The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 26, 1956, Image 1
Everybody is living longer these
days. For one thing, the office
boy's 1 grandmother doesn’t have
nearly as many funerals, now
that most baseball games are
played at night.
If you live
long enough
you
realize that most problems
even-
tually solve
themselves.
J ust
about a year
ago, for example.
the Davy Crockett plague
seem-
e<l incurable.
VOLUME 19—NUMBER 13
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1956
+1 $2.00 PER YEAR
By The Way
By Doris A. Sanders
SO LITTLE TIME
By-The-Way will be short this
week. Being a National Ouard
widow, and taking care of the
two young ones full time a job
their daddy does most of the time
"when he is home, leaves little
time for other things. Seems we
are always in a rush, anyway,
just like everyone else, I suppose.
And this busi- ~
ness of rushing
around to do
things must be
contagious) t l o
the younger gen-
Mystery Farm No 46 Whose Is It?
eration, o r
a t
least
they
are
aware
of it.
The
other
day
m y
three - year - old
■wanted me to do
something, and
Mrs. Sanders
said “Mommy, will you please do
this sooner or later when you
have time?”
RCB DAY WEDNESDAY
RGB being an abbreviation, of
course, for Red Cross Bloodmo-
bile. This time I am not going to
write at length—but I do wish
you would look at the pictures
and messages brought to you by
others in this issue and donate a
pint of blood next Wednesday,
from 2:00 until 8:00 p. m. at the
Lutheran Church of the Redeem
er.
SLIPPED UP
I am sorry I did not ha' 1 e my
camera along at the meeting of
the County Board ox Education
Tuesday night. I did well to get
there myself with just apencil
and scrap of paper to write notes.
The architects for the new school
in the lower county were at the
meeting with a beautiful picture
of the new school, an artist’s con
ception. They had to take the pic
ture back to Columbia so I didn’t
have a chance to make a photo
Wednesday morning, but it will
be printed in The State newspa
per within a few days, I under
stand, so perhaps you will see it
there.
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MYSTERY FARM No. 46. 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 Rltz 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.)
Revival Services
Nazarene Church
Revival services will be held at
the Church of the Nazarene on
Highway 19 By-pass beginning
Monday, July 30 and lasting thru
August 5. Services will be con
ducted each night at 7:|5 with
Rev. T. W. Mitchell, Jr., of Bish-
opville bringing the messages.
Rev. and Mrs. Howard Clark of
Anderson will be in charge of the
music. Rev. Bob Mitchell, pastor
of the church, .extends an invita
tion to the public to attend the
services.
Cancer Society Membership Drive
Brings Fund Nearer To Set Quota
O’Neal HD Club To
Meet On Friday
The O’Neal Home Demonstra
tion club will meet Friday, July
27 at 3 p.m. with Mrs. Joe Con
nelly as hostess.
The Newberry county Cancer
Society, since its recent withdraw
al from the Community chest, has
been conducting an independent
membership drive in an effort to
bring contributions up to a quota
of $3500. The goal of the society
for this year have been set at $4,-
000 because of the quota not hav
ing been met for the past 2 years;
however, the actual quota was
$3500. The Community chest col
lected $2600 for cancer, and since
that time, the Whitmire United
Fund has given $500 for the so
ciety. Individual donations and or
ganizational efforts by home dem
onstration clubs have brought the
total to $3,452.20. Mrs. Parnelle
Ringer, county commander, said
that she is highly pleased with
the results of the membership
drive thus far, and urges those
who have not yet joined the so
ciety to do so by making a con
tribution of $1 or more either to
her at Carpenter’s store or to
Mrs. H. W. Lominack, treasurer,
at Pomaria.
The following Home Demon
stration clubs have turned in do
nations:
Vaughnville, Smyrna, Mt. Beth
el-Garmany, St. Phillips, Bush
River, Silverstreet, Friendly and
Jalapa; other contributions have
been received from the Smyrna
community, the Leisure Time club
of Silyerstreet and from Prosper
ity.
Miss Eleanor Shearouse of Pros
perity collected $125.30 in that
community.
In speaking of the drive, Mrs.
