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VOLUME 19—NUMBER 37
Someone has figured out
that the peak years of men
tal activity must be between
the ages of four and 18. At
four, we know all the ques
tions; at 18, all the answers.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 1957
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SCHOOL TALK
Someone asked me the other day
*‘what ever happened about the
schools? I haven’t seen much in
the paper about them since the
bond election.” Nothing much
has happened, so far as I have
been able to find out. You prob
ably remember reading a few
months ago that the County
Board of Education asked Hey
ward Singley, the architect who
drew plans for the $55Q,000 con
solidated high school for the low-
xnuch as possible and reduce ex-
muchh as possible and reduce ex
penditures to the minimum. Mr.
Singley told the group he expect
ed to have the revised plans, with
working blueprints, ready for the
Board to receive bids by Christ
mas. It seems in the meantime,
however, there was a temporary
hold-up of funds by the State Fi
nance Commission and a subse
quent hold-up by the architect,
who now says the plans should
be ready by the first of February.
The next regular meeting of the
Board is January 29th. If the
plans are received before that
time, it ijl expected that the
board will^meet in special session
to arrange for advertisement for
bids, etc- provided the project is
approved by the State Finance
Commieslipn. No other work in
the nature of building or renova-
-tion has been, or will be under
taken by the Board until the cost
of the consolidated high school is
determined. What money is left
then, if any, will be used, I under
stand, on a “priority” basis for
schools #here renovation is most
needed.
SPRING MUSIC
Spring mueic will be filling the
air in Newberry about the first
of April. You will see the stories
elsewhere in this paper and will
be reading more about it as time
goes on. To me, it would seem a
great opportunity for the school
students of Newberry, as well as
the teachers to be able to work
with such an outstanding musi- {
cian and teacher as Dr. Harry
Robert ipilson. You will be hear
ing more about the two planned
festivals from time to time—and
if you didn’t see the festivals last
year, I hope you will make plans
to attend this year. You will be
sure to enjoy them.
City Employees Commended For
Newberry’s Financial Status
Lecturer To Be
At College
Tomorrow At 10
speak in Holland Hall at Newber
ry College Friday, January 11, at
10:00 a. m. Dr. Priestley will
speak on India and Southeast
Asia, two sections of the world
that are very prominent in the
news today. Journey to Java with
Dr. Priestley to the Jungles of
Sumatra, fabulous Singapore, the
anti-communist villages of Ma
laya, rubber plantations, colorful
Thailand, Budhist temples, Bana
nas on the Ganges, the birth-place
of Buddhism, the villages of In
dia, Delhi, and the Taj Mahal in
the moonlight.
He wil also conduct a Seminar.
Dr. Priestley, an authority on
B&PW Sponsors
Bloodmobile
The Business and Professional
Women’s Club of Newberry will
sponsor the next visit of the Am
erican Red Cross bloodmobile to
Newberry County according to
an announcement from Claude L.
Weeks, Newberry County Blood
Program Chairman. The bloodmo
bile visit is scheduled for Tues
day, January 15 and will be lo
cated at the Lutheran Church of
the Redeemer between the hours
of 2:00 and 8:00 p. m. The quota
is again 100 pints
Mrs. Sadie Crooks is president
of the Business and Professiona
Women’s Club and has appointed
a committee to head the recruit
ment efforts. Each member of
the club is responsible for recruit
ing donors, however, and persons
who will give blood on this date
The City of Newberry during
its past fiscal year spent $670,
053.24 in its many varied opera
tions, ended the year with $2505-
.52 cash, and city officials, as us
ual, drew commendations from
the Certified Public Accountant,
E. L. McGowan, who audited the
city books.
In submitting the report to the
council, the auditor stated:
international affairs, was born in are requested to contact any club
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Windsor, England. He holds six
degrees in history, economics, and
political science. He has travel
ed in 60 countries and has taught
history at New York University.
For five years he served as vice
chairman of the Speakers Re
search Committee for the U. N.
He has lectured at more than 400
colleges and before numerous or
ganizations in this country and
abroad. Dr. Priestley is in great
demand as a speaker.
The public is cordially invited.
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BLOOD MONEY
Fifty dollars—that is about
what you would pay for a pint of
blood if you needed it and could
n’t get it except by buying it. As
long as Newberry County contin
ues in the Red Cross Blood Bank
the pint of blood would cost you
nothing. We have repeated many
that there is a charge for
inistering the blood by the
ital—but that charge would
be made if you were buying
blood, over and above the $50
would be paying. To stay in
blood bank, both funds and
must be given by citizens
Newberry County. This serv-
is available to you now, wheth-
you are hospitalized in New-
, Kalazamoo or Walla Walla,
only so long as Newberry re
mains in the blood bank, and that
Is only so long as you are willing
to donate to its operation.
