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BE LOYAL! Trade At Home! BE LOYAL! Trade At Home! VOLUME 19; NUMBER NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1956 + |2.0G PER YEAR By The Way By Doris A. Sanders SCHOOL BOND ISSUE Now it is up to you to decide whether the Newberry County school building program shall be completed within the next few years, or whether the county board shall jpst use the money it has coming from the State r *- nance Commission with the hopes of more to come after I960. There is little probability that theie wi be more, at least until after 19,0, because the building program was set up on a 20-year basis, with various school districts of t e state receiving advancements from the State Finance Commission ov- ler a period of I ten years. The |m a x i m u m lamount the Com- Imission will ad- Ivance is 75 per- Jcent of a school jdistrict’s “entit- llement,” based on iper pupil enroll- iment. At the end lof I960, each Mrs. Sanders district should have received its 75 percent. The remaining 25 percent will be used to pay interest on the advanced money and the entitlement for the next ten years after 1960 will be used to repay the amount leceiv- ed the first ten years. This is all highly complicated and I have a nine-page statement on the subject issued by the State Finance Commission. I have read and re-read it, but I can’t seem to find any way to condense it so that the workings of the Finance Commission will be any clearer than stated above. The main thing is that it appears that just so much money is forthcoming and no more during the 20 year period and that if Newberry needs more money for schools, the people will have to vote a bond issue to get it. If the bond issue is not voted, there will be a serious problem to be solved by the County Board. The remaining funds they will have will be about $750,000. I he new high school in the lower part of the county will take about $550,000 of that should the board decide that that project will go ahead. It will be hard to decide otherwise, since the Board prom ised the State Department of Edu cation that if they would allow Silverstreet and Bush River high schools to be accredited one more year, these two, together with the three schools in the lower county, would all close and be consolidated next year. If the high school is built, the $200,000 left would not be enough for renovations and additions to existing schools and would com pletely preclude building new schools for Boundary and Speers Street. It has been estimated that six mills would be required for the next 20 years to pay off the $775,- 000 bond issue. The total school millage then would be 36 mills, still lower than many counties as far as millage is concerned, but no guide as to school income since property assessments differ from county to county. On September 18, it will be left to you. I would urge you to give the matter serious consideration before election day and if you have any questions, the people of the Newberry County Education office will be glad to answer them for you. 2§ District Garden Club Chaim len Here Wednesday District Chairman of the Gar den Pilgrimage Project of the South Carolina Garden club met in Newberry Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Richard L. Baker, State .Garden Pilgrimage chair man. The meeting was held at 11 a.m. yesterday and a luncheon was served at 1:30 by Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Olem Youmans, E. Pied mont district chairman. The pur pose of the meeting was to make plans for 1957 Spring Tours to be held tlruout the State. In addition to the district chair man, others present for the meet- ling were Mrs. J. T. Rutledge, S. C. State president; Mrs. 1 Gordon Blackwell, president of the New- council of Garden Clube; J. D. Rook, East Piedmont chairman of Horticulture; W. Roy Anderson, E. Pied- dktrict chairman of Garden py. Also invited were all directors. Mystery Farm No 50 Whose Is It? MYSTERY FARM NO. 49. 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. Call* and letters will be accepted until noon on Mon day following this publication date. The names «*r 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.) Hospital Receives Check From Ford Foundation The Newberry County Memorial Hospital announced today that it had received a check for $11,550 from the Ford Foundation, half of its share of the foundation’s $200,000,000 grant program to as sist the nation’s 3500 voluntary, nonprofit hospitals to improve and extend their services.