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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1956 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE FIVE Mrs. James Elliott Britt, Jr. Hospital Births OPEN FORUM On Saturday, September 1, at 10 o’clock in the morning, Miss Jane Elizabeth Crooks became the bride of James Elliott Britt, Jr- The ceremony was performed ait Central Methodist church by the bride’s pastor, Rev. Herbert L .Spell. Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, or ganist, presented the wedding music. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a Doir blue suit with winter white and black accessories. Her corsage was a single white orchid. Frank Clayton Britt, brother of the groom, was best man. Ushers were Jimmy Crooks, brother of the bride, and Kenneth Stokes- Mrs. Britt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hugh Crooks, at tended Newberry high school and Newberry college. For the past two years she has been employed as secretary in the office of Dr. R. E. Livingston. Mr. Britt is a son of Mr- and Mrs. James Elliott Britt, Sr. He was graduated from Newberry high school and attended New berry college and the University of South Carolina. He will enter the dental school of the Univer sity of Louisville, Kentucky this fall. The couple will make their home in Louisville after Septem ber 14th. After the rehearsal on Friday ev ening, Dr. and Mrs. William Ed gar Crooks entertained the wed ding party and out of town rela tives with a delightful dinner party at their home on College street. School Bond Issue Continued from page one they weren’t when they were built. As to the condition of the build ings, and this I am not writing from hearsay, because I went over both of them from top to bottom last Friday. I can see no reason to tear down those structures and build new ones until money is available from the Finance Com mission to do it. I would have no hesitation in sending my girls to school at either of the buildings today, nor will I three years from now when the older one will become school age. There are certain obpectionable features, of course. School plants today are built with provisions made in the plans for additions, if necessary.* Why couldn’t “addi tions” be built at the two schools to take care of the inadequacies, at a much lower figure than $468,- 000, then when funds are avail able, build the new structures. If this is not practical, I believe the present buildings could be reno vated to eliminate objectionable features. The main objections I see to Boundary and Spiers are the toil et facilities and the antiquated equipment which must be used by caterers in preparing lunches for the children. The kitchen areas of both schools are smair, but they would not be bad if a little money was spent to tear out all of the old fixtures, such as wood burning ranges, and modern equipment placed in there. The rest rooms, while no doubt clean and sanitary, are in the basement of the buildings in dark, dingy rooms and I don’t see that much can be done to improve them. Upstairs, however, there are large cloak rooms which could be converted into rest rooms for children. The objections voiced by school officials are the stairways and the fact that the lunch rooms are small and the children must b e served in shifts. As to the latter, this is true at Newberry high, where the cafeteria was built just last year. I cannot believe that even in a new schood, money would be spent to make a cafe teria large enough to accommo date the total enrollment of the school for only 30 minutes a day, so new school, or old, the child- Mr. and Mrs. James Leonard King of Chapin announce the birth of an eight pound, eleven ounce son, Bruce Dennis, August 28 at the Newberry hospital. Mrs. King is the former Vera Lurline Summer. MACK Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Mar ion Mack of 1822 Main street are parents of a seven pound, five ounce daughter, Teresa Marian, born September 1 at the local hos pital. Before marriage the mother was Frances Imogene Ruff. MILLER Mr. and Mrs. George Ellerbe Miller of 2565 Henry Avenue an nounce the birth of a six pound, nine ounce son, George Dean on September 1 at the local hospital. Mrs. Miller is the former Pa^ie Carolyn Lominick. CROMER Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Eugene Cromer of Carol Courts apart ments are receiving congratula tions on the birth of a six pound, 15 ounce daughter, Debbie Ear line, on September 1 at the New berry hospital. Mrs. Cromer is the former Bonnie Louise Pitts of Silverstreet. PURCELL Mr. and Mrs, Keitt Purcell of 1626 Clarkson avenue are receiv ing congratulations on the birth of a ten pound, one ounce daugh ter, Julia Myrle at the local hos pital on September 1. Mrs. Pur cell is the former Myrle Mills Hill of Sumter. iH M- Any Hour of the Day—It’s Good Listening on WKDK! ■ I 6:00 Hillbilly Harmony 7:00 World News 7:06 Wake Up and Sing 7:26 Weather Forecast 7:20 Carolina News 7:36 World of Sports 7:40 Wake Up and Sing 8:00 World News 8:06 Wake Up and Sing 8:46 Morning Devotions 8:66 S. C. News 9:00 Robt F. 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Children have been going up and down those stairs for at least 65 years and I don’t recall having ever heard of a child being injur ed on them. With reasonable care on the part of the teachers, don’t believe the stairs could be termed* “dangerous.” The auditoriums of each of the buildings are small, but neither school holds assembly programs for the entire enrollment. The high school auditorium can be used by any school for programs \yhen the attendance is expected to be more than the school’s aud itorium can occommodate. OTHER PROSPOSED BUILDINGS The remainder of the proposed bond issue would be used to make additions or renovations to Dray ton street elementary, • Gallman high (for additional class rooms and an auditorium which will be necessary if an auditorium is built for the high school. in the lower part of the county,) Junior high, Prosperity elemehtary, Po- maria elementary .Whitmire high, •Bush RiVer elementary and Sil verstreet elementary. I have not had time to inspect each of these buildings so cannot give you a firsthand report; how ever, some of the figures include work that has already been done, such as rewiring Newoerry high and I believe some work is going on at Bush River elementary. So far as I know, nothing has been included in these figures that isn’t