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Success is getting ^hat you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Economists s> y our monetary system should be more elastic. A better idea would be to make it more adhesive. Best way to cure women of al most any illness is to tell them their symptoms are just a sign of old age. VOLUME 19—NUMBER 9 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1956 4* $2.00 PER YEAR County Taxes Are Increased By 4 Mills; Schools Get 3 Extra AT IT AGAIN You may be sure that when no tice is published that the Blood- mobile has scheduled a trip to Newberry, Til be “at it again/ urging you to donate a pint. \ ou know one of our elder citizens of Newberry, Mr. Drate Taylor w'as in the hospital in Columbia a couple of months ago and had to have blood transfusions. Mrs. Taylor was told by someone at the hospital, who evidently didn’t know what she was talking about, that Mrs. Taylor would either have to buy the blood or replace it. Since she was not able to do either, and had no relatives to call upon for the replacement, Mrs. Taylor was very worried un til she contacted Mrs. Hannah Pool, local Red Cross Director, who told her not to worry; that INewberry was in the blood program and that Mr. Taylor would get the blood regardless —and he did. Now those Mr«. Sanders who get blood through the Red Cross program or their relatives ARE asked to replace the blood if at all possi ble, but there are instances when it is not possible and of course the blood is given away. But a number of good-hearted Newber- rians, hearing of Mrs. Taylor’s plight, visited the bloodmobile on its last visit to Central Meth odist church and donated a pint in his name. I think it was a fine gesture and I would remind others that there may be similar instan ces when blood is needed by some one who cannot replace it—won’t you do it, please, They wouldn’t take my half-pint last time, but I’m going to try again next Tues day. I believe the population of Newberry is close to 8000—sure ly there are 150 or 200 persons who are healthy enough to donate •a pint—or maybe even a half pint of blood. See you at the Bloodmobile Tuesday. By the way —the building is air conditioned. SAFETY MEASURES Chief of Police Dowd and his force have done a good thing in not allowing parking on Chapman street on the side opposite the swimming pool. This will help to solve the problem of children running out in front of moving cars to go to the pool. Parking is permitted on the pool side only, and parents are urged to drive their cars from Nance down Chapman to the pool side. The police are doing everything pos sible to protect your young ones, but parents must also cooperate. Going around the block may take a minute, but it may save a life. Bouknight, Werts Victors In Second Primary June MYSTERY FARM No. ^11. 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.) 2000 Employees To Get Pay And Vacations Week Of 4th FAIR WARNING City Manager Ed Blackwell thinks it is a good thing that people are “beauty - minded” enough to want to have pretty green lawns during this hot dry season. The only way to do it, of course, is by watering, and there in lies a tale—a tale of woe, per haps for some when they get their water bills this month, so Ed wants to give fair warning. He says that some of the bills— many of thelh are doubled this month and some have even gone three times as high as they ordin arily are. I’m sure mine will be high this month—not that we have been doing that much water ing, but have you ever tried to keep two little girls, who love to play in the dirt—reasonably clean during the hot summer months? I fear that without the new sup ply of water, they would be a lia bility to the water supply of New berry. I am happy to tell you, though, that there is no water shortage. The pumps at the Sa luda River have started and water is pouring into the reservoir at the filtration plant in Newberry. With the weather we have had the past four or six weeks, the new water supply was installed at just the right time. There will be no curtailment to your water ing of your lawns, flowers and gardens except the curtailment which may be caused by the state of your billfold. IS RECOVERING Mrs. Lora Schumpert, who suf fered a heart attack labt Friday, is now at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital where her condition is reported to be bet ter. Mrs. Schumpert lives at 1603 Harrington street. • Newberry’s three textile mills and two garment plants have an nounced plans for 'annual vaca tions to be held during the 4th of July week. Vacation pay total ing over $160,000 will be distrib uted Friday to more than 2,000 employees of the various plants. Vacations for Newberry Mills, Inc., the Oakland and Mollohon Plants of the Kendall Company, and the Newberry Garment com pany will be the entire week of July 2. The employees of O’Neall Sportswear company below Pros perity will work on Monday and Tuesday of next week and the plant will be closed the remainder of the week. Since the plant fias been in operation for less than a year, there will be no vacation pay for the employees there, ac cording to J. R. Andrews, mana ger, who