-The balance of the gift is expected to be paid next year. Under the terms of the grant, final decision as to the use of the money is left to the hospital’s governing board. The only condi tion made by the foundation in its original announcement of the grant program last December 12, was that the funds could not be used for repaying past obliga tions or “operating expenses for services currently being perform ed by hospitals.” Claude L. Weeks, administrator of the Newberry County Memorial Hospital, said that in making for mal application for the grant, it had informed the foundation of possible uses of the money. These included: a new x-ray machine to replace present equipment which is inadequate; additional labora tory equipment to ' expand ser- ices of the laboratory department; equipment to set up a cystoscopic room; emergency stand-by elec tric generator for use during pow er failures; additional tumbler for laundry; complete the job of pip ing oxygen to all patient’s rooms (only 35 per cent of the rooms are now piped); and purchase of room air-conditioner units. A cen tral air conditioner unit for the entire hospital with cost esti mated between fifty-five and six ty thousand dollars has previously been considered but sufficient funds are not yet available. The flexibility of the grant was indicated in the foundation an nouncement which permitted the hospital to use its gift in any area of hospital service, including, for example, attainment of accredita tion, disaster planning, mental illness, prematurity, rehabilita tion, handicapped children, pre ventive or diagnostic services, out patient care, or any other area which in the opinion of the hos pital’s governing board would best serve its community. The ways in which this goal could be reached were stated as improvement of or addition to fa cilities or services, additions to or training of personnel, or con ducting research. Mr. Weeks hailed the gift as “one of the greatest votes of con fidence ever placed in our volun tary hospital system. It now be comes our duty to see that this money is put to the best possible use for the benefit of our people. “The modern hospital is a tre mendously complex center of health services. Its responsibility is to keep pace with medical science so that the accomplish ments of the scientists are trans lated into patient care. The finan cial problems of hospitals have grown particularly acute during the past decade. It has become in creasingly difficult to find the funds to improve and extend our services to the extent possible in the light of our present know ledge. The Ford gift permits us to do things which we undoubtedly could not have done without the foundation’s generosity.” Dr. Edwin L. Crosby, director of the American Hospital Associa tion, said in Chicago that “the grants should be considered ‘seed money’, money which, if wisely expended, will bring greater com munity understanding of total hos pital needs and greater support for their solution. The Ford grants are munificent indeed but they cannot meet the total needs of our community hospitals.” H. Rowan Gaither Jr., president of the Ford Foundation, said in New York: “The Trustees of the Ford Foundation seriously con sidered requiring matching funds for the December grants, but de cided not to do so on the grounds that it might percipitate a disor derly scramble and chaotic compe tition in fund-raising and that this might in the end delay rath er than hasten effective results. The foundation’s recent grants are therefore not matching grants. But we hope they may be regard ed as challenge grants, by those who traditionally support the in stitutions receiving them.” Caldwell Held In Knife Death Junior Caldwell, 26-year-old Ne gro, is being held in the Newber ry County Jail pending the out come of an inquest into the cause of death of Dan Bailey, 40, who died about 11:00 a. m. Sunday shortly after being cut by Cald well, according to members of Sheriff Tom Fellers’ force. Officers stated that the death instrument was a pocket knife from which the dead man receiv ed wounds about the neck. The fatal cutting took place two miles east of Newberry in a woods near Caldwell’s home, officers said, giv ing as the reason an argument over one dollar which one of the men owed the other. Coroner Summer said today that the date of the inquest would be announced laer. t Hunter Teague Is Second Best Tractor Driver The State Tractor Driving con test was held last week during Farm and Home Week at Clemson College. The first place winner was Billy Logan of Greenwood; Hunter Teague, Newberry, second; and Ronnie Burdette of Greenville, third. There was a total of nine in the contest. (Continued (Hi page 4) Schools To Open At Silverstreet The Silverstreet Area Public Schools will begin their 1956-1957 session on Monday morning, Sep tember 3, at 8:30 o’clock. There will be no formal school opening exercises in the auditorium on this occasion. Silverstreet teachers were list ed in last week’s issue of The Sun. Other personnel includes: Mrs. Ira T. Cousins, Newberry, private piano lessons. (Continued on page 8) Council Defers Action On Gas Station Corner Walnut <Sh Main Gives Approval For Construction Of Phillips Station On Glenn Street Bloodmohile At Prosperity On September 5th The next visit of the American Red Cross Bloodmohile to New berry County is scheduled for Wednesday, September fifth and will be located at the Prosperity School Gymnasium between the hours of 2:00 and 8:00 p. m. Spon sors for this visit will be the towns of Prosperity, Little Mountain, Pomaria, and Peak, and the com munities of Jolly Street, Fairview, Stoney Hill, O’Neall, Union, New Hope Zion, and St. Phillips. Representatives of the above communities met at the Prosper ity School on Monday, August 13 with Claude L. Weeks, Newberry County Blood Program Chairman and Mrs. Hannah Pool, Executive Secretary of the Newberry County Red Cross Chapter, and elected Mrs. Walter Hamm, of Prosperity, to serve as chairman for the blood- mobile visit. Mr. Murray Counts of Little Mountain was elected