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* A' ■ IT ALWAYS SEKMS THi; LESS YOl HAVE TO I)(f THE HAKD- ER IT IS TO FIND TIME To DO IT. VOLUME 19; NUMBER 45 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1957 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Dorl* A. S*nd*r« BOXING NIGHT I don’t know anything about boxing, nor havo I ever Vieen abie to get very interested in it. This does not mean, however, that I do not “believe in it." I think any form of athletics, properly instruct ed, is beneficial to the young men and women of our community, it provides wholesome recreation good exercise and perhaps a psy- chiartrist w r ould say it would be an outlet for letting off steam. I have been interested in the boxing matches held this season at the Youth Center among the young men of Newberry but again I repeat that I don’t know any thing about it, so will give credit for the following statements to a “ghost writer.” “All of our boys have learned how to give and take a punch, and the art of self defence. Along wilh this, they have developed their coordination which will help them greatly in other sports, such as baseball and football. Boxing, if instructed in the right way, can be a basic developer for an ath lete in any sport, as he acquires good fast footwork and complete mental and body control. With the exception of one or two boys, all have gained a good deal of weight and have acquired some strong shoulder, leg and neck muscles. A program such as this is going to present some fine athletes for Newberry in the next few years, and next year’s program is ex pected to be better than the cur rent one.” May I urge you to tear your self away from the Television Sat urday night and watch and en courage these youngsters? I be lieve you will enjoy it. New Grand Jury For 1957 Listed; Petit Jurors Named Lester To Head C. C. Society Fund Campaign cw! wr 1 u WAYBE THEY’RE NEEDED The State Chamber of Commerce s getting its dander up because >f a current move by the AFL-CIO ;o increase emphasis on union- zation of so-called “white, collar” vorkers. The targets, according to i “suggested editorial” sent out )y the Chamber, are banks, stores, schools, hotels, insurance firms, lospitals, advertising agencies, go 'eminent bureaus and printing and mblishing firms. The State Cham- >er has a right to be scared, I iuppose, especially after the Dar- ington Manufacturing plant of the dilliken chain closed immediately ifter its workers voted to union- ze. However, to pick one of the argest groups mentioned above, chat has the State Chamber of Commerce done to help the em- sloyees of the school system just or instance, to get a living wage ? Vhat has the State Development loard and most of all, the General Assembly done about it? Now ould you honestly blame teachers or finally resorting to a union is the only means of ever being ble to get a salary anywhere com- larable with the factory worker? "hey have each year had faith n the statements of their county [elegations “we couldn’t do it this ear, but NEXT year w T ill be the -ear.” Their faith is going to be haken a little farther this year, oo, if my guess is correct when hey find that in the end, they trill get a ten percent raise and trill be expected to be happy about hat for the next ten years before inother comes along. I have said ften in the past that the only re- ourse for teachers was to union- ze—or else strengthen the South ’arolina Education Association nough to have the courage to tage a walkout statewide until omething substantial is done, 'here are few people who would bject to a small tax increase to aise teacher salary, but unfor- unately those few seem to guide he reins tied to the members of he general assembly and nothing an be done by those few who nil speak out. With the teaching taffe of schools all over the tate rapidly deterioratirfg as is videnced by the state-wide aver- ,ge age of teachers, 44, does the Itate Chamber feel that industry f any proportion will want to ome into a state where children xe poorly taught? I would sug gest they concentrate their efforts a doing something along this line rhich would discourage the un- an rather than trying to fight by he unions through “suggested ditorials” which come to a news paper office by the dozen and are mmediately dropped into the wastebasket, except in this in- tance, and I’m sure the Chamber iidn’t intend it to be used in this (Continued on page 5) Granu Juror? 