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Money may not he everything but it has a good lead on what ever is in second place. Alverta Fears has quit the Wom en's Volunteers. The leader told her, her fjas mask wasn't on straight. Seems she wasn't wear ing one. VOLUME 20; NUMBER 3 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MAY 16, 1957 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Doris A. Sanders TOO LATE Quite often we receive items o£ news for publication on Thursday morning. Some years ago. The Sun "was printed on Thursday af ternoon; however, our press day is now r Wednesday and news articles should be in the Sun of fice Tuesday, preferably, but early Wednesday morning at the latest. We regret that we receiv ed several articles last week too late to publish, and request that when you have notices you wish to have published that they be in our hands by Tuesday if at all possible. CONGRATULATIONS Those of us at The Sun wish to extend to Dr. E. H. Moore our sincere congratulations. On Mon day, May 20th, Dr. Moore will observe his 50th anniversary as a physician in Newberry County. His record*of service to this com munity is one of which he can be proud and for which the county can be thankful. We also send congratulations to Mrs. Eloise Wright who was chos en as the “Palmetto Profile” sub ject in the April issue of the South Carolina Magazine. Mrs. Wright has long been an out standing civic, social and religions leader in Newberry and is among the nicest persons we know. Her “Profile” will be seen elsewhere in this issue. T. Roy Summer Jr., left, president of the Newberry Chamber of Commerce, presented the Na tional Safety Council’s Award of Honor to members of the Oakland Plant safety committee at a meeting Tuesday morning. Mr. Summer told the committee that this is the highest award presented by the Council; that of 172 textile plants evaluated, only eight were chosen to receive the award and that the Oakland Plant was the only plant of the Kendall Company to receive the award. The award was accepted by W. D. Kinney, chairman of the Oakland Safety committee. The award ws presented “for the operation of 3,055,988 man-hours without a disabling injury, November 21, 1954-March 16, 1957” and was signed by Ned H, Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council. Mrs. Merle Kinney, right, accepted the Certificate of Merit from the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company awarded the Oakland Plant as winner of the safety contest for 1957. Other members of the committee are J. E. Chapman, W. L. Snyder, A. B. Bradley, E. E. Brock, W. P. Phillips and E. H. Fulmer. (Photo by Nichols.) UNION NEEDED? Teachers in general cringe at the idea of a union—it would be against their “Code of Ethics.” And yet I don’t know of any one group where a union—-or at least some sort of organization that would stand up and defend teach ers—is more sorely needed, l^lany teachers right in this county have been kicked out of jobs for no reason at all, except, as I said in this column last week, the whims and personal grudges of area advisory boards. The teach ers have no legal recourse. They are hired for one year only and need be given no reason for not being hired again. Now, if a firm wants to do business this way with private money, that is up to them; but where YOUR money is being used, and excellent teachers are thrown out of their jobs of teaching your children because of some personal dislike on the part of an advisory board member, I think it is time something is being done about it. As of now, you can’t look to your County Board of Education; they say it is the “custom” to follow recommenda tions of the advisory boards and if matters of this nature come up, they refer them back to the advis ory board. This being the case, why do they bother to even look at the recommendations? I could tell you several in stances of teachers being fired for no good reason. In one case, the teacher was told that the school wanted a man in her job. A man was hired (the son of an advisory board member) but was NOT plac ed in her job; another teacher was shifted around so as to make a place for this man. In another in stance, I understand, the area board wanted to get rid of one particular teacher who was mar ried. Seeing no graceful way of firing her, they decided to adopt a policy of having no married teach ers, so instead of one being fired three teachers lost their jobs. In cidentally, there are married teachers in that school now and ; the school is happy to have them. Do you think a few persons fflwMild have such final action when it is your money they are M spending? And speaking of spend- ing