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Vote Tuesday For City Officials I I ! Vote Tuesday For City Officials VOLUME 20; NUMBER J4 By The Way ~ by JboriJ Sanders NOT TOO BRIGHT It would stem that latum Ores- sette, director of the South ( arn- lina Retirement System, finds that teachers m South < ofoiina are not very intelligent. My hus band, having seveicd hi> connec- tions with the school syst em, made appl ieation for re fund of the money he ha< i paid i n t >) the retirement ■system. , The rep.y he received fr om Mr. (Dess ette c on- tained the following paraKi ajih: “For your informatic-n. refunds are payable only in case of death, or termination from covered em ployment. A teacher transferring from one school to another, or vet eran instructors p'lvinp up their veteran work hut continuing to teach in the public schools, can not withdraw from this System. Due to this misunderstanding of the teachers regarding withdraw ing, we have been forced to hold all applications for six months. I have shown this lettei to sev eral teachers, and they are all quite indignant at the idea that Mr. Gressette is trying to convey, that teachers can’t understand a simple statement like that above. We have inquired of Mr. Gressette (1) how many teachers he has found thus far who were not able to understand these provisions; and (2) how those teachers are made to understand it by the hold ing their applications for three months longer than necessary. To date, we have received no reply and no refund. However, as my husband informed Mr. Gressette “having lived on starvation wages as a teacher in South Carolina for the past four years, I’ll be able to manage a few months longer, while the money I have contributed remains in your- fund, gathering interest which will not be paid to me.” BAD EVERYWHERE I have written quite a bit in the past about our local schools and about how r they are not pro viding an education for the more intelligent of our younger gene ration. I was glad to have an op portunity during the weekend to discuss this situation with a teach er in the schools of another coun ty, one of the most progressive counties in the state where the county supplement paid teachers is far higher than in most coun ties in South Carolina. This teach er is a member of an elementary school faculty. She told me that before children enter the first grade, they are given a “readi ness” test in addition to an apti tude test so that they might be judged according to their ability. Now, I thought, we were getting some place. At least in this county they class pupils according to ability. I was wrong. The teachers by means of these tests KNOW 7 the capabilities of their students but, just as in our schools, they art 1 at a loss to do anything about it. “All of a teach ers time is spent on the average student and in trying to drag across the failure line the student who should not have been pro moted,” this teacher explained, “while the more intelligent stu dents sit there and stagnate, with nothing to challenge them to use their minds. W r e just don’t have the time to devote to them and since they easily pass their sub jects we must concentrate on the poorer students.” This teacher knows from exper ience what the system does to the smarter youngsters. She has three children of her own, two of whom are now in the schools of this particular county. The third is now in college. He was eager to learn, but after 11 years of go ing through grade after grade with nothing to really challenge him, his mother refused to allow him to stagnate in the 12th grade. He took college entrance exams and is now attending a college that is among the top 15 in the nation in scholastic standing—and, I might add, he now has sqmething to challenge him and while he still gets honor grades, he works for them; something he had not had to do before. Her second son, now in high school and her daughter in ele mentary school are not being taught the things they should be taught. “But what can I say?” she wonders. Being a teacher, she Icnows there is nothing the teach ers can do about it. The only help there, in Newberry, and ev erywhere else, it seems, lies in the parents who will either be content to let their children go through 12 years of little more than a so- eial organization, at the end of that time receiving a diploma -which means absolutely nothing, ' u trey v.:.i pet ; no and tl hat >■ n.e:: pi vc nu >re at tent i< loi -tud ents am: >t t < ’ J t he inedm■. re. A BIG HEIB he e:mp G Kit Vo on ' : o l; ■ ci: j <>f i eadmp about ,'C fiOO.S, teach e r- , et ceter a uy ■ w t tl I " lh 'e( t will bp enti ■ H \ V'.i f. -enn I havt been mean it g'for <o ! ne Tina ■ now to - ay "th i n k - ’ ’ t (i the < ’ ounty ‘ Heal th Dep; irtnu lit i real 17a t hat i sotnt people are a . 