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When Missus Tike was asked if Ez would ever chase another wo man she said, “Lands, no ... he ^ too fine and decent for that . . . besides he’s too old. VOLUME 20; NUMBER 17. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1957 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way - by, Jbori3 SanderJ REVERBERATIONS There have been reverberations resulting from the article I wrote in last week’s column with refer ence to married students attend ing school. Most of those who mentioned it to me were hearti y in favor of the marriage ending the public school education, al though a few thought married students should be allowed to re main in the schools. My attention was called to an editorial that was published in the Atlanta Journal the same day the column appeared last week. The lady who brought it to me said “not that I agree with it, but it is ‘the other side’.” The editorial was entitled “Cupid i:. the Class room” and was as follows: “Every now and then, chivaliy —or maybe it’s commonsense demands a defense of romance, specifically young romance. “Such a time is now, while the Atlanta Board of Education toys with the question whether it will educate married students, or whether it will go on making get ting hitched the occasion for get ting ditched by the public school system. “The board up till now has blandly flouted Cupid and Kinsey by making a high school diploma (the real thing, anyhow) a thing you cannot carry if you marry. “This has provoked member Franklin Rodgers to seek a revis ion of board rules. He wants the board to make sure that just be cause there are more teen-age marriages these days there wdll not be fewer high school grad uates. “The youthful couples who rush into marriage are lettting them selves in for enough trouble with out having to write off an educa tion when they sign a marriage license. “For the school board to insist on the right to discipline them is carrying coals to Newcastle.” As in every question, there are certainly two sides to this one. But the main question is, do the married students really w r ant to get an education, or are they at tending school merely to get out of the responsibilities they have taken upon themselves by getting married? If they have been good students throughout school, if they show a keen interest in get ting what education the schools have to offer, perhaps it would be all right. If such a rule is to ap ply, however, there would be no fairness as to its execution. 1 have seen school boards and county boards act—and they, as well as school administrators, act the way parents tell them to act. So, while a child in poorer circum stances might sincerely want an education, but would be throwui out, a child of a family with high standing in the community would be allowed to stay in, so I hardly see how this could be settled on an individual basis. STICK WITH NEA? School hasn’t even started yet, but I understand that some school heads are telling the teachers al ready “we must stick with the Na tional Education Association. This is the only way w r e will be able to retain any voice at all.” This I cannot see. What voice does the South have now, or any state who opposes the principles set up by the heads of NEA? I am told our delegates from the south last year fought against the federal aid to education bill when it came up before the NEA. As a result, the NEA not only approved it, but added an extra $250,000, as I re call, to its budget to maintain a powerful lobby in Washington to secure passage of the bill. It would seem to me that a much stronger voice, which would be heard far more clearly by the NEA, would be no voice at all. The South doesn’t have a chance in the NEA and its delegates should have sense enough to know it. The better program would be to withdraw from the NEA alto gether, form a strong Southern association, and instead of paying $10.00 a year dues for each teach er eo that the NEA can lobby FOR federal aid, charge that as dues to the Southern association and if necessary, form a lobby AGAINST federal aid, and the other socialistic programs the NEA will have put into effect if it has a chance. I would say that by far the majority of teachers are against being forced to join ' the NEA, but it seems they