money, I secured some fig- toes relative to salaries from the Oranty superintendent of educa- office last week. At the I had no intention of pub- the figures, but got them to answer a question in Own mind. The figures were to me without hesitation; V I was told that someone had requested the same in- a t i on and that “they” not being identified) were / io release the figures, you understand, are mat- of public record, time I have personally twice and asked not the figures and other of The Sun staff were with the same re- , not publishing them simply because I do tve all of the information making the figures I am satisfied that deeds to know of the Mrs. Wright Subject Of Story In South Carolina Magazine (From the South Carolina Maga zine, April 1957 by Caroline S. Coleman) In Newberry they have a way of saying “When you want an important job done—ask Eloise Wrignt.” Mrs. Wright, not only knows HOW to do the difficult things—but she DOES them. She does the bard things with a cheer ful smile which wins friends for any cause she may be sponsoring. Many honors have come to Mrs. Robert Downs Wright in a life time of service, but the highest honor was that of serving as President General, United Daugh ters of the Confederacy. At the General Convention of the organization—whether it be in Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, or Richmond, among the many brilliant, distinguished women as sembled from nearly every state in the Union, Mrs. Robert D. W'right, of South Carolina is the most outstanding person present. She presides on the platform or heads a committee with grace and dignity that bring pride to her na tive state. Born in Newberry, the daugh ter of Dr. Spencer Glasgow Welch and Mrs. Cornelia Strother Welch, Eloise Welch Wright came of a long line of patriotic ancestors. In 1892 Eloise Welch was grad uated from Columbia College with highest honors in her class. Her Alma Mater is very proud of ttyis distinguished Alumna. In June, 1956, Columbia College presented Mrs. Robert D. Wright a citation for “Outstanding Service to Church and State.” After her graduation from col lege, she taught in the schools of Newberry and Spartanburg. Her marriage to Robert Downs Wright did not take her from her home town. The young couple settled in their home in Newberry where they reared their family and as- s u m e d the responsibilities of church and civic life. And here, since the passing of her husband, Mrs. Wright is spending her ma ture years, still active in all that pertains to community better ment. Newberry appreciates Mrs. Wright and what she has accom plished. After her election to the office of President General, Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy, Mrs. Wright was presiding for the first time at a General Con vention in Columbus, Ohio. While on the platform she was presented a large basket of beautiful chry santhemums. The accompanying card read: “An expression of ap preciation from the citizens of Newberry; from the people who have known and loved you all your life; from those who have inequities that exist in the pay ment of these salaries, and when I have the further information I am seeking to^prove the inequi ties, then you will hear more come to you for advice and coun sel so graciously given; from the people you meet on the street with ever a pleasant smile and a cheery word of greeting.” The Mayor of Newberry had previously added his expression of appreciation to those expressed by the Governor of South Caro lina, and other state officials in a bulletin dispatched to Mrs Wright. During her administration, Mrs, Wright was honored guest of the Newberry Lions Club where she was presented a beautiful silver pitcher. From serving as president of Drayton Rutherford Chapter, U. D. C. Mrs. Wright went on to serve in various official capaci ties of the South Carolina Divi sion, and finally as president of the Division, the youngest presi dent in the history of the division. During her administration as Division President, the destiny of the “Confederate Infirmary” —- now the Confederate Home, sway ed in the balance. The Infirmary had been established by the un tiring effort of Mrs. Wright and other loyal Daughters of the Con federacy. President of S. C. Division Mrs. Wright as President of S. C. Division, U. D. C. appeared be fore the Senate Finance Commit tee to plead the cause of the vet erans. She was promised that the Finance Committee would grant an appropriation, provided United Daughters of the Confederacy would raise a sum for furnishing for the building. With characteris tic determination, Mrs. Wright^ led the Division in raising $1,000 in a few weeks time. Now as the Con federate