1 • rglr U t he spra vs they have L en usi rig to “de-j test - ’ t! e toWi t c hi- s u t inner; t hat the od' >r of t't 'pray > o h - n o x i < ius and t h< 1 se of the spray-truck sea res ou r little girls into crying speii.'. hli t the d rastu rediu tion in the fi\ i opulat i m, at least in o ur ne igi iborhoo h is wort h it. fhe fir St unnn. > r wt were here, we com dn ’t open our scree n door w i t h o i t receivi ng a dozen or so un we CO me fly -visit- ors. Last si i miner at d this s u m - mer. 1 haven't had t( run f < >r the fly-swat ter more tin in once or twict It has been a great relief and I hope the ex ier minatir g ef- forts will not toa^o. Oxner Receives Scout Award By MRS. A. H. ( Ol NTS Jerry Ernest Oxner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest I.. Oxner of New berry received the God and (bun- try meritorious Boy Scout award during the morning hour of wor ship in Aveleigh Presbyterian Church Sunday morning, July 28. The Rev. Neil E. Truesdell, pas tor, presented the award. The God and Country award is presented Scouts who have suc cessfully completed a course of study in the church. Jerry began his study in April 1956 under the direction of Rev. Truesdell. He is a rising junior in the Newberry High School and holds the rank of life member of Scout Troop No. 1 of Newberry. Members of Jerry’s troop along with his Scoutmaster, Marvin J. Rucker, and Explorer Advisor James Cartwright, attended the service. Maybank To Speak At Shealy Reunion The annual Shealy - Sheely - Shealey reunion will be held at the ancestral Daniel Shealy home place near Chapin on August 18, 1957. The route out of Chapin to the site will be well marked by directional signs. Family picnic lunches will be eaten, beginning at 1 p. m. After lunch, Hon. Burnet R. Maybank, a member of the House of Representatives from Green ville County, will deliver an ad dress. Other persons appearing on the program will include invo cation by Dr. J. A. Shealy of Lees- ville; welcome address by \Y. Cur tis Shealy of Ballentine; introduc tion of speaker by George K. Dominick of Newberry and music by quartet. New Clinic To Be Opened Dr. B. J. Keefe, who has open ed a clinic at 901 Caldwell street in Newberry, previously practiced in Davenport, Iowa. He was grad uated from the Palmer School in Davenport, and interned in the B. J. Palmer Clinic. At the present time, Mrs. Keefe and daughters, Claire and Shirley are vacationing at Salisbury Beach, Mass. They will arrive in Newberry in August. Dr. Keefe states that his clinic will be one of the most modernly equipped in the state. Some Are Paid For Soil Bank Program Most farmers who are partici pating in the Acreage Reserve Program of the Soil Bank have re cently received their payments for this year. Participating farmers are re minded that contracts do not ex pire when payment is received, but remain in force through De cember 31, 1957. Farmers under contract are obligated not to har vest any crop or to graze the des ignated acreage. Also noxious weeds are to be controlled on the acreage under contract. ASC field representatives will again check farms participating in the Soil Bank before the end of the year to determine if farmers have complied with the regula tions. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, 1957 + $2.00 PER YEAR Police Chief Urges Caution; Leaning Wall Is Dangerous Buzhardt Infant Dies Wednesday > he- \ i e Lynn Buzhardt, infant I , | d; night* r -f Mr. and Mrs John \\ iiliatr h uzhardt, died W ednes- dr iy no nun ng at Mills Cli nic in L ■ o s; ■ e r ity. Mrs. Buzhardt is the f,- l l rm er Mi ss Jane Hawkins of t V I ospe i i t y. Mr. Buzhardt is a re sident of 1 rosperity, but is now in Des Mo ines, Iowa, where he is pi ay i tig i n iseball with the Des M oines Br ains. Su rvi ving besides her parents at e one bn ither, Rick of the home; hi r g> am parents, Mrs. .eland Bi izhat < It and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Hawkins of