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Trade At Home!
BE LOYAL!
Trade At Home!
VOLUME 19; NUMBER 15
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1956
+ |2.00 PER YEAR
By The Way
By Doris A. Sanders
1
Mystery Farm No 48 Whose Is It?
NEW CITY LIMITS
I don’t know whether it was
done in humor or bitterness, but
someone has erected signs at va
rious points surrounding the Oak
land Mill community with the le
gend “Oakland City Limits.” No
explanation is needed of this if
you followed the annexation pe
tition to extend the city limits to
include Oakland and Crestwood,
and the subsequent election in
-which the people of Newberry in
no uncertain terms, turned
(thumbs down on
[the proposal.
jThere are still a
Ifew things about
It hat situation
[which I am go
ing to write but
at a more ap-
Ipropriate time.
iThere is misun-
jderstanding
•about the fact
Mr*. Sander* that the city of
Newberry “promised” that Oak
land would never be included in
the city. That is not true and la
ter on I’ll give you the. exact de
tails as to how that idea came
about.
RENT TEXT BOOKS
In less than four weeks, school
will be underway again seems
that it has been a short summer!
But this is just to remind you
parents that rental text books will
be available in the city and coun
ty fox all school children of all
grades. There has been reluctance
on the part of some parents to
use the rental system, thinking it
marked their children as “char
ity” students. This should not be
the case. I know in some of the
county schools, at least, about bo
percent of the childi-en rented
books an«l most of those who
didn’t rent already had the books
from some other source and itidn t
buy them new.
There ax - e those who feel that
with several children in the fam
ily, it is best to buy books tba;
can ! o handl'd down. Inal o- a 1
right, and you may save mono;, u
four or five years II the Leks
are not ehanged. but tin t o >
change, much more oiler turn'
they did in years past. ' 1’. K.
Harmon, 1.rector ot coin t>
schools, tells Die t not the s'ad -
were asked last .May it they wn b
ed to lent books, and arrange
merits are being make to M v,
them available for ihc'se who re
quested it. If your rbhuren on.
not leqiumt rental book tmo.'
may be a slight delay in in*-:;' re
ceiving them, but they ran be
cured. You are paying t h<* taxes
to furnish the rental hooks; you
might as well take* advantage ot
it.
ROBBERY REPORT
Many people have been inter
ested in the outcome of th<* theft
of Miss Leila Norris’ car. which
was stolen from lo27 Boundary
street on the night of June 17.
This is the latest infermai :on
which Miss Nonas has received
concerning hex- ear:
The 1 bob four-door I'hc'ioiet
was located in Ho,i---{o>u Texas i
two weeks afior * was .''e’en.:
According to int’oi matiou sup-j
plied by Ed droves, F.hhi a. ■'b
at Gi eon wood, the car v a me 'mi
1 y Robert Blackburn (>•- " d',.. j
who had come here from Detroit, |
Michigan and had "em.
three weeks at the home of Mrs.
T. M. Rogers, l-fnl i-'xaenq street.
While in NewbeiTy, Blackburn
■worked with Carrol! - Hipp, con
tractor. Through testimony given
to the FBI in Houston, it was
found that the Blackbuxns had
visited in Cincinnati, Ohio and
later his home in Detroit, Mich,
after leaving Newberry, then
they werit to Texas where they
•were caug-ht stealing gas in
Houston. Miss Norris has been
informed that they are in jail at
Houston, and that Blackburn was
on * parole for a crime comitted
in Michigan.
All of the clothes which Miss
Norris brought from Columbia
were packed in the trunk of the
car and she has been notified that
W>st of the clothes had been dis
posed of prior to the recovery of
the car, which is being retained
in Houston because of some dam
ages to the vehicle.
MYSTERY FARM No. 48. 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 <>" Mon
day following this publication date. The names of those who correctly Identify the fan" w,, « b «
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.)
Teacher List For County For
1956-57 Session Is Released
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kihdm s, Edith W. Sterl-j mer, Ruth Feagle, Lou C. Lide,
Evelyn McGraw, Sarah McWhir-
ter, Marie C. F. Mills, Maude E.
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’Westwood, Janie ( . Whitaker,
Margcrv P. Williamson, Marion I Sandexs.
,]. Wilson, Benjamin H. Phillips. i Speers Street: Annie R. Ab-
N-..wherry Elementary, II. E. \ x-ams, Sarah Boozer, Nettie Boul-
Becis, Sunt.
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te Eva j emi R. F-ptinav- Berthaf G. Gall-
Si di, 1 uem. Eii-n;belli R. Gralxam.
