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Most people seek security so desperately that it is no wonder that a few succeed by taking long chances. To ask an older woman her age is like asking her to prove that her hair is not dyed and that her teeth are her own. VOLUME 19; NUMBER 5L NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1957 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Doris A. Sanders CREDIT DUE One of the nicest affairs I have attended in a long time was the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and banquet Tuesday night at the Newberry College Dining Hall. There were on long, flowery introductions, no wasted time. There was good food, a toastmaster who could not be sur passed, a speaker easy to listen to. Things ran along smoothly; the dinner was served promptly, the meeting began right on the stroke of 8:00. I had had a pretty rushed day and sort of dreaded the thought of going over there and listening to a speech, even by the famous General Clark; how ever, as it turned out, his ‘‘speech” wasn’t really that it was a talk about some of his ex periences during the War. I have no idea how long he talked, but I was sorry when he stopped; it was that interesting. T. Roy Summer, Jr., incoming president of the Chamber and many others agree wdth me that proper credit for the success of the banquet should go to Mrs- Ce lia Dodgen, acting secretary of the chamber. Celia is the person who had the burden of looking af ter the hundreds of details that go into the preparation of such an affair and w’hile I know that many others had important parts, I think she deserves the most credit. Building Ruins Being Removed Remains of the Copeland build ing, which was destroyed by fii'e in the early hours of Sunday, January 13, are being removed by a salvage company of Columbia. The corner on which the building was located will be leveled to the ground and operations are sup posed to be finished within 60 days, according to O. O. Copeland, owner of the property. The build ing was located at the corner of College and Friend streets, and housed the Palmetto Boarding House, and four other business es tablishments. SUNRISE SERVICE If you haven’t yet been by to see Margaret Hunter Park, I know of no better time than at Sunrise on Easter Sunday morning when a wonderful program of music and worship has been planned by various committees of the Civic League. This annual program is attended by about 2000 persons each year. With music to be furn ished by the Newberry High School Band, the 246th Army Band and choir members from all Newberry churches under the di rection of Dr. Milton Moore, the program promises to be an in spiring way to begin Easter Sun day. I hope you can attend. ONE MORE WORD There are many people who are most cooperative with the news papers and may I say at this point that I sincerely appreciate the kindness of Heyward Singley, architect for the lower county high school, in bringing the ac- chitect’s drawing of the building to Newberry Tuesday so that' I could get the picture which you see in this issue. Mr. Singley brought the picture down some months ago when he first sub mitted plans for the building but on that occasion I didn’t have the camera with me. When I heard he would be here for the contract letting, I asked if he would bring the drawing and he very grac iously consented to do so. Tickets For Spectacle To Be Exchanged All advance sale coupons for the mammoth Centennial Pageant- Spectacle, “Indian Trail,” now be ing sold by queen candidates, must be exchanged for tickets for the night the holder wishes to attend, it was announced today. The exchange will be made only at Newberry College Centen nial headquarters, and at Box Of fice at nights of each performance, 1405 Main street between 9:00 a. m. and 5 p. m. beginning April 22. Reserved seats may be purch ased for one advance sale coupon and 50 cents additional. One ad vance sale coupon may be ex changed for two children’s or student’s General Admission tick ets, or for one adult General Ad mission ticket. Ticket prices for those not hav ing advance sale coupons are: General Admission, $1.50; Reserv ed Section, $2.00; Children’s and ■Student’s General Admission, 75c. Reserved seats for children and students are the same price as for adults. and Mrs. Charles Phibbs now residing in an apartment In the Smith home, 1233 Calhoun Mrs. Robert Houseal of Colum bia spent a few days in Newber- this week. Cannon Construction Company was low bidder, and was awarded the contract for construction of the consolidated hig-h school building below Prosperity, Tuesday afternoon. This picture was made after the contract was awarded. Left to right are Daniel A. Browne and Ed Cannon of the con struction company; W. H. Caldwell, chairman of the County Board of Education, and Heyward S. Singley, of Columbia, architect for the building. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) Cannon Company To Build Lower County High School Cannon Construction Company I was $404,584. There was a dif- of Newberry was low bidder for construction of the consolidated high school to serve the Prosper- ity-Pomaria-Little Mountain areas of the county. Bids were opened by members of the County Board of Education Tuesday afternoon, and W. H. Caldwell, chairman of the Board, announced that of the fifteen bids received, the Cannon bid of $352,475 was low. Separate bids were taken for grading of the grounds, atid this contract also went to Cannon in the amount of $12,500. The highest of the 15 bids ference of about $12,000 between the low and second low bids. Work is to begin on the new school immediately. A well is be ing dug on the 40 acre site at the present time. The building will contain a gymtorium seating about 800 persons; shops for ag riculture; home economics depart ment, science rooms, laboratories, a library, nine classrooms and ad ministrative offices. It is not anticipated that the building will be ready for use by the beginning of the 1957-58 school term. 10th Annual Sunrise Service Will Begin Sunday At 5:30 The beautiful garden in New berry known as Margaret Hunter Park, with a large white Cross symbolizing the season, will be the setting for the Tenth Annual Easter Sunrise Service, sponsored by the Newberry Civic League, on Easter Sunday morning. The Newberry High School band directed by Miss Lorraine Paris will render a musical pro gram at the foot of the cross from 5:30 to 6:00 a. m., to call the citizens of Newberry and the county to worship. “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” will be sung by the choir, composed of choir members from all Newberry churches and direct ed by Dr. Milton W. Moore, and the congregation. Rev. Neil E. Truesdell will pre side and welcome those who at tend the service. The scripture will be by Rev. T. H. Weeks, and prayer will be offered by Rev. D. M. Shull, Sr., pastor of 'Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church. A solo, “Christ is Risen” will be sung by Dr. Milton Moor£, professor of music at Newberry College. Dr. Joseph Gettys, Professor of Bible, Presbyterian College, Clinton, will deliver the Easter Message. This will be followed by unison reading by the congrega tion “The Radiant Cross”. After the hymn “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” by the choir and congregation, the benediction will be pronounced by Rev. Wade Bell, pastor of the Church of God. The 246th Army Band under the direction of Chief Warrant Offi cer Charles Pruitt will furnish music for the hymns. Men of the Lutheran Church of the Redeem er will serve as ushers. Members of the City police force and Boy Scouts will direct traffic. Adequate seating facilities have been provided, and it is suggested that those attending wear heavy coats. In the event of rain, the service will be held at Newberry High School auditorium. Cancer Fund Is Over $2,000 The total collected to date in the Cancer Crusade is $2002.28, according to Mrs. Parnell Ringer, County Cancer Commander. Most of this was collected during the crusade on C-Day last Friday night. Collections in the city areas amounted to $1,088.91. Special gifts accounted for $554 of the total, and $359.37 came from county areas. 1 Mrs. Ringer stated that these returns are incomplete, since a number of Home Demonstration Clubs who solicited for donation^! in the county had not reported.; She also stated that many persons who were not at home during the, special cancer drive Friday night were sending in their donations. Those who have not yet contrib uted to the drive may do so by sending a contribution to Mr*. Ringer, Mrs. Myra Addy, cam paign treasurer, any member of the Business and Professional Women’s dub or the County Council of Farm Women. Mrs. Ringer expressed grateful appreciation to the many. vohufcr teer workers who have helped to make the drive the success it has been, and also to those who so generously contributed to the campaign. Troops Ordered Into Combat By Election Day 1942, Says Clark Mark Wayne Clark, president of The Citadel, retired general fam ous