The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, January 03, 1957, Image 1
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19, NUMBER 36
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4^orl« A. Sanders
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1957
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HAPPY HEW YEAR from the Publisher
HOLIDAYS' OVER
Things are gradua^y getting, 1
back normal again, with the
holida3#%vfcT, places of business i
back ihi^-lfcperation, students buck
at schoeLwAnd, much as I hated !
to coma^Jpck, I’m back at mj
typewriUfit again. I enjoyed my
vacatiotjneith my two little girls;
so much that I almost threaten - 1
■ed not to come back to work. Of 1
course I am with them almost j
constantly anyway, but it makes!
a difference when you can stay !
home and relax "without worry
ing about a deadline to get some
thing done. ^ I hope your holidays
iwi pleasant and that
(dll be a good one for
were ju
this year
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.ell Schumpert,
Saturday morning at
in Greer. He was
cken a short time
teath.
was born and rear-
te^ry, and was the son
~ Thomas and Mrs. Em-
Schumpert. For the past
he had made his home
was a member of
.eijhorial Chapel Church
r^fltferry.
r as engaged in textile
the Victor Mill in Greer
ing are his wife, Mrs.
■andon Schumpert of
te son, S-Sgt. James V.
„ USAF, Ladd Air
,se, Fairbanks, Alaska;
hers, J. O. Schumpert of
and J. E. Schumpert
; four sisters, Mrs. Sal
ters of Saluda, Mrs. Min-
ie Taylor, Mrs. Ola Smith
.rs. Bertha Mayer, all of
Several uncles and
survive.
services were held
Tuesdsy Jlfd p. rn. from McSwain
Funeral Home with the Rev. N.
E. Troesdell officiating. Burial
was in Roseuont Cemetery.
iary To Meet
_ Afternoon
American Legion Auxiliary
_,et today, (Thursday) at
J. m. at the home of Mrs. W.
Feagle with the following
associate hostesses: Mrs. F. S.
Elliott, Mrs. W. Roy Anderson,
Mrs. M. F. Bowler, Mrs. W. C.
Schenck and Miss Martha Bouk-
nifht.
At Nashville Meet
Joyce Pruitt and Johnny Lee,
Newberry College students, at-
teiided the World-Wide Baptist
Student Union conference in
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 27 through
Johnny is a member of Cal-
Baptist Church, Joyce a
lember of the First Baptist
lurch.
Political H
Made
With Over 1,000 Voting For Ike
n Wreck Near Whitmire
Kills One, Injures Eight
Seaboard freight train on a
regular ru n from Abbeville to
Monr<*e, N. C., rammed into a rail
road work gang in push cars on
a track Wednesday morning at
9:48 a. rm a few miles north of
Whitmire, causing the death of
one man and injury to eight oth
ers.
Dozier Tucker, was killed in
stantly. L. C. Spivey, section
foreman is seriously injured and
is in the Union hospital. Also re
ceiving treatment at the Union
hospital are William Kern, Alex
Jeter and H. S. DuBose, all col
ored. Kern received scalp lacera
tions and fractures of both legs;
Jeter has a fractured right wrist,
and DuBose, bruises. Treated in
Whitmire for mino v injuries wine
Tally Jeter, George Beasley, Je
rome Beasley and Fred Dawkins,
all colored.
The motor car on which the
gang was riding was pulling a
push cai-. The train was going in
the same direction ami hit the
car from the rear. The car did
not leave the track and both car
am
d train were only slightly dam
aged. According to Tally Jeter,
all of those on the car jumped
except him. He received less in
juries than the others. Jeter stat-
od that he “froze” and couldn’t
move.
The reason for the work car
being on the track at the same
time as the regular freight train
was unknown, hut investigations
are being made by the Seaboard
officials. The wreck occurred
just this side of Delta in Union
< 'ounty.
Legion Baseball
Committee to Meet
There will be a meeting of the
Junior American Legion Baseball
committee in Columbia on Wed
nesday, January at 2:30 p. m.
at the American Legion Head
quarters Building, according to
Pete Parrott, state* chairman of
Legion baseball. Plans are to or
ganize and set up thebaseball
program for the coming year,
according to Mr. Parrott.
Rites Tuesday
Funeral for Robert Pearson
Fair, 78, who died Sunday at the
Newberry County Memorial Hos
pital after a long period of de
clining health, were conducted at
10:30 a. m. Tuesday at Whita
ker Funeral home by Dr. Paul E
Grier. Burial was in Rosemont
Cemetery.