Ringer stated that she does not
have a complete list of all who
contributed. “However,” she con
tinued, “I am most grateful t o
everyone who made any contribu
tion. To those who gave of their
time to this most worthy effort,
may I say ‘thank you' from me
as County Commander and from
the Cancer Society. Your efforts
and your contributions will be of
great service in the fight against
cancer.”
Mrs. Ringer praised the work
done by the Home Demonstration
clubs, and in particular to Miss
Eleanor Shearouse, who steered
the drive in Prosperity.
“The American Cancer Society”
she said, “depends entirely on vol
untary public support. Your sup
port will enable us to be sure that
needy cancer patients in Newber
ry county will not suffer for
want of drugs, dressings and oth
er services.”
Among those who have contri
buted individually are:
Louis Morris, Miss Minnie Mor
ris, Mr. and Mrs. I. Schissell, Mrs.
Margie Freeman, Mrs L E Gat
lin, Mrs C G Blease, Mrs Mabel
Davenport, Mrs. Bloomer Haw
kins, Miss Pawnee Jones, Mrs H.
M. Bryson, Miss Sadie Bowers,
Mrs. L. G. McCullough, Mrs. Al
ma Edinger of Lowman Home,
Mrs. Ruby Summer, Mr. and Mrs.
David Ringer, Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Sanders.
Also, from Smyrna HD club:
Mrs. Henley Davenport, Mrs. Car-
roll Eargle, Mrs. Roy B alien tine,
Mrs. Paul Long, Mrs. Henry Mills
Mrs. Burton Sease, Mrs. Warren
Abrams, Mrs. Robert Long, Mrs.
Hugh Epting, Mrs. Cyril Half
acre, Mrs. Oscar Johnson, Mrs.
G. W. Jacobs, Miss Anna Long,
Mrs. Robert Long, Mrs. Hugh Ep
ting, Mrs. Cyril Halfacre, Mrs.
Sallie Werts, Mrs. Junius Long,
Miss Inez Abrams, Miss Sarah
Long;
(Continued on Page 8)
To Be Host To
State Meeting
The annual State Convention of
Georgia and South Carolina Uni-
versalists will be held at Clayton
Memorial Universalist church of
Newberry on August 4 and 5th.
Delegates from all churches in the
two states will be present to
transact church business and to
make plans for next year.
A number of interesting speak
ers will be present .Members and
friends will enjoy the following
highlights of the program:
Saturday, 2:30 p.m., Memorial
Service, Mrs. Eva Rasnake, of
Atlanta, Georgia; Saturday, 8:00
p.m., Worship Service, Rev Knut
Halle of New York; Saturday, 9
p.m., social hour; Sunday, 11:00
a.m., worship service, Dr. Arthur
McDavitt of Muncie, Ind.
Dr. McDavitt, retired minister
of a large Universalist church of
Munice, is an excellent speaker.
Tax Collections
Reach 94.44%
County tax collections for the
past year reached 94.44 percent,
according to figures given this
week by J. Ray Dawkins, county
treasurer. The amount of taxes
charged by the auditor totaled
$451,754.09. The amount paid be
fore closing of the treasurer’s
books on Jun^ 30 was $426,634.65.
The difference of $25,119.44, to
gether with penalties totaling $1,-
758.37 was turned over to the tax
collector, T. L. Hill, on the first
of July.
Treasurer Dawkins said that
fees and fines during the past
year hit a high mark, and gave
his opinion that one of the rea
sons was the large number o f
drunken driving fines imposed by
the magistrates and the courts,
Fines and fees were turned in by
the following officials:
Charles E. Bowers, Clerk of
The public is cordially invited to Court, for fines $5996.00; Clerk
hear him and to attend all other
services which will include a s
speakers John Seholfield of Wal-
halla and Rev. Joseph Rabun of
Atlanta, Georgia.
Shoe Shop Theft
Solved Monday
Willie Connor is in the New
berry county jail awaiting trial
after a confession to Police Chief
Dowd -and Deputy Sheriff J. C.
Neel that he entered the Dennis
Shoe Shop on the weekend o f
Jldy 15 and took some reels and
pocketbooks. A portion of the
stolen goods wks recovered, ac
cording to Mr. Dowd.