for his outstanding accom plishments in World War II and the Korean W T ar, held the rapt attention of his audience as he spoke at the annual meeting and banquet of the Newberry Cham ber of Commerce Tuesday night. In a conversational manner, he told of some of his experiences during World War II and the Ko rean W T ar, explaining in detail why North Africa was invaded by American troops in the faH of 1942. General Clark said that many persons wondered why, after serving so many years in the army, he decided to become an educator. He referred back to the days of the Korean War and stat ed “out hands were tied behind us by our government. We could not win that war.” During those trying days, he continued, he re ceived a telegram from Governor James F. Byrnes of South Caro lina, asking if he would be inter ested in becoming president of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. “I was inter ested,” he said. “I was interest ed in any job besides the one I had. I wrote to Governor Byrnes and told him that I didn’t know when this thing would be over, but when it was, I would come back to the. states and discuss it; I was definitely interested.” Tieferring again to the Korean War, the speaker said “I felt as General Mac Arthur; that in the first contest of arms with com munism, we should give them a ringing defeat, and we could have done it without starting a Third World War. In my opinion, when the enemy crossed the Yalu, we should have retaliated with all we had. Then we would not be in the situation with communism that we find ourselves in today.” “For the first time in my life,” said General Clark, “I belong some place. I have never been one place in my life as long as four years, but I am going to break that record.” A round of applause followed the speaker’s statement that “I want you to know that I under stand your problems down here and I am completely in sympathy with your views on States’ Rights. I have seen too much centraliza tion of power.” President Clark told briefly of tre way in which Dwight D. Eis enhower was appointed as Com mander in Chief of Allied Forces and he, Clark, deputy commander, and of their trip to England in 1942 to survey the possibilities of sending troops to England. He said that after a month, they re ported to General George Marsh- City Police Have Busy Month Chief of Police Colie L. Dowd said today that intoxication ac counted for the greatest majority of cases brought by the city police force during the month of March. There were 30 arrests for this vio lation of the law. Other cases during the month included: driving without a lic ense, seven; creating a disturb ance, six; five each for assault and battery, and driving intoxi cated; four, running red light; three, failing to yield right of way; and one each, disorderly conduct, improper passing, driv ing on left, driving too fast for conditions, speeding, passing stop ped school bus, driving without a muffler, obtaining merchandise under false pretense, carrying un lawful weapons; and reckless driving. Lutheran Synod Will Convene Here Monday Beginning Monday evening, Ap ril 22, the 132nd annual conven tion of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina will con vene on the campus of Newberry College. Opening Communion Service will be held in the New Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church on Drayton street. Business sessions will begin on Tuesday morning, April 23 and will be concluded Thursday, April 25 at noon. All business sessions will be in MacLean Gymnasium where a portable chancel has been installed. Dr. Karl W. Kinard, president of the Synod, will preside over these sessions. Delegates and visitors attend ing the convention will be hous ed in the college dormitories and will eat in the college cafeteria. On hand to greet General Mark W. Clark when he arrived in Newberry Tuesday to speak at the Chamber of Commerce banquet were, left to right, Prof. T. E. Epting, toastmaster; Dr. C. A. Kaufmann, president of Newberry College; President Clark of The Citadel; T. Roy Summer Jr., incoming president of the Chamber and Frank Smith, treasurer. Also on hand, but not in the picture, were Keitt Purcell and Dennis New ton. (Photo by Nichols.) Browne Home, Caldwell Estate On Garden Tour Next Friday Deputy Sheriff Says Dillard Admits Beating April 26, the day of the New-1 Newberry, berry House and Garden Pilgrim-! designed to utilize every square College Man To Speak At Duke Professor J. Benjamin Beden baugh of the Newberry College Bible and Religious Education