The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 30, 1957, Image 1

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REV F A LS ( H AR A(TER The e-hair* of iife i> f'a-ire-h \v, T h little ring’s - eae h word anei a-. t forming a jeart of it. E1TTEE SEVERITY It’s surprising how many p<- live on such a narrow margin this wide world of ours. VOLUME 20; NUMBER 5 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAYMAY 1957 + $2.00 PER Y'EAR By The Way By Doris A. Sandora A FRIEND GONE A familiar figure on the streets of Newberry for many years past will be greatly missed in the fu ture. Final rites for Mr. John Glymph, who died at his home Friday afternoon, were held Sun day at Whitaker Funeral Home. The many customers around town who enjoyed Mr. John’s de licious boiled peanuts during sea son, roasted peanuts the remaind er of the year, will miss both his merchandise and his visits to their places of business. Mr. John loved children, especially our two little girls. When they went to visit him, he invariably had a little bag of peanuts for each of them. I hey enjoyed their visits with him and I took Connie for her last visit Sunday morning at W’hitaker’s. I told her that Mr. John had been very sick ami that now wasn t sick and was sleeping. She said “But Mommy, he will wake up and go to heaven.” I don't believe that all of the words said at the funeral service would have meant any more to Mr. John than the simple expression of a child s faith. Gas Authority Is Losing Money, Gas SNEAK-THIEF From my desk at The Sun of fice, I can see and admire the beautiful flowers planted in the box in front of Newberry Fed eral Savings & Loan Association. Last week, the geraniums were in full bloom, a beautiful shade of led. Monday morning, there were a few blossoms left. During the weekend, someone had gone to the box and apparently had broken off enough of the plants for cut tings. One plant had been pull ed up altogether. It is a shame that this sort of thing has to hap pen, after all the work done to make a beautiful spot for the pub lic to admire. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Especial birthday greetings are sent today to Mrs. John R. (Eliz abeth) Gilliam, who today (Thurs day) is celebrating her 86th birth day anniversary. Her age doesn’t stop Mrs. Gilliam from doing her housekeeping, cooking and working in the yard. One neighbor report ed the other day that Mrs. Gilliam was out in the yard with an axe, evidently getting rid of a stump in the yard that bothered her. Her daughters try to get her to “take it easy” but Mrs. Gilliam pays no attention to them because she is happiest when she is work ing. For the past several years, |I.rs Gilliam has been honored as being the oldest mother present at Moth er Day services at O’Neal Street Methodist Church. She has two children, Mrs. Maude Gilliam Ross and Miss Elsie Gill iam, both of Newberry, two grand children., Mrs. Dorothy Ross Har mon of Newberry and John Gill iam Ross of Charlotte, N. C., four great grandchildren and a step great grandchild. Mrs. Gilliam enjoys visits from the children in the family, as well as her many friends. We extend our congratulations for a continued long, active and happy life. The discovery of gas leakages, costing - the Clinton Newberry Nat ural Gas Authority so'J.TO a day, was reported at the regular meeting of the authority Monday night. Walter Regnery, chairman of the authority, reported that tests had been conducted at con nections in the high pressure lines, and that of 84 connections tested, leaks were found in 82. As a result of this discovery, the authority decided to spot-check residential meters. If the spot! check discloses; malfunctioning of meters at these points, every me- , ter served by the authority will be checked. The authority adopted a budget I of $65,000, which is $5,172 more | than the expenditures of last , year. Most of the increase was ' accounted for by the increase in j the number of customers. It was announced that a new i bookkeeping system would be put into effect at the beginning of the j next fiscal year, June 1st. The new system will show in detail the expense of each operation of the authority, including meter read ing, installations and capital im provements. There was a discussion as to the possibility of offering free installation and materials at cost for customers desiring to place gas heating facilities in their homes between the period August 1-September 15. No decision was reached as to whether this policy would be adopted. The authority voted to purchase a 1957 Chevrolet Station Wagon from the low bidder, Kemper Chevrolet Company, for $1514.10 plus the trade-in of two trucks presently being used. Members of the Gas Authority are Walter Regnery, chairman: Mayor Cecil E. Kinard, Council- men C. A. Dufford, and Ernest Layton of Newberry; Mayor Joe Terry and Councilman Harry Layton, Clinton; and Mr. James P.' Sloan of Joanna. Guard Units To Leave For Camp National Guard units from all parts of South Carolina will leave their home stations for two weeks summer encampment training on June 9. About 8,500 of these will attend Fort McClellan, Alabama, as members of the 51st “Rattle snake” Division, while over 2,000 more will go to Fort Stewart, Ga. as members of the 228th AAA Group, 263rd Tank Battalion, and 107th AAA Battalion. All units of the 228th Group, with the excep tion of Headquarters Battery and Headquarters, a Newberry unit, will go to Stewart. The local unit will train at the Savannah River Project. Advance elements will move out June 6th to make ready for the big main bodies. It will be the eleventh encampment for Guard units since World War II and training is expected to set a rec- ord pace. The Guardsmen from Newberry will travel to training sites by army vehicle convoy. They will leave the armory shortly after daybreak on the 9th and arrive at their camps late in the afternoon of the same day. A vigorous program of training awaits the citizen soldiers, al though an adequate recreational and off-duty time schedule has been carefully planned. The men will receive schooling in basic military subjects, participate in tactical maneuvers, fire weapons to include rifles, pistols, rocket launchers, recoiless weapons, tanks, howitzers, machine guns, mortars, and antiaircraft guns. Combat veterans and experienced NCOs will work under the super vision of highly trained officer personnel to ensure a safe and profitable encampment. On June 23rd, the men will re Native Is Big Money Winner Mrs. Reba Failor, formerly Re becca Mahon of Newberry, was winner of $16,000 on the $64,000 Question TV show Tuesday night. Mrs. Failor’s category is “Sport of thm Kings—Horse Racing.” She will be eligible to try for the $32,000 question next week. Appearing on the program Tuesday night with Hal March, Mrs. Failor was wearing a beauti ful orchid which, she told Mr. March, was sent to her by the president of the Newberry Cham ber of Commerce. She stated that Newberry was her old home town, and expressed her gratitude at receiving the orchid, especially since she had not been to Newber ry in 42 years. The orchid was grown by Carter Greenhouses. "The fact that Mrs. Failor was on the TV show and is a former Newberrian was brought to the attention of the chamber’s presi dent. T. Roy Summer, Jr., by Her man Langford. On Wednesday morning, Mr. Summer received a telegram from Mrs. Failor thank ing him for the orchid and send ing her best wishes to Mr. Sum mer’s aunt, Mrs. Hal Kohn, whom Mrs. Failor remembered well. The show may be seen on the CBS television network next Tuesday night at 9:00 p. m. County Schools Unable To Find Teachers For 1957-58 Session College, High School Finals Are Set For Sunday, Monday ACCEPTS POSITION Mrs. Ed (Virginia) Senn has ac cepted a position as clerk in the office of Probate Judge Maxcy Stone. She will assume her du ties in the office in the Court House on Saturday of this week. turn to their communities, homes and civilian jobs, and resume their armory training and their role as normal civilians, as well as citi zen soldiers. In addition to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 228th Group, which will train at the AEC plant, the following Newber ry units will train at Fort Stew art: Headquarters and Head,- quarters Battery, and Battery C, 107th Battalion; and 246th Army Band. Swiss Natives Find Life In America Pleasant, Different SCHOOL SALARIES From what has been said to me since The Sun Paper came out .two weeks ago, there evidently exists a misunderstanding about my in tentions concerning salaries of cer tain personnel in the county school system. I had no intention of pub lishing the salaries just so every one would know what each person made. My only concern was the fact that the salaries were inequit able, and I thought something should be done to bring them i n line. I will say now that I do have all of the salaries; they are on file at The Sun office and if you would like to see them, all you have to do is come in and ask. What I had—and still have in mind to a certain extent, are the salaries of supervisory personnel. The salaries of the superintendent of education, director of schools and area superintendents range from a low of $4341.20 to $7500 plus travel expense. Let me ex plain that it is not my contention that any area superintendent is overpaid. I do not know of any thing a school needs more than a capable • administrator and with other states offering so much more than South Carolina, and even a number of counties in the state offering more than New berry, it is necessary to pay a de cent salary to get a decent ad- (Continued on page 5) By DORIS A. SANDERS “I must go back home in Aug ust, but I am seriously thinking of returning to the States to stay.” That is the feeling of Hans Hun- sperger, a native of Switzerland, who has been in this country for 17 months. “Of course there is no place like home,” he continued, “but for excellent living condi tions, there is no place better than the States.” Hans represents a Swiss manu facturing company and along with two other employees of the com pany, has been in Newberry for about three months. He is stay ing in an apartment at Gilder- crest with one of his fellow-work ers, Richard Enz, who has been in this country only six months, and who calls himself a “greenhorn.” Although both had