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i « m / ar, t.}'tinns>t V tttl 'I,” to ti'ft :•■ !! t : (irivin^', its nut n t" '* torn* Mow your .'loin whoii passn;.^ folia 1!) f)'t T.t. VOLUME 19; NUMBER 1<> NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1956 $2.00 PER YEAR FRIENDLY ( There ono yoo<l itoo* that Newberry lives up to it> slogan, “City of Friendly PYdk.'' Mrs, Edith C. Cetz, a new resident of the city, moved into her home the last of the past week. She is a former resident of Lanca.-tet. Pa., and had no relatives a a d no interests here; just goud friends and a liking for out fair city. , While she was building h e r home on Reid street, Mm uetz lived with the George E. Stones K,n Route one, friends whom she met when she and her late hus band first visited Newberry in the early IPHOs. Since that time, she and her late husband visited Newberry at least once yearly and expressed a desire to become residents some day. After h e i husbands death. Mrs. Getz decid ed to move here to make her home, and she has transferied her church membership to the Lutheran church of the Redeemer. I would like to he among those to welcome Mrs. Getz, and feel that •she will be an asset to our city. THE RAINS C AME If my writing about the dry- weather last Wednesday morning I started the rain fall of Wednes- | day night, 1 should have written the ar ticle a month earlier. Sine e | that time, _ I have had 4.77 in. of rain. <>f this amount l.lM fell o n W'ednesdac —,—_—night, June iGtli Mrs. Sanders two i n c h e s fell the night of June Mb Gther 'rainfall was 05.100 during the night of June 21* or during the day of the 30th; 32.100 on Juiy 2 and 24.00 on July 3. The tem perature hit 00 on June 27 and 20th. and dropped to a low of 01 on the 30th. The record still stands at 100 for June 20. Y 7 I£IT SATISFACTORY The Tuesday visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile was satisfac tory, according to Blood program chairman Claude W eeks. even though the quota of 100 was not reached. Seventy-four pints were donated and there were 10 reject ions, so Mr. W’eeks was happy with that amount, considering the hot weather, the fact that s o many people are on vacation, anti the fact that they wouldn’t take my half-pint again this time.They will soon have me thinking I’m “puny” and I guess I had better see the doctor to get some iron or whatever it is my blood seems to need so they will be more in clined to accept my blood when the Bloodmobile is hack on Au gust 1. Times and places for the visit will be announced later hut if you didn’t donate a pint Tues day’, mark August 1 for your next donation. IN A QUANDARY I am in a sort of a quandary on this annexation business. Sinre I am one of the signers oi the petition to annex Crestwood to the cit\ T limits, 1 am naturally in favor of that and we are willing to pay* the current 39 mills tax plus whatever additional is nec essary to become a part of the city. It seems that all of the residents in that area are willing to do the same. Before I ever moved out of the city limits, however, I was in favor of ex panding the city and was much interested in an effort that was made some ten or fifteen > T ears ago by the Chamber of Commerce • to get an extension; an effort which failed. I hope that you will see fit to vote favorably on the Orestwood annexation to help the city grow, even if just a little at a time. As to the Oakland annexation, there is where I am going to be a little contradictory. It would seem selfish for me to be in favor of my own property going into the city and to oppose the same for others, but there are extenuating circumstances, and I will just state the facts as I understand them and let you decide: In one or two occasions in the past efforts have been made to extend the city limits and those extensions would have included tj*e Oakland plant of the Kendall company. The Kendall company objected, I understand, to being included in the city and resolu tions were passed by the Chamber of Commerce and by City council of that day to the effect that they would RECOMMEND the Oak land plant be excluded should the petition have the necessary ma jority of free-holders’ signatures. The petition never did get that far. It seems that when the present petition was drawn, those de fining the boundaries for Oak land were under the impression that a binding agreement was made to exclude Oakland from the city should another petition ever be circulated, and that it (Continued on page 5) BV The Way M,«er, Farm N. 42 Whose Is It? E| ect .; on Tuesday To Decide If City Limits Will Be Extended IPl * -' m* m m. r J ' : ' ,,4- MYSTERY FARM NO. 12. 