Prosperity; h* i great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Haltiwanger of Chapin and Mi-'s. Kate Hawkins of Pros perity; and a number of uncles and aunts. Funeral arrangements were in complete at press time. Building Begins At College Building permits have been is sued to Newberry College by In spector Fire Chief Sam Beam for the construction of one dormitory, brick, 32 room on College campus and Evans street, $140,000; and for one student union building on Bachman street, $230,000. The girls dormitory will be at the former location of the faculty home last occupied by Prof. Scott Elliott and used the past year as a girls dormitory. The student un ion building will be at the former site of the Wright Recreation Building across from McLean gymnasium, adjacent to Holland Hall. The recreation building has been moved across the street and is now located beside the gym. Other permits issued during last week were to Dr. L. E. Bros- sy, repairs to dwelling, 1113 Cal houn street, $100; to S. C. Tins ley Jr., for one five-room wood frame dwelling oh Clarkson ave nue, $7,600; and to J. W. Glenn, repairs to dwelling on 901 Cline street, $250. RINGER REUNION The descendants of the late William Henry and Margaret Har man Ringer will hold their family reunion on Sunday, August 11 at Mollohon Park. All members of the family are asked to come and bring a well-filled picnic basket and sweetened tea. A pedestrian on College street Wednesday morning tripped on an uneven place in the sidewalk pave ment and fell, causing undeter mined injuries to her foot, ankle and leg. The accident occurred in front of what was the Copeland building, which housed the Pal metto House and other firms and which was destroyed by fire some months ago. According to Police Chief Colie L. Dowd, it is believ ed that the machinery or a truck used by the company tearing the building down caused the pave ment to give way under a heavy load. Shortly after the accident was reported, a drum was placed over the uneven portion of the pave ment by the city, and Acting City Manager Wallace stated that the hazard would he repaired by the city. O. O. Copeland, who owns the property which is being razed, stated today that the clearing work was to have been completed about a month ago. He contacted officials of the firm Sunday, he said, and was told that they would be back in Newberry next week to clear off the remainder of the building to street level. A portion of the wall still left is leaning at a dangerous angle on the alley side of the building. The alley is private and should not be used by the public. Both Mr. Copeland and Chief Dowd urged pedestrians to stay out of the alley until the wall is removed. The Chief stated that if the necessary arrangements could be made, the alley would be roped off, even though it is private, and not city property. Band Concert At Willowbrook The Newberry Concert Band,' under the direction of J. Boyd Robertson, will present a concert on Sunday, August 4 at 4 p. m. at Willowbrook Park. The public is invited and urged to attend. Parking space is available. The program, according to Mr. Robertson and Frank K. Jones, manager, will be as follows: Officers of the Day March, Idle Moments, Flanders, The Victor, with cornet solo by Walter Counts; La Golondrina, The Poor People of Paris, Straussiana, The Trom bone King, March Militaire, A Perfect Day with tenor saxo phone solo by Bobby Kibler; On ward Christian Soldiers, Abide With Me, The Thunderer, The Star Spangled Banner. Tuesday Is First Primary Date; Mayor, Two Councilmen Be Named MR. CECIL E. KINARD (By L. C. Graham) Professor W. E. Monts, Com pleting a teaching and adminis trative career of 50 years, will retire at the close of the summer session at Newberry College. Prof. Mtmts has been a devoted teacher and administrator since his graduation from Newberry College in 1907. Having taught in schools in South Carolina and in Georgia, he is widely known and loved., He was born in Prosperity, on June 3, 1885, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Monts. He first atten ded a one-teacher school, taught by Miss Mamie Long, (now Mrs. John Setzler) who is now living in Pomaria. He next attended Stoney Hill high school for two years. In 1903, he was admitted to Newberry College after taking an examination under Dr A J. Bowers, Dr E B Setzler, and oth ers He graduated from Newberry