department will deliver an Easter mesage to the Duke University Student Association, Durham, N. C., on Sunday, April 14. Professor ‘Bedembaugh has re cently written a history of New berry College which will be used in connection with the college’s coming centennial celebration. OTpllP^ This is the proposed building for the consolidated high school to serve the Little Mountain-Pomaria-Prosperity areas. The picture was taken from the architect’s draw ing. (Photo by Doris A. Sanders.) age will soon arrive. The public is urged to buy tickets in ad vance if possible. Tickets may be bought at Carlton’s Flower Shop, Carter’s Flowers and Gifts, and the Novelty Shop. The price of tickets to the tour is $1.50 each. Those who buy their tick ets now may obtain their attrac tive guidebook in advance from Mrs- E, E. Westwood. These in teresting guidebooks contain pic tures and pertinent data on all five touis of the South Carolina House and Garden Pilgrimage. On the day of the tour, tickets will be on sale at the Courthouse from 9 a. m. until noon and 1:30 until 4 p. m. Not all of the attractions on the Newberry House and Garden Pilgrimage are old and historical. For instance, the lovely contem porary home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Browne will be shown on April 26. This attractive resi dence at 1600 Higgins Circle was built last year. From the entrance hall, the lovely and picturesque dining area may be viewed when the rustic louvered doors are folded back. The dining area is combined with the den and kitch en in one spacious room of which the center of interest is a large fireplace built of Summerville brick with a raised hearth. A lovely round dining table with a lazy susan in the center adds charm to this room which, though contemporary, generates an Early American feeling. Another interesting and attrac tive^ room is the bedroom of Jean, ^daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Browne. The wallpaper is pink and white stripe with a ceOing border swag of pink and blue flowers which was designed by Mrs. Browne. The dominating color is pink, and even Jean’s upright piano has been beautified with a pink cov ering. This is a typical teenage girl’s room. Although this is a moderate size home, it has an exceptional amount of closet space and was inch of space. This residence is typical of a large number of new homes which are being built in For those who like the out of doors and the beauties of nature one of the most beautiful tour attractions will be the beautiful estate of J. Pave Caldwell on the Winnsboro Highway about two miles from Newberry. It is en closed by a neat white fence upon which Paul Scarlet roses display their glorious color. Two large pyracantha shrubs flank the en trance to this fascinating prop erty. Bordering the curving drive way are large smooth Indian Head rocks which are also along most of the walky. The residence and Camellia garden are in a heavily wooded area on a slope overlooking the six acre lake. There are almost seven hundred camellias of nearly two hundred and fifty varieties in the garden which is filled with majestic pine trees, lovely ’flowering dogwoods, azaleas, roses, iris, and a profu sion of other different shrubs, flowers, and trees. A road encircles the lake on the opposite of which is a rustic log cabin that is furnished in Early Americana. Near the cabin are a barbecue pit and picnic tables and benches. A quaint but practical footbridge crosses the lake in front of the log cabin. The banks of the lake are lavishly cov ered with ferns and wild flow ers. Mr. Caldwell truly has created from this natural setting of un dulating grounds a living and beautiful picture. Colleg-e Closes For Holidays Newberry College will recess for Easter Spring holidays on Thurs day, April 18 at 11 a. m. Classes will be resumed Friday, April 26 at 8 a. m. Most students and fac ulty members will spend their holidays at their homes. The testimony of A. T. Hender son, Deputy Sheriff, corroborated by Deputy J. C. Neel and supple mented by medical testimony of Dr. V. W. Rinehart, led a coro ner’s jury last Friday night to hold James Dillard for Grand Jury investigation in the death of Lucille Swittenberg, who was beaten to death during the night of April 5th or early morning of April 6th. Coroner George R. Summer called Dr. Rinehart to the stand to explain fully the condition of the body as he found it at about 1:30 Saturday morning, April 6th. Dr. Rinehart stated: “I found this dead body of Lucille Swit tenberg. I found multiple