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m X : m TAKE OYER Youth is going to taekh the things tomorrow that old age failed to accomplish today. SELF RELIANCE Ever> r young man has to learn to paddle his own canoe, even if his father owns a yacht. VOLUME 19; NUMBER 40. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1957 4> $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Doris A. Sanders WORK IS NECESSITY At a meeting called last Friday to discuss the advisability of form ing in Newberry a Citizens Com mittee on Children and Youth, the problem of delinquent school students was being discussed. Dr. James C. Kinar^who was moder ator during thefdiscussion, made .the statement, “the need is for more teachers at higher pay. Among those present was Re presentative T. William Hunter, who did not express his feelings about the teacher pay raise bill, but who did get up to say that it was his opinion that the reason for delinquency was because both parents in a family worked and left their children,when they were small, in the hands of another person. Perhaps he is right; al though I have wonderful baby sitter and have nk fears about the well-being of ovUMittle girls when I am away, I stiu feel a little gui- ly about leaving them for only about 15 hours a week. However, when one’s husband is a teacher, Mr. Hunter, there is not much to do except for the wife to work in order to rear a family at the standard of living expected of a teacher. I realize: that this will not apply to many families because there are few men teachers. You know the answer to that—there will be few men teachers until the state decides t© pay a reasonable salary. I was ticking to a lady the other day whose son is in college and would lihe to study education, but she discourages him because she knows he would not be able to make a living which would re compense him for the long years of study. That is simple enough an answer as to the reason that young college graduates are not entering the profession. BIRTHDAY SURPRISE Judge Eugene S. Blease celeb rated hip birthday on January 28th rnd birthday messages from his multitude pf friends came from every part of the state. About the nicest, though, was a birth day telephone call he received Sun day from Lt. Steve C. Griffith, J r. The unusual thing about the call was that it came all the way from Bamberg, Germany, where Steve is stationed with the U. S. Army, jough Judge and Mrs. Blease ’no advance knowledge of the lf Steve’s parents, Judge and s! Griffith and their other son, ie, did and they were also on . to say hello bo their son. „ttle late, but I, too, would like to extend heartiest congratulat ions to “Uncle Gene” EMERGENCY ONLY You will notice in a story else where in this issue that the Red Cross Blood program has an emer- 4 pcy basis because of the low llections of blood in recent weeks Huding the collection of only 24 pints of a 100 pint quota on the last visit to Newberry a coup le of weeks ago. There is a man * in the local hospital who was des perately ill Monday. The Blood Center sent three pints of his type of blood but that wasn’t enough and members of his family went to Columbia to get more from the Blood Center. They got four pints—all the center had because it was a rare type of blood. For tunately, it was. enough to pull the man through that stage of his illness. But because the Blood Center is completely out of that type blood, Claude Weeks, the hos pital manager, has compiled a list of persons with that type in case it is needed. The type is O-negative and perhaps if you have that type you would let Mr. Weeks know —because most of you know the man I refer to who has been ser iously ill, and might still need your blood. But that is an example of what will have to be done if Newberry County does not keep up with its .quota of blood donations. I feel «ure our good Negro citizens will respond generously, as they al ways do, when the bloodmobile visits here next week. S. S. Wig- ' fall, Supt. of GaHman High School, • Is chairman of the recruitment program for donors and with the help of other Negro