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U.h. REGISTER NOW! It’s Not Too Early Avoid The Rush Register Now! VOLUME 20; NUMBER 24 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1957 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Doric A. Sandorc CANT ALWAYS WIN Well, we can’t always win and sometimes we take a pretty kad licking. But with determination, one can usually get back on top. That defeat suffered by the New berry College football team at the hands of Lenoir Rhyne last Satur day night seemed mighty bad, and the reason it seemed so bad was that we jusl haven’t been ac customed to such defeats since Harvey Kirkland took over the In dians. The Redskins have lost games since then, of course, but most of the losses have been by a small margin, and always the Indians have played football that the spectators enjoyed w’atching, even though the home-team lost. I seem to be going all around the world to say that I don’t think the Indians or the coaches should be severely criticized for the loss of last Saturday night. After all, Lenoir Rhyne is usually about the toughest team they meet each season. Add to that the lack of practice because of that weather we had the last couple of weeks, and the canceling of the Catawha game causing loss of game experience, and I would say the Redskins not only had an ex cuse for suffering the defeat, but a very good reason. Perhaps Saturday night, when the Indians travel to Jefferson City, Term, to meet Carson New man, the story wiU be different. If not, I’m still lOO'l behind Coach Kirkland and his assistants be cause I know they will pull out of the slump before the season is ovei^ MISSES PIGTAIL Kay Bozard, lour year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lari Bozard of Armlieid Avenue, was playing Tuesday afternoon with the children of Mr. and Mrs. James Blair who live near Sil- verstreet. The Blair’s dog, usually kept penned up, was let out for •a few minutes to play with the children. Seems one of the dog’s favorite pastimes is to catch and pull the children’s pigtails when they are playing. Kay’s ponyt^t “hairdo” caught the dog’s eye, and he made a grab for it but missed and caught Her oar instead, taking out a small cnunk. Kay was taken to the hos pital where the doctor sewed the sain back over the torn place. She stayed Tuesday night in the hos pital but was taken home V\ ednes- uay, apparently not too much worse off because of the ordeai. The doctors think there will be no permanent injury to the ear and no disfiguring marks. The dog, which seemed to have nothing but playful intentions, is being kept penned up jut to be on the sale side in the event rabies should become evident, although it is be lieved that this is not the ease. PREVENT FIRES This is Fire Prevention Week .and a good time to take stock of whatever it is around your house or place of business that might cause a fire. On the list of activi ties for the Fire Chief, Sam Beam, and Fireman Ed Hazel this week was an inspection of the school buildings in the Newberry area and the fire drill procedures used. Chief Beam stated that he was highly pleased when he witnessed the drills at the various schools Wednesday. "The children have been thoroughly trained,” he said. “They are orderly, there is no pa nic, theyhav e no trouble in quick ly emptying the building when a fire drill alarm is sounded.” He praised the teachers highly for the thorough training they are giving the children. COME TO THE FAIR Fair Manager Frank Sutton and thousands of others are hoping for this week’s weather to be re peated next week, so the words of the tune will be true “The sun is a-shining to welcome the day, so It’s heigh-ho, come to the fair.” The Newberry County Fair opens Monday at 6:00 p. m. Complete in formation about planned activities will be seen in stories and adver tisements elsewhere in this issue. COULDN’T MAKE IT We sincerely appreciated the in vitation extended by our fine friends down Chappells way to at tend the “County Fair” meeting of the Chappells Community Club last week and were sorry that “the hug” I had kept us from go ing, especially after rending the account of the occasion sent to us by Mrs. Mattie A rant. It is inter esting to read of the activities of Newly elected officers and directors of the Citizens Home Insurance Company are. left to right, seated, H. W. Hopke, Charleston, and