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ONE OF FIFES <,RF\TFM DISILIA SION MEM S I S T<. START THE Si;\SO\ U1 1H \ GOOD CANTALOl PF. VOLUME 20; NUMBER ONE THRIFT IS A VI [{TIE THAT WE WISHED OFR ANCESTORS HAD PRACTIC ED MORE OF -^ THAT SO MICH OF IT WOl i.i' NOT BE FORCED ON I S. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1957 $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Dorlt A. Sanders YOUTH APPEAL It has always bof'n my thouyMt that most television eommerciai- were written with the idea in tie- minds of the writers that the viewing audience had the inteiii- gence of a child. A Iter havmu a TV set in our home for a while, now, 1 am convinced 1 was right. When the set is on, the giris pay little attention to the programs, but when a commercial comes on, no matter where they are, they make a beeline to the •set and stand in front of it until the commercial is over, then go on about their play. Perhaps the ad vertisers know what they are do ing, however, because our 4-year- old tries to talk us into buying everything she sees on 1 \ , and even the little girl is beginning to spot familiar brands in the stores. TV certainly is education al, and it is a pity there aren t more truly educational programs to appeal to the young, such as the Disneyland show of the past Sunday, which told the story o the atom in a manner that could be understood by children of school age. PARK FACILITIES Recently the employees and management of the Oakland plant of the Kendall company celebrated the attainment of 000,000 manhours without a dis abling injury, with an outdoor barbecue at Margaret Hunter Park. This is the best safety rec ord attained by any plant m the Kendall Company in the last 20 years. D. O. Carpentei, plant manager, in a letter to Di. Mu mie Summer, chairman of the Civic League, had this to say of the park: “The employees of Oak land and management join in ex pressing appreciation for the ex cellent facilities made availble to us at Margaret Hunter Park. This beautiful park is certainly a cred it to our city and it seemed par ticularly fitting that we have our barbecue there.” It is such a lovely spot and you and youi fam ily will enjoy picnics and outings there too. SOUTHERN DISHES Seems that my mind is running along the lines of good things to eat this afternoon. On my hook for the past several weeks has been another release from ( lem- son’s Mr. Eleazer who writes the Farms and Folks column you see each week in this paper. He says in this particular release “Of course, I speak of five things every southern home should have, if it has any suitable place for them. They are scuppernongs, figs, pecans, blight-proof pears and crape myrtles- These things are typically southern. A well ed ucated man from northwest Ar kansas asked me the other day what a scuppernong was . . . ’ I can appreciate that, beeuse when I was working in New York many years ago—I happened to mention something about seupper- nongs. The people up in that A an- kee territory thought I didn’t know what I was talking about; they had never heard of such a thing. Fortunately, 1 could prove that there were both scuppernongs and muscadines, which they also hadn’t heard of. The commanding officer of the army hospital at which I worked was Col. Lanahan and he was originally from Georgia. It didn’t take long to prove to the doubting Yankees that they had missed part of their lives by not having ever tasted these two delicacies- Mayer Memorial Cornerstone Service To Be Held Sunday Many Out'Of'Town Visitors For Home and Garden Tour One of the features of the House and Garden Tour here last Fri day was the doll collection of Mrs. Helen Harley, on display at the Richard L. Baker home. Miss Martha Dahl Harley, left, explained the collection to visitors. With Mrs. Baker is her grandson, Sydney Carter of Columbia. (Photo by Sims Tompkins.) en The Newberry Hou Pilgrimage was a Cleaning Firm To Move Soon Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Atchison, owners and operators of Odorless Cleaners, have purchased the building on Harrington street now occupied by the Market Basket Grocery store. Owners of the Market Basket plan to move into their new building at the corner of Harrington and Nance streets early in June, and the month of June