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« I have never been able to con ceive how any rational being could propose happiness to him self from the exercise of power over others—Thomas Jefferson. Force without justice is tyran nical; justice without force is impotena..—Pascal. Any man who is physically’ able has no right to refuse service to his country—Herbert Hoover.: VOLUME 19; Number 12 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1956 4t $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Doris A. Sanders EXCHANGE BLOOD The Exchange club of New berry will sponsor the next visit of the Bloodmobile which will be on Wednesday, August 1 at the Lutheran Church of the Redeem er between the hours of 2:00 and 8:00 p. m. That’s an afternoon off for most of you so you can get off work at 1:00, have lunch, go by the Bloodmobile to donate a pint then go fishing. The quota is 100 pints, and I expect some of the Exchange Club will contact you but ; f not, remember the time and place. Harold Cook is serving as recruitment chairman for the Exchangitea, an organiza tion which does many worthy things, this being among them. At this point I would also like to say that the [county blood j program chair man, Claude L. Weeks, has done a fine job in 11 h a t capacity. JfThere is a lot of work involv- led in planning jfor the Bloodmo- •bile visits, get- Mr*. Sander# ting sponsors to recruit donors and taking care of the many other details, but Claude, as hospital manager, knows the urgency of the blood program and not only works hard to make each visit of the Blood- mobile a success, but also donates his blood on practically every vis it. Mystery Farm No 45 Whose Is It? OFF TO CAMP There will be many national guard widows in Newberry for the next two weeks because the convoy to Fort Stewart will be ready to leave Sunday morning bright and early. Everything has been packed and is in readiness. I might state here nqw that those in charge of the Girl Scout barbe cue held last night at the armory •were appreciative of the fact that the 228th group loaded its vehi cles a week ahead of time in or der to clear the armory for the barbecue. The batteries of the 107th Battalion meet on Monday and Tuesday nights and did their loading then; however, the 228th meets Thursday night and ordin arily wouldn’t have loaded until tonight. It was a nice gesture on their part to change their train ing program about to accommo date the scouts, and I know the Scouts would wish to publicly thank them. DOWN BUT NOT OUT The residents of Crestwood and Oakland may have been feeling a little bit “down” last week, but not “out”. Already a petition has been started again for annexation and most of those who were en thusiastic about it before are ready to try again. In addition, I’ve had several people from oth er areas suggest that their sec tions be included in a new peti tion, but it doesn’t seem to be pos sible to get any organization be hind a real annexation drive and what is being done is by indivi duals. MYSTERY FARM NO. 45. Can you identify it? If «o, 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 Rltz 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.) Ford Foundation May Grant $23,000 To Local Hospital The management and board of trustees of Newberry County Me morial Hospital hope to soon have their hands on $23,100 in the form of a grant from the Ford Foundation, “to be used for im proving or extending its service* to the community in any area of hospital service which the hospi tal’s governing authority may de termine, within the purposes, terms and conditions set forth . . .” by the Foundation. The money has not yet been re ceived, according to Claude Weeks, manager of the Newberry hospital, and application for the grant was only made last week. However, in previous correspond ence with the Ford Foundation, it was learned that the hospital should be eligible for approxi mately $23,100 under the grant program, the amount of each grant being established in rela tion to the patient days of serv ice provided by the hospital and the number of births in the hospi tal. The president of the Ford Foundation, H. Rowan Gaither Jr., advised Mr. Weeks that “while final