will be given the old song again, a meetings \yith their sup- lents will be coming up •oop, and I hope that I will be to get the information as to how much pressure is put on them to join this year. STILL NEEDED Leaders are still needed for Girl Scout and Brownie troops in the city, and unless some are soon found, several troops will be without leaders and will have to be disbanded. If you can possibly find time to take over a troop, or if you know someone else who can, please get in touch with Mrs. Blanche Felker, president-elect of the Newberry County Girl Scout Council. BEST NEWS The three and one-half inches of rain we had several days ago, combined with several days of comfortable weather, is about the best knews I know of this w r eek. It is amazing that almost over night, gardens, lawns and shrub bery which were parched brown by the hot sun and lack of mois ture, became verdant again. Fall was almost in the air for a few days—and while I’m sure we’ll still have a number of uncomfort ably hot days, this little spell, along with school and college op enings in a couple of weeks, is a reminder that fall is not far away. I said at the beginning of sum mer that I would not complain about the heat this year because all winter, either one or the other of our little girls went around with the sniffles and sneezes. However, right in the midst of the hottest weather, first the big one then the little one had colds that stayed wdth them about a month —so if we must have colds any way, I’ll be glad to see the cold weather again. Mother Dies Of Heart Attack When Told Of Son’s Death Services For T. Roy Summer Held At Church Thomas Roy Summer Sr., 67, resident of 2113 Main Street, died suddenly Wednesday after noon at the Lions Club on Lake Murray. He had been at his store during the morning and had gone to the lake with a group of friends to spend the afternoon. Mr. Summer w T as born and rear ed in Newberry, a son of the late John Harrison and Mrs. Hulda Cromer Summer. He attended Newberry City Schools, graduat ing from Newberry College and Eastman Business School in New York. After completing his edu cation he entered 'into business with his father and for many years was in the clothing busi ness of J. H. Summer and Son. Twenty-one years ago he found ed the business of T. Roy Sum mer Inc. and operated it with his son. He was a member of the Lu theran Church of the Redeemer, a veteran of World War I. He was a former member of the Church Council, a member of American Legion Post 24, and the 40 & 8; charter member of the Rotary Club, the Newberry Cham ber of Commerce, and the New berry Country Club. Mr. Summer has served the city of Newberry on the Newberry Bond Commis sion, and on the Board of Asses sors of Newberry County. He re tired from the firm of T. Roy Summer Inc. two years ago but remained on as director of the firm. He was a member of Amity Lodge 87 of Newberry, and a past master of the lodge. He was a member of Hejaz Temple of the Shrine and a member of the New berry Shrine Club. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Florence Bowman Summer; two sons, T. Roy Summer Jr. and C. Walter Summer, both of New berry; his stepmother. Dr. Mamie S. Summer of Newberry; two sis ters, Mrs. Hal Kohn and Mrs. Jake R. Wise, both of Newber ry; a brother, J. Ernest Summer of Atlanta; a half-sister, Mrs. Charles Ragland of Minneapolis, Minn., and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 4 p. m. Friday from the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer by his Pastor, Rev. Paul E. Monroe Jr. Burial was in Rosemont Cem etery in Newberry. Active pallbearers were Ned Purcell, Wilson Brown, A1 Rabin, Dr. J. Claude Sease, W. E. Turner, William Garlington, Dutch Mac- Lean, and Lester Lee Bedenbaugh. Two Pastors To Leave Churches Changes in ministerial appoint ments in Newberry County made at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Methodist Confer ence in Columbia last week in cluded the transferring of Rev. B. B. Biakeney to Epting Memorial Methodist Church and Rev. E. W. Gott to Lewis Memorial. They will replace Rev. E. R. Bradham Jr. and Rev. R. A. Hughes, respect ively. Rev. Hughes is transfer ring to Ridge Spring, Rev. Brad- ham to Denmark. Remaining in Newberry are Rev. M. E. Derrick, Central; Rev. C. B. Word, Newberry