stated that they hoped to give Christmas vacations with pay or bonuses this year. J. E. Britt, manager of Newber ry Mills, Inc., stated that the 641 employees of that plant would re ceive approximately $50,800, bas ed on two percent of the annual pay for those who have been there from one to five years; four percent for those who have work ed in the plant more than five years. This amounts to approxi mately one week and two weeks pay respectively. The amount does not include vacation pay for overseers, officials, secretaries or clerks of the mill. The vacation pay at the Ken dall plants is made on the same basis, except that the two percent is paid to those who have been working with the company for as long as six months. The Oakland payroll, according to D.' O. Car penter, manager, will be about $58,000 to the 650 employees. The 550 employees of Mollohon will receive about $50,000, accord ing to figures released by W. H. Tedford, manager. The employees of Newberry Garment Company, J. B. Hender son, manager, will receive their regular pay during the vacation week. Boll WeevOs Are Hard At Work Field checks and infestation counts made by Newberry Coun ty Agents shows that boll weevils are extremely active over the county. Quite large acreages of cotton in the county have receiv ed no insecticide control. Infesta tion counts on unpoisoned fields have been found to be as high as 40 per cent. It appears that there is a heavy emergence of over win tered weevils that are rapidly puncturing squares. County Agent P. B. Ezzell suggests that imme diate weekly application to rid cotton of over wintered weevils be made immediately and that in secticides be applied at weekly in tervals. BETHLEHEM CHURCH CEMETERY CLEANING The Bethlehem Lutheran Church cemetery will be cleaned on Sat urday morning of this week. Members are urged to come early. Health Nurse Has Training Course Mrs. Onnie l B. Chisolm, regis- A local news item covering the Ladies’ Day Golf Tournament read: “A large gallery followed Miss Jones whose shorts kept fall ing on the green.” ty health department, has return ed from a five-day home nursing taecher-trainer course held i n teacher-trainer course held in of 14 nurses from all over the State taking the course. Miss Bess E. Dalton, American Red Cross Nursing Representa tive from Atlanta, Ga., was in structor for the course held in Columbia. It was sponsored by the State Board of Health in cooperation with the S. C. State Nurses' association, civil defense, and the Richland county chapter of the American Red Cross. The information taught in these courses should help the home maker be better prepared to meet the every-day needs in caring for her family as well as meeting any kind of disaster that might occur, Mrs. Ricket said. Besides lectures and demonstrations, the Columbia classes included practice teaching sessions and evaluation of per formance. Home nursing princi ples of safety, economy of time, effort, and materials were em phasized. Mrs. Chisholm will hold classes in this county to train others in home nursing, care of the sick and injured and civil defense techniques. Those groups interest ed in sponsoring such a course may contact Mrs. Chisholm at the Newberry county health depart ment. Carman Bouknight a resident of Silverstreet in his first bid for a political office, was elected Commisisoner of District No. 1 by a vote of 1132 to 957 for hi^ op ponent in the second race, W. Ray Feagie. G. T. (Tab) Werts was re-elected as Commissioner of District No. 2. He polled 910 votes in the Tuesday primary. His op ponent, Ross George, received 717 votes. Tallye Hugh Shealy was elect ed Magistrate of District No. 4, Pomaria, by a vote of 439 to 268 received by his opponent, Hugh W. Kent?;, Sr. Mr. Shealy will re place W .D. Hatton who did not offer for reelection. J. Harold Wise, incumbent Mag istrate of District No. 6, Little Mountain, was defeated by An drew F. Shealy by a vote of 233 to 176. The vote in the second primary was unusually large with four races at stake, with 3716 voters braving the sweltering 100 degree weather to go to the polls. This was almost half the number who voted In the first primary. Newberry Alumni Give For Raise From the latest reports a s turned over to the Alumni office by Prof. James D. Brown, secre tary of Area 2 of the Newberry college alumni association, 108 tered nurse of the Newberry cotrtt-^ have contributed $848 to the association's goal of $20,000 to go toward faculty salary in creases for the year. During the month of April, Area 9, was organized with the following officers ‘.President Hon. John F. Clarkson; vice president, L. Clifton Graham; secretary and treasurer, Prof James D. Brown; council members, Dr. Mamie S. Summer and Harry E. Moose. Approximately 80# alumni at tended the meeting and many took individual cards of alumni to con tact in regards to the obtaining of funds for the general goal. In- (Continued on page 8) Bloodmobile At Central July 3 Tuesday, July 3 has been sched uled for the next visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile to New berry, according to Claude L. weeks, blood program chairman. The place will be at the air- con