will be used to remodel the building to suit the needs of the cleaning establishment, according to Mr. Atchison. Odorless Clean ers plans to move into the build ing the first of July. The parking lot adjacent to the present Market Basket location was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hayes. Odorless Cleaners recently cele brated the completion of 16 years as a business establishment in Newberry. e and Gard- big success last Friday because of the co operation of so many people in cluding the gulden clubs, the civic clubs, news media, the mer chants, the city officials, and most of all, those who attended the tour. Mrs. E. E. Westwood, who was chairman of tlie tour, wishes to thank everyone who had a part m its success. Mrs. Richard L. Ra ker who is State Pilgrimage Projects Chairman announced that the tour was a big succe.-s with tlie charm and beauty ot Newberry attracting almost four hundred enthusiast". A large num ber of those attending the tour were from other towns in South Carolina and some came from other states. Mi's. Baker noted that there was one person regist ered at the tea from Brazil. This wonderful pilgrimage was sponsored by the Council of New berry Garden Clubs. Some of tlie committees involved in the plan ning of the event were the follow ing: tlie Steering - Committee in cluding Mrs. Cordon Blackwell, Mrs. Clem You mans, Mi's. R. L. Raker, and Mrs. Emerson West- wood; the Ticket Committee in cluding Mrs. John Frazier, chair man and Mrs. John Lindsay; the Advertising Committee including Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, chairman, Mrs. T. P. Crooks, and Mrs. Yon Long; the Hostess Committee in cluding Mrs. Clifford Smith, chairman, and Mi's. Callie Boyd Parr; Publicity Chairman, Mrs. Warren R. Cousins; and the Tea Committee including Mrs. Clem During the morning of the tour coffee was served at the Com munity Hall. The Civic League was in charge of this and Mrs. W. Roy Anderson was chairman of the affair. She poured part of the time. Mrs. P .M. Dennis also poured coffee. Greeting guests at the doors were Dr. Mamie Sum mer, President of the Civic Foaeue. Mrs. Fouis Floyd, Mrs. E. F. Blackwell, and Mrs. R. H. Wright. Assistant hostesses were Mrs Fred Hayes, Mrs. George Hawkins, Mrs.' W r . C. Ruff, Sr., Mr". -F E. Wiseman. Mrs. R F. Baker. Mrs George N Martin, and Mis Jack -Jenkins. Attractive flower arrangements were furn ished by members of the Rose Garden Club. The hostesses at “Timberhouse” the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emer son Westwood, were the follow ing: Mrs. Ira T. Cousins, Mrs. Clayton Smith, Mrs. James C. Kinard. Mrs. Albert Ringer, Mrs. J. IF Westmoreland, Mrs. Jack Jenkins. Mrs. Adrian Summer, Mrs. Bill Whelan, Mrs. George Hartman and Mrs. Frank Miller. Flowers were done by Mrs. West- wood. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Browne the following were hostesses: Mrs. Gordon Leslie, Jr., Mrs. George N. Martin, Mrs. Packer Martin, Mrs. E. O. Can non. Mrs. N. S. Cordon, Mrs. J. N. Beard, Jr., Mrs. Adrian Sum mer. Flowers were furnished by Mrs. Adrian Summer, Ms. Ira T. Cousins, Mrs. Warren R. Cousins, all members of the Twon & Coun- trv Garden Club, Mrs. J. N. Beard, Youmans, chairman, Mrs. Thomp-'Jr. and Mrs. Parker Martin, son Price. Mrs. Gordon Blackwell, Mrs. James A. Burton and Mrs. Mrs. T. J. Eskridge, Steve Griffith. and Mrs. Seth A Meek were hostesses (Continued on page 2) at The Cornerstone Service for the new Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church building will be held Sun day afternoon, May 5, at 2:30 p. m., followed by Open House. Rev. Thomas FI. Weeks, conference president; Dr. C. A. Kaufmann, president of Newberry College, and possibly others will speak. During the morning service, at 11 a. m., the message will be brought by Dr. Karl W. Kinard, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Sy nod of South Carolina. Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church was organized October 15, 1898 by the Rev. M. G. G. Sherer, the Rev. W. K. Sligh and Dr. O. B. Mayer, Jr. The first church building was given to the Lutheran people of this commun ity as a memorial to his father, the late Dr. O. B. Mayer, Sr. The church was dedicated on May 20, 1900, and five years after the dedication it was enlarged and a vestibule and belfry added. The church building was des troyed by fire on Sunday morning, January 12, 1919. The second building was erected during the following summer and the first service was held in the new church the first Sunday in October 1919. In the summer of 1928, the church was painted and Sunday School rooms were built. Dedication serv ices were held on Sunday, October 13, 1935. Through the years, the congre gation experienced growth. In the early 1950’s the membership realized that it had outgrown the present building. On Decem ber 2, 1951, the church council appointed a committee to study the needs for additional church fa cilities and building possibilities. The feasibilty of relocating the church site was considered and several members offered to do nate ground for the purpose. How ever, on January 16, 1955, the congregation voted to give the church council authority to buy the adjoining lot, or lots, for building purposes. This was an other way of saying that the ma jority of the voting members fav ored the church remaining at the present location. Later the parson age was moved to the corner of Drayton and Lyles Streets. On April 20, 1952, the congrega tion voted to adopt the recommen dation of the church council that a new brick building be erected. A building fund committee was appointed to devise plans for rais ing sufficient funds for erecting and equipping the building. On December 12, 1954, a building committee was appointed. Bryan Livingston served as chairman of the committee as well as treasurer of the building fund. Other mem bers of the committee were Harold O. Cook, advisory member; and Clyde L. Amick, J. Harold Hend rix, Cecil E. Merchant, A. O. Livingston, Jr., George E. Stone, George E. Ward. Irvine Leslie w'as engaged as the architect. The floor plans for the new church, as proposed by the architect and recommended by the building committee, were adopted by the congregation on May Day Will Be Saturday The Newberry College May Day program will be held in a beauti ful setting on the college campus at 5 p. m. Saturday, May 4. President C. A. Kaufmann will crown Miss Miriam Adams 1957 May Queen. Miss Adams, a sen ior at Newberry, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Adams of Bateshurg. Miss Nora Kathryn Kinard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kinard, Pomaria, will be Maid of Honor. Following the crowning of the 1957 May Queen, a program, “May Day Through the Years,” will be presented. Miss Nancy Stephens, soprano, will sing the Alma Mater. May Queens of form er years will then be presented by Prof. T. E. Epting of the col lege faculty. Among former may queens ex pected for the occasion are Mrs. Elma Jordan Compton, 1935; Mrs. Evelyn Loadholt Graham, 1936; Mrs. Elizabeth Riser Ayer, 1937; Mrs. Harriett Harden Gamble, 1941; Mrs. Ruth Monts Coggin, 1942, and Mrs. Mary Lay- ton Dickert, 1943. Also attending will be Haddie Medlock, Queen of Miss Doris Dominick, 1952; Verna Kohn, 1953; Mrs. Floyd Shealy, 1954; Miss Spigner, 1955; and Miss Sabonsky, 1956. Acting as will be Doris Ann Parks of New berry. Eighteen lovely may pole danc ers will entertain the queen and her court, and a recessional ac companied by the Newberry Col lege Band will end the program. The Newberry College Women’s League cordially invites everyone present to a reception in Smeltzer Hall immediately following the exercises. College Week Be Climaxed With Ball Saturday Night Mrs. 1950; Miss Betty Joan Mary Page Service For Missionaries Miss Newberry, Linda Inabinet, right, and Miss Newberry College, Sylvia Metz, left, were among the main attractions in the Centennial parade down Main Street Monday afternoon. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) months old, will sail for November 20, 1955. The complete I on August 29. plans for the building were adopt ed on March 4, 1956, and the con gregation voted on June 3, by a unanimous vote, to accept the bid (Continued on page 2) The Rev. M. E. Derrick, of Cen tral Methodist Church, announces that a service of recognition for Rev. and Mrs. James W. Goodwin will be held at Central Methodist Church next Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. The Rev. and Mrs. Goodwin with their two children, Richard Winston (Ricky) four years of age, and Jan Lee about four Brazil One of the most beautiful floats in Monday’s parade was that of the Whitener Lumber Com pany. Adorning the float are, left to right, Cathy Whitaker, Dotty Mills, Janice Timmons, Carol Ann Baxter and Suzanne Lewis. (Sunphoto by Doris A. Sanders.) Mr. Goodwin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Goodwin of Chalk- ville, Ala. He served as YMCA secretary in Jefferson County. He holds the B.S. degree from Bir mingham-Southern College and B. D. degree from Duke. Mrs. Good win holds the B.S. degree from Birmingham-Southern College and has done graduate work at Duke. She also taught in the schools of North Carolina. The congregation of Central Methodist Church has taken on the support of this missionary couple. Methodist Circles Meet Next Week The circles of Central Metho dist Church will meet next week as follows: No. 1: Monday, May 6 at 4:00 p. m. with Mrs. Jack Hove; Mrs. Hugh Crooks and Mrs. Ralph Wil liams, associate hostesses. No. 2: Monday at 4:00 p. m. with Mrs. Howard B. Kirkegard. No. 3: Tuesday at 10:00 a. m. with Mrs. W. O. Miller. Julia White: Mondaj' at 8:00 p. m. with Mrs. S. L. Shealy, Mrs. E. C. Rinehart associate hostess. No. 5: Tuesday at 10:30 a m. with Mrs. Steve Griffith. No. 6: Monday, at 4:00 p. m. with Mrs. D. J. Williams, Mrs. Willie Hawkins associate hostess. Newberry College Centennial Week, which got underway Sun day night with an interdenomina tional worship service at Smeltzer Stadium, continues at high pace with many activities planned for the remainder of the week, to be climaxed Saturday night with the final showing of the spectacle “Indian Trails” and a finale ball. “Distinguished Visitors and Homecoming Day” Monday was featured by a parade in w'hich the two Centennial Queens appeared, Mi ss Linda Inabinet, “Miss New berry” and Miss Sylvia Metz, “Miss Newberry College.” Sever al floats, marching bands, a num ber of rickety cars and buggies reminiscent of by-gone days, and representatives of Sisters of the Swish and Brothers of the Brush organizations participated in the Sam Johnson Rites Monday Sam Johnson, 80, died Sunday at the Newberry County Memor ial Hospital after a long illness. Born in Laurens County, he w r as the son of the late Brown and Harriet Herndon Johnson. He was connected with the New berry fire department for many years. Mr. Johnson was a steward of O’Neal Street Methodist Church for a number of years and was also connected with other or ganizations of the church. Survivors include his wdfe, Mrs. Helen Smith Johnson; one son, Nevit Johnson of Greenwood; one sister, Mrs. Sallie T. West of Newberry; four grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. Monday from Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. J. W. Dav enport, Rev. D. M. Shull and Rev. Melvin E. Derrick. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Ernest Layton, Garvice Taylor, Frank Jones, Sam Beam, J. E. Cox, and Ralph Whitaker. Honorary escort was composed of members of the Newberry Fire Department, Bill Smith, Dave Caldwell, Connor Campbell, Ike Timmerman, Henry Holloway, Ned Purcell, Ralph B. Baker, Dave Hayes, Jack Senn, Dr. Elbert J. Dickert, Dr. R. E. Livingston, Hugh Shannon, Herman Wright, Tom Fellers, Coliq Dowd, Bunyan Ringer, J. W. Cook, Herman Langford, Eugene Yates and Clem Youmans. Assisting with the flowers were Mrs. Frank Jones, Mrs. Connor Campbell, Mrs. Helen Senn, Mrs. J. E. Cox, Mrs. Belle Nesley, Mrs. Dessa Layton, Mrs. Elbert Dickert, Mrs. Toy Cousins, Mrs. Margaret Merchant and Mrs. Lu cille Foster. parade. Tuesday, “Agriculture Day” was enjoyed by many as separate tours and programs were conduct ed for ladies and gentlemen. Wednesday was “Sisters of the Swish” day and a tour of New berry parks and gardens began activities. There was a tea at'the Dufford home, 1900 College street at 5:00 p. m. Many other inter esting activities took place. To day, Thursday, is ‘’Business \nd Industrial Day” and of special interest are the antique window exhibits in the Newberry Stores. Open House is being held at the Newberry Garment Company this morning from 10 until 12 a. m., and at the Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company from 2 until 5 p. m. Tnese two firms have prod ucts on