as sistant-chairman. Persons attending this meeting were C. E. Hendrix, Mrs. Leon Shealy, Mrs. Bittle Hawkins, Mrs. Isadore Ruff, Mrs. Cole S. Wes- singer, Mrs. Vanessa Richardson, and Mrs. W. L. Mathis, Jr., repre senting Prosperity; William R. Shealy of Little Mountain; Mrs. Sam Pat Boland and Mrs. Ralph H. Setzler of Pomaria; Mrs. M. B. Ferguson, Mrs. H. J. Smith and Mrs. George Stoudemayer of Peak; Mrs. Otis C. Kinard and Mrs. Faye E. Mac Arthur of Jolly Street and Grady Lee Halfacre of Union Community. A complete list of workers will be announced la ter. The quota for this visit is 100 pints Persons who will give blood on this date are urged to contact persons from their respective communities named above and register to donate a pint of blood on this date. Nichols Rites Held Tuesday Funeral services for Raymond B. Nichols, 43, who died early Sunday morning at his home in the Mounf Bethel-Garmany com munity, were conducted at 5:00 p. m. Tuesday from the residence by the Rev. Neil Truesdell. In terment followed in Springdale Cemtery, Newberry. Mr. Nichols had made his home in the Mount Bethel-Garmany community for a number of years, where he was in the monument business. Although he was in de clining health, his death was sud den. He was the son of Byron and Lilly May Marvey Nichols and owned and operated the * Caro lina Royal Blue Granite Com pany. He was a member of the New berry Exchange Club, the Wood men of the World, Mt. Pleasant Camp, the Builders of America, Inc., the South Carolina Manu- mental Association and Aveleigh Presbyterian Church. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Shirley Adams Nichols, and one sister, Mrs. Roland Brooks, of Hereford, Arizona. Active pallbearers were C. E. Laird, A. C. Starnes, Charles Price, Harper Wherry, William Cromer and Cecil Williams. Serving as honorary pallbear ers were members ..of the Ex change Club and the members of the South Carolina Monument As sociation. . ELLIOTT TO FILL CENTRAL PULPIT Prof. F. Scott Elliott will de liver the Sunday morning sermon at Ceritral Methodist Church on August 26 in the absence af Rev. Herbert L Spell, who is attending the annual conference at Clem son. Library Closed During Repairing The Newberry-Saluda Reg ional Library will be closed to the public until further notice due to the repair work being done on the Old Court House building. The librarian re quests that all patrons, who have books out from the libra ry, please hold these books until the library reopens. The Bookmobile will continue its regular schedules. Newberry Schools Open Labor Day J. V. Kneece and R. E. Beck, superintendents of the Newberry High School and Newberry Ele mentary Schools, respectively, have announced that the Newber ry City Schools will open for the 1956-57 session on Monday morn ing, September third. All students will report at 9:00 a. m. on this date at their respective schools. Pupils who are planning to enter the Newberry Schools for the first time and have not previously attended school in the Newberry attendance area are requested to enroll on either August 29 or 30. Students who will enter grades 8- 12 will enroll at the Newberry High School building between the hours of 9:00 and 12:00. Students entering grades 1-7 will enroll at the Jr. High School building be tween the hours of 9:0C and 12:00. Those students who have .exam inations to make up are expcted to come prepared to stand these examinations on September 3. Books will be rvailable for rent under the State plan if the stu dent desires to rent his books rath er than purchase them. These students who made application last May to rent books for this session (1956-57) may get their books on September 4 by paying the regular rental fee. Voters To Decide On Bond Issue For School Building Program In Election September 18 September 18 has been set as the date for the $775,000 school bond election in Newberry Coun ty. This date was chosen at a spe cial meeting of the Newberry County Board of Education last Friday night. The election will de termine whether or not bonds will be issued up to the amount of $775,000 to complete the school building program in Newberry County. The question to be asked of voters in the special election is as follows: “Shall the Newberry County Board of Education be empowered to isue, either as a single issue or from time to time as several sep arate issues, not exceeding Seven Hundred Seventy Five Thousand and no-100 ($775,000.00) Dollars of General Obligation Bonds of Newberry County whose proceeds shall be expended to defray the cost of making capital improve ments to the schools in Newberry County?” All qualified electors, holding a registration certificate issued at least 30 days prior to the election date, will be eligible to vote in. the special election. The polls will open at 8:00 a. m. and close at 6:00 p. m. and will be at the usual polling places for elections in the county, as may be seen elsewhere in this isue in the election notice. It has been estimated by school officials that the bond issue, if approved, would add six mills to the present school levy, which was increased this year from 27 to 80 mills. The total millage for school purposes would be 36. The county levy is now 17 mills, having been increased from 16 to 17 this year. The total millage