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MOST CHILDREN ARE DES CENDED FROM A LONE LINE . . . THEIR MOTHERS ONCE LISTENED TO. VOLUME: 19; NUMBER 47 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1957 ♦ $2-00 PER YEAR Impressive Scene At Park On House, Garden Tour An inspiring scene at Margaret Hunter Park, which will be featured on the April 26 House and Garden Pilgrim age, is the setting for the Easter Sunrise Service held each year. (Photo by Nichols.) By The Way By Doris A. Sanders MY APOLOGIES Once in a while, an article which is commonly used may get to be known by a trade name, although the person using that name means merely to mention the article, not the company by which it is made. This happened last week in this column when 1 mentioned that my girls asked for a certain type of strip bandage—I won’t repeat the name again because I have been duly called upon the carpet for doing so last w T eek. What 1 should have said was that the girls asked for a CURAD —and I don’t mind giving you that trade name, because Curads are Bandages manufactured by •Bauer and Black, a division of the Kendall Company which spends millions of dollars each year on payrolls in Newberry County. My apologies to the Kendal Company for using that other word last week. SWISH BONNETS Policeman Gene Shealy says that if I don’t soon get my bon net, he is going to lock me up in the city jail for not being a loyal supporter of Newberry College and its Centennial Celebration. I have been fussing about the same thing for a couple of weeks but now I lehrn that the bonnets will be ready for distribution when the Sisters of the Swish meet Mon day night at the College. If there is a sudden appearance of lassies dressed in bonnets of a 100-year- ago period on the streets next Tuesday, don’t be surprised. It’s all part of the celebration which is growing by leaps and bounds. Soon anyone who is beardless and bonnetless will be afraid to appear in public. NAMES WANTED Df. R. A. Goodman, who is in charge of sending out invitations to the College Centennial Celebra tion, is sure that many Newber- rians have friends to whom they would like invitations sent. He asks that you please send the name and address of any person you would like to invite to him in care of Newberry College, and he will see that the invitation gets on the way promptly. He would like the names as soon as possible. Lake Hardware Entered Monday Sheriff Tom Fellers’ office re ports that the Lake Hardware Company, located on the Columbia Highway near Boyd’s Crossing, was broken into Monday night and merchandise amounting to about $100 was stolen. There has been no arrest in the case as yet. * SINGSPIRATION SERVICE AT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH There will be a Singspiration Service at Calvary Baptist Church, College street extension, on Sun day, March 24 at 2 p. m. Every one is extended a cordial invita tion to come out and enjoy the singing and fellowship. MOTHERS CLUBS HAVE JOINT MEETING The Mothers Clubs of Newberry will hold a joint meeting on Fri day afternoon of this week at 4 p. m. The principal topic of dis cussion will be flouridation. The Newberry House and Gar den Pilgrimage tickets are now available to the public at the Nov elty Shop and Carter’s Flowers & Gifts. The tickets are $1.50 each. Information about tickets may be obtained from Mrs. John Frazier who is ticket chairman. \ The charming residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Kemper at 1601 Circle Drive will be a pleasing tour attraction. This attractive home which was built last year is typical of a large number of new houses which are being built in Newberry. The center of interest in the living room is a novel Roman brick fireplace which has a raised hearth and a* pink marble mantle. Over the piano is a lovely por trait of Mrs. Kemper when she was a child. A unique planter al so of Roman brick and filled with beautiful foliage plants frames the view of the dining area from the living room- In the cheertul pine paneled den, the other side of the chim ney features a barbecue grill. The kitchen has a color scheme of cit ron and red and is co-ordinated with the den through the use of rustic pine paneled cabinets with antique hardware. The furnish ings and colors throughout the house convey the contemporary feeling. Margaret Hunter Park, one of the most beautiful parks in the county, will be another tour at traction. This park was originated in 1934 when a committee met in a four acre pasture which' belonged to the city of Newberry to mark the location of a swimming pool. Two members of that committee were