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“Outstanding Recruit
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STILL SHOT TIME
It isn’t too late—in fact, it
-would never be too. late, no mat-
ter what the season—to get Salk
polio vaccine shots. There is
ample vaccine on hand at the
Newberry County Health Depart-
(continued an page 4)
Pvt. Charles Donald Lever had the distinction of being chosen
“Outstanding Recruit” during the two-week summer encampment
of the National Guard at Fort Stewart, Ga. He was chosen from
approximately 300 National guardsmen from South Carolina who
were attendilng camp for the first time this summer. The basis
on which he was chosen was his outstanding record made during
the recruit training school at Fort Stewart.
Pvt. Lever is a member of Headquarters Battery, 228th AAA
Group and will be assigned to the Meteorogical section on comple
tion of his recruit training. He has been a member of that unit
since September 1955. Pvt. Lever in civilian life is employed at
Newton Tire Recapping Service in Newberry.
Lt. Fred Weir is Commanding Officer of Headquarters Battery;
. CoJ. Thomas H. Pope is commanding officer of the 228th Group.
(Sunphoto.)
ware, Annie D. Ciruiier, Ethel
Jones, Evelyn Langford, Gloria A.
Parks, Virginia Leonide Reagifc,
Rosabel Thompson.
West End: Maude Matthews,
Ckxra Bowers, Mx-s. R. S. Pugh.
Mollohon: Sarah Caldwell, Sa
rah Lucille Eleazer, Carolyn
Lane. Julia Wise.
Oakland: Martha Bouknight,
Helen B. Xiehols, Katie L. Sheaiy.
Tin complete list of teachers
f >r 'lie county will lie given in
next week's issue of The Sun.
Champion Plans
Large Growth
Next 3 Years
CANTON, Aug. 8—Plane for a
three-year program of expansion
of production facilities at the Car
olina Division of the Champion
Paper and Fibre Company were
outlined here today by Reuben B.
Robertson, president and chair
man of the board.
The nucleus of the entire ex
pansion program will be the in
stallation of a mammoth Fcur-
drinier paper machine, to be
known as “No. 20” machine, for
the manufacture of a wide variety
of white business papers.
Included in the expansion plans
are an augmented program of
timberland acquisition and a gen
eral improvement of pulp produc
tion facilities, to insure suffi
cient pulp stock for the new ma
chine.
An addition of 43,000 square
feet of floor space is planned in
the finishing and shipping depart
ments to provide for the necessary
equipment for the final processing
of the output of the new ma
chine.
The new paper machine at the
Carolina Division is expected to
be completed some time in 1959,
and will increase the daily pro
duction of paper at the Canton
plant by 350 tons. Present pro
duction of paper and paperboard
averages 700 tons a day.
No. 20 machine will be built to
produce a continuous sheet of
paper 220 inches wide at speeds
up to 2,000 feet a minute. It will
| be classified as one of the larg
est machines in the world for the
manufactuxe of white papers.
A 2-story building with 124,000
square feet of floox space will
be built to house the machine, and
an attached 4-story building with
50,000 square feet of floor space
will be constructed to house the
machine’s stock preparation equip
ment. Space will be included in
the machine building for the pos-
ibje installation of a sister ma
nic in the futux-e.
Henry Patrick, 6, Victim
Of Lake Murray Drowning
REl MON BE HELD
MT-B ETHEL G A R M A NY
Tke Carter Wilson reunion will
i e held August 12th at Mt. Beth
el Garmany schoolhouse, the old
homestead. All family connec
tions are invited to enme and
bring well filled baskets and tea.
Essie Wilson Cook, Secretary.
Two Polio Cases
In Whitmire
Two cases of polio have
been reported in Whitmire,
according to Dr. J. C. Sease,
County Health Officer. One
case was reported last week,
one the first of this week.
Both eases are mild, stated
Dr. Sease, and no paralysis
has developed in either as yet.
Each of the children had re
ceded two shots of Salk po
lio vaccine.
Miss Pope Added
To Music Staff
Local College
President C. A. Kaufmann of
Newberry College announced to
day the appointment of Miss
Mary Margaret Pope to the staff
of the Music Department. Miss
Pope will teach piano in the pre
paratory department. #
Miss Pope formerly taught pre
paratory piano at Newberry Col
lege from 1946 to 1948. Since then
she has done graduate study at
Lake Chautauqua, New York, the
University of South Carolina, and
the University of Georgia. Miss
Pope has also attended the Fran
ces Clark Piano Workshop Course
in Bxevard, N. C. This summer
she attended the piano workshop
under •the direction of Mr. Hugh
Williamson at the University of
South Carolina. Both of these
piano workshops have emphasiz
ed the latest materials and meth-
vids used i:i teaching beginning
piano students.
