The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, June 28, 1956, Image 1
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.
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