studied Eng lish in school in Switzerland, neither had put the language to practical use until they arrived in this country. Hans has no dif ficulty at all now in speaking or understanding English or even American “slang,” and Richard is rapidly progressing in his use of the language, being able to under stand most of what is being said and to answer questions in Eng lish with not too much trouble. The two gentlemen took time out after their working day to talk about their native land and about their impressions of this country. Hans, who is now 29, has traveled extensively, having work ed for his company in France and Italy as well as in his own country and in America. He and Richard live in the same canton of Switz erland, Zurich, only a few miles from the German border. Hans speaks fluently German, French. Italian and English. Remarking about his limited knowledge of English when he first come over here, Hans said “when I first came to America, I ate chicken every day because that was the only thing I, knew how to order. I soon learned that chicken every day was too expensive, so I had to learn other things.” Both Richard and Hans agreed that the most surprising thing Hans Hunsperger, left, and Richard Enz discuss the differences between America and their native country, Switzerland, at their apartment at Gildercrest. (Photo by Doris A. Sanders.) about America is its “bigness.” The country itself is larger than they expected, also the buildings, highways, cities and other things. Switzerland, they say, is roughly about half the size of South Caro lina with about twice the popula tion. Hans ,who flew to America and landed at Idlewild Airport in New Jersey, said that his first— and most confusing — impression was that of the parkways around New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Richard has work ed only in South Carolina since his arrival in this country, but Hans has been in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Flor ida. “I have found that Pennsyl vania, near the mountains, is more like Switzerland than any place I have visited yet,” he said. He especially enjoyed visits to the Poconos Mountains in western Pennsylvania, but says that Flor- dia has made the biggest impres sion. He has traveled both the east and west coasts *of Florida, making movies and kodachrome pictures. Photography is Id# hob by and he has made over 300 col or slides- since being in this coun try, in addition To the movies he has made. “Switzerland has as high a liv ing standard as any country in Europe with the possible excep tion of Sweden,” said the Swiss gentlemen, “but the biggest dif ference in the two countries is that everyone in America has a car.” They estimate that in a city the size of Newberry, there would only be about 10 percent as many cars in Switzerland. “It is not so much the cost of automobiles that governs this,” they said, “but the cost of insurance and mainten ance. Insurance is based on the size of the motor, and is very high and that is the reason that most people who have cars have small ones, principally of German make.” There are no cars manu factured in Switzerland, although the Swiss do manufacture buses and trucks. “Because there are so few cars,” said Hans, “almost ev eryone rides buses and the people of Switzerland get to know one another better than you do here in America.” In addition to the (Continued on page 5) Newberry College and Newberry High School wil hold closing ex ercises this weekend and the first part of next week. The College Centennial com mencement program will be held June 2nd in MacLean Gymnasium, beginning at 11:00- a. m,. when Dr. Franklin Clark Fry. New York City, president of the United Lutheran Church in America will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. The day’s events will follow with the annual alumni buffet luncheon to be served in the As sembly room of Wessels Library from 12:30 until 2:00 p. m. A Cen tennial tea honoring Dr. Fry and Judge Luther Youngdahl, Wash ington, D. C., Judge of the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and former Governor of Minnesota, will be held in the parlor of Smeltzer Hall from 2:30 until 3:30 p. m. Graduating exercises with the address by Judge Youngdahl will be in the gymnasium at 4:30 p. m. Recipients cf honorary degrees will be distinguished alumni, Lutheran pastors and Lutheian Laymen, as follows: Dr. Fry, Judge Y’oungdahl, Rev. James Obert Kempson, Dean Wil liam Henry Wicker, Grady Hayne Hipp, Dr. Robert Wright Hous- eal, Rev. Heyward Wiggers Ept- ing, Rev. George Frederick Hart and the Rev. Paul James Renz. Distinguished Service awards will be presented to twelve per sons, whose pictures and names will be seen elsewhere in this : issue. Newberry College announces that these county students are candidates for degrees at the 1957 commencement exercises on June 2: Cecil Samuel Boland of Newber ry; Harmon Ernest Brehmer Jr., son of Mr. Harmon E. Brehmer of Kinards; Rosann Carlton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Carlton of Newberry; Charles Harrell Clary, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clary Jr. of Newberry; Rich ard Epting Counts, son of