necessary, except perhaps the auditorium for Gallman high. I am not saying that it is not necessary; certainly if other new schools are to contain both audi toriums and gyms, Gallman high should have the same, rather than a gymtorium which serves the purpose but is not too satisfac tory. ^ , I believe Mr. Harmon estimated that by leaving off the auditorium for the new consolidated high school, the figure would be reduc ed by about $100,000. Taking off a similar figure from Gallman- high, and eliminating the two elementary school buildings, there would be a reduction of $668,000 in the proposed building program. The remaining projects would amount to $822,162. The cdUnty Board still has an entitlement from the Finance commission of- $815,159. One mill for one year would more than make up • this difference. OTHER SIDES There are other sides of the question, too. Perhaps it would be worth it to the taxpayers to pay six mills for 20 years to have their children go to modern school buildings. Chances are that if the schools are not built until the Fi nance copimission comes acron To the Editor Last February 3 a number of citizens interested in improving the schools of Newberry County requested a public meeting with the County Board of Education. At that meeting I acted as spokes man for the group and made cer tain recommendations, including the improvement of the school fa cilities of this county. The County Board reported that the building program contemplat ed for the county would cost ap proximately three and one-half million dollars, ^and that the ex penditure of such a sum would insure adequate school facilities for all Newberry County children. Of this amount only two and three-quarters million dollars would be available from the State sales tax allotment, thus leaving three-quarters million dollars to be raised by property levy. Some parts of this county have excellent new modern school fa cilities and I am sure all of us are proud of them. However, all of us must be ashamed of the anti quated and inadequate facilities existing in the City of Newberry and in other parts of this county. As the father of three children of school- age, I am perfectly will ing to pay my part of the neces sary taxes to insure that every school child in Newberry County attends school in a safe modern building. The proposed bond issue on which we will vote bn September 18 will raise the necessary funds to insure completion of the school building program. An an nual levy of six mills for twenty years wil retire these bonds. Of course, should additional funds be made available by the State t for building purposes the County Del egation can and should apply such funds to the retirement of the bonds, thereby eliminating the six mill levy. The average home in Newberry County is assessed at less than $500.00. Seven out of ten tax payers have assessments of $500 or less. The average taxpayer, therefore, would pay only twenty- five cents per month or three doll ars per year as his share of the tax levy. It is inconceivable to me that anyone would not be willing to pay twenty-five cents per month to insure adequate school facilities in this county. Unless the parents in Newberry County realize the situation, I am afraid that the school bond issue will be defeated. The school chil dren have no vote and no* voice in our government. We as parents can vote and should vote in favor of the bond issue. THOMAB H. POPE. with the money, the price will be much higher still, as it has been each year that passes. The future is uncertain as to money coming in after 1960 but the Board has promised that if any funds come in, they will be used to retire the bonds which, I understand, will be sold on a recallable basis after five years. If the money is forth coming and the bonds are paid, the tax millage could dbme off in a shorter time. I am not trying to tell you whether you should or should not vote for the bond issue. A Sun paper reader the other day told me “I am expecting you to give us the facts.” That is what I have tried to do. Incidentally, I am pur posely printing this two weeks before election, so that if I have by any chance made a mistake in the facts presented, I am most willing to correct it. I have tried to verify everything I have writ ten about this situation but if there is anything which members of the County Board or others feel is misleading, you will hear about it in next week's issue. Incidentally, there will be a broadcast from time to time about the bond issue over Radio Station WKDK from now until election time, and I would urge you to listen in an effort to help you decide how to cast your vote on September 18. One question I would answer, which I have encountered from many sides: anyone who is a qual ified elector—that is, any person who holds a valid registration cer tificate to vote in any other elec- ton, may vote in this. You do not have to be an owner of real estate or personal property, ■ but must present a registration certificate. are rbo’> our W 1 *! Are You ? The undersigned conunittee represnting the Citizens lor Better Schools in Newberry county intend to vote for the bond issue be- cause: ‘ ‘ ? '• AM •i 1. As parents, we believe that every school child in this county is entitled to modern, adequate school facilities. 2. We believe that a small bond issue is necessary to complete the school biulding program. 3. We believe that a tax levy of six mills for 20 years is very reason- able. * '• >1 .J 4. We believe that the average tax payer will be willing to spend twenty-five cents a month or three dollars a year for better school buildings. ' « m* -• J 'V r4-' j r , . .. . -e - 5. We believe that the bond issue levy may terminate in 20 years if the State makes additional funds available for school building purposes. / * ~ ' . I * J * i J*- V ’ At? A #■: i A- W # • » . ' '■( • t ’’{*■. ' 6.. We are proud of the new and modern school buildings which have been cpnstructed in some parts of Newberry county. However, we believe that under a county unit school system, every school child is entitled to the same type of school. Therefore, we urge every interested parent and taxpayer to vote on September IS for the school bond issue. Unless we are suc cessful in this election your children and ours will suffer. a j*. i< Citizens Better Schools By: W. H. Tedford A. E. Morebead John F. Clarkson John L. Epps Edward Duckworth By: P. D, Johnson Thomas H. Pope H. B. Kirkegard Robert R. Bruner C. M. Smith