1 nvuit (‘ourt !y fur the year IJ.V, wen <lra\vr Wednesday morning ‘ y th* Jury Commissioners at the County Court House. A list of petit ju ror.' was also drawn to serve dur ing the March term of the Court of General Sessions, which con venes here on .March Is with Hon orable G. Badger Baker of Flor ence presiding. Grand Jurors are asked to report at Monday morning, March iHth and petit jurors on Tuesday morning at !l:dO. Holdover Grand Jurors fo> l!'f)7 tire James S. Setzler, J. 1). Cald well and J. H. Cook of Newberry; W. B. Hite of Prosperity, Route 2, L. F. Spearman of Chappells and Robert 1). Byrd Jr., of Whitmire. New jurors are Leland S. Wil son. Dan F. Chandler Jr., and T. A. Hargrove of Newberry; Vernon F. Epting and Hubert S. Fulmer, Prosperity routes; M. < >. Mayer, Pomaria route; Ray A. Wise, Par ker Martin, Berley Hawkins Sr., E. O. Shealy, William E. Senn and Aubrey Davis, Newberry routes. First, second and third alternates are Keitt Purcell, R. T. Albrecht and Richard L. Baker, all of New berry. Petit jurors include O I,. Cook Jr., Wilbur Shea'y. Ruben Hum phrey, Carl Bobb, Furman War ren, Carroll Eargle, Butler Moore, J. B. Connelly, Colie W. Jones Jr., C. C. Jenkins, Preston McAl- haney. Jeff Singley, Guy V. Whit- ener Jr., William H. Hawkins and Howard Clark of Newberry; Earl Hayes, Eugene Lipscomb, Gilder W. Cromer, Lindsey Stribble, O. L. Cousins, Monroe L. Boland, J. R. McLeod, M. H. Chapman, Ger ald C. O’Quinn, William O. Pitts, Virgil E. Shealy, H. O. Counts, Henrv F. Mills, Luther B. Shealy and J. D. McMeekin of Newberry routes; E. J. Shealy, George Ray Richardson, I. W. Summer of Prosperity routes; Dewey Adams, Prosperity; C. A. Shadow and Bunyan A. Comalander, Little Mountain. MISS LIMESTONE Miss Jean Spotts of Newberry has been selected as “Miss Lime stone College for 1957” and wull represent Limestone College in this year’s Miss Universe contest. Plans have been completed for tin- Easter Seal Drive, conducted be the Crippled Children’s Society of Newberry County, according to Mrs. J. D. French, county chair man. Fred V. Lester will head the drive which will begin on March 15th and last through April 15th. The six divisions of the drive will he mailing campaign for Eas ter Seals; special solicitations: Lily Day program, which w T ill be sponsored by the Marion Davis Mothers Club; school appeal com mittee; and coin containers. Five members of the local chapter attended the area meeting of the Crippled Children’s Society held in Columbia on February 26, to formulate plans for the drive. Jeff Bates, state chairman, thank ed those who attended for their interest in and help with the Crip pled Children’s Society, and offer ed encouragement for a successful drive in each county. Names of committee chairmen and other volunteer workers wrill bo published at a later date. Red Cross Drive Gets Underway The Business and Employee Division, 1957 Red Cross Drive is now underway, announced Wayne Martin, chairman of the 1957 Red Cross Drive. B. A. Buddin will serve as chairman of the City of Newberry, with (ieorge Tyson serving as chair man of the business and em ployee division. Workers for the city are P. M. Dennis, Dennis Newton, Jim my Price, T. S. Hallman, Nor man McElveen, Jim Atkison, James E. Nichols, Charles Dukes, Drayton Nance, Frank Smith, Dr. C. A. Dufford Jr., and Ed Beck. Swish Sisters Organization Grows Rapidly The “Sisters of the Swrish”, an organization to help publicize and celebrate the New?berry College Centennial, began its drive to en roll members at a meeting held Monday night in Wessels Library at the college. A large group was in attendance, despite the incle ment