Mr. Fair was the son of the
late William Young and Mary
Nance Fair, members of old
prominent families in Newberry.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Walker Richardson of Memphis,
Tenn.; one brother, James R. Fair
of Little Rock, Ark., and several
nieces and nephews.
He was a member of the Asso
ciate Reformed Presbyterian
Church of Newberry, and was a
long-time employee of the Indiana
Refining Company of Lawrence-
ville, Ind.
Active pallbearers will be A.
C. Garlington, Homer W. Schum
pert, F. D. MacLean, Albert Mc-
Caughrin, Wilbur Epps and T.
Roy Summer, Jr.
Ipf
By MRS. A. H. COUNTS
One of the outstanding accom
plishment^ in Newberry during
the year was the large amount
spent in new buildings which will
exceed a million dollars by over a
hundred thousand. Many events
of importance took place in New
berry County. Progress was noted
in industrial development and a
number of churches either made
improvements or erected new
buildings. During the year the
Republican party organized for
the first time; Sheriff Tom M.
Fellers’ force used a horse to
track down bootleggers; a New
berry mill spent a million dollars
in enlarging their plant; a new
water system was installed for
the city, the farmers in the Bush
River section approved the Bush
River Watershed; Newberry Col
lege opened a new men’s dormi
tory; an 80 year old Prosperity
dentist still in practice, though
not too happy over politics, fin
ally continued to vote the Demo
cratic ticket and a New'berry lad
after being kissed by Miriam
Stevenson vowed he would not
wash his face for a week.
New’berry College, one of New
berry’s most valuable assets, is
in the midst of observing its
100th anniversary. A tableau,
“The Open Door,” presented re
cently in the Lutheran churches
of the three supporting Synods,
opened the centennial. The main
event will take place in the
spring and will continue for sev
eral nights. A new’ men’s dormi
tory, costing $200,000 was opened
during the summer. Also steel
bleachers were erected on Setz-
ler Athletic field and other im
provements were made on the
field and campus. The college ob
tained a loan grant of $375,000 to
build a new dormitory and a stu
dent union building with cafeteria
facilities. The college received
$23,000 from the Ford founda-^
tion and $2,000 from the Esso
foundation. President C. A. Kauf-
mann was awarded the honorary
degree of Doctor of Laws at Le
noir Rhyne College.
The college was the mecca for
a number of gatherings during
the year. Among them were the
seventy-first annual convention of
the United Lutheran church wo
men of the Lutheran Synod of
South Carolina; the State Luther
League and the South Carolina
Future Teachers Association.
Donald S. Russell, president of
the University of South Carolina
delivered the commencement ad
dress in June and the sermon to
the graduates was preached bv
the Rev. Charles E. Fritz, D. D.,
president of the Georgia-Alabama
Synod.
A new water system costing
$472,000, increasing the volume
of w’ater from a million to four
million gallons daily was complet-{ judge does on his bench he has to
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ed. The water is being pumped
from Saluda river to the plant at
Bush river, Newberry’s source of
supply for a number of years.
This additional supply is expect
ed to take care of New’berry’s
water situation for many years.
In politics the county saw the
first organization of a Republi
can party formed and the largest
number of Republicans ever to
cast a vote turned out. At the
general election in November the
county went Democratic but by
only a small margin. The final
tabulation showed: Democrats, 2,-
t')24; Independents, 1,392; Republi
cans, l.Odl. The election found a
new state senator, R. Aubrey
Harley replacing the venerable
Marvin E. Abrams, who after
serving the county with distinc
tion did not offer for reelection.
A hot race was waged by Mr.
Harley, a member of the State
Highway Commission and a for
mer House member Earl Bergen.
Mr. Harley w r as elected. The oth
er county race which attracted
considerable attention was that
of Clerk of Court, Charles E. Bow
ers, incumbent and William R.
(Brother) Lominick. Bowers won
out by a small majority.
A fine tribute was paid Sena
tor Abrams by Circuit Judge
Steve C. Griffith of Newberry
while presiding at the summer
term of court. *Judge Griffith’s
remarks were based on the auth
orship of the South Carolina Pro
bation Law introduced by Mr.
Abrams. Judge Griffith reviewed
the custom of courts in meting
out punishments in time past,
bringing the picture to the pres
ent.
“Finally the idea dawned upon
people,” he said, “that everybody
that comes into criminal courts
are not habitual criminals and
consigned by fate to a criminal
future. It was a Christian Spirit
that brought about this view.”
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carry upon his heart and con
science forever and into eternity.