determination of Inquest Jury Holds Murphy In Auto Collision Death Stokes To Make Home In Georgia Mrs. J. E. Stokes, her daugh ter, Clara Elwell and son, Edwin, have moved to Decatur, Ga., to make their home. Mrs. Stokes has been director of Stokes School of Expression for the past number of years in Newberry. She is presently employed as an examin er in the Inspection and Rating Bureau of the Southeastern Un derwriters Association in Atlan ta. Edwin, who completed his freshman year at Newberry Col lege last May, is employed as a statistician in the offices of Horne-Wilson Company also in Atlanta. He will continue his edu cation either at Georgia Tech or Georgia Business College. Clara Elwell will enter the 11th grade of high school next year and will continue ballet instruction. MISS DAVENPORT WITH PURCELL’S Miss Winnie Davenport of Sil- verstreet has accepted a position In the office of Purcells, local fi nance and insurance agency. Miss Davenport is a 1956 graduate of . Silverstreet high school, where «he was an honor student, a mem ber of the Beta Club, honorary or- rjganization, and was active in other student organizations. She - was named by the faculty of the school as the “best all-around student” and was presented a medal at graduation exercises in V honor of that distinction. At an inquest Monday night, a i coroner’s jury found that Mrs. Bertha Mae Richardson of Pros perity, Route 3, came to her death “as the result of an auto mobile-truck collision, the truck being driven by the deceased and the car by Claude Jackson Mur phy Jr.” The jury recommended that Murphy be held for grand jury investigation. The accident occured July 4 about a mile north of Pomaria on Highway 176. Coroner George R. Summer called several witnesses at the inquest. It was brought out that both vehicles were traveling in the same direction and that the car driven by Murphy, who was said to have been alone at the time, was traveling at a fast speed when it hit the rear of the truck driven by Mrs. Richardson, caus ing the latter vehicle to turn over several times. Mrs. Richardson was thrown from the truck and fatally injured. Her mother, Mrs. Lucy Graham and her sister, Miss Bea Graham, also Wfere injured. A 10-year-old Negro girl, Bertha M. Meyers, riding in the rear of the truck, received minor, injuries. Mrs. Richardson died several days after the accident. Murphy was said to have been from Atlanta, Ga., and was en route to Charlotte at the time of the wreck. He is in Newberry County jail where he was placed immediately after the accident. Both Patrolman D. A. Reighley and Sheriff Tom Fellers testified that Murphy was “highly under the influence of liquor.” J. M. Roland was foreman of the jury. CHARLIE EPPS IN COLUMBIA HOSPITAL Charlie Epps, ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Epps, is a patient at the Columbia Hospi tal where he is undergoing treat ment after having been in an ac cident last Thursday. He was first taken to the local hospital then transferred to Columbia where he expects to be for about 3 weeks. He is in room 342. Final Rites For Mrs. Kurtz Were Held Monday Mrs. Gladys Chappell Kurtz, wife of Ford Kurtz, president of the J. G. White Engineering Company of New York City, died early Saturday morning at Duke Hospital, Durham, North Carolina where she was visiting her hus band who was a patient there. Funeral services were conducted at 4:30 Monday afternoon from the home of her mother, Mrs. Clara Blease Chappell on Main street, with the Rev. Neil E. Truesdell officiating. Burial fol lowed in Rosemont Cemetery. Mrs. Kurtz was born in New berry, the daughter of Mrs. Clara Blease Chappell and the late John W. Chappell. She was a graduate of Newberry College and taught school in Newberry and Edgefield. Since her marriage, she has made her home in Hollis, Long Island, New York. The Kurtz’ only son, Peter, died suddenly of a heart attack ten months ago at Harvard University where ho was a stu dent at Harvard Law School. He was 25 years of age. Mrs. Kurtz was a member of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church of Newberry. She was keenly inter ested in the work of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. She was at