weather. Nineteen “Sister” divisions were formed, with Miss Margaret Pay- singer serving as chairman of the ladies division and Mrs. Naomi Epting heading up the Sisters of the Swish. Hundreds have been enrolled in the Swishing organi zation since the Monday night meeting. The groups and their leaders are as follows: Calico Cuties, Mrs. Clyde Tin dall; Classie Lassies, Mrs. Wayne Martin; Colonial Dames, Mrs. Ralph B. Baker; Cotton Blossoms, Mrs. James Atkison; Ladies in Crinoline, Mrs. Clem Youmans and Mrs. Richard Baker; Buttons and Bows, Mrs. George N. Mar tin; Rocket Belles, Mrs. Lonnie Gilliam; 'Bustle Rustlers, Sara Neff; Hoops-Away, Nancy Harri son; Swishy Dishes, Mrs. Dennis Newton; Busy Petticoats, Mrs. T. P. Crooks; Long Gone Panta loons, Emma Minick and Letitia Haiti wanger; Also, Twickenham Sisters, Mrs. Winifred Culclasure; The Pro gressive Graces, Mrs. A. E. Bed- enbaugh; Lilies of the Valley, Mrs. C. A. Kaufmann; Smeltzer Bon- nettes, Ina Sox and Eleanor Wig gins; Bustling Pioneers, Mrs. E. F. Perkins; Dixie Dolls, Dr. Ma mie Summer. One other group, wh^ch has not yet been given a name, will have as its leader Don na Heine. Bonnets to be worn by the Sis ters and derbies by the Brothers of the Brush are expected to ar rive in the near future and will be sold at th Centennial Headquart ers, which opened Wednesday morning on Main Street in the lo cation formerly occupied by Dixie Home Stores. A special date will he set later for the Sisters and Brothers to appear in public in bonnets and derbies. Baker Home To Be Feature Of Home, Garden Tour In April By MRS. WARREN COl SINS The South Carolina House and Garden Pilgrimage will he held in Newberry on April 26. It will he the first home and garden tour ever held in Newberry and spon sored by the Council of Newberry Garden Clubs. Mrs. Emerson E. Westwood is serving as chairman of the Newberry Tour. Mrs. War ren R. Cousins is publicity chair man. This tour will be one of a series of tours which will be con ducted throughout the state. Oth er tours will be held in Camden on April 10, Moncks Corner on April 24, Spartanburg on April 25, and W’innsboro and Ridgeway on April 30. The group of tours will be sponsored by the Garden Clubs of South Carolina. In charge of the whole series of tours is Mrs. Richard L. Baker of Newberry who is State chair man of the Garden Pilgrimage projects. Mrs. Clem Youmans of Newberry is the East Piedmont District Chairman of this project. A guidebook which will include pictures ' and descriptions of homes, gardens, public buildings, and parks that will be shown on all five tours is being prepared by Mrs. Baker. Advertisements fur nished by local merchants and organizations of these five towns will appear throughout the book. The advertising chairman in New berry is Mrs. W. Roy Anderson. Her assistants are Mrs. T. P. Crooks and Mrs. Vaughn Long. These guidebooks along with a map and itinerary will be given to each person who buys a ticket to the pilgrimage. The tickets will he $1.50 each and will be avail able locally before the tour date or at the “Old Court House” im mediately before the tour. At 10:00 a. m. the Newberry tour will begin at the Community Hall where coffee will be served by the members of the Civic League. All places on the tour will be open from 10:00 a. m. un til 12 noon and from 1:00 p. m. until 5:00 p. m. The Baker resi dence will be open only from 2:30 until 5:00 p. m. when tea will be served. Visitors from all over the state are expected to attend this tour (Continued on page 4) This lovely old home, now occupied by Mrs. Mary B. Parr, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Baker and Dr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Baker and family will be included in the Home and Garden Tour on April 26. Robbery Suspects Elude Dogs; Still Being Sought For Thefts < G Evangelistic Services For Baptists Set Members of the Reedy River Baptist Association will combine their efforts for a simultaneous evangelistic crusade, March 31- April 7. There are sixteen Bap tist Churches