It is a serious matter.”
“I thank Cod that we have
men like Senator Abrams who
had the feeling for their fellow-
man that would help us in trying
to bring about a little more con
sideration for the man who may
have gone wrong and try to raise
him up. It is a fine duty that the
state has undertaken. For my
small part, I am glad to partici
pate in it and I feel that after
studying this question and the
record that has been made under
the law, Senator Abrams has
made the greatest contribution
that has been made by a member
of the General Assembly to the
administration of justice within
this generation, and it ranks high
among those forward steps that
have been taken through all
times. Senator Abrams has hon
ored himself, our county and our
state. He has tried to help ev
erybody. He has tried to help the
friendless and despised and I am
satisfied in my own mind that
those he has helped come within
the meaning of the Master when
he said ‘Inasmuch as ye have
done it unto one of the least of
these my bretheren, ye have done
it unto me’.”
In athletics Mooney Player of
Columbia was named coach for
the Newberry High school and
during the year won the first
game in the past two years.
Coach Harvey Kirkland, whom
it has been said “does the most
est with the littlest” won f£ve
lost two and tied two for a good
season and one most saisfactory
to the Alumni of Newberry Col
lege. The Indians lost the serv
ices of its fine quarterback, Steve
Peterson of Tarpon Springs, Fla.,
when he was seriously injured in
a game with Stetson University
of DeLand, Fla.
The First Baptist church of
the Moose Club in Newberry;
Miss Shelby Jean Whitman of
Batesburg was chosen homecom
ing queen and crowned at the
Newberry-Elon football game;
Miss Mary C. Sabonsky was nam
ed May Day Queen for Newberry
College; Jean Spotts was named
Tobacco Queen at Myrtle Beach;
Paul K. Fuller replaced Cordon
Goodman as city recreation direc
tor; Clifton Graham resigned as
secretary of the chamber of
commerce to become Director of
Public Relations at Newberry
College; Mrs. Celia Dodgen is
now acting secretary of the trade
body; Barbara Way was chosen
Queen of Hearts; Miss Elizabeth
Earhardt was named state win
ner in an essay contest on the em
ployment of the physically handi
capped.
Walter Regnery of Newberry,
vice president of Joanna Cotton
Mills company, was elected vice
president of the Textile Research
Institute at Princeton, New Jer
sey by the trustees in New York
City.
Newberry was headquarters for
the S. C. Employment office for
operations Alert, the office and
personnel was moved to Newbei^jr
where it remained for 60 hours
during a fictitious bombing of
Aiken.
The Newberry Electric Coop
erative was cited for a safety rec-
(Continued on page 4)
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
Dec. 28: Mrs. James Smith,
Jr., Mrs. Elbert Dickert, Lisa
Lominack, Mrs. Fay Murray
Gray, Mrs. F. Scott Elliott,
Mrs. Oscar Mayer, Brenda Som
mer, Dale Eargle, Gates Beck
with.
Dec. 29: Mrs. Dave L. Hayes,
at brought about tms view. auc x-hoi, —: uec. zv: mrs. uave Li. Hayes,
“T want you to tell every per- Newberry observed its 125th an-1 flj r8 , Frank Stewart, ‘Mrs. J. Al-
_ L»»_ f Vi o niverfsarv ft t aonronriate services. •
son you ever hear criticize the
probation system, that those who
passed the act, and those who are
trying to administer it are doing
so through a spirit of trying to
rehabilitate and trying to help a
person that is friendless, unnot
iced, and sometimes even despis
ed. It was conceived in one of the
finest Christian spirits of which
I know. If it were not Marvin Ab
rams would not have sponsored it.
So Now Mr. Foreman and Gen
tlemen of the Jury, “I thought it
proper that we should pause a
few moments and pay tribute to
this great service that our own
Senator, who has served so well,
has made to the administration of
justice. I have thought of it a
great deal. These things prey on
a Judge’s mind. As I have said
in court many times what a
niversary at appropriate services., vin David
Also taking place at that time Margaret Watkina.
Langford,
was groundbreaking services for
an educational building. St. Paul’s
Lutheran church, 175 years old,
dedicated its new educational
building; also the congregation of
Colony Lutheran church began
the erection of a new church.
Mayer Memorial Lutheran church
congregation is building a new
church and educational building.
St. Phillips Lutheran church ob
served its 75th anniversary and at
the meeting decided to build a
new church; also Pomaria Luth
eran church observed dedicatory
services for its new brick church.