College in 1907 with an A. B. de gree. His first job was principal of a tw-o-teacher school at Delmar. From there he went progressively on to jobs as principal and sup erintendent of larger schools in Anderson county, Springfield and MR. DAVE L. LAIRD Albany, Ga. In line with his interest in the administrative side of the educa tion field, he received the Masters Degree at the University of Geor gia, specializing in administra tion. He did other advanced work at the University of Virginia, at Winthrop College, Harvard Uni versity and Furman University. He served five years as superin tendent of a school at Cochran, Ga. and it was there that he met and married the former Miss Hat tie Mae Miller in August 1919. He next served as superintendent of schools in Dawson and Wash ington, Ga., and Clinton. For a period of one year he served as deputy tax collector for the Internal Revenue Department. In 1943, he accepted the posi tion at Newberry College as in structor in English and education. He was later put in charge of that part of the education department which had to do with teacher training, this position he held con tinuously until retirement. In recognition of his fifteen years of service to the college, the Board of Trustees presented Prof. Monts a Distinguished Service Award at Cent, on page 5 MR. ERNEST H. LAYTON Salaried employees of Newberry County saw at least a ten percent raise when they received their salary checks a few days ago. The County Delegation wrote into the county supply bill provisions for a ten percent increase in salary for most employees, a few receiving slightly more because of inequali ties in the previous pay raise in 1953. The total payroll for the salaried employees will be in creased from approximately $7,- 829.00 a month to $8,522 per month beginning with the July payroll. The salaries of elected officials now, as compared with their previous pay, is as follows: » Clerk of Court, from $4200 to $4620; Sheriff from $4500 to $4950; Probate Judge, from $4,- 200 to $4620; Coroner from $1,- 126.50 to $1240.80; Supervisor, from $4004.00 to $4620; Commis sioners, each from $1200 to $1,- 320. The salaries of both the treas urer and the auditor were increas ed from $2160 to $2370 paid by the coynty. Each of these offi cers receives $3300 in salary from the State. Magistrate, Whitmire, from $1,- 184 to $1,500; Magistrate, New berry, from $2,580 to $3,600; Mag istrate, Prosperity, from $982 to $1,200; Magistrates at Pomaria, Chappells and Little Mountain, from $682 to $800. Tuesday, August 6th, is the day Newberrians will go to the polls and nominate a mayor and two aldermen to serve for the next two years. In the mayor’s race, voters will have three choices: the inciimbent, Cecil E. Kinard, who served as an alderman for twelve years prior to his election as mayor two years ago: Ernest H. Layton, who is completing his 10th year as a member of coun cil; and David L. Laird, a new comer to city politics. Mr. Kinard is an employee of Newberry Mills, Inc. Mr. Layton in partnership with his brother, has owned and operated Layton Brothers Grocery on O’Neal street for many years. Mr. Laird is owner and operator of Laird’s Radiator Works. In the event that none of these three gentlemen receive a major ity of the votes cast in the August 6th Primary, a run-over primary will be held on Tuesday, August 20th, according to Sam Cook, chairman of the City Democratic Executive Committee. In the alderman contests, Cecil E. Merchant, who has served two years as a member of council from Ward 5, is being opposed by James Bannister, another new comer to politics. Seeking to take Mr. Layton's seat on council are A. P. “Pete” Parrott and Clarence DeHart. Returned to office without op position are Frank AFmfield, Ward 1; C. A. Dufford Sr., Ward 2; S. D. (Bozo) Paysinger, Ward 3, and Dwight W. Jones, Ward 6. The polls will open at 8:00 a. m. and close at 4:00 p. m. Voters who have misplaced their regis tration certificates may receive duplicates by contacting members of the County Registration Board by Saturday of this week- The Board will not be open for issu ance of certificates on Monday, August 5. Beginning shortly after 4:00 p. m., votes will be tabulated at the Sun office and will be broadcast over Radio Station WKDK. Three From County Receive Degrees Dean Conrad B. Park announces that the following County stu dents are