contus ions and abrasions over almost the entire body.” In answer to ques tions by Coroner Summer, the doctor further testified: “It look ed like she was beaten with some instrument of some type, from the waist down to the knees and the left arm, the whole left arm almost. She had one little scar right here just to the left of her left eye. Apparently she had the worst licks in the back, on the posterior aspect of her body from the waist on down.” Replying to the question “could you say that the beating caused enough shock to cause her death?” the doctor stated “I cer tainly could. She was beaten very extensively . . .” Dr. Rinehart later pointed out that an autopsy showed no evi dence of internal injuries that would cause death. Portions of Deputy Sheriff Reel ’s statement, vrbiefy imatpUQed testimony given by Deputy Hen derson, are quoted verbatim as ollows: On the morning of the 6th, all, then chief of staff, that troops could be sent to England immed iately. After the troops were over there, he continued, “we received a message from the president (Roosevelt) stating, “I want Am erican troops in physical combat with the enemy by election day 1942.” “We knew it was nearly im possible to send troops to the continent,” he said, “and after discussing it with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, he threw the idea out of the window, got up before the had a map there, and fqr the first time I heard him say ‘we should go in and slit the soft belly of the Mediterranean.’ I can assure you it was a tough belly,” the speaker said. President Roosevelt was inform ed of this decision and replied “my message still stands.” Plass were started then, said General Clark, for the invasion of North Africa and it was decided that General George Patton would lead the assault on the West Coast of North Africa. Characterizing General Patton, the speaker said “he was a dashing, very brave sort of fellow. He executed his part in magnificent style, but there were many sleepless nights wondering what ‘George’ would do next.” As deputy of the North African campaign, Clark was chosen to land by night from a submarine on the enemy-held African Coast and make contact with the French. From this meeting he gained stra tegic military information vital to the operation which would com mit American Troops to their first action against the Germans in World War II. The speaker a detailed account of' this rendevouz a part of which was the necessity to hide in an empty wine cellar while enemy patrols who had heard of the meeting, searched the house.” When it was all over, I sent messages to Presi- • dent Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill giving them full details of the meeting and telling them we had to hide in an empty wine cellar. They both * replied:, but neither mentioned anything except to ex press sympathy over the fact that the wine cellar was empty. Prof. T. E. Epting was toast master and introduced the speak er, telling of his various accomp lishments. “One greatest evidence of his good judgment,” said Prof. Epting, “is the fact that he has elected to become a citizen of South Carolina.” ' A. E. Morehead, retiring presi dent, introduced out of town guests and awarded certificates to retiring directors. Prof. .Epting awarded a plaque to the retiring president, and presented the 1957- 58 officers and directors. Taking over the helm of the Chamber of Commerce for the ensuing year' will be T. Roy Summer Jr., presi dent; L. F. Fischer and Dennis W. Newton, first and second vice presidents, respectively and Frank Smith, treasurer. • Prior to the program, a deli cious roast chicken dinner was served at the Newberry College Dining Hall. As an impromptu part of the program, Mr. Newton presented General Clark a mem bership certificate for the “Broth ers of the Brush,” an official badge and a derby. 'birthday GREETINGS April 20: Elizabeth Hargrove, Arthur George Dwyer, Linda Driggers, Jack Timmerman, George Spotts, Ann Cannon. April 21: Perry O. Wicker, Betty Bowers, Mickey Chapman, Fred James Harmon, Betty Folk, Barbara Davis, Ferd \ Summer. April 22: i Henry T. Fellers, Mrs. George Stephens, Mrs. George S. Minick, Mrs. Joseph L. Tolbert, Mrs. Frank Mills, A. O. Livingston, Henry L. Parr HI, Paul Duncan. April 23: Margaret Elizabeth f Leavell, Kenny Cook. April 24: Gloria Cleo Hawk ins, J. Ray Dawkins, Frank Cul- clasure, Hendrix Monts, Ernest O. Wicker. April 25: Fred Gilbert, Emily Grier, John Paul Whitaker. April 26: Mrs. William Mi lam, Preston MeAlhaney. # WM. immMm msaSSm