Home, the old Infirmary is sheltering widows and daugh ters of Confederate veterans—our state has kept faith with the men who fought for her and loved her. In 1917-18 Mrs. Wright served as South Carolina Division Direc tor of War Relief work. She not only gave freely of her own time and bality to Red Cross work, but Prospects Good For Watershed Applications for small water shed projects have been submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture by six soil conservation districts in SCS Area II. Among these is the Bush River watershed project in Laurens arid Newberry Soil Con servation Districts. The local soil conservation sup ervisors report that preliminary work plans are being sent to Washington for approval as to the technical and cost-sharing mat ters. After approval is received and easements are assured, the final work plan will be submitted to Washington for appropriations of funds for operations. District supervisors are cur rently making contacts regarding easements for water retarding structures and channel clearance. They report favorable reactions in a great majority of cases and an- ticipte success in the near future. According to the supervisors, who expect to present the final plans to Congress prior to its ad journment, the outlook is bright and Bush River Watershed will soon become a reality. Armed Forces Day Program In City Saturday y Sunday Observes Fifty Years* As Physician In This County she led in a tremendous amount of Division effort, which included four beds in the American hospi tal in France, endowed at a cost of $600.00 each, $700,000 worth of. Liberty Bonds, $100,000 War Sav ings Stamps bought by the S. C. Division; 92 French and Belgian orphans supported; countless gar ments made for hospitals, while engaging in numerous services for the benefit of the war effort. The pattern was repeated on a far larger scale in World War II. Mrs. Wright was serving as President General United Daugh ters of the Confederacy when the news of Pearl Harbor was flash ed around the globe. With the spirit of her Confederate ances tors, she lost no time in enlisting for duty. On December 15, 1941, she wrote President Franklin D. Roosevelt: “My dear Mr. President: On this significant date, Dec. 15th, the United Daughters of the Confederacy pledges you its full support in this war. We are ready to serve, willing to sacrifice: Faithfully yours, Mrs. Robert D. Wright, President General United Daughters of the Confed eracy. M. H. McIntyre, the President’s secretary, replied in ^ graciqjis letter of appreciation. The pledge was not made light ly. The President General at once launched a campaign, including or ganizing Red Cross Chapters; purchase of many thousands of Re lief Bonds; contributions to Red Cross and War Relief Agencies; for nurses' training fund; thous ands of hospital garments made; surgical dressings prepared. Ev erywhere women were knitting, sewing, busy at the many activi ties so essential when a country is at war. Mrs. Wright made many an of ficial journey over the countfy in spiring Divisions, encouraging them to greater efforts in patri otic and civilian defense. An honor that came to her was the invita tion to fly on an army transport as the guest of the War Depart ment to Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where she observed the training of the Women’s Army Corps. Also the trip included a visit to Camp Crowder, Missouri, where she viewed a parade 6f young women who had completed their training, and were administered the oath by Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby. Mrs. Wright is a gifted Pen Woman. Her historical essays have won prizes in the General U. D. C. essay contests. She has had many articles published. She is the author of a History of the South Carolina Division, U. D. C. and cooperated in compiling the General U. D. C. history. Her greatest accomplishment with the pen is the compiling and editing of “A Confederate Surgeon’s Let- (Continued on page 4) Program For Band Concert Friday Night The Senior High School band, Intermediate high school band and Junior high school band, under the direction of Miss Lorraine Paris, will present a concert Friday night. May 17 at the Newberry High School auditorium at 8:00 p. m. The public is urged to at tend. There will be a small admis- arion charge, and proceeds will be used to buy equipment for the band. The program will be as follows: High School Band: Tiberius; Lost Chord; Storm King; Type writer; On the Trail. Intermediate Band: Honor Band; Ambition; Indian Princess; Short- nin’ Bread, Activity. Junior High School Band: Am erica; Golden Mell; The Flyer; Aura Lee; Sailing; Popping Corn; Fire Drill. High