one time Regent of the Elizabeth Annsley Lewis Chapter of DAR. She was past president of the Jamaica, New York Women’s club and ex-state chairman of the New York State Motion Picture Committee of the DAR. •Besides her husband and moth er, she is survived by one brother, Jack Chappell, and one nephew, John W. Chappell, both of New berry. Active pallbearers were Joe Keitt, Ned Purcell, Henry Parr, Dr. Ralph Baker, Steve Garling- ton and George K. Dominick. Assisting with flowers were those hospitals which are eligible and the establishment of the exact amount of each grant must be made by the Foundation at its discretion, we believe that your hospital may be eligible for a grant of $23,100 under this pro gram.” According to Mr. Weieks, no decision has been made as to how the money will be used, but no difficulty is anticipated in us ing the money. He expects that the grant will be made in two payments, and there is no time limit as to use of the money. In Mr. Gaither’s letter, he stated “A particular purpose of the grants is to assist hospitals desiring to do so to achieve full accredita tion with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.” This accreditation was received by the local hospital . in March of this year. Mr. Weeks explained that the reason for the Newberry hospital being omitted from the list of those receiving grants last spring was that the Ford Foundation was under the impression that the hospital was county supported. “It was necessary to furnish proof that the only help received from the county was a set millage for charity patients,” stated Mr, Weeks, “and after this was clear ed up, the Foundation found that the hospital was eligible for a grant.” One of the requirements of the Terms of Grant of the program is that a hospital be a voluntary nonprofit (nongovern mental) institution. County Crippled Children Society Names Officers The quarterly meeting of the Newberry County Chapter of the Crippled Children’s Society was held July 11 at the home of Mrs. J. D. French. The Blaster Seal committees gave their final report which con sisted of $1,328 from Easter Seal letters and business organiza tions; $294.73 from the Lily eale; $762.69 from the schools; $82 from coin containers; $17 memo rials; and $133.39 “Coffee Day”. This is a total of $2617.81. Grate ful appreciation was expressed to Fred V. Lester for his campaign leadership. The new officers who were el ected are: chairman, Mrs. Charlie Bowers; vice chairman,- Mrs. J. D. French; secretary, Mrs. Gurdon Counts; treasurer, Mrs. I. N. Sat- terwhite Jr.; and publicity, Mrs. F. Scott Elliott. The' next meeting will be held on September fifth at the home of Mrs. Charlie Bowers, with Mrs. F. Scott Elliott as the asso ciate hostess. Council Approves New Budget; Tax Millage Is Not Increased Wreck Fatal To Missionaries; Rites Tuesday ■ 4?r_- Information was received in Newberry Sunday by Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Goodnian advising them of the death of Dr. and Mrs. Harold A. Dunkelberger. The wire received by the Goodmans stated that the couple were kill ed instantly Saturday in an auto mobile accident while on a trip en route from Gettysburg, Penn sylvania to California. No details were given as to the cause of the accident or the exact location of the fatal wreck. Mrs. Dunkelberger lived in Newberry for many years. Her first husband was the late Dr. J. C. Peery, who had served the Lutheran Church of the Redeem er as pastor for several years. Following his death, she taught school here and later took up missionary work. She was sent to India where she was a teacher in a mission school and while in India she met Dr. Dunkelberger, also a mission ary. They had been married about two years and had just come back from India. M!rs. Dunkelberger is survived by two eons, William Peery, a missionary to India, and Dr. James BVown Peery of Fresno, California; two step-sons, Dr. John (Jack) Peery, also a mis sionary to India and Dr. Tom Peery of Washington, D. C.; and one step-daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Peery Gustafson of Nebraska. The telegram stated that fun eral services for Dr. and Mrs. Dunkelberger were to be held on Tuesday, July 17 at