for property owners, should the bond issue be approved, would in the future be 53 mills unless increased or de creased by the County delegation. Since the beginning of the school building program in 1951, $1,965,303.85 has been spent or approved for projects now under way. The estimated amount need ed to complete the building and renovation program is estimated to be $1,555,097.00. The remaining amount that may be advanced to Newberry County from the State Finance Commission is almost $747,000.00. Three new school buildings would be constructed if the voters ap prove the bond issue. They are the consolidated high school for the Pomaria-Prosperity and Lit tle Mountain areas; Boundary and Speers Street elementary schools. The estimated cost of the high school is $550,000; the estimated cost of the two elementary schools is $463,000. The remainder of the bond issue and entitlement would be used for renovation and addi tion cf rooms to Gallman High, Drayton Street elementary, Junior High, Newberry High, Silver- street auditorium, Bush River ele mentary, Park Street school in Whitmire, Pomaria Elementary, Little Mountain elementary and Prosperity. elementary. The Board is planning special meetings in an effort to inform the public as to the need for ap proval of the school building pro gram. City Council, at a special meet ing Monday afternoon, gave per mission to H. B. Rayfield for the construction of a gasoline service station on the west side of Glenn street at the intersection of Ade laide, but deferred action on a sim ilar request from the Pure Oil Company at a special meeting on Tuesday for the construction of a station on the northeast corner of Main and Walnut streets, the site presently used as a play ground by the city. ^ Mr. Rayfield appeared before Council Monday together with C. D. Coleman, distributor of Phil lips “66” gasoline and products in this county. Just prior to the Monday meet ing a letter was received address ed to the Council asking permis sion by the Pure Oil Company for construction of a service station on Main street at the corner of Walnut. Council Monday d action on the request due to the fact that there was no representa tive from the company at the coun cil meeting. On Tuesday, however, another special meeting of council was called and present were J. L. Lipscomb, Pure pil Distributor in Newberry; and D. C. Lockwood, district manager of the Pure Oil Company. They again placed their request before council. Also at the meeting was Judge Eugene Si Blease, who stated that he was appearing “as a citizen” but not on behalf of any particu lar party, although, he stated that one person had asked him to come before council. He did not disclose the name of that person. He asked that council not act too hastily on the request, but to give the residents of that section a chance to express objections to the request if they had any. After much consideration and discussion, council unanimously decided to defer action on the re quest until the next regular meet-* ing of council, September 11. Council also Tuesday afternoon passed a motion that there would be no more special meeting of council except in emergencies. At the Monday meeting, Council considered plans for paving Har ris street from Main to the exist ing paving, and Mower street from Evans to Harrington. Mayor Kinard was authorized bo exe cute the necessary forms so that the highway department could go ahead with these two paving pro jects. LEGION FAMILY PICNIC TUESDAY The annual American Legion and Legion Auxiliary family pic nic will be held at the Legion Home Tuesday, August 28, begin ning at 8:00 p. m. All Legion naires and their families and members of the Auxiliary and their families are urged to attend and bring a well filled picnic bas ket. Tea will be furnished by the Legion. This is the 1956 Ford convertible in which Walter Easier and James Burton Boiter, both of Whitmire, met their death on Monday of this week. A third occupant, James Hunnicutt; also of Whitmire, was in jured and carried to a hospital in Union for treatment. According to investigating officers, the car evi dently went out of control on a farm-to-market road between Jalaps and Whitmire nenr Indian creek bridge, ten miles from Newberry. An inquest will he scheduled pending the outcome of injuries e by Hunnicutt, according to Coroner George R. Summer. (Sunphoto.) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Aug. 24: Rodney Bedenbaugh, Eugene Koon, Mrs. T S. Humph ries, Faye Eargle, Tom Gil liam. Aug. 25: J. W. Earhardt Jr., J Boyd Robertson, Wayne Mar tin, J. W. Warner, Ha Mae Sa ber, Homer O Epting, Sr., Mrs. Herbert Bedenbaugh, Miss Ami- nee Dominick. Ang. 26: Bobby* Summer Jr, Faye Langford, Mrs. P. G. Blount, Mrs. L Q. Watkins, Mrs. Effie Hendrix, Patricia Leslie, Charles Cromer. Ang. 27: Jeanette Bergen, M. L. Youmans, Sue Ward, Mrs. J. Frank Lominkk, Mrs. W. H. Ashbaugh, Mrs. Horace CrpuNr., Ang. 28: Lewis Ammons, Fos ter B. Spotts, Louise Wicker, Mildred Long, Jane Fellows, Sandra Kinard, Julia Basel, Lawrence Graham .Mrs. Mar garet Long, Mrs. Jenny Bruing- ton and Mrs. Allie Montes. Ang. 29: Mrs. George Way, W, C McGahee, Carrie WL Whitener, Mrs. Bill Long, Mrs. L. B. Davis. Ang. 36: Maude Spotts, W. H. Chapman, Ifan, L. C David Dominick, Nancy Smi^ Harold Bieanett.