Miss Pope is a graduate of Co
lumbia College where she receiv
ed the B. S. degree with a major
in piano. For the past few years
I -she has been teaching piano in
Vidalia, Georgia.
Students interested in enrolling
for piano in the preparatory de
partment of Newberry College
may do so by telephoning 2048.
VTTEXDS SUMMER
SCHOOL IN FLORIDA
Miss Verna Kotin, daughter of
| Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn Sr., at-
! tended the summer session of
: Floi'ida State University’s Libra-
1 ry School at Tallahassee, Fla.
A six-year-old boy, playing hap
pily with his cousins and sisters,
became a victim of Lake Murray
Monday night at about five
o’clock. Henry Louis Parr Patrick,
eon of a former Newberrian, was
under water for about an hour
before his body was located, and
never regained consciousness des
pite several hours effort on the
part of his cousin, Dr. Ralph P.
Baker and many others, to resus
citate him. The drowning occur
red at Tanglewood, the summer
home of the R. B. Bakers on Lake
Murray. The boy’s parents are
Dr. and Mrs. Louie Patrick of St.
Lotiis, Mo. Dr. Patrick is a nep
hew of the Bakers, and was boro
and reared in Newberry. His
mother was the late Mrs. Azilee
Parr Patrick. He is now pastor of
Westminster Presbyterian Church
of St. Louis and served pastor
ates in Statesville and Charlotte,
N. C. before going to St. Louis.
According to information given
by Dr. Baker, Henry and his two
cousins, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Summer, were walking
from the lake shore to an island
nearby on a bar which was only
Col. Eskridge
To Command
43rd Air Div.
WASHINGTON, — Air Force
Col. Ladson 'Green (Snap) Esk
ridge, Jr., a native of Newberry
and a graduate of The Citadel,
will report this month to Kyushu,
Japan as commander of the 43rd
Air division.
He was graduated recently from
the National War College here.
Eskridge was born Mareh 29,
1911, a son of Mrs; Maude Lang
ford Eskridge of Newberry and
the late Ladson Eskridge. After
finishing Newberry High School,
he entered The Citadel and was
graduated from that college in
1932. An active member Of The
Citadel Alumni association, he
visited his alma mater last when
Gen. Mark W. Clark was installed
as president.
Commissioned a second lieuten
ant in the Infantry in 1932, Esk
ridge almost immediately trans
ferred to the air corps, and after
attenciing primary, basic and ad-
van od flyin ;■ schools w ts com-
mis'ior.eu in th? air corps in
1938. Ho had squadron duties
fxoni 1939 to 1941 and spent most
of World War II in the Central
Pacific’ serving with the Seventh
bomber command, the Seventh
(continued on page 5)
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the camp in shape. Anothex - The public is invited to visit the
has put in much time is “Un- camp.
ore this week enjoying the new
Girl Scout Day Camp at Lynch’s
Woods. About 90 second, third
a 5 r1 fourth graders from Whit
mire and Newberry are joining
in orgauized group activities each
day this week from 9:00 a.in.
until 2: )0 p.m.
Mrs. Blanche Felker is in charge
(f the camp during. Brownie week.
The Giil Scouts will have organ
ized camp next week, after which
time any Brownie or Scout troop
may use the camp for outings.
Assisting with the Brownie day
camp are Mrs. Clara Wex-tz who
is teaching archery, Mrs. John
Frazier and Mrs. Janies Nance
Parr who are teaching arts and
crafts, Mrs. E. E. Epting and Ho-
mfcr Schumpei-t, who are teaching
nature studies, Mrs. James Smith,
Jr., Mrs. Harper Wherry, Mrs.
L. D. Nichols, and Mi's. B. A. Bud-
din, as well as a number of Girl
Scouts.
Parents are responsible for get
ting children to and from the
camp. In addition to archery and
handicrafts, the girls enjoy hik
ing, horseshoes, jumprope, and.
other games.
A new shed has been built over
the picnic table at the camp, and
another smaller 'shed has been
covered and screened. A cabin,
which will accommodate 32 scouts
has been built with materials do
nated by various interested person
and firms. A rest room with sho
wers is also being built at the
camp, and plans are being formu
lated for another cabin for the
girls to use on overnight camp
ing trips.
Funds for the work that has- . . . _ .
been done and is being done were ^ ere during a course m archery. Their teacher, Mn» Clara Wertz, may be
contributed by the Newberry and the target. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.)
three or four inches under water.