Gettysburg. WKDK Off Air In CD Test Alert As part of the nation-wide" Civ ilian Defense Test to be held Fri day, July 20, Radio Station WKDK in Newberry, along with every other radio and TV station in the United States, will go off the air at 3:10 p. m. For the sub sequent 15 minutes, the only broadcasting in the nation will be done by 1,250 stations which have joined the Federal Civil Defense Administration’s “Conelrad” plan for emergency broadcasting. All of these stations will broadcast on one of the two civil defense frequencies (640 or 1240). They will use only special mater ial prepared for Operation Alert, 1956. Listeners to Radio Station WKDK will leave their dials set on the station, 1240 kilocycles, as this is one of the defense fre quencies, and “defense emergen cy instructions” will be broadcast on an on-the-air, off-the-air pat tern for fifteen minutes. Follow ing the drill, the station will re turn to its regularly scheduled program. Bond Sales In County $47,700 Series E and H Bond sales for the month of June in Newberry County totalled $47,700.00, re ports Joe M. Roberts, County Savings Bonds Chairman. E and H sales for the state for the same period totaled $2,537,- 658.92, an 11 per cent increase over June 1955, according to Bur nell Sloan, State Chairman of the U. S. Savings Bonds Division for South Carolina. Sales for the per iod. January through June tot aled $15,497,219.33, an 11 per cent Increase over the same per iod last year. Gives Permission To Oil Company To Build Station Corner Main & Calhoun City Council Monday night ad opted a $658,565.90 budget for its next operating year and set the which was used in the past for city tax levy at 39 mills, the same as the past year, ending much speculation that city taxes would be raised. Of the 39 mills, 29 will be used for general operation pur poses, three mills for interest and retirement of 1950 general obli gation bonds, and seven mills for Powell Succumbs To Long Illness Robert Ml Powell, 79, died Tuesday afternoon at his home after a lingering illness. He was born in Aiken ,the son of the late Luther and Leila Wil liams Powell. He had lived in Newberry for the past 45 years. Prior to his retirement he was employed by the Newberry Mills and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Blanche Stockman Powell, two sons, John W. Powell of Buffalo Gap, Tex., and Marvin Luther Powell of Newberry; two' daugh ters, Mrs. Mary Ella P. Brantley of Newberry and Mrs. W. C. Brown of Greer and four grand children. (. Funeral services' were conduct ed at 4 p. m. Wednesday at Cal vary Baptist Church by the Rev. Dan Norris and the Rev. J. Ed Taylor. Burial was in West End Ceme tery. { ; - Active paUbears were Roy Cook, and Everett Stockman. Serving as honorary pallbear ers "were members of the Men’s Bible class of Calvary Baptist Church. interest and retirement of 1952 rety general obligation bonds. One mill GETTING TRUCKS LOADED ^ with equipment for two weeks active duty training at Fort Stewart, Georgia, are the members of Headquarters Battery, 107th Battalion shown above, left to right: Pfc Ronald Boozer, PFC Noah Rf. Hawkins, PFC William E. Riley, PFC John T. Riddle, and PFC Howard E. Metts. (Sunphoto.) % * Local Guardsmen Leave Sunday For Training At Fort Stewart Misses Julia Kibler, Sudie Dennis, Cornelia Mayer, Lillian ’ Kibler and Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Jr. Newberry’s National Guardsmen have been making preparations for the past several weeks for theirannual two week encamp ment at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Equipment has been loaded on the guard trucks, the advance de tachment will leave this (Thurs day) morning, and the remainder of the men will leave by convoy from the armory Sunday morning about seven o’clock. Those participating in the field training from Newberry are mem bers of the 228th AAA Group, which is commanded by Colonel Thomas H. Pope with Headquar ters Battery in Newberry. Other units of the 228th which will train are the 678th Battalion, Ander son. the 713th Battalion, Lancas ter with all batteries of each bat talion; the 383rd Signal Detach ment and 411th Ordnance Detach ment, Columbia, and 131st AAA Operations