Mrs. J. E. Nichols of Prosperity; Edwin Thaddeus Graham Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Graham Sr., of Prosperity; Bright M. Griffin, son of Mr. O. T. Griffin of Pomaria; Charles William Haile, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Haile of Newber ry; James Ralph Hamm, son of J. I. Hamm of 622 Caldwell St., Newberry; May Porter Hart, daughter of Mrs. E. L. Hart of Newberry; Ralph Grady Higgins Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Higgins Sr., Newberry; William Dalton Horton, son of Mrs. E. K. Horton, Route 3, Prosperity; Nora Kathryn Kinard, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Kinard of Pomaria; Marion Eugene King, son of P. E. King of Newberry; Charles Ernest Layton of New berry; Willie V. Matthews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude V. Matt hews of Newberry; Ann Mills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Roy Mills of Newberry; Walter Waddy Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Nichols-of Prosperity; John L. Richardson, son of Mrs. Veta Richardson of Prosperity; Charles Berley Rister, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rister of Newberry; Also, James Richard Sanders, son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Sanders of Newberry; James L. D. Seymour, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Seymour of Whitmire; Wyman Lester Shealy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Q. L. Shealy of New berry; ETzabeth Eugenia Stone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Stone of Whitmire; Betty Whaley Sykes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sykes of Prosperity; Thom as Milton Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Walker of Newberry; Robert Martin Weeks, son of Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Weeks of Newbei> ry; Rob^t Everette Wicker, son of Mr. Henry C. Wicker of Route 1, Pomaria; Hugh Wyman Dowd, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Dowd of Prosperity. Candidates for One-Year Secre tarial Course: Frances Jenkins Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jenkins of Prosperity; Claudette Kneece Boland, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Kneece of Newberry; Molly Dbolittle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Doolittle of Pomaria; Bonnie Ad ams Felker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George G. Felker of Whit mire; June Permelian Hawkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hawkins of Prosperity; Mary Narcoosa Hendrix, daughter of Mrs. Jessie Mae Hendrix of New berry; Alice Joyce Merchant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Merchant of Newberry; Mary Jewell Metts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin L. Metts, of Little Mountain; Beverly Arden Oxner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Oxner of Newberry; Barbara Alice Shealy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Shealy of Little Mountain; Valeria Louise Stuck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie B. Stuck of Pomaria. Candidates for a Stenographic Course: Miriam Faye Metts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Metts of Prosperity; Mildred Ruff, daughter of Mrs. Sara H. Ruff of Newberry. The Newberry High School Sen ior play will be presented tomor row night, May 31 at 8:00 p. m. at the school auditorium. On Sun day, June 2 at 8:00 p. m. the com mencement sermon will be deliv ered at the school by Rev. Paul E. Monroe Jr., pastor of the Luth eran Church of the Redeemer. Graduation exercises will be Mon day night, June 3 at 8:15 p. m. There are 93 candidates for high school diplomas. The problem of filling teacher vacancies at schools throughout the county was discussed at length at the meeting of the Coun ty Board of Education Tuesday night. P. K. Harmon, director of schools, reported that there were presently twelve vacancies with a possibility of more resignations before the beginning of the 1957- 58 school session in September. Among the vacancies are sever al principalships and coach and assistant coach positions. Members from the various school areas where vacancies exist reported that great effort had been made to secure teachers and a number of applications had been received, but the positions were turned down because of the low supple ment paid in this county, both for classroom teachers and in posi tions paying additional supple ment such as principal and coach. Francis Setzler, Tboard member from the Whitmire area, stated that the advisory board had not been able to secure a principa 1 for the Park Street elementary school in Whitmire. “The only applica tions we received,” said Mr. Setz ler, “were from older men teach ers who had only a year or so to go before retirement, and in those cases, it would have been neces sary to employ their wives also. Whitmire has a policy of not al lowing a husband and wife to both teach in the area school. We also feel that for children that age (first through_fifth grades) we need a younger man.” The position pays $225 above the regular classroom teacher pay, and involves the duty of teaching a full schedule in addition to the many