Mrs. Margaret Hunter and Dr. Mamie Summer, president and vice-president, respectively, of the Civic League at that time. Shortly after the death of Mrs. Hunter, Dr- Summer became president; and the park was nam ed in memory of Mrs. Hunter. Upon completion of the swim ming pool, the Civic League be gan the beautification of the park area. Increasing the beauty of Margaret Hunter Park has been the favorite project of this or ganization ever since. Thousands of shrubs, quince, camellias, aza leas, and pink and white dogwood along with many other plants a- dorn these grounds. The beautiful old trees have all been preserved and many more planted. Every Christmas the Civic League sets up a manger scene at the park and sponsors annually an Easter Sunrise service, both of which attract thousands of peo ple from far and near. The trees, shrubs, and flowers offer a haven of rest and beauty to all who care to linger in Mar garet Hunter Park. The public is urged to make plans to attend this tour of New berry on April 26, and to obtain tickets in advance. Wicker, Butler Are Elected A special Democratic primary was held in Newberry County Tuesday to elect magistrates in the Prosperity and Chappells- Silverstreet districts. In the Prosperity magistrate’s race, unofficial records showed W. B. Wicker received 228 votes, Joe N. Wilson, 200 votes and H. I. Fellers, 144 votes. In the Chappells-Silverstreet race, J. Chess Butler received 153 votes, J. Milton Pitts, 149 votes and R. L. (Bob) Dorroh, 23 votes. The vacancies in the two dis tricts resulted when Claud Wilson, magistrate at Prosperity, died recently, and Luther B. Beden- baugh, magistrate of the Chap pells-Silverstreet district, resign ed. The Newberry County Demo cratic executive committee will meet at 11 a. m. today (Thurs day) in the courthouse to de clare the results of the primary. Committees Of Grand Jury The 1957 county Grand Jury which convened on March 18th elected as its foreman Leland Wil son. In the Jury’s presentment to Hon. G. Badger Baker, the fol lowing committees were named: County schools: Robert D. Byrd Jr., chairman; M. O. Mayer, Ray W. Wise, Dan F. Chandler. County officials: L. F. Spear man, chairman; Vernon F- Ept- ing, Parker Martin, Berley Haw kins Sr. County buildings: J. H. Cook, chairman; T. A. Hargrove, Her bert S. Fulmer, E. O. Shealy. Chaingang, roads and bridges: W. B. Hite, chairma#; William E. Senn, Aubrey Davis, Keitt Pur cell. Reports of these committees will be given in a later .present ment to the Court. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS March 23: Mrs. Frank Mow er, Mrs. L. D. Nichols, Joyce Chapman. Larry Danielson, Lin da Waldrop, Mrs. J. W. “Bill” Smith, Luther B. Bedenbaugh. March 24: Mrs. Fred Richard son, Mrs. Jeff Waldrop, Richard Perkins, Hayne Shealy. March 25: Rev. M. L. Kester, Nancy Stone, Lt. Howard N. Parks, David H. Long, Mrs. Hel en B. Folk, Mrs. Boyd Living ston, Jeanette Rinehart, Mar cus Hendrix, Janice Ringer, Myrle Hanna. March 26: Caroline Pool, Mrs. E. L. Blackwell, Marvin Eugene Schumpert, Sue Hutchinson. March 27: Mrs. Lucy Smith . Lambeth, Thomas Hugh Crooks, Marvin Abrams Jr., Phillip Earl Cromer, Mrs. -George R. Summer. March 28: H. O. Newman, Elizabeth Ann Ruff, Sylvia Shell, H. T. Lake, Johnnie S. Harmon, Horace Cromer, Ralph Higgins, Ruth M. Swygert, David Leonard Turner. March 29: Mrs. Forster Smith, Mrs. Norma Wessinger Glymph, Miss Pauline Williams, James. D. Perry, Tommie Long, Rob ert Clayton Smith, Jr., Harvey Drawdy, E. S. Southerland, George N. Martin.. Invalid Of 24 Years Tries For * Relief In Experimental Surgery The beginning of a journey with the hope of a cure, Claude Kyzer left Tuesday night for New York to see a surgeon who may be able to bring relief to an affliction he has had for 24 years. With him are Mrs. Kyzer and Billy McSwain, whose ambulance took the Kyzers to Co lumbia. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) Guilty Pleas, Jury Cases Heard At Criminal Court Today ,a Newberry man who has suffered for 24 years from Parkinson’s disease, commonly called “shaking palsy,” should know whether there is a chance for him to lead a normal life the remainder of his days, or whether he is doomed forever to his bed, completely helpless for the bal ance of his life. It all began when Claude Kyzer, who has been unable to even feed himself for the past 12 years, and his wife were both confined to the Newberry County Memorial Hos pital with influenza in January. A nurse on duty called to Mrs. Kyzer’s attention an article in the January 19 issue of The Saturday Evening Post captioned “Daring Operation for ‘Shaking Palsy’ ”— with a subtitle, “dramatic surgery has brought improvement to hund reds of victims of baffling, insid ious Parkinson’s disease.” The story described experimen tal surgery ^performed by Dr. Ir ving Gooper at St. Barnabas Hos pital in New York City, to relieve the violent tremors caused by Parkinson’s disease. Absolute al cohol is injected through a needle inserted deep in the patient’s brain center to destroy the nerve cells which cause the crippling tremors. Mr. and Mrs. Kyzer and his brother, Raymond became intense ly interested in the hope for a cure and discussed the article is repeated several Lmes over two or three days. The Saturday Evening Post re ports that in seventy cases re ported by Dr. Cooper in 1955, there had been two postoperative deaths and two cases of paralysis. In the Spring of 1956, Dr. Coop er reported on 145 Parkinsonism patients: “marked lasting alle viation of tremor and rigidity in seventy percent of these patients ” The mortality rate remained at slightly less than three percent and the rate of paralysis at about two percent. Knowing all the facts, the possi bility of death or paralysis, Mr. Kyzer was not only willing but anxious to make the trip And un dergo the surgery if the doctors decide that he might be benefit- ted. On Tuesday night at 7:00 p. m. 7j he was carried to Columbia by isease s j£ c g wa j n ambulance. There he and Mrs. Kyzer, accompanied by Mrs. Raymond Kyzer boarded the Silver Meteor which took them to New York. When they arrived, •4.1. r> i u n r» i u they contacted Travelers Aid for with Dr. Ralph P. Baker, who . , . ... n. n .vJ;- hel P in securing living quarters, The Court of General Sessions, MJarch term, convened at the county courthouse Monday morn ing with the Honorable G. Bad ger Baker of Florence presiding. A new grand jury was called into session and a number of guil ty pleas were taken on Monday. On Tuesday, more pleas were tak en and jury trials began. Coming before the court were the following cases: Willie Chick, driving under the influence, second offense, one year or $1000, suspended on service of three months or payment of $275, placed on probation for three years. George Harold Phillips, driv ing under the influence, second offense, one year or $1,000, sus pended on service of three months or payment of $225, placed on probation for three years- Thomas Cannon, driving under the influence, second offense, one year or $1,000, suspended and placed on probation for^nvo years Charles Gaffney, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, one year, suspended and placed on probation for two years. Henry Duncan, non-support, one year or $7.50, suspended, placed on probation three years and or dered to pay $10 per week for support of dependents. Jesse Dean, non-support, one year, suspended and placed on probation for three years and ordered to pay $10 per week for support of dependents. Bill Brooks, non-support, one year or $1,200, suspended and placed on' probation for three years and to pay $20 per week for support of dependents. Albert Lee Gaffney, pointing firearm, six months, suspended and placed on probation for 18 months. Eric Richardson, non-support, one year or $800, suspended and put on probation for three years, and to pay $8 per week for sup port of dependents. L. W. Burton, non-«upport, one year or $700, suspended and placed on probation three years and to pay $5 per week for support of dependents. Smith Davis, non-support, one year or $7.50, suspended and placed on probation three years and to pay $10 per week for support of dependents. Walter S. N.‘ Martin, house breaking and larceny, three counts, one year on each count to run consecutively. Joe Ed Wicker, assault of a high and aggravated nature, two counts, two years on each count to run consecutively. David Hawkins, one year sus pended sentence for non-support revoked for failure to ssupport de pendents. Tony Rowe, violation of liqor law, three months or $300. Cleo Harmon, whose trial on charges of involuntary man slaughter found guilty and sent enced to two years. The case against J. P. Brown, charged with non-support, was continued to the next term of court. John Alfred Hannah, charged with forgery, was found not guilty by a jury, Paul Harmon, charged with driving under the influ ence^ second offence, was found not guilty. Lester E. Harris, charged with driving under the influence, second offence, was found guilty and sentenced to one year or $1,- 000, suspended upon service of three months or payment of $250 and placed on probation for three years. Other guilty pleas and sentences included: (Continued on page 5) wrote to