John F. Clarkson, Newberry, directors; W. Richardson Mat thews, Columbia, president and director; G. Wayne Martin, executive vice president, secretary and director; John Senn, assistant secretary; F. M. Riordan, Columbia, A. 1). Griffith, Orangeburg, W. H. Moore Jr., Orangeburg, W. Cannon Matthews, Columbia, directors; and Fred V. Lester, treas urer and manager accounting department. Richardson and Cannon Matthews are former residents of Newberry. (Photo by Nichols.) Citizens Home Expansion Planned, Officers Elected Petit Jurors For Civil Court The Court of Common Pleas (Civil Court) will convene in Newberry Monday, October 21 with Circuit Judge T. B. Greneker of Edgefield presiding. Petit jurors whose names were drawn to serve during this term of court are as follows: Newberry: George B. Fuller, John H. Ruff, James L. Beard, Clarence B. DeHart, W. M. Fen nell, A. M. Summer, Jr., D. L. Nance, Howard F. Turner, James V. Boozer, Sam A. Cook, R. O. Culbertson, Clay E. Ballentine, Tom Brown, Robert T. Foy, H. L. Barker, J. W. Counts, G. H. Ful mer, A. E. Werts Jr., Gordon S. Leslie Jr. Newberry Routes: Clyde Miniek, F. O. Amick, Coleman Halfacre, \V. H. Nichols, J. H. Bishop Jr., Hubert Ruff, E. R. Fellers, Owen Mcr. Holmes. Prosperity: Kenneth Swygert. Prosperity Routes: Y\ y e h e Moore, Hoyt Morris. Pomnria: Marvin K. Graham. Kinards: George B. Brehmer. Silverstreet : James A. Bowers. Little Mountain: W. M. Chap man, Louie C. Shealy. Whitmire: Johnny A n owood'. Mrs. Shealy, 97, Rites Wednesday Mrs. Sara Jane Chapman Shealy, ‘JT, widow of Noah E. Shealy, died Monday night at her home, Route 1, Little Mountain af ter an illness of several months. Mrs. Shealy was born and reai- ed in Lexington C-ounty, a daugh ter of the late Lemuel and Lo- venia Swittenhurg Chapman. She had spent most of her life near Little Mountain Where she was the oldest member of Holy Trin ity Lutheran Church. Her hus band died a number of years ago. Surviving are six sons, J. Boyd and Lewie C. Shealy, both of Chapin, Frank Shealy of Raleigh, N. C., Darr Shealy of Thomas- ville, Gh., Albeit Shealy of (Thea ter, and Harry Shealy of Bain- bridge, Ga.; 3 daughters, Mrs. Dellie Lindler, Mrs. Helen Low- man and Mrs. Inez Shealy, all of Chapin; two half-sisters, Miss Lil lian Chapman and Miss Viola Chapman, both of Prosperity; one half-brother, B. V. Chapman of Newberry; 38 grandchildren, 62 great - grandchildren, and two great-graeat-gra ndchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 1 la. m. Wednesday from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church by the Rev. Garth L. Hill. Burial was in the church cemetery. Grandsons served as pallbear ers. Members of Holy Trinity Luth eran Church comprised the honor ary escort. Mrs. George L. Epps Sr. left Tuesday for Columbus, Ga. to spend several weeks with her son. that club. You will find the ac count in this issue of The Sunpa- per. F. B. Davis, Jr., Brays Island Plantation, Yemassee, was elected Chairman of the Board and Di rector of the Citizens Home In surance Company at its Kith an nual Stockholders and Directors meeting held in Newberry Thurs- day, October 3rd. Mr. Davis, re tired president of the United States Rubber Company, is active ly interested in the promotion of cattle raising in South Carolina and is a past president of the Na tional Aberdeen Angus Cattle As sociation. He is a director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and a direc tor of the National Distillers and Chemical Corporation. W. Richardson Matthews of Co lumbia, formerly of Newberry, was elected President and direc tor. Mr. Matthews is well known in Columbia as vice-president of King Pontiac Company. He is also president of the Catalina Corpora tion and a director in the South Carolina Automobile Dealers As sociation. G. Wayne Martin of Newberry was elected executive vice presi dent, secretary and director. Mr. Martin is a native of Saluda but lias been in Newberry since 1938 and has been connected with the company for the past ten years. Other officers elected were: II. A. Becker of Orangeburg, vice- president and director. Mr. Baker is a prominent businessman, hold ing executive positions with num erous South Carolina concerns as well as with business concerns in A labamu. Fred V. Lester, Newberry, el ected treasurer and accounting manager. Mr. I,ester has been associated with the Company for a