The Bloodmobile will be held
Tuesday, January 15th at Luth
eran Church of the Redeemer
from 2:00 until 8:00 p. m. Donors
are asked to enter the basement
of the building from the 'Bound
ary street side. Those who donat
ed blood on the last visit, Novem
ber 27th, will not be eligible to
blood again on this trip, so,
many of those were the
"old faithfuls,” new faces will be
The Bloodmobile will not
tile city again, except for a
visit sponsored by the
citizens, for several
may be of interest to you to
that during a year’s time,
hospital administers an
884 pints of blood. This
into account blo6d
residents in Co-
other hospitals in this
places. See you
The Newberry National Guard Armory, constructed in the early 1940s was built to house one
unit of about 66 men. Today it accommodates four units—more than any other armory in the state
—with 359 men. Proposed enlargement would see a wing added to the right side of the building,
with some additional space possibly on the left. In the lower photo, Lt. Col. Barringer F. Wingard,
Executive Officer of the 228th AAA Group, illustrates the cramped classroom quarters. Some class
rooms are formed from lockers arranged as in the photo above; others are held in the open drill-
hall. Without the photographer in the room, this one will accommodiate six or seven men in addi
tion to the instructor. (Sunphotos by Doris A. Sanders.)
National Guard Armory Built For
66 Men; Now Accomodates Over 350
(This is the first of a series
of articles which will appear
from time to time concerning
the National Guard Armory
construction program and its
effect on residents of this coun
ty .Ed.)
The Newberry National Guard
Armory will be among those in- j
eluded in the
ories and renovate or enlarge 35
more at a cost of nearly $4 mil
lion during the next two years.
Whether or not construction be
gins will depend on state legisla
tive action on a bill asking for
25 percent matching funds to a
now available federal amount of |
nearly $3 million.
construction pro- Plans for the Newberry armory
gram aimed to build 26 new arm- are to enlarge facilities from the
present 3,853 square-foot-area to
19,010 square feet, not including
the drill hall. The local armory
was built to accommodate one
guard unit, but is presently being
used to house four units in
cramped quarters. Although the
strength of the guard has tripled
since the armory was built, only
about 700 square feet have been
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Moose Takes Over
As Exchange Head
Harry E. Moose was installed
as president of the Newberry Ex
change Club at a supper meeting
held Tuesday night at the Wise
man Hotel. He succeeds Hugh
Crooks in this capacity. Other of
ficers installed were Olin Layton,
vice-president; Frank Gilfillan,
secretary; Irvine Leslie, treasur
er; and Kenneth Tompkins, re
cording secretary.
President Moose appointed the
following committee chairmen:
Audit and Finance, Jacob Bow
ers; Program and Fellowship,
Charles E. Bowers; Entertainment
and Club House, Irby Longshore;
Public Affairs and Publicity, Rob
ert Odell; Lake Property, Carl
Amick; Interclub and Community
Service, T. H. Crooks; Education
and American Citizenship, Dr. R.
A. Goodman; Aviation, W. S.
Hentz; Youth Activities, Harold
Cook, Membership and Attend
ance, Garvice Taylor.
member who will gladly accept
your promise to give blood.
Mrs. P. M. Dennis is Service
Group Chairma in charge of vol
unteer workers. Persons who can
serve are invited to contact Mrs.
Dennis by telephone at 1510.
The need for fresh whole blood
is constant. The responsibility be
longs to all of us. The supply is
available to all of us in time of
need. Your support is needed to
insure that persons residing in
Newberry County will continue to
have a ready supply ef blood for
all emergencies.
Plan now to give a pint of blood
on Tuesday, January 15.
JASPER CHAPTER
MEETS FRIDAY
The Jasper Chapter, DAR, will
meet Friday at 4 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. H. B. Kirkegard
with Mrs. P. D. Johnson, Sr., Mrs.
Frank Smith and Mrs. T. O.
Stewart serving as associate hos
tesses.
Miss Minnie Todd
Services Sunday
Miss Minnie Todd, 76, died
Saturday morning at the New
berry County Memorial Hospi
tal after several weeks illness.
She was born in Newberry, the
daughter of the late James F.
and Martha Leake Todd. She
was a member of Newberry As
sociate Reformed Presbyterian
Church and had served as organ
ist for a number of years.
She is survived by one broth
er, Grover L. Todd of Newber
ry, and three nephews, Charles
E. Bowers of Newberry; James
T. and Frank A. Bowers, both o
Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 4 p. m. Sunday at Whitaker
Funeral Home by Dr. Paul L
Grier. Burial was in Rosemont
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were S. C,
Paysinger, Emory Bowman, Jesse
Frank Hawkins, Adam Wilson
Irvine Leslie and Joe Poole.