Circuit; Rev. J W Davenport, O’Neal St. and Rev. Phil M. Jones, Trinity. Prosperity Will Open Schools On Friday, Aug. 30 The Prosperity Area schools will open on Friday, August 30 at 8:30 a. m. Monday, September 2, Labor Day will be observed as a holiday and work will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 8:30. Full time classes will begin Wednes day, Sept. 4, starting at 7:55 for the first month, after which the program will be moved forward thirty minutes and starting time will be 8:25. All students entering the first grade must, by state law, be six years old on or before November 1, 1957. The cafeteria will open Monday, Sept. 9 for regular lunches, and will carry the extra milk pro gram whereby students may get additional milk at 3 cents per one- half pint if they so desire. Teachers for the area are as follows: Prosperity Elementary — Mrs. Julia Wessinger, 1st grade; Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, 2nd grade; Mrs. Lucile Metts, 3rd grade; Mrs. Os borne Hipp, 4th grade; Mrs. Mos- by Ruff, 5th grade; Mrs. Lyon Fellers, 5th grade; Mrs. Faye MacArthur, 6th grade. j Prosperity High School — Mrs. Grace H. Moody, English and lib rary; Mrs. E. G. Cope, history; Grady Lee Halfacre, social stud ies; Mrs. W. E. Hancock, mathe matics; Mrs. Alvin Hipp, English and French; Pickens Riser, science and coach; Ralph Hamm, mathe matics and assistant coach; Mrs. Philip T. Kelly, mathematics and English; Mrs. Julian Ruff, com merce; Mrs. Hubert Bedenbaugh, home economics; H. B. Hendrix, agriculture. Stoney Hill Elementary — Mrs. Vernon Pugh, grades 1 and 2, act ing head teacher; Mrs. Elliott Dawkins, grades 3 and 4; Mrs. Ralph Haile, grades 5 and 6. The 7th and 8th grades which have previously operated at Stoney Hill will be transferred to Pros perity this year. Mrs. Ruth M. Coggin, 66, died early Tuesday of a heart attack shortly after she was told that her son, Patt B. Coggin, 39, had just died of a heart attack. Mr. Coggin was the husband of the former Ruth Monts, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Monts of New berry. Mrs. Coggin was a lifelong resi dent of the Healing Springs com munity and had taught school in the local schools for the past 41 years, having retired this past year. She was the daughter of the late W. S. and Cornelia Ann Walker Mims of this same community, and was a member of the Healing Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. J. R. Turnbull of Columbia; four sisters, Mrs. L. C. Vickery of Barnwell, Mrs W. J. Tiller of Chesterfield, Miss Mabel Mims of Blackville and Mrs. L. A. Cave of Barnwell; one granddaughter, Cornelia Coggin; and two grand sons, sons of Mrs. Turnbull. Her son Mr. Coggin, had been employed by the South Carolina Tax Commission for the past sev eral years, and was a prosperous farmer. ♦ Mr. Coggin, of the Healing Springs community, was active in civic and religious affairs of his community. He was a member and deacon of the Healing Springs Baptist Church, a Mason, and past master of the Blackville Lodge. He organized the local American Legion and was its first command er, and was chef de gare of the 40 and 8 in this district. He finish ed Blackville High school and was graduated from Newberry College in 1942. He served in World War II as chief specialist in the U. S. Navy. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth Monts Coggin; one daugh ter, Cornelia of Blackville; his sis ter, Mrs. Turnbull of Columbia; two nephews; and four aunts. Funeral services for Mrs. Cog gin were conducted from the home at 4 p. m. Wednesday, by the Rev. Lewis McCormick and the Rev. B. J. Mclver. Double interment services were held for her and her % son in the Blackville Cemetery. Funeral services for Mr. Coggin were conducted from the Heal ing Springs Baptist Church at 4:30 p. m. Wednesday by the Rev. Lewis McCormick and the Rev. B. J. Mclver. MRS DENNIS, SISTERS IN COLLISION Mrs. P. M. Dennis and her two sisters. Miss Alice G. Bower andd Mrs. Lide Langston of Tim- monsville, were injured in an auto mobile collision which occured north of Laurens Monday. The three suffered cuts and bruises and Mrs. Langston is still a pat ient at the Newberry Hospital. The car, driven by Mrs. Dennis, was in collision with another auto mobile, the driver of which