number of years. John F. Clarkson, Newberry, di rector. Mr. Clarkson is president Taylors Are In Oklahoma The Rev. J. Ed Taylor, former pastor of West End Baptist Church, and Mi's. Taylor, who are missionaries to migrants in the Southern Baptist Convention ter ritory, are residing in their trail er at A It us, Oklahoma. Their ad dress is Box 28(5. In a letter to friends here, the Taylors tell of their work which has kept them busy: "We have had one very successful Bible School . . . We also had one pro fession of faith. A number of other things were accomplished as we taught them—with the help of some of the ladies in the Asso ciation—a good many things about sanitation, how to mend and sew. We also had one revival with good attendance at all services. “We have had the opportunity of speaking 23 times this month and have* traveled over 2,000 miles. People are really waking up to the need among the 1 migrants.” Rev. and Mrs. Taylor tell of planning for the big crowds of migrants that are coming in; of making preparations to distribute used clothing and "health-kits" wherever needed. The Taylors will he at Altus at least until December first. of Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association and on the Ad visory Board of the State Bank and Trust Company, A. D. Griffith, Orangeburg, di rector. Mr. Griffith is a promin ent executive in several South Carolina concerns and is a Direc tor with the Alumnium and Chem ical Corporation and with the Un ited American Metals in Chicago, 111. H. W. Hopke, Charleston, direc tor. Mr. Hopke has long been a prominent figure in South Caro lina Banking circles and is a re tired executive vice president of the Citizens and Southern Nation al Bank and is, at present, one of its directors. W. Cannon Matthews of Colum bia, formerly of Newberry, direc tor. Mr. Matthews is a Columbia attorney, actively associated with The Catalina Corporation, being secretary and treasurer and a di rector of that concern. William H. Moore Jr., Orange burg, director. Mr. Moore is a former resident of Columbia, hav ing been associated with the King Pontiac Company as its assistant general manager. He holds execu tive positions with several state and national concerns. Francis M. Riordan, Columbia, director. Mr. Riordan has been a resident of Columbia for u num ber of years, and is well known in automobile circles. He is manager of General Motors Acceptance Corporation and a director with the Catalina Corporation. John Senn, a native of Newber ry, who has been with Citizens Home for the past eight years, was named assistant secretary and manager of the Underwriting Department. The home office of the Citizens Home Insurance Company is in Newberry and its executive offices are located at 1207 College Street in the Clarkson Building. The company, originally chartered un der the laws of the State of South Carolina in 1921, began operation on October 1, 1941. It has operat ed continuously since that date under the direction of John F. Clarkson, a prominent Newberry attorney, who was in large part responsible for the remarkable growth of the company. From an office force of one, Mr. Clarkson, and five agents at the beginning of the company, doing $20,000 in business the first year, the com pany now has eleven members of its office personnel, 100 agents, and sales in the amount of $750,- 000 yearly. At its meeting last week, the Board of Directors approved the sale of 26,000 additional shares of common stock at $5.50 per share. This stock has been previously authorized but not sold. The pro ceeds of this offering are to he applied, $50,000 to capital and $75,000 to surplus, to facilitate the proposed expansion of the company. The company is represented by local agents with offices in 54 principal towns throughout South Carolina, all business being pro duced through regular agency sources. The company is now writ ing fire and allied lines, automo bile .physical damage and liability insurance. Newberry County Fair Gates To Open Monday Night, October 14 Fire Prevention Week Being Observed Throughout Nation Council Has Short Meeting City Council met for 12 minutes at its regular meeting Tuesday night, adjourned, thought of an item of business it forgot to dis cuss and went back in session for a few minutes longer. The forgot ten item was to authorize the city manager to make reservations for members of council wishing to at tend the American Municipal As sociation meeting to be held in San Francisco. This action was taken, and council adjourned again. Before the first adjournment, the following routine matters were considered: 1. Heard a report that the com mittee appointed to investigate the feasibility of purchasing an assembled unit fire truck has no report at present. 