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VOLUME 19; NUMBER 50.
By The Way
By Doris A. Sanders
SCHOOLS PREPARED
If you have children in the city
or county schools, you will be glad
to know that every precaution is
being taken for their protection in
the event of a tornado. April and
May are the months most notor
ious for tornadic winds and the
weather department in Columbia
is cooperating by notifying the
Supt. of Education i m m e d -
iately when the possibility of a
tornado seems imminent. Each
school in the county will, in turn,
be notified, and all have made
plans for removing children to as
safe a place as possible, or trans
porting them elsewhere if this ac
tion seems justified.
SPRING IN THE AIR
Barring the gray, foreboding
clouds and the high winds of the
first of the week, this has been
beautiful spring weather the last
few days and never do I remember
seeing Newberry so lovely. This
morning, as I drove over several
sections of town, I noticed the
pink and white dogwoods almost
in full bloom, together with many
other lovely flowers and shrubs.
A street. I always enjoy is Cal
houn, and especially at this time of
the year. It seems so quiet and
restful. Although the early aza
leas were damaged some by a cold
snap, the later ones, including the
Formosas, are as pretty as 1 have
ever seen them all over town. I
could not mention the beauty of
Ffewberry without mentioning
Margaret Hunter Park. This morn
ing I had a few minutes to stop
by and walk down in the Park a
little—and I couldn’t have picked
a time when the Park would have
been more at its peak. The dog
wood trees, azaleas, wisteria, and
many blooming shrubs make this
a spot of beauty, the likes of
which few cities can boast. There
are picnic tables and Dr. Mamie
Summer, president of the Civic
League, whose “baby”’ the park
is, urges families to go to the
park and enjoy the beauty. She
didn’t say so, but I will remind
you that to a small child, a pretty
flower is irresistible, so please,
when you are there, take care that
the flowers and shrubs are not
destroyed, so that the park may
remain beautiful for all to see.
GARDEN TOUR
You have seen a great deal in
the past few issues of The Sun
about the House and Garden Pil
grimage which will be held in
* Newberry on April 26. There will
be many places of beauty to see.
While most of us are well acquain
ted with Margaret Hunter Park,
and know that visitors from out of
do, how many of you have been
fortunate enough to have more
than a peek through the fence at
Wells Japanese Garden? Or inside
of the Parr-Baker home or Tim-
berhouse ? When you buy your
tour ticket, you will receive a
booklet telling about the tour at
tractions in Newberry as well as
other tours about the state- And
keep your fingers crossed that
we have weather such as we are
having today.
DOGS A MENACE
I have never been able to un
derstand why people who have
dogs won’t keep them at home so
that they won’t constantly irritate
their neighbors and possibly
cause damage. I hope the owners
<rf the dog that bit little Janice
Jones will know it was their dog
and will have the guilty conscience
to go with letting the hound run
loose to bite a child on the face
and terrorize her, perhaps leav
ing ecars on her for life. You will
see the complete story about it
in issue, but I couldn’t help
but mention this because of the
possibility of the same thing hap
pening to someone else. We have
a number of dogs running loose
in our neighborhod and we never
let our little girls out alone. For-
tunately, we have alarge fenced-in
yazd for them to play in that the
dogs can’t enter. It seems to me
^ that anyone would be justified in
getting rid of these stray mon-
Hi grels in any manner necessary,
^ and that » just what 1 intend to
do, or Jiave done, when I see one
make an effort to get over or un
der that fence. And we have some
around there who are monstrous
pups now, and when they are full
i, may be able to get over.
i*t that I don’t like dogs. We
two pups for our girls, but
they are not only kept inside our
iKfffiww**. bi|t also inside their own
so there is little possibility
$ they would be able to get
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,
THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1957
$2.00 PER YEAR
Hail stones the size of lemons fell at the farm of Ryan Fellers, Route 1, Prosperity about 5:30
Monday afternoon, damaging wheat and other farm crops and pelting the house with stones, knock
ing holes in the asbestos siding. A cluster of the hailstones may be seen on the roof. The hail fell only
in a strip of about 200 yards and on the scene to take the picture was Sims Tompkins.