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 cal! by George N. Martin Radio and TV or a ticket to the Ritz or Well* 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.) Gas Authority Now Paying Its Own Way; Number Users Added The Clinton .Wwi.erry Gas Au thority’ will enter the four sum mer “off months” on a money making basis for the first time, it was revealed this week by offi cials of the authority. Hereto fore the authority has operated at a loss during the months of June. July, August ami Septem ber. due to the shrinkage in de mand for gas for heating which prevailed during- other months. However, with the addition of more than 1.000 new customer- during the year and the conse quent installation, of ranges and water heaters to add to the year- round load plus the addition of a number of large year-round us ers, the shrinkage in demand for gas will not reach the point of loss in over-all operations for the June-September period, it was stated. The high point of gas usage is reached in December and .Janu ary. it was pointed out, with a constant monthly drop in sabs from then on to July and August when sales arc at the lowest point . From then on eas usage increases each month to the De- cember-Januarv high pAm, wild the coming of the heating- season and « tiding of vacation period. The following comparison of gas used by customers of the Au thority will show the improved position of the corporation during the past year. 1955 January 57,557,000 cu. ft. February 52,332,000 cu.ft. March ’ 45,819,000 cu. ft. April 20,253,000 cu. ft. May 18,499,000 cu. ft. 1950 January 09,038,000 cu. H. February 58,375,000 cu. ft. March 58,375,000 cu ft. April 47,400,000 cu. ft. May 20,338,000 cu. ft. It will be seen that each suc cessive month of 1C 50 shows a large increase in sales over the same month of 1955. According to Gas Authority of ficials, this schedule of sales puts the corporation in a much im proved condition in which to go into the four summer months. It was stated that the low month in gas sales last year was July, when 14.329,000 cubic feet were consumed. If the January- Max-, i 955-1950 ratio of sales is I continued, and there is every j reason to believe it will, gas of ficials state, sales of gas will con tinue above the 20,000,000 cubic foot mark, and probably won’t go below 22,000,000 cubic feet. In May, 1955, the Authority had 1660 customers on its lines, while today there are 2675 users listed. The Authority on June 1, paid $52,287.50 interest on bonds, and $50,000 on principal, the first ob ligations it has met out of earn ings. One prior interest payment of about $50,000 was made in De cember from reserves from the $3,000,000 bond sale which put the Authority into business. The bonds will he paid off over a pe riod of years, £ the corporation eventually becoming the proper ty of the cities of Clinton and Newberry. Authority officials pointed out that two recent increases in the price of gas paid by the Author ity, and allowed by the Inter state Commerce commission, had been absorbed by the Authority. Negotiations are underway, they stated, that may result in some slight revision of local rates Fire Destroys Bouknight Home LITTLE IS LEFT of the Oscar Bouknight home on the Bush River road, which burned to the ground Monday night, July 2 despite efforts of firemen to extinguish the blaze. The fire department was call ed to the scene at 6:55 p.m. but the house was too far gone to be saved. Firemen with the help of neighbors managed to move some furniture out of the house. The Bouknights were vacationing at Myr tle Beach and no one was at home. It was assumed that lightning caused the blaze, the reason also attibuted to the burning of a negro residence in the Helena section on Sunday night about 9 p.m. On Sunday night the firemen were called to the home of Andrew Corley on Davis and Academy streets. Lightning struck a line and ran in on a light socket, but did no damage. (Sunphoto.) Teacher’s Car Found In Texas A 1956 blue and white four- door Chevrolet, the property of Mies Leila Norris, which was stolen from Boundary street sometime during the night o f Sunday, June 17, was located on Sunday night or Monday morning of this week in Texas. Miss Nor ris, who teaches in Columbia but spends her summers in New r - berry, received word from her in surance company in Columbia on Monday morning that the car had beer, located, and requesting her to verify the motor and serial number and to give authority for the car to be returned to New'* berry. The insurance adjuster w h o spoke to Miss Norris about the recovery of the car did not know- in what part of Texas it w'as found nor the name of the par ty who took the car, but he w r as under the impression that the par ty w r as taken into custody by the Texas police officials. Word reach ed the insurance company through the National Theft Bureau i n Atlanta, Ga. Miss Norris had just returned to Newberry from Columbia when the ear w'as stolen and all .if her clothes, which she brought from BALLOT BOXES READY FRIDAY Precinct managers for the special annexation election to be held on July 10 are asked to pick up the ballot boxes in the election room of the County Court House on Fri day, July 6, before 12 noon. Precincts will include all city boxes, Oakland and Crestwood boxes. Summer, Eddy Are Hig-h Bidders At a public auction held Mon day morning of this week on the court house steps, two houses er ected by Perry and Perdue were