2. Approved the awarding of a contract in the amount of $2,045 to Andrew Turley for repairing and painting the Vincent Street Recreation Center. 3. Notified that Johnson Hagood Clary was the low bidder on the Police and Firemen’s winter uni forms in the amount of $1,469.50. 4. Notified that the City Mana 1 - ger had complied with therequest t o confer with the S. C. State Highway Maintenance superin tendent regarding the sidewalk on Adelaide Street without suc- e4»s. 5. Notified that the State High way Department is continuing the survey to determine the needs of the city and a letter to this effect from the Department to Senator Harley was read and received as information. 6. Notified that the city books are ready for the annual audit as soon as the auditors are ready to proceed. Friday Inquest In Death Of Steve Sease By MRS.A .II. COUNTS An inquest has been scheduled for Friday night at the county court house by Coroner George R. Summer to invostipi.te responsi bility inth e death of Steve Sease, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther IL Sease, who war fatally injured Saturday morning about 11:45 when he was struck by a car near his home on Highway 17(5. The car was driven by George S. Ab rams, 45 of Asheville, N. C. Abrams, his wife, a brother-in- law, Weetley Montgomery, and sister-in-law, Mrs. Esther Mont gomery, were en route to Colum bia and Tampa, Fla. The driver told investigating officers that the child darted into the highway and that he swerved his car in an attempt to avoid striking him, hut failed. The accident occurred near Keitts Cross Road about 10 miles from Newberry. The child was re ported to have been playing at the home of relatives across the road from his home, and had been called home to lunch when the ac cident took place. He was the only child of his parents. Mr. Abrams was released on an appearance bond of $1,000, ac cording to Coroner Summer, who investigated, assisted by Patrol men D. F. Smith, W. J. Martin and Sheriff Tom Fellers. Steve was a member of St. Philip’s Lutheran Church. He is survived by his parents, Luther H. and Mrs. Juanita Felker Sease of Pomaria; his paternal grandfa ther, L. Hamp Sease of Newberry; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Felker of Pomaria, the the following uncles and aunts: Govan Sease, Thomas Sease and Miss Fannie Mae Sease, Miss Ju lia Kate Sease, Mrs. (' ,C. Lomi- nick, Mrs. Ralph Setzler and Mrs. Frank Mils, all of Newber ry. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from St. Phil- (Continued on page 1) The week of October 6-12 has been proclaimed Fire Prevention Week in the United States and Canada. Traditionally, Fire Prevention Week each year is the full calen dar week which includes October 9, anniversary of the great Chi cago fire of 1871. It is observed at the same time in the United States and Canada by proclama tion of the President of the Unit ed States and the Governor-Gen eral of Canada. Thi s year will be the 35th anniversary of the ob servance of theweek. The theme for this year’s observance is "Make sure of your family’s to morrow—don’t give fire a place to start.” Sponsor of Fire Prevention Week in this country is the Na tional Fire Protection Association in conjunction with the Interna tional Association of Fire Chiefs, the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, the U. S. Chamber of Com merce, and a number of other public service organizations. The sponsors point out that fire safety on the farm, or anywhere else, is not a matter of luck but is something that can be achieved easily, by everyone who takes the trouble to learn and to live by a simple set of rules. They say that what has been, lacking is a willingness on the part of every body to learn these simple rules of fire safety, and they suggest this may well be the principal reason for most fire tragedies. The sponsors explain that Fire Prevention Week is a sincere co operative effort to overcome this lack of interest, and that while fire prevention is promoted more