On the return trip from the is
land, Henry slipped from the bar
into deeper water. His older sis
ter, Jane, saw him go under and
called for her mother. Mrs. Pat
rick and Mrs. Walter Summer
immediately rushed to the spot
where the boy had gone under
and Mrs. Patrick was almost
drowned trying to find the child.
The water at the lake was rough
Monday with a steady wind blow
ing all afternoon. Ragdy Wright,
Frank Martin and David Parr,
who were fishing at Tanglewood,
and R. B. Baker, dived for an
hour before finally locating the
boy’s body. Just as they wera
bringing him ashore. Dr. Baker,
who had been called at his office
in Newberry, arrived and began
artificial respiration. Before leav
ing Newberry, Dr. Baker stated,
he called Fire Chief Sam Beam
and asked that the resuscitator be
sent to Tanglewood. Within 15
minutes. Bill Turner and Pope
Wicker Jr. arrived at Tanglewood
with the city’s resuscitator. Oxy
gen was sped to the scene by the
sheriff’s office and by Whitaker
Funeral home. Dr. Leslie Mills
and Dr. Von Long also assisted
in efforts to revive the boy. He
was brought to Newberry Memo
rial Hospital where he was pro
nounced dead at 7:30.
Dr. Baker paid especial tribute
to the heroism of the four who
searched for the young lad, to the
Fire Department for such speedy
action, and to all others who as
sisted before and after the child
was fou^id.
Coroner Gaughman of Lexing
ton County stated that there was
no evidence of foul play and that
no inquest into the death would
be held.
The Patricks had been visiting
at Tanglewood during their sum
mer vacation. Dr. Patrick had
just hpeturned from attendinga
Fresbyterian conference at Union
Theological Seminary in Rich
mond, Va. and at the time of the
tragedy was at Tanglewood, pre-
prring sermons for a series of
vesper services at Presbyterian
Training Grounds, Mox;treat, N.
C. He was to have left for Mon
treat Tuesday morning of this
week.
Mrs. Patrick is the former Miss
Elizabeth Devlin Plaxco of Due
West.
Funeral services* conduct
ed at 3 9 0 n. m. Tm -y at the
Associate Reformed Trc-byteriati
Chux-ch in Newberry f v Dr. E. N,
On- of Mooresville, N. (/. Burial
was in Rosemont Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Henry
Parr, James Nance Parr, William
Parr, Walter Su.mmer, David
Parr, and C. B. Pai r, Jr.
Survivors besides Ms parents
.are two sisters, Jane Devlin and
Mary Moffett; hN maternal
grandparents, Dr. Moffett R. an.d
Agnes Plaxco of Due West, and
his paternal great-grandmother.
Mrs. Mary Boyd Pan-
berry.
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New-
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
Obviously enjoying themselves are the Girt Scout Brownies at the Girl Scout Dny Camp, shown
pulling an arrow trout
Aug. 5: Jerry Graham.
Aug. 10: Katherine Rebecca
TYuesdeli, Tom my ('happell,
Joe Roberts Sr., Mrs. Dove P.
Connelly, Sue Harmon, Mrs.
Doris Brooks, X. C. Shaver,
Jessie Dandy, Linda took, Mrs.
Virginia Berlov.
Aug. 11: Leonide Reagin, Mrs.
Jeff Suber, Nod Danielson,
nelle Livingston, Peggy Bow
ers, Nina Ann Sheppard, Lu-
Ellen Neel.
Aug. 12: Mrs. Sallie T. West,
J. J. Boazman, Clarence Kinard,
‘Mrs. Gordon Leslie.
Aug. 13: Micky Jenkins,
Rasolind Werts, Tom P. Wick
er, David Waldrop, R. C. Hun
ter, Alfredia Livingston, Mn.
F. C. Hentz, Barbara Alice
Amick, F. J. Kennerley II.
Aug. 14: Tip Hargrove, Mrs.
P. C. Plampin, Mrs. Clay Bal-
lentine, Carroll Looney,
Boland, Deborah Brady.
Aug. 15: Mrs. James MSHs,
Miss Sadie Bowers, Mrs. Wil
liam Partridge, Mary Lane
Chapman, Mrs. Ruth Wakou,
Ann Leopard, Mrs. Arthur
Eargle, Charlotte Pelham.
, Aug. Id: Price K. Harmdu,
Mn*. Holland Sligh, Barney
Yatee, Billy Diekert, Cynthtey
Sue Merchant, Martha FoU4#
Mary Kuthurjim Stone, ^ptr
Bedeuhaugh, Cathy Graham, y
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