candidates for degrees at the close of the 1957 session of the summer school at Newber ry College: Richard Epting Counts, Pros perity; Jeannette Nimmons Mar tin, Newberry; and John L. Rich ardson, Prosperity. County Officials See Increase In July Pay Checks; Salaries Listed College Professors Looking Forward To Retirement Days /oung Newberry Authors Are Recognized In University High School Literary Year Book Among the contributors of manuscripts for the 1956-1957 South Carolina High School Lit- erary Yearbook, published by the Extension Division of the Univer sity of'South Carolina, were Rus ty Harley and Frank Britt of New berry, according to Dr. Nicholas P. Mitchell, extension division di rector. Rusty is the son of Sen ator and Mrs. R. Aubrey Harley, and was graduated from Newber ry High in 1956. Frank is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Britt, and was graduated in 1957. Miss Margaret Paysinger, English teacher at Newberry High for several years past, was sponsor for the two students, “The Literary Yearbook pro vides a medium through which some of the better writing of high school students may find publication,” Dr. Mitchell explains in his Foreword. “Its object has never been to use the contest ap proach among high school pupils. Representation in the Yearbook is on the basis of merit alone and not by schools, counties or dist ricts. The title of the short story by Rusty Harley, printed in the 1956 portion of the yearbook, is “De layed Journey.” Frank Britt’s manuscript is entitled “Quotid ian”. Both are printed below: DELAYED JOURNEY (By Rusty Harley) The old man sat on his door step, shivering as an occasional late-autumn gust whipped through his thin shirt, the color of which so nearly matched the faded blue of bis eyes. His were ordinary surroundings, small white cottages lining the street of a steel mill town in Pennsylvania, three maple trees of medium height in the yard, a brick walk leading from.the side walk to the toes of his shoes. Also, his was an ordinary ap pearance, thinning white hair above a congenial, smile-creased face. Unless one carefully scrutinized this face, the single tear slowly feeling its way downward would scarcely be noticed. As the old man’s misty gaze absently observ ed the swirling leaves, their rich gold-bronze hues, his thoughts were in another land, a happy, bittersweet world of memories and youth. He was transported to a hill side overlooking a deep, hazy val ley. The chill of the air was fully as great then as now, but it was not felt. Who could heed such a minor detail with the companion ship of his brother and friends such a warm reality? And Lynn; how he had loved her! His thoughts dwelt fondly on those carefree, joy-filled days, on the way he and his brother Colin had grown up together, having the same likes and dislikes, the same friends and eventually the same sweetheart. Then came the way of the Great War; he and Colin had gone together to Lynn’s home, each to bid farewell and, perhaps, to be certain that the other had no chance for last tender words with her. Thus they had left their native Ireland to become soldiers, to fight, and perhaps to die. Shadows were beginning to fall long about the old man, but he seemed to have become impervious to the cold. Now he stared fixedly at the scuffed toes of his shoes, the expression on his face denot ing the distaste and the pain created by his recollections. He remembered the day when Colin had not been able to look him squarely in the eyes, the day before his brother had disappear ed, a deserter. His own brother, a deserter! The harsh expression softened as he thought of the letter he had received concerning the lad’s death. Colin had headed straight back for Ireland and Lynn: When he arrived at Lynn’s home, his destination, he was suddenly fac ed not with a cheerful cottage and a lovely girl, but with a pile of ashes and nearby five mute crosses erected over five mounds of earth. There had been five in Lynn's family including herself. Colin was seen walking out to the cliff, his head hung and his step heavier than that of youtfc had a right to be. The cliff* a hard and windswept but nonethe less beautiful spot, would never again seem beautiful; only hard— only windswept. The lad’s crushed body was found two days later at the base of the embankment. When Lynn and her two sisters had returned to the site of their house