School Band: On the Mall; Contra Dance; Battle Hymn of the Republic; Bombasto; London derry Air; Little 'Brown Jug Goes to Town; Amparita Roca. Dufford Takes New Position William E. (Bill) Dufford has announced ‘his resignation as prin cipal of Winyah Junior High School in Georgetown to accept a position with the Beaufort City Schools. Dufford, who has been with the Georgetown City Schools eight years, will be the principal of the newly formed Junior High Stmool. Dufford went to Georgetown in 1959 as assistant football coach, head basketball coach, baseball coch and a teacher in the high school. Since then, he has given up teaching and his football posi tions to become principal of the Junior High school. He has main tained his position as basketball coach at Winyah High. At hie new job, there will be no coaching, he explained. A native of Newberry, Dufford is a graduate of Newberry College. He received his Master’s Degree from the University of South Carolina in 1954 and has done graduate work at the University of Maryland. He is the son of C. A. Dufford Sr. and the late Mrs. Dufford. Monday, May 20, will mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. E. H. Moore as physician in Newberry County. Dr. Moore is a native of Spartanburg County, but started practicing medicine in Newberry County on May 20, 1907. He has spent 50 years conserving human and natural resources in Newber ry County, being just as interest ed in conservation of soil and water on his farm and in the county as in the conservation of human life. Dr. Moore has been living at his present home since 1912. The home was his late wife’s grand mother’s place and has been in the family since that time. In briefly reviewing his 50 years of service to the commun ity, Dr. Moore recalled “for the first 25 years of my practice, it was difficult to get $10 for ob stetrical cases. In the last 25 years, I have had no trouble get ting $50 fees for such cases. There are very few farmers now who don’t pay their bills promptly. In early days, I got my pay in the fall, if I got it at all. Several years ago, a man paid me a bill for work done 27 years ago. Dr. Moore has two children, Mrs. iMf .... SIP? Mary Elizabeth Moore Watters of Atlanta, Ga., and Wilson Moore of Spartanburg. The many, many patients whom he has treated throughout his years as a practicing physician in Newberry, as well as his host of friends, wish for Dr. Moore a happy observance of his 50th an niversary. Council Discusses Traffic Problems; Takes No Action City Council occupied itself Tuesday night at its regular meet ing with a lengthy discussion of the traffic and parking situations in the city. A report was sub mitted by Councilman Ernest Lay- ton, who served on a committee appointed by the mayor to work with a Chamber of Commerce committee which first suggested a nine-point program for reliev ing congested conditions on the city streets. No conclusions were reached by the city fathers and they decided to ask the Chamber of Commerce committee to meet with full council to discuss the program at a later date. A request from citizens of the Hartford Heights section for bet ter water facilities was referred to the city manager to obtain a recommendation from B. P. Bar ber and Associates. A letter from Dr. C. A. Kauf- mann, president of Mewberry College, was read, thanking the City for its co-operation in the ob servance of the Newberry College Centennial celebration. W. I. Click, president of the Little Boys League ftor the City of Newberry, appeared before council to request a donation of $300 -for the construction of toilet facilities at the new ball park. Council unanimously agreed to do nate this amount. A resolution endorsing the work of the local chapter of the South Carolina Rehabilitation of Alco holics was unanimously adopted. The meeting was concluded with a report of’ the Municipal Association of iSouth Carolina meeting at Myrtle Beach, which was attended by Mayor Kinard, City Manager Blackwell, Police Chief Colie Dowd, 1 and Councilmen Layton, Dufford, Armfield, and Paysinger. Henderson Now Lt. Colonel James W. Henderson, com manding officer of the 107th AAA Battalion, South Carolina Nation al Guard, was promoted from the rank of major to the rank of Lt. Colonel on My 13. Col. Henderson asteumed command of the 107th about a year ago, upon the re tirement of Lt. Col. E. R. Mclver of Dillon. Units of the 107th under Col. Henderson’s command are Head quarters Battery and C. Battery, both of Newberry; D Battery of Hampton, B Battery of Clinton and A Battery of Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. George Scruggs Jr. and daughter Betty of Spar tanburg spent Mother’s