frequently ir. many places the tra ditional observance of the week is the one time of the year that folks hear about fire safety. County Fair Flower Show To Be Tuesday “Earth Laughs With Harvest” will be the theme of the Council of Newberry Garden Clubs Fall Flower Show, scheduled for Tues day, October 15 at Newberry County Fair. Newberry’s nine federated gar den clubs are all participating in this event. Entries will be in two divisions. Artistic and Horticul tural. All entries will be accept ed between 8:30 and 11:30 Tues day, October 15. Classes in the Artistic Division are as follows: Class 1: "These Our Many Blessings”—mass arrangement for church vestibule. ( lass 2: "Shine on Harvest Moon”—line arrangements using autumn colors. Class 3: "Autumn Dividends”-- arrangement of fruit or vegetables with foliage. Glass 4: "Indian Summer” — (1) Dried arrangements; (2) Fresh foliage. ( lass 5: "Last Roses of Sum mer”—arrangement of rose*. * Junior Division: Class 6: "County Fair”—(1) ar rangement of flowers with fol iage; for high school age; (2) Ar rangement in vegetable contain er, such as pumpkin, squash, etc.; for Junior High age. Listed below is plant material on conservation list that must not he used in show: Flowers—fringed, closed gen tians. Trees: Redbud, American Holly, Dogwood. Grasses: Sea Oats. ATTEND CONFERENCE OF NG ASSOCIATION Col. John C. Billingsley and Major Gerald C. O’Quinn of New berry are among the 25 officers of the South Carolina National Guard who are attending the an nual general conference of the National Guard Association of the United States in Louisville, Ky. this week. The group traveled by National Guard aircraft. The gates will open Monday, Oc tober 14th at 6:00 p. m. for the annual Newberry County Fair, held at the American Legion Fair grounds under the management of Post 24 of the American Legion. The fair will continue through midnight Saturday, October 19. In addition to the Reithoffer shows, “The Aristocrat of Show Business” on the midway, the fair will feature interesting events each day of the week. More than $4000 is being offered in cash prizes, according to Frank Sut ton, fair manager, who states that the prizes are attractive and should encourage keen competi tion in all departments. Fair offi cials, he said, want to cooperate with the people of Newberry and adjoining counties in making the exhibits at this year’s fair the best in the history of the fair. The Fair will open to the public officially on Monday, October 14 at 6:00 p. m. On Tuesday through Saturday, the grounds will open at 10:00 a. m. and will close at mid night. The midway will be open through Saturday night. Buildings at the grounds will be open on Monday, October 14 at 8:00 a. m. for the purpose of re ceiving and placing exhibits. There will be fireworks and a grandstand performance each night by the Reithoffer Shows be ginning at 7:30 p. m. General ad mission charges will be made for this performance. Tuesday is “Good Neighbor Day” and will feature a flower show by the Newberry Council of Garden Clubs. Details about this show may be seen in a story else where in this issue. Wednesday iyill be White Chil dren’s Day, when all white school children will be admitted to the grounds free of iaharge> The mid way will open at 1:00 p. m. Thurs day is Colored Children’s Day and all colored school children will be admitted to the grounds free of charge. It is expected that the schools will be dismissed earlier on these days as has been custom ary in the past. Friday is “Auto Day” at the Fair, and at 10:00 p. m. there will be given as Grand Prize a new 1957 Motoramic Chevrolet 2- door sedan, equipped with direc tion signals, safety glass, tubeless tires, panoramic windshield and rear window, and other standard factory equipment. Each adult ticket purchased Monday and up to 10:00 o’clock p. m. on Friday will entitle holder a chance to win the Chevrolet. The lucky ticket must be presented at the time of P. 6. Drivers Get Awards For Safety Six postal drivers have recent ly been presented safe driver aw ards for various years of safe driving Postmaster Hap y E. Moose announced today. These awards are presented by the Na tional Safety Council in connection with the Post Office Department which has all drivers at the New berry post office entered in this national safety program. Rural Carrier George Halfaere received a 2-year award and