duties performed by a principal. There are vacancies for several home economics teachers, in ad dition to a variety of other teach ing positions thrpughout the coun ty. Mr. Setzler suggested raisings the supplement of the principal, possibly tacking onto the job the additional duty of assistant coach. “A sweeper in a textile plant,” said Mr. Setzler, “actually makes more money than a college grad uate teaching in our schools.” While the board members ex pressed their concern over the ever-increasing difficulty in se curing teachers, they decided to forego any action in the matter until the disposition of the teach er-pay bill in the South Carolina general assembly. W. H. Caldwell, chairman, ap pointed a committee consisting of Joe Keitt, Dan Hamm and Dave Waldrop, members from Newber ry, Prosperity and Silverstreet areas, respectively, to work out a budget for the next fiscal year. It was emphasized that only items pertaining to operations could be settled until it was known what the increase, if any, would be in teachers salaries. It was suggest ed by Superintendent of Educa tion James D. Brown that when the committee meets to work out the budget, consideration should be given to equalizing the salaries of superintendents throughout the county and in other positions where additional supplements are paid. The Board rescinded its action of several months ago, at which time it changed the Bush River and Newberry area transporation lines to include a portion of the Bush River territory in the New berry area. They made the decision that in the future, any elementary school children who had regularly been attending school in Newber ry in the past would be allowed to ride on the high school buses to Newberry, but that otherwise, students would be furnished transportation only to the schools which they have been attending. Supt. Brown announced the -esignation of Wright Cannon as a member of the Newberry area advisory board; Tommy Crooks as a member of the Pomaria area Advisory Board; and Charles Leaman as a member of the Whit mire Board. Richards DuBose was recommended and elected to fill the latter vacancy. The board decided to request Clifford T. Smith, whose term as advisory board member from Bush River has expired, to accept reelection to the board. Permission was given for the REA to remove electric poles now running across the property of the new consolidated high school to be constructed below Prosper ity, and place them along Pilgrim Road. Two requests were made from Architect Heyward Singley con cerning the new building, and both were granted. One was for permission to use heavier wire for the pump at an additional cost of $68; the other to place a Matt hews floor instead of a Locks-It floor in the gymnasium. The bid for the school was based on a Locks-It floor but this type of in stallation has proved unsatisfac tory in Whitmire and at other lo cations, the architect said. The Mathews type floor will cost $917 additional. The Board voted to send $125 dues to the South Carolina Asso ciation of School Boards for an nual membership fee. The associa- ti6n was formed in 1951 and is making a concerted effort for a 100% membership of school boards in the state. Among its aims are (1) to impfove the educational program; (2) to promote efficien cy through sound administration; (3- to seek economy through good business management and coop eration between districts; (^) to provide research services and in formation to all school boards; (5) to encourage young people to go into teaching;- (6) to work for the solution of the problem of securing qualified teachers for classrooms; (7) to prepare school board members to face any em ergency or responsibility for pro viding education for all children; and (8) to work for a fair and stable tax structure. (Continued on page 5) % ^ ■ #" Taking part in one of the dances to be presented at the Foster School of Dance recital Tues day night, June 4 at 8:15 p. m., are left to right, Kathy Hawkins( Marsha Minick, Claire Whitaker and Kathy Shannon. Also participating in this dance, but not present when the picture was made, are Roy Simpson, Mike Boozer and Linda Bickley. (Sunphoto) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS June 1: Mrs. C. J. McWhirter, Drayton Wicker, Mrs. J. E. Crooks, Faye Hughes, Ann Wal ton, Mrs. J. C. Counts, Ann Beck, Marie L. Merchant, Lu ther D. Long, Mittie Y. Sum mer, Helen K. Werts. June 2: Mrs. Walter Hiller, Neel Long, Dolly Senn, Ann Senn, Mrs. Daisy Lee Graham, E. R. Fellers, W. F. Mullinax. June 3: Mrs. Mae A. Aull, Mrs Lois Merchant, Edwin Stokes Jr., F. M. Baxter, Mrs. Melvin Hancock, Mary B. Burns, Jerry Havird, Frank Stevens Jr., Mrs. Jason Ringer, Mrs. T. Roy Summer Jr., Prof. W. E. Monts, Margaret McAlhaney, A. P. Coleman, and twin broth ers, Strother and Alan Paysing- Juhe 4: Shirley Lathrop, Bar nette Boland, Mrs. Jessie Ousts, Gayle Davis, Wayne Folk, Hayne Folk, Richie Dennis. June 5: B. Y. Abrams, Mrs. Deleal Boinest, Donna Ann Lathrop, Ruby Humphries, Paulette Whitaker. June 6: Frank Graham, Faye Leopard, Susannah Force, Carl Long, Jr., Ann Richardson, W. W. Walker, Jannie Kunkle. June 7: Agnes Carol field, Ida S. Summer. ^ T