was more seriously injured and is a patient at the Laurens Hospital. The Dennis car was badly dam aged. Bundrick Dies Suddenly At Hospital Jacob A. Bundrick, 69, resident of the New Hope section of New berry County, died suddenly Wed nesday morning at Newberry Covlnty Memorial Hospital. He was an outpatient in the x-ray de partment when he suffered a heart attack. Mr. Bundrick was born and reared in the New Hope section, a son of the late George W. and Mrs. Nannie Leitzsey Bundrick. He was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, had been treas urer of the church for 25 years and was a former member of the church council and a former sup erintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Bundrick operated a farm in the New Hope section, and had also followjed the carpentry trade. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Ameri can Legion Post No. 24, Newber ry. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World, Pomaria Camp. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Crooks Bundrick; three brothers, John W., James A. and E. Edwin Bundrick, all of Po maria; two nieces, Mrs. Mary Bo land of Newberry and Mrs. Mar tha Allen of Pomaria; and one nephew, John Allen Bundrick of Pomaria. His only son, Jacob Al fred Bundrick Jr., was drowned in 1947. Funeral services will be held to day (Thursday) at 4 p. m. from Bethlehem Lutheran Church by his pastor, Rev. M. T. Cullum, and Rev. E. K. Counts of Saluda. In terment will be in the church ce metery Active pallbearers will be Hugh Leitzsey, Alton Berley, Jackson Harris, David Ringer, Eric Long and Homer Crooks. The Honorary escort will be composed of members of the Beth lehem Lutheran Church Council; also Dr. C. A. Pinner, Dr. Har- riette Pinner, Jake Wise and T. M. Fellers. Drivers Both Claim They Had Go Light At Wilkes Inquest Rev. Fuln ter At Mayer Sunday Rev. D. M. Shull, pastor of May er Memorial Lutheran Church an nounces that the Rev. Verley L. Fulmer, Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church of Marietta, Pennsylvania will be guest peacher at the elev en o’clock service Sunday. There will be Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. At 6:30 p. m. all the youth and young people of the congre gation and interested adults will participate in the Youth Rally to be held in the Newberry College Football stadium. The Brother hood will meet in the church at 7:30 p. m. For fifteen years Pastor Ful mer served the Mayer Memorial congregation as its pastor. The members, former members and friends will welcome this oppor tunity of again greeting and hear ing Pastor Fulmer. The public is most cordially in vited to attend. Lutheran Women End Convention The 72jid annual convention of the United Lutheran Church Wo men of the South Carolina Luth eran Synod, closed Tuesday after noon after installation of officers by Dr. Karl W. Kinard, president of the synod. They include Mrs. H. Brent Schaeffer, Chester, president; Mrs. Ralph Derrick, Spartanburg, vice president; Mrs. Herman Cauble, Columbia, recording secretary; Mrs. Cecil Bowers, Columbia, treasurer; Mrs. Carl Honeycutt, Columbia, statistical secretary; Mrs. Fred Hayes, Newberry, edu cational chairman, and Mrs. Phil ip T. Kelly Jr., Newberry, Christ ian service chairman. Tuesday’s speaker was Miss Elizabeth Huddle, who told of her experiences witnessing as a mis sionary in Japan. Miss Ruth Sigmon, missionary to India and Mrs. Bob Meynardie, missionary to Japan, who had ad dressed the convention previously during its session, spoke briefly. Mrs. Meynardie, her husband and two daughters, now on furlough, leave September 10, for their post of duty at Yokohama, Japan. Mrs. C. A. Tate of Greenville told of the Lutheran World Fed eration now in session in Minnea polis, Minn. Those in attendance come from all parts of the world. “The federation,” she said, “is a fellowship of faith seeking to strengthen the church in all of her activities and to help her in car rying the gospel of Christ into all areas of man’s life.” A message was read from Mrs. J. B. Moose, who is attending the Lutheran World Federation. This was the first convention of the South Carolina ULCW that Mrs. Moose had missed in 24 years. The convention accepted a budg et of $22,300 as its goal for 1957- 58. A total of 618 