Connor told the law officials he
entered the shop thru a window
at the rear of the building and
said that he was alone when the
theft occurred. Connor was ar
rested Saturday night and ad
mitted the theft on Monday. He
will be charged with housebreak
ing and grand larceny.
Bowers for fees $7,684.05; E.
Maxcy Stone, probate Judge, $2,-
104.79; Sheriff Tom Fellers,
$304,70.
Magistrates: John P. Foster,
District 1, $3180; Ben F. Dawkins
District 2, $9492.06; Claude Wil
son, District 3, $3203; W. D. Hat
ton, District 4, $525; W. E. Spear
man, District 5, $682; J. Harold
Wise, District 6, $1706.70. Total
fees and fines $34,878.29. A per
centage of fines goes into the Po
lice Insurance Fund, the amount
for the past year being $3,590.47,
leaving a balance of $31,287.82
which goes into the general fund
for operating expenses of the
county.
Bloodmobile To
Be Here Aug. 1
The next visit of *the Bloodmo
bile here is scheduled for August
first. It will be located at The
Church of The Redeemer between
the hours of 2 and 8 p.m.
The Exchange club is sponsoring
this visit. All who can donate are
urged to attend on the visit.
GOC Post Plans 24-Hour Duty;
Needs 200 Volunteers For Job
A PATIENT AT NEWBERRY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL had an emergency operation
Tuesday morning. There was no advance notice that she would need blood, but she did, and it was
there for her. Dr. Elbert Dickert begins the transfusion as Mrs. Vera Rivers, supervisor of the first
floor, assists. If your blood is Type B, RH positive, you may have donated this pint. Your blood
type may be needed tomorrow, or next week. You might be the one who heeds the emergency op-
tration, or a member of your family. The Bloodmobile will be at the Lutheran Church of the Re-
dsrmrr Wednesday, August 1 from 2:00 until 8:00 P. M. Will you be there? (Sunphoto by Doris A.
Sanders, with appreciation to the patient man management of the hospital for making the photo
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Plans are being made for build
ing a Ground Observer Corps ob
servation tower at the local air
port, according to Sgt. Don Theo,
representative of the U. S. Air
Force who is working in Newber
ry and four other counties as GOC
instructor-
The Newberry GOC unit, of
which John Billingsley is super
visor, has been holding drills for
over a year and the local unit re
cently went on 24-hour observa
tion duty. “There are not enough
volunteers to man the post for
around-the-clock duty at the pres
ent time,” said Sgt. Theo, so we
are doing the best we can with
the 21 active volunteers we have.”
About 200 volunteers are needed
so that two may work on each
shift for two hours a week.
Those who are actively serving
now in addition to Mr. Billings
ley are Velma Tolbert, chief ob
server; Mrs. Frances Finney, as
sistant chief observer; Wava Bil
lingsley, Johnny Billingsley, R.
Wright Cannon, George Owens,
Russell Addy, Randy Wright,
Priscilla Hair, James D. Brown,
Lin Slaton,/ Jimmy Carter, W. R.
Wright, Willene Shealy, Murrie
Alice Shealy, Virginia Dozier,
Seth Williams, Virgil Bouknight,
Alex Theriot, Johnny Epps, Har
ry Summer and Russell Wright.
The purpose of the Ground Ob
server Corps is to spot enemy
aircraft which might be able to
get into the country under the
radar network. Unidentified air
craft are reported by local posts
in the state to the filtration cen
ter in Columbia and within three
minutes of a report, fighter-in
terceptors are in the air, probab
ly from Shaw Field, to check on
the aircraft.
In addition to watching for air
craft, the local posts give infor
mation on weather conditions, tor
nadoes and planes in distress.
The observation post at the air
port will be approximately twenty
feet high, the room to be about
eight by eight feet in size. Some two hours each week at the post,
materials for the tower have al- to help in the defense of the
ready been donated by interested county and the country. Anyone
parties. who is interested in joining the
Sgt. Theo made an urgent ap- Ground Observer Corps is asked
peal for more volunteers to serve to call 1660 for further informa-
MRS. MARY FRANCES FINNEY, assistant chief observer of
the local Ground Observer Corps, telephones an “aircraft flash” to
the GOC filter center in Columbia over the special telephone in
stalled by the government at the local airport. (Sunphoto by Doris
A. Sanders*)
$775,000 Bond Issue, If Approved,
Would Add Six Mills To Present Levy
A decision to call a $775,000 school bond election was the
major transaction by members of the Newberry county
Board of Education at a meeting held Tuesday night. The
three-quarter million issue would be used to supplement
funds provided by the State Finance Commission to com
plete the building or renovation of all schools in the county.