The congregation of Aveleigh
Presbyterian church dedicated its
$25,000 manse.
The Rev. Neil E. Truesdell was
named “Citizen of the Year” by
43
An unidentified prowler, or pro- j
wlers invaded the privacy of Sme-
Itzer Hall, girls dormitory at New
berry College, Saturday night and
ransacked seven rooms. The cul
prits supposedly forced their way
into a third floor bathroom wind
ow and left through a first floor
window in the dormitory parlor.
The only item known to be mis
sing was a key chain, containing
an outside key to the building, a
key to the infirmary and one to
the medicine cabinet. The college
nurse, Mrs. Frazier Lominack,
reported that nothing seems to
have been taken from the infir
mary.
Whether any items were taken
from the girls rooms is unknown
since all of the girls were away
for the Christmas holidays. The
seven rooms which were entered
had been thoroughly searched.
Bureau drawers were left open, |
clothes scattered about, and jewelry
boxes emptied of their contents on
the beds and dressers.
Several items were sent by Pol
ice chief Colie Dowd to the State
Law Enforcement Division in an
effort to identify fingerprints.
Showp, above are architects drawings of proposed new buildings at Newberry Col- | nesdl^moralng^that^one 1
The top photo is the proposed Stude nts Union Building, the lower, the proposed was obtained but had not yet been
dormitory. identified.
Girls Dormitory At Newberry College Was
Entered Saturday Night; Motive Is Mystery
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„ of women at Newl
age done to one of the Smeltzer Hall dormitory rooms
building Saturday night. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.)
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Dec. 30: Brother Gilliam, Jac
queline Crooks, Carolyn Boland,
Mrs. V. V. Pearsall, Mrs. Vir
ginia S. Senn, Mrs. H. O. Stone.
Dec 31: 'Mrs Nat Gist, Mrs
G. V. Clamp, F. B. Dawkins,
Mrs. Ella H. Beam, Miss Emily
Boozer, Mrs. Eddie O. Graham,
Sue Stone, Mac Brooks, Clyde
E. Minick, D. B. Dawkins,
Leesville.
January ^1: "John Harrison
Ragland, Mrs. G. W. Kinard,
Larry Young, Grace Reddick
Joye, Rachel Werts.
Jan. 2: Mary Fulmer Wells,
Ben Pressley Stewart, Jr., Mrs.
Mamie $mith, David Stone.
Jan. 3: Carter Abrams, Kirby
Lominack, Dick Neel, Wanette
Walton, Sam P. Boland, Char
lie S. Cromer, Mrs. Mary Rin
ger.
Jan. 4: Howard Clark, Mrs.
John Pappas, ‘Miurray Hawk
ins, Claude Sheppard, Elaine
Brown, Paul Shealy, Mrs. Wil
bur J. Ringer, Debra Smith.
Jan. 5: Miss Juanita Hitt,
Johnson Hagood Clary, Christine
Livingston, William K. Lath-
rop, Dianne Livingston, Jim
mie Rowers, Horace Lee Booz
er, Jr., Jerome Havird, Mrs.
Pauline L. Sheely, J. J. Ennis,
Mrs. R. B. Kennerley, D. L.
Ruff.
Jan. 6: Henry Edward Cous
ins, R. T. Feagle, Mrs. Arthur
Ballentine, Mrs. Grady Ringer,
M. O. Fulmer.
Jan. 7: J. D. French, John
Rex North III, Mrs. J. B. North,
Jerry Richardson, Virginia
Jones, Ervin D. Richardson,
Mrs. James D. Crooks, W. L.
Shealy, Mrs. David Luther Raff.
Jan. 8: Emory H. Bowman,
Mrs. D. L. Adrews, D. E.
Schumpert, Mrs. D. E. Half
acre, P. D. Holloway, John Da
vis, Glenn L. Hamm, Nellie
Wicker, Mrs. Audrey Rowe, Mrs.
D. F. Senn, William Leitzsey,
Mrs. H. M. Harman, Mrs. J. W.
Fuller, Miss Louise D. Suber,
Claude Counts.
Jan. 9: Mrs. J. D. Kinard, Ed
ward Oswald, Mildred Boinest,
Mrs. B. H. Hamm, Henry Long
shore, Virginia Rose Franklin,
Earl Worthy, J. D. Berley.
Jan. 10: Mrs. Lucy McCartha,
Mrs. H. R. Brooks, Clara Elwell
Stokes, Michael Gay Dwyer,
WflRm. W. Watkins, Sonjia
Braswell, Martin Anthony
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