ditioned social hall of Central Methodist church between the hours of 2 and 8 p.m. Mrs. Weeks stated that all min isters in the county and presid-, ents of all county Home Demon stration clubs have been asked to'recruit blood donors. The quota has been set at 100 pints, but be cause of the present low supply and the anticipated need, ‘it is hoped that the quota will be ex ceeded. Persons who aren’t contacted to donate blood are asked to come to the blood donor center Tuesday to make a contribution. Chairmen Weeks stated that any person of ages 21 thru 59 who is in good health and weighs 110 pounds or more may give blood; also those 18 to 20 years of age with their parents consent. Donations may be made once every eight weeks, but not more than five times in any 12 months., Prospective don ors are asked to avoid heavy fat ty foods* during a four hour per- ion before donation but may eat anything from soup to. nuts after the donation. A healthy person, says Mr. Weeks, should feel no eggect whatever from giving of his blood. He also emphasized that blood collected through the Red Cross is provided as a public service, and under no circum stances does the Red Cross ask for or receive payment for blood. The only charge made for trans fusions of Red Cross blood is the necessary laboratory service fee at the hospital. Election Day Hottest Yet The heat record of 98 degrees on July 3, 1955 has been broken already several times during the month of June, with temp eratures hitting the. record of 98 on June 25; going to 99 on June 23 and 24, and finally hit ting the 100 mark on election day, June 26. There have been no rains to offer relief from the extreme heat and humidity. Only 15/100 of an inch of rain was recorded for the month of June through the 25th; 9/100 fell on June 1st and 6/100 on June 2nd. The last rain of any proportion fell on May 7th when 94/100 of an inch was recorded at the weather station at Newberry’s water filtration plant. Total rainfall to date is only 1.17 inches behind that of the six months period in 1955 through June. Last year the rainfall as of June 30 totaled 22.22; through June 25 this year, it is 21.05 inches. The rainfall for this year by months is as follows: January 1.67; February, 5.91; March 4.39; Ap ril, 6.82; May, 2.11; and June .15. Hipp Dscendants Reunion July 4th Descendants of the late James Hipp will hold their annual reun ion at Margaret Hunter park on Wednesday, July 4. All families are asked to bring picnic baskets and tea. Ice will be furnished. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Felker are spending this week in Florida with relatives. CANNERY TO OPEN- AT 8ILVERSTRBET Beginning Tuesday, July 3, th4 Silverstreet school cannery will be open each Tuesday and Friday from 8:00 a. m. to 11:00 a. m. with the exception of th£ follow ing dates: July 6, 16, 20 and 31. The cannery is under the super vision of E. R. Boazman, agri culture teacher. Prosperity To Close For 4th All stores in Prosperity will be closed on Wednesday, July 4 in observance of the Independence holiday. Newberry Woman Has Outstanding Collection Of Lovely Figurines ‘MISS BETTY CLARKSON, state president of the Children of the Confederacy, presides - at the first state convention of the group held at Central Methodist Church last Wednesday. Also on the platform are, left to right, front row, Barbara You mans, a page; Frances Boyelston of Greenville, 3rd vice president of the group; Harriett Morehead and on the right, John Chappell, president of the Eloise W. Wright Chapter, C of C. On the second row, some out of the view of the camera, are Mrs J.ohn R. Childress of Greenville, president of the S. C. Division, UDC, Mrs. A. T. Neely, 2nd vice president;; Mrs. Fred McGuinn, 3rd vice president; Mary Hadley Fike of Wilson, N. C., presi dent general of the C of C; Mrs. L. B. Newell, Charlotte, honorary president; Mrs. William F. Pick ens, Enfield, N. C., 3rd vice president general and Lila Summer, a page. (£?unphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) (By Doris A. Sanders) Probably the largest collection of Dresden and Heirloom figur ines in South Carolina is owned by Mrs. I. Schissell, who lives on Main street in Newberry with her father, L. Mjorris, Mr. Schis sell and her sister, Miss Minnie Morris. Mrs. Schissell has been collect ing figurines for a number of years, and now has 111, part of which are Dresden, made in Ger many, and a portion “Heirlooms of Tomorrow” made in California. She estimates her collection to be worth between $3500 and $4000 with the dolls costing from $10 to $75 each and some pairs valued at $150. Her collection came “from just everywhere,” said Mrs. Schissell. A few of them she found in New berry and others were ordered for her by a Newberry firm, but most of them came from New York and ether places about the coun try. “There are so few stores that handle the figurines because of the high amount of breakage,” Mrs. Schissell said, “and if one of mine is broken, it is almost impossible to replace it.” Postage alone for shipping one of the dolls from New York bo Newber ry has run as high as $17. The rate is always double freight rate for regular merchandise because of