The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, November 22, 1956, Image 3
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1956
Officers of the Young Adult group of the South Carolina Presbytery are, left to right,
3Mrs. Richard Culbreath, program chairman, Russell Culbertson, ..vice ..president; ..Bill
Davis, president; Richard Culbreath, program chairman; Ben Rice, vice president; Joh-
mny Armstrong and Mrs. Armstrong, secretary and treasurer, and James Hemminger,
Jr., and Mrs. Hemminger, program chairmen. (Sunphoto.)
Hospital Patients
$lrs. Amber Atkison and Baby
Boy, 2135 Mower St.
Mrs. Jessie Mae Bedenbaugh,
Kt 3.
Royce Clark, D-4, Carol Court.
George A. Cook, Rt. 1, Pros
perity.
Mrs. Thelma Dominick, 15fe
Oaldwell St.
Mrs. Janie Dodgen, 516 Wright
St.
Mrs. Sarah Epting, Prosperity.
Mrs. Lucy Elmore, 1602 Cal-
Ihoun St.
Mrs. Margaret Fellers, Rt. 3,
Prosperity.
Mrs. Helen Fulmer and Baby
«Girl, Rt. 4.
Mrs. Ethel Holloway, Chappells.
Mrs. Annie Belle Long, Rt. 2,
Prosperity.
Mrs. Bessie Morgan, Main St.
Jesse Lee Mays, 1417 Jefferson
St.
W. B. Merritt, 2701 Digby Ave.
Mrs. Euna Mize, Rt. 1.
Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1519
Harrington St.
Andrew Nichols, Rt. 4.
Mrs. Cora Padgett, 314 O’Neal
St.
Mrs. Nell L. Ruff, Route 2.
Mrs. Gene Sheppard and Baby
Girl, Rt. 5, Saluda.
Mrs. Geneva Street, 812 Pau
line St.
Mrs. Grace Taylor, 1012 John
stone St.
Mrs. Ruth Wicker, 621 Main St.
Randy David Wicker, Rt. 1, Po-
maria.
Mrs. Ethel Willingham and
Baby Girl, 1206 Charles St.
Wallace Werts, Rt. 3, Prosper
ity.
Miss Mary Wood, Rt. 4.
Colored Patients
Johnny Cooper, Rt. 1, Pomaria.
Queen Ann Hall, Rt. 1, Kinards.
Baby Rudolph and Randolph
Mathis, Rt. 2.
Shirley Reeder, Rt. 3.
Beverley Ann Sligh, Rt. 4, He
lena.
J. C. Stevens, Chappells.
Calvin Sanders, Newberry.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Clary
have moved to 2003 Lee street.
Mrs. W. E. Pelham spent the
weekend in Columbia with her
daughter, Miss Brantley Pelham.
Feagin Rites
At Rock Hill
Ray Feagin, 32, died Sunday
night at his residence, 13 Church
street, in Rock Hill.
Mr. Feagin was born in Edge-
field County, a son of Jim Fea
gin and Mrs. Irene Murrell Ow
ens. He was reared in Joanna,
where he spent most of his life
until he moved to Newberry,
where he lived for six years and
was employed by the Oakland
branch of Kendall Mills. At the
time of his death he was em
ployed by the Industrial Mill of
J. P. Stevens & Co.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Doli/ Hyman Feagin; his
father, Jim Feagin; his mother,
Mrs. Irene Murrell Owens of Jo
anna; one brother, James Fea
gin of Johnston; one half-broth
er, Flynn Owens of Joanna; his
step-father, C. O. Owens of Jo
anna; and a number of uncles
and aunts. ^
Funeral services wm be con
ducted at 3 p. m. today (Wednes-
INSURED
BUILD YOUR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
1. SAFELY—Each account is fully Insured to $10,000
against every possible loss.
2. SURELY—This Association was organized in 1935
and has never missed a dividend each six months since
organization.
3. PROFITABLY—Liberal earnings have always been
paid on Savings and Investment accounts consistent
with good busiuess practices and proper reserves.
Newberry Federal
Savings & Loan Ass’n.
“An Institution Devoted to Thrift and Home Ownership”
ASSETS OVER $8,000,000
John F. Clarkson, Pres. J. K. Willingham, Sec.-Treos.
NEWBERRY, S. C.
DIRECTORS
John F. Clarkson
M. O. Summer
J. K. Willingham
E. B. Purcell
Waldo C. Hoffman
Q. K Dominick
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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C. E. Berley
Rites Sunday
. Funeral services for Cyrus Ed
ward (Teet) Berley, 65, who died
suddenly Saturday morning at
Newberry County Memorial Hos
pital, were conducted Sunday at
3 p. m. at Mt. Pleasant Metho
dist Church by the Rev. W. A.