It was estimated that a six mill levy would be required to
retire the bonds over a 20-year period.
A possible bond sale has been discussed by the Board for
a number of months, after it became evident that the en
titlement for school building purposes still due from the
State Finance commission during the next four years would
be inadequate for building needs in the county. The major
undertaking would be a $550,000 consolidated high school
for the Prosperity-Pomaria-Little Mountain areas; two other
new buildings are scheduled, Boundary and Speers street ele
mentary in the City of Newberry at an approximate cost of
$463,000 for the two.
If it is determined that the Board can legally call an elec
tion, and it can do so according to an opinion by the assist
ant attorney general of South Carolina, it will be held at the
earliest possible date, possibly in September.
' The amount still due from the State Finance commission
is $746,980.12. The bond issue would bring this to $1,521,-
980.12. The three new buildings would consume $1,013,000 of
this amount and the balance, $508,980.12 would be used in
the following manner: auditorium, band and music room
and four additional classrooms for Gallman high, $140,000;
six additional rooms, equipment, cafeteria and general re
pairs at Drayton street elementary School, $140,000; rewir
ing and general repairs, Newberry high, $20,677; cafeteria
and additional classrooms at Junior high, $120,000; heat
ing ajrstea?i and jenovatipn of Silverstreet auditorium. $12,-
OOOr of old bniktiitg and Bush^R^ef,
$16,000 ;add new class rooms and general repairs, Park St.
school, Whitmire, $20,000.; remodel old building, Pomaria,
$37,000; cafeteria, remodel old building, Prosperity $46,000.
The amount spent on all school buildings in the county
since 1951 is $1,965,303.85.
Heyward S. Singley and Roy Parrott, architects of Col
umbia were on hand to show board members the blue prints
and artist conception of the proposed consolidated high
school in the lower part of the county.
The sprawling one-story brick veneer building, located a
few miles below Prosperity on the Columbia highway at an
intersection of the highway and a county road to the St.
Lukes community, contains an auditorium with 500 seating
capacity; a gym capable of accommodating the same num
ber; an administrative suite; eight regular class rooms, two
home economics rooms, two rooms for shop and vocational
agriculture; visual aid room, library and music rooms. The
plans also show an indicated area for six additional class
rooms should they be needed in the future.
There is a covered area at the front entrance for unload
ing buses and a parking area for automobiles and buses. Tke
driveways are designed so that no traffic will go across the
playground area. The plans also include a proposed area for
a football field and a baseball diamond.
There were only two criticisms of the plans made by mem
bers of the Board, most of whom believed that 500 seating
capacity for spectators in the gym was insufficient and
some who thought the basketball court should be £ardwood
rather than of concrete covered with J^sphalt tile. In speak
ing of the latter, Mr. Singley told the Board that hardwood
was his preference, because of its resiliency, but that con
crete and tile had been used in a number of new schools and
was found *to be satisfactory. It was much less expensive, he
said, explaining that architects all over the state work with
the State Finance commission to keep costs of new buildings
at a minimum by using the cheapest possible materials. The
cost of the new building is estimated on the basis of $9.25
per square foot The building construction will cost an esti
mated $435,000; equipment^ landscaping and architect's fee
will each run approximately $30,000, bringing the total cost
to $550,000. The present enrollment of the three high schools .
which will comprise the student body of the consolidated
school is 325 in grades nine through twelve.
If the plans are approved by the Board, the architect es
timated that it would take three months to complete the
working blueprints and stated that a contractor should be
able to complete the structure in ten months. Approval of
the plans was withheld pending the outcome of the bond
election.
The Board voted to turn the Chappells school building over
to the residents of the section for a community center for
$100, complying with an agreement made by the trustees
of that area in 1951, with the provision that the building be
kept in good condition, that adequate insurance be carried,
and that the building would revert back to the school sys
tem if its use as a community center is discontinued.
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