the extremely delicate nature of the dolls. “The lightest blow will cause them to chip” 'Mrs. Schissell said, explaining that to clean them, she take& them one at a time and holds them under running water. The figurines are attractively arranged in three glass cabinets, one an old-style china closet, the other two beautiful walnut cab inets with glass fronts and sides made by Mr. Schissell, who is j working on a third and larger I cabinet to house ? the figurines. Some pieces in the collection were brought to Mrs. Schissell by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brooks on their travels abroad, from Germ any, Spain and Italy. The dolls are in many different shapes, sizes and positions, some danc ing partners, some ballerinas, and others sitting on old fashioned sofas. To the inexperienced eye, the “heirlooms” are indistinguish able from the Dresdens, but to Mrs. Schissell and her sister, Miss Morris, a glance will tell one from the other. “This is the only hobby I have” said Mrs. Schissell' “and it re quires a lot of time to keep them in good condition because they are so delicate to handle.” Both the cabinets and the dolls are spotlessly clean, indicating that much time is taken to keep the collection in good shape. Mrs. Schissell will be glad to show her collection to anyone who is interested in seeing it. SHOW ABOVE ARE A FEW «f the many lovely figurines in the collection of Mrs. L SchisselL They are displayed In a walnut cabi net made by Mr. Schissell. (Snnphoto by Doris A. S The Newberry county tax mil- lage, set by the Newberry County delegation at a meeting held Tuesday afternoon of this week, was increased by four mills, from 43 to 47 mills for next taxable year. The increase was principal ly for the county schools, three mills, with one mill going to the Newberry County Memorial Hos pital. The remaining millage for county purposes is the same: 10 mills for county operating ex penses; and five mills to retire bonds. The hospital will now re ceive two mills making the gen eral county total 17, the school millage 30. The County Board of Education since its organization in 1951, has sought an increase in millage which has been denied by the delegation each year, although the board’s funds for operational expenses have been steadily de creasing each year. It was evident to the members of the board and to the county delegation that an increase was a necessity to con- > tinue running the schools. The current 30 mills is not expected to be sufficient for properly oper ating the schools and another in crease will probably be requested next year. , The request made by the Coun ty Board shows that operating expenses of the county schools have increased from $914,807 in 1952-53 to $1,100,000 during the last school session. This includes the building fund. Specific pur poses given for the requested in crease were as follows: rewiring Newberry High School, $11,200; extra-curricula activities, Gall- man, Whitmire, Prosperity and Newberry High schools, $12,072. This amount is for expenses al ready incurred for band uniforms, and athletic equipment. Extra 'fuel;/' for Reuben school and Newberry, $4,000; repairs above normal, $&,- 000;; additional extra teachers,, three, $9,000. Total expenditures for schools from county funds are $389,944. The amount derived from the previous allocation of 27 mills was $278,100; $74,0OO is received from the state, and about $7,000 from the forest serv ice, making a total of $359,000 and a deficit of $30,894 which the three mills is expected to cover. The three additional teachers are being added to the faculties of Silverstreet consolidated gram mar school, the two teachers from Chappells school which closed at the end of the term in May; and one additional teacher at Newber ry High School. The estimated assessed valua tion of county property is about $10,00(^000. It was slightly high er last year but a decrease is ex pected because of the government taking over certain properties in the city because of equipment of one of \ the county’s largest firms ‘ (Continued on page 4) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Jane 29: Miss Annie Abrams, Eve Welling, Mrs. Ralph Wil banks, Pauline Wicker, Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Duckett, J. E. Kinard. June 30: Mrs. Kirby Lomin- . ack, John L. Epps, Jr„ Mrs. Ethel Swygert, Mary S. Wat^ kins, Mike Wiggers, Edwin Nichols, D. R. Son. lone 31: Miss Roby Dennis, Sims Tompkins, Mrs. Milton g Moore, Bobby Harmon, James 4 Nance Parr, Emily Moore, Mis. /V Ervin D .Richardson, Mrs. W. B. Bofnest, Jr., Mrs. Cliffor4i|^ Smith, Patsy Roth Seim, cille Long, Grace O. Basel, | Mrs. Clayton Smith* Lt. Robert § Spraul, Jr., Rev. Clarence B. Word. ' July 2: John A. Peterson, Thomas Morris,. Sam P. Shan? ^ non, Mrs. Walter Davis, ABaa Dominick, Wilbur J. Ringer. July 3: Billie T. Pari-, Waiter * Baker Sommer, Mrs. Jake Bans- I er, A. B. Lake, Curtis Doolittle. Joly 4: Mrs. P. J. Weir, Chappells, Snssa Boland, " Oscar Quattlebeum, J. H. Elliott Mayer, Mrs. J. H. er. Bailie Abrams. —July 5: Mrra..Lewis Mrs. W. W. Hornsby, liam, Mrs. a a Prof. Milton W. Moore, Mary Alice Wherry, Walton, Wilbur a Epps, Livingston. ' -