in the Reedy Asso ciation and all those participating will be having a revival at the same time. The hour for these revivals will he 7:30 p. m. each evening, with many of them hav ing morning services. Most of these churches will have a visit ing evangelist, but some of the pastors will be doing their own preaching. The following commit tees have been appointed: Rev. D. W. Satterfield, chair man of enlistment; Rev. Fay Lan- ford, chairman of finance; Rev. J. Ed Taylor, chairman of radio and publicity; Rev. James Mitchell, chairman of fellowship; Rev. C. O. Lamoreux, chairman of exten sion and specialty rallies; Rev. Lamar Gamble, chairman of cen sus. Earl Bergen, Brotherhood Presi dent, chairman of prayer meet ings. The public will be cordially in vited to attend these services, and also are asked to join in prayer for this evangelistic endeavor. Little Ladies Vie For Title. On March 15 On March 15 at the High School auditorium, some 250 young ladies, ranging in age from three years through seventh grade, will compete for “Little Miss New berry’” titles. The contest for the very young ladies will be held in the afternoon at 3:30 p. m. Con testants in grades five through seven will compete for the junior Queen title at 8:00 p. m. that night. A nominal charge will be made for those attending the contest. The first “Little Queen” contest in Newberry, sponsored by the Girls Glee Club, was held I4st year to raise funds for purchas ing robes. Proceeds this year will also be used in the work of the various musical groups directed by Miss Juanita Hitt. Last year’s queens were Trudy Todd, Jo Tyson, Jan Moose and Lisa Lominick. Among those who will compete this year are Derryll Satterwhite, (Continued on page 5) Three million man hours work ed without a lost time accident— that is the enviable record that was established last weekend by the employees of the Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company. D. O. Carpenter, manager of Oakland, stated today that the three million mark was expected to he reached over the weekend, but that it was not until a check of the number .of hours worked on the closing day of the week was M-Sgt. Yemen T. Bain, left, above, received his honorable discharge from the National Guard Monday night. He had served for three years as first sergeant of Headquarters Bat tery, 107th Battalion. The members of the battery pre sented him an electric razor as a parting gift. Replacing Sgt. Bain is M-Sgt. James N. Hall man, left, who has been a mem ber of the battery for about nine years. Sgt. Hallman had the honor of being chosen “Guard of the Month*’ for South Carolina recently. He and his wife, the former Margaret Shull, are both originally of West Columbia but now live in Laurens. They are both grad- a; made Monday morning that the record was assured. Telegrams were sent to Mr. Car penter by Richard R. Higgins, president of the Kendall Company “Congratulations to all of you on your outstanding record of having completed three million manhours of work without a lost time acci dent” and from Henry P. Kendall, “I would appreciate it if you would pass my congratulations on (Continued on page 5) uates of Newberry College. The presentation took place at the conclusion of the annual federal inspection. Inspecting officers included the Third Army Inspecting General, Maj. Thom as B. Harbin of Fort McPher son, Ga., Brig. Gen. Harry M. Arthur of Union, 51st Div. Ar tillery Commander; Lt. CbL William P. Wright, army advi sor to the 228th group, repre senting the Senior army advi sor; and Major Emory L. Mus- selwhite, Jr., army advisor to the 107th Battalion. Battery C of the 107th and the 246th Army Band underwent Federal inspec tion Tuesday and Wednesday nights, respectively. Inspection for the 228th Group is schedul ed for tonight. (Sunphoto.) A tip from an all-night service station attendant led the sher iff’s office and the South Caro lina Law Enforcement Division men to the hide-out of two men who are suspected of burglarizing at least four establishments in Newberry County