Day in the home of Mr. Scruggs’ par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Scruggs and his aunt, Miss Ludie Taylor on College street extt Local Students Receive Gifts From Champion CANTON, N. C., May 15. — Awards of two four-year college scholarships by the Champion Pa per Foundation were announced here today by Reuben B. Robert son Jr., president of the foun dation and of the Champion Paper and Fibre Company. The scholarship winners in the Carolinas area are Saundra Anne Cordell of Enka High School and Charles William Greene of Can ton High School. Their scholar- ehips will amount to one-third of their total typical college expenses for each of four years. In addition to the student awards, the colleges to be attend- (Continued on page 4) ?> Wf# . ; -X' ■ > , 5 . -.'i' ■ ' ^ \> V ' - Members of the 228th AAA Group, S. C. berry spent the weekend on the Fort Jackson rifle range. Aiming at the target here are SFC Buddy Coats, closest to the camera and Pfc Eddie Lominack. Standing, left to rjght, are SFC Joe Higpt SFC James Stone, Capt. Fifed Weir,, battery commander, and Pvt. Richard Lominlck. (Photo by MeSirain Dominick.) ‘ May 18, National Armed Forces Day, will be observed in Newberry Saturday with a display of equip ment from local National Guard units on the Court House square from 1:00 p. m. until 4:30 p. m., according to Major Gerald C. O’Quinn, Armed Forces Day pro jects officer for the guard. Included in the units on display will be Rawin Meteorological equipment under the supervision of Chief Warrant Officer R. Fras ier Sanders, 228th AAA Group meteorologist; Radar equipment under the supervision of M-Sgt. James C. McLeod, Hq. Battery, 107th AAA Battalion; M-I9 D\*al 40 mm gun motor carriage under the supervision of Chief Warrant Officer James D. Perry, Battery C, 107th; also ten ton wrecker, army jeep, army sedan and M-16 quad 50 calibre gun motor car riage. On Sunday afternoon on the square, there will be a band con cert beginning at 4:30 p. m., pre sented by the 246th Army R&nfb under the direction of Chief War rant Officer Charles P. Pruitt, commander. Merchants have been requested by Gerald Paysinger, chairman of the Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, to display flags on this occasion. •A flight of three F-84F jets and three B-66 jets will depart Shaw Air Force Base between 10:00 and 11:30 a. m. to fly over Newberry. Units participating in the arm ed forces day display and the com manding officer of each, are: Headquarters battery. 228th group, Capt. Fred J. Weir; Head quarters Battery, 107th Battalion, Capt. Hubert M. Bedenbaugh; C Battery, 107th Battalion, Capt. James C. Lester; 246th Army Band, CWO ‘Charles P. Pruitt. Mayor Cecil E. Kinard has is sued a proclamation designating May 18 as Armed Forces Day in Newberry. The proclamation fol lows: Whereas, the men and women of the Armed Forces of the Unit ed States are constantly demon strating their loyalty and devo tion to the service of their coun try, and Whereas, these Armed Fbrce# personnel are now in prepared ness to combat the ruthless ag gression and despotism which threatens to destroy the freedom that this nation cherishes; and Whereas, it is fitting and prop er that we devote a day in New berry, South Carolina to pay special tribute to those whose con stancy and courage constitutes one of the bulwarks guarding the free dom of this Nation and the peace of the world. Now, therefore, I, Cecil E. Ki nard, Mayor of the ( Cily of New berry, South Carolina, do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 18, 1957 as Armed Forces Day in Newber ry, South Carolina, and I desire the citizens of Newberry to mark the designated day with appro priate recognition by cooperat ing in local observance of the day. BIRTHDAY .GREETINGS I ay 18; Mrs. Olgie Shealy, . Jackson W. Taylor, Brace comb, David L. West, Mrs. rge %H>tts, E. F. Lovell Jr. May 19: Steve Price, Ralph E. Rowe Jr., Mrs. OUn Berry, Mrs. Lesie Wood, Lee Mayer, Mrs. Dorothy Schumpert, Margaret Lipscomb, Durret f. Lipscomb, Michael Keith Nichols. May 20: James L Bedenbaugh, Mrs. George T. Davenport, Mrs. Forrest Lominack, J. . Walker Schumpert Jr., Mrs. Andrew Shealy, Joe davenport, Stuart MacBeth. , May 21: Frances 6 wit ten burg, Mrs. Sadie Crooks, Mrs. Harvey May 22: Mrs. R. W. Culbert- Mrs. C. B. Bedenbaugh. Mrs. W. H. Shannon Sr., Mark Hughes, Mra. Betty Sharp, Da vid Young, Randy Robert Koon. May 23: James Smith Jr, Mrs. Johnson Hagood Clary, Gerry Dominick, Bobby Hanna III, Mrs. J. T./Amick. May 24: Mrs. James Leavell, Mrs. Floyd Bradley, Leroy Wit son, Mrs. Claude Buzhardt, J. P. Boozer, Mrs. C. L. Perkins, Cyril Hutchinson, Repair Curtiz Wicker. ' f i*.