Stevens. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Berley was stricken on his
way from home to Newberry and
was rushed to the hospital.
He was born and reared in the
Mt. Pleasant section of Newber
ry County and was the son of
the late Boykin and Mrs. Willie
Cromer Berley. He was a mem
ber of Mt. Pleasant Methodist
Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lucy Graham Berley of Pomaria;
four daughters, Mrs. Ray Doo
little, Mrs. J. B. Kiker, both of
Pomaria, Mrs. Bannie Cathcart,
Mrs. Roy Doolittle, both of Whit
mire; four sisters, Mrs. Jim
Kitchens, Mrs. Elvira Gilliam,
both of Whitmire, Mrs. Marvin
Graham of Pomaria; two brothers,
Boykin Berley, James Berley,
both of Pomaria and nine grand
children.
Legion Conducts
Membership Drive
“Who is eligible to belong to
The American Legion?”
That’s a question being asked
as the local American Legion post
launches its 1957 membership
campaign.
Ed Wicker, membership chair
man of the drive points out that
veterans of World War I, World
War II and the Korean War who
were in service on active duty
during certain dates of hostility,
as set by the United States Con
gress, are eligible for member
ship in The American Legion..
Eligible veterans are men and
women who served honorably in
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
Coast Guard or Air Force of the
United States during the above
dates. Or citizens of the* United
States at the time of war who
served on active duty with any of
the armed forces of governments
associated with the U. S.
All such services should be
terminated with an honorable dis
charge or honorable separation,
or continued honorably after eith
er of above mentioned periods.
For further information, veter
ans are advised to contact The
American Legion Post No. 24 at
Newberry.
Bloodmobile
Friday, Nov. 23
West End School
Speers Street School
Queens Community — Fowlers
Store
Long Lane Community — —Ben
Caldwell
Whitmire Library
LIBRARY CLOSED
TOMORROW
The Newberry-Saluda Regional
Library will be closed Thursday,
November 22 for Thanksgiving
Day.
day) .from the Joanna Baptist
Church by the Rev. James B. Mit
chell.
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Building Permits
Nov. 8: P. D. Johnson,• repairs
to store front on Main street
(Buzhardt Furniture Co.) $50.;
Mrs. W. O. Miller, repairs to roof
1505 Johnstone street, $900; Ora
Wells, general repairs to dwell
ing, 718 Hunt street, $2000.
Nov. 12: Brunell Morris, gener
al repairs to dwelling, 502 Floyd
street, $1800.
Nov. 13: Mrs. Vernon Living
ston, repairs to roof, 703 Clara
street, $300.
Nov. 14: L. Morris, repairs to
store building, 1008 Main street,
$600; Mr's. A. J. Briggs, repairs
to dwelling, 1225 Hunt street,
$100; Murray Ruff, old one room
to dwelling, 217 Hardeman street,
$600; David and Hary Kinard, one
three-room wood frame house on
Charles street, $2500.
Nov. 17: Bethlehem Baptist
Church, repairs to church on Col
lege street, $10,000; Mrs. Nora
Mills, repairs to dwelling on Sum
mer street, $1300.
Nov. 19: Farmers Ice & Fuel
Co., one small shed and addition
to building on Drayton street,
$4,000.
Bond Sales Over
$17,000 This Month
Series E and T Bond sales for
the month of October in Newber
ry County totaled $17,675.00 re
ports Joe M. Roberts, County
Savings Bonds Chairman.
E and H sales for the state for
the same period totaled $2,144,-
493.25, according to Burnell Sloan,
State Chairman of the U. S. Sav
ings Bonds Division for South
Carolina. Sales for the period
January through October totaled
$24,752,364.25, a 7.6 percent in
crease over the same period last
year.
College History
Now Published
“A Centennial History of New
berry College” written by The
Rev. J. Benjamin Bedenbaugh has
been published and is now ready
for distribution. This history was
written as a part of the Centen
nial Year program of Newberry
College. Newberry College is cele
brating its Centennial Year, 1956-
1957—100 years of service to
Church and^State.
The Rev. Mr. Bedenbaugh who
is on the Faculty of Newberry
College teaches courses in Bible
and Greek. He graduated from
Newberry College with honors and
received his B.D. degree from the
Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary. He has done graduate
work at Boston University.