Honorary escort consisted o:
F. W. Ringer, Jr., Ernest Ray
Gilliam, C. B. Spinks, Dave
Hayes, H. Ci Holloway, Eugene
Blease,- Dr. James C. Kinard, Dr
E. J. Dickert, Jimmy Coggins
Walter Summer and elders of
Newberry ARP Church.
CALENDAR SOCIETY
The Calendar Society of Central
Methodist Church will meet Mon
day afternoon, January 14 at four
o’clock at the home of Mrs. R. M.
Lominack, 2012 Harper street.
SPEERS STREET PTA
The Speers Street Parent-
Teacher Association will meet to
night (Thursday) at the school
auditorium, at 8:00 p. m. An in
teresting program has been
planned by the program chair
man, Charles E. Bowers.
All members are urged to be
present.
ACCEPTS JOB AS
BAND DIRECTOR
Bobby Gilliam, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lonnie Gilliam, has com
pleted a three months course of
study at the Berklee School of
Music, Boston, Mass. He arrived
in Newberry before Christmas to
spend the holidays with his fam
ily, and left early this week for
Timmonsville, where he has ac
cepted a position as band direc-
or in the Timmonsville High
School.
Mr. Gilliam pursued a course
of study in professional music at
Berklee, with emphasis on 'com
posing, arranging, and profession
al instrumental music.
Dr. Harry Robert Wilson To Conduct School, College
Music Festivals In April; Singers Planning Reunion
High School Festival And
Clinics Be Held April 3-5
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no solution to
Newberry College
It was found,
ntan^d to
or
the
Dr. Harry Robert Wilson, dis
tinguished Professor of Music
Education at Teachers College,
Columbia University, New York,
will return to Newberry to con
duct the second annual Music Fes
tival of the Newberry City
Schools on April 3, 4 and 5.
Dr. Wilson is one of America’s
outstanding conductors of vocal
clinics and music festivals. When
his professional duties permit, he
is actively engaged in fulfilling
invitations to participate in .vocal
clinics and music festivals in all
parts of the country. His compo
sitions and arrangements are
widely used and enjoyed by teach
ers and students in all 48 states.
A workshop for all teachers in
the Newberry city and county
schools will be an added feature
of this year’s festival. This part
of the clinic will be held on Wed
nesday afternoon, April 3rd at
the Newberry high school audi
torium at 3:30.
The festival concert will be
presented at the high school aud
itorium on Friday evening, April
5th. Participating will be the
choruses from the 3rd, 4th and
so be the [ 5th grades of the five Newberry
Elementary schools; the Junior
High girls, the Newberry Boys
Choir, the Eighth Grade chorus
and the glee clubs of the Newber
ry High School.
This city-wide festival offers
every child in these grade levels
the opportunity to participate in
the spring music festival. Prior
to last year only a select number
of students were chosen to attend
the annual festivals held at Win-
throp College in Rock Hill.
The program this year will fea
ture a theme of “Folk Songs and
Dances.” Mrs. Meredith Harmon
will direct the dances and Miss
Juanita Hitt assisted by the
teaching staff of the Newberry
elementary schools, is preparing
the choral numbers. All types of
folk music will be used, including
such interesting numbers as the
Jewish folk song, “Hannakah,”
“The Heidi Yodel Song” from
Switzerland; Negro spirituals,
American Indian, Mexican, Dutch
and other numbers from many
countries around the world will
be presented on the “Folk Festi
val of Song and Dantfe.”
The Spring Music Festival of
1956 conducted by Dr. Wilson was
most successful, and all units par-
pating were given an excel-
rating by the conductor.
DR. HARRY ROBERT WILSON
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College Centennial Concert
To Feature Former Singers
A majority of the more than
2000 former members of the New
berry College Singers are expect
ed back in Newberry on April 7th
for a Music Festival in celebra
tion of the College’s Centennial
Year, according to Dr. Milton
Moore, head of the college music
department. Letters have been
sent to the former members of
the Singers group, which was or
ganized ip 1932, asking that they
attend and participate in the Cen
tennial Festival.
Portions of the concert will be
conducted by the famous music
educator, Dr. Harry Robert Wil
son, who is Professor of Music
Education at Columbia Univer
sity Teachers College. In special
recognition of the occasion, Dr.
Wilson has written a composition
“To This Day” and has dedicated
it to the Newberry College Sing
ers. He will conduct the group in
singing his composition, as well
as a group of others.
Also taking part on the hour
and a half festival program will
be The Newberry College Band,
tinder the direction of . Prof.
Charles Pruitt. The band will
play a group of selections, and
will also accompany the Singers
on some numbers. Prof. Darr
Wise will be organ accompanist.