Whitmire Man Killed At Work
In Stevens Plant Cloth Room
Cancer Crusade Drive Set
On Friday Night This Week
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C of € Banquet
Tuesday Night;
Clark To Speak
The annual meeting and ban
quet of the Newberry Chamber of
Commerce will be held Tuesday
night, April 16 at 8:00 p. m. i n
the Newberry College Dining
Hall. General Mark Clark, presi
dent of The Citadel, will be guest
speaker.
Serving as toastmaster will be
Prof. T. E- Epting. Retiring Presi
dent A. E. Morehead will intro
duce out of town guests and
award certificates to retiring di
rectors. A plaque will be present
ed to the retiring president by
Prof. Epting.
Presentation of new diz-eetors
will be by T. Roy Summer Jr.,
incoming president. They include
Dennis Newton, L- F. Fischer,
Dave Hayes, Gerald Paysinger, Al-
berc Rabin and Joseph Keitt. The
retiring directors are John T.
Norris, A. E. Morehead, H. B.
Kirkegard, C. A. Kaufmann, Keitt
Purcell and Cyril Hutchinson.
Prof. Epting will introduce the
guest speaker.
General Mark Wayne Clark’s
service began in April 1917 when
he was graduated from the U. S.
Military Academy and commis
sioned a second lieutenant. He was
promoted up the ranks and ad
vanced to Major in 1933. From
that time, he rapidly rose to at
tain the rank of general in 1945.
General Clark has held posi
tions as Deputy Commander in
Chief of the Anglo-American in
vasion forces during World War
II; Commanding General of the
Fifth Army; commander of the
15th Army Group; Commander in
Chief of the U. S. Occupation
Forces in Austria and U. S. High
Commissioner for Austria.
In 1947, General Clark assum
ed command of the Sixth Army,
and was appointed Chief of Army
Field Forces at Fort Monroe, Va-
in September 1949. During the
Korean War, he served as com
mander in chief of the United
Nations Command and in 1953
signed a military armistice agree
ment between the United Nations
Command and military command
ers of the North Korean Army
and the Chinese People’s Volun
teers.
He was retired from the mili
tary service at his own request on
October 31, 1953 and accepted the
presidency of The Citadel on Oc
tober 23, assuming the office in
March of 1954.
Friday, April 12, has been set
aside as “Conquer Cancer Day,”
and a county-wide march for do
nations to the cancer crusade will
be made that night between 7:00
and 9:00 p. m. Mrs. Parnell Rin
ger, county cancer commander, is
director of the drive. The city
march wil be conducted by the
Newberz*y Business and Profes
sional Clubs, Mrs. T. P. Crooks,
pz-esident and Mrs. Virginia Moon,
drive chairman; the county march
will be made by membei*s of the
Home Demonstration clubs under
the leadership of Mrs. Mittie
Parr, president of the County
Council of Farm Women.
Mrs- Myz-a Addy is serving as
crusade treasurer; Mrs. Dorotha
Schumpert and Mrs. Sylvia Ra
bin, special gifts chairmen and
Mrs. Ruby Abrams, radio chair-
man.
A special radio program will be
broadcast over Station WKDK
Friday night from 7:00 until 9:00.
Jimmy Coggins will serve as mas
ter of ceremonies, and the pro
gram will feature local talent re-
ci'uited by the sponsoring clubs.
Mrs. Ringer urges each and
every person to give a sizable
contribution when a March calls
Friday night. “We cannot be com
placent about this matter,” she
stated, “what we give might mean
the difference in whether there is
a cure to be found, because the
scientists working constantly to
find a cure need our financial sup
port.”
The city Fire Department will
sound sirens at seven Friday
night calling attention to all resi
dents that the crusade is begin
ning. Headquarters for the March
will be in the Chamber of Com
merce office where Mrs- Addy,
Mrs. Celia Dodgen, acting secre
tary of the chamber, and Mrs. Bill
Dehihns will be on hand to receive
the contributions from crusaders.
Giving careful watch over this
office and to the volunteer work
ers in the city will be the city po
lice officers.
The colored division headquart
ers will be in William Hall.
In addition to the list of work
ers already published, the follow
ing will take part in the Cancer
Crusade: ,
Pomaria: Mrs. Cecil Berley,
lieutenant; Mrs. H. W. Lominick,
Mrs. W. C. Koon, * Mrs. Palmer
Eargle.
