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« SECTION I, PAGE EIGHT THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1957 The home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Baker GARDEN TOUR . . . (Continued from page 1) The organization of St. L,uke’s Church took place in 1846. The Right Reverend Thomas Fergeson Davis, Bishop of South Carolina, consecrated the new church on August 24, 1855. Mr. John Walk er of Coiuipbia was the architect and Mr. William Hamilton of Charleston was the contractor. Visitors and natives alike will enjoy visiting the practical and attractive roadside park which is located on . the by-pass around Newberry on Highway 76 approx imately two and one-half miles from town. This lovely park is the project of the Newberry Gar den Club. Legend has it that this site was an old stage coach stop on the way from the up-country to Charleston. The little park is semi-circular in shape and filled with oaks, birches, sweet gum, hickory and pines. The frontage of the park is long and a drive is available for motorists to drive off the highway. The entrance is marked by two rustic posts from which hang large electric lant erns. Inside the park stand two tall rock chimneys each with large open fireplaces which hold lovely old wrought iron and irons which were given by an old family of Newberry. Tables and benches of! native rock and trash receptacles' are placed at convenient spots. Running water and firewood are available. This would be a grand place for anyone to enjoy a picnic lunch. For their creation and beautifi cation of this roadside park the Newberry Garden Club received a fifty dollar first prize in 1952 in a contest sponsored by the Gar den Clubs of South Carolina for beautifying the roads and high ways of the state. The climax of the tour will be a lovely tea which will be held at the charming colonial residence of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baker at 1228 Walnut Street. This lovely home is located in a setting of ar istocratic oak trees which are nearly a century old. The facade is graced with broken pediments and large windows with attractive blinds. A double stairway leads up to the entrance which is pattern ed after Williamsburg. Upon entering this handsome house, one will note the high ceilings and the beautiful original heart pine floors which enhance the colonial atmosphere. There are two inter esting stairways: the front one is of the original heart pine, and the back one came from an old colo nial home in Edgefield, S. C. Several of the attractive man tles came from the old McClintock House which formerly stood on College street and was owned by Mr. Cannon Gary -Blease, who was Mrs. Baker’s father. Mr. Blease had bought the property from the daughters of the late Reverend Ebenezer P. McClintock. Beautiful old crystal chandeliers grace the ceilings of parlor and aming looms. The Williamsburg influence is revealed through the use of muted tones of blues and green which compliment the fur nishings. An atmosphere of simple dignity prevails through out the interior of this home where the charm of a bygone era is the scene of gracious living. The tea will take place from 2:30 p. m. until 5 p. m. and this will be the only time that the Baker home will be open. Greetings guests at the door will be Mrs.' Richard L. Baker, State Chairman of Garden Pil grimages and hostess. Those in the receiving line will be the fol lowing: Mrs. J. T. Rutledge, president of the Garden Club of South Carolina; Mrs. R. M. Rid dle, East Piedmont District Direc tor; Mrs. C. I. Youmans, District Garden Pilgrimage Chairman; Mrs. Emerson E. Westwood, Newberry Tour Chairman; and Mrs. Gordon Blackwell, president of the Council of Newberry Gar den Clubs- During teatime, an interesting- collection of dolls which was amassed by Mrs. Aubrey Harley will be on display. Miss Martha Dahl Harley, the present owner of the collection and the daughter of Mrs. Harley^ will explain the his tory of the dolls. The collection which Mrs. Harley began in 1936 contains over 200 dolls from all over the world. Be certain to at tend the tea. This series of articles which has appeared in this newspaper dur ing the past eight weeks . has previewed for you this wonderful tour which has been prepared for you. Please take advantage of the opportunity to see all of the in teresting and beautiful places which are on tour. GALLMAN HIGH . . . (Continued from page 1) tendent, R. H. Setzler, has ac cepted the position of principal at Junior High school in New berry. It was announced that Miss Sarah Caldwell, who has ser ved faithfully as principal of the Mollohon Elementary school for many years, will retire at the end of this school session. Teachers from the Bush River and Silverstreet High schools were all elected to the Newberry High school faculty, with the ex ception of the Silverstreet