registered for the E-Day meeting. The next annual synodical con vention will be held at Newberry College with the Piedmont confer ence as hostess. Officers appointed to serve on the board of synod were Mrs. H. B. Schaegger, home mission; Mrs. Herman Cauble, social missions, and Mrs. Karl W. Kinard, parish education committee. During the Monday session, the ULCW received three new women’s organizations into full membership. They are Our Savior, West Columbia; Prince of Peace, Chester and Church of the Abid ing Presence of York. This makes 133 women’s organi zations in the South Carolina sy nod, with a total membership of 6,445. The net gain for the past year was 233 new members. The women received $3,818.54 in the synod’s home mission pro gram, which was presented to three churches, Belvedere - Bay (Continnued mi page 3) Sumter Woman Is Held In Death Of Little Mountain Postmaster Shealy Kenneth Stokes left Saturday for Charlotte, N. C. where he will be assistant pharmacist at the Presbyterian Hospital. Mrs. Catheryne Smith Thomas, 315 West Liberty Street, Sumter, was held responsible Monday night by a Richland County Coroner’s jury investigating the deaths of William R. Shealy, 34, Little Mountain postmaster, and 1 Airman Wilford L. Biggs of Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, who died August 15 and 16 respectively from in juries sustained when the car driv en by Mrs. Thomas went out of control on Highway 76 just west of the Wateree River Bridge on August 15. The jury after deliberating about 25 minutes returned a ver dict, as follows: “William R. Shealy and Wilford L. Biggs came to their deaths as result of in juries received when a 1956 Buick driven by Mrs. Cathryne S. Thom as struck the rear of a 1953 Buick while parked on shoulders ef highway, said 1956 Buick driven in a wilfull and reckless manner by Mrs. Cathryne S. Thomas’ against the peace and dignity of the State of South Carolina.” Mrs. William R. Shealy, widow of the late Little Mountain post master, one of two persons to tes tify, said that she, her husband and Odis L. Amick, 2504 Broad River Road, had entered the di vided highway just west of the Wateree River Bridge in their 1953 Buick when the left front tire went flat. They pulled off the highway onto the shoulder of the highway and as it was raining hard they remained in the car un til the rain slowed up. Then Mr. Shealy got out of the Buick on the left hand, or driver's side, and Mr. Amick got out of the car on the right hand side and went to the rear of the park ed car to the trunk to get a spare tire. Hardly a minute or so had elapsed until the parked automo bile was struck a hard blow and thrown across the highway toward the other side of the divided high way. She looked back and saw bodies on the ground. As the left side of the car was jammed she got out the other side of the car and rushed to help her husband. Patrolman J. K. White, South Carolina Highway Patrol, who in vestigated the accident together with CpL L. D. Barden, said that upon arrival at the scene his in vestigation showed that the 1953 Buick occupied by the Shealys, and the Amicks had a front tire to go flat and had parked the car on the shoulder off of the west bound lane of Highway 76 just west of the river bridge, in Rich land County, a short distance from where the divided highway begins. Mr. Shealy and Mr. Amick went to the rear of the parked car to get a tire out of the trunk and had removed one suitcase and were in the act of getting out the tire when a 1956 Buick driven by Mrs. Catheryne Smith Thomas went out of control and reversing itself on the highway the rear part of the moving car skidded against the rear of the parked automobile, fatally injuring Mr. Shealy and injuring Mr. Amick. The patrolman testified that the Shealy automobile was knocked 47 feet from where it was parked toward the other side of the high way and the Buick that struck it went 140 feet from point of im pact to the point where it came to rest near a tree. Patrolman White also said the pavement was wet from a recent rain, was made of black tar as phalt, and was slippery. The acci dent took place about 500 feet into the -dual lane facing westward. The -brakes on the Thomas car, the patrolmen said, were o. k. when checked by him. Patrolman White said that