Ru ral Carrier Henry Fellers receiv ed a 4-year award. Special deliv ery messengers Burley Long and Eugene Shealy have earned 11 and 13 year awards respectively while parcel post carrier Frank Gilfillan has earned a 2-year aw ard. Perhaps the driver with the most miles driven and a 10-year safe driving award is Charles F. Sterling, rural carrier, who retir ed from Route 3 on September 30, 1957. Mr. Sterling completed 10 years of safe driving which amounts to over 350,000 miles of accident free driving. In computing the years of acci dent free driving for the safe driving award any accident is counte<J against a driver whether it is preventable ir not, according to Postmaster Moose. In recent months one postal driver has been involved in a minor accident. Mr. Moose said, however, the awards issued at this time were earned before that accident took place. The post office department is constantly seeking to improve the quality of postal drivers. Month ly instructions in safe driving are (Continued on page 4) the drawing. Saturday, the last day of the fair has been designated "Farm er’s Day”. Among the exhibits will be: Community Exhibits, James D, Brown, W. C. Carter and Supt. J. G. Long, directors. Youth Exhibits, open to all Ag riculture classes,* and Future Farmers of America; Youth exhi bits open to all home economic classes and Future Homemakers of America. Canned Foods Department, Mrs. Henry Mills, Mrs. Raymond Nich ols and Mrs. L. K. Long, superin tendents. 4-H Club department: Cooked foods, adult department, Mrs. Louis C. Floyd and Mrs. Butler Holmes, superintendents. Fancy Work department, Mrs. Carl E. Long and Mrs. Guy Bow ers, superintendents; Old Ladies Department; Children’s Depart ment; Fine Arts Exhibit, Mrs. Jack O. Jenkins, superintendent; Junior Fine Arts and Crafts Ex hibit, Mrs. B. M. Scurry, superin tendent; General Farm Crops, Burton Sease, Virgil Williamson, E. L. Fulmer, A. M. Miller, super intendent; judge, C. B. Cannon. Dairy Cattle department, W. E. Senn, J. F. Hawkins, C. P. Teague, Jr., T. M. Senn, superin^ tendents; Junior Dairy Cattle de- artment, A. F. Busby, Mike enkins, E. E. Epting, Grady L. Halfacra, superintendent^; Beef Cattle department, T. B. Amis, S. W. Brown Jr. and D. Govan Sease, superintendents; Flower Depart ment, Mrs. James Dominick, Mrs. Bobby Bedenbaugh, superintend ents; Poultry Department, Huston H. Long, superintendent. , The Riethoffer Shows on the midway are said by Manager Sot- ton to be “one of the cleanest ever seen in thie part of the coun try.” Among the ride* for grown ups are a tilt-a-whirl, scrambler, scooter, two ferris wheels, merry- go-round, octopus and torpedo. An array of kiddie rides will also be featured, including boats, horse and buggy, tractors, tubs, animals and submarines. The grandstand performance will feature fine en tertainment. Manager Sutton urges all Newberrians, and citizens from ad joining counties, to attend the fair each day. I BIRTHDAY t GREETINGS Oct. 12—Mrs. W. J. Switten-' burg, Mrs. James R. Andrews,- Elbert C. Long, J. E. Wiseman, Sr., Anita Faye Killian, Mrs. Carl Shealy, Marguerite Webb, Paul H. Long, Martha Moore Summer, David Schumperf, Robert Shealy Sr., Patsy Jones. Oct. 13—Steve Griffith, Doro thy Kyzer, Mrs. K. L. Martin, Marion Spearman, Mrs. Lila Dickert, Virgil W. Rinehart, Judy Rinehart, Karen Stewart, W. H. Ashhaugh, Mack Mont gomery, Estelle Martin, Frances Miller. Oct. 14: David Lee Carfner, Mrs. Frank Armfield Jr., Hen ry Livingston Jr., Mrs. (). Hentz, Miss Bessie Thrift, Mrs. W. K. Swygert, Mrs. Wofford Cooper. Oct. 15—Larry Luther Chap man, Mrs. John T. Norris, Mae Lathrop, Mrs. William'K. Lath- rop, Tobie Enlow, Mrs. Henry Livingston, Everette Graham, J. O. Koon, Mrs. R. A. Good man, Laddie Hamm, I). J. Tay lor. , Oct. 16^-Guy Whitener Jr., Pete Coleman, Mrs. James S. Watters, J. Frank Wilson, James Darby, Betty Ruth Per ry, Billy Dominick, George Ray Richardson, Jimmie Brown, Pope Johnson, Shirley Dillashaw. Clyde Wilson, Amy Atkison, Fred Schumpert, Mrs. Carroll Frick, Mrs. Dow Bedenbaugh. Oct. 17—Buford Cromer, Bar bara Helen Youmans, Mrs. M. I. You mans, Keith Green, Dorothy L. Senn, A. C. Dominick, Lin da Davis, Samuel H. ( rim. Oct. 18—Cal lie Hoyd Parr, Mrs. H. <). Swittenhurg, <’. F. Sterling, Danny Leland Hiller, Harry K. Bedenbaugh. Frank S. Thomasson, Shelby Jean Rich ardson, R. E. Reece, Norwood McElveen.