sold. A six-room house at the corner of Baxter street and Armfield Avenue was bid in by R. E. Summer for $6000; a new brick dwelling on 2435 Fulmer Avenue was bid in by Herman Eddy for $7500. Columbia, were still in the car. Word w’as sent to Texas that the clothes belonged in the car and were not stolen from some other place in the event they hadn’t been disposed of by the thief. A special election to be held Tuesday, July 10, will determine expand or whether the limits whether the City of Newberry will will continue to remain to remain as they were originally estab lished years ago For the first time since the present city limits were set, an election for annexation is to be held. Several efforts have been made in the past to secure petit ions for annexation, hut the necessary majority of free-holders signature’s were not obtained. Separate ballots will be pro vided for voting on annexation of Crestwood and of Oakland. The Crestwood petition, contain ing the signatures of 100 per cent of those residing in the area was first certified by City Coun cil to the Newberry County Com missioners of Election. Subseq uently a petition was received by Council for the annexation of the Oakland residental area, ex cluding the mill itself, and this petition was also certified to the Election Commissioners, who ordered the election set on July 10. Voting precincts will be at Crestwood, Oakland, and a 11 City w’ards, with polls opening at 8:00 a. m. and closing at 6:00 p. m. All qualified electors may vote upon presentation of a cur rent registration certificate. The majority of votes both in the city and in the communities to be an- Griffiths To Spend Vacation In Europe With Son Who Is In Army m » +' , s m m mm ijgm m >■* 0 m m /C<<-; Judge and Mrs. Steve C. Griffith study a touring map of Western Europe in preparation for their trip next Tuesday. ((Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) It is customary for sons and daughters to visit their parents during vacations, but that pro cedure will be reversed next w r eek when Judge and Mrs. Steve C. Griffith leave for Germany to spend a vacation with their son, Steve, Jr., who is a second lieu tenant in the army Infantry, sta tioned at Bamberg. The Griffiths will leave from Columbia on Tuesday, July 10 by Eastern Air Line for New York, where they will board a Super Constellation of Pan American Airways on Tuesday evening, fly across the Atlantic that night and arrive in London at 9 a.m. Wed nesday. They will remain in Lon don until Saturday, July 14 then fly to Frankfort, Germany where they will be met by Steve, whose station of duty is only about 40 miles distant. Steve, who has his mother’s car in Germany, will have a three- weeks leave while his parents are there, and the trio will tour the continent. Their plans are to drive from Frankfort into Aus tria, Venice, Florence, Rome and along the Mediterranean coast through Italian and French Riv iera, stopping at Pisa and Monaco enroute .They will then drive up into France, stopping by Lyon & Paris and next into Belgium where Steve will end his pert of the tour and return to Bamberg. Judge and Mrs. Griffith will go on to Holland, then drive back down the Rhine valley into Switzerland, concluding their tour of the continent in Frankfort on August 12. From there they will fly back to London for sev eral days, leaving for home on the 15th and arriving in New York on August 16. The Griffiths estimate the au tomobile trip will cover about 3500 miles. They plan to spend seven days in London, 5 days in Rome and Paris, four days in Amster dam and several days at other places of interest. They plan to do as much sight seeing as time will allow, with the main point of interest in Lond&n being the House of PParliament. Mrs. Grif fith is especially interested i n visiting cathedrals, art gallaries, and renowned gardens. The Judge says that his main interest is in seeing the people, how they are living, w’hat current conditions are in various fiarts of the con tinent. Steve has been in Germany for eight months, and his parents have been making plans for the trip for almost that length o f time. “At first it seemed impos sible to get everything worked out” said Mrs. Griffith “but with the wonderful assistance of Pan American Airways and the Amer ican Automobile Association, we have all our plans completed and I don’t believe we will have - any trouble.” The only thing that she is concerned with now is the currency used in foreign coun tries. “The AAA sent us a chart showing the different rates of exchange, but it isn’t • very easy to remember all of the various exchange rates.” The Griffiths decided, from in formation sent by AAA, which ho tels would be desirable in the var ious cities, and AAA made th e reservations. “It is rather coinci dental,” said Mrs. Griffith, “that in Monaco, we chose the hotel de Paris—and this was BEFORE Grace Kelly’s wedding.” The ho tel de Paris is the establishment where several jewel thefts occur red during the wedding celebra tion of Grace and the Princq. Judge and