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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
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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
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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