Dr. Cooper on their be half. Probably because of an ava lanche of mail following the ap pearance of the article in the Saturday Evening Post, there was a delay in receiving a reply, so the Kyzers finally decided to make a telephone call to Dr. Cooper. The call resulted in an appointment for Mr. Kyzer to see Dr. Cooper at 4:00 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, March 28. “While Dr. Cooper did not tell us whether he would perform the operation,” said Mrs. Kyzer, “he didn’t discourage us at all. We told him all about Claude’s condi tion and he asked that we bring him to New York for an examina tion. Whether Dr. Cooper thinks Claude can be helped depends on the result of the examination.” The surgical procedure describ ed in The Saturday Evening Post consists of making dozens of x- ray photographs of the brain- They are carefully analyzed and measured by a surgical team. The patient’s head is then shaved and a series of guide points marked on the scalp with dyestuff. When the patient is ready to undergo the “surgery,” a special jig is used to aim the instrument down through a hole in the top of his skull, high-speed x-ray photog raphy used to check, the positions, and surgeons cautiously inject absolute alcohol through a needle deep into the brain to destroy one key brain center. This is all done under local anesthesia. The needle is left in place, and the injection Miss Maria Neglia, famous personality of the entertain ment world, spent last Saturday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Coggins and family and was interviewed over WKDK. Miss Neglia, termed tops in her line as violinist and comedienne, is a native of Italy and has been in this country eight years. She has been featured with the Vagabonds on the Arthur Godfrey program and has ap peared dn the Godfrey program as well as the Steve Allen and Ed Sullivan Shows. She played a weeks engagement at the Laurel Hill Supper Club in Columbia, whleh ended Saturday night, and left immediately for New York where she will appear at the will go to Chicago for TV * ^ (Photo by Sims Tompkins.) and took Mr. Kyzer to Dr. Coop er’s office at 4:00 p. m. Mr. Kyzer, who is a former em ployee of the Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company, became dis abled to perform his job 24 years ago. Hia illness began with a tremor in his foot, spread grad ually over one side of his body and, 12 years ago, completely took over control of his body. He is able to shuffle along on his feet with a person on each side to support him. He cannot lift his hands to his mouth or keep them steady enough to feed or dress himself. About all he is able to do is lie in bed and listen to the radio or watch television. He has lost almost all use of his vocal cords, is able to speak in a mumble, in telligible only to those who are with him at all times. Since there has never before been discovered any sort of cure or treatment to alleviate this af fliction, the only relief he gets .is from shots which are given to him by Mrs. Kyzer ever£ three or four hours to calm the violent tremors. The good people of the Oakland community, as well as other friends in Newberry and mer chants, hearing of the proposed trip and possible cure for Mr. Kyzer, have donated clothes and money generously to help them make the trip. The Department of Public Welfare assisted, and through the Red Cross the case was called to the attention of the Newberry County Chapter of the Crippled Children’s Society, which also offered aid. Since their friends and fellow-workers had been so generous, Mrs. Kyzer stated that they had received enough money for the trip to New York and expressed grateful, ap preciation to the Society for help which will be given should Mr. Kyzer undergo surgery. <v We have no i idea what it will cost. Dr. Cooper made no men tion of money when we talked to him, but just told us to bring Claude on up. We know there is a chance that he cannot be helped and we aren’t getting our hopes too high. As long as there is a chance, however, we are willing to try.” Dr. Cooper wrote a few months ago: “For the patient, there is now something to 'offer in place of a. heretofore hopeless outlook. AH in all, there appears to be rea son for judicious optimism.” Baptist Pastors Exchange Pulpits Glenn Street ‘Baptist Church and West End Baptist Church have combined efforts in an Alcohol Education Week. Classes have been held each evening at Glenn Street Baptist Church for all age groups. To’climax this week of study, Rev. Fay L.' Lanford and Rev. J. Ed.* Taylor will swap pul pits Sunday night and will be speaking on the “Evils of AJeo-