exhibition at Centennial Headquarters. At 4 p. m. today there will be a preliminary beard judging contest on the public square. At 5 p. m. in the assembly room of Wessels Library, Newberry alumni of classes 1921, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 40 will hold reunions. At the same time the class of 1937 will hold its reunion at the Wiseman Hotel and the class of 1938 at the Wallace Home. The final beard judging will be held at 8 p. m. in Setzler Stadium just prior to the fourth performance of “Indian Trails” wdth its fireworks finale. Friday, May 3, “Youth Day’ will feature a youth parade at 2:30 p. m. in which all school children in the county have been invited to participate. Clubs and groups such as Beta Clubs, Future Farmers of America, JHA groups, student council groups, and child ren with their pets will be in this parade. Several bands will furnish music. A beauty queen and two Bell Speaker O’Neal Service Visiting Newberry last week and serving as hostesses at “Gildercrest” during the Garden Pilgrimage Friday were Mrs. Joe Privet te, sister of O. F. Armfield, Sr. and her daughter, Miss Jo Privette of Hamlet, N. C.; also the Armfield’s daughter, Mrs. D. H. McHargue and son, Danny of Statesville, N. C. The Rev. C. (3. Bell, pastor of the Whitmire Methodist Church, will be the guest minister in a se ries of revival services at the O’Neal Street Methodist Church, here in the city, during the week of May 6th through May 12. Services will be each evening at 7:30 o’clock. The services will include in spirational preaching, singing by a children’s choir and an adult choir and congregational singing of great hymns of the church. A warm welcome awaits those who will come to worship in these services, and a cordial invitation is extended to everyone. attendants from each high school in the county are expected to ap pear in the parade. There will be a little League baseball game on the Boundary Street school diamond at 4 p. m. The Newberry College class of 1944 will hold its reunion at 5 p. m. in the assembly room of Wes sels Library. Friday night at 8:30 the fifth performance of the centennial spectacle will be shown on Setz ler Field at the college. Follow ing this performance an informal dance will be held in MacLean Gymnasium. There will be a small admission charge. Chairman for the “Youth Day” program is P. K. Harmon, and J. V. Kneece is co-chairman. On Saturday, May 4, “Aj-med Forces Day” and Newberry Col lege May Day, the National Guard units of this area will put on a big display of Army equipment on the old Court House cquare be tween 1 and 4 p. m. The an nual May Day exercises will be held at Newberry College i n a beautiful setting on the campus at 5 p. m. President C. A. Kaufmann will crown Miss Mirium Adams 1957 May Queen. A final beard shaving contest, sponsored by the Shaver Division of Remington Rand, will be held just before the last performance of “The Indian Trails” and its wonderful fireworks display. The committee for this day is compos ed of Lt. Col. W. P. Wright, Miss Hattie Belle Lester, Gerald O’Quinn, and Charles Pruitt. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS May 4: Mrs.. Elise P. Bowler, Horace Williams, Dewey Kinard, Mrs. Edward A. Lane, B. B. Livingston, Jack Summer, Mrs. Brab Crooks, Mrs. Jack Hughes, Carl Setzler, Roberta Clairice Kennerley. May 5: T. E. Davis, Francis Auli, John H. Ruff, Walter Ruff, Mrs. Randolph Kirkland, Mild red Power Martin, Billie Wayne Sheppard, Mrs. William Thomas Werts, Richard B. Caldwell, Mrs. W. Ellerbe Peiham, Jr., Mrs. W. F. Rutherford, Stanley Drawd- er, Mary Helen Whitaker, Pam ela L. Setzler. May 6: Mrs. J. M. Randal, Mrs. J. M. Chappell, A. W. Mur ray, Betty Boyd, Mrs. Byron Nichols, Hazel Wright, McTeer Senn. May 7: Henry Brooks, Mrs. Charles H. Boyd, Jr., Randolph Ferguson, Michael Sheppard, Annette Hawkins, Mike Epps, Carroll Devore, Norman Beck, Buddy Morehead. May 8: Morgan Randal, Mary Bauknight, Lois Ellen Cromer, Helen J. Ezell, Sara Brown, Mary Helen Smith, Mrs. H. C. Timmerman, Johnnie B. Lindsay, Terry Merchant, Kerry Lamor Epting. May 9: Williamson Folk, Mrs. Horace Cromer, Nat Gist III, C. E. Sharp. May 10: Mrs. William C. Armfield, Oscar Johnson, Ferd Summer, Jr., Johnnie Jones, Alice Jane MacBeth, Sue Ellen Hipp.