Detachment, Dillon; the 96th Army Band, Clinton and the 246th Army Band, Newberry. Attached to the 228th group for field training purposes will be units of the 107th Battalion, H and H Battery and C. Battery of Newberry; also A. Battery, of Greenwood; B. Battery, of Clin ton and D Battery, Hampton. Ap proximately 335 men from New berry will attend the two weeks of camp. Leaving on the advance detach ment for the 228th Group are Col. Barringer F. Wingard, War rant Officers Floyd Dennis, Lee Smallwood and James Clamp; SFC Curtis Chapman; Sgt. Donald L. Harmon, SP3 Alfred Dorroh, Pri vates Ira Farmer and Jimmy W. Pitts. From Headquarters and Head quarters Battery, 107th: Major Jerry O'Quinn, Capt. James W. Counts, Warrant Officer Carroll DeVore, M-Sgt. James N. Hall man, Pfc. Robert C. Fulmer, Pfc. William E. Riley, Privates Rufus P. Bedenhaugh,* and James C. Hcvird. From Battery C, 107th: Lt. Wil liam M. Minick, M-Sgt. James L. Miller, M-Sgt. George R. Owens, SFC Benjamin T. Mills, Jr., Sgt. Thomas R. Langford, SP3 Robei L. Lindler, SP3 George Scarbo rough, and SP3 Olin D. White. bond purposes was transferred to the operating fund for the next year, since the bond issue t o which it was applied had been paid. Revenue expected from all sources by the city for the 1956- 57 fiscal year is $638,175,00, and Council authorized the borrowing of the difference of a little over $20,000, if necessary, to meet items set up in the budget. The budget for the next year remains much as for this cur rent operating year, although 8 items in the proposed budget were deleted, to be taken up for con sideration in the future. The to tal amount deleted was $36,700 and the major item was $27,000 which had been estimated as the cost of remodeling and refurnish ing the city offices and council chambers. The 1955-56 year began in the black, but with a budget that ex ceeded expected .revenue by some $40,000. Present * estimates are that the city may end the year without a deficit because certain projects called'for in the Dudget were not undertaken, and parti ally because revenues from elec tric services were higher than ex pected. , The only other item of business coming before the special meet ing of council Monday was a re quest for permission to erect a modem service station at the comer of Main and Calhoun Sts. the G«df Oil eompaa is the location of Browns house, which was sold months ago. The letter was from Pope and Schumpert, attorneys. An ordinance was read estab lishing the fact that it was nec essary for council to give per mission to erect the station. Mayor Kinard recommended that permission be granted and Council followed his recommen dation by giving unanimous ap proval to the request. R. D. Schumpert, who appear ed before council bo make the re quest stated tha no objections had ben made as far as he knew by adjacent property owners to the erection of the station. Matthew On Staff Of Station WKDK Carey Matthew of Clinton. N C., joined the staff of radio sta tion WKDK as an announcer a July 6th. He replaces Steve Hooc who resigned several months ag because of illness and returned t his homo in New York after sev oral weeks in the Veterans Hospi tal in Columbia. Mr. Mathew is residing at th home of Mrs. L. D. Coleman o: Caldwell street. He attended Mid western Radio School in Chicag and came to Newberry from Myi tie Beach where he had bee working at the radio station dm ing the summer. July 20: A*. J. Bowers, Mrs. „ A. T. Neely, Chevis I. Boozer, James R. Andrews, Gertice Smith, Mrs. Cyril Halfacre, Oscar Graham. July 21: Judy Ann Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sterling, « Mrs. Christine IL Burns, Judy Senn, Scott Boozer, Mrs. Hen ry Mills. July 22: Willie Robert Gil- ' Ham, Sam A. Cook, Mrs. Lily Mae Bushardt, T. H. Reeves, William E. Burr, HI. July 2S: Tommy Tindall, 8a% | dra Kay Bums, Mrs. Carrie Kinard, Wayne McCullough, Mrs. Homer Long, Marion WaL ton. Jewel Waldrop, Dr. R. A. Goodman, Mrs. Louis Brossy. July 24: Mrs. W .A^ Attaway, Alberta Wicker, Roy Long, Mrs. F. C. Wicker. July 25: David Summer, Mrs. I. M. Smith, Mrs. R. E. Hanna Jr. Juluy 26: Olin Lominick, Oxner Wilson, Joyce Jfi Martha H. Brown, Mis. Berley, Sylvia^ooser, Paulett* ti