Pomaria Home Demonstration
Club: Mrs. W. E. Wicker, lieuten
ant; Mrs. Frank Dowd, Mrs. L. B.
Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Cecil Wicker.
Mt. Pleasant Club: Mrs. J. D.
Crooks, lieutenant; Mrs. Everette
Graham, Mrs. Raymond Ringer.
Tran wood Club: ‘ Mrs. Cyril
Half acre, lieutenant; Mrs. Henry
Mills, Mrs. Homer Long, Mrs. Hu
bert Long.
(By BILL ARMFIELD, The
Whitmire News)
Mannie E. Roller, 44, of Whit
mire was killed instantly Tuesday
night about 10:15 while at his
job in the cloth room of J. P.
Stevens & Co., Inc. in Whitmire.
Mr. Roller, who worked alone
in the cloth room on the third
shift, was operating a stitcher
machine. He was beginning a
new roll of cloth on the machine
when apparently his arm was
caught, pulling him into the ma
chine and killing him instantly.
Tommy Prince, another third
shift employee of the plant, was
the first to arrive on the scene
and discovered the accident. He
immediately summoned help and
the machine was stopped.
Mr. Roller had been an employee
of the mill for 22 years, and had
been operating the stitching ma
chine for 11 years. As far as can
be determined, this is the first ac
cident at the Whitmire plant
which has caused death to an
employee.
Mr. Roller is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Bessie Roller; one son,
William Earl, and one sister, Mrs.
Lucy Hamilton, all of Whitmire-
Funeral arrangements were in
complete at press time.
Coroner George R. Summer was
called to the scene of the accident
and empaneled a jury. He stated
that an inquest into the cause of
Mr. Roller’s death will be held
within the next few weeks at
Whitmire.
First Service
At Mayer Church
In New Building
Services will be held in the
beautiful new building of Mayer
Memorial Lutheran Church on
Drayton Street for the first time
on Palm Sunday, April 14, accord
ing to Rev. Daniel M. Shull, Sr.,
pastor. The public is cordially in
vited to attend any or all of the
services listed Ibelow:
Sunday school at 10:00 a. m., H.
O- Cook, superintendent.
The Service at 11:00 a. m. At
this time, the chancel furniture,
altar brass ware, paraments and
baptismal font will be dedicated.
New members will be received by
letter and by confirmation.
Luther League programs in the
church at 6:30 p. m.
Holy Week Vesper Service at
7:30 p. m. Holy Week services
will also be held on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings at 7:30. The
Lord’s Supper will be administer
ed on Thursday.
CENTRAL WSCS
MEETS MONDAY
The Woman’s Society of Christ
ian Service of Central Methodist
Church will meet Monday, April
16 at 4:00 p. m. in the McCullough
Bible Classroom.
Janice Jones s
Bitten By Dog
Little Janice Jones, two and
one-half years old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs- Winston D. Jpnes,
was attacked and bitten by a
dog as she played in front of
her house on College Street Ex
tension Tuesday morning. Her
mother immediately took her to
the local hospital, where stitches
were made on either side of her
mouth where the dog had bit
stray dog as she played in front
taken home.
The girl’s mother said that
she heard the child screaming
and when she got outdoors saw
the big dog on her. Although
the dog also tried to attack Mrs,
Jones, she finnaly got the little
girl and ran in the house, calling
the doctor and the police and
then taking Janice to the hos
pital.
Deputy Sheriff Slim Henderson
answered* the call to the Jones’
home and was bitten pn the leg
when he tried to catch the dog.
The dog then ran away but
later came back to the Jones home,
by Deputy Henderson. The dog
had no license or collar and the
identity of his owners is unknown.
The head of the dog was sent
to Columbia to determine whet
her or not he was rabid. A report
which arrived in Newberry Wed
nesday morning from the State
Department of Health adVised the
Sheriff’s office that the dog did
not have rabies.
Power Be Off
Sunday P. M.
Electric service in Newberry
will be interrupted between
the hours of 2:00 p- m. and
3:30 p. m. Sunday, according
to City Manager E. L. Black-
well, for the purpose of main
tenance and repairs. All citi
zens receiving electric service
from the city are urged to
take note of these times and
make arrangements accord
ingly.