organizations, jpfeel sure they will surpass their quota and help out Newberry Coun ty. Our Negro citizens seem to realize sometimes more than we do the value of the blood program, 'and they, too, benefit. Just a few days ago, a little colored girl, Dave Waldrop’s farm had to i taken to Charleston to under- a type of complicated surgery. Cent, on page 4 Cousins Is County Winner Five-Acre Cotton Contest IRA T. COUSINS NAMED Ira T. (ou-sins was named a> the Newberry County Five-Acre Cotton contest winner at a lunch eon at the Jcfte:\son Hotel in ( ol- umbia Tuesday. Runner-up for the county was J. M. Clary. Mr. Cousins had an official yie ld of 4,550 pounds of lint cotton from his five acres. 1 he yield on Mr. Clary’s five acres was 2,3/5 pounds. The state winner of the 1950 contest was F. M. Wannamaker of St. Matthews in Calhoun Coun ty with an official yield of 6,790 pounds. W. N. Henderson of Ninety Six was second place winner with a yield of (5,685 pounds of lint. The winner of the State Youth Agricultural Scholarship was Har old Brunson of Sumter County. His yield was 4,720 pounds. Prizes totalling $5,725 were a warded at the luncheon. The win ner of the firts state prize re ceived a check for $750. First and second county prizes of $50 and $25 each were awarded contest winners in 43 of the 46 counties. In each of these counties, 10 or more contestants completed de monstrations to make them elig ible for county prizes, donated by the South Carolina Cottonseed Crushers Association. The state prizes were donated by the S. C Textile Manufacturers Association and the Youth Scholarship, $500 by the Atlantic Cotton Associat ion. The contest was conducted by Clemson College Extension Ser vice. George B. Nutt, director of the Clemson extension service, presided at the luncheon. County Agent Paul B. Ezell, and Messrs. Cousins and Clary attended the luncheon. Participating in the meeting last Friday to discuss formation in Newberry of a Citizens Committee on Children and Youth were Mrs. J. K. McDonald of Winnsboro, president of the state commit tee, and Dr. James C. Kinard, who served as moderator. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) Much interest was shown in the organization of a Newberry chap ter of the South Carolina Citizens Committee on Children and Youth a meeting held last Friday in the Agriculture building at the call of Mrs. C. M. Smith Jr., who is county representative on the State Committee. Mrs. Smith presided and intro duced Mrs. J. K. McDonald of Winnsboro, chairman of the state committee, who explained the work and aims of the group. Serving as moderator during a discussion period was Dr. James C. Kinard. Represented were of ficials of the county schools and teachers, city and county officials and members of the Department of Public Welfare and other local organizations. i . . It was the consensus of opinion of the group that such an organ ization might be of real value to this county. Mrs. Smith was asked to remain as county representa tive on the state committee until the May meeting of that group, and in the meantime to send let ters to member county groups, in cluding PTA councils, members of the Federated Women’s Clubs Crippled Children’s Society and others to explain the work of the Citizens Committee to those memberships, and to urge them to send a representative to a meet ing to be called by Mrs. Smith after the state meeting in May. More details concerning the forming of this organization will be published in subsequent issues of The Sun. Hendrix Rites Are Incomplete George W. Hendrix, 59, resi dent of Route 3, died Tuesday night at the Newberry County Me morial Hospital after a short ill ness. Mr. Hendrix was born and reared in Newberry, a son of the late James H. and Mrs. Emma Swindler Hendrix. He lived most of his life near Newberry where he was a member of Lewis Meth odist Church and a member of Amity Lodge No. 87, AFM. He was known throughout Newberry County for the many pork barbe cues that he had prepared at his home on the Bush River Road. He was married to the former Hattie Davenport who died a number of years ago. - He