” Miss Lisa Lomi- nack. Placing second and third n the contests, in the order given above, were Susan Jones and Angela Dominick; Mar cia Schumpert and Sherry Folk; Martha Jo Rinehart and Tina Ray Darby; Margaret McCaughrin and Eva Jane Price. (Sunphoto.) Newberry County SCD Supervisors Supervisors of the Newberry Soil Conservation district which celebrates Soil Conserva tion Week April 30-May 6, are, left to right, George E. Young, C. L. Lester, J. T. Mc Crackin, Jr., chairman; C. T. Smith and D. A. Bedenbaugh. (SCS Photo.) at work. The prizes for the best written essavs bv the students will he, first p’ace $L ! given by Thomas O. Stewart; second and third places $5 each, given by T. B. Amis and J. V. Kneece. The awards will he made by Joe Earle district conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service in Ches ter. The forestry tour begins Thurs day morning (today) at 9 a.m. at the Newberry College Football field. From there, the group will travel by motorcade to the Jala- pa section of the Sumter National Forest, where the demonstration will he held, with a welcome by Thad McCrackin, chairman of the Newberry Soil Conservation dis trict. The program will include meth ods of planting tree seedlings by Dave Morrison, conservation foi ester. Champion Paper and Fihie company. Selective marking of timber will he handled by Georg ' Smith, forester with the SCS. John R .Tiller, assistant State Forester, file control with the r . C. Commission of Forestry, w discuss fire control methods. Fm lowing this, J. B. Cartwright. dD trict ranger, U. S. Forest Service, will discuss methods of insect and disease control. Hadrwood con trol in pine timberlands will be covered by John Billingsley, con sultant forester. Following the demonstration, a luncheon will be served at the Newberry VFW hut. T. B. (Dad) Amis, work unit conservationist, will introduce guests and present B. M. Edwards, guest speaker. Following the address, there will be a question and discussion per iod before the group adjourns. Cooperating with the Soil Con servation Service in the observ ance of the week and the forestry tour are the Kiw r anis club, Cham pion Paper and Fibr; company. International Paper c< '"any and West Virginia Pulp am U. S. Forest Service, mission of Forestry . sion Service. Supervisors of Soil Conservation T. McCrackin, Jr L. Lester, D. A T. Smith ar Viper Co; Com- Exten- the Di erry .10 J. ...an; C. mbaugh, C. Young. ANNUAL ’ORT NEWBERRY SO it. TION DISTRICT V RVA- The Newberry Soil " va- tion District continued >g- ress in 1955 by working 302 farmers, encouraging the put their land to its be-st us d by so doing to conserve l i soil and water. Ninety of the farm- ers were new cooperatoi with the District and brings ti. e total number of cooperators to 1233. The District is comprised of 331,455 acres of agricultural land with 2,069 operating units. The Supervisors recognize the gigantic task of improving the lot of the farmer by stressing the need for conserving his greatest natural resources, soil and water. (Continued on page 5 ) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS May 4: Mrs. Elise P. Bowler, Horace Williams, Dewey Kinard, Mrs. Edward A. Lane, Bryan B. Livingston, Jack Summer, Mrs. Brab Crooks, Mrs. Jack Hughes, Carl Setzler, Roberta Clarice Kennerley. May 5: T. E. Davis, Francis AulQ John H. and Walter Ruff, Mrs. Randolph Kirkland, Mildred Power Martin, Billie Wayne Shep pard, Mrs. William Thomas Werts Richard B. Caldwell, Mrs. W. Ell- erbe Pelham, Mrs. W. F. Ruther ford. May 6: Mrs. J. M. Randall, Mrs. J. M. Chappell,’ A. W. Murray, Betty Boyd, Mrs. Byron Nichols. Hazel Wright. May 7: Henry Brooks, Mrs. Charles H. Boyd, Jr., Randolph Ferguson, Michael Sheppard, An nette Hawkins, Mike Epps. May 8: Edith Dickert, J. Mor gan Randal, Mary Bouknight, Lois Ellen Cromer, Mrs. Helen J. Ezell, Sara Brown, Mary Helen Smith, Mrs. H. C. Timmerman. May 9: Williamson Folk, Mrs. Horace Cromer. May 10: Mrs. William C. Arm- field, Oscar Johnson.