Mrs. Thomas told him that she was at tempting to pass a car ahead on the right ..lane of the west bound road and- when - the driver ahead suddenly applied his brakes as in dicated by the rear lights of the car ahead. Mrs. Thomas said she applied her brakes, they did not function and the car went out of control. The three occupants of the 1956 Buick, Mrs. Thomas, Airman Biggs and Airman E. Z. Smith, both of Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, were also injured in the collision. Airman Biggs died the next day at Shaw Air Force Base Hospital from injuries sustained. Mr. Shealy died at the Shaw Field Hospital, where he was taken fol lowing the accident, about 7:30 that night. Patrolman White said he under stood that the two airmen in the car with Mrs. Thomas were hitch hiking and she had picked them up somewhere near Florence. Both drivers involved in the June 7 collision at the intersection of Highways 19 and 76, which re sulted in the death of Mrs. Eliz abeth Wilkes of Columbia, test ified at a Coroner’s inquest Thurs day night that “the light was green when I entered the inter section.” James P. Spence was the driver of the Mack diesel tractor-trailed owned by Overnite Transportation Company, which crashed into the Pontiac automo bile driven by William W. Mar- chant, Jr. of Fort Jackson. \ Mrs. Wilkes was a passenger in' the car with her nephew, along with his cousin, John J. Ryan, Jr. of Columbia. The first witness called by Cor oner George R. Summer was C. J. Elkins, Jr., truck driver for Great Southern Trucking Comp any, who witnessed the collision. Mr. Elkins testified that his truck was parked on the right hand side off of Highway 19, facing north; that he had been driving about 200 miles and had stopped to check his tires; that he had not been ]t> ac k in his cab more than 20 or 30 seconds when the collis ion occured. “I was just relaxing,” said Elkin, stating that he had noticed a truck coming from the north heading south. “I cut my eyes back to the right,” he continued. Just about time I cut my eyes back to the right, the car was passing in front. I cut my eyes back to the left right quick. They hit right under the light.” The main point in his testimony con cerned the traffic light. Asked by the coroner whether he could tell if the light was red or green for the car going toward Greenville, he replied “At the moment of the impact, when I cut my eyes to the left, they hit just as I cut my eyes. At that very moment, the light was red.. If it had been for two seconds, I couldn’t say that. How long the light was red I cannot say. The car could have been a foot from it when it turned red.” He stated that he could not see the other side of the light. The truck driver stated that the three persbns in the Pontiac were all thrown out of the car by the collision. He told that in his estimation, “I would say the truck got a little in the center of the light before the car.” He said that he did not see a Colonial Store truck coming up 76 from the dir ection of Columbia and cross 19 just before the wreck, but that he had only been in his truck 20 or 30 seconds when the wreck occurred. James P. Spence, warned first by the Coroner that whatever he might say could be used “for or against him” willingly took the stand. He stated that he had been driving for about 15 years> and that he had beea traveling the route from Clearwater to Char lotte, N. C. “mostly twice a night for the last eighteen or nineteen months” and that he was familiar with the route. When asked by Coroner Summer “what color was the light when you started to go across under the intersection? “his reply was Green.” He stated that he was about 200 or 250 feet from the light when he saw the Pontiac, and that he was already under the traffic light when he struck the automobile. He was traveling, he testified, about 30 or^35 miles an hour, He stated that he had left Clearwater about 7:30, had been to Ghartotter switchefl' trailers, left there about 1:00 or 1:30 to return to Clearwater. f Highway PatrolmaA William J. Martin investigated the wreck, as sisted by Sheriff Tom Fellers George Scruggst l^ighway^ qc enance superintendent " hr- county. Mr. Martin took the ptand and testified that there weie no brake marks of the car or truck before the impact; thpt the only