home economics teacher who was filling an unexpired term of the teacher who resigned at the end of the first semester. The board voted unanimously to write a letter of appreciation to Greetings To - - BJRJiy 18561956 COLLEGE Best wishes for a Happy and Successful Centennial Celebration. COONER’S Inc. “EVERYTHING TO WEAR” MAIN STREET NEWBERRY, S. C. Prof. R. H. Setzler “for the many years service he has performed as superintendent in the Pomaria area and to wish him success in his chosen field of work.” The board heard briefly from Coiie Dearborn, representative of the State Department of Educa tion, who urged that the board take an active interest in the state school board association. A policy was adopted by the board to extend the law as now applies to the county board ,with reference to hiring of relatives, to also apply to area advisory boards. The law provides that no “second-degree” relative of an advisory board member shall be appointed to a position in the school district. The other item of business con sidered by the board was the at tendance line between the New berry and Bush River areas. Some months ago, on petition of some of the citizens on the Greenville highway near the second overhead bridge, the attendance line was moved to include a small portion of this territory in the Newberry attendance area. Later, other pa trons pf the same community re quested that the line be moved back to its original place. The board requested that a spokesman from the original petitioners and a member of the Bush River area advisory board appear at the meet inj>- last night to discuss the mat ter. Henry Parr and advisory board chairman C. T. Smith were present. Mr. Parr asked that the board abide by its earlier deci sion to change the line, stating that of the 12 property owners in the section, 10 had signed to have the line changed; that of the six permanent residents with WELLS Theatre WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY Thunderstorm Tempest of Passion! Linda Christian & Carlos Thompson Also A Technicolor Cartoon FRIDAY & SATURDAY Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in “DANCE WITH ME HENRY” Also A Technicolor Cartoon LATE SHOW SAT. NITE—Also MON. & TUBS. Tension at Table Rock In Technicolor Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone & Cameron Mitchell Also A Technicolor Cartoon CLOVER LEAF DRIVE-IN Theatre FRIDAY & SATURDAY Seven Angry Men Raymond Massey, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter Added Color Cartoon—Scare SUNDAY These Wilder Years Barbara Stanwyck, James Cagney and Walter Pidgeon Added Color Cartoon—Driving Three Children Wreck Victims Three children were fatally in jured Sunday night when their' parents* car was struck by a trailer truck 15 miles north of Laurinburg, N. C. on U. S. 5011. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Morris Singley of Maxton, N. C. were painfully but not seriously injured. Singley, 35, is superin tendent of Maxton City |chools. They are both still in the hospital at Laurinburg. The children were Louisa Ann, 8; David M. Jr., 6 and Michael Austin, 2 1-2. Linwood Gordie Cook, 20, of Durham, was driving the trailer truck, officers -said. Charles But ler, 21, of Chapel Hill, was a passenger ip the truck. Cook, charged with manslaughter, is be ing held under $1000 bond in the Scotland County jail a patrolman said, Cook was not injured, but Butler suffered minor injuries. Flames destroyed both the truck and the car. Highway Patrolman L. F. Brown said the truck was passing the Singley car when the car started to make a left turn onto a side road leading to Maxton. Both vehicles were traveling to ward Laurinburg at the time. Mr. Singley is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bill Singley of the West End community. His wife is a native of Sterling, Virginia. They had been living in Maxton for ten years. Among Mr. Singley’s relatives in Newberry are two uncles, Jeff and Earl Singley; and four aunts, Mrs. Dewey Kinard, Mrs. Maggie Koon, Mrs. Tom McCarthy, and Mrs- Pearl Kyzer. Funeral services for the child ren were held from the Maxton Methodist Church Tuesday at 4:00 p. m. Breakfast Club Helps Celebrate The South Carolina Breakfast Club will meet at Newberry, Sun day, April 28 to help in the cele bration of the Newberry College Centennial. This club is compos ed of private pilots, airplane own ers and operators from all over the state. Weather permitting it is expected from 50 to 80 air planes will come in for the visit. The planes will begin landing by 8:00 a. m. and should all be on the ground and parked by 9:2Q. The meeting will begin at 10:20 a. m. at the Newberry College Dining Hall where breakfast will be served and the program will be over by 11:20. The city and college officials will be on hand to welcome the group to Newberry and Newber ry College. It is hoped that a