The history is well written and
gives a complete record of the 100
years Newberry College has serv
ed with distinction the Church and
State. The history has a margin
al outline of each section. The
type used in printing thq history
is easy to read and throughout the
publication many interesting pic-
trues of the college will be found.
The book is dedicated to the ten
presidents who have served the
institution since 1859.
Copies of the history may be se
cured from the Office of Presi
dent or the Office of Business
Manager at $1.00 per copy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Phillips Jr.
are now residing at 2019 Charles
street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Farrow and
children, Virginia Margaret and
Billy of North Augusta, spent
Sunday in the home of Mr. Far
row’s aunts, Mrs. M. L. Duckett
and Mrs. L. B. Bedenbaugh.
Opportunity School
Has Homecoming
Former students of the Oppor
tunity School are being invited
to attend Homecoming Day No
vember 25 when the accomplish
ments of the school’s 35 years of
service to South Carolina will be
reviewed, and when plana will be
made for the future.
Since 1921 when the Opportun
ity School was founded as a one-
month summer educational ex
periment, 9,915 enrollments have
been made. Of these, 280 received
high school certificates as a direct
result of attending the school.
The "graduates’ age averaged 26,
the averaged public school grade
completed before enrollment was
the eighth, and the average time
of attendance at the Opportunity
School was nine months.
Using U. S. Census estimates as
a base, the Opportunity School
told its alumni in the invitational
letter that the total increase in
the expected lifetime earnings of
these 280 former students is $18,-
335,000.
The present enrollment of the
Opportunity School is 215 stu
dents. In all, 4,286 students have
attended the school since it ac
quired its permanent location at
the former Columbia Air Base 10
years ago, and 373 “special” pu
pils have enrolled during the per
iod to pursue non-academic
courses.
Cotton Gi n ning
Below Last Year
Census report shows that 4261
bales of cotton were ginned in
Newberry County from the crop
of 1956 prior to November first
as compared with 7895 bales gin
ned for the crop of 1955.
West End Festival
Enjoyed By Many
The Harvest Festival sponsored
by the West End Parent-Teacher
Association last Saturday night
was a great success, according to
PTA officials. In addition to the
chicken barbecue supper which
was served, visitors to the Festi
val enjoyed pony rides, fish
pond, pop corn and peanuts, dart
games, and purchased cakes, pies,
hot dogs and other items from the
country store. After paying ex
penses, the group made $338.98
which will be used to buy hot
lunches forMifidren who are not
able to afford them, and to buy
other instructional and recrea
tional materials, not furnished by
the County Board of Education,
for the 76 students in grades
one through four at the elemen
tary school.
Miss Earhardt Be
In Carillon
Miss Elizabeth Earhardt; daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J .W. Eax-
hardt of College street, has been
chosen to represent Newberry
County in the Carolina Carillon,
annual fall festival which is be
ing held this year in Columbia on
November 23, beginning at 11 a.
m.
Miss Earhardt will be ambng
specially-chosen queens who will
ride in the parade through the
business section of Columbia, and
will participate in the Grand
March during the Carillon BalL
The parade will feature 30 floats
and sixteen marching bands, and
will mark the arrival of Santa
Claus to Columbia.
Former Glenn Miller vocalist
Ray Eberle and his orchestra will
play for the Carillon hall and
Grand March, which will be led
by Governor Timmerman.
Give your
favorite
youngster the
Christmas gift
that EARNS!
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Doy ou have a little one of your own—or a favorite niece or grandchild?
Of course you’ll want to give her the toys that mean so much at Christ
mas. But this year give her another gift too ... A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
that will go on earning interest until she’s fully grown.
1955-1956 Club Checks Will Be Mailed In Time To
Reach You On December 1st.
When everybody’s dearest dream comes true on Christmas morning . . «
when nobody (not even Dad) has to worry about paying the bills ... well,
that adds up to the happiest, merriest Christmas ever! Why not decide
now to have this kind of Christmas at your house in 1957? It’s easy
when you look ahead, plan ahead and save ahead the Christmas Club way.
Just a little, put away every week, buys a great big load of Christmas
joy for everybody!
Start a Christmas Savings Account Here
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Saturday, December 1st.
Along with Santa, we hope you are one of the happy ones to receive a
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB CHECK from the SOUTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL BANK, which will be mailed in time to reach you before
December first.
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We are proud of our CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB this year, because
it is the largest one in membership and amount of money involved since
we began this service in 1932.
REMBER our new club for the year of 1957 begins
on Saturday, December 1st.
We welcome all our regular members back, and invite you to come in
and join our CHRISTMAS CLUB for 1957,
Weekly Deposit Received in
50 Weeks
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