brake marks were of the truck or trailer after the impact, which measured 69 feet and seven inches to the bacU of the trailer, beginning seven feet 11 inches from the spot he determined to be the point of impact. Ho said there were no signs of alcohol that he could de tect; that there is clear visibility at the intersection; that the high way is 18 feet wide exclusive of the shoulders;, that the weather was slightly foggy but not enough to obstruct the view. He testified that both the driver of the car and the driver of the truck told him the light was green in the lanes. in which they were traveling. He stated that a Mr. Johnson of West Columbia, who was not present at the inquest, told him that “he was coming up 76 by-pass and cut across the arm over to the Macks Truck Stop. He said he got out and just as his feet hit the ground to get out af ter he stopped his truck, he heard the impact and he looked around and there it was and he said the light was green when he passed by the light coming up 76.” Patrolman Martin explained the manner in which the light oper ates: “It is a trip light. You have to hit the pad to make it change. There are pads on each road, one close up under the light to take care of cars coming out from under the filling stations, the other for care farther back to take care of through traffic.” When asked if it were possible for the light to be green both ways, the witness said “In my op inion it is not possible. I have been here ever since the light has been up. I have never seen it green on all four roads, yet I have sat there more than one time watching it.” He later stated that before the present light was in stalled, the mechanism in the* light which was formerly there allowed the light to remain red on four'sides until it was tripped; after remaining green for an in terval, if it were not tripped again, it would revert to red on all sides. Concerning the position of the car and truck when the accident occurred, the following questions were asked by the Coroner: Q. Now would you say the car had crossed over towards Green ville farther than the truck had come across this way? A. In my opinion, the car was in the center of the right hand lane of the truck when it was struck. Q. This automobile was in the center of the truck man’s lane? A. That is my opinion. Q. He had already crossed the light, the automobile ? A. Well, that is my opinion. Q. The light is in the center of the road, in your opinion the car had crossed the red light and the truck hit it in the side? A. That is right. John J. Ryan Jr. testified that he was in the front seat of s the Pontiac; that they were traveling at a rate of speed between 30 and 35 miles per hour. “I didn’t see the truck until we were in the intersection or just entering it,’* he stated, “at which time I shout ed to my cousin to watch out and I believe he tried to swerve the car to the left. When we enter ed the intersection, the light was green. At the time when I looked at the truck, the light toas green which was approximately the time (Continnued on page 3) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Ang. 24: Rodney Bedenbaugh, Eugene Koon, Mrs. T. S. Humphries, Faye E&rgle, Tom Gilliam, Leslie Carol Hipp, James W. Holland, Clarence Bundrick, T. E. Setzler, Janice Allene Rister. Aug. 25: J. W. Earhardt Jr., J. Boyd Robertson, Wayne Mar tin, J. W. Warner, Ha Mae So ber, Homer O. Epting Sr., Mrs. Herbert Bedenbaugh, Miss Ami- nee Dominick, Jen B. Brown, Donna Shealy, O. L. Cook Jr., Mrs. Sara Graham, Mrs. P. C. Merchant, v . Aug. 2$: Bobby Summer Jr n Faye Laugfoetf, Mrs. P. G. Blount, Sirs. L Q. Watkins, Mrs. Effie Hendrix, Patricia Leslie, Charles Cromer, Linds Cousins, J. O. Jenkins, Winnie Davenport Sean, Mrs. T. A. Scarborough. Aug. 27: Jeaaottte Bergen, M. L. You mans. Sue Want Mrs. J. Frank Lominick, Mrs. W. H. Ashbaugh, Mrs. Horace Cromer. Aug. 28: Lewis Ammons, Fos ter B. Spotts, Louise Wicker, Mildred Long, Jan Fellows, Sandra Kinard, JaBa Hazel, Lawrence Graham, D. P. Folk II, Sue Halfacre. Aug. 29: Mra. George Way, Mrs. W. C. McGahee, Sirs. Car rie. W. Whitener, Mrs. Long, Mrs. .L. B. Davis, J< Fuller, Marshall Lipscomb. Aug. 30: Meade Spotts, W. H. Chapman, Mrs. L. C. Graham, David Dominick, Nancy Sena, Harold Bennett, Roalyn Fret- well, Laura Leo Weight.