is survived by one son, Chief PAR James P. Hendrix, U. S. Navy aboard the USS Forrestal; two daughters, Mrs. Eloise Smith of Pendleton, and Mrs. Alma Hill of Spartanburg; two sister’s, Mrs. D. J. Williams of Newberry, and Mrs. Rachel Ming of Columbia; two brothers, Monroe Hendrix, of Newberry, and Lee Hendrix of Columbia; and three granddaugh ters. Funeral arrangements will be announced from McSwain Funeral Home. Blood Now For Emergency Only Officials of the Newberry Coun ty Memorial Hospital have re ceived notice from the Red Cross Regional Office in Columbia that due to an exceedingly low blood supply, the hospitals in this re gion could be supplied blood for absolute emergencies only. This means that elective surgery that might require blood transfusions should be postponed until such time as an increased blood supply is available. It is hoped that good collections during the w’eek might make it possible for the Regional Blood Office to return to normal operations. This emergency status is due to reduced collections and increased demands for blood through the Columbia Region. Newberrians might feel that they contributed to this condition as a result of the poor donor response at the Janu ary 15 Newberry Bloodmobile op eration when only 24 pints were collected with the quota being 100 pints. This is the first time in several years the Newberrians have failed, to this extent, to re spond to the request for blood. It is realized that this low response was due to a large extent to the very inclement weather of Janu ary 15 but with or without bad weather, the need for blood is constant. Local Red Cross Chap ter Officials are certain that Newberrians will redeem them selves at future 'Bloodmobile op erations by exceeding the quota. Next Tuesday, February 15, is the date of the next Newberry County visit and will be an all- Negro operation under the direc tion of S. S. Wigfall, principal of Gallman High School. Mr. Wigfall will be assisted by Ralph Williams, Dr. J. E. Grant, public school teachers, members of the Newber ry Ministerial Alliance, and other interested community leaders. The Bloodmobile unit will be lo cated at the Vincent Street Rec reation Center between the hours of 3:00 and 9:00 p. m. All per sons eligible to donate blood are urged to do so with the hope that Newberrians will do their part in helping to relieve the blood short age in the Columbia Region. Doctors J. E. Grant, J. Claude Sease, V. W. Rinehart, and E. H. Moore will give of their services for this visit. Oakland Plant Takes Honors In Kendall Company Safety Contest y • V > ' ; ' ‘ V#*,"' . .. Among those attending the dinner Monday night at the Community Hall in honor of the Oakland plant’s safety record for 1956 were, left to right, Sgt. C. H. Bailey, guest speaker, safety division of the S. C. Highway Department; Joe D. Poole, personnel director of Kendall Company, Cotton Mills Division; Alec Savage, general manager of the division, both of Charlotte; I. J. Via, safety division of the State Department of Labor; D. O. Carpenter, manager of Oakland plant; and Fred Ponder, S. C. Commissioner of Labor. (Sunphoto)) REVEALS CHARACTER The chain of life os forged with little rings—each word and act forming a part of it. Bakers To Hold Open House Coffee Party For Polio Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Baker will hold an Open House Coffee Party for Polio Thursday (to night) from 7:00 until 9:00 p. m. at their home on Walnut Street. Those who are participating in the Mothers March on Polio are especially invited, and all other persons who have not been able to attend a coffee party, or would like to attend another will be cor dially welcomed. 