large number of the Brothers of ^he Brush and the Sisters of the Swish will meet the people at the airport a®d give them a hearty welcome. children in school, four wished to send children to Newberry, two to Bush River; of the two tem porary families, one favored New berry, the other Bush River. Mr. Smith stated that the ad visory board met and requested that the county board rescind its previous action and move the line back to its original place, in order not' to set a precedent. He further stated that with consolidation next year, there would be buses traveling down that highway to pick up those children who wished to attend school in Newberry. The board did not come to a de cision about the situation Tues day night and plans to consult with the transportation division of the State Department of Edu cation before taking any action. RITZ Theatre THURSDAY Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent The Incredible Shrinking Man Also Cartoon—Pirates Gold FRIDAY & SATURDAY Forrest Tucker, Mara Corday, Jim Davis The Quiet Gun Also Cartoon—One Note Tony MONDAY, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (In Cinemascope & Color) Also Cartoon—A Bum Steer Admission—All Children 10c; Adults 50c Cromer Rites To Be Today John Thomas Cromer, 81, of 1219 Kinaru street, died at 2:20 p. m. Tuesday at the Newberry County Memorial hospital. He had been ill for the past month. Mr. Cromer was born and rear ed in Newberry County, a son of the late Ivy and Mrs. Susie Thomas Cromer. He had spent most of his life in Newberry where he worked with the postal service. He had been a city car rier and three years prior to his retirement he was a rural mail carrier on Route 3. He was a member of Central Methodist Church arid had served as treas urer for more than 16 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Fannie Hentz Cromer; one son, Claude H. Cromer of Columbia; two daughters, Miss Bonnelle Cro mer of Pelzer and Newberry, and Mrs. H- J. Touchberry of Sum- merton; four grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at the residence by the Rev. M. E. Demck. Burial v. ill be in Rosemont Cemetery. Wreck Victi mis Improving The condition of Miss Mary Stanley Salley, who was injured in an automobile accident Satur day night, was reported to be a little better at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital today. Miss Salley was the only one of five occupants of the car to re ceive serious injuries. Others, who were treated at the hospital and dismissed, were Miss Ansel Ridge way and three Citadel students: Randy Wright of Newberry, who was driving his father’s car; Frank Rousseau of Venezuela, who received a broken collarbone, and James S. Welty of Fairborn, Ohio. The accident occurred when the car evidently went out of control on a curve nine miles from New berry on the Jolly Street high way. Taylor Service On Wednesday Malcolm Samuel Taylor, 69, died at 2 p. m. Tuesday in a hos pital in Atlanta, Ga., after an ill ness of five months. Mr. Taylor was born and rear ed at Prosperity, a son of the late Willie Young and Mrs. Mary Long Taylor. He was a former member of Colony Lutheran Church in Prosperity. He was a retired carpenter. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lura Venetta Whitman Taylor; five sons, Ernest C. Taylor of Bunnell, Fla., Homer W. and R. Darr Taylor, both of Saluda, N. C., John R. Taylor, of Laurens, M. Joel Taylor of Saluda; three sisters, Mrs- Eunice Burns of Valdese, N. C., Mrs. Mamie Bobb of Columbia, Mrs. Katie Metts of Prosperity; five brothers, John W. and Asa F. Taylor, both of Prosperity, Osborne L. and, George Y. Taylor, both of New berry, J. Fred Taylor of Colum bia; seven grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conduct ed at 5 p. m. Wednesday at Col ony Lutheran Church by the Rev. Ben M. Clark, the Rev. Thomas Congratulations . . . COLLEGE On Completing its 100th Year. Lominick’s Drug Store 1411 MAIN ST. Phone 148 Mrs. Blalock Is Recovering According to latest information received in Newberry, Mrs. Bill Blalock of Graniteville is recov ering satisfactorily after being beaten viciously at her home last Wednesday night. Two men, held by Isle of Palms officers, are thought to be connected with the beating and are being returned to Graniteville. t The beating was apparently the result of an attempted bank rob bery. Mrs. Blalock’s husband, Bill, was vice-president of the Graniteville bank. Supplies were found in the home, after the at tackers fled, which led officers to theorize the intruders planned to tie up Mrs. Blalock and the two children then force Mr. Bla lock to go to the bank. When Mrs. Blalock screamed, the attackers fled. A reward of $2,000 has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the attackers. The Blalocks formerly lived in Newberry. nil unifb HOI M. W V'.IWM.I ON April 17, 1957 Dear Dr„ Kaufmann: ■ Thank you for your cordial invitation to Mrs. .Eisenhower! and ro© to visit Newberry College on April twenty-ninth in conjunction with the centennial celebration you are holding. Much as we would like to be with you, I have discovered that the only way I can achieve the rest and ^change of pace I need to conserve my energies for my present job is to restrict myself, when 1 am in Augusta, to the confines of the Augusta Club, 1 have adhered ro that policy for ao long that to change it in any way, at this time, would be highly embarrassing to me and to my friends in the area. Nonetheless, I assure you of my deep appreciation of your thought of Mrs. Eisenhower and myself, and send you my best wishes for a most successful centennial week. Mrs. M. W. Long Mrs. Lillie Tompsie Epting Long, 77, widow of the late Mar ion Walter Long, died Sunday night at her home on Route 4, af ter an illness of five months. Mrs. Long was bom and rear ed in Lexington County and was the daughter of the late John J. and Mary Ella Cook Epting. She had spent the early part of her life near Prosperity but had made her home near Silverstreet since 1931. Mrs. Long; was a de voted and active member of Sil verstreet Lutheran Church, a member of Women’s Bible Class, a life member of the Women’s Missionary Society, and a life member of the United Lutheran Church Women. Her work in all church and community organiza tions was outstanding, which ful filled her aim in life of serving her church and community to the fullest. She was a former mem ber of Macedonia Lutheran Church before moving to Silverstreet. Mrs. Long is survived by five sons, Jacob H., Darlington, Bur ley S., Newberry, E. Leroy, Georgetown, H. Eugene, New berry and M. Guy, Silverstreet; three daughters, Mrs. Curtis Counts, Prosperity, Mrs. Samuel Boozer, Cayce and Mrs. Huiet Clary, Travelers Rest; two sis ters, Mrs. B. S. Derrick, New berry and Miss Berlia Epting, Clinton; three brothers, W. L. Epting, G. T^ Epting and W. A. Epting, all of Newberry; 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 4 p. m. from Silver- street Lutheran Church with Rev. C. Edgar Lindler conducting the service. Burial was in the Church cemetery. H. Weeka and the Rev. Paul Scott. Burial was in the church Sincerely, t m j. mmi mm Dr, C. A, Kaufmann ■president Newberry College Newberry, South Carolina In addition to the letter receiv ed from the President, Dr. Kauf mann has received a reply to a Centennial invitation from Vice President Nixon, and many con gratulatory letters from govern ors of various states, college presidents and interested citizens. Among those he has received is the following, from Cecil E. Kin ard, Mayor of Newberry: “During this happy time in the life of Newberry College, the ob servance of One Hundred Years of service to Church, State and Na tion, it is with a great deal of pleasure that, on behalf of the City of Newberry, I extend to you my sincere congratulations and best wishes. Memoers oi City Councils for many years past have been inter ested in the growth and develop ment of Newberry College. Real izing the importance of a home town college to serve our citizens, we are proud to claim that New berry is the home of a great Christian institution. We shall continue to render to you the best possible service provided by the facilities of our city. “May I again express my best wishes for a successful Centennial Celebration, and for many more centuries of progress.” The following letter is from T. Roy Summer, Jr., president of the Newberry Chamber of Commerce: “It is my happy privilege to extend to you the sincere best wishes of the Newberry Chamber of Commerce during the celebra tion of the Centennial Anniver sary of Newberry College. “The College on the Hill in the City of Friendly Folks has at tracted many visitors to Newber ry, and members of the Chamber of Commerce recognize the value of such an institution in their midst. We know that the con tinued growth and prosperity of Newberry College will be reflect ed in the business firms of the city, and we offer to you our ut most cooperation and assistance in whatever way we can be of service* to you. “We also congratulate you, personally, on your successful and progressive administration of the past three years and wish for you and for Newberry College con tinued success in whatever en deavor you undertake.” Mrs. F. G. Hartley returned Monday from Nashville, Tenn., where she spent Holy Week with her nephew, Dr. Richard Thomas on, who is Minister of Music at Belmont Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Timmer man returned to Newberry Mon day after a few days visit in Flor ida. 1856 1956 COLLEGE May well be proud of tre record of achieve* 1 ment it leaves behind as it enters into the > Second Century of its life. TOM M. FELLERS J. RAY DAWKINS RALPH B. BLACK E. MAXCY STONE BEN F. DAWKINS CHARLES E. BOWERS