in the early hours of Sunday morning. By time the officers and bloodhounds from SLED arrived on the scene, how ever, the two fugitives from jus tice slipped into the woods behind the house in which they were renting a room and disappeared into the darkness and rain. They have not yet been located. Sheriff Tom Fellers stated that an attendant at a service station on the bypass, after hearing news of the robberies, called officers to report that a car had stopped at his station during the early hours of Sunday morning to get gas. He knew one of the men, Walter N. Martin, but did not recognize his associate. He gave a description of the car to the in vestigating officials who passed word on to members of the high way patrol. Patrolman D. A. Reighley reported that he had seen a car answering the descrip tion parked at a house just across the Newberry County line in Lau rens County on the Greenville highway. Search warrants were made out and officials proceeded to the house occupied by William T. Martin. There they found much of the stolen merchandise but no trace of the two men who had been identified as Walter N. Martin and Eddie Peel. Blood hounds brought to the house ap parently picked up a trail but lost it as the rain poured down and washed away whatever scent may have been left by the men. The bloodhounds were called off about 9:00 o’clock Monday night. Found at the house, where Wal ter Martin rented a room for $4.00 a month, were seven radios, a television set and electric lawn mower taken from the Appliance Center on the cut-off, managed by A. P. Boozer, a bubble-gum machine taken from Whit’s Grill; six and one-half cases of beer taken from the establishment of Charlie Ruff. Although the burg lars entered the grocery and serv ice station operated by D. R. Rice at the intersection of the new by pass and the Bush River Road, they were frightened off by a gun-wielding Mr. Rice, who was sleeping in the rear of his store, and dropped the $25.00 they had taken from the cash register be fore fleeing. Mr. Rice took a shot at the car but evidently did not hit, as the car brought into New berry by the sheriff’s department did not show signs of having been (Continued on page 5) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS March 9: A. T. Hayes, Mrs. Pearle Pugh, Claude Summer, Dr. F. A. Truett, Joe S. Boland, Wofford Cooper Jr. March 10: Doris Dominick, Mrs. J. W. Denning, J. F. Lomi nick, Mrs. Reid Marett, Mrs. Gracie H. Cromer, Jimmy Ruff, A. N. Crosson, Mrs. J. W. Chap pell, Prof. R. E. Beck, E E. Epting, Frances Blackwell, Mary Gayle Wilson March 11: Mrs. Wodrow Rin ger, Mrs. Ryan Graham, Eliza beth Pinner Koon, Harriett Graham, Donald Bowers, Lor raine Lominick, Bennie Burns, Mrs. Hayne Shealy, Elizabeth Timmerman, Albert J ernes. March 12: Lt. Col- Harry Buz- hardt, Sam Johnson, J. M. Hove, Mrs. Clyde Tindall, Ruth Hey ward Hodges, Mrs. Ralph E. Epting, Donnie Stewart, Donnie Vanderford, Mrs. J. E. Ringer, Katherine Lominick, Edwin O. Lake, Dr. Louis Brossy, Steve Reeves Jr. March 13: Joseph L. Keitt Jr.. Marcha Lominack, Lena Senn Webb, Mrs. J. O. Jenkins, Rob Underwood, J. H. Wallemzine. March 14: T. M. Padgett, Par ker Martin, Virgil Gilliam, Mary Lee Franklin, Jimmy Weir. ' March 15: Patricia Jones, Mrs. George W. Heller Jr., Wof ford Cooper, Howard K. Bed- enbaugh, F. C. Wicker, Steve Reeves Sr., Rebecca Williams, Jimmy Park. Part of the merchandise stolen from three places of business early Sunday merning was found at the house in which rooms were rented by Walter Martin and Eddie Peel, being sought in connection with the break-ins and thefts. Shown above in^ this exclusive picture made at the scene are a radio and TV set taken from the Appliance Sales Company on the cut-off, and several cases of beer, taken from the establishment of W. R. Ruff. Other items stolen included cigarettes, combs, and bubble gum in a glass dispenser. (Photo for The Sun by WKDK Staff—Sims Tompkins.) Oakland Plant Safety Mark Over 3 Million Man Hours Bain Retires; Hallman Made 1st. Sgt. Local Guard Unit