Mrs. Griffith had no trouble in securing their passports and international drivers’ permits, the only two documents necessary for travel in the countries they will visit. Judge Griffith says he understands the climate in most of the territory they will visit will be comparable to the climate of the northern United States in the summer time, but that hotter weather could be expected in It aly and places nearer the coast. The Griffiths have traveled in Mexico and Canada, but this will be the first trip abroad for both of them and they are anticipating a pleasant trip, “not trying to see everything ,but as much as pos sible just taking our time.” The couple’s other son, Gene, who is a rising senior at the Uni versity of South Carolina, would like to make the trip, but he is at Newport, R.I. completing an of ficer’s training course. He is in a Naval Reserve unit in Columbia and attended the training course last summer. When he receives his degree from Carolina next year, he will be commissioned as an Ensign in the navy and will enter on active duty. nexed must he favorable lief ore the petitioning areas can lie in cluded in the city limits. Information compiled by Wal ter Summer, C.P.A.. who made the last audit of the city’s books and records, show that increased expenditures resulting from the annexation of the above-mention ed areas to the city would neces sitate an increase of approximate ly seven mills in order for the city to provide services and capi tal improvements which would be expected by the people in the an nexed areas. This estimated tax increase is based on the exclusion of the Oakland plant proper from . the petition. Should the annexa tion of Oakland be approved by a majority of voters, the mill would not be included in the city limits although it would be surrounded on all sides by property within the limits. The tax millage increase is based on approximately two and one-half mills for services such as fire, police, street, garbage and recreation facilities; two and one-half mills for capital improve ments including water mains and hydrants, fire alarm boxes, new equipment, and street lights; and two mills for sanitary sewer sys tem. The latter four and one-half mills would be used to pay for bonds which would be sold to make the capital improvements. City Manager Ed Blackwell feels that the figures compiled by Mr. Summer ax*e conservative and personally believes that added ex penses would run even, higher for the first few years. The exclusion of the Oakland plant from the petition has caus ed some opposition to the annex ation of that area. There was some discussion and perhaps mis understanding, according to Mr. Blackwell, about action taken some years ago relative to the in clusion of Oakland plant in the city. At the time a previous pe tition was being prepared for the annexation of the Oakland com munity, the Chamber of Com merce and the City Council of that time passed a resolution rec ommending that the Oakland plant itself be excluded. “There was nothing binding about the resolution,” said Mr. Blackwell, who stated that under state law .neither the Chamber of Com merce nor the city council had authority to decide what should or should not be included in the city limits, but that the decision was up to the voters. The South Carolina Code pro vides in Section 47-12 that “To effect any such extension a peti tion shall first be submitted to the council by a majority of the freeholders of the territory which it is proposed to annex, accom panied by an adequate descrip tion thereof, praying that an elec tion be ordered to see if such ter ritory shall be included in the city or town.” Section 47-17 provides: “If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors of the munici pality and of the territory pro posed to be annexed, each aggre gated separately, shall each be in favor of the annexation or if neither gives a majority against the annexation, then the council shall publish the result of such ' election and declare the annexed (Continued on page 5) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS July 6: Miss Sara Wilson, J. J. Hipp, Billy Armfield, Jr., Mrs. J. S. Thompson, Karen Lominack, Sandra Gail Dawkins, Pam Phil lips, Rogers Lewis Ringer, C. K. Brown, Beth Boulw^are, Walter Lake, Mary Ann W’atkins. July 7: Miss Rose Hamm, Dr. Claud* Sease, Mrs. David Long, Carolyn Andrews, Dr. V. W. Rinehart, Jackie Martin, Lula May Hawkins, Randy Senn, John P. Livingston, Earl Bozzard. July 8: Mrs. Constance Armfield McHargue, E. L. Lominack, John McCullough, Mrs. Foster Spotts, Betty Stone, Olin Lominick, Jr.,. July 9: Frank Sanders, Rusty Wilson, L. Pope Wicker, Jr., Ron nie Michael Bedenbaugh, George , W. Martin, Lang H. Ammons, J. H. Cook, Miriam Jollay, Mrs. D. R. Son. July 10: Mrs. Evelyn Leavell Davis, Sara Ann Nichols, George Senn, George W. Summer, Louis Broesy, Jr. July 11: Beth Long, Mrs. Jessie Dawkins, Mrs. F. A. Longshore, Doris Marie Sheeley, Ralph Ep- tnig, John G. Long. July 12: Mrs. E. W. Yates, Sr., Buddy Waldrop, Wayne C. Spear man, F. R. Higgins.