Selections to be sung by the
group composed of former mem
bers as well as current members
of the Singers will be composi
tions which Have traditionally
been on the repertoire of the Sing*
ers since the inception of' that
group and which will be known to
all former members. Dr. Moore
is scheduling group rehearsals for
various sections of the state to
prepare the former Singers in
those localities for their partici
pation on the program.
This will be the first reunion
of the Newbenw College Singers
since the group wae organized.
The Festival will be held in
McLean Gymnasium and extra
seats will be provided in an ef
fort to accommodate what will
most probably be an overflow
attendance.
Dr. Moore, who directed the
Singers for a nunaber of years
previous to his return to
ry this year, j studied «u^w
Wilson at Columbia University
while Dr. Moore was working to
ward his doctor’s degree.
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:“The financial position of the
City of Newberry is very com
mendable. The city officials and
employees are performing an out
standing service in the handling
of the city’s affairs. The financial
records are very adequate and are
accurately maintained. We would
like to express our appreciation
to the city officials and employees
for their cooperation and toler
ance with our delay during the
course of this examination.”
The largest cash disbursement
during the year was in the elec-
trfc department, $188,146.77. Dur
ing the same period of time, elec
tric sales amounted to $278,210-
.95. Property taxes for 1955
brought $127,220.73 into the city’s
coffer, with the next largest
source of revenue being water
sales, $88,592.14. Business lic
enses accounted for $40,167.28 of
the city’s revenue, and miscellan
eous other items brought the to
tal revenue for the fiscal year to
$669,768.64. Cash on hand as of
September 30, 1955 was $2,790.12,
making a total of $672,558.76
available for the city’s operation
during October 1, 1966-September
30, 1956. Of this amount, $670,-
053.24 was spent, leaving the
$2,505.52 balance at the end of
the business year.
Councilmen were given copies
of the audit report at the monthly
meeting Tuesday night.
The City Fathers were visited
by a delegation from the Mer
chants Committee of the Chamber
of Commerce. Gerald Paysingpr,
spokesman for the group, read a
letter requesting cooperation of
city council on the parking situa
tion in the city. The recommen
dations made by the group were
(1) to make best possible use of
property belonging to the city;
(2) to set aside a portion of park
ing meter monies to provide and
maintain offstreet parking and
buying other properties as - they
become available; (3) to look into
widening the blocks of ' Main
Street; and (4) other items to be
discussed with a committee from
council before bringing them up
before the full council.
Mayor Kinard appointed a com*
mittee consisting of C. A. Duf-
ford, chairman; O. F. Armfield,
Jr. and S. D. Paysinger to work
with the Chamber committee.
Council approved the purchase
of four motor vehicles from the
Smith Motor Company, low bid
der, in the amount of $5,463.30.
Two of the vehicles are to be au
tomobiles for the police depart
ment; the other two, trucks for
the street department.
City Manager Ed Blackwell re
ported that he was working on
the job classification survey for
city employees and hoped to have
it ready for presentation to city
council within the next sixty days.
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
Jan. 9: Susan Cousin*. "
Jan. 11: Mr*. Can Price, Mrs.
Sadie Ringer, Mrs. Hrien Mow
er Suber, William R. Brooks,
Martha Jean Smith, Evelyn
Wright.
Jan. 12: Edgar L. Hiller, Mr**
Mary Parks Sr., Mrs. Nellie
Stokes, Mary Willis, Linda
Hawkins, Margaret Doolittle,
Jerry Satterwhite, David Cov
ington, Mrs. M. P. Derrick.
Jan. 13: Steve North, Mrs.
Andrena Oswald, Nora Kathryn
Kinard, Henry Livingston, D.
L. Halfacre, Mrs. J. G. Long, T,
D. Pitts, Jack Hughes, Henry
W. Shealy, Mrs. Thomas Booz
er, Mrs. Gerald Richardson,
Marion Crooks, Brenda < Bess
Graham.
Jan. 14: Paul B. Ezell, Mabel
Hiller, Mrs. James Brown, Rich
ard I. McWhirter, Mrs. Donald
White, Frances E. Sims, Jos
eph W. Hipp, Nathline Knight,
Richard Hfcnry Ruff.'
* Jan. 15: Mrs. Edna H. Fea-
gle, Edna Hite P. Ringer, Mrs.
C. A. Felker, Ann Workman, T,
D. Pitts Jr„ Kirksey X Kooa,|
Mrs. O. A: Felker.
Jan. 16: Beverly Clarkson,
James Montgomery Smith III,
W. M. Buford Jr.
Jan. 17: Mrs. E. L. Hurt, Wil-
butfiXong, .Xbn.-Alfred
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