Cast Selected For <( Indian
Trails” College Spectacle
Postal Service May Be Cut\
For Lack Of Funds Says PM
Council Meeting
Is Routine
The regular meeting of City
Council ran along smoothly Tues
day night with mostly routine
matters to be decided upon by the
city fathers, who voted to appro
priate $500 to add to the Fire De
partment budget. The purpose is
to secure an additional employee
for the department so that there
will always be someone in the de
partment to receive calls when the
trucks are out. This is the out
come of a report made to council
last month by Fire Chief Sam
Beam, stating the desirability of
having more personnel at the fire
department. The $500 will last
through the present fh al year,
and a permanent appropriation
for this purpose will be consider
ed by the budget committee before
adopting of the next budget. It
was also decided by the council
that a sinking fund should be set
up for the purchase of fire equips
ment when needed and approved
by council.
Council agreed to accept High
way Department plans for a
drainage project on Main street
between Walnut and Calhoun.
The city manager notified the
mayor and councilmen that the
city books were ready for the
semi-annual audit and that as
soon as the audit is completed, a
report will be made to council.
The contract for police and fire
men’s uniforms was awarded to
the low bidder, Johnson Hagood
Clary, in the amount of $1062.80.
Council authorized closing of the
city offices on Wednesday after
noons during the summer months.
Acting upon instructions of the
Post Office Department, Postmas
ter Harry E. Moose announced to
day that detailed plans at the lo
cal post office have been made to
comply with the order of the Post
master General dated April 5,
which will curtail Saturday and
Sunday postal service. If it is di
rected that the order become op
erative, postal service curtailment
will begin on Saturday, April 13.
“Commencing April 13, the lo
cal post office will be closed to
the public on Satcrdays,” the
postmaster said. “City and rural
delivery service will be discontin
ued on Saturdays, except special
delivery messenger service,” he
stated. “However,” the postmaster
added, “a collection of rpail from
all collection boxes will be made
in the afternoon to connect with
the principal evening dispatch.”
The postmaster stated that only
first class mail and daily news
papers will be distributed and
dispatched on Saturdays and Sun
days.
The curtailment order contem
plates reduction in window serv
ice btginning on April 15, and if
the order becomes operative,
Postmaster Moose said that be
ginning on that date parcel post,
general delivery,' O.O.D., registry
and stamp windows at the local
office will be open from 8:30 a.
m. until 5 p. m. Monday through
Friday, but money order and pos
tal savings windows will only op
en from 9:00 a. m. un^il 5:00 p.
m.
Postmaster Moose stated that
other curtailments affecting the
money order service and the ac
ceptance of third class mail are
scheduled to become effective on
April 29, provided the order is
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Woodland Park, Country Home On
Garden Club Pilgrimage April 26
Newberrians are looking for
ward not only to attending the
South Carolina House and Gar
den Pilgrimage themselves, but
also to welcoming the many visi
tors that will arrive in Newberry
for the tour on April 26. Many in
quiries have already been receiv
ed from groups of people in va
rious towns in South Carolina
who wish to attend the tour. Of
course, the “City of Friendly
Folk” will be ready to charm all
visitors.
From the inquiries received it
has been concluded that it has not
been made clear to the public that
the Pilgrimage wili not be a guid
ed tour. Those attending the tour
will be given a guidebook, an it
inerary, and a map, and they will
furnish their own transportation
to the places on the tour which
they wish to sec. Visitors do not
have to visit all of the beauty
spots of the tour; indeed,, if their
time is limited, they may go to
only half of the eighteen attrac
tions. Of course, the Council of
Newberry Garden Clubs hopes
that as many as possible will
take in the complete tour.
Visitor and native alike will
enjoy the native beauty of
Lynches Woods, located east of
Newberry on Highway 76 immed
iately behind the National Guard
Armory. These woods consist of
two hundred sixty-five acres of
which the total are parcels of
three plantations formerly be
longing to Mr. Malcolm John
stone, Mr. George Johnstone, and
Mr. Alan Johnstone. This beauti
ful wooded land now belong joint
ly to the City and County of
Newberry.
The acreage is mostly of primi
tive forest land containing many
great trees of which some are at
least one hundred and fifty to
two hundred years old.
There are possibly more differ
ent varieties of trees, flowering
shrubs, and wild flowers in these
woods than in any other part of
the county. Probably the reasoii
for this abundance and’ variety is
that the rolling nature of this
land would- not lend itself profit
ably to saw mill operations.