1— Calvin Crozier Meets Tuesday The Calvin Crozier chapter, Un ited Daughters of the Confeder acy, will meet at the Wallace Home on Tuesday, February 5th at 8:00 p. m. The hostesses are Miss Juanita Hitt, Mrs. W. Ray Feagle, Mrs. A. M. Summer, Mrs. S. A. Meek and Mrs. George Dav enport The topic for this meeting is Sidney Lanier, philosopher, poet, scientist and musician. Boys Choir Miami Fund Is $500 Short; Donors JNamed The “Boys Choir to Miami” fund is only $500 short of its quota, according to Miss Juanita Hitt, di rector of the choir, who expressed appreciation for the generous re sponse of business firms and in dividuals to help the members of the Newberry -Boys Choir make a trip to Miami, Fla., where they have been invited to sing for the National Music Educators Conven tion- Miss Hitt and members of the choir, whose parents will each pay $15.00 to help pay expenses of the trip, wish to thank the following for their donations: The Civic League, Bergen Cloth ing Co., T. O. Stewart, Dr. F. A. Truett, Efird’s, Newberry Drug Co., Lominick’s Drug Store, Gil der &Weeks, Main Street Phar macy, Moliohon Plant of Kendall Mills, Chapman-Hawkins Hard ware, Main Street Flower Shop, Billy DeHines, A. J. Bowers, Jun ior High PTA, Spotts Construc tion Co., Mrs. Boyd Clamp, Hugh Connelly, R. R. Bruner, Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Western Auto, Dr. Lowman, Miller’s Grocery, Rice’s Grocery; Also Burns & Summer, City Barber Shop, Tots-To-Teens, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Davis, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Able, Dr. E. H Moore, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Baker, Dr. and Mrs. V. W. Rinehart, Dr. and Mrs. Von Long, Dr. C. A. Dufford, Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Livingston, Dr. and Mrs. Elbert Dickert, Dr. and Mrs. B. M. Montgomery, Lay- ton Bros., Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Bud- din, McElveen Buick, Oakland Plant of Kendall Mills, D. O. Car penter, Everette Longshore, Whit- ener Lumber Co., Champion Pa per and Fibre Co., Cannon Con struction Co., J. L. Welling and Associates, Shealy Motor Co.; Also, Ralph Young, W. H. De- Hines, Martin Feed and Seed Store, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Blair, Mr. and Mrs. R. Herman Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Brown, City Filling Station, New berry Packing Co., C. T. Summer, Inc., Leavell Radio & TV, Palmet to Cotton Office; Newberry Gar- ment Co., Hayes Motor Co., Mrs. 8ponsors the contest - •Ben T. Buzhardt, Waldo C. Huff- Four yomg queens wi Little Queens To Be Chosen The second annual “Little Miss Newberry” contest will be held this year on March 15th at the Newberry High School auditor ium, according to Miss Juanita Hitt, whose high school chorus Alec Savage, general manager of Kendall Company’s Cotton to W. D. I^inney, chairman of the Oakland plant safety committee, Monday night at the Community Hall. (Sunphoto) Mills Division, awards the Safety Contest Winner for 1956 plaque as Oakland supervisors look on. The award was made at a dinner man, Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Kauf- mann, Buzhardt Furniture Co., J. Ellerbe Sease Farm Machinery, Smith Motor Co., J. Ellerbe Sease Recapping Co., Clifford T. Smith, Security Corp., Ruff Implement Co., Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gilfillan, Odorless Cleaners; Also, Newberry Creamery, Mr. and Mrs— Ernest Brooks, Newton Tire & Recapping Co., Mr. and Mrs. George Sessions, T. Roy Summer, Inc., B. C. Moore & Son, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Burgess, C. C. Hipp, Inc., Murrqy Sheppard, Car ter’s Flowers & Gifts, Mr. and Mrs. George Tyson, Royal Clean ers, Whitaker Funeral Home, Jones’ Florist Shop, Newberry Lumber Co., A. L. Longshore’s Service Station, Ed Adams, Kirk Pontiac Co., Mrs. Mattie G. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Smith, Hal Kohn; Also, Wertz Music & Appliance Cont. on page 8 will be chos- Mesdames E. M. Lane and J. W. three years and go through the seventh grade. The 1966 queens were Trudy Todd, “Toddler Queen”; Jo Tyson, “Lovely Little Lady”; Jan Moose, “Little Miss Newberry”; and Lisa Lominack “Miss Junior Newber ry”. Further arrangements about the contest will be published later in The Sun. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davis of Chattanooga, Tenn. spent the weekend with Mrs. Davis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Leavell and sister, Miss Betty Leavell. W % Ws. 4. m§.. For the second consecutive year, the Kendal Company, Oakland the Kendall Company, Oakland ing attained the highest number of manhours worked without a lost time accident among the plants in the Cotton Mills Divis ion. The Oakland plant now has a record of over two and three- quarter million manhours worked without an employee having lost time because of an accident on the job. In honor of this achievement, a banquet was held Monday night at the -Community Hall at which time a plaque was presented the Oakland plant for the fine record it has attained. Alec Savage, gen eral manager of the Cotton Mills Division, of Charlotte, presented the plaque. It was accepted on behalf of the Oakland Safety Com mittee by W. D. Kinney, chairman. A Certificate of Merit was pre sented on behalf of Liberty Mu tual Insurance Company of Spar tanburg by E. L. Fermenter to Mrs. Mildred M. Kyzer, who ac cepted it on behalf of the Safety Committee. Miss Carrie Belle Strayhorn, assistant personnel director of the Cotton Mills Division, of Char lotte, presided at the dinner. Mr. Savage was introduced By Joe Poole, personnel director, Charlotte. Guest speaker at the occasion was Sgt. C. H. Bailey of the safety division. South Carolina State Highway Department, whose sub ject was safety on the highways. Others present for the occasion included D. O. Carpenter, mana ger of the Oakland plant; I. J. Via, of the safety division. State Department of Labor and Fred Ponder, Commissioner of Labor of Columbia. Oakland was the only plant in Kendall’s cotton mill division to be honored this year for its safe ty record, although a number of other plants received mention for the good safety records they had attained. * In addition to the officials of the Cotton Mills Division and the Oakland plant, others enjoying the dinner were supervisors and members of the safety committee of the Oakland plant and repre sentatives of other plants in the Cotton Mills Division. A . 1m m3 .s? i- v • Feb. 1: Mrs. Hugh K. Boyd, Eugene Griffith, ‘Mary Sidelle Crooks, Diane Wright, Peggy Ann Pitts, Ralph Bedenbaugh, Mary Ann Moore.. Feb. 2: R. C. Williams, Peggy Sue Price, Seth Meek, R. C. Neel, Jr., Carolyn Eleazer, Larry A. Milstead. Feb. 3: Bernard Hawkins, Mrs. T. J. Harmon, Mrs. Frank Sligh, Mary Etta Coppock, Clem I. You mans, W. Ellerbe Pelham, Mrs. Claudia Suber, Arthur Pitts. Feb. 4: A. H. Counts, Mrs. Henry T. Fellers, Miss Anna Hiller, Sherill Jean Humphries, Mrs. Horace T. Boozer, John' L. Lindler, Jr., Kay Nichols, Dianne Shealy. Feb. 5: Anne Enlow, Mrs. Har old Aull, A. T. Livingston, Tom my Longshore, W. B. Timmer man, Loretta Wrets, Mrs. Frank Graham, Jacqueline Counts, Margaret Hawkins, Mrs. Duf- fie Freeman, Mrs. W. A. Webb, Jeff Waldrop, Mrs. Fred Hayes, Johnnie Touchberry. grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John * T. Cro mer, Mrs. R. B. Shealy of Little Mountain, Waties Pope, Tom H. Westwood. ’ Feb. 6: Gene Hendrix, Mrs. C. W. Bowers, Bessie Bradley, Pat Thompson. Feb. 7: Mack Calcote, Henry Baker Summer, Edward Kent Duckworth, Mrs. A. B. Nugent, Sarah Alice Long, Mrs. Ernest Long, James Abrams, William Thomas Werts, Mrs. A. A. Cle- land, Mrs. J. Harold Hendrix, Lola Davenport, Dale Cannon. ' • '•,. V ■'' < f, Among those who were honored at the State Jersey Cattle Club meeting last Friday at the Legion Hut were Judith Halfacre, who was honored for 4-H Club Work and left to right, Henry Parr, W. W. Parr, Prof. J. P. La Master of Clemson who presented the aw ards, and Clifford T. Smith. Messrs. Parrs and Smith won honors for production records. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) U Newly elected officers and speakers* at the Jersey Cattle Club meeting last Friday are shown above, left to right, G. E. Hawkins of Greenwood, re-elected secretary-treasurer; Melvin G. Cording of Wallace, N. C., national director of the American Jersey Cattle Club, toastmaste and speaker; William E. Senn, re-eelected presi dent; J. F. Cavanaugh of Columbus, Ohio, executive secretary of AJCC, guest speaker; and Furman Epps, vice-president. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) , ■ ?a M •W- Wmm