and the place where their parents and three visiting kin folk had been buried after the sudden terrible fire, she knew in stinctively that there was some thing wrong. Her eyes wander ed over the painful scene and fell upon the sixth cross. She stood motionless for a moment, then fled silently to the spot. The poor girl trembled slightly and read again the single name upon the cross. With a sob-like moan she sank to the moss-covered ground. The name was O’Nair, Rob’s name. Colin had deserted; he would never be so foolish as to re turn to Ireland. It was Rob who lay forever still beneath her. That she loved Rob was a fact she had realized shortly after he and Colin had left. She found her self constantly dreaming of the day when she could look again in to the laughing eyes of Rob O’ Nair; and now, now her dream was shattered; life had suddenly become a useless drudgery. She bowed her head and prayed soft ly, knowing that he who had de parted would hear though softly her words were whispered. A hand was placed gently on her shoulder, and she looked up into the sympathetic eyes of her sis ter. When Rob returned from the war, his first errand took him to a small bakery in the village. He stepped through the doorway and spied a diminutive woman bust ling about the shop. “Mother?” his voice was soft, making the brogue ever more pro nounced. She turned slowly as if scarcely daring to believe her own ears. “Robbie! Ah, Robbie.” They consumed the better part of an hour speaking of happy things, avoiding talk of Colin. Finally Rob brought up a subject which was very close to his heart, Cent, on page 5 Claims for these salaries, as well as for other items, were ap proved at a meeting of the Coun ty Commissioners on July 26. Other items approved by the Com mission were repairs to the roof on the court house and the agri culture building; and securing of bids or prices on a car f or sheriff’s office; a lumber truck, and two 12-volt two way radios for the sheriff’s cars. The old sheriff department car and the two radios will be traded in on the transaction. Beauty Shop To Relocate Soon The Newberry Beauty Shop, which has occcpied a location onr the fifth floor of the Exchange Building for more than 26 years, will move soon to Harrington street in the Odorless Cleaners building, formerly the Market Basket, according to Miss Ruby Kinard, owner and operator. A portion of the old Market Basket building has been set aside by the Odorless Cleaners and remodeled to serve the purposes of the beau ty shop. A separate entrance has been made into the quarters on Harrington street. Miss Kinard stated tljat the reason for the move was to en able her to better serve her cus tomers, especially in view of the fact that parking space will be available close by the building. After completion of the remod eling, new equipment will be mov ed into the location and the shop will be moved during August. In addition to Miss Kinard, the beauty shop personnel consists of two beauty operators and hair stylists, Mrs. Sue Counts and Mrs. Trudy Hill, and a maid, Margaret Jeter. The summer session will end August 2, with informal exercises being held in the assembly room of Wessels Library at 3:30 p. m. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Aug. 3: Mrs. W. C. Schenck, Hugh Turner, Mrs. A. D. Hal tiwanger, Mrs. T. H. Neel, ' Furman Wright, Mrs. Doshia Cook Hitchcock. Aug. 4: James S. Price, Su san Senn, Mrs. John F. Clark son, Sadie Mae Graham, Gary Lee Ringer, Frances B. Boozer, Buddy Parnell, Thomas Cromer, Bennie Burns, Mrs. B. G. Lang ford, Harry and Larry Long shore, Sandra Smith, Jimmy Koon. Aug. 5: Mrs. C. T. Summer, Mrs. Pearl Smallwood, Jerry Graham, Mildred P. Setzler, Mrs. J. W. Davenport. Aug. 6: Mrs. Wyche Dickert, Mrs Hugh Senn, Mrs. Harry W Shealy, Mrs. D. F. Senn, Mrs. Roy * Singley, Mrs. Malcolm Amick Sr. Aug. 7: J. W. Swindler, Mrs. H. W. Swindler, Jim Wheeler, Mrs. Ben Stewart, Chris Car lisle, Bobby Smith, Gilbert Bouknight, Mary Helen Crom er, Douglas Forbis, Frances B. Stutts. Aug. 8: Mrs. Olin Lominick, Jean Sullivan Copeland, Mrs. Oswald Copeland, James P. Fulp, Mrs. Leland Boozer, Bill Hughes, Mrs. Eula Hendrix, Wil liam Pitts. Aug. 9: Mrs. Ruth Price of Newberry and twin sister, Mrs. Ruby Glenn of Greenwood, Reg gie Brooks, Karen Boozer, Wil bur Boozer, Alice Julia You- mans, Mrs. Gettis L. Coats, Anne Graham, Doris Ann Parks.