As many as forty-one species of
plants some of which are rare and
not believed to be found in other
sections of the county have been
counted blooming on one trip
through Lynches Woods. Some
thing is in bloom there practically
every month of the year.
The members of the County
Council of Girl Scouts are the
present custodians of the property
and they are restoring the part
known as Holly Spring for their
summer camping site.
Every garden-pilgrimage en
thusiast will appreciate the charm
and beauty of historic “Windy
Hill” which is the country place qf
Mr. and Mrs. Furman Fulmer of
Columbia. This old Southern
home is located on Highway 773
just outside the corporate limits
(Continued on page 5)
A large group representing
practically every civic and serv
ice organization in Newberry
crowded into the conference room
of Wessels Library at Newberry
College last Wednesday night to
help make plans for the Centen
nial Spectacle, “Indian Trails,”
which will be presented each night
during the period April 29-May
4th.
Raleigh Hugh Tozer, represen
tative of the John B. Rogers Pro
ducing Company which will pro
duce the spectacle, was on hand
to outline the program and secure
members of the cast for the spec
tacle.
Mr. Tozer stated “The story of
the show will be the story of the
College.” He .emphasized that
there would be a complete per
formance each of the six nights.
“Indian Trails,” he said, will take
place on Setzler Field, on a stage
300 ft. x 165 feet, with scenery
and lighting designed and built
especially for outdoor staging.
As he began to outline the pro
gram, he stated that the first
scene would be the Coronation of'
the Centennial Queen. This scone
will be staged each night as the
queen is honored. About sixty
high school and college girls will
take part in this scene, together
with members of Girl and Boy
Scout troops.
The second scene will be one of
parallel—the history of the Col
lege through vehicles used over
that period of time. Men will drive
teams and ride horseback during
the scene.
The first scene of the actual
history will be the removal of the
College to Newberry and will fea
ture events during the War Be
tween the States. For this scene,
members of the cast will be fur
nished by the Exchange Club,
Jaycees and Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
The scene will shift to the re
moval of the College to Walhalla
then back to Newberry after Re
construction in the period 1877.
This scene will portray buliding
activities at the college and tne
death of Dr. George W. Holland*
The Newberry Mothers Clubs will
furnish five families to participate
in this scene; the college student
body will furnish ten men.
As the Spectacle moves forward
to 1898, the audience will witness
the beginning of co-education at
Newberry College.- In this scene
will be 25 families) to be secured
by various Sisters of the Swish
Organizations, including the
Twickenham Sisters, Silver
Swishes of Silverstreet, Swish &
Stars, and Bells of Frog Level- A
semi-comic portrayal of early ath
letic teams will follow, with 12
men from the college student body
taking part.
The “Roaring Twenties” scene
will include dramatization of the
fire at Carnegie Hall. Ten
couples for this scene will be pro
vided by members of the Marion
Davis Mothers Club and firemen
are to be furnished by the Kiwan-
is Club.
There will be a re-enactment
of the dedication of the Chapel,
and the spectacle will conclude
with a Hall of Fame, the cast of
which will be furnished by the
'Rotary and Moose Clubs.
(Continued on page 5)
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
April 13: Miss Evelyn Burns,
George Hiller, Mrs. S>ms
Tompkins, Ed Young, A1
Weigle.
April 14: Keitt Purcell, Billy
Lominack, Mary Ann Addy,
David Diekert, James McCants
Berley, Robert L. Forbis, Rob
ert Michael Underwood.
April 15: Mrs. Bill Hawkins.
April 16: Mrs. Willie Mae
Long, Mrs. Cornelia Clary Burr,
Itltpma Brooks.
April 17: James A. Brown,
Nancy Floyd, Tommy H. Folk,
Jr., Mrs. Huston Long.
April 18: Mrs. J. H. Summer,
Mrs. Cannon Blease, Gordon H.
Stockman, Mrs. ' Dorothy Weir
Ruff, Mrs. Furman Reagin,
Bin. W. F. Smith, Mrs. George
E. Stone, Mrs. W. C Hoffman,
Dorothy Shealy.
April 19: Mrs. P